i'm live in san jose where a gunman is in a standoff with police. one officer has been injured. neighbors are being evacuated. we'll have more coming up. and there could be a huge traffic tie up today related to something you're all heard about. the week started off warm but ending on a very cool pattern. what about rain? will we get that in here as well? [ cheering and applause ] juan uribe comes through a thrilling victory in game four

as the giants move to one win away from the world series. but the players say they need to do tonight to make that happen. the morning news continues. i was just saying the giants need to win the game tonight. that's what they have to do. good morning. it's thursday october 21st. i'm kraig debro in for dave clark. >> i'm claudine wong. pam cook is also off today. let's get a quick look at your weather and traffic. steve, it is cool out there. >> it is indeed, claudine, kraig, good morning. we have low clouds. almost everybody has cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. san jose low clouds turning to filter right there. combination of low and higher clouds as a front starts to get closer. could give local drizzle to the coast. 50s and 60s for many today or a few very low 70s. now here's sal. steve, right now traffic is moving well on interstate 880. it's getting more crowded as you drive toward the bay bridge toll plaza. also this morning's commute in

san francisco along northbound 101 is looking frit good coming up to the downtown area with no major problems. however, we have a problem in san jose with some developing news. and some streets closed off because of police situation. let's go live to ktvu's tara live on the scene. tara. >> reporter: well, sal, we just spoke to police and they say that this suspect is responding but it appears he may have been injured in this shootout. now we are here in a san jose neighborhood. some people have been evacuated. right behind me here you can see two blocks from where we're standing is where the suspect is in a car. he is armed and in a standoff with police. they are trying to get him to turn himself in. you can see that they've cornered a several blocks here around seminole and sam tampa way. you can see there are cops littered throughout the entire neighborhood. some over here and some over in this section as well. there are dozens and dozens of

officers and s.w.a.t. teams that have just stormed this area. so a heavy, heavy police presence. now authorities have just loaded up with more ammunition apparently. and rifle specialists are hunkered down on the second story of a nearby home planning their strategy. now san jose police zeroed in on this man yesterday. they were trying to serve him a warrant for his arrest, but the suspect got away. authorities spotted him this morning in his car. they approached him, but he took off. now a gunfire was exchanged. one neighbor told us that she heard as many as 50 shots around 4:00 this morning. flying glass actually hit one of the officers. he was hurt and transported to a nearby hospital. now police have established a perimeter around the crime scene here. they have pushed it back a couple of times. neighbors as we mentioned have been evacuated. and we just saw a mobile command unit arrive. so, again, police are trying to get this gunman to surrender but they say they are prepared

in case he doesn't. live in san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. two robbery suspects led oakland police on a wild chase and search that prompted a lockdown on allen dale elementary school. they were spotted in a car near 25th and foothill. they then crashed and then took off running. police found one suspect hiding on a roof with the help of a police helicopter. the other suspect got away. police say the men are responsible for three robberies in east oakland yesterday. a new report compares violence on the streets of oakland to violence in a war zone. reporting in the last ten years more than 1,000 people have been killed in oakland. compare that is to the 996 american troops killed in combat in afghanistan since 2001. time now 6:04. police are asking the public to help identify a robbery suspect who shot and killed a store clerk. take a look at this surveillance video released by police. the robbery and shooting

happened at the fiesta latino market few days ago. the suspect shot the 32-year- old clerk even though that clerk handed over the money. if you have any information, you're asked to call the police. police are searching for two suspects in a crime spree in marin county this week. a 70-year-old woman's 1998 minivan was carjacked monday night. and yesterday police say two people that robbed the u.s. bank in novato it might have been a coincidence that the suspects were seen leaving the scene in a 1998 minivan. they're not positive it is the same van. they are looking for the missing one. it's a blue-green california license plate number 6cim754. if you see it you are urged to call police. the giants could be hours away from a long awaited trip to the world series. that's after last night's

thriller at at&t park. paul chambers is live as fans are gearing up for what could be the deciding game. >> reporter: good morning, kraig. now the giants have the phillies right where they want them on the road getting ready for that knock out punch. if the giants win tonight you know what that means? they're on their way to the world series for the first time in eight years. [ cheering and applause ] last night's game was a nail biter coming down to the ninth inning when it was tied 5-5. but thanks to juan uribe's one out sacrifice fly it allowed huff to advance home giving the giants what they need today win game four by a score of 6-5. that victory puts the giants one step closer to winning their fourth national league pennant since moving out west. >> that's got to be an instant classic right there. the crowd was into the whole game. get up early. this year's been matched up pitchers duals all the way around. tonight was more of an

offensive display. give them a lot of credit. they kept battling back and coming back. we did the same. games like that always turn out to be. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: giants players and fans don't want to jinx themselves. everyone would love for them to win here at home avoiding a trip back east. but they know anything can happen. that's why it's best to take one inning at a time. came in from patterson says he's still high off last night's victory and cannot wait for tonight's game. >> still trying to come down from the high from yesterday. came out early. wait until some of these bars open up. get started and root them on at 5:00. >> reporter: time they were the championship series they won 4- 1 against st. louis. can history repeat itself? we will find out tonight when game five starts at 4:57. it will be rematch of game one with tim pitching for the giants taking on roy for the

phillies. of course everyone is hoping that the giants can clinch the game tonight taking it all the way to the world series. of course they will take on the winner of the rangers and the yankees. time will tell. is this the last game for the giants here? or will they have to go back to philadelphia? we'll find out tonight. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> they don't want to do that. you can see that game right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage starts at 4:30 following a special early edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 4:00. and you can follow the battle for the pent san pennant at ktvu.com. president obama comes to the bay area today. but the chance to see him comes at a high price. first off the president is going to attend a fundraiser for san francisco district attorney harris where he's going to pose for pictures with people for $6500. then he'll deliver remarks at a democratic party fundraiser at the palo alto home of google

executive. the price to get in there $30,000. most people we talked to in the neighborhood didn't even know the president was coming. >> the other morning there were a lot of people at the home standing around the driveway and we were walking our kids to school. so we knew something was going on there. and now it's wonderful to hear that that's what it was. it's an honor. >> i didn't know. but it's pretty cool. i'll tell my mom and she'll be pretty excited. >> the president is expected to land at sfo at 3:00 today. he's going to be in attarton at 5:40 and scheduled for dinner in palo alto at 7:00. he'll spend the night in san francisco. new surveillance video caught glimpse the moment a pedestrian was struck by a san jose cruiser. it happened monday night. we got the video from a surveillance camera across the street. it shows the cruiser hitting 63- year-old who fell to the ground. seconds later an officer emerged from the car and leaned

over the victim. the father of three remains in critical condition. his family is hoping for answers. >> we would like to know if some witnesses were there at that particular time who could tell us he or she or some other car passing by what happened. >> there is no crosswalk at 14th and east santa clara street. san jose police say the officer was driving the cruiser that hit him. and they're still investigating the cause of the crash. it's told a statewide earthquake drill this morning is going to help people get ready for the next big one. expected to take part in the second annual great california shake out including schools, businesses and government businesses in the bay area. at 10:21 this morning participants will be asked to drop and cover and practice how to protect themselves from falling objects during an earthquake. bart will also stop its trains for one minute as part of this morning's drill. bart carries about 360,000

travelers every day and remains a vital link of continuous service after the earthquake 21 years ago. it's hoped today's drill will remind passengers about what to do on bart the next time the next one hits. 6:10. sal is here with a look at a busy east bay freeway as well as the toll plaza. sal. >> kraig and claudine, thank you very much. we just mentioned bart. i want to encourage you to take bart today if you're coming in and out of the city because of today's game. there's going to be a lot of traffic there. but we're going to start in the south bay. northbound 280 getting up to the 880 interchange. that traffic moves well. if you're driving in from the santa cruz mountains, the highway 17 commute a little bit foggy there as our expert bay area meteorologist steve will tell us a little more about the fog and where it is in just a moment. this is a look at westbound bay bridge. traffic is backing up a little bit here. no problems coming in to san francisco. no major problems any way. and if you're driving on westbound interstate 80 that traffic looks pretty good heading out to the macarthur

maze. and driving out towards richmond still looking nice with no major problems. and no problems on the richmond bridge either. at 6:11, good morning, steve. sal. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. good morning. we have low cloud deck. there will be higher clouds and mostly cloudy cooler day. get out of the way steve so people can see the system. it's coming in the first of three. it will fall apart. the heaviest rain over the next couple days will be in the north bay. more clouds. a very cool pattern. in fact right now we're looking at cloudy to mostly cloudy for everybody. the low clouds have lifted up around 1500 to 2,000 feet hence up in higher elevations like the santa cruz mountains. napa with 65 yesterday, 64 today. 59 in the city. it will be a cool, cool day. and a cool, cool evening. dress the same way you did last night if you're going to the game. walnut creek 66. 63 in oakland and san jose from 70 to 67 today. 50s for everybody right now.

high elevations are plunging on the temperatures. low in southern california finally moving out. not before gave them about two days of good rain. there's your system tonight and tomorrow. doesn't look like much because it isn't much but might give a tenth of an inch north of the golden gate. stronger system for saturday is right there. that will be saturday afternoon and evening for the north bay and one more coming in the strong one will be on sunday into monday. mostly cloudy, cool and breezy. some local drizzle's possible. 50s to right near 70. it won't go much higher than that. lot of 60s in between and 50s by the coast. a cloudy, mostly cloudy pattern thursday into friday. everybody sunday, monday gets in on some rain. all right. thanks, steve. time now 6:13. with election day ever closer, new poll numbers are out. and that tight race for governor might not be so tight after all. early voting is already underway in california and across the country. i'll show you whether more democrats or republicans are casting their ballots coming up

as the morning news continues.

we are following breaking news out of san jose. several shots fired and a press conference underway about a standoff. we want to let you listen in to exactly what they're saying. >> i can paint a picture

vehicle southbound on tampa officers probably directly behind in several positions attempting to make communication, verbal communication, with the actual suspect. he is moving but not necessarily responding to our commands. he's already exchanged gunfire this as fficer. safely and securely as possible. we have not been able to contact him. he's moving but he's not responding to our verbal commands. >> are you releasing any details? >> i can't confirm that only because i haven't heard it. i haven't heard it. no one's told me that i don't

know. >> can you give us an idea of the police presence? >> we could consider this to be pretty much full tactical call out at this point. we're trying to take this individual who is obviously armed and exchanged gunfire with an officer into custody as safely and quickly as possible. >> all right. you are listening to a press conference from san jose police this morning as they talk about a suspect they are watching right now who exchanged several shots, dozens we heard with the police officer this morning. right now that suspect is sitting in a car. police have surrounded that car with a full tactical operation. tara is there. she's going to bring us details coming up in a few minutes. 6:18. the military's don't ask don't tell policy is once again being enforced. late yesterday the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals had ruled don't ask don't tell was

unconstitutional and ordered to be suspended. the president said he wants the policy repealed but only after review and an act of congress. time now 6:18. even though we're still about a week and a half away from election day, voting is already underway here in california and across the country. more than three million americans have participated in early voting so far this year. ktvu's allison burn asks live in our washington d.c. newsroom tracking the turn out. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, claudine. in california more than half a million people have already voted. now the secretary of state in california is not revealing whether they're democrats or republicans, but we do have some more specific information about turn out for some other parts of the country. in all 36 states and washington d.c. have some form of early voting. so far democrats nationwide are casting more pre-election day ballots. but republican turn out is up over the 2008 elections.

political parties and get out the vote groups are stepping up their campaigns for early voting. one ad from a group called vote naked illinois seems to be getting the most buzz counting the benefits of mailing in your ballots. >> waiting in line or putting on pants. it's so easy. it's so private. you can vote naked. >> reporter: again, that means voting from home. in all 30% or more of all votes are expected to be cast early and with control of congress at stake. many states are expecting a record midterm election turn out. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. thanks, allison. a new poll in the california governor's race shows democrat jerry brown has opened up a lead over republican meg whitman with just 12 days to go to election day. last month public policy institute of california poll showed brown in a virtual tie with whitman. but now brown has an 8 point

lead. 44% for him. 36 for whitman. support among latinos is being credited for brown's lead. the race in the u.s. senate has also tightened. boxer's lead was 7 points. it's now 5. 43% for boxer, 38 for fiorina. prop 19 is losing support. the ballot measure would legalize marijuana if approved. the public policy institute of california found 44% in favor of prop 19 down from 52% in september. 49% say they now oppose it. it's 6:21. let's head to sal. >> good morning. you know this morning we're getting more and more people on the road. but it's happening gradually. this is just the way we want it to get on the road westbound 24 certainly more people and every time i've come to this shot you see more and more people there. but it's not stop and go yet any way. it should be in the next 20 to 25 minutes or so in some areas. so just try and leave the house

as early as possible obviously. this is a look at the commute on interstate 80 westbound. that's also getting more filled in especially after 580 joins it at the hoffman split getting to the mcarthur maze. and this morning at the toll plaza looks like they've switched on the metering lights. backed up to about middle of the parking lot. once you get on to the bridge it looks good. i've been checking on a couple things. that accident in contra costa county at 160 is still there. it's not causing major delay on 160 and little bit of a rubber necker delay. 6:22 now. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. mostly cloudy morning. only livermore now says clear. but i bet the low clouds make it there as well. concord was clear. now they're cloudy as well. temperatures go up when the clouds come in. around the bay we have low clouds. fog has lifted because there's a front coming in. weak front but still fog right there speaking of. mostly cloudy, cool and breezy day. not only low clouds but local drizzle. high and mid-level clouds could give the north bay little light rain. not a big deal on this guy right there. still going to cloud us up.

don't look for much in the way of sun today. overcast, some sun but little. 50s and 60s for everyone. look at mt. tamalpais down 14- degrees from 24 hours ago. it's more low clouds today. it's lifted. 50 to 56 on your temps. it's not the first system coming in but the second and third. most of the energy's taking aim at north bay. but i think by sunday everyone should be prepared for plan b if you have outdoor plans. i think the rain will make it there. mostly cloudy, cool and breezy. local drizzle is possible. 50s and 60s. couple 70s but not very long. mostly cloudy into friday and then here's saturday cloudy rain in the north bay. heaviest rain will be on sunday into monday. claudine and kraig. all right. 6:23. thanks a lot, steve. fans of san francisco's restaurant hoping against the long odds the place will stay open. now there could be someone who could make those dreams come true.

good morning. right now traffic on bay area bridge asks about what you'd expect it to be. bay bridging begins to get filled up. san mateo, golden gate and richmond doing well. the fog is not an issue on any of these bridges. we'll tell you more about all that coming up. 6:26.

tonight parents in alameda are invited to share their thoughts on the school district's plan to cut the budget. the district is planning to cut pay for administrators and shutting down swimming facilities. district officials say cuts could be avoid the if voters approve a partial tax in march of next year. a partial tax measure on last june's ballot would have provided funding but fell short of passing. the historic ton gastro room restaurant might not be safe from demolition but it could be relocated. san francisco's planning commission meets tonight to vote on a $130 million renovation plan for the hotel which has housed that tiki style restaurant since 1945. the remodeling calls for tearing down a tower and permanently shutting down the famous restaurant. now the hotel says a local restaurant owner wants to buy and relocate the room. details could be released at tonight's commission meeting. 6:27. you could see a sea of orange and black when you head to work or school today. those amazing san francisco giants are one win away from

the world series. >> reporter: i'm live in san jose at a tense standoff between police and a gunman. we'll tell you about the gunman's criminal past coming up. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r

the opening bell just about to ring. you can see sonic solutions a local company based out of novato. they're big in home entertainment technology. watching the numbers for you this morning we've had some earning reports come in. those are looking good from ups, xerox, cater pillar. we also have mixed jobs news on the jobs report and mixed news out china. overall expecting a good day on the markets and analysts are predicting we will get more gains. we'll watch the numbers for you this morning. gains are good. 6:30. good morning and thanks for

joining us on ktvu morning news. i'm kraig debro. >> and i'm claudine wong. time now 6:30. we are following breaking news from san jose. gunfire, a tense standoff and evacuations in the area of seminole and tampa way this morning. police just finished a news conference. part of which you just saw right here on channel 2. ktvu channel 2 reporter live with new details from the scene. tara. >> reporter: well, that's right, kraig. we are learning new information about this suspect. apparently police tried to serve him a warrant around 2:00 this morning for attempted murder. that is when the suspect took off and now he's hunkered down in his car which is located about two blocks from where we're standing. there's an incredibly heavy police presence. you can see the cop cars right here on this block as well as over here if we make it past the reporters here you can see that there are more cop cars as well as behind us here. a lot of activity right here. they brought the s.w.a.t. team and rifle specialists as well. if we look at video we shot

when we first arrived, you can see this has been an ongoing scene since about 2:00 this morning. authorities spotted the suspect around 2:00 as we mentioned in his parked car. they approached him, gunfire was exchanged. one neighbor told us he heard as many as 50 shots around 4:00 this morning. we just spoke with sergeant lopez of san jose police department. here's what he had to say. >> the suspect is still currently in the vehicle. we've just done basic tactical operations. started setting up containment. evacuating some folks. this is an ongoing event. >> reporter: now flying glass hit one officer. he was hurt and taken to a nearby hospital. police have evacuated some neighbors. we're told 15 people to be exact. they have established a perimeter around this area and they have pushed it back a couple times obviously they don't want anyone to be in the line of fire. a mobile command unit has just arrived and obviously they

would like this man to surrender. but they are not taking any chances. and we will have more information coming up for you later as it becomes available to us. we are told that this suspect is responding from the car. at times he is sitting and other times he is moving around the vehicle. but we are not sure if he has been injured or not. we're here live in san jose. ktvu channel 2 news. all right. time now 6:32. the oakland tribune reports that two home invasion style robberies are linked. the first happened shortly before 1:00 a.m. tuesday morning. and the other happened less than a mile away around 10:45 that same night. in both incidence police say two men armed took cash and electronics from the home. nobody was hurt. so far no arrests have been made. police have arrested a stanford university employee in connection with a recent burglary of a palo alto home. detectives arrested 20-year-old

jose per man doze for a burglary on hamilton avenue earlier this month. police believe he entered the home through an open window. he took several items including keys to a car. the family was in the home but was asleep. that car was later recovered. police say the suspects worked at the university dining hall. berkeley police say they have arrested four east bay teenagers in connection with a string of armed robberies. police identified the teens as hall, polk and twin brothers glovers. they're all 18 or 19 years old. police say they robbed five different victims last week as the victims were out for a walk and they used a shotgun to threaten the victims. facing attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend's 12-year-old son. police say the 29-year-old and his brother 25-year-old perez brothers took the boy to a remote canyon and stabbed him at least 20 times. it happened last weekend after police say perez had a fight with his girlfriend.

the boy is in critical condition at santa clara county medical center. both men are in jail. the maverick surf competition set to begin this season. but this time it will be under new management. that's because after much fighting, a new group calling itself the half-moon bay surf group has been awarded a permit to produce the world famous event this time around. the previous producer maverick search ventures was criticized in part for failing to pay vendors on time. the event gets a new name, the mavericks international. and the contest window will be shorter from december 1st to february 28th. the giants are now just one win away from the world series. that's after that thrilling victory last night in the bottom of the ninth at at&t park. >> carrying home the winning run in game four giants win 6- 5. >> there it was. that exciting finish. that winning run in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the phillies 6-5. that was a big

come from behind victory triggered as you can see another giant celebration both inside and outside the ballpark. [ cheering and applause ] >> it was a hero situation 100%. >> buster was one of those heros. he had four hits and two rbis. the big win give the giants a 3- 1 lead in the best of seven series but the manager is not ready to celebrate just yet. >> great win but you have to put these behind you just like losses and be ready to come out tomorrow. >> so game five is this afternoon. tim will be on the mound for the giants. roy will pitch for the phillies. and you can of course watch that game right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage starts at 4:30. that follows a special early edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. and of course you can always log on and follow the battle for the pennant at ktvu.com. that's where you're going to find all our coverage including

photos, video and lots more right there on the front page. 6:36. sal's going to take a look at some of the bridges as well as the toll plaza which has been trouble for the past couple of days early on. >> it has been. and also tonight because of the game you're going to see people going there at night as well. i think you should make plans for heavy traffic. you know a lot of giants fans don't mind putting up with it. but if you're not a baseball fan, you're wondering what's going on. you must know now that it's going to be very traffic coy if you allow me to use that word getting into san francisco. and later at night leaving san francisco about 9:00. so let's go up and take a look at what we have. this is highway 4 westbound. you see some slow traffic in the westbound direction slowing down. over the willow pass grade. eastbound all the lights, that's road construction work. not really slowing the traffic this morning and they don't do it at night a slight

distraction. look at westbound bay bridge. you can see traffic there is going to be backed up for about a ten minute delay. no major problems as you drive into san francisco. but, again, we're warning you about another day of giants baseball with the game starting at about 5:00. a little bit before that. you start seeing traffic getting into the city well before that about 3:00 or so. and on the peninsula traffic is looking good on the 101 and 280. no major problems. little slowing. you see yell yellow on the map. in the south bay northbound 85 beginning to slow down so are portions of 101 approaching 880. here's steve. there's something going on today about 5:00 at the ballpark? >> yes. my poetry reading class. you want to come? >> i do indeed. thanks very much. well, how you dressed last night is exactly how you should dress for the game tonight. it won't be very warm. mostly cloudy, cool, breezy. and that's not only for san francisco, that's just about

for everybody else. we have a rather chilly air mass in place because a cold front -- what? a cold front? yes. actually it's a cool front. it's picked up the fog we had the last couple days. lifts and up around 2,000 feet. supplies over the coastal hills. this could give about a tenth of an inch of rain in the bay. but it's run intoog a split jet. so you take a lot of energy away from it. it is knocking the high out of here and set the stage for a system on saturday and a stronger one on sunday. result of a cool day. low overcast. some sun but not much. low clouds and higher clouds coming in later on. it will be cool. 50s and 60s for many. 52 san jose which is the coolest. now you don't usually see that. the reason being they had mostly clear skies for a while. if you have the cloud cover then you're i would into the mid and upper 50s. usually it's the other way around. i did see i think 49 at cooper tin no. 45 in tahoe. you're okay friday, saturday. but sunday things could change

a little bit. a lot of clouds and wind up there and some rain moving in. 50s for many and 60s down in southern california. that low which gave them a lot of rain has now moved out. here comes our first system. it's really not the first system. it's the seconds. the low in so cal heads off. there's our system tonight and tomorrow. lot of clouds in advance of it. there you go for saturday. heaviest rain in the north bay. stronger system behind that one it comes in on sunday. mostly cloudy. cool and breezy. local drizzle possible. light rain in the north baby this evening into early tomorrow. 50s and 60s. couple 70s. but i think they'll be short lived. mostly cloudy into friday. there's your friday, saturday, rain in the north. and sunday into monday we all get some rain. all right. time now is 6:40. bill gates is putting some big money into a campaign here in california. the proposition he wants to seedy fused. >> reporter: and good morning, i'm jade hernandez. president barack obama is expected to be in the bay area

later this evening. it is not a public event. find out the price tag being attached to this visit. and right now northbound 280 traffic looks pretty good. we'll tell you more about how the commute is getting much busier.

good morning. 6:43. here's a quick look at top stories we're following for you

right now. developing news from san jose where there's been an explosion of gunfire. suspect has himself hold up inside a car there. happening in the area of seminole and tampa way. one officer's been hurt by glass shattered by gunfire. police have sealed off the neighborhood. ktvu will have a live update on mornings on 2. more than seven million people are expected to take part in a statewide earthquake drill today called the great california shake out this morning. exactly 10:21 participants will be asked to drop and cover practicing how to protect themselves during a quake. giants one win away from the world series. san francisco scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth last night to beat philadelphia 6-5. the giants now with a three games to one lead over the phillies. time now 6:44. president obama will be in the bay area today but not making public appearances. he's here to raise money for democrats ahead of the november

2nd election. people are going to pay big money to dine with the president tonight. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we're live in downtown palo alto. we've had a chance to chat with residents here about the president. president barack obama is expected to land at sfo this afternoon and he's scheduled to make his way to palo alto later this evening for a fund raising dinner. now that dinner will be held at google executive mayer's home. 50 democratic big spenders will be sitting down with the president tonight. price tag $30,000 a plate. the dinner was originally slated to be held in san francisco. but was moved maybe in part to the giants hoopla going on in the city. before the dinner mr. obama will attend a fundraiser for district attorney running for state attorney general. cost of taking a picture with the president $6500. a bit cheaper than dining with the president though. we came to downtown palo alto to speak to residents to see how they feel about this private visit the president is

making. >> he's got you know an incredibly heavy load of stuff. i just feel like some of the hard things they're doing they haven't been explained well to the general public. >> reporter: the president is flying in from the state of washington. he's expected to land at sfo around 3:00. and after both fundraisers tonight in palo alto and atherton, he's expected to spend the night in san francisco. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. opposing proposition 23. would suspend the state's landmark climate law. poll shows 48% of likely voters oppose proposition 23. 37% support it. prop 23 would suspend the greenhouse gas law from being implemented until the state's unplace of employment rate falls to 5.5% for an entire

year. california's unemployment rate right now is about 12%. giving $700,000 to the campaign against prop 23. joining other high-tech billionaires and contributing to the no on prop 23 campaign. google co-founder gave $200,000 and intell contributed $1 million. let's head to sal for a look at your roads. >> hi. right now traffic is getting much busier. in fact for this last half hour we've seen a steady climb in the number of cars joining us for the commute. live picture of interstate 80 and you can see a lot of people in all the lanes. but so far it's organized heavy traffic heading out to the macarthur maze and to the bay bridge toll plaza. at the toll plaza you'll see about a 15 minute wait before you make it on to the bridge. usually takes about 10 minutes to get across the span. again we're reminding you that this evening there's another baseball game in san francisco. and the traffic starts getting

busy in the afternoon getting into the city just after 3:00. that's what it's been the last few days. let's move along and look at south bay. northbound 101 at 14th. no big traffic jam just yet but be aware it's there. 6:47. here's steve. sal, thank you. good morning mostly cloudy, cool out there. or even cold for some. and temperatures today will struggle to get past the mid and upper 60s for many. on the coast 50s and 60s. fog from yesterday has lifted. more in the category of low clouds. you can see some of those right there getting pushed in. the leading edge of our first front getting closer. it will be tonight into tomorrow. overcast, system some sun but cool. 52 to 59. san jose coolest 52. oakland berkeley at 59. every's close. 30s in the mountains. 50s for many from eureka, sacramento.

been a cool week for eureka. start off in the 40z now in the 50s. cloud cover will do that. and rain in southern california has finally pushed out. couple days of good rainfall. record rain down there. now we have a couple systems here there's the first one coming in. this one will weaken considerably. the low in southern california that's tonight into tomorrow morning. that could give us some local drizzle, very light rain about a tenth of an inch. the stronger system is coming in from the north bay on saturday. and getting a good look right there there's one more behind that on sunday. that looks better for everybody. mostly cloudy, cool and breezy. local drizzle. light rain developing late for the north bay. 60s very low 70s. 50z by the coast. a lot of clouds. cooler conditions, maybe light rain tonight into early friday. mostly cloudy. stronger system saturday and sunday into monday looks pretty solid for most. all right. thanks, steve. 6:49 this morning the labor department reported a steep drop in unemployment claims. the number of new claims 23,000

that puts the number at 452,000. dropping to 4.44 million. the overall number remains stuck at levels that indicates while companies are not laying off more workers, they aren't hiring many workers either. let's take a look at how the markets are doing. analysts expected stocks to climb thanks to another batch of strong earnings reports. this morning we talked about the mixed jobless numbers and growth in china appears to be slowing but companies earning the reports seem to show consumers are buying goods and that is good news. yet another recall for toyota this morning. this time the notice effects nearly three quarters of a million cars and suvs in the u.s. and 600,000 in japan for problems with brake fluid and fuel pumps. the effected cars are the 2005 and 2006 model avalon. 2004-2006 nonhybrid highlanders. and lexus rx330s and 2006 lexus

gx300. owners who need to bring in their car frs repairs are going to be contacted by toyota in the next few weeks. time now 6:50. coming up next on ktvu morning news it was a taste that doesn't belong in the city. that chimp may have to readjust to a whole new way of life. for different results. i've built businesses. i've built a business. met the payroll. met a payroll. i enter this office beholden to no one except you. i will owe my office to no one but you. i don't owe anyone anything. i don't owe anyone anything. it's all about leadership. this is all about leadership. jobs, jobs, jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs. we do not have a revenue problem. we do not have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. we have a spending problem. rebuiling california. build a new california rebuild california.

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time now 6:53. time to check in with tori and find out what's coming up in just a few minutes. good morning. coming up in minutes, this team seems like they are just charmed. a long pop in the ninth and the giants one win away from the world series. we'll have a break down to find out how much business has gone up for stores, restaurants and hotels near the ballpark. there is a tense standoff going on right now in san jose between police and a man wanted for attempted murder. we'll have a live report with details on what the suspect is asking for and why one officer was sent to the hospital. and a new report reveals some long held secrets by airline pilots including the worst airports to use, the strange reasons for some flight delays, and the one maneuver that will tell you whether you have a good pilot. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you on the morning news. time now 6:54. we got more evidence that illegal gambling is taking place behind store fronts at a

number of bay area strip malls. we are told there are computer gambling operations across the east bay in oakland, concord and antioch. so ktvu stopped by one facility when it got there he found lights and computers on but nobody was inside. now the sign outside says luck lucky business services means providing services one woman he talked to disputed that. >> strictly gambling. and i went all the time. people in wheelchairs. and most of the people that enter this establishment was low income people. >> our crews also stopped by another facility in oakland that was not open last night. there was the sign on the window that said it would reopen soon as a place called hurricane bingo. san jose mayor chuck reed wants to block bonus payments to thousands of city retirees because of the pension system's projected $2 billion shortfall. currently retirees receive an

expa payment on top of their monthly checks in years when investment returns exceed expectations. next week the city council will decide whether to suspend the bonus checks or restructure the benefit. a new report shows california's unemployment insurance fund will be more than $10 billion in debt by the end of the year. that's because the state is currently paying out more in unemployment benefits than it collects from employers. nonpartisan legislative analyst office recommends lawmakers reduce benefit payments and increasing taxes on employers as a way to reduce the fund's deficit. in kansas city, missouri, a chimp that escaped fr owner terrorized a neighborhood and now could be getting a new home. take a look at this video captured by a police camera of that chimp takes its aggressions out on the garbage can. it escaped from a cage in the owner's truck. the owner was told to keep the chimp out of city limits after biting a girl in 1995. now there's a call to put the chump in the kansas city zoo where he was sent after the

biting incident. the zoo says it will gladly take the chimp but only if he is moved there permanently. okay. let's go to sal very quickly for new information on a crash in pacific a. >> that's right. northbound highway 1 near fastlinger avenue. fire department on the way for an injury crash. if you know that area right there at the beach, it's going to be tough because there are only two lanes heading northbound in that area. it's going to be tough. watch for fire crews. let's move along and take a look at westbound bay bridge. it is backed up only to the end of the parking lot. better than it normally is. and if you're doing the commute in san francisco north and southbound looking pretty good. 6:57. let's go to steve. sal, thank you very much. if you're multitasking getting your children ready for the day and they're saying what's the weather today? it's going to be mostly cloudy and cool today. a chilly to start off with. 50s keep it cool. a lot of clouds. maybe breezy, maybe a little sun. temperatures stay in the 50s

and also 60s for most of the day. and we'll see that pattern last for even other areas as well. 50s and 60s a couple of very low 70s. claudine and kraig. all right. coming up next on mornings on 2 we're going to have more of this hour's breaking news from san jose. an explosion of gunfire in a neighborhood there. there's been evacuations and injured police officer. also we are going to go back live to at&t park. a win tonight could send the giants to the world series. stay with us.