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morning. 4 people are dead, 16 others injured, after a gunman opens fire at fort hood. >> this all played out in a community that was hit by the same violence just five years ago. polo sandoval is in kileen, texas with the story. line this information was released overnight of whole the alleged gunman is. he was a father, a husband and a army veteran. he allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers. this is yet to get this thing of the shooting, authorities said that army specialist killed three people before he turned the gun on himself. the base commander stated that lopez opened fire in one building and then continued to open fire while driving to another one. >> the lieutenant stated that he took his own life
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when a military police officer confronted him. >> she did her job, she'd get what we expected her to do. >> he had only been stationed at fort hood since february and he previously served four months and i iraq. he was being treated and been evaluated for post disorder. >> we are looking into his background, a criminal history, psychiatric issues. >> neighbors tried to console his wife. >> she was worried, she was crying. i walked over to her and i tried to comfort her and told her that everything will be o.k. but, it did seem to be sinking in, as far as i know, he was on my side he always smiled and waved. >> this is a sad resemblance
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to what happened at the same post when 13 people died. he is now on death row. >> the survivors are now recovering at local hospitals but this is a very long day ahead for investigators. there tried to piece together as to why lopez opened fire. when they're done downplay this, they're not completely rule in and out. >> this is an unfortunate situation to have this happen again. we never wish anything like this on our community. i feel like we have a sense of what we need to do this time better than before. last time we did respond okay but now we have
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practice. >> stay with kron 4 news all morning. we'll have continuing coverage on the fort hood shooting through ten a-m. and also online at kron 4 dot com. we'll be posting updates on facebook and twitter as the morning rolls along. >> we want to get a better look at the weather and traffic. i am looking at all the sunshine. >> san francisco's as 60 degrees yesterday. he's out there. we have a few low cloudwe have a few high clouds. this afternoon the temperatures will be in the low to mid 60's. we are also going to see a slight chance
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of showers. the next system is weak, it will break apart before it reaches here but we're still looking at 20% for the north bay. i will have the timing of that and exactly when it would nature of umbrella coming up. >> the roads are okay and we are not tracking any hot spots. we are not tracking any big delays. the toll plaza, with traffic light as it has been, they have decided to turn the metering lights on. the time is-as we do not see the back of filling in across the lanes. so, the dry pavement maybe the difference. remember, monday was exceptionally light and we did not see the same on tuesday and wednesday maybe we will catch a break today. in the south, there is a power outage that is affecting said the allies on the
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lawrence expressway between 237 and 101 both north and south bound. there is a power outage that is affecting 1900 customers. if you encounter an intersection where the signal light is out, treated as a four way stop. >> happening this morning, graduate students at u-c berkeley will go on strike for the second day in a row. the students are protesting what they call a 'pattern of intimidation' by university officials. this comes one day after 20 people were arrested at yesterday's protest at the santa cruz campus kron four's mike pelton is live on u-c berkeley's campus where the protest is expected to grow this morning. mike? >> there will be a group of a dozen people expected here to support the credulous students who are in the midst of a strike. this morning, protests is targeting what took place in santa cruz yesterday. here is a video that was posted online for all 20 students
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were arrested. the officials say the that were blocking traffic and the west entrance of the campus. this is what they're saying caused them to be arrested. they are protesting that there is a pattern of intimidation and unfair labor conditions. this protest is born to be resuming today at 8:00 a.m. and we do have a second protest that is expected to begin but i have not seen anyone arrive but i can tell you that police officers are waiting for them if they do arise. >> a big announcement from officials at san jose state university. the school has fired 18 resident advisors across several dorms -- with only seven weeks left in the school year. school officials say, the r- a's worked in various residence halls across campus. and current housing staff members and volunteers will help to fill those the changes are *not linked to the earlier hate crime
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allegations. coming up at 6-30. we'll hear from kron four's will tran live from san jose state. >> we will take a quick break. coming up on the kron4 new is. a stolen atm in the east bay where police want to know how ended up in a ditch. it is a story that you only see on kron4. >> the fbi wants to track down a man was suspected of targeting children. we have pictures of him this morning and the warring authorities are sending out. [ grunting ]
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and >> welcome back. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have been activated but the ride is still light. there is good news for public transit. they have no delays for a bart, caltran or muni metro. >> to restore that you won't see on kron4. police are trying to figure out where in atm came from that was found near a creek in lafayette. a person going past reported that they saw this atm sunday night on reliez valley road. the one agreed police department says that it actuallits activel
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investigating it. concord police say that an 18 was reported stolen from a farmer of your market off of some of your market erodsay thad stolen from us farm bureau market. due to the miscommunication between public works and the sheriff's office, the atm was not picked up yesterday afternoon. police said that the reason rain could have washed away possible evidence. >> coming up on of the kron4 new mixim, creamy greek yogurt. with two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me.
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tully and i want one. this is an east san jose. we have a crew headed in that direction. >> a strong aftershock has now struck the chilean clothes in the wake of tuesday's deadly earth tremor. the aftershock was rated at a magnitude 7.6. they can midday after a larger 8.2 magnitude quake caused six deaths and damage thousands of homes. right now there is no tsunami threat to the u.s. coastal states. >> in missouri this morning, crews are cleaning up down the trees after heavy rain and strong winds move through the state. trees fell one to homes just outside st. louis. forecasters said the strong storms could produce quarter to have a dollar sized hail
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anywhere from arkansas through the western kentucky and southern illinois. >> yesterday, we saw baseball size hail fall down and parts of kansas and st. louis, missouri. although this is starting to weaken, we're still looking at the possibility of severe weather. this is something that we will continue to follow. we are waking up on high clouds. here's a live look outside. the temperatures are in the 40's, it is a bit chilly outside. there is a frost advisory. we have 41 degrees in napa, by the afternoon we will reach 60. the temperatures will be a touch warmer than what we experienced yesterday. the clouds will continue for the afternoon. >> the computer models are
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in agreement that this storm should fall apart before it reaches lands. just cloudy conditions through tonight, heading into the overnight hours, we will see activity is off shore. not until the afternoon was said 20% chance of sprinkles. scattered showers north the golden gate bridge. that is really the extent of it. here is your 7 day around the bay. once we make it through the work week, looking for to weaken the temperatures will climb. monday and tuesday is expected to be the warmest. ellen highs will be in the low 80s, upper 70's inside the bay. >> the time is 6:18 a.m.. >> we have been watching pretty light traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza but there is a stall on the upper deck. this could affect the backup for
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westbound ride pretty you concede that this back up is confined mostly to the fasttrack lanes, cash lanes are moving okay. again, this could shift. the lighter traffic load, it does help with easing the back up. the san mateo bridge, 92 is still great and we are still just 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge, is problem free and so wish to ride to the richmond san rafael was no backups in the westbound direction. >> to the east shore freeway commute is still only 12 minutes, the dry pavement does make a difference. 680 south is looking good into walnut creek and into the dublin interchange. a ride to san ramon, 16 minutes, south bay freeway is looking good there is a problem on the lawrence expressway where the signal lights have been knocked out. this is
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affecting about 1900 people. the north bay ride is still looking great on the 25 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. maligne >> the chp is going to be cracking down on a distracted drivers today. this is the first 04 days or that will pay attention to a distracted drivers. across california, officers will be on the lookout for people talking, texting or browsing behind the wealth. >> the man who sparked a 2010 gun battle with oakland police on interstate 580 will be sentenced today after he was convicted of attempted murder of an officer. brian williams was stopped for speeding just before midnight on july 80, 2010. officers fought several weapons inside of his pickup. the shootout
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with williams lasted 20 minutes. a trial, prosecutors argued that williams was on his way to sampras's go to attack the of aclu. >> facile workers will again rallied outside oakland mcdonald's today. this is video from a bay area protest last year. the workers will be calling for better wages outside a mcdonald's on jackson street. the protest is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. >> happening now, the fbi is now asking for your help in stopping a child predator. they said that his image was captured from >> child pornography video. officials said it is not typical for those in the child porn to show their faces. they're hoping that someone can identify him. the fbi says that the man is wearing wire frame glasses.
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the video was recovered door and arrest pripet >> the senate intelligence committee is expected to declassify part of a secret report on bush era interrogations' of terrorism suspects. congressional aides said that it is deeply critical of what a boring and other harsh interrogation methods, and concludes among other things in such practices provided no key evidence in the kron4 osama bin laden. the cia does use any of these conclusions in the report. >> coming up on kron 4 news we will preview the markets. will stocks stay in the black for another day this morning? >> big nils for amazon customers. the company unveils a new video streaming service
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>> we are watching wall street's this morning. investors are hoping that the weekly jobless claims report from the government is positive. >> here yesterday's closing numbers. the dow gained 40 points. the nasdaq was up about 9 points. the s&p 500 rose five points. >> yahoo has added another llayer of security in an effort to shield the peoples
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on line lies from the government's spy some other snooping. the new measure includes a system that will in crypt all information that is transmitted. yahoo balt/sure to increase their the data by march 31st. search request are made from towel=from from yahoo's home pae now automatically encrypted. >> mold over apple and roku, amazon has now and build their own video streaming devices. this new device is caught fire tv. two features this machine will have that others do not are voice recognition and gaming. for the voiceyou can say the name of the tv show or actor and a list of
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all your options will pop up. for gaming, there is a whole library of games are available for free or for small feat. you can play the with your remote control with a tablet, but they are also want to sell a $40 video game control. fire tv will sell for $99 spread >> of the latest picture making the rounds on social media comes from an unexpected samsung pitchmen--president obama. boston red sox player david ortiz snapped this photo of himself with the president and a white house yvette using a samsung phone. it was recent by tens of thousands on twitter. samsung week twisted this photo as an aunt. the white house says the the president did not know about the marketing stunt. samsung has a deal with ortiz, the
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company reportedly spent billions on advertising about four times as much as it did for top rival, apple. >> coming up on kron 4 news. new information on a car and a body that was found in the war. >> plus, we are falling in the latest on the deadly force could shooting. three people and the shooter are dead this morning.
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>> welcome back. we are watching wall street. you could see a beijing company on the right going public. 8 to $10 a share. we are following the latest in to remind you that if you check your stock, global had a tooth for once leglobal had a 2 >> authorities have now identified the man who opened fire at fort hood, killing three people before
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committing suicide. the party for your role was married and had a daughter, who is a round three years old. ed lavandera shares what else we have learned about him. maligned that went to the apartment complex where he stays. >> investigators and ford could officials say the they have no motive but they do describe the nature of which he carried out these attacks. >> at the sequence of events, they're not 100 percent clear but it is believed that he walked into one of these buildings, and got inside of a vehicle and fired from a vehicle. he got out of of the accord when inside build an open fire >> we're told that specialists lopez arrived here not too long ago, back in february and that he had
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just moved into this apartment complex zero weeks ago. a neighbor describes the scene of the apartment complex where a lot of military families lived. there were watching the news, his wife was concerned she had not heard from her husband and then in front of all those neighbors she discovered that it was her husband was involved. we are told by several neighbors that she left the scene with military officials or investigators. we're told that's pawe are told that the ws cooperating. to there are 16 numbers the were injured but several of them are still in critical condition. we hope that these people pulled through. this is something that they are monitoring closely. at least three people are still in critical condition. >> we are in the weather
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center. we are tracking the weather. >> we have a 10th of an inch fourth the cole's, 20% chance this is not one of the a big amount rain but past that we will see sunshine and warmer weather for next week. we still have to get through the next couple of days. this is a weak system and it was expected to bring more but it will fall apart by tonight. as for temperatures now, vallejo was a 42, up before this along the east bay shoreline. we will see low to mid 60's letter on today. as i mentioned, a chance for showers for tamara. the extended forecast is looking eyes. i
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will walk you through the seven day around the bay coming up. >> the time is 6:33 a.m.. the line we are getting word of an accident in san jose. >> this is right at--this is where the cameras located. you can see the impact it is having on the traffic. the good news is that the back up is not big, it is slow and it is also affecting the ride from the guadalupe parkway. this is right here, right were the two left lanes are. i will show you on the traffic maps, this is the location of the problem, the backup is on the reaching to the 880 interchange. also, the signal lights are out on the lawrence expressway because of a power outage in the south and for the stretch between 101 and highway 237. here's a quick look at the
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bay bridge ride, westbound, with the stock, we do not see much of the back up, there was a stall, the meter in the eyes have been activated. the drive time is still just about 16 minutes. >> we are live on the scene of a breaking new story of a man who was found dead in his car. will tran is live with more. >> this was also a tully road off of 880, the police officers are still here on the scene. this is also of-- this is a big area, they have road this area off. you cannot go beyond this police tape. there tried to talk to a possible witnesses. we are not sure where this car is located but i can tell you that they have been walking in and out of this home on the corner. we do not have
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an identity of this person or a generic description. we do not know his age, race but the san jose police department are stating that they're gonna send more investigators to the sink.scene >> five people have been arrested after the attack and homeless man last month. a 16 year-old boy was stabbed to death door this fight. kron4 spoke with the homeless man who was originally taken into custody. he was released after prosecutors found that he had acted in self- defense. campbell police released photos of all five suspects allegedly associated with the sureno gang. to lamar minor's but will be charged as adults.
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they face murder charges under the state's provocative acts doctrine. >> officials in contra costa county have now identified the body of a man who was found inside of a car that was overturned and under water in pittsburg. they said that this the same man who was reported to be missing by his family tuesday night. emergency response shutdown leave them road in pittsburgh yesterday. authorities believe that the man and veered off the road due to wet conditions. >> a warning this morning for older residents in the south san francisco area. skimmers are targeting them over the phone and on line with many sensors been co axed into giving them large
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amounts of money. police said that the stammers either offer a home long, lottery tickets in exchange for cash. some of the victims get calls from fake irs employees. in each of these scams, the victim is axed to send money to re wire transfer foor load onto a green dot the gift card. when you try to call them back, the phone number is either disconnected or go straight to voicemail. police are urging people to get as much information as possible and their report the crime to a police. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. an update on the fire that chart large areas of the yosemite national park last year. why visitors have something to be happy about today. >> a new rescue video from the daily landslide in washington state.
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northbound and the guadalupe parkway. this is just before--the traffic is now backing up beyond the 881 01 interchange. >> the search is still continuing it nearly a month after the malaysian airline flight 370 disappeared. in a briefing, the australian prime minister tony abbott described the search. he warned that there was no guarantee that this plan will ever be found. abbott also says support is was there no effort until they have done everything possible. >> parts of the december national park that was barred investors mass of all fire are back open to the public again. park officials said that visitors need to watch out for uneven ground. the area we opening include the giant sequoias
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growth and hiking trails. >> live in the weather center. we have low and high clouds. we have a chance for rain into tomorrow. i will break down the next couple of days when we return. so did he ever say anything about aum your training the seashore incentives and to me sort as we not and have that training
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on kron4. a millionaire heir to a family fortune convicted of sexual assaults in his daughter when she was a toddler is not going to go to prison. close to our website to find out what the judge decided. >> a gruesome story here. the evidence on a home in los vegas that made police think this man killed his mother and sister and try to get rid of their bodies. >> the four men arrested on suspicion of robbing a man for something he was wearing. what they did to the victim in the middle of the day on a busy corner in santa claus. this is all on our website at kron4.com >> for now, we are dry and,, it is a little cold outside.
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since the degrees right now for san francisco. we will see temperatures pretty similar to what we experienced yesterday. it will be a touch warmer in the south bay. fremont will have a high of 63. lows 60's for the golden gate bridge. the clouds will continue to stream and you will see that all satellite and radar. it is on to fall apart before it reaches land. looking at the possibility of perhaps a few scattered showers for tomorrow. for the most part the morning will be dry but the afternoon we will have coastal showers. >> a 20% chance--if you survive, to marr will be nothing. keep your own color hand. saturday and sunday we will have temperatures and the seven days. the time is
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6:47 a.m.. >> we have better nose for a hot spot, one all one the accident has been cleared. the traffic is moving now on 1 01 north all but it is backed up to 880. the guadalupe parkway is also backed up for three-quarters of a mile in the northbound direction there is the no. gone back up. and we also want to let you know about a signal light that is malfunctioning. also in sunnyvale, the lawrence expressway. >> the bay bridge back up has been run, we have a stalled. a bus accident that was blocking the toll lanes. and a.c. transit bus also struck one of the tow boats and it is over to the side for the sheriff's
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department. the back of his growing both on the toll plaza and also on 880 approach to the bridge. >> the san mateo bridge conditions are still fair 13 to 15 minutes. the richmond san rafael, and the state's five they the back of is confined to the cash lanes. >> a 63 year-old woman may have been eaten alive by sharks off the coast of australia. christine armstrong was one with a group of friends off eight beach in the new south wales when the attack happened. police said that a witness on some nearby rocks spotted a large shark. attacking
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something in the water which he believed to be armstrong. the beach is now closed as a safety precaution. >> marreese speights scored 22 points and fell reserve jordan crawford added 16 points for golden state but it was not enough for them to the beat the spurs pripet the spurs grab the lead three minutes in the game and never looked back rolling to 111-90 win. >> tim hudson's first start as a giant was a good one. the veteran right-hander allowed three hits while working into the eighth inning to beat the diamondbacks 2-0 on wednesday. >> a mix bag of the oakland a's in a double header. scott kazmir shut off his former team with the eighth inning in his oakland debut, and the athletics beat the
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cleveland indians 6-1 in the first game of the double header. >> new oakland a's closer jim johnson could not hold the lead in the nightcap given up three scores in the mind. cleveland wins 6-4. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. officials now release rescue video from a deadly landslide in washington state. will tell you the one thing that women managed to grab before she lost her entire home.
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at bart's fleet of the future. this is what they're called in the new trains. the new cars will be quieter due to doors that will better sale of noise. they will be cooler, making it more comfortable for those standing on hot days. it will be easy to use the roads and it will be color codes. the map will have color colds. the next time the to stop your web information available the automated announcements and digital screens. >> heading into the seven o'clock hour we have some new video we wanted to show you. >>
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>> a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of chile late last night, one day after a deadly 8.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the region. >> a helicopter rescue team say two women who lost nearly everything they owned in this deadly mudslides in washington state. this video was taken march 22nd right when the mud slide happened. the only thing that this one could say was a pain. one of the crew members brought it on to the chopper. 29 people were killed in a mudslide and 20 are still missing. >> check out this. these are afghan commandos going to training that was created by u.s. special forces. they're
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being trained to fight the kaplatallow ban on the run. it looks like a real mission, but they are firing blanks. this is video from camp commando on the outskirts of cobol. >> coming up on the kron4 nils. we have more information concerning the stolen a team that was found. also more information about the state senator. will also talk with gary about the sports. ♪ you have three questions. coffee or espresso? oh, coffee please. ♪
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>> it is thursday morning. we will get to our top stories in a moment. change is coming for the weather this weekend. >> right now, we have low clouds that are coming in but high clouds are also streaming in. it will be itouch warmer than what we saw yesterday. changes on the horizon. there is a weak system that will fall apart all we are still looking at 20% chance of coastal showers. i will walk you through the forecast coming up. >> for those of you at
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