i want it show you right there. when you see the light that's along skyline. right there. that looks like snow mix. that could be heavy rain. but also we're seeing the east san jose foothills. that's mount hamilton. that has to be just plowing in there with a lot of snow and some of the higher elevations as well. look at this. i was just looking at the higher elevations in the east bay, it's a slam dunk for diablo but south of that, if you are getting snow, let me know -- let me know. planegy going off -- plenty going on. back to you. >> thank you. right now, air force one is on the ground at sfo. in about 90 minutes, the president is scheduled to board the jet and leave for oregon.

that shows you how far the media has to be away from the scene. the media is undergoing a security is sweep -- security sweep. and that includes our kraig debro, whos is 0 the -- who is on the phone. >> reporter: tori, the -- the reason i wasn't with you earlier, we had to do the security sweep. we had to go through a couple of things. we had to show i.d. and once we got i.d. we were wanded which means that electronic thing a you may have gone through if you are a passenger. once we did that, we were given badges so we show up near the

area near air force one and when we get there, we're expected to be about 100 to 200 feet away from the president when he arrives in his motorcade at the airport. we are not sure if we'll be able to ask him any questions. we'll be in shouting distance. the president is on his way. he will be flying out to oregon west coast business-related trip, to try to drum up support and perhaps funding for what the government can't do. and then we'll be going back to washington, d.c. >> we'll check back in with you, kraig. >> we do want to mention there may be a traffic impact when the president leaves san francisco, the city to head down the airport. he is scheduled to be down there around 8:35. now, last night president obama met with a small elite group of

business leaders from silicon valley. the dinner last night was held at the home of john doerr. ktvu got a look at this motorcade. the guest list included steve jobs and rumors continue to swirl about the -- swirl about the heath of steve jobs. more on that coming up at 7:30. former president bill clinton is also in the bay area. he's scheduled to sweep at a security conference in san francisco this afternoon. there's word that he's barred the press from his keynote address as the r.s.a. security conference at the moscowny center. the-- moscone center. anyone wearing a press badge will not be allowed into the speech, it's reported. this morning you can still see snow on bay area mountaintops from the storm we've had. this is a live look. we're looking at mount hamilton

in san jose. mount hamilton is road at quinby road because of snow and ice. the chp closed it after several accidents and spinout. the road will stay closed through saturday. and here is a live look at the sierra from caltrans. you wanted to know what it is like up there. well, a lot of snow, a lot of ice. today is that obvious getaway day for the president's holiday weekend. but as allie rasmus tells us, it's gonna be a tough drive getting up to the ski resorts. good morning, allie. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we've starting to see more cars, and trucks, and traffic on the roadways. this as people make their way up to tahoe. we're near the i-80 alta exit. this is where you are gonna have to put chains on all vehicles. you can see some of the chain

installers, the guys out here in their yellow suits found out across the interstate helping drivers comply with the chain requirements. it's a similar story for cars heading up to highway 50, chains are required up there. earlier we showedded you light, fluffy snow. that made chain restriction a bit tricky for those. the snow stopped about an hour ago, and we haven't seen any precipitation since then. but presidents -- but presidents day weekend is bus -- is busy for the slopes. >> it's a big weekend. >> you are trying to beat the crowd? >> absolutely. >> reporter: back out here live, we can show you the beautiful landscape out here. the snow has covered the trees and the hillside. although there's no snow coming down now.

if we pan up to the sky, you can kind of see some little patches of blue through the fog. the national weather service is connecting another 5 to 12 inches of snow to fall in the lake tahoe area. we'll keep you posted on the road conditions and check back with you. if you are headed up to tahoe, give yourself extra time. >> we'll keep updating the weather and road conditions for you. our coverage also continues on our website. you can check stormtracker2 any time and get the latest on the ski conditions. ktvu.com is the website. an antioch man is being held on more than $1 million bail on suspicion of beating his 2-month-old baby. police say the 23-year-old man punched the baby in the face to stop him from crying. the child was declared brain

dead after sufficienting major internal injuries and has been taken off life support. this morning santa rosa police are searching for someone sexually assaulting a woman in her home. it happened tuesday afternoon at a home on stony. a woman wearing a mask surprised the woman at the door. the suspect is described as 5'7", medium bill. he was wearing a long black shirt, black gloves and black jeans at the time. let's check on the commute. sal is watching everything. and you are watching the motorcade. you are watching it all. >> yes. >> fortunately right now, there's no traffic. remember, the secret service keeps these things somewhat --ty don't announce where the president's going to be expectly for obvious reasons. we'll let you know as soon as

we know right now. he should be coming down to air force one pretty soon. let's go out and take a look at 880 northbound and southbound. the traffic is moving along pretty well, driving past the coliseum. the bay bridge toll plaza looks good coming into san francisco with no major problems. if you are driving over to the peninsula, san mateo bridge looks good to the high rise. at 7:09. here's steve. fog being reported. sonoma county says clear, some areas have rain. cloudy. it's cold out there. a lot of 30s, lower elevations and higher. there will be low snow levels again. you can see how this is streaming up from the monterey peninsula and heading up towards the sierra nevada. snow level is down to 1800 feet. snow can make it down to 1500 feet. once we get going with a little bit of daylight. then i think we'll see some of the clouds pop up in the north

bay. a lot of green turning to white. maybe some of the higher elevations. diablo is probably getting it. that rain will continue to move across boulder creek. 24-hour totals, really good. lompico 3 inches of rain. st.helena, 1.75. gilroy, 1.46. sanmateo, 1.08. legsington reservoir over 2. blossom hill, 1 point 65. santarosa, 1.50. north bay, south bay 1.50. sanjose and oakland, .87. there's always a big difference from san jose airport. 39, fairfield. 38 concord. 34, santa rosa. 35 napa and also san rafael. mid-40s, mountain view and san jose. so some really cold numbers. i will show you the water vapor satellite because it show us the

finite features. there's this right here, this kicker. this is the one for saturday. right there. it doesn't look like much. there's some projections it will stay along the coast and go into southern california. this much of a difference in the atmosphere. that means rain or no rain. showers to the north, later on. rain to the south, low snow levels, just everything rotating around in on us. you can get that any time. showers, sun, rain. the sierra, just heard from kristin up at incline, schools are closed. 31/2 feet of snow in the last 24 hours. other observer, steve, in the keys has had 4 feet. that's at lake level. and tahoe donner has had 6 feet plus. amaze. amazing. amazing snow. that deserves a would you. showers, rain, clouds -- that

deserves a wow. showers, rain, clouds. you are going to have to make up 15, 16 degrees in the north bay. for some it will be a chilly, rainy day. for others, kind of partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, we'll carry that in into saturday. next system is tuesday, dave and tori. it's 7:12. clouds still not going away. why thousands are, once again, gathering in cairo's tahrir square. these are live pictures. look at the massive amount of people and there's also other demonstrations that occurred in the middle east. i had really planned to speak about something else but the gentleman from new jersey has just put my stomach in a

knot. >> that's jackie spear and she silences -- jackie speier and she silences as she speaks.

good morning. well, a also is going on. we have a few breaks in the clouds. temperatures in the 30s for some. there's some snow in the higher elevations, off-and-on rain. look for showers off and on. occasionally moderate showers or thundershowers. it's 7:15. we're following developments out of bahrain where we've received word that security forces have now fired tear gas on protesters. at least 20 people have been hurt. this comes one day after riot police swept into a protest encampment at 2:00 in the morning, killing five people and injuring more than 230 while they were sleeping. demonstrators are calling for the downfall of bahrain's ruling monarchy. bahrain is a key western ally

and home to the navy's fifth fleet. meanwhile, in egypt, thousands have gathered in tahrir square right now, where it's 5:15 in the evening. they are there for prayers and also a victory march to mark the call of long-time leader hosni mubarak. again, these are live pictures of part of the crowd jammed into that square. now, the fall of the president happened one week ago when mubarak announced he was stepping down as president. egyptians are calling the event, the friday of victory and continuation. the military has blocked the main road into the square but so far things have been peaceful. 7:16. shocking new information about who may be behind the shootings of two u.s. immigration agents in mexico. investigator the say the ambush may have been -- investigators say the ambush may have been ordered by a dangerous cartel. they say this is significant because it could mean more attacks on american agents.

one agent died in tuesday's shooting. another one was badly hurt. u.s. government workers are now banned from central mexico. and u.s. tourists are being urged to stay away. well, new reports could be released 234 the criminal case against tucson -- released in the criminal case against tucson's shooting suspect, jared loughner. the judge has been asked to release the documents and also a mugshot. it's reported that the photograph shows cuts on his face. he's accused of killing 1 and wounding -- of killing six and wounding 13 others. talk of a possible shutdown is intensifying in washington, d.c. as alison burns report, republicans are vowing they won't budget on big spending cuts. alison? >> reporter: the house came into session about an hour ago.

this promises to be a long and contentious day as republicans deep up their push -- keep up their push for more than $60 billion. on the chopping block today, more than00 programs, including federal -- more than 100 programs, including federal aid. the house has okayed hundreds of other cuts this week, gutting programs. >> when we say we're going to cut spending, read my lips -- we're going to cut spending. >> reporter: boehner's comments have promised more fears of a government shutdown. he says he won't even accept a government spending without big cuts. democrats and republicans have until march to cut a day. that's the day republicans run out of money if congress doesn't act. the social security administration has already

warned its workers of the possibility of layoffs. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. it's 7:19. a debate over planned parent hood took a personal and shocking turn as bay area congresswoman jackie speier made this announcement on the floor. >> you know, i had really planned to speak about something else. but the gentleman from new jersey has just put my stomach in knots because i'm one of those women he spoke about just now. i had a procedure at 17, with, pregnant with a child -- >> speiers said she had an i abortion procedure after a -- an abortion procedure after a complication with her pregnancy and she was outraged that it was implied that the procedure

was done cavalierly. governor jerry brown plans to donate the extra money left over from his inaugural celebration. he received four times as much money as the governor planned to spend. his office says when all of the expenses are paid off, whatever is left over, it will be donated to a nonprofit. we don't know which one, but it will be donated. sex in the -- sex in the park. what one person is doing to get people to get a room. good morning. right now traffic is slow on northbound 101. it's slowing down on the way up to sunnyvale in san jose. we'll tell you why that is happening and give you an update on the rest of the bay area drive to work.

is. petaluma police are cracking down on sexual encontinuers in public parks. police say they are increasing patrols around prince, sholenbeg and chesney. police say the vast majority of these encounters include couples who meet in the park and in the bathroom. in about three hours, b.a.r.t. will celebrate the grand opening of the brand-new station. the dublin station will not be in place until tomorrow but today there will be a ribbon- cutting ceremony. it's taken four years and $106 billion to build. 7:23. if you drive the bay bridge, expect new detears by this summer. caltrans will temporarily shift some lanes at the end of may just to make room for the building of the eastern span. now, the changes won't be as dramatic as the s-curve near treasure island.

if everything goes well, the new bridge could be finished four to six months ahead of schedule in 20 -- in 2013. crews will start to unload some of the critical parts of the new bridge's tower. the sections arrived at the port of oakland yesterday. they came from -- they came in from china. but high winds have prevented them from removing the pieces -- removing the pieces. let's check in with sal taking a look, at least starting right now in san jose. sal? >> that's right. we do have slow traffic this morning on 101 northbound because of a crash. northbound 101 at de la cruz turned out to be not as serious as they first thought but they rushed the fire department and

paramedics out. the westbound bay bridge. that's a good looking drive -- that's a good-looking drive. 80, pinole, richmond, just some slowing in richmond. and if you drive on the nimitz freeway, it's lighter than usual. let's go to steve. we do have mostly cloudy skies. a lot going on. some very cold readings. north bay, yet we're still getting clouds in the higher elevations. east bay, santa cruz mountains and mostly cloudy skies. a little low is forming off the santa cruz coastline. you get monterey, the santa cruz mountains. there is another low to the north. fine details are incredible right now. some of the lows coming in. lake port, 27, lake county, oak

montnear kenwood. watch how -- see how it is moving north? cloudy skies. snow in the east foot hills. losgatos, moving north to the north almost halfway and also into the east way -- east bay. there are some areas that are getting cold readings, 30s and some fog. other than that, it's a very quiet morning. snow up in the sierra -- sierra, the snow has made it down to 1800 feet. there will be another one to two feet likely today. snow level around 2,000 to 3,000 feet. we're getting reports from 3,000 to 6,000 feet since tuesday. showers, possible thundershowers but it's a very chilly air mass. a lot of mostly cloudy skies and light rain. we'll carry that into saturday. increasing clouds, next rain tuesday. 7:27. there is a reason we are

closely following sfo. we're out there live right now. there is the president's plane. the giant air force one, the secret service just worked up -- just wrapped up security as we get a peek into the cockpit. the president is getting ready to leave and kraig debro is on the scene. >> reporter: the san bruno explosion is costing pg&e a lot of money. now they are discussing passing -- pasting along some of that cost to customers.

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just moments ago, the secret service wrapped up the security sweep at sfo and president obama is getting ready to leave the bay area. ktvu's kraig debro joins us live from sfo where the president takes off for his next stop in about an hour, right, kraig? >> reporter: yeah, in about an hour. at 8:30, he will arrive here. i just talked to the white house press secretary. no dillydally around. he's just gonna get here. there might be some handshakes to those on the -- to some on the tarmac. and then he goes to oregon.

the president is staying not too far from here. i can seat hotel in -- see the camera in millbrae. we'll show you the president's move from that hotel over to sfo. the president was in town. he not only met with high-tech ceo company executives but also some of the social network executives. they had dinner at the home of venture capitalist, john doerr. larry ellison was invited, steve jobs. the ceo of yahoo!. one of the things that the president was trying to do was push the idea of investment. of course, the republicans

didn't like it because it didn't cut enough. >> it's gonna hit on two things. it's gonna hit on business i would clearly, he wants to reach out to business in a more positive specific way. but it's also tech and a big part of the budget that just came out is talking about investment. >> reporter: the president flies out to oregon. he's gonna visit a chip fabrication set up over in oregon. some media came out here this morning. there was a lot more yesterday afternoon. of course, when the president arrived, still you had a number of members of the media. of course, the president's every move, as he makes one of his rare visits to the bay area. he'll be coming here in about an hour. we'll be back here at 8:00 as well and then 8:30 to show you the president arrival of the tarmac. very loud 7 7 taking off there.

reporting live from sfo, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. pg&e may ask customers to pay part -- to pay part of the tab of the san bruno pipeline explosion. jade hernandez has more on this bill that's getting even bigger. >> reporter: good morning. should pg&e customers shoulder some of the san bruno explosion? shareholders are not being asked to chip in. so we asked customers what they thought. >> if they would have been doing their job first it wouldn't have happened, instead of delaying it. when you ask i want money for such and such thing, if you don't fix it and something happens to it, you're -- it's your mess. so you should have to figure out some way to come up with it. >> reporter: that's just one of the opinions we've heard yesterday and this morning we're learning pg&e is facing a $763 million tab after the pipeline blast last fall which

turned homes into infernos. pg&e has already spent $63 million responding to the blast. the company has also set aside $220 million for lawsuits along with insurance money. and they may have to set aside another $100 million for this year's suit. so now, pg&e may ask state regulators to let the company pass along the blast cost to customers. how much pg&e would ask customers has not been determined yet. but part of the problem is the costs for this year. they are expected to be $00 and $300. this has sparked heated debate. in the last hour, we asked customers what they thought. >> i think this is a bigger event, is it deferred maintenance that should have

occurred for many, many years and then defer the cost over the years. obviously, shareholders received dividendses when the costs were not applied for profit. i think it's a much bigger issue than trying to look for a quick fix. regulators will make the final call on what customers may have to additionally play. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. time now, 7:35. well, today is the day that a homeless camp in condition cord will be cleared out by -- in concord will be cleared out. some campers cleared out on their own last week after getting a warning. caltrans says they were trespassing on state property. but many of the transients say they have nowhere to go because some have pets and pets are not allowed. felony charges could be filed against a walnut creek

police detective accused of having sex with a teenaged girl. shawn-wallace seen here was the detective off -- detective on the case where a girl was sexually assaulted. he was arrested this month on unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. >> the fact that this woman, who is now 18 years old, is still staying with him, is an indication that there is no abuse of power. >> wallace has resigned from his position earlier this month after being questioned about his relationship with the young woman. it's sentencing day for a former danville cub scout leader in the midding of a child pornography case. 41-year-old michael vawter faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography. police raided his office last march after receiving a tip from the national center for

missing and exploited children. in a cull -- in a couple of hours from now, members of the military who died in the wars in iraq and afghanistan will be honored in san francisco. the memorial will be hold at 9:00 this morning at the marines memorial theater on sutter street. about 250 family and friends are -- family family members and friends are supposed to be there. allied defense cycling is expected to bring more than 100 new jobs to the area when they open. a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10:00 this morning on mare island. the this is a busy morning because san francisco's annual chinese new year's parade is less than 24 hours away. the crews are busy putting the finishing, beautiful touches on dozens of floats that will be in that gigantic parade.

it's the year of the hare. so a lot of the floats feature rabbits. so there will be dancers and bands -- and a $250-foot long golden dragon. carmen chu, san francisco's city is up, will also be in the parade. >> it's an hon to share with the community the -- honor to share with the community the big celebration. >> the floats will be moved to the starting line around noon tomorrow. you can watch the parade right here. our coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. and tori campbell will be in the parade. >> dave clark. >> all of us. we'll be in the parade. >> steve and sal, of course. sal's the big hit of the parade. where's sal! >> they run up saying i want to touch sal! >> all right. all right. just be careful what the -- with the merchandise. good morning, everyone. let's go outside and take a look at what we have now.

today you will be very closed -- pleased to know that the commute is much better than it has been. we're getting slowing here on 880 southbound on 92. it slows down to union city. it's gonna be slow but it will be an improvement if you drive it every day. this is a look at the commute on 880 northbound. that traffic is okay getting into downtown oakland. when you get to the toll plaza westbound it's light. that's the best we've had all week. 7:39. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. some breaks in the clouds, rain, snow. just heard from bob on a tweet. you can see snow in the livermore hills. look at the fog. i will get out of the way and see it. just stretching from -- all the way back to the city. you can see there's some blue sky up above. mostly cloudy, some low clouds, it's cold. and some rain. a low is forming right there. so this will affect santa cruz

mountains. santacruz coastline, south bay to the east bay and it continues to stream up into the mountains. i mean, they are measuring snow like this. anywhere from 3 1/2 to 6 1/2, 7 feet and it's snowing down. lake county, amazing amounts of snow yesterday. 27 at lake port. oakmont near kenwood, 316789 sebastopol at 31. department of public works, 3. yountville, 3 and sonoma outside the plaza at 34 degrees. near livermore there's been some reports of snow. that's confirmed. and coming up from the south. occasionally you will get bursts of moderate rain. boulder creek, our oner ken is sitting -- sitting at 36 degrees at -- observer ken is

sitting at 36 degrees. lompico picked up almost 3. there's been 2 to 3 up in the santa cruz mountains. gilroy, an inch and a half. redwood city, almost an inch and napa and concord, .86. lil picked under.two-thirds to -- livermore picked up under two two-thirds. there are signs this system may go along the coast and head into southern california. it's so close. one little low right there did miss us. but the one over us right now is sending in backing -- is sending in clouds. we do have breaks in the clouds. i don't think that rain will last. showers to the north, rain to the south. very low snow levels as everything rotates as they go down to the coast. i would not be surprised if the

national weather service in sacramento extended that to saturday morning. another one to two feet. four feet since tuesday at lake level, 6 to 7 and 8. some of the ski resorts, some of the amazing amounts. some breaks, though. we do get a little bit of sun. upper 40s or very low 50s. you had have a 5-degree spread in the south bay, due to the cloud cover versus clear skies. a lot is going on. i still think, tori, saturday night will be okay. he says. he says. >> fingers crossed. >> fingers, toes crossed. >> sunday will be all right, monday will be all right. next pain, tuesday. >> so for the people heading to the parade bundle up? >> definitely. why some groups want to end the thrifty trend of lawmakers

sleeping in their offices. ♪ >> a couple of singers actually forgot the lyrics on "american idol" last night so did this mean they were automatically out?

stocks are chopping around this morning without much direction, as there's really not much of a trading catalyst. the one thing that's keeping investors focused right now is the meeting of the g-20, the world's major economy is discussing how to measure

balances in the economy and how to avert future financial crisises. the dow is up 26. the nasdaq is up 3. some is up 1. 7:46. apple may have some explaining to do. there are new reports the justice department is looking for anti-trust violations by apple's subscription service. earlier this week, apple announced it would take 30% of all fees from any subscription service that does business through its itune store. it also required the services to charge the same price or less at apple's store. the government and apple are not commenting. stanford is being asked if it wants to build a new campus in new york city. newyork is inviting stanford to think about creating an engineering school. newyork does not have a top- ranked school. some stanford officials bring

that would bring more diversity. a new watchdog group is calling for an investigation on washington lawmakers who sleep in their offices. yes. some 30 democrats and republicans are being accused of sleeping in their offices, saving them from having to pay rent for a washington, d.c. apartment. this has been going fon or years. even though -- on for years, even though the congressmen admit its less than ideal. >> it's horrible. the couch is uncomfortable. i haven't had a good night's sleep since i've been here. >> one congressman said he's willing to pay taxes on his free room and board. former vice president candidate sarah palin says she still has not made a decision whether she will run for president in 2012. she said that in new york, while at the same time, taking a jab at first lady, michelle obama. it's no long -- it's no wonder

michelle obama is telling everybody to breast-feed their bears. i'm thinking you better the -- their babies. i'm thinking, yeah, you better. have you seen the price of milk? it is 7:48. a review of the kidney transplant program at usc university hospital is expected to be completed today. the program was shut down late last month after it was discovered that doctors gave the wrong kidney to a patient. the patient was not hurt because the kidney happened to be a close enough match. officials say two kidneys from separate donors arrived at the transplant center around the same time on the same day. they say they were labeled correctly, the mixup was the result of human error. your time now, 7:48. brian wilson may resume his workouts today. he has a slow, lower back

that's kept him from throwing for the second day. he missed the session in scottsdale. the team insists there's no real cause for concern. he won't have an mri. he has dealt with minor issues in each of the past two seasons. bruce bochy says wilson could work out today if he has no pain or discomfort. well, no golden state warriors will play in the nba all-star game this weekend. but the team will be represented in los angeles. stephen curry will take part in the challenge today. tomorrow is the skills challenge and tomorrow, doe rel wright will -- dorell wright will compete. it was an "american idol" tradition as 100 contestants whittled down to just 50 in the night of the four rooms.

♪ i've been afraid of changing ♪ ♪ because i have built my life around you ♪ ♪ >> john wayne schultz was one of the contestants asked to move on. the contestants were divided tw two other rooms were dismissed. >> i forgot the words. >> ashley sullivan actually forgot the lyrics to the words. but she was also picked for the final round. 7:50. millions of dollars on the line. the reason a local medical

marijuana dispensary is reportedly opening its books to the irs. more changes to facebook. the new options found on the website this morning that's being praised by gay marriage advocates.

an east bay medical marijuana dispensary is getting some unwanted attention from the internal revenue service. harbor side's health center is being aditted according to "the

sacramento bee." the facility reportedly does 22 million a year in transactions and pays state taxes but federal tax codes enacted to keep drug deemers from profiting -- dealers from profiting could also be applied and that could cost the center millions of dollars. the federal government says there is a growing internet gap in some parts of america. the commerce department says one out of every ten americans can't get internet service fast enough for things like watching video. some' connections are just too slow to keep up with their needs. the gay rights groups say on facebook, the new

relationship options, they like it. >> okay. we want to check in with sal. see what your stat sis is on traffic now -- status is on traffic. trying to get to work if you are driving anywhere in the bay area, certainly better than it was. when it aspirinning throughout -- when it was raining throughout. on 237, some slowing driving west, and a little bit of wet roads here. but not widespread here today. let's move along to the dry nimitz freeway here on 880 north and southbound. do have some slowing between 880 in hayward and union city. but it's 23409 as bad as it has been. in the -- at the toll plaza it's light. some fog, clear skies, rain and some snow. other than that, a very quiet friday morning. look at that fog. that's just kind of laying across there. richmond, san rafael bridge

back over towards san francisco. a lot of reports of snow, and coming up right there, that low is on its way to southern california and if you are traveling down there. you might want to go down because they are going to get hammered today and tonight. look at that coming up right near salinas monterey, heading between the santa cruz mountains and the green turns to white up in the east san jose hills. so mainly, i would say, santa cruz mountains, peninsula south bay will take the brunt of this. clearlake's 25. 25. oakmont, sebass toe toll, 31. nicsdi d.a. d.a. nicsdio, 25. showers, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, it's chilly out there. temperatures will rebound on sunday, monday and then the next system on tuesday. dave and tori.

7:5. you know president's here in -- 7:57. you know, president obama's here in the bay area. his quick trip is about to end. this is a live picture of his plane, air force one. it's about to take off a little bit later in this hour. extra security at a security conference. who bill clinton will not allow in to hear his speech today. we're live in winter wonderland right now. drivers are making their way up to lake tahoe in some very dangerous snowy conditions. this is the sierras. we'll have a live report on what you can expect if you are headed that way.

air force one on the tarmac at sfo. when we expect the president to arrive to leave for oregon. there's no snow foughting in the sierra foothills. caltrans moved the checkpoint on i-80. we'll have an update coming up. it's been an incredible workweek. we're sunny and warm. we've had rain, storm, hail and will this continue into the weekend. it's time now for the second hour of "mornings on 2."

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >> it's friday, february 18th. well, president obama's brief visit here to the bay area is just about to come to an end. in fact, air force one is due to leave sfo later this hour. kraig debro is out there right now. he's in the midst of everything surrounding the president's trip. good morning. >> good morning, dave. i'm on a media platform here at sfo. i want to show you a couple of things. this is -- we're kind of tight out here. we had to go to somebody else to get you to air force one. secret service agents. there's been a little bit of activity in the past couple of minutes. that's because the president is supposed to be here around 8:30 and then behind me, up on the roof here, we noticed these gentlemen up here about a half hour ago. of course, they are part of the security team. they have their long guns with them. we cannot show you other pair that we see here because we simply cannot move the camera

around that quickly in that direction. now, the president is here, of course, to speak with the ceos of sillily con valley and the -- silicon valley. he did that late afternoon yesterday, taking the motorcade into woodside late yesterday afternoon. there he met with the ceos of several companies. he had dinner at john doerr's house. the ceos of yahoo!, oracle and other companies invited there. in addition to that, facebook and twitter execs invited as well. the president is trying to get those companies to invest in the united states. where the government had to step out, he's hoping the businesses can step in. if you take a look at air force one, you see the pilot come -- pilot coming out of the room there. that's one of the people flying

the plane in the cook kit -- cockpit. he was up there earlier putting up one of those stoppers. when the president gets here around 8:30 he's gonna get from his limo into the plane and then he will be off to oregon where he's going to tour a manufacturing company in oregon and then it's off to washington, d.c. reporting live at sfo, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. former president, bill clinton, ises here in the -- is also here in the bay area. he's due to speak at a computer conference in san francisco later this afternoon. and there's word that the president has banned the news media from his conference at the moscone center. the website cnet.com is reporting that there are signs posted because of contract restrictions, anyone who has a media or press badge will not be allowed in the speech.

it's 8:03. this morning you can still see snow on bay area mountaintops from the storm. this is a live look at mount hamilton. mount hamilton is closed at quinby because of snow and ice. sown helena, the chp closed the road after several accidents and spinouts. the roads will be closed until tomorrow. many people are driving up to the area for the weekend. but getting there won't be easy. it does look pretty out there. >> reporter: it really is beautiful out here. it has not snowed at all in the last hour and a half. it's making things for drivers here. within the last 20 minutes, we found out that caltrans has moved the chain inspection checkpoint. it had been -- we're at i-80.

there are some trucks and buses pulling over to get a head start on the inspection checkpoint. now the checkpoint is three miles east where we're standing at the baxter exit. as we said a minute ago. >> the driving conditions appear to be good, cars are -- trucks are moving along at a pretty slow but steady pace. chains are required for all vehicles, including -- except to those with four-wheel drive. that starts from the back ter exit up to the nevada -- baxter exist up to the nevada state line. earlier this morning, there was light, fluffy snow coming down on the interstate 80. the snow stopped about an hour and a half ago. while there are not reports of spinouts or accidents on the stretch of highway, we checked with the chp at the truckee office. they say they haven't any problems ear this morning. one of the -- problems here

this morning. one of the chp said, he's seen more spinouts than he can count. >> slow down! people get a false sense of security, they get to going too fast, and they slide. once you died, four-wheel drive -- slide, four-wheel drive does not do you any good. >> reporter: and you can see the trees are completely filled. there's not even any wind. but the national weather service says he are expecting another 5 to possibly 10 inches of snow to fall in tahoe and presidents day weekend is one of the busiest times up up -- times up here. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. you can get the latest skiance -- latest ski

conditions at ktvu.com. 8:06. an antioch man being held this morning on more than a a million dollars bail, suspected of beating his 2-month-old baby. police say the 23-year-old man punched the baby in the face to try to stop him from crying. the child was declared brain dead after suffering major internal injuries. the baby has beenen off life -- has been taken off life support. tuesday afternoon at a home on stony point road, police say a man wearing a mask surprised the woman at the door and forced his way inside. the suspect described is about 5'7" with a medium athletic build. he was wearing a black, long sleeve shirt with black gloves and jeans at the time. in about two hours, b.a.r.t. will celebrate the grand opening of its newest station. the west dublin pleasanton station will not be in service until tomorrow. today there will be a ribbon-

cutting ceremony and anyone who wants to can come and take a look. the station has taken four years and 106 million to build. it's expected to serve 400 riders a day during the weekend. -- the week. you know what will be interested? to see how the traffic on 580 and 680 improves. >> interesting. let's check in with sal now. you have a -- had a busy day yesterday. it's feeling like friday light for you today. >> yeah, thankfully, dave and tori, it does feel that way. we're doing pretty well if you are driving along the bay area freeways. we've had some glitches. on the peninsula, we've been watching the area near sfo. but so far, absolutely no slowdown associated with president obama's visit. i'm not even sure they are gonna use the freeway to get him from the hotel to the tarmac at sfo. so far, 101 looks good. we're not really expecting a

huge backup. there may be momentary closures but it will be real quick. >> let's take a look at westbound 92 driving to the peninsula looks good. and this morning we have some slowing on 237 and some wet weather and if you drive into the valley you might still be dealing with windshield wiper weather. let's go to steve. the 8:00 observations just came in and napa airport says unsunny. a north wind at 10 miles an hour. it looks to me like there's some snow up there in the hills there. yes, sir. yes, sir. there is a lot of snow in lake county and a ton more coming. watsonville says heavy rape, heavy-duty and i will show -- heavy rain, heavy-duty and i will show new a second. the low is -- this system is

lifting and producing snow in the ier raws. look at that -- the sierras. look at that. watsonville says heavy rain. that's moving north. santacruz, capitola, right up 101 monterey highway, towards san jose. that's heavy-duty, when you see red -- that's lifting north. if you are in line for that, that's coming up the south bay, santa clara valley. clearlake, 25 degrees this morning. oakmont, 31. sebastopol, 31. yountville, 32 and sonoma, 34. they had some clearing so their temperature slides right off. boulder creek 2.25. sebass toe toll 1.85 -- sebastopol, 1.85. santarosa, 1.08. lexington reservoir, 2 plus with more on the way. blossom hill, 1.65.

santarosa 1.50. sanfrancisco, 123467. big difference in the temperatures from 34 at santa rosa to 46 m mountain view. that's because they have the rain and clouds. you go farther north and you find clearing and breaks. amazing amount of the lows. one is over us now, mainly the south bay, peninsula, another one misses us. that's heading to southern california. the-- the one for tomorrow is right there. right there. it will be see close. if it goes 30 miles this way, we won't get a -- we won't get a thick. today showers to the north, even though it's cold now. rain to the south and heavy rain moving up now, very low snow levels. snow down to 1800 feet and there has been about 4 to 8 feet of snow since tuesday in the mountains. 40s and 50s.

upper 40s, low 50s. some of these, you are sitting at 4 in santa rosa. i wanted to go 48, 49 but i just went 50. showers off and on into saturday morning afternoon. we should get a break sunday/monday. next system is tuesday. it's 8:11. tough budget times for san jose. the bleak outlook by mayor chuck read and the challenge he's already -- mayor chuck reed and the challenge he's already predicting. and a political debate gets real personal. the unexpected announcement from bay area congresswoman jackie speier.

it's too bad there's no snow up in the mountains. i just talked to a friend of mine. he's at donner summit driving up 12 to 15-foot drifts on the side of the road. >> wow. >> yeah. light snow continuing. winter storm warnings continue. snow has made it down to 1800 feet. so suffice it to say, winter storm warnings will continue probably until saturday morning for the mountains. >> boy, steve. look at those pictures. unbelievable. 8:14. we're still following developing news coming out of bahrain. soldiers have fired tear gas and heavy weapons into the air. that's because thousands of demonstrators. now look at them. they are ignoring a government

ban on gathering. at least 20 people have been hurt so far. all of this follow a day after riot police swept into a protest camp and killed five peel. more than 230 were hurt. these demonstrate es are calling for the -- demonstrators are calling for the downflow. meantime, in egypt, try to count the people here. thousands have gathered in tahrir square. it's just after 6:00 this evening. pretty dark. egyp ships are celebrating the friday of -- egyptians are celebrating since hosni mubarak has said he's celebrate. one vote puts the house on a real collision course with

the u.s. senate. alleyson burns has more -- alison burns has more. >> reporter: it's been a wide- open fierce debate all week. it continues this morning as democrats and republicans clash over republican plans to slash budgets for a wide-range of government programs. the republicans in the house are targeting everything from planned parenthood to the environmental protection agency. now house speaker john boehner says he won't pass a bill that will temporarily fund. >> we're terribly disappointed that speaker boehner can't control the votes in his caucus to prevent a shutdown of government and now he's resorting to threats to do just that without any negotiations. >> reporter: democrats and republicans have until march and fourth to cut a deal. that's the day that funding for government agencies republicans out if congress doesn't act.

the social security administration has already warned its workers of the possibility of temporary layoffs. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. okay. thank you. 8:1. well, the debate over planned parenthood took a very personal turn after jackie speier made this announcement. >> you know, i had really planned to speak about something else. but the gentleman from new jersey has just ut my stomach in knots. -- has just put my stomach in knots. i'm one of those women he spoke about just now. i had a procedure at 17 weeks, pregnant with a child -- >> congresswoman bier said she had the abortion after a complication with her -- speier said that she had the abortion after a complication with her pregnantsh -- with her pregnancy after it was

suggested it was done cavalierly. we're following developing nows on the political crisis in wisconsin. state republicans have just asked the government to send state troopers as one of the top leaders. republicans want to send a message that democrats must return to the state capitol. democrats are boycotting a bill that would strip collective workers of their collective bargaining rights. the republicans have enough votes to pass the bill but they need just one democrat to show up at the capitol in order to have a quorum and that's why the democrats are out of town. also happening right now had san jose, mayor chuck reed is taking part in the annual state of the valley conference this morning's speech comes hours after the mayor delivered had is state of the city address last night -- mayor delivered his state of the city

address last night. now, he is calling for city workers to take a 10% pay cut. reed wants con sigses from unions, something he adds will be challenging to get. these reforms are not likely to be popular with our unions who bargained for benefits approved by past city councils. fiscal reforms are strongly supported by our con stiff wents. >> the mayor -- constituents. the may -- the budget is due in june. governor jerry brown plans to donate the extra money left over from his inaugural celebration. the governor received more than $400,000 in con trick bikes for -- contributions for the inaugural party. his office says once expenses are paid, whatever is left over, he is gonna doe mate to a nonprofit -- donate to a

nonprofit. new allegations to the recent killing of an agent in mexico. the unprecedented move that may signal attacks on more americans. and serving food while sick. the surprising number of restaurant employees who show up to work ill. good morning. it's a little bit of rain here in the south bay along 280. you can see it's wet there. we'll tell you more about the morning commute -- straight ahead.

shocking new information about who may be behind the shootings of two u.s. immigration agents in mexico. investigators say the ambush may have been ordered by leaders of a dangerous drug cartel. they say this is significant because it could mean even more attacks on american agents. one agent died in the shooting. another one was injured. new records could be released in the -- in the criminal case of shooting suspect jared loughner, to show what law enforcement took from his home. there's a photo that shows cuts on his face. he's accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others including congresswoman giffords. a giant sculpture of former governor arnold schwarzenegger will soon be on its way to his

childhood home in austria which is now a museum. now, the nine foot tall statue -- wish i could show it to you -- it uses an image of the governor from his own bodby- building days. the former governor flew to idaho to give his stamp approval. the artist is already working on a new sculpture showing his time as governor. one out of eight restaurant pleas has -- employees has gone to work sick at least twice in the past year, it's reported. that's an increase over the 5% found in previous studies. the type of ills ins they -- illnesses they included -- they reported including diarrhea and vomiting. it's reported that they went to work sick because they -- because a lot of restaurants don't offer sick leave. we want to check in with sal and find out what's happening on the roads. >> now that you are not hungry. you can skip breakfast and go

out and commute. let's take a look at the commute now. traffic is okay on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. northbound 17 traffic is going to be busy because of the wet weather. so steve and i, the weather brothers, if you will, have been talking about the rain in the south bay. it's going to be a little bit slow on 238 as well. any time your windshield wipers are on, the headlights need to be on, even during the day. that's state law. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you will be happy to know it's dry. let's go to steve. >> thank you, weather, brother. >> you are el -- you are welcome. we have a band moving south to north, coming up from monterey and watsonville heading right into the santa cruz mountains and san jose. look at the fog. there's areas where skies are clear. it's not very warm. low is forming right off --

right off the monterey peninsula. south bay santa clara valley. 30s and -- 30s and 40s. 34, santa rosa. fog. a lot of snow in some of the higher elevations. not that high even around the peaks. showers, rain from the south, rain south more shower activity coming in later on but temperatures today, very cool. upper 40s for some. very low 50s. one more system clips us on saturday. it should be gone saturday night. sunday looks good. just not very warm. we start off clear and cold in

the morning. clouds -- clouds increase monday night. rain tuesday. >> thank you. president obama's brief visit here to the bay area will end in just a couple of minutes. look right there. a live picture of the sharpshooters at sfo ready to protect the president. massive security forces out that he. they surrounded sfo. air force one is getting ready to take off. we just saw the president leave his hotel in millbrae. so we know he's on the way. we'll get a live report from kraig debro in just a couple of minutes. and pg&e is discussing having its customers help pay for cost incurred by the san bruno explosion. we'll have that story for you straight ahead. and brian wilson of the giants is on the bench. the injury that sidelined him from spring training workouts. in ougog t bk.

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at any moment now, president obama will be leaving the bay area after a 15-minute visit. we were watching the president a few minutes ago leave millbrae. kraig debro is where air force one is about to take off. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i'm here. i'm just off camera. where the press is on this platform, it's hard to move around. we want to show you some of the security in place. within the past few minutes, a lot of people are moving around. a lot of secret service agents are moving closer to the plane. i think you saw the air force officers that sometimes you see so often at the foot of the stairs before the president

gets on and boards the plane. just a few moments ago, we have video of the president leaving his hotel in millbrae. i didn't see the pictures. i will just tell you what we have. the president getting that the limo, getting into the motorcade and tabling the short drive -- taking the short drive. i'm told one of the reasons he stayed there because the distance is close and it wouldn't disrupt the traffic. as you know, when dignitaries travel somewhere in a car, they have to shut down all of the freeways for him to go uninterrupted. the president should be here. what you will see is the press corpse traveling with the -- press corps traveling with the president. expected he will be leaving five minutes or so when he gets here, he will go to oregon and

then back to washington. it's part of the trip where the president is trying to woo business leaders to get the economy rolling again. we'll be back in a minute when the -- when the president gets here to show you the pictures. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we'll check back with you then. the cost of the pipeline disaster in san bruno last year is going up. pg&e customers may have to pick up part of the tab. jade hernandez joins us live from san bruno to explain why. good morning? >> we heard from one san bruno resident who told us she feels very strongly this is pg&e's fault and she doesn't think it's fair that pg&e forced customers to help pick up the tab about what regulators are forcing pg&e to do in order to make it safe.

>> i'm paying for it twice. if they would have knicksed this, it -- fixed this it wouldn't have happened. >> i want to live in a safe environment. and if he are -- i think it's fair and we should share the burden. it's been a benefit for all of us in the state of california to be able to have our gas and electricity and that. so i really think it's fair for the citizens of california to help. >> pg&e is facing a $763 million tab after the pipeline blast which turned homes into infernos last september. pg&e has already spent $63 million last year responding to the blast. they set aside $20 million for lawsuits along with insurance money. but now pg&e may ask state regulators to let the company pass along some of the costs too customers all over. how much pg&e would ask has not been determined yet. part of the problem is the

company expects to spend part of the amount on pipeline tests record searchers and other things related to the explosion. pg&e says their profit is down 9.8%, at $1.8 billion. regulators will make the final cut on what customers may or may not have to pay. >> thank you, jade. it's 8:34. we want to check you -- take you back live to sfo where president obama is just arriving right now. you can see his motorcade coming in pretty quickly. >> well, they have access. they cleared the roads for the president. >> they just left the motorcade just -- the motorcade just left the hotel where the president stayed in millbrae, very close to sfo. so he do make a very -- could make a very short visit. he didn't want to disrupt traffic too much which can happen on 101 if you are

staying in san francisco. >> after that dinner last night -- there's the president there about to wake up the steps to air force one. after that dinner last night in silicon valley, he will be heading to portland for more business meetings. he will get to the top of the steps and normally he twins a wave to our camera -- gives a wave to our camera. right there. >> just to us. >> just to us. >> he will be touring a plant by intel and also talking to the ceo of intel and there's word that the ceo will be asked to be on the advisory board for the president to try to get more jobs and the economy going. you see the traveling news media. they go in the rear and they go wherever the president goes. it's a gigantic plane. if you have ever had a chance to be up close and be involved with it. and also security people that are part of the detail that

travels with the president. there's so many different court pants with an air force --ments with the air force one. it's really fascinated. and that's where you will see the media -- they have their own offices there. >> there are offices. there are sleeping areas. there are dining areas. security areas. computer areas. when you see -- look at the bottom, under the cockpit you can see the size of the plane, how tiny you are standing next to the airport. look under the -- i see our camera is zooming in. you see how small -- this is not any ordinary plane. it feels so gigantic when you are in it and walking up the steps. you see they are ready to clear the area for the president. >> he was in and out of there very quickly. >> i'm sure that when they are ready to take off.

they will take off. >> and kraig showed us how the sharpshooters are all over the area. you see some of them, you don't see all of hem. ed a there's always -- there's always a fighter jet that's fairly close in case they need to scramble them. it's quite an operation whenever the president is around. i had joked. some people may remember then president clinton sat on air force one for a while and sfo -- on sfo getting a haircut and that cussed a lot of de -- caused a lot of delays an -- delays. another look at the back of the plane, where, as dave mentioned, members of the media that follow the president around go wherever he goes to report on his activities. also members of the white house staff and other security people i'm sure getting on not -- on to the back of the plane. >> obviously. and traffic in the area will slowly get back to normal.

now that the president is safely aboard. they've closed the door. things will slowly get back to normal. the chp and everything else will open roads. >> and the president heading here for a visit up to oregon and back to washington, d.c. we'll obviously continue to follow this and possibly show you when the plane takes off. we want to chick in with sal to see what's happening on the bay area roads. presumably there are no problems in the area. the president has -- presumably because the president has already arrived at the airport. >> i think today we would have been okay anyway. let's take a look at some of the commute pictures we're showing you. even with the rain on this friday, it is a little lighter than usual. there is a little bit of slowing here, 237 at 880. but it's not that major once

you get past zincker -- zanker road heading west. this morning's commute on 880 at the oakland airport area is looking okay, driving up to the coliseum and beyond. on the peninsula, well, you are wondering -- wondering what the freeway traffic is -- is like. that may or may not have anything to do with the president's motorcade. if you absolutely want to avoid that, use 280. everything is better north of interstate 380. 8:39. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. >> sunbreaks in the clouds. sunbreaks but there is a lot of fog around, mostly cloudy, it's cold out there. there's rain moving up from south too north. the good -- from south to north. the good news it's -- the total, a friend of mine called me. made it to donner summit.

there's been anywhere from about feet to over 8 feet since tuesday. lake county was slammed yesterday. things are calmed down. it's in the 20s. you can see the lows sending in moisture from south to north. that's producing moderate to heavy rain. it came right up to salinas. it is near the radar site. 2 might be enhanced -- might be enhanced the there's moderate rain in there. temperatures in the mountains, upper 30s. it's cold out there. 30s for many here. north bay had a little break or two in the clouds. that allowed the temperatures to drop. the clouds and the rain mean mid 040s. series of -- mid-40s. series of system. one missed us. it's on its way to southern california. the one that's right there, you get a better look at it coming off vancouver. you watch -- that's the one

that's a bugaboo in the forecast. if it stays off the forecast, we'll be fine. if not, we'll have a day like today. today we start off with a lot of clouds, mostly cloudy, cold out there. rain for others and it's just going to be one of those days. mostly cloudy. possibility of showers, building up in the afternoon. it's going to be very cold and unsettled through saturday morning. saturday afternoon. i think sunday is okay. monday will start off clear and cold and clouding off -- and clouding up. 8:41. once again, we want to take you back live to sfo where air force one is getting ready to take off. the president, we saw him live a few minutes ago get on the plane and members of the media following the president also getting on board. air fierce one just now taxiing, getting read yesterday to take off from sfo.

we are agonna i stay -- gonna stay but as air force one takes off. >> they cleared the airspace all around. not only in the bay area but wherever route the president is headed. they clear everything out. it's quite an operation. our cameras are showing you -- sid and our photographers are out there showing you just how huge it is. again, security up and down the runway. some of it you can't see yet. but there is a lot.

but it's main -- it's mainly the airspace. >> you see them up on the roof. >> this is quite a complicated operation but it's been done many, many times -- many, many times. >> the president has made numerous stops. so they know the drill at this point and i am sure the airport knows the drill -- >> and they coordinate so much with law enforcement, so many things they've got a well- working, well-oiled machine to make it seem so smooth. >> no glitches, nothing. >> it was a very short trip. the president arrived around 5:45 last night. if you missed it, when he came off the plane, it was quite interesting. he was greeted by mayor ed lee, gavin newsom and attorney general, kamala harris, would

was quite good friends with thed from and greeted warmly. she was one of his earlier supporters. then he went on to a rather exclusive dinner at venture capitalist john doerrs' house. >> can you imagine being at that dinner. >> yes. >> and moving on with all of the titans of silicon valley. steve jobs was there and mark zuckerberg from facebook. we will also be watching as we watch air force one taxi here, very closely what happens up in oregon, where the president is headed now. and what may develop out of those meetings up there that he will be taking part of. >> what's interesting, i heard

san jose mayor chuck reed say it's not a good thing for calf -- intel is building -- is building a plant in oregon and it shows how california needs to build up business tack take -- business tactics. >> we're looking at all of the different vantage points. everyone getting as close as they possibly can to take a picture. get a quick peek at air force one as it is about to take off from the bay area. these folks have got a really clear view even on a rainy or wind-swept winter day. >> quite a crude there gathered. obviously they all knew this was going to happen, 8:45, pretty much right on time as we expected when he would be leaving the bay area. that's a nice point to see any plane taking off from sfo. obviously air force one has a

little more significance -- significance. there it is. air force one taking prom and his entourage. >> and we know on this business -- we are hearing the engine as it takes off. the budget and all of the economic things the president is deeing with around the country but also -- dealing with around the country but also in washington. we've been talking about how the lawmakers are wrangling over so many things, maybe a shutdown of the federal government over budget problems. the president this visit was part of trying to shore things up in his mind. >> the wheels are up for air force one. momentarily, they will be golding -- folding back in the wheel levels, for a smooth take- off -- wheel wells, for a smooth take-off, i'm sure. president obama on his tway to oregon -- on his way to oregon after leaving the area.

8:47. we'll have more on "mornings on 2" right after this. stay with us.

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ago. president obama arriving at sfo and quickly boarding air force one from his motorcade. he, of course, was in the bay area for a tinner -- dinner last night with top leaders from silicon valley to discuss job growth and he spent the night at the westin in millbrae. he's now heading up to oregon, where he will tour a plant of intel chips that are being made there. new video, we just want to show you once again, air force one, and members of the mediation the white house press corps getting on the plane of the -- getting on the back of the plane. in about ten minutes from now, members of the military who died in the wars in iraq and afghanistan will be honored in san francisco. now memorial will be held at the marines memorial theater on sutter street. also, felony charges could be filed against a walnut creek police detective who is acked of having -- would is accused

of having sex with a teenaged girl. he was arrested on unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. egyptians are celebrating the one week anniversary of president hosni mubarak's resignation. look at the crowd out there. flow say -- they say this could be the biggest turnout yet in tahrir square. 8:51. we're going to take you back live to the sierra, where it's just a winter wonderland up there. we'll have a live report when we come back right here on "mornings on 2."

would what -- we want to take you back out live to the sierra where a lot of snow has been falling. allie rasmus is live from placer county and have some advice for drivers. >> reporter: good morning. that add rice to be -- that advice would be to slow down if you are headed up here for the holiday weekend: avenue -- we're near the alta exit near 8 o this is where the drivers had been pulling over to put on trains. you can see there are a few people still doing that. you can go a little farther out the -- without the chains. caltrans moved the requirement three miles east of here. chains are required for all

vehicles instead of those with four-wheel drive. now, we spoke to dispatchers from chp's truckee office who say so far they hadn't had any calls for -- you can see the traffic is moving slowly. you can see cars and trucks moving along. presidents day weekend is one of the busiest. even if. weather conditions are good, it's advised to give yourself extra time. >> allie rasmus, ktvu chan 2 news. >> okay. thank you. back here, crews are putting the finishing touches of dozens of floats. it will be in the chinese new year parade. it's the year of the hare. neighborhoods to the floats, there will be dancers, bands, a

250-foot long dragon and beautiful dollars. the workers will be testing the electronics. those floats will move to the starting line around noontime tomorrow. you can see the parade live here. our coverage which features tori and steve and pam and sal and all of us there begins at 6:00 p.m. it will be a great time. obviously, a good idea to stay away from driving into the city if you can in the afternoon and evening tomorrow. let's check in with for -- let's check in for sal for one more look at traffic. >> i just wanted to update what we said earlier. brian wilson is not throwing today. his back issues are keeping him out a little longer. 280 northbound, it's slow. it's raining in the south bay. steve has been talking about the rain. the commute here on 880 northbound getting up to the airport is going to be very slow on the ramp. you can see that -- you see that. let's go to 880 northbound and

southbound. that looks pretty good as come up past the coliseum. at the bay bridge it's been light all morning long. 8:57. let's go to steve. thank you, some rain is moderate to heavy, heard from robin on the twitter nation, saying some pretty heavy rain. santacruz, santa cruz mountains. monterey highway, 101 heading towards los gatos. cold out there. it will be a showery pattern today and tomorrow. it will get a break sunday and monday. >> is as a matter of fact, we're gonna go back live -- are gonna go back up there live. >> just a postcard. >> if you are heading up there,

don't forget your supplies. >> we'll see you at the chinese new year parade. bye now.

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