>> good morning. our top story this morning. an amber alert and manhunt underway.for a 13-year old girl and an elderly man with her.both abducted at knifepoint in oakland. kron 4's will tran is at the safeway where this happened with the latest this morning. will? >> this is why they consider this man armed and dangerous. we are talking about a elderly man and a teenager. i just off the phone with the police department and they stated that they are still searching. this started inside of this safe way. here is surveillance video. this happened at about 12:15 p.m. yesterday.he was inside tro shoplift and they got into some type of confrontation. the employee was not injured but the man left the

store hot inside of a sedan now, take a looked at your screen. we want to give you a description. >> he is described as an african-american, 5 ft. 7 in., 160 lbs. and was wearing a green shirt, blue jacket, blue jeans and more importantly, head phones. >> there are two people on the outside in the sedan. here's the license plate number 6jfm648. >> an employee is saw this man grabbed some type of

item with some type of green handle. this is a market that has utensil so they think that it possibly could have been a knife. they believe that the two parties had no idea, did not know each other. >> she we are talking about 16 hours into this search, no such luck. the signs are still up. >> so, we're looking for the sedan, do they think it is a grandfather and a 13 year old? >> absolutely. the elderly man was the driver, it was not like he was just sitting waiting for people to come out. he was the driver, the group was inside at the time. obviously, people are

stating perhaps they know each other. but as far as the police are stating, there are approaching this differently. she we hope to hear from the oakland police department later on. hopefully, we will have more details. there was a witness on our side to get reformation. >> :02 - amber alert sound >> that's the sound many people heard tuesday afternoon on their cell phones from the amber alert system. the first message set included the license plate of the alleged kidnapper's car and what they thought he after getting more information, the system sent out another text message description tuesday evening. >> the time is 6:03 a.m.. >> we have changes on the way in the north bay. >> first, there is an

increase in cloud cover and then a raindrop. just a few scattered sprinkles north of the golden gate bridge. the temperatures right now, are in the 40's, low 50's. you will notice dry conditions on satellite and radar but we do have a system to the north. this may bring a for to lingering showers and our have a for the tell a what to expect coming up. >> the time is 6:04 a.m.. we are watching the bay bridge because a stall has been reported. the metering lights has been activated. a stall block the lanes of traffic. that is why the early activation and the slowing of the metering lights in order to help crews get to the scene. bad nils if otherwise, would

have been an easy ride. a quick commute check shows the we have picked up slowing on the east not only in a state 5 a, but typically have eight from highway 42 antioch. we are starting to see slowing in the south, highway 1 01 northbound between the 28 and 880 interchange. >> developing news this morning. happening now i san francisco, another deadly the nicolvehicle vs a pedestrian accident. this time this is on pacific and van ness ave. kron4 mike pelton is live on the same. >> the driver of this car was arrested for manslaughter as well as hit and run. they arrested him because they stated that he

attempted to take items out of his car and walk away from the crash. here is the scene, just a few hours ago police tell me that the driver of this car was heading south bound when he hit another man who was somewhere between broadway and pacific. he ended up here and then he carried him on his foot for a short distance. >> a witness tell me that the driver was traveling at 90 m.p.h. when he struck the man. police cannot confirm that but at this time they are stating that speed was a factor and they have ruled out drugs and alcohol. this area has just open back up. it was shut down for five hours. this is a bus for the deadliest accident justiciar. >> is it any word on when van ness will open?

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>> developing news this morning. san francisco police are still looking for three people who got away after a chase and crashed on highway 1 01. here is a photo of the crashed near 38 in south san francisco sent to us about a kron4 of the work. the three people were riding in an s uv and you can see it in the background. they're ran off after crashing into another

car. the crash and searched stopped traffic on 1 01. police had chased the s uv from the bay view or around 10:00 p.m. last night. officers claim that this thought a man inside, who they think was involved in a double shooting. police say that they did arrest the driver, and found several guns. >> team usa still is in the hunt in the medal count. erin hamlin is the first american to win a medal for singles and luge. this is a picture taken just after her third run down the course last night. she won a bronze in women's singles luge behind to germans. her family was in the scenthere cheg

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>> welcome back. the first round of this week's winter storms wreaked havoc on southern states. this is what the road looked like in central alabama. they have freezing rain and snow expected to make driving bad. almost 6000 are without power through georgia. the major problems so far, and the major concern looking into the future is ice. the icy conditions could have blamed on a number of crashes. weather-related incidents killed at least five people. however, the worst is yet to come. >> if you have travel plans to the south or washington d.c. your flight could be canceled. thousands of flights have already been canceled. here is why, check out these live pictures coming out of atlanta. >> people are waking up this

morning to ice, snow and freezing rain. this latest winter storm already has left more than 20,000 people without power across georgia. amtrak has suspended trains between new york and several destinations in the south, as well as the although train between washington's northern virginia suburbs and or let th and orlando, flore storm is expected to crawl east to the mid atlantic region. >> georgia forecasters and elected officials are not taking any chances. president obama signed a state of emergency declaration making way for federal disaster assistance. which is storm warnings, watches advisories are in place from texas to maine. >> remember, last nitime

people were stuck on the road way. i want you to take a look at this on satellite and radar. the areas of purple are what we are concerned about. this is very significant and this storm will slide east worked in fact, a winter storm warning is in affect for georgia until tomorrow afternoon. we are talking about potentially a foot of snow expected. we do have a areas of patchy and dense fog. the temperatures right now are in the 40's and 50's. >> you can expect high clouds and it will be a fairly overcast day. 60 degrees for san francisco as 64 for redwood city. by 8:00

p.m. tonight there will be a slight chance for sprinkles north of the golden gate bridge. similar weather into tomorrow but dry by tomorrow. a cold front will come through. >> bad nils, good news. there was a stalled by treasure island and it did back things about this all has been cleared. i am not sure if we will actually recover. the metering lights are activated now the install has cleared. there is hope that things will start to diminish. >> your ride to highway 92, good conditions, 13 minutes and no delays. the same is true for the golden gate bridge.

>> heading over to the traffic maps. we are looking for such the commute on interstate 80, westbound, 16 minutes from hercules to berkeley. to a 32 is starting to get have ave. the san ramon ballet is still clear. we're still watching the 680 commute and so far no backups. that means better conditions between livermore and dublin. >> and things that have not started to get slope. the marin ride is still under 45 minutes south bound all away to the golden gate bridge. >> public transit is in good shape. the closure of the santa clara station because there was a stabbing. some

trains are not going to stop and a number of bus lines have been recruited. >> toyota is recalling 1.9 million hybrid prius cars and globally for a software glitch. toyota motor announced this morning that 713,000 of these cars are in north america. there is a problem with the software to control the hybrid system. no accidents or injuries have been reported related to this problem. the software could cost transistors to become damaged, causing warning lights to go off, driving power to be reduced or the car to just talk. >> the recalled vehicles were manufactured between

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>> watching wall street and today, investors are hoping stocks will continue to move in a positive direction. yesterday, new fed chair janet yellen said she would continue low interest rate policies and that sent stocks soaring. let's take a look at the closing numbers. the dow rose 192 points. the nasdaq was up nearly 43 points. and the s and p 500 also up about 20 points. futures point to gains at this morning's opening. >> it is time for the tech report with gabe slate. >> twister is testing out a new look. this is a completely different interface. this is a small number of users who are

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>> welcome back. there was a horrible month where we saw the dow down. we will follow the numbers. >> here we have a live look out of sfo. we have flights impacted by nasty weather. all flights to and from atlanta have been canceled. five or arriving flights have also been canceled. we also have a delays at sfo due to our own weather.

>> delays are now averaging 44 minutes. you can see the blanket of cloud cover. take a look pitcher temperatures. everyone is in the 40's, low 50's. this afternoon it will be fairly mild. more sunshine is expected. 62 degrees for richmond and low 60's for downtown san francisco. we may see a few raindrops. today and tomorrow we may pick up a 10th of an inch. you will see nothing crossing the bay. >> i will walk you through the seven day around the bay coming up. >> as we take a look at the bay bridge. there is a traffic backup. conditions

are better 14 to 16 minutes. here's your quick commute check. slow traffic for interstate 6 a. 101 has cleared out and we are still monitoring light conditions. >> on our top story. and amber alert and manhunt is underway for a 13 year-old girl and an elderly man who were taken at knife point in oakland. kron4 will tran is at the safe where where this happened. >> here is surveillance a video. it's started at about 12:15 p.m. yesterday afternoon. a man tried to shoplift. we do know that he

got into a confrontation with an employee. the employee was not injured but apparently he grabbed a knife. he went into the parking lot and then hopped into a great colored sedan. >> the surveillance video is not very detailed. he is described as an african american and his 40's. he had a green t-shirt, blue jacket and you might notice that he had headphones on at the time. >> here is the amber alert to. the car,6jfm648. they searched for this area but they were not able to find him. they believe that at this point i know people are thinking something fishy but

the oakland police department believe that these parties to not know each other. that fbi has been called in. >> new this morning. a man was stabbed to death. the attack happened at 1:20 a.m. this morning and santa clara and first-rate. a man is in custody and the stabbing, but police continue to investigate the scene. that is causing a vta light rail to not stop at the santa clara station and several bus lines are currently being rerouted are run santa clara and first- rate. we're only six weeks into the new year and this is san jose's six,. >> new details this morning in connection with the death of three year-old kayleigh

slusher out of napa. kron4 has uncovered documents that show, that the man charged with killing her, has a history of making violent threats. back in 2008, ryan warner's ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order against him, allegedly because he was upset that she was choosing to continue her pregnancy. his ex-girlfriend also say that that she received several threatening voice mails and texts from him saying that he hopes that the child dies and that he has been on the run on many times. her body was found in an apartment last month, the couple face 25 years to life in prison if convicted. >> a grand jury has indicted the suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 15

year-old sierra lamar. the suspect, antolin garcia-tor res. he was not only indicted in the kidnapping, but also in a string of other attacks on women in the south bay in 2009. he will be arraigned on thursday. if you may recall, that sierra went missing in morgan hill back in 2012. the 15 year-old girl was last seen walking towards a bus stop on her way to school. >> right now, parents are on alert in the east bay. this is after a man tried to lure a young girl into his car in front of a middle school. kron4 terisa estacio has the latest from san leandro. >> coming up on the kron4

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>> here are some of the big stories that are making headlines across the country. a winter storm in the south is taking a toll on businesses for amtrak. the train agency suspended some of its rail service in the south and the mid atlantic regions today. >> meanwhile, more than 25

butterflies have been cast across the country, the hardest hit airports in atlanta and charlot2500 flightsn canceled across the country, the hardest-hit airports in atlanta and charlotte. passengers are the only ones stuck. delta air lines says that some of their workers at atlanta's international airport slept on planes overnight because there were not enough hotel rooms for everyone. >> a jury in jacksonville, florida could begun deliberations today in the trial of a man charged with firing his gun into an s uv of teen boys killing one of them. this happened at a local convenience store, michael dunn says that he

accept the team to turn down his blasting stereo. the confrontation in 2000 and 12th turned into an argument, but dunn testified that he acted in self- defense, when he saw the barrel of a gun. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. we will chat with our financial expert rob black about what is making news on wall street .

>> welcome back. the time is 6:44 a.m.. >> we are not tracking any hot spots. that is the good news. danes did get back up a little bit early because of a stall. it was cleared and the back up that we are looking at is not so unusual, about 16 to 18 minutes and a little sluggish on the 880 approach. a again, this is not a hot spot. your ride to the san mateo bridge, conditions are pretty good and the drive time is just 13 to 14 minutes of foster city. let's take a look at the traffic maps. what did

the drive time. petaluma, had an accident at that session is slow the ride down but the ride to the east bay, conditions are still pretty good. the 580 ride typically heavy in alta mott, once again we are seeing slow traffic on 680 southbound, something of a new pattern over the nexlast five days. >> we have seen a lot slower traffic and what we are used to. the south bay freeway has heavy traffic on 1 01 southbound. it is still an easy ride south bond, 29 minutes from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge. >> good morning. there is a lot a cloud cover outside. the temperatures are on mild

side. everyone is waking up to 40's and 50's. it is not too cold. low 50's along the east bay shoreline, 49 degrees in san francisco. later on today, we will see overcast conditions. the temperatures are mainly in the '60s. it will be a little--temperatures are going to climb. >> oakland however is hitting a high of 64 degrees. upper 50s for daly city. by later on tonight, the chance for north bay sprinkles and the temperatures however in the upper 40's, low 50's. we are dry for now. some of these sprinkles will straight but i do not think we will see much between today and tomorrow. maybe a 10th of an inch north of the golden gate bridge. a cold front will come through and will impact the west coast, bring scattered showers for just about everyone. the next opportunity for what the weather is next tuesday and

wednesday. >> we are watching wall street with rob black. >> the dow jones crossed over 16,000. the new fed chair, said all the right things. >> i love her. i think she is great. >> she is much prettier than ben bernanke. that is neither here or there. >> she talked and people acted like, she is pretty smart. wall street talk and they went higher and higher. she controls the banks in the united states, she controls of the landing rights. >>lindanending rights.

>> the >> i know she has bay area ties. she was also a professor at cal berkeley. she is in line with the ben bernanke. >> she does not see a lot of inflation. >> the most numbers for the stock-- tesla just keeps soaring. >> it is based on how cool it is. if you look at coca- cola, you think they're pretty cheap. if they continue to execute well, they hid their big numbers, they open new factories and international expansion,

there will be great. if not, that will have a disastrous stock. >> they are killed, back to the real world, that is a moment some stock. amazon is say that they will hire more the 2500 workers. we will see how many people will get these jobs. >> i bet this will not be a hot job. >> well they are supposed to pay more. >> we see a headline like this, they are now the company that stays the they are bringing jobs to america. >> we would check back with rob at 9:15 a.m. with winners and losers. >> we have good news about a disabled man who is handicapped equipped van was stolen. he has a back this morning. his van was stolen

on friday night, shortly after kron4 brought the story on-line, police called him to say that they recovered it. one of our reporters and gave a neighbor the plate number of the stolen van, that men in the been the person who spotted the vehicle just a few blocks away from home. he had left cameras and a laptop in the event because it is hard for him to carry things. those items did gets stolen. >> sky the wire fox terrier has become amamerica's top dog. sky won best in show at the 138 westminster kennel club on tuesday night. the standard poodle

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>> billy ray cyrus is giving his daughter, miley cyrus, a run for her money in this most shocking video category. not for the reason you might think. billy ray's latest release has plenty of near nudity, but real shocker is just how bizarre this whole thing gets. >> this is a billy ray with his hip pocket version of his 992 country hit " achy breaky heart " in this video, billy ray teams up with wrapper buck 22, who was the son of

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elderly man who was carjacked. i will have the very latest. >> happening now out of san francisco, another deadly car vs. pedestrian accident. we will have a live report from the scene. >> the bay area may see another chance of showers today. we will have your morning weather forecast coming up. >> good morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> let's get right to the forecast. >> we could see a few raindrops later on tonight. i want to start with this look from atop mount tam. you can see the cloud cover but also the sunshine. we are still dealing with