the focus tonight is on the man at the top of the intelligence ladder. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge begins the coverage. reporter: democratic senator ron wyden is calling out james clapper. we sent them the questions ahead of time. we indicated to them afterwards there would be an opportunity to amend it, and that s where i ll leave it. reporter: he wants public hearings on data collection of straight answers to direct questions in march. does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? no, sir. it does not? not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. reporter: over the weekend, clapper likened wyden s question to, quote, when are you going to stop beating your wife, adding in i responded in what i thought was the most truthful or at least most untruthful manner. are you willing to say whether you see snowden as a whistleblower? i am
president of the united states, she says she is still waiting to hear, still waiting for answers, waiting for a call. congress held hearings today. we ll talk about that. but first, my conversation with sean smith s mom, pat. pat, i appreciate you being with us, and i m just so sorry for your loss, what do you want people to know about your son, about sean? well, god, he was my only child. and he was good. he was good at what he did. and he loved it. he loved working with computers? computers, radios, he was good at what he did. was that something he had done as a kid? i mean, did he always was he always good with computers? well, when he was a kid, computers were not out yet. and then, they were out, and he i got a computer and he started to play with them. and he started showing me how you could build a flame-thrower. and just by watching the computer. and it told you how to do it. so that is how it started. he lived in the netherlands. were you able to co
president of the united states, she says she is still waiting to hear, still waiting for answers, waiting for a call. congress held hearings today. we ll talk about that. but first, my conversation with sean smith s mom, pat. pat, i appreciate you being with us, and i m just so sorry for your loss, what do you want people to know about your son, about sean? well, god, he was my only child. and he was good. he was good at what he did. and he loved it. he loved working with computers? computers, radios, he was good at what he did. was that something he had done as a kid? i mean, did he always was he always good with computers? well, when he was a kid, computers were not out yet. and then, they were out, and he i got a computer and he started to play with them. and he started showing me how you could build a flame-thrower. and just by watching the computer. and it told you how to do it. so that is how it started. he lived in the netherlands. were you able to co
stolen. the suspects are being held on suspicion of a stolen vehicle. it is a big league and we are grateful lead and we are grateful for the recovery of the vehicle. we are also watching the integrity of the case and not making any mistakes. reporter: this is video from of the is when authorities say he got into a shoot out with a los angeles county deputy in south el monte. authorities say they carjacked a vehicle and then got away. this crime spree started when he broke out of a southern california jail. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. to the baseball playoffs. the san francisco giants effaced another must-win game and they came through big time. they just wrapped up a huge win in cincinnati. this is one of their big hits in the game. pablo sandoval. we have team coverage tonight. first to ktvu s ken pritchett at the call ceium where colosseum where the a s are also facing a must-win game. reporter: despite being down two games, the a s fans thought their
just drivers. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. good evening. i am ken pritchett. i am heather holmes. members of the occupy moment in san francisco are leveling new accusations at police, stemming from yesterday s protest. ktvu s patty lee asked if the action were justified. reporter: san francisco police do not dispute the video but they said what is not known is what the protesters did before hand. reporter: this is video of san francisco police arresting protesters. it was shot by a filmmaker. the cops were hitting people with batons and shoving people and slamming people around. the video is making its way around the web. what is not available is footage before this scene. the protesters threw paint at the officers. some of the bags of paint contained rocks. reporter: police say there were a few incidents in which officers used batons or police holds to make arrest. reasonable force. officers