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Latest. Thompson has been in court explaining how he funneled millions of local funds into the campaigns in 2006. The most explosive came two hours ago when thompson told the he met with mayor gray. He says that mayor gray asked for help in his Mayoral Campaign and agreed to keep thompsons name a secret. He said he spent more than 600,000 to pay for stickers and Campaign Signs an canvas neighborhoods in support of his campaign, but none of this money has bn een reported to the d. C. Board of ele...

And ice age how it took a winter this severe to bring these sailors out of hibernation, and back to a sport we rarely get to see that is not for the faint of heart. Nightly news begins now. Good evening, tonight, people tell world over are asking the same question, how is it possible that a jumbo jet has disappeared without a trace . Tonight, the search has expanded over a large area for a large aircraft, a boeing triple 7 among the safest ever made. This one with 239 souls on board. There were ...

Mayor vincent gray knew of the scheme to funnel illegal money into the Shadow Campaign before gray ever announced that he would run for office. He says that gray agreed to call him uncle earl to keep his identity a secret, and he said that during the campaign, gray personally asked thompson for 400,000 in cash for efforts to get out the vote. And thompson told the judge that he gave 10,000 to a Family Member of vincent gray and additional 40,000 to a close friend of vincent grays for home improv...

In the courtroom, he said that d. C. Mayor vincent gray knew of the plan to fund a Shadow Campaign before he was running. Gray says that he personally asked him for an an additional 400,000 in the campaign, and then helped thompsons company to receive a settlement when his office was won. And so they agreed to refer to thompson only as uncle earl a code name. Jeffrey thompson admitted to illegally financing multiple campaigns, including 6,870 to a president ial candidate, and 250,000 to 13 candi...

The papers do not identify who received the money. He allegedly gave 20,000 to a ward 4 candidate. 2008, one hundred thousand dollars to an atlarge candidate, 100 thousand dollars to another atlarge candidate, contribution to another candidate. Thompson said in dealing with grey, he was told to call him uncle earl. He gaveors said when 125,000 to gray, at that meeting, grey called him thank you, uncle. He says that he did occasionally call Jeffrey Thompson uncle, but he was the public to believe...

Good evening to you on this monday night, as we begin this week together. Thousands of people are fighting to solve a mystery. How did a large passenger plane, 239 people onboard, simply vanish . At this hour, investigators working in a race against time to find any clue. Why was there no s. O. S. . One minute, a plane tracked by radar on this route. And then, at this point, right there, it was simply gone. And tonight, its a daunting task for the search teams, finding any scrap of debris on two...

These fires suspicious. Good morning im brian flores in for dave clark. Good morning im pam cook. Lets check in with steve paulson. Very nice. Very light rain. Very mild temps pup upper 50s to near 60s. 66 San Francisco. Late sun this afternoon and this morning very little cloud cover. We are starting to see a decrease in the coverage. There a little bit of drizzle. Very light rain and cloudy skies for the morning. Probably early afternoon and then we will kick it out by this afternoon. Cloudy a...

Concord rain. A lot of that not showing up more in drizzle. 50s on the temps to 60. Very, very mild system yesterday. This system will be with us for a couple hours. Once it moves through by this afternoon i think we will see rapid clearing. Very light. Couple onehundredths. Maybe a tenth of an inch would cover it. Cloudy, light rain in the morning. Breezy for some. 60s to low 70s. Here is sal. Steve, good morning. We are looking at a commute that is wet out there. As you and i have been talking...

Emergency crews are responding to reports of a chemical accident at the tesoro refinery. The Contra Costa Fire Department confirms its responding to a medical situation there. These are live pictures over the scene from newschopper2. According to reports, two workers were sprayed with sulfuric acid. Back in february, two workers were sprayed with sulfuric acid and airlifted to uc davis medical center. If we get any more information well bring it to you later in the newscast. An arson investigati...

Shooting. A new development in a bizarre weekend death. The information possibly being released about a woman killed by a falling tree in vacaville. Mornings on 2 starts now. Big problems for drivers in eastern alameda county. Take a look at this backup. 580 a mess as fire crews mop up a truck fire. Sal castanedo will be here in just a minute about what you can do to avoid the mess. Look at that line of cars. A lot of headlights. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Im brian flores in for dave clark....