thompson: mr. speaker, address the house for one minute, revise and stepped. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, in 2008, the president and house of representatives lifted the 24--year-old moratorium on offshore oil and gas production on most of the atlantic and pacific coasts. president obama pushed for offshore oil drilling in eastern gulf of mexico through 2017. then the oil spill happened and that disaster is a cautionary tale. but the first week in december, the secretary of interior without an act of congress or presidential directive order prohibited offshore energy development from 2012 to 2017, five-year plan for offshore leasing. this change means no new production can begin until 2022, if then. that is not the way to reduce our rising independence on foreign oil or solve our unemployment problem or lack of economic growth. we must learn our lessons from the oil spill and proceed with care but must proceed. president obama in stran did you lation by regu

if as kate thompson reports, people are worried about how they'll survive when the checks stopped coming. >> 37 year-old christian collier has been out of work for year. >> to a hard to find any work. it is it's hard it's very competitive. >> no extension of the federal on a point that if that means he could see his checks dry up in just a few weeks. >> i'm very worried about that i need that, i need that, if i don't have that i don't have anything. how will i survive. >> in addition to the standard 26 weeks of when implanted provided by the state for more than two years the federal government has provided an additional 73 weeks for a total of 99 weeks of when inclement. without the extension of benefits is pared back to the regular 26 weeks. >> federal unemployment is given out for tears every couple of months people have to come to imply what offices like this one in san francisco and reapply to move to the next year. the deadline is already past for many of those and people are already being frozen out. >> it's tragic, really tragic but there might be a lot of people that are living o

we are live in the 1700 block of thompson avenue better known as christmas tree lane. someone is trying to take the spirit out of a very old tradition. >> alameda in the street has been doing this for decades. you know, it's just another thing that kind of put it in the ground. >> reporter: chris olson has lived on thompson avenue in alameda for most of his life. lighting up his home is a family tradition. >> we do this for the community, and to have someone come and take it from us, it's kind of a shame. >> reporter: a shame that thieves ripped off dozens of items from four homes between late friday night and early saturday morning. one victim was hit twice. olson's home was vandalized last year and this year. >> it's tough times for everyone, a recession, the unemployment rate, and, you know, i'm sure our lights maybe went to help feed someone's family. ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ >> there have been displays on thompson avenue for over 60 years. they've been doing it for over a decade. >> it's so sad, spend all that money and someone comes and ruins i

kron 4's kate thompson has more on that part of the story. >> reporter: san francisco is gearing up for the celebration on friday evening. a heavy focus on safety and security. >> half a million people are expected to power into san francisco to celebrate and 250,000 of those will be right here, watching the fire works. the barricades are up and police are cracking down on drinking. there will be zero tolerance. police will also set up dui check points. >> we want people to come, we want people to have fun, we want to do so in a safe manner. anyone that believes they can drive while drunk, is making a grave missteak. >> reporter: kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> kron 4 is airing new year's live. the only new year's show based in the bay area. we hope to see you tomorrow night at 11:30 for the party. >>> looks like thrain will be coming in for tomorrow night just in time for 12:00. perhaps sooner. here saview of the golden gate bridge. tonight, clear skies, cool temperatures. in the 30s right now and going into the 20s tomorrow morning. clear skies and patchy fog. increasing clouds for th

reporting in san francisco, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> ring in to new year with kron 4 news. tune in at 11:30. we will have new year's live, the only local new year's , >>> here is a look at a couple of stories making news today. >> reporter: police say the homicide rate has been cut in half this year. in 2009 there were eight murders, this year four. shootings cut in half well. a number of things cut crime. several social programs that have been put into place. technology is playing a part as well. the entire city is wired with the shot spotter technology. when a gun is fired police know exactly where it happened. jeff bush, kron 4 news. >> reporter: top uc execs are demanding an increase in pensions. they say they were promised his years a go and it doesn't come through they will take the university to court. they are considering their options. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> reporter: parking garage could be one of the busiest in san francisco. no surprise there. the best shopping in san francisconeric make it a desirable place to park. but these signs posted warn because of t

kron 4's kate thompson begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: the two-year-old girl was out of sight for just moments. she was putting back ribbon when eugene melendres ramos, a convicted sex offender snatched her. >> a male suspect pinned the little girl to the floor in the store and removed her diaper, removed his pants and was stratling the girl, the grandmother could tell the suspect was sexually assaulting the girl. they chased eugene melendres ramos when he took off running. >> auntie and the grandmother and she was just -- just hysterical, holding the baby and saying please, please, help me, you know, and i said -- i couldn't do nothing but help. >> she chased after him, i chased after him. i caught him. he tried to square off with me. >> reporter: they tackled eugene melendres ramos till police arrested him. reporting in union city, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> new at 11:00, this is not the first time eugene melendres ramos has been accused of molesting a child. kron 4's jonathan bloom has a look at his past. >> reporter: eugene melendres ramos went to prison in 2005 for at

as kron 4 kate thompson reports people are worried about how they will survive when the checks stopped coming. >> collier has been out of work for a year. >>no extension of the federal unemployment grant means he could see his checks dry up in just a few weeks. >>i'm very worried about that, i need that, if i don't have anything how will i survive? >>in addition to the standard 26 weeks of unemployment provided by the state for more than two years the federal government has provided additional 73 weeks for a total of 99 weeks of income. without the extension of benefits it's pared back to the regular 26 weeks. >>federal unemployment is given out in tiers, every couple of months people have to come to unemployment offices like this one in san francisco and reapply to move to the next tier. the deadline is already past for many of those and people are already being frozen out. >>it's tragic, really tragic but there might be a lot of people that are living off this state and dole that should crack the whip and do anything they can. >>pull up by the bootstraps, it's quite a bit. nobody sai

ar for air travel, thousands of passengers are still waiting and sue thompson is live at san francisco international airport with some of those stranded trafficers. sue? >> that's right. the situation here this morning at sfo is improving slowly. in fact, some flights did take off this morning for jfk, laguardia and newark. they're leaving out of here late. if you need to come to the airport, be prepared. there are some very long lines at the ticket counter. this is a continental airlines counter at passengers arrived hope to catch a flight out to newark at 11:25 this morning. the latest word on that flight is that it has been delayed a couple hours but people are hopeful many of these travels have been stuck days due to those snowstorm and airport closures back east. it is a hopeful sign because you see not as many cancellations today. little by little flights back east are taking off. they're leaving late but they are getting out of here. but it has been a long and tough couple of days here for a lot of stranded people. and some this morning are hopeful. others are still worried. >>

ar for air travel, thousands of passengers are still waiting and sue thompson is live at san francisco international airport with some of those stranded trafcers. sue? >> that's right. the situationere this morning at sfo is improving slowly. in fact, some fligh did take off this morning for jfk, laguara and newark. they're leaving out of here late. if you need to come to the airport, be prepared. there are some very long lines at the ticket counter. this is a contintal airlines counter at passengers arrived hope to catch a flight out to newark at 11:25 this morning. the latest word on that flight is that it has been delayed a couple hours but people are hopeful many of these travels have been stuck days due to those snowstorm and airport closures back east. it is a hopeful sign because you see not as many canceltions today. little by little flights back east are takin off. they're leaving late but th are getting out of here. but it has been a long and tough couple of days here for a lot of stranded people. and some this morning are hopeful. others are still worried. >> on time, on tim

reporting in the newsroom kate thompson kron 4 news. >> the preliminary hearing in the original coming gang rape case that continue today. seven suspects accused of assaulting a 16 year-old girl last year. dan curman was in court and joins us live. >> were inside the courthouse here martina's it just broke out about two minutes ago some dramatic testimony today as the detective takes the stand. this is eric smith with the police department. he interviewed two people when the defendants as well as broad rig s. he has not been charged in this case but is believed to be a prosecution witness. detective smith basically said that ortega told them that the first person that ortega saw its having sex with the victim was another defendant the 1 by the name of jose. he also testified that are to go pick them out of a fall lineup. as far as rodriguez testimony his stake and to give detectives met you give us an idea of what one on the night. he said he was sitting around drinking was several defendants including otis smith and our take the, they weren't said the jam and said the victim came over

kate thompson is here shows what this will look like. it will just elementary in building two. >> the target will be the anchor store that brings people and that it's not just the target they're doing. westfield shopping center is pouring $30 million into the metric on to rally overhaul that whole building. >> this is the metric on now and underperforming shopping center on market street and this is a rendering of what the new improved the travel look like complete with a 85,000 square foot target store which will kick up the entire second floor. construction is expected to begin next month and changes will include closing the current main entrance on the corner of market and fourth street instead crating two entrances on either side of the building. stores currently occupying will stay open during construction which is expected to take what you're in half to complete. target is expected to bring five and a half million dollars a year in sales tax for the city plus an additional million dollars for the city over a parking garage which is

complainer is are the men so does this show just how disconnected they are from the rest of this nation thompson from the atlantic will join me with his take on it than the white house has an ounce of their preparing an executive order on indefinite detention for good movies haney's is it just me or did obama pull a complete one eighty on this one andrea prasar will join me to discuss the details of this order and what it means for those imprisoned at guantanamo and the census report was released yesterday so we're going to look into the changing demographics discuss how it affects metropolitan and suburban areas across the country we'll get some insight from seth freed wessler at the end of the program but now let's move on to our top story. and it is official the senate voted overwhelmingly this afternoon to pass the new start treaty the final vote was seventy one to twenty six with thirteen republicans joining on all the spite those desperate attempts by certain republican senators to kill the treaty so this time around and we say that it was the g.o.p. they got a shellacking we're here to di

we are still getting some thompson seedless grapes. both varieties you have to pick them right or otherwise, are you going to be disappointed. this is the thompson seedless grape. come over here. someone from california. when you buy them, amber, so important. nice and green stems. sold primarily in the bags because they can literally fall right off and what happens is it gets all loose -- [ pause ] >> well, just a little technical difficulty with tony but now he is enjoying a feast today. >> exactly. let's go ahead and go over to tracy though for today's "food for bay area families." >> today i have some rowdy presenters. no, just being silly. i got julius robinson executive vice president of union bank and david steinberg a board member of the san francisco food bank. julius you have been giving money since the mid-1990s. >> we have been giving money to the san francisco food bank since 1995. and since then we have donated about $300,000 to the food bank and its cause. >> wow. >> we did up the ante this year, presenting them with a c

police are on the look out for thief who is stole from the 3200 block of thompson avenue in alameda known as christmas tree lane. someone is trying to take the holiday spirit out of a tradition. >> they have been doing this for decades and it's just another thing to put in the ground. >> chris olsson lived in alameda for most of his life and lighting up his home is a family tradition. >> to have someone take it away from us, it's a shame. >> a shame that thieves ripped off dozens of items between late friday night and early saturday morning. one victim was hit twice. olsson's home was vandalized last year and this year. >> a recession, the unemployment rate. i'm sure our lights maybe went to help feed someone's family. >> there have been carolers and displays on thompson avenue for over 60 years. he has been doing it for a decade. >> kind of sad. he goes through all that work and the money and everything and someone comes and ruins it. it's terrible. >> it's really sad and pathetic in this day and age that when people are trying to do right for the kids to enjoy santa claus and christmas,

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anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >> and that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. we want to leave you tonight with the tree we keep out back every year at this time. but tonight, there are thousands of people out there standing in the rain, because tonight is the night they light the tree. and you can see it right here on nbc. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, as if heading to the dmv wasn't frustrating you enough, tonight, the growing backlog connected to driver's licenses. good evening, everyone, i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm tom cinco visit. just about every californian over the age of 16 has one and for good reason. your state driver's license is the best form of i.d. you've got

reporting live in union city, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> as kate mentioned, this is not the first sexual offense. he had to register as a sex offender on allocations with the intent to commit rape , sodomy and oral copulation. at also tonight a year to year old boy is shot on his birthday. the two-year old. at a house on a lemon tree court in antioch. christine connolly is alive and the police department where the recently held she is live-- >> christine? >> this is a tragic story. and family members say that they are out shopping for items with this little boy's birthday. their record to have a party for him on saturday and their record to have a party for him on saturday. a. and their record to a party for him on saturday. and there were going. they have been arrested and charged with child endangerment, reckless storage of a fire arm. the father is a convicted felon with just got off parole. the mother, no criminal history. let me walk you through this. >> here, a picture of two picturejayon on the cellphone. and the little boy was inside this house on lemon tree corked. playin

you know, senator thompson, at one of the marketing accountability act hearings-- senator lieberman held this thing, and senator thompson, who's a republican, says, "i think that every young american, "especially boys, 14, 15 years old, "should hear--should see saving private ryan, "because i believe that builds character, "and they understand war, and they need to understand war." i said, "well, [...], "then every young person should see snoop dogg, "should hear snoop dogg too, because there's a war going on down the block." and that's another ugly reality of our lives, you know, that we live with and that we, you know, can't hide from our young people. they have to address the issue of poverty. you know, we don't spend any time, energy, or enough money on war-- the war on poverty. you know, we need $32 billion more to fight, you know, for our military right now, i saw in the paper today, but what about the war on poverty? what's the real number we're going to invest to win that war? and so, you hear the voices of those people who are suffering. you can't break the mirror. you have to l

. >> we moved to fremont or kate thompson is standing by live to tell us what happened in court today. kate. >> eugene did not enter a plea today it up and his bail was denied sold he will spend the weekend in jail in chile is back in court on monday. we have video to show you what him entering the court room in his red jumpsuit surrounded by his lawyer and an interpreter. prosecutors say they have substantial evidence against from those which include surveillance video which you just heard from and also that he admitted to the charges when he was interrogated by police. he is accused of grabbing a 2 year-old inside a dollar trees store in union city, pulling down her pants and her diaper and sexually assaulting her. he is a convicted sex offender, he committed his sex that against a child in hayward in 2003. the prosecutor said she is not considering any mental illness here, and that she believes he did not know the victim. >> i don't know, whatever manslaughter off. it appears to be random. he looks like he went there to rape a baby. >> you to his prior conviction in a word he alrea

britain sacramento kate thompson kron 4 news >>. kron 4 talked with the general manager of the gym workout ran after escaping. chuck allen said he will never forget the day described what it was like when kyle came stumbling into the gym. >> at that time we saw he was dirty and that he was lost didn't really know the full extent of what had transpired at that moment time. what i thought was to take him, taken back to the office in here where we are now. as you can see were walking he see heels falls there had to pick up the chain that was on his foot. then we were in a little bit more than just a lost child at that point in time with the towel off he had the tallow it was stuck to his body where the blood was that he had on his back. >> he said it's called the phone about six months after the incident was very happy here at kyle is to a much better living in a safe and loving home. three of the four people who held a trial against his will and tortured him will be sentenced next week. michael schumacher, his wife kelly carried they

and attendance -- outreach and attendance and my attendance clerk, daniel davis, is working with miss thompson to support making home visits and calls to see why students are not in school. they also attend weekly meetings. the community approach has not done as well as it should have, so we are trying to make sure it meets the needs of the parents. we are doing other parents of workshops. we hope sooto increase scores by using support. the research planning and development is insuring that data director has a form for tracking discipline referrals that do not necessarily end in suspension, so we can have a record of that. we want to advertise our schools' successes so they are hearing the good along with what is not so good. we cannot have these unless we have improved school culture at our schools, so we are going to use a tear in response of student -- tiered response to student misconduct. as i mentioned earlier, the practice is a primary tool when working with students.

reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> transportation agencies bay-area wide, free rides. and extended service. for the 11--11, from caltran, was freed after 11:00 p.m.. bart is also coyne of open trains, until 3:00 p.m. and-park will also be open with offering extra trains bart >> in four people that are offerin-and triple a is offering free towing. just call this number, and it will help out. rain in the new year with us. one of the best ways to celebrate. >> softball league, traffic moving very well in both directions. >> southbound. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion

as kate thompson reports, that's why he's trying to delay his swearing-in as lieutenant governor. >> mayor gavin newsome acting coy about whether he will try to delay his swearing-in as lieutenant governor. >> all to the fifth. where's my attorney? are you an attorney? >> he said he just doesn't trust the current board of supervisors to the point at the replacement. >> not completely, that's why i'm holding on. so far they haven't made any terrible moves. >> is a leading office as become a political chess game. they have one more board meeting i told them they can get rid of me. we'll see what happens in the next two weeks. if he can't relate to the eight the new board with four new members will choose. it kate thompson kron 4 news. >> of our police officer fired over her involvement in the fatal shooting of a non armed passenger oscar grant is getting a job back. you can see officer here, she's on the laughter that oscar grant marked by the arrow. she was fired in march after a law firm said she lied to investigators and in court about what happened in the near the day's shooting. t

as kate thompson reports tonight, police arrested one man in connection with a series of robberies if all around the north berkeley bart station >>. least one of the nine people arrested is responsible for a string of five robbery is all around the north berkeley bart station. if that people were held at gunpoint walking to their cars or walking to their homes mostly at night. >> alone, armed suspect who pointed a gun at them and ordered them to give their wallets, there purse and herself onto him. he then walked away it >>. the police say there is been a spike in robberies in berkeley recently. it's all around town not just near the north berkeley bart station. they're urging people to be more aware of their surroundings and not to talk on their cell phone at night. reporting in berkeley kate thompson kron 4 news. >> skies really cleared out this afternoon that will lead to very chilly conditions over night. if you will notice warmer, drier air building in and to northern california the north that will pack a powerful punch this weekend let's talk about our current conditions tempera

thompson reports, prosecutors are bringing up his past crime in an effort to get a tougher penalty against him. >> eugene ramos entered court surrounded by his attorney and interpreter. angela -- senior says no -- because they believe ramos is very dangerous. >> and tried to rape her. >> ramos can face 21 years in prison if convicted on all counts with one strike against him and sexually assault on a child in hayward. >> it's double the sentence and have fun here. >> he's accused of snatching a 34-year-old girl at the dollar tree store. he removed her pants and assaulted her. he's facing three charges, hers include forcible lewd acts against a child and act of atelephoned sodomy against the child. he will be back in court on monday. >>> they spoke with her mother today. he lives in the home with his mother up until this incident. his mother says she will find a new place for him to live. her neighbors say they will make sure that happened. >> they better not bring him back here. the neighbors are not going to welcome him back, when he's not coming bark, period. he can go wherever he wants.

kron 4's kate thompson sat down with kyle ramirez's aunt. it was her first interview. >> reporter: kyle ramirez was running for his life. bleeding and scared. just having escaped. he now lives with his aunt who says the beginning was tough but he has made incredible prog. >> he suffered anxiety and fear. he was scared. hard and difficult for him at night time. he was very scared. and he blossomed. he turned into a wonderful young man. he let us know just a week ago that he finally felt safe in our home at night and that was huge. >> reporter: in this picture, you can see he has grown lox. 62' -- grown a lot. 6'2". >> he missed so many years of his life. he didn't go to school. he wants to go to college and be a successful person. he eats anything and everything. he loves juices, he loves everything. everything. i can't think of anything he dislikes. >> kyle will speak out in court on monday when he faces three of his abusers in court for their sentencing. >> he wants to make a statement. he is preparing that right now. the family will make s

kron 4's, kate thompson. union city, she has the latest. >> kate? >> without the help of these two men. there were at that shopping center. his most likely that eugene would of gotten away. we have video of where he was, yesterday afternoon. he snatched a two year-old girl. out of the side of her grandmother, for just moments. according to police. he took the girl, and took the diaper off, and will straddled her, and sexually assaulting her. this happened within 30 seconds. they saw what happened and chased him out of the store. that is when two men, one that was inside, shopping and one was outside collecting holiday donations took off after him. tackled him. pantoum to the ground, and called 911- tackled him to the ground. >> and she had her daughter naked and she was crying. she was very upset. >> issue was chasing her with her daughter in her arms? >> yes. >> issue was chasing him and she was--chasing him with a daughter inside her arms. >> and police say that during this investigation he had admitted to the charges. with kidnapping, sexual assa

setting up the display has been a tradition on thompson avenue for decades. residents are asking anyone with information on the thefts to call alameda police. >> a pitcher said thanks, but no thanks to the york yankees. cliff lee turned down a six-year $138 million contract for one worth less money. the pitcher is going to sign a $100 million five-year deal with the phillies, the team he went to the playoffs with in 2009. giants fans will remember lee. he went head to head with tim lincecum with the rangers and lincecum won the battle. >>> thousands of bart riders can find out they can no longer use smart cards to pay fares. they are phasing out the cards and asking them to switch to the new clipper cards. earlier as many as 8,000 riders were paying with easy rider cards despite the letters, e-mails and other notices about pulling the plug. they will block the use at stations this morning and block all of them at all stations by december 22nd. >> time now is 5:36 and time to check the commute with mike. >> good morning. you are talking about bart and the stat

reporting in union city, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> new details of the battle over bail over johannes meserle. convicted of involuntary manslaughter of oscar grant. dan kerman is an los angeles where a hearing will take place, tomorrow. >> johannes meserle attorneys want him released pending the charged of involuntary manslaughter. he was some sentenced to two years at less than seven months to serve on that conviction. his attorneys believe that overturning that he should be freed. the district attorney is supposed. when considering this, there are three factors. it is johannes meserle a risk to society? is he a flight risk? and most importantly is it going to be successful on appeal? this hearing is going to last less than one hour. at the criminal-justice system, kron 4 news. >> the decision could handle on weather the judge thinks that johannes meserle will have victory on his appeal. and his client is cautiously optimistic about spending christmas with his family. slaughter charge. >> and he knows of eight other charges for police officers mistakenly using their guns and some oth

john thompson -- they take it vantage of a apalachee state. -- they take advantage of apalachee state. it is true, carmelo anthony wants to sign the $65 million contract with the denver nuggets. but only if they trade him to the new york jets. >> what? so he gets $65 million and then -- so he gets $65 million and then -- >> but he wants to go to ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ >>> we are looking at a potential for black ice to form tomorrow morning. some may see something and some may see absolutely nothing. it will be hit and miss. the wind will really pick up. it will be 29 degrees for a daytime high. of course, for an updated look at the forecast, go to our website. >> join us at 4:30 a.m. to get the

if reporting live in fremont kate thompson kron 4 news. >> eugene live with his family in a quiet neighborhood in union city. kron 4 christine conley what there today and spoke with his mother in a first. >> this is where i the her son has been living for the past three years. she did what her face to appear on camera. we gastight that if you do was released if you come back here. she said no. >> michael who you see here and his eight year-old daughter lived right next door to the route most family after they bought their home they found out that eugene was a registered sex offender. >> but no we probably wouldn't moved here. we always kept her on this guy i was kept an eye on a when my daughter is a mystery we could leave her on supervised for second. this with the kids over there there. >> and the children in the neighborhood and pappas said ramos had no business being here. did that and bring back here because the neighbors will not allow him to come back. he's not coming back here. he can go wherever he wants i care less where egos but he's not coming back to this house and into this neigh

kate thompson kron 4 news. >> for yahoo the news continues to be negative. today a source inside the sunnyvale based company says they expect to lay off 600 workers possibly starting today that's 4 percent of the work force. he also has been struggling for years and has seen numerous layoffs in the past several years. high-tech analyst said in its example a failed leadership >> yahoo is dying slowly comes down to the fact they have the wrong ceo to run the company and the firm is slowly dying a slow death by being what out by that ceo. >> that ceos carol barts was brought to rescue yahoo she said she came from a different corporate culture from the search engine business and he said she felt as salvi all those problems. workers run the company campus will not talk on camera but they say they've known about the layoffs for about two months now. one engineer said it did not affect them but it is heading the project managers hard. developing news tonight, other loading her to year-old child into an s u b has been killed. five others were wounded in a gunbattle

a bonanza for fish processors like this one in thompson, illinois. >> look at that, ah, is that a fish. >> reporter: in new orleans, chef phillipe is trying to get americans hooked on the menu he calls the carp silver fin. >> the simple solution is, eat the fish. >> reporter: but eating them won't solve the crisis. so michigan and four other states filed a lawsuit to close the canals where they enter lake michigan, hoping that would finally stop the asian carp. last week, a federal judge, siding with illinois concerns about the shipping industry, said no. so great lakes fishermen remain on edge. >> i'm scared. i'm scared. i've seen what's happened to other places. >> reporter: and, as in a low-budget horror flick, the carp keep coming, flying their way up the river, moving faster it seems clear, than anyone who can stop them. i'm chris bury for "nightline" in romeoville, illinois. >> just stunning to see. thanks to chris bury for that report. when we come back, go from fish to cats. çkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçkçk if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge ad

kate thompson is here she's got more on the jobs that this could create hopefully a lot of them. >> this will great hundreds of jobs, it's a complete overhaul of the net tree on carried the lot of work there the be tripling the size of the food car. a lot of hundreds and hundreds of construction jobs going into this. >> to they know how many? >> were going to break down for you curious 600 construction jobs, 700 permanent jobs for all the new stores they create it and about 200 to two under 50 jobs will be just permanent jobs for target alone. >> they have an agreement that most jobs will go to local residents. >> a lot of jobs will go to san francisco will residents they have an agreement with the city that preference will be 50 percent of the jobs and the construction jobs will go to construction. priority is going to be given to san francisco residents who live in that area. >> the construction beginning soon next month you say? >> it will finish until mid 2012. they are going to rework the whole building. >> were looking at the james lick on this sunny afternoon the traffic moving fi

. >> our coverage begins with kron 4 kate thompson shares live at fremont where he appeared in court today. >> that was denied so he will be spending at least a weekend in jail and tilly's back in court on monday. also he refused to enter a plea today. we have video to show you love him and entering the court room.

reported in fremont, kate thompson. >> and we spoke to the mother of the union city home. he had lived there with her. and she will find them a new popolice and they're going to make sure that the neighbors happens the place to live-- >> they better not bring him back here because the neighbors are not quick to want him back. >> yes, he will not become back here. he can go wherever he wants, but he is not coming back into this house in this neighborhood. fed >> we also spoke with an advocate for missing children. his daughter was killed and 1993. and to help children protect with creditors and this should never happened. >> like anybody else, i was appalled although california has made their feelings very clear. first with the three strikes and then with a jajessicas law, now that chelsea's law and we want these types of individuals put behind bars and kept behind bars. the state of california rep continues to release them at alarming numbers and an alarming ways. and one has to ask oneself in lieu of what happened in union city why was that individual on post street? why

kate thompson kron 4 news. our team coverage continues with christine conley she just got off the phone with the victims and. is this the woman is taking care of him now? >> that's right he staying there with her and her husband they say he's been very while it was good news to hear. she is dead end of his mother and that's where he's staying. but he escaped in that video we saw he was about a hundred pounds not much care of his head. now these 250 lbs. a full head of hair he's a junior in high school, plays football just a normal kid. we spoke to that at moments ago let's go ahead and take a listen to what she had to say about how she's doing. >> it was extremely hard for kyle, like i said he was in counseling for two years and that basically was just to prepare him to be able to talk about what had happened to him and to be able to get up on the stand and testify. that kid was tortured every day that he lived in that house. he suffered abuse. i can't imagine we look at him he such a kind, loving good natured

mike thompson said whatever the solution it needs to take into account the environment. >> the answer isn't off shore hatcheries to log down to the water's edge. we need to make sure that we keep our water sheds healthy so we cannot only have a healthy salmon stock but also have everything else that comes with living in the healthy environment. >> it's thought the decline over the last few years has resulted in the loss of 20,000 jobs. >> nevada will open it's first official bear hunting season next year. they voted to allow hunting and to contain the black bear population critics argue there aren't enough bears and hunting won't reduce conflicts between bears and humans. the commissioners disagreed and will work out details next year. >> woke up this morning to a light rain. then it cleared up for a short time so i could go take a walk. mark with the forecast. >> in fact we have more rain in the forecast. over the next 24 hour was rainfall rates picking up this time for. on the maps i can show you this, not a lot. we are starting up in the north bay, you can see also approaching napa