live, from the bay area's news station, this the kron 4 morning news. >> 4:00 a.m., top stories, when state, the resecting, we're following the latest with the situation in europe. reaction from the streets of cairo, and white terms. all eyes on the minister, a video of that. a live shot at of pennsylvania, will he see his shadow? we know what everyone out there is watching for. falling latest with weather. >> here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. temperatures warm up towards the weekend, details coming

up. >> it is quiet, bay bridge toll plaza complete check on your bridges coming out. >> thank you, watching the blizzard that is making its way from texas to maine. it is being billed as the worst that that part of the country has seen in decades. a live look, storm tracker 4, rain to a good part of the east coast, a blizzard, snow light conditions moving to the great lakes. on into new england. vermont, new york, connecticut all of them dealing with snow, ice. a lot a lot of malarkey,, that heavy equipment out there, that is our road. you can't even see it. it is wreaking havoc for road and

air travel. thousands of flights canceled that and some are expected to cancel to date. schools in chicago closed down for the first time in 12 years. >> an enormous and render storm hitting much of the united states, snow, ice over thousands of miles. >> this storm we have been looking at from the midwest as far south as texas all the way to arkansas and the great lakes, chicago, across the main. very large area under threat. >> blizzard conditions whistle strong winds, freezing temperatures, downright unbearable. >> very windy. i can hardly

stand up. >> winds blow snow on to their roadways crating treacherous conditions stranding motorists, is for all you can see it is dangerous. >> thousands of sites have been canceled forcing travelers to delay plans. >> on going because i want to see snow but i can go because of snow. >> 100 and many people feel the effects of this note.snow. >> is doing a number on air travel, the lessons of kids, delayed flights. >> as though, the big blizzard made for a quiet, frustrating day. 30-40

flights canceled resulting in a few if any lines. cancellations, delays other airports around the country made it difficult on those trying to make connecting flights. >> we are also keeping an eye on the status of the airports. right now we are green, all the dots showing green which means airports are open, operating. we had 10 dozen flights yesterday affected, 6400 cancellations. another 3400 expected to be cancelled today. some airlines cancelling flights until thursday. it doesn't matter where you're headed, the planes that they're using of news for other roads on the west. although you might that be headed to the east

coast your plane might be. we will have live reports from us about coming up. but check on the weather, a live shot out of milwaukee showing you all of that snow party, light, strong winds. louisa? >> this could create blizzard conditions yesterday in the midwest still looking at lots of snow chicago, great lakes, it's really been north east that is getting hit this morning. upstate new york, new england, a lot of snow, ice, a sleek, freezing rain. but the time the storm is over we could get 2 ft. but snow in some of these areas.

where were not getting snow we're getting rain. in our area, things are shaping up is the opposite effect in san francisco right now forties, fifties warmer than yesterday. as we take it to this day we have the rich rebuilding. by the end el the week temperatures expected to warm up even more than yesterday. temperatures expected to warm up into the '60s, 63 santa rosa, hold on to the 50s increases like san francisco, richmond,. 60 oakland, hayward, south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. watched these temperatures go up, friday to break into the '70s. mid-upper 70's by the weekend. sunshine, string of sunny days. erica?

>> thank you, not much going on in the traffic department. the only thing we are tracking is a strong wind advisory the california highway patrol is asking that you watch your speeds. aside from that, conditions look great. nice, empty, no sense of overnight construction along the upper deck. eight minutes from the foot of the mes to fremont said from cisco.lemay's to fremn francisco. golden gate, very quiet. james christian >> reporter: thank you, the latest in egypt, protests continued despite the president saying he will not seek reelection. the military called today for an end to more than a week of demonstrations. the

declaration is a clear shift in the stand and the army which gave an endorsement on monday by saying it would not use force. in the meantime internet service returning after days of blood out. president obama says he spoke with the egyptian president and he recognizes the situation is dire, the status quo is no wonder system is sustainable. >> all of us her privileged to serve in political power do so at the will of our people through thousands of years egypt has known moments of a transformation the voices of the people tell us this is one of those moments enormous demonstrations by the people. we've borne witness to the beginning of a new chapter in history but a great country.

>> the white house says one convoy that president obama this much urge him not to seek another term. stay with kron4 and www.kron4.com for continuing coverage and we will have up to the minute details not only in our broadcast but the website as well. all eyes on the ground attack, they have no interest but to move their bodies it is freezing out there in pennsylvania. if phil, sees his shadow six more weeks of winter, something no one out there wants to see. we will let you know, we hope to bring you live coverage. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

(music) and the rockets to take flight! >> live pictures of the pennsylvania, they're waiting for phil to emerge. we will see if he sees his shadow. if he does sicome out. they're done with all this note, we will have to wait and see. it is freezing out there, people jumping around, fireworks this morning. pretty festive mood. we were not sure of the right to have it with this note, freezing rain,

but it looks like it has cleared about enough. let's listen in. >> (applause) thank you, that was outstanding! that's the kind of talent we have! nl, turn your eyes that right, you will witness what is known as our brethren, our buddies, the inner circle. (music) (music)

(music) >> we are watching the procession, it may take some while before we get to fill. oh wait let's see. >> give a welcome to the inner circle as they make their annual trip up to the amount. (music) >> we will squeeze a commercial break and hopefully we will you back in time. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

and we are back. live pictures etta's pa., the inner circle headed to the podium. he will make his appearance shirley ones the inner circle gets up there. we are following a live it is always fun. (laughter) no

one wants a lunker when there, we will have to see what is in store. here's a live picture but as wisconsin, expecting to see, chicago and a chance of that. the latest, louisa. >> look at what the rest of the country is dealing with, great lakes getting here was no it is really the northeast that is getting hit hard. heavy snow, wind, a blizzard, ice. combination of freezing rain creating an ice storm. built up of trees and power lines that could create edges as well. also rain stretches down the eastern seaboard. our area is mild, clear, dry. by the

afternoon clear conditions continue in fact lot of sunshine high pressure system expected to build. those temperatures really expected to skyrocket, certainly not a difference. fairly mild, seasonal, 56 novato, 58 san francisco, 60 is the common number in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. nice warming trend. today, tomorrow similar conditions, chillier overnight. friday temperatures warm up in the afternoon '70s, continue warming into the weekend saturday, sunday afternoon high of 76 degrees. next

week, hold on to the '70s, the sunshine. quick check on your commute, air cover. >> no accidents, hot spot, if you're taking one of those bridges or is about 80 looks good, nice, light. same goes for san mateo, west, east bound 92. no problems getting to the bridge. giving it a great drive times of 12 minutes. coming up of the north bay come to san francisco, take a look at how quiet the bridge is not stocked in with thought, easy ride 23 minutes but of novato into city limits the only problem we have is on the traffic maps. strong wind its vice rate in both directions.

california highway patrol reminds you keep both hands on the wheel. james? >> thank you, justin, greek police say they have used a controlled explosion to destroy a letter bomb in athens. no injuries caused by this explosion, no other details. they sought letter bombings in the capital of militant anarchist group claimed responsibility. a number of suspects have been arrested. rescue crews will be searching can also today for the kidnapping suspect of juliani cardenas. yes it was heartbreaking day in the search, crews recovered a small body of juliani cardenas, a permit to sell

30 mi. up of paterson. today after days of searches of an irrigation canal search crews did find his body, that is their strong suspicion. even though they haven't had dna confrontation just yet. this is a map who shows you how far away he was found. crews pulled the suspect's corolla from the canal. there's still no sign of the alleged kidnapper jose esteban rodriguez. at this point they issued a homicide warrant, they believe he will also be found in the canal. >> as many cars as we have pulled out, as much debris

as we have found. yes, very likely, he could been hung up somewhere before we found him today. we said early on, we thought it would be 10-14 days because of the condition, a temperature of the water and the design and construction. >> he is today's news was devastating for juliani cardenas'mother. many people gathered last night to play for the family. all pray. >> hundreds gathered for a quiet purviews role to demoraliz prayer ritual for juli cardenas. the mother way to

the police and the dutch team that pulled the car out. juliana's mother did not >> , a quiet in tears. >> be sure to stay with us for continuing coverage in the investigation of juliani cardenas and the search for the suspect jose esteban rodriguez. more reaction from juliani cardenas family and friends. today is the first day for san jose's new acting police chief, chris more on the lighter heart attack as the top cop yesterday he was appointed to that post. 25 year veteran, he talked about his plan to reduce violent crime. the city had seven homicides, three of them are believed connected to gangs. >> i will continue to focus our efforts on violent crime. last year we saw

across-the-board decreases in crime. 10 year low, as most of you know we have seen a spike we saw three gang-related murders and a triple homicide. it is not that we haven't seen these before, when a red seal with them as we do. yet to address them straight on, but the appropriate resources to fixing it. we will not allowed to escalate. >> in addition to using law- enforcement to reduce gang violence he will call on the prevention programs to help with the gang problem. live to pennsylvania where it looks like phil has come out. >> (applause) (applause)

>> come on out here filled. (applause) >> come on out here fell. he won't even take up brought this morning a a broad this mor >> (laughter) >> the reading of this girl, phil has made his decision. let us see what it is. >> i have been instructed

which one to read. it sure is called today, hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, on this beautiful groundhog day, very sitting, it doesn't 11 still was raised. he greeted his handlers, after casting a eye towards gazans of his followers, he proclaimed the steelers are going to the super bowl. (applause) (laughter) >> back to the business and hand, he looked at his surrounding it carefully. he found there was no shadow.

so end early spring it will be. (applause) >> obviously you hear the reaction of the crown to, that would be a popular answer period. >> appear in your self for warmth. this kite is clear! >> there you have it he did not see his shadow, according to forecourt we will have an early spring. one can only hope. i know they are sick of that snow, ice. there you have it, live from pennsylvania. we will be right back.

>> welcome back, a live picture at of dallas, snowy commute under way, they have a lot of bad weather. rain, ice, snow, they are dealing with it this morning. they are not alone, half the country dealing with that bad weather. expected to last a couple of days massive storm system working its way from texas to new england. air travel as well has been the biggest impact for the bay, slate, cancellations, delays live reports coming up. world

news, along japan record snowfall is reported. in one town some homes buried to the second floor. parked cars buried under snow, a dumping ground has been said for the disposal of this note. that is the windows on the first floor. look at all of that snow. dumping snow when they can find places in areas with heavy snow there is concern about the condition of elderly who are trapped inside their home. meanwhile tens of thousands of the australian stock up on food in sturdy shelters as a cyclone a purchase. furious wind, massive range, surging seas on a scale unseen in generations.

guests of up to 186 are expected. when the gawind gustsp whipping across the area. it is so strong it could reach across. >> president obama is expected to sign the start treaty which is a nonnuclear arms reduction deal. it is aimed to reset ties between the u.s. and russia. the agreement has already been approved and becomes final when both sides signed the treaty. we will take a break, much more straight ahead, we'll be back with the latest. i shot from mt.

tam, a breezy, san francisco looks great. we'll be back with more in a moment.

and lee i'm back, the latest with the storms, not to spend east, all the other two new england to the mess it rains, and blizzards, all nine year it affecting flights in and of the chicago, atlanta. yesterday 10,000 flights affected. 6400 or cancellations. another 3400 expected today. some airlines cancelled flights up to tuesday because they know it will be that bad we have been falling the impact in the bay will chan is alive, following the situation. >> in will not be a good morning for a lot of people who did got to get the news, all lot of them canceled, one flight has

been cancelled don't believe the board the latest update from the officer with s f o, he says all lot of the sites have been halted or delayed. we know how popular south west is they have canceled all flights into midway. as well as continental. same for o'hare, united. we hope to have a live interview at 5:00 a.m.. you can see to attend a busy it is a lot of people standing on the sidelines looking to their laptops, phone calls a lot of people got the message to call ahead, even so a lot of

people did not. they are frustrated, hopefully more information continuing threat the day. thank you, will also hold the view of the chicago he was talking about or hair, you can see. snow mobiles being used. it is all they can do to get around. really bad blizzard rolling through, all lot going horizontal, so but chicago public schools have called a snow day the first time in 12 years reports that schools have been cancelled. all of those states surrounding the great lakes dealing was no bad enough that they are canceling it.

>> and i on the radar, and those areas you're talking about illinois, ohio still dealing with snow, it is expected to get later as we head towards the later part of the day. new york, new england, very heavy snow. a blizzard conditions. we also have a place to be concerned about. some of the place is really building up. right across the eastern seaboard to where there is not snow, there is rain, stretching all the way down into florida. for us, a very,. we are starting off with temperatures in the '50s. that continuing to see clear conditions in the afternoon, ended the week

temperatures will wallow. we can't get into the '70s, low 60s in warm spot. 58 san francisco, temperatures are around 60 for the east bay, south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. and a school warming trend breaking into the '70s warming up even more by the weekend. clear, sunshine, temperatures topping out at 76 degrees. we are talking about a war on weekends. and did you could head to the beach. check and your commute, character. >> we are free of hot spots, the only thing on our radar is a when the advisory. the california

highway patrol is asking the you keep both hands on the wheel. speeds are about 50 m.p.h. and not causing any problems be extra cautious. especially in mid span bridge check, was spent 80, problem free, traffic moving at the limit. san mateo looks good, taillights heading in the commute direction. traffic on the left-hand side east bound to hayward. no problems. 12 minutes between the zero- 101. golden gate, nice, light, speeds up of 60 mi. per hour. the only other word of the problem is the no. bunched 280 we have reports of a solo spent it

is not producing slowing. james. >> the latest of cairo, pictures, all in the distance it is hard to make out what is causing white heavy smoke. we don't know if it's your best. the camera focused on this section moments ago trying to give us an indication, it doesn't look as though the folks are panicking, maybe we can read in the situation is not as tense as a first blush. we will keep one on that. change is coming or to 30 years of the same leader. the president announced he will not seek reelection after his term ends. many feel that is not soon enough.

>> i have spent enough time in the service of the country into its people. >> it is what many spent a lifetime reading here the president saying he will step down from nearly 30 years in office but not until his term expires on election set for september. those gathered do not believe the changes coming soon enough. >> we don't want you! we needed now! >> president obama called for an orderly transition periods be free, fair elections, and sure results in a government that is not only granted in principle but responses to the aspirations of the people. >> egyptians fear in the

next several months promise to continue their protest until he resigned spirit of march at his palace on on friday. >> an envoy sent by president obama to the jet urged him to not seek reelection. one called the speech disappointing thing he's expected to step down anyways. he's trying to get his son in their to succeed him. we will see what happens stay tuned to kron4. we will also have up-to-the- minute details at www.kron4.com. stay up to the latest with that. we will be back with more in a moment.

welcome back, philadelphia international airport the airport is operating as

normal, a good number of flights canceled already. that will be a problem. 0 whether rolling through the great lakes. yesterday all flights were stopped at chicago's midway. continental suspended operations at newark. burgeoned america has canceled at least one flight to boston, jet blew has canceled a flight to jfk. this is all coming edit sf ". san francisco international is urging all travelers regardless of your airline, destination to call and make sure your flight or your aircraft is going to be available. a lot of the planes that fly of even if they're going to seattle, a lot or flying into the bay at the east

coast. call ahead. this severe storm has damaged press box, emergency management officials say the high winds from the tiles caused it to fall. they are struggling to get a handle on it this morning. the city's buildings department is monitoring the situation. cowboys stadium decided they will shut the roof. they had a lot of nasty weather. anyone trying to drive down from wisconsin, don't leave until after today. a lot of the roads are icy, white suit conditions.out conditions.r great clemens' expected to be in court, they will

explain how they plan to handle the witness. clemens denies he used any performance enhancing substance. he saihave been advid both players creates a conflict of interest for hardin and others as he prepares for his trial. that is the latest. we're trying to make body scanners less revealing, the securities and frustration is testing a more modest system and three airports including reagan. we will see if that does anything to appease critics. at&t is being sued for overcharging ipad, i phone users. at&t over bills on a legitimate uses for phantom

usage. an independent system fund that at&t over charges its customers for did it by 7-14% at&t did not respond to to request for comment. wall street, futures are up following yesterday's rally which saw the dow closed above 2000. airport remedial key is expected to show employers added 145 workers in january. and the hotel may file for vagrancy in berkeley. purchase by morgan stanley before the recession battered that tourist industry. it looks like airlines are talking more to fly. american airlines added surcharges for flutfuel. u.s., that the

how much the increase on some of their roots. we will take a break, but with more in a moment, a shot from our roof camera. today beautiful, fantastic weekend! more and your forecasts in a minute.

z welcome back, a live look at of cairo protests continue more than a week after they began we've had word from the president's office he will not seek reelection this september. a lot of the protesters say that is not good enough they want him out now and they will not stop protesting until that happens. the military is saying you do need to clear out in the main square. whatever you want to do you have to start clearing out. these live

pictures coming out courtesy of cnn one of the reporters is getting ready for a live shot. we'll keep updates. philadelphia, snow, that is the big story. it is not just their its in chicago, new york, milwaukee, every state basically east of the rockies dealing with this blizzard it is not done yet, louisa is following that more from her in a second. video out of madison, we had again blizzard light conditions look at the banners, flags, horizontal snow, ice chunks. it's been pretty bad. the state supreme much deserted except for a bus or two in ambulances, police cars with their sirens on rushing two

different scenes as those who try to brave the rows are finding themselves on the shoulder. detroit, the airport, just a mess. that is all you can say. it is a mess. nothing but really bad headlines. snow, sleet, freezing conditions in fact ice will be the big story that is the other shoe that drops. cold arctic air will start freezing those areas. eyes will be a big story power outages as well. louise is tracking the forecast. >> keeping our eye on the radar illinois, indiana, ohio, getting plenty of snowfall. we will continue with it throughout the day. becoming a bit later in nature, to the north east

portions of new york, new england, heavy snow. blizzard conditions, significant icing. sleep, freezing rain, a lot of ice. not just snow, plenty of rain. really just pummeling the seaport, experiencing flooding in places like florida. fairly active day in the east coast. we might see changes by the end of the week very calm for us. starting off with it temperatures on the war said 50 to san francisco, same for san tel. clear conditions for everyone, continue to see temperatures rise, clear conditions through the afternoon, lots of sunshine the good news is towards the end of the week

temperatures are expected to warm up. afternoon highs low 60s. 63 santa rosa. mild in san francisco 58, kron clear. 60 oakland, hayward. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. highlights then nice warming trend by friday '70s, the weekend is pleasant. conditions 76 degree range for saturday, sunday. we will hold on to those '70s into next week as well. >> thank you, wrapping up the 4:00 hour without any hot spots. the only thing we're dealing with is a strong wind advisory. the california highway patrol is asking that you keep both hands on the wheel. no other areas of concern around the bay. they bridge looks

good, metering lights are off, same goes here at the san mateo nice, light. no back up at the toll plaza 13 minutes from end to end north bay, looks good, a live look, quiet on the span headlights of bound speaking of the san francisco across town freeways look good. no slowing at 101, drive time of under 15 minutes. james. >> we have a map of the u.s., continuing our coverage. this is from the national weather service showing you all the watches, warnings, advisories. you see then deep orange, that is a blizzard warning. the purple is an ice storm, hot pink is a winter storm, the

light blue is a freeze morning. we're dealing with really bad temperatures. you see that, we are talking about really tough conditions, that frees warning is affecting eastern portions of minnesota. the toll country dealing with nasty weather. a lot of ice on power lines that might bring some power lines down. in fact, a press conference in chicago they're talking about the situation which was awful last night. let's listen in. >> buses got stuck. in a dissent to the many vehicles becoming immobilized because of high winds. in the off ramps that became impossible at that time we experienced winds

of 60-70 mi. per hour. wheat closed lake shore drive. the results of this series of events was that we had hundreds of vehicles stuck or abandoned on lake shore drive. chicago fire department were moving through the night. to provide medical assistance to anyone stuck and required assistance. fire, police also moved as quickly as possible to remove drive will cars off and take people out of their cars and could not move. streets and sanitation was working to tow cars, a plow, salt throats. efforts were hampered by the ongoing accumulation of high snowdrifts. extremely poor

weather conditions. gust between the 60-70 mi. per hour. what it conditions. accumulation between one-2 in. per hour in some places snowdrops waist high. we want to get people quickly we needed to get people safely particularly as people left their vehicles. this prevented a real safety issue. we are not aware of any serious health issues or injuries at this time that occurred. we know hundreds of people were very inconvenient and we apologize for that. >> a live press conference of the chicago they saw a brutal conditions of last night snow blowing horizontal lee as you just heard a number of people trapped in their cars, crews having a difficult time getting to them at this

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morning news' top story the blizzard making its way across the midwest snow still falling blizzard like from chicago to new york, freezing across the deep snout. it's being billed as the worst in decades, following the latest live in chicago where schools are closed. for the first time in 12 years, thousands of flights canceled across the upper midwest. we're watching the effects in the bay area more on that coming out. and live to chicago battling the brutal cold. >> officials say this is the fifth worst storm in history right now they have finished restaurant 100 people stranded stuck in snow drifts over night. the issue is, the snow keeps falling, is not expected to let up until this afternoon.

>> an enormous winter storm hitting much of the u.s. spreading snow, ice over thousands of miles. >> this storm is the midwest as far south as texas, all the way to arkansas across to maine. very large area under threat from the blizzard and ice storm. >> blizzard conditions, strong winds freezing temperatures and downright unbearable conditions. >> very windy. i can hardly stand up. >> despite efforts wind blows no on to raise great interchurch conditions. closing highways to those. >> you can't even see. >> thousands of flights canceled. travelers forced to delay plans.

>> i am going because i want to see snow i'm not able to go because of snow it's ironic. >> 100 million people will feel the effects of the storm. the cleanup effort is underway hundreds of troops have been called in to help respond to the severe weather affecting many states and federal assistance is available for areas in need. >> lead as finding out how the storm is affecting air travel will trend is live, taking a look at the boards will what is going on. >> major delays, the weather here is fine, chicago, the midwest being blasted that is causing a ripple effects here at stanford is the international, joining me now is mike mccarron he has been updating this whole thing. what is the latest?

>> nothing is going in and out of chicago hardly any flights at all. if your flight american, united, the southwest is not going to happen. >> how many flights are we talking? >> 25 flights one way, 50 altogether. i heard coming in over 4000 sites nationally canceled. very different from day to travel. >> coming here we see the board a lot says on time don't believe it was mark >> i would not, they will try and get that fladeboe, who knows, the airlines offering limited cruz, it is a very hard position. for everything to the midwest. southwest has halted flights. >> that is correct. we will

have to see her plays out. >> chicago is important for travelers nationwide because there's grand central that disburses across the region? >> correct. we have a flight that goes from several this group, chicago onto your. that flight is canceled. any travel through the midwest, east coast will be very difficult today. >> any advice? >> to this is not the airline's fault, it is an act of nature. they have to go with it, get to a heartfelt, a friend knows, go home, we have to play with the weather. >> thank you, we will talk to passengers yesterday, a lot of people took the advice, called a head, it got so around 7:00, is busy right now a lot of people

out there looking for another flight may be to phoenix, someplace closer to their final destination was a reaction throughout the morning. >> thank you, . update on weather, let's start with the national forecasts. louisa. >> more snow days on tap today. right now coming closer to the midwest, plenty of snow fall through michigan, ohio. do the rest of the day dealing with heavy snow, to bring off, a bit later in nature. more lake affects no affected as well. pennsylvania, new york, some of the new england states as well, 2 ft. of snow by the time the system pushes out. freezing rain, sleet feeding sites,

building on trees, of course that makes for power outages. across the eastern seaboard still continue to see plenty of wet weather, flooding. in our area, opposite, we are really calm. no-fault in sight, staying dry today, temperatures are warm. 52 in san francisco, warm start the day we haven't seen temperatures this warm in quite some time. said a mid- upper '40's, clear conditions. as we head towards the end of the week and a bit of a warming effect temperatures skyrocketing. today, mild, los '60s and some of the war spots, the upper 50s in san francisco in a richmond, low 60s oakland, hayward 60 degrees san jose, here is a look at your 7 day around

the bay. as we head towards friday '70s is beach weather by the weekend warming up to 76 degrees on saturday, sunday '70s around into next week. erica. >> it sure is quiet outside no hotspot major accidents to contend with westbound 80 the approach to the bay bridge nice, light as cars stream on by. metering lights still off, no problems for your entire ride same great conditions continue at the san mateo west, east bound 92. no stalls walking elaine easy getting to the bridge along highway 101. north bay, san francisco, golden gate looks good, clear conditions southbound into city limit the only problem tracking honor maps is a strong wind advisory issued at the

bridge, california highway patrol is asking you watch your speeds. james. >> thank you, , the latest of cairo the last update we saw scuffling. liberation square now we know what it is, there is a mock of pro supporters of the president fighting with those protesters. so we are starting to see fights, the violence is escalating. this is an essential part of cairo how far this will go is unclear whether we take a quick lesson in? >>--listen in. >> a wounded man is down in the streets i imagine there'll be a number of

injuries as a result of these battles. we saw blood on the ground, as second man being carried down the streets i can imagine there was a make shift clinic a block or two away. a couple of overworked doctors who treated people who are being shot. i imagine they will be doing a trio rushed to take care of the wounded. streaming away from the front lines. >> again we're keeping an eye on the situation it had been peaceful for the past week tens of thousands of protestors peacefully calling for at the end of the rain. some 30 years he's been on power the egyptian military has been immobilized they have so far said we will not fire upon

or attack protesters, now we see elements of the pro president movement are arriving having crash's with those calling for his removal. we have injuries now, more people getting involved. the latest throughout the morning keep it into www.kron4.com. we will be right back.. it's really delicious, mom.

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and we are back at quick tour of some of the weather that we are dealing with in the u.s., this is people on

their bikes trying to get to read their going. another shot, the driving winds moving snow horizontal the. tough to just walk, there's cowboy stadium where they're trying to get things ready for the super bowl, what do conditions making it difficult. --white out conditions making it difficult. tens of thousands of people are expected to arrive. here's another shot of people trying to get to their car. 5-10 ft. snow drifts. this man is walking out, already he is beginning to freeze. hard to imagine because we have beautiful weather, fell in the forecast. louisa? >> the followed from the blizzard forcing

cancellations craig sklar is live at the san jose with a look at the effect. what is going on there craig? >> not as bad as sfo to the east coast, quiet right now people trickling in the departure board, american airlines to dallas, chicago those of their once canceled. this is it's a cross-country flight most affected. most of alaska, southwest, north and south. not so bad. the moment things are not too bad with the weather is changing you never know. there is one flight from reno them might be affected. to all of this is going on well mayor chuck reed is trying to get extra business here. this airport

was renovated and expanded. for those of you flying east everything is business as normal. >> thank you, and now we want to get a look at the weather. louisa? >> keeping an eye on the radar in fact, the midwest, still dealing with heavy snow, all of michigan portions of illinois, ohio seeing plenty of the snowfall, gust up to 70 mi. per hour. over to the northeast we are still dealing with heavy snow in new york, cleveland, pa. with that also some significant pricing. freezing rain, sleet creating a lot of that ice buildup of trees, power

lines creating parties. from snow-rain, thunderstorms and flooding. we will continue with this wild weather throughout the day, our area is calm. starting off free of all. 53 degrees, 52¢ of the sky, 50 oakland, upper '40's. lots of sunshine expected, the end of the week really nice, temperatures are. temperatures in the upper 50s, simpson's come up richmond the '60s, topping out rent 60 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. watched the

temperatures by the end of the week. '70s, weekend abundance of the sunshine. we will stay fairly warm into next week as well. we'll be right back on the kron 4 morning news after this quick break. california should be proud.

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>> and we are back, a quick update on the situation in egypt tire to be specific, liberation square the heart of the protest it has turned violent class are several thousand supporters including some riding horses wielding whips, the joint rocks attacking the anti- government protesters it is all unfolded this has now taken a dangerous turn. i is just listening to a reporter saying he, his camera crew, his producers are done on

the streets. attacked by supporters camera ready to from their arms. punched, kicked, and barely got to safety. the situation has turned grim. multiple reports of injuries, some very serious. a lot of people reporting scenes of bleeding from the head. use on the streets, the egyptian army is doing nothing to stop it. we have heard live controls all access points, they can if they want to keep people of, let people in this lead in these pro president's supporters, the fights are breaking out, the army is standing by. they're not intervening. if people are running, trying to carry wounded to safety. we will follow this, the crowd has turned anti-media. we're

having difficulty getting reports out as reporters are trying to keep themselves safe. the internet has been turned back on, we will see if you to comment wetter start coming out of the square as people report from the street what is happening. more on this in just a minute. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back, a third of the country, more than a hundred million people impacted. hundreds of drivers that in the snow for five hours last night some of them had to camp out in their cars, chicago's lake shore drive, police, cars use snowmobiles to rescue the people.

madison, the governor is to caring a state of emergency for 29 counties. they have the salt trucks out, there all along the road trying to do their best. st. louis, they're doing their best, a lot of accidents are urging people to stay off their roots. businesses, schools, not much reason to get out. walking is the best bet. mark kris mark >> thank you, following the situation across the mid west, this is wrigley field with the snow coming down check this out, a live look here from outside wrigley. is not baseball weather. schools are closed their for the first time in 12 years. delays here in the bay area, chicago airports, major hub for travel, kron4 will trent is live. >> more updates throughout

the morning, you can tell they just added chicago, 1010 flight, 11:00 a.m. flight i can tell you according to airport spokesman don't fully trust the sport. then after that date, you need to stay on top of your carrier. if your home, getting ready to leave. it could change on a moment's notice. i can tell you a lot of people have heeded that warning. not a lot of stranded passengers this morning. chicago, made the call late last night. those airports and midway and are here to delay the flights or cancel them. at a chance to talk to them earlier, here's what he had to say. >> united, american canceled their flights to chicago. it will have a ripple effect throughout the

country. there is no connection to chicago. >> how many flights are we talking about? >> 20 or so, i don't have an exact number, a lot of flights connected. >> here is why chicago whiskey, it is the grand central of the midwest a lot of flights go in and disperse. probably before it is over today we're talking about 4000 canceled and delayed flights in and out of chicago. not to mention south west which is a huge airline, they have canceled all of their flights into midway until this afternoon. thousands affected still trying to talk to passengers. and get their reaction. >> it is not going to give better anytime soon. louisa chris >> reporter: radar is set up, great lakes region rate

up to michigan, illinois, ohio, up into the north east we have winter storm warnings. rate across new york. new england, heavy snow, strong winds creating blizzard conditions. issing leading to power outages. right across the seaboard pummeled with wet weather. stretching down into florida with the thunderstorms along the coast and potential flooding. currently, the opposite in the bay area no fog. a pretty, forecast, 52 san francisco, 53 santa rosa, 48 cinephile and mountain view. satellite, radar, a clear, lots of sunshine. pretty pleasant day. getting up to about 63

santa rosa, 58¢ is there, 59 richmond. los '60s to the east bay. along the coast 58 half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it will be a nice one, up by the end of the week temperatures in the '70s. 76 saturday and sunday. sundays through next week, one day after another of sunny, clear, dry. >> we don't have any hot spots, the only thing we are tracking is the strong wind advisory still in effect for your ride to and from. c h p as asking the be mindful other than the wind advisory and no other problems, westbound-80, stop mowing down just a bit. i just

checked the traffic clogs no accidents, incidents. metering lights are off. you can take san mateo bridge as an alternate. no problems in either direction. light conditions. no back up at the toll plaza. 13 minutes from end to end. your ride at of the north bay, golden gate, nice, light. southbound looks good, had laid heading into san francisco. >> to = 50 mi. per hour. james? >> thank you, keeping a close eye on the situation in egypt. live pictures of liberation square, it has devolved into a massive street fight. all of this has began at the top of the hour, a weeklong protest relatively peaceful. parents out with their children,

old, young, men, women. all of them peacefully demonstrating. he was in power for 30 years, today at the scene change, very violent. we have a larger mass of a pro president's supporters, coming into that crowd, picking fights with the anti demonstrators. it is a street fight that has degenerated over the last 30 minutes. the army is there, they're doing nothing to stop what is happening. a lot of the protesters on the ground, breaking rocks, creating ammo. they're throwing rocks at each other, throwing sticks, we've seen pro's supporters ride in on camels, horses, which is lashing out at the demonstrators. every now and then we get a different view, i can see on my monitor a wider shot. large

masses of protestors are running, here we see the camera pulling out you get a better sense of it. they are holding pretty no house bars, they're tearing everything they can. who knows where this will go. friends, family in the bay area monitoring the situation it has been peaceful for the last week. today a much different story as the military has already committed to say it is time to clear the square. you can continue to demonstrate but you must leave. that is not happening, it got worse, we've heard from the president he will not seek reelection. that is not good enough for those in the street they want him out now. internet service has been turned back on, watching social media to see if we can get a better idea of what's happening. all we have heard is based in

pieces from reporters who are covering the story reporters are fleeing for safer ground. reports, photographers and being hit with rocks. this is a dynamic situation changing second, by second. as we see the evidence low as this crowd move back and forth. there you see a crowd cheering an injured person away. unclear that person was part of the protest or if this is a new demonstrator. we will follow the latest.

>> the search continues for the man accused of kidnapping juliani cardenas, this comes after search crews recovered the body of juliani cardenas that in the

canal and 30 mi. away from where the expiry of friends car was found. they have that warrant a out for the boyfriend. his body was spotted by a water department worker. there's still no signs of jose esteban rodriguez. the grandmother says snatched juliani cardenas rate from her arms. believe jose esteban rodriguez will be found dead in the canal. yesterday's news about juliani is devastating for his mother as well as the entire community of paterson. many people gathered to pay for juliani cardenas and his family. his grandmother spoke last night. >> thank you, thank you, so much. from the bottom of my heart. i know my baby love to all because i love you

all. i love you all. (crying) god as my witness i want to say thank you, to all of you for your time. for coming to see as. i want to to by the police they did a wonderful job. there were always there. they come and lightwere always there day and night. you are beautiful people. (crying) and in the name of my daughter i thank you, all of you and my grandson. you are wonderful people. i want to to by the divers who were diving in the cold, cold water. i

hoped he would not be in the water. i don't know i have no words to explain you will all be in my heart. god bless you. (crying) >> hill mary full of grace, holy mary mother got briefers and is now at the hour of their debtsdeath. (music) let it shine. let it shine let it shine. (music) >> with this tragic end to the story police believe that the export france match juliani running the car into the canal where they both died. they are waiting to find the body of the ex- boyfriend. they're expecting that it will turn up somewhere in the water. we will be back with more and a couple of minutes.

>> welcome back, a live look from chicago, 17 in. of snow is on the ground the first time in a decade. lake shore road is closed. we are watching this storm, let's get the latest with louisa. >> schools are closed pretty much across the country, continued disease knows to illinois, indiana, ohio. tapering off, plenty else no-fault in michigan becoming a bit later as we had to the day-to-day not the case to the northeast, snow through new york, new england. blizzard conditions there, we are looking at a significant storm to portions of the northeast. eastern seaboard, continuing. flooding as well, in our area is fairly calm. three of up for the

first time in a couple of days, 53 degrees in santa rosa, 52 san francisco. upper '40's your mountain view and san jose. clear conditions. lots of sunshine for year after noon, temperatures into bill low 60s. 63 santa rosa, 58 san francisco. 614 vallejo, low 60s do the east bay, south bay. as we had to the end of the week, look at those temperatures into the '70s. our weekend will be very pleasant. temperatures soaring to 76 degrees for an afternoon high saturday, sunday, next week we will continue to keep those temperatures and our son turned around.

>> great conditions on the roadways, not helpful in slate.site. starting to slow things down at the bay bridge, at meeting lights are off, a bit of opec at and some of the cash lanes, other than that traffic is flowing freely. westbound, east bound 92 still lite , traffic on the left-hand side, red lights headed east bound hayward. great drive times of 13 minutes from end to end, golden gate looks good, very quiet heading into san francisco. yet in that it camera westbound 80 upper each for freeway looks good, slowing down as we make our way past golden gate excellent drive times

16 minutes past closing date field in two-tenths of the scope. mark? >> san francisco is conducting and economic steady scott wenner introduce legislation asking the city comptroller's office for a review on the impact of the industry including how much jobs, tax red in the new end of the effect on tourism. it could take months. >> news around the bay s. citizen helped capture a bank robber in concord. he of the eight wells fargo, no shots fired, no one was hurt. then the man took of buses and followed him. the fall of the dispatch to tell where to find this bank robber. officers got arrested the man. today is

the first day for the new acting police chief. chris more will no longer be in the temporary position yesterday he was appointed as the city's new chief he is a 25 year veteran. the city had seven homicides in generate three of them are connected to gang. >> i will continue to focus our efforts on gain crime. last year we saw decreases in crime including homicide at 810-20 year low. we have seen as a difference handspike in the last 30 days the first month three gang-related murders and a triple homicide. it is not that we haven't seen the spikes before. we cannot let them faster, you have to choose from straight on. we

will not allow it to escalate. >> in addition to using law enforcement to reduce gang violence he will call on the intermission programs to help. >> world news, japan record snowfall on the coast, several feet on the roof decks. parked cars are also buried, under the snow there some cars on the streets they had to set a dumping ground to put the snow. roads are covered. concerns about people trapped in their homes. new video in from australia, hit with a cyclone, it's a hurricane this is called a cyclone in that part of their rope. world.s the area that has been devastated by flooding. with

this cyclone they are expecting up to 80 mi. per hour. it is expected to hit the coast later today. the storm is over 300 mi. why. so strong it could reach far inland. we will watch this. more flooding expected. >> we are taking a live look here from dallas, a fire this is a house fire happening rate now in dallas, you can see this note surrounding this house that is on fire. [ wheezing breaths ]

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we have dozens of demonstrators fighting each other not as pro mubarak demonstrators have poured into the square here. they have been fighting with the protesters more on this coming up. a situation that is

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