i'm paul chambers, police need your help in finding the persons responsible for killing a football star. a safety warning two years before the pipeline disaster in san bruno. developing news from london involving a controversial founder of wikileaks. if you have not bought your plane tickets, you are going to pay more for it. we will tell you why coming up. . good morning. welcome to mornings on 2 i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell tori campbell. it'stures, december 16th. a manhunt continues for the two

men responsible for a fatal stabbing. the victim was a young bay area football star. paul chambers spoke to a family member and joins us now with a update. >> reporter: good morning. we have moved to newark memorial high school. briefly before we move, i got a chance to talk to his mother to get clarification. students and staff members are arriving on campus. 17-year-old football star from newark was the person stabbed at bus stop yesterday afternoon. i just spoke with family member whose came to pay their respects. >> me and my husband, he wanted to see the exact spot where my nephew got -- where this happened. >> reporter: according to his aunt and uncle his father died

in 2007. he lost his up a aunt in may. his mother spoke with ktvu and spoke about a confrontation. >> they were beating up a cheerleader. my son was the one who jumped in and stopped them from beating her up. >> reporter: this morning his mother told me that a car accident on the bridge made her late picking up justice from the football practice yesterday. she says justice normally would wait for a car ride home. witnesses told police two men assaulted him as he waited. he called his girlfriend and later died on the street. his mother says he was devoted to his family and not involved in trouble. she hopes the people responsible will come forward. the only description is that they were dressed in black

clothing in a sweatshirt. this is live, we are on the high school campus. we will try to talk to staff members and students who knew justice to get insight on the young man that people say was a good football star on his way to college. his mother i spoke to recently says she has not talked to police or does not have details about what happened and wants to know these. i'm waiting for a call back. fi get new information i will bring that to you. paul chambers. time is now 7:03, we are following developing news from london. a british judge rejected an appeal to keep the wikileaks founder assange in prison as he fights extradition to sweden. look at video, this is outside the courthouse this morning in london. supporters of assange cheered when the judge issued the ruling. one supporter says hecan stay at his mansion in england.

he has been granted bail to get out of jail. the attorney says instead of house arrest assange will be under mansion arrest. assange is wanted in sweden for questioning in a sex crimes investigation. 6 antii don't antioch police officers received layoff notices. the police chief says the layoffs could be rescinded in the city works out a concession deal with the police union. last week antii don't care's mayor called an emergency meeting to discuss the rise in violent crime in the city including doubling of a rape this year. crime rate in east palo alto dropped. according to a new study the city has one of the highest levels of violent crime in the state. east palo alto police chief will discuss the study and initiatives tonight at 6:00 at city hall. 42 homicides were reported in

1992 in every year since east palo alto averaged fewer than ten. according to the study east palo alto has a higher percentage of violent crime compared to the state average. we are learning that a state inspector warned pge of safety risks 19 months before the san bruno explosion. the letter warned that persistent safety problems in gas distribution system were putting the public at risk. it suggested that relationship between regulators and pge leading up to the deadly september explosion was more contentious than top state officials portrayed. more homes have been destroyed. on tuesday the san bruno city council approved the demolition of 3 homes that have been yellow tagged. they were too damaged to occupy but not so damaged that they

required bulldozing. additional inspections determined they were so damaged it would cost more money to repair than replace them. the city will get $90,000 from pge to pay for the demolition. 38 homes have been destroyed. san francisco police are looking for the cause of a crash at a location well known to bay area music lovers. it happened around 10:00 last night at the now closed virgin mega store. a driver some how lost control of his car and smashed through the front windows at market and stockton. the crash caused significant damage it's not clear if anyone was hurt. let's check in with sal, a new crash? >> we have a crash on highway 4, highway 4 this time at a- street with a motorcycle and a car that got in to it. highway 4 traffic is slow even

before and also after the crash heading out towards pittsburgh and bay point with no major delays. this crash is there in one of the lanes and emergency vehicles are rushing to the scene. let's go to the toll plaza of the bay bridge that's backed up for ten minute delay. people are cueing up to get past the toll plaza and metering lights. if you are driving on the east bay freeways, so far okay. this is a look at 880, northbound, on the right traffic is moving well. left southbound 880 past the colosseum area. no major problems. a new crash a few minutes reported eastbound 237. we will check on that for you. clear skies but cold, temperatures few upper 20s, low to mid-30s. patchy fog. we start off with 29 at

fairfield. 32 antioch. napa 32, santa rosa 31. mid-30s for many, 34 redwood city. palo alto 33. morgan hills 33. gilroy 30. clear skies the cloud cover from yesterday did exactly what we thought it would do, it went south. the colder, drier air came. in the leading emg of the cloud cover and light rain is getting closer. today is the day, i did a hike, the ground, any rain it's going to be too muddy. for those going to the back part of the hills it's going to get muddy tomorrow in to the weekend. today is the day. tennis, golf, what've, by tomorrow back in to the rain. 30s inland, low 30s for many. mostly sunny, higher clouds. mid-50s today. san rafael our target forecast, 34.

50 at noon, sunshine, higher clouds and high of 54 today. the higher clouds getting closer, getting closer. start to creep in today, that will lead to rain tomorrow. the bigger part of the system is developing, evolving and that wouldn't be until saturday. to me looks like santa cruz mountains. everything is coming together as the cold low drops from the gulf of alaska and takes the moisture north of the hawaiian islands. it's not a pineapple connection. cold morning, fog, mostly sunny today. cloudy friday. rain and wind and snow mountain snow on the weekend and could take us in to next week. mostly sunny today. for those heading to the mountains, winter storm watch kicks in this afternoon through sunday. snowfall will be measured in feet. 5, 5000 feet and windy over the passes. for us today 30 to 45 under clear skies but dense fog to

start. by noon sunshine upper 40s low 50s. this afternoon higher clouds come in, highs in the low to a few mid-50s. 55 santa rosa. 54 richmond. hayward 55. 53 concord. 54 santa cruz. cold today, clear, sunny, then cloudy tomorrow, right rain, heavier on the weekend. time is 7:09. if you have to take a flight this morning, airline ticket prices are going up. american airlines raise prices first many airlines followed. kraig debro is live at oakland international now with the details. good morning, craig. >> reporter: we are at terminal 2 at oakland international airport where southwest flys out of. it's going to affect the airlines across the board according to one airline. they said it's a question of supply and demand.

you pay more, but they are going to raise your rates. continental, delta, u.s. airways all others, just because southwest raised rates doesn't mean they all do. none of the people we spoke to actually going to be paying the extra money bus they bought tickets in advance of the announced increases. here is the increase, $10 for every round trip of 500 miles or more. not a lot of money, but you have to consider one other thing, we went to terminal one, everybody at terminal one, those carriers actually charge for checked luggage. >> not whether or not i fly but i usually don't travel with bags that i have to check in. you have to workout more. you have to get your bag with everything stuffed in the overhead compartment. >> it would make me change my mind. i have to see what the options are if the flight is cheaper, my result and you are saving

money. tough check in the bag. >> southwest does not charge for checked luggage. that was one of the major factors. southwest doesn't charge for luggage, if you add $10 that's not hurting that badly. the other people said all the other carriers, we will have to think about it, because that extra ten dollars, add that on top of a checked bag, 23 bucks for one, two, more than that. round trip double. american started this increase yesterday. it's not a fare war. no telling when it's going to end. it comes in time for the christmas holiday season. it's a question of supply and demand. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. holiday attack threat. find out who is warning the botched car bombing in sweden.

a final vote to extend the bush era tax cuts could come today in the house. thousands of children will have to find a new way to get to school after a local city decided to cut bus service by 50%.

cold out there but there is patchy thick fog. once that lifts it will be clear. sunny and higher clouds today but 30s and 40s giving way to low to mid-50s. president obama is delivering a repot about the progress and the challenges on the war in afghanistan. our washington dc bureau received advance summary of the

report and as allison burns reports question are looming about when the war will end. >> reporter: most of the report is classified put the white house is releasing a summary and it says that troops can begin leaving as scheduled next summer. let's look here at some of the key points in this afghanistan policy review. it says al-qaeda leadership is at the weakest point that the conditions are set to reduce u.s. troops in july of next year, and for afghanistans to take total control of security in 2014. but the report says progress is fragile. president obama will deliver it in a few hours, he is not expected to say how many troops will be leaving next summer. critics like california senator barbara boxer are speaking out this week against the war calling on the president to stick to the timeline.

>> we have been in afghanistan a long time. they are going to have to stand up and defend their country as all nations have to do. >> a washington poll shows supot for the war in afghanistan is at an all time low, a record 60% of americans now say the war is not worth fighting. time is now 7:17, there are new warnings now about the possibility of suicide bombings here in the u.s. and in europe during the upcoming holidays. iraqi officials say captured insurgents told them the failed bomb lg in sweden was the first in the weave of planned al- qaeda attacks. there are no details about exact locations the foreign minute stir is calling it a critical threat. officials say they are looking closely at the information. nigerian man accused of

attempted bombing on a flight to detroit last christmas day will be arraigned on a new charge today. he tried to set off a bomb in his underwear but stopped by passengers. he was indicted on charge of conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism. president obama compromised tax deal comes up for a vote in the house after approved easily in the senate. the senate passed the bill that would extend the tax cuts for all americans for two years. some federal unemployment benefits for 13 months. in the house, many democrats are not happy about the extention of tax cuts for the wealthy. >> the white house is putting on tremendous pressure, making phone calls, saying this is the end of its presidency. >> some republicans are against the tax cut bill.

they want the cuts to be permanent. some san francisco workers will be getting a raise january 1st. the mayor announced the minimum wage will go up 13 cents to $9.92 an hour. san francisco law passed by voters requires annual rate adjustments based on the consumer price index. there was no hike in the city's minimum wage last year. thousands of san francisco school children will have to find a new way to go to school next year. the examiners reporting the school board voted to cut bus service by more than 50% to save money. it will cost the district $100,000 a year to run each yellow school bus. those cuts which affect 3300 elementary and middle school students will be phased in over the next three years. the school district says this move could save them $1.9

million every year. downtown pleasanton merchants hope they will see new faces. many are staying open later than usual tone courage holiday shoppers to check out their unusual offerings. pans on fire, murphies paw and little valley winery usually close by 7 in the evening but will stay open until 9:00 tonight. if you are planning to ship gifts with fed ex there is a deadline, it can guarantee deliverly by christmas for ground and home delivery shipments but only if they are sent by tomorrow. if you misthat deadline, ship at the higher price 2 day and overnight rates. for procrastinators there is limited same day shipping. which i guess you would be a candidate for. sometimes you pay more for shipping than the gift itself. a conflict of interest, why the sister of jerry brown is

moving out of california. complaint from consumers in all 50 state attorneys general could result in money back from directv. . traffic on 680 southbound is moving along okay after an accident cleared up. we will tell you about the commute straight ahead.

. bill richardson is starting a four day trip to north korea trying to help reduce the tensions between the north and south. this is video taken during a layover in beijing earlier this morning. he is traveling as a unofficial envoy to persuade officials to cut back on aggressive behavior and avert a possible war. former state treasurer kathleen brown is moving to chicago to avoid a possible

conflict of interest when her brother jerry takes office as governor. kathleen brown is working for goldman sachs. goalman sax spokesperson says kathleen brown will be taking on a new role as chairman of investment banking for the midwest. directv says it did not do anything wrong but it will pay more than $13 million after it was accused of using misleading advertisements. attorneys general from 50 states say ads offered promotional rates of $30 a month but didn't mention the rate doubled in the second year of a 2-year contract. customers were offered channels that were never available. customers have until june 9th to file complaints that could lead to reimbursement. it's a sweet $200 million tweet for twitter. a company announced it will get that amount of money from a

major silicon valley capital firm. that places the value at $3.7 billion. twitter which has more than 175 million users can use the funds to hire more people for advertising service which began this year. san francisco based company started in 2006, and has more than 350 employees up from 130 a year ago. i know you get a lot of tweets from ktvu viewers giving you traffic tips. if you watch closely my address will be -- see, there it is. i'm 11 hours away from the big number. follow me if you dare. let's look at what we have now. traffic as you cross 237, traffic is going to be a little bit slow. cameras frame ad lib. differently. we can see more of 237. they pulled the accident off to

the side of the road. it's not causing a delay to traffic. people cap see it anymore. westbound bay bridge it is backed up for a 15 minute delay. less than that as you pass the construction sight of the toll plaza building. it should be ready by 2013. moving along, looking at westbound highway 4, have an accident there there invoking a motorcycle. my tweet is easy. it's sp weather. we have reports coming in. a lot of frost. the fog also, just heard, i got to read a tweet here. fog moving up the petatuma. north bay dealing with frost and also foggy conditions, 30 or 20, cold morning under clear

skies except for the fog we will be okay today. sunny to mostly sunny. the system will spread in clouds by tomorrow. that will lead to light rain. main system isn't arriving until saturday and maybe saturday night, sunday. that coal low dropping down from the gulf of alaska taking the moisture and funneling it towards us. mostly sunny, a cold morning. very thick fog and frost and that gives way to sunshine for a while. the higher clouds will creep in later on. look for 30s and 40s to start off. mainly 30s inland. 40s near the coast. by noon sunny, upper 40bgs low 50s. we are coming to one of the shortest days of the year. it's hard to warm up past the low 50s. concord fairfield antioch 53. tomorrow cloudy, rain and rain and wind over the weekend. live in nevada, you can see that the frost has struck. we will tell you when the rain is expected and if it will come

to your neighborhood, next. the number of homes repossessed by the banks last month is down. but that may only be a temporary slow down. mmmm.

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sunshine but a lot of frost and thick fog. frosty didn'ts from nevada, pat petatuma. citys are preparing for the harsh wind and rain the upcoming storm will bring. in nevada they are scraping ice off of the windshield. tara moriarty is live in inform nevada this morning. >> reporter: you can see perhaps by my breath how incredibly cold it is here. down to 32 degrees last night. doesn't feel like it's warmer. as you can see there is a light dusting of frost over the tops of the cars in the parking lot. i'm using my credit card to scrape off all of the stuff. the rain and winds expected to kick in overnight.

this morning officials along the coast, issued a warning saying the storm knocked trees down. crews have been sweeping culverts and leaves so they don't clog storm drains. they are filling up sand bags at local yards to prevent flooding. in san carlos, you can pick up sandbag as at the corporation yard off of branson road. sand bags will be available at the park. the rain could last until tuesday potentially causing problems in the santa cruz mot -- mountains. because of the approaching storms the south bay's largest

homeless agencies increasing the number of beds available in their shelters. the staff of ehc say they are responding to a need as they seen shelters fill to capacity in recent weeks. the agency says 20,000 people experienced a brief period of homelessness every year in santa clara county. storm watch coverage continues on ktvu.com, you can check out life weather cameras and use the interactive radar to personalize your forecast. search teams are going back to the santa cruz mountains looking for 57-year-old johnathan frank of pennsylvania missing since saturday. on saturday sheriff's deputies found his car parked at big bay son redwood state park. he was depressed over marital and business problems and he may be carrying a weapon. if you have information, contact the authorities. in 90 minutes the naacp

will hold a hearing in oak land, members of the civil rights group are looking for solutions to what they call the frequent brutality by oakland police. hearing comes 2002 days after the fbi was called. two officers shot and kill 37- year-old derrick jones during a domestic violence call. the officers say jones appeared to pull a metal object from his pants, it turned out to be a scale and not a gun. we are learning the mother killed at a sacramento strip mall sacrificed herself to save her son. she shielded her son's body as stray bullets flew around them tuesday afternoon. sheriff's deputies found her body draped over her 2-year-old son as he sat strapped in the car seat. the toddler emerged from the scene unharmed but his mother was pronounced dead. a second person died as a result of the gun battle.

five others were wounded. police have announced the first suspect they say 24 year-old lonnie mitchell was one of at least four men involved in the shooting battle. he is still on the run this morning. this morning the labor department has better news than economists predicted the number of people filing for first time jobless benefits slipped by 3000. in the 420,000. the experts were expecting the number would be up. the number of continuing claims did go up. that stands at 4.14 million. economists say it's hard to draw conclusions from the numbers this time of the year because it's volatile through the holiday season. latest report on foreclosures sounds like good news but not everyone thinks it really is. pam cook is live. >> reporter: it seems to be

mixed. the numb of u.s. homes taken back by lenders troped the the lowest level in a year and af. home repossession dropped 28% from october, and 12% from november of last year. that's according to realty track. as analysts point out, part of the drop stems from delays as lenders reviewed records and changed how they start foreclosure proceedings, more than 980,000 homes have been foreclosed thon year and analysts predict that number will top 1 million by the end of this month. another report the number of homes receiving late notices and paper work related to foreclosures hit a 5 year low last month, realty track says foreclosure filings in november fell 21% compared to october, they are down 14% from november of last year. but again, more than 262,000 households received some kind of foreclosure related notice last month. analysts pri pre digit that

will go higher after the first of the year since many factors crib to foreclosure are still present, including high unemployment weak housing market flat or falling home values and tighter lending standards that make it difficult to qualify for financing or refinancing. it is 7:36. two crucial votes expected by tomorrow which could change the amount of pollution in our air. chronicle reports one is a new cap and trade regulation about to be voted on by the california air resources board taking affect in 2012 and force industry to eliminate 273 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air by 2020, the other would ease rule for diesel engines this is being considered because there is a reduction in truck use overall due to the weak economy. interesting you are doing

that story, sal is concerned about fog. >> tough to see especially near the bridge and eastern contra costa county. see everything, you can see way beyond to the hill there is. the traffic is very typical. it's about a 15 minute wait. it's not bad. the cold weather may have gotten your attention. steve will be by with more on what he thinks about that. steve has been telling us we as commuters may have a couple of tough days coming up. this is a look at 880 northbound and southbound. that is moving well. this morning's commute on the hayward union city area, traffic is busy. we have a problem on the dunbarton bridge. past the exit. there is a injury-accident.

looking like the fire department arrived on the scene. be careful as you drive to the dunbarton bridge today it's going to be extra heavy. 7:38 let's go to steve. maybe tough for different reasons today. little bit of ice, frost, very thick fog. this should burn off fast. pockets of it, vis ct lousy, you will break through. higher clouds coming in. i'm standing in front of them. we have a lot of upper 20s and 30s. that's not something we had to deal with since november. rather mild pattern but the clouds will slowly work in later. cold fog this morning. mostly sunny, cloudy skies, mild conditions on the lows with the cloud cover coming in tonight. rain returns friday. friday is not the big system. friday is the general rain. everything is taking shape for rain and wind on the weekend. if i had to stick my neck out i think the santa cruz mountains are in line for more rain than anybody else. lows 20s and 30s.

local frost and thick fog and 40s close to the coast. it's a cold one out there, at least it will be mostly sunny today. today is the day if you need to get tennis, golf in, whatever. by tomorrow everything starts to turn to rain and we will carry that in to the weekend. back trails are okay if you want to take a mountain bike or hike, by friday and saturday too muddy. today all right. san rafael, stated off at 34. go for 50 at noon with sunshine after that fog burns off. mostly sunny with higher clouds later. high of 54 degrees. what is going on is that there is a very strong low, cold low, coming down out of the gulf of alaska. moisture is coming up from the hawaiian i islands. not the pineapple connection. it's north of that. these are going to merge together and then just funnel towards us. where it decides to set up

makes a big difference on how much rain we get. this are projections for the sierra. we will get rain but they may get a lot of snow up there. speaking of, if u traveling to the mountains, tahoe, truckee, today would be a great day to go. winter storm watch starts this afternoon and goes until sunday. they, national weather service, they are not messing and. snowfall measured in feet and very windy over the passes starting on friday night, saturday. snow level around 5000 feet. could go up by monday. just depends on how much cold air makes it. for us dense fog and cold this morning. 30s and 40s, upper 40s, sunshine low 50s by noon. this afternoon, mostly sunny but higher clouds getting closer. low to mid-50s. richmond 53. santa cruz at 54.

morgan hill at 55 to gilroy. cold but sunshine today cloudy, rain moves in friday. heavier rain on the weekend. cold on the east coast where water seems to be freezing on its way up. check out this video of a fountain in raleigh, north carolina. the spouting water is froze inn a solid block. ice slick roads are causing numerous accidents in north carolina, georgia, tennessee and parts of kentucky and missouri. many schools are closed because of a mix of snow and freezing rain and in florida farmers are assessing how coal weather earlier this week affected crops. the senate takes one more shot at revoking the military don't ask don't tell policy before taking their holiday break. and senate leader, harry reid fires back at senators who are complaining he may delay the start of the break. this could be an important day

in the gang rape case in richmond.

we have a problem, this sounds like a big one, westbound 84 on newark boulevard. an accident blocking all of the lanes getting to the dunbarton bridge. fire department is on the scene. several people injured. 84 westbound, heading to the dun martin. the senate will get one last chance to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy before going home for the year. that's after the house approved

legislation yesterday that would end the 1993 law banning gays from serving openly in the military. the bill moves to the senate as so called privilege bill streamlining the process for bringing to it a vote. along with the don't ask don't tell legislation lawmakers on capitol hill have important issues to act on including controversial tax deal. with so much going on, senate majority leader harry reid floated the idea of keeping the isn't in session during the holidays. sandra is live with reaction to that idea. >> reporter: good morning. he seems loo tick scrooge of the season at least when you are talking about lawmaker and capitol hill. there is so much to do for the lawmakers with little time they are up against clock. the tax deal is a huge issue that needs to be done before the year is over because that's when the current tax law expires that was passed in the senate and that goes to the house. there are sticking points

there. obviously room for debate. spending bill that's a $1.1 trillion measure that house leaders and senators are arguing over the price tag and if they do not pass it the current spending authorization expires in two days so clearly a lot of wrangling over that. don't ask, don't tell repealing that in the house it was a stand alone bill as you mentioned now it's to the senate, they have to vote on the measure, whether that will get done before the year's end we will see. there is all indication that it could come up for a vote next week. the senate cleared the way to start the debate over this new nuclear arms treaty with russia. they will start debates this week or next week. currently a lot on their plate with little time left. harry reid threatening that lawmakers may have to work through the holidays. listen to this. >> we could work as most americans do during the

holidays. in my state nevada and casinos and hotels and throughout the state of nevada, ranches basically every place have to work hard on holidays to support their families. >> i don't think it's desirable if one considers the needsive oh our constituents to occasionally see us back home, the needs of our families i thought it was disrespectful of one of the two major christmas holidays of the year. >> even president obama has a scheduled holiday vacation going to hawaii this weekend. that maybe pushed back if the lawmakers can agree on a tax deal and he will stay if he can sign it. a lot of work left to do. even the president maybe altering his vacation plans.

in the meantime gallop poll shows americans assessment of congress hit a new low. only 13% say they approve of the way congress is handling its job. the disapproval rating is the worst gallop measured in more than 30 years of tracking congressional job performance. now we are hearing from the wife of the man who was caught on camera firing shots at florida school board members. the dramatic and startling video you are looking at shows clay duke opening fire at a school board meeting in the video you hear him talking about his wife being fired from her teaching job. his wife says her husband was facing several problems of his own. >> the economy and the world just got the better of him. along with his bipolar, it just set him up for this horrible event. >> amazingly none of the shots fired by clay duke hit anyone.

a security officer shot and wounded duke and duke killed himself. the final witness in the richmond gang rape case could testify as early as today. the judge will hear more testimony from a dna expert who examined evidence taken from the crime scene outside richmond high. testified dna from four of the 7 defendants was recovered from the victim. a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to put the 7 suspects on trial. they are accused in last year's brutal gang rape of a teenage girl outside a homecoming dance. bail doubled for a man accused of sexually assaulting a child inside a wal-mart store. 29-year-old carlisle did not enter a plea yesterday in alameda county court. the judge set the previous bail of $110,000 was a miscalculation and made it

$220,000. the alleged attack happened last friday at the wal-mart. judge threw out a lawsuit filed by two bay area men who claimed they were injured byes cargo that exploded. these men filed the 7500-dollar lawsuit after the insurance company for the seafood restaurant turned them down. s cargo shells burst,, spraying be men with hot butter. the judge ruled there was a reasonable expectation of possible injury since the men knew the hot garlic butter was involved. the giant oil spill, u.s. attorney general eric holder announced the government is suing bp and 8 other companies for that giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the lawsuit accuses the companies of disregarding safety violations that either caused or contributed to the

spill. now bp will only say the lawsuit does not mean the claims are true. it promises to make other statements later. fans around the country are mourning the loss of a true baseball legend. bob feller died at 92. he played major league baseball in 1935 when he us 17 years old. his fast ball clocked in at more than 100 miles an hour making him one of the most feared pitcher of his day. he was the third oldest hall of famer when he passed away. known as a class act too, one of the things people liked about him t day after pearl harbor he joined the military. time is 7:52. a dog attack is under investigation in the north bay this morning what a woman was doing when two dogs bit her.

how much a morbid piece of history may sell at auction today. the original coffin for lee harvey oswald.

criminal charges maybe filed against two off leash labrador retrievers. the humane society captured the dogs yesterday. the dogs attack the woman's jack russel terrier and bit a woman on her face and leg when she tried to intervene. the dogs ran away after someone scared them off. both the woman and her dog are recovering from minor injuries. those labradors are held at the humane society. a grim piece of american history goes on the auction block today. the deteriorating coffin of a man who killed john kennedy is up for sale.

lee harvey oswald was buried in this pine box in fort worth texas the same day as the president's funeral. his body was exhumed in 1981 reburied in a different coffin this coffin is expected to sell for $100,000 at the auction in los angeles today. let's check with sal. we got several things happening now. >> big one is the bridge approach westbound 84 past the newark boulevard exit an accident blocking all the lanes. the traffic, let me move back there. i hit the button a little bit too quickly. westbound 84 past newark. the traffic is slow. this is an un welcomed surprise. you may want to consider the san ma san mateo bridge or 237. live pictures let's take a look at northbound 880 on the right. it's slow on the way up to downtown oakland. at the toll plaza, 15 minute

delay. clear skies except for the fog which can be thick and lots of reports of frost coming in from san bruno, winters, yes, winters, tweet me if you have information. spweather for frost information. frost, cold, 29 fairfield. that's cold. 35 freemont. low 30s for many. it is sunny. it will be mostly sunny today until the clouds get in here later. at least today is probably the best day of the week actually. temperatures, well, they are going to warm up tomorrow the whole mess is getting its act together and come in and give us rain tomorrow. winter storm watch out for the sierra. snowfall measured in feet. windy over the passes as well.

snow level 5000 feet. it could go down and back up next week. 30s to 40s dense fog, local frost, sunny, upper 40s, low 50s at noon. high clouds starting to work in. 50s, low to mid at best for everybody. today is the one day if you need to take care of things or workout or what have you. tomorrow clouds and rain and continuing that in to the weekend. this morning the man hunt continues for the killers of a young bay area football star. we are at the victim's high school where friends are mourning his tragic death. why more homes are being destroyed, three months after that deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. a big construction project could cause confusion for many san francisco bus riders later today. we'll be right back.

police need your help finding the person that killed a 17-year-old football star. developing news out of london, involves the can feel founder of wikileaks. the safety warning pge received almost two years before the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno . the number of police officers is going down in a local city

where crime is going up. the second hour of mornings on 2 starts now. good morning welcome back to mornings on 2 i'm torey campbell. a policeman hunt continues for the two men responsible for a fatal stabbing, the victim was a young bay area football star. paul chambers is hearing from students a the victim's high school. paul is back in newark for the latest from there. >> reporter: good morning. we are here, where he went to school. there is discrepe discrepancy, i will tell you police are here at the school here behind me. they had a special meeting. a half a mile away from where yesterday's incident happened

around 3:45. the loss of the young man is taking its toll on students and family. >> i'm shocked. i want to cry. there is no -- i don't know how to feel right now. i'm shocked he is gone. >> i just wish whoever did this to my son will come forward. he didn't do anything wrong. my son was a good son return earlier this morning his aunt and uncle came to pay respects according to them in 2007 his father died and he was a star line backer for newark high. in may they lost their often. last night his mother spoke about an incident that confrontation between justice and two outsiders, his friends says he knew about the incident. >> there was a fight a few months back and she was getting beat up and he jumped in to it to try to stop it. >> they were beating up a

cheerleader. my son was the one who jumped in to stopped them from beating her up. i think this is how all this started. rs if at the school there was an emergency meeting held by the principal and all staff members. police officers were on hand for the meeting. no one would talk at this time. he was devoted to his family and not involved in any trouble. the only description police are giving about the men seen runaway, they were wearing dark clothing and a hoodie. hopefully we will get new information from the detective involved in this case. we will bring that to you and clear up the discrepancy if he went to newark high school or adult alternative school. live in newark, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news.

new developments involving the wikileaks case this morning in london a british judge rejected an appeal to keep wikileaks founder julian assange in prison as he fights extradition to sweden. this is video outside the courthouse, supporters cheered when the judge issued his ruling. hen assange is released he will go to stay at a mansion that belongs to one of his supporters. the attorney says instead of house arrest he will be under mansion arrest, assange is wanted in sweden for questioning in a sex crimes investigation. here at home layoff notices have been given to six antii don't antii don't antii don't antiantiyoke -- antioch police officers. the mayor called an emergency meeting to talk about the rise in violent crime in the city including a doubling of the homicide rate just this year.

the crime rate in east palo alto has dropped dramatically in the past two decades. the city still has one of the highest levels of violent crime in california. east palo alto chief will talk about the study, anticrime initiatives tonight at 6:00 at city hall. 42 homicides were reported in 1992, but in every year since east palo alto averaged less than 10. according to the study, palo alto has a higher percentage of violent crime compared to the state average. we are now learning that a state inspector warned pge of safety risks 19 months before the san bruno blast. that's according to a letter obtained by the san francisco chronicle. the letter warned that persistent safety problems in pge gas distribution system were putting the public at risk and suggest the relationship

between regulators and the utility leading up to the deadly september explosion was more contentious than top state officials portrayed publicly. three months after the explosion more homes have been destroyed on tuesday the san bruno city council approved the demolition of three more homes that have been yellow tagged. it was originally thought the homes were too damaged to occupy but could be repaired. however additional inspections determined it would be more expensive to repair them than replace them. the city will receive $90,000 to pay for the demolition, 38 homes all together have been destroyed. time now is 8:06. muny has a important heads up for many san francisco bus riders. the construction on the temporary trans bay terminal between main and biel streets is enderring a new phase that's affecting bus service. kraig debro joining us live in san francisco, he knows all

about it. >> reporter: it is affecting bus service. i will tell you which lines. i talked to a couple of people who have to use the temporary terminal. it's fairly straight forward. there is ambassadors, not real ambassadors but people at the muny to help people navigate the new thing out here, construction on the temporary trans bay enters what they are calling a second phase. certain bus lines will be relocated. dropoffs on the 71, and limited counter parts will move to biel street. riders can hop on the buses. looking for the 81x, bay shore express, can find them at made and howard and biel and howard streets. this is the gran central station of the west. in the heart of the new transit friendly neighborhood. $4 billion project, will

replace the current terminal. the wrecking ball hit the old terminal, the transit project is going to replace the terminal with a new multi- mobile transportation center and centralize the transportation network by accommodating 11 transportation systems including call train and high speed rail. they got a huge grant for not too long ago. you can imagine when it's not so much of the holiday season when things pick up there will be a lot of people down here. they are wrecking the old place, setting up a temporary one while they build. once this is anybodied it goes back oh there. these first few baby steps will be pop for people to get adjusted to. i'm going to see if i can talk to some of the people to tell

me how it's been going so far. others may find it a little bit more difficult. we want to check in with sal trying to prevent traffic from being more difficult for drivers. >> as a matter of fact now it's pretty tough, this seems to be the peak of the morning commute. let's go outside. there is a stall or a crash here at the toll plaza. you can see one of the lanes there, looks like a fender bender. the tow truck is on the scene. they maybe getting ready to push this off. also the morning commute is affected by slow traffic on 880 northbound coming up to the colosseum. no major problems there coming up to downtown oakland but it's slow. if you live in antioch or concord traffic on highway 4, it's going be slow.

680 is slow heading south to the walnut creek area. the big crash westbound 84 near newark clearing some lanes are open. traffic approaching the dunbarton not doing well. thank you very much sal. good tweets this morning. thank you everybody for the information. very strong 7 tweeter army nation checking in with the good reports this morning. fog, frost, cold temperatures all good stuff. we have clear skys if you can get past some of the fog. it's a very coal morning. the coldest we had in a couple of weeks. tomorrow we cloud it up. bringing in light rain. the rain returns friday. everybody is fine tomorrow. by the weekend stronger systems are poised to move in, especially saturday in to sunday. it looks to me right now i may change my mind tomorrow san tra cruise in line more so than anybody else. frost out there.

lot of 30s, few upper 20s. again it's been a while since we had that. a lot of lows in the 50s. today it's in the 30s, we had the system slide south and that did help bring in colder drier air. the clouds are getting closer. i'm going sunny in the morning after that fog burns off,, higher clouds today. mostly sunny for san rafael. clear skies except the fog, it was cold 34. 50, sunny, but the higher clouds will be here in the afternoon. high of 54 degrees. today probably the last dry day no doubt about it, dry day we will see for a while. that's the cold low. there is missing satellite images which is why this goes blank. see. just have to take my word for it. in the sierra, issued winter storm watch. this afternoon in to sunday.

usually that's a 24 hour deal. they are not messing around. snowfall will be measured in feet. also very windy. snow level around 5000, 5500 feet. today is a good day to go. i seen projections between now and tuesday of unbelievable amounts of liquid precipitation for the sierra. mountains may get slammed. they may get a lot of snow. if you have to travel could be really dicey once you get in to saturday and sunday. today, mostly sunny a coal morning with patchy fog. highs in the 50s. 55 nevada. 54 richmond. 53 antioch, concord and fairfield. santa cruz 54. 5 day today is the one dry day out of the next four. do what you have to today. heavier wind and rain on the week.

terror threat is rising, a new warning about al-qaeda and upcoming holiday. . who is getting a pay raise in san francisco in this tough economy. budget cuts in one school dribbing are forcing children to find another way to get to school.

iraqi officials say captured insurgent told them the failed bombing in sweden was the first in a wave of planned attacks, there are no details about exact locations t foreign minister is calling it a critical threat and officials say they are looking closely at this information. the so called urpdz ware bomber will be arraigned on a new charge. authorities say 24-year-old umar farouk abdulmutallab tried to detonate a bomb in his underwear. he was indicted yesterday. president pom bomb is dwhriferring a report about progress and the challenges in the war in afghanistan. washington dc newsroom received advanced summary of the report.

>> reporter: good morning dave. president obama is delivering this report exactly a year after he ordered a surge of 30,000 more troops to afghanistan, this report continues to layout his goals for when the troops are going to come home. let's look here at this policy review. the report says al-qaeda leadership is at the weakest point since after the war started the conditions are set to reduce troops in july of 2011, and for afghanistans to take total control of security in 2014. the report says the progress is fragile. president obama is going to be talking about it in a half an hour. he is not expected to say how many troops will be leaving next summer. california senator barbara box ser calling on the president to stick to his timeline. >> i also want to say i'm

working in every way i can to end the war in afghanistan. i support beginning to bring the troops home in 2011, there is talk that it might be extended to another year, i don't support that. new on this snowy morning in washington dc, our crew got back from the antiwar protest outside the white house. protesters are calling on president obama to end the war immediately. reporting live from washington dc, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. bill rich ardson is starting a four day trip to north korea to help reduce the tensions with the south. here he is earlier this morning this is during a layover in bay sing. richardson is traveling a a unofficial envoy for the u.s. trying to persuade officials to curtail aggressive behavior that will help avert a

potential war. transportation services halted by strikes, thousands protesting the government's new measures. violence erupted yesterday as gasoline bam bombs were thrown and cars set on fire. a group of people beat a politician. a bailout loan is forced greece to cut pensions and salaries while raising taxs and arraignment ages. some workers will be getting a raise january 1st. the city's minimum wage will go up 13 cents to $9.92 an hour. san francisco law passed by voters requires annual rate adjustments based on the consumer price index. there was no hike in the minimum wage last year. thousands of san francisco school children will probably have to find a new way to go to school next year. the school board has voted to cut bus service by 50% to save

money. it cost the district $100,000 a year to run each yellow school bus. the cuts which affect 3300 elementary and middle school students will be phased in over the next three years. the school district says that could save them $1.9 million every year. downtown pleasantton merchants hope they will see new faces mt. are staying open later than usual to encourage holiday shoppers to check out their unusual offerings. stores including pans on fire murphies paw and little valley winery usually close by 7:00 each weekday evening but will stay open until 9:00 tonight for shoppers, if you are planning to ship gifts with fed ex, there is a deadline. fed ex can guarantee delivery for ground and home delivery shipments. if you miss the deadline ship at the higher priced two day

and overnight rates and for pro procrastinators there is same day shipping. this is a big christmas tree packed with high priced jewelry t most expensive tree ever. critics say this tree reflect as growing western influence in their muslim country. >> i wonder what kind of security they have. could be a conflict of interest the sister of gary brown is moving out of california. also a group of people are threatening to boycott laker's star colby bryant to reach an

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former state treasurer kathleen brown is moving to chicago to avoid a possible conflict of interest when her brother takes office as governor. brown is now kathleen brown is now working for goldman sachs as the head of public finance

on the west coast. the firm is a major underwriter for california's debt. goldman sachs spokesperson says brown will be taking on a new role as chairwoman for investment banking for the midwest. americans are threatening to boycott nba star. that star, lakers star kobe bryant who signed a two year endorsement deal with turkish airlines, that angered the ar mainian americans. turkey claims deaths of 1.5 million ar mennians. michael vick is hoping for a second chance off the football field. the quarterback would like the lifetime ban on him owning a dog to eventually be lifted.

vick served nearly two years in prison for funding a dog fighting ring. he says owning a dog would be a big step in his rehabilitation process. vick resurrected a career that many thought was over. sal is watching our commute. you got a lot of things going on throughout the morning. >> we have been watching the bridges. the bridge, they are making headway and clearing an accident on 84. if you are a commuter, give yourself extra time. consider the san mateo bridge. let's look at the bridges. the bridge is not doing that badly. it's not a bad commute. thank you. corrected myself. golden gate bridge, richmond bridge traffic looks good. when it comes to the dunbarton bridge accident they are doing a little bit of clearing. the traffic is going to be slow there. i would give yourself a little

extra time on the bridge approach. let's go to steve now. lots of reports of frost this morning. skys are clear except for the fog. it's going be sunny in the morning. clouds in the afternoon. they will get here. today is a dry day. frost this morning 20s and 30s. cold, cold, cold. some of the tweets coming in. sp weather by the way. spweather. it's all quiet now. it's going to change by tonights that clouds roll in and not only that but the rain will start tomorrow. still leaning towards santa cruz mountain south. again, 24 hour, so now we may adjust that. we are going to get rain. sierra is going to get snow. question is how much of where it sets up. winter storm watch in to

sunday. snowfall measured in feet and windy up there. today would be a great day to travel if you could to the mountains or anywhere. 30 or 40s, clear skies, but cold with fog. by noon sunny. upper 40s, low 50s. this afternoon the higher clouds will come in with a lot of 50s, that's going to cap the temperatures. the days are short with the temperatures cold we don't have enough time to warm up. cloudy, rain friday. heavier band of rain will move through saturday, sunday and monday. preparing for a storm in the cold weather. the surprise you homeowners may want to stock up on today. a flightenning crash in san francisco. certain to get the attention of many bay area music fans. plus price of air travel going up just in time for the holidays.

san rafael 36. fog, sun and cold. reports of frost this morning. east bay, doesn't matter it's cold. mostly sunny skies. today is a dry day. time is 8:31. series of storms packing winds and rain expected to pound the bay area soon. local cities getting ready by offering sandbags in san carlos, the corporation yard. sandbags are available at burgiss park. and the water district in palo alto. the rain we are expecting could

cause problems in higher elevations with the santa cruz mountains possibly getting up to 10 inches of rain. because of the approaching storms the south bay's largest homeless agency is increasing the number of beds available in the shelters. staff of ehc light bill is say they responding to a need. they are filled to capacity in recent weeks. 20,000 people experience at least a brief period of homelessness every year in santa clara county. the weather could cause problems for the construction workers on the bridge, they're working around the clock trying to finish the third level of the tower on the new eastern span. right now, they are lifting four massive steel columns in to place on the south anchored suspension tower. they started a day earlier than planned for safety reasons. that storm we are talking about that's coming in could make a

big job more difficult than it already is. >> the rain isn't so much of a challenge as wind is. even though these weigh 551- tons, when you get them on strands the steel with catch wind like a sail. >> caltran says in the weather cooperates the workers should finish the job over the next four days. there will be one more level after this one put in to place after the pieces arrive in february. caltran aims to have the bridge open to traffic by the end of 2013. our storm watch coverage continues on channel 2 web site, ktvu.com. check out live weather cameras and use our interactive radar to personalize your forecast. this morning search teams returning to the santa cruz mountains looking for a missing man from pennsylvania. sheriff's deputies found his car parked at big base and redwood state park.

his family says the man was deeply depressed over recent marital sp business troubles. investigators believe frank maybe carrying a weapon and asking anyone who sees him to call 911. time is 8:33. the naacp will hold a public hearing in oakland. the members of the naacp are looking for solutions to what they call the frequent brutality by oak land police. the hearing comes two days after oak land police chief called on the fbi to investigate the officer involved shooting. two officers shot and killed derrick jones. jones appeared to pull a metal ob out of his pants and turned out to be a scale, not a gun tssments mother kill in a sacramento strip mall sacrificed herself to save her son. 30-year-old monique nelson

shielded her son's body as stray bullets flew around them tuesday afternoon. sheriff's deputies found her body draped over her son as he sat strapped in his car seat. the child came out of the horrifying scene unharmed. his mother though was pronounced dead at the scene. a sec person has now died as a result of that gun battle. five others were wounded. police announced the first suspects this man here, 24-year- old lonnie mitchell was one of four men involved in the shopping mall gun battle. he is on the run this morning. the labor department has slightly better than expected. number of people applying for first time jobless benefits slipped to 420,000. the experts expected the number would be up. but the number of claims

increased, that stands at 4.14 million, economists say it's difficult to draw conclusions from the numbers this time of year because of volatility through the holiday season. number of homes receiving late notices and oh paper work related to foreclosure hit a five year low last month. realty track reports floark filings in november fell the 21% and down 14% from november of last year, the experts say some of it stems from delays that lend is and mortgage servers imposed while they rechecked records and changed how they start foreclosure proceedings. airline ticket prices are going up. more people are traveling, the airlines feel ready to boost the fares. american airlines started it off. their price hikes. they boosted prices $10 round trip on flights over 500 miles. passengers on shorter trips

will pay $6 more than before. we talked to travelers at oak land getting their thoughts. >> i rarely travel with check in luggage. it costs money. i don't travel with it. >> that's the check in prices, not the 10 bucks for 500 miles. >> yeah. >> by the way southwest united delta, continental, virgin america and others maxed the hikes immediately. san francisco police are looking for the cause of a crash at a location well known to music lovers. happened at the now closed virgin mega store. police say a driver some how lost control of his car and smashed through the front windows at market and stockton, the crash caused significant damage. it's not clear if anyone was hurt. time is 8:37. let's see what sal is seeing on the roads. >> it's not good.

i have to say that if you are taking the dunbarton bridge i advise you to give yourself plenty of time. the accident had all lanes blocked past newark boulevard. the wreckage is on the shoulder. if you have to go of course give yourself extra time. i did say i think i said last time that badly wasn't a word. badly is a word. i probably just used it badly. put that to rest. westbound 92 san mateo bridge, that looks good. no problem. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound traffic backed up all the way out to the maize. that's a 15 minute delay. to the bridge looks good. steve has been telling us for the next few days driving maybe tough because of the weather. good morning we have fog, frost, lots of reports of

frost. san bruno to nevada, petatuma, probably your backyard, very thick fog. some is showing signs of lifting and burning off a little bit. we will get sunshine today for a while and the higher clouds will come in, that means leading to rain tomorrow. looks like santa cruz may take the bulk or santa cruz to monterey. we will give the details tomorrow. today 20s, 30s and 40s. local frost and fog t cloud cover went south. that allows us to have a cold drier spill. those clouds anticipate are getting close. today is the last probably for sure dry day as we go in to the weekend and early next week. san rafael fog but cold conditions 34. 50, sunny at noon. high of 54 but the higher clouds will work their way in. everything is all revolving around a very cold low in the

gu gulf of alaska. it's north of the hawaiian islands. combine cold with warm and moist they are going to funnel over us. 50 miles can mean a huge difference in rain or really heavy rain. it will be a big producer for snow in the the sierra, storm watch is out in to sunday. snowfall will be measured by sunday in to monday in feet. very windy over the passes. today, mostly sunnfor us, cold morning. very thick fog. highs in the le50s or mid-50s. that said, tomorrow cloud it up and temperatures today will be in the 50s. lows tomorrow will be warmer. that much i can tell you. the cloud cover will come in. 54 redwood city. even else close. five day, dry today but not friday, saturday, sunday or monday. heaviest part of the system

coming in saturday in to sunday morning. it is extremely cold on the east coast too. when i tell you water freezes fast, i mean it. take a look at this fountain in raleigh north carolina. it's so cold the spouting water frozen in to a block of ice. also the ice slicked roads are causing a lot of accidents this morning in north carolina, in georgia, in tennessee, and parts of kentucky and missouri. a lot of schools are closed down because of a mix of snow and the freezing rain. in florida, the farmers around the state were checking out how the cold weather has affected their crops this week. minnesota vikings get the honor of playing home games at three different venues in one season facing the chicago bears monday at the university of minnesota stadium. another panel on the teflon roof of the metro dome tore open yesterday sending snow and ice to the team's field in minneapolis.

no one was hurt. the workers were pulled prom the stadium floor. three panels torn sunday forcing to move that day's viking game to detroit. crews are at the university of minnesota stadium to make sure it's doing to be up to par and ready to host the game on monday night. this morning a search continues for the killers of a young bay area football star, we are bringing you reaction from the young victim's classmates. a judge maybe very close to a crucial decision in the gang rape case in richmond.

bring you up to date on some of the top stories. london, a british judge rejected an appeal at wikileaks assange has been granted bail. that means he will get out of the brit british jail. we are learning that a state inspector warned pge of the safety risks 19 months before the san bruno explosion. that's according to a letter obtained obtained obtained by the chronicle, persistent safety problems in the gas distribution system was putting

be public at risk. muny has a important heads up for bus riders, the continuing construction on the temporary trans bay terminal between main and biel street enters a new phase, the final witness in the richmond gang rape case could testify as early as today. this morning the judge will hear more testimony from a dna ex-part who examined evidence taken from the crime scene outside richmond high. he testified dna from four of the 7 defendants was recovered from the victim. a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to put the 7 suspects on trial. they are accused of the brutal gang rape of a teenage girl outside of a homecoming dance. the policeman hunt continues for the two men responsible for a fatal stabbing. the victim was a young bay area

football star. paul chambers joins us from the newark police department with an update. >> reporter: i spoke with the commander about the case, they need all the help they can get. no one is willing to come forward and give them information. yesterday justice was killed and stabbed in the middle of the daylight at at bus stop. the loss of him is affecting his family and friends. >> i'm shocked and i want to cry. there is no -- i don't know how to feel right now. i'm shocked he is gone. >> i just wish whoever did this to my son would come forward. he didn't do anything wrong. my son was a good son. >> reporter: this is a tough time for justice's family, in 2007 his father died. earlier this year his aunt died. you heard from his mother who

spoke exclusively with ktvu, she talked about a confrontation at a teen party, what we are told is that justice's mom is that justice stood up for a cheerleader. police know about the incident and are investigating it. they are looking at a possible link between the two. right now they have no known suspects. they need as much help as they can get. the two people who were seen fleeing the incident were wearing black clothing and hoodies. if you know any information they are asking for all the help they can get. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. the senate will get one last chance to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy before going home for the year. that's after the house approved legislation yesterday that would end the 1993 law banning

gays from serving openly in the military. the bill moves to the senate as a privileged bill streamlining the process before bringing to it a vote. harry reid lectured republicans today in his push for a vote on another bill before christmas. republicans are anxious to leave for the holidays so they are threatening to postpone a vote on the strategic arms reduction treaty by reading the entire thing. >> these are additional days of wasted time we could be using to pass legislation and get home for the holidays. some callings have the nerve to whine about having to stay and do the work of the american people pay us to do. >> one republican senator did complain to the push to vote was disrespecting one of the two holiest days on the christian calendar. americans assessment hit a new low. 13% say they approve of the way

congress is handling its job. disapproval rating is the worst gallop that's measured in more than 30 years of tracking congressional job performance. now we are hearing from the wife of the man caught on camera shooting at florida school board members. the dramatic video shows 56- year-old clay duke with the gun opening fire at a school board meeting. you hear him talking about his wife being fired from her teaching job. his wife says clay was facing several problems of his own. >> the economy, and the world just got the better of him, and along with his bipolar it set him up for this horrible event. >> none of the shots fired by duke hit anyone. a security officer shot and wounded duke and then duke killed himself. criminal charges maybe file against the owners of two off

leash labrador retrievers that attacked a woman and her dog. the humane society captured the dogs near indian valley. the dogs attacked the jack russel terrier and bit her face and leg when she tried to intervene. the dogs ran away after someone scared them off. the woman and dog are recoverying from minor injuries. the labradors are held at the humane society. we are hearing of a ter rs attack overseas, targeting morning. >> the skys are clear but the first of the series of storms is due to hit the bay area tomorrow.

it is 8:53. we are following developing news, state department announced a group of americans came under attack in yemen. unconfirmed reports say a bomb went off under their pickup truck while the americans were sitting outside of a restaurant. u.s. officials say they were not hurt. police made several arrests. we want to take you live to the white house where president obama is releasing a review of the effectiveness of the u.s. strategy in afghanistan one year after president obama's announcement of increased troop surge for afghanistan. the president is delivering the statement to the press and has said that the u.s. is on track to achieve its goals in

afghanistan. we will honor this and have more on the web site and more at ktvu.com at news. the commerce department is calling for the creation of a privacy bill of rights for internet users. intended to address growing un's about the information the company is getting from the internet. they propose a voluntary but enforceable code of conduct to clear consume is clear notice about the data collection and the opportunity to opt out. it's a sweet $200 million tweet for twitter, the micrologging company announced it got that much money in a financing deal from a silicon valley venture capital firm that places the value at $3.7 billion. twitter which is more than 175 million users, most of them friends with sal, twit twitter with sal with use funds to hire

more people. the company started in 2006 and has more than 350 employees. a winter storm is about to move in. tara moriarty is in mill valley. >> reporter: we are here at goodman lumber supply. we seen a steady trickle of folks coming in. we expect to see more. they are picking up the sand bags like the one you see here full of sand. in storms past we seen a lot of folks hunker down early. the next storm should bear down overnight. here officials along the coast at point rays issued a warning saying the storm could knock down trees as wind gusts reach 60 miles an hour out that way. in flood prone areas, crews have been clearing gutters and

sweeping up leaves so they don't clog storm drains. if your house experiences flooding fill up your sand bags at local yards to prevent flooding. san carlo pick up some at the corporation yard off of branson road. also pick u them up at santa clairera county water district. this could last until tuesday, higher elevations including santa cruz mountains. most areas of the bay will see more like five inches. this is inside of the store, this is the rain gear section . you can see the flood pants they have tarps and flashlights and batteries. if we head this sections you can see all of the tarps that they have here all of the boots, so if you need to stock up this is the place to come. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2

news. i want to show you the maps. dunbarton a crash there and slow. new accident southbound 101 peninsula heading to san mateo. thick fog, cold this morning, mostly sunny skies. clouds coming in later today. highs in the 50s. rain tomorrow not the big system tomorrow but saturday in to sundays. santa cruz in line right now for heavier rain. thank you for watching everyone