good morning. i'm jade hernandez. there's concern over radiation from japan. we'll explain why grass samples may hold a key information. also the f.a.a. is about to order new emergency inspections. will it lead to a fourth day of delays for southwest passengers? >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in san francisco for the barry bonds perjury trial where yet another secret tape has

surfaced. we'll tell you what's on it and why the defense may not want it admitted as evidence. riding with danger in san francisco. the new youtube video may show a big problem on muni. those stories and more as the morning news continues. good morning to you. welcome to tuesday. it's april 5th. i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook. let's start with steve paulson and a look at weather. good morning pam and dave. we have mostly clear skies. it's going to be cooler today. the wind noticeably out of the west. 630s and 70s. yesterday was northeast at 7. temperatures coming down from the upper 70s and 80s yesterday. more 60s and low 70s today and much colder later in the week. we'll have that in our five day in five minutes. now sal with an update on traffic. nice start on the san mateo bridge on the high-rise and highway 101 up and down the

peninsula. also the morning commute looks good if you are driving on 101 in san francisco. the traffic is light. 6:01 back to the desk. all right. thank you, sal. in japan today the government set its first radiation safety standards for fish after reports that radio active contamination in the sea water near the damaged nuclear power plant now measures several million times the legal limit. tokyo electric power says samples taken from sea water near one of the reactors contained 7.5 million times the legal limit on saturday. experts say radiation does dissipate quickly in the ocean. but it's still unclear what effects large amounts of contamination will have. government had already banned fishing in the area near the plant. closer to home some people say they're concerned that the u.s. government is not telling the full story about radiation levels. ktvu's jade hernandez is in alameda with that part of the story. jade.

>> reporter: good morning. we are live in alameda this morning near homes much like yours and mine. but later on this morning the focus will be on the grass in this neighborhood. this man will take samples from an alameda yard to his uc berkeley lab for radiation testing. later on today. you might remember the name, we spoke with the professor as the radiation from the nuclear plant made its way to the west coast. the professor and his students gathered water and air samples from the rooftop of his berkeley classroom and office three weeks ago. his independent tests were to gauge what students could find. they weren't the only ones monitoring the situation. the environmental protection agency tested last month's rainwater in certain parts of japan and found it exceeded federal standards for radio active iodine in drinking water by 46 times. the group, food and water watch, a national organization here in the bay area, also says the epa may be testing but they say it's not releasing enough data about radiation from the

japanese nuclear melt down. they want the epa to be more transparent. >> there has been radioactive material in rain. we know that. epa has admitted it. uc berkeley has found it in rainwater samples last week. what we don't know is how much of a problem it is yet and if it's going to continue to be a problem if it's going to get worse as radioactive material continues to be released. that's why we need open and honest information we'd have dialogue with the american people. the concern exists simply saying there's not a problem don't worry about it. that's not going to cut it. >> reporter: the concerns extend to rainwater even here in the bay area. the group that we mentioned food and water watch is asking president obama to act quickly to protect food and water from radioactive contamination. reporting live from alameda this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. well in our nation's capitol this morning the clock is ticking as the federal government tries to avert a

shut down. coming up at 6:15 we're going to take a look at how you could be effected if the u.s. government shuts down on friday and what president obama is doing this morning to try to make sure that doesn't happen. we're going to have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom. time now 6:04 this morning federal aviation officials are expected to issue an emergency order requiring immediate inspections for older model boeing aircraft. the order would apply to boeing 737s, the very same jet model as southwest airlines jet where a five foot long hole ruptured during a flight on friday. the emergency inspections will look for tiny cracks related to weak metal on the lodge. most of the planes that need inspections are registered to foreign carriers. southwest says the new f.a.a. order will not cause them anymore delays because they've already inspected their 737s for the past three days. southwest canceled hundreds of flights nationwide including several right here in the bay area so those inspections could

take place. but southwest says operations should be back to normal today. passengers on board a san francisco bound flight that made an emergency landing yesterday in new orleans say there were signs of trouble from the very beginning. the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and equipment failure shortly after taking off. passengers told us here at ktvu the plane was making strange noises and that reading lights and the public address system just stopped working. the plane headed back to the new orleans airport but it veered off the runway after blowing a tire. >> by the time we got down, which was not a pretty landing, we were just all glad to be on the ground. and then we thought it was over and then they said no you have to get out of the plane, go down the slide and run. >> luckily no one was hurt and those passengers arrived safely at sfo about 5:00 last night. the federal aviation administration is investigating that incident as well. time now 6:06. barry bonds is due back in a

san francisco court in just about two hours. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us about a secret audiotape and some other new surprises in barry bonds' perjury trial. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. well, the jury was sent home yesterday and that's because a juror called in sick because of gallstones. he is expected to come back today but in case he doesn't an alternate will step in. the big news was the revelation of yet another secret tape. now barry bonds arrived here yesterday at the courthouse. he was all smiles. but within half an hour along with everyone else he discovered that prosecutors had this unexpected piece of evidence. and if admitted it could be a blow to the defense. basically it's a secretly recorded conversation that bonds' former business manager had with bonds' orthopedic surgeon dr. ting. ting testified last week he never talked with him about bonds using steroids. this made hoskins look like he was lying. >> if the government is anxious

to play it, then the implication is that it will be good for the government, the prosecution, because it will support his story. >> reporter: the timing of the conversation is interesting because hoskins testified that he and ting had just talked days after the raid in september 2003. the tape had been missing for six to seven years but apparently he found it sunday. and he says that the conversation was actually on side b or a microcassette. the judge has said that much of the preliminary transcript of the 15 minute conversation leads her to believe it's mostly irrelevant or inadmissible as evidence. but the legal analyst that we spoke to believes that it will be allowed in court. we'll find out at 8:30. reporting live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. baseball rivals are coming together in support of the south bay paramedic who remains in a medically induced coma. the giants and dodgers are now offering a joint reward for information leading to the arrest of the two men who beat

up 42-year-old bryan stowe last week outside dodger stadium. the total is now up to $50,000. now several others are also coming forward to help raise money for stowe's recovery including the san jose sharks who donated caps and pucks for a fundraiser tomorrow at stowe's office. >> we're all doing everything that we can to pull whatever we can together for bryan and for his family. it's impossible to not love the guy. and everybody that runs with him, everybody that knows him has only good things to say about him. >> the pizza my heart restaurant is also pledging its support saying that eight south bay locations will donate 30% of their proceeds today. we should learn more today about the 18-year-old arrested for sexual assault in broad daylight in san francisco. police arrested xavier neil yesterday just hours after releasing this sketch. they say he grabbed a woman

from behind as she was jogging in crockeramazon park friday afternoon. he pulled her into a grassy area and sexually assaulted her. he's being charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. time now 6:09. new video to show you this morning that allegedly shows a potentially dangerous situation on a muni light rail train. take a look at this. it shows a door open as the train is speeding along. alex shot this video and then posted it on youtube. he claims this happened during the evening rush hour commute april 1st on the l line between vainnesses and church. we're still waiting to hear muni's response to this video. 6:10 is the time right now. let's go back to sal to check in on the commute. all right. pam and dave, good morning to you. we're starting off well on this tuesday morning looking at some of these roads for you. highway 4 you can see it's definitely crowded and stop and go traffic on the way to

antioch. here in bay point heading west morning commute looks okay at the toll plaza. a bit of a back up. metering lights usually go on about 6:15 or so. and if you're in the south bay off to a very nice start. the road sensors showing a little bit of slowing on 85 northbound as you run across highway 17 interchange. 6:10. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. very warm monday. upper 70s. couple low 80s at oakland, san jose, redwood city, santa rosa, santa cruz all around 78, 79, 80 degrees. that will not be the case today. more of a westerly breeze in fact it's even picking up. system to the north even though it's weak it's going to give us some higher clouds. some partly sunny to mostly sunny today especially north bay that partly cloudy. end result from that system is also some patchy fog on the coast. so that was not the case yesterday. we had a lot of north- northeasterly wind directions. today it's more west or southwest. 40s and 50s. there's your west-southwest 14 at fairfield. yesterday it was northeast at

7. that's a big difference. west at 12 at, sfo. also southwest oakland therein lies the sea breeze from the ocean to the bay all the way up into the delta. system is digging down from the gulf of alaska. it will be a very cold system not much in the way of any rain. but it is going to change our weather pattern in a big way. and a colder thursday is on tap. a showery pattern, not much in the way of any rain. tenth of an inch maybe a third of an inch, very cool for april. today mostly sunny. cooler highs even though it will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. the wind has turned westerly. 60s low 60s with patchy fog around the coast. inland low to 70s. not upper 70s or 8 0z. in fact tomorrow we continue the drop and temps cooler breezy under partly to mostly cloudy skies carry that into thursday when the system arrives for much colder air. now once we get the system to move out we get wind protected areas there will be some critical minimums especially on friday and saturday down to freezing even though the nights are shorter but still could be

very chilly readings for a couple hours. the weekend will be mostly sunny and warmer. all right. time now 6:12. president obama has summoned congressional leaders to the white house this morning. the pressure from the president on the president to avoid a government shut down on friday. and libya the latest offer from moammar gadafi on what he's willing to do and what he isn't. plus rebels proposing one of gadafi's sons to take over.

president obama has summoned top congressional leaders to the white house this morning to try to avert a government shut down. allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom and tells us why a budget deal seems unlikely. allison. >> reporter: pam, house republicans are so pessimistic about a possible budget deal they're actually distributing a pamphlet here on capitol hill today about how a government shut down would work. this is a look at the white house on a rainy morning in d.c. in less than an hour some of the top democrats and republicans in congress will be sitting down with president obama and the fate of the entire federal government. millions of jobs and trillions of dollars are on the line. each side is blaming the other for the budget stalemate and some tea party republicans are accusing democrats of actually wanting a government shut down so they can point the finger at them.

>> their strategy specifically is to see a government shut down so that they can benefit politically. we reject that strategy. we think the american people are saying we're done with political games. >> reporter: at the same time republicans are circulating yet another temporary budget bill that would fund the government for one more week and the military for the rest of the year. it calls for a $12 billion in cuts. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:17. a spokesman for libyan leader moammar gadafi says he will not step down but he's willing to talk about changes in the way libya is governed. the spokesman says the constitution could be changed or even elections, but insists gadafi changes. meantime rebels opposing one of gadafi's sons take over in libya. the u.s. is helping to mediate a deal for the president of

yemen to leave office. yesterday look at these pictures tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators once again hit the streets of several cities in yemen. reportedly security forces then opened fire on the protesters killing 14 people and injuring hundreds more. a man suspected of critically wounding a los angeles police officer has been found dead in his home. officers found his body last night after a long and tense standoff that aired on many los angeles television stations hours earlier. it appears the gunman, 53-year- old salazar, took his own life. the first officer on the scene was wounded while responding to a domestic violence call. the l.a.p.d. s.w.a.t. then blasted tear gas into his home after an exchange of gunfire. time now 6:18. today a suspected stalker is due in a marin county courtroom. police say john singleton harassed and threatened a family by both phone and e-

mail. they say the stalking followed a falling out that singleton had with a family member he had recently met at a san francisco gym. investigators say they uncovered evidence that singleton sent the e-mails from bay area apple stores. now police arrested him at the apple store in palo alto yesterday. 6:18 is the time right now. let's go back to sal. any problems in the commute, sal? nothing major right now, pam. although we have this is the time when it starts getting busier out there at the toll plaza. we've had a couple good days, one good day yesterday wasn't all that bad. later in the morning it got busier. right now looks good coming into san francisco on the bridge. also the morning commute looks nice on the san mateo and on the dumbarton bridge heading over to the peninsula. and if you are driving in the south bay, again, we have a couple spots already 85 at 17, 280 at 17 where just a little bit slow but for the most part we're off to a nice start. 6:19. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir.

very good morning. we have mostly clear skies. but pattern will change today. it will be mostly sunny. but clouds are starting to thicken up a little bit towards the north. eventually that will start to settle in. and the wind has turned noticeably more on shore versus yesterday when it was offshore and we had upper 70s and some low 80s. a warm monday is, well, almost a distant memory because today will be cooler. it will be a cooler tuesday. not too bad though. upper 60s and low to mid-70s. by tomorrow we're in the 60s. and by thursday looks like 50s for highs. a very cold system for april. i mean any time of year but especially for april drops in. santa rosa low mid-50s. oakland 54. there's your west went at sfo. west-southwest at fairfield. yesterday those were all easterly or northeasterly and that's a big difference. we'll drop temperatures five or ten degrees today. that low diving down will be in here wednesday night into thursday for a dramatic change in our highs. today mostly sunny, cooler, but still not too bad with 60s and

70s, but low 60s, mid-60s coast, bay and then upper 60s and low 70s but temperatures will start to slide down here over the next 24 hours. so upper 60s and low 70s to mid- 70s morgan hill. tomorrow in the low 60s. cloud it up. very light rain. more of a showery pattern. really the cold air is the big news for thursday into friday. then the minimum temperatures, the lows, friday morning and saturday morning could be near freezing in wind protected areas. the weekend though will be sunny and warmer just maybe a little slow process getting going for a while. all right. thank you, steve. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says regulators are working together to increase oversight of the financial system. he told financial markets conference this is all part of an effort to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. later added higher prices for oil and food will be "transitory" and cause only a brief and modest rise in consumer prices. despite that, many economists believe the fed will start

raising interest rates by early next year to hold off inflation. starting in july citi bank will process checks differently. most banks process largest checks on an account first. that means if a large check overdraws an account, each smaller check will then too. they will process the smallest ones first to help consumers avoid the fees which average $27 a check. yeah. time now 6:22. well, governor brown just signed a bill to transfer thousands of inmates out of state prisons to county jails. the caveat the governor add today that bill when he signed it. also, an incredible story of survival from down under. good morning. highway 24 traffic looks very nice on the way to oakland. we'll look at traffic and weather together straight ahead.

good morning. bay bridge toll plaza getting a little bit more crowded although it's not stop and go. metering lights have been switched on and traffic on the bridge looks good into san francisco. in australia a woman miraculously survived her car plunged six stories from the top of a car park in melbourne.

emergency crews came to her rescue after her car got stuck at ground level between the car and building. the woman suffered deep cuts to her head and possible spinal injuries, but doctors expect her to make a full recovery. governor brown signed a bill authorizing the transfer of thousands of state prison inmates to local jails. but with a catch. brown planned to fund the measure with the tax extensions he had hoped to put before voters in june. but he gave up on that option last week in the face of republican opposition. so, when the governor signed the bill, he wrote in that the measure will not take effect until the state has figured out a way to pay counties for the extra responsibilities. time now 6:26. streets of san francisco are clear this morning after a day of action brought out more than a thousand demonstrators. [ indiscernible ]

>> well, this is how it looked last night along market street. a crowd of mostly union workers came out to rally against the federal reserve and bailouts for big banks. protesters tell us that their demonstration is a show of solidarity with unions across the country. some of the crowd say a bigger protest may be needed including a national day without workers. >> if workers don't work, then everyone is reminded of the true power that workers have. >> this protest and others across california were held on the anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. sonoma county's vehicle fleet is getting a little greener today. county supervisors will take possession of a new nissan leaf at the county administration center at 11:00. sonoma county has used hybrid vehicles since 2002 and they have racked up more than six million miles of use.

board members say they want to convert the entire fleet to all electric vehicles eventually. an earthquake off the coast of california. who felt that shaking just about an hour ago? a five foot hole in a southwest airlines flight caused a big scare for passengers. what the f.a.a. is now doing starting today to make sure it doesn't happen again. and the opening bell is about to ring on wall street. we'll tell you what happened overnight that could effect the numbers today.

ringing that opening bell. looks like stocks will head lower. lower part of your screen you can see they already are. oil prices once again hovering near 30 month highs. and also a rate hike in china.

new developments in europe's debt crisis, global economy not looking very positive this morning. and that is going to take a toll on wall street this morning. all right. we'll go ahead and smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news tuesday april 5th. i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. in the news right now there's a developing story coming from antioch. this morning police are out there searching for suspects in a terrifying shooting that put a child in danger. this happened last night. police say the gunman opened fire on his intended target outside of a house. at least three stray bullets went right through the walls of a little boy's bedroom next door. the child's mother didn't want her face to be shown but she told us about the ordeal. >> i was in my room. my son was in the living room. he was having dinner and he was asking mommy do you hear that. i'm like yeah they're just fire

works. that's what we thought. >> no one inside that house was hurt luckily. but her next door neighbor was critically injured in that gunfire. time now 6:31. a 3.9 quake just struck the central coast. it happened about an hour and a half ago. look at the map. the quake was centered in the pacific ocean about 42 miles south. residents of monterey and santa cruz county say they felt the shaking. so far no reports of any damage or injuries. now this comes as local seismologists are urging an earthquake early warning system to be put in effect along the pacific coast. they're meeting at uc berkeley today to give their recommendations. they say technology's now smart enough to create a system similar to that in japan and that it would save lives and also speed recovery from a big earthquake. they say a simple system could be up and running soon. more complete one could be ready within five years. a guilty plea is expected in a matter of days from the

man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard 20 years ago. it's according to the attorney for phillip garrido's wife, nancy. he also says nancy garrido will likely stand trial unless she gets a deal that allows her to avoid a life sentence. the garridos are accused of kidnapping dugard in 1991 from near her south lake tahoe home when she was just 11 years old. the garridos are each charged with 18 counts. so far no -- there has been no pleas entered from either one. in san francisco, opening statements continued this morning in the city's biggest gang trial in years. seven members of one gang are charged with racketeering, conspiracy and that includes four murders in 2008. the gang is based at 20th and mission streets. all defendants face life sentences if convicted. the chauncey bailey murder trial resumes this morning in an oakland courtroom.

yesterday jurors heard chilling testimony from the man who admitted to gunning down the oakland journalist in 2007. he calmly said that he walked up to bailey and without saying a word opened fire. he says he fired three times to be certain that bailey was dead. >> just watching him up there kind of hard and devastating. bottom line is i think he was just a pawn and we'll see what happens. >> he claims yusuf ordered him to kill bailey because he was running a story about the collapse of the financials of the bakery. one juror was dismissed because he ran into a brother in san leandro. a pleasanton toldier killed in afghanistan will be honored this week. flags in the city will be flown at half staff for three days. the 23-year-old medic's body is

being returned to pleasanton today. he was killed last week when his unit came under attack. a santa clara family also mourning the death of their son. a u.s. marine also killed in afghanistan. lance corporal harry killed sunday during an operation. he just turned 21 years old last thursday. he graduated from santa clara high school. people who knew him described him as talented and well-liked. >> every time you saw him he had a big smile on his face and a lot of energy. >> the department of defense says hibeing investigated. time now 6:35. new this morning the f.b.i. now investigating two bay area police officers accused of giving guns to young men who aren't old enough to buy one. ktvu's kraig debro live in richmond right now with more details about this report. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. this report appeared in the san francisco chronicle this morning. it's a very complicated story.

you mentioned the men were too young to buy a gun. they were too young to buy the gun that the officers allegedly bought for them. richmond police headquarters this morning i spoke with a richmond officer earlier this morning who told me he had no knowledge of the investigation. again, this is being reported in the san francisco chronicle. the paper claims the f.b.i. is investigating the actions of two richmond police officers who are now on paid leave. officers ray thomas and danny harris say they are being singled out because they're african-american. and the two police explorers tell the paper they are disappointed and disillusioned with their experience. according to the story, harris and thomas recruited two police explorers, those are the young men and women who work for police departments to gain experience, to work for them, the officers at the officer's private security company. the explorers thought the jobs would be a great opportunity for them to get some work similar to their lifeline goals of becoming police officers. the story says the two young men would soon learn differently. one gave one of the accused

officers $500 for a gun, a gun he was too young to buy on his own at the time. once armed, the story says both as police explorers moonlighted at the private security company owned by the two richmond officers and they were forced to work at one of the most dangerous housing complexes in the city. now when the two young complained they say the officers tried to set them up. there's a lot more to the story. not only does it involve the two officers but involves a man named chris butler who is a private investigator. might remember his name because he was charged along with a contra costa county drug agent with stealing drugs from evidence locker trying to sell them other drug dealers. complicated story. i'm going to have more details for you later on mornings on 2 and try to talk to richmond police to get their side of the story. live in richmond, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. time is now 6:37. well, new safety inspections start today for older model boeing aircraft. our reporter nicole collins

standing by live in washington d.c. with more on what's leading to this new emergency audit. good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning, dave. that's right. the f.a.a. demanding these more intense safety inspections on these older models of 737s and with good reason. we had the incident last week with the southwest jet that had a piece of its fuse ill lodge essentially the skin of the plane tear off about a five foot long one foot wide hole resulting in mid flight they had to make an emergency landing. i just got off the phone with someone at the f.a.a. and she told me that the reason that these inspections are being demanded is because of that incident but as they've looked closer they've realized that the older planes have taken off and landed about 30,000 times each. and what that does essentially is it pressurizes and depressurizes that plane and it leads to metal fatigue. they think that is what happened in the case of that southwest jet.

now southwest grounded 79 planes when this incident happened. we have just learned in the last hour or so that they have completed their inspections of those planes. and they've found an additional plane of three that we knew already earlier this morning to have cracks in the fuel sill lodge. four planes grounded indefinitely until boeing, the maker of these planes, comes up with a repair solution. live in washington, i'm nicole collins. time now 6:38. let's go back to sal to check in on the bay area commute. how does it look, sal? doesn't look too bad although we're getting more crowding now at a familiar spot. guess where, the bay bridge toll plaza. more traffic there. i'll show it to you in just a moment. 280 northbound looks good driving right through the middle of downtown san jose and the light is helping the commute is moving along very nicely. remember northbound and southbound 880 traffic when it was raining a few weeks ago, boy, it was terrible. today it is much better of course and there are no major problems. we mentioned the bay bridge,

the metering lights went on about 10 minutes ago and now we're getting a little bit of a crowd. but no major problems on to the bridge itself. so i would say we're off to a good tuesday start. 6:39. let's go to steve. all right, sal, thank you. a beautiful sunrise over the big city here although some higher clouds start to come in. now yesterday upper 70s to near 80 for santa rosa. 82 santa cruz. 79 hayward. i think oakland, san jose at 78. a lot of mid-70s, upper 70s even san francisco with 75. so we're just going to carry that right into tuesday right, steve? no. i'm not. it will be mostly sunny but not as warm. 70s for some but 60s closer to the coast. some of that patchy fog is beginning to show up on a westerly breeze. mostly sunny. little cooler today. tomorrow the wind picks up and cooling continues. and all eyes and everything points towards thursday when a very strong cold low comes in. not strong rain-wise but strong

if for this time of year temperature-wise. produced very light rain near the oregon border and also near crescent city that will drop south over the next couple hours giving us a partly sunny, partly cloudy day mostly sunny towards the south bay. the warm monday the high says i'm out of here. it's getting flattened as the system drops down. a cooler tuesday will give way to a much cooler wednesday than a cold thursday. i mean for april it will be cold. 40s right now. low to mid-50s. oakland 54. mountain view says 54. 45 up in santa rosa. a westerly wind is beginning to show up from sfo to oakland and also to fairfield. the sea breeze is in place. everyone our observer in crockett said the wind has turned west-southwest. 50, 60, 68 from san mateo and the west wind i just told you about there. you can see our system getting pushed south because of a digging system up in the pacific northwest. we'll see some clouds increasing and then by thursday showers, windy and colder as

highs will go into the 50s from that system that's moving there. now there's not much going on with this system but the snow level could make it down to 2500 feet. mostly sunny, cooler today. breezy with wind out of the west. and temperatures 60s and 70s. we'll go 72 st. helena. fairfield 73. 75 antioch. 66 alameda. 71 millepede us. 74 gill roy. 71 sunny vale. 62 daily city and pacifica. cooler and breezy on wednesday. cloudy on thursday and friday cold. the weekend will be all right but very chilly saturday morning. all right. time now 6:42. san francisco supervisors today will consider giving a tax break to businesses that move into certain neighborhoods. the idea came up when twitter said it was thinking of leaving san francisco because it needs more space. now twitter it will move to the mid-market area if it gets a reduction in the city's payroll tax. san francisco has the state's only tax on payrolls of a

quarter million dollars or more. well, the effects of last month's earthquake are about to be felt again here in the u.s. it is going to keep 25,000 people out of work at least temporarily. they don't know for how long. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live at the barry bonds trial where two new revelations could greatly effect the outcome of this trial. we'll tell you what they are coming up. good morning. westbound 237 you can see traffic is getting a little busier driving. we'll tell you more straight ahead.

well, good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now at 645:67:89 five suspects in the september 11 attacks will not be tried in a new york civilian court. instead, they will face military tribunals at guantanamo bay. that is a change of policy for the obama administration. running into opposition from members of congress. this morning president obama meets with congressional leaders at the white house to try and hammer out an agreement on a federal government spending plan to avoid a government shut down this weekend. a shut down would effect everything from military paychecks to income tax returns. and in the bay area pizza my heart restaurant in the south bay will be donating a

part of today's receipts to help pay the medical bills of the giants fan who was badly beaten outside the dodgers stadium. the reward to find the two men who attacked bryan stowe has now reached $50,000. barry bonds is due back in court in just about an hour. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us about a secret audiotape and some other new surprises. tara. >> reporter: well, we had two sort of zingers yesterday. one was that the jury was dismissed because one of the jurors called in sick. if he doesn't show back up today, that means an alternate will take his spot. that means we're down to only one alternate. and that is cutting it kind of close for this trial. the second revelation was this secret audiotape. when bonds arrived here at the courthouse yesterday he appeared relaxed just as he has throughout the entire trial. within half an hour the prosecution announced its unexpected piece of evidence. if admitted, it could be a blow to the defense. it's a secretly recorded

conversation that bonds' former business manager had with bonds' orthopedic surgeon, d. ting. ting testified last week that he never talked with him about bonds using steroids. this made hoskins look like he was lying. >> if the tape is good for the prosecution, the prosecution will say judge we didn't have motive to hide this tape, it's good for him why would we hide it? if the tape happens to be or if it was powerful for the defense, then i think people might question government motives some more. >> reporter: the tape had been missing for six to seven years. but apparently it was found sunday. he says the audio was on side b of a microcassette. the judge said much of the preliminary transcript leads her to believe it's mostly irrelevant or inadmissible as evidence. but our legal analyst believes it will be allowed. we'll find out at 8:30. live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. time now 6:48. let's check in with sal see how the commute's going.

sal. >> it's going pretty well though we found something on highway 4 i want to show you. reporting a stalled vehicle from the fast lane westbound near willow pass road. a couple chp officers on the left lane. traffic is going to be slow as you can see passing that willow pass road exit. and stretching back into bay point. just a little bit of a back up here. the back up on highway 4's always there in antioch so we have kind of a tough one right now that looks like they're just getting ready to get that car out of the way though. shouldn't be too much longer. also this morning we're looking at 237 stop and go from 880 heading west over to san curve and picks up on the way to 101. this morning if you're on interstate 880 in oakland traffic in both directions north on the right and south on the left look pretty good. 6:49. let's go to steve. all right, sal, thank you. mostly sunny today. partly cloudies later on. it will be cooler today. not as warm as yesterday. but temperatures which went way up upper 70s low 80s kinds of backing off a little bit today.

then a lot as we head towards thursday. system that's to the north isn't doing much but it is giving us more of a westerly wind. in fact, we had a west- southwest sea breeze from not only the ocean also over across the bay into the delta. so 40s and 50s santa rosa at 45, the coolest but 54 oakland and 54 mountain view west- southwest fairfield at 15. yesterday that was northeast at 7. that's a big difference. also southwest at oakland and then west at 12 at sfo. so that westerly wind sea breeze is already in advance of that system along with patchy coastal fog. now the system is weak but it's the leading edge of cooling trend. a big blow up here will go over land which means it doesn't have much moisture with it but a lot of cold air with it. that will begin to move in on wednesday and arrive on thursday into early friday. a cold thursday. a showery pattern. i had a tweet from dave said should i cover my plants? yes, i would. especially as we head towards friday and saturday morning. this will be very cool for april. and if there's any moisture available or leftover, snow

level conceivably could be around 2500 feet by friday morning. cooler highs today even though it will be mostly sunny, breezy out of the west as you saw, so temperatures 60s low to mid coast and bay. and then a few upper and then get some 70s. we're coming down about five or ten degrees from yesterday's highs. and then even towards san mateo to morgan hill 68 to 74. livermore 72. same for danville, san ramon, 73. santa cruz 70. they were 82 at least that's what they said wednesday. cloudy and colder on thursday with scattered showers. not a lot of rain. some very breezy and cool on friday morning and also saturday morning really i think when the wind dies down that will be the time for the critical minimum temperatures near freezing in wind protected areas but then the rest of the weekend will be sunny and warmer. dave and pam. well, toyota says it will have to temporarily shut down its factories in canada and u.s. possiblily the end of this month. the world's largest automaker blames a shortage of parts since 15% of the parts used

here are made in areas of japan that were hit by the earthquake and tsunami. toyota says 25,000 north american workers welcome effected. but they will not be laid off. all right. let's check in on wall street this morning. live look at the big board. dow jones down just about 14 points. not as bad as original projections with the news coming out overnight that europe, there's more debt concerns there. also an important rate hike in china and of course the price of oil is higher. but right now dow jones down about 14 points. all rightment time now 6:52. we're going to tell you about a smash and grab burglary that turned deadly in southern california. the popular store police say those suspects were targeting. and the steps being taken today on the road to the 49ers proposed stadium in santa clara. good morning. northbound 101 san jose looks good coming up to the 880 interchange. more straight ahead. and you'll understand.

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welcome back to the morning news. checking in on the numbers. dropping a little bit more. dow jones down about 20 to 12,378. time now 6:55. an investigation continues this morning into a deadly shooting at an apple store in san diego. a security guard killed a suspect during a smash and grab burglary.

now police say the suspect was killed while trying to get away. it happened at the oak high ranch center. two other suspects, man and woman, are in jail this morning. now police captured them after a man hunt that prompted a lockdown at two nearby schools. police say the two men smashed the apple store window, ransacked the store while the woman waited in the get away car. police think they may be connected to other apple store burglaries. the san francisco 49ers and the city of santa clara could soon have a deal to sell the naming rights to a proposed stadium. city council approved a plan during its meeting tonight. the city says the money from the future deal will go towards building a stadium next to the great america theme park. if all goes according to the plan, construction could begin in 2013. university of connecticut huskies are the champions of college basketball. [ cheering and applause ] >> and the huskies are the top dogs in 2011.

>> they beat the butler bulldogs 53-41 last night to win the national title. kemba walker scored 16 points. defense held butler to a final four record low 18.8% shooting. the win also gave coach jim calhoun his third national championship. something only four coaches have done. >> you know one of them right? >> the wizard of westwood. ucla's coach. don't know him personally but he's one right, sal? and i goes calhoun is going to be around for a little while longer. >> i think so. >> good morning everyone. let's go out and take a look at 80 westbound as you head out to the macarthur maze. no major problems coming out toward toll plaza which is light. looks like there could be -- is that a stalled car there? looks like a car kind of stopped in one of the lanes. follow up on that. this morning's commute is moving along okay on northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. now, let's go back to steve. sal, mostly sunny. cooler today. 60s and 70s. some patchy fog and partly

cloudy later on as a weak system approaches. we will be nice today just not as warm as monday. then much cooler as we head towards the middle and end of the week. more on that later. time now 6:57. coming up on mornings on 2 the f.b.i. investigating disturbing allegations involving a bay area police department allegedly hiring armed teenagers. and new videotape is raising new concerns on muni. stay with us.