will lead the nation in honoring a u.s. congresswoman and other victims of the tragedy in t ucson. >> reporter: i'm paul chambers live in santa rosa where police are looking for the person or people responsible for fatally stabbing a 20-year-old man. i will have that story coming u p. we've had a lot of fog and very cold temperatures. it looks like a little pattern change this week. it's time now for "mornings on 2." well, good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, january 19. just about 8:00 our time, president obama will lead the country in a moment of silence for the victims of the arizona shootings and their families. congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, remains in critical

condition after being shot in the head. but doctors say they are optimistic about her chances of recovery. they say she's responding n onverbally to simple commands. the next major step will be to see if she can breathe on her own. six people were killed. more than a dozen ears injure -- dozen others injured. the accused, jared loughner, bought a .9 millimeter pistol at a shop in arizona a few weeks ago. they say he bought the gun after first being denied at a walmart for strange behavior. authorities say three people helped stof loughner from -- helped stop loughner from k illing more. police say a woman ran up, g rabbed the empty magazine and

then grabbed the full magazine he was trying to load. and then two men grabbed loughner, saturday on him until police arrived. >> one of the men killed was -- worked for gabrielle giffords. he was one who organized saturday's event in tucson. his family said he just wanted to help people. zimmerman owned a sociology degree from uc santa cruz and graduated with honors in 2002. he was also engaged to be married. coming up in a few minutes. we'll take a look at the reaction on capitol hill to that shooting in arizona. then at 7:45, we'll take you live to tucson to get an update and then at 8:00, we'll bridge you the moment of silence led by president obama at the white house. 7:02. george gascon is at the center of the shake up at san f rancisco's hall of justice. the city's now former police

chief is beginning his first full day as district attorney. it's a move that caught nearly everyone offguard. tara mori temperaturety joins u s -- tara tara moriarty joins us from san francisco. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we've been talking with people in the police department. some people feel betrayed by this. he will be needed to the -- h eaded to the d.a.'s office today, not the police d epartment. now, in a rare conference, o utgoing gavin newsom introduced gascon as the new d.a. >> and i believe that i can o ffer something to this role that will be somewhat unique and having the understanding of policing. >> reporter: gascon says he will run for reelection in the

fall. his replacement is interim c hief, gascon's former los angeles police colleague. >> the bad news, now we enter into another period of uncertainty and now we have a -- this will be our -- since i've been a cop, this will be my 14th chief. so what we need right now and what we have needed is some consistency. >> reporter: he says don't count him out for the permanent chief position. insiders tell ktvu there are at least a handful of candidates for the job. ed lee and the san francisco commission will be starting the search for a new chief. but we're told this time around, the search will not go national. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. the "mercury news" reports that san jose's city manager is planning to interview several

fine -- several final iists this week -- finalists this week for police chief. elementary school students will be returning to class this morning and some have no idea of a deadly stabbing that happened on the school campus. investigators worked through the night trying to clear that crime scene. paul chambers is live at kawana elementary school this morning with the details out there. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, dave. police say it's too soon to say if this was gang-related. but we are in an area that has gang tagging throughout. let me show you the memorial put together for the man who was stabbed. where did it happen? it happened right across the street here at this elementary school. that was the scene of the fatal stabbing. in a few hours from now, s tudents will return to school, as they said. the victim is 20-year-old juan

carlos angel espiraza from santa rosa. police say just after 5:00 on saturday, they got a call of what they first thought was a shooting. once on scene, officers found two knives, blood and angel e spiraza on the campus. police believe he may have been involved in a knife fight. they say he was hanging out with friends when he was approached by two men. officers found him with several stab wounds. he was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries. officers spent the day cleaning up their investigation and c leaning up the scene. now, since this incident h appened on the school campus, we're told several grief counselors will be on hand to help teachers and staff talk to the students about violence. they would not say if the s tabbing was gang-related. they've not released a description of the killer. we do know there is a $2500 reward being offered. if you know anything about this incident, you are asked to call

police. we will try to talk to the principal, some students and staff members to talk about what's going on. we'll hopefully bring it to you as "mornings on 2" continues. live in santa rosa, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. we'll look for the update. there is a long wait for the new california driver's license. right now, some motorists are waiting up to six weeks to get theirs? the dmv says the vendor making the new, more secure license is having trouble with color accuracy, raised lettering and the positioning of images on the license. the dmv processes about 38,000 applications each day. >> oh, boy. 7:07. we're expecting a sunny day today. but right now, it's just chilly outside. if you haven't been out yet, you will probably be scraping frost off your car windows this morning. this is what it looked like in oakland a few hours ago. steve, of course, will be t elling you all about your weather today. but first, let's go to sal.

sal you've been talking about black ice problems on the roads throughout the area. >> that's right. we actually had a crash on the antioch bridge that police say may have been due to the ice and people slipping around. they are clearing this now. that's not comme direction but there could be slowdowns. also, ice is reported in contra costa county. highway 4, traffic is busy. fog and ice are a problem in contra costa county on 680, highway 4 and on highway 24. just be careful, especially if you run into a patch of black ice. the best advice is not to stop suddenly, bring your car to a slow stop just by easing off the gas pedal. this is the westbound bay b ridge, it's backed up. no problems on the way to the city. if you are driving in san jose, it seems a little bit better here. 280 looks good. that's northbound 280 on the right, driving through downtown. >> let's go to steve.

we do have some fog towards the east bay. our observer michael in the c ity, he just sent me some information. on january 5th at 9:45 p.m., san francisco was 50 degrees. has not had a temperature of 50 since. see if you live in -- that's cold. this is colder than sometimes we get in july. it's been really cold. everybody has been -- everybody has been cold. this happens a lot. we can get a stretch, sometimes a week, sometimes a month and a half where we don't get any r ain. it will end tomorrow on the 11th and probably light rain into the 12th. and after that, the five, t en- day outlooks look dry. this does not look like a bullish month for any rape. we start out -- for any rain. we start out with 30s, 20s. the fog has moved into the city and it's creeping back in. cloudy tomorrow, light rain.

the overnight lows will be warmer. but the five to ten-day outlook looks very quiet. that valley fog will be back. kenwood, 26. yountville, 26. gill row's 27. woodside is 29. novato at 29 degrees. fairfield is. santarosa is down to two bits. that's cold. concord, 1 with fog. livermore is 28 and then 30s elsewhere. i mean, even san rafael, san jose. 36 mountain view. i've seen 1 closer to sunnyvale and on the other side. 48 at noon. we'll go 53, partly sunny skies. some higher clouds will be coming in. 7 in tahoe. it's been about 2 below. 28 ewe kye yaw -- ukiah. that's cold. for others, we'll have mostly sunny skies. those higher clouds getting closer for tuesday's system right there. they will start to creep in

later on. but for the morning hours, mostly sunny, unless you have the fog. some high clouds will give way to a cloudy tuesday. light rain will make it. it will carry about into -- about into wednesday morning. so 20s to start off with, with cold and fog. by noon, mostly sunny, partly cloudy, 40 to 48. we'll go 48 later on today. 50s for some. almost everybody. but low 50s towards the santa clara valley and also on the coast. five-day has a cold day. mostly sunny. light rain tuesday, wednesday and then back to another foggy pattern into the week. >> thank you, steve to we'll have more on the tragic shooting in arizona including a live report from tucson in about a half hour. last year, do you remember sarah palin posted a map with crosshairs over 20 democrats districts, including gabrielle giffords's. we'll have reaction to this map

and see if it's still up on her website.

alison burns is live in our

washington, d.c. with more capitol hill reaction to the tucson shooting. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning, dave. let's get right to a look at congresswoman's gabrielle giffords's office. well-wishers are bringing flowers while police stand guard outside. the tragedy has put a new spotlight on security for members of congress and on the heated political environment here, lass march giffords was -- last march giffords was curious by having the map from sarah palin and the crosshairs put o ut. >> shoo was troubled by the -- she was troubled by the

environment in many parts of the country, particularly by her district. >> reporter: lass night -- last night, john boehner held a conference call about congress and their and their family's security. most of them are unprotected. he's calling for a bipartisan r e-- review. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:16. well, bay area members of congress are expressing their condolences. congresswoman lynn woolsey of petaluma will not make them limit their interaction with constituents. a big step has been made in relations between the u.s. and china. defense secretary, robert

gates, and the chinese defense minister agreed to establish a working group to discuss strategic i ssues. this is a symbolic end to a year where beijing selferred ties with the u.s. a san francisco-based company is now involved in the investigation into wikileaks. twitter has been ordered to release private information connected to four wikileaks related accounts. that includes the websites of wikileaks supporters. one of the supporters is a member of iceland's parliament. now, the head of iceland has demanded a meeting with the man possibly involved. the united states is trying to build a case against wikileaks after it published thousands of released military and classified documents. questions are being raised about whether pg&e put extra stress on the pipeline.

the september blast killed eight people and damaged 8 homes. the chronicle reports they purposely raised increase to the maximum and that coo have placed -- could have placed a strain on the pipeline. pg&e denies that practice. the six defendants in the gang-rape case are expected to make their first court appearance since the judge o rdered them to stand trial next month. they could possibly hear new charges filed against them. there could also be changes in the legal team. they are accused of raping a 16- year-old girl outside a richmond homecoming dance 16 months ago. police found the body of a latino man in his 30s in the

backseat of an suv, two blocks away from the mexicali nightclub where there was an apparent shootout two hours earlier. police say they found two hours dead inside the club. neighbors describe what they heard. >> i just heard three gunshots that were close by here. and-- we went inside and then we came outside to check what was going on because we heard a car take off real fast. a fourth victim is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police say there are three to four suspects but have no description. with the facebook website

-- will the facebook website s uddenly be shut down? what facebook is saying about a troublesome report over th weekend. today we will learn details about driving into a -- an area in san francisco. traffic is quickly backing up. we'll tell you more about this

welcome back. playboy magazine gets its w ish -- a buyout deal. playboy founder, hugh hefner, sweetened his offer to buy back the magazine and the rest of the playboy empire. his latest bid is $207 million. that's 18% higher than the stock valued last friday. hugh hefner is already playboy's largest shareholder.

the magazine has struggled the last couple of years, losing a lot of readers and advertisers to the internet. facebook is trying to snuff out a strange rumor. the super market tabloid r eported that mark zuker berg wanted his own -- zuckerberg life back and planned to close the facebook stores on m arch 15th. that triggered a weekend panic among some people who issued tweets begging fake to stay open -- begging facebook to stay o pen. we'll learn more details this morning about a plan set to save millions of dollars. a plan to make all tolls electronic will be submitted on thursday. if approved, the bridge will become cashless in 2013. that will save $16 million over

three years. but that also begs the question if you don't have fastrack and you -- >> and need a human being a's sis tase. the-- being's assistsance -- assistance. other states have figured it out and the golden gate bridge will probably follow. we'll find out. we have a problem with an overturned vehicle on the 880 split. southbound, you can see on the right, people are slowing to take a look at the lights. this is northbound 101 at the 80 split and traffic on 101 is already busy. if you were come -- if you are coming in, i would suggest get on the 280 extension.

let's take a look at westbound. it's backed up for an eight to ten-minute delay. and this morning's commute on 280 northbound, that looks pretty good -- pretty good g etting up to highway 17. here's steve. well, a little different pattern. but some of that fog has decided to arrive sooner. there's parts of san jose socked in. same for the east bay. sanfrancisco has been really cold, really cold. i will show you here in a s econd. officially it's at 41. information from on observer michael who is in the city. on january 5th at 9:45 p.m. he was 50 degrees. it's not been 50 degrees since. that's 105 hours and that's currently where he is at 9 degrees. if you link in the city -- 59 degrees. and if you live in the city you would say that's colder than

july. well, it is. >> cold with fog. now, most of it seems to be confined to the north bay -- east bay and south bay. it can dance around. 40 to 48 at noon. mostly cloudy. those clouds will be increasing later on. upper 40s, low 50s. fog be careful. temperatures for many as you s aw. we'll see some low to mid-50s. the lows will be warmer. there's something to be positive about. light rain makes it tuesday into wednesday. and it looks like more fog by the end of the week. 7:26. the man accused of that mass

shooting in arizona is due no court today. also we'll get an update on what doctors are saying about gabrielle giffords this morning.

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the man accused of a mass shooting in arizona is due in court today. 22-year-old square red loughner will appear -- jared loughner will appear in a phoenix courtroom at 1:00 p.m. our time. he's accused of opening fire outside a supermarket where congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, was meeting with con stitch swepts on saturday -- cop stitch wents on saturday -- con stiff -- constituents. doctors are op mystic about her recovery. she's in a medically induced coma and cannot speak but she's able to respond to simple commands. one of the many tragedies in that arizona shooting was the death of a 9-year-old girl. christina green had just been elected to the student council at her elementary school in tucson she went to saturday's

meet and greet with gabrielle giffords to find out more about the political process. she was killed by a single bullet during that shootout. christina's parents talked about losing their daughter who, incidentally, was born on september 11th, 1991, the very day of the terrorist attacks in new york. >> it does say something about our society that my daughter was born on a tragic day and went out on a tragic day. >> she was a great friend, a great daughter, a great sister. i'm so proud of her and i just want everybody to know. >> i meant to say 1991 -- 2001. >> 2001. >> forgive me. christina was remembered by members of her church. she was an enthusiastic student. she hoped some day to become a politician.

7:31. at 11:00 this move, governor brown will release details about his plan to deal with c alifornia's $28 billion budget deficit. brown has said he wants to shift the responsibility of many programs from the state level to counties and cities. he also wants to cut government bureaucracy by merging departments and programs. there are reports the governor will propose extending some temporary tax hikes that are set to expire in july. gavin newsom is getting r eady to join governor brown in sacramento during his final hours as mayor of san francisco. today at 1:00 p.m. new some will be sworn in as california's new lieutenant- governor. newsom says he's eager to help governor brown tackle the s tate's huge crisis. >> it's a fine line. jerry brown understands that better than anyone. he's already picked up the tone and tenor of the times and gets it just as well or better than anyone. >> newsom says the experience they share as big city mayors

in the bay area will really pay off in sacramento. newsom's replace is back in the bay area. ed lee arrived after a trip to hong kong. on friday, supervisors appointed him as the interim mayor. he will be sworn in tomorrow as the first asian-american mayor. he will finish the term but has no interest in running for a full term in the fall. a everyone -- a warning for pail low alpo residents as -- palo aloe residents after a woman was robbed in in her driveway. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good morning. there's no one to give an o n- camera interview from the police department about this incident. but we know there are no yu dates -- updates. no arrests have been made. but we can tell you that the thief ran from right here from

st. francis drive all the way to oregon express south bay. now, a few hours -- expressway. now, a few hours ago, the sergeant told me the warning to be more vigilant has been received in this neighborhood this latest attack happened on st. francis just after mid nye. the victim, a 35-year-old woman, told police a man approached her as she parked her car in front of her home, pointed a gun at her and demanded her purse. the woman handed it over. the victim was not hurt and later described the thief as a young african-american men, clean-shaven, wearing a f lat- rimmed baseball cap, gray hooded sweatshirt and police cannot say if this is connected to recent robberies since september 20th. the last robbery reported last month, in december. the department has made seven arrests which has closed a few

cases but in many of these still open cases, the description matches the thief. all of the robberies have been near main thoroughfares. no yu updates in this investigation -- no new updates in this investigation. back to you. >> thank you, jade. 7:34. in mountain view, police are south searching for a man who -- out searching for a man who attacked a woman while she was out walking. police say the suspect grabbed the 27-year-old victim about 1 0:40 p.m. saturday night. police say the attacker dragged the woman about 10 feet into an empty lot and repeatedly punched her. she screamed for help and scared off -- scared off the suspect. the description of the suspect is pretty vague. police say the attacker was a latino man in his 20s had short black hair between 5'8 and 5'9" with a husky build. if you have any information,

contact police. police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound on nay avenue around 9:40. a makeshift memorial of candles sits on the sidewalk at the shooting site. he was rushed to the hospital. police say he's in critical but stable condition. and police are still s earching for the gunman who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. he was a sophomore. and homicide investigators say he was shot and killed outside a super market on bancroft avenue late saturday night. >> he's a young boy. only 15. they took him from me. it hurts. he walked me down the aisle to see my cousin in a cass q uestion. so who is gonna -- casket. who is gonna walk with me now?

>> we counted at least three cameras outside of the s upermarket where the killing took place. but the manager says none of those cameras are working. the power is back on -- the power line is back on for residents of pg&e. 3100 people had no power. most residents got their power back overnight. but about 70 customers had their power restored within the last hour and a half. 7:36. we have developing news from the motor city, the chevrolet volt has just won the 2011 north american car of the year award at the detroit auto show. the volt is a plug-in hybrid. the ford explorer won the truck of the year. these awards were announced within the past hour. one auto egg executive predicts more and more american drivers are ready to go green. >> the nice thing about this technology, they don't have to give up anything. it's fun to drive. they can have all of the space they want. it's full of features.

>> 49 auto journalists from the u.s. and canada made the picks in today's awards. the vehicles are judged on innovation, design, and safety. in our next hour we'll have a live report from detroit. 7:37. what's not very good is what s al -- sal was talking about a major problem in the highway. >> you sill have that problem. sanfrancisco northbound 101 right at the 80 split that the lanes get into lower deck of the bay bridge are down to one as they put this flipped-over car or this car that was flipped over onto a tow truck and then they are gonna get it out of there. now, the fire department paramedics have left. some of the chp units are leaving. it looks like that chp unit -- if he's leaving, i not he was gonna block all traffic. traffic backed up beyond 280. southbound 101, slowing a little bit. they are getting a little view of the crash.

let's move along and take a look at bay bridge. so again, you know, i'm happy to be wrong. i thought it was gonna be a bigger day at the toll plaza than it was. it's a moderate day. 101 and 280 on the peninsula looking good. remember there's ice on highway 4, 680, 242, some black ice reported. just be careful there. if you are driving from antioch to concord, be careful. let's go to steve. for some we've seen the fog retreat. for others it's coming back. crockett, antioch, oar by the -- over by the coast. we do get dry stretches of winter. we haven't had any rain since the 2nd. it looks like rain will make it

tuesday evening. so some these dry stretches can go seven, eight days. sometimes they can go a month, month half. the only thing, we'll see a little interruption of this dry trend. after that, we could see another five, ten days of back to cold weather and maybe some cold weather. sanfrancisco, if you live or work in the city, you probably said my goodness it's cold. the last time they had a terrible of 50 bass at 9:45 p.m. on january 5th. that's 105 hours at 39 or lower. it's currently 39. that is courtesy from our observer michael. >> the fog temperature actually goes you. 7 in tahoe. 2 below in truckee.

i know how -- alturis is zero. 28 sacramento, 28, ukiah. joan up in ukiah, around 28, 29. higher clouds. it had make it tomorrow. today, though, mostly sunny after that fog burns off if you have it. then we'll see increasing clouds later on. tomorrow, though, we will cloud it up. what's the good news. the overnight lows will be lower because of the cloud cover a nd -- because of the clouds. after that, i think high pressure comes in for another stretch of drier weather -- dryer weather but -- of drier weather. by noon, mostly sunny. 40 to 48 on the temperatures. then we'll go high clouds. with the fog, it's still a cold day with others, it's a little bit warmer but a lot of low and mid-50s for, -- for everybody. back to dry weather, tori, thursday and friday. >> thank you, steve. a major winter storm is r

olling across the south. it's already dumped at least four inches of snow in atlanta. some drivers there ignored w arpings to stay off the roads and -- warnings to stay off the roads and some were forced to abandon their cars. air travel is a big problem in the southeast. hundreds of flights out of atlanta's hartsfield-jackson's airport, are cancelled. we just checked with sfo. they say delta is canceling its frights to delta but -- flights to delta. coming up -- we'll go live to tucson for the late the tragic shooting -- latest tragic shooting. in san francisco we've l earned when the 96-year-old palace of fine arts will reopen after an expensive face-lift.

just about sa inter-- 15 minutes from now, president obama will lead the nation 0 in a moment of silencer other -- over the shootings in arizona. gabrielle giffords remains in critical condition. >> reporter: the congresswoman was able to carry out movements and that's 80 doctors -- doctors are optimistic. we have six people still in fair condition and three are

serious. >> a guy came to the safeway and started shooting. >> reporter: calls to 911 give a sense of the chaos that unfolded as the gunman oped fire. six people were killed and 14 others were injured at the event for congresswoman, gabrielle giffords. a federal judge is among the dead. the suspect, 22-year-old jared lee loughner, is in federal custody and faces murder and attempted murder charges. investigators searched his home and found an envelope with the words "i planned ahead" and the name "give ords" one of the heroes of saturday's shooting

was daniel hernandez, a trained nurse. >> i saw -- see was being responsive to the questions i was asking and the way she was communicating was by squeezings my hand. >> i was able to assess gabrielle giffords and i'm happy to say she's holding her own. >> reporter: the suspect was kicked oust junior college, he has had about five run-ins, with the law there. when he was kicked out of class, basically he was told the only he could come back to the college is if he was given a signed note. back to you. >> thank you. just hours ago, suspicious

package was found near the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c. but officials are now assuring the public it's not a threat. a bomb-sniffing dog found that package at a metro station two blocks away from the capitol. the package was x-rayed. they determined it was harmless. the metro was close but is now reopen. tom delay was convicted of mann laundering charges and conspiracy as part of a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to texas political candidates in 2002. he faces up to life in prison. his attorneys are asking for probation. 7:48. an officer on the san francisco patrol special police force is being accused of soliciting a transgender prostitute. assistant patrol officer roberto ortega has not been

charged with a crime but chief gascon filed a complaint recommending discipline and resignation. ortega says the woman is a friend. 7:48. well, many business owners in an upscale san francisco shopping district are not very happy about a new neighbor moving in this month. athletea will open in the00 block of philmore in the next couple of weeks. some are worst -- rid this store will change the overall -- o verall feel of the n eighborhood. in san francisco, a restored palace of the fine arts is about to reopen this friday. 96-year-old landmark underwent a 21 million upgrade. as part of a public private partnership for funding. the project included an earthquake retrofit for the d

ome. the statues had been anchored to the building. sales of apple's iphone could dramatically increase in the next couple of weeks. several online reports and the wall street journal say t omorrow, verizon will announce it will begin selling the devices. neither company is commenting on those reports but if the reports are true. verizon could start selling iphones by next month and that would end the exclusive deal apple has had with at&t for the last four years. >> some thought that day would never happen. well, somebody here in the bay area came very close to w inning a megamillions jackpot. we'll show you the local store that sold a ticket matching five numbers and how much that ticket is worth. a major problem after a

ticket seller couldn't fill orders for tonight's soccer game.

taking a live look at the big board. airportings season starts after the close today -- earnings season starts after the close today, as companies report what they -- how they did in during quarter. a megamillions ticket that matches five of six numbers was sold in livermore and is worth close to $00,000 -- $200,000. a ticket plaintiffed at puerto

low food and liquors matched five numbers. well, garbage rates in r edwood city could be higher tomorrow. the city council is taking publics tonight about an 18% rate hike. now, this could be followed by a vote. if the hike is approved, the new rates take effect tomorrow. tonight's meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at city hall. the hearing comes after days of thousands of customers in r edwood city and other parts of san mateo county have been complaining about missing missed pickupsed a other problems with the -- pickups and other problems with the new garbage company, recoly. the san francisco company sent out e-mails to fans o ffering to buy back the tickets

they bought for the soccer game, at double, triple price. the site's fixed. the game is the top - -- t op- selling event in stubbub history. there are tickets still available. the cheapest, above $,000. the most expensive $6,000 and the face legal lieu about $00 -- face value, about $300. sal we'll talk about that later. have you straightened out the compute problems? >> i have tried but they are not listening to me. i don't see that many big problems. but there are some. let's take a look at the toll plaza. we couldn't count this as a problem. there's slow traffic coming into san francisco on the upper deck. there was an earlier accident in san francisco that slowed traffic on the skyway. so when you get over to the other side, you are gonna find

something somewhat unusual t here. the accident in the city has been cleared. on interstate 880, it's busy approaching high street, northbound you can see northbound right there. it's going to stay busy until you pass the high street area and get up to the brick wall area and after that, it looks okay. this morring if you are driving on 237, stop-and-go traffic in the south bay, we have a new crash reported northbound 101 connector ramp to northbound 280 so watch for that. northbound 280 at bascom avenue. another new crash came in. let's go to steve. well, we do have some fog out there. not the coverage we've seen for the past few dais. some of it is thick. sanjose's had some. i know some parts of the east bay as well. there is -- there is that blanket. we'll have sunshine and then you go right into the fog. it did get disrunted -- temperatures if you have clear skies, it drops in the 20s,

gilroy, 20, glen ellen 29, novato 27. 27 fairfield, 27 santa rosa. concord, 1 only because they have fog. livermore 39. 30s for many. a lot of 30s everywhere. coast, bay inland. frommont, 2. 48 at noon. and then 53 with higher clouds coming in later. 6 in tahoe. 16 in reno. sacramento, 28. ukiah, 28. 39 fresno with fog. our system is coming in and there it is. that will bring us for some r ain. it's getting closer. it's getting closer. it's a weak system. after yesterday, it looks like back to high pressure and high pressure means dry weather which also means back to the fog pattern. we're looking for this pattern to give a little bit of a difference on tuesday and wednesday. and then after that, tori and dave, it looks like we're done with a little bit more rain and maybe some fog and cold temperatures. back to you. >> thank you, steve. in just a few moments,

president obama will lead the nation in honoring the tucson shooting victims. we are a hearing from people who knew the -- we're hearing from people who knew the suspect. and what the neurosurgeon who treated gabrielle giffords is saying about when she may be out of the woods.

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in a moment, president obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence for the victims of the arizona shooting. on this very day the suspect goes to court. >> reporter: i'm live in san francisco where george gascon is no longer the chief of police. we'll tell you about his reaction inside the police department. >> reporter: i'm paul chamber live at a school where grief counselors are offered for a student killed.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. it's monday, january 10th. well, right now, in washington, president obama and first lady michelle obama are about to observe a moment of silence at the white house. they are actually doing it right now, honoring the victims of the mass shootings in tucson a rizona. let's just take a moment and watch and listen. there you can see live, president and mrs. obama have just ended the moment of violence at the -- silence at the white house. the president as he goes in as has ordered flags to be held at

half-staff. he also cancelled a trip to new york tomorrow. these are elected the officials outside the u.s. capitol b uilding, continuing that moment of silence. you can imagine where their thoughts are. they are observing and the camera is -- look at this incredible picture. on the steps of the u.s. c apitol. i can imagine these are staff members and other members of the u.s. government who are marking this moment in honor of those who were wounded, those who were killed and obviously, they are thinking of congresswoman, g ive -- congresswoman gifford who was shot. this is live in washington, d.c. at the u.s. capitol building. we wanted to bring this to you. now, one of the six people k illed was a uc santa cruz graduate. here's his photo. he worked for giffords.

gabriel zimmerman was her community outreach director. in fact, he was the one who organized the event on saturday in tucson, arizona. his family said he just wanted to help people. gabrielle giffords remains in critical condition. she was shot in the head, as you foe. but doctors say are -- doctors are saying they are optimistic. reportedly she's responding n onverbally to simple commands. the next big step will be to see whether she could breathe on her own. 8:0. the man accused in that -- 8:03. the man accused in the shooting is due in court. authorities say jared loughner

bought a .9 millimeter semi- automatic pistol at a s portsman warehouse in tucson five weeks ago. they say he bought the bullets for the gun at walmart after b eing denied purchasing them at another walmart because of strange behavior. one of the college law professors remembers having serious concerns about this young man. >> he's been saying these random comments and outbursts. how can you accept math enstead of denying it? i was very concerned. >> he said he contacted o fficials and asked that he be removed moved from his classroom. the big shakeup at san francisco's hall of justice. this morning the city's now f ormer police chief starts his first full day in his new job. george gascon is now san francisco's district attorney. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us

live. >> good morning. we've had a chance to speak to quite a few police officers this morning. there are a lot of hurt feelings within the department here especially within police headquarters. a lot of these officers found out about the announcement of gascon's departure actually through the media. they say they feel betrayed. now, yesterday, inside city h all, gavin newsom tabbed george gascon as the interim district attorney. the former chief who is also a lawyer is the district attorney. some officers say he would be an effective d.a. since he understands policing but the gap left in the department has left a few head -- a few heads s pinning. >> a lost officers and h ard- working officers. we make the police deputy -- police department run every day. we're gonna continue to do that, to the best of our

ability. >> the head of the san francisco police officers association says the announcement caught everyone offguard. >> it's tough for our members. we've been looking for s tability, continuity, some focus, the guy has been here 14 months. we felt like we were moving forward. and this is a bit of a jolt. >> reporter: gascon says he will run for reelection in the fall. his replacement is interim chief godan. he has his hands full. his first duty is to hill physical old post as chief of patrol. meanwhile, the san francisco police interim dash will meet this week. 8:06. well, the bay area's largest city is also searching for a new police chief. "mercury news" reports san j ose's city manager is p lanning

to interview several finalists this week. she's expected to announce her decision sometime next month. rob davis retired as the police chief just two months ago. classes are just getting u nderway right now at kawana elementary school in santa rosa. some kids are apparently scared to go to class, after learning their campus was the scene of a deadly stabbing over the w eekend. paul chambers is live in -- is live in santa rosa. you have to really feel for these kids, paul. >> reporter: i just spoke with the principal of kawana elementary school. there are grief counselors on hand to talk about the incident that killed a 20 -- 0-year-old man -- 20-year-old man. we'll have four grief counselors here on site. we'll have one that will be w andering the halls just to get the kids. we'll have one stationed in one of the classrooms, one in the office, one stationed in the

staff room. the victim is 0-year-old juan car lease angel from santa rosa. he was killed over the weekend. now, plus say -- police say just after 5:00 on saturday. they got a call about a s hooting. officers found two knives and blood and angel on the campus. police say he may have been involved in a knife fight. family members say he was h anging out at the school t alking to friends when he was approached by two other men. when officers arrived, they found him with several stab wounds. he was late taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries. officials spent the day cleaning up and finishing their investigation. the principal says he plans to go door to door talking to the importance about being vigilant if they sigh or hear an incident on school groundses. the police would not say if the

stabbing was gang-related. although we're in an area where there's tagging all over. if you have any information. >> you are asked to call police. they are offering a $2500 r eward. live in santa rosa, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. okay, paul. thank you. our time is now 8:08. we've had a variety of problems this morning. how are we looking now. the black ice issue dave and tori probably one of the biggest ones we have. we still have a problem on highway 160 -- which is the antioch bridge. northbound highway 106 which shoots off highway 4 getting up to the delta, there -- it's shut down at the antioch bridge. they are still turning cars around because of the black ice. i'm just gonna check with the chp. it could clang any moment. expect big delays here on northbound 160 approaching the antioch bridge because of the

ice. now, it says right now, it's going to be reopened by 9:00 a.m. that's the latest we have. >> bay bridge has been okay. in fact, it's lighter than we thought it would be for this monday. that's good news. that's-- that's good news if you are coming into san francisco. northbound 880, traffic is busy. so again, perhaps, even though some schools are back. it's still a little bit lighter than usual for this 2011 -- second commute week of 2011. a little bit of slow traffic on 880 approaching high street. let's go to steve. also being reported with i ce, highway 1 in west marin county. i mean, come on, now. it's cold. we have mostly clear skies. some higher clouds, leading edge of the system will be in tomorrow, already starting to show up.

cold, patchy fog. tomorrow cloudy with light rain. and that may be it for a while the five and ten-day outlook was very quiet. high pressure which will be -- which would be more valley fog and the conation of the pattern we -- continue eighth of the pattern we've had. concord, livermore, 29, san j ose, low 30s.

sanfrancisco, 39 -- i just s aw -- see? i just see-saw. [ laughter ] >> 26 at napa and one 26-degree reading. 6 up in tahoe. 16 in reno. 7 las vegas. 28 sacramento, 28 ukiah. the higher clouds associated with the -- with the jet right there. that's going to give us some clouds. a cold morning and then sunny for a while. and then higher clouds -- higher clouds creep in. that will give us columbus -- cloudy skies. it will lead to light rain. it's on its way for light rain. tuesday, wednesday. cold fog, 20, 30s. mostly sunny. then we'll go with those higher clouds. 48 to 55. temperatures in the 50s. low 50s for some. mid-50s for others. the five-day, cloudy, light r

ain. into early wednesday and then it's back to the foggy pattern during the week. there is a call for a security review in washington, d.c. after what happened in arizona and what sarah palin has to do with government security concerns after the shooting there. a san francisco company now involved in the wikileaks investigation. what twitter has been ordered to do with its four wikileaks related accounts. a critical clue uncovered in the san bruno explosion. what happened in 2008 that some say may be linked to the t ragedy. blah

these are live pictures in washington, d.c., the base of the monument. you can see all of the flags are at half staff. this has been ordered by the president to honor the victims of the shootings in arizona. six dead at least 14 injured, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. who was the main target. also new this morning, we just showed you the remarkable show of unity and support on the s teps of the u.s. capitol to honor those victims. good morning. this is a look as the gathering started a few minute ago, the

staff members. it looks like hundreds of them bundled in their winter coats an their heads bowed to honor the victims of the tucson arizona, including gabrielle giffords, and one of her aides would was killed. [bell tolling ] >> also, president obama led a molt of silence at the white house. you can see the -- molt of silence at the white house. you can see the president and the first lady gathered on the south lawn on this very somber morning. president obama says this is the time for the nation to come together in prayer. he's ordered all flags at buildings at half-staff. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay, allison. thank you. 8:17. well, at last check, a

controversial map is still p osted on sarah palin's facebook page. now, it's a map 245 was removed from her political action site shortly after that shooting in arizona on saturday. here's the map. it shows what looks like gun site crosshairs over congressional members who voted in support of the healthcare plan. a spokesperson for palin claims those images are directional locaters but there is a lot of talk this morning about aggressive tea party rhetoric. bob brady says he will introduce a bill to make it a crime too publish websites that places crosshairs on a congressional members side -- site. we've just learned from a military official that the alleged gifford shooter was e he -- was rejected from the army because he failed a drug test. 8:18. a big step has been made in relations between the u.s. and china. defense secretary robert gates and the chinese defense minister agreed to establish a

working group to discuss strategic i ssues. this is a symbolic end to a turbulent year where beijing severed defense ties with the u.s. over armed sales to taiwan. a san francisco-based company is now involved in the investigation into wikileaks. twitter has been released to release private information connected to four accounts. that includes account of the member who is a member of iceland's parly minute. the u.s. is trying to build a case against wikileaks after it published thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents. 8:19. questions are being raised about whether pg&e put some extra stress on the pipeline in that deadly san bruno explosion. last september's explosion k illed eight people and damaged

and destroyed 8 homes. the "san francisco chronic kell" is reporting that they purposely enincreased the line to the maximum level. experts say that increase do have -- could have put a strain on the pipeline. pg&e says the pressure boost was part of the operating pack ace deny that it caused problems. a judge has scheduled another important hearing in the richmond gang-rape case. the six defendants are expected to make their first court appearance since the judge o rdered them to stand trial last month. they could possibly hear new charges filed against -- filed against them. 8:20. a south bay wedding venue won't see many of them this year. why the popular venue won't take any more reservations. we're following a new

development. hugh hefner's financial fantasy. it involves the magazine he founded more than 50 years -- years ago.

the publisher is agreeing -- the publisher of playboy is agreeing to a buyback after his

late he bid of $207 million is 18% higher than the stock value on friday. he's the largest shareholder. the magazine has struggled the last few years losing readers and advertising to the web. it's a prime spot to get married at in the bay area but no future weddings will be give be here. they will honor weddings already scheduled. they started to stop taking reservations. the district plants -- plans to renew ardenwood next year. 8:24. we're learning more details this morning about a plan that will save millions of dollars but eliminate toll collector jobs on the golden gate bridge. the plan is to make all tolls electric. this will be presented to the bridge's finance committee on thursday. if they approve it.

>> the bridge will become c ashless by the year 2013. they say that would save about $ 16 million over ten years. if drivers don't have fast t rack -- fastrack, the bridge would probably use video low- pressure system plate i maging and send a bill to the car's registered owner. gasoline prices are moving up again. the lundberg survey says the national average is up 9 cents to 3.08. as usual, the bare has some of the -- the bay area has some of the highest prices in the country. aaa says the average is 3.40. with oakland at 3.35. tori, salt lake city has the cheapest gasoline in the c ountry. it's still under $3 a gallon. >> sounds like a bargain now. >> it does. >> yay, really cheap. let's see how people are burning up the flumes since they are trying to burn up the roads and bridges. >> northbound or southbound 808

at the connector ramp to 280 north there is a traffic -- w ell, there is an accident t here. traffic is -- that's a really bad spot for a crash. traffic is going to be slow at that 280 inter-- intersection with 880. northbound 17 from campbell, g etting into the act there. i want to show you some slow traffic on the roads. 880 northbound. the traffic is going to be busy there getting up to the high street area. but when you get to the been, it's not bad. we just got some breaking traffic news here. the antioch bridge has just reopened. it was closed because of ice and they said it was gonna open at 9:00. well, now it's open at 8:30. they finally got the ice to melt and bridge is open. let's go to steve. some areas of fog mainly north bay, east bay. although san jose had some. it's starting to dissipate. the he skies are -- rain likely

op tuesday. but not before a lot of 20s this morning. >> still some upper 20s, livermore, fairfield, santa r osa, 27. with the fog, it's in the 30s. sanjose, 33. oakland finally at 40. sanrafael, 34. a lot of low 0s. mill valley, san anselmo, 31, 3 -- 31, 32, 33, 34. for us the system is gonna be cloudy with light rain starting later today and then tuesday ap afternoon. 20s, 0s, and 40s, mostly sunny, 40 to 8 by noon and then by this evening, high clouds, 48 to 55. fog out towards the east means very low 50s or upper 40s. with some sun today, cloudy tomorrow, light rain takes us into early wednesday. it looks like high pressure -- >> all right, steve.

thank you. we're still following new developments in that weekend tragedy in tucson, arizona. what doctors are saying this morning about gabrielle g iffords. we'll take you live to tucson to get the update. >> reporter: and the palo alto police department is investigating a rash of robberies they say may have a possible this red.

the man accused of the mass shooting in arizona is expected to make his first court appearance today. one of the victims, c ongresswoman, gabrielle giffords, remains in critical condition this morning. our reporter is live outside

the hospital in tucson with an u pdate. paul, i'm hearing that a lot of people are crowding around in that area now. >> reporter: yes, they are. they are laying down candles and laying down flowers. many them are posting signs, remembering not only those who passed away including 9-year- old christina greene, and calling her an angel but they are offing their best wishes for those who survived the attack and that would include the target the attack which is congresswoman gabrielle giffords. now, here is the latest on her situation, dave. a doctor came out. the neurosur gyp. he basically said i'm glad to report that she is holding steady. a. she's in critical condition. when she's taken out of her

induced coma. she's a been -- she's been able to not only hear but respond to commands. they asked her to hold up two fingers and she was asked to do so. they say that's a very good s ign. perhaps the blessing -- blessing is -- she was shot at one side of her head and went out the other. how soon she will recover? they don't know. but they are optimistic about her recovery. dave? >> thank you, paul. at 11:00 this morning, governor brown will release details of his plan to deal with california's $28 billion budget deficit. brown has said he wants to shift the responsibility for many programs from the state level to counties and cities. he also wants to cut government bureaucracy by merging departments and programs. and there are reports the governor will propose extending some temporary tax hikes that

are set to expire in july. gavin -- gavin newsom said these ready to help governor brown tackle the crisis. today at 1:00 p.m., g overnor's -- california's mayor will be sworn in as california's new lieutenant-governor. newsom says he's eager to work with brown and solve the crisis. >> it's a fine line the jerry brown off -- it's a fine line that jerry brown understands. newsom's replacement is back in the bay area this morning. ed lee arrived at sfo last night after a trip to hong kong. on friday, san francisco supervisors apointed the -- appointed the city administrator as interim mayor. he will be sworn in as san francisco's first a sian- american mayor tomorrow. he will finish out the final year of newsom's term but he

says he has no interest for f unning -- in running for a full time for mayor in the tall. palo alto police are saying there's been a rash of r obberies. the most recent incident, a woman robbed in her own d riveway. jade hernandez is there with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the sergeant with the palo alto police department told us this rash of robberies since september. they have a common thread. they have all taken place near a thoroughfare. we know this was up to orchard expressway. the spokeswoman for the department is out of town this morning the so the department is unable to provide an on- camera interview for you. but we've already spoken to several officers this morning, including a sergeant to get more information about this kay. that sergeant told me by phone, the warning for neighbors to be

more vigilant has paid off. the department has received a lot of calls about unfamiliar vehicles in this area where the robbery took place. it did happen on saturday morning just after midnight. a -- along st. francis drive. the victim, a 35-year-old a man her after she parked in front of her home. he pointed a gun at her and demanded her purse. the woman handed it over. the victim was not hurt and later described the thief at a young african-american man with a medium build wearing a gray baseball hat. the department has made s evennests which have solved several of these cases but the description of saturday's thief matches the one given in many of the open investigations. now, fortunately the woman in this weekend's robbery was not hurt. but palo alto police are sit investigating all of the other

robberies. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. 8:35. in mountain view, police are out there searching for a man who attacked a woman while she was walking. police say the suspect grabbed the-year-old victim about 10:40 saturday night. police say the ticker dragged the woman 0 feet into an empty loot and then repeatedly punched her. she dreamed for help and that scared off the suspect. the suspect's description is pretty vague. say he's a latino man in his 0s. he's between 5'8'' and 5'10". if you have any information about this, contact mountain police. oakland police are searching for suspects in a shooting that seriously injured a man. police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound on nay avenue around 9:40 last night. the victim was rushed to the hospital. and police tell us this morning he's in critical but stable condition. at this point there's no motive

for the shooting. we checked with oakland police this morning. they are still searching for the gunman who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. he was a sophomore at fremont high school. homicide investigators say he was shot and killed outside a market on bancroft avenue late saturday afternoon. police won't get any help for surveillance video. we oned at least -- we counted at least three cameras outside where the killing took place but the manager says the cameras do not work. one of the onramps of highway -- of highway at tully road will be closed. they will close the ram at 11:00 tonight. they won't reopen it until 5:00 p.m. on friday. so to get on it, go south on mclaughlin avenue, turn left on the capitol expressway. this is part of the improvement project that will add another

lane to the highway and replace the tully road overcrossing. some good advice. let's chick in with more traffic advice -- check in with more traffic advice. >> good morning. apparently there is an arrest or police activity at this train station. we cab find out exactly what's going on but we know from b.a.r.t., this is causing d elays. southbound 880 at the connector ramp to 280. there is a crash there. watch for very slow traffic on 17. if you are a campbell driver and you drive on 17, it's not good. want to move the maps up to highway 4. they've reopened the

ramp and -- they reopened it about ten minutes ago. so both directions are open. live pictures is. this is a look at highway 24 nearby. westbound 24, traffic looks good and there goes b.a.r.t. on way up to the la fayette station. the commute direction, those trains are still moving on time. northbound 101 in san francisco, that's just not good. we had an earlier crash in this area. that's been cleared. but look at 101. it's just horrible. southbound is also slow as well. so 101 not recommended today. >> let's go to steve, the combination of very cold temperatures. 20s some fog but not as much as we've seen. still north bay, parts of the east bay really got socked in. it looks like san jose is s tarting to see the clouds burn off. the higher crowds, not there. we'll have a coming up day until later this afternoon. morning lows were just

unbelievablebly cold. sebastopol, 25. i know sunol county airport made it down to 25 as well. west marin, 27. get a stretch of this kind of weather is not usual. but we haven't had a stretch of rain until january. that had end. there will be some light rain. but it will end the stretch. they can go a week, sometimes two weeks, sometimes a month and a half, after wednesday it looks like we go back into drier weather. sanfrancisco's had cold and fog conditions. the cold has been coming in through the valley. >> the forecast says some patchy fog, cold readings. cloudy with light rain tomorrow. but the five ho ten-day outlook

looks very quiet. it looks like high pressure comes back in so we'll probably have to deal with fog. up ir20s, fair field, even livermore, san jose at. 6 up in tahoe. 2 below in truckee. 28 sacramento. 28 ukiah. there's cold readings all over the place. that system will give us overnight lows by tomorrow and then that will give us cloudy skies with light rape. so 20s to 40s for the morning lows. cold or fog. mostly sunny by noon. and then turning mostly cloudy later on with a lot of high c lou, upper 40s, very, very low to mid-50s. fog in the valley makes it past to get past 40s and 50. cloudy, light rain tuesday into wednesday and then it looks like back to dry weather. a went storm moving across the southeastern u.s. causing major problems for air travel and on the roads there. the storm has dumped at least four inches of snow in atlanta.

look at these pictures. somive drewers ignore the warnings to stay off the road and they ended up having to abandon their cars during the night. airtran airways cancelled all of today's flights because of this snowstorm. sfo says delta is canceling its flights to atlanta. the parents of the youngest tucson shooting victim are speaking out. why they are drawing a chilling connection between her birth and her tragic death.

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george gascon was sworn in as the new d.a. during a rare sunday ceremony at city hall. gascon's former los angeles police colleague is now the

interim police chief. well, grief counselors are on hand at kawana elementary school this morning. police found 20-year-old juan carlos angel espiraza with several wounds saturday morning. $2500 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. president obama and the first lady michelle obama observed a moment of silence there. there was also this moment of silence on the steps of the u.s. capitol. it was a show of unity, hundreds of congressional staff members and members of congress turned out for this very special and solemn moment. gifford's orbiting brother- in-law, astronaut, scott kelly, called for a moment of silence aboard the international space station and at all of the flight control centers around the world. the youngest victims in the

shooting was brought into this world on another tragic day. christina greene was born on 9/11, 2001. the enthusiastic third grader was an aspiring politician who had just been elected to the student council and went to saturday's meet and greet with gabriel give orders to learn more about the political p rocess. her parents talked about the irony and the loss. >> it does say something about our society that my daughter was born on a tragic day and she went out on a tragic day. >> she was a great friend, a great sister. a great daughter. i was so proud of her. i just want everyone to know. >> christina was remembered by members of her church in tucson yesterday. she had been featured in a book called faces of hope showing one baby from each state born on september 11th. 8:47.

vice president joe biden is in afghanistan right now, we've been told he will meet with afghan president hamid karzai and other top personnel. the white house says his arrival was a surprise trip because of security concerns, although hamid karzai was sold about it last week. the visit comes ahead of july's planned beginning of the withdrawal of american troops in afghanistan. >> many merchants are not very happy about a new neighbor moving in this month. athletea will open in the 2200 block of fillmore. some beua teague owners worry the store which is owned by gap will change the overall fill of the neighborhood. others say there is the need and will draw in more shoppers. and the palace of fine arts is about to reopen this friday. the 96-year-old landmark u

nderwent a $21 million upgrade as part of a public private primp. this included a retrofit for the dole. the landscaping and lagoon have been redone. the structure was built after the 1906 earthquake as a the -- as part of an effort to show the city had recovered. well, sales of apple's iphone could dramatically increase in the next couple of weeks. tomorrow verizon will announce it will start selling those iphones. neither company is making any comment -- comments about the reports. but if they are true, verizon could start to sell iphones by the end of the -- end of next month. 8:49. a western took the reins at the box office this weekend. >> in four years as u.s. m arshal, how many men have you shot?

>> shot or killed? >> the coen brothers version of "true grit" took in billion 15 -- took in $15le had. it's the first time since 1990 a western had sold that many tickets. >> i have to see your movie. >> yes, "the king's speech." a surprising and they are calling it an unusual surprise. why the major highway into san francisco is so slow right now. plus -- the new reason researchers think some children may be at a higher risk for autism.

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who the most amazing athletes really are. be a fan of dignity, acceptance, and the human race. volunteer, coach, or compete in special olympics. special olympics. welcome back. this is opening day for a merica's big auto show. in fact, just a short time ago, the winners were announced. lee thomas joins us live and he's in detroit and knows all about it. lee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave and good morning to everyone out there in oakland and the san francisco area. take a look the we're standing next to the car of the year, the north american international car of the year. this is the chevy volt. when they first started talking about this vehicle as a concept, they said it was a game changer and this morning with another award to its

credit, it is indeed a game changer. a lot of people are looking at the electricfycation of the auto industry and this is a car like no other. not only is it an electric car, it has a gas assist engine that simply charges the battery. so it really is an electric car. you can see that they are here for display there. they are ready to be purchased. i talked to the gm of the north america -- north american chief gm and he said that this car right here sold 365 units. all of the ones they made in december seed. they had 10,000 units set to sell this year alone. this car is a hot commodity. i would like to mention the truck of the year. that was the ford exer floorer. ford, the one that did not take the buyout financially, very viable. a lot of sales so they are very happy over on the ford display. some things to notice about this year, a lot of people feel about hue detroit is doing,

this -- how detroit is doing, how the auto show is doing, they had an unveiling of a beautiful, beautiful porsche 918-rsr, which is a concept car that makes you feel drummy and gushy inside. before i let you go, i want 0 show you something that i fell in love with and you can see there are people all around. there's about 5,000 journalists that are here and 5,000 from all over the world but this -- ] no audio ] >> that's what i call timing. >> but i felt it. that was lee thomas reporting live from the big auto show in detroit. back here a megahomicide ticket that matches five of six numberses were -- megamillions ticket that matches five of -- five of six numbers were m atched. the ticket was purchased at

peer toe law food and liquors -- puerto law food an lickers. tomorrow's-- liquors. tomorrow's jackpot is worth $ 20 million. garbage rates in redwood city could be higher. the city council is taking public comments tonight on an proposed 18% rate hike. the public comment could be followed by a vote and if the height is approved, the new r ates would take effect t omorrow. the meeting is at 7:00 at city hall. there is a new study linking birth spacing to a higher risk of autism. researchers used data for more than $5 -- more than 500 million children. they found the children born less than two years after their siblings were considered more likely to be diagnosed with autism compared to those born at least three years after their older sibling. researchers say one sibling could be that parents are likely to notice developmental

p roblems. >> that's an interesting speculation. let's go back to sal -- sal. he's got some specifics about our commute. >> yeah, 1011 a mess trying to get into -- 101 is a mess trying to get into downtown san francisco. so is southbound 101. avoid 101 use 280 instead. let's go to the picture of 880 northbound, it's crowded but still doing okay getting up to high street and after that, it begins to clear out. just heard of a hazard on 80 westbound at reyaw vista. sig-alert issued for the cans of dog food spilled from a truck, westbound 80 east of highway 12. two right lanes are closed. there's no estimated time for reopening the lanes. 8:57. let's go to steve. a combination of a few high clouds. fog and very cold readings this morning.

that will give way to cloudy skies. rain tuesday and wednesday and then it looks like high pressure comes back and says, i think we'll go back to what we've been experiencing and that's more fog. a little rain but that's it. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now. [ female announcer why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers

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