what firefighters are telling each other as they desperately try to save a critically injured man. >> a bedside vigil continues for an injured firefighter who's fighting for his life. he became the face of america's assisted suicide debate. the sad news came just 90 minutes ago. early june and a lot of soccer games, baseball games and professional games might be washed up because of rain. right now mornings on 2. good morning. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. >> a fire broke out claiming the life of a firefighter of 20

years in of -- years of sssments the investigation is just beginning. they will be at the scene trying to figure out what went wrong. our live team coverage continues this morning. we start with kraig debro live at the scene of the fire. >> reporter: we are a block west of berkeley way. police -- we understand there will be another agency. i'm working on finding out who that is. this is just a three-story house. there's a fourth story below that deck. that's where we believe this flashover occurred that ended up taking the life of one firefighter and critically wounding another. we'll hear what firefighters are saying to one another.

>> we have two critical firefighters. i'm transporting one driving medic 174. >> reporter: 48-year-old lt. vincent perez lost that battle. the cause of death is not officially determined but you can say perez died on the job trying to protect others. another one was injured. they responded to a house call yesterday morning at 10:45. a woman and three children inside got out unhurt. perez and two other firefighters were on the first floor of this four-story building where all three were caught in a flashover. that is a sudden increase in temperatures caused by particles in the air. firefighters said temperatures during flashovers can reach 1,000 degrees fahrenheit. >> he served val yently in the san francisco fire department

for 21 years. he was a classmate of mine. we started off in 1990. >> the world has lost a great man, a great firefighter, lieutenant. >> reporter: it wasn't just friends or chief hayes who went to the fire academy with lieutenant perez. it was other firefighters across san francisco and people who didn't even know him mourning his loss. this morning the investigation is underway. it led to the death of lieutenant perez. if you look at this picture here, you can see from the picture it looks as in the fire began in the second or third floor. apparently firefighters were on that first floor as well. that's where it all started. kraig debro, ktvu news.

injured firefighter anthony valerio is still in the hospital. claudine wong is telling us about the large show of support. >> reporter: the family of anthony valerio says he is never alone. he is on the fourth floor of san francisco general surrounded by firefighters and families. members of the team and san francisco fire department have been here this morning offering support to those who need it in this very difficult time. >> the bonds are incredibly tight. the fire department has a very strong brotherhood and sisterhood. i don't think there's a stronger bond than cops and firemen. something like this brings us even closer together. there's a lot of words that don't need to be said but a

glance, a look in another firefighter's eyes. that says a lot. >> reporter: firefighter anthony valerio is in critical condition suffering from burns. he is on a ventilator and not conscious. he is the oldest of four other children. his family sales he's known for -- says he's known for his human for and they're surviving by leaning on each other and telling him over and over again that he needs to pull through. >> i think it's how he would want us and i think he feels that energy from us being sillily. hopefully, that's helping. >> reporter: this tragedy hitting everyone deeply. er that' praying for valerio while mourning the loss of vincent perez, perez being remembered as a man with a big heart. his loss affecting so many has a brother who's an oakland police

officer. back live here at france general, you have the vigil ongoing. you have flags flying at half-staff across the city and everyone struggling in this difficult time to deal with this loss and lounge vigil when so many are pulling out hope he can pull through here. we'll continue to talk to people and try to get an update on his condition. live in san francisco, claudine wong reporting. >> at our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, you'll find coverage of that deadly fire. just look for the bay area news time. we are following breaking news. two-time presidential candidate john edwards has just been indicted by a federal grand jury. the jury was investigating money used to cover up edwards

mistress re-- rielle hunter. they say that money should have been considered campaign donations and publicly reported there. is talk of a possible plea deal but if this goes to trial and if edwards is convicted, he would likely face jail time. it was worse than expected news from the federal labor department this morning. only 54,000 new jobs were created during may. that is the lowest number in eight months. many economists had expected fewer than 100,000 new hires but this is much lower than most forecast. taking a live look at the big board on wall street, stocks opening sharply lower. other recent reports show higher gas and food prices have

damperred consumer spending. home price still in a slump. as you can see, the dow down 97. nasdaq is down 18. s&p is down 8. new this morning police in vermont are investigating the death of a college student from berkeley. the body of 18-year-old emily cass sigher was found yesterday in a common area of the dorm where she was living at benington college police are checking into whether alcohol was found. they said empty come containers were found. dr. jack kevorkian has died of heart failure. ce voarian -- ce voarkian was 83 years old. he was known has dr. death believed to have assisted in 130 suicides. in 1999 a jury convicted him of

second-degree-murder murder and spent eight years in prison. we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the friday commute. things are getting a little bit busier. if you are driving on to the bay bridge, earlier we didn't have a backup at all. now we do have a little bit of a backup. nothing major. five minutes. once you get on the bridge, it looks okay. the commute is a nice drive up to the james freeway and the 80 split. also, this morning we're looking at the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. 880 near kenny son. there is a new crash. we'll cheap watching it for you. let's go to steve. >> clouds beginning to roll in. they'll continue to roll. a lot of activities, outdoor

activities, but it does not look good. there's our system. it's inching closer. some of the rain starting to show up on the sonoma coast, some returns it. is a sign of things to come. 40s and 50s. livermore and napa. the low will set until offshore, will probably produce light rain. 50s and 60s and maybe a few low 70s santa clara valley. coast and bay will take the coast -- brunt of this. we'll keep rain going until sunday and possible thundershowers into monday. >> a big auto announcement today. what the president will announce

at a crease learn plant in ohio. >> and the vice-president meets with the pope.

some low clouds and higher clouds which will move in tomorrow night along the coast. highs today 60. we're following developing news out of yemen. a government official said an attack on the presidential palace slightly ininjured president abdullah saleh. four guards were killed.

opponents want the president to step down after 33 years in power, but he has refused. in japan the operator of the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant said radiation reached a higher limit. they have not suffered adverse health e feblghts-- effects. they said more radioactive water could like into the ocean. president obama flying to ohio this morning. as ktvu alison burns reports, he wants to get some political credit for the turnaround of the auto industry. >> reporter: let's take a look at the president's departure from andrews airforce base. president obama is heading to

toledo, ohio. it will likely be a critical state for the president's reelection bid. he's going there to say the bailout helped 1 million jobs. aides say it's proof that it was a good decision. >> he felt the million jobs were worth saving, to give them a better chance of succeeding. >> reporter: president obama will announce that the u.s. has reached a deal with fiat to buy the government's remaining 6% in chrysler. republicans point out so far taxpayers have only recouped $40 billion of the $80 billion-baleout. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu news. >> thank you.

elmer geronimo pratt has died. this is leader of the former leader of the black panther party during a 1998 court hearing. the 63-year-old passed away yesterday at his home in africa. pratt is best known for spending 27 years in murder before a judge overturned his conviction. pratt said the government knew of his conviction. vice-president joe biden is in the vatican in rome. he met with pope benedict. it was an unannounced meeting. the vice-president is a practicing catholic who also supports abortion rights. now the pope has long insisted that catholic politicians follow the church's teaching on quote, nonnegotiable issues like abortion, which the vatican strongly opposes. concerns are growing around the world about a strain of e.

coli in europe that chinese researchers are calling a super toxic strain. three people who recently traveled to germany are infected with it. in europe 18 people have died so far. more than 2,000 are infected. some governments are limiting imports on vegetables from spain, germany and the netherlands but they have not been able to pinpoint the exact source of it. we're learning the horrifying details of jaycee dugard's 18 years of captivity. yesterday the judge released the transcript hours after sentencing her two kidnappers. dugard said she was walking to the bus stop when a man known as phillip garrido grabbed her and zapped her with a stun gun. garrido dragged her into a car where his wife nancy was waiting and then drove love laughing. that was the start of the little

girl's long sexual abuse nightmare. >> there are specific details, as the court alluded to that are horrendously graphic and i think the court's description was that it's pornographic. >> dugard said show was raped at least once a week until she gave birth to garrido's two daughters and described the home. she said she never once tried to run away in 18 years because she was afraid of phillip garrido's explosive temper. she feared he would pull out his stun gun again or send the dogs to attack her. >> phillip garrido will spend the rest of his life in prison. his wife nancy will probably do the same. she won't be eligible for parole until she's almost 90 years old. jaycee dugard was not in the courthouse but her mother read

an emotional statement and her anger was directed at phillip garrido. she read and i'm quoted i hit -- hated every second of every day for 18 years. you see how delicately she's walking. new video and information about mountain lions and where they're living. plus, there's a new national spelling bee champ. that word -- that word that won it all for a 14-year-old from pennsylvania. traffic is moving along slowly into the valley. we'll tell you about the morning commute straight ahead. our planes start flying when it's dark.

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we're getting new look at a tornado that hit ring0, georgia

ripping down two power lines and crosses an interstate and heads to a high school. this video was recorded by a courthouse surveillance camera. ktvu is getting a look at new mountain lion video. here's a video. look on the right of your screen. a female mountain lion approaching a dead deer in the santa cruz mountains. the project is studying 24 big cats. they're fitted with tracking devices. 50 of them are living in the santa cruz mountains. 50 more are living in an area north of san francisco. the project started in 2007. in palo alto high school students can sleep longer. school officials are pushing back the school start from 7:55

to 8:25 and would, tend the school day to 3:30. the principal sent messages to parent citing research about teenagers needing more sleep. this change will also help relieve traffic corch jetion -- congestion in the school hear. a 14-year-old girl from pennsylvania is the new spelling be champion. >> cymotrichous. >> c-y-m-o-t-r-i-c-h-o-u-s. >> look at that smie. 14-year-old sukanya roy correctly spelled cymotrichous. in case you didn't know, the word means having wavy hair. in addition to a trophy, she

gets $40,000 in cash and prizes. >> time now 7:24. hey, sal, what's happening on the road. highway 24, how's that going? >> it looks very good. it's a little bit slow in lafayette and maybe slow in owe rine da -- owe rine da. when you get to oakland you'll see stop and go traffic. westbound 92, that traffic is going to be okay. you can see 92 over the peninsula peninsula looks okay. westbound 80 is moving well from vallejo to richmond.

marin county southbound 101 between know have toe and 101 is epic. a lot of low clouds. the wind hasn't picked up yet but it will be soon. this will be out of the south, southeast. there's our system. it's a big one. it's really bismght i don't think anything is falling rain wise. you can see the rain falling close to the marin coast. that's the leading edge which could give this light rain. for everyone else it will be late per. 40s and 50s. i never had some tweets asking about soccer games, baseball games. i guess everybody has something planned for this weekend. i would really hope for the best but plan for the worst. this does not look promising unless you don't mind the rain.

clouds increase today. some rain could start. moderate to heavy is possible from the north bay to the santa cruz and the san mateo coast. then more rain and thundershowers, and that will take us into monday. a san francisco firefighter clings to life. coming up, family members speak out. what they're saying about his condition and what is make their bedside vigil so difficult. also, the new attempt to find a missing nursing student in the bay area. we just talked to a family member. a man believed to be dead for 20 years -- he's a life and in police custody. the reason he faked his own death.

welcome back. we're starting with continuing coverage of that deadly san francisco house fire that killed one firefighter and injured another. 53-year-old anthony valerio is at san francisco general hospital. rescue crews found him unconscious inside a burning home on berkeley way. family members tell us valerio is not breathing on his own and his brother described the scene

in his hospital room. >> it's not for the weak minded, weak stomach. he looks pretty bad, scrapes, burns on his face. he's all bandaged up. >> you can see firefighters forming this very special line in honor of their colleague who died in the fire, lieutenant vincent perez. the house fire in san francisco should have been a routine call but after firefighters entered the home in the diamond heights neighborhood, something went wrong. an emergency alarm sensor went off alerting rescue crews to enter the home. audio recordings revealed what they found. >> i need two companies outside right now. >> we need two more ambulances.

>> it appeared the two firefighters were caught in what's called a flashover, a mix of gases, oxygen and fuel all reaching an ignition point and making possibly the temperature inside the home rise to 1,000 degrees fahrenheit. >> it can happen at any time. there are some warning signs at certain points, but when you're on the interior, it's a lot or difficult to visualize that. generally, you can't see anything anyway. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. the four people inside at the time of the fire managed to make it out okay. the head of a bay hear nonprofit group that helps children is now charged with child pornography. 46-year-old anthony norris surrendered to fbi agents. they traced his online name spanky to his home computer and

pornographic pictures of children. his organization helps youth groups create artistic murals. he could possibly get 10 years in prison if convicted. >> the man who fired shots at oakland police officers is behind bars. he was captured at 67th and bancroft. it was in that hear that they tried to -- fired at him as they tried to approach him. a suspected criminal who faked his own death more than 20 years ago has been arrested in california. we have pictures of what robert arcieri looked like in the '80s and what this looks like now. he severely beat a woman in her arizona home but then faked his

death during a fishing trip. >> he assumed a new life. the name he chose was frank roman reynolds. he actually got a job, developed a relationship with another woman. >> more than 20 years later police got a tip that arcieri was living in palm springs. when detectives tracked him down he surrendered. state controller john chung says he will stop paying lawmakers' salaries on june 16th if they don't meet the deadline. last november voters passed the proposition that with require lawmakers to forfeit their salaries permanently if the deadline is not met. in the mast lawmakers wouldn't be paid if a budget was late but would later be reimbursed. prop 25 bars them from ever

receiving that back pay. we have new information this morning. it's about the search for missing nursing student michelle lee and it involves reward money. jade hernandez just spoke to a family member. >> reporter: we have new information from michelle lee's family. the reward leading to information has doubled. michelle lee, a nursing student vanished in hayward after getting something from her car. the hayward police department is reviewing surveillance video in the parking garage. they have been eager to find out more information from the cell phone delay that which shows cell phone towers received a ping off of michelle's mobile phone. michelle's cousin told us by phone about 30 minutes ago, the family is ready to step up the search. >> we were do need to increase

our reach. we do need to intensify our search and we need to roach out nationally. >> reporter: this is michelle lee's white vehicle found at ponder row sap and-- ponderosa and hayward. friends will gather at that same intersection where the vehicle was found to mark the week long disappearance. you'll hear from michelle's cousin in just about an hour. >> all right. thank you. well, sonny says hackers hit them again. coming up at 7:45 the group broke through what they are calling the elementary system and what it did with the information it found. paying to park in downtown san jose will cost more starting

next month. the city council is considering a plan to raise rates as much as 33% at the five public garages. the proposal also cause for e -- calls for eliminating free parking on weekends and holidays. the city of san jose says it needs the money to help pay money that's already owed on one of the garages. we want to check in with sal on the roads and the bay bridge toll plaza. if you ever want to give us your opinion on something, go to the ktvu.com home page. on the home page you can find us on the left hand side on twitter. that's ktvu.com, very easy to find hour twitter account. take a look at the westbound bay bridge. i said the traffic was doing very nicely earlier, but now

it's filled in a little bit. there's a little waiting no problem on the bridge itself. if you are driving soon into the city, that drive should be very nice for you. let's move along and take a look at 237. we have slowing there as well, not as much as a normal day. after that this moves well over to highway 101. this is looking good southbound 101 between novato and san rafael. there's a touch of slowing, nothing to worry b if you're driving along the peninsula, i'd say northbound 101 slow coming out of burlington up to the sfo exit. let's go to steve. we do have increasing clouds. it's going to lead to a cloudy day. temperatures held in check with a lot of 60s, maybe 70s, santa clara valley, especially low fog in the north bay. lots to this system.

it has a long way to go. the key will be where the rain sets up. if you're up in the sierras, you'll be fine. i don't think they'll get anything until sunday night. even sacramento valley san joaquin could hardly see anything at all. heavy rain totals are forecasting. upwards of two inches in the north bay and the santa cruz mountains. we're too close to the window to say it's not going to happen. there could be moderate to heavy amounts. 48 napa, san rafael and santa rosa. there's a lot to the system that's trapped into a tremendous amount of moisture. the front will come in, moderate to heavy rain. the peninsula has missed out, only a few 1/100ths have fallen.

soccer games, baseball games, giants in town. it will be iffy. 50s, 60s, maybe a few low 70s, i think you're okay. today and tomorrow you're all right. clouds increase. rain could start on the north bay by later this afternoon. for everybody saturday. the low comes sunday for more rain and possible thundershowers into monday, tori. san francisco's mayor ed lee's budget is trimming trees it. calls for a 27% decrease in tree maintenance, a $2 million cut. if the budget is passed with the tree maintenance reduction, some property owners would have to pay to have trees outside their

homes or businesses trimmed. oakland hospital will get a makeover. it will have a new nine-story tower that will care for new mothers and their babies as well as as an outpatient clinic. the $668million project will be the largest construction project in alameda history. a bright spot in the local housing area. it's becoming a mecca for housing development. angry words for the baseball player who knocked catcher posey out for the season.

stocks coming back a little bit after some disapointing news that came out just over two hours ago that the jobs report, only 54,000 jobs gained last month, a lot less than expected. if are a looking for a silver lining oil dropped 2%. the dow is currently down 59. nasdaq down 15. s&p is down six. groupon has taken the first step towards going public. it filed for a $750 million initial public offering. this gives the first inside look at the company's finances. it shows groupons had first quarter sales of $645 million but a net loss of $114 million in the first three months of this year. groupon finds meals for the 83 million subscribers. there is no housing bust in at least one east bay community.

explosive growth in the trivalley area is turning dublin into the new center of housing development according to the france business times. developers have permits for 2,000 new single family homes. about half are already under construction and many have sold. developers say sales there have remained strong since there have been few foreclosures, driving down prices. mazda may soon stop producing cars in the u.s. ford and mazda are close to ending their partnership. going their separate ways would mean the end of u.s. production for mazda. the ford plant in flat rock, michigan, currently produces the mazda 6 mid-size sedan. sony says it's still investigating a claim that computer lacquers hit sony

again. these hackers claim they broke into sony's system and found 1 million accounts in plain text. they say they took the information, including names, birthdates, home phone numbers and addresses and put the information on their website. one 84-year-old woman whose name was on the list said all the information posted about her is correct. sony is still restoring service after hackers stole credit card information on 100,000 users. pg&e is running ads apologizing for the deadly san bruno pipeline disaster. a spokesperson is saying not only is the company sorry but a way of admitting needs to regain the public's confidence. the ads will appear in 21 weekly papers. the san bruno explosion killed

eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the san francisco public utilities commission is reporting a possible security breach. it noticed a couple weeks ago that an unsecured server had viruses on it. it stores information like customer's names, addresses and phone numbers. the san francisco public utilities commission is notifying customers whose information was found on that server. a new survey is showing internet users are more worried about businesses checking up on them than the government spying on them. 48% of people over the age of 16 say they're concerned about their privacy when they shop online. however that number is down from 54% who were worried last year. help ended the season for san francisco giants catcher

buster posey. now he's getting death threats. >> he clobbered posey. >> cousins smashed no posey while scoring the winning run. cousin's agent said cousins has been receives death threats. time now 7:48. pro football fans will be watching what happens in a courtroom. the hearing could have a big impact on this year's see son. the players want top end the lockout. the owners want to keep the players off the job until they reach a deal on a new contract.

>> i'm -- hopefully we'll get back to work has soon as possible. hopefully monday. >> this often bit are labor -- bitter labor dispute has put the start of the football season in jeopardy. you can help celebrate national donut day for free today. from now until 6 tonight all krispy kreme doughnut stores are giving away a glades doughnut -- glazed doughnut to anyone who asks. doughnut day celebrates the woman who served doughnuts to world war ii soldiers. a hitchhiker picked up u2 frontman bono. >> i got him in the car and we took him to horseshoe bay.

>> he was with his girlfriend when he stopped bono. the star got stranded in the rain. bono gave him back stage passes. u2 is coming to oakland on tuesday, so be on the lookout. >> if you're driving along 880, there's bono. we'll tell you the scheme men ran to get into woman's house.

police in belmont are looking for two men who stole jewelry from a 63-year-old woman's home. police say he approached the

woman in her garage and told her he had to show her something in her backyard. then a different man ran from the home. both suspects left in a car similar to this ford taurus. east palo alto's only bank is set to close. the spokesman said the decision was difficult. it's a business bank not a retail bank. the bank said they were never able to attract business from the neighbors. several groups are still trying to find a way to save the branch. >> family and friends of a yale graduate student said today there will be justice for annie le of placerville. pray monde clark, right there, will probably get a 44-year sentence for killing annie le, she disappeared before her body

was found in a yale research lab the day she was supposed to get married. clark later entered a guilty plea in the case. a new interactive map wants to show you the crime hot spots. the website uses police department information to map out crime. san francisco the map shows the most dangerous neighborhoods are south of market, the tender line, mission and significant center the -- civic center. a big announcement is expected today on the ongoing investigation on a police corruption case in contra costa county. for men have been implicated, including the former head of the drug enforcement team norm man

welsh. the district attorney's office said it will announce a major development in the case this afternoon and ktvu will be covering it. >> of course. let's check the commute. sal, busy around the plaza? >> it has been and you'll see a crowd backed up for a 10-minute wait. as we check in with chp, we don't see anything wrong on the bridge when it comes to collisions or stalled vehicles. northbound 101 san francisco, it is at the speed limit or close to the speed limit. i know sometimes people do speed. not you, of course, other people. there's slowing on downtown from burlington -- 101 from burlington past the airport. let's go to steve. lower clouds, fog as well as higher clouds. we had some sun. it will be a cloudy to mostly

cloudy day. then we're waiting for the rain. if you're near the coast or around the bay you may have a lot of rain, in fact one two to -- one to two inches of rain. there could be a huge difference on what areas pick up a lot of rain, santa cruz, san mateo, north bay versus other areas to the east which may not see much at all. this is a big system for this time of the year, i mean really big. we may have to go back to 1967 to see something for june. the rain so far stretching out. the ban, but right off the mendocino coast and marin coast. 40s and 50s, cool readings for june. now the clouds coming in. the key is that will be a front and the low it -- low itself.

50s, 60s, a southeast wind. looks like moderate to heavy rain for some, not so much for other. this will be unsettled as we go into monday. a bay area college student dies in her new england dorm room, the possible cause of this tragedy. what san francisco firefighters were saying to each other yesterday when they were battling to save the lives of two of their own.

good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >> firefighters are mourning after the death of a firefighter. you see flags at half-staff at city hall. mayor ed lee ordered that. it's in honor of lieutenant vincent perez, a 20-year veteran of the department. a second firefighter remains in critical condition after that big fire but we're starting with

ktvu's kraig debro. >> reporter: we can see sutro tower from where we are. this is that home on berkeley way that burned yesterday. berkeley way is essentially a horseshoe that connects diamond heights boulevard. there's a fourth story on the bottom. you can't see it because of the cement siding. that's where the firefighters were injured in the flashover. we hear what firefighters were saying to each other when they realized the severity of the situation. >> we have two critical firefighters. >> reporter: it happened like that. three firefighters were okay. the next second two were fighting for their lives. lieutenant vincent perez lost that battle. the cause of death has not been officially determined. another firefighter critically injured in the diamond heights

neighborhood. they responded to the call yesterday at 10:45. a woman and three children inside got out land is they're safe. perez and two other firefighters were on the first floor of the building and were caught in the flashover. that is a sudden and dramatic increase in temperatures caused by the ignition of particles in the air. typically firefighters will break out windows and walls to prevent it from happening. fryerses said temperatures during a flashover can reach 1,000 degrees fairn heart. >> he served valiantly for 21 years, was classmate of mine. we started out together on april 2nd, 1990, important born and -- born and raised in san francisco. >> the world has lost a great man, a great firefighter,

lieutenant. >> reporter: it's not just people who knew lieutenant perez but firefighters who knew him. i looked at some firefighter websites that go worldwide in recognition of what happened out here. there's going to be an investigation. i understand that cal osha is on their way here. there may be another agency out here as well. in you take a look at the first two and the three stories, you can see the windows have been barbed barb -- bashed out. on the bottom doesn't look like windows. this is cement siding. that's one of the things investigators will be looking into. reporting from san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. injured firefighter anthony valerio is receiving a large show of support this morning from both his relatives and his

firefighter family. ktvu's claudine wong continues our live team coverage. claudine, you've been seeing family and friends coming and going. >> reporter: he hasn't gotten an update on the condition of anthony valerio but he wanted to thank the community for all the spomplet he said they've will someone here all night. as far as he is concerned they have a man down and he will never be alone. we talked to valerio's brother. they've gotten a lot of support from everyone overnight. the last of the siblings arrived. so today he will have his entire family at his bedside. he talked about his brother's condition and what he believes might happen today. >> it's pretty much the same. they were trying a different

procedure to help, turning him so he's facing down. they put him on a rotating bed. >> reporter: is that helping? >> we don't know. they were in the process of doing it, make shure they were stabilized. every time they moved him, a few things changed. he got a little worse. every half an hour they could move him a half a turn but when they moved him to a different bed, his blood pressure started to change, so they had to be very careful. i think it will be another day that was pretty much like yesterday, trying to get him still stabilized. he's still in rough shape and hopefully he's made this past the day, 24 hours hopefully. pretty soon it will be 24 hours. the longer he's there, labor the better things will be. >> reporter: back live at san francisco general, anthony valerio's brother said he hopes

his brother will wake up. they'll recover. he knows the situation is very, very serious. the deputy chief said if they let them, all 1500 members would be out here. they know the dangers of the job. they said this is member of their family. they're already mourning the loss of one member and holding out hope that anthony valerio will mull through. they expect to be in the hospital the next hour or two. they want to be close. again, someone last been by anthony valerio's bedside this entire time. you can see firefighters walking out of the hospital right now. again, this is an lounge vigil as one of their loan continues to fight for their life. they said a -- as serious as his condition, what they're focusing on is he made it through the night and they'll take it one hour at a time, one day at a

time. claudine wong. >> at ktvu.com you'll find continuing coverage. just over an hour ago a federal grand jury indicted john edwards. it contains six counts including conspiracy, illegal campaign contribution and false statements. the grand jury was investigating whether $900,000 was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 campaign. the money should have been publicly reported as camming pain donations. edwards is scheduled to appear in federal court this afternoon. if convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. police in vermont are investigatinged death of a college student from berkly. the body of 18-year-old emily

kassier was found yesterday in the common area of her dorm at benington college. several empty bottle the of alcohol were found in the common hear. hours ago dr. jack kevorkian died of later failure. he was 83. he was known around the world as a crusader in the emotional battle of assistant suicide, nicknamed dr. death. he was convicted in 1999 of second-degree-murder and isn't eight years in prison. last year he was the subject of a televised movie called "you don't know jack." it starreddal pacino. it was worst than expected from the federal labor department. only 54,000 new jobs were created during may, the lowest number in eight months. many economists expected fewer

than 100,000 but this is much lower than forecast. the jobless rate is 9.1% which is up 1/10ths% from last month and the highest since december. stocks are still down after that weak jobs report. this is on top of lower consumer spending and manufacturing growth due to higher gas prices and home prices are in a slump. this week's jobs report lowered the price of oil down 2%. we've got developing news from yemen. an attack on the presidential palace slightly injured president abdullah saleh. seven top officials were also hurt. four guards were killed. tribesmen have been battling for two weeks now. critics want the president to step down after 33 years in

power but he has refused. in japan the operator of the damaged power plants confirmed that exposure for two of their workers exceeded government radiation limits. they may have received twice the amount. now we're told they haven't suffered any adverse health effects yet. some other employees there are being tested as we speak. the plant operator also said more radio active water could like into the water if there's a contamination. we'll check in with sal. again, no rain yet, which i guess is good news. >> steve has told us we're not expecting to have any rain for this morning's commute. looks like train number one has

stopped. this broke down apparently, being pushed by another train into the city of san jose. so that's going to make delays for people on that train. train number three which comes behind it is going to be delayed as well. take ace train. there will be delays for you. i'm not sure if this will affect ace train number five. let's take a look. we have a look at 880 northbound. that traffic is looking nice getting past the coliseum and all the way up to downtown oakland. at the toll plaza that's about a five minutes delay. there is waiting going on. we checked the peninsula, trying to get a flight, sfo looks good. vallejo, pinole, richmond. let's go to steve. we have our system moving in. it's produced higher clouds,

fog, especially north bay. this will be a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. rain could start later on and by tonight san mateo, santa cruz coastline, this looks like a saturday morning rainer for the coast and the bay. if you don't want any rain, keep going east because there will be lesser amounts east. looks like saturday morning things start this get really dicey, maybe moderate rain. as the system progresses towards the east, not much will happen east of sacramento. in fact, maybe not much at all until sunday night when the low moves in. not only the front, it will move away from the energy front. then the low doesn't start moving until this gets bumped along, sunday afternoon, into monday. a lot of cloud cover for this time of the year. there's a lot of moisture embedded in that. some of the rain should start on

the north coast. very thin stretched out areas but i doubt that will reach the ground. it will take until later on today before that juices up a little bit, very chilly lows, sitting in the 50s. we had low 40s. it's going to impact the entire coast for saturday and sunday when that low finally movesment in increasing clouds could be one to two inches of rain for san mateo mountains, lesser amounts as you move east. this may be one of those cases that sfo gets one and a half to two inches. cloudy, rain, off and on rain. then possible thundershowers sunday night into monday. right now president obama is flying to a chrysler plant in ohio. why the president says the bailout of the law toe industry was -- auto industry was money

women spent. >> several countries are now taking drastic action. vice-president joe biden in italy marking the anniversary. we'll tell you about an unannounced visit he made today.

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good morning. some low clouds, low fog. it will give way to a little sun, santa clara but rain will

start this afternoon on the north bay and for everyone. just about 15 minutes from now president obama, on air force i, will and in toledo, ohio. the president will visit a chrysler plant and promote his role in the auto industry's turnaround. alison? >> reporter: the debate is raging on capitol hill on whether the $80 billion bail jut was a bust or success. let's take a look at president obama's departure from andrew's airforce base. he will be visiting a chrysler assembly line saying the bailout saved 1 million jobs and two icon eke companies. his aides say it shows the president's leadership. >> unpopular decisions like bailing out the american auto industry because he felt it was

the right thing to do. >> reporter: the republicans point out that taxpayerses have only gotten back $40 billion of the $80 billion bailout. the white house estimates it will ultimately be $14 billion. reporting live from washing -- washington, d.c., alison burns. a former leader of the black panther party, elmer geronimo pratt has just died at the age of 63. you're looking at video from a 1990 court hearing. pratt passed away in his home in africa. we do know he served from high blood pressure. geronimo pratt is nonfor spending 27 years in prison for murder before a judge overturned his conviction. pratt argued the government always knew he was innocent at

the time of the murder. vice-president joe biden met with pope benedict. biden is a practicing cath lifnlgt the pope has long insisted that catholic politicians follow church teachings on quote nonnegotiable issues like abortion, which the vatican strongly opposes. biden is in italy to park -- mark the 150th anniversary as a nation. concerns are growing over the e. coli in europe. researchers are calling it a new toxic strain. three people who recently traveled to germany are infected with the disease. europe at least 18 people have died so far. more than 2,000 are infected. some governments are limiting vegetable imports from spain, germany and the netherlands. just to be safe, american

airlines decided to temporarily remove salads from flights departing from europe. we're getting horrifying details about jaycee dugard's 18 years in captivity. a judge released a transcript hours after sentencing her two kidnappers. dugard said she was walking to a bus stop near her tahoe home when the man knowned phillip garrido grabbed her and zapped her with a stun gun and dragged her into a car where his wife nancy was waiting. and they started laughing. that was the beginning of the little girl's long nightmare. >> there are detail thalts court alluded to that are horrendously graphic. i think the court's description was that it's pornographic. >> jaycee dugard said she was raped at least once a week until she gave birth to phillip garrido's two daughters and

described that backyard prison near antioch. she said she never once tried to run away in 18 years of captivity because she was afraid of regard regard's explosive temper and was worried he would pull out his sthun gun again or send his dogs to attack her. the judge released the transcript at the end of the sentencing for the garridos. phillip garrido will spend the rest of his life in pries son. his wife will likely do the same. she will not be eligible for parole until she's 90. jaycee dugard was not in the courtroom but had her mother read the statement. she said, quote, i hated every second of every day of 18 years because of you and the sexual per version you forced on me. her entire statement can be found on our website, ktvu.com.

where a raging wildfire is growing by the minute. you'll see the biggest obstacles facing firefighters. one school has a plan to reduce the number of sleepy students. it could solve another problem as well. good morning. if you're driving on highway 4, it looks good. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

high wind as growing concern for crews batting this wildfire. two crews evacuated. the firefighters worry the strong gust of winds could push the flames close to home. the fires started a month ago and burned 86,000 acres. right now it's only 50% contained. in south dakota 3,000 residents evacuated ahead of rising floodwaters. floodwaters being released at the dam near peer, south dakota. the army corps of engineers is hoping this will ease flooding. the river is expected to rise another four feet before this crests on tuesday. at all the all the's gunn

high school students can sleep longer. officials decided to push back the start time from 7:55 to 8:25. that will also extend the school day until about 3:30. the principal sent messages to parents citing teens needing more sleep. it will also relieve traffic congestion. i have one sleepy teenager. the sonic boom alarm clock helps. >> sal helps out, too because he helps us get around. >> i've used all kinds of things to get myself out of bed. let's take a look at what we have. the traffic is going toen affect went offto be affected by a the roadway. they were over the side. no one was injured. they have to get tow trucks with long cables. you should be aware that's

happening. let's go to the live pictures. that traffic is backed up for a short wait. once you get into sphrafns -- san francisco, it looks okay. 8308 northbound, traffic is much better. let's go to steve. my alarm clock is my cat stormy. he's in my face at 3 a.m. we had a little bit of sun. for those waking up, what are you talking b we -- about. we have low clouds. may start on the mendocino coast but it could be friday night into saturday morning. there's a lot of rain. maybe fort bragg. 40s and 50s, really cool readings, livermore and napa, 44 and 43. even with the clouds coming in, which sim presssive. there's our system. it's a big one. it will not be a huge event towards sacramento.

it will be for the coast and around here. low and high clouds. rain likely north of the golden gate probably later this afternoon and this evening, especially in the north bay. then we'll get a break. the low will come in on sunday. i realize there's concerts going on. the giants are on. there's soccer games all sorts of events. the best thing i can tell you is plan for the worst. hope for the best. it could be over two inches at the santa cruz mountains. there's a lot out there. cloudy with rain on saturday. then sunday, sunday night that low comes in. that will pick up the rain and carry us into monday. thiewls looks like a better -- tuesday looks like a better day. there's a new development in the beating case of giants fan bryan stow. also new information about

the search for missing nursing student michelle lee, what family members will be doing tonight. we'll continue team coverage of the deadly tragedy that has rocked the san francisco fire department.

topping our news, we have new information. it's about the search for mission student michelle lee. jade? >> reporter: we just wrapped up a small interview with michelle's cousin. today marks a week since michelle lee vanished. the reward for information

leading to lee's safe return has now doubled to $45,000. 26-year-old michelle lee vanished after leeing kyes -- kaiser permanente medical center. she was last seen heading towards the garage on friday. investigators are working the case but they now want the fbi involved. they have been reviewing surveillance video. detectives have also been eager to find out more information from the cell phone records which show's lee's cell phone -- towers received a ping off her phone until midday saturday. michelle's cousin said the family is ready to step up the search. >> the fbi, a national reach organization. they have the resources.

they have the people and they showed concerns. it will be important to have them on our side and we appreciate their interest. >> reporter: her white vehicle found at ponderosa and hayward were a few blocks from kyes are's facilities. tonight the family plans a vigil with volunteers. it starts at 7:00. the media will be updated before noon today. the city of san francisco is remembering a firefighter killed in the line of duty. new video in to the ktvu newsroom just about an hour ago shows flags at half-staff at city hall. mayor ed lee made the decision in honor of lieutenant vincent perez. perez died while helping to fight a house fire.

lieutenant perez was a san francisco firefighter for 21 years. he graduated from riordan high school in 1981. family members and friends of critically injured firefighter anthony valerio are still at his bedside right now. ktvu's claudine wong spoke to his relatives not too long ago and is joining us outside of san francisco general. >> reporter: we expect them to arrive at the hospital short lift the deputy chief is checking in on the condition of anthony valerio. he is very seriously injured having a lot of trouble breathing. his brother said they had problems with his bloo. his condition is critical. at this point they are taking this hour by our -- hour by

hour. >> he made this through the night, which is a good thing. we had concerns about not getting his blood pressure back up. they were doing everything they could to expand his lungs to get the oxygen he needs. i can't give enough praise to the doctors and everybody who works at this hospital. >> reporter: valerio was on the first engine to arrive. his job, along with vincent perez, was to get in and put water on the fire. we don't know what happened. the deputy chief calls it simply an event. both men went down. this morning the deputy chief talked about valerio and his sense of humor. >> 14 jeers -- years in the fire department. he's a friend to everybody. he's that funny little guy with

the ponytail, hawaiian shirts and sandals that made everybody laugh. >> reporter: anthony valerio has not spent a minute alone. there's been someone at his bedside all night long. we expect fire chief to be out here later. family members spent nights at hotels in and around the hospital and are planning to head here. all of his siblings from across california are in town. everyone will be at his bedside today. >> all right. that fire should have been a routine call. but after firefighters got into the burning home, something went wrong. audio recordings obtained by ktvu shows what happened after an emergency sensor went off. >> this is 816. they haven't confirmed their response for five minutes.

you copy that? >> i copy that. i'm going to look for them right now. >> the rescue crews found the two firefighters down after they got into the house. officials said it appears they were caught in what's called a flashover, a mix of gases, oxygen and fuel all reaching an ignition point, possibly make the temperature inside that house about 1,000 degrees fahrenheit. >> it can happen at anytime. there are some warning signs at certain points, but when you're on the interior, it's a lot more deaf cult to visualize because you can't see anything anyway. >> now the cause of the fire is still being investigated. the four people who were inside at the time managed to escape. make sure you stay with us at ktvu and our website, wcco.com/links for continuing coverage. you can off your con dome len

sees -- condolences. the 10-year-old daughter of giovanni ramirez told police that her father was with her on that day in march. this is video of her leaving. the mom asked not to be identified and said the girl wanted to tell her story to police. >> my reaction she was very upset when she told this. she said, mom, can i go talk to him and let them know my dad was not there. >> police believe they have proof ramirez was there. he is expected to be charged with attacking bryan stow. the person in charge of a bay area nonprofit that helps children is now charged with

child pornography. 46-year-old anthony norris found kid search. it teaches them to make murals. agents traced his identity. norris surrendered to the fbi send free on $200,000 bail. he could get 10 years in prison in convicted. state lawmakers will not get a paycheck in they don't pass a balanced budget by june 15th. the state controller said he will stop paying lawmakers salaries on june 16th if they don't make the deadline. the prop require -- requires lawmakers to forfeit salaries. in the past they wouldn't be paid if the budget was late but later reimbursed. prop 25 bans them from ever receiving the back pay.

mayor ed lee's budget is trimming trees. the budget calls for a 27% decrease in tree maintenance next year. that comes out to a $2.2 million cut. if the budget is cut with the tree maintenance reduction, some property owners would have to pay to have trees trimmed. we've got about 20 minutes, but who's counting. good morning, everyone. if you are driving on 237, you will see slow traffic. no major problems driving over to 101. we're checking with chp to make sure south bay hasn't had recent problems. moving along and taking a look at 880 northbound, so much better than yesterday.

north and southbound, i want to update you. train number one is around an hour and a half late. train number three arrived 20 minutes late. can you imagine being an hour late from haste -- ace train one? that's horrible. hello, steve. >> hi, sal. happy friday. good thing nothing's going on. you can all sit home and read a book. >> the best opportunity for rain is leapt tonight early saturday morning. tonight long the san mateo santa cruz coastline this system will not have much of an impact but will have a heck of an impact from the santa cruz to sonoma county, especially along the cost. the farther east you go, lesser

amounts. projections for a 10th of an inch. you're too close. the front will move through saturday night and stall out. it will heaping up in the sacramento valley and then the low as to come in. that will be sunday into monday. the track will make a huge difference. go south we'll get lesser amounts. looks like a cloudy, rainy weekend as the system is getting closer. so far, the rain hasn't amounted to much. to the north bay the hours prodress, you can expect those clouds to thicken up. 40s and 50s, cool numbers. not only on the lows, but the highs will be far below average. meet be the rainiest june since 1967. we had about an inch and a half

at sfo. it can happen, but not very often when you get a system that big that's parking it off of our coast. 50s, 60s, low 70s. but that would be it. so clouds are moving in, not much sun left. rain starts on the coast and for everybody saturday morning, and a break saturday night until sunday morning when the low comes in. that will take us into monday. then things do calm down. they do, on tuesday. >> thank you, steve. well, he was the player who collided with buster posey, ending his season. also, the free byes. if you love doughnuts today, this is one of america's best doughnut chains.

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it was a scheme to protects his ambitions for the white house. we found out this morning that dr. jack kevorkian died of heart failure. he was 83 years old and known as a crusader in the emotional battle over assisted suicide. president obama is on his way to ohio. he will visit a creaseler plant where he will defend his bailout. chrysler will pay off its remaining loans ahead of schedule. involuntary manslaughter charges have been filed against the driver of the fatal bus crash early thiewls morning. ken chung was tired when he swerved off 93 wheel driving from north carolina to new york. it hit an embankment and flipped over. federal officials have shut down the bus company for multiple

safety violations. the only medical marijuana dispensary in the east palo alto is fighting now to stay in business. the peninsula caregivers collection went before the palo alto city council making its case on why this should stay open. the council ordered it to close saying the collective is too vague about what is and what isn't allowed to be in business and it's icing a dictionary as a defense. >> if it's determined that this organization falls and your definition of drugstore, which is the webster definition, if it falls under that definition, by definition this is a permitted use. >> now medical marijuana sales are still illegal under federal law but eric holder is promising a new position soon. sony is still checking a claim it was hit by another

cyber attack. hackers say they broke in and found 1 million accounts in plain text. they took informationcallying -- information including names, birth dates and home addresses. one woman whose name was on the list said the information posted about her is correct. sony is still restoring station on the playstation network after hackers stole credit card information from 100,000 users. the san francisco public utilities commission is reporting a possible security breach. the sfpuc said this noticed an unsecured server had viruses on it. it stores information like names, addresses and phone numbers. it's not clear if the server was affected by the virus. well, groupon took the first

step towards going public. it filed for a $750 million initial public offering. that gives the first inside look at the company's finances. it had first quarter sales of $645 million but a net loss of $114 million in the first three months of the year. groupon finds local deals for its 83 million subscribers. that ipo is expected to happen this fall. today is national doughnut day. you can celebrate with a free doughnut. krispy kreme is giving away doughnuts at all locations from now until 6:00 tonight. you don't have to buy anything. just go in and ask for your free doe noted. they're in union city, mountain view and daly city. this is video from daly city. people are getting -- that man right there his free doughnut.

doughnut dollies served doughnuts to soldiers in world war 1. the city council will consider a plan to raise rates as much as 33% at the five public garages operated by the city. the proposal also calls for eliminating free parking. merchants say that will drive away customers who are starting to come downtown. the city says it needs the money to help pay money owed on one of the garages. oakland's highland hospital will get a makeover. it will have a nine-story thundershower that will care for new mothers and their babies. the ground breaking is at 1. it will be the largest construction project in hall immediate da history -- alameda history. well, he ended the season of brian pose sigh.

now the marlins scott cousins is getting death threats. >> he scores and clob beers-- clobbers posey. >> cousins scored the win. now cousins is getting death threats. this comes as the giants general manager brian sabean criticized him. he said and i'm quoting if i never hear from cousins again or he never plays again in the big league, i think we'll all be happy. well, a special treat at lucille pack card children's hospital. we'll tell you how businesses and volunteers are giving kids a night to remember. mapping crime areas and the

types of crimes likely to happen.

police in belmont searching for two men accused of stealing jewelry from a woman's home. he approached the victim in her grarnlings told her he had to show her something in her backyard. afterwards, police say a different man ran out of her home and both suspects escaped in a car similar to this ford

taurus. >> a big announcement expected into the ongoing police corruption case in contra costa county. they're accused of stealing and selling drugs that were seized in police raids. the district attorney's office said it will announce a major development in the case this afternoon. family and friends of a yale graduate student say today there will be justice for annie le. today a yale university lab technician is likely to receive a 44-year prison sentence for killing the placerville woman. her body was found the day she was supposed to be married. raymond clark entered a guilty plea. a new interactive map wants to show you the crime hot spots.

it uses data to map out crime in different cities. it shows the most dangerous neighborhoods are south of market, the tenderloin, the mission, and civic center. the website will be updated as frequently as information comes in from the police department. local businesses and volunteers are giving young patients at lucille pack card children's hospital a night to remember. tonight is the prompt dreamworks studios is applying all the decorations. other businesses are donating their time. it was inspired by the young patients who come to that hospital from all over the world. the hockey player is speaking out about an unusual hitchhiker he picked up -- front

man u2bono. >> i got him in the car and we took him to horse soo -- horseshoe bay. >> the superstar went out for a walk and got stranded in the rain. to thank them for the ride, bono gave them back stage passes. >> sal, lady gaga's out there waiting for you now. i'm sorry, i wasn't paying attention. there is some activity going on. we'll let you know. we'll let you know by the noon news. let's take a look at 880. the traffic is moving along. bay bridge toll plaza moderately heavy. san francisco, northbound 101

traffic is easy. let's go to steve. >> cloudy skies today. some rain on the sonoma mendocino coast. there's our system for june. it's very, very impressive. looks like rain starts tonight. the best opportunity is coast and bay. the farther north the better you are for no rain. it doesn't look like the greatest of weekends. maybe not much at all out to the valley. >> a little mixed bag. it looks like after monday things will clear up. >> after monday it will be better. >> bye now.