closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >> the president: today, i can say our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. >> president obama keeps his campaign promise tone the war in iraq and bring?oq troops hom. his critics are saying the move could destabilize iraq. there are just under 40,000 troops in the country now. good morning i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. more than 4400 military members have been killed since the u.s. went after saddam hussein and invaded iran during the bush administration. katie is here with more on the troop withdrawal. >> the headline from today was

simple, all u.s. troops coming hope, as scheduled. in his second address to the nation in as many days, president obama gave military families a big reason to celebrate the upcoming holidays. an hour ago president obama announced there will be a complete u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq by the end of the year. december 31st, 2011 was set as the deadline in 2008. there was talk of leaving a small number of troops in country to help with security. today the president confirmed that will not be the case. >> the president: the last american soldier will cross the boarder out of iraq with their heads held -- border out of iraq with their heads held high knowing the american people stand united in our support for our troops. that is now america's military efforts in iraq will end. >> reporter: the president spoke with the prime minister of iraq. he said they in total agreement moving forward. republican have warned a draw

down could destabilize iraq. >> i think there's a greater risk of renewed violence, continued iranian penetration into iraq that is already happening in southern iraq. >> reporter: the president said as of january 1st, the u.s. will have a normal relationship with iraq. military training and assistance may continue as it does in other countries. congressman barbara lee said she is pleased with the decision to withdraw from iraq. after today's announcement she said we should follow the lead of the people of iraq and the united states who overwhelmingly agree that it is time for the remaining u.s. armed forces to return home. u.s. officials say an american predator drone took part in the airstrike that hit the convoy carrying muammar gadhafi. it is not clear who or what killed him.

gadhafi's body is in a commercial freezer at a shopping center as libyans figure out where and when to bury the dictator. his burial has been delayed to allow for international criminal court to investigate. spokesman for the u.n. human rights organization says they want to know if gadhafi was killed while fighting or executed after his capture? nato's top commander will recommend ending the mission in libya. he says americans troops and aircraft are still there, many likely will now move on. oakland officials are urging occupy oakland demonstrators to leave their encampment if front of city hall or else. the mayor says health and sanitation has become issues. demonstrators aren't going anywhere and police don't seem willing to push the matter. >> reporter: this seems like a political hot potato that no one wants to touch. police tell us they are not moving the protesters until they get an order from the

mayor. they don't want to talk on camera. the mayor did not return our calls this morning. it appears this order is meaningless. and the protesters aren't going anywhere. the occupy oakland protesters are showing no signs that they will be packing and leaving. some started the day with a yoga session while the appointed security team protected the perimeter making sure members of the media didn't enter their camp. they say orders from city officials mean nothing to them. >> there's no between us and city hall. we own this, we are occupying it they have to take it. if it has to be by physical force they are going to be doing physical stuff. we are going to sit and lock arms, i'm ready to go to jail. >> reporter: mayor kwaupb put out an order last night -- mayor quan put out an order last night saying they would not be able to camp from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m..

>> oakland this problems and didn't give a care in the world. >> reporter: protesters responded by staying in place. >> we discussed the eviction and agreed that eviction means nothing us to. we are here for a reason and to stay >> reporter: they were prepared for police to move in overnight, but nothing happened. >> understand this is bigger than them and us this is worldwide. they know that you know they are limited resources as well. to come in and start trouble would make them look bad. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the police department said officers have not received a decorative from the mayor's off. mayor quan was not in her office this morning and her spokesperson did not return our calls. prose tessers think the 1% of the wealthy are pressuring the mayor and that's why she put out the or. >> i like the mayor. i think she awesome. she has tried her best to have us have our demonstration here. >> reporter: again, we have not heard from mayor quan to explain why the city is saying

one thing, but doing another. the group has decided to have a rally and march tomorrow. they are calling it occupy everything, liberate oakland. it starts at 11:00 tomorrow downtown oakland. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. at least one tent is back up at the site of the occupy san jose movement. police officers moved in overnight and cleaned out the encampment. several were arrested for trespassing or illegal camping. officers took an eighth person into custody police say he scratched a patrol car. the protesters have been cited before but these are the first arrests. one lane of the westbound bay bridge is shutdown because of the accident involving that car, single car accident. this is a live picture over the bay bridge. it appears this is on the upper deck. small car hit concrete barrier. cleanup underway. the concrete barrier near the

off-ramp before the tunnel. we don't have word on injuries. you can see the traffic is backed up and will be for a while. new numbers show california's unemployment rate fell slightly last month. the rate fell to 11.9% it was 12.1 in august. today's report shows california employers added nearly 12,000 new jobs during september even after the decline california's unemployment remains the second highest behind nevada. >> if you are looking for a job we are here to help. our next job fair is tuesday november 8th, abc 7 is co-sponsoring it. health at center concord in concord from noon to 4:00. find out more at abc7news.com look under see it on tv. >> the timing of an quake drill in coup call today couldn't have been more -- in cupertino today couldn't have been more perfect following

the two quakes last night. both quakes centered near berkeley. terry mcsweeney joins us from cupertino with more on the quake drill. >> reporter: about 30 minutes ago, 750 students poured out of garden gate elementary. they are on the field now this is part of a cupertino city wide two-day emergency preparedness drill to be ready for a quake really any other big emergency. with that garden gate elementary students head out for the field and safety. teachers with will provide the initial search-and-rescue and first-aid. this year, the student release procedure has changed in> the of deadly shootings at the cement plant a few weeks ago. >> instead of having all parents go to one table to pick up their children, we are having a table for each grade level which will hopefully,

help expedite things. >> reporter: william cobb elementary prepared for a quake yesterday, a few hours later they had a chance to put the lesson into action. a 4.0 quake on the hayward fault hit 2:30. the coliseum on the uc campus sits on that fault. it is being retrofited. an aftershock of 3.8 hit 8:00 last night, not large quakes but felt if the east bay to san francisco to santa cruz. this morning we asked folks in berkeley if they plan to better prepare for the next quake as a result of these quakes? >> i've been here for five years. the first year i felt it was scary. i made a plan. >> reporter: it made you make a plan? >> yeah. >> reporter: anything going to change as a rough yesterday? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: how come? >> not worry. >> reporter: you are not going

to make any changes? >> no. >> reporter: no water? >> no. >> reporter: no emergency it can? >> no. >> reporter: you feel safe? >> i did. >> reporter: cupertino is not only planning what to do with children and adults but try to figure out what to do with the estimated 25,000 dogs and cats in cupertino alone. the message is, if there is an emergency bring your animal to a shelter but bring supplies, food, et cetera, for your animal. they will fan a place for that animal. they are not going to be able to feed it. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> great advice. have to have the earthquake it can for your animal as well. a preparedness guide and tracker by visiting abc7news.com. still ahead, keeping your children safe on halloween there is an app for that. available to help parents keep tabs on kids. high speed chase ends in a dramatic fashion in the east

bay. following the judge's orders take two.

this is the dramatic to end a high speed pursuit. a car theft and robbery suspect crashed and flipped his vehicle on main teeth in oakley 6:45 this morning after raped two police cars. a chp cruiser crashed through a finances the -- officer

wasn't hurt. medical helicopter air lived that man to the hospital for injuries he suffered in the crash. the suspect's name and condition has not been released. federal crash investigators won't get help from cameras onboard a vintage plane that slammed into a crowd in reno, killing 11. it took off, rolled and crashed, nose first into the crowd at an air race in mid except. 11 people died, including the pilot. nhtsa said the phraeb had a -- the plane had a camera onboard. actress lindsay lohan made sure she got to her community service on time this morning. she arrived an hour early for duty at the los angeles county morning. she completed orientation and -- put to before 8:00. yesterday she was turned away before arriving 40 minutes late to the morgue.

she must complete 16 hours before a november 2nd, court hearing. >> she will be doing general janitorial work cleaning floors, vacuuming, cleaning the restrooms, emptying trash. that type of work. she with will not be having anything to do or touching any of the bodies or the deceased peep. >> a judge revoked her probation wednesday because she failed to show for her originally assigned service at a weapons shelter. the weekend is here. -- the at a women's shelter. >> the weekend is here. >> the sun getting to its highest angle. all sun and good weather for the weekend if you like area beaches i'll show you how warm it will be. important remind for all women as we mark an annual event.

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technology could make halloween safer. you can use smartphone oops to keep tack of your kids. many devices have gps location tracking some of the oops are

free for the first few months. here's -- some of the apps are free for the first few months. you can track the phone and your child. footprints has a password so the kids can turn it off. google's latitude enables people to share locations between phones. we have a list of halloween events and activities throughout the bay area. go to abc7news.com. >> that's a great idea. >> it is. don't let the kid turn the phone off. here's another great idea, forecast for the weekend. yes, you. >> oh okay. let's show what is going on. i guess it is my forecast, technically, i'll take credit. good morning we made it to friday. if you look forward to wonderful weekends of sun and warm weather we get in the fall, this is one of those. fog still hanging around a

little, it is not because of poor air quality just a little moisture locked into the lower levels of the atmosphere and a little pollution. so far, nothing to worry about. won't be this weekend either because we don't drive as much. looking south at the sun, gleaming off the bay waters. absolutely beautiful. top down northerly wind kicking in onshore flow weakened, fog along the coast should evaporate over the next hour or so. temperatures warmer than we were this time yesterday. mainly 60s, low to mid 60s until you go antioch at fairfield at 69. monterey bay includes stubborn into salinas valley mid to upper 50s there. sunny in gilroy. up to 60°. also clear sky cool inland with deepest valleys in the

40s and patchy fog tomorrow morning. the weekend, afternoons looking warmest. today up three degrees in concord to seven and eight degrees in san francisco. sunsets 6:24 this evening. small trough of low pressure steered north thanks to a couple of areas of high pressure shoving the storm track north allowing warm weather that has been sitting around palm springs to move through the central valley into our neighborhoods today and this weekend. mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys this afternoon. upper 60s around richmond and berkeley. mid to upper 70s in the south bay many mainly mid 70s on the peninsula. coast mid 60s today upper 60s down sound south san francisco, sausalito. sunshine and low to mid 60s beaches. low to mid 70s the rest of the monterey bay into salinas. mid to upper 70s inland. 50s in most neighborhoods.

along the coast north bay valleys, 40s for tonight. to the sierra sun mid to upper 60s in tahoe. upper 70s in yosemite. six to 10 degrees warmer tomorrow into sunday nor clouds return monday and tuesday morning. sly cooling trend temperatures pull back to -- slight cooling trend, temperatu to normal levels the rest of the week. today is an annual reminder for women to schedule a mammography. october is national breast cancer awareness month. the third fly day is national mammography day. -- women should start at age 40 to begin getting yearly screenings. screenings should be based on a woman's individual risk. wal-mart cutting some health care coverage.

scaling back courtroom for future part-time workers and raising -- back coverage for future part-time workers and raising premiums for health care -- for fulltime workers. wal-mart employs more than 1.4 million people. friday's perfect pet is next. >> mike will introduce us to

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time former effect pet. we have kristen with blondie, nice to see you. >> nice to see you too, thanks for having me. >> absolutely. tell us about bondy. >> blondie is a year and a half-year-old terrier homeless for a little over a month now. she's a really sweet dog. she can be shy and timid at first but it doesn't take much to overcome. once she gets to know you she is a lap dog. she is trying to go to sleep. >> you look a little sleep tip. >> yeah. but is looking for a home that is mellow. she would be great in a home with other dogs as long as the dogs are about the same size and respectful too. because she is a little timid. >> she doesn't look like she would be rowdy for kids. >> no. as long as the kids are old enough to understand she is shy, she should be great with

kids. >> what about classes request that you have? >> we have behavior training classes at the san francisco spca that would be a wonderful idea for whoever adopts her to help her get over her timidness and help her bond. >> let's try to find her home if you are interested in blondie or any of the animals at the san francisco spca.