your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. if you do not leave, you will be arrested. >> breaking news. chaos erupts in oakland. police move in on "occupy" protestors firing tear gas and flash-bang grenades and arrest dozens. >> good morning, everyone. cbs 5 photographers first on the scene as protestors started settling fires in the oakland streets. in fact, one of our photojournalist was hit by shrapnel. >> we begin with anne makovec, where protestors tried to overtake a vacant building overnight. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. they did overtake it for a little while. they were able to set some fires in the street. i'm on 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. the real drama was 16th and telegraph where you can see the flashlights. we want to get to the video

that our photographer shot overnight. a harrowing experience, a lot of violence, almost 50 people arrested after a standoff started at this vacant building that the protestors were trying to take over. this happened around 11:00 last night. i'm here with our chief photographer rick villaroman who was there after this broke out a little bit after 11:00. rick, thanks for being here so early this morning. tell us about what you saw and the fires that started. >> well, it was complete pandemonium. the cops moved in with tear gas first. then there was a flash-bangs. bonfire got set. and it was complete chaos from that point. >> reporter: tell us about this bonfire. it was in the middle of the street. we're talking about garbage, wood pallets. >> at 16th and telegraph, the protestors took over a building, barricade themselves in with garbage and pallets. then once the police moved in they set everything on fire. >> reporter: when we're talking about taking over the building,

they were inside the building. do you have any guess as to how many people were in there? >> inside the building there were probably about 15 or 20 people some on the roof some inside. and there were maybe 200 people outside in the streets. >> reporter: how many police officers -- i know it's hard to guess this when they are rolling up to the scene in buses. >> it was a huge show of force, probably 300 police officers. and they seemed to come out of nowhere. >> reporter: now, the firing of this tear gas and these flash bangs, obviously you got hit by something. we're not sure what? >> right. i'm not sure what it was but suddenly my arm just started burning and i got these welts here. so... >> reporter: so it almost appears as if the fire of these less than lethal weapons by police was a little willy- nilly? could you describe it as that? >> reporter: they hit the ground, bounce up 5 feet and

just explode. it's -- a flash-bang. it scares the heck out of you and that's what it's designed to do to get you to back off. >> reporter: they were in there for hours. when we got here this morning around 3:30, the police had barricaded the road off at that point. and there were still some people around but did it seem to disperse quickly enough? >> no. it didn't. i mean, the actual chaos lasted about a good 20 minutes for my colleague alex montano and myself. and the standoff lasted for several hours after that. >> reporter: anything else that you want us to know right now? >> no. i'm just glad it's over. >> reporter: yeah. we're glad that you're okay for sure. just want to show you the other scene that we're monitoring now which is the encampment over there. that's frank ogawa plaza at 14th and broadway. excuse us there. shot being blocked real briefly there by a garbage truck that's going to the other scene right now. the encampment remains -- there had been some rumors that police would break it up at

frank ogawa plaza. that is untouched. there doesn't appear to have been any trouble there. and a lot of the protestors over on 16th and telegraph have returned to the camp. it seems peaceful there at this point. so it sounds like i luckily missed a lot of the trouble here on the streets but again, 50 people are rested, a lot of trouble overnight, 50 people arrested and police continuing to monitor the situation. >> i was going to ask. what is the police presence there now after a wild night last night apparently? >> reporter: yeah. well, when we got here, they had all of broadway here blocked off before we get to the next block at telegraph. and there were, you know, police in riot gear lined up blocking the entire street and then protestors standing on the other side of them. and within about the last 20 minutes, those police have moved off and then they appear to be cleaning up the scene over there. so it really has changed in just the past half hour. >> anne, such a huge --

>> reporter: i don't exactly know where the officers are height now. >> anne, such a huge disturbance overnight. is anything planned today by the protestors or are they at least done for now. >> reporter: you know, it's hard to say at this point. but it also does seem like the violence here and the fires being set that that was done by a rogue group of protestors that the general "occupy oakland" folks do not want to associate themselves with. rick, who we just heard from, was telling me about some of the trouble between some of the "occupy" protestors and these people that appeared to be trying to start these riots, that there was a lot of in- fight there is where a lot of protestors were trying to stop them from lighting the fires and there was some physical altercations when it came to that. >> thank you, anne makovec live in oakland. police hope the had public

can track down the thugs responsible for all that vandalism last night. investigators believe a loosely organized splinter group is responsible for most of the damage, breaking windows and as you can see here, hurling tables and chairs. it is a tactic known as black bloc. the anarchists in oakland are accused of damaging a whole foods grocery store near lake merritt yesterday and at one point, peaceful protestors formed a human chain in an effort to curb the black bloc activity. >> this is not sanctioned by the "occupy oakland" movement. it's not what it's about. this is not what it's about. >> we are aware of people that are bent on causing problems. we are going to be taking steps to address those problems. >> hammers were used to destroy seven-foot-tall panes of glass at a bank of america at kaiser center. automatic teller machines were also damaged and nearby u.s. bank and chase bank branches

were also vandalized. oakland police in the meantime have sent cbs 5 this photo of the black bloc anarchists which they received from a citizen. investigators say more citizen photos could help them find who is responsible for the vandalism. officials at the port of oakland are hoping they can get operations back to business by 7:00 this morning. thousands of people blocked the entrance to the port. there were some confrontations there as well as port workers tried to get past the protestors. but port officials say it was peaceful there. some workers were frustrated over losing a day's pay to the protestors, though. >> i completely sympathize with them actually you know? >> but by blocking them, by being part of the movement to block them from going to work, how does that help?! >> that's a good question. maybe at the time hurting them economically may make it difficult for them right now but the idea is in the long term this will pay off. >> but the oakland chamber of commerce says the "occupy" movement is backfiring.

port officials say the shutdown will cut deeply into the $8.5 million the port generates every day. two people are recovering after being hit by a car during the protest in downtown oakland. cell phone video shows a protestor banging on the hood of a silver mercedes in the middle of the intersection at broadway and 11th street. that's when witnesses say that the driver tried to speed off and a man and a woman were hit. we did have a camera there moments later and saw the man on the ground. the mercedes stopped again and angry crowd of 100 people or so gathered around the car screaming at the driver. >> he was coming through the intersection and walking that way. the car rushed me and sped off. i guess he hit other people. >> the crowd was further enraged when bart police officers questioned the driver and then let him go.

oakland police say they are investigating. 4:38 now. new this mornings one woman injured following a three-alarm condo fire in marin county. firefighters knocked down the fire at this five-unit building in san rafael about two hours ago. paramedics transported a woman to marin general for smoke inhalation injuries. fire crews say the fire was extremely intense and fast- moving. >> firefighters could see smoke and flames en route to the scene. when they arrived on the scene, they were met by intense flames at the front door and flames through the roof. >> we are told that fire grew rapidly because of all the construction at the condo. at least two residents were displaced this morning. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. busy news day on this thursday morning but also weather-wise. >> weather-wise, too, i guess we're in for a big changeful let's kick it over to lawrence and find out when that rain is coming, huh? >> beautiful weather over the last few days but looks like we have storm clouds already gathering now and starting to make their way toward the bay

area. you can see on the latest satellite image that we have those clouds putting themselvessing to bringing some rainfall now into the northern parts towards eureka but this is slowly sagging to the south to the bay area expecting to bring a chance of showers later on. computer models picking up on that. you can see clouds moving by and here comes the front so about noon, we start to see that make its way into the north bay and then spreading to the south into the afternoon. behind that, we have a lot of cold air so you're going to see some showers popping you especially near the coastline, things unsettled and rain possibly into tomorrow morning, as well. temperatures the big story today. starting out cool right now, 30s, 40s, couple of 50s into the south bay but by the afternoon, those highs are long gone that we had in the 70s. we're planning on highs generally in the 50s and 60s. this is the first in a series of storms to come of we have more on that in a moment. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. we're talking roadwork at this time of the morning. we have a full freeway closure in the oakland hills, southbound highway 13 is shut

down for another little while between broadway terrace and moraga avenue. expected to wrap up according to caltrans by about 5:00 this morning. in the meantime, also in the east bay we have this paving work going on. this is ongoing work westbound 80 from the albany exit towards powell street so expect various lanes blocked and other delays. bay bridge toll plaza no issues on the upper deck into san francisco. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze but again you will find roadwork in stretches through berkeley and emeryville. the nimitz 880 through oakland this is a live look near the coliseum. nice smooth ride into downtown oakland. so far, so good for mass transit if you want to avoid the rain. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all on time. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. 4:41. we will continue to watch this situation in oakland. police and protestors face off

again as tear gas and fires fill the streets, injuries and the arrests. we'll take a look at some of your other top stories, including talk of a solyndra bailout. what the white house was considering behind closed doors. >> another woman steps forward with harassment claims agains herman cain. coming up.

breaking out in oakland overnight.. protesters r a vacant building on this was the scene overnight in downtown oakland at 16th and telegraph. fires broke out as an anarchist group from "occupy oakland" took over a vacant building. >> this is in oakland. you can see it was just a mess last night. police to fire tear gas, set off flash-bangs as this mob just took over the streets and a building. one of our photographers there that shot a lot of this video last night was hit by shrapnel from one of those, those are called flash-bangs.

they can cause damage. dozens of people arrested last night. much calmer today. but a crazy night in the city of oakland last night to be sure. it is 4:45 now. in other news today leaders of the group of 20 leading world economies are gathering in france this morning for a summit to deal with global financial problems there. the french president greeted president obama as he arrived at the french riviera for the g20 summit. much the focus will be on greece where there is an emergency cabinet meeting today. members of greek parliament are revolting against a referendum on a bailout package for the country, the equivalent of $178 billion in u.s. money. today in washington a house subcommittee votes on a plan to subpoena white house documents concerning the east bay solar company.

the company released hundreds of pages of documents about solyndra. they indicated that the obama administration considered and rejected a bailout plan shortly before solyndra declared bankruptcy. republican presidential candidate herman cain cannot outrun questions about his past. a third woman is accusing him of sexual harassment in the '90s. two other women had settlements previously. reporters hounded him for details yesterday but he shut them down. >> mr. cain, will you release these women from this confidentiality agreement? >> let me say one thing. i'm here with these doctors and that's what i'm going to talk about. so don't even bother asking me all these other questions that you all are curious about, okay? don't even bother. >> cain has denied any wrongdoing. time now is 4:46. we'll have much, much more on the "occupy oakland" clash overnight. >> plus a breakthrough for

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police are looking for a teen girl missing since halloween. officers say she may be with a wanted felon. family and friends las a pleasanton girl has been missing since halloween. officers say she may be with a wanted felon, as well. family and friends last saw shelby harris on monday. police say the 15-year-old wore a halloween costume to school that included a red cape and a mardi gras mask. she was seen with a man tuesday in concord. he is wanted on a felony arrest warrant. they may be traveling in a late '90s honda accord or civic with no license plate. three teens are behind bars this morning accused in a series of convenience store heists in contra costa county. police say this 7-eleven in pleasant hill was one of the

stores hit by robbers. officers arrested the boys yesterday after another 7- eleven robbery in concord. witnesses say one fired a handgun as they ran away. and signs of progress for giants fan bryan stow and his slow recovery. >> for the first time he wrote his name. stow's handwritten name here on a notepad writing bryan. the family says, quote, this picture speaks volumes and we are so proud of him. stow is recovering of course from a severe brain injury in a bay area rehabilitation facility right now. he was beaten outside dodger stadium on opening day. >> great news for the family. >> yeah. he is coming along slowly but coming along heading in a good direction. weather though is not heading in such a great direction.

>> unless you like the rain. >> bring your rain jackets, umbrella. >> it was going to be great the rest of the week. >> what's wrong with that weather guy. [ laughter ] >> we have changes in the weather for today, we have some clouds now beginning to move into our skies. we'll see showers popping up in the afternoon but some clouds out there this morning. 40s and 50s at this hour. yeah, looks like by the afternoon, well, those clouds are gathering and showers are popping up around the bay area. not a huge rain event. but we are going to see those showers off and on and the temperatures that will probably the big story just much cooler 70s almost 80-degree temperatures long gone looking at 50s and 60s on the warm end. so here's your cold front sliding in from the gulf of alaska bringing rain into farn northern california. we are going to hit the trailing end. system as it moves by. that will bring rain today. starting out with a few clouds moving by. toward the middle of the day,

here's your storm system right here. cold front in the north bay picking up rain and then to the south this will continue to sag on through bringing us showers. then become more unstable. you will see more scattered showers developing out toward the coastline overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. so this really is goingstart to open the door. not a huge rain event. probably most folks less than .10" of rain or so. at the coast you might see more because of the unsettled air those cold showers that will move in and probably slide in along the coastline. in fact, this computer model wants to pick up a third of an inch in the santa cruz mountains. prepare for cooler temperatures. highs today struggling to get into the 60s in many spots maybe about 59 degrees in san rafael about 60 in vallejo, one of the warmer temperatures 65 degrees in san jose and only 57 in pacifica. you can see some of the blue showing up over some of the tops of the mountains. those are temperatures in the 40s. all right. as we look out over the next couple of days, we are going to

keep things unsettled and possibly wet friday morning. then drying out. looks like another storm system maybe a little more impressive moves in saturday night into sunday morning. s this things may be unsettled next week. this is the beginning. we are starting on much wetter weather around the bay area. >> we have had sun, i have been so bored and now here's the rain. >> got a little excitement. >> a little spring in your step. >> exactly. well, let's see if elizabeth has some spring in her step. you got some traffic out there? >> uhm.... -- eh. we have roadwork. no big delays or anything. nothing to get too excited about. but it is 4:53 a.m. so if you have to get to work, you should have no major problems across the bay area. there is no super hotspot out there. live look at the golden gate bridge free-flowing in both directions. roadwork through novato in stretches in both directions between 37 and atherton but

through the waldo grade everything looks great. south bay roadwork the story up and down some of the freeways especially 880 in both directions between 280 and old bayshore highway, some stuff out there cones and caltrans workers. maybe a little slowing, to be picked up by about 5 a.m., possibly 6 a.m. i think i put up a picture of the san mateo bridge. here's a live look this. camera is just past the toll plaza. so this is across the span. and the right side of your screen is the commute direction. we like to point that out because that's where a lot of folks are going towards foster city and san mateo, a 13-minute drive time from hayward. up and down the nimitz this is a live look at 880 again near the coliseum. quick trip towards downtown oakland. we have been following these "occupy oakland" protests around downtown. it's an active fluid situation still so always possible delays

street closures around frank ogawa plaza where the protestors are camped out. so plan accordingly. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries everything is on time. that's traffic. back to you >> thank you. we have some live pictures going on at this moment in illinois. northern illinois. it is a train derailment in bartlett 30 miles north of chicago caused a fire blocking commuter traffic, eight cars went off the traffic at least one is on fire. apparently they are expecting service to be disrupted for quite a while. you can see why. they are going to have to check the tracks. no injuries. >> i guess one tv station said that they believed it was a head-on collision between two freight trains. that's unconfirmed. we don't know about injuries but it looks like it is quite the mess right now. northern illinois up near the

wisconsin border. i believe it was a canadaian national freight train derailed eight cars off the tracks and they are burning. some airline passengers are still not catching on carrying a gun is really frowned upon. on average federal airport screeners still find 5 guns a day at checkpoints according to the the tsa administrator who testified yesterday during a senate homeland security committee hearing. he said in many cases the passengers said they forgot that the weapon was in their bag. and it will likely be at least another 10 months before california executes another prisoner. the brown administration and attorneys for death row inmates have agreed to wait until at least september of next year. this is because of the ongoing legal challenge to the state's lethal injection process. it's been six years since the last execution. more than 700 inmates are on

death row. only 13 have executions that have been carried out in the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. closing arguments started today -- or start today rather in the case against michael jackson's doctor. this is the last chance for both sides to make their cases about dr. conrad murray's role in the death of the pop star. then the jurors will decide if the doctor is guilty of giving jackson that fatal dose of propofol. murray faces four years in jail if he is convicted. it is 4:57 now. fire, tear gas and flash bangs. peaceful protest turns chaotic in oakland overnight. >> we'll have team coverage. >> reporter: dozens of people have been arrested after a major standoff occupiers trying to take over a vacant building. we'll have the latest for you coming up. i'm anser hassan live at frank ogawa plaza home of "occupy oakland." we'll bring the latest on the head count coming up. and a woman pulled from a burning condo. the fast-moving fire in the north bay that has left several

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calm turns into chaos in oakland. police fire tear gas, and flash bangs at occupy