>> top stories we are following on this wednesday, december 11th.

fire crews are on the scene of a *four alarm fire in concord. report. >> here is a live look out of washington this morning we will have word on an new information about of theand after spending days i asiana cr >> after spending days and the wilderness. a nevada in freezing temperatures, coming up.

>> might 7:00 a.m. or reached the morning lows. the temperatures could drop off a another couple of degrees. you can expect comfortable degrees abide lunchtime. mid to upper 50s and this afternoon. i will break down your 7 day around the bay coming up. >> traffic conditions are breaking down. there is a accident blocking the the three left lanes. again, southbound 101, has 3 left lanes blocked. fire crews are just arriving on the scene. , san francisco is not okay. we are seeing a bit longer backed up. fasttrack is moving okay. the san mateo bridges to winnipeg was no delays. >> happening now, fire crews

are on the scene of a four alarm fire in concord. the fire is burning near stanwell drive and that's where we find kron four's jackie sissel who is live on the scene with more, jackie? >> this is a stubborn fire and just a few minutes ago it was isolated and you can see there are still pockets that are building perry ed we consider another hot spot the the the started up. this has been burning for about 5 1/2 hours. here is video from earlier today. this is how intense that this fire was. they stated that they received a call about 1230 this morning and when they arrived they stated that this company is a phone company and they put in

commercial phone systems. off they stated that the materials that they have stored there are said to be recycled and they have a lot electronics here. almost immediately they stated that went to four alarms and that they had about 70 firemen out here fighting this. at 1.1 part of the building had collapsed. they're taking a defensive stand and i had a chance to talk to the public information officer he talked about how they're fighting this fire in the fact that it is bringing out a lot of black smoke that is hazardous. >> it has been defense of because of how far it goes. there are portions of this building that was collapsed. it is just not safe. there is not allowed residential

areas that are close here. if anyone can smell the smoke and it bothers them if then they should take shelter. >> i can tell you that you can see this huge black smoke that is coming out. there is a large order that is are burning. as smells like a burning wires. there are a lot of electronic materials out here. these hot spots is a part of this building that continue to fight this and they do not feel safe enough to go inside yet they just continue to put warning from above. the good nils is then no one was hurt and they do not have cause. we are five

hours into this almost six hours. we continue to see these hot spots. >> we have seen situations where firefighters have battled these and this war started to freeze, what is it like out there? >> i have not noticed but it is problem right around the freezing mark. i guess it is summer in the mid 30's. i did ask the public information officer about fighting this fire and he did state that they have rotating crews because it does take a toll on the fire by being called.it's been coldee good nils is that if they continue to put this then,

basically they're making sure that this does and spread other than that they will use their ladder truck to put more and more on. >> here is a live look out of washington this morning. after being postponed a day, the n-t-s-b will hold a hearing today concerning the asiana crash at san francisco international that killed three people back in july. an asiana chief pilot is slated to testify on what the airline teaches about automated systems and visual approach procedures. that's a focus for the safety board, which has questioned whether the three pilots were overly reliant on electronic systems during the july crash. the asiana airlines captain

who crashed the boeing 777 told investigators that he was stressed out and he was very concerned about attempted a visual approach because the runway automatic warning systems were out of service due to construction. the jet crash landing after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 150 injured. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. we have a new budget deal in washington this morning. it is coming at a big cost. we will explain. >> we also will tell you why this man of who provided sign language at yesterday's mandela memorial and south africa is in big trouble this morning. a subaru...

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>> welcome back. the body of nelson mandela is now lying in state in south africa's capital of pretoria. here's video of soldiers carrying the casket into a special viewing center earlier today. family members, government officials and world leaders are expected to pass by the coffin. officials have banned cameras from being inside. the viewing will be open to the general public tommorrow and friday mandela will be buried on sunday at his home in the eastern cape province. >>

the deaf federation of south africa is saying a man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for nelson mandela's memorial service. was "fake". the national director says the unidentified man was moving his hands around but there was no meaning in what he used his hands for. a south african parliament member also says the man communicated nothing with his hand an arm movements. when asked about the claim, south africa's government said they are preparing a statement. >> we have to find out who he is. >> there are born to do an investigation because they paid him and he did not have the skill to do this. if you watch, a lot of his gestures are repetitive. >> unbelievable! the world

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time of 6:15 a.m.. here is a live look at the 4 alarm fire burning in concord. this is just next to buchanan failed. it has been burned for almost six hours and crews are trying to battle this. they are not getting any closer to the spread you can see that the flames, the smoke is still in the shot. we will continue to follow this. >> a cold frontal boundary is expected to extend from texas to michigan on wednesday, while a separate frontal boundary will stretch across the intermountain west. lake effect snow will begin to push across parts of the northeast on wednesday as an abundance of moisture associated with a cold front moves across the great lakes. snowy conditions will affect the upper midwest, the ohio valley and the northeast, while the heaviest snow will fall in parts of pennsylvania and new york. this system will conditions to the upper midwest and northeast, as gusty winds and sub freezing conditions will persist across the region. meanwhile, a ridge of high pressure will keep the majority of the southeast clear of wet weather, although an onshore flow along southern florida

will trigger showers over the state. >> here is a look at the coldest spots. papilloma is at 25 degrees. we are at the freezing mark in the menlo park. foster city is currently at 33 degrees. by the time we reached to 7:00 p.m. we will have reads in the morning low. we still have the freeze on morning in affect. it looks like that it will be a another chilly one. as we take a look at your afternoon high, by 3:00 p.m. it will be sunny skies. fremont will have a high as 57 degrees. it looks like san francisco will have a high of 57. later on tonight, was the clear conditions. it will be not nearly as cold as

well we are used to. >> napa will have a high of 40 and 43 for downtown san francisco. we will hold on to low for is along the shoreline. off the 7 day from the bay highlights warmer weather pretty much everyone will be back in the '60s. we will continue with this morning pattern monday and tuesday. the time are now 6:18 a.m.. >> san francisco is a hot spot, southbound 101. it is blocking at least one left lane. the call initially came in about three lines but the chp is on the scene and there stating that is just the left lane. in the meantime the traffic is starting to back up. we have a long delay at the bay bridge toll plaza. the mean lights are on. in the

meantime the san mateo bridge is starting to get busy. there are slight delays, you are seeing more people hit the brake lights. the eastbound area is in good shape. the golden gate bridge is also in good shape. bart is on time. >> a man in his 20s was fatally shot last month in vallejo, marking the city's second homicide of the day. the shooting happened to 700 block of tuolumne avenue or around 9:30 p.m. the victim died at the scene. earlier in the day, a shooting killed another man in his 20s outside of king's market. that man also died on the scene. in vallejo, there have been 4 homicides in the last six days

bringing the total to 24 so far this year. >> we have a budget deal in washington, although a modest one, the measure unveiled by house budget committee chairman paul ryan and senate counterpart patty murray. the federal government is only son did through january 15th right now that was the deal that ended sept. is a government shutdown. the new deal blands $85 billion in spending cuts and fees to replace 63 billion in cuts to agencies. the deal is to ease those cuts for two years and it does not really chip away at the nation's 17 trillion dollars national debt. >> a new poll shows the continued disdain for members of congress. nearly two-thirds said that they will like to see their lawmakers replaced. the

associated press poll also finds the 58 percent disapproval of the job the president is doing. 42 percent support him. the low opinions of the washington do not necessarily signal a major power shift next year in the house and senate. major power shift next year in the house and senate. >> wow! wow! and in a perfect world, what's delicious would be healthy too. wish granted. dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. this really is too good to be true! dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. ♪ dannon. at gabe slate has the story next. omg, jack. have you ever checked out these new product ideas people post on your page?

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slate. >> good morning. i am gabe slate. comcast, ext. kennedy invited people to their center in silicon valley. they are expanding what they're doing. they now have 200 people working hard to bring bay area customers of the latest in digital entertainment. comcast has a very stiff competition. all these other big companies are also offering people ways to watch tv. they really are trying to beef up what they're doing an offer bay area customers the latest in digital entertainment. i saw some of the cool things the there are working on. the one that stood out was the threat 3 mobile app.. mobile app. >> let's take a look. >> it provides a basically

on demand comcast wherever you are. you have 25,000 streaming choices. you have 3500 tauruses to download. it works great when you're on an airplane. you do not need your account activity to watch it. he still have all of your premium channels. last month, we have added other channels. they have a lot of live content. >> and this innovation, which are working on a number of problems. we're looking at how we bring innovation to the customers. it is all in the clouds and it allows us to create new products. and this will be

done at a much faster rate and give you a much better experience. >> this cable box is an improvement on all prior comcast cable boxes. if this may be the last box the issue will use. it is cloud base if you do not have to keep switching the mob. it upgrades its self. it is very it convenient. it has new features and ways to search and store content. the sure to check get into the my segment letter on. gabe slate, kron 4 news. >> a report finds that so the sales are losing their citizens. the spending on soft drinks a drop to more than 3% of the last year. the drop in diet drinks was higher, topping 7%. health-conscious

consumers are cutting back on so the especially diet. industry watchers say that the trend started 10 years ago but has intensified over the last five years. >> watching wall street this morning spread right now dow futures are of a few points. the dow lost 50 to yesterday the nasdaq was down 8 and s&p 500 was down but holding above the 80 hunter mark. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. a desperate plea in the south bay from the mother of a 15 year-old girl who went missing. >> we're live in concord on this morning. a large fire is burning in concord right

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>> welcome back. opening bell on wall street. although home 8 is now tied with the auto sales. >> the time is 6:30 a.m.. happening right now fire crews from the scene of a 4 alarm fire that is burning in concord reds kron4 jackie sissel is live. >> the building itself is about 50,000 square feet. i just received new information and you can see that these planes are still shooting out. basically, they are letting the fire on top of the building arm. this way when it has completely dropped they can

get inside with the war. basically, this is a strategy that they're using. it is just unset that this time for them to go inside. here is video from earlier this morning that i received when it was really mass about here. they received a call almost immediately and it went to four alarms. about 70 firefighters have been here to fight this. this is a phone company. they put in commercial phone systems. not only do they have this material but they also have systems that they had to pull out. a lot of electronics are inside this building. i can tell you firsthand that the smell of plastic is very extreme. i

did have a chance to talk to the public information officer earlier and he described the scene when it first arrived. >> when our crew is first to rob on the saying that fan have extended and more thin of the building. they knew that it was spreading we called a second, third alarm quickly after that. the fire had quickly spread to a 4 alarm fire. this is a telephone company that supply and installs telephone systems. they also do recycling. it is a lot of wires, a lot of plastic that is inside. >> you can see that this is the strategy did they're using. they continue to let this fire basically burned to the roof so they can get access to the inside the building. you can see the

amount of smoke that this is putting out. they have no shelter in place right now but they're telling people that they do experience that the smoke is bothering them that they should stay inside. they stated that will be out there for several hours in the good news is that no one was injured. the cause of the fire is still known and they will send the investigator of here. >> buchanan field, the airfield is close by. i was a stock until the public information officer and he stated that the flight is coming out of the airport, this may have an affect on some of these slides. as soon as he gets information and passes along are latino. right now, the stubborn fire is continuing to burn. >> and they basically stated

that this is a commercial area with a basically where houses. this stated that they do not have a shelter in place at this time. >> i know this may not be able that as of this but how many employees are there? it is christmas time, it looks like the sting is a total loss. >> that is a question that would have to be answered. but this point they continue to try to isolate the firing keep it under control. >> jackie spoke with us about how the weather was. the firefighters are trying to measure their mind getting too cold. >> the coldest reading sir actually in the north bay. concord is at 29 degrees and 34 currently in oakland. san

francisco is at 40 degrees and mid-20s and for those leaving their home. we do have pretty chilly temperatures. we have frosted visors are still in effect. as we head into the afternoon you can expect sunny skies. you will not said the temperatures will warm to the rest of the work week and your morning lows will be above the freezing. we do have changes to discuss. i will have a look at the 7 day from the bay coming up. >> it is cords to bear really tough day at the bay bridge. go ahead and do that because this accident southbound 1 on one just before-test the left mine shutdown and chp stated that it would be probably about another half an hour before this is open pripet the metering lights are on and

that you may take the san mateo bridge as often at the there also started to see a little bit of a delay. the golden gate bridge is looking okay. >> here is a live look out of washington this morning. the flight 214 captain who crashed the boeing 777 at san francisco international airport in july if told investigators that he was stressed out. he stated that he was very concerned about attempted a visual approach because the one way automatic warning system was out perio. leekange kang kuk, a6 show pilot who was landing the jets for his first time in san francisco stated that it was very difficult to perform a visual approach.

the jet crash landed after approaching a low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 150 injured curry of the report was released at the start of a deadlock national transportation safety board hearing into the accident. >> developing story out of the south bay. the mother of a missing a 15 year-old girl is making a desperate plea for her safe return. jasmine armendariz disappeared friday night after her mother dropped her off with her friend. her friends as a there are walking together when at one point, she turned and realized she was gone. she is prone to seizures and is in need of medication. >> whoever has her, just bring per home safely. she needs her medicine. she needs to come home. >> you could see in this

photograph that she is described as 4 ft. 11 in., brown hair, brown eyes. she also has a tattoo on her right hand. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. we will talk about outo our financial expertb black about the top stories for the markets. >> new overnight,youtube releases their list of the top of videos of 2013. anny hong will have that story.

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the fire so that no one is hurt. they're doing the best they can to keep the water flowing. you can see the smoke, this is our a good live shot of the amount of smoke that is coming in. this is something that you might see on your way to work. this fire is still burning. >> we're also tracking a another morning of cold temperatures in the bay area. kron4 terisa estacio joins us live from walnut creek. >> i am trying to do the air test. i also was trying to count how many effect sweaters that i have on perry ed i have 13, two starts, two pairs fans and two pairs of socks.. i have on o

pair of pants, and two pairs of socks. >> you are already doing better than mike pelton. he was on it is wearing a leather jacket. >> he was just not thinking. i have the is the gloves on the two are supposed to be able to use, they're not working. let me show you this sign about timing. the time is 6:48 a.m.. when i first got out here it was cold. it dropped down to 25 degrees. i am just wondering, i was tweet team

with erica to see if this post to get colder before gets one. >> all the cars that i see have frost and this is a bummer if you are waking up. >> it is also been. thank you for the lives of day. >> first let's head over to the traffic. >> we have a big problem in san francisco south bond 101. there was an emergency signal issued due to these lanes been blocked. here is your toll plaza commute wear an accident is still on the upper deck pripet it is backed up through the macarthur mayes. the mean lights on. again, if you can take the richmond center felt that will be the best way for you to go pripet as we look at the san mateo

bridge, we're starting to see some backups. once you're on the stand is okay. it is going to slow and you reach here. the eastbound direction is still looking good. bart is in good shape. >> today, is the last day of the cold snap. those subfreezing temperatures will not be as widespread. san francisco has a high of 48 degrees. it looks like mid-20s for santa rosa and concord is going to get to 29 degrees. you will not need as many layers for the afternoon, upper 50's, low 60's. mid to upper 60s for the east bay, plenty of sunshine. vallejo high of

66. downtown san francisco then the meigs approaching the upper 50s. oakland, will get pretty close. we still have clear skies, a son in their head. was a slightly warmer conditions. we looked at the national weather service, they are want to issue frost and freeze advisories. we will continue to cds until the temperature rises. >> the 7 day around the forecast has mild weather in most locations will be in the upper 60s. maligned the time is 6:51 a.m.. we will be right back.

>> welcome back. we are watching wall street with a rob black our financial advisor.

>> there is a deal in washington, january 58 we will not have another standoff for government shut down. it seems like washington is getting out away. >> they did a budget agreement which is stunning. we will add to that economy. we will put in place some spending. we will make more missiles. they cannot agree. this is good nils. we love them, the span of money just like waitresses and all makers. this is a story today is that our economy has improved by 1%. we are welcoming back on government spending.

>> another big surprise was the fact that this will prevent banks from doing riskier deals. it looks like banks have to make paper backs do you think this will hurt them or is it good? >> i do not think it will hurt them because that will figure it out. what happens by 1019 and 92, bill clinton stated to let our banks become brokers. let our insurance companies become banks. morrow lynch came along and blow it. this is causing consolidation. now we are born back in time. we're trying to separate the

business. that is okay. we will give back to a. it they do not need to worry about this. on top of us, >> i found this very interesting that many people blamed clinton on the financial collapse. some of these edition not have been repealed in the first place. >> we want regulation apparently, i did not agree with that. >> will have him on set at 9:45 a.m.. we will have rob black for winners and losers. >> we will be right back.

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>> the top stories that we are falling on this wednesday, december the 11th. fire crews are on the scene of a 4 alarm fire in concord. we will have details coming up. >> the ntsb will hold a hearing on the asiana crash that killed three people at sfo in july. we will tell you what the safety board is focusing on. >> after spending days in the wilderness, a nevada family is slipping safely at home this morning. how they survived four days in