mazda says the recall affects various years and models. the air bags were all made by japan company saying the problem is with the passenger-side airbags but has not caused injuries to date. >> activists will protest in san francisco today in another effort to push president obama to close down guantanamo bay. the protest supports the hung are strike by prisoners that began in february. organizers say the rallies are a way to bring justice to those being held in the prison illegally. the protest is one of many being held around the nation. it will begin with a march at 5:30 at 7th and mission street. >> the powerball jackpot will keep growing for now. last night was the first ever drawing that included california. no one won the $60 million jackpot. 123,000 in california won something by matching some of the numbers with prizes starting at $4. the next drawing is saturday. the jackpot has grown to $70 million. >> there is my ticket the. >> you might have won $4. >> no, i didn't win $4. >> i will play some of the numbers next time. >> don't

the nissan cube, excel, mazda. xr-6 also being recalled. >>> one of four taken hostage returning back to work. fire station shows that man hugging another firefighter yesterday. four of them yesterday were taken hostage when they responded to what was supposed to be a routine medical call. after about four hours of a standoff, s.w.a.t. teams raided that home killing the suspect. we can tell you the good news here. none of those firefighters were hurt. >> the u.s. senate could begin debate on new gun restrictions as soon as today. a vote is expected on whether to reject a potential filibuster. if it is avoided, they will debate on key issue, including gun checks on buyers. many oppose tougher gun laws >>> the man accused is going on a scary stabbing rampage. 20-year-old dillon quick being charged with three counts of aggravated assault. police say quick randomly stabbed 14 people at lone star community college near houston. authorities say he has been telling them he has been having fantasies about stabbing people s

mazda rx-8 and mazda 6 are also being recalled. >>> it is 5:39. coming up, the case of the dreaded cold shoulder. baseball commissioner, responding to bud selig's request to move to san jose. >> what we're learning about a pair of men accused in the robbery in the east bay. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> in washington, d.c., lawmakers getting ready for a big-time fight over stricter gun control laws. as senators get set for initial votes, a new nbc poll showing a drop in public support. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >>> jon, good morning. that poll came out while you were sleeping. 55% supporting stricter gun laws. there was a drop in february, abou

. >> reporter: this mazda dealership has been hiring veterans for years. it's one of 11 dealerships owned by the dell grande group which has hired more than 70 veterans. tomorrow at a job fair in san jose, they plan to hire 40 year. john gudinas is an army reservist who has transitioned into the role of general sales manager at oak tree mazda. he works alongside other veterans. the dell grande dealership group hopes to dozens more veterans because they have strong skills that can help any business succeed. >> the veterans we presently have working for us are hard-working, team players, team builders, leaders at our dealership. they're not afraid to work hard. they work for a common goal. >> reporter: julius tabian is a lot attendant at the dealership. he's an army reservist who completed two tours of duty, the latest in afghanistan. he knows how tough it can be to return to civilian life and is happy to see the program hiring our heroes is offering other vets a chance to succeed here at home. the vets say their attention to detail and leadership skills set

toyota corolla's, nissan sentras, mazda 6 sedans. there are others. most vehicles impacted are model years 2001 thru 2003. the front passenger air bags all were made by the same parts supplier, japan's takata corp. the firm says no one has been hurt, but there have been six incidents of the air bags deploying improperly on roadways. work on the bart extension from fremont to san jose is starting to ramp up. in the months to come. drivers in the area can expect numerous road closures and lane restrictions. and new tonight at 8-- kron 4's charles clifford has an update on the progress. the extension of bart from fremont to north san jose is 10 miles long and there are 11 places where the new railway crosses existing roads and crews will need to build new intersections. that means a lot of traffic delays over the months to come. in the very near future, there are two projects that will affect traffic. first, warren avenue in fremont will be close down this weekend between kato road and warm springs boulevard. that same stretch of road will be closed agai

. >> and japanese car measuremakers honda and mazda report earnings today. did the weaker yen help push profits into the fast lane? fushiko has this story. >> hi, kelly. yes, it did. japan's third biggest carmaker honda posted a net profit of 3.7 billion for the fiscal year ending in march. profits up 74% on the year. sales grew 24%, helped by the strong sales with civic and accord in the u.s. as well as in asia. the automaker forecast its global car sales would rise 7.7% to 3.7 million vehicles and projects 58%wide in net profit for the current fiscal year. japan's most reliant exportmaker mazda posted a 308 million profit for the fiscal year through march. it was the first time in five fiscal years for mazda to return to the black. mazda gets a large boost from a weaker yen says it exports 80% what it makes in japan. these reports show a strong comeback with the japanese carmakers with the help of a weaker yen. the yen has lost 14% since the start of the year. toyota and nissan will release earnings in the coming weeks. back to you, kelly. >> thanks very m

. >> one of three million cars recalled could be sitting in your driveway, toyota, honda, nissan, mazda, all looking into reports of defective air bags that could inflate improperly sending plastic pieces flying. air bags will be replaced free of charge. >>> sports, shop, beat down. the brave store owner takes matters into his own hands. >>> and a road to somewhere will likely stay that way. what caused the big deal to reshape part of a bay area city to collapse. >>> here's something interesting going so weather wise. each month so far the rainfall has gotten higher and higher. april has had the most rain so far this year. so, do we have any rain in the seven-day forecast? >> i'll have the answer coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, of armed robbers with a basl bat. . >>> a chicago store owner is recovering from a gunshot wound after taking on robbers with a baseball bat. it was all caught on camera on tuesday. he can be seen swinging at the robber as he fired a shot at you him. the 62-year-old continued to fight back even after being hit in the leg. the two men took off. the owner is already up a

it affects the big japanese automakers, toyota, honda, nissan and mazda. toyota including color low -- corollo and camry. honda is recalling 2001 to 2003 civic and crv's. nissan is calling five models from 2013 including top sellers. and mazda says it affects various models with all the airbags involving the same company, and involves the passenger-side airbags but has not caused more injuries. we have more on abc7news.com. ought power jackpot will continue to grow, 123,000 if california won something by matching some numbers. the prizes started at $4. the in drawing is saturday. the jackpot has grown to $70 million. >> it did not work out so well for me so i will try again. >> now, more attractive numbers, our meteorologist, mike nicco, not so warm as yesterday. >> breezy in some areas especially where we have the airport weather warping for gusty wind tomorrow all the way through 10:00 this evening and if you are thinking of headed to the bay water or the ocean it will be alcoholy from now until 11:00, with small craft advisory for you because of the cho

. >>> las compaÑÍas toyota, nissan honda y mazda llevarÁn a cabo revisiones de mÁs de 3 millones de automÓviles en el mundo, por fallas en bolsas de aire, informaciÓn importante la mitad de los vehÍculos son de toyota y modelos afectado son los fabricados entre los aÑos 2.000 y aÑos 2004 asÍ que comuniquese con el fabricante de su auto si cree que su carro estÁ entre los afectados. >>> unos estudiantes del sur de florida desarrollar un prepapreo para mejorar la cÁlida de vida de las personas con problema visuales, se trata de una gafas que lee un papel en voz alta haciendo posible que los invidentess entiendan lo que tienen frente a su ojos. >>> hablando de medicina cada 69 segundo una persona en estados unidos desarrolla la enfermedad de alzheimer un mal que roba la memoria y destruye la vida de quiÉn la sufre, cecilia viajÓ a los Ángeles para traernos una (...) para revertir la pÉrdida la memoria, asÍ que presten atenciÓn. >>> mientras la ciencia no descansa buscando una cura para el alzheimer, una meditaciÓn practicada por mÁs de 5.000 aÑos podrÍa tener la clave, se trata de

. >> he opens up the back of his mazda. the dude on the other side of the house throws the water bottle and nails it. now they are in college but a couple years ago they recall in high school and they did another shot with 2.8 million views on youtube. he was back at this trunk and looks at the camera with a weird face and peas his pants. 2.8 million views. you need to do something to top that. grown man pees himself. that would give you millions of viewers off the bat. >> that's going to do it for this edition of "right this minute." see you next time. çó hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman, we have the videos you have been looking for, "right this minute." >>> a wild steer is chased as part of a contest. >> most people get out of the way. >> the terrifying moment someone doesn't. >>> a woman is pumping gas when the clerk senses -- >> something not quite right. >> what happens when the get away doesn't go as planned. >>> this guy is part of a bizarre experiment --

mazda says it afederal governments various years and models with all made by the same company with a problem with passenger-side airbags with no injuries to date the. >> year, at 9:30 it was 70's degrees. today, not so hot. >> you can see the cooling trend yesterday afternoon in san francisco. the winds kept blowing we had a cold front come through last night but did not bring rain or is it going to bring rain. we have dry live doppler 7 hd. what it did do is bring in wind. that is with gusts up to 21 with air poor weather morning until 10:00 for butchy flights in and out of the sfo with winds running 17 miles per hour, and these are sustained winds, not the gusts, but this is how it feels outside at ten miles per hour in concord and eight in san jose. they are out there and faster in some areas and slower in others. here are the clouds they have banged up against the coastline look, from ocean beach from mount tamalpais this morning. it will be cloudy and cooler today. mild to warm on friday and saturday and another dry cold front comes in on sunday bringing us windy weather and coo

nissan, 480,000 and mazda, 45,000. we want to note most of the recall cars appear to be from the years 2001, 2002 and 200200. as for the problems in these defeted vehicles, honda specifically says the passenger airbag inflaters could deploy with too much pressure. that could lead to injuries. obviously a serious concern. honda says, thus far, it is not aware of any injuries or deaths caused by this airbag defect. toyota says it has heard of airbag malfunctions but no injuries. so it looks like the automakers are pretty much recalling these vehicles out of an abundance of caution. let's keep in mind that vehicle recalls are pretty common in the u.s. >> let's talk about toyota because they've worked hard to claw their way back to the top. they had a tough few years. this probably comes at a bad time for them. >> it's just more bad news. vehicle recall news for them, you will will fleb october of last year, they had to recall about 7.5 million vehicles because of a power window problem and, of course, the biggest news, th

police said he crashed his mazda into a big rig in december of 2009 while trying to get away from sheriff's deputies. an 18-year-old man, 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were killed. a fourth passenger suffered serious injuries. >>> today a 31-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison for raping a woman at santa rosa junior college last year. marco vargas pleaded no contest to the charges. the 24-year-old victim says she knew vargas from a dance class at the college. he has more than a year's credit for time served in the county jail and will likely spend another 18 months in prison. >>> one year after a federal crackdown on an oakland medical marijuana center, there have been no charges filed over the raid. one man faces federal charges of assaulting an officer during the protest outside. dea and irs agents raided the university april 2nd of last year. the warrant is under seal. advocates say agents detained and questioned the university president. >>> disney says a small team will remain with the company to oversee licensing of star wars- themed video games. >>> cisco is ad

toyota, honda, nissan and mazda say the problem affects about 3.5 million cars made between 2000-2004 saying a malfunction could cause the air bags to burst and spray pieces of metal. there are five cases already it is a global recall.ed. - many of the vehicles were sold in europe and north america. >> well, enough is enough. that is the message from shareholders to top management at deutsch bank. germany's biggest bank has been ronked by scandal. now they had to repeat last year's annual meeting after judges ruled one investor should have been given more time to speak. the defunct cash media group which has been in a long legal battle with the bank. rerunning the meeting costs millions of euros. they were anticipating an angry crowd and took shelter behind a waist-high fence. now time for a record to see how the markets rounded out trading. another day of stellar trading in europe. >> in the morning a few investors thought the markets in frankfort would take a break after wednesday's rally but the rally continued mainly because of new data coming out of the u.s., jobless claims shran

in this video it worked on mazda and accura. but didn't give the thieves access to ford or cadillac. police say they have never seen figure like this. >> shown this video to experts in the field and everybody right now is they don't know what it is. e-long beach police say they are working with law enforcement agency across the country and vehicle manufacturer to identify the technology being used. >> get to the bottom of that quickly. >> facebook wants to change the way you use your phone. zuckerberg released home today. software that puts facebook content on the home screen rather than requiring to you check app for the same information. urn turn the phone on and facebook photo first seechbility work only on android phone and eventually available on tablet. home begin rolling out on april 12t 12th. >> target is apologizing after backlash over the color description on a dress. this is the target ad for maxi-dress. stand arrested size investigation of the dress is available in dark gray but the same color in the plus size versio

now, honda, toyota, nissan and mazda, they all use the same japanese manufacturer. now, the stock in fact is closed down today 9% on this news. no injuries or deaths have been reported, but there have been several crashes. such a wide reaching recall, it can hit confidence. we saw this after toyota's recalls in 2009 and 2010, but it recovered. as for toyota shares that are traded here, they're actually up more than 1%. so not affecting trade today. michael and suzanne. >> going to be interesting to see actually because that company also provides parts for other carmakers as well. we'll see how this all unfolds. meanwhile all this is happening you have the dow and s&p hitting record highs today. i'm just looking at the board now, another green arrow day. >> and you know what which nice round number we are watching for now? we are on dow 15,000 watch. hearing 15,000 is incredible, but it got within 118 points earlier in the session. so in the meantime we've got the dow, the s&p 500, they're hitting new interday records. and the funny thing is other than a positive lab

toyota, nissan, honda, mazda all use the same manufacturer for their air bags. they all have the same defect. the passenger air bag doesn't inflate properly. that can lead to metal fragments shooting out of the air bag compartment, essentially spraying the interior of the vehicle with shrapnel. we put the list of vehicles affected on our website tonight. we're back in a moment with something from a dark time in american history that we have not seen until just now. >>> a new exhibit in washington at the newseum on the mall, part of the slow rollout of commemoration as we get ready to mark the 50th anniversary of president john f. kennedy's assassination this coming november. among the items on display, the shirt lee harvey oswald was wearing at the time of his arrest, the contents of his wallet that day. and the camera owned by abraham zapruder the bell & howell relic that shot what is now the archival record of the shooting of kennedy. it's known universally as the zapruder film. of all the names of all the hurricanes we have had, can you guess the name they re

mazda. and the victims when we talk to them told us they were positive they lock the car door. >>reporter: surveillance video of the long beach they've show they were unable to lock ford escape and cadillac. we asked for the name of the company that provide the lock. won't tell us. ball is in their court. >> vehicle manufacturer can figure this out like they are going to look at all the cars that did get broken into versus the ones that didn't and say what is the piece of hardware in common? okay. this is the thing they broke. he. >>reporter: i believe i have found the supplier of the lock hacked but without cooperation from the car manufacturer i can not be certain. so what i do is pass this report along long beach police and let them take it from here. now at that time away for you never leave anything valuable in the car any more. remember these thieves weren't lacking through the window. looking for items they were simply opening the door that unlock. now tomorrow on 7 news at 11:00. back with a story about bullet proof gear for your kids. controversy over the pint size arm

mazda. and the victims when we talk to them told us they were positive they lock the car door. >>reporter: surveillance video of the long beach they've show they were unable to lock ford escape and cadillac. we asked for the name of the company that provide the lock. won't tell us. ball is in their court. >> vehicle manufacturer can figure this out like they are going to look at all the cars that did get broken into versus the ones that didn't and say what is the piece of hardware in common? okay. this is the thing they broke. he. >>reporter: i believe i have found the supplier of the lock hacked but without cooperation from the car manufacturer i can not be certain. so what i do is pass this report along long beach police and let them take it from here. now at that time away for you never leave anything valuable in the car any more. remember these thieves weren't lacking through the window. looking for items they were simply opening the door that unlock. now tomorrow on 7 news at 11:00. back with a story about bullet proof gear for your kids. controversy over the pint size arm

the video works on mazdas but did not work on ford or cadillac. police say they have never seen figure like it. >> we have shown this video to experts in the field and everyone right now doesn't know what it is. >> long beach police say they working with law enforcement agencies across the country and vehicle manufacturers to identify the technology being use the empty. >> a police officer is being credited with saving an airport security guard from serious injury. on saturday, the woman was -- a woman attacked a security guard in honolulu. that is when the corporal sprang into action wrestles down the attacker and handcuffed her. he gave a statement to authorities and still made the flight. he attended a wedding in hawaii. corporal rogers hand with the police department since 2006 and the superiors say they are proud of his actions. >> this could be a key day in boeingests to get the boeing 787 dreamliner in the air. the pilots could make a certification flight today with the plane's revamped battery system. all 50 dreamliners around the globe we

it includes 1.7 million toyotas, 1.1 million hondas. 480 thousand nissans and 45 thousand mazdas automakers say passenger side air bags could cause injury with too much force. 2000 through 2003 models are mostly affected. popular models like toyota's corolla, matrix and camry are included. kelsey mays of cars dot com says he does not see the recalls hurting sales numbers in the months ahead. "it might effect things for these automakers but their momentum has already been pretty strong at least two of the major ones for the first quarter of this year, so i don't see it effecting things that much in the remaining three quarters. " no injuries or deaths have been reported. the recall has been traced to a japanese supplier of air bags--takata corporation. foreclosures are inching up again. repossessions rose 2 percent in february, compared to a slight drop in the last three months. florida leads the u-s in foreclosure starts, followed by nevada and illinois. reports say foreclosure- prevention efforts are wearing off and causing delays. and new legislation in some states is making it harder for

in this video it worked on mazda and accura. but didn't give the thieves access to ford or cadillac. police say they have never seen figure like this. >> shown this video to experts in the field and everybody right now is they don't know what it is. e-long beach police say they are working with law enforcement agency across the country and vehicle manufacturer to identify the technology being used. >> get to the bottom of that quickly. >> facebook wants to change the way you use your phone. zuckerberg released home today. software that puts facebook content on the home screen rather than requiring to you check app for the same information. urn turn the phone on and facebook photo first seechbility work only on android phone and eventually available on tablet. home begin rolling out on april 12t 12th. >> target is apologizing after backlash over the color description on a dress. this is the target ad for maxi-dress. stand arrested size investigation of the dress is available in dark gray but the same color in the plus size versio

mazda says it afederal governments various years and models with all made by the same company with a problem with passenger-side airbags with no injuries to date the. >> year, at 9:30 it was 70's degrees. today, not so hot. >> you can see the cooling trend yesterday afternoon in san francisco. the winds kept blowing we had a cold front come through last night but did not bring rain or is it going to bring rain. we have dry live doppler 7 hd. what it did do is bring in wind. that is with gusts up to 21 with air poor weather morning until 10:00 for butchy flights in and out of the sfo with winds running 17 miles per hour, and these are sustained winds, not the gusts, but this is how it feels outside at ten miles per hour in concord and eight in san jose. they are out there and faster in some areas and slower in others. here are the clouds they have banged up against the coastline look, from ocean beach from mount tamalpais this morning. it will be cloudy and cooler today. mild to warm on friday and saturday and another dry cold front comes in on sunday bringing us windy weather and coo

volkswagen decreased fifty amp sound for the chevrolet fell by a tenth the biggest losers citron and mazda who sales slumped by a third car dealers say it's because the market is now saturated as those who wanted to buy a car have done a juror in the post-crisis years but market players say the drop mirrors a slowdown in economic growth and security. because in my mind europeans are a little bit unsecured what we see at the time in vista is there are problems in different areas and this makes people a little piece which i still think that russia is a great but. i still absolutely sure that russia will overrun the in the next four five years germany is the biggest. copper and use one for russians owns a car that's three times less than in the u.s. and in many european countries so russia has to have tracked if market for global auto makers compared to europe where a new car registrations dropped to the lowest level in almost two decades russia's console's for costs for this year differ with some experts expecting a small decline and ah there is projecting slower the growth of up to seven pe

video itn this videot worked on mazda and accura. but didn't give the thieves access to ford or cadillac. police say they have never seen figure like like this. >> shown this video to experts in the field and everybody right now is they don't know what it is. e-long beach police say they are working with law enforcement agency across the country and vehicle manufacturer to identify the technology being used. >> get to the bottom of that quickly. >> facebook wants to change the way you use your phone. zuckerberg released home today. software that puts facebook content on the home screen rather than requiring to you check app for the same information. urn turn the phone on and facebook photo first seechbility work only on android phone and eventually available on tablet. home begin rolling out on april 12t 12th. >> target is apologizing after backlash overscriptionor description on a dress. this is the target ad for maxi-dress. stand arrested size investigation of the dress is available in dark gray but the same color in the plus size

one supplier made the air bags for toyotas, hondas, nissans and mazdas. the recall involved 3.4 million front passenger air bags on vehicles made more than a decade ago. the air bags do not inflate and can send plastic or metal pieces flying into passengers. no injuries have been reported so far. >> the bird flu outbreak in china is hurting chicken sales. kfc feeling the pain. it is one of the most successful foreign restaurant chains in china, but company officials say they've seen a negative effect, significant one. fewer customers are showing up even though the company says cooked chicken is safe. >>> the winklevoss twins are making it big in another cutting-edge technology. you may remember them from "the social network." they hired mark zuckerberg then sued him claiming he stole their idea for facebook. they're venture cappalists. now into digital coins and their stake is worth about $11 million. >>> next on this friday morning, the nail-biting heart-stopping moments as a pilot attempts to land his plane without landing gear. >>> and with the masters

mazda. and the victims when we talk to them told us they were positive they lock the car door. >>reporter: surveillance video of the long beach they've show they were unable to escape and ford escape and cadillac. we asked for the name of the company that provide the lock. won't tell us. ball is in their court. >> vehicle manufacturer can figure this out like they are going to look at all the cars that did get broken into versus the ones that didn't and say what is the piece of hardware in common? okay. this is the thing they broke. he. >>reporter: i believe i have found the supplier of the lock hacked but without cooperation from the car manufacturer i can not be certain. so whatis passt is pass this report along long beach police and let them take it from here. now at that time away for you never leave anything valuable in the car any more. remember these thieves weren't lacking through the window. looking for items they wereg opening the door that unlock. now tomorrow on 7 news at 11:00. back with a story about bullet proof gear for your kids. controversy over the pint size

. >>> las compaÑÍas toyota, nissan, honda, mazda, llevaran revicpie de 3 millones de automÓviles debido a fallas en las bolsas de seguridad, la mitad de los vehÍculos son de toyota como el corolla y el camry, son fabricados entre el aÑo 2000 y 2004. y comunÍquese con los fabricantes si cree estar afectado. >>> desarolaron un prototipo que registra textos de libros y los lee en voz alta, y que entiendan lo que tienen frente a sus ojos. >>> y esta noticia es para usted, mujer, unos investigadores en francia pasaron 15 aÑos estudiando los senos de cientos de mujeres, y determinaron que el brassier no es determinante para que el busto se caiga, los cientÍficos dicen que no usar esta prenda intima ayudarÍa a fortalecer los mÚsculos del pecho. sin embargo, como se podrÁn imaginar, la industria de la ropa intima genera ganancias de 11 millones de dÓlares. entonces, a quiÉn le creemos? es una costumbre, hay que seguir. >>> consulte con su mÉdico. >>> bueno, hablando de medicina, cada 69 segundos una persona en estados unidos desarrolla alzheimer, un mar que roba memoria. sin embargo,

and mazda, 45,000. now, we want to note that most of the recall cars appear to be from 2001, 2002, and 2003. as for the problem in these effected vehicles, honda specifically says the passenger front airbag inflaters could deploy with too much pressure. obviously that could cause injuries. let's be clear, though, honda says, thus far, it is not aware of any injuries or deaths caused by this airbag defect. toyota says it has heard of airbag malfunctions but no injuries. so it looks like these automakers are doing this recall out of an abundance of caution. all four of these automakers all purchased their airbag systems from the same manufacturer called tacada. john, take a look at your makes and models because these are some really popular vehicles. shannon travis, thanks. >>> hostage drama in suburbia atlanta that ended with a gunman dead and four firefighters rescued by a s.w.a.t. team. police say the suspect placed a fake emergency call and when firefighters arrived, he held them hostage. demand they

> cars recalled because of defective airbags, involving 3.5 million cars, toyota, honda, nissan and mazda. when they inflate they can project flying plastic or parts at passengers. so far no injuries. owners can expectoral notices in the mail. >>> one day down, three to go at masters golf tournament in georgia. tiger woods got off to a rough start. but he settled down, as his round went along. he is four strokes off the lead. >> that lead is held by sergio garcia of spain. six under par going into today's second round. the greens helped them out. half the field shot par or better. >> but the shot of the day came from welchman, jamie donaldson. on the par 3, 6th hole he tied off and watched as his ball rolled right into the cup. a hole in one. and his first masters tournament. that is an achievement. not too many people can brag about. >> sweet pants too. >> styling. >> finished two over par. >> everybody asked me what i was going to do this weekend. i forgot about the masters. >> glued to the tv. >>> coming up, warning about people who prepare tax returns for the living. before the 15th d

three teens died when a mazda plow nootd underside of a big rig. alameda county sheriff deputies suspected the driver in a series of robberies he was found guilty of second degree murder in december. sentenced today, the 25-year-old tested positive for alcohol and several other drugs after the crash. >> just released 911 recordings from a deadly northern california raceway crash reveal confusion about where crews should respond in moments after that horrible accident. george warren brings us audio tonight first on abc 7 news. >> in a series of frantic mobile 911 calls, spectateors at marysville park describe horror of watching an out of control sprint car barreling into the pit area. >> this is bad. a young child got hit by a race car. >> they're on the way. okay? >> thank you. >> initially there is confusion among dispatchers regarding the location of the crash. they're not sure whether to send hem to mariville raceway park or river front park three miles away. >> we need help. hurry! >> ma'am, very to find out where you're at first, there are thr

. >> jeeps, mazdas, one was a bmw. and the victims, when we talked to them, told us they were positive they locked their car do urilnce video of the long beach thieves showed they were unable to unlock a ford escape and cadillac. so we asked automakers for the names of the company that provide their locks. they won't tell us. they insist the ball is in their court. >> the vehicle manufacturers can figure this out. it's like, they're going the at all the cars that did get broken into versus the one that didn't and say say, what's the piece of hardware in common? this is the thing they broke. >> i believe i found the supplier of the locks that have been hacked but without cooperation of the car manufacturers i cannot be certain so i'm passing this report along to long beach police and i'll let them take it from here. now, the takeaway for you is to never leave anything of value in your car until this is solved. these thieves weren't looking through car windows for items. they were simply opening the doors that unlocked.

. >> jeeps, mazdas, one was a bmw. and the victims, when we talked to them, told us they were positive they locked their car doors. >> surveillance video of the long beach thieves showed they were unable to unlock a ford escape and cadillac. so we asked automakers for the names of the company that provide their locks. they won't tell us. they insist the ball is in their court. >> the vehicle manufacturers can figure this out. it's like, they're going to look at all the cars that did get broken into versus the one that didn't and say say, what's the piece of hardware in common? this is the thing they broke. >> i believe i found the supplier of the locks that have been hacked but without cooperation of the car manufacturers i cannot be certain so i'm passing this report along to long beach police and i'll let them take it from here. now, the takeaway for you is to never leave anything of value in your car until this is solved. these thieves weren't looking through car windows for items. they were simply opening the doors

nissan is recalling 480,000 cars, and more mazda 45000. so far no injuries were back reported, but there is the common link. all the automakers got their airbag from the same japanese manufacturer. the owners will receive a recall notification letter from the car company telling them to take their vehicle to an authorized dealer to get a replacement. >>> there is a chance that this recall could expand too other brands. according to edmunds.com the manufacturer at the center of this recall is a global supplier. consumer advocates advise you keep an eye out for an e-mail from your car company in case you need to go to the dealership for replacement stomach jay-z is responding in song to criticism of his recent shift with his wife beyonci. >>> we are now 38 days away from this year's bay to breakers, we will bring you the race from start to finish. the race is sunday, ♪ roundup ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' the

this involves honda and mazda. more than a million were sold in the u.s. one japanese company made the air bags for all of them. the air bags on the passenger side may inflate and send bits of plastic flying. there's only been a handful of incidents reported. >>> the citations are not just going to drivers using their phones. >> combing your hair, shaving, putting on make up while driving. reading the newspaper. all these things will cause you and subject you to being stopped. >> according to the san francisco district attorney, 60% of crosswalk accidents in the city involve distracted drivers. the d.a. also warns that pedestrians need to pay attention too. >>> police officers, firefighters and paramedics rushed to oakland high school today but luckily it was just a reenactment to teach students the dangers of distracted driving. some students played the victims while others played the distracted drivers. >>> in news of the world tonight in china, california governor jerry brown and his wife boarded a high speed train in beijing for a trip to shanghai. bro

this involves honda and mazda. more than a million were sold in the u.s. one japanese company made the air bags for all of them. the air bags on the passenger side may inflate and send bits of plastic flying. there's only been a handful of incidents reported. >>> the citations are not just going to drivers using their phones. >> combing your hair, shaving, putting on make up while driving. reading the newspaper. all these things will cause you and subject you to being stopped. >> according to the san francisco district attorney, 60% of crosswalk accidents in the city involve distracted drivers. the d.a. also warns that pedestrians need to pay attention too. >>> police officers, firefighters and paramedics rushed to oakland high school today but luckily it was just a reenactment to teach students the dangers of distracted driving. some students played the victims while others played the distracted drivers. >>> in news of the world tonight in china, california governor jerry brown and his wife boarded a high speed train in beijing for a trip to shanghai. bro

police said he crashed his mazda into a big rig in december of 2009 while trying to get away from sheriff's deputies. an 18-year-old man, 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were killed. a fourth passenger suffered serious injuries. >>> today a 31-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison for raping a woman at santa rosa junior college last year. marco vargas pleaded no contest to the charges. the 24-year-old victim says she knew vargas from a dance class at the college. he has more than a year's credit for time served in the county jail and will likely spend another 18 months in prison. >>> one year after a federal crackdown on an oakland medical marijuana center, there have been no charges filed over the raid. one man faces federal charges of assaulting an officer during the protest outside. dea and irs agents raided the university april 2nd of last year. the warrant is under seal. advocates say agents detained and questioned the university president. >>> disney says a small team will remain with the company to oversee licensing of star wars- themed video games. >>> cisco is ad

between 2000 and 2004 and honda is recalling civics and crv's and nissan is recalling top sellers and mazda says this affects different years and models with the airbags made by the same corporation in japan. the problem is with the passenger-side airbags but has not caused injuries. we have more on abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >> i have a personal stake in the next story. it is allergy season. >> really? >> really. experts reveal which foods could make your symptoms worse. >> and the first powerball drawing in california? >> walnut creek has traffic moving along on 680 and we will have traffic and weather together next as >> we are back, coming up on 6:41. newark, redwood city, cupertino, and fairfield at 51 and san ramon, good morning, and richmond district is at 50. coolest at 47 in novato, and in the afternoon, temperatures are still average if not warmer-than-average, and with the big drop, mid to 60's around the bay and brisk at the coast at upper 50's. warmer and warmer tomorrow and saturday and windy conditions on sunday. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, as we take the

honda recalling more than 1 million civics and odysseys, nissan and mazda recalling cars as well. though, at this point, it is unclear exactly which models >>> 6:16. a unique job fair is taking place for veterans looking for work. taking place across the country and here in the bay area. >> it is a great program, all part of an initiative called hiring our heroes trying to get vets back into the workforce. >> reporter: if you are a vet or a spouse of a vet, national guard and reserves, come over to post 318 at 9:30 this morning. bring your resume. dress to impress. what will they find when they get here? >> they are going to find about 35 employers who are ready and willing and very interested in hiring veterans. >> reporter: some of the names of the companies? >> we have google, s.a.p., first command financial. >> reporter: police departments? >> san jose and san francisco police departments. >> reporter: people might be surprised to hear unemployment rates for vets jumps to 25%, 38% if they are under 25. what's going on with that? >> i think what we are seeing is that they are h

julia is working at mazda. he says the skills he learned in the military help here. >> pay attention to details. >> good job. >> reporter: general sales manager says attention to detail is not the only skill veterans offer. they are also great leaders and team players. >> i think your typical person from the military knows how to triumph over adversity. our military has found a way to overcome. that is the thing you want in a business, people that can handle any obstacles. >> reporter: he was an army reservist one of more than 70 veterans hired to work at 11 car dealerships in san jose. tomorrow at a job fair in san jose run by hiring our heroes the dealership group hopes to hire more vets. >> we would love to fill them all with veterans. we have close to 40 positions available from sales consultant to service advisers, technicians. >> reporter: julius knows how tough it can be for vets to find work. >> after my first deployment it was hard to find the job afterwar afterwards. >> they have supported our country

japan automaker, honda, toyota, nissan and mazda are recalling more than 3 million cars worldwide because of an air bag problem. here is a list of the recalled models. the problem is with the passenger side air bag, it could inflate with too much power and push shards of metal out. they sold them to companies such as gm and bmw. >>> and turning to the past to help bring a future super bowl to the area, ahead, who is getting involved. >>> and boost your memory and improve your sleep. the sounds that could do the trick for you. >>> i'm jeff fournier, the winds picking up, going from 10 to 20 miles an hour in san francisco. the good thing about the wind, it is helping out with our air quality. everyone had excellent levels, expected to continue over the next 48 hours, we'll have more coming up in a few minutes. >>> new information suggests that moderate alcohol consumption before or after a breast cancer diagnosis does not increase your risk of death. they looked at 23,000 women with breast cancer, and found that survival rates were similar for women who drank after a diagnosis and those who

plus, several model from nissan, mazda, and honda. for the full list go to cnnmoney.com. >>> for the second day in a row the threat of severe weather looms. this time it's over much of the southeast. tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail all possible. greatest risk in alabama, georgia, and the florida panhandle. in missouri the governor will tour homes damaged by a tornado. it was about 30 miles outside of st. louis. no injuries reported. a similar scene north of little rock, arkansas. a tornado left a path of destruction 30 miles long. three people hurt. 33 homes damaged. one church absolutely demolished. justin lewis of affiliate katv joins from outside of that church. it's amazing no one was hurt inside that church. >> reporter: exactly. hi there fwen. you talked about 30 homes damaged. we're expecting that number to rise as we get around the country. this is what we talked about. the church that was damaged. we're actually standing in what used to be the sanctuary. as you can see there, that's the pastor up there trying to kin

in this video it works on mazda and it did not work on a ford or cadillac. police have never seen anything like it. >> i have then this video to experts in the field. everyone right now does not know what it is. >> long beach police are working with law law enforcement to identify the technology being use used. >> there is another nonstop opening for flying to europe, scandinavian airlines will launch service between sfo and copenhagen saying they will use the wide-body air bus jets on the transplant tick journey. they planned to fly to san francisco in 2008 but the economy canceled the plans. sfo is now the 4th destination for the airlines. >> did someone just say there could be rain out there? >> yes, we know at at&t park, there is rain. lisa urgen is watching that situation. what do you see? >> good morning to you, live doppler 7 hd shows some returns along 280, redwood city and palo alto, a few areas of light showers and in the higher elevations and across the bay in union city with wet weather, and east palo alto and down around san francisco looking at

. >> reporter: ahead, a mazda has rear-ended a chevy tahoe. it's a simple fender bender. but it sets off one of the biggest chain reaction crashes in history. >> a massive crash. >> mangled metal as far as the eye can see. >> bam, you could hear it for miles. >> reporter: somebody described it as a demolition derby. >> i think that would probably be a fair assessment at that point in time, yes. >> reporter: a sense of the bedlam in texas from other crashes caught on camera in another place and time. imagine that, multiplied by 100. back in texas on thanksgiving morning, the full-contact traffic jam continues. >> there's a major accident! on i-10, i mean, there's tons of trucks and cars. >> big rigs hitting big rigs and hitting little cars. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> reporter: police and cell phone video reveal an instant junk yard. but only from the air does the scope of the destruction become clear. more than a mile of mayhem. 24 separate crashes involving 118 vehicles. >> look at this. kids on the side of the road. oh, my god. >> reporter: stunned travelers emerge fr

mazda down 4%. hyundai, down 2% and toyota and nissan, unchanged, flat in the for the month. this is reflected in the stock prices. u.s. automaker stocks are worth looking at. gm and ford both closed up today. there is lot more room to run on the stocks. foreign automaker stocks, specifically japanese, toyotas, hondas, nissans, closed down today. i'll tell you, the u.s. auto industry, experiencing a nice renaissance. i like it. liz: so do the auto workers. and certainly the ceo's. sergio marchionne who took the chance. david: tesla has news by the way to report. we don't want to let you wait anymore on that. tesla is announcing its first leasing program. we heard a lot about announcements that they were going to make in this hour. that is the first of them. liz: right, it is going to be in conjunction. they're calling it revolutionary leasing product with wells fargo and u.s. bancorp. they're saying by the way, they came out with good numbers for the model s sedan. they say they are pegging their model s resale value to the mercedes s-class. they have a deal with mercedes. it

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i like getting down -- what should i say, the mazda of american politics. watching great man and not so great either, many of them really far from great as a matter of fact, but henry clay, daniel webster, john c. callaghan, my least favorite american political figure. the man he did more than any other american politician to destroy the united states or at least to damage it. and many others whose names are not so familiar in more. but men who believed in the power of argument and in an era when political to 51 rhetoric was not the kind of semi slanders word yesterday, but rather an eerie -- hierarchy by spoken art. in the use of language of political man, i keep saying men because there were not many women in politics. when the use of language by political man was one of a great national sports, and people would turn up by the hundreds and thousands to year speakers. lincoln douglas debates which come later, but orders word the great champions of the day. in the way that sports heroes and pop stars are today. and in the course of those ten months people v

toyota, mazda and nissan are reallying over 4 million vehicles worldwide over the concern that front passenger air bags may not deploy correctly. it will replace the faulty devices with new ones. the air bags were all made by taka, which says no one has been injured by the problem. takata shares are down 9% today. take take up 5.8%. fast retailing is standing pat on its full year profit forecast despite a double digit jump in its sales last month. the operator says it's still expected to post record earnings this year. 17% higher from a year ago. asia's biggest clothing company said earlier its december quarterly profit slipped around 8% to 400 million dollars. which missed analyst forecasts. >>> and kfc sales in china have not been finger licking, apparently growing bird flu fears are compounding the problem. yum brands said the outbreak in china hit significantly in the last week after the retailer struggles to rebuild its reputation after high hormone levels in young chickens. >>> and joining us from hong kong for more, peter from reuters breaking views. peter, nice to see you. bi