connelly and the osha report, the witness reached a negotiated agreement with osha and paid fines. >> this is a parliamentary inquiry. >> it is. it's already in the record. my question is, is it true that the witness paid fines substantiating the serious allegations found in the report. >> i think that has been answered. >> no, i did not hear. will the witness answer the question? >> when you get recognized, which will be shortly, you can ask the question. i think the witness has answered it. if you want to ask again, i'm sure she'll do that. i want to recognize the gentleman from north carolina. mr. madison. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you started to respond to the gentleman from virginia by saying the cover letter. didn't mean to cut you off. go ahead. you can finish what you wanted to say in that cover letter. >> thank you. just is that the cover letter from osha made clear they found no serious or concerning findings. >> well, i want to apologize because what happens in these hearings quite frankly, is that you've come to tell the story of a true american patriot. and then politic

connelly and the osha report, the witness reached a negotiated agreement with osha and paid fines. >> this is a parliamentary inquiry. >> it is. it's already in the record. my question is, is it true that the witness paid fines substantiating the serious allegations found in the report. >> i think that has been answered. >> no, i did not hear. will the witness answer the question? >> when you get recognized, which will be shortly, you can ask the question. i think the witness has answered it. if you want to ask again, i'm sure she'll do that. i want to recognize the gentleman from north carolina. mr. madison. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you started to respond to the gentleman from virginia by saying the cover letter. didn't mean to cut you off. go ahead. you can finish what you wanted to say in that cover letter. >> thank you. just is that the cover letter from osha made clear they found no serious or concerning findings. >> well, i want to apologize because what happens in these hearings quite frankly, is that you've come to tell the story of a true american patriot. and then politic

. >> osha. >> osha. >> and the texas branch of the epa. >> you mentioned very eloquently you're going to keep fighting, and i see that obviously. when you have to deal with this, you have a business, other things, trying to impact the country in a positive direction, when you have to deal with these agencies like this, it makes you less effective in pursuing your message. it has to. am i right? >> it certainly gives one pause to think there is interagency collusion against private citizenses. it's the weaponization of government. >> do you think people similarly sit rated to you may look at what happens to people to speak out and decide i don't want to deal with that and i'm just going to remain silent? >> that's absolutely the case. >> ms. garretson, what was the irs asking you to provide? it seems like these were very invasive and intrusive questions. >> they sent me a list of approximately 80 queps. it was an eight-page document. some of the questions they asked, they wanted to know all of my members' names. they wanted to know volunteers' names. >> which by the way, we already kno

and they're still left hand but i can't say you have this osha violation you're not getting a permit but we'll monitor them and not r50u6 them unless their barred in the city which happens on occasion or if they don't have their license because of the past but they need a license to work on the city streets. >> thank you. thank you both very much. any any public comment on this item?. i believe there is. please step forward. and hand our card to the clerk >> hi, i'm a long time resident of san francisco. that's a crying shame when trees are destroyed in san francisco. i know there's a widespread belief that trees are protected i don't know what the laws are you think it's a crying staim shame a monterey pine trees are being cut down on brotherhood way and i wish the city wasn't be more cognizant of the value of trees. we have a there's a widespread perception green trees take carbon monoxide out of the air. i'm concerned about the trees being taken out of park merced brotherhood and i wish the city would prevent it from happening. i support the appeal here. thank you. >> any other an

the lawyer for osha asked me what i thought we learned. and i'm sitting in the courtroom and i've got the keltie byrne case file in one hand and dawn brancheau in the other. and they're almost to the day 20 years apart. i'm looking at these two things. my only answer is nothing. in fact, it's not a damn thing. we have not learned a damn thing for something like that to happen 20 years apart. and my customers are really ng your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. star

john: want more example is osha. [laughter] >> okay, factories are dangerous. since osha was created with workplace fatalities that were recorded have dropped. in all these lives have been saved now look at this chart. it shows what was going on even before osha. workplace fatalities were already dropping. how much more with osha? >> the slope align is the same. >> not in every single case. workers deserve to be protected if you look back into how many centuries ago or how many decades ago and we can trust every manufacturer and replace a worker would go. because we could not trust employers. >> in the 19th century kids were working on farms and it was horrible. because he bulwark trying to survive very through capitalism when society is prosperous and all of a sudden kids can go to college and people have a better work ways. i think that is what is happening. john: thank you both very much. please stick around. i want to ask about your new project. finally a virtual economy that allows you to join forces with people who share your values and not the government

. >> softball for you, osha. we have to have law and look at this chart. since osha was created workplace fatalities have dropped, all these lives have been saved, a dpriet thing. >> need i make more .? >> yes, you need to, look at this crt, what was going on even before osha. work place fatalities were already dropping. >> how many more with osha. >> the slope of the line is the same. >> not in every case, workers deserve to be protected, looking back to how many decades ago, and we could trust every boss, and manufacturer and every place, a worker would go. that is why we developed unions, we could not just employers. >> the 19 century you had workplace accidents kids were working on farms, people were trying to survive. 1 the society through capitalism got profitable then all of a sudden kids can go to college, people have a better workplace. >> that is what is happening now. >> capitalism. >> regulation? glue no because of. >recession. >> no, i want to ask about your new project. a virtual economy that allows to join forces with people who share your v

john: want more example is osha. [laughter] >> okay, factories are dangerous. since osha was created with workplace fatalities that were recorded have dropped. in all these lives have been saved now look at this chart. it shows what was going on even before osha. workplace fataties were already dropping. how much more with osha? >> the slope align is the same. >> not in every single case. workers deserve to be protected if you look back into how many ceuries ago or how many decades ago and we can trust every manufacturer and replace a worker would go. because we could not trust employers. >> in the 19th century kids were working on farms and it was horrible. because he bulwark trying to survive very through capitalism when society is prosperous and all of a sudden kids can go to college and people have a better work ways. i think that is what is happening. john: thank you both very much. please stick around. i want to ask about your new project. finally a virtual economy that allows you to join forces with people who share your values and not the government. >>

john: want more example is osha. [laughter] >> okay, factories are dangerous. since osha was creted with workplace fatalities that were recorded have dropped. in all these lives have been saved now look at this chart. it shows what was going on even before osha. workplace fatalities were already dropping. how much more with osha? >> the slope align is the same. >> not in every single case. workers deserve to be protected if you look back into how many centuries ago or how many decades ago and we can trust every manufacturer and replace a worker would go. because we could n trust employers. >> in the 19th century kids were working on farms and it was horrible. because he bulwark trying to survive very through capitalism when society is prosperous and all of a sudden kids can go to college and people have a better work ways. i think that is what is happening. john: thank you both very much. please stick round. i want to ask about your new project. finally a virtual economy that allows you to join forces with people who share your values and not the government. >>

she was visited by osha. she was visited by the epa or the texas equivalent to the epa doing an investigation. she was visited by the atf and harassed by the atf. of course, she was harassed by the irs on numerous occasions. all she wanted was what every other organization that's trying to exercise the first amendment wants and deserves as a tax-exempt. because of that, as the chairman has said, the right to exercise the first amendment is there primarily so citizens can criticize government and not be afraid of government harassing them through their use of government administrative bureaucrats. all of these things happened to her. fbi, osha, epa, atf, irs harassed her because of exercising her first amendment right, and i appreciate the fact that the witnesses are here to tell us how government oppressed them for exercising that. i would yield back to the chairman. thank you. >>> we'll move to our witnesses. we have with us today katherine engelbrecht, found. mrs. cleat that mitchell. ms. becky gerritson, p

john: want more example is osha. [laughter] >> okay, factories are dangerous. since osha was created with workplace fatalities that were recorded have dropped. in all these lives have been saved now look at this chart. it shows what was going on even before osha. workplace fatalities were already dropping. how much more with osha? >> the slope align is the same. >> not in every single case. workers deserve to be protected if you look back into how many centuries o or how many decades ago and we can trust every manufacturer and replace a worker would go. because wecould not trust employers. >> in the19th century kids were working on farms and it was horrible. because he bulwark trying to survive very through capitalism when society is prosperous and all of a sudden kids can go to college and people have a better work ways. i think that is what is happening. john: thank you both very much. please stick around. i want to ask about your new project. finally a virtual economy that allows you to join forces with people who share your values and not the government. >>

. >> softball for you, osha. we have to have law and look at this chart. since osha was created workplace fatalities have dropped, all these lives have been saved, a dpriet thing. >> need i make more .? >> yes, you need to, look at this chart, what was going on even before osha. work place fatalities were already dropping. >> how many more with osha. >> the slope of the line is the same. >> not in every case, workers deserve to be protected, looking back to how many decades ago, and we could trust every boss, and manufacturer and every place, a worker would go. that is why we developed unions, we could not just employers. >> the 19 century you had workplace accidents kids were working on farms, people were trying to survive. 1 the society through capitalism got profitable then all of a sudden kids can go to college, people have a better workplace. >> that is what is happening now. >> capitalism. >> regulation? glue no because of. >recession. >> no, i want to ask about your new project. a virtual economy that allows to join forces with people who share your

two fbi visits, osha visits, you heard the exchange, could this be a coincidence? it is either coincidence or it is paranoia, winter or the other. your thoughts. >> i think it is the weaponizing of government. and regardless of your political affiliations we should all, as americans, be troubled about what is happening. i am a living example of what really is happening. and i submit that this goes very deep into the west wing of the white house. >> i should point out that of course, they have denied that. that the inspector general has not attributed this to specific political targeting. but the investigation is ongoinongoin ongoing, despite what the president said. and this remains to be seen how it will officially come out. katherine, thank you for joining us. >>> thank you so much. >>> and breaking tonight, a new security warning for air travellers, homeland security now banning all liquids in any carriage heading to the olympics. >> megyn, it is liquids, gels, and powders in the carry-on, that means they will not be able to be carried on. liquids of more than 3

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cal osha has been called and they will stay here until cal osha horizon and after that they will investigate the accident. >> it's been under construction for about nine months now and we have been told there is no major accidents in that time. we have new information on an accident that left pedestrian in critical condition. news chopper to his overhead at california and fillmore streets in the pacific heights neighborhood and an older asian woman was hit by the front wheel of the cement truck just after 3:00 p.m. they say she was not in the crosswalk. at last report, the woman was in surgery. punishment came for two men who beat brian still at dodger stadium almost three years ago. both men of agreed to plead guilty and the family members had an opportunity to address them in court. we have continued coverage from john sasaki. >> 32 -year-old marvin norwood and 31 -year-old luis sanchez pleaded guilty today in leaving brian still permanently disabled. before they received their fate as part of ape the deal, still his family hit them with their words. >> being here i hope to see one tiny bi

she was visited by osha. she was visited by the epa or the texas equivalent to the epa doing an investigation. she was visited by the atf and harassed by the atf. of course, she was harassed by the irs on numerous occasions. all she wanted was what every other organization that's trying to exercise the first amendment wants and deserves as a tax-exempt. because of that, as the chairman has said, the right to exercise the first amendment is there primarily so citizens can criticize government and not be afraid of government harassing them through their use of government administrative bureaucrats. all of these things happened to her. fbi, osha, epa, atf, irs harassed her because of exercising her first amendment right, and i appreciate the fact that the witnesses are here to tell us how government oppressed them for exercising that. i would yield back to the chairman. thank you. >>> we'll move to our witnesses. we have with us today katherine engelbrecht, found. mrs. cleat that mitchell. ms. becky gerritson, p

miller, to pressure osha to mitigate this known hazard. i'm hopeful that osha can complete this long overdue work in this area to not let this happen again. we need to get people back to work and create good-paying jobs. that's why i support the courtney-miller amendment and the underlying bill and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: madam chairman, at this time i yield two minutes to the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, a member of the small business committee. the chair: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for two minutes. mr. graves: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the chairman of the committee for working with us today. i rise in support of h.r. 2804, to the alert act. this legislation represents a very important effort to bring some common sense and transparency to an out-of-control regulatory process that's stifling growth and especially among small businesses. i'm especially pleased that this legislation, which the committ

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. >> the police department wanted to rope off the area, cal-osha has been called. after that then cal-osha will investigate the accident. >> reporter: the tower has been under construction for 9 months. there has been no major accidents in that time by the head of web core. at 6:00 p.m. more from what the witness said he saw and heard as that construction scaffold tipped over. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 5:00 p.m. the chp said someone is throwing full water bottles at vehicles. damaging the cars and scaring the drivers inside. it happened four times in the past two days. you can see here the four place wheres drivers were hit. the first was on state route 12. ktvu's ann rubin is live in santa rosa tonight. all the incidents happened in broad day light. >> reporter: the incident started at 1:00 p.m. yesterday and began around the same time today. chp is on the look out in the area and they are hoping drivers will be too. this is what happened to the windshield of his minivan. he had his three children in the van at the time. he says he didn't re

they reported 34 injuries to osha and they say staffing levels are to blame. the hospital said staffing levels was not to blame in friday's attack. >>> and now i want to go to a a life report between clashes and protests. >>> meantime reporters at the scene said they heard gunfire and several demonstrators fell to the ground and others were carried away on stretchers. they decided to have a trade deal and instead turn towards russia. >>> they are warning terror groups may be planning shoe bomb attacks headed to the u.s. new intelligence indicate terrorists have been working on shoe bomb designs. now the government is asking them to expand their use of swabbing which picks up explosive residue. >> you have to give them credit, problems have continued. >>> 34 workers were fired for reportedly obtaining cpr certification cards without completing the program. a spokesperson for the rural ambulance company said the workers were let go for violating company procedures. a spokesperson representing them said they are surprised and disappointed by the company's actions

. >>> keisha is investigating -- osha is investigating a accident at a volvo construction equipment and services. the technician was working on a loader when it slipped and crashed him. he ended up dying at the scene. firefighters say they had owork careful -- to work carefully to remove his body. >> front loader weighs 7-tons so it was -- it was respect for firefighters to stabilize -- important for firefighters to stabilize. >> cal-osha said the plant has never been sited for safety violations. they have not yet released the name of the man who was killed. >>> fog is covering the bay area tonight. a live look from downtown san francisco. looking out across the golden gate bridge. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now with how long the fog sticks around. >> fog has been the story. that is coastal fog. this morning it was a problem. yesterday morning a desfog advisory. -- dense fog advisory. dense fog back in the forecast around the bay. low victs. half mile. -- visibility. half mile. here is how the cloud cover looks right now. you see high clouds. not a lot of fog. coastal f

. >> cal osha is now on scene the contractor told us that could be days or longer. 25-50 people working and they tell thus is the first major accident in that time. live in san francisco, abc7 news >> and we have the fire department saying a 70-year-old woman hit by a cement truck just after 3:00 this afternoon. the police closed streets for a while that caused some delays on muni street. more breaking news now across town in the sunset district. a large six-inch water main. and you can see that water main break here in pictures by sky 7 hd. it was affecting service on the light rail line the flow has been stopped. >> someone tossing walter bottles at chp. there have been four reported insy denlts so far. in one instance, breaking off a side mirror today a bus was hit, spraying glass into face and eyes of the driver >> a family's torment and a family's rebuke today >> you're smiling. you think it's funny? >> pleading guilty with a smile. one of two men who beat brian stow into a coma is chastised. >> over a year, even now with your smirks you show no remorse whatsoever. >> brian stow's

showed up, the occupational safety and health administration, and the man who represented osha said i don't know why i'm here. i think we all know why he's there. it's part of the ongoing harassment of the president's critics. >> there was another development today, and that is that the irs announced after the scandal broke that it was going to look at the regulations and basically tighten it so the tax-exempt groups could not be involved in political activity, but it now turns out that one of the people involved in that discussion, you may remember this name, lois learner, the woman who was involved in the initial targeting of tea party groups and the woman, as you can see right there, who took the fifth amendment, against self-incrimination when asked about her involvement by a congressional committee. juan, doesn't lois lerner's involvement, doesn't that taint anything the irs may do with these regulations? >> no. she's an expert. i mean, she is an expert. i don't think anybody will argue. the question is whether or not you think that because she took the fifth and didn't want to

which means they will stop all aspects ofwork involving a crane while the investigation goes on and osha is investigating as well. >>> all right, christie smith, thank you. now to the winter olympics in sochi. taking a look right now at the caucusas mountains. this year there will be a new event, the snowboard free style. janelle wang is in olympic park right now with a preview of what to expect. >> it makes it's olympic debut today, and as we have been talking about, shawn white dropped out yesterday, but he was not the front runner anyway. other california athletes are the favorites to win. slopestyle has been popular, a popular extreme sport in the x games for a decade now. it features rails and jumps that the riders perform tricks on. the course has proved to be challenging. some athletes are expected to dominate the sport in competition. they include ryan stassel. on the women's side we have jamie anderson, she a seven time gold medalist, and carly shore. >> it is a good time for snowboards. >>> more controversy for white. a couple rival snowboarders tweeted harsh things to him. one

believe that the mta didn't consider the safety record of arresting berry well, they're been cited by cal osha. a year ago a tree fell by our bus stop and they still issued the permit to the company. there's a construction zone which is pictured here on the overhead. that the gentleman will refer to that. this is from yesterday's chronic. this is a construction zone with or berry well wants to cut detain trees and there's an ongoing construction go on for one hundred and 82 condominium unit on the way. we believe they didn't consider the construction zone. the lanes to brvld way have significantly narrowed since this construction enhance. there's no sidewalk in front of the of this construction zone that's another issue. we believe the mta has really not done their homework on this and not evaluated the site. we have a standing objection regarding the fact that a number of blocks on park merced we are not notified. we were not visited >> of tonight's hearing. >> that's correct. i've gone on the record with ms. goldstein we wanted to put this off and make sure we're going to do the best we can.

. >> reporter: there were 34 injuries to staff reported to osha in 2012. the union just begun negotiations with the city and says attacks are predictable and preventible with the right amount of staff. >> there have been multiple assaults. a lot has to do with units closing and combining and the staffing racingose. -- ratios. >> reporter: a spokesperson said it was not caused by nursing shortage. orin zebest is held in the jail ward on $225,000 bail. live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. an up tick in crime as a neighborhood is on edge. a community alert has gone out if you are a victim of crime you should call the police. the problem is, that alone might not be enough. ktvu's noelle walker is in montclair where she spoke with a woman who was held up at gun point. >> that woman has been held up twice in oakland but didn't expect it here. now victims are told to call opd and the neighborhood private security company as well. [ singing ] >> reporter: it is not the place you think of when you think of crime. [ singi

the pill does not threaten needed regulation in osha's jurisdiction but assure this is a osha will avoid unnecessary regulation. issue smarter, less costly regulation when necessary. and not enter into sweetheart backroom deals for more regulation under the cloak of judicial orders. ironically, the amendment actually could slow down the progress of improving safety in workplaces of concern. the whole point of the bill is to ensure that regulation remainsesquive while imposing lower costs. if employers could spend less money on equally effective dust regulations then they would be fre to invest in adecisional safety measures on their own or of course they could use the money to hire more workers. and pay higher wages. i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from virginia reserves, the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman for his comments. i would just say that osha has already undertaken these standards but if this legislation passes, all the processes and procedures in this underlying

. >>> cal/osha is investigating an accident there killed two workers at a san francisco granite company. the two employees were working with granite slabs when one of the slabs fell on top of them. one worker died at the scene and the other at the hospital. >>> a spike in flu deaths reported. the new trend doctors are noticing in the spread. >>> live in the hedlands, we have a steady rainfall and winds over 20 miles an hour. coming up. interesting perspective on the rainfall we need and how much we will get this weekend. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ . >>> a live look at storm tracker two. we're on storm watch as a storm waters over the bay area. bill will join us in four minutes

cal osha is investigating and they say it's not been cited for any safety violations. >>> there's a sixth flu death this season. it brings the total up to 45 flu related deaths. five had underlying medical conditions. the health department says 20 people in san mateo county are hospitalized in intensive care with the flu. the time is now 4,38. >>> they're currently under federal investigation under suspicion of slaughtering diseased cows. they've recalled nine million pounds of beef in the past year. now, the producer of grass fed beef that was processed in 2013. the west coast grass fed company contracted with rancho last fall. >>> it's to be a busy day across the bay area. many people will be celebrating valentine's day. the house of prime rib started accepting reservations back in october. tonight they have 800 reservations. flour shops and cake shops are expecting a crowd. >> you can't heat flowers but you can eat cupcakes and turkeys. >> business owners think procrastinators, you may be out of luck. they're busy for the weekend. >> it's the annual valentine's day pillow fight. nearly

the violations of the osha regulations, or whatever. and that has generally been construed to authorize them to make investigative demands of -- of your service provider for the contents of the e-mail. a typical thing that the s.e.c. would say, i mean, i don't buy this, but this is their argument, is you know, we're investigating complex financial frauds in the banks, or in t the -- or in the stock market, and we need to, you know, get the insider e-mails that do the inside trading, and that's all communications, and we should be able to get that. because the electronic communications privacy act from 1986 essentially says that you have no privacy interest in any mail that is stored on your server for longer than six months, which is a lot of mail, right? then, because congress hasn't carved that out, or has excluded that from protection, the s.e.c., using its generic authority, investigative authority, can go to your service provider, microsoft, yahoo! and say, here's an administrative subpoena, please provide me all of jerry's e-mail.

cal osha says the porn company is an unsafe workplace by allowing people to have unprotected sex. two employees tested positive for hiv last year. the aids health care foundation filed a complaint. a kink spokesperson say many prefer not to use condemns. they think the fine is a campaign against the porn industry. cal osha requires that they minimize exposure to blood and bodily fluids. >>> all eyesare on a girl because of a foundation she founded. we told you about vivian yesterday. she held an instameet held film's premiere last night. the goal of the make a stand lemonade business and the film is to put an end to child slavery. >> it made me really sad. and i was so sad that it made me do a lemonade stand. >> vivian and her original stand raised over $100,000 to free 3500 children. >> the film makers hope the mission will eventually lead to 18 million children becoming free and safe from child slavery. >>> police are looking for a man who attacked a woman in richmond friday night. they say it happened about 6:00 in wild cot canyon regional park. the victim says a man tried to p

osha has fined two companies $14,000 each for failing to properly evaluate the dangers of the august demolition of the pg&e plants. five people were injured when shrapnel influence into a crowd of a thousand spectators. a man's leg was severed. >> san bruno is suing the state of california over the deadly pg&e explosion in 2010 where eight were killed and 38 homes were destroyed, saying the state regulators have a cozy relationship with pg&e and wants the court to order the release of documents to prove that led to the lax oversight. the city claims the public utilities commission repeatedly ignored a request for documents. the committees has not responded to the lawsuit. >> we will see what is going on with the weather. mike? >> a beautiful morning from emeryville to the new span of the day bridge. temperatures are within a degree of each other. we get ten hours and 26 minutes of sun shoe with the clouds increasing you can see the slippery northwest slope. traveling to the south we have low-to-mid 60's with a few scattered higher elevation showers and upper 50's through the industri

that -- investigated by cal osha. that happened at 10:00 yesterday morning. investigators say the workers were moving giant slabs of began it out of a shipping container when one of the loads fell on them. one worker died at the scene. the other died at the hospital. this is the company's first serious accident. >>> ktvu has learned that one of the suspects accused of kill ago 3-year-old napa girl was accused of threatening the life of a former girlfriend pregnant with his child. in 2008, the ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order against ryan warner r. she claimed he told her "if i find out you're cheating on me, i'll bust your teeth out with a pipe ." warner and current girlfriend, sarah krueger are charged killing krueger daughters kayleigh slusher, they have admitted to putting the body in a suitcase and later a freezer. nancy grace is coming under fire about a twitter hash tag about kayleigh slusher, using the hash tag freezer tot. it prompted a backlash from users who called it insensitive. grace has not reacted publicly, but the hash tag has been chan

cal osha is heading up its own investigation. >>> happening now, sfo and other airports across the country still adjusting their schedules as another storm paralyzes the northeast, grounding some 6,000 flights today alone. san francisco teenager winnie zau's cancellation could knock her out of tryouts in d.c. >> it's pretty sad. she's been training for a long time there. >> the airline is telling the family it can't get out of sfo until sunday. chief meteorologist jeff pineri is tracking that storm. >> for us we're tracking showers off to the north. we'll let you know about our chances of rain after a mild day in gilroy, much cooler in santa rosa at 65. >> thank you, jeff. plus live pictures of the olympic flame in russia. big headlines tonight, including a figure skating legendre tiring before he takes the ice. we'll tell you why. also -- >> that's when they told us -- the words they used was there is no cure. >> they were dealt a devastating blow. their young daughter diagnosed with a terminal illness. tonight the selfless decision that could ultimately keep other families from losing th

cal osha is also investigating and we reached out to the owners of the company but they declined to speak to us a than about this accident. -- this afternoon about this accident. or noting -- reporting live in san francisco, david stephenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a football player collapsed and died this morning for uc berkeley. the athletic department says ted agu was taking part in conditioning drills at the time. he was rushed to the hospital. agu was a 21-year-old defensive lineman from bakersfield headed for his senior season this fall. head football coach sonny dikes issued a statement saying quote -- >>> now to storm watch. it's cloudy and gray and the rain is moving in. this is a live look towards the bay bridge from san francisco. we are on storm watch with ktvu team coverage. brian flores is in the north bay where the rain is alreadying down. we begin -- coming down. we begin with rosemary r usc o. >> yes tori generally light. least take a look and you can see from one end of the bay area to the other we are seeing some of that light rain started moving in during the early m

the irs, miss engelbrecht was scrutinized by the fbi, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and osha. we recognize and we deeply appreciate the courage it takes for you to come here and testify today. both miss engelbrecht and miss garrettson have counsel. these fine attorneys are also experts in the nonprofit field and represent dozens of clients that were mistreated by the internal revenue service. in this capacity, they were able to shed light on the process and the abnormalities of the treatment fashioned by conservative groups. hopefully, this morning's hearing advances the committee's interest in getting closer to the truth. which is what -- when i'm out and about, ohio, across the country, i get that question more than anything else. we want to know the truth and we want people held accountable. i get it all the time. is that going to happen? i tell those people we're going to do everything we can to get to the truth and hold people accountable. here's why it's so important. i'll finish here and recognize mr. cartwrite. when the founders put together the first amendment and al

construction will not start up again until cal osha and other safety agencies give the ok to get back to work. i'm jeff bush in san francisco, kron four news. a fairfield man arrested for possessing child pornography. is back at home this morning. and that has his neighbors on edge. pat let's first it weather with erica. >>erica: rain returns next week. with something for everyone and the extended forecast. santa rosa right now 41 degrees street san francisco smiled in comparison. 493 is the clear skies over the bay area. what that means is will not see any rain here in the bay area for the next several days. meantime were looking at fairly more warm temperatures. yesterday we broke an old record. was a similar conditions today. 71 months and you have 69 upper 60s through the san ramon valley. but held today san francisco very mild. those of china have 65. oakland could once again reached a 73 is 7 day around the bay forecast shows warm weather will stick around as your habits your saturday. temperatures start to slide. clouds return next week. there rain back of the forecast by the m

. >> reporter: cal osha is investigating what led to the tragedy but to hear the owners a wife tell it, it was an accident accident. the slabs moved in a shipping contain they're arrived the their door and as workers prepared to unload it the rock slabs tumbled out. the manager was trapped under the middle of the slab, covered up to his neck. the other worker was slipped by the corner of the slab as it fell out. ggi granite held an all staff meeting and closed for the rest of the day. the owner went to the hospital to see the worker's family and what his wife says is the only serious accident in their 29 years in business n san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> there will be no charges after an alteration casing put a pleasanton man in the hospital for weeks with a serious brain injury. last september, david lamont confronted people making noise outside also apartment after midnight. his wife then found him lying injured in the street a short time later. police questioned four teenagers but never were able to press charges. the alameda county district attorney announced today t