along that border was agent terry's final stand. >> it doesn't get easier. i do not relish as chief of the border patrol handing out folded american flags to surviving family members. >> sean: it was to have been agent terry's last night of work before going home to michigan for a christmas vacation. >> brian did come home that christmas. we buried him not far from the house that he was raised in prior to christmas day. >> there are times when you just can't hold back the tears, because it is like losing a son, losing a nephew. i truly felt like a true son of the united states of america was lost that night. >> sean: at the scene of the shooting agents arrested a man and recovered three ak-47 weapons w-2 purchased in arizona by a man who was under surveillance as part of the fast and pure operation. he was arrested the next day. >> when did you first here about the with weapons purchased through operation fast and furious? >> mostly tv, media, newspapers. i never got a call until it was brought out in the newspapers. i was flabbergasted. i didn't believe it

abc7's terry mcsweeney is live at the hotel. this was a nightmare for the evening commute, terry. >> this began yesterday morning. now you have a fire truck with the ladder leading up to the roof. police having access, good viewing vantage point to the gunman who is holed up out here at the extended stay hotel. but the threat to public safety have been minimized in a very unique way. take a look at how the san rafael police figure this out. they bring in a crane carrying about a 6-x-8 foot sheet of metal and they lower it in front of the window where the gunman has been holed up since yesterday morning. he has a gun. he has used that gun. police are figuring that the one-inch thick piece of steel is going to prevent him from shooting out and threatening anybody on 580. that is why the more than one-mile stretch of 580 closed yesterday and caused a massive traffic jam is reopened now. now look at the suspect. they're not giving out his name. but they say he is wanted for shoplifting and assault sunday. he shoplifted food and liqu

live in san rafael, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> all right, terry. thank you. >>> 6:04 now. other top story of the morning, the coast guard continues to comb the waters near treasure island this morning. looking for signs of a missing canoer. he was one of three people on board a canoe that capsized around 6:00 last night and he hasn't been seen since. abc7's amy hollyfield is live at yerba buena island, with some new information. amy? >> eric, i just spoke with an official who said they are gearing up for a launch at 6:30 of their helicopter. right now, they still do have some boats out there on the water. whether permitting if the helicopter can go up -- weather permitting if the helicopter can go up. it will give them huge advantage. they have boats out there with the officers looking for any sipe of the man. the canoe capsized at 6:15 last night near treasure island. there were three people on board. two made it to shore. this man stayed back trying to get the personal items. the friends went home, changed their clothes, and then realized that he never made it back to th

live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. >>> 6:34. investigators in oakland are trying to determine the cause of a deadly house fire. the fire started at a home on the 8900 block of burr street at 9:00 last night. firefighters managed to get the flames knocked down in 30 minutes. firefighters say one person died in the blaze. but have not released details about another victim or another about that victim. >>> menlo park police investigate fatal shooting that led to highly charged confrontation. it happened about 6:00 last night at el manor avenue and new bridge street. they had to restrain a crowd that gathered at the scene. police say the driver of one car was shot and killed by someone who fired from another vehicle. the victim's car crashed outside a church. police had to hold back members of the victim's family from getting delosse to the crime scene -- getting close to the crime scene. the suspect car is red, older model vehicle with large rims and spoilers. >>> california attorney general harris says the office may now investiga

terry mcsweeney joins us live from the fruitvale bart station. terry? >> reporter: the price of gold around $1800 an ounce and enough to have the oakland police issuing a warning to women. around the fruitvale bart station and lake merritt bart station to keep your eyes open and your jewelry hidden. take a look. the crimes have been going on for 19 days. men in the late teens and early 20s, have done it dozens of time over that period of time. the thooes don't care it's daylight. they occur between 4:00 and #:00 p.m. they don't care about the crowds. these are happening in main commute hours. >> they are distracted by the cell phone or electronic devices and they snatch the gold chains off their necks and run away. >> i probably won't wear my jewelry knowing that. just leave jewelry at home. >> police say so far there have been no injuries but they point out as the thieves get comfortable with the crime, more successful with the crime, there tends to be more violence. they're trying to prevent this so they are saying to women, especially again, fruitval

terry mcsweeney joins us from san jose. this has become rather controversial. >> its surprise. it sound like a good idea, lowering the speed limit because of a safety issue for children. the city of san jose can't even afford it and even if they approved it they can't deliver. >> they are on their way to trace elementary school one of three in san jose along with hoover and lincoln high school that has 15 mile-an-hour speed limit. >> yes. >> he can tell you firsthand, it hasn't lowered his anxiety. do you feel safe? >> no. >> it allows to lower speed limits near could schools and requires traffic studies for san jose could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. they say san jose up against $115 million shortfall doesn't have money for the studies or for the officers needed to enforce the legislator limit at every school in the city. dozens have been laid off. >> sometimes we do things in the way that makes us feel good but if we can't enforce it it sends the wrong message. >> they say they there is a way around that the expenditure for the studies and san francisco has figured

abc7's terry mcsweeney is live on treasure island to look at a new system for an old bridge. terry? >> yeah, more than 600, 640 to be exact, listening devices are being installed on the bay bridge right now. they are going to be listening. the next time there is a crack in an "i" bar, we've seen it before, the caltrans officials will be notified immediately. this is next generation. take a look at what prompted all of this. you may remember, in fact, if you were in town, you undoubtedly do, the 2009 labor day shutdown of the bridge in a routine inspection. there it was. a crack in an "i" bar. the bridge was closed z repaired, reopen. the repair gave way. the bridge closed again and repaired again. the 600-plus sensors will monitor close to 400 "i" bars listening for a crack. a company received the $3.4 million contract with a continuous online structural health monitoring system. it provides 24/7, remote health monitoring they're calling it. health monitoring. there is a health system on a bridge in minnesota already. it seems to be working well. this will be the largest that has ev

live in san rafael, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thank you. the standoff caused countless traffic headaches in the north bay and even beyond last night. cars inched along for hours after the c.h.p. closed more than a mile of 580. and began diverting westbound traffic off the bridge at sir francis drake boulevard. it was a frustrating day for the people stranded in the congestion. >> friends were stuck. they were trying to get to san rafael. they had only gone one mile in an hour so we forgot classes. getting home took me two hours. >> i understand the situation. >> they were sitting on the roadway so long they ran out of gas. officials say there was at least one incident of road rage. now 580 reopened but surface streets around the standoff scene in san rafael remain closed. let's get the effect now. sue hall is in the traffic center. >> thank you very much, eric. so far, so good in the san rafael area. big thing is that the 580 freeway is open now in both directions between the area of sir pran analysis drake boulevard. the surface street in

live in the marin headlands, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thank you very much, terry. >>> 5:33 now. this morning there is a recall on 36 million pounds of ground turkey. the tainted meat is linked to the death of sacramento. at least 76 other people across 26 states have been sickened including at least one person from san francisco. government officials say the meat is contaminated with anti-biotic resistant form of salmonella. meat giant cargill is recalling all ground turkey processed at the arkansas plant between february and august. sold in variety of brand names including safeway cargill honeysuckle white, fit and active, riverside and kroger. it was sold at safeway winfo, kroger food for less and food go stores. all the package recall include the code: "est. p-963." those labels and the code are at abc7news.com. look under see it on tv. >>> potential breakthrough in the war on cancer this morning. stanford researchers found a way to target and kill certain cancer cells by starving them to death. in tests involving kidney cancer cell, the drug turned off the cell ability to ab

terry belton, i want to start with you since you're closest to the markets. what was behind today's massive sell-off? >> well, judy, the downgrade was a catalyst for it but it's a lot more... it's about a lot more than that. i think what the downgrade is highlighting to investors is that on the fiscal policy side, the u.s. is running out of bullets. what we really need is we need near-term monetary stimulus and longer-term fiscal austerity. i think what the markets, including now, is that near-term stimulus is not coming. we've run out of bullets on the monetary policy side for some time now. we've been at 0 interest rates. it now looks like we're there as well. on the fiscal policy side u.s. economic growth is very weak. it's not clear to the markets how it's going to be revived. >> woodruff: so you're saying the s&p downgrade was the catalyst but in addition to that, you mentioned u.s.... the u.s. economy. what about the global economy? >> well, in the global economy, we have a global debt issue. in a way the european situation is a bigger worry to global m

ball terry ball welcome back to the kaiser report says great see here terry we spoke to last year and when your article in the atlantic came out made big news email suggest bear stearns cheated clients out of billions here's a bit of a summary and update the story if you can for us. this was a key swear bear stearns streeter's led by an executive. who's now the c.e.o. of risk out him and his team are literally stealing billions from their own clients those clients happened to be. nano lines insurers and investors in residential mortgage securities certain out some around and he's currently c.e.o. what company a rez capra's cap is essential vision of ally financial the former g.-mac ok so as all of these firms that we're caught in gave us of securities fraud instead of any kind of legal precedent being applied in anyone going to jail they simply change the name of a shop or go to a news shop or a closer shop and re-invent the shop i mean this is a classic got good shop scheme wall street from a few decades ago it reinvented for the modern era using derivatives and in this recycling rec

terry, how much should you be willing to pay for college? this is going to be in every living room and every financial aid office right now. >> right now, right at this moment. and here's the thing. a degree is absolutely going to be worth it. i agree. but the financing and the debt may not be worth it. you know, unsubsidized stafford loans, the ones not based on need are now at 7.9%. sorry, 6.8%. and parents plus loans, which are not based on need, are 7.9%. you know you can put money in the bank and get nothing. why are you paying 7% or 8% on loans? the trick to get that degree is to figure out how to make it more affordable. i think the real answer will be local community colleges. you don't want your kids at home for two more yes, sir, they don't want to be there but if you can get them to stay home for two years, cut the burden of debt, cut the interest rate payment, get the degree and then move on to the professional level. >> yeah, i like your thinking. i like three-year undergrad degrees. not many of them. you can find them. especial

terry mcsweeney is live in san jose with more. that leaves another 20 some odd firefighters, what is going to happen to them? we apologize for the technical difficulties. 22 firefighters go back to work today and rest will come back to work later thanks to a federal grant. >> san francisco police will do less watching and more arresting for the next bart protest. amy hollyfield live. why the change in tactics? >> reporter: bart riders are really frustrated and police say they have rights, too. the protests have been happening during the evening commute on monday night an causing a lot of hassles for the bart riders. forced the closure of some stations. police did move in on this last monday and made some arrests but it wasn't until about four hours into the demonstration. they promised this monday they are going act a little more quickly is welcome news for most bart riders. >>> they are inconveniencing us the passengers. you are not inconveniencing -- to me go to the bart administration office and protest but not the service. >>>

terry mcsweeney is live at trace elementary in san jose. that school already has the lowest speed limit, right? >> reporter: that's right it's one of three schools with a speed limit near the school when children are present of 15 miles an hour, not 25 but there is a move to make the law of land throughout the city, not everybody likes that plan. take a look at video, a councilman is sponsoring this plan and a 2008 state law allows speed limits 15 miles an hour within a 1,000 feet of school. 15 miles per hour has been the speed limit for a year here but according to the councilman, a lot of people like it. but there are problems, one is money. in order to do this you are required to have engineering and traffic studies that would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars here in san jose they don't have the money. they have been laying off firefighters and police officers but he says san francisco has found around that requirement and has imposed the law itself. problem number two, some people say there is nothing wrong with 25 mile-an-hour lim

>> reporter: terry, with each passing hour the storm is intensifying here. just over the past couple of hours a tornado spawned within the hurricane out at sea. you can basically just see a a g patch of white. you can't even see the atlantic. that's how roiled up the ocece is. 30-foot waves out there. it's'setting worse and worse by the hour here. and we haven't even seen the worst of it yet. now, it's gotten so bad that dare county officials here in the outer banks are telling people no longer to evacuate. now is the time, they say, to seek shelter. irene's winds are howling out here, and most people are now listening to the alarm bells. from ocean city, maryland to the w jersey shore there was a steady stream of evacuees fleeing coastal areas. tempers were short as cars lined up at gas stations. here in the outer banks nearly 200,000 people have fled, drilling a last few boards in before heading to higher ground, leaving behind a ghost town. it's pretty eerie driving down this road. absolutely e ety houses boarded up when just two days ago this place was p

terry? >> scott, let me ask you this. what would be considered good news out of today's jobs report? >> if the economy added 100,000 jobs or more last month, that would be better than expected but people are predicting it will be more in the range of 90,000 jobs. that is a lot better than june, but still probably not good enough to help the stock market rally. >> scott, thank you very much. >> 4:35. president obama wants congress to pass a series of tax credits for companies that hire unemployed military veterans. the proposal to be announced today would give companies $2400 bonus for every veteran they hired and $2800 if the veteran has service-related disability and $9600 if the veteran has been unemployed for more than six months. the administration says there is her than 1 million unemployed veterans in the u.s. fourth of them enlisted after the september 11 attacks. >>> in east palo alto, the police chief and mayor held a special town hall meeting last night to address the recent spike

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>>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san jose where city councilman wants to lower the speed limit near schools from 25 down to 15 but some are saying not so fast and the opposition could run over the plan. >> also in the headlines, a new boss for bart. the embattled transit agency is expected to hire a new general manager today. >> good news for an teen that was kidnapped this morning. >> clouds this morning and cool breeze is taking away those clouds but we do have heat on the way. >>> good morning, sue hall, abc7 traffic center. live look at the macarthur maze and first reports of an accident 80 toward 880. i'll have more coming up. >>> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm acre a acre. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> the bay area's largest city will designed change to make it safer for kids. terry mcsweeney is live around trace elementary and some are really opposed to the idea. >> on paper it sounds so simple. one of our morning views stopped by to see if he really understood how much it would cost to change the speed limit around here. he says what drivers are doing, he lives d

terry. >> eric, terry, open to anything. we look so much the same, no one can tell us apart. >>> 5:38 on wednesday morning. >> a group of north bay neighbors lay out plans to put brakes on the plan smart train system. >> still ahead, why they say the taxpayer aren't getting their money's worth. >> forget being stuck in traffic. next, nasa's vision ♪ [ female announcer ] we all want cleaner laundry. we all want a world with fewer chemicals. we all want the best of both worlds. introducing all free clear oxi-active. a powerful new detergent without dyes or perfumes that helps get out your toughest dirt and stains. its added natural cleaning boosters help get your whole family's wash incredibly clean. tough on stains. gentle on skin. new all free clear oxi-active. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the proposed passengers train between may be thrown off parm nantly -- permanently. they will start petition to repeal the sales tax measure that was approved in 2008. they say the rail between cloverdal

eric, terry? >> 5:09 on friday morning. >>> 5:09. the community march to end prostitution, the question some neighbors are asking the johns. >> east bay school is getting a major donation to soften the blow of the budget cut. >> and thrifty shopping. the surge that thrift and consignment stores are seeing in the down economy. údúdú >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. topping the america's money, meltdown. big worries about the debt crisis and the u.s. economy slowing down. tokyo's nikkei hit the lowest point since march. hong kong was also down sharply. yesterday, the dow dropped 500 points the biggest one-day loss since 2008. the average 401(k) lost nearly $12,000. the economic fall-out was everywhere. the cost of gold dropped. mortgage rate hit eight-month low. oil prices drop 6% due to expectation of lower demand. economists say there is more to come. >> there isn't much that washington can do now. if there wisconsin, there isn't much trust they will

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> thank you. 6:04 now. teenager stabbed in the parking lot of a downtown san jose mcdonald's is now suing the restaurant's owners. 17-year-old jonathan paridies was attacked in the mcdonald's parking lot walking home from a downtown music event on june 9. attorney for family tells the media partner "mercury news" the lawsuit claims that mcdonald's was partially liable because they failed to have security or adequate staffing at a time when the restaurant knew large crowds would be gathering in the parking lot. total of five teens were stabbed in the june 9 attack. the restaurant owner declined to comment on the suit. >>> sonoma may consider banning pit bulls altogether. the city council woman joanne sanders will introduce the issue before the council to ban pit bulls and other aggressive breeds in the city. she said she is motivated by last week's attack in pacifica that killed a pregnant woman. they have a law requiring spaying and neutering of certain breeds, as well as registration and insurance requirem

terry savage, great advice. such great advice to just keep going, keep steady in your 401(k) or whatever. because friday is a payday. you've got more stocks than the week before. maybe that's the bright side of it. terry savage, thanks so much. >> i love christine's optimism. hopeful optimism. whatever you want to call it. good advice from terry as well. guys, thank you. >>> the downgrade wasn't just big news here in the united states, from beijing to belgium, governments and investors were rocked by s&p's decision. we're going to take a closer look at their reaction and what they might do next. >>> it's a question you hear over and over, how did we even get here. but here's another one. could all of this have been prevented? we're back in three minutes with the answer. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly st

terry developed the a.e. system shows us how the standard picked up several feet away. >> they are looking for the tracking of like a railroad track. >> in september of 2009, the bridge had to be shut down when crack on eye bar was found in routine inspection. it led to stop in construction. the a.e. sensor should protect against a reoccurrence. >> we can tell if caltrans many months or maybe years ahead of time before the cracks become inches. we are looking for small grain boundary in the material. micro cracking. >> it's sents to fiber cable in the bridge and caltrans close to real-time find out what is wrong and where. it's popular in the wine country. >> we sold to cornell university to listen for drought status when you break a leaf off of a plant you can hear a cavataiton going on. you can put it on a grapevine to tell when it needs to be watered. >> reporter: this is a $3.4 million deal and will hopefully take the old bridge 2014 when the new bay bridge comes online. at that point it will taken off th

kristen, terry? >> all right, sue. ten minutes after 5:00 now. >>> listen to this. it hasn't made a profit but it's attracting some rich followers. still ahead, the staggering new investment in twitter. >> plus the airline is about to give refund to thousands of travelers. how to find out if you are one of them. >> we can help you find a carpool companion and do a background check while you're at it. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. topping america's money market. we're down overseas, even after the house voted to raise the debt ceiling by $2 trillion. the senate is expected to vote today. the bill cut spending close to $1 trillion with more cuts to be decided. a big reason for the market drop is yield from treasury security. the yield dropped yesterday to the lowest point since february. treasury yield affect numerous interest rates. >>> ford is recalling 1.1 million pick-up truck because the rust could make the gas tank fall off and catch fire. it affects

abc7's terry mcsweeney joins us live from the newsroom. terry? >> reporter: investigated on july 18, story that begins on a golf course. the chief and three staff went to a charity golf tournament at sequoia country club in oakland. the racial slurs began while the four were driving after the event. white sergeant in the vehicle filed the complaint that started the investigation. joel sullivan is his attorney and tells us what happened that day. >> he called the african-american the "n" bomb several times and told him he had no right to live in la marinda because he was an african-american. he didn't use that word. he should be hung in the town square because he's african-american and he was the last african-american he would ever hire and he'd just as soon kill him. >> he was a lubt with the oakland poli -- a lieutenant with the oakland police. he had to resign that job when he crashed his state-owned vehicle while driving drunk. the "chronicle" reports he was trying to be funny after day of drinking at the golf course. he reports that his wife

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tonight senator bernie sanders of vermont and terry mcauliffe are my guests. and mitt romney reveals part of his jobs plan is to start firing people. tonight we'll talk to bill burton of priorities usa on the republican jobs plan. >>> over the past few months the people of wisconsin had their chance to send a message to scott walker and his cronies. that message my friends is loud and clear in ohio. where legislators on the republican side are pretty much shaking in their boots. less than 24 hours after wisconsin democrats won a major victory standing up for workers, now ohio governor john kasich announced he wants to negotiate with unions over senate bill five. governor kasich along with the ohio house speaker and senate president sent a letter to unions pleading for a sitdown meeting this friday. the letter reads in part, while we passionately believe in the reforms of senate bill five and stand ready and vigorously, and successfully defend them. we ask you to consider this option and join us in working with determination toward a compromise for the benefit

. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in the newsroom. in about 90 minutes from right now, we'll get the results of the san bruno pipeline explosion and the results are critically important to the dozens of families suing pg&e for the disaster. story will be coming up. >> good morning. weather-wise, cooler inland and again tomorrow but a huge warming trend for the holiday weekend. >> i'm sue hall in traffic central. this is a live shot of the toll plaza, going to cupertino with a major thoroughfare shut down for your commute. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> they are looking for a link to two shootings. in the first case an suv was fired into that crashed into gas meter. second case a woman says she was shot on interstate 80. amy? >> reporter: the story is violent and very strange. police aren't sure what to make of it. check out how violent. look how many bullet holes hit this suv. police counted at least 50 shots were fired. driver was hit crashed the car hitting a propane tank. now with ga

>>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in daly city where police continue to investigate the stabbings of four people early this morning. new development they now know where stabbings did not happen. >> also in the headlines, a violent night in oakland after three shootings leave one person dead. >> another bart protest, 45 arrested and we may have this happen again next week. >> and clear skies in downtown san francisco. warmer weather is on the way. we do have dense fog along the coast to talk about first. >> good morning. we're following a crash in the maze involving a car that slammed into the barrels on westbound 580. i'll have the details coming up. >> thanks a lot for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> we begin with developing news we've been following all morning in daly city. that is where police are looking for the attackers who stabbed four people early today. the problem is, they're not sure they know where it happened. terry mcsweeney is live outside serra bowl with the latest. they now know where it didn't happen? >> reporter: this is where it didn't happen behin

terry mcsweeney is live in berkeley. the most important reaction will be on wall street. >> reporter: wall street, we'll find out what they are thinking in half an hour. overnight trading, stock down about 5%. most of the speculation why he is stepping down centers around his medical condition. he is a cancer survivor. he had a liver transplant in 2009. he says in his resignation letter he has always said when the time came, he couldn't fulfill the duties of ceo he would step down. then he goes on to say, quote, unfortunately that day has come. that is why there is speculation about his health. take a look at the man that made apple what it is today. number one tech company in the world. a man called a modern day thomas edison and greatest leader the tech industry has ever known. has been a health issue but we'll find out that later. the new boss is the former chief operating officer for apple, man who took over as ceo during a leave of absence by jobs. new chief is tim cook. what will apple look like with cook in. >> co

pam hobbs and her husband terri among them. but pam held little hope for her son stevie branch. >> i told terry, i said, he's dead. i said i'll never see him alive again. and i was crying. and he said, no, pam, don't say that. it's going to be all right. we're going to find him. >> terry hobbs was right. they did find stevie. but pam was right, too. she would never see her son alive again. a shoe. two bikes. and stevie branch with his two friends, christopher byers and michael moore. the boys were nude and bound with their own shoe laces. >> i run up there and one look at my husband and i knew it was stevie. and i hit the ground screaming "god, no". >> almost immediately word spread that these murders were the the work of the devil. >> that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying that they've been trying to let the police know that there's been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. >> satanic killing

. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at the marine mammal center in marin. they are celebrating a milestone today. the 10,000th sea lion treated at the facility is being released. they have gone so far to give at it name and it's being called "milestone." what else? the story after the break. >>> also ahead, california rolls out plot call heavy hitter to convince congress to come back to break is log >>> two rescued sea lions are being prepared to be released from the marine mammal center in marin county. it's extraordinary for the milestone it marks. abc7's terry mcsweeney joins us live with a great story and amazing history. >> it's a milestone here. this is the 10,000th sea lion treated at the failsity -- facility. they gave the sea lion the name milestone. what else? but this is the reminder of the work still to come. milestone the sea lion celebrated today's milestone by cooperating with the marine mammal center staff members as they guided him to the last confinement he will hopefully ever have to experience. >> received the blood work back. all is

terry? >> at the employment office, folks aren't so much concerned about the big picture jobs report. they're more concerned about the job report as in the one that will turn their personal economy around. earlier, i was at the san francisco floor of the new york stock exchange where desplat -- despite the headline may ham in the market, they say to buy more stocks. as the dow jones went up and down every way this morning, brokers took it in stride. traders know august through october is the slow season. they have huge stocks to the sideline. the initial enthusiasm about the drop in the unemployment rate was tempered by the details of the job report. >> then you read the numbers more and there are less people looking for work. they are looking for report on the development branch. as he expects, construction job in the near future. >> years ago, it was kind of iffy, with the budget cuts and stuff. a lot of jobs sent out were canceled due to the budget cuts. too many people working on the job

the top four games in the late so it's a including one here in the capital with sleeping do navajos terry draws me elsewhere as part of travel to absent on the early game and being the late take on the bind. and meantime the english football season takes all. the main contenders for the twentieth premier league title. with the english premier league just around the corner it's defending champions manchester united when the new season is favorites although many key men retired during the summer edwin van der sar gary neville and paul scholes among them alex ferguson has made sure to bring in plenty of new blood phil jones actually young and goalkeeper david de haile already jelling into the old trafford again when. the record nineteenth time english champions opened their new title haunted was brom on sunday. the same day action begins for united's main rivals chelsea portuguese andre bosch will take on the managerial reins for the first time in the premier league against old city blues captain john terry stating the team has what it takes to raise a lot of the call for the second time thr

. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live at brand-new apple store. the man that brought you the iphone has stepped down at ceo of apple, steve jobs is gone. here come the questions, what about his health? what about the company? what about the future? we'll have a live report. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco, convicted criminal barry bonds could get that conviction against him tossed out today. former giants' star has an important hearing. >> waiting you outside, clouds and drizzle this morning. by the afternoon hours, cooling trend continues. till you when it gets warm again. >> good morning, i'm sue hall. we've got two accidents, kind of major, one in albany and another on freeway in daly city. details coming up. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >>> today, tim cook era begins at apple. steve jobs resigned yesterday in the wake of continued health problems. terry mcsweeney is live at the new apple store and everybody is wondering what it will mean for the direction of apple. >> yeah, steve jobs built apple into th

in new york city, this is "nightline," august 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, we're looking at a historic weather event now. it's rare that storms this big and this violent take aim at major american cities along the eastern seaboard, but that is what's apparentry happening with hurricane irene, now a category 3 hurricane, with winds of 115 miles per hour. irene blew past flolorida todayn its way toward landfall in the carolinas, sometimes early afternoon saturday. the big question, where does it go from there? here's abc's matt gutman for our coverage of hurricane irene. >> reporter: hurricane irene rumbled over the bahamas today, bending palms like rubber, toppling trees and ripping boats right out of the water. mike tice caught the brunt of it in nassau this morning. >> wind gusts around 75 or 80 miles an hour and this wind and rainin combined is absolutely ferocious to stand outside in front of. >> reporter: and even before making landfall in the u.s., the storm was menacing enough for the second fleet to order ships to evacuate its norfolk base inclu