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today. >> reporter: we learned that the man tried to tie what he was shouting about to another crimes. the plane approached san francisco sunday night. becker detailed what he carried aboard the plane. learners permit and driver's licenses for new york and california. postdated checks for 5,000 and $8,000. a small amount of cash but no cell phone, keys or luggage. he yelled a phrase used by high profile individuals involved in
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terrorists crimes. including the 2009 fort hood shooting. >> it's a bit scary that any time someone says ala akbar they are going to be put in prison. >> reporter: his cousin told us he had no intentions of hurting nobody. it didn't make sense. when i first heard about it, i couldn't believe it. coming up at 6:00, why a legal expert says it's unlikely he will be delivered any time soon. david stevenson. let's go to rob roth. you got a firsthand look at what happened on the airplane today. >> reporter: the police officer who helped subdue the suspect says he doesn't feel like he's a hero. larry wright was a san mateo police officer for 27 years and
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this afternoon he didn't mince words about almarisi the passenger he helped stop from ramming the door. >> i felt he was trying to take on the flight crew and possibly crash the airplane. >> reporter: wright says he was on his way home, and looking at his iphone and not really paying attention. >> from my training experience in the san mateo police department i knew there could be a problem and there could be a possible threat. >> reporter: wright says he followed the man. wright says he had problems trying to restrain the unruly passenger who kept shouts god is great. >> when i touched him, my hands slipped off because his skin was very clammy.
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moist almost. >> reporter: wright says they were able to put plastic hands cuffs on his hands and angles. wright then tied him with his belt. >> i knew that i had a certain base of knowledge that could assist with something like this and i felt that i ought to as a citizen of the united states do what i could do. >> reporter: wright got emotional at one point today, more on that at 6:00. reporting live from san francisco airport, ktvu news. you can hear the entire interview with retired police officer larry wright by going to our website. just go to ktvu.com to the video on demand action. our address again ktvu.com. a new warning tonight from al-qaida to the u.s. it says that the u.s. has created a
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serious sin in killing osama bin laden. al-qaida's official online media organization says the american people quote will pay the price. aimed at his calling on muslims to avenge osama bin laden's death. osama bin laden's son reportedly says he is angry about both his father's killing and the way he was buried. a statement claiming to come from one of osama bin laden's son as criminal. saying his burial at sea had embarrassed the family. the children of osama bin laden have reserved the right to take legal action in the united states and internationally to determine the true fate of osama bin laden. president obama traveled to the u.s.-mexico border to discuss immigration reform. >> i'm going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues. >> reporter: in a speech this afternoon in el paso texas, the
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president told a crowd the country must find a solution for the millions of illegal immigrants in the united states. he also said he will keep pushing for the passage of the dream act. but he says there's only so much he can do. >> this change ultimately has to be driven by you, the american people. you've got to help push for comprehensive reform and you've got to identify what steps we can take right now like the dream act, like visa reform, areas where we can find common ground among democrats and republicans and begin to fix what's broken. >> reporter: republicans have opposed reform without tighter border security. but president obama says he has toughened border enforcement. you might call it the beginning of a new dawn in that san bruno neighborhood that was
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destroyed after a pipeline exploded. sal castaneda is live there tonight and tells us what happened today and why it's such a big deal. >> reporter: frank, for many who live in this neighborhood it means the beginning of their neighborhood coming back. the first family to rebuild broke ground today. the hansel family celebrated with champane marking the first step of rebuilding their home destroyed six months ago in the san bruno fire. >> this is a new beginning. we'll make new memories. >> this is the first step in getting back in our homes. >> reporter: nancy and bob hensel were emotional today. >> i didn't know i was going to get so emotional. but yeah it's exciting to know that we're finally after eight months going to start to rebuild. >> reporter: nancy hensel showed us a picture of what her house used to look like. >> the shot from the house in the corner. >> reporter: and keeps pictures of what was left after the fire.
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38 homes were destroyed, san bruno officials say about half the homeowners plan to rebuild. fred gillens home was burned but not destroyed. he says seeing the hensel's start building their home is a sign of progress. >> reporter: some have dedicated a piece of land as a memorial to the eight who died. live in san bruno, sal castaneda. the judge in the jaycee dugard case is expected to decide whether to release grand jury transcripts in this case. generally courts release such testimony after the case ends,
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but prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed that the documents should remain sealed for the privacy of dugard. dugard's spokeswoman says the book will not go into the explicit details contained in her grand jury testimony. microsoft today announced their biggest deal. microsoft announced their purchase of skype. microsoft says it will introduce skype into their current devices. skype currently averages 200 million users a month.
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microsoft is more interested in using skype to catch up with google as an internet power house. microsoft's deal with skype helped boost stocks on wall street. the dow gained 75 points, the nasdaq was up seven points. the postal service is reporting $2 billion in losses just in the first three months of this year. the agency has been struggling with the sharp decline in mail because of the tough economy and the internet. one of the most contagious diseases and there is a vaccine. the two reasons why measles is seeing a resurgence in california and the bay area. and the beautiful spring like day today, temperatures did increase. how long will it be tomorrow and more what is it going to be like this weekend when the cold weather system gets here.
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late today police identified the man who was killed in a horrible accident this morning. 54-year-old josey ferr era had stopped with a mechanical problem. he was killed when a driver hit him throwing him 75 feet. the other driver survived, he was a 17-year-old who had been reported missing and perhaps suicidal. police say there is no indication the accident was intentional. it's one of the most contagious infections you probably never worried about. but now that old disease is causing new problems. maureen naylor is here in san jose to tell us why the measles are on the rise in california. >> reporter: measles have been reported in santa clara, san mateo. and we spoke to doctors who say
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it's not the disease of past, it's back. >> reporter: measles is so rare she has never seen a case. >> half of the children were hospitalized with very serious disease the last time we saw an outbreak. >> reporter: public health officials say the highly contagious respiratory disease is back. california had 17 cases in 2008. nine the following year, and 27 last year and already a dozen cases reported in the first five months of 2011. >> we're worried we're going to see more measles. we're worried this is just the beginning. >> reporter: dr. cody said santa clara had four cases last year and two this year. >> every case is a fairly big deal because measles is so infectious. >> reporter: dr. cody says the majority of cases come from someone traveling abroad, typically in europe or asian. she says parents choosing not to vaccinate their children fuels the problem.
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>> some of the shots are scary but i think it's important to do it. >> reporter: the measles-mumps vaccines are given to children between the age of 1 and 2 which means children are susceptible. >> if there's something that can be treated or stopped before it happens why expose her to it. >> reporter: symptoms include runny nose, red eyes, high fever and a rash. this year those infected should not go into the doctor's office but call the doctor to avoid infecting others. while those vaccinated in the early 1960s and vaccinated outside of this country should check with their doctor. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. the nurses strike at oakland's children's hospital is over. nurses returned to work at 7:00 this morning five days after walking off the job. they picketed over changes to their health care. the hospital wants the nurses to start contributing to their premium. the nurses have been working
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without a contract since it expired last july. arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver are asking for privacy as they announced their separation. the couple said quote after a long time of thought, reflection and prayer we came to this decision together. at this time we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship. >> what are you doing next? what are you going to do. what did you come up with? less than two months ago maria shriver hinted about big changes in her life. shriver has moved away from her california home and has seen without a wedding ring. just shy of its all time lord. farm fields and nearly 600
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homes in low lying areas were inundated. authorities say it may be june before the river finally recedes. down river in louisiana, engineers are looking at the spillway. some of the gates have been open to relieve the pressure on lake pontchartrain. however warmer today do you think? >> five, ten. >> about five or ten tomorrow also. gasia eludes to the weekend with big changes in the forecast. what we have currently is fog right along the coast you can see it out toward pacifica. you're socked in at half-moon bay. out toward san francisco, a lot of folks living out in the avenues. san francisco, the outer district, the outer sunset. you see some clearing here as we come in close. there's golden gate park. fog is coming back in tonight. you see it coming back over
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twin peeks. peaking. the fog is going to be a player as we roll into the bay area week with much cooler weather headed our way as we move into the weekend as we mentioned. right now the current temperatures, that's redundant right now. the current temperatures are showing temperatures mostly in the 50s and low 70s. 72 in concord. 73 in fairfield, these were warmer than yesterday. the forecast tonight then will be a cool overnight low, fog, coastal fog and not only will it be at the coast it's going to try to press over the hills tomorrow. tomorrow slightly sunny, slightly cooler. you're going to see more sun peaking over the coastal hills. that will keep bodega bay, half-moon bay in the 60s. checking the long range models with still unusually cool and unusually unsettled. what does all that mean.
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i'll show you what unusually means for the weekend. i'll see you back here. >> thank you, bill. state game wardens have cited eight people for poaching salmon. most of the violations came last week after the release of tens of thousands of salmon. the department of fish and game say 95 juvenile salmon were illegally taken to be used as bait. the ecological sensitive islands have a mice problem. federal officials have warned that nonnative mice are eating native bird eggs and baby birds at that wildlife refuge. they now want to drop rat killing pellets on the island.
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but they fear it will kill other animals. and the national alert you're going to be getting on your cell phone very soon. why some of them are not optional. plus a sight you don't see every day. the giant plane that landed at sfo today. why there are only a handful of airports in the world where you can see this happen. new at 6:00, this little dog was expected to be adopted today. until he damaged. the owner tell us how she thinks it may have been stolen. a new waiting system for concussions. we'll break down how it works and the role dna could one day play in it. one of the main roads to lake tahoe is being shut down for construction. find out the best detour and how long the closure will last. tonight on ktvu channel two channel 2 news at 6:00. ñsxóxgñ
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the first load of nonlethal aid fighting gadhafi's forces has arrived in libya. the rebels are shown here during training exercises. it arrived today in a rebel held fort of benghazi. a u.s. state department's spokesperson says medical supplies, boots and personal protective gear will arrive later. the federal government has announced a new alert system today. which will send texts to your phone if there's an emergency in your area. that's new york mayor michael bloomburg making the announcement. there will be three levels of alert, critical national alerts from the president. alerts about pending natural disaster alerts and amber alerts. >> it would have been great if
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we had these available before the tornadoes in the south. to be able to send warnings, the tornado is getting stronger, it's coming to your town. get out now. >> reporter: users can opt out of the alerts expect for the ones from the president. the system will be launched in new york city and washington, d.c. by the end of the year. national service is expected next spring. a town hall meeting begins in 30 minutes to propose changes to taxi cabs. it's a series of town halls which kicked off with this one. drivers say they are angry that the cost was passed on to them without their input and they say raising fares across the board isn't fair to passengers and will hurt their fares. >> all you need to do is charge a convenience fee, it's simple. >> and it would be a percentage of their fare? >> no it would be a flat fee. see that's the key. >> reporter: there will be town
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hall meetings held tomorrow and next monday as well. a proposed -- the plan is for the bridge to cross highway 101 links the santa rosa junior college and conden hall neighborhood. it's now expected to top a half million dollars. the reason, caltrans says the state budget crisis is forcing it to push more costs back on to the city. the department of veterans affairs is being ordered to totally revamp how it handles veterans in the area of mental health. our christien kafton will have that for us in just a few minutes. a bay area lawsuit seeks to remove lead from all over airplanes all over the united states. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, this report straight ahead.
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the oakland based center for environment health is suing more than two dozens oil companies and aircraft refueling companies over toxic lead in their aviation gasoline sold at 25 california airports. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live from livermore to explain who's being most affected. tom-- >> reporter: bay area chevron is one of the companies that makes that gas. it's now being sued to get the lead out. steve posh has three small children that live right next door to the livermore airport. >> if it's lead that's lead poisoning and that's not great for the kids. >> reporter: the center for environment health is suing to delead gas in small airplanes. >> aircrafts account for 50% of the emissions of lead into air.
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so they are really significant contributor to lead air pollution right now. >> reporter: but say aircraft mechanics in a plane where you can't pull over to the side of the road reliability is critical. lead provides lubrication the plane needs. regardless, it's unsafe for those around. >> the piston blows apart, it could be the engine quits and it could cost life. you could kill somebody. >> reporter: planes can burn on clean fuel but not for the oldest planes. >> there's even lead in the water here in livermore and we try to use purification in the water, so something has to be done regardless. >> reporter: of the top three lead emitting airports three are in california, but the
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other three are in the bay area. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. the world's biggest passenger airplane landed today at san francisco international airport. the giant air bus 8380 arrived around noon from frankford germany. the double decker plane can hold more than 800 passengers. it has three exhibits to get everyone on and off. a lot of people came out to the airport today to see its first landing. >> it's not going to be able to land just everywhere because of its size. but i think it's going to present some new challenges for the airports too. >> 853 people it can seat or something could be the biggest plane i've ever seen. >> reporter: sfo international terminal is one of only a half dozen in the world with gates that can accommodate that 8380. a man suspected of stealing an expensive violin made his
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first court appearance. the suspect 27-year-old scott sylvester is accused of taking the violin last week. today at his arrangement he pleaded not guilty to all charges. he was released under his own recognizance. the department of veterans affair is being ordered to dramatically overhaul it's mental health care system calling some practices unchecked incompetence. christien kafton has this report live. >> reporter: that press conference taking place here in downtown san francisco. attorneys representing veterans for common sense and veterans united for truth say the court's decision today will force the government to keep its side of the bargain to take care of injured veterans. >> what happens when the agencies that's charged with
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your care in a promise that we made to you as americans when you stood up there and defended us in combat, what happens when they don't do their job? >> reporter: the legal team says this is the latest legal victory. now that includes veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders. veterans today say they've been waiting too long to have their benefits approved. >> i would say this is definitely new hope to veterans, and veterans coming out. because you know, when you're transitioning out of the military you hear all these stories of how difficult it is to file a claim. >> reporter: jordan tower says he had a tough time negotiating his way through the va system. he is hopeful this new decision will get new veterans to come guard and get the help they need.
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we tried to get in contact with the u.s. attorney's office, but so far we haven't heard back from them to see if they're going to appeal that decision. christien kafton, ktvu news. attorneys for log cabin republicans filed papers today. in those papers they say congress still could derail the effort to rescind the don't ask don't tell policy. the court is considering a california judges order barring enforcement of the policy. log cabin. the log cabin group wants the government to remove the hold on the case or to put the case on a fast track. tonight the diablo school board may finalize notices for 180 teachers and school employees. board president says his gut wrenching to have to take more from students because of declining enrollment and a
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budget shortfall of at least $100 million. he says the state budget could face everyone more cuts. the board meeting begins in ability two hours. we told you here yesterday at five, high tech five was a finalist for getting president obama as a commencement speaker. today the students there learned the president will be going to tennessee instead. booker t. washington high school in memphis won the honor. this video we're showing you here is of the president arriving today in el paso. new information is out tonight and reveals one thing many mothers can do to possibly keep their child from having behavioral problems. plus -- how apple and google are fighting back against some serious accusations in washington. if you diet you know them all. south beach, adkins, weight watchers. tonight the one diet that's on the top of the list when it comes to getting the weight off.
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the highway patrol is investigating a terrible accident in the north bay that killed a child and left a family distrout tonight. a 5-year-old boy was hit by a pickup truck in unincorporated sonoma county. this video here just came into our newsroom. the child was riding his bike when he collided with a truck.
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you can see there deputies on the scene of the accident. at this point the identities of the kyle child or the driver have not been released. authorities have not established if the driver of the truck was at fault. top executives at apple and google appear on capitol hill today to respond to serious allegations that they are secretly tracking their customers. as carol hann explains, they are considering private rules for our phones. >> reporter: apple and google usually fierce competitors sat side by side and jointly told lawmakers. >> apples does not track users locations. >> we are particularly sensitive when it comes to customer locations. >> reporter: they say instead they track hot spots to give us directions that we want. consumers know what's going on. >> all location sharing for google services is opt in. >> users simply switches
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location services off. >> reporter: yet apple admitted it recently had to fix a bug that kept that location app off. but apple said it randomly audits it's 350,000 apps to make sure they are not violating company rules. >> during the investigation, or if we warn them typically they correct. >> reporter: google said it does not want to be a gate keeper for its android app taking a different approach to privacy. >> the device itself will tell you when you want to install an application, what that application wants to have access to. >> reporter: at the end of the hearing some lawmakers were not convinced companies were doing enough. so they are looking to update federal privacy laws and force companies to give us plenty of advance warnings if they are hacked. at least $20,000 worth of
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stuff stolen in just 35 seconds. it's an apple store heist caught on camera and we're going to show it to you right here. three robbers smashed into the front door of an apple store in ohio and they just get to work. one guy runs around to the back off the left side of your screen. two others grab just about everything they can. you can see them running up and down the aisles. this threesome got away with 24 laptops and an i pod touch. all in less than a minute. now a couple of minutes later, the video shows the police officer walking in. but at that point the thieves were already gone. the medical association say the jenny craig diet program is tops. the ama says 92% of participants stuck with the jenny craig diet over the two year period. the study looked at the amount of weight loss, drop out
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weights and how closely the program followed recommended guidelines on eating. britain is announcing worries about bottle feeding. 16% of formula fed babies had behavioral problems by age 8. the number was 65% of those breast-fed. breast milk may contain fatty acids that aid brain development. got milk? when it comes to chocolate milk at school the answer is no. the school lunch staple may be on its way out. many chocolate milks even the low fat versions may not be allowed. >> i like chocolate milk because the flavor and it's sweet. so that's why i like it. >> i would be sad. >> administrations from at least one school are worried that getting rid of chocolate
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milk which still contain calcium will stop students from drinking milk all together. we checked with the san francisco school district it says it recently slimmed down its chocolate milk. that it now comes in at exactly 150 calories and it will remain on their menu. this man filed a lawsuit for being kicked out of class. he says it's not a frivolous suit and why you ended up paying for his legal fight. and we're looking at tomorrow's forecast. things are going to warm then they're going to cool down big time. we'll have the update coming up. new at 6:00, this little dog was set to be adopted today until he vanished from the pet shop. and a new waiting system for concussion treatment. we'll break down how it works and the role dna could one day play in it. one of the main roads to
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danville police are searching for two thieves who stole an east bay mud truck then stole an atm. police say the thieves stole the truck and then smashed through cosco's roll up doorless. a ktvu news camera took pictures this morning of what appears to be damage to a roll up door. investigators tell the contra costa times it appears the thieves hauled away that atm using another vehicle. the burglary was caught on surveillance video and police reportedly have several leads. the old adage that you can't fight city hall is very much in question. there are many citizens waging battle against cities. >> reporter: last year an east bay man was biking through a park when his back tire hit a
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crack in the trail and he somehow lunged forward over the handlebars. he filed papers and asked for money to repair his broken teeth. he lost. three years ago a san francisco lawyer was a passenger on a muni bus rolling through the presidio. he claimed he was riding the 43 line when the bus lurched which prompted a dog to launch at him and bite him. he lost. these are two kinds of claims and lawsuits the government gets routinely. this is lamar evans a hard working truck driver who sued
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santa clara county in 2008 for $125 billion yes, b as in boy billion. court records show he has filed a few other suits as well. including a suit against the federal government for 2.5 trillion, that's t adds in tom dollars for getting tossed from a class at stanislaus state university. >> it really wasn't about the money. and i think that's what that number signified. >> reporter: we caught up with james. >> i think it was a bad situation. >> reporter: evans knows his suits may appear to be a costly nuisance to taxpayers but he has a difference perspective worth noting. >> it's the powerless against a big machine. >> reporter: sometimes allegations in a case are --
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>> sometimes allegations in a case are clearly, they sound outlandish. sometimes it's more difficult and more nuance than it appears on a complaint. >> reporter: evans says he just wanted his day in court. tori campbell, ktvu news. a wheelchair bound inmate in ohio finally found the ability to not only stand but jump when he didn't like what the judge was saying. that outburst happened in a courtroom yesterday at the arraignment of 35 michael miers. miers is accused of assaulting a woman and holder her hostage. miers flew into a rage and had to be restrained shortly after the judge set his bond at $250,000. teachers still in classrooms months even years after allegations of misconduct. the steps the state is taking to try to tackle that problem. julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at other stories
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we're looking at. new safety ratings for sports helmets puts your child's safety risks in perspective. just a few days before getting a new home, a puppy goes missing. the reason a puppy owner thinks the dog was stolen. and the detour you will have to take to tahoe and the extra time it will add to your trip. we will see you at 6:00. let's talk about our weather now. nice day here but bill you said a lot of fog is coming in tonight. >> a lot of fog, there's fog at the coast now. that fog will be around tomorrow in excess. there'll be more of it and it'll be cooler especially at the coast. there we go. and you can see the north side or west side of santa cruz's bay or the west side of santa cruz town is clear now. what i want to point out what you get this time of year is the winds sort of clear the coast. that's why santa cruz had such
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a nice climb. as we move into tomorrow night or tonight and tomorrow morning more fog. overnight lows will look like these, mostly in the 40s. i think it'll be cooler tomorrow. half-moon bay, san francisco, probably get up the hill in san francisco. i think you will see it near twin peaks, you will see fog tomorrow morning in san rafael. you will see it in sausalito. in the forecast as we go into the next couple of day, temperatures to cool down. we go into the weekend. today and tomorrow it cools down a couple of degrees. real little drops off on saturday and sunday with a chance of showers as we roll into the bay area weekend. we've been talking about it. this low pressure system, not crazy unusual to get one of these this time of year. this weekend's beta breaker. as we go into the weekend let's be prepared for an unusual weather pattern we'll follow closely here. right now the weekend looks kind of cool.
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as we head into tomorrow. you see a lot of cloud cover, high clouds and coastal fog not just at the coast but into the bay. that's the big change tomorrow. more fog around the bay when you wake up. as we go into the afternoon hours, some clearing but then the high clouds over head. that's why we're going to see cooler daytime highs tomorrow. more clouds, more day time highs. 71 antioch, mostly sunny in the afternoon. forecast in san jose 68, 71 in morgan hill. a nice day. the five day forecast is one that looks fine expect for that weekend which comes into view here. it looks like we're going to see on the bay area weekend a good shot and sprinkles. we saw 90s mid-and low 60s. >> what a difference, thanks bill. we had a sneak peak today at a new video game that could be the next block buster for emeryville's pixar videos. it was a cars game.
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the game is inspired by events in the movie and allows players to race as different characters in the movie. >> we have many different modes of play. from convention racing to battle racing. to some entirely unique modes that you've never seen in any racing games before. >> the game will be in store on june 21st. cars will be in studios june 24th. the royal honey moon is on. the palace announced prince william and kate have left for their honey moon but they are not announcing where or for how long. a dog in oregon is being called one crafty canine tonight. we want to show you a picture of jack. he was taken to a vet's office in medford. in the time he was there he made three late night escape
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attempts. but the dog's fourth attempt was successful. the dog says jack slipped open his kennel and slipped outside. on the way out he triggered three alarms and ripped open three bags of food. jack ended up wandering 6 miles before being caught. is it your doctor's business. what one state has decided. if you thought textbooks were expensive when you were in college. wait till you hear how much students are paying for books now. $500 isn't even close.
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take a step forward and chase what matters. >> doctors in florida will soon no longer be able to ask patients on their parent s if they have guns at home. pediatricians commonly ask these questions when they discuss gun safety. but the nal says that asking if there's gun in households infringing infringes on their privacy rights. especially at a tile when we are seeing student aid declining, college costs increasing have the cost of textbooks continue to rise is a
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real burden on most students. especially troubling is that congress passed a bill to lower the price of books. it ordered publishers to postthe price of every book they sell so that faculty can factor in price when choosing their books. >> textbook publishers don't public to students they market to faculty members. the department was also urged to test out book rental programs. three years later, there is little progress to report. a spokeswoman for the department says it does not have the power to require less expensive textbooks, nor can it require changes in the publishing industry. stay with us, ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. if you're planning a trip to tahoe you don't have to change your plans but you do
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what i think everyone should do under the circumstance. this man took action when a passenger rushed the cockpit of an american air flights bound for sfo. he is speaking out tonight about the scary moments midair. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we learned tonight firsthand what happened on that flight and what investigators say worried them everyone more about that flight scare. ktvu david stevenson was in court when -- ktvu's david stevenson was in court. but first rob roth who was there as the retired police officer told us what happened on that flight. rob-- >> reporter: well frank for the first time a retired san mateo police officer described his confrontation with a passenger who was trying to get into the cockpit. larry wright held up a shirt he had received in a training
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