osama bin laden is dead. crowds continue to gather around the world this morning cheering the news as we learn new details overnight about what happened to bin laden's body. and following the death of osama bin laden there is a new warping for americans living and traveling abroad. beautiful day. step in the right direction. >> an emotional reaction from a bay area man who lost his wife in the september 11 terrorist attack. what he plans to do today after learning the news. it's all ahead here on the ktvu

morning news. good morning. thank you for waking up with us. it's monday may 2nd. i'm pam cook. we begin this morning with the death of osama bin laden. last night president obama announced that a small team of americans carried out an attack on a compound in pakistan killing the master mind behind the september 11 terrorist attacks. news of bin laden's death triggered a huge response around the world. i want to take you live to ground zero in new york city this morning where a large crowd gathered last night and you can see there are still people there this morning. this is of course where so many people lost their lives and their loved ones on september 11, 2001 at the hands of osama bin laden. shortly after the president announced bin laden's death, a

patriotic celebration broke out. [ cheering and applause ] >> a huge crowd of people broke into rendition of the star spangled banner last night. others could be heard chanting usa, usa. plenty of red, white and blue could be seen. a smaller celebration began in times square. it was the same scene at washington d.c. at the white house. right now all is clear. not many people gathered, but last night a huge crowd similar to the one at ground zero couldn't help but celebrate bin laden's death. >> usa, usa,. >> this crowd started forming right as the president began his statement last night announcing the death open bin laden. it quickly grew into thousands. renditions of the star spangled banner could also be heard there.

last night's crowd may have been the largest to gather spontaneously at the white house since president obama's election night victory in 2008. now we did learn overnight that bin laden was buried at sea. a u.s. official who spoke anonymously did not say where it occurred, but islamic practice and tradition calls for a burial within 24 hours. the sea burial was decided according to the spokesperson because finding a country willing to accept bin laden's remains would have been difficult. now the raid on bin laden took place in pakistan. u.s. forces entered the terrorist leaders compound yesterday. this is video showing the compound on fire shortly after the raid. u.s. forces reportedly shot bin laden in the head during a 40 minute long fire fight. it's believed that bin laden had the compound built five years ago. white house officials say they learned of the hiding place

earlier this year. now president obama announced the killing of osama bin laden in a dramatic white house speech last night. >> a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> in his speech the president said bin laden was not a muslim leader. he called bin laden a mass murder of muslims. and the president reaffirmed that the u.s. is not at war with muslims. right now security levels remain the same at bay area airports following the bin laden announcement. but there is a warning for americans abroad. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us now from sfo this morning. allie. >> reporter: pam, that warning comes from the u.s. state department. it has issued a worldwide alert for u.s. citizens living abroad and in americans traveling internationally.

and of course that applies to the thousands of travelers who usually fly internationally here at sfo. now the state department warns there is an enhanced risk for anti-american violence. what is unusual about this alert is that it doesn't mention a specific country or region where americans should be extra cautious. instead the advisory says this alert is worldwide. and it says it will remain in effect until august 1st. it also instructs americans abroad to "limit travel outside their homes and avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations." now just to be clear, this travel alert does not apply to airports on u.s. soil. only to the people flying internationally out of those airports. the security level at bay area airports from oakland to san jose to here at sfo is unchanged. i spoke with the duty manager here at sfo about 15 minutes ago and he says if there is an order to change the security level here and boost police patrols and security presence, that order would come from the tsa. and the duty manager says they have not received any instructions to do that from

that agency. reporting live at sfo, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. many bay area families who lost loved ones on 9/11 are reacting with strong emotions to the death of osama bin laden. jack lin was in a san raphael home when president obama delivered the stunning news that the master mind of september 11 is dead. it's the news he's waited ten long years to hear. >> thinking about all the people that were lost because of this man and all the people affected by that loss and all the people globally that continue to be effected by terrorism. maybe it's a big beautiful day and a step in the right direction. >> his pregnant wife, lauren, was among the heros of united flight 93. the san francisco bound plane that crashed into rural pennsylvania. several passengers rushed that cockpit and stopped the terrorist from crashing into their intended target believed to be the white house or

capitol building. he says he will spend today trying to get in contact with other flight 93 families. president obama increased u.s. troop strength in afghanistan with the precise goal of tracking down osama bin laden. afghanistan has been the main focus of the u.s. war on terrorism during the past ten years. and one of the biggest afghan communities in the u.s. is right here in the bay area. last night we got reaction from one restaurant owner in fremont. >> i'm glad. we were so happy it was good news for us. of course for the world. it's a great thing just to knock down the terrorist. everybody's happy. should bring peace to the world. >> the fremont restaurant owner says other afghan americans share his views. so once again we want to recap for you this morning we are covering the death of osama bin laden by u.s. forces in pakistan. when the news broke last night,

spontaneous celebrations broke out at the white house and in new york city. we learned this morning that bin laden's body has already been buried at sea. here in the bay area and across the u.s. security has been increased at airports and other public areas in case of possible retaliation from al qaeda. people are celebrating the news around the world. coming up we're going to take you from west point, new york, to afghanistan as americans react to the president's announcement. our coverage also continues online this morning on the special osama bin laden tab of ktvu.com. you can find president obama's full speech along with local reaction and an interactive time line of the events of 9/11. in other news this morning, a tense situation at a fremont strip mall came to an end just hours ago. police say a man in a white van who claimed he had a bomb turned himself in. there were no signs of any

explosives. last night police sealed off the strip mall though in response to the bomb threat. fremont police are now questioning the suspect who appears to have a serious mental problem. 4:38 is the time right now. we want to get our first look at traffic on this monday morning. hi, sal. >> hey, pam. we do have a serious problem already westbound 80 getting out to the macarthur maze there is a crash here. it's an overturned vehicle. people are out of the car, but fire crews are on the way. this is on the connector ramp from west 80 to southbound 880. and looks like chp just stopped there and is going to block that ramp. i just saw that car there. all of a sudden going to be diverted onto eastbound 580. this is a developing situation here on westbound interstate 80. you will not be able to get directly on the southbound 880 as you can see. they have just blocked that ramp. so give yourself plenty of time. just go around. use 980 instead.

the fire crews are on the way. this accident just happened. it's going to be there for just a little bit because there's a car that's overturned there. looks like they're looking for someone. there's guys with flashlights around there. i'm not sure what they're looking for but we'll let you know. let's go out and take a look at westbound bay bridge. that traffic is moving along okay. and this morning's commute in the south bay is off to a nice start. 4:39. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. very good morning. nice weekend. what a weekend. little windy at times but temperatures warmed up on sunday. now we'll back them off slightly today but still all right. just a little cooler. and all systems go for a warm up as we head into tomorrow. 40s napa airport down to 42. fairfield 55. that's because they have a southwest wind at 15 miles an hour. there is a little bit of a sea breeze today even sfo west at 13. so the sea breeze is in place. weak system just brushing into the north. right there. that will keep the on shore wind westerly breeze going today. then behind that high pressure's going to build in and that will give us much warmer weather especially by

wednesday. so today we drop temps about four to eight degrees. it will be cooler than tomorrow. slightly warmer. but much warmer by wednesday. it will be warm on wednesday. some pushing upper 80s by wednesday maybe into thursday. sunny but cooler today. that's a west wind 10 to 25 miles per hour. highs today 60s for some. 70s for many. and then some upper 70s. but it will be cooler than we had on sunday. the extended warmer tuesday, wednesday looks like we'll top out around wednesday or thursday and start to see a cool down friday. the upcoming weekend does look cooler with a lot more in the way of fog. pam. thank you, steve. well, we're getting reaction this morning from around the world after osama bin laden's death. where these u.s. troops celebrated the news that the 9/11 master mind has been killed. a san jose woman killed by a suspected drunk driver while gardening in her front yard. what neighbors say she did moments before that likely saved her grandson's life. good morning.

this freeway here ramp is now closed because of an injury accident on westbound 80 connector ramp to southbound 880. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

good morning. we have mostly clear skies. patchy low clouds. cooler today but still sunny. 60s close to the coast and bay but 70s elsewhere with temperatures upper 7 0z inland.

our top story this morning osama bin laden is dead after ten years on the run. news of the 9/11 master mind's death quickly spread and brought reaction from around the world. these are pictures of troops in kandahar airfield in afghanistan. they gathered to watch the president make the announcement. bin laden was killed in a mansion in pakistan in an operation led by the united states. overnight we learned his body had been buried at sea. president obama informed former president george w. bush about osama bin laden's death before he spoke to the nation last night. shortly afterward the former president released his own statement. president bush said "this momentous achievement marks a victory for america for people who seek peace around the world and for all those who lost loved ones on september 11, 2001". a suspected drunk driver in san jose hit and killed a woman who was gardening in her front

yard. the crash left part of the home caved in at running drive and snell avenue. neighbors say the driver jumped the sidewalk, pinned the woman to the home and then took off. the woman identified as 79-year- old diana later died at the hospital. neighbors say the woman's grandson was in the front yard just moments before the crash. >> her grandson where she happened to tell him to go get the broom and everything in the back. if he was standing there it would have killed him as well. >> just moments before all of this happened police say the 28- year-old female driver left the scene of another hit-and-run crash on blossom hill road. the victim in that crash followed her and called police. police arrested the driver and three passengers after they crashed into a parked car. police say alcohol was involved. the clean up continues throughout the south after a series of deadly tornadoes. in smithville, mississippi,

members of one church held services outside yesterday. only a cross remains where their church once stood. storms killed at least 342 people in seven states. also hard hit tuscaloosa, alabama, federal and state agencies are moving in to help thousands of people who are now homeless. >> so we need to keep those americans in our thoughts and in our prayers. but we also need to stand with them in the hard months and perhaps years to come. i intend to make sure that the federal government does that. >> the president signed disaster declarations for alabama, mississippi and georgia. well, nasa now says sunday is the earliest this space shuttle endevour could launch. commander mark kelly and his crew return to houston to continue training while nasa replaces a faulty switch box on the spacecraft. kelly's wife, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, has also returned to

a houston rehabilitation hospital where she's working to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. she hoped to see endevour lift off last friday. no one is saying if she'll return to florida for the rescheduled launch. well, the giants fan who was badly beaten at dodgers stadium last month continues to make slow but steady progress. doctors treating bryan stow say they are continuing to decrease his medication. there are no brain seizures at this point. they say that he's starting to snore again which they consider a good sign. this weekend the san francisco giants minor league affiliates from san jose and fresno presented stow's family with donations at about $43,000. well, there's a preliminary hearing this morning for the man charged with strangling a napa state hospital worker. napa county prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty against him. he's accused of killing

psychiatric technician donna gross last september. the nap pa county district attorney's office will pursue life sentence without the possibility of parole. the first high pressure test on pg&e pipelines in two bay area cities could get underway as early as this week. the utility will use pressurized water to check whether pipes in antioch and mountain view are structurally sound. the pipes are part of 150 miles of pipeline that are similar to the line that exploded in san bruno last year. pg&e says the tests should not disrupt service. here in the bay area and around the world people gathered to mark may day or international workers day. [ indiscernible ] >> hundreds gathered in san francisco yesterday to march through the mission district to a rally at civic center plaza. they're demanding rights for america's workers and

immigrants. the group was met by a group of counterprotesters led by the minutemen and members of the tea party. no major confrontations are reported. 4:49 is the time. our top story this morning. the death of osama bin laden. [ cheering and applause ] coming up, more reaction from around the world. where these baseball fans celebrated the news. also ahead alcatraz evacuated. the false alarm that shut down the island for a short time.

[ cheering and applause ] jubilation at west point military academy overnight. one cadet says curfew is typically 11:30 p.m. but cadets stayed awake until early this morning to celebrate

the news of osama bin laden's death. u.s. forces killed the al qaeda leader at a raid at a pakistan mansion. a u.s. spokesperson says bin laden's body has already been buried at sea in accordance with islamic tradition. news of his death reached some people during a baseball game. [ cheering and applause ] >> the news spread quickly throughout the ballpark in philadelphia last night as the phillies took on the mets. but the players on the field didn't know right away. many were wondering what the chanting was for. someone did go and pass the news to the teams. well, we went to bay area shopping malls last night just a short time after the news broke that osama bin laden was dead. >> it should be another 4th of july. we should have fireworks and everything. and god bless whoever killed him. >> the terrorist program with the poor and ignorant in the country and use them to forward

their aims. >> everyone we spoke to expressed relief even joy that american forces had killed the world's most wanted terrorist. all right. it's coming up on 5:00. we want to go back to sal. there's at least one big problem sal's following. >> that's right. it's a crash in oakland west 80 at the macarthur maze. that ramp is closed. it's a flipped over car. and after a while people were in the car but then they got out. but that ramp is closed. so you cannot get onto southbound 880 directly as oakland fire has now arrived on the scene. again, this is westbound interstate 80 on the connector ramp to southbound 880. that is closed because of an injury accident. it happened just after 4:30. so we're coming up on a half hour of this being out there. the traffic is not all that bad yet. it's still early but looks like they have a little bit of work to do before they clear it. let's go out and take a look at the commute on interstate 880. that traffic is moving along pretty well in both directions. and if you're driving on westbound highway 4 getting up

to the willow pass grade, no major issues. it's 4:54. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. very good morning. temperatures warmed up on the weekend. about as advertised. i know the wind might have been a little bug boo but today it will be cooler. sunny, cooler, breezy. it will still be all right. patchy fog forming on the coast. tomorrow sunny and warmer. that will be a more northerly breeze and a very dry pattern and much warmer as we head into wednesday and thursday. today though weak system moving into the north. this time of year doesn't take much to get the on shore westerly breeze to kick in. fog not showing up. sunny today unless you're right by the water's edge. 42 napa. san raphael with the 40s and a lot of 50s. concord 49. redwood city 49. fairfield 55 because they have a southwest wind. so there is a sea breeze in place west or southwest. that system moves into the north. after that high pressure will build in and start another warm up again. in fact could get very warm compared to today.

today about two to eight degrees cooler. inland only come down just a wee bit. tomorrow will be warmer and wednesday much warmer 70s to near 90 -- what? did he say 90? i did. sunny and cooler today. westerly breeze 10 to 25. maybe stronger some of the gaps there. highs today 60s to upper 70s or a few low 80s. penciled in for morganhill and antioch. closer to the coast 60s or mid- 7 0z around the peninsula. sunny, warmer on tuesday and top it out wednesday. thursday should be the transition day. friday we see an increase in clouds and cooler temperatures. so the coast will come way down. by sunday inland areas will come way down compared to wednesday. >> wow. all right. thank you, steve. alcatraz will be open for tours again this morning but that's after a fire alarm forced the evacuation of the island. alcatraz crews says a full load of passengers had just arrived about 1:30 yesterday afternoon when the alarm went off. more than 1,000 people then had to leave. fire crews later confirmed it

was a false alarm. the tour company refunded all the unused tickets and is also giving refunds to the passengers whose tour was cut short. a street in san francisco south of market neighborhood is set to reopen in just about two hours. that's after being closed over the weekend for the demolition of the transbay terminal. between 1st and 2nd will reopen at 7:00 a.m. demolition began friday night when jackhammers and heavy machines went to work to pick apart the concrete. work will also continue through the end of the month. well, the outpouring of emotion continues this morning. how the bay area afghan community is reacting to the death of osama bin laden. also air travelers face heightened security today. how the death could effect your flight.

good morning. osama bin laden is dead. how the world is reacting to it. and new details on how u.s. forces managed to kill him. and following the death of osama bin laden there is a new warning for americans living and traveling abroad. plus reaction from a nonprofit group as news comes down of bin laden's death. that