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look whose back! thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze police at the scene in antioch officers shot and killed a domestic violence suspect after a high speed chase and being fired upon. amy hollyfield is live where the confrontation ended. >> reporter: this is quite a story. it ended on the roof of a home. police are still investigating. they say the man climbed up on the roof of a home while up here they say he pointed a gun at officers that's when they shot and killed him. presumably the roof of a home of strangers ended up there

after a long chain of events. he was fleeing officers in a car. there was a child inside that car. police tell me that child is okay. crash the car then he took off on -- he crashed the car then took off on foot leaving the kid in the car. he ran through backyards then ended up on the the roof of a home where he was shot. people who were living in the area say they couldn't believe what they were hearing. >> sounded like clapping, boom, boom, boom! they was like come down. >> reporter: this all started at 11:15 last night. police were called to a domestic dispute involving a again. fast they were chasing the man in the car he did ram into two police cars before he crashed. they haven't released information about the man or the child. they are in the beginning

stages of this investigation. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. 4:33. developing news right now hurricane warnings cover nearly 300 miles of the gulf coast as tropical storm isaac barrels towards landfall. the storm is strengthening expected to become a category 1 hurricane, new orleans is in the crosshairs. katie marzullo is in the breaking news center. >> reporter: it is going to be the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina, more on that in a second. the latest information has tropical storm isaac making landfall in southeastern louisiana late tonight or tomorrow morning, as eric mentioned it is gaining strength. i'm seeing different reports as to whether it would hit as a cat 1 or cat 2 hurricane. a live look now at the gulf coast as the sun comes up, the waves crashing against that structure. in the foreground is a live

news van. the media getting close but this not where officials there are going to want residents to be. right now officials in new orleans have not ordered evacuations. in st. charles parish more than 50,000 have been told to leave. hurricane warnings in effect from louisiana to the florida/ alabama state line, new orleans airport closed, business owners closing and boarding up windows. then there are those who are stocking up on emergency supplies, choosing to ride out the storm. >> we know what you have to have to make it through, make do until that power comes back on. >> loud, noisey and if you are going to be knocked around, if you are not used to it is going to scare you. >> reporter: if isaac hits 0 tomorrow with it will mark the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the mayor of new orleans says 10 billion dollars in improvements have been made to

the levee systems. since isaac is not expected to be as strong the city should be able to weather the storm. residents are still being advised to be cautious. for the latest facts and figures on the storm we check in with mike. good morning. live doppler centered on the gulf coast, thunderstorms not looking impressive, rainfall minimal. more rain yesterday in florida than what we are getting along the gulf coast now. if you look at clouds below the system, down to the south now as those wrap around we'll start to get concerned about the system intensifying into a hurricane over the next 12 hours and heavier rain startinging to move in. still tropical storm 70 mile per hour winds should be on top of new orleans about midnight. i still think miss buy is going to take the brunt of this storm up to 18 inches possible, freshwater flooding bigger concern than the storm

surge or winds. 4:236. reut sreut due to arrive -- arrive at the republican national convention today which gets underway after a delay caused by tropical storm isaac. no word on when he will walk into the site in tampa, but his wife ann is set to speak tonight. his big address is thursday night. after formally nominated for president. mark matthews got a behind the scenes look at security. he will have his report in 15 minutes. man tpapd by the vatican to be the next archbishop of san francisco has apologized for his drunk driving arrest over the weekend. he spent a night in jail after he failed a breath test and is now out on $2500 bail. he was pulled over in san diego where he was visiting family and friends. the car he was driving is registered to the roman catholic diocese.

it is now parked at his mother's house in san diego. he's scheduled to appear in court october 9th. more in a live report from terry mcsweeney coming up in our next half hour. fire damaged chevron refinery is still leaking hydro carbons at illegal levels. the fire sent a plume of toxic smoke over the bay area. yesterday an investigators said the hydrocarbon leak has been isolated and will stop as soon as today. 18,000 residents filed health claims with chevron, 3,000 have signed up to file legal claims. chevron faces daily fines of up to $25,000 for violating air quality standards. this morning park rangers at yosemite are trying to track down visitors who may have been exposed to the rare hantavirus, a second person

has now died, two others sick. all four stayed in separate tent cabins at curry village within 100 feast each other in mid june the cabins have all been sanitized but the virus can air after a cabin is cleaned. symptoms mirror the flu and can take weeks to develop after exposure to rodent droppings or waste. the first fatality was a man from alameda county. bill giving drivers greater pro tension against red light cameras the measure was approved by the senate yesterday and establishes standards throughout the stay the bill would make it easier for drivers to fight tickets issued by red light cameras. many have questioned accuracy and some cities accused of using cameras to boost revenue the new law prohibits them from doing that the bill's author hopes he will sign

think time around . temperatures significantly warmer in some areas 14 antioch, nine fremont, napa 7 fairfield one degree cooler san francisco eight half moon bay area of low pressure to our north where going to stay, we'll still have a small bubble of high pressure, a little orange over top of us. almost as much sunshine today, a few cloud as long the coast everybody else is clear temperatures in the 50s as we head towards noon, you can see how quickly we warm into the 60s and 70s around the bay, even 80s inland clouds will start to develop along the

coast. you will be mostly sunny throughout the afternoon temperatures in the low 60s there as we head towards 4:00, mid 60s san francisco, low to mid 70s bay, low to mid 80s inland. by 7:00, the dry air, lack of clouds 70s inland, 60s bay into san francisco 50s showing up at the shore small rollercoaster of temperatures the next couple of days down two to four degrees tomorrow, up thursday we drop four to eight degrees by friday through the weekend looks to be dry. good morning. major problems through highway 29 in calistoga closed due to earlier fire at the calistoga inn. it is going to be closed until 6, 6:30 between myrtle and washington. there's going to be a lot of traffic, you may want to

consider berry as an alternate even when they open highway 29, there will be traffic control by the area. right now highway 29 is fine through napa, 101 good through santa rosa. full freeway closure caltrans eastbound 4 at loveridge all traffic taken off and then you get back on the on-ramp, short detour in place that's scheduled until 5:30 this morning. you will find that everyday until thursday morning. here's a live shot of the oakland maze, traffic flowing well, no major accidents on bay area freeways. welcome back kristen. thank you. i feel so welcome. drivers beware, next the safety zone you may have to give bicyclists on the road or face a ticket. >> the shaking continues in southern california. latest on aftershocks that hit after hundreds of quakes over

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. good tuesday morning. san francisco and oakland both sides of the bay gorgeous shot. do we have much fog? are we gonna stay the same as yesterday, which wouldn't be bad. we are going to check in on traffic as well with frances in a few minutes. former oakland police chief anthony batts has a new job this morning. today he's expected to be named as the new police commissioner of baltimore. batts resigned last year citing bureaucratic battles, especially with mayor quan. he complained he was given full responsibility but limited control of the department.

he has been lecturing at harvard since he resigned. new bill on is way back to the state senate will give cyclists a three foot buffer zone from and trucks. this bill would allow fines of $35 for drivers who impinge on buffer zones. drivers would be allowed to cross lines to provide cyclists enough room. the bill passed 52-19. seismologists say a swarm of small earthquakes rattling imperial connie in southern california could -- county in southern california could go on for days the quake happened near the imperial county town on the receiving end of nearly 400 quakes that had hit that area since sunday the strongest to hit the area in three decades seismologists have no idea why. 4:45.

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80s near 90 east bay valleys 80s north bay and south bay 70s throughout the bay san francisco mid to upper 60s a few more clouds than yesterday bright day. seattle 73, portland, some of the cooler spot, 80s, 90s elsewhere 108 phoenix. philadelphia has flight

arrival delays, laguardia flight departure delays, everybody else on time. bay area lack of clouds san francisco, oakland san jose on time there could be other delays not weather created our flight tracker will have those too at abc7news.com. 4:49. families of some of the people killed in the colorado movie theater massacre plan to speak out today about unspecified events they say need to be addressed. 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded theater during the premiere of the new batman movie. families scheduled news conference today to discuss behind the scenes developments they say they will speak with one voice but have not elaborated on what the developments are. security is extremely tight at the republican national convention which gets underway with a full schedule today. mark matthews is at the convention he has a behind the scenes look at high-tech

security that has significance to the bay area. >> reporter: inside the tampa bay forum first day of business postponed because of tropical storm isaac. outside the security is at full strength, roads closed, multiple check points to get in and armed national guard troops patrolling the perimeters. inside this room, agencies, including fbi, secret service and tampa police are watching video screens, beaming back real-time pictures from around the city. cameras that are in place to watch over tampa and that technology will be enhanced by an artificial intelligence software designed to pick up abnormal movement. >> it looks at objects and it looks at people as objects and it learns what is normal behavior in a view. then what it alerts on when something odd happens. >> reporter: in a car drives on to a train track the software will alert. >> if somebody falls at the

bottom of an escalator we are going to alert on that if there is a crowd and everybody is moving in a direction that is uncommon or fast or from a central spot, moving away we are going to alert. >> reporter: the computer software used here in tampa, is the same that will be installed in san francisco later this year. muni cameras will be linked to the software cameras will bring in pictures, computers will tell monitors which screen to watch. mark matthews, abc7 news. >> mark will be in tampa with live reports all this week you can follow him on our facebook page and twitter. abc news is providing live coverage of the convention and we'll be streaming it at abc7news.com from 4 to 8:30 p.m. today through thursday. republicans gather in florida, president obama is hitting the campaign trail. the president is making a personal appeal to college voters this week with stops in

three university towns, meanwhile he got help from actor george clooney who raised more than half a million dollars last night in a fundraiser he held in switzerland for u.s. donors living abroad. >> >> petaluma little leaguers back in their own beds after a heroes' welcome. -- fans cheered the team who praised -- placed third. they had a motorcycle escort riding in a stretch limo crowds lined the streets as the motorcade passed petaluma the city plans to hold a parade sunday afternoon. boy, do they deserve it, they showed heart, talent and everything you need to be champions. >> it was terrific. were on vacation in portland in the hotel dining room, we

were like -- everybody is looking at us. those are our boys. >> more people watched that game and the giants' game on at the same time when they played panama that day. boys enjoy it, right now back to cool, back to the grind. -- back-to-school, back to the grind. right now it is clear from sutro tower to san francisco to the east bay hills. lack of clouds means a lack of moisture. we are going to have a good run of weather for your morning commute. still 60 inland, 50s around the bay. we are going to have warmer weather in santa rosa by four degrees, 78 fremont like yesterday, everybody else one to four degrees cooler, still not bad for this time of the year, 86 concord.

oakland may drop four degrees to 74. a little cloud cover along the coast hardly any around the bay try to make a late push going to have a hard time may see increase of clouds along the coast. 60s there, 70s and 80s us 90s an in east bay valleys upper 70s to maybe mid 80s, los gatos 84. low to mid 60s along the coast to upper 60s downtown south san francisco sausalito 72 jump up 10 degrees in san rafael 80 two mid to upper 80s north bay valleys. east bay shore -- mid to upper 70s berkeley 72. mid 80s brentwood and livermore at 90°, mid to upper 80s hollister, gilroy,

morgan hill. monterey and carmel mid 60s. 90s throughout the central valley 90 chico, 99 fresno, 77 tahoe sun 73 big sur san diego 82, los angeles sunny and 92° downtown. most clouds along the coast a few will spill into the bay. we cool for the weekend, temperatures well below average everywhere. back to the north bay highway 29 closed in both directions for a couple blocks in calistoga between myrtle and washington due to earlier fire at the calistoga inn should be reopened 6:30 during the commute one-way traffic control the rest of the morning. consider berry as an

alternate. 29 napa, 101 good in santa rosa. no accidents reports on bay area freeways now. it is quiet other than that highway 29 problem in calistoga. eastbound 4 loveridge get back on short in place scheduled until 5:30. a few -- live shots good ride across the san mateo bridge westbound past the toll flowing well. south bay looking good to go for headlights northbound 280 this is 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. gilead sciences has won federal approval for a new anti-hiv pill combining four medicines gilead calls the once a day bill that combines two existing and tie --

anti-viral drugs, 88 to 90% of patients have under effect age levels of hiv in their blood after 48 hours. braising for impact tropical storm isaac now the size of texas picking up strength as it bears down on the gulf coast. we'll go live to new orleans where folks are beginning to evacuate. new hope after violent weekend in oakland. the good citizens who are about to help police fight crime on the streets. the extraordinary lifetime benefit a bay area water district was considering for a few parttime officials until reporters began asking questions. this is the plan that revolves around you.

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