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it is one of seven burning across--the fire isn't least one of seven burning across colorado. president obama will visit the area on friday. >> james: the decision on health care will be decided this morning. >> james: k. townsend explains the implication of today's decision. >>anchor: a major ruling is expected around 7:00 a.m., their decision on whether or not president obama as health care plan is constitutional. 26 states got together and sue the federal government's and they did not believe it was constitutional to require uninsured americans to purchase health insurance. the plan would require that and if the uninsured cannot purchase insurance they would be fined. there are also benefits that could drop for people that are ensured that have already been put in place. such as
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the law requiring insurance companies to let adults cover their children until the age of 26. that has been a very popular part of the plan that might not hold up if the supreme court rules that this is unconstitutional. >> james: california gov. jerry brown has signed a state budget closing a budget gap on paper that relies heavily on boaters passing tax measures in november. state lawmakers finished work on the plan yesterday featured 21 cost- cutting measures which included cuts to welfare and social services. if they rejected in november a series of automatic cuts will be triggered largely aimed at public schools. >> justine: the san francisco sheriff is to testify tonight he was suspended by the mayor italy in march on his conduct charges. he pled guilty in connection to an argument
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with his wife on new year's eve where he grabbed and bruised her arm, he is expected to testify tomorrow. in order to be removed from office after the hearing, nine of the 11 members of the board of supervisors would have to approve this. we will keep you updated. >> james: police say this female victim died from severe head trauma from the attack in orinda. the victim's boyfriend james collins is not charged with one count of a police did he confess with the crime. he lived with his girlfriend for more than 10 years. >> justine: walnut creek police are asking for the help of the public to find a man who exposed himself to a 14 year-old girl. reggie kumar choses to these investigators are looking for. >>anchor: this is a sketch of a man walnut creek police say approach the teenage girl and offered her drugs
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and solicited sex. it happened here last monday. police said the suspect all the 14 year old to the parking lot of the residence where he exposed himself. he was wearing an orange construction vest. some residents believe that he could be a construction worker. they say road crews are repaving lanes and some are concerned about walking on this trail now. >> i think it is scary because i use this trail all the time and sometimes i am alone. >> i am always on the lookout it does not matter what time of day anything can happen anywhere any type of suspicion i think anyone should report. >>anchor: the suspect is described as a hispanic male in his 40 with luckier than i as he weighs about 200 lbs. and has a beer belly. he was wearing an orange construction vest and spoke with a spanish accent. >> justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news on this thursday morning thank
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for being with us as we take a quick break right now. here is a live look outside for our roof camera and san
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>> james: despite cuts to education california high school students are actually performing better that is according to a new state department of education report. it says the 76.3 percent of students graduating high-school statewide in that is actually up 1.5% from the year 2010. meanwhile dropout rates went down 2%. students who spoke english were the most improved population. >> james: european leaders meet for a key summit and the government will release its records of its gdp growth. the dow is off about 70 points after gaining 92 points yesterday. the nasdaq and the s&p futures are also down this
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morning, the supreme court will be announcing the decision on health care law and that could impact the markets as well. meantime investors are still watching europe as leaders are going to be meeting to discuss the pressure that they're under to backstop the debt of struggling nations. >> james: we will bring you the latest as it develops the opening bell is fit to drink at 6:30 a.m.. >> justine: the first latino justice will be confirm to the sixth district today. this will be the first latino justice on the influential sticks the district court of appeals. --6th district court of appeals. >> justine: a bill is making it easier to fire teachers accused of gross misconduct. it was in response to a loss
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into this case where a tool to wrest from multiple land tax. it will lead the school board dismissed teachers but only for violent sexual or drug offenses involving children. there was heavy opposition from teachers unions who said that this bill would harm teachers' rights because of the process. >> james: we will take a quick break here, the current temperature in los angeles is about 54 degrees. not a bad day on tap, we will hav a full forecast with air coming up in just a minute.
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>> james: turkey has warned damascus that it will not tolerate any violation of the border by the syrian forces. >> justine: floor the police said the man that was killed after chewing off another man's face was not high on basalts officials said the man had marijuana in his body. police killed eugene after the 18 minute attack in miami last month. the national institute of drug abuse say that bath salts contain synthetic stimulants that can cause chest pains, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and illusions. >> justine: law enforcement officials search cargo for a stowaway last night. we shall do these live pictures of yesterday morning, you may remember them. u.s. and custom and
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immigration say that no stowaways have been found but they will continue their examinations today. >> justine: more than 150 of the 200 containers authorities believe could be carrying people. the ship has 2000 containers. >> james: tropical storm did the district and out to sea but it is leaving behind flooded streets in a number of neighborhoods across florida. this is quite a mess. this is what drivers were contending with in the city of live oak. they had to shut down some roads and government scott is scheduled to visit that area to survey damage later today. president obama has already offered federal help if needed. at last check i think it is added up to the atlantic. >> justine: i think erica is standing by now the only in the car forecast but to show us what did the is doing right now.
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>> erica: good morning to you justine. now as you can see it has drifted out to the atlantic and flooding is certainly a concern for everyone in that area. we will keep you abreast of any changes throughout the morning. here in the bay area looks like we are off to a warmer start than usual. >> erica: that, as we check out what is on tap as we head into the afternoon it looks like a mixture of '70s and '80s it depends it could be a couple degrees warmer cooler. we have 76 for mountain view, 86 for those in sunnyvale. >> erica: we have meant to low eighties for places like concord and will the creek--
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walnut creek. it looks like downtown san francisco could reach an afternoon high of 60 degrees. >> erica: satellite and radar in the bay area shows clear conditions we could see a little bit of cloud coverage starting to develop along the coastline. as i walk you through what he should expect it looks like mostly clear conditions for this afternoon. it looks like the fog will come back at this evening. we do have and a bit of a warmup in store you will see that on your seven day around the bay forecast, we have upper 80s by monday for your warmest inland areas. >> erica: it could be pretty toasty for those of you sell
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it--for those of the celebrating for the july on wednesday. your commute looks pretty clear. >> erica: heading down to the san mateo bridge south bound 880, it looks like you're driving just 14 minutes from in to end. this looks like a perfect time to leave your house if you're heading south down on 101. >> erica: on the traffic that we have a lot of green coming down the freeway. >> erica: we do not see any back up coming off of the off my past. >> justine: a 38 year old man is dead after spending his motorcycle out on a southbound highway 1 to one in san jose. the accident was reported after 11:00 p.m. last night. no other
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vehicles were involved in the accident the san jose police department's said espy may have been a factor in this fatal crash. >> james: a man that was critically wounded on tuesday it expected to survive. two men approached the victims shot him in the upper body in the lower body please have not identified a suspect but they say that it appears that the shooting was not gang-related. >> justine: today's health- care settling from the supreme court will mark a key point in the presidential race. presumptive presidential nominee there romney's opposition has been at the key to his campaign to this. we will cover the results
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coming up at 7:00 a.m. to >> james: . the board of directors of rupert murdoch's news corp. have approved a plan for splitting the newspaper business and entertainment operations into two separate companies at least according to the wall street journal. the vote apparently was unanimous and is supposed to be announced sometime later this morning. >> justine: for the first time and a central to america's largest cities are growing at a faster rate than the surrounding suburbs. the census says this is due to young adults seeking a foothold in an active job market they want to buy an urban areas instead. the census estimate highlight the dramatic switch that more young adults are delaying careers, marriage and having children burden with college debt. they are spurring home ownership for no strings attached apartment living in
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larger cities. >> james: john edwards former mistress and the mother of one of his children is on of book released. she stopped by cnn last night with her and peers morgan got into a heated exchange. >> if you are talking graphic detail of the and not to talk about john. >> i want to talk about what is in the book. you are asking me about john to the it is very painful. >> you are telling graphic details and the book. >> it is not graphic details. >> i do not tell the graphic details of the bed hopping, you do. >> why does the media make everything so salacious? >> because you could salacious material in your book. >> it is not. your spin on
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it is salacious. >> of it is not had this little full of the break he said it was the best sex that you ever had. >> i did not say that. >> was it or wasn't it? [laughter] >> i walked right into that. >> james: hunter says that she and edwards are still a family but they are not together. >> justine: much more coming up after the break. we take a live look outside at 680 and walnut creek traffic looks fine. hey, your high speed internet here at home...
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year-old in veterans alley. the project may take as long as two months to complete, project organizers say that this is a part of a larger effort to transform the alley which right now the popular place for drug use among homeless veterans. >> justine: santa clara has been given the go-ahead to begin negotiations. the city council voted this week to start exclusive talked with joe montana's group. montana says that he has the money for a four-star hotel, a sports bar and an upscale restaurant. this is video of what the stadium will look like that is set to open in 2014. critics of this month and a plan on the that the city should open up the land to all potential developers. >> james: i am excited to see that develop. >> james: now another way to warn people about whether
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starting today smart phone users can start getting text messages through the new wireless emergency alert system. when a warning is issued for a specific counties users will get a message for a specific sound and vibration on the phone. if he did not want to get the warning to can opt out of that system >> justine: much more ahead but what i want to ask is what you are doing it for the fourth of july? first we have a liquor with the temperatures are an open right now. currently is 56 degrees, 71 today that is really nice to have a high of 73 that is perfect. >> james: we will have cameras everywhere around the bay. everywhere. >> justine: where at? >> james: we will be in pleasant hill, milpitas, and of course the mission
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district. >> justine: i will be watching. it starts right here on kron4 at 9:00 p.m. on july 4th we will be right back.
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[music] >> james: good morning, people living in san francisco woke up this morning to the sound of gunfire after a man was shot and killed in the streets. we will have the latest on the story coming up. >> james: the supreme court justices will reveal their verdict on president obama of health-care overhaul more on that to come. >> james: and 24 square mile while fire continues to burn overnight in colorado. this morning we're learning about what the firefighters have successfully save. >> justine: the store with a
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quick check of one erica is in the weather center and we will have a quick check of traffic what can we expect today? >> erica: we can expect similar temperatures to what we had yesterday. >> erica: we can pretty much expect the same conditions today with a light wind. we do have a little bit of fog hugging the coastline. but that is sure to burn off this afternoon. >> erica: temperatures are still sitting in the '70s and '80s and as we head into the evening it looks like that fog will return to the coastline temperatures will be a little bit cooler as we head into tomorrow. here is a breakdown of the numbers we see a wide range of fifties. >> erica: our future
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forecast shows that about 12:00 p.m. fee all of the city's on your screen with sustained wind it sitting in the teens. as we push the clock and closer to the evening hours it looks like we will increase a little bit but it looks like the wind gust will stay out of the picture. >> erica: breaking down the numbers about 3:00 p.m. you can expect a good mixture of '70's and 80's in the south bay. >> erica: we will see low eighties around milpitas and san jose, and 87 is the warmest place on the map for those in antioch. >> erica: we will experience plenty of sunshine in the north bay and upper '70's hit. we have 68 for downtown san francisco and 73 for san mateo. >> erica: your kron4 seven
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day around the bay forecast shows that temperatures began to slide as we head into the weekend. we have partly cloudy skies as we head into the afternoon on sunday and it looks like the temperatures will increase as we head into the next work week. >> james: here is a quick look at your traffic there are no hot spots, your travel on west bound 880 is moving smoothly. the golden gate bridge also has an easy ride for you out of iran county. adds--out of a more rain county. now let us get back to the news. >> justine: video just in to the kron4 newsroom in showing us the situation this is a murder that happened overnight and police are investigating the shooting death in the eagle side neighborhood in san francisco. it happened around 12:30 p.m.. police say a man was a of
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pronounced--it happened on one 12:30 p.m., police say a man was pronounced dead on the scene. >> james: the other big story that we are following this morning is the health care law. the sper--the supreme court will deliver their ruling some time from now. the court could uphold this health-care law, they could strike down or they could been the requirement that most americans care health-insurance unconstitutional while retaining other parts of the law. there are a lot of different ways they can come down in their ruling anticipation could be unnerving for the president and his republican challenger.
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>> president barak obama: i believe it was right to make sure that over 3 million young people can stay on their parents' health insurance plan. i believe it was right to provide more discounts for seniors on their prescription drugs. >> my guess is they are not sleeping very well at the white house tonight and that is the way it should be. this is a decision about whether or nine obama care is constitutional. >> james: democrats and republicans are trying to cast the decision in the most advantageous like for the canada. stay tuned for the ruling we expect this to happen around 7:00 a.m.. we will bring you the decision as soon as it enters our newsroom. also lacking headlines from the state, california gov. jerry brown
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of course has signed a state budget closing that $15.7 billion gap at least on paper anyway. that budget relies heavily on voters passing tax measures in november. state lawmakers finish work on the plan yesterday that featured cost cutting plans to welfare and social services. if voters reject this tax in november a series of automatic cuts will be triggered largely to schools. >> justine: thousands of people in colorado or waiting to find out if they will survive if the hon will survive the fast-moving wildfire. the evacuation of the impact some 36,000 people. the fire right now is 15,000 a. which is about 24 square miles. to put that into perspective that is about the size of livermore. it is burning west of colorado springs and about 1000 firefighters are trying to put it out. the army is also trying to protect the u.s. air force base. they do not won the
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academy to catch on fire. the fire is only 5% contained in the fbi is investigating whether or not this is arson. >> this is the worst drought that we have seen in ages, the conditions are so high. >> caller: we are working on making a request for a presidential declaration a national declaration. >> justine: the fire is the least one of release seven that are burning across colorado when the state is selling the most severe while fire season in recent memory. they say many homes may have managed to been saved and the person he will visit this area on friday. >> james: fire season has arrived in the bay area and firefighters are on alert. cal fire has begun its training the crew spent the day yesterday cutting brush.
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>> james: we are not quite as dry as colorado but the threat here is very real. >> colorado is having a hard time there humidity levels are at 0% 100 degree temperatures, a lot of wind, they have a heck of a fire going on. hear, we do have coastal influence that comes in that keeps our humidity up somewhat. but we do have the dead fuel and the wind here, so it is just a matter of when it will happen. we went 50 years before we had any major fires in this county and in 2008 and 2009 showed that this county can burn. we had the summit fire, the trading fire, we had two of them up to the north and to to the south. since then it has been residence of the quiet.
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--since then it has been relatively quiet. >> james: the chief said it is not just the heavier fuel, the light brush and trees he said the the mounds are loaded with dried grass as well. >> justine: we have a much more ahead. we would tekakwitha board of first you want to see what is happening from our roof in san francisco, stay with us we will be right back.
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>> justine: piccinni claims that a well was damaged during a test in 1956. --pg
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&e faces millions of dollars of fines and lawsuits. >> james: wall street will have to act quickly if they do not interest rates for new staff for loans will double to 6.8% affecting more than 7 million students over the next year. congressional leaders are also hoping for a bill that will renew funding for the federal transportation programs. >> james: finally, the him then to come--tim linsac ome runs to the plate and he got him. >> james: he was only allowed four hits in seven
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innings while striking out eight as the giants beat l.a. three to nothing to complete the sweep the giants are now tied for first in n.l. west. this was the first time in dodger history that they were shut out and a three game series. >> james: we will take a break with much more straight ahead. that is give you a live without 5 this morning the golden gate bridge is moving well.
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>> justine: managing kwan has been touting her 100 block crime-fighting initiatives aimed at shifting police were 90 percent of the violent crime is taking place the problem is, it shows the premise for her plan is not exactly accurate. violent crime is more widespread than just the 100 blocks. she met with the reporters to address the issue in dan kerman was there.
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>> as mayor i probably should take more time to analyze the data and read it myself i did not so i will take full responsibility for this error. >>anchor: that error is the fact that the mayor has repeatedly said 90 percent of violent crime in oakland is taking place in just 100 blocks but it turns out that is false. so the mayor tried to rewrite history a little bit. >> the reality is the use the 100 block as a target even not just work those 100 block you work the neighborhood that those 100 blocks are in. >>anchor: in other words the mayor says that there are 100 blocks falling to the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. that shows on this map and she will continue with this crime initiative. >> we think we have the right strategy and the right team can't the beginning to see shootings and homicide's
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a slowdown. >>anchor: crime statistics tell a different story, take a look. murders, assault, robbery, burglary, and rape are up 20%. >> will we know that crime is up that is why we are trying to develop this. when you are able to get in those hot spots you are able to get it down. >>anchor: basically the mayor took the responsibility and the blame and then pushed aside in city as i was wrong but the plan is to play good one and we will press forward with it. the person that has to move forward with the plan was police chief howard jordan who was conspicuously absent from this announcement. they said he was on vacation. >> james: attorney general eric holder could become the first to ever be held in contempt of congress. the house plans to vote today.
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he has refused to turn over documents related to the botched begun operation known as fast and furious. but the house is unlikely to get the document anytime soon because president obama has evoked privilege that protects it from exposure. >> justine: let us check in with erica on what we can expect. >> erica: we can expect the same temperatures at yesterday's maybe a touch cooler depending on where you are located. as you step out the door will see mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the '70s and '80s and tomorrow we shift gears, temperatures will be cooler. we know the school down the conditions in some spots. as in his the week it looks like we will continue to see cooler weather but we will warm up as an start the next work week. as we check out the temperature is right now, with the upper 50s for vallejo, concord, 57 for
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hayward in redwood city. >> erica: are featured forecast shows the with a clear divide of green and yellow on the screen. >> erica: as we vance the clock into the afternoon about 3:00 p.m. all of that green starts to peel back and we will see '70's in places like oakland and out potentially squeezing out some 80's for warmer in the areas. now, breaking down the numbers neighborhood by neighborhood you can expect a wide range of the 80's may be some '70s for the south bay with my view coming in at 76 degrees and 84 over in sunnyvale. >> erica: we could be a touch warmer for places like any up. we could reach the upper 80s in the same goes for fairfield.
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>> erica: we have plenty of sunshine in downtown san francisco is 68 degrees and believe or not we have pretty clear conditions for those headed to ocean beach. >> erica: we have clear conditions along the bay area coastline however if we take a wider look and bring up the headlines it looks like we will see mostly clear conditions into the afternoon however that fog will make a comeback as we head into the evening. your seven day around the bay forecast shows the cool the will continue for the next couple of days. we will get into a pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine and a chance of drizzle expected on sunday. as the star the next work week to see a string of sunshine will warmer conditions on tap for monday. over all we keep it pretty pleasant as we head into the fourth of july wednesday. of course we
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will continue to mantra your forecast. we have a quiet start to the morning and traffic is building at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza out of oakland into the city. the traffic volume is certainly increasing however we have no weight. traffic is in line pretty sleepy--pretty smoothly. >> justine: rovno greenie
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was suspended--merely is expected to testify tomorrow in order to be removed from office after the hearing and the recommendation that moved must be approved hit--. >> a new drug was shown to help patients lose more than 5 percent of their body weight. the first question is how does it work? apparently it activates serotonin in the brain that helps people to feel full although they may have only in a small amount of food.
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the next question who should take this drug they approve of for people who are on peace with a body mass of 30 or greater for those were considered overweight with a break related conditions such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol or type 2 diabetes. >> the fda says that women who are pregnant or anyone using this for depression are migraine headaches should avoid the drug. finally, are their side effects? yes. some patients experience headache, dizziness, dry mouth, nausea, constipation, and fatigue. a few people had memory problems. the fda requires of the driving factor conduct long-term studies to see if this has any other adverse health effects. >> justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news we have a new live look to show you what is happening. this is a live shot at the
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coliseum in oakland. >> justine: we will be right back with people be heading that way.
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>>anchor: in a parking lot people often park whatever way they feel like parking with no regard for anyone else. when someone parks like this you often want to see who the driver is the you simply do not have time to wait. but i did. >>anchor: how come you parked sideways? >> i don't know get me off tv. get me off tv! >>anchor: see what happens when you try to access a simple question. i am in san francisco and went to see what goes on in some parking lots. we know the parking can be draining, it is important to know that we all have to share the lots, so please try to park in one spot. this able spots are
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for disabled people and parking in between the spot do not make it ok but maybe this passenger had special needs. >>anchor: or maybe not. >>anchor: if you do not have a disabled placard you cannot park there and you definitely cannot park there to watch your windows. there is often plenty of parking, so sitting in the middle of the roadway yelling go around is behaving badly. although, most parking lots are private property should maintain a safe speed usually five mouse per hour would be good. you just never know who may pop out between cars. >>anchor: when you're finished with a shopping cart you should put it away. do not leave it for the next person to pick up, that is what this is for. using a parking lot properly gives you a chance to show off
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>> darya: good morning thank you for joining us this thursday june 28th. the top story people living in a san francisco neighborhood woke up this morning to a sound of gunfire of a man shot and killed in the street. >> mark: watching and waiting, the supreme court justice will revealed their verdict on the health-care overhaul law this morning will bring you the latest. >> darya: a 24 square-mile fire that is burning in
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colorado, 36,000 people forced to leave their home and a week learning what has been saved. >> mark: first we have a quick update on weather and traffic let us start with your weather with james fletcher. >> james: good morning mark, we have minor fog along the coast this morning. temperatures are on the mouse side, we have a degrees in and, '70s around the bay and this evening the fog will return. we have a great looking forecast to round out your work week we will have that coming up in just a moment, george halas traffic? >> george: not too bad. we do have a blockage on the right-hand lane at the toll plaza but it is not that. -- bad.
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>>anchor: good morning, we have learned the the man that was shot here was a 25 year old man. shortly after midnight police officers quickly responded to several shots. when they got here they noticed a man staggering around. they call the paramedics, the paramedics rushed here they try to save his life but ultimately could not. he died at the scene. i got off the phone the san francisco police department i ask the couple of questions including the to fire any shots at this person and they said no. he had already suffered the least one gunshot. at this point did not know he lives in this neighborhood and they're still searching for any possible suspects. >> darya: any rough spots in
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that area? >>anchor: know, it is their impact around here, let me give you a lay of the land is only a couple of miles away from daly city. they did their job and by the time for a and rolled around, they were gone. hopefully we will have more information on the victim. we do know that they know his name with their not releasing until they notify his family. >> mark: watching the supreme court this, and just two hours from nine justices will hand down their ruling on the controversial perform health-care law. this will affect every american. these are the possible outcomes. >> mark: stay with kron4 as
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the supreme court decision comes down this morning we will have reaction and analysis to this ruling. >> darya: now left to keep the color of to see the latest in the big wild fires that burned. thousands of people are waiting to find out if they have a home to go back to because of this fast-moving fire. it has been just chewing through the land. you can see all the flames and the all the people that are evacuating. that is about 36,000 people that have been chased from their homes. 15,000 a. is how big this fire is that is 24 square miles. it is west of colorado springs and a key to burning. there are about 1000 firefighters trying to the south. on citrus are now helping to protect the u.s. air force academy from burning. the fire is only 5 percent contained. the fbi is investigating if this fire is the result of arson. >> caller: the conditions
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are so dry we have had all these really strong winds. it is like the perfect storm for a fire. we are working on making our request for a presidential disaster declaration. >> darya: this is one of 87 fires that burned across colorado when the state is battling its most severe fire seasons in recent memory. president obama will visit colorado springs, that area tomorrow to survey the damage and to thank the responding firefighters. >> mark: stop features are down this morning, european leaders are meeting for a key summit and the government is releasing their final estimate of first quarter gdp. we will get an idea of how fast the economy has been growing. dow futures are down this morning about 70 points after gaining 92 yesterday. >> mark: the supreme court
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announcement regarding the health care law could affect the markets as well. in the meantime investors are still watching europe. >> mark: we have a lot of market news coming out this morning to keep our eyes on the opening bell. >> mark: just confirmed in the last 20 minutes the border of the records--the board of directors at rupert, murdoch's companies have decided to split into two different companies. >> mark: the vote was unanimous and now we will see the more profitable television and entertainment side to strip away from the less profitable news portion. >> darya: gov. jerry brown signed the budget. our state
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now has a budget. this is the close of the budget gap at least on paper it relies heavily on boaters passing tax measures in november. those 21 measures include cuts to welfare and social services if the voters reject this tax initiative than a series of automatic cuts will be triggered largely aimed at public schools. >> mark: a quick break as the kron4 news is with you until 10:00 a.m.. we are waiting for is a little bit of a warm-up we are looking towards the fourth of july we will have more on your forecast and bay area traffic coming up. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan
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>> darya: suspended the san francisco sheriff ross
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mirkarimi is scheduled to testify tonight before an ethics commission. he was suspended by mayor and the in march on official misconduct charges. he pled guilty to misdemeanor count of false imprisonment in connection with an argument that he had with his wife on new year's eve. >> darya: mayor of the is expected to testify tomorrow in order to be removed from office after the ethics commission hearing and recommendation. nine of the 11 members of the board of supervisors for have to approve that live. >> mark: the ()receiver is due in every day, an average of 5,000 people
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francisco is in the mid-50s right now. we have 56 in oakland, and a mixture in concord and san carlos and livermore. >> james: antioch is a warm spot on the mall--map right now at 62. by noon, i
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temperatures will look like this. >> james: specifically the temperatures will look like this today, and the south bay we are expecting about 76 degrees. we have anyone in san jose. >> james: are east bay valleys will probably be our warmest box once again today. --warmest spots once again today. >> james: downtown san francisco 60 degrees. it will be slightly cooler by the beach. across the north bay to see upper '70's to low 80s. >> james: over the next three days here is how the weather will play out. >> james: we will have your
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extended forecast with your seven day around the bay coming up in just a little bit. now want to traffic. >> george: we are not looking in the hot spots even with a stall on the bridge. we'd have not seen any backup or delay here. >> george: as you can see all the conditions look good here. >> george: checking the commute in the south bay we have no delays or problem for your ride along 101880
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or 280. >> darya: four months, oakland mayor has been touting her 100 block crime- fighting initiatives the problem is the statistics show that the premise for the plan is not accurate and a violent crime is more blocks she kept sliding. the mayor now says that those 100 blocks are in the 10 most violent neighborhoods as seen on the map that we have. as a result she says that she will continue with this crime-fighting plan. >> we think that we have the right strategy and the rights plan and quite frankly the right team. we are beginning to see shootings and homicide slowdown. >> darya: recent crime
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statistics tell a whole different story so far crimes are up 20%. >> mark: police say the female victim in the orion the case died from head trauma. the woman's name has not been released and the victim's boyfriend has been charged with murder the police say he confessed to the crimes. he lived with his girlfriend for more than teen years. the last murder and orinda was in 2002. >> darya: despite cuts to education california high school students are actually performing better according to the state department of education reports. ssfd 3.6 percent of students graduate from high school state why that is up 1.5% from 2010. in the meantime dropout rates went down to --the down 2%.
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easier to fire teachers due to gross misconduct has failed. this happened in a city where a teacher was arrested for multiple lewd acts. it would allow school board to dismiss teachers instead of leaving it to a disciplinary committee but only for a violent acts involving children. >> darya: many teachers' union said that this bill would harm the teachers do right process. >> mark: we will be right back with a live look for mount tancam. >> mark: temperatures will cool down and then warm back up we will have more on your forecast ahead.
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>> darya: good morning to you we are looking at a nice day today it will be warming up right now it looks like we will wait for the sun to come up and looks like we have some clout over san
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francisco. let us peek at the pattern we will see. on this thursday morning you are probably looking forward to the weekend. >> darya: we've seen ice warm temperatures up to 84, we do slide down a little bit but then we crawled back up to make 80 or 81, and the to the next work week that is when he pours on.--when the heat pou--pours on. >> mark: joe montana says he has money for sports bar, an upscale restaurant and a hotel. critics to his plan on the the city should open up the land to all potential developers and not just an exclusive developer giving the rights to joe montana. >> darya: a mural project is
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under way honoring the soldiers who died in the and iraq war, the names of the soldiers began being painted on yesterday. the project may take as long as two months to complete. organizers say this is a part of a larger project to transform the alley which is a popular place for drug use. >> mark: will be back in two minutes with the latest on our top stories. traffic is light of the james lick freeway. we are hoping to be a problem free for the fourth of july. we will bring you the fireworks all around the bay from milpitas, pleasant hill, san raphael and from san francisco around the bay. that all starts here at 9:00 p.m..
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>> mark: san francisco police are investigating an early morning shooting, no word on any arrested. the supreme court justices won't reveal their verdict on the health care law. we're expecting the ruling to come down at 7:00 a.m., and governor jerry brown is now fine the state budget just before the midnight deadline closing a $15.7 billion gap at least on paper. >> darya: first want to get a quick look at the weather in traffic because things are looking up today. >> james: we have a really nice shot from mount tancam . temperatures will be in the '70's and low 80s. tomorrow, we will have a touch cooler and this weekend looks pretty nice with the dry weather, it is warm on saturday and sunday and will have the forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. we will be to
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traffic i know that george has been following some problems and let us could the latest. >> george: and this is in san leandro castro valley interstate 580. south bound to 38 heads towards castro valley away from the nimitz freeway. the chp reports that the two lanes of the connecting ramp are block right now with a vehicle on its side. they expect to have the vehicle corrected in about 10 minutes to watch this as a potential hot spots. >> darya: and 38 your only and is dead after his car spun out in san jose. --a 38 year-old man is dead this happened after his car sped off the roadway.
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investigators say speed may have caused the problem. >> darya: in mount vernon they found a man that had been shot and neighbors reported hearing three shots followed by five more shots a few seconds later but there have been no arrest. it >> mark: the supreme court is expected to rule their decision on the health-care law this is the most important piece been decided is the mandate that americans must purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. they can do the following. >> mark: today's decision is being watched closely especially by the president and his republican challenger mitt romney who is opposition to the law has become an essential pillar of his campaign. >> president barak obama: i believe it was right to make
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sure that over 3 million young people could stay on their parents' health insurance plan. i believe it was right to provide more discounts for seniors on their prescription drugs. >> my guess is that they're not sleeping very well at the white house tonight and that is the way it should be. >> this is a decision about whether or not this health care system is constitutional. >> mark: -- >> justine: we want to show you what is happening outside of the supreme court right now there are dozens if not hundreds of people lining up outside right now. they're hoping to be one of the few hundred to witness the historic moment that will not be broadcast live on television or radio. >> justine: there are 40 different cameras from all
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sorts of news agencies outside. when the ruling comes down the news will be all of a place. justice chief john lauber is expected to reveal the coverage. as soon as the ruling comes down we plan on bringing it to you during our 7:00 hour. and throughout the rest of the show we will try to put it in context. at 8:15 a.m. we have a political analyst coming in to talk about what this means for the election and at 8:45 a.m., a uc f x--a ucsf professor will be our guest. >> darya: now eric holder could become the first attorney general to be held in contempt of congress. >> darya: he refused to turn over documents related to the botched gun trafficking operation. president obama
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has evoked executive privilege that the text documents from disclosure. one of the guns that was allowed into mexico was used in the killing of the u.s. border agent. >> darya: the brother of bernie made off is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy and falsifying records. peter main office 10 years in prison he was the former chief compliance officer at his brother's business. today's plea comes more than three years after bernie made off started serving a 150 years sentence for committing a fraudulent multibillion-dollar private investment business. >> mark: thousands of acres continue to burn in colorado and the evacuations continue. there are massive wildfires burning. the evacuation's are now up to 20,000 homes. this impacts
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36,000 people. >> mark: there are about 1000 firefighters tried to put this out. they are trying to protect the u.s. air force academy from burning. the fbi is investigating to see if this is a result of arson. here's what one in fact we had to say. >> i to hope it stays ok but i did not know i am 87 years old and i did not know what i will do next. >> mark: this is one of the seven fires that are burning across colorado right now. president obama will visit the area tomorrow to survey the damage. >> darya: fire season has arrived in the bay area. here, you can see a crew
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that was spending the day yesterday clearing brush away. there are wild fires raging and the threat is very real. >> colorado is having a hard time right now. they have a lot of wind, they have a serious fight. >> we usually have the coast to influence that comes in the kids are relative humidity up somewhat. >> we went 50 years before we had any major fires in this county and 2008 in 2009 show that this county can burn. we had several fires during that time to at the south into in the north.
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since then it has been relatively quiet. >> darya: the chief says it is not just the heavy fuel he says the mountains are loaded with dried grass as well. >> mark: google announced the introduction of the tablet. there it is. you can purchase this for $799 and g theoogle place store. they also display a g theiroogle glasses. they have someone parachuting with those google glasses. that is pretty crazy jumping out of
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a blimp over the city. >> darya: you can do anything with those glasses just watch. now we will be back with more and a couple of minutes. take a look over the bay bridge, we have some sunshine and clouds but it will be a warm day.
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron4 morning news, the local media and syria said the seven and tied aircraft guns have been put near the border turkey says they will not tolerate any violations. >> darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes left a sticking by the coast side to change the freeway in san francisco.
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>> darya: the supreme court releases its ruling on the nation's health care reform law in just a couple of hours or less. at 7:00 a.m., we are waiting for the the the ruling and the court could uphold the health care law and strike it down, or they could to strike down the requirement that most americans have to carry health insurance the clear and it unconstitutional. the president doesn't even know he is waiting. and police are investigating a shooting death in the english side neighborhood that happened early this morning. we have no word on any of arrests yet. tropical depression did the is now and the atlantic. the storm is being blamed for least three deaths in florida. they said the
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workers may not receive until next week and president of have already offered federal assistance. >> justine: the labor department is put up the weekly unemployment numbers and it seems that they fell last week. it is down about 6000 from the previous week. we will see how this impacts the market's one hour from now. >> mark: we are watching sports and tim lincecum has now been nailed down a win. he allowed only four hits in seven innings the giants beat up on the l.a. dodgers. with that, the giants are now tied with the dodgers. the first time in dodgers history that they were completely shut out in a three game series. >> mark: the a's are up in
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seattle, and this is the third game of the series they were held to just two hits in the entire game by the mariners. >> mark: on the mound, jerry parker only allowed three hits. >> darya: we want to take a look at the weather, james your smelling the you know something you have not shared with us yet? >> james: know, just that we have a great looking forecast is actually similar to yesterday's you enjoyed it outside especially in san francisco, you will enjoy it today. we see some cloud coverage and some clearing as well. if you are by the coast, you see some cloudiness if you are in the end, it is relatively clear.
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my 9:00 a.m. we expect most the clear conditions with some mild temperatures. take a look at what the temperatures are like right now. >> james: in the north bay we see 50 degree temperatures where we normally would see 40 degree temperatures. by noon, we have light wind and plenty of sunshine. taking the class have in store for that hour we maybe have '60s around the bay with '70s inland. by 3:00 p.m. you will see a degree weather coming into view for the delta and portions of the north bay as well. in fact what we see around 3:00 p.m. that will be the warmest time of the day. we have temperatures in the '60s and '70s and in the hot spot to getting into the low 80s. here is what it looked like for your neighborhood.
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>> james: he envisions seven debt around the bay. the weather will stay relatively nice going forward. we have a minor cool down for tomorrow with the temperatures will be back into the 80's for the weekend. it looks like we warm up a little more as we head into the next week. that is the weather that as of the you on the traffic. >> george: we will start with the traffic map. it was at the castro valley why, but in the non commute direction. >> george: the connector ramp was blocked by an overturned accident but was quickly cleared and adjutancy there is no backup even for the non commute direction. the west bound commute side looks good. picking up a check on the bridges as we look at the
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bay bridge no backup or no delay. no problems reported at the san mateo bridge and here's a look your ride from the golden gate and south bound 101 is a smooth and clear shot as we head south towards the city. >> darya: for the first time in a century most of america's largest cities are growing at a faster rate than the surrounding suburbs. they attribute this to young adults seeking a foothold in the job market their choosing not to buy the to stay in urban areas instead. 2011 estimates say that more young adults are delaying marriage and focusing on their careers and not having kids. >> darya: they are enjoying no strings attached apartment living and close
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proximity to jobs in the city. >> mark: john edwards mistress recently relieved her book about what really happened. she stopped by cnn with peers morgan where they got into a heated exchange. >> you are talking graphic detail i know you do not want to talk about john. >> i want to talk about what is in the book. you are asking me about john today it is very painful. >> i want to talk about the details you put in the book they are very graphic. >> they are not graphic details. >> i did not tell the details about bed hopping you did. >> why does the media make things so salacious? >> because you put salacious things in the book. >> it is not salacious, your spin on it is. >> i just read it before the break you said it was the best sex that you ever
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had. >> i did not say that. >> was it or wasn't it? >> oh my goodness, i to walk into that. >> mark: it was just last month when edwards was acquitted he was accused of using campaign money to how his affair with real hunter. >> darya: now we're just about an hour away from the decision from the u.s. supreme court of the announcement about what they think about president obama us healthcare is a constitutional we are live outside of the supreme court waiting for this decision is to come at 7:00 a.m. our time lee right back.
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>> erica: here are the top trendy stores of the morning everyone is talking about. happening right now, thousands of people are waiting to see if their homes will survive a fast- moving wildfire. the evacuation is not impact 36,000 people. and and curry is expected to officially make her exit from the today show as one year as co-host she is one to make enough the day after word spread that they were looking to replace her. and david beckham says he fell to make the british olympic soccer team. he made the short list of 35 but was not selected for the final 18 man squad as one of the three players over the age of 23 that are allowed to compete in the london olympics. if you want to talk about what is trending this morning you can always visit my facebook page. his wife cannot be too happy about that.
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>> mark: we are waiting for the ruling to come down and come of from now. we are expecting that announcement to come and as it does will bring you inside analysis will be back in two minutes as the kron4 morning news continues.
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