. good tuesday morning. it's 4:3. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check that forecast with christina. how are we looking right now? >> looking chilly out there. good morning, sam, laura, everybody at home. today kicks off the start of our warming friend. it's not quite as warm as we would like it to be, but the sun will be out. 70s as of form. let's check your drive. here is mike inouye.

>> let's go to the golden gate bridge a little smear on the lens. traffic is moving smoothly. at the bottom of the screen, away from the toll plaza. i'll show you the area from the north bay, folks will be paying toll but not using lane five. having some work done as we say in the business. a smooth drive out of the north bay. smooth drive out of antioch, livermore. the entire bay, showing you the green sensors, except for some slowing yellow up across the san mateo bridge, 55 across the bridge. thank you, mike. a developing story in the south bay, a search right now underway for a burglary suspect who tried to run every police officer prompting the police officer to shoot at the car. >> we have the latest with bob

in sunnyvale. >> that intersection is back open. the police are still looking for the driver of a white mercedes sedan who tried to run over one of those officers during a traffic stop yesterday evening. two santa clara police officers, one in an unmarked suv, the other in a squad car. they pulled over the driver at 5:45 last night in front of a 76 station along the el camino. they were doing this because the mercedes matched a vehicle involved in a nearby auto burglary. as one of the officers stood outside of his unmarked suv, the driver of the mercedes drove straight at him prompting the officer to fire several rounds into the oncoming vehicle. >> all we know right now is he feared enough for his life to be pinned between the two vehicles, that he decided to take the course he did and shoot at the vehicle. >> the other officer chased the mercedes, but that driver got away.

still on the loose. police don't know if the driver or any other possible passengers inside were hit by the officer's bullet. that officer who fired the rounds is on paid administrative leave. even though this involved two santa clara police officers, sunnyvale police are heading up the investigation since it happened in their city. bob redell, today in the bay. officials are trying to find out what caused a fire at a safeway store in san rafael last night. the fire started about 11:30 last night in a trailer at the store's loading dock. fire crews were able to put the fire out before it reached the building. happening today, the death of a transgender woman is prompting a protest in downtown san francisco. supporters will be remembering 36-year-old taja dejesus, she was found stabbed to death on the steps of her apartment in the bay district.

her death one of many acts of violence recently tar geing the lgbt community. last night they made signs in preparation for today's event calling for change in taja's memory. >> everybody's life mattered. if this can save one person. >> you have to felt mother's pain. today's rally will be held at 1:30 at city hall. the california woman known address the serial stowaway due in a florida courtroom this morning. marilyn hartman was arrested sunday. she got past security at a minnesota airport and hopped a plane to jacksonville, florida. once she got to florida, police say she went into a high-end resort and checked into a room using someone else's name. she was found sleeping in a room that had been for renovations. hartman tried seven times to

board a plane at sfo, and last august was arrested after sneaking on a flight from san jose to l.a. two weeks later police arrested her again in phoenix for loitering at the airport. this morning police in san francisco are trying to figure out if the same suspects are behind two brazen robberies at high-end jewelry stores. three men rushed into tina's jewelry ordering the employees there to the ground. the robbers got away if a light-colored suv with the jewelry. two days prior three masked gunmen held up employees at begin poigun point at a tiffany's. happening now, residents of two small towns in the sierra are salvaging what they can after a wildfire. the round fire destroyed 40

homes in mall meadows and prar dice. highway 9 is back open this morning west of downtown. it was closed yesterday after mudslide blocked the entire road. still keeping an eye out for that. 4:36 as we take a live look outside. that is the always beautiful vista from the san bruno mountain, on a morning where we are hoping to see some rising temperatures. christina you said it is chilly to begin with. >> indeed it is happy to have you with us on a tuesday and every morning. temperatures out there are pretty chilly. we'll see a nice day. a little bit of fog expected this morning. right now visibility is pretty good. that could drop any second as we have a lot of remnant moisture from the area of low pressure that came through this week. that moves to the east, high pressure builds in. near record temperature is on the way as of wednesday. so, by tomorrow we're talking about a jump so high that

temperatures are actually going to be rifvaling records for thi day. 66 in the south bay, how warm will it be where you live? i will let you know in just moments when we get to your extended forecast. first, let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. no extended commutes right now. we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza, not the toll plaza, but the incline. calmer winds today. no problem for visibility, but that fog may roll in. we'll track that as well. we had some overnight road work going on. something clearing at university, westbound 80. haven't heard what happened, whatever it is, lanes are clear and speeds are back to normal. a smoother dry for the upper east way, and across the golden

gate bridge, that lane five will be closed for some retrofit work that will be the case all day. over here as we move towards the peninsula and south bay, a smoother day around the entire bay. we will look at dublin area, 580 where we might see some fog right now. definitely not a concern as far as visibility and a light volume of traffic. those flashing lights at the bottom, a crew with a larger vehicle but no lanes closed in dublin. >> keep it down, mike, will you? palo alto trying to move forward with some quiet zones in the city. last night city council went as far as agreeing to study the idea. quiet zones are section of the rail lines where trains do not sound their horn. for the past two years people near alma street have been asking the council to create one near their home. up next who is watching you? the television that can spy on you. and why rising gas prices may be a good thing for the economy.

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very good tuesday morning to you. what a beautiful look at the bay bridge. look at how the lights illuminate the water out there. a nice start to our tuesday morning. president obama turning up the heat on isis. as soon as today he may ask congress to approve use of military force. congressional aides say the white house is in the final stages of formulating its plan. that request will be made as early as today or tomorrow. u.s. has been involved in air strikes for months but never received approval from congress. it would be the first congressional war vote in 13 years when u.s. ground forces returned to iraq. president obama comes back to the bay area on thursday. >> yes, but this time fewer photo-opes and fund raisers and more action. he will be at stanford. it's the first time in 40 years that a sitting u.s. president will make a speech at the

university. president obama will meet with faculty, tax ceos and law enforcement. >> a great op toportunity for students on campus to drive into an issue that's been at the forefront. >> stanford is allowing a number of students into the event. it's closed to the public but will be streamed live online. the president's subject matter is timely. today is safer internet day. facebook is hosting an event on its campus this afternoon for local high school students. california's attorney general, carmela harris, and facebook's ceo will be there. student also come from seven different bay area schools to participate. could a smart tv be giving away family secrets? >> samsung is warning that smart tvs could pick up personal conversations and send that information back to the company. samsung says it does not keep

voice data or sell it to third parties. the company adds users can disable the feature if they want. >> everyone right now is checking their settings. 4:44. apple pay is set to take off. >> starting next week, passengers on select jetblue flights will be able to use apple pay on their phones to buy food, drinks and other amenities. jetblue is the first airline to accept the payment at 35,000 feet. gas prices are inching back up. that might be a good thing. >> context everything. we will find more about that and more of the business news before the bell. good morning. >> sam and laura, good morning. we know what americans are doing with the money they're saving from cheaper gas, buying more gas a report from a firm reports

that plunging gas prices are encouraging people to buy more often and buy more trucks. the improving economy is also contributing. the u.s. added more than 3 million jobs last year, just as gas prices started falling. more jobs means more americans are joining the daily commute to work. stocks look to break their mini two-day losing streak today. the markets fell on lingering concerns about europe's ongoing debt crisis and bailout talks in greece, that's despite another rise in oil prices. crude is up 21% since hitting a low of $43 a barrel at the end of last month. there's no major economic data today, but we get earnings from coca-cola this morning, the nasdaq losing 18 to 4726. my spidey sense is tingling. sony and marvel have struck a deal to share spider-man on screen. he will appear in the next

captain america movie next year, which is being produced by marvel. marvel will co-produce the next film in 2017 which will be a reboot for the franchise, that will be wi. >> the world's largest solar plant is online in southern california. the 550 megawatt desert sunlight solar project is located in the town of desert center, near joshua tree national park. the company that built it says the project will generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes. alternative forms of energy always a good thing. we could use a lot of sunlight to get that process started. maybe today is the day. christina, how are you? >> i'm fine. how are you two? hopefully well. we have the day shaping up.

clouds rolling in. the driest january on record, we get into early february, already making up some very significant rainfall totals that we were lacking. you know what? looks like we'll stay nice and dry for the next few days, then another storm system rolling through. let's talk about some fog developing. not much yet. you may encounter some east on 152, trying to get into the central valley. 69 degrees in the north bay later today. 65 in san francisco. you will hit about 67 degrees out in the tri valley. it's going to be a nice warm day. i want to take you through your hour-by-hour changes, help you plan that day. you will need your jacket until lunch time today, between noon and three, temperatures climb. you can ditch that jacket. by tomorrow morning, not too chilly at all. temperatures will rise into the 70s by wednesday. already talking about potential for records on wednesday. getting into your thursday and

friday, upper 70s, close to 80 in the south bay. valentine's day weekend looking spectacular for outdoor plans. that always makes it less exopinie expensive when you can dine outdoors. saturday, 79 degrees. on sunday, a big cooling trend headed your way on sunday, start nothing ne starting into next week. overall temperatures looking comfortable for the extended future. we'll talk about records coming up in my next report. back to you sam and laura. the northeast right now digging out from yet another huge snowstorm. parts of massachusetts and connecticut got up to two feet of snow yesterday. schools there are closed once again. leading to a big problem in many cities, where to dump all of that snow now accumulating to more than six feet in less than two weeks. another problem is dangerous

roads. 20 vehicles were involved in a deadly pile up on the new jersey turnpike. one person was killed. a follow up now to a deadly fire in san francisco. donations are pouring in for the 38 people left homeless by the fire. t all the people mostly likely will not see the website. website thieves will take thousands of dollars away from the total and he's asking gofundme to cut down on the fees. >> gofundme takes 5% of the funding. good fund me says if we began waiving fees on a regular basis there would be no way for us to build and maintain the website. a panel of lawmakers in washington plans to ask the top

health networks why measles is spreading so quickly and what we can do to stop it. the cdc is tracking 121 cases of measles across the country. this week, we learned of new cases in new jersey, delaware and washington, d.c. a new pew research poll finds 83% of americans feel the vaccine is safe but there's still opposition to government mandated oppositions. >> gets down to a vaccine as much as anything else in medicine is a procedure, it's a personal decision. >> that dialogue and debate continues over vaccinations. several lawmakers have gone on the record saying parents should immunize their children. some pediatricians are turning away parents who won't vaccinate kids. this is strange. a simple invisible tray may allow consumers to track items through their cell phone. >> it's the product of a bay area brainstorm. the technology is called dna track. it's a small dna infused

traceable spray that's harmless. the spray may one day be used like a bar code or fingerprint for items like produce. it may determine where it comes from or if it's been genetically altered. this morning doctors in hong kong are talking about a strange medical condition, babies born pregnant with another fetus. >> the condition is extremely rare. only 200 cases have been recorded. the article describes a study of newborn baby girls. doctors thought she had a tumor in her stomach, but test results revealed the growths were twin fetuses. doctors say the embryos were fertilized by the parents but somehow grew inside the baby. >> wow. a medical strange occurrence there. up next on "today in the bay," bay area sports fans, where you can check out all eight of the 49ers and giants championship trophies. putting them in one location

today. and a look at oakland. smooth dry now. clear view picking up some construction on the nimitz. show you what's going on, something i missed, i'll show you that over in the tri valley.

welcome back. it's 4:54 right now. the work week progressing. we take a nice clear view outside of san jose on this tuesday morning.

on spacex will try again to launch a a rocket. >> the last time this was tried the rocket ran out of hydraulic fluid crashing into the barge. bay area sports icons will hit the links for an all-star shootout at pebble beach. >> it will be the giants versus the 49ers at the chevron shootout. always popular every year. the giants team includes buster posey, matt cain. the 49ers will have jerry rice, dwight clark. all the championship trophies will be on display. >> that's pretty cool. >> it's one thing to be athletic, it's another thing to

have the hand/eye coordination to play golf. >> keep your head down, mike. eye on the ball. >> i always look to see where the sbball is going. i don't like what i see. we have this shadow over there, that's a sign, behind that sign was flashing lights. but they just cleared the roadway. they are clearing construction crews between airway and the 680 interchange. at airway, another fender bender reported. a look at north bay no major slowing. highway 37 starting to see a few more cars from vallejo. and looking towards the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is flowing. a nice easy drive no problems, no backup, all the cash lanes are open. i said sears point race way, i think it's called sonoma race way. >> that's okay.

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right now, a suspect on the run. what he did that officers sigh forced them to open fire at a busy south bay intersection. >> and police release a new surveillance photo of a car connected to a double homicide in the east bay. and we're done with the rainy pattern for now. a warming trend begins today. getting into the midsection of the week. talking about the upper 70s and a warm valentine's day weekend. we'll let you know if your ski could break a record coming up in your micro climate weather forecast. and no records being set on the roadways, that's good, a smooth drive. we'll show you where things are slowing down a bit for the tri valley. >> and let's peak outside on

this tuesday, february 10th. beautiful look at the bay bridge. you're watching "today in the bay." good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. to a developing story a suspected car burglar is on the loose after trying to run over a police officer. it happened last night during rush hour at the intersection of el camino real and wolf road. that officer shot at the vehicle as it moved towards him. bob redell has the latest. >> police are still looking for the driver who tried to run down the officer. there are two santa clara police officers, one in the squad car, one in the unmarked suv.