Live in if the United States of america sees a dictator brazenly violate International Law with poison gas and we choose to look the other way. President obama had a threepronged attack tonight. First, he spoke directly to the american public. Second, he laid out the case for military action against syria. But at the same time, the president is vowing to pursue a diplomatic solution, from russia over syrias kem wachemical wea. Abcs news Karen Travers has more. Reporter tonight, president obama said america is not the worlds police. But this time, the nation cannot stand by on the sidelines. Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security, are at stake, in syria. Reporter syria said today it would turn over its chemical weapons. President obama said these are encouraging signs. But its too early to tell if they will succeed. The u. S. Is now working diplomatic angles. But the president insists a strike option must stay on the table. But nearly twothirds of americans oppose military action. Spectors of iraq and afghanistan loom large. The president insisted this would be different. I would not put american boots on the ground in syria. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective. Reporter Administration Officials have made direct contact with nearly 450 members of congress. But the sales pitch isnt working. In the house and senate, more members oppose a strike on syria than support it. President obama said he is sending secretary of state john kerry to europe this week to meet with his russian counterpart. And his administration will work to get a resolution through the u. N. Security council. Ive therefore asked the leaders of congress to postpone a vote while we pursue the diplomatic path. Reporter that part gives president obama more time to try to gain support for a military strike. But if diplomacy fails, he may find himself coming up short. Reaction to the president s speech is mixed. Nancy pelosi says, quote, the president justly made clear tonight that the threat of military action remains on the table, as we continue to work to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction. As for the gop, the head of the Republican National committee says, quote, the administrations handling of the u. S. Response to syria has been so happen hazard its disappointed the president s most ardent supporters. As for people in the bay area in San Francisco last weekend, protesters marched against u. S. Involvement in syria. Richard becker was among them. And even with a possible diplomatic breakthrough, becker is skeptical. But the reality is, theyre trying to spin a situation in which they took an initiative and have been pushed back by the people. But we believe that the people have to keep pushing back in order to stop a new war. Syrianamericans demonstrated last weekend. One man said assads use of chemical weapons deserves a military response. I understand were tired of war and we dont want to start another war with false pretense. I believe this is different. This is like stopping hitler from committing the holocaust. Polls show an overwhelming majority of americans want no part in this conflict. Thats the latest polling coming out today in this. Moving on. Firefighters say they have gained the upper hand on the clover fire in shasta county, southeast of redding. 80 structures are destroyed, including 30 homes near happy valley. The fire is at this point 40 contained. But it is threatening 500 homes. Evacuations are still in effect. The fire broke out yesterday in 100degree heat and gusty winds, perfect for spreading fire. The exact cause has not been determined. Fire crews in the east bay are getting closer to containing it tonight. They took advantage of cooler weather there to confine it to a canyon near the summit. And theyve dropped their simt from last night as to how big this thing is. Fire Officials Say its burned more than 3,200 acres and is 60 contained. But homes are still threatened. The fire almost jumped Morgan Territory road last night. The flames were nearly blown directly into a subdivision. Terrified neighbors watched the whole thing happen. Winds just swirled up. It jumped to a huge tree on this side. And blew up. And then, it just went down this whole meadow, like a river of flames. It was just intense. It was just horrible. The fire started sunday afternoon. As firefighters in walnut creek were fighting the morgan fire on sunday, thieves, believe it or not, watching the stations houses back home and they took advantage. They broke into two different stations. At one point, they stole two wedding rings, wallets, watches, ipads and cash. Completely shameless, obviously. At the other station, a captain was sleeping there and heard someone trying to pull the screen from a window. He called police. But the wouldbe thief ran away. With a court order hanging over the state to release thousands of prisoners to county jail, San Franciscos District Attorney says its jails are capable of handling more innovates. Vic lee explains why. Reporter prosecutions for possession of drugs in San Francisco are down by almost 70 . That may be a big reason why a lot of the county jail cells are empty. Were probably the only urban county today in the state thats running consistently at about onethird vacancy. Reporter the District Attorney says his office is diverting drug users to communitybased services, where they can be treated for their addiction, rather than incarcerating them. They include split sentences, where addicts serve a portion in jail and other treatment programs. He says if other counties did the same, the states prisons would not be overcrowded. And the governor would not have to release prisoners as the the courts have ordered. If we can deal with the drug use problem, were likely to reduce all of the other criminalities. Reporter he says the state should change the law to make possession of drugs for personal use a misdemeanor, rather than a felony. Lenore anderson heads the group, californians for safety and justice. She agrees that a prisonfirst approach is not working. We know thats resulted in high resid schism rates. And its been costly. Reporter a half to twothirds of inmates serving time for drug procession, ends up back in jail in three years. The head of the police union is a former narcotics officer. If you reduce it to a misdemeanor, all officers in the field will have to cite and release those individuals purr the policy of the San Francisco police department. Reporter and he says they wouldnt be forced to go through diversion programs, making it more likely for them to reoffend. Vic lee, abc 7 news. Google lost a bid for its privacy on its street view mapping effort. It apologized for collecting data from Wireless Home networks as it drove around. Today, a threejudge panel with the ninth Circuit Court of appeals ruled that google is not exempt from federal fiwiretappi laws. It claims the information was up for grabs because the networks were not secured. The california privacy case can move forward. A big announcement unveiling not one by two new iphones. One cheaper than anything weve seen before. And the other, faster than anything weve seen before. And this time, there is a technological twist straight out of science fiction. Its pretty cool. Abc news reporter, Neal Karlinsky explains what it is. Reporter for the first time ever, apples latest and greatest isnt a new iphone. Two new iphones. Not one. But two new designs. Reporter the new iphones sport better cameras and more power for games and graphics. The singular key feature for apple this time is security. Something called touch i. D. Just touch it. Touch it. And you get the feedback right there. Reporter its all about security. Instead of entering a code or a pass word, all this requires is a fingerprint to remember who you are and unlock the phone. Seems cool. But other companies are racing ahead in the bells and whistles war. Samsung has a phone that can literally react to your eyes, watching the screen. The killer app for apples bottom line may be the iphone 5c. A cheap version for the masses. While apple remains strong at home, its being trumped by android phones overseas, including the holy grail of emerging markets, china. A big acknowledgment that they need to provide a lowend, affordable solution for a much bigger market. Iphone 5c for china. Reporter all part of the neverending race for dominance in the smartphone wars. Todays product reveals did not move investors today. Ale shares dipped below 500, closing down more than 11. At 494 and some change in trading today. A lot more to come this tuesday night. Coming up, the environmental costs are mounting for the rim fire near yosemite. Still ahead, the price of restoring its natural habitat. An Airport Police officer whose training paid off in a big way. He doesnt want to be called a hero. Spencer christian is here with the weather. Our cooling trend continues. And our winds are kicking up. Ill have the forecast in a moment. Moment. And wild animals, wild tv unbelievable. Shhhhh in our day, we didnt have uverse high speed internet. Yeah, our babysitter didnt have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. We had to count sheep to fall asleep. And i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. In my head. Never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. Too much . A little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high speed internet. Rethink possible. We run errands. We run to the grocery store. In fact, the average american drives fewer than 29 miles a day. 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Reporter lawmakers had a contention debate, beginning to not use lead bullets. Leadfree ammo is difficult to find and expensive, opponents say this is a back door attempt to get rid of hunting in california. The original intenlt was a hunting ban disguised as a ban on lead ammo. The growth of californias cities and roads can each be responsible for increased access to lead. Reporter but supporters insist the ban helps wild life and the environment. Researchers found when hunters leave behind the animals they kill, they will ingest the bullet fragments and die. Its a neurotoxin for human beings. It just makes sense to protect our environment. Theres no evidence that the bill will limit hunting or increase costs for hunters. Reporter in the end, lawmakers sent the controversial measure to Governor Brown who has about a month to act. If he science it, california will have its first statewide ban for lead bullets for hunting. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly overnight fire at a berkeley apartment house. 56yearold andrew goodwin, a media studies professor at the university of San Francisco, died in the blaze. Investigators say goodwin was found in his third floor apartment near telegraph avenue around 1 30 this morning. He died at the hospital. The older home was engulfed in flames when crews arrived. Neighbors say goodwin was a smoker and liked to burn candles. But no official word on a cause of the the city manager of e is calling it quits. After a 44year career of public service, she anounsed plans to retire by december. She has been the top administrator for six years now. She started her career with the city in 1969 as a parttime recreation aide while she was in high school. Also in san jose, a Police Officers quick thinking likely saved the life of a man who suffered a heart attack at the airport this morning. Rob dayo was assigned to a checkpoint when a 43yearold passenger suddenly collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Officer grabbed the nearby defibrillator and went to work. It turns out rob, a 25year veteran was the force was the right man for the job. Im a cpr instructor. Ive been teaching people for ten years to do these things. Its the first time ive experienced a save. I was thrilled at the training i had was able to help somebody save their life. The 43yearold man survived. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and was later released. Rob says he doesnt consider himself a hero. He was just doing his job. But he did that job oh, so well. Thats a reminder to get some training in cpr. Thats a good thing to have. I did it years ago. I need to update. Dont collapse now. I may not be able to help you. The pressure on this forecast. Weve got some interesting changes in our weather going on right now. The fog is getting thicker. Theres a little drizzle in the coast. The winds are picking up. Heres a look at the live doppler. And you can see the fog. Along the coastline, but just beginning to push out over the bay. And will make a further push in the overnight urs. Right now, were looking at winds gusting up to 38 Miles Per Hour at fire field. 21 Miles Per Hour at concord. And we do have a wind advisory in effect until 3 00 a. M. For the delta and carquinez strait. South to southwest 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour with gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour. If youre out in that area, be on the lookout for blowing debris. And driving may be difficult as a result of the strong, gusty winds. Lets look at our emeryville camera. The low clouds on the coastline. Havent made a move yet but they will. Its 63 degrees in San Francisco. Oakland, 66. Redwood city, 58. 67 in san jose, los gatos. And another live view from our highdefinition rooftop camera, looking at the skyline of San Francisco. The transamerica building in the foreground. 62 at santa rosa. 66 at antioch. 66 at livermore. And a live view of the golden gate bridge, where its pretty good. Theres evidence of some fog there. And this is looking at our forecast features. Low clouds and fog. And spotty drizzle overnight. It will be cooler tomorrow than it was today. And today was sharply cooler than yesterday. And eel have a warmer pattern developing by the end of the week. Now, our satellite image. This is water vapor. That ridge of High Pressure up there with the warm air thats dominated our weather picture or had dominated the weather picture. And the ridge is getting chipped away by two centers of low pressure. Its getting cooler out there. Follow the animation. Clouds moving inland and pulling back in the coast tomorrow. Mainlysunny skies inland tomorrow. Lingering fog at the coast. And the cooling will continue as the onshore flow continues. And temperatures will continue to drop. Over in the sierra, well have scattered thunderstorms tomorrow. The weather will be calm here in the bay area. And overnight tonight, with a little bit of drizzle along the coast or near the coast, i should say. And fog creeping locally inland, well see low temperatures mainly in the upper 50s to right around 60 degrees. And tomorrow, highs in the south bay, in the 70s. Mid to upper 70s. 78, san jose. On the peninsula, mid70s. Low to mid60s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco, a high of 67 tomorrow. In the north bay, low to mid 70s. Cooler than a couple days ago. Low 70s in the east bay. And low 80s in the inland east bay. Heres the sevenday forecast. Tomorrow, the coolest day in the forecast period. Warming up on thursday. And mid90s on friday. And we cool down over the weekend. And beginning of next week, the temperatures will be in 80s midland. And mid60s on the coast. A pleasant week of weather ahead. Not extreme at all. Thank you, spencer, very much. Some people watch the super bowl just for the ads. Now, a new all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. San francisco base twitter is helping to break new ground in the world of advertising. It has to do with cokes new commercial on romanian tv, the campaign is due to many not sitting together eating meal. They integrate live tweets as the commercial appears, coke said the twitter followers increased by 15 . In fact, the people waited for the commercial to air so they could watch their tweets live. Coke may air a similar ad in the United States, and others may follow that if it appears to work. And cal rubington bombarded people with his commercials, wrestling a tiger, even standing on his head to get people to buy a car. David wright suggests how he did this. Reporter Calvin Coolidge worthington was the original cowboy. In a suit. Always that jingle, always a furry side kick, his dog, spot. Which might be a tiger, or a grizzly bear, or even shamu, the killer whale. Here in southern california, cals off the wall antics made him more famous than the cars he sold. He claimed to sell more than a million. Super prices are insane. That is what Cal Worthington did for cars. I am going to give you this to keep the sun off of you. Cals legacy lives an. Specializing in the dead animals everywhere. Reporter in viral videos like this one. Look at that antelope driving a car, or this one. Reporter for arlens transmissions in burbank, created by hipsters who said they were inspired by cal. The reason we made commercials like this, we always loved the art form of the commercial. Reporter shifting Cal Worthingtons crazy legacy forward. To youtube and beyond. David wright, abc news, los angeles. One of a kind, well, a lot is under the ho