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>> mark: scary fight the disturbances or unruly passenger with the yemeni passport alive report coming up. >> darya: president barack obama describing the raid on osama bin laden >> mark: in tennessee they are worth waiting for the worst flood in 70 years appeared details straight ahead. the news at 6:00 a.m. starts now. >> live from the bay area new station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: we want a get you
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started with weather. >> louisa:, start for the day, a clear shot of the be chairman, temperatures warming up slightly from yesterday. overall it will be a pleasant stay here and into the afternoon we will warm-up but get clouds around. full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> george: the bay bridge looks like an easy trip, no delays or metering lights, so far no hot spots. >> mark: topping our news trouble on both light headed into the sfo. slide in attendance sun too unruly passenger as it was making its approach and his in francisco. the passengers stopped a passenger by banging on the cockpit door and shouting. he
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was put in plastic handcuffs. esotery flight. thseries late. >> will: they don't know his nationality his passport was from yemen. he is in the san francisco jail right now, the plane was about 30 minutes out of sfo it was over modesto when he allegedly took a lot of people by surprise. he was sitting in a coach he walked briskly toward the front of the plate, did not draw attention to themselves. once he got to the cockpit a flight attendant thought he was up to no good. i spoke with the police department he picks up the story. >> at that point, the passenger continued forward to the flight deck door. he began striking on
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the door. the flight attendant move towards a passenger to get away from the door and return to his seat. when the passenger refused to move back the flight attendant bear hug him, try to take him away from the door. >> will: it took more than one person, another flight attendant rushed over and helped, but those two could not handle it, too retired authorities were on the plaplan. they jumped into action it took all for them to take down this man who is described as a burly man, 28 years old. they radioed ahead authorities were waiting when the airplane landed. he was taken away without interest.inji
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spoke about the retired police officers and the secret storser. it wasn't it just happened that they were on the plane. this will be investigated. at no time did this unruly passenger break into the cockpit, at this stage it is like a bald, no change in to a directortrajectoe plane. >> mark: let's check on the news room. >> justine: a fire near lhasa angeles, these pictures are just coming in it is in tents at the moment, you can see the thick smoke as it billows into the
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sky. dozens of firefighters are on the scene right now, you can see the fire and a thick plume of smoke. no observation on injuries or what building is on fire but we have seen dozens of firefighters on the scene. they are on top of their ladders spring water down. you can see what they're trying to do to get things under control. a lot of people are standing around watching the situation. we will try to get more from national what building in this is that is up in smoke this morning. >> darya: 6:06 a.m., president barack obama is called last week's raid the longest 40 minutes of his life. with the exception of one his daughter got sick with meningitis as an infant in an interview he said he knew sending special forces
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into pakistan was risky, but it was the best way to make sure they had their man. even with months of intelligence the odds of him in that compound were only 55 percent. the president said he is such confidence he decided their risk was a out weighed by the benefits. >> mark: major flooding on the mississippi. you can see some of the flooding here, thousands of homes in the southwestern part of the state are flooded around memphis. hundreds of homes flooded by tonight the mississippi river could peak. heavy rains and melting snow has caused flooding along the mississippi. it will crest at 48 ft. it has not been seen in 70 years. the mississippi river which is half a mile wide is now
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3 mi. wide. people have been forced from their home ts. all live look from louisiana real concerns about the flood waters as to make their way to norland spirit they are opening up the spill waling fresh water from the mississippi to flow into and flood a lake. given the alternative the decision has been made to a sled the lake instead. they're pulling out from the spill way and allow water to flow in from the mississippi to the lake. hopefully drop the level of mississippi river by several feet. >> louisa: cool start this morning temperatures in the '40's, bricks of sunshine out there this morning, still cloud cover as well as we head into the afternoon mostly sunny conditions, the northerly breeze
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will help to assure warm up a few degrees from yesterday's. your shirt current temperatures in the '40's, 48 degrees in downtown san francisco, snowfall this morning up along i-80. your highs should be in the '60s and '70s today 61 in downtown san francisco, '70s today in some of the the inland spots, down in the south bay looks like we will stay into the low 60s. warming up to more on them by the weekend a slight chance of rain. >> george: george mitchell hot spots for this commute, we will start at the bay bridge westbound all back up or delays, meter lights not active. san mateo bridge looks good lighter than usual here, windy advisory as are cancelled, the golden gate bridge ride problem free for marin county. 6:09 a.m.
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>> darya: the flight attendants so do women really passenger putting him in handcuffs as they were approaching san francisco. the passenger was banging on the cockpit door and shouting on flight 1561 coming from chicago. he was caring a yemeni passport so far no links to terrorist organizations. a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in albuquerque, a suspicious note was found in the bathroom with the word bomb on it. they landed investigated no devices were on board. earlier
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yesterday a continental airlines flight from houston to chicago diverted tuesday louis, a person tried to open up plane door during the flight. >> mark: he said he had a bad mother's day. a live look from the civic center a beautiful morning around the bay, chance of rain later this week. >> louisa: we have lot of things this weekend a lot of folks wanting to do things out doors, but we have a chance of rain for the weekend. try this morning we are seeing a nice breeze of sunshine this morning 48 degrees in san francisco, a cool start this morning. by noon time into the 50s your highs today will be 61. elsewhere this morning cup been to places like santa rosa 41 degrees, 43 for
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napa, 49 through the livermore valley. in the south bay mid to upper 40's. by the afternoon upper 60s for san rosa, 70 in fairfield ended to belly belt, 61 differences go. i around the bay low 60s the 64 in san jose. by the weekend this is what the weather pattern looks like, by about 1:00 p.m. saturday could get sprinkles into the north bay heading southward. the later part of your day and saturday right on into sunday's well brims with the digits of wet weather. a good portion of the day will keep chance of rain around. here's your 7 day around the bay showing a bit of a warm- up and to tomorrow. tomorrow could be the nicest day of the work week into the upper 60s around abatement upper '70s inland. we will stay into the '70s through the work week with
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morning fog in sunshine and the afternoon. >> george: good ride no hot spots, a bridge check started at the toll plaza, san mateo bridge looks good, westbound. golden gate bridge ride an easy trip across the golden gate bridge with no delays southbound. >> mark: the latest development with the united educator upseedn francisco. they are upset over cuts to education. >> craig: teachers are signing up for a rally that will eventually go to the capitol in sacramento. they're starting in san francisco. they are at the steps to block away will be marching at 7:00 a.m. to the
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district school office, governor brown going round and round on whether not to extend tax to help out with schools. >> we hope when we get up there by the hundreds, of they will see and hear our message seeing the importance of this. if you're trying to educate california children we have to have the funding. >> craig: republicans are blocking the question on the ballot. first in june and now he's thinking of november. it wanted a solution now, they need to from the senate and to from the assembly to extend those taxes. 20,000 packs looks " may 50 they want something done before then.
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>> darya: 6:21 a.m. city councilman is apologizing today for his actions over the weekend. he was arrested early saturday morning 40 you are right. he was drinking with friends and thought it was ok to drive that he was ok. the patrol pulled him over tested his blood alcohol it was 0.1 to appear legal limit is 0.08. >> the reason i wanted to come out letting the community now and let my colleagues know about this and apologize is that i realize we have serious decisions to make over the past few weeks i don't want this to be destruction. i wanted to fully admit my responsibility. >> darya: he appears in court next month and he will plead guilty. >> justine: live pictures out of
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california where we watch a huge fire takeover a building. let's go live to the area. it is a commercial building, it just not sure how it started, or where it is located other than huntington park. a firefighter is trying to attack the fire from above with the huge hose of water. there is so much smoke and fire damage already. lookit the dangerous job he has taken on this morning trying to attack the fire at a commercial building near loss angeles on top of ladder. there are dozens of firefighters on seen trying to get this fire under control. firefighters are battling a fire in california continuing to monitor the
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>> mark: futures rising ahead of the opening bell there is a sell-off on silver and oil last week. both elbows on a rise right now. sitting group did a 1-410 reverse split. don't be excited when you see it at 45-1 your shared didn't jump that much. >> darya: i was going to say that never happens to me. it's a big paper thin.g. traditional look at several shistaking a loo
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nice weather? >> louisa: we will look at a weathered a few minutes. >> george: a back up in the westbound direction, but the bay bridge no hot spots this morning. >> darya: scary flights for an american airlines plane headed for san francisco. an unruly passenger tries to storm the cockpit. will tran is live. >> will: for their they believe this is an isolated incident, it was 30 minutes from as at all. there were over modesto at that time. he was caring and a yemeni passport as well as the california identification card. he's being held at the jail been taught to buy local as well as federal investigators. at about
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nine he was sitting in coach and then moves towards the front of the plane. they thought he was going to the bathroom in front of the plane. when he got to the cop one flight attendant tried to tell him he had to go back to the seat he did not listen. another flight attendant told him the same thing, they got a tour wrestling match, when that did not an this to other people jump into action >> at that point the passenger continued forward to the flight deck door where he struck the door. the flight attendant, move toward that passenger to get him away from the door, trying to have him returned from his seat. when the passenger refused to move back the attendant bear hug him, trying to take him away
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from the door. >> will: that wasn't the sound we hope to hear from, basically you've heard about the flight attendant. when that didn't happen to other people jump into action, one that he retire sheriff's deputy, he was on board the plane as well as a retired secret service agent, they happen to be passengers not part of an air marshal program, all four of them got them on the ground and handcuffed him. they call the head to the tower at sfo they were waiting for him and nobody was injured appeared at this point they think it is an isolated incident. but to knows. for now they are saying he was acting alone at the time. we would hear more about his information. the plane
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landed without incident, he never brought into the got pat which the surgeon says the cockpit is like a ball. >> darya: thank you. >> mark: let's build a look at the forecast. >> louisa: temperatures warming up slightly today, to more even more, the shot of san francisco, blue sky, fair weather clouds out there to start you off. mostly sunny into the afternoon and we warm up in the afternoon. right now we are in the 30's and santa rosa, 40's in san francisco, oakland, redwood city 44, tuesday in antioch some of the warmer spots. your afternoon highs today few degrees warmer than yesterday,
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68 san rosa, 70 vallejo, fairfield, '60s around the bay, '60s around the coast. we have a chance of rain by the weekend, keeping our eye on that, right now the timing of the storm brings in wet weather, starting off the north bay than shifting southward. we continue to keep it around rain into the evening hours of your saturday, sunday. chance of rain continuing through the afternoon on your sunday even portions of the evening as well. 7 day around bay shows tomorrow warming up, temperatures mid to upper 70's, buyers are set, friday morning fog, sunshine and the afternoon, the weekend brings us a chance of wet weather, cool for the weekend as well. >> george: a bridge check no hot spots this morning, the back up at the bay bridge almost back to
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the east parking lot for the westbound lane, it looks as though they slow the meter lights. san mateo bridge ride looks good westbound and eastbound traffic no delays, light for the span. one no one for marin county no delays or reports of problems through marin. let's go to the newsroom. >> justine: miller information coming and why don't we take you live right now.--more information. --. this is the new information and appears the fire has been caused by an explosion, the black smoke can be seen for miles even reports of it being spotted from loss angeles international airport as well as several freeways.
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hundreds of firefighters are trying to get this under control. they are on these high and ladders pouring water on to the flames. some of them are 20 ft. above the roof. no immediate reports of injuries, the building is in huntington park is a winter quality food company. ---windsor high quality food company--. as soon as we get new pictures we will bring them life. >> darya: we will be back in a couple minutes.
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of people hurt. this train was coming from new york city when it collided with the bumper locked which absorbed the impact. 38 people suffered minor injuries. doctors treating a canadian woman stranded in a remote area near the novato border was and days of dying from lack of nutrition. read that is in a liquid diathat. she and her husband got lost on their drive to las vegas, he is still missing. he went to go get help, he is missing she was rescued. yesterday they had to stop this surge yesterday they will resume as long as the weather permits today. >> mark: jury selection for a
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tv. there were among the evidence seized after the raid that killed him in pakistan. >> mark: a look at the mississippi river swelling continues of the river expected to crest this evening around memphis at 48 ft.. close to an all-time record set back in 1937. it is normally half mile route why it is now 3 mi. wide. >> louisa: no record here in the bay area, temperatures are on the rise into the afternoon, starting off cool, this afternoon mostly sunny, cool and clear into the evening hours. right now what we see it is dry conditions right around the bay. shower activity through the foothills, snow along i-80 this morning. it looks to be shifting around highway 50. temperatures
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it actually out there, 48 in san francisco, 39 degrees in the san rosa, 54 hayward and antioch san jose temperatures and to the upper 40's, by the afternoon into the '60s. 68 san rosa, 70 fairfield, temperatures around the bay should stay into the low 60s and we will get up to about 64 in san jose. chance of rain for the weekend, we will see it said in the later part of your saturday, picking up sprinkles from the north bay shifting south word appeared in to the evening we could pick up sprinkles continuing to lend her over into your sunday. sunday we have a decent chance of raindrops. widespread chances as well from the north bay down to the south bay continues into the evening hours. throughout the rest of the work week we stand the '60s and we will start off
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with fog, lots of sunshine into the afternoon, cool and by the weekend. 6:48 a.m. let's go to george. >> george: no hot spots to slow your ride, bridge check the bay bridge westbound, slow here from the 880 over cross, but 880 looks good. san mateo bridge ride looks good here heavier volume but no delays in that direction. goulding gate bridge ride still very smoothly with no delays. --golden gate bridge ride-- >> mark: the operator of japan's power plant agrees to close that nuclear power plant. it sits in an area made rector earthquake is expected within 30
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years. they reached its conclusion after evaluating the 54 reactors for a quick and tsunami law nobility's.vulnerab. . people having difficulty finding places to build homes due to lack of high ground in the area. they need 1800 temporary houses, and now they have 1000. >> darya: bay to breakers the six days away, this year it has a lot more roles to crack down on bad behavior and alcohol. maureen found websites encouraging people to break those rules. >> reporter: lookit this month training video that is posted on this web site. it shows
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people getting ready by drinking beer and dodging people in place to uniforms. there are tips how to drink without being caught. they say thing camel pack instead of toile pact. porta- potti instead of a bush. >> if you choose to drink you have to be discreet, they will go for the low hanging fruit. if you're discreet there's no way they can enforce that on 100,000 people. >> reporter: they posted this article entitled why should creche the bay to breakers even though it sold out despite the organizers say they will crack down on registered runner spirit i spoke with the spokesman who said people who drank run the risk of being
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arrested. the reason behind the tough rules is because some past behavior has put the future of the race in jeopardy. >> we have to stop people from drinking hurting themselves or others. there may not be 101 bay to breakers. if it's important we in for some so that this risk and lost 100 more years. >> mark: bay to breakers kicking off sunday may 15th, catch their rates on kron 4 starting at 8:00 a.m., pam and gary will be in the studio covering their race. we will replay at sunday evening at 7:00 p.m.. we will be back as a morning news continues in telephony am.continues until.
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>> mark: strength of ipad sales at all over taking google as the most valuable brand in the world. apple's top ranking and to go goals top ranking. $153 billion it is an 84% increase from last year. kugels volume dropped 2%. apple coming in as the third mosibm third place. fa new source appeared in plays to our role in directing people to news sites. they funneled 3% of
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traffic to new sites. an analysis data compiled by needs alnielsen co.. google account fr 30 percent of the traffic. >> darya: maybe some of the movies inspired you this weekend. "thor" kicked off the summer movie season by smashing the competition at the box office with a $66 million opening weekend. the 3-d action picture from paramount, based on the marvel comic, was by far the no. 1 movie, according to sunday studio estimates. in second place was a holdover from last week, the car-racing sequel "fast five" from universal pictures. it made $32.5 million for a total of nearly $140 million in just 10 days. "jumping the broom" from tristar pictures came in third with $13.7 million, higher than studio expectations.
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>> mark:don't forget kron4 has exclusive coverage of the 100 zazzle, bay to breakers on kron4 that will be sunday, may 15th, beginning at 8:00 a.m. we have cameras all replay the event sunday night at 7:00 p.m. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. [ male announcer ] hey michelle, whatcha doin'?
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