morning news top stories rain now u.s. officials are deciding whether to release graphic photos of osama bin laden is death and burial. >> darya: teachers rally in richmond to draw attention to education cuts. >> mark: pg&e admitting there is a problem with some of their smart meters. >> darya: more on these and a bit but first let's check weather and traffic. >> james: all look at outside to see what we see for the golden gate bridge, the my computer doesn't want to cooperate. the golden gate bridge nice and light traffic wise, whether wyse cool but not bad, low clouds along the coast, that's what we expect. cool in breezy this morning, warmer this afternoon, clear and mild by this evening.

49 in san francisco, 50 in oakland, 51 in san jose, as for highs today, it will be nice more on that coming up. >> george: so far hot spot for a drive around the bay area, at the bay bridge toll plaza it is light traffic, this is what you will see at all of the bridges this morning. the first ace train was 10 minutes be behind it might make that up and route. >> darya: 48 hours since the death of the most wanted terrorist in the world they are trying to decide whether to release the graphic photos of osama bin laden. there is also a video of his burial at sea. they want to eliminate the disbelief that bin laden is still alive, but they don't want to inflame sentiment by showing the graphic images. they have to decide. cia

is going through hard drives, dvd is, documents that they got from the compound in pakistan. they're hoping the material they took after killing bin laden will provide more insight into al-qaida and its presumed next in command. >> mark: 1 of bin laden stress did courier's when answering his self fog was your let them to his hideout. this is pictures of his compound that called lead them to this compound in northeast pakistan where they later attacked and killed bin laden. halfway around the world they monitor the entire 40 minutes strike on the compound of in real time. watching and listening to the fire fight appeared these are the new photos. president barack obama

will visit 911 family members. >> justine: secretary of state has words to say about the death. she's served under george w. bush. she said she was shocked to find out where osama bin laden was killed >> it was gratifying and an extraordinary moment. we need to celebrate what our intelligence and military have achieved, it started a long time ago, they clearly really achieved something special here. to president barack obama in his team for finally bringing this chapter 2) to i was surprised at where he was found, we believed he was in the tribal areas between afghanistan and pakistan, that he was hiding in plain sight is a surprise. >> justine: rice said justice

has been done and we want to know what you think. sound off right now on our facebook page, should the government release the full dose of osama bin laden body. there are pictures out there and video of him being dumped into the sea. go to our facebook page and make a comment. >> darya: 6:04 a.m., pg&e is replacing six the it team hundred defective smarmy they're still--1600. --they will all issued $25 credit to those who were affected by this, that malfunctioned after getting unusually hot. if you have a defective meter, pg&e will contact you. although you could try them. there have been protests over this smart meters,

some customers said they are afraid about them emitting radiation, others say they are convinced they are overcharged by the meter. >> mark: james is watching the warm-up. >> james: it is brightening up in san jose, you concede the low cloud cover some of that mainly along the coast appearet. we haa fantastic forecast on wednesday. as for this afternoon breaking down what we expect to 79 in santa rosa, 75 petaluma, 74 in san rafael, 81 in fairfield, san francisco 69, 68 daily city, 78 in palo alto. in the east bay 74 oakland and castro valley, low to mid 70's degrees along the

median break.immediate baby. iny abthey into the '80s. we will tl you how hot it's going to get tomorrow, and how cool it will get towards the weekend. >> george: hot spot for this morning with no major delays, a quick bridge check the bay bridge toll plaza with no delays on the approach. metering lights activated and about 20 minutes from now. san mateo bridge ride still good commute no delays on the right hand side of your screen heading from hayward over towards foster city. the golden gate bridge ride looks good, such bound traffic on 1 01, fog creeping in at the north end of

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appeared to cars pendent a blessing in the bay view district. 10-20 young women between 17 and 20 pried open the doors, pepper spray into the area the women got off the bus to block it with the cars again at the next intersection, they used pepper spray on the bus and try to take purses of three writers to run the bus. they only got away with the pair of cellphone spirit no injuries reported. it >> darya: opening bell stock futures support low open this morning. one report the commerce department will be releasing factory orders, automakers will be releasing their sales numbers for april today, southwest airlines completed its billion dollar purchase of air train,

sears warrens of a bigger than expected loss. san francisco mayor releasing the first part of his proposed budget, he is aiming to close the budget deficit focusing on enterprise departments including airport commission. those departments will see an increase in spending of about 5%, it includes spending for the waterfront to prepare for the america cup race. and lee is trying to reform city pensions. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] it was forged from the fires of imagination.

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misery, all hole blown up in their lab bay. it blew up a section downstream from flood threatened town. it is trying to ease the pressure. they hope the water flowing through the breach will take the water level down in cape road to about 4 ft.. >> darya: residents are searching in alabama for people who are still missing. so many people missing after tornadoes ripped apart their town last week. hundreds are missing in tuscaloosa loan. that is where 45 people have been confirmed killed here that death toll could really rise. they are concerned about looters, areas without power. police are working 12 hour shifts with no

days off and there is a curfew. the national guard is also staffing checkpoints. the storms hitting six states killing 300 people. some people in tennessee are headed to higher ground. they spend allot of yesterday packing up, hugs, sand bagging as they left their homes hoping for the best with these two rivers that are overflowing. you can see a lot of the area is swamped. they have flood warnings for two dozen counties. >> mark: different story in the bay area watching and waiting for warm up. >> james: alive look for mount tam, the sun coming up, not before too long we will see temperatures on the rise. right now we are cool in the morning 49 san francisco 48 san rafael, upper 40's, low 50s. breezy out

there all and all it will be a fantastic afternoon, as a matter of fact our eyes 79 in san rosa, 69 in san francisco, warm or allele 81 degrees, concord a similar mark, 81 for those folks in walnut creek 74 oakland, in the south bay 78 san jose, 80 in livermore and the delta. it will be nothing compared to what we expect tomorrow. 7 day forecast look at wednesday, warm you can almost call it hot with a low 90s. thursday much of the same, friday begins are cooled down. friday, saturday, sunday the dropped wheezy.grappa you can 'k on your commute. >> george: there are no hot

spots, slow traffic developing on 580, through antioch on highway 4 but this is normal. hot spots are unusually slow traffic, we have none of that so far this morning. the bridges as we check the bay bridge, as are bridge check begins, the toll plaza we are very near the time when the meter lights are typically activated, traffic is a light rain out as possible he may get delayed. 880 approach no waiting at all as you head into toll plaza flag spirit san mateo bridge looks good with no delays on either side golden gate bridge ride also an easy one. we mentioned there may be little fog near the bridge and that is the case. it is creeping down words but not affecting traffic on the deck. san jose ride 101,

northbound traffic in the commute direction, it will back up later but right now it is very light. in fact lighter than usual out of downtown san jose. >> mark: parking permits in san francisco could go up again, $96 a year could go up to $100 soon, one of several proposed increase is being considered by the transportation agency board. >> darya: a special election will be happening today, the hot-button issue is school parcel taxes, santa clara and san nicolas cruz they want to approve measure a, the los gatos joint union high school district needs a $49 annual parcel tax over six years, it would provide classroom materials like books and science equipment. the other measure is

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exclusive coverage of the bay to breakers, may 15th that a a.m.. >> mark: warning from honda and telling dealers they will run short of popular models later this summer because of the part shortages. there is a normal production may not return until the end of the year, they will significantly cut production of the civic, the crb will be delayed by one month this fall to make up shortages they will make versions of the 2011 vehicles. honda wants to check driver air bags on 833,000 vehicles for defects. they include 2000 models of the accord and civic, a previous recall because some the vehicles may have had faulty air bags installed after a crash. >> darya: the white house will have a royal visit, prince

charles will meet with president barack obama. today his royal highness will visit the u.s. supreme court. he will be in the united states through thursday and will give a speech in georgetown university. the last visit was in 2007. 6:27 a.m. we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. downtown san francisco through the fog we [ male announcer ] hi lauren and greg, what's up?

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>> mark: a opening bell on wall street futures pointing lower. clorox the maker leach, clad

bags and headed ranch salad dressing. they are down this morning. we'll bring you the numbers throughout the morning on what looks to be down day. watching bay area weather and traffic with james fletcher the weather. >> james: it is going to be a fantastic day this afternoon, starting off cloudy, low clouds over san francisco, currently 49 in the city, don't worry will warm up nicely, 66 by noon, 69 your highs today, low 80s heading into " concord, walnut creek, full forecast coming in a moment now quick check on traffic. >> george: metering lights have been activated on time at the bay bridge toll plaza, we the first back up but the morning for the bay bridge. unusually heavy it is a good commute. no hot spots for the rest of the

ride around the bay complete check ahead. >> mark: we are learning more about the operation that killed osama bin laden and what some military team found inside of the compound in pakistan. meantime as news of osama bin laden status sent sent his victims' families are calling this news bittersweet. >> you can see the candles pitcher's left at ground zero. more details coming out about the secret raid and mission to kill osama bin laden. they are poring over that information gathered over the raid. many people here and across the country are savoring the moment. >> ground zero and shanks bill

pennsylvanian the pentagon. so many went to grieve and now so many are coming to rejoice and reflect. >> it's good to see an evil person receive justice, it is better to realize so many good people met a brutal death. >> reporter: this is the compound where he was killed. new released images show president barack obama and top officials waiting to hear a single word, geronimo, the code that he was captured or dead. her >> the minutes passed like days, the president was concerned about the security of our personnel, >> reporter: they took out the bin laden and computer equipment. personnel are analyzing the material to learn more. monday night president

barack obama received a standing ovation. >> we are reminded again, pride in what this nation stands for. >> reporter: the rebuilding is still underway, president barack obama los see it firsthand when he meets with 911 family members. sandra and appearing to >> louisa: a steady stream of comments coming in, we will try to read as many as we can. the question is do think the government should release the photos of osama bin laden body. this response. yes you should whopper of he was actually killed, another viewer disagrees he said charlotte's to try to

arrange to the terrorists even more. lymphoma more comments from you, it looks like we will continue to take those comments throughout the morning. go to our facebook and page or follows on twitter. >> mark: stories we're following out of this house bay san jose facing hundreds of layoffs if the unions cannot agree on to belching the budget. --balancing the budget. --they're talking about possibly laying off 195 police officers, 64 firefighters, the library would lose 72 positions, 182 parks and recreation jobs would be slashed, to public hearings before any new budget is adopted on june 21st. more than 6800 pg&e customers are getting refunds and let the germany for inconvenience. the company says

it's doing this after they spotted a defect in a smart meter they are using. well trento's much money is affected. >> will: the rare defect causes this market meters to run faster, they are recalling the meters at no charge, giving people a $40 a refund. there are also giving people a $25 credit. they know who the affected people are and will be contacting them. if you have questions give them a call at the 1-866-743-0263. pg&e insists there meters are extremely accurate. will tran kron 4 news. >> darya: you will need your

airconditioner by tomorrow james. >> james: beautiful morning in the making, low clouds out there making it a bit to i don't as a gloomy, i will say cloudy. san francisco seeing clouds, 49 currently, san jose 49, have been bay 50, walnut creek seeing 50. santa rosa 43. let's look at where temperatures are going, santa rosa 79 for you, 78 in napa, 81 in fairfield and vallejo, san francisco topping out at 69, a bit warmer than further south to get. 76 by redwood city, 73 in hayward, fremont 75 this afternoon. again warm or the further east to go, 80 in walnut creek, 80 and

livermore, 80 in the delta and in the south bay writer on the market as well. 84 the sunnyvale, san jose will come in at 78, all in all not bad, if you're headed to the a's game as they take on the indians is should be a good game 7:05 p.m. this start time. 67 degrees at first pitch and then the sun will set halfway through the game, by about 93061 degrees for you.9:30 p.m. 61 degrees for yo. >> george: this may be a stall at the inclined section, we will take a look to see there are delays, as you notice there is hardly any movement here at the heart of the toll plaza, it looks like they cranked the meter lights down. there is a chp report of a stall, he may be

blocking lanes. we will check that been updated in our next report. san mateo bridge ride is problems rate, no delays in the west, eastbound direction. golden gate bridge ride is problem free coming in for marin county, no delays through marin on 1 01 southbound. >> mark >> darya: still no brain seizures as a pariah in stowthee as out ofbryan stow's. all his movement has so far been in voluntary, charlie sheen is donating the profits $20,000 in profits and donations from his san francisco show this past

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i hate traffic! ♪ [ child ] the train is now arriving. [ male announcer ] the train has arrived indeed. in honor of amtrak's 40th anniversary, kids ride free for 40 days. details at amtrak.com. >> james: lead a quick look head of walnut creek, temperatures are actually going to be beautiful. right now it is ok 50 degrees in the creek, 78 lunchtime, 81 by your highs this afternoon. a full look coming up in just a bit. >> mark: new this morning richmond teachers going to be a holding a rally to protest budget cuts, to get you more news after we turn to jackie live in richmond. >> reporter: some protesters are

around here already, it is a c ta. 2 in protest doing all all weekend long, these are west teachers from the richmond school district out here this morning. they just got out here, there're only four or five of them. they will be out here for 12 hours until 6:00 p.m. tonight, some of the teachers have come out before school, when school starts they will g replace them with retired teachers and parents, they're hoping to get the word to the governor they don't want to see any more budget cuts, those taxes increases extended, costar county will be hit hard by these layoffs, 80 employees will be affected, this is a weeklong programs set up by the c t a

they will have another protest later this afternoon in san leandro, tomorrow pay word will get into the system starting to protest there. for right now is marsmall mark. >> mark: will be right back.

>> darya: our recap of the big story, the wake of osama bin laden instead, it was cellphone call by one of been law since trusted aides that lead the u.s. to the doorstep of the man's most wanted terrorist. --world's most wanted--. he lead as the special forces team to the compound without knowing it. this fall and was on for one call and that was all we needed.

they seized al-qaida documents during the raid, they are poring over those documents and hard drives to get information about al-qaida. 23 children and nine women were in that compound. the women and children aboard turned over to pakistan authorities. an official says osama bin laden was shot be above his left eye, photos were transmitted to washington as proof this mission was a success. they are considering whether not to release the photos, they don't want to anchor the community. >> justine: the white house senior adviser on counter terrorism he wants to know how did bin laden stay at that compound for six years undetected. >> a mission like this it was

kept within a small circle within the government itself appeared in an edition we made a decision not to share with any other form of government including pakistan. we wanted to maintain security. pakistan has been a strong partner in the effort to destroy al-qaida, more al-qaida and other terrorist that they captured and killed in pakistan than any other country. many brave pakistan is have given their lives in this effort. although we have differences of views we are partners with pakistan and continued to be. we appreciate your understanding that we undertook this mission, they congratulating us and we are ready to move forward. >> justine: they took out bin laden and computer equipment. they are analyzing the materials so they can learn more about his network. >> mark: bay area weather, let's

go to james >> james: here is a look at what we see from the roof camera, below cloud cover or the city, dealing with that along with cool andtemperatures. this morning in the '50s, this afternoon getting into '70s-'80s. are temperatures right now 43 in san rosa, easy start this afternoon, warming up considerably this afternoon 76 novato, 69 san francisco warmer in vallejo and concord 81 for you. san jose 78, in the east bay antioch 80, livermore 80,

all in all it will be a beautiful day even a better day tomorrow we get down right hot. for wednesday 90 degrees or more for your afternoon highs in some of our warmer location 38, thursday much the same, friday began are cool down down to the upper 60s and by sunday. >> george: our last report we mentioned a stall on the incline section of the bridge. it had been reported at the top of the incline, as you can see here it is at the base of the incline in the left-hand lane that doesn't help things out little but only a little. traffic is sluggish coming out from the metering lights towards the base of the incline. because of this they slow the meter lights down so the back up even with the light traffic we saw is already to the 880 over cross for westbound bay

bridge. i'm surprised they have not clear that out yet. if they don't get it cleared shortly we could look at a bigger back up. and so far we have been hot spot free here. let's continue with a bridge check as we go to the san mateo bridge and your ride here which is problems free, no delays in that direction. the golden gate bridge ride also looks good. you can see light traffic in for marin county is still a problem is reported through marin county. out to walnut creek, 680-24 interchange extremely light for this that bound ride headed into the san ramon valley with no delays. >> mark: more problems for sony, they announced hackers may have taken personal information for 24.6 million user accounts. this

data was taken from sony online which is computer gaming. tom's on top of the 77 plays station accounts that were jeopardized by a malicious intrusion. it happened april 16th, 17th. sony's play station network has been down for two weeks. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. a programming note to tell you about, this saturday we will airing "chase" right here on kron4. and then the kron4 news will be on after that, because the giant's game will be airing on nbc. ♪ you'll run outside

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rainfall since 1995. >> darya: a teacher from washington state celebrated osama bin laden death by shaving. here is the before and after pictures. he proclaimed he would not shave until he was found and captured, and killed. he thought it was would be a month or so. >> it was obvious we were losing a lot of civilians. i had not anticipated 10 years, i should of given up watermelon. >> darya: he is clean shaven now, when you think about how long he had the beard, it was 3454 days. >> mark: the man who juststill

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