>> top stories we're following tens of thousands of people in the streets of egypt. 1200 americans have left the country with more americans getting out. >> another brutal winter storm is here, it is slamming 30 states across the country. we are tracking the national weather. >> a decision date for san jose, they will decide whether to make chris mohr the top cop.

>> we will tell you about one city trying to ban the yellow pages. >> be prepared for fog we have a dense fog advisor reed to talk about details coming up. >> traffic moving well on the freeway live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do have delays on public transit. >> 6:01 a.m., topping our news the latest in egypt right now tens of thousands of people, have flooded the heart of cairo. they're filling the main square calling for their president to step down he has been in power for 30 years. i had a demonstration authority shut down all the roads and public transit. train services are suspended for a second day. bus services have been halted, still they come. the u.s. state

department says it will fly out for 200 americans from the chips in a coming days evacuate 1200 already. they will head to cyprus, greece, turkey. >> they continue to watch investors are concerned oil prices above $92 a barrel today. as that power struggle raises the risk to the suez canal. s&p downgrade since egypt credit rating following these protests. at 6:15 a.m., we will talk to google executive who is missing in egypt. one of many people we are concerned about. >> will watching the storm across the nation right now. in the bay area were dealing with fog right now. but across the

nation a major winter storm in the mid at west over towards the east. let's show you the latest on the storm. it could be one of the biggest blizzards in decades. heavy snow towards dallas, icing conditions. st. louis with the snow. blizzard conditions across the midwest. most major cities across united states have blonder snow budgets for the year millions of dollars into the red right now. we are watching the latest with the snow coming down. live pictures of the storm. as we take a look at the snow dress. this is out of wisconsin right now, this snow is coming down right there. blizzard conditions of are expecting their 15 cm where the snow as people are getting up this morning. oklahoma city

coming down as well 40 mi. an hour wind gusts expected. several free of snow expected across the midwest, dress could pile it up towards 10 ft. in the snow drifts. you're driving conditions around oklahoma city. talks winter driving from the midwest down to dallas, up towards new england. oklahoma is showing the state of emergency. >> the latest as we monitor what's happening to the flights in san francisco, in fact because of the store. especially now that the dallas-fort worth airport is closed. will tran is live at sfo. >> they added another cancellation from the last time you saw me. this is that lana, everybody is staring at the departure board. dallas to

flights have been canceled, in fact three flights they added another flight in the past 10 seconds. 720 fightflights are rd time. they could be in the air, they pack enough you'll just in case dallas does not dig itself out from the snow. in that case it or circle dallas. if they get a word that they can't land and dallas, then diversion as a last option. that could happen. so even though you might be allowed to take off from sfo, some of those places are sought in with snow. is far from over one juror in the air anything could happen. a lot of people here are checking and going to the board, they are checking for themselves and finding from them that their flights are ok. that

does not mean it's over, they say the call ahead and check in with the airlines, that's not just a casual it buys they really mean it today of all days, things can change in a moment's notice. we do showed you over the past minute they added nine, 10. four flights left for dallas that could change, you never know. a very fluid situation on staying on top of this hopefully will get a live interview about this later. definitely keep it here on kron 4. >> we will check back in with you. >> the weather in the bay area foggy and spots this morning but it looks like a nice forecast. >> you can feel bad about what's going on across the country but this morning we will see the temperatures were not in the afternoon, and the work week as well. we have a dense fog advisory in effect for today. breezy later in the day, in fact

we have a wind advisory for the delta for 10:00 a.m., warming trend for this week. starting off with the dense fog advisory the yellow showing the problem spots. visibility lesson quarter of a mile have impact in highway 1 01, 29. keep that in mind making your way in. less than a quarter mile for novato, fairfield, concord, elsewhere you're actually in the clear. by the afternoon everybody will warm up. but high-pressure rebuild the keeping and around for long stretches three were we, we will stick warming trend into the '70s. today we will start with 30's, 40's. we are warmer than yesterday's 48 san francisco, upper 40's south bay. by the afternoon mid-60's for san rosa, richmond 63, napa as

well, in the south temperatures and below 6062 hayward, 63 oakland. you're 7 day around the bay a warming trend and sunshine as well. by the end of the week warming up to the '70s by the weekend warming it up even more. >> we do have a potential hot spot on our hands down in the south bay, north at 1 01 it is a big rig vs two vehicles currently blocking to write him lanes. speeds are down to 12 mi. an hour, chp is on the scene, no injuries reported so hopefully they can push this off to the shoulder. if this does turn into a hot spot you can use to 80. the bay area with no problems here traffic moving freely the meter lights are cycled off, westbound and eastbound 92 looks

good. 13 minutes across the span. a little foggy at the golden gate bridge a major way southbound direction and his san francisco but no accidents or incidents associated with the fog. no problems free ride out of marin county. i told you about our delays, there up to 10 minutes between s f o eng a coma, bart current reporting everything is on time now. >> 6:09 a.m., we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. mt. tam camera is shaking showing we do have wind. high clouds in the distance as well. we are waiting for the sun to rise this morning. when it does we will get warmer, and warmer.

>> the largest city will decide

whether police chief chris mohr will state police chief. he will is expected to take the place of top cops. they have already protested the choice. they have made accusation of racial profiling, in use of force. they fear any insider would not be open to change. city council will meet with moore in a closed session and that's when they will decide whether to pick him. >> anthony will choose by the end of the week whether he wants to remain chief. he applied for san jose's position. jean kwan announcing she would rehire 10 of the 80 officers the council laid off in july. one step in a comprehensive effort to make the police department a top priority. >> san francisco may become the

first city in the nation to ban the yellow pages. legislation has been introduced that would stop the old pages from being dropped off at homes and offices in the city unless they are requested. unsolicited deliveries could result in fines up to $500 for each violation. fund companies as they will challenge the law if approved. advocates say most of the phone books and up in the recycling bin. >> we will be right back after the break. this is a lot look at of dallas fort worth right now. the airport has been shut down for our out due to ice storm in the area.

the latest on the big story, the protests in new egypt. you see people trying to get flights out. they have ordered

evacuation of nall non important people in egypt. thousands more americans trying to catch flights out of the country with airports jam packed. an google executive is missing in egypt. he has not made contact since friday morning with anyone. he is head of market for the middle east. he had it there for a conference. he was trading about the situation his last week was on thursday. it read pray for a job very worried. he reportedly contacted his wife the next day but nobody has heard from him since. >> 60 6:18 a.m., we want to focus on the bay area weather in a bubble. let's just limited to

here in the sunshine. >> you almost feel bad. the bay bridge approach this morning, currently temperatures are in the '40's, 48 degrees, by noon the '60s, back down into the low 50s by the 8:00 p.m. hour. we do have a dense fog advisory for the areas highlighted. visibility less than a quarter of a mile expected. if you're headed over 29, 101 that is areas we could see dense fog. this ability near zero. less than a quarter of a mile through novato, concord, fairfield, half mile for san rosa. as we head towards the afternoon will have a pleasant afternoon. it will dominate the forecast for the next week and the weekend as well. temperatures will be warmer by the end of the week.

today we will have temperatures in the 30's, 40's. 49 said wednesday, by the afternoon 65 degrees for places like santa rosa, 61 san francisco, 62 richmond, east bay low 60s, 62 percent of say, but here's your sunday around the bay. '70s is where we will be for the afternoon. by the weekend we will warm up more than that. your afternoon high 74 degrees. dry, lots of sunshine very pleasant forecast. >> north at 1 01 a at mckee road as are hot spot this morning. a big rig and two cars blocking the right-hand lane. that stretch of red and yellow is growing past 280 interchange. allow yourself extra time. 35 mi. an hour, or you could use to

80 is an alternate route. another hot spot is your ride along highway 4. no accidents or incidents just slow traffic and to pittsburgh. speeds dip down into the single digits 9 minute miles an hour at the slow spot. again you should be used to the slowing. we are getting reports of dense fog in the area. watch the speeds and be careful the cars of review. no problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic flowing freely. excellent drive time of 9 minutes from the foot of the maze and of remonstrance have francisco. speaking of san francisco crosstown for was looks good. james lick meets the inbound central those headlights towards a peninsula giving you a drive time of under 15 minutes from this camera shot, ports and francisco airport. chp has added this richmond san rafael bridge in as well.

>> san francisco appeals court has upheld a lawsuit family members to claim the city of san francisco former sanctuary contributed to the killing of a father and two sons. they sat there car in san francisco and and when has been accused in the murders he is slated to go to trial in june. they claim the city was negligent in failing to report ramos to the immigration for deportation despite his contacts with police for drug offenses and violent crimes as a juvenile. >> a school is expected to be open as normal today after being evacuated because of threats of a possible got the gunmen on campus. it happened at elementary school. the gunmen on must call a man was on the grounds with a gun. near one of the portable units. the school went on lockdown the students were evacuated to safety or they reunited with parents. the swat

team came in but they did not find any evidence of a gun man all the roughly 250 students are safe. >> we will be right back as the news continues live pictures with the protests in egypt. this is a center point of the protests. quarter of a million people gathering in this square alone. nationwide protests in this area. they're calling for president hosni mubarak to step down. [ wheezing breaths ]

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6:26 a.m., police in more than help are telling people about a rush of car burglary spirit they are about what they were the year before. vehicle burglarie'' have doubled. they are occurring pretty much all over town with

no apparent connection. >> investigators continued to search for sups suspects in the shooting insuspects in palo altn was pronounced dead at the scene no suspects have been identified police continued to search for a motive. it was the first homicide for palo alto for the year. >> it has been a violent start for 2011, last month there were 11 homicides in san francisco and oakland, 7 it said was a period compared to last year san francisco had five, oakland 4, san jose just one in 2010. the department start asking why the uptick in crime. they think there is no clear pattern to any of the killings in san francisco, oakland and san

jose's believe it is gang- related. >> we will be back into

6:29 a.m., the opening bell. stocks of been placed to open with modest gains this morning. dow futures on the positive. investors today will be waiting corporate earnings and manufacturing. they will be watching egypt as well. anything that happens out there will send reverberations through the markets. in the meantime a positive start for february 1st. >> 6:30 a.m., a big story which is the giants' door slamming the nation. in the last five minutes as we look like here at dallas- fort worth airport. it has reopened. it was closed for one hour, because of an ice storm. they have made headway there

but you can see the conditions. visibility is horrible they are waiting for more from this storm is far this snow and ice. this is indiana, you can see this snow falling here. this is a car upside down. this is wreaking havoc on the roadways. it is expected three-quarters of the country. there's a car that is run on the road with all the slippery conditions. in texas they are waking up to a whole bunch of snow. the city getting can't buy that winter storm. this storm is stretching from the central plains through the midwest, headed towards the east coast as well. as much as 10 in. of snow expected for central texas. really rough conditions today. >> the only weather effect today is the airports where we find will tran. he has the latest. >> the board here is busier than the board on the new york storsk

exchange. over last minute or so chicago o'hare three cancelled flights. they have been canceled, dallas-fort worth 7:20 a.m. it is okay, even though they shut down the airport. the reason why is because perhaps that will change mid flight. if not they will circle the airport, if it gets too much time in the air, they will the bird elsewhere. 10:25 a.m., those over hear jfk cancelled at 9:25 a.m., raleigh, washington. then start updating through the day. things could range

drastically if you don't believe me i'm joined with beth. you are worried because there's the chance to try not too far from chicago he might not make it? >> he has a flight from san francisco to chicago, then chicago to michigan. so far this flight took off to chicago but who knows. i hope he got here early enough. it looks as though planes can go faster than storm to. >> percent of all the times i don't go with the husband. >> i trouble more biplane then he does. a more aggressive. he's nicer than me. >> you're one of those people they yell in the ticket counter? >> that's right. >> i'll be packed enough credit

cards and. >> well knows him feel even get their. >> a lot of people worried about this that this word about her husband was taxiing down the runway right now. he took off at 6:30 a.m., anything can happen in the air. if you're headed away from the storm if you're heading towards hawaii you could be impacted because that plane take you to why, it may have started from chicago. it's those planes don't take off you will have a cocktail in waikiki all because of what is happening in the midwest. tampa at least the dulles airport reopened. we're watching weather across the country and big story of a the leover the next few da >> you can see portions of kansas, missouri, oklahoma,

getting tons of snow fall. expecting one-2 ft. of snow. we have wind gusts up to 50 mi. an hour blizzard conditions across the board. we are looking at ice storms as well. we have this leak, freezing rain, a combination of both. in the northeast getting pummeled with two stores that could bring to be the snow. into newfoundland as well. your satellite picture showing you locally where we are dealing with fog. dense up through the north bay, we have a dense fog and by 3 in effect until 10:00 p.m.a.m., affecting 29, 1 01. if you're headed to the golden gate bridge you conceive visibility dropping down to zero. less than a quarter mile through napa,

concord. seeing fog in the livermore valley as well. less than a quarter of a mile, eighth of a mile through fairfield, so your satellite shows that high pressure system of rebuilding. it will warm us today keeping temperatures in the 30's, 40's. by the afternoon highs in to the mid-60s and san rosa, 61 san francisco, in this debate temperatures will jump up into the low 60s today getting warmer by the into the '70s by friday, the weekend warmer than that. >> it's a case of bad news at mckee there was the big rig vs two vehicles. it is long gone from the traffic lanes. no longer chp. speeds are dipping down to the slowest points the back up past 28-680 interchange.

allow yourself extra time if you're going in this direction. farther north north about 1 01 right near trimble the liquorice, downtown area. along crowded but traffic is moving at the limit. a drive time of 16 minutes from this camera shot make your way toward santa clara. the bay bridge toll plaza. stacking up the meter lights were turned on at 6:20 a.m., a drive time of 14 minutes across the span. also tracking dense fog by azeris for the richmond san rafael bridge. >> 6:37 a.m., tens of thousands of people flooding into the heart of cairo today, fill in the main square. they are calling for the president to step down. hosni mubarak has

been in office for 30 years and these people want him out. ahead of demonstrations the egyptian authorities shut down all of the roads, public transit into cairo all these people could not get there. all but services between the cities were halted. we don't hear you but you can see these pictures james. coming in from egypt. it's incredible how all ages. >> we have generations of men, women, children, written on the back of their insured is " get out ". this is supporters outside of the egyptian embassy in new delhi. we are seeing worldwide response. no violence

on the street to report it is a peaceful crowd. represented by men, women. this lady is holding a sign saying " hosni mubarak must leave ". we will follow this as it continues. we will take a quick

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. >> back to flirting with the 12,000 marks for the dow. up to 11,00955. following the latest of the morning. >> jerry brown is urging lawmakers to allow voters. brown gave his first day of the state speech of his new administration to asking lawmakers to set aside the differences for the good of california. >> under from of government do

we can't unconscionable to tell elective of the state they have no right to decide whether it is better to extend, current taxes for five years or chop 12 billion on of schools, safety, a university, system of caring for the vulnerable. >> he wants a measure that would ask voters to extend the temporary tax increases that we have. republicans say they will not allow that. >> we will be back as the news

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we are back at 6:46 a.m., out of dallas for worth airport was shut down briefly this morning and never reopened. they are getting snow and thunderstorms. even possibility of a tornado because of conditions are right for that. following the latest there. and headlines around the country dealing with this around

the country. out of misery bracing for blizzard, and one is a man to show you what they're doing to brace for it. they bought a generator because they expect to be without power for a while. these storms will bring snow, ice. weighing down the power lines and snap a few. out of oklahoma bitter storm takes aim. they have a picture of the snow plow was getting ready. another one out of sherman texas spirit they say winter weather coming. that is a mother caring to gas cans. she is filling up her generator. as folks brace for the worst. the son of texas. you can read it here but it says south plains caution urged one chills could drop down 20 below zero. they are not messing around. this will be bad. not

only well it's here but afterwards. >> a lot of these people around the country think we are in a different world in california. it feels that way weather wise spirit >> i've seen people to wait on twitter saying they wish i could be in california. temperatures expected to warm up. if you like to yesterday like today and the weekend. san jose 49, by noontime upper 50s your highs today 62. low 50s by the p.m. hour. we will start off with the fog. we are dealing with a dense fog of the north bay. dense fog in effect until 10:00 a.m., visibility less than a quarter mile in north bay, highway 29, 1 01. visibility to near zero. we do a actually have problems with visibility through novato, not

bob, concord, livermore as well. -----accor. we will keep the hie for the week. to bring in us whatever his by the end of the week. starting up this morning chile and the doctor, a couple of degrees above freezing. 37 up napa, san rosa. also are upper 40's san francisco, san jose. your afternoon highs mid-60's in san rosa, 64 billion a halt, san francisco 61. keeping temperatures warmer than that in the space 62% of state. you're 7 day around the bay to show more sunshine in store for us. look at this seven day no rain drops in this forecast. all the clouds out of the way. also sunshine

into the '70s by friday, 74 for your afternoon high. >> we just can't seem to shake this back up north about 1 01. we have been tracking it as a hot spot. a big grin vs two vehicles. it has been cleared from the traffic lanes. the red and yellow stretching down to the coyote valley. allow yourself 15 extra minutes or use an alternate route. another hot spot on our traffic map was bell 580 we had an earlier accident involving a motorcycle near livermore. it was an affecting traffic lanes but it could of been a visual hazard. you can see the red on the screen 13 mi. an hour along the altamont past. holding steady at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. not backed up yet. lots of movement on the over cross.

meter lights were turned on 30 minutes ago. not seen the worst back up the drive time of 14 minutes from the foot of the maze, san mateo bridge a good alternative no accidents here. traffic moving freely. no problems along 1 01 in either direction of the nimitz freeway. public transportation no problems, back to the roadways we are tracking dense fogs advisories for kachinas bridge, and the richmond san rafael. >> world news all volcano coming back to life in japan. the pictures of one of the of volcanic eruptions tossing boulders. breaking windows for miles around. one of the biggest explosion spirit they are trying to keep residents away, it's the mountain range in the southern island of kyushu. >> our report concludes

americans employee government employees may not be safe in my rack after the final withdrawal of the military. is there is lingering questions about whether u.s. troops will stay beyond 20 leaven has hampered plans in baghdad for the embassy. >> we will be right back, a look from the cartoonist bridge. very low visibility and other spots in the bay area this morning. [ male announcer ] breakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes,

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>> welcome back. the super bowl will be held there in sunday pit an ice storm across the dallas area. dallas-fort worth was closed for about now appeared in san francisco fog is our big story. fog good-byes series for the north bay bridges. it is 47 degrees in san francisco. you see sunshine above the fog should be a nice

day near 60 later this afternoon. >> a big star we are following it is day five of the unrest in egypt. sorry day to. currently tens of thousands are flooding in colors main square. this is the largest call so far for the ouster of president hosni mubarak . and eight year-old saudi national posted a message to the president on www.youtube.com. listen to this >> i would tell him remove the law about him being the president forever. let them vote. if you don't they will make problems for you. it will be hard for you to rule the country. you will be on to be forever. then they will make

huge problems, and you'll waste all your money fixing things they damaged. >by the way some of your police officers remove their jackets and are joining their people. >> i do think she will be on the ballot. now she's not running for anything. that the deal has gone by era in two days it has 200,000 hits. >> we will be right back on the golden gate bridge we are talking about the fog. it is thick around the bay area and more on whether or after the break.

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