good afternoon, we are rife here in vallejo where the body of two women were discovered overnight. coming we will tell you how they could be connected with three other deaths and why the atf is on the scene. >> in hercules police believe one person is responsible for up to five deaths, they now say they have the motive in at least two of those. >> good afternoon, i am jade hernandez. it is the only televised debate between senator barbara boxer and her opponent carly fiorina, a live report coming up.

>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon. we begin with several new developments in a bizarre killing spree across three bay area cities. at this point five people are confirmed dead, including the suspect, who was killed by police after a high speed chase last night. two women reported missing a week ago have also turned up dead. the son of an elderly victim, found dead several days ago, is still missing. there are several locations involved in this case, in hercules, richmond and vallejo, the atf is investigating a house full of potentially explosive chemicals that lead to the evacuation of neighbors this morning. we have team coverage on this complex and developing story. kraig debro will have more on the suspect but we begin with

claudine wong. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori, yes, members of the atf or still out here and they could be out here for quite a while. they are actually in the backyard of this home behind me trying to deal with explosive chemicals found inside. those chemicals found after the bodies of two women were discovered here. the police investigation into their deaths is underway but this is just the beginning of this complex case with multiple victims, crime scenes and so many questions. this is where 63-year-old deana allen lived with her husband. she went missing last wednesday along with her friend carol smart. police say allen's husband, 73- year-old charles rite inhouse, filed a missing person's report on sunday. neighbors say they were told by police to call them as soon as they spotted him. the neighbor made that call around midnight when he came home. >> i guess i was instructed to.

they were looking for somebody, said if you see -- if you see anyone here, call the police. i say midnight. okay. >> the detectives came out to follow up on the missing persons, came out to get more information from the husband. when they were inside the residence they saw suspicious stuff that based on their experience led them to discover the bodies. >> the bodies were severely decomposed. one police officer on the scene described the situation as grizzly. one woman found inside the home. the other outside. >> ait peers the bodies had been here for several days. >> the discovery didn't end with the bodies. from above you can see boxes containing what has been described as explosive making chemicals. those were taken out of the home for safety reasons. >> all i can tell you is there are several items that were located that are chemicals to manufacture explosives. >> 20 pounds of similar

chemicals were found at this storage facility also corrected to him. this case gets even stranger. police say police called them about last friday's killing of an elderly man and that is when they realized they might be connected. >> his name came up in both. >> they have had contact with him for nonviolent issues. he stayed at this home off and on but was here often enough neighbors knew his face. >> he has been throughout the neighborhood for quite some time now. drove the white corvette, kind of hot rodded around the neighborhood some but i never thought that he was that kind of, you know, that he would do something like that. >> so here is where things stand now. charles rite inhouse, the husband of one of the missing women who lived here is in custody. he is going to face charges at least for having the chemicals. it is unclear if he faces charges in connection with the death of these two women.

the atf trying to clear the scene so crime scene technicians can get in and do their job. the focus is on the man connected with all of this. kraig debro has been looking into -- [ inaudible ] >> -- joins us now with more on that. kraig. >> reporter: thanks, claudine. well, police have absolutely connected the suspect to two victims here in hercules, one a 73-year-old bludgeoned to death, another a woman in her 20s was strangled to death and had trauma about the head. two victims -- two more victims identified in vallejo early this morning. now police say the one missing person is still outstanding, police say they like to be optimistic but given what this man has done in the past they say they are not holding out hope of finding him alive. >> we always like to be optimistic in this particular case but being an jane tans of mr. balance deer mere 0 does not bode well for having a long

life, so -- >> reporter: the suspect's life is also over, he died in a hail of police gunfire inside a 99 ranch market store in richmond around 8:45 last night. >> the suspect did have a large knife and when officers gave commands for him to drop that knife he lunged at officers and in which they were in fear for their lives, they discharged their firearm and which the suspect was struck and suffered fatal injuries. >> reporter: but not after leading police on a chase. police in vallejo say he had kidnapped his girlfriend earlier in the day from there and then strangled her before getting on to the freeway. >> it does not appear she was shot by officers. she was deceased before arriving at the -- at the end of the pursuit. >> reporter: police say the motive may have been gel osi. she lived at this home with three other men. >> suffice to say one women, three men living at the house

and he got in an altercation with a couple of them and he didn't live there, so -- >> the 73-year-old man is dead. police found him here after he was reported missing. police are still looking for his son. he hasn't been seen in nearly a week. it all started back on august 22nd when police were called to the hercules home because of a fight between bald da mere a and the salass. >> there was no allegation by either rid cardio or frederick they were attacked or assaulted by mr. bald da morrow but he did discharge them with assaulting him. >> reporter: we found out the suspect's death was captured on tape. it was not released from his but we did get this videotape. it is hard to make out his car but you can certainly see the police cars following. following the shooting the police squad came out and searched his car. police say it belonged to his girlfriend. they believed it might have

explosives since police found explosives at two separate locations linked to him. none were found in the car. reporting live in hercules, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. ktvu will continue team coverage of the still developing story throughout the day. you can get more information by going to our channel 2 website at ktvu.com. wall street kicks off september with some strong gains. an increase in u.s. marveing activity and new signs of growth in china and australia boosted investor confidence in the state of the global economy. the big board right now the dow is up 237 at 10,252. the nasdaq is up 58 and the s&p is up 29. the economy is sure to be a big topic at tonight's debate between senator barbara boxer and republican challenger carly fiorina, it is the only scheduled debate right now between the two women to be televised and it is taking place at st. mary's college.

that wrist jade hernandez joins us now with a preview. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. inside the theater tonight senator barbara boxer will face off with her republican opponent carly fiorina. now some students say they expect to hear the issues but there are some things they don't want to hear. >> i really don't want to see an attack on the person so much. i really want to see them address the issues. as much as i would love to hear you know information concerning each other, it is really about the issues and for them to go after each other would be a major negative. >> reporter: this debate is expected to be lively. these two women could not be more different, taking opposing views on almost every issue, including the economy. >> the one bright spot we have had here in this recession has been clean energy jobs. 10,000 new businesses, 125,000 new jobs, why on earth would we turn our back on that? >> barbara boxer will lose in november because the people of california are going to hold her accountable for a track

record of failure. failure to represent their interests, failure to deliver results on their behalf. >> reporter: the first and only scheduled debate so far will be held here tonight at st. mary's college. some experts are predicting firey exchanges, others think candidates should maintain civility since this debate is only one way voters can elevate them. >> today with the social networking sites we are just in that transition where another kind of politics is going to take place. the most powerful politicians use the most powerful means of communication. >> reporter: campus republicans and democrats sounded off on their candidate's positions. >> she is definitely going to hit hard the role of government and how she is going to handle the economic issues in california. definitely with not increasing taxes and also by trying to reduce the deficit. >> being a part of the california young democrats, i think that boxer has done what

is best for our country. i think my parents, they own a small business company, and so that being on the -- [ inaudible ] >> -- country to survive. >> reporter: the three term senator boxer whom nielsen and her parents support, spoke to the commonwealth yesterday in san francisco. she continually points to fiorina's job outsourcing. fiorina hammered home the message she will tonight. boxer failed californians by not doing more for the economy. it will last an hour. >> you can watch the debate live right here at ktvu channel 2 tonight at 7:00. then stay tuned for a complete wrap up on the 10:00 news. american troops are today getting accustomed to the idea that official combat is over in iraq. >> we are going to push back against these kind of terrorist

activities. >> president obama reacts to violence in the west bank as he kicks off what could be a hoist tornadic week -- [ inaudible ] ♪ [ music ] >> -- quickly but will it last through the holiday weekend? meteorologist steve paulson has the forecast. also -- ♪ [ music ] >> -- change it. -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- technology lovers. details on this morning's announcement just ahead.

♪[ music ] >> vice-president joe biden and defense secretary robert gates are in baghdad today to help mark the end of u.s. military command in iraq. the ceremony began at 5:00 a.m. pacific time and two hours later the combat phase of u.s. involvement was officially over. biden also shook hands with troops. a new commander is also in charge of the 50,000 troops who will remain in iraq for none combat purposes full troop withdrawal is expected by the end of next year. after a they of neal two years mid-east peace talks have begun again in washington, d.c. president obama this morning meet with israeli prime minister bet amin net net and is scheduled to meet later today with the palestinian president. they are scheduled to meet face-

to-face tomorrow. after his meeting with the israeli prime minister mr. obama condemned yesterday's killing of four israelis open the west bank. >> the united states is going to be unwaiverring in support of israel's security. and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. >> the palestinian group hamas has claimed responsibility for shooting the 4 israelis. authorities in the netherlands have released two men taken into custody monday on suspicion they were carrying out a rehearsal for a terrorist attack. however investigators now say there is no evidence to support that. u.s. authorities had requested the men be held through a circumstances raised suspensions, both live in the u.s. and have been traveling to see family. the oakland police chief is warning people who help fugitives that they will be

charged with a crime. [ inaudible ] [overlapping speakers] >> -- key arrests in several shootings. that includes the attempted murder of a fremont police officer last friday. chief anthony batts said they arrested suspected shooter andrew bar reins to within 24 hours as well as an ocom plus who tried to help him cross the border into mexico. >> anyone who came in contact with barrientos we are charging them with a crime. anyone who assisted them. anyone who housed them. anyone who tried to take care of him. we will prosecute them to the fullest. i want to make sure that that message gets out pretty loud and clear. >> barrientos surrendered just a few feet from the border in san diego. authorities say he shot officer todd young during the serving of an arrest warrant. young and another officer were dressed in plain clothes. it is back to square one for state lawmakers and the governor because there is still no new budget after state lawmakers voted down two

proposals on the last day. democrats voted against the republican budget plan. and republicans voted against the democrat's proposal. legislative leaders from both sides along with governor schwarzenegger will now return to negotiations to try and work out a compromise budget that will pass with the required 2/3 support. at the end of the session lawmakers defeated the bill to ban plastic bags in california, the nation's first statewide ban. supporters of the bill said 19 billion bags used by californians every year hurt the environment but opponents said it would prove too costly. a bill headed to governor schwarzenegger's desk would gley the start of kindergarten for children entering california's public kindergartens, they passed the will yesterday to require children to be five years old bicep beer first of the school

year in order to enroll. the current cut off date is december 2nd. the law would save the state $700 million a year by reducing enroll á789s. authorities in north carolina's outer banks have ordered the first evacuations as they get ready for the arrival of hurricane earl. tourists there began getting into ferries, residents began boarding up their windows. forecasters expect earl to make its closest approach to cape hattaras tomorrow it was carrying winds of up to 130 miles an hour today. elsewhere people as far north as massachusetts were pulling boats from the water getting ready for his arrival later in the week. checking with our meteorologist steve paulson to see what the weather is like here heating up? >> already september first and usually that is the best time of the year, yesterday the fog, today, no. fog free and the coast looks good to go. some of the wind direction here, north-northeast,

fairfield north 9, vac a will northwest san jose, north- northeast in the city, a puff of a south wind there at santa rosa. this morning it was very interesting, sfo, cordelia, napa and fairfield reported calm conditions. you can see the areas in the 80s in the orange starting to work their way back towards the west, 70s. 82 in san francisco officially. it is about 68 to 70 in ocean beach. no fog. down in southern california. you probably heard we have a spare the air day today and tomorrow as well. we have an inversion forming. at the surface temperatures start to cool down and you hit a warm air pocket that is your inversion that traps the pollutants that is again a spare the air today and also again tomorrow. they already issued that. temperatures right now they are -- they are getting warmth. santa rosa 86, 88 fairfield. 82 in san francisco. the average high this time of year is 70 so we are already

above. san rafael at 86. now that oakland 78 is at the airport, about 80 downtown. livermore is almost 90 degrees already and san jose 84, which is right where you should be on the high side yet you are already there. fog out to the south and out to sea. it will be back in 48 hours. wall to wallace we say, 70s, 80s and also 90s. some of you who work the evening shift for the rest want shift and you get up at 11:00 in the morning and you are just reading out right now and i have met you. [ inaudible ] >> -- fog is unless you are on the desert where it is already 100. you can -- [ inaudible ] >> -- good signature on the high pressure system building in not so much at the surface. this is just a big old guy of high pressure. it will move over us today, tomorrow, and about half of friday and that means we have a warming trend. now nothing like we saw last tuesday when it was 105 but temperatures getting warmer, good 5-10 degrees warmer today, which means we have 90s showing up through the interior and 70s and 80s on the coast so it is

sunny and warmer for everybody, clear on the coast as well. a little northerly breeze, northeasterly but 90s, mid-90s inland. 70s and 80s by the coast and around the bay. we find warmer weather again on thursday. looks like the fog, though, gets close on friday. saturday starts a cooling trend. sunday, next, monday, tuesday, wednesday, tori, significantly cooler -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- cool -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- september -- >> -- right -- >> -steve -- >> -- uh-huh -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- highly anticipated product unveiling in san francisco. [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- but tops with on-screen controls. he also rolled out a new ipod touch with a front facing camera -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- upgrades such as a new -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- without the phone. it is also an iphone without a

contract. but even more remarkable it has become the number 1 portable game player in the world. up load them over -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- upgrade will fix the iphone 4 reception bug that is available next week. plus the software upgrade for the ipad will support new features such as wireless printing. he also described a new easier to use apple tv. still ahead a close call for residents of a bay area home and their pets this morning. ñsxóxgñ

[ music ] >> in silver springs, player land they are negotiating this hoyer with a gunman holding hostages inside the headquarters of the discovery channel. they have oiled him as james jay lee. they say he has a history of protesting the programs on the discovery channel and has expressed concerns about the environment, population and the future of the planet. officers evacuated people from the building including children from a day care center. there are no reports of injuries. firefighters rescued a dog from a burning home in hayward this morning. fire officials say a resident of the two story home on jacobs place near bay view avenue heard popping noise about 6:00 a.m. the resident went outside and found the grablg and a car on fire.

all five residents got out safely. firefighters were briefly delayed when they arrived after flames caused a live electrical wire to fall. the cause is under investigation. coming up we will have live team coverage tonight of the killing spree in three bay area cities, we are learn in more about the suspect, the victims and the time line of events. that will be coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.