Espionage today with a possible sentence of 136 years is a case with parallels to the pentagon papers more than 40 dwreers ago. Good evening, everybody. The man who leaked the papers Daniel Elsburg sat down with john austin tonight at his east bay home. Whats his reaction . Reporter he believes the laws manning was convicted of breaking are unconstitutional and he says the case was designed to put a chill on Investigative Journalism that digs for the truth. Hes not the only one who thinks justice wasnt done. A few dozen people rallied at market streets in San Francisco pleas pleased that Bradley Manning was not found guilty but upset at other charges. Some charges were initially designed to punish spies. Manning on the other hand was a whistleblower. It was a mixed verdict for the 25yearold private first class. The judge cleared him of aiding the enemy but convicted him of 20 of 22 charges including espionage, theft and computer fraud. He revealed a video of u. S. Troops firing on civi
Alameda county Health Officials will hand out rabie information after a girl was bitten we a rabid bat while visiting the oakland zoo on saturday and a bat flew and bit her. It was captured and confirmed to have rabies so she was placed on a round of medication and will make a full recovery, the third case of rabies this year in the county. Abc7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo has more next half hour. Oakland police are offering a reward to find a shooter who killed a man and injured another. 10,000 is offered in the shooting that happened on 80th avenue at 7 30 last night. A man died at the scene and the other was taken to the hospital, the 55th homicide so far this year. Last year at this time there were 64 homicides. In Richmond Police were called to the City Council Chambers when protesters disrupted the meeting. This is video from facebook of the richmond counsel member. The Contra Costa Times reported the protesters screamed bringing city business to a halt. The reason for the destr
Disgraced politician may have thought was for his eyes only. And tiger mom, it continues at the smithsonian. A female tiger has just given birth to her first litter of cubs. The new family wouldnt be on exhibit for months, but dont worry, there is new help for people who want to coo over the new cubs. The zoo has installed web cams so that a break in the case of missing oakland woman sandra coke on who disappeared sunday night. The focus is where a late night search is under way. Im carolyn johnson. The search is happening in vallejo near the fairgrounds. A person of interest is being questioned. Abc 7s reporter alan wong is live where it began late this evening. Why so late . Reporter they wont say exactly why, but there is definitely a sense of urgency. The command post we have seen at least 70 volunteers prepare and move out on foot and all te rape vehicles. A group just left here. The sense of urgency is so strong that they launched this search in the dark with just a few hours lef
Vehicles. They are not telling us how they got the tip but they is determined that the two recently reconnected and they were seen together the night she vanished the. We no that person over 20 years ago dated sandra coke very briefly and he reappeared in the bay area recently and reached out to sandra for help. Yesterday, cokes family announced 100,000 reward for information leading to her return. Her mini cooper was found in a parking lot not far from her home two days after she vanished. Two of her cell phones were found and one in emeryville near North Oakland and the other was found tossed off an exit ramp off i80 in richmond near mcdonalds and authorities overnight say they are hopeful she is still alive but hope this search will tell them if there is foul play involved in the disappearance. If there are any new developments during the morning news we will bring them to you much the coverage continues on twitter abcnews bay area. In San Francisco firefighters are investigating a
Mostly sunny around the bay from 67 in sausalito to 75 in san jose and along the coast into San Francisco it will be partly cloudy at 60 to 65. Lation laying . We are starting to see a couple crashes and a few stalls. We have one crash over the Altamont Pass in the eastbound direction in a Construction Zone and westbound traffic is building from tracy and as we take you into danville, southbound side of 680 a stalled vehicle in sick more valley road not causing any delays and blocking one lane but northbound and southbound direction are actually moving along at top speeds. As we take it outside we will look at walnut creek commute north of this you can see how 680 has a few travelers making their way from highway 4, and smooth down to the 24 junction. A search for 50yearold oakland woman sandra coke has moved to the Solano County fair grounds based on new information about an old acquaintance. Kira . The exboyfriend from 20 years ago has an extensive criminal past and Authorities Say t