closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc @ good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. a rally set to begin at uc davis an hour from now. protesters will come from all over to express their outrage over campus police pepper spraying students last friday. katie marzullo is with the latest. huge fall-out. >> reporter: the chief of the uc davis police department has been put on administrative leave as one of the officers involved received an award in 2007 for saving a fellow officer from an attack. there are calls for the chancellor of the university to resign. little is left to interpretation.

a uc davis police officer captured on video moving down the line of seated protesters pepper spraying each in the face. when he runs out a second officer joins in. >> police officer said he would spray us, i had no idea that was coming until it was already in my face. >> it was horrible. what it shows is very appalling for all of us. really shows the face for the university that we don't have. >> reporter: students were part of an occupy protest and set up tents on campus. police ordered them to clear out by 3:00 friday afternoon. they brought out pepper spray at 3 30. >> it was not necessarily to disperse the students but to dismantle the equipment for the encampment. >> reporter: the police chief originally defended the officers saying the students ensure culled them and the students fell trap. >> it -- we were looking to leave. >> reporter: the chief was

placed on administrative leave this morning. for some, it is not enough. they want the chancellor to resign. students surrounded a campus building and held a silent protest as she left a news conference over the weekend. it doesn't sound like she has plans to leave for good. >> i feel confident at this point the university needs me. >> reporter: the chancellor has set thirty days for school investigators to issue their report. the president of the uc system plans to assess law enforcement procedures at all campuses. a website affiliated with the occupy movement is asking colleges across the country to hold candlelight vigils in solidarity with the student at 5:00 tonight. san francisco uc already signed on to do so. oakland officially unoccupied. occupy organizers calling for a general assembly to figure out their next move. police cleared out the last remaining encampment at snow

park after midnight. police ordered protesters to dismantle the remaining 12 or so tents, everyone did, no one realized. crews cleaned up the trash this morning. the raid came less than a day after police evicted protesters who set up in an empty lot at 19th and telegraph. four heroes rushed to pull a man from a burning car in san francisco and saved his life. the scene at 13th and followsome was frightening it -- >> reporter: one of the good samaritans burned his hand while trying to rescue the man. it is official that the people who helped out weren't thinking about their personal safety. san francisco police say there's no doubt the man who was unconscious inside this fire if some brave men hadn't pulled him to safety. one of his rescuers was sleep when he her the car crash. he was barefoot only wearing

his underwear, but he ran out to help. >> flames start shooting out of hood. standing around was yelling for the guy to wake up he wouldn't wake up. >> reporter: this man couldn't believe people were yelling at the guy. he realized he was going to have to get into the locked car. he grabbed the folsom street sign. he told us he didn't get much sleep and did not want to show his face on camera. >> started bashing the windows in, couldn't do it. then the other guy started helping me and w together got it. >> reporter: the two still couldn't get the door open. >> this i saw the air bag catch on fire then his clothes a little bit. another guy found a brick and helped us take out the rest of the windows. >> reporter: by anyone police had arrived. >> victim had -- had his seat

belt on i got my knife and cut the seat belt and pulled him out >> reporter: those who watched were in awe. >> very heroic. i think it is risky. i've seen these fires before in cars and an explosion can happen any time and they stayed with him, which is incredible. >> i'm glad he's alive i don't feel like a row or anything. just glad a few of us were there to think fast and get him out of there. >> reporter: city crews are here working to replace the sign that was knocked down at folsom and 13th, the sign that ended up helping save the man. police say once the driver is medically cleared, they will be booking him on a charge of dui. they say at least he's alive amy hollyfield, abc7 news. in about two hours the man accused of killing a vallejo police officer is expected to make his first court appearance.

officer jim capoot was shot and killed last thursday while chasing a bank robbery suspect. henry albert smith is being held on murder and bank robbery charges. hundreds turned out for a can jill light vigil last night to -- candlelight vigil last night. the nine -- the 19 year vet also served as a marine and highway patrol officer. johannes mehserle is back in court on a case unrelated to his conviction in the shooting death of oscar grant. he and four other bart officers face a federal civil rights trial accused of using excessive force in 2008. passenger ken caruthers claimed he was grabbed from behind and taken to the ground with a leg sweep. officers say he resisted arrest. the incident was seven weeks before mehserle shot and

killed grant. in san francisco, a new york man about to be sentenced for stealing $200,000 so from an art gallery near union square. mark lieu is expected to be sentenced to 16 months. -- he will be extradited to new york. later today the weins gallery will rehang the painting that lugo stole. this thanksgiving expect more company on the road. new aaa survey shows 5.3 million californians will travel 50 miles or more, 4% increase over last year. 4.5 million will drive leading to traffic jams. 625,000 will fly. average west coast family of four will spend $900 this holiday weekend. aaa spokesperson says many californians gave up attending family gathering the last three years and will bite the bullet this year.

from social security to the military. major cuts expected as washington debt reduction talks are on the verge of collapse. super committee appears to be a super failure. president obama signs a rare bipartisan agreement making it easier for some americans to find

the stock market has been in a free fall today after the super committee appears to have failed.

their deadline is wednesday. the dow fell more than 300 points earlier. right now it is just below 300 at 294. karen travers has more. >> reporter: it is not over until it's over. with a midnight deadline looming the super committee is ready to admit failure. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the special panel was created to find 1.2 trillion in spending cuts. with too familiar disagreements overtaxes it may have been doomed to fail. now what? part of the agreement reached last summer if the super committee didn't identify the required spending cuts 1.2 trillion in automatic cuts would go into effect in 2013. on the chopping block, medicare, medicaid and the pentagon budget. partisan bickering has this congress stuck in neutral. >> if they will give up

insistence of the bush tax cuts we can get this done. >> there's a group that will not cut a dollar unless we also raise taxes. >> reporter: markets opened down sharply. analysts said wall street had been bracing for the super committee to fail. >> because wall street has such low expectation there is hasn't been any real thought that they would get a deal done. >> reporter: the public also had little hope. a poll last month found 3/4 of americans believe the super committee would fail to reach a deal. >> put the politics aside. >> reporter: few members of the committee even on capitol hill this morning. aides say there are conversations still going on. there's just little optimism they will reach a deal. karen travers, abc news washington. >> the president signed a bill into through that could make it easier for vets to fan a pwraefpblgt tax breaks for --

to find -- mr. obama says the bill will help 850,000 veterans who are unemployed and thousands who will be returning from iraq and afghanistan in the coming months. >> the president: today the message is simple for businesses out there, if you are hiring, hire a veteran. it is the right thing to do for you. it is the right thing to do for them. and it is the right thing to do for our economy. >> the bill gives employers tax credits of up to $5600 for hiring veterans who have been unemployed longer than six months. the measure is a small piece of president obama's job package. most of which has run into stiff opposition. new poll says majority of californians want teacher reviews paid public. a poll says 58% of those surveyed believe public school quality would be improved if the public had access to teacher reviews. 60% say student test scores

should count for a third of a teacher's evaluation. they also want parent feedback and classroom observations included in the evaluations. 64% would pay higher taxes to boost public school funding. meteorologist mike nicco. >> if you want snow great, if you want rain and snow, not so much. we'll talk about travel forecast and a couple of dry days injy our forecast, when we come back. britain's phone hacking scandal widens. new tabloid actor hugh grant is accusing of breaking the law. battle of former r stars the jobs george clooney and noah wiley are reportedly @

. in los angeles a large chunk of a street in san pedro collapsed into the pacific ocean after heavy rains this weekend. the landslide began during the summer, washed part of the cliff into the ocean yesterday. no injuries were reported. look at that, no structures threatened. the street has been closed since september. signs are up warning residents to stay away. engineers are working to determine what caused the initial landslide. quite a bit of rain over

the weekend. >> a lot of rain probably won't need to turn those irrigation systems on for a long time. a couple more chances of rain in the evaporation rate this time of year. very low. unfortunately, the rain will be coming in maybe about the time you leave work if you have to work wednesday, you may be traveling through wet weather to get where you are going. here we are looking at tahoe more snow on the way. right now all quiet heading up that way. maybe kids have the week off, take time and head up there. let's talk about what is going on at home low clouds, sprinkles possible in the north bay, clouds on our satellite, storm skirting us to the north. the fog in the central valley still thick when you get into the southern half of it. watch out for that. let's talk about temperatures, we are still in the 50s from 50 novato where we had quarter mile visibility to about 59 in

mountain view. mid to upper 50s around santa cruz, watsonville, monterey, gilroy low 50s because of the earlier fog. partly cloudy and dry except for sprinkles in the north a. dense fog for most of us tonight drizzle possible in the north bay. rain wednesday evening andd showers for thanksgiving evening. today most of the sunshine in the east and to the south, and san jose 60.re, fremont everybody else mid to upper 50s clear lake the cool spot 51°. monterey bay sunshine this afternoon upper 50s for you low 60s as you head inland. around the state most of the rain stays north around chico, eureka, higher elevation snow. you saw the clouds nothing nothing falling in tahoe. l an -- los angeles, , palm treupbgs -- san diego, palm springs all drying.

green showing where there maybe drizzle overnight and early morning hours. 39 santa rosa. 39 livermore santa cruz a little chilly tonight with most of news the 40s outside those areas i just mentioned. high pressure sliding east deflecting this cold front along with the jet stream north that's why that's where the showers will stay today. next system barreling down with colder air and more rain for wednesday evening through thursday morning. 7:00 wednesday just a few shower ahead of the initial line in the north bay drizzle for the rest of us. towards noon just scattered showers out ahead of the mainline starting to move into the north bay it does slowly during the afternoon. from 7:00 on all the way through 4:00, 5:00, thanksgiving morning that's when we have the rain it

leaves us for thanksgiving afternoon in the evening hours overnight to friday heading out for those sales scattered showers are possible with one last system, once it passes friday afternoon, saturday and sunday will be dry for all your festivities. >> traveling back should be easy. >> i would think so, yes. actor hugh grant said today he believes his phone was hacked. british tably the mail sunday. the first time he's implicated a newspaper not owned by rupert murdoch. he testified before the u.k. parliament accusing a british tabloid of hacking his phone. he says a 2007 story about his private life could have only been obtained through eavesdropping on his voice mails. >> of course people are interested;p?kp in people's love lives we all have that natural curiosity. it doesn't mean to say you can obtain that information illegally. >> the mail said a quote would refute grant's suggestion and

described his comments as smears. who do you think should play the role of steve jobs in the movie about his life? sony has snapped up rights to the movie. two top contenders battling for the role, george clooney and nowa wiley. wiley has already -- played jobs. sony is trying to court screenwriter aaron sore kin to write the script. -- five students elected for the prestigious rhodes scholar ships for up to three years of study at oxford in england. the names of the five winners are on the screen they represent the biggest group stamford has had in a single -- stanford has had in a single year. past winners include former president clinton:

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we take you live now to los angeles. this is the back-up after the highway patrol stopped a park rager suv that officials say was stolen during a traffic stop this morning. during the incident shots were

fired, there was a high speed chase this going on in los angeles, a back up on the freeway. >> skwhraoeurt today at 3:00, questions you are going to want answered before the big shopping extravaganza on black friday. see how the new tablets compare. at 4:00, the new tool used by school bullies. what parents need to know about texting. >> the all-american event where the first lady was booed. we'll have those stories and more later today. just in time for thanksgiving, thousands of south bay families are getting a helping hand putting on their holiday feast. >> this morning volunteers at sacred heart service are distributing 4,000 food boxes to families in need. >> one in five people in santa clara county can't meet their basic needs. >> that's going to do it for all of us. thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a

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