statement saying their client is grateful for the decision. he still faces a lawsuit filed by diallo in civil court. rob and tanya? all right. now we turn to a story for the birds. charles douglas has been feeding pigeons behind his burbank roofing company for years. but that company happens to be across the street from the bob hope airport, and officials say those birds are actually a safety hazard. but the bird man ignored a court order to stop feeding those pigeons. so he was arrested. if he s convicted, he ll be one angry bird. ooh. he could face, get this, six months behind bars. ouch. why would you feed piges and bring them around? they re the most annoying birds. some people love pigeons. i don t get it, either. i don t get it, man. some people love them. rats with wings. that s what some people say. that s right. if you ever wondered what people in brazil do for entertainment, well, some of them anyway, we re not going to generalize about such a huge country
welcome back, everybody. well, here s a story that will definitely get your attention this morning, especially as our world gets more and more high-tech. you ve probably heard of people hacking into big computer systems. but this is a lot more personal than that. absolutely. now people are hacking into medical devices and even cars parked on the street. john alston of kgo in san francisco reports. reporter: the concern over insulin pumps comes from a computer security expert who also happens to be a diabetic. atat security conference this month he showed how he couou remotely reprogram his insulin pump. hacking has also occurred against pacemakers and defibrillators, which use wireless communications like so many other facets of our lives. two people who know that well are san francisco security consultants don bailey and matt solnik of isec partners. while they don t deal with the issue of medical devices, they are working to stay one step ahead of hackers. a lot of things that
welcome back, everybody. well, here s a story that will definitely get your attention this morning, especially as our world gets more and more high-tech. you ve probably heard of people hacking into big computer systems. but this is a lot more personal than that. absolutely. now people are hacking into medical devices and even cars parked on the street. john alston of kgo in san francisco reports. reporter: the concern over insulin pumps comes from a computer security expert who also happens to be a diabetic. at a security conference this month he showed how he could remotely reprogram his insulin pump. hacking has also occurred against pacemakers and defibrillators, which use wireless communications like so many other facets of our lives. two people who know that well are san francisco security consultants don bailey and matt solnik of isec partners. while they don t deal with the issue of medical devices, they are working to stay one step ahead of hackers. a lot of things that
for huicane irene. on top of thatstruggling shrimpers are working fast now before the storm hits. in the virgin islands a dramatic scene after lightning struck billionaire richard branson s house, forcing his guest, kate winslet, and her family all to flee. dramatic pictures. and our other big story this morning, all eyes on libya s capital this morning, where moammar gadhafi could be overthrown at any time. but his son made a public appearance this morning, saying his father s forces are winning the battle. and there are early reports that all three of his sons had been arrested. then overnight we see one of these sons, saif, appear out there in the crowd. a lot of confusion over what exactly is going on. exactly. chaos continues. and later this half hour on top of all that a story for all you parents out there this morning with young children. we ll check out the safety tests done on crcrs to see why it s important that of course you pick the one that s best for
and now we turn to a disturbing story out of san diego. police there are trying to piece together what happened aftfter two bodies werere found inside of a home that had been burned to the ground. a dead infant was found in a truck nearby. a poli officer who responded to the scene was shot and critically wounded. it appears in all this that a gunman killed his mother-in-law and his baby daughter, torched his home, and then killed himself. gruesome story. and the first hurricane of the season is shaping up to become a monstrous category 4 storm as it inches closer toto the u.s. hurricane irene is now whipping up 100-mile-an-hour winds. and people from the bahamas to south carolina are stocking up and bracing for the worst. here s abc s sam champion. reporter: a state of emergency in puerto rico, where irene has already caused massive flooding and left more than a million people without power. as irene sweeps through the private caribbean island owned by mogul richard branson, ligh