thousands of people are shoulder to shoulder right now in the heart of cairo as the largest demonstration yet gets underway. what the crowd is doing in unison that may surprise you. authorities in sonoma county are trying to figure out what caused this terrible accident that took one life. well, early february looking a lot like january. fog and plenty to go around. how long will this last? police in the south bay are talking about a rash of burglaries. we'll tell you what they're telling residents to do coming up as the morning news continues. good morning. thank you for waking up with us. it's tuesday february 1st. i'm pam cook. and i'm ken wayne. dave clark is off this morning. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. steve. thank you very much, ken, pam. we have areas of fog coastal

and inland. combination of the two giving us a great morning. few breaks in there. but once it burns off upper 50s to low to mid-60s. now update on traffic with sal. right now traffic is moving okay on 280 getting up to the 880 interchange. driving into the valley. also this morning's commute is looking good on 680 southbound as you drive past the mission boulevard exit and head into san jose. this morning chp's trying to determine the cause of a deadly overnight crash in the remote area of sonoma county. it happened shortly after midnight on petrified forest road north of santa rosa. investigators say one person was killed and another injured when two cars collided on the winding road. it's still not clear what caused the deadly crash. chp says this morning weather was not a factor. all right. thank you, sal. in southern santa clara county police in morgan hill are warning everyone to be especially careful following a rash of burglaries.

ktvu's live now to tell us homes, businesses and cars are all being targeted: good morning, christian. >> reporter: good morning. i called morgan hill police dispatch about ten minutes ago and heard there have not been reports of burglaries overnight. police dispathy spoke with did confirm this is the time calls start rolling in. a car in the parking lot and they say oftentimes those cars are prime targets especially if they're left out overnight, residents get up for work in the morning, get ready to go to work and discover the breakin. the rash of burglaries started up about six months ago. in that time there have been more than 175 reported burglaries. more than 100 of those were car burglaries. at the same time 41 cars have been reported stolen. most of those car burglaries happened overnight between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. and that also coincides with the most common time for commercial burglaries. during the day morgan hill police say they've seen a spike in residential burglaries as well. police have made several

arrests associated with the recent rash of burglaries but reminding people living here to take common sense precautions. they're saying when you leave your house be sure doors are locked when you leave and it's a bad idea to leave anything of value in your car especially if it is visible to passers by. police station doors opened about 8:00 this morning. we are set to speak with morgan hill police at 7:00 this morning to find out if they think a lot of these burglaries are related or if there's a common theme among them. we will get a more detail on these burglaries here in morgan hill. more in the 7:00 hour. for now live in morgan hill, ktvu channel 2 news. take you to egypt this morning where a march of millions is underway at this hour. an estimated 250,000 people have gathered at cairo's main square in an effort to drive out the president. the crowd has joined together in singing nationalist songs and chanting for him to leave. the military is vowed to hold fire but internet and some mobile phone service has been shut off by the government.

in just about 15 minutes we're going to have a live report on the rally and demonstrations and why concern is growing now for a google executive who vanished after posting an ominous twitter message from the area. tests are being performed in palo alto to determine if a teacher who suddenly died sunday had meningitis. the 43-year-old taught his fifth grade class at hoover elementary school as usual on friday but hospitalized with a severe infection over the weekend. meningitis is contagious and can kill in a matter of hours. but county health officials say if he had meningitis, the risk of infection on campus is minimal. >> even if he died of meningococcal meningitis which is that kind of bacteria, it does not hang around in the environment. it can't live on the floor. can't live on doorknobs. can't live in a sweater. >> a letter from the county health department did go home to parents last night to address their concerns. the parents were also given

antibiotics as a precaution. now he taught at hoover elementary school for 17 years. meningitis is a dangerous disease and needs treatment quickly. the most common symptoms include fever, vomiting, severe headache and stiff neck. also sensitivity to bright light as well as sleepiness or trouble waking up. symptoms may differ among children and adults. in any case the patient should get medical attention as soon as possible. time now 6:04. a mother in the north bay says she suffered her son's death all over again. when she went to put flowers on his grave and instead found cemetery workers moving his coffin. here's a picture from the santa rosa press democrat of her and another son yesterday. that is where her 21-year-old son was buried back on december 22nd. she says the cemetery told her it had mistakenly buried her son in the wrong plot. but she thought they would let her know when they were going to move him. the cemetery says it has the

legal right to move the coffin. ktvu news has learned more about that prank call that created a frightening incident at an oakland elementary school. that call came from inside the school. news chopper 2 was over the scene as the drama unfolded yesterday. children running for cover. police received a phone call that a man with a rifle walked on to the campus. more than 200 students were immediately evacuated to another building at the school. 75 law enforcement officers then moved in along with an armored vehicle and a robot. >> they actually called me to let me know there was a guy that came into the school and with a gun and that they were evacuating the kids. >> get their coats on, put their shoes on and let's go. >> oakland police searched school grounds for several hours before determining the call was a hoax. they're still looking for the person who placed that call from the school grounds. the school will reopen this

morning. at 10:00 this morning the san jose city council meets behind closed doors to either confirm or reject acting police chief chris moore as the city's new police chief. san jose city manager selected moore over oakland police chief. that upset many community groups who wanted an outsider to lead a police force that has been accused of racial profiling and excessive use of force. a push is underway this morning to charge drivers more during rush hour on the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. ktvu's live to tell us just how much more drivers might have to pay. >> reporter: well, we're standing outside the toll plaza here outside the dumbarton bridge where you can see a big truck, a lot of cars coming across, more traffic here as we head into the morning rush hour commute. right now it costs all these drivers $5 to get across the dumbarton bridge. same price to cross the san mateo bridge. but officials are expressing support for a new pricing plan. the same plan drivers already used on the bay bridge.

it's called congestion toll pricing. in july drivers of the bay bridge started paying $6 to cross during peak rush hour times and $4 during nonpeak hours. the different prices are supposed to encourage drivers to cross the bridge when there are fewer vehicles on the road. and therefore cut down on some of the wait times at the toll plaza. yesterday authorities revealed a new county wide transportation plan. the first of its kind in ten years. in that plan congestion toll pricing is recommended for both dumbarton and san mateo bridge. san mateo transportation officials could start taking a closer look at the congestion toll pricing option this fall. but they say they first want to wait for the results of a study that looks at how and the impact of congestion toll pricing on the bay bridge. authorities are going to wait for that study to come out and could start looking at this option in the fall. for a look at the rest of traffic on other bridges across the bay area we'll go to sal. all right. thank you very much.

right now traffic is pretty much doing okay for this first little bit of the commute. we are doing pretty well here on the east shore although just as i suspected it was pretty clear when we first saw this picture. now the fog is coming in. and we can barely see the cars coming out of berkeley heading out to oakland. take a look at the toll plaza. i don't think the fog has reached there yet but we'll watch it for you to see if it becomes a problem. it is not a problem right now on the bridge itself coming in to san francisco. and this morning westbound 5 0 livermore that traffic looks okay getting out to castro valley. no major problems on interstate 880 hayward union city and fremont for that matter oakland. 6:09. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. low clouds and fog. what's new. it's right back. and it looks like it's going to be rather thick here. but there are signs i think we'll get rid of it here as we go next couple days as the wind picks up 36 to 48 areas of fog coastal variety and inland variety. 46 to 58. some of that low cloudiness

hanging on but sunshine by noon. and this afternoon should be sunny for all. 55 to 65. sunny and mild for some. but in that fog if it doesn't burn off until about noon it's on the cool side. high pressure said all right impave you one day of rain now it's going to block everything for about two weeks. we have some cold lows. st. helena and kenwood 35. petaluma also 37. the only upper 30 i could find anywhere else so far -- i haven't dug too deep but stanford also at 39. 40s for many if the fog is there temperatures warmer. 40s to near 50. 37 santa rosa. that's at the airport though. i've seen 35 north napa. san jose starting with low clouds, fog. 48. we'll go 58 and a high of 63 today. so you'll get the sunshine but it's a foggy morning so be careful. some of the fog makes visibility near zero. high pressure says i'm going to hang out here for a while. in fact it may do it for seven or ten days or longer.

that means everything up and over. one key is the system will be digging in towards the rockies. that will crank up the wind in the sierra and give us an offshore wind and bring in cooler weather on wednesday and then we'll start to transition on thursday. sunny and warmer weather by the end of the week. this morning fog is there. so watch out. low clouds coastal and inland variety. chilly cold for some but not bad for others. upper 50s low to mid-60s. santa rosa 65. napa 64. and 64 morgan hill. we have some clouds but other areas in the 30s. you'll end up upper 50s or low 60s. with that fog on the coast santa cruz will not be that warm. foggy but cooler weather starts in on wednesday as the wind picks up and sunny and warmer thursday, friday and saturday. sounds good. thanks, steve. in egypt the march of millions is underway at this hour. we want to show you live pictures. take a look at that. the heart of cairo. it's the biggest demonstration yet on the political chaos in cairo. and he has one more

important meeting before revealing his plans for the future.

welcome back. time now 6:14. demonstrators are flooding downtown cairo in the biggest protest yet since the anti- government revolt began last week. allison burns is in our washington d.c. bureau with the latest on the protests and the u.s. government's response.

allison. >> reporter: roads are closed, internet and cell service are still shut down, but as you can see it has not stopped the tens of thousands of protesters from converging in cairo's freedom square. the army vowed not to fire on the crowd in what is the biggest demonstration yet. no reports of major violence. meanwhile the obama administration is in an extremely difficult diplomatic position. trying to embrace the ideals of the demonstrators without alienating a key ally in the middle east. >> we're not picking between those on the street and those in the government. >> reporter: the demonstrators are calling on president obama to step up pressure on egyptian president to resign. the obama administration is going so far as to call on him to hold free and fair elections and to not run for office again. but this is clearly one of the most complex foreign policy dilemmas facing president obama. reporting live from washington

d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. and these protests may be spreading throughout the arab world. we're following developing news out of jordan this morning just within the last hour. jordan's king announced he has sacked all of his top government officials including the country's prime minister following street protests there. thousands of jordin ins have been demonstrating inspired by protests going on in egypt and that these ya. so far roughly 1200 americans have made it out of egypt. among them robert vow assistant dean at uc berkeley's bolt law school and his wife. the couple arrived at sfo last night. they were leading a berkeley alumni trip to cairo but had to cut the trip short because of the huge demonstrations. they tell us here at ktvu that they witnessed crying, yelling and fistfights during a 14 hour ordeal at the airport. >> after we've left we understand huge my lays broke out in the airport itself.

so you felt like you were getting on the last helicopter out of town. very glad to be home. >> the state department expects to fly out another 1400 americans over the next few days. but airport officials say checkin counters are poorly staffed right now since many employees aren't able to get to work because of a curfew and limited highway access. there's also growing concern at google this morning about one of their executives who was among the missing in egypt. reports say he went to cairo to join protesters last week. he hasn't been heard from since friday. he sent a twitter message about the egyptian government planning a war against the people and said "we are all ready to die." his friends had urged him to stay away from the protests. the obama administration is vowing to appeal the ruling by a federal judge in florida that the health care reform law is unconstitutional. the judge ruled that congress exceeded its authority by requiring nearly all americans to carry health insurance.

so far four federal courts have ruled on the law. two have ruled for it. two against. that case is expected to work its way all the way to the supreme court. oakland's police chief is applauding a move to hire back more officers, but he is still considering his future with the department. mayor quan announced the city is bringing back ten of 80 police officers who were laid off over the summer. she says the city is also working to upgrade police cars and computer equipment. the chief says it's a step in the right direction but when asked if it was enough for him to stay on the job, this is what he said. >> just to be perfectly honest is that the mayor and i are sitting down and that's a conversation we'll have. >> notice he didn't answer your question. >> chief has been with the department for 15 months. he says he will also meet with city council members this week before announcing his plans. well, with the rehiring of ten officers the total number of oakland officers will go up to 666.

now last june before the layoffs there were roughly 770 officers. but the alameda county grand jury recommends 1200 officers for the oakland police department. you may not like them, but red light cameras are saving lives. that's according to a new study. the insurance institute for highway safety says the cameras have reduced fatal crashes by 24% in 14 large cities. that equals 159 lives saved over a five year period. right now 6:19. go back to sal to see how the commute looks this morning. any trouble spots, sal? >> we have one that we saw on one of our cameras pam and ken. northbound 101 at mckeen in san jose there's a crash. and it is just to the right of the screen on some screens there. there is a crash blocking one of the right lanes. and traffic is slowing down here in san jose. again, northbound 101 at mckey still have the right lane blocked and we have a little bit of a back up here in san

jose because of this injury crash. move along and take a look at 880 northbound. that commute is not all that bad. looks okay getting up to downtown oakland. we always watch the toll plaza at this time. still not a big delay. they have switched on the metering lights pretty soon we should see a back up at the toll plaza. 6:19. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. low clouds and fog again and temperatures in the 30s, 40s to almost 50 degrees. coastal fog and inland fog will make for a tough day to be much warmer than upper 50s or low 60s for many. fog then sun. tomorrow looks like a decrease in some of that fog. sunny and breezy. that should take care of the fog sooner and a dry pattern looks sunny and should say warm that's what that says as we head towards the weekend 30s 40s to almost 50. hayward 49. 46 redwood city. 36 santa rosa. 43 concord and livermore. and livermore says fog. so there's fog there. there's fog on the coast. and high pressure says i like

it here in january in california. it will be the same for the first week or so of february. upper 50s to 60s. 50s on the coast and some 50s well inland. mid-50s santa rosa at 65. cooler tomorrow and breezy but sunny side up and warmer especially friday and saturday. pam and ken. all right. thank you, steve. 6:20 is the time right now. overnight energy giant b.p. reported a 30% surge in fourth quarter profits. the company which suspended dividend payments in june of last year after the gulf oil spill says it will pay a dividend of 7 cents a share. bp intends to increase the dividend level overtime as the company's circumstances improve. fourth quarter profits road to $5.5 billion of $1.2 billion from the same time last year. the commerce department reports one out of every nine homes in the country is empty. that translates to nearly 18.5 million homes sitting empty. part of that is because of foreclosures. but the commerce department also says half of the empty

houses are rental properties where the rent has gone up and potential residents don't think they can afford the new rental rate. some dramatic pictures from across the pacific. videos showing the moment a volcano erupted in japan. it caused damage miles away. all your wishes will come true. >> all your wishes? >> a sneak peek at super bowl commercials and one major advertiser is back in the game after skipping last year. good morning. traffic on northbound 280 is moving along pretty well getting up to highway 17. another update straight ahead.

good morning. right now traffic is moving well on bay area bridges. now on the bay bridge you can see there's a little bit of a back up. the metering lights are on. san mateo bridge looks good. foggy on the golden gate and foggy on the richmond bridge. you can see the sky but not the bridge because it's under fog. impressive pictures broke windows five miles away and sent boulders flying. this is the second eruption in

weeks after being quiet for 52 years. the danger zone has widened since it first erupted last wednesday. no serious injuries have been reported. if you're one of the people who watch the super bowl for commercials, we have a sneak peek at some of the ads you'll see this sunday. >> i wonder if he'll lose his hair. i wonder if he wants kids. i wonder if he's the one. >> pepsi is back. this is one of four ads from the company for pepsi max. >> now blow them out and all your wishes will come true. >> all your wishes? >> this is one of five doritos advertisements that will air on sunday. advertisers are paying about $3 million for 30 seconds of air time. and don't forget you can watch the big game with us here on ktvu channel 2. physical education teachers will honor the memory of fitness guru jack lalanne by stretching and doing calisthenics today. the moment of movement is at 11:15 this morning. that's ahead of his memorial service in the hollywood hills.

former governor arnold schwarzenegger, hulk tv star and fitness guru richard simmons all plan to attend the service today. jack died last week at the age of 96. he was a bay area native born in san francisco, opened a gym in oakland in 1936. his ground breaking fitness show aired on ktvu during the 1950s and 60s. actress halle barry dropped out of a movie to fight for custody over her young daughter. she has a 2-year-old daughter. the couple broke up. this has scheduled her to back out of a movie deal that would have her shooting in new york this week. been summoned to return to iran. what sara is saying about her decision as a deadline quickly approaches. and good morning. i'm jade hernandez. one san francisco supervisor

says not enough people use these big heavy books. you know what it is? we'll have more on that coming up. and a crime wave leads to a police warning in one south bay city.

there it is right on time. the opening bell in new york. earnings coming in this morning pfizer better than expected but lowered its outlook going forward. ups profits up those numbers in this morning. we also get manufacturing numbers in just a little bit. you can see on the bottom part of your screen the dow jones heading higher so far up about 14 points. we'll continue to watch those numbers. good morning and thanks for joining us on ktvu morning news. it is tuesday february 1st. i'm ken wayne. dave clark is off today. good morning. i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. nearly every home has a copy or two of the yellow

pages, but ktvu channel 2 reporter jade hernandez says a san francisco supervisor says those big books are obsolete and he's working to cut down on the number of them left on doorsteps in the city. jade. >> reporter: that's right. we just spoke to the yellow pages spokesperson about san francisco david chu the board of supervisor his plan to get rid of these big thick yellow pages books. his plan is to get rid of them if you don't request their drop off. san francisco supervisor told the san francisco chronicle phone books are 20th century tools which doesn't meet the environmental or business needs of the 21st century. and he wants to push environmentally forward. the yellow pages are popping up everywhere on smart phones or online. his office estimates more than 1.5 million yellow pages phone books are distributed in san francisco every year. today he's proposing legislation which would allow the yellow pages company to

contact you to determine whether or not you want a directory. if you don't it won't be delivered. and if it is unsolicited delivery could result in fines of up to $500. the yellow pages generates $13 billion a year in ad revenue. so the yellow pages spokesperson about an hour ago told us she has a better solution, allow the consumer to decide to opt out. >> our research shows that the majority of americans still do use yellow pages. there were 12 billion references, 12 billion in the u.s. last year to print directors. so we think to ask them to take action is unfair. >> reporter: the yellow pages spokesperson couldn't say how many are actually recycled every year but one local group which supports the proposal told the local paper local government and consumers spend about $54 million a year to dispose of the phone books and an additional $9 million to recycle them. the yellow pages spokesperson we spoke to this morning says a new website called yellow pages

opt out.com goes online today giving residents a chance to decide whether or not they want to receive one of these on their doorstep. reporting live in san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. six people in san francisco have been banned from high school games after a fight broke out in the stands at a basketball game last month. the fight happened at thurgood marshal academic high school and involved as many as 30 people. it's not clear what started the fight but two of the people suspended are varsity basketball players. the others are spectators. they are banned from high school sporting events for the next two and a half years. it is sentencing day for the man known as spider dan. this morning 55-year-old dan good win is expected to learn his punishment for climbing up san francisco's millennium tower on labor day. he scaled the skyscraper as part of his campaign for better high-rise fire safety. yesterday the judge made it

clear fire safety won't be an issue when he sentences him this morning. he faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. freed bay area hiker has been summons to return to iran to stand trial but she has not decided whether or not she will return. the summons was issued yet. she, her fiance and friend were all detained in july 2009 and accused of spying by iran. the two men remain imprisoned right now. sara was released in september on a half million dollars bail. the trial for all three is set to start on sunday. right now 6:34 and sal's been checking on the crash in san jose. sal. >> that's right. northbound 101 traffic is effected by this crash at mckey. you can see the traffic is almost at a standstill as they get -- try to get rid of this accident. minor injuries. they have just opened the lanes a few moments ago but the traffic is still effected by this. let's go to the maps. that's where the accident was.

now i want to move the center of our focus to westbound 580 at north livermore. there is a crash there. it's going to be a little slow coming in off the pass. and this morning's commute is going to be okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. don't have a big back up there but the metering lights are on. all of a sudden the back up is bigger and you will be dealing with fog in some places in your commute. for that let's bring steve in. thank you, sal. cold and foggy to start off for many. low clouds, fog right down on the deck and coastal and inland. that's going to look like it's going to let up in the next couple of days as we pick up some winds. sunny and mild. tomorrow patchy fog. then sunny and breezy as the system digs into the east of us. that will pick up the wind. the weekend's looking like a dry pattern. sunny and warm with 70s on the high side. starting off with some 30s though. st. helena and kenwood 35. winds are 37. so is petaluma. stanford just checked in at 39. a lot of 40s though. still mid-30s.

fairfield 34. zero visibility at corp deal ya. cold and foggy. 48 san francisco. san jose foggy, cold in the morning. some of that fog very, very thick. 58 and clearing before noon and 63 for a high. lots of sunshine once the fog is out of here it will be a sunny day. if you're looking for rain you're going to wait a while. high pressure knocked out of here for one day, sunday, is now reloading and going to park itself right here for a while and unless there's a fly in the ointment i don't see is a very dry stable pattern for about the next seven to ten days. low clouds, fog gives way to sunshine. mild. but then the wind picks up on wednesday. that should be enough to get rid of most of the fog. then sunny, breezy, warmer into thursday and especially friday and saturday. today a lot of fog and then sunny. a cold foggy pattern if you're in that fog but sunshine if you don't have any fog and the sun gets going won't be too bad. 64 novato with fairfield only

60. 62 seems popular. castro valley, san leandro. 64 morgan hill to gill roy. cooler santa cruz because the fog is on the coast. and that means half-moon bay 59. 63 men lo park. 59 san francisco. after tomorrow looks like sunshine and warmer weather towards the end of the week. all right. thank you, steve. we have an update to a story we've been following this morning that could effect you if you're flying anywhere. this is a live picture of dfw dallas-fort worth international airport. it just reopened. it had to close down for about an hour because of icy runway conditions there. of course dallas is a huge hub for american airlines. and a lot of bay area flights on american connect through dallas. but the good news is the airport has reopened. we had earlier reports that the international airport, george bush international airport in houston, was shut down because of severe weather there. that of course is a big hub for continental airlines. both of those airports have a lot of traffic that goes

through the bay area. but the good news again dallas- fort worth airport is open again. today the oakland city council will take a second look at its controversial pot farm policy. that's after it attracted some unwanted attention from the u.s. justice department. last year the council approved licensing large scale marijuana farms to bring in tax dollars. the justice department contends oakland's plan violates federal drug laws. now oakland stilettoeders will go back to the drawing board to try to consider scaling back that plan. police in morgan hill are reminding people to take precautions. that is following a rash of recent burglaries in the city and southern santa clara county. ktvu is live to tell us homings, businesses and cars are all being targeted, right, christian? >> reporter: that's right. we've been calling morgan hill police dispatch this morning and so far they haven't had any reports of overnight burglaries but they confirm this is the time a lot of calls start rolling in. we'll show you the reason why a

lot come in at this time. you can see vehicles out here in morgan hill right now and oftentimes people come out and see their car has been broken into overnight and that's when they discover the break inching the rash of burglaries here in morgan hill started about six months ago. in that time there have been more than 175 reported burglaries. more than 100 of those were car burglaries. and about 41 cars reported stolen in the same time period. most happened overnight between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. and that coincides with the time most commercial burglaries take place. during the day morgan hill police say they've seen a spike in residential burglaries. police have made several arrests associated with the recent rash of burglaries but they are reminding people living here to take some common sense precautions. they say make sure that when you leave your home that your doors are locked. and they say it's a bad idea to leave anything of value in your car especially if it's visible to passers by. coming back to our live shot you can see here that the city of morgan hill police

department not open at this hour. we're hearing they're going to open doors about 8:00. but we have set up a possible interview or we set up an interview rather at 7:00 with morgan hill police. we'll get more details then. specifically we're looking to see if there's a pattern to these burglaries and if they think these burglaries have all been committed by the same people. so we will try to get to the very bottom of that. we'll continue monitoring the situation here in morgan hill. for now we are live ktvu channel 2 news. we just showed a live picture of dallas-fort worth international airport that just reopened but there is weather trouble across much of the midwest. we'll have a live report from oklahoma to see what the weather looks like there. also governor jerry brown makes his first state of the state speech since the 1980s and shows how things have changed. good morning. westbound 24 you can see traffic is getting busy here. lafayette a lot of brake lights on the way to the tunnel.

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good morning. it is 6:43. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following right now. about 40 minutes ago the state department ordered the evacuation of all non-emergency u.s. government personnel from egypt. about 250,000 people have flooded cairo's main square. it is the largest demonstration this week calling for their

president to step down. this morning the san jose city council decides whether to accept or reject the city manager's recommendation to promote acting police chief chris moore to the chief's position. the city manager chose moore over oakland police chief. the obama administration says it will appeal a federal judge's ruling in florida that the new health care reform law is unconstitutional. the judge disagreed with the provision that requires most americans to have health insurance. well, a huge storm stretching across the middle of the country is causing problems across the country this morning as we have been reporting several airports forced to shut down intermittently because of ice. but that storm is expected to continue going strong for at least another three hours. we're live from oklahoma city. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning to you. this epic storm that the country's been bracing for has arrived full force in oklahoma

city. snow, wind and bitter, bitter cold. >> we may potentially be dealing with a storm of historic proportions. >> reporter: a massive storm that could bring a one-two punch and expected to impact millions of people. a mix of snow and ice stretching from oklahoma city to chicago and beyond bringing blizzard warnings, canceled flights and hazardous road conditions. >> folks should batten down the hatches and hold on. most likely place to get hurt is out on the road. and sticking close to home and inside home and helping your neighbors once we get through this it's going to be very, very important. >> reporter: midwest cities are planning for the worst. almost two feet of snow is forecast in some parts plus up to an inch of ice. officials are vowing to do all they can to be prepared for the storm. >> one thing we're doing is bringing all of our four wheel drive vehicles in and deploring them strategically throughout the city so we will be able to respond to emergency calls. if there is severe weather

we'll be able to pick up those employees we need to continue to give service to the residents of st. louis. >> reporter: the federal emergency management agency says the storm this size and scope needs to be taken seriously. and the national weather service is calling this a life threatening storm. they're taking it very seriously. by the time it makes its way across the u.s. 100 million people could be impacted. back to you. jim, do you know if most of the businesses in the area are realizing the severity of this and shutting down so people don't feel like they need to get out and go to work? >> reporter: oh, yeah, definitely. the governments here, the schools and almost all businesses here are closed. there are a few businesses open, but this is right in the middle of downtown oklahoma city right here on broadway and it's a ghost town. so the good day is most people are getting a snow day. the bad day is they cant really leave the house because it's brutal. >> speaking of brutal it looks cold just watching you here in the studio.

you know exactly how cold it is and how long this cold weather's supposed to stick around? it's not just oklahoma. it's across all the way up to the east coast. >> reporter: yeah. it's single digits here now. the windchill's about 11 degrees below zero. and it feels every bit of that 11 below. it's going to be -- see here in oklahoma city it's going to be throughout the day. tomorrow at the earliest before it looks up. and a few days before this makes its way all the way through new england and out of our hair. back to you. >> i'm getting cold just looking at you out there. thank you so much for that update. >> reporter: yeah. >> all right. jim in oklahoma city. we want to tell you about the bay area airports because airports across the country have definitely been effected. here's a live look at san jose airport. it is reporting one departure cancellation right now. that was a flight to dallas where that airport just reopened within the last few minutes after being closed due to the ice storm. oakland airport is reporting a couple of delays on departing

flights to the midwest. we do have a photo journalist at sfo this morning. take a look. here's some new video. several flights to new york, chicago and boston have all been canceled at sfo. flights scheduled to depart for sfo if you're expecting someone in they're delayed an average of 48 minutes right now. not too bad considering. but please check with your airline if you are traveling to an area effected by this very big storm. time now 6:48. in his first state of the state speech of his new add m governor jerry brown urged lawmakers to let voters decide how to deal with california's $25 billion budget deficit. governor brown is proposing a special election this june that would ask voters to extend temporary increases in the state's sales, income and vehicle taxes for five years. but republicans have said they will not allow the ballot measure to go before voters. >> do i like the choices we face? no. i don't like them. but after serious study of the

options left by $25 billion deficit, the budget i proposed is the best that i can devise. >> the budget shortfall has overwhelmed all other issues since governor brown took office in the beginning of january. the governor's budget proposal includes $12 billion in spending cuts in addition to the tax extensions that are part of a plan to raise an additional $12 billion. republicans say they didn't really hear anything in governor brown's speech to convince them that extending the tax cuts is the way to balance the budget. >> somebody's going to have to tell me if i'm going to look you in the eye and i'm going to tell you that if you vote for this this is going to fix your problem, okay, but if i can't honestly tell you that, then, no, i'm not going to put it on the ballot. >> the legislature has until march to call the special election. while democrats are the majority party in the assembly and senate, republican support is needed to reach the two- thirds vote necessary to place the question on a ballot. now we do have more of governor brown's address on our website at ktvu.com.

just look for the state of the state tab right on our front page. all right. let's go to sal and see if there are any problems on highway 24 this morning. sal. that's right, ken. highway 24 earlier it was foggy in the area. we couldn't really see. but now looks like the fog has become high enough so that we can actually see the road and you can see traffic is a little bit busy here in lafayette on the way up to the tunnel. no major problems on 680 or highway 4 westbound bay bridge is one of those days where it's a little lighter than it normally is. hard to guess which day will be that day but at least today looks pretty good and the fog is not a major issue for the bay bridge. also this morning westbound 580 at north livermore that crash is still clearing 580 traffic coming in from tracy and a lot of people do that not going to be good. but the only bright spot is if you drive in pleasanton or dublin area on 580, you might notice it's a little better than normal because some people are being held up by the crash. at 6:50 let's go to steve. sal, we have a lot of fog.

there it is for those of you with the big 55-inch high def take a look and see. up above sunny. once again fog burns off it can be tricky especially for visibility it can be zero. temperatures 30s and 40s. we will end up with 50s and 60s. 36 to 48. areas of fog. some of that again low cloud variety are right on the deck. 46 to 58 by noon and then 55 to 65 sunny and mild later on. 40s right now for many. santa rosa 37. napa in town closer to 37. the airport's 35. 48 san jose. palo alto now 44. they dip today 39 for a while and came right back up. high pressure took about a day and a half off. saturday, sunday and then came right back and it's going to be here for a while. there will be a little change i think in our fog pattern as we head towards tomorrow night as a system digs in towards the rockies. that will crank up the wind. that should be enough to push that fog south and out of the area. but today we have to deal with

it. foggy, sunny, cold and foggy if you're in that and also driving can be lousy with visibility near zero. 50s for some. 60s for others. santa rosa 65. livermore 60. oakland 62. 63 santa clara. san jose seems like a popular number also for redwood city, san mateo 62. but 50s on the coast and 59 san francisco. after tomorrow sunshine and warmer weather by the end of the week. all right. thanks, steve. safeway supermarket chain plans to open several new or remodeled stores around the bay area this year. new stores are already planned for castro valley, pleasant hill and will move into buildings where other retailers have failed. safeway's also working on brand new stores in oakland and pleasanton and remodeling stores in burling game. each of those new stores could create as many as 200 new jobs. let's check in on wall street and see how we're doing. live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange.

the dow jones up almost 60 points. good reports on manufacturing in europe is definitely taking stocks up this morning across europe and helping stocks here in the u.s. as well as good earnings reports. we heard from ups and pfizer. pfizer's report a little mixed because they reported good numbers but lowered their outlook going forward. there's a new recall effecting babies. take a look at this. sassy incorporated is recalling 37,000 teethers. small pieces of that plastic ball can detach as children chew on the product. only one report so far the black plastic detaching from the rest of the teether. the items were sold across the country for about $5. consumers should take the item away from babies and contact the company for a replacement. you may be deciding right now whether to go to the gym or sleep in. health experts have a new study that could help you make up your mind. good morning. san mateo bridge not effected by fog but some commutes are.

we'll tell you where.

one more reason to hit the gym. aerobic exercise can increase the size of your brain. a year of aerobic exercise can increase the part of the brain key to memory.

the results back up previous research that has shown a link between fitness level and brain function. federal officials are once again taking on the big problem of little bedbugs. the second national bedbug summit is today and tomorrow in washington. officials plan to discuss how definite government agencies can work with the housing and pest management industries. they also want to clear up some bedbug myths. the bugs can be spotted by the naked eye and they do not transmit diseases. san jose faces another set back in its effort to lure the a's. yesterday was the deadline for the city to sell six downtown properties to raise money for the ballpark project. and the city has come up nearly $7 million short. san jose already faces opposition from the giants since the team holds territorial rights to santa clara county. but the a's owner is still confident his team can overcome these obstacles and build a new stadium in san jose. as super bowl sunday approaches, more and more people are waging what's called

prop bets. they're based on statistics and things like which player will score the first touchdown. prop bets actually make up 40% of the money wagered on the game. >> number of tickets is ridiculous props compared to the game itself. you only have about six options on the game and you have over 150 different betting propositions on everything else. >> some of the strangers ones include how long it will take to sing the nationallen them and whether basketball star lebron james will outscore the green bay packers on sunday. now don't forget you can watch super bowl xlv right here with us at ktvu channel 2. coverage starts sunday right after mornings on 2 with the pregame show at 9:00 a.m. game itself kicks off at 3:30. all day you can be super bowl. >> get the barbecue out and get ready and kick back and enjoy. coming up we will update the crisis in egypt. the u.s. state department has just issued an emergency order. also why wall street executives are getting an

important warning about al qaeda. stay with us.