an evacuee tells us about an evacuation at an apartment b uilding. good morning. to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, january 11th. >> in the news, memorial s ervices will be held today an tomorrow for the victims of that mass shooting in arizona.

president obama is expected to go to arizona to be at t omorrow's service. the doctors say there was no change overnight in the c ongresswoman's condition. doctors say she's responded to verbal cues by raising two t hingers and giving a thumbs up sign. they say there's no swelling on the brain but the next couple of days are critical.

she wrote "i am one of only 12 democrats left in a gop d istrict. i think we need to figure out how to tone down a rhetoric and also tone down the p artisanship." jared loughner is being held without bail. loughner was shackled. his head was shaved. he did not enter a plea. on the peninsula right now investigators in belmont are looking for the cause of an early-morning apartment house fire. tara moriarty is live from belmont with this update.

>> reporter: good morning. this is a theme where you had firefighters throwing their lad itsers -- ladders up and helping victims trapped in this burning building. you can actually make where crews are -- chop through the wall here. we know three people that jumped from the balcony. one man backed his pickup truck bap up the -- back up the b uilding. six people had to be taken to the hospital.

>> i could see it was kind of smoky in my unit. i went to the front door and opened the door just a little bit. it was just a wall of black smoke. it just came rushing into my room. now, woo and two dozen others are now staying up the -- at the senior center temporarily. none of the injuries are life- threatening. that's the good news. damage estimates are in at about $1 million. now investigators will begin the difficult process of sifting through everything trying to figure out exactly where this fire started. we do know it was the second floor but we don't know how it started yet. we're here live in belmont, i'm tara moriarty. some residents in san francisco with still airing out

their homes after a gas l eak. the leak was reported at about 11:30. firefighters say it came from the benita house. we did talk to pg&e. they don't know if the gas is back on. they won't know until later this morning. massive numbers of -- number of birds have dropped dead. now there a -- there is bird death history in the bay area. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: we are live off 101 south of gosser -- geyserville in sonoma county.

the california highway patrol responded. more than 100 dead birds were found clustered on saturday. you are looking at a picture courtesy of "the press d emocrat." the birds are being tested. a very similar sight was spotted on new year's eve. as many as 5,,000 red-winged blizzards were spotted. some speculated fireworks may have played a role in the birds' death or storm may have contributed to the birds' confusion. shortly after that, about 500 people were found in louisiana, about00 miles from the ar -- about 300 miles from the arkansas incident. we do know they are being investigated. of course, it's all still a mystery this morning. reporting live in sonoma

county, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. thank you, jade. 7:06. we want to check in now with sal castanedo, see how things are moving on this tuesday n ortherning -- tuesday morning. >> right now we're doing well around the bay area when it comes to collisions but we do have some slow traffic building. let's go outside. i want to show you some things that we have -- or to the maps. 280 getting slow to cupertino. northbound 101 traffic moving along slowly. if you are moving on the way to the south bay, most of the slow traffic heading south on the number mit freeway. >> i want 0 focus on 237, 237 yeting stop and go traffic and then heading west and to sunnyvale. this morning if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza that backup is only about five to ten minutes if you are at the very end of the line. once you make it onto the

bridge it does move well. 7:07, here's steve. a cloudy morning. a little different pattern. we actually have a front moving through which is liking like more and more. this system will produce light rain. not a big deal. sanfrancisco did hit 50 degrees yesterday for a high. that was the first time since january 5th. it's been 49 or lower for five days. that wasn't the case yesterday nor probably today. cloudy skies, warmer lows. a little bit of light rain. forecast glance shows cloudy skies and breezy for some. cold for others, especially up towards lake county, mendocino county. there's been some snow reported up there. tomorrow, clouds, cool. i'm not getting excited by it. high and dry after that. very quiet pattern. probably back to the fog. maybe five to ten days out once we get to thursday.

live stormtracker shows -- look at that. some of that green is burning to white. probably up by an ginn. you can always tweet me if you are getting the weather. it's helping to juice up the atmosphere. the lower layers with the fog have been damp. we need to get some rain. we'll get some light rain out of this. not the 20s or the 0s, one 39. that's in fair field. sonoma county airport is 40. yesterday they were 25. that was a record low. 44, san jose. cloudy mountain -- mountain view is in the 40s. a lot of that fog. livermore, our target forecast for today. starting off cloudy and keeping it cloudy. maybe some light rain but more clouds than anything else. 3 balmy degrees in tahoe. so the clouds help. breeze helps. 39 ukiah. crescent city dropped to -- d

ropped to 0. 40s and 50s in southern california. our low associated front will swing in, giving us a lot of clouds and very little rape. trace amounts, nothing at all for some. light rain, north bay, mainly, mainly. starting off with clouds, light rain on the lows but a lot more 40s. cloudy,, we'll keep that going. cloudy breezy. upper 40s for some for highs. 53 hayward, though. light slip -- slightly warmer but not much. 54 san jose. santacruz, 55. from mont, 52. cloudy light rain and then we kick it out and go high p ressure. >> okay, steve. the winter storm that's been blasting the south is moving up the east coast and there are flight delays this morning. you are looking at a -- at a live picture. these are the runways at

atlanta hartsfield-jackson airport. hundreds of flights have been cancelled all over the country, including here in the bay area. we did just check on sfo. officials say there are two- hour delays between san francisco and san francisco and chicago. last week, ed lee was vacationing in asia. today he will officially become the mayor of san francisco.

good morning. light rain. the lows are warm weeks a lot of 40s. we'll see temperatures upper 40s, low 50s. most of the rain will stay confined to the north bay. san francisco's board of supervisors is expected to appoint an interim mayor today, the man expected to get the job, almost assured is city administrator, ed lee. she's 58 years old. he's served under four previous mayors. if appointed he would become the first asian-american leader of san francisco. pam. well, ed lee joins us this morning from san francisco to talk about his new job. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm good. thank you. this is -- you're making h istory. this is a big job but i understand this is a job you

don't want to do for long. why not? >> well, good morning. thank you. i didn't actually seek this job i've been working in the city and was quite happy with city administrators, but a lot of great conversations occurred with members of the board of supervisors, certainly mayor newsom and his staff and he convinced me, rather than b ecomfortable, i out to be challenged -- i ought to be challenged and with the support of the supervisors and mayor, i dedicated myself to this job. >> that willive out mayor new some's term -- that will serve out mayor newsom's term. you won't do this again?

>> no. i'm not a politician. i'm not a career politician. i've been an administrator. that's what i do. and also during this time, i want the city to feel comfortable, to feel safe, to feel that the city is being taken care of while they go about their job electing a new mayor. as you say a non-politician, then. what does the nonpolitician plan to do with the budget deficit. i know that's one of your big priorities. the $16 million is a concern. it's been a concern of mine. just as the department head along with the other department heads. but being in city government for 21 years and this particular administration, we saw -- we found the san francisco way to balance the budget. i'm sure we'll have the a lot of the tame talent and dedication, including the public, members of the board of supervisors and the mayor staff and budget staff working

together with the community groups, to find that balance. i am obviously concerned with what the state is doing. i don't have the details on it yet. but we will be getting briefed this afternoon and early tomorrow and so i will have more details to share with staff and share with the board on that. i am particularly concerned about the redevelopment agencies and that redevelopment agency has been vital. it's been -- i don't want to lose it. it's been a great saving agency for our city. we'll be sharing that concern with many other mayors, major mayors in california. governor brown, i know he's been a former mayor and understands the redevelopment agency. hopefully that will work in our favor. >> okay. we'll continue the discussion with you on another day. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. let's go back to dave.

>> all right, pam. 7:17. as for gavin newsom, green technology and creating new jobs are at the top of his to- do list as he starts his job today as california's l ieutenant-governor. after delaying his inauguration for a week, he was officially worn -- sworn in at the state capitol yesterday. here is his father administering the oath. the man of -- the founder of website, julian assange, released a statement against death threats that have been made against assange and it drew a link had between his experience and that of gabrielle giffords who was shot in the head during that mass shooting in arizona. security experts are warning facebook users keep personal information out of the

hands of scammers. they say a sacramento-area senior citizen was probably r obbed by somebody who used personal information from her facebook page. the senior citizen received a call from a woman who claimed to be her daughter and needed $4600 in bail money. after the caller answered a couple of personal questions right. the senior citizen wired her the money. she found out later, it was a scam. high granddaughter is on facebook. i'm on facebook. >> do not put personal and private information on the input that you do not want to share with the entire world. >> there are also several things you can do right now to help protect your privacy. do not post your birth place or your full day of birth because that's information that's often the key to a bank password. don't post your child's name is a caption. don't mention you will be --

you will be away from home and don't let search engines find you for adjusting previously controls for friends only. iphone phones who don't particularly care for at&t are hoping for an announcement they've been waiting years to hear. sources say ver ryeston will unveil a phone but it will not go on sale for a few more weeks. the news conference should take place in about 40 minutes, at 8:00 a.m. later today, sonoma county supervisors will cut the ribbon on the county edge power plant, the groundbreaking facility will be on the campus m santa rosa. the fuel cell plant basically turns high tree jen in to electricity. the new plan is also expected to result in $20 million in

energy savings over the 25-year life spine. >> there are -- they are among some those basic perks for state employ 's -- employees. what the governor wants to cut to help the budget deficit.

welcome back. well, the pilot of this crop duster was killed after his plane clipped a tower on a remote island in the delta yesterday morning. this happened on web track island in contra costa county. the pilot identified as 58-year- old steven allen of portland in sacramento county. the ntsb is investigate egg the exact cause of that crash. well, light planes like the one used in crop dusting, they are not required to have basic safety equipment that's been in cars and trucks for years. but right now, members of the n tsb are hearing if shoulder harness seat belts and air bags might be beneficial in those kinds of aircraft.

they are hearing a report on how well people on nonmilitary and noncommercial planes that have had that equipment survived compared to those on board planes without those futures. right now they are optional for light planes. some state employees may have to give up their s tate- issued vehicles and cell phones. governor jerry brown wants to cut the number of employee cell phones in half to help close the budget gap. right now, the state pays for did the 6 -- pays for 96,000 cell phones. he's asked how many state vehicles can be cut. >> how are we moving along on the roads. we're gonna start with this, watching the tilley con valley report. jamming up into the valley as we look for chp incidents. we don't have anything in the immediate area. we've had a couple of things.

northbound 280, a minor accident but they are not in the labors. how far, you know how that goes. people may be slowing down anyone way to take a look at what's going on on the shoulder. taking a look at 880 northbound in oakland, you will see traffic is going to be moderately heavy on way up to the downtown oakland area. if you are trying to get into san francisco's downtown, it's backed up for about a 15-minute delay at the bay bridge toll plaza. taking b.a.r.t. instead, their trains are moving on time. let's go to steve. light rain is starting to move in. sanfrancisco, oakland, concord, north. this is a very weak system. it's there and it's giving us much warmer lows. more 40s than 30s and 20s.

you can see right there just from san francisco north. so that will be the focus for this system today. but anybody is in line for some very light rain. look at the 40s compared to the 20s and 30s we've had for about the last four or five mornings, san jose. you can see the system sliding by but after that, there won't really be too much. we'll have one more system and then that's it. warmer low, breezy, hills coast. 46. 46 to 54. upper 40 and low 50s. after a few hours on wednesday, the storm track goes north and it looks like it will stay there for a while. dry weather but probably more fog. >> thank you, steve. pg&e is changing its policy on pipeline testing. what the agency says it will not do anymore in a possible link with the san bruno explosion. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste?

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we have an update from belmont. six people have been hurt in an early-morning apartment house

fire. some of the victims had to jump to get away from the fast- moving flames. tara moriarty joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. fire crews just spoke us around the back side of the building to show us all of the damage. if you take a look behind me, there's the stairwell. you did see -- you can see where they started from. that's where the fire started. we know three people jumped from little balconies or windows -- from their balconies or windows. we're at the apartment complex where the fire broke out. you can see flames shooting out of the second story. dozens of people had to be evacuated. six people were taken to hospitals. >> i've only seen this type of thing happen a few times. but that type of fire 57

intensity, you want to get out of the building. people can't get out through the normal means, they are gonna get out any way they can. >> reporter: here's video we shot of the damage. the fire started from the second floor. you can see where flames lapped up to the third floor. crews estimate about a million in damage. an investigation is underway to determine how it started. now, again, luckily everyone is okay, including lance woo who got out his cat safely. he says he climbed on the ladder because the fire was too dangerous to get out any other way. pittsburgh announced the suspension of a pressure test on natural pipe gas lines like the one that performed on the

line that exploded. experts say that could have exas rated any weakness -- e xasperated any weakness in the line. >> tonight the san bruno city council will unveil a tentative plan on how to help blast victims. a 15-year-old berkeley high school student is facing expulsion after creating a potentially dangerous situation with his peers. he was caught with a small caliber handgun on campus.

the school principal was a ssuring parents this is an isolated incident. police are not saying if they arrested the student. some east oakland dog owners are kind of nervous after a small dag was -- dog was a ttacked. the culprit, a large bull mast i which witnesses say broke free from his owner. the smaller dog was left b loodied. the woman who owns the small dag says this is not the first time the bull mast if attacked. well, ford is coming here to the bay area and they plan to hire new employees. the auto company plans to

recruit 750 engineers from nine cities. the engineers will be working on hybrid and electric vehicles. most of the other positions will be in manufacturing at the louisville assembly plant. well, for the first time in three years, general motors will have a presence at the super bowl. gm says it will air commercials for chevrolet products before, during and after the super bowl game. that includes, airing "glee" that follows the game. 30-second ads are selling mor as much as $3 million each. you can see the super bowl right here on ktvu channel 2 on february 6th. 7:34. the oakland laiders are -- r aiders are stepping up -- s tepping their search for a new head coach. the job search began a week ago. the raiders will not reveal the names of the leading candidates but hugh jackson is still

believed to be the front runner. 7:34. sal, what's happening on the roads right now, particularly arplaza. >> well, you know the toll plaza traffic is getting busy right now, dave. it's going to be backed up w igger -- bigger than we've seen it for a while. it's very slow coming into san francisco. all of a sudden, we we have a. jaed house here. it's not affecting the actual bridge traffic itself getting into the city. also this morning we're looking at the commute on 880 northbound past the oakland coliseum. home of the raiders but no long the home of familiarby thee nnambi. he's no longer a raider. if you are a valley computer, i

can cannot recommend, unless you know that super secret shortcut, today may be the time to pull that out. let's go to steve. sal? >> yes. >> shortcuts turn into long c uts. cloudy skies. this will be -- we get some r ain. we could get a .25 out of this. cooler. these can go, these patterns for a long, long time. 11th and 12th, then start on the 13th and in our -- if our forecast models are correct, there may not be anything and we could go seven to ten days with no rain after today and t

omorrow. the cold temperatures, that stretch ended yesterday. yesterday at 2:45, finally another 50-degree temperature. that's 113 continuous hours at downdowntown san francisco. that's a long stretch of not s eeing a 50-degree temperature. that ended yesterday. clouds over us route know, light rain starting to pick up. at least the lows are warmer. it's not as cold as it has been yesterday when we had 20s and 30s one upper 30 on this p anel. but a lot of 40, livermore, starting off with 40 degrees. we'll go cloudy skies, a my o f -- a high of 50.

we have to -- we have to have the low moving in. that will weaken as it comes by. this is not a big one. trace amounts to 1/100ths. cloudy with light rain c ontinuing but a lot of clouds by noon and then this evening, also cloudy, breezy with light rain. 48 to 54. upper 40s for some. still cool, low 40s for some. off-and-on rain. we say goodbye to that and high pressure comes right back in. er to re? >> thank you. today we're expecting to learn the fate of a sea lion found shot in the head of a sausalito beach last month.

kraig debro is on the scene with more. >> reporter: good morning, the sea lion that everybody knows about by now, silent knight, this morning will begin with a general anesthetic and that will determine whether the sea lion also has some bone damage that we already know about. they are trying to place him in a zoo or aquarium. ktvu was one of the first to tell you about and show you the images of silent night. he was brought here s eptember 8th. people reported the sea lion confirmed silent night had been shot. silent night has at least m etal -- five parts of metal in

his brain. he is blind. he will never be able to go home 6789 sea lions with no eyesight have no chance of making it. joining me to talk about silent saturday night is dr. bill. what are they gonna be doing today how would that ig change his destiny. there was a lot of talk of euthanizing him. but does that change depending upon what happens in this investigation? >> we're gonna sedate him and take some x-rays. he's been with us for quite a while. about a month. we're looking for change in the bone, really to better help us understand the nature of the injuries himselfs and to make sure that some of the fractures the jaw are we don't anticipate finding

anything that will change our treatment plan. >> why do people shoot silence? a lot of people want to know that. >> it's a good. i don't note the answer. people have communicated to me because they are view as a nuisance. >> thank you, doctor. we'll come back in about an hour from now. we'll fill in some of the other questions that we it -- that we had for the doctor, including the dramatic weight loss that you might have know tased from the earlier video until now. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. we'll go live to tucson n ext.

sears and tiffany have r aised theiraryings this morning -- their earnings. victims of the weekend s hooting ram page in arizona will be remembered tonight -- rampage in arizona are be remembered tonight. memorial services will be held

in tucson. paul vercammen is live with m ore. >> reporter: we have people in the hospital. the person who is in critical condition, gabrielle giffords, her neurosurgeon says she's raising her fingers and is r eaching for her breathing tube which suggests that she's having discomfort and that means brain activity. jared lee loughner heard the charges against him. loughner, who is accused of shooting 20 people outside a grocery store, made his first court appearance monday, head

shaven and wearing a jumpsuit. he did not make a plea but he answered the judge in a clear voice. this man says he made people in class uncomfortable. >> he was definitely off. it was -- that was something that was apparent as soon ace met him. >> reporter: several victims remain hospitalized, including gabrielle giffords. she's in critical condition but doctors are optimistic. the family of christina greene, they are making plans to bury her. >> we didn't think we would be picking out caskets. and we had to do that today. >> i said look out window, i see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and p eaceful. unfortunately, it's not. we're better than this.

we must do better. >> reporter: there will be several memorial services. the most high-profile will be when the president arrives with michelle obama tomorrow at the university of arizona campus. he says it's important at this time for the country to pull together. >> i'm curious about how the community there -- how they a re -- how are they coping with this. a couple of days after the community. >> reporter: well, obviously, they are all rallying around each other. le you can see behind me there are hundreds of -- you can see behind me, there are hundreds of balloons and candles. some people get down on their knees and pray before it.

the community is pulling together as best it can. this will take a long time for some of them to get over. none of them will. think of the parents of the 9- year-old girl. how are they gonna make up for the loss of 24 person who had hutch a great life ahead of her in politics and losesser had life in this tragedy. >> thank you, paul. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in yemen. her goal is to strengthen the ties of american. secretary clinton is urging yemen to be more active in the international war on terrorism and today, vice president joe biden is still in afghanistan. we take -- he's making a stop in kabul. he's reviewing efforts to prepare afghan troops to take over. knew, he met david general

petraeus. he's coordinating those efforts with the afghan leaders. the ground-breaking nuclear deal twine the u.s. and russia takes effect today. president obama and russian signed -- and russian president signed the agreement. the agreement calls for the two nations to work together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. protests are planned to mark the 9th anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison. the activists plan to wear jumpsuits and hoods and read the names of the detainees still b eing held autogamy.

inn guantanamo. the eeoc says claims are up from last year. the spike began after congress approved changes to the a mericans with disability acts. that made it easier for people to claim that they are disabled. a bay area woman is facing charges this morning. what police accuse her of doing that could have put her 3-year- old child in danger.

three children are in kp -- dps custody. their mother went to the store and visited a friend. police found the one of them, the 3-year-old outside. it was 3 degrees outside. light rain had been falling. police say the mother had been drinking alcohol. a san jose nightclub may have to close its doors for g ood, following a violent night that left three people dead. police say two people were shot to death at the mexicali club saturday night, the body of the third script was found not far from the club. police tell us there were no security guards at the mexicali last night which is in violation of san jose's entertainment permit. the club has been temporarily closed down but a permanent closure is being considered. jelly's dance cafe has been fighting evacuation since the summer when a richmond man was

gunned down outside the club. but the club claims it is only being kicked out because it complained about leaky sewage pipes while the city was being considered to host the next america's cup. lott ail toes police are looking for -- los altos police are looking for a woman seen on tape, walking to the front of a home, holding a package and leaving with a different p ackage. police say she swatted an empty box for christmas gift. the victim installed the cameras after the family's mail was stole last summer. she posted the video online and shared it with her neighbors. >> to have someone come up to the front door and table something, we were really s hooked. >> police say the woman may be

connected to an auto burglary in san mateo county. investigators are looking for a 1990s gold honda accord. the bcs championship game started with a somber ceremony. the cloud stood for a moment of silence to remember the victims of the shooting that claimed six lives last saturday in tucson. the tribute included the reading of the names of those who died. a choir also sang god bless america before the outcome. it was auburn's first championship in 5 years. pre-- in 53 years. >> you stayed up and watch it?

>> i wassed a an event where i got to moderate tom brokaw. sal is keeping track of r aiders and he has big news from the raiders? >> that's right. you didn't know that nambya is no longer with the raiders? it's on ktvu.com. you also have traffic on k tvu.com. traffic is moving well. you should try mobile ktvu.com. that thing is great for your iphone or blackberry. let's go out and take a look at the commute, westbound as you come out towards the toll plaza. that's moving along relatively well. for this time of the morning, i should say. it's about -- it's about a 1 5-

minute delay. you will have to leave the house early. let's go to steve. sal, go the way you know. >> yes. >> you will get lost if you don't, usually. clues a little different pattern here. it's been fog, fog, cold, cold. now the clouds are in here. rain will be to the north. we've had high pressure in p lace. there is our system coming in right there. it's produced some snow up to lake county. there's nothing too heavy here but temperatures are in the 40s, not the 20s or the 30s that we saw yesterday under cloudy skies and some light rape. especiallily breeze for some but after tonight's system, well, today and tonight, there's one little piece 245

goes through, that next system will clip us. that may be it for a while. cloudy, light rain, today, maybe bursts of moderate. breezy hills and also on the coast. some upper hoes that dash some mid-50s towards santa clara valley -- valley. cloudy, light rain, will take us into wednesday. the jet stream means high pressure comes back friday and saturday. >> 7:58. a big change is expected today in san francisco politics. >> my reputation in government has always been if i say i'm gonna do something, i will get it done. >> we'll hear from san f rancisco's incoming interim mayor and his plans for the city. and the big scare that f orced san francisco -- scare that forced san francisco residents to plea their home overnight.

>> reporter: firefighters saved more than three dozen people from a burning building. we'll hear from one vale --

victim firsthand. the second hour of "mornings on 2" starts now. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, january 11th. we're gonna start our 8:00 hour with developing news still coming from the peninsula. investigators in belmont still looking for the cause of an early-morning apartment house fire. six people were hurt, including two people who actually jumped from the balcony of that burning building. tara moriarty has been out there all morning and is back with the latest update. >> some incredible acts of heroism here this thorning -- heroism. we know that firefighters saved three people trapped in the

building. if you take a look, you can see where the fire started on the second story and the window where the latter is right there, that's actually where two people jumped. now, those victims did suffer -- suffer broken bones and had to be taken to the hospital along with four others. firefighters got the call a round:00 this morning. >> the building is called h abitable -- not habitable. it's yellow tagged. >> reporter: now, lance woo smelled and saw smoke early this morning. he grabbed had his cat and ran out to the balcony where a inform threw up a ladder and

rescued them. firefighters rescued 13 people in total from are balconies. woo says he's lucky to be alive, along with his neighbors who have all been evacuated to the senior center for the time b eing. chief says dozens of -- dozens of animals were rescued. everything from snakes, turtles, cats and dougs. investigators are trying to figure out how this fire s tarted. damage estimates are at $ 1 million. >> thank you, tara. >> it's three minutes after 8:0 0. we want to take you to washington, d.c. where people are standing in line right now. this is a live picture of people signing the arizona shooting condolence book on capitol hill. i also want to -- i want to let you know, members of congress will get a shooting tomorrow in the wake of the shooting. several ideas have been d iscussed for increasing security for the house and

senate. but one sergeant says he doesn't think members should start t hinking about arming t hemselves. there's still a lot of discussion about this. we're looking at live pictures of people signing condolence books on capitol hill. meanwhile, memorial services will be held today and tomorrow for the victims in the mass shooting. president obama is expected to travel to arizona to attend tomorrow evening's service. six people were killed, 14 others indan darn injured outside a market. the victims include a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. doctors say tear was no change overnight in giffords' c ondition. she was shot in the head point blank. doctors, though, say she has responded to verbal cues by r acing two fingers and giving up

a -- giving a thumbs up sign. neurosurgeons say there's been no additional swelling on her brain but the next few days are very critical. before the shooting, we learned that gabrielle giffords was calling for the political rhetoric to be toned down, s aying both sides need to work together. she wrote an e-mail the night before the shooting to the n ewly-appointed individual -- we're also getting new information about the shooting suspect, his family. neighbors say the parents of jared loughner are frustrated. loughner's mother has been in bed crying since saturday.

he went to the court and he was shackled and he did not enter a plea and he will be back in court in two weeks. turning to local news we're still waiting to find out whether gas service is back on in san francisco where there there was a gas leak overnight. the was reported at -- was reported at about 11:30. hundreds of birds have d ropped dead from the sky elsewhere in the country. jade hernandez joins us live from sonoma county with more on this story. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we moved into geyserville to gauge what residents felt about the 1 -- more than 100 birds found outside of their town. some residents are still s

cratching their head. >> it seems kind of strange. it-- originally it sounded like a new year's celebration with shooting shot guns but i don't think that was happening here in geyserville. we spoke to several residents this morning. some of them had not heard about what was discovered over the congress -- over the weekend. we learned that the sonoma county sheriff's office is investigating. we know biologists will the california department of fish and game. this is still an unsolved mystery. you are looking at a picture courtesy of the press democrat, more than 100 birds were found just off highway 101 in sonoma county on saturday. the california highway patrol responded to a scene similar to what people had seen in a rkansas. the birds were all of the same type and showed no to visible trauma. you might remember on new year's eve as many as 5,,000

birds died. on thursday, the arkansas fame and fish -- game and fishing commission say fireworks likely caused the noise that killed them. still no def lit word about the birds in louisiana, just 3 00 miles from that arkansas incident. authorities are still looking into whether the birds there ran into power lines. more than 100 birds found south of geyserville are still under investigation. authorities still don't know exactly what caused their d eaths. reporting live from geyserville, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. ed lee was appointed by the board of supervisors to be inte we talked with ed lee live less than an hour ago about what he

plans to tackle first. among them is picking a new police chief. >> i want to keep a good sense of community pleasing. i don't every neighbor in the neighborhood to feel safe. i'm gonna take those values in mind when i start to sit down as members of the board and the police commission as we elect the next chief. >> he wants to focus on disaster preparedness to make sure the city is ready for a midgeor earthquake. gavin newsom is starting his first kay on the job as california's new lieutenant- governor. after delaying his inauguration for a week he was officially sworn in yesterday. there he is hugsly -- hugging his father who administered the oath. gavin newsom plans to focus on green technology and creating new jobs. we want to check in now

with sal castanedo, see what's h appening on the roads this tuesday. sal? >> it's pretty slow out there in some areas, especially in the south bay. now it's spreading to the east bay as well. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for about a 15-minute wait. westbound, no problems -- major problems getting into san francisco. fremont at -- freemont 880, that new crash, 880 at thornton avenue -- in fact, we don't know how much about it. it just came in as we were speaking. 280, that's getting a little bit better that. wear as didn't won't saratoga and then on windsor. 85 as a matter of fact, might be a decent alternate let's go to steve. cloudy skies, light rain.

which is noting that we've said much in january or will stay. the next five to ten days look like high pressure comes back. today and tomorrow, we have some rain to talk about. you t eah, it was. that information courtesy of our observer, michael, in san francisco who keeps wonderful records. >> the system coming by, cloudy skies light rain. we have had a worsts -- few report of light rain. snow in men doe seen knee.

the system will keep clouds in the forecast and maybe a burst or moderate. we could get .25 out of this. we'll carry that wednesday n ight. light rain today, san francisco, oakland, north to heaviest. anybody can be in line. the amounts are really light. this storm will give us a lot of cloudy skies and some off- and-on rain. breezy, windy. upper 40s for a few. it looks like more dry weather a -- weather as we head to the weekend. the storm crippling the south is causing frustration for some travelers, including right here in the bay area. >> i know. the bay area is being affected.

we'll tell but it. and the link the founder of wikileaks is making between himself and the congresswoman shot in that shooting in a rizona.

welcome back. that winter storm that's really been blasting the u.s. has been moving up the east coast. there are flight delays. hundreds of flights have been

cancelled all over the country. we did check with sfo for you. officials say delta cancelled two flights departing from san francisco today. airtran cancelled a flight overnight. 8:15. out today a final report by a presidential panel investigating the gulf oil spill. among the findings that congress and the obama administration need to do more to prevent another disaster like this one from happening again. the commission recommends an increase in funding and training for the federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling. it also recommends a higher liability cap for damages. and says 80% will go to restoration. president obama will travel to sue ton tomorrow to honor the victims in that shooting. alison burns -- alison burns

joins us live inned with with more. >> reporter: that's right. president obama will attend a service tomorrow night at the university of arizona just a few blocks from the scene of the ma sa kerr. after leading a moment of violence in honor of the victims yesterday, the president had a quiet day meeting with advisers. members of congress and their staff has been lining up to sign a condo lens look at the c apitol. the shooting has prompted some of them, including dianne feinstein to begin work on n ew -- on new gun control violation. >> this person was considered too dangerous for his algebra crass. he was considered too dangerous for the military. he wasn't considered too dangerous to -- dangerous to buy as many semi-automatic

weapons as he want. >> reporter: the suspect allegedly used a glock like this with a 3-pound clip. it would have been illegal under the assault weapons band that expired in this 2004. at this point there's no indication from the white house, though, that prom is gonna want to weigh in these gun control issues which has been a political hot potato issue. back to you. >> thank you. 8:18. well, the founder of wikileaks says he's gonna speed up the release of secret documents and leak more confidential information on his confidential website. he said that at a brief hearing in london. earlier today, wikileaks released a statement to the death threats that were i

nvolving congress. a sacramento-area senior was likely robbed by someone who used personal information from her facebook page. the senior received a call from a woman who claimed to be her granddaughter and needed $4600 in bail money. after the caller answered a few personal questions correctly, the senior wired her the money. she found out later it was a scam. >> my granddaughter is on facebook. i'm on facebook. >> do not put personal and private information ott internet where you do want to share with the entire world. security experts say you should be picky about you who you should put -- about what you

put on your facebook page. don't put birth place, full birth date. don't post child's name. don't let search engines find you. some and gray residents s howed up last night at a city council meeting to propose an 18% rake height. recol lowey recently -- recoly recently took over. and there have been reports of missed days and missed pickup days. it may feel like a pay cut. what employees may have to give up under governor jerry brown. you want some fiber one honey clusters?

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features. it's expected to highlight several cases. jerry brown wants to cut the number of employees' cell phone given to them by the stay. the state pays for 96,000 cell phones. governor brown has asked the department to review how many state-owned vehicles they can cut out.

the city of bell in los angeles county was engulfed in scandal last year when the astronomical salaries of city officials were exposed. bell is on the brink of bankruptcy. 8:24. we want to check in with sal. traffic's been pretty busy out there. >> it's been pretty busy out there. one of the things that i want to mention is things seem to be improving a little bit. as i look at the chp board, we still have problems t there. >> this is at 237 westbound, as cross 880. the traffic continues to move along relatively well. this morning's commute on 280. this has been the slow commute 80 coming up into downtown san jose and then getting up t o -- getting up to the valley. we had a had a couple problems there. finally, southbound 80 -- 680, that looks pretty good from

from montinto the south bay. >> let's go to steve. >> if you have some weather information -- the tweeters are out in force today. light rain, cold not as -- it's cool out there. sp weather. right there our system is coming in. tweets are coming in from san jose thatis cold, cold and cloudy. that system will keep us under cloudy skies or mostly cloudy skies with some very light

rain. >> there are some descent gusts of winds, highs upper 40s to mid-50s. otherwise, 51 pleasanton, 54 san jose, los gatos at 54. the storm trek jet stream goes north. the high pressure looks like is wants to stick around. 8:27, the the announcement came just moments ago, verizon official responded to those iphone rumors.

welcome back. the word came out of new york that verizon will carry the iphone. while the excitement has been building for quite sometime. there's still a lot of questions and concerns for customers. pam cook's in the newsroom. she has all of the answers. you've been waiting to talk about this as well. >> yes, have. it's very interesting. verizon will have the iphone but is it ready? >> early next month the iphone will be part of the great verizon portfolio of products. >> the big announcement just 20

minutes ago. aping is being called the -- apple is being called the new winner because many apple customers have been waiting to this. at&t has been at the heart of many customer complaints about dropped service but executives are fighting back this morning soying -- by saying moving to veery done is like moving into the -- verizon is like moving into the slow down. now, verizon's executives are fighting back and saying their product can handle any c ustomers' demand. >> the verizon phone, it will

go on sale february 10th. the cost, between $200, $00. depending upon the size of the memory. but checking in on wall street. the numbers verizon stock is up, apple stock is up on this news. the other thing that has h appened in the last week, at&t trying to keep some of their customers by dropping the price of the old apple 3-g iphone to just $49 if you sign a new contract. so the war gee against. verry done will start to sale the iphone in its doors. 8:2. pg&e announced a pressure tess on natural gas lines, the utility performed the test a bout -- performed the test about ten months or the fire. experts say it could have exasperated any weekness in the line.

congresswoman jackie speier says she's outraged that a high pressure test was performed on a 50 year pipe. tonight, the council will unveil a tentative plan about how to co nate -- donate money to the victims of the san bruno disaster. >> most residents say this money should be hand the 0 -- handed out quickly. but pg&e should decide the detail about -- the details about the blast. kraig debro is live at the marine mammal center with an u pdate. >> good morning. it's an update that a lot of people who rescued silent n ines's. she said the -- silent night is

gonna undergo a very important exam. >> a vet varyian will probe 336 see an lion for damage. now, silent life is trying to adjust to its new life. beach goeses --goers, since the rescue, the animal has lost a billiondy -- lost a little bit of weight. >> one of the things that i was so pleased about is a bunch of people out of their homes on the beach to hem us. one lay who -- help us. one lady who when a bad back stood there in the rain with a flashlight and it would have

been impossible to -- >> we're just happy that we captured him. they said it was one of the h ardest they had to do here. >> the sea lion was brought here with what looks like a shot to the head. the marin mammal treated 19 of these in 2009. >> the that's the reason we're learning this. the more we learn about these subtle injuries and how the b et -- and how the response is the better we know what to do in these cases. >> silent night are not be u se -- will not be euthanized. marine mammal center, regardless of what happens, they will go -- they are gonna try to place silent night in an aware yum or a do. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >> all right. thank you, thank you for the u

pdate. 8:45. a woman in and and a small dog are recovering following a large dog. it break away from its own other on had 2nd and san leandro last night. a smaller dog was badly injured in the back. the owner of the big dog, she was possibly hurt. she may have a broken arm. the other some said this is not the first time this has been attacked. today a's jen dah includes a -- today's agenda includes a proposal to eliminate 0% of the workers. they say social worker cuts would endanger the safety of ford and ours. the auto company plans to recruit 7509 -- 759 engineers.

the engineers are be working on hybrid and electric girls. most of the other positions will be in manufacturing at the affair will facility plant and general motors have have a -- will have a hence at the super bowl 24 includes during the episode of "glee" which will run after the show. 30-second ads are selling for as much as $3 million a piece. you can see the super bowl light here where we are. 8:37. the oakland head -- raiders not going to the super bowl they are stepping up their search for a new head coach. the job interviews began yesterday, less than a week after al davis decided not to bring cable back. the raiders will not reveal the names of the leading opponent,

but hew jackson is still set to be the front runner. sal doo dash i would imagine that -- sal, i would imagine things are picking up out there? >> yeah. let me update you. we are looking at the east bay as well, of course. the westbound bay bridge has been steady for the last half hour. it's improbbing there. about a 15-minute wait here at the toll plaza. once you get on the bridge, it's nice. after yesterday we had a bad today we're -- today we're having a much better day. the last time belooked a the maps -- is there a lot of red on them 85 has improved a lot. let's go to steve. cloudy skies, even though

the clouds are there, it's still cold out there but not as cold as it was yesterday when sonoma county airport dipped to 5 -- we had too many won'ts. now we're seeing a lot of 30s and 40s. january in 2011, started off with a little bit of rain. it's been dry. that changes. some of those can go for an entire month, month and a half. we see a break today. after that on the isth -- 13th, 13th to the 21st, it looks like we had last week. that gog really -- that fog, really -- nine an i end of cold weather on the fifth, it was 50 degrees. finally yesterday, at 2:45 p.m. san francisco hit 50 degrees.

that's 11 continuous hours at -- 113 continuous hours at that temperature. that's a long stretch. cloudy skies, some light rain will bring it in today. there's not a lot there. some of it has turned the rain to snow, especially up in lake county. that cold air is trapped. it's still chilly cold out t here. upper 40s for a couple. low floats for almost everybody else. can i turn in the -- up the air? no, i can't do that. >> head they were 5. today they are 35. 30s, ♪s, in the valley now compared to the 20s in sacramento. so the cloud cover just looking northern and central.

-- central station says cloudy if not cloudy. this is a -- maybe .25. cloudy, light rain. that's at noon. we'll carry that right into this afternoon. breezy, windy. and then easterly breeze is still wrapping -- wrapping back around to make for a colder pattern. >> after wednesday, maybe early thursday, high pressure is back and we're looking at more fog, maybe. >> all right. steve, thank you. we're finding out more about the final hours of michael jackson's life. michael jackson's doctor says he begged for drugs the day that he died. dr.con raid murray said that during -- during whether the doctor will be standing trial. prosecutors contend murray mixed drugs and gave them to

michael jackson. meanwhile, actor douglas is he announcing encouraging news about his battle against cancer. he. he says it's been a wild ride. he said the -- in fact what he's learned about this kind of cancer. he's got it beat. he says he'll be checking with in -- checking in with his doctor trying to regain some the waste he lost during the radiation treatment. nearly everyone has a strong reaction to the shottingle pam age -- shooting pam rage in arizona. now we're getting reaction from the parents of the suspect.

six people were hurt in this fire in belmont, including two who jumped from the balcony to get away the flames. dozens of others were displaced. san francisco city administrator ed we is expected to be named the interim mayor.

and that storm is causing cancellations. delta cancelled two flights departing from san francisco today. and airtran cancelled one for tonight. craig boss worth is live i n -- craigs aboutworth is live in -- . >> reporter: good morning. there is a mass for this e show at the medical center. people are coming by leaving more candles, more balloons, more stuffed animals. just an outpouring of love and support ott len foy gabrielle giffords but also the -- support not only for gabrielle giffords but also for the other

victims. there are now six victims. that's down from -- from eight yesterday. we've been speaking to the doctors all morning about their didn't. they are saying the next 24, 48 hours are key for her this this recovery. they are really watching for no change. this is typically the time you would get the swelling. we should be hearing from doctors soon about an update. >> can you tell us the security that's planned for the memorials today an tomorrow? >> reporter: sure. you know, security is -- had been walk be -- had been talked about since this event. it's been tight and rah cheted up. there's such a high level of ocean mowingses -- emotions on

this after every level. even on capitol hill, lawmakers are intalking about introducing various bills to -- to you know, the larger ellipse that can hold bullets that had been banned up until 2004. they are looking for that, not only personal -- in addition to the personal security for the family of congress. >> i'm sore for mispronouncing your name earlier. thank you for that report. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in yemen. her announced visit is designed to strengthen american ties with a fragile ally that's fastly becoming the focus of counterterrorism attacks. and today, vice president joe biden is still in afghanistan. he's making a stop at a

military training center in kabul. the vice president is reviewing the efforts to prepare afghan forces to take over from the u.s.-led coalition in afghanistan. earlier the vice president met with general david petraeus. biden arrived there secretly yesterday. 8:48. the groundbreaking nuclear deal between the u.s. and russia takes effect today. president obama and russian -- russia's president signed the agreement. it allows both nations toicks changes -- change nuclear energy technology. the agreement calls for the two stations -- nations to work together and stop the spread of this around the world. the planes over southern california would replace the o nes used by the military. one of the planes is almost the

size of a bowing -- bowing 747. they could -- boeing 747. they can fly up to a week at a time. 8:49. well, protests are planned today in san francisco. mark, the 9th anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison. similar protests are planned all over the country, including in washington, d.c. the--ed with. the activists say they had will be wearing jumpsuits and will read the names of the victims. police say two people were shot to death at the mex calky club on saturday night. the third was found not far from the club. police say there were no security guards at the mexicali which is in violation

of nay's intranet. the san francisco club which was also the site of a deadly s hooting is suing the city. jessie's dance cafe has been righting -- has been fighting the action. the pail palo alto city council approved the plan to cut down all of the oeillade co lip tis trees to make room -- eucalyptus trees to make room for new ones. it is nine minutes before 9:00. a bay area woman is facing

charges this morning. what police accuse her of doing that could have put her 3-year- old child in daneer. it's just shorthand on t witter but there is a new study that says those stylized feets tell about a lot about what you are.

three young children are in the care of the solano county welfare services after their

mother was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment. vacaville police arrested the woman on suspicion on leaving her 3-year-old child at home alone on saturday. a police officer found the 3- year-old girl outside, barefoot in her pajamas and r aining. police say the mother had been drinking alcohol. now to a story you will only see here. home video has been leased of a woman accused of stealing p ackages in los altos during the holidays. the video shows a woman walking to the front door of a home h olding a package and leaving with a different package. police say she swapped an empty box for christmas presents. the victim said she installed security cameras after the family's mail was stolen last summer. >> to have someone walk up to the front door and take some things, we were really shocked 689 -- ally shocked. investigators are looking for a

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have a need to show their culture. tickets for the rally are good until the end of january. go to the website before midnight, scroll down to the secret word and put in the secret word "riders." we want to check in with sal one more time, see if there's more -- if you have waited perhaps, you -- you are kind of holding off to make sure it gets better. let's go outside and tell you about the toll plaza. it has improved. you will see about a ten-minute delay. sanfrancisco is also -- is also okay. this it -- this is 880 and that traffic is moving along fine. let's go to steve. sal, cloudy skies, light

rain could be a burst or two of moderate. but overall, 30s to start off with. highs upper 40s, low 50s. about the same on wednesday. it looks quiet. as high pressure builds in and we're back to dry weather. but probably more 0 fog. >> really? >> the time of year when we get that. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.