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colder air will be the big story tonight. and we have breaking news along interstate 80 where not one but two crashes are effecting traffic at this hour. you'll hear from some of the people involved coming up. morning news continues. good morning to you. welcome to tuesday. it's november 23rd. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. let's start with steve paulson. definitely talking about weather this morning. we are indeed. we have some off and on rain for us. nothing too heavy. heavier amounts up towards the santa cruz mountains and higher elevations about a half inch. but at the surface generally less than a tenth of an inch.

occasionally some showers, bursts occasionally moderate. nothing too heavy. most observations say cloudy. the sierra the snow is stacking up. i'll have totals in about seven minutes. highs today in the 50s. more on that cold air arriving tonight. here's sal. right now traffic on 80 westbound is moving along okay as you head to the macarthur maze. you can see traffic is lightning up here. big puddles of standing water. 80 westbound after san pablo area looks okay. but in san pablo there is an accident blocking the second lane -- actually blocking two lanes. it's the second accident of the morning. claudine wong is live near the scene. let's go to claudine right now. >> reporter: sal, it appears the two accidents are connected. i want to show you what's happening right now along the exit here just after san pablo dam road you can see the headlights are of cars. those are cars that have been effected chp trying to get them

off the read because they were parked there. we couldn't stay there out of safety reasons. now chp getting those drivers out of the way. further back down you can see the flashing lights of the emergency vehicles still on the scene. firefighters down there. two lanes are still blocked as they try to clear this. this all started around 4:30 this morning. from what we can gather at this point it started with a white pickup truck. i want to show you video of that white truck. i did talk to the driver this morning. he said he hit a palette that was in the roadway. it damaged the vehicle so much it had to be towed off of the roadway. as that happened more accidents happened. and there were other vehicles involved. what we gathered from the other drivers we talked to is that they were driving past this accident and they hit other debris. that gave them flat tires. here's what the drivers say happened. >> there was this -- i'm not sure what it was. there's big debris and i ran it over and all i heard my car

jerking. i lose control and now have a flat tire. >> i just come on the freeway before san pablo just past the exit and dot over into the fast lane. i don't know what it was i hit. i hit something. >> reporter: back live you're taking a look at the drivers that you just heard from their vehicles as they are along this side of the exit ramp now as chp trying to get them out of any kind of dangerous situation because traffic is moving. you can see it looks like they may have just stopped traffic a little bit again as they try to get people past that underpass just over san pablo dam road. get that debris out of the way and get this back open. they called for a cig alert. we know there are some fire trucks over there. we don't know how long it's going to take to completely clear this. a lot of debris on the roadway. and at last count we think three, maybe four other vehicles involved after that initial accident. still a bit of a mess out here. it is still raining. so you may have some trouble if

you're coming through this area this morning. live along interstate 80, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. we are also following developing news this morning. a dramatic escalation of tensions between north and south korea. north korea bombard add heavily populated south korean island overnight. allison burns is covering the developments from our washington d.c. newsroom including reaction from the white house this morning. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. this entire exchange lasted just an hour. but it is the most significant escalation of tensions between the north and south in decades. we just got some brand new video from south korean television. you can see here an artillery shell exploding near a building on south korea's island. people are running for cover. two south korean marines were reportedly killed. and 16 hurt when north korea unleashed 200 artillery rounds.

the strikes came during south korean military drills in the disputed her time border area. south korea responded by firing dozens of rounds of its own and deploying fighter jets. it's unclear how many north koreans were killed. the drama is unfolding as north korea also flexes its muscle by showing off a more advanced than expected nuclear facility. president obama is getting regular updates. the white house has issued a statement early this morning strongly condemning these attacks. and declaring that the u.s. is firmly committed to the defense of south korea. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:06. fire damages a san francisco home of an elderly couple just hours ago. firefighters at 21st avenue and savings and loan boulevard before midnight. they found smoke and flames on the first floor. an elderly man and woman inside the house escaped along with one of their dogs.

sadly though one of their other dogs died in this fire. firefighters say it was hard to put the fire out because the flames were actually inside the walls. part of the house was being renovated at the time. but investigators still aren't sure what caused the fire. this morning a walnut creek restaurant will give away 1600 turkeys to anyone in need. the give away is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. at the 1515 restaurant located at 1515 main street in walnut creek. relatives and friends of the restaurant raised the monefor the turkeys during a charity golf tournament this past summer. >> we know a lot of people are in need. time now 6:07. we have major traffic problems. sal has all the details. >> that's right. that's the crash claudine's been talking about on 80 westbound. the secondaccident related west 80 at san pablo dam road

causing traffic problems. they're still working on clearing it. drivers say that debris caused the accident as you heard them tell claudine. also in this commute there's a crash southbound 101 at broadway coming down the peninsula. looks like it's determined to be noninjury however traffic will be busy in that area. let's go to live pictures. 80 at king vale. 80 is shut down between three miles east of gold run and the state line. now in truck ee some vehicles are moving as we showed you earlier but that's just to get them out of there. no new vehicles being allowed past 80 at gold run eastbound up to the nevada state line because of snow conditions because of basically really bad driving. a bunch of accidents and chp then pulled the plug and said no more until this weather improves. very windy steve's been telling us. just not good driving conditions. use 50 instead if you have to go but bring the chains.

they're required. move along to highway 4 here bay area. rain moving through. steve says it's more like showers but, again, it really doesn't matter once the road is wet we have a lot of fender benders. and people not you of course people don't drive well in the rain it seems. so just be careful that other guy who's driving like a fool. 6:08. let's go to steve. that is correct, sal. >> yes, sir. >> up in the sierra we'll have snow totals here in a second. this is a bigger event for them. you can see why. it continues to add up and stack up as far as the snow goes also the wind gusts 55 to 60 miles per hour. winter storm warning is out. now for us we're seeing some hit and miss showers. some of these could be brief at times. but really heavy rain, the front is right there. it's starting to slice through. the key is crescent city now 37 degrees with gusts to 35 miles per hour. there's your cold air. the front is now moving through. this will be the bigger story later on. it will be the cold air more than any rain for us. we're on the western edge of this but brief heavy rain for a while. really it's up in the sierra

and the plunge of the cold air which will take us into tonight and tomorrow morning. this is an arctic front. you're seeing really cold air over the warmer ocean temperature which is is why you see the clouds but the front has just gone through right there. 37 crescent city. everything you need to know. now these are some totals. i'm sure there's more than this. but they can't update it fast enough. north star 55 inches since friday. homewood over 62. heavenly 50 plus. alpine 80. bo real 78. that's so far. there's three and a half feet of snow at the keys i know that. additional snowfall another one to two feet is possible. gusts over 50. winter storm warning until 6:00 p.m. tonight. if you just watched sal, just wait it out. there's no reason to go now. just wait it out. turning colder. that's the big news. cloudy with some rain. 50s. we'll set the highs very early. by this afternoon temperatures will be dropping rapidly. in fact sfo might be about 48 by 3:00 p.m. but the high will be set by

noon. some off and on rain. so if you are traveling out sfo one of the major hubs here might have a few delays due to some rain. 50s on your temps. really we're getting a south wind out ahead of that. it's kind of mild right now. i'll update in a second. i think eureka a little colder than that. 48 for tahoe. 40z down to southern california. very cold air. most will seep in and slide east of us but we'll get our fair share late tonight into tomorrow. off and on rain, cloudy, breezy, windy at times especially in higher elevations. rainfall heaviest in the higher elevations. kind of off and on showers more than any rain. 50s on your temps today and the five-day forecast after the rain goes through then it's cold air. very cold air on wednesday into thursday. especially thursday morning. it will be dry. but the mornings will be mid and maybe lower 20s in wind protected areas. all right. time now 6:11. you heard steve. the storm is actually paying off for tahoe businesses. several ski resorts that were planning december openings,

they're now trying to open this week. sierra at tahoe opens today. others hope to open by this weekend. it seems like after the storms could be a very nice skiing weekend. >> yeah. >> we'll check back in with steve. taliban peace talks in afghanistan. there are now reports an imposter may have been sitting at the negotiating table. >> reporter: and we've been monitoring the rainy cold weather here in pacifica. we'll show you what it's done to a crumbling cliff and what authorities plan to do about it today. good morning. traffic at the toll plaza's getting more crowded. but on 80 a lot of people aren't getting through. we'll fell you why.

in the sierra nevada very cold air now starting to move in. but for us we are looking for some off and on rain in the morning. nothing too heavy but it's moving right through areas that really don't want rain right now and that's pacifica. this morning's weather has work crews near the crumbling cliff in pacifica. of course they're on high alert and also some heavy rain might give way to strong wind. we have gusts about 30 miles an hour. so this could create some erosion problems. jade hernandez joins us live from pacifica. hi, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we can feel gusts this morning. in fact it stopped raining

right now. but about 20 minutes ago it was raining pretty hard. this storm has weakened an already weak crumbling cliff. today we can show you the equipment that crews will actually use to help shore up the cliff face on the apartment building nearby. pacifica's building safety department says there haven't been any major changes to the area in months. but the wet and soggy weather did bring down clumps of the cliff face over the weekend scaring those resident who is live around this area. we've been told the wall being put into place designed to hold the sandy buff in place will be installed today. the work being done on the backside of the bluff apartment complex. it's preventive. and the safety department has been pushing for eight months to get some of this work done. but now it has to be complete. >> the erosion is eminent. it's all there. if we get a lot of rain, it's going to erode the cliff. and the coastal commission just kind of really has to start

looking at that. >> reporter: pacifica isn't the only city which needs to protect itself against the harsh rain. in san francisco the public utilities workers kept busy yesterday. crews cleared debris off the top of the sewage grades and vacuumed them out. storms continue they won't back up. coming up we're going to talk to a few residents here in pacifica to see how they're bracing themselves and we'll have more about how crews will be shoring up that cliff later this morning. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:17. in other news new york times is reporting that a taliban imposter has been taking part in secret peace talks with the afghan government for several months now. the newspaper says the man said he was the taliban's second in command. but his real identity was exposed by another man participating in those talks who knows the real second in command. nato and afghan officials say they held three meetings with the man who reportedly received

large sums of money to be a part of those negotiations. according to the wall street journal iran's parliament launched a petition yesterday to begin debate on whether to impeach president. the parliament is accusing the president and his government of 14 counts of illegal acts. this is the first time in iran's history the parliament has discussed impeaching the president. bay area travelers flying during the thanksgiving holiday will find themselves right in the middle of a national controversy. all three bay area airports, san francisco, oakland and san jose, have the new full body scanners that have been criticized because of the details images they reveal. some security experts say the real effort to keep passengers safe needs to focus on identifying potential terrorists. but that even the most invasive screening isn't enough. >> prisons use much more thorough screening than anything we're ever going to see at the airport and yet contraband gets smuggled into

prisons all the time. there is no perfect security screening. >> very few passengers actually go through the full body scans. for example at sfo there are 45 security lanes but only nine full body scanners. passengers only have to go through enhanced pat downs if they refuse to go through the body scanner or if they trigger an alarm while going through the metal detector. now some critics of the new screening procedures are calling for a national day of protests tomorrow. one of the busiest travel days of the year. they want air travelers to opt out of the scanners and choose the pat downs which take up more time. officials at sfo are considering setting up a special line for people who choose to opt out so that they don't slow down the rest of the passengers. all right. time now 6:19. we have major traffic problems this morning. and wet roads. sal has all the details. sal. >> all right. we do have very slow traffic now on the bay bridge coming in to san francisco. you can see people are just

slowing down because of the wet weather. people drive slower as they should when the conditions aren't right. and you can be cited for driving too fast for the conditions whatever the speed limit. so just be careful out there if you're driving on -- or into san francisco it looks okay so far. of course we still have problems all over the bay because of this wet weather moving through. highway 4 is pretty slow. in fact you can barely see it because of the clouds and rain here in bay point. the big problem continues to be 80 westbound as you head down to richmond out of vallejo. in san pablo a crash at west 80 san pablo dam road been there for more than an hour now. first accident happened at 4:30 followed by a second crash from debris. on the peninsula it's been pretty slow. now we have a new crash southbound 280 reported just came in not even on the map yet. 6:20. let's go to steve. thank you. some cloudy skies. bursts of moderate rain and then we get a little bit of

wind as well. so the system is sliding through the. the cold air's now plunging into northern california as temperatures up towards eureka and crescent city now in the upper 30s. pretty good tweet there said martinez coming down. there you go. along highway 4 from concord to pittsburgh and antioch that's occasionally some moderate rain. but it's just kind of scattered this morning. the front is still right around lake county. that's where the cold air will start to move in. winter storm warning continues up in the mountains until 6:00 p.m. the snowfall just incredible anywhere from 3 feet to 7 feet. and more today until 6:00 p.m. winter storm warning really just take today really not a good day to go. there have been gusts to 60 miles an hour. turning colder by this evening. cloudy with off and on rain. highs in the 50s. sfo if you're heading out out of and on rain as well. partly cloudy skies. temperatures starting to plunge after the noon hour. so dress accordingly. 50s on the temps.

everyone's close. i did see livermore just checked in with 48. that's the coolest i can find. 40 eureka. 37 crescent city. there's the leading edge of the cold air. it's on its way. you get a good look at it right there. the front is just slicing through from northern california down to around just by eureka. that's very cold air going over the water ocean temperature. that's why you're seeing clouds there. off and on rain, mostly cloudy. windy at times. some of the rain in the higher elevations but about a quarter to half an inch for most should cover it. cold air arrives tonight and you'll notice it. very cold tomorrow. wind protected areas on thanksgiving morning will see low to mid-20s. friday mostly sunny and then a warmer system arrives. more rain on saturday. well, in the last half hour the commerce department reported the u.s. economy expanded faster during the third quarter than expected. the 2.5% growth rate topped last month's estimate by half a percent. economists say the revision comes as exports as well as consumer and business spending

exceeded original forecasts. delta airlines says it will consider issuing refunds to some passenger who is cancel travel plans because of the new airport security measures. the airline says it will give travelers their money back but only on a case by case basis for customers worried about the new screening procedures mostly for health concerns. delta says this is not a new refund policy. most other major airlines say customers can get their money back only if they bought refundable tickets. time now 6:23. the wait could soon be over for natalie holloway's parents. the crime lab results that may answer the questions of what happened to that missing teenager in aruba. and a colorful mural in downtown napa comes under fire. the images some people say should be removed.

tough conditions because of the storm on the san mateo bridge and everywhere else on westbound 92 traffic moves slowly over to foster city. another update soon. test results could be released today and they could reveal if a bone found in aruba belongs to missing american teenager natalie holloway. a tourist found part of a jawbone earlier this month on

the beach. holloway disappeared while vacationing in aruba with a group of classmates back in 2005. police say dutch man joran remains a suspect in that case. a colorful mural in downtown napa is coming under fire. the inn commissioned the artwork five years ago by a local artist. part of the mural depicts a cross burning at a ku klux klan rally. a couple in napa says it's offensive and they want that part of the mural removed. >> people from all over the world come here. this is a tourist destination. and this is the image that we have. >> i'm not certain that in this country we want to censor art or censor freedom of speech. that would be up to the artist if he wants to change his art in view of public opinion. >> now the scene is depicting a 1935 clan rally at the napa state hospital.

you can have a little fun while waiting for your muni bus this morning. the new competition between neighborhoods and what you could win. three actions along interstate 80 effecting traffic this morning. we'll tell olympic what happened coming up. stocks around the worlds jumps after shots fires. the opening bell about to ring.

there's the opening bell right on time this morning. not a lot of optimism for the numbers today. look at the lower part of your screen because of what happened between north and south korea. certainly a lot of worries about the global situation that that impact could have. so right now look live at the new york stock exchange and the big board there lower part of your screen dow jones down about 37 points.

markets across europe are all down. and overnight markets in asia closed down as keep watching it say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news tuesday november 23rd. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. in the news now we are closely watching in our storm watch coverage this morning this morning's wet weather causing a lot of problems on the roads. ktvu's claudine wong joining us live from one of the big trouble spots. san pablo dam road. so, claudine, what's happening right now? >> reporter: we're just west of the accident. we have good news, all the lanes are open. but it's been a mess this morning. the traffic stretches back a while. what you're looking at is a tow truck right now taking the last involved car of three separate accidents away from the scene this morning. there were three accidents. first one was a two vehicle, the second one was a three vehicle. and the third one was a solo vehicle accident. let's talk about the first

accident. we don't know exactly what happened. but i can tell you that this white pickup was involved. it happened about 4:30 this morning. i talked to the driver of the white pickup truck and he said he hit a palette in the middle of the road. we didn't see the other vehicle at the time but that caused a bunch of debris and messed up his vehicle. then the second accident happened. there were three vehicles involved in that accident. and there were also several other people who had flat tires because they drove through the debris after that first accident. we talked to a couple people who had their tires flattened by that debris and then this is what they say happened. >> there was just i'm not sure what it was there was this big debris and i just ran it over. and all i heard was my car jerking. i lose control and now i have a flat tire. >> i just come on the freeway before san pablo just past the exit. and got over into the fast lane and i don't know what it was i hit. i hit something. >> reporter: after that accident there was a third solo

vehicle accident. i can tell you this vehicle that we are seeing on the roadway right now just west of the san pablo dam road exit the entire front end of that vehicle was damaged. and the chp told me that driver was taken to the hospital complaining of pain. there was a cig alert because there's a lot of issues with clearing debris and getting this all cleared off the roadway. that alert has been lifted at this point. but when we drove all the way down to hill top we could see traffic as far as the eye could see. it is definitely seeing a bout but still rough through here. ktvu channel 2 news. this morning's rain is only making things worse at the airport. ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro joins us now from sfo with that part of our story this morning. kraig. >> reporter: good morning, pam. a lot's changed since about an hour ago. i'm going to ow you the security line here.

it's backed up probably farther than i've seen it. it could be just a configuration. i want to show you something else. this has to do with i believe with what we've been hearing about in the past couple days. that is pat down searches. take a look at this line. it's very long. but if you go down and take a look at the ticket booth it's not very long. is this the result of some kind of extra security? we'll have to see. over the next two or three days there's going to be a decreasing amount of travelers. despite the rain here no delays with departures at sfo. but if you're traveling to seattle, chicago or washington d.c. today snow is forecast for those cities. >> right now there's no impact whatsoever. we're just tracking the weather. maybe you might see some delays pop up depends on how the weather comes to be. >> reporter: he says there will be about 118,000 travelers passing through sfo today. there were 121 yesterday. that was the peak day. and about 116,000 tomorrow on the wednesday before thanksgiving.

monday again actually is a peak day for air travelers at sfo. one major obstacle many travelers have an opinion about are pat down searches. >> i think that's security. it's security. >> it seems like an invasion and a breech of trust. >> reporter: what about our security and safety? >> seems totally adequate. >> reporter: take a look at this. we caught this around 6:00 in the morning. some people complained about if you will intimacy of the searches. the intrusiveness of the searches. this is about as bad as it got this morning. at least so far we've seen. however polls show americans in favor of tsa searches as they are. refusal likely result in air travelers not being allowed to go on flights. take a look at live picture again. we're going to look into this actually because this line is a lot longer than the lines at the ticket counter. i'm going to see if intrusive searches or extensive searches are the result of this line.

reporting live in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> kraig, before you go were you able to find out if any airports just to give people some information any other airports across the country closed for people heading out? >> reporter: well, no. like mike said there aren't any delays throughout the country. he also told me he wouldn't really have any huge numbers until around 9:00 a.m. this morning. but we're keeping an eye on it because as we saw the graphic earlier chicago, seattle and washington d.c. snow at those airports, washington and chicago. used to it in chicago not so much. keep an eye on that. a lot of flights out of here in seattle. those three cities are very popular but especially seattle because they're not used to it up there. >> right. amazing to see how many people are trying to get away a little early for the weekend. a new friendly competition in san francisco for muni riders. yahoo has installed digital video screens at 20 bus shelters in the city with games ranging from visual puzzles to

sports trivia and waiting passengers can challenge another to a game. each time you win your neighborhood gets 100 points. and the neighborhood with the most points gets to host a block party and will feature a rock band the guys on the treadmills. did you ever see that video how they got popular singing on the treadmill? >> tough say that i usually know these things and i don't. >> it was pretty funny. >> i feel so old and out of it. >> we know what you know about traffic though. that's right. it's been going very slow as you head out in many areas. let's go out and take a look at highway 4. we have an accident westbound 4 at chicago highway. that accident involved a car down the embankment but the person is not seriously injured however traffic is slowing down. also this morning we are looking at the commute if you're driving on 680 south through walnut creek it's going to be slow. bay bridge slowing for about a ten minute wait coming into san

francisco. traffic on the span is also slow into the city. this morning's commute is going to be slow. the peninsula we've had several accidents now there's a crash southbound 280 exit just peninsula not doing very well. just be very careful wherever you drive because of the wet weather moving through. 6:37, let's go to steve. all right, sal, thank you very much. real quick pam said what's going on nationally? if you're heading to the pacific northwest 21 in seattle right now with gusts to 35 miles an hour. just brutally cold air. rain stretches. i'll show you in about seven minutes national satellite picture. locally we have some rain. i'm trying to focus on areas where you get -- nevada. there it went. stretching back into parts of marin county. it's kind of hit and miss. a lot of just showers occasionally can be moderate. then all of a sudden it's gone. the wind picking up and cold air getting closer. now made it into northern california it being the cold air. 37 in crescent city with gusts to 30 miles an hour. there it is.

it's coming. this is a bigger event for the sierra nevada. this is almost a perfect set up to give them an additional couple feet of snow on top of the three to seven they've already had. for us we'll get some rain. so far hasn't been that heavy. santa cruz mountains the most i could find .81. our observer in boulder creek about .06. hayward not bad. .41. petaluma .02. oakland and dublin .17. not a lot. but the snow totals these are just you can add to these. these aren't -- you know there's been more than this but as of last check bo real 78, 80 alpine plus. 75 squaw valley. you know there's more than that higher peaks. north star 65. homewood 62. heavily 50 plus. i know at the keys there's been three and a half feet. if anybody in truck ee watching right now tweet me or e-mail me and say here's what's going on.

just amazing amount of snow before thanksgiving. so until 6:00 p.m. tonight winter storm warning out. another one to two feet. already gusts to 60 miles an hour. by the way schools are closed up in the lake tahoe unified school district might want to add that due to blowing snow. 50s on temps. cloudy with rape. rain. also windy conditions as well. seeing gusts about 20 miles per hour. 50s on temps start to drop later today. 40 eureka. 37 crescent city. blowing snow up there in tahoe. cold air is beginning to work its way south. that's going to be the big story by tonight into tomorrow morning. this is an arctic front. so that slides through. rain and showers really. the front's up around lake county. mostly cloudy but windy at times. 50s on temps and five-day forecast has a cold air mass arriving tonight taking us into

wednesday morning. the coldest morning will be thanksgiving morning. then mostly sunny on friday. a warmer system arrives on saturday. ktvu reporter jade hernandez is in pacifica. they've been dealing with not only wind and rain but also the erosion problem. here's jade. >> reporter: good morning. the rain has tapered off here in pacifica. but definitely still windy. we spoke to the driver of this flat bed this morning. he actually brought in equipment which will be used to help shore up that bluff out here. we tried to speak to a few residents here in pacifica this morning about the weather or this ongoing situation but they really didn't feel comfortable speaking to us this morning. but we can tell yo pacifica's building safety department says there haven't been any major changes in months. then the storm hit. the wet and soggy weather brought down clumps of the cliff face scaring residents who live around this area. we've been told the wall is designed to hold the sanity

bluff in place. the work being done on the backside of the complex. it's preventive. the safety department has been pushing for eight months to get some of this work done. now it has to be complete. >> the erosion is eminent. it's all there. if we get a lot of rain, it's going to erode the cliff. and the coastal commission really has to start looking at that. >> reporter: pacifica isn't the only city which needs to protect itself against the harsh rain. in san francisco, ktvu watched the public utilities workers keeping busy yesterday. crews cleared debris off the top of the grades and then vacuumed them out. this is done so when the storms continue they won't back up. back out live here in pacifica this morning we can show you the huge crane that's going to be used to help shore up this bluff. it's out here this morning. as i mentioned earlier a semi driver actually dropped off equipment which will be used in that process later on this morning and later on this week.

and of course we'll continue to update you from pacifica. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. jade, thank you. time now 6:42. this is a national day of mourning in cambodia. why the prime minister there calls it the worst tragedy since the collapse of the compare rouge 31 years ago. good morning. san francisco traffic so far looks good coming up to the 80 split. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

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[trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following right now at 6:45. north and south korea fired artillery shells at each other today. and at least two south korean marines were killed. north korea shelled a south korean island in response to south korea military exercises nearby. it's still snowing in the sierra this morning. right now eastbound interstate 80 is closed parts of placer county to the state line because of all of the heavy snow. chains are required on other highways. and it took san francisco firefighters several hours to put out a fire at this home of an elderly couple in the sunset district this morning. an elderly man and woman were able to escape the blaze at their home. this is at 21st. investigators are still out

there searching for the cause of the fire. well, government agents hired to transport nuclear weapons were apparently sometimes drunk while on duty. that's according to a department of energy review of 16 alcohol-related incidents over a three year span. two of those occurred during secured missions while agents checked into hotels. the energy department stressed the report found no evidence of agents driving drunk while on duty. the officers developed an alcohol testing program to try to resolve that issue. in cambodia today is another national day of mourning for the hundreds of people killed and injured in a massive stampede. more than almost 400 people almost killed. 755 were hurt. thousands of people fled across a narrow bridge. people were crushed, some trampled, even pushed into the water and still not clear this morning what caused the stampede. it all happened after a

festival at an island to celebrate the end of the rainy season. 12 teenagers back home but that's after being stranded in snow for a night. the group of students ran into trouble in the national forest on sunday. now one car broke down. another got stuck in three feet of snow. four of the teenagers who were dressed warmly were able to walk two miles for help. the others remained in the cars until rescuers on snow mobiles arrived the next morning. time now 6:48. sal, we've had crashes, cig alerts, wet roads this morning. how are we looking now? >> it is pretty busy out there right now. especially on interstate 80. a lot of people were held up in that crash that blocked lanes for more than an hour. now it's very busy coming out from richmond into berkeley and heading down to the bay bridge toll plaza which by the way has a big crowd now westbound coming up to the pay gates. we're going to show you a live

picture. traffic is going to be busy as you drive through the area. we'll show it to you later on. this is a look at the commute in hayward. 288 at 880 there's a crash there reported westbound 92 an accident across the bay. this morning we have a couple of different crashes. i want to show you driving up to half-moon bay to pacifica going to be slow all the way up because of the wet conditions. now let's go to the toll plaza. show you traffic is backed up for about a ten to fifteen minute delay coming into san francisco. 6:49. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. very good morning to you. very cold air is on its way. right now we have cloudy skies. there have been some occasional bursts of moderate rain but mainly a showery pattern. some stretching from the north bay all along the peninsula and moving into the east bay and south bay. heaviest amounts have been some of the higher elevations right near the trivalley. a little cell there popping up right there. some moderate rain. heavy snow in the sierra and

very cold air moving into the north of us. the system is already moved through crescent city. that's where the temperatures are starting to plunge. heavy rain being reported. and it looks like i wouldn't be surprised snow maybe in higher peaks up in lake county already as the cold air begins to work its way in. this is a big event for the sierra nevada again. some rain totals almost an inch. that's the most i could find. hayward .04. petaluma .02. oakland .17. some of the totals anywhere from about three feet to seven feet plus. they're adding to this. they're adding and adding. alpine had .80. another one to two feet but there have been gusts over 50 miles an hour. it's been just forget it today. try not to go. sfo at 52. 54 then 50. that temperature plunging if your you're heading out occasional rain and windy conditions as well. traveling seattle is 20 degrees. that went pretty quick.

20-degrees in portland it's 24. so there's your cold air. that system slicing through the northeast down to the south. might cause a few delays with severe weather. our system continues to work its way south. it's more of a cold event than anything else. some off and on rain and then windy at times. 50s on temps. mostly highs set by about 11:00 a.m. or noon and then start to drop. very cold air wednesday. thursday looks good. but very cold in the morning. mostly fair warmer friday. warmer system arrives for rain on saturday. thank you, steve. stranded for five days. the reason a man could have been found a lot sooner. also how the clothes you wear could make a big difference when you go through the new airport security screenings. wet weather is not making for a very good drive across the bay area. where the trouble spots are coming up next.

welcome back to the morning news. we're going to take you live to wall street this morning because stock markets around the world reacting to the tensions between north and south korea. live look at the big board. dow jones down 135 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also down more than 1%. as are all of the major stock markets across europe this morning. some of them actually down as much as 2% in europe. we'll keep watching. yeah. time now 6:54. let's go to tori now to see what's coming up on mornings on

2. good morning, tori. good morning, dave and pam. coming up in minutes we're getting some rain showers this morning in the bay area, it's a very different story in the sierra where the snow totals are stacking up. one of steve's weather observers says he's never seen this much snow before thanksgiving. we'll let you know which of the main highways is still closed this morning. we'll also go live to sfo where it's another busy day for travelers heading for their thanksgiving destinations. we'll get reaction to the slap over airport security and possible weather delays. we're also closely monitoring the escalating tension between north and south korea. live reports from our washington d.c. bureau to learn more about the attacks and reaction from the white house. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you. okay. tori, thank you. apparently ways to make the new airport security screeners go a little smoother. and it all has to do with the clothing you wear. baggy clothing can require some extra inspection. so the travel experts now

recommend wear tighter clothing and pants instead of skirts. they also say travelers should stay away from clothing with metal studs as well as ladies wearing bras with underwires. stay away from that. let's check in with sal because traffic has definitely been an issue this morning with wet roads. >> it sure has this morning. you come out to most of the bay area commutes you'll notice they're slower than normal. let's go outside. this is a look at interstate 880. you can clearly see it's been wet and windy as our camera's shaking violently here. you drive in oakland that's going to be windy on the cause ways and bridges. westbound bay bridge looking like a 10 minute delay. nothing too bad. looking like we have a little lighter volume than we normally do. this morning's drive on westbound 92 approaching san mateo bridge there's a crash there. also an accident 238 at 880. and generally slow driving conditions all the way across. now let's go to steve. all right, sal, thank you.

we have cloudy skies. windy at times. cold air is plunging in to northern california right now. we also have rain showers and occasionally some of these are moderate right by pleasanton and livermore. right there. so the 580/680 split maybe towards the grade as well that's the heaviest i could find right now. that doesn't mean there won't be some more later. as far as temperatures go 50s. that's kind of the wash. no pun intended. tonight the cold air starts to work its way in. rain gear and parka probably later on, dave, pam. thank you, steve. a date has been set for britain ice royal wedding. prince william and kate middleton set to tie the knot on april 29th. the couple chose that date because they want a spring wedding. the ceremony will be in westminster abbey the church where princess diana's funariales held. back here at home a man rescued reportedly waited days before calling for help.

the coast guard rescued the man yesterday five days after his raft started taking on water. he told the chronicle he was embarrassed to use his cell phone to call for help and thought he could actually fix his disabled raft. he eventually called family and friends. they notified the coast guard. it turns out rescuers used his cell phone signal to figure out where he was. coming up next on mornings on 2, this morning's wet weather is causing plenty of trouble on the bay area highways. we will continue our storm watch coverage. also the crisis in korea growing by the hour. we're getting new details on this very dangerous situation.