wind strong enough to toss an shuttle on a parking garage shut down the airport. >> tonight it is a mess across the midwest. they have not confirmed it was a tornado that did all of that damage at lambert field. >> whatever it was it was terrifying and it was destructive. debris is scattered across runways. powerful wind gusts blew the roof off one terminal and shattered half of the windows in another. the winds were so powerful they lifted a shuttle bus to the second floor of a garage. this mother was picking up her husband and acted fast to protect her baby. >> the sky went black and the wind picked the car up an inch or two and dropped it and blew out the windows. it happened real fast. a piece of plastic came in and hit her. i threw the phone and grabbed her out of the carseat and put her in my lab. >> four people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, mostly from flying glass. >> almost instantaneously the windows started blowing out. en this the next thing we know we saw poles falling and they told us to go to a bunker and then the lights were going out. very scary. we have earthquakes where i am, but this beats it, let me tell you. >> two planes were stranded on the tarmac because of the debris. i spoke to a passenger on board that plane tonight. >> the winds started picking up. the lights in the airplane started to flicker. we just started moving along the tarmac, i guess. we went between 5 and 10 feet away from the connector thing ear. >> all planes flying in and out of st. louis were diverted or canceled leaving a lot of passengers stranded tonight. investigators have now pinpointed the defect that caused a hole in a southwest airline jet earlier this month. passengers saw the sky when the 737 tore open in midair. and today's findings are raising new concerns. lisa amin gulezian joins us live. lisa? >> carolyn, investigators believe the problems may have started 15 years ago on an assembly line where the rivets were created incorrectly. abc news learned investigators are focusing their attention on rivets. the tiny pins that hold pieces of the plane together. sources say on that southwest 737 that ripped open, the rivets holding parts of the plane's fuselage together failed because they didn't fit perfectly. the rivet holes themselves may have been sized incorrectly back on the assembly line. >> they were, over time with the flexing of and expansion of compressing the airplane's few sill lodge, those holes would microscopically expand or change. >> and in this plane's case, the seem tore creating a gaping five-foot hole. oxygen masks dropped and the pilot dove to a lower altitude. >> the masks came down and it was frightening. >> as a result, boeing ordered sections of similar 737's worldwide. nearly 600 total. a third required inspections immediately. and of those, five have slight cracks. all are southwest jets and sources say all five were built around the same time as the plane that came apart. >> the cracks are along this joint here where the two pieces lap. that crack will become worse and worse and worse with every pressurization. >> passengers we spoke with have mixed reactions about the latest findings. >> we take chances and we fly anywhere and there can be problems that occur occasionally. but i still believe in the system. >> they should have found it earlier. they are not strict enough on the regulation. >> it shouldn't be an issue at all. >> they should have been taken out of service until they investigate them. >> the investigation is still going on. and in fact the plane that ripped apart has been patched and is expected to go back into service. live at sfo, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thanks very much. this santa clara mother has been arrested for leaving her toddler alone in her suv while she gambled. police arrested 25-year-old maria sasson for child endangerment outside the casino. a security guard called police after noticing the little girl strapped into her carseat and locked into the vehicle. sasson was arrested on felonien sanangerment charges. the parents of a two-year-old boy was killed after a tree fell on a pick up truck filed a wrongful death lawsuit. it accuses a neighbor in the city of san jose of negligence. san jose rejected a suit that asks for unspecified damages. in san francisco, 450 financial district customers lost power during a 20-minute blackout earlier tonight. pg&e says they are not sure what caused the outage, but apparently something happened near sacramento and davis streets. witnesses told abc7 that they heard an explosion. pg&e has not confirmed that, but the manhole cover was not displaced. here is a number to keep in mind. 750,000 commuters a day on average used the san francisco transit system. but their means of transportation could be in jeopardy. members of the union authorized a strike if negotiations with the city now in their second month don't go as they hope. jerry is here with the latest on the story. >> today's authorization by the muni's operator's union is merely the latest in a series of incidents that may be putting the union in a negative public leet. >> friday's news that local 250a authorized the negotiators to strike struck some as bold, especially given recent bad publicity. an operator caught on camera ordering passengers on a bus. and other was caught texting while driving. and twice cell phone cameras caught malfunctioning doors wide open as the trains rolled on. supervisor scott wiener witnessed one of the door malfunctions, but they say the union hurt itself with the decision to a strike. >> to authorize a strike is not productive. >> union workers decline to talk on camera. but the union secretary when asked about the publicity said on the phone, quote, we already have two black eyes and a broken nose. it doesn't make any difference. charles good year, a spokesman for muni says the city is hoping to scale back muni's annual budget between $25 and $50 million. >> we hope the union leadership will join us in addressing the economic realities that everyone in san francisco is facing now. >> public sympathy doesn't seem to be with the union whose members earn an average of just over $100,000 per year. >> in a recession time it is hard to stand up for as much pay as you got during the boom years. every other city employee union has been taking pay cuts and has been increasing pension contributions and really chipping in to make sure we can address our budget problems. twu is the only union that hasn't done that. >> now by law, muni drivers cannot strike, but the union says that's up for legal interpretation. meanwhile, the city attorney dennis herrera says he would take action to prevent any work stoppage. to syria now and it was the bloodiest day yet in the month-long uprising there. 75 people were killed when syrian security forces fired bullets and teargas to thousands across the country. president obama called it an outrageous use of violence and said it must end now. they called on them to allow peaceful demonstrations. the army will withdraw from the city of misrata. they will leave it to the rebels to decide their fate. john mccain was there and he is urging the white house to increase u.s. support for the rebels. mccain said the first step would be to declare them libya's official government. but the white house said it is up to libyans to decide who their leaders are. a lot more to bring you this friday night. an overdue honor for one man's sacrifice. a world war ii veteran has finally been laid to rest. >> and the elaborate tatoo that helped solve a cold case murder in southern california. >> and why this teenager faked a pregnancy for months with her mother and principal's approval. that's coming up. and then on "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. coming um next on "nightline" how expensive gasoline jacks up prices right across the border. we'll look at why those extra cents at the pump create a crunch everywhere. plus celebrities who officiate at weddings. what a star has injod let no >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to a petaluma soldier was buried with full military honors. what makes this story so unusual is he died in world war ii. abc7's vic lee reports tonight on the 68-year gap between his death and burial. >> today was the end of a long 68-year mystery. the day army private first class simms came home with full military honors. his final resting place, the cemetery where his mother and father are buried. >> he is back home where he belongs with his family. 1938 and there he is. >> lily fishman brought her yearbook. they grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they both said the same thing, he was a nice young man. and like many of the young men, the 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943 his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500-mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for mia's found the wreckage and simms' bones. the man who lead the expedition said by luck his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> i looked at it and here was the aircraft data plate. it was bent up. but this is the most important identifier you can find. >> reporter: two months ago they notified his next of kin that they finally identified him through a dna sample. she is simms' niece and never knew her uncle. >> do you recognize him from the picture? >> oh yes. >> reporter: today she got to know him better through his friends like evelyn, simms' first girl friend. >> he was a wonderful guy. didn't have him around long enough when they took him into the service. >> i think the community got what they needed as well as us as a family got what we needed. it is a perfect day. >> a day celebrated with sadness and gratitude. most never knew private simms, but today everyone here was his friend. vic lee, abc7 news. an elaborate tatoo has lead to a gang member's murder conviction. anthony garcia was found guilty of killing a man. the case went cold until an investigator saw the tatoo and recognized details from the crime scene including christmas lights on the liquor store's roof and a bent street lamp. garcia faces 65 years to life in prison. san rafael is the home of marin county's first electric car charging station. two charge points opened in the c street garage to encourage the use of electric vehicles. there will be no cost initially for the electricity beyond the regular fee for parking in that garage. >> this is just the beginning. this is one partnership forming. we are expecting to install other charging stations around the county. >> that partnership includes the marin transportation authority and a new utility called marin clean energy. they were provided at no charge for column technologies. it used funds from a federal program created to speed the transition to electric transportation. well, the weekend is upon us. it has been a little chilly out there today. what will it be like the next few days? >> hope hopefully dry. sandhya is here. >> i tell you, it won't be entirely dry, but hopefully the eggs will be okay. check out this time lapse. today we had quite a bit of cloud cover holding the temperatures down this afternoon. as the sun was setting, the clouds started to break up. a little too late to warm us up. we had clouds gathering once again, and you can see on live dopler 7hd, a few drops developing off the coastline here around ukiah. we may have seen the possibility of a couple of sprinkles. overnight tonight and tomorrow, the temperatures are in the 40s and the 50s. look for sprinkles possibly tonight. a slight chance of showers on saturday, and we are looking at partly cloudy conditions sunday afternoon. here is the satellite and the radar. this disturbance went through and a few sprinkles reported, and we basically saw some snow developing in the higher elevations earlier this evening with the disturbance. this system here is riding in on the jet stream. the moist flow continues across california. with this in mind there is a real clear cut forecast. we will see a few clouds, and tomorrow quite a bit of cloud cover and maybe a shower or two and really light if we get anything. and then sunday 6:23 around sunrise time. sunrise services may see a little drizzle or light shower activity developing. just keep this in mind as you head out the door on sunday. by the time you head into sunday afternoon, just a lot of sunshine out there and a few high clouds and an improving situation for sunday afternoon. if you are traveling on east you are sunday, 46 in tahoe. they will be seeing scattered snow showers there. 62 in yosemite. down south in los angeles, 67 degrees and warm in palm springs, 83 and sunny. overnight look for temperatures in the 40s, and the clouds are gathering. like i said, a possibility of a few sprinkles as we head in toward the overnight hours. tomorrow afternoon, low to mid60s. 64 in san jose. on the peninsula, mostly cloudy and 63 redwood city, palo alto,64 for mountain view. coastal areas, sweater weather. mid50s only. downtown san francisco, 59 degrees. in the north bay, the temperatures are going to remain in the mid50s to the low 60s range. 62 for santa rosa, napa. 63 in oakland and castro valley and fremont. head inland and you are way below normal. you should be 70s here. 63 in livermore and walnut creek. 58 degrees in monterey. tomorrow if you are heading to the game, giants are playing at home against the braves. look for temperatures to remain on the cool side. a chance of a shower at 1:10. mid50s to upper 50s, and here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. chance of some rain on monday. then the warm up begins. we all go back to work. low to mid70s inland and mid to upper 70s along the coastline. that's when we get back to normal. >> thanks. still ahead, a disturbing fiend in the bay. >> where dead sharks are washing ashore. stay with us. we'll be back in a moment. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, what are you doi?! ♪ [ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. d mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate bonalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. dying leopard sharks have washed up onshore. they say real estate development along the bayfront may be to blame for the increased incidence of the stranded sharks. sharks can easily become trapped in culverts, storm drains and other canals, and they are worried there will be more stranded marine life in the bay area waterways in the future. mtv shows like "teen mom" have made celebrities out of girls who get pregnant. but this washington state teenager wanted to see what it was like. gabby rodriguez faked a pregnancy for her high school project. she stuffed a pillow under her shirt. only her mother, boyfriend and principal knew the truth. gabby says it wasn't easy to hear what others thought of her. >> that i was irresponsible and i wasn't going to continue to college and even, oh it was bound to happen anyways and "iknew she was going to get press nent." >> gabby is a straight-a student. she plans to present her find lings to community -- community lieders. what a brave thing to do. let's talk sports. >> larry beil is here. >> not great baseball highlights. giants and a's search for offense. you want offense? this is one of the best goals you will ever see. sports is coming up next. whoa, i should get mom a samsung fascinate. bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads, hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact, work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.99 and unlimited data for only $29.99 on america's largest high-speed wireless network. verizon. from a week long road trip they will spend at home and then fly east for a monster 10-game roadie. the giants and braves in a rematch of last season's division series. put a cup on somebody's head and then run away. i don't know why. he has had a rough go of it and so has miguel tahada. unfortunately he cooperate get out of the third. jason hayward singles to right. it is 1-0 braves. chipper jones goes to right. welcome back to at&t park. he slams against the wall. two runs score and the braves take a series opener 4-1. he is all by his lonesome. it is even lonely yes, sir when you are calling a game like this. a ground ball to short. adam kennedy scores 1-0. blevins walks and it is 2-0. their nemesis, single scores a pair. the a's are shut out the second straight game. to the ice, and the sharks have taken a commanding 3-1 lead over the kings. dramatic turn around from a week ago, and they might be in for an early playoff exit. they had a huge come back in game three. it was a dominating effort in game four. when the sharks host the kings, they had a chance to end the series in five. >> when you have the opportunity to win the fourth game you have to take advantage of it. i think we are at home. we don't want to get back on a plane and go out there. you want to take care of business when you can. >> tonight bobbie ryan of anaheim turning him inside out not once, but twice does he shoots and scores. are you serious? that's one of the best goals you will ever see. that was great, but it is the predators who will beat ryan in anaheim 4-3 in ot. the lakers drop their playoff opener to new orleans and that only made kobe bryant angry. you won't like him when he's angry. for the 80th time he would score 40 points in a playoff game dunking relentlessly. he is under sized, but strong. this is with authority. carl likes him some carl. kobe held to 11 in game two. lakers took game three. they lead the series two games to 1. to thar meyer hobbled -- stoudemire hobbled by a bad back. and making it rain. pierce went for 38 points and alan had eight 3's and torched new york. those two combined for 70 points and ran dough did the rest. -- rando did the rest. i was very excited about the hockey goal. >> impressive stuff. >> i liked how your voice went. >> that wasn't planned. >> i wondered about that. thank you, larry. > "nightline" is up next. >> thanks for joining us. have a nice weekend. 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