the city -- city hall. we received information about a plane crash. three people were on board. and you are watching this right now, live, outside of miami. >> reporter: and nascar has come to infineon this morning. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's friday, june -- june 24th. a zombie march and campout at city hall. ktvu's kraig debro is live where people are continuing an unusual protest ahead of an important meeting taught. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yesterday, these same group of

people marched here. they will be the first in line today when the city council chambers opens their doors. they also want to be the first to tell the mayor and the city council not to go too far with some of those austerity measures they are considering taken. some city workers oppose the lank in the mayor's proposal. if that is approved, they would be able to limit pension benefit -- benefits to the city workers. the mayor says five unions have already negotiated and are negotiating with the city but another six are not. >> we have other unions, our largest union believes the problem is imaginary and they don't want to engage to try to

find a solution. we have serious problems. we just laid off a couple of hundred of their neighbors. >> we're under a contract presently that -- if he em posing what -- imposes what he is imposing, that's breaking the contract. >> reporter: the mayor said he would not be taken away collective bargaining. he would not be -- this is the next generation bay area. they marched, the zombies, saying they are the working dead. they say some of the austerity measures would essentially put working people in a difficult situation. now, part of what the changes they are discussing at the city council mean if put on the ballot measure, limiting the cost of what the city puts in the pension benefits so the cost doesn't go so high in the

future. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. rich month police are busy this -- rich richmond police are busy after a violent night. police say last night a young woman stabbed her 55-year-old father after an argument. about two hours earlier, officers responded to reports after shooting. one person -- one person was taken to the hospital and then after 3:00 this morning, someone shot a 22-year-old man at south 5th. the victim is in the hospital in critical condition. need to tell you about a tragic ending to a honeymoon. family and friends rallying to help an injured man. look. this is the wetting website -- wedding website for a couple of. they near sacramento. on the last day on their honeymoon in the bahamas, they

went parasailing. the equipment snapped and one of them was taken to the hospital. we're getting a look now -- take a look. this is the crash site this morning. new video taken just a short time ago. newschopper2 flew over it. three men were on board, they -- they were actually able to climb out on their own. one of them has back pains and taken to a local hospital. it appears that the plane lost power but this accident is still under investigation. it is 7:04. today, the house will vote on two competing measures dealing with the u.s. military role in libya. one measure gives president obama authority to continue the

mission in libya. while the other mission cuts off authority. we'll -- we'll go live to washington, d.c. about why some members want to punish the present. and fire rescue workers are still on the scene in miami after a worker is's been stuck on scaffolding. this all happened outside a condo building on biscayne boulevard. crews, as you can see, successfully saved the man, but it's still not clear how he got stuck on the scaffolding. one week from today, all california homeowners with attached garages or appliances that burn gas, coal or wood must have carbon monoxide detecters. some bay area hardware stores

say they've seen a steady increase in these devices being purchased. experts say there are 30 to 40 accidental carbon monoxide poisoning deaths each other in california. 7:05. two new parking lots are opening today at san jose airport. in fact, this is a live picture of the airport. those two lots will be near terminal b. they will create more than 1500 new parking spaces. it's all part of an $8.8 million makeover. it will divide the airport parking into hourly, daily and economy parking. you drivers will pay as little as $2 as 30 minutes and up to $30 for a whole day. you will see lower property tax bills. that's because several homes and businesses and buildings have dropped in value, but there is some good news here.

the assessors say other homeowners will see other hire property tax bills and that means the county's real estate market may be rebounding. county assessors say homeowners will get their notices about the assessments in about a week. 7:06. nascar is back. 100,000 racing finances -- racing fans are expected to appear at the event this year. claudine wong is live with more. >> reporter: we're in the garage area. i've been in here before. it really is just -- it's an amazing place. this is where they get all of the vehicles ready. very few people are allowed behind. this is the cars you are gonna see. nascar fans come from all over to see this. this is a full day. they will be doing qualifying.

you will have qualifying races for tomorrow's races which is is a 64-lap race. the thunder valley casino race. so a big event. nascar really huge in this area for this weekend. this is the biggest weekend for infineon. this is nascar's only northern california stop. so a lot of people come to see this get underway. the track goes hot at 8:00. you have the support staff behind these vehicles that are getting this underway. it's really remarkable. we should mention, this year, infineon saying, look, for the first time we're seeing corporate sponsors backed up, so expect thousands and thousands of people out here in sonoma for this race. earlier on the morning news, we told you about a special program.

someone actually saw that story this morning and e-mailed for tickets. and brian, tell me about this. you've -- obviously the idea is to get military folks to get out here and have a good time. tell me about the e-mail you got this morning. >> it was from a guy that has come out in years past and can't afford it this year. and we're considering helping him. and we want to thank pg&e and infineon for putting forth the tickets and get the guys out here. >> reporter: the whole reason, give them a break, have a good time. >> yes. exactly. >> reporter: and still tickets available from the u.s.o. and pg&e. we have information at ktvu.com. if you are interested in and you are retired or active military, this would be a great

way to spend your weekend. certainly we expect a lot of people out here. if you are not a nascar fan, it's pretty exciting. maybe not as huge of a crowd that day. if you have little kids or things like that. a great thing -- always good weather. things are getting busy already. back to you. >> thank you. let's check in with sal, speaking of driving. how does it look out there? >> it looks pretty good out there. certainly, not any speeding going on. but maybe in some areas. take a look at some of these live pictures that we have. 24 looks nice if you are driving from la fayette over to the caldecott tunnel in oakland. once you are in oakland it's gonna be a nice drive. no major problems. let's move along to the toll plaza, what a difference. we've had really slow traffic this morning. it's light. if you are driving on the nimitz freeway and hayward a little bit of slowing at a street and that's about all.

thank you, sal. we start -- we started the week off with sunshine. there's some fog up in sonoma and napa county. there's plenty to go -- to go around santa cruz. tuesday, man, that was hot. 100s. we've settleled in to -- settled into 60s, 7 oh, 80s. water temperatures, very cold. upper 40s off bodega bay. 53 degrees. lots of fog disappear. watch it come back. starting to work its way back up the coast. yesterday, there was hardly any around point reyes. i mentioned patchy fog over the bay. the lows if you have clear skies. rather cool. 46 in kenwood. i did see 44 at woodacre. mill valley, 48.

atherton 48. hillsborough's in there. yonville, napa, the town, 48 -- yountville, napa, thetown, 48. 49 san rafael. shore was down to 47. sunny in san jose and starting off with 56. we'll go 70 at noon. and then 77 for a high. a lot of sunshine and breezy. temperatures continue to just kind of hang out there. west-southwest over at travis. still a sea breeze but not that strong. sunny and breezy. sunshine for everybody after the morning low clouds. highs today. very close to what we had yesterday, which is 60s by the coast. mid-80s. clearlake this time of year is hot. brentwood is 86. 84 morgan hill. 78 cupertino. 7 san mateo. 64 in -- 70 san mateo -- 70 in

san mateo. a meeting with some robot -- a meeting with some robots.

good morning. low clouds bouncing around. patchy. it will burn off and then sunny, breezy today, 60s, 70s, low 80s. the u.s. house will vote today on legislation to strip

funding for u.s. operations in libya. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the last ditch appeal -- with the last-ditch appeal by the obama administration to keep congress out of it. >> reporter: that's right. the u.s. house is actually taking two big votes taught. the first one this -- today. the first one is whether to authorize the war in libya. these are competing resolutions because the second one is whether to cut funding for u.s. funding there. bay area democrats are among those leading the debate this morning. john garamendi is endorsing president obama's decision to commit u.s. forces in libya. but he says the president should have gotten authorization from congress and he wants the involvement to end in six months. >> the obligation, or the rights or the necessary to defend is very important. that's why we're there. we need to provide the president with the necessary powers to carry out that obligation in a very limited

period of time. >> some other bay area democrats are siding with republicans demanding an end to u.s. involvement. more on that during my next update in more than an hour. for now we're live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. our time now, 7:16. a cell phone that belonged to osama bin laden's carrier had the names and numbers of a militant group connected with pakistan's spy agency. that cell phone was seized along with many other items when the us -- when the u.s. raided bin laden's complex in pakistan and killed him and his carrier. the cell phone is raising questions about whether the militant group helped hide bin laden with the cooperation of the spy agency. there's also a new report claiming anti-islamic feelings are coming. the report is coming from uc berkeley and a national islamic rights group. right now, only 30% of americans have a favored opinion of islam. that's actually down 10% from

is 2001 -- from 2001. researchers say slam0phobia -- islam0phobia can create hate. a yup was arrested wednesday night when they -- a group was arrested wednesday night when they got got caught going to a warehouse to pick up machines. the fbi was alerted by a man who was to take part in the attack. 7:18. a santa cruz county city will no longer try to block the installation of pg&e smart meters even though they passed a moratorium on them this year. the paper says they voted against enforcing its own moratorium. councilmembers say they are now okay with the upcoming installations because pg&e is allowing customer to opt out.

the council also says they won't enforce because pg&e is developing a nontransmitting version of the smart meter. well, this morning, president obama is visiting a robotics lab in pittsburgh. scientists there have created robots there to mow lawns, even scrape off paint. while president obama is there, he will talk about robotics and other technologies as a way to increase manufacturing jobs in the u.s. we'll bring you full coverage of his remarks later this morning once he begins his speech there. lawmakers and the house of representatives just passed a new bill to change long- standing laws on how patents are awarded. this new legislation would grant a patent to the first person to file a application not to the original inventer. it's become harder to determine who first invented a product.

the business community is enforcing this change. the senate approved a similar bill in march. 7:19. in a few hours, the san francisco naacp will hold a news conference over what they say was racial profiling by u.s. airways. last week, college football player deshaun harmen was arrested after he refused a request to pull of his sagging pants. days later, a another man was allowed -- another man was allowed to wear this outfit. the man told "the chronicle" he regularly flies the airline and wears these clothes to make flying fun. he also believes the other incident is not racial profiling. the national academy of

sciences says overweight babies are at greater risk of becoming obese adults. according to the report, about 10% of u.s. children between infancy and two years old are already other weight and 20% of kids -- overweight and 20% of kids between 2 and 5 are overweight. parents are being told to watch their diet and continue to encourage playing outside. take a look. this is bradley rudderman. right now he's serving ten years in a texas prison for running a fake beverly hills investment company that embezzled money from his clients. officials say the money he lost really belongs to the victims of his ponzi scheme. >> he used the company's money to pay off his personal gambling debts. that then becomes what's called

an avoidable transfer. as the bank trust e, i can recover -- trustee, i can recover it. and this will include the money that tobey mcguire, spiderman, won. before he went to prison, the two played a lot of poker today. now matt damon, leonardo dicaprio and others are being sued to get the money back. >> and the viper room is owned by johnny depp. there's new concern about north richmond residents all because of what happened at the chevron refinery earlier this week. good morning. northbound 280 traffic, getting a little bit of slowing on highway 280 approaching 17. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the weekend's forecast.

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welcome back. 7:24. community advocates in north richmond checking around with residents to see if anyone became sick when the chevron refinery began a burning session tuesday night burning sulfur dioxide. chevron itself ranked the flares as a level-zero event. it takes a level-three to public a -- to trigger a public safety alert. a wildfire in north carolina. this one is burned 20,000 acres of the that's going pretty good there. firefighters are now using controlled burns in an effort to contain it. voluntary voxes -- evacuations are in place for the city people closest to the flames. let's check in with sal. next weekend is gonna be a

three-day weekend so i'm wondering if people will be getting an early jump on vacation time. >> really? >> it's july 4th. >> really? time flies. middle of 2011 already? i'm kidding. we are having a holiday weekend next weekend. this weekend a lot going on in the bay area. right now bay area traffic is getting a little busy on 237 as you cross 880. no major problems there. traffic is going to be better after you pass zanker road. also the morning commute looks okay on 880. it's getting a little bit slow at high street. it looks like i see some flashing lights there. we'll investigate that and get back to what's going on there. bay bridge toll plaza is light. as tori mentioned, we're getting closer to the 4th, and that means that traffic hopefully in the next few weeks will be lighter than it has been. let's go to steve. sal, thank you. we have patchy low clouds.

it will be sunny and breezy. i can see some of the sun breaking through some of the clouds there over the bay. temperatures rather cool this morning. a lot of 40s and low 50s for some, starting to warm up the lows, though. sunny, breezy, here and a little bit breezy on saturday after morning clouds. temperatures should come up slightly on sunday and monday. however, our forecast models are amazingly in sync for a system dropping in tuesday and wednesday. no doubt about it cooler. no doubt about it clouds. maybe some rain. >> tori is giving you the look. >> i'm kind of surprised. 7:27. a snub for a bay area mayor, his angry words about a graduating ceremony. >> reporter: and pride comes to san francisco. more details -- coming up. also -- a suspected mob boss behind bars. a live look at what police

found in his apartment in southern california.

one of the big of the events this year kicks off in san francisco. jade hernandez is live in the castro with detail of the plead celebration, including -- details of the pride

celebration. >> reporter: that's right. a large celebration. to help with congestion that is expected, there's already signs posted here that say no stopping. they don't want any traffic along here. we're near castro and market. if we look around, we can see there's barricades put up because of the parade on sunday and other festivities. this year, the pride will bring together more than a million people. that's expected. and there's a good reason why we saw businesses yesterday bracing themselves. the theme this year "in pride we trust." the parade holds several grant marshals, among them, chazbono

and olympia dukakis. at castro coffee company, we have ken. we were just chatting a little bit ago about what your plans are for this weekend. do you plan to remain open? >> we are gonna remain open. >> i declined this. i wasn't opening this year. we're gonna just -- just have coffee and finger foods only. >> reporter: how much of a business increase do you expect? >> there should be about 5% increase. that depends. >> reporter: what about your neighbors? are they gonna remain open? >> some of us don't. smoke shop might open up a little bit. mostly food establishments and

bars. >> reporter: fantastic. ken curry joining us. he's with the castro coffee company. he will keep his doors open this week. a lot of people are is expected to descend here. we'll have more coming up on "mornings on 2." back to you. >> thank you, jade. more details now on some safety pride events this weekend. this afternoon, it's the transgender march. tomorrow is pink saturday. the celebration at the civic center kicks off at noon. the annual dyke march at the castro kicks off at 7:00. and the big parade at 10:30, the celebration at civic center continues at 11:00. well, san francisco's pride celebration is known for the fun, the atmosphere and the huge crowds but there's also history. this sunday on a second look, we trace the history behind the pride celebration including the 1977 stabbing that brought the gay and straight communities together, doubling the size of the celebration. we'll have that story and much

more this sunday on "a second look" that starts at 11:00 right after the news. and for more information about the parade, go to ktvu.com. click on the "right now" section. this morning, oakland police are investigating another homicide. police were called to 4th and adeline streets just after 9:15 last night. officer the found a 27-year-old oakland man shot several times on the sidewalk. someone was reportedly seen leaving the scene in a blue dodge magnum with silver rims. no arrests have been made. this is the 57th homicide of the year in oakland. vallejo police are looking for a man who shot and killed another man outside an apartment building. it happened on porter street yesterday afternoon shortly after 4:00 in vallejo. police say the victim, a 22- year-old vallejo resident was shot near a carport at the sonoma apartment complex. the suspect was scene getting

into a silver or brown honda driven by a woman. police describe the suspect as african-american, 5'1"1 with a thin build -- 5'11". officials in north dakota say there's not much more they can do but say wait. residents in minot are being forced to pack up belongings and leave the city behind. about a third is evacuating. coming up at 7:30. we'll bring you a live report -- 7:30, we'll bring you a live report from there. the contra costa county sheriff's office will be out looking for intoxicated boaters this weekend. the department's marine patrol, they will be conducting checkpoints. they will be educating boaters about the dangers of operating a boat under the influence. that campaign lasts through sunday. a shasta county judge is giving a boost to free speech. redding city officials had

restricted leafletting outside the city's public library. the judge agreed saying the library isen airport ya dedicated to the free exchange of idea -- library dedicated to the free exchange of ideas. 7:36. investigators want to know why two pedestrians were struck and killed by amtrack trains yesterday morning within 15 minutes of each other.

around 10:30, an amtrack train in merced hit a man. 15 minutes earlier, 24-year-old james calhoon of concord was hit by a train near davis street in san leandro. san leandro police say calhoon died there right at the scene. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors unanimously approved a $300 million contract to build the warm springs extension. the project is expected to create thousands of construction jobs. it will also ease gridlock on interstate 680 and 880 when the job is finished in 2015. i know, sal, and probably a lot of computers are looking forward to that. >> that makes you smile, sal, doesn't it? you are not smiling. >> sometimes i don't smile.

>> i need you to smile. it makes me believe you have things under control, like you usually do. >> all right. now that i have a reason to smile -- good morning, everybody. traffic is -- you know, there there is a reason -- there is reason to smile. look at the bay bridge. today the traffic is light at the maze. tori remind thed us that -- reminded us that next weekend is already the 4th of july. vacations are planned so we may have lighter-than-usual traffic. let's look at 880 northbound. earlier we had a stalled vehicle right near high street. traffic is going to be busy as you drive past the coliseum. if you are driving on southbound 88 from hayward down to -- 880 from hayward down, a minor crash near the toll plaza. 7:38. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. patchy low clouds out there.

sunny, breezy, the wind is not going anywhere. the temperatures have cooled down from tuesday. some of that low cloudiness, a little bit toward the marin coast. i notice napa county has a little bit of patchy fog. more so on the san mateo/santa cruz coat line. that will give way to sunshine. upper 40s, low 40s. i show you this because either there is a sea breeze and there isn't. southwest sfo. south and condord, 16, west at napa, west-southwest fair field. that's the sea breeze. temperatures will ease in. i think they will settle in. 60s, 60s, 70s, low, mid-80s unless you are well inland, and then some 80s, upper. there's still areas like lake county that don't cool off until november. kidding. [ laughter ] >> seems like it.

>> yes, it does. breezy, cooler on saturday. and then sunday a little cooler. monday about the same and then increasing clouds on tuesday. jeanne wasserman at the alameda county fair said, did you say rain? maybe for next tuesday night/wednesday. north bay, probably but not probably farther south. >> thank you, steve. one of the most-wanted fbi's fugitives is behind bars. whitey bulger was arrested in santa monica after 16 years on the run. gina silva joins us live, as whitey bulger prepares to extradited back to boston, massachusetts. >> reporter: good morning. he woke up at the metropolitan detention center. life as he knew it has changed forever. when you look at the photographs that were taken right after his arrest. it's difficult to believe this 81-year-old balding manning man is the same person that the fbi

calls a vicious individual. he and his girlfriend, catherine greig, were arrested. they have been on the run for ten years. he was hiding hiding in plain sight in santa monica, living a few blocks from the beach. agents found $800,000 cash in the apartment, fake i.d.s and 30 guns hidden in hollowed-out books. yesterday, as he appeared before a judge, he appeared cool and relax. he's charged with murder, attempted murder, evidence tampering, potential of machine guns, and when questioned by the judge, his answers were short and simple. there's no bail for bulger. he's expected to be extradited to boston this moving. his girlfriend, catherine greig, was ordered to go back to face charges for harboring a fugitive. with his captive, a lot of boston officials are worried

because if hetries to -- if he tries to cut a deal he could implicate officials who helped him out in 19195, right before he was to be arrested. back to you. >> thank you. 7:41. some legal trouble for google. why federal authorities are planning to issue subpoenas to the giant search engine and we'll go live to north dakota where there's already some flooding and we'll find out if the straining levees will be able to hold back the rest of the rising water.

shares of micron fell 14%. oracle fell 4% after the sales of computer hardware fell sharply. but better-than-expected durable goods keeping the loss limited. google may be hit with a subpoena in an anti-trust investigation by the federal government. the federal trade commission is looking into whether google abuses its dominance of internet searches to other online markets according to "the wall street journal" google arrivals have complained that they use ruts to steer -- results to to steer the users to other places. in san francisco, 46% of employers plan to add more staff. 37% in santa clara. 7% in alameda county and 21% in

contra costa county. 13% of bay area employers, though, plan layoffs. our time is now, 7:45. an historic -- the historic floodwaters in minot are expected to be deeper and faster than expected. now the pressure is on to evacuate residents and protect the city. our reporter is live in minot now. how are the levees this morning, jim? >> reporter: hey, dave. well, look. the water is coming up faster. this looks like we're at a pond or something. but this is an intersection in downtown minot. you can see how fast they have to work to try to save the city from this coming floodwater. whether you survey the damage from the or from the ground. the flooding in minot, north carolina is nothing short of devastation. residents are preparing for ten more feet of water in the coming days. >> if you don't get completely

taken over by water, you very likely will have some water. so we would urge you to use caution. >> reporter: heavy rain water from canada, coupled with snowmelt was too much for the region's region's dikes. unable to protect the entire city, officials are focusing on key buildings like city hall. >> hall state employees are free to leave their state employment to assist in the flood fight in minot. >> reporter: 12,000 residents are under evacuation orders. some tried to shore up before the fleeing water approaches. >> many people in the minot have been at this for quite some time in our -- and are -- and are foregoing returning to their jobs to stay in minot and fight this flood.

>> despite this tremendous effort determined to put up a fight, what's headed up the way may be too hard for any city to handle. >> reporter: the problem is, they are running out of time with this water rising so fast. back to you. >> okay. thank you. 7:47. a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in alaska did not cause any injuries or serious damage. the quake was centered 122 miles east of aka in the aleutian islands. a tsunami triggered evacuations from several low-lying towns but it was cancelled an hour later. most residents ares say they are used to tsunamis so it was evenly a minor convenience. the largest wildfire in arizona history is 66% contained. there are two other major also fires that have burned 322

square miles in -- square miles in arizona. forestry department are telling those who live in mountainous areas to get flooding insurance. today, regulators will sold a seminar to show how national pipelines inspected. now, industry experts will explain the tools that are used, how they work, -- work and what information can and cannot be gained from an inspection. the symposium begins at 10:00 this morning at the commission headquarters in san francisco. well, martinez is looking to develop its downtown area. a workshop was held this week. presented highlighted the successful transformations of downtown redwood city and lodi just as examples from martinez to follow. now, the city will be holding three more workshops dealing

with how the changing demographics and the global economy will affect prosperity in the downtown. for the first time since the 1950s no shopping smalls are being built anywhere in the country. one bay area urban planner says that may signal the potential for the resurgence of traditional downtowns. 7:49. we are hearing that security forces in syria opened fire today as thousands of anti- government protesters took to the streets in a weekly demonstration. activists say at least two people were killed. the military crackdown has failed to stop a prodemocracy movement that's now lasted more than 100 days. 7:50. on hold for now. the reason b.a.r.t. has postponed a planned test for late-night service. twin brothers hoping to be drafted in the nba, agency usually awaited to hear their nails. the remarkable and improbable

way it all went down.

7:52. happening right know, the mother of casey anthony just went back to the witness stand this morning in orlando, florida. this is the casey anthony murder trial. we're live in the courtroom. earlier this morning -- there's the mom, the grandmother in the case here, cindy anthony. earlier today, the defense questioned cindy anthony about the family's swimming pool where the defense says her granddaughter, caylee, drowned. cindy anthony surprised prosecutors yesterday with her testimony about questionable about internet searches on the family computer. cindy anthony says results for chloroform popped up while she was looking for something else. however, the prosecution's theory is that casey anthony, her daughter, made those internet searches, then drugged her little drug caylee before

suffocating her? the golden gate has two new warriors this morning. they chose washington state guard clay thompson with the 11th pick. they took hostage straw guard, jenkins -- hofstra guard, jenkin and got the rights tyler in exchange for cash consideration. the cleveland cavaliers chose duke's kyrie irving. the sacramento things got national player of the year, jimmer ferdette after a three- team trade. and this is interesting, a set of twins born seven minutes apart were also drafted about seven minutes apart. this will be the first time the twins from the university of kansas play for different

teams. back in 2008, another set of twins were both drafted in the first round. >> very exciting. 7:54. let's check in with sal. a lot is going on now, sal. >> that's right. we have a problem on highway 4. this is highway 4 at summersville road. apparently a couple of construction workers were injured by rebar on highway 4 near summersville road. this is the area we're talking about. our newschopper is on the way to check this out. we will let you know, let's check a look at highway 4. we have a picture of highway 4 here. it looks likes light in bay point. we're not sure of the extent of the injuries. we'll eight let you know what's going on -- we'll let you know what's going on. the rest of the commute has been lights. this is the -- has been light. this is the only day of the week so far where we've had a light commute. let's go to steve. a little bit more tag for parts of marin county. yesterday, it was the san mateo

and santa cruz coast line. no change there. it will thin out. still more thicker coverage than about two hours ago. some of that fog means temperatures will stay on the cool side. coast and bay 60s. temperatures have been coming down slightly. 50. we had a lot of 40s. outside of sonoma i saw 45. also near kenwood it was near 45. it was cool this morning. we're in the 50s now. still a sea breeze. not the howling one they had yesterday at travis. it's been cut in half. even oakland, west-southwest, 15. it will be sunny and breezy. the system moving in from the north will keep us on the cooler side. temperatures inland continue to come down a couple of degrees. sunshine for all, after the morning low clouds. 60s a lot, 70s, upper 70s, low os. but even if you get into the low os. therethere is a breeze that takes the edge off. a little cooler on saturday. slight warmup on sunday and

monday. an incredibly strong system is showing signs of arriving on tuesday and wednesday. maybe some rain. it's an interesting way to end the month of june. 7:56. an unspeakable crime that stunned the nation. the legal case against the sacramento mom accused of murder by microwave. and what protests on the steps of the capitol had to do with another state.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's friday, june 24th. there's been an accident involving construction workers on highway 4. let's go to sal.

>> okay. let's go to the map. this is where it happened. workers were injured. apparently some rebar fell on the workers. the injuries are described as minor but this is a traffic jam. this is near the widening project going on there heading out towards bay point and concord. this happened about 25 minutes ago now. the emergency personnel -- personnel are on the scene. highway 4 is backed up, backing up to into the antioch area as it normally is. again, fortunately, the injuries we're hearing are not life-threatening but we'll find out more about this and give you a little bit more coming up very soon. at 8:00 -- actually, you know what? i forgot we have the chp officer or sergeant trent cross on the phone. sergeant, almost forgot about you, can you tell us what happened? >> reporter: yes. this morning at approximately 7:15, we received a call of a medical emergency in that area.

chp units arrived on scene. they observed two contract construction workers who suffered minor injuries due to the fact that a large piece of rebar fell on top of them. and so fortunately, they weren't seriously injured. and they are just gonna be treated for some minor injuries. >> so do you know how this happened, sergeant cross, was it -- how does rebar fall on workers? is it just a matter of what's going on in the construction joan? >> it seems to be a situation where they are working on a construction project in that area. it's still -- it's still early in their investigation. cal/osha has to conduct their information. we are. >> are your chp officers on the

scene there investigating right now. >> we do have officers at the -- out there at the scene, just to ensure that it won't interfere with the flow of traffic. other than that, we're just there for traffic control. >> all right. that's sergeant trent cross from the california highway patrol. ktvu's news chomer 2 is osen -- is also on the way. in other news, right now, this morning, young people are waking up on the steps of san jose city hall after staging a very unusual march. kraig debro is joining us live. he's out there right now with the message from this group for city officials. >> reporter: dave, waking um and wiping the sleep out of their eyes, behind me, they actually moved. now they've gone out -- the glass-enclosed rotunda. the group of young people say they are part of next-

generation bay area, a group that works for social and worker justice. they say they spent the night here as they show a solidarity with the young people who protected the loss of collective bargaining in wisconsin. you should be able to have a say at work. you should be able to have a voice. if that means taking a cut and the unions have been willing to do that, they should do it together. >> reporter: the website of theirs says mayor reid will attempt to put on a ballot -- put this on a ballot measure. union leaders say -- >> nothing we're doing affects the rights to bargain, nothing that we're doing affects the right to negotiate. what we're trying to do is solve a problem. we're negotiating with our unions about what that solution might look like. >> he's trying to cut our

salaries and trying to rework how our pension is gonna be. we're under a contract presently that if he imposes what he's imposing, that's breaking the contract. >> reporter: if everything goes the mayor's way, the changes would limit the city's pension contribution to 6.2%. some employees say the pen hundred problem is over-- pension problem is overstated. they say an option-allowed would allow a reduction in pension and in exchange their take-home pay would go up. the people over there, they have a ways to wait. the meeting starts in one hour. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. it is four minutes after 8:00. a sacramento mother accused of putting her 6-week-old baby in a microwave oven and killing her has officially been charged. the 24-year-old could barely be seen inside a courtroom.

that's her lawyer in the pink shirt. the mother did not enter a plea. the murder charge includes a special circumstance. if convicted, she could be eligible for the death penalty. the little girl's body was found on march 17th. the group people for the ethical treatment of animals is reportedly using this tragedy in sacramento to get publicity for their cause. the sacramento bee reports that peta wants to put up a billboard in sacramento about this case to draw attention to the killing of baby animals for human consumption. some are calling it a despicable publicity stunt. the grand jury has been sacramentoing last july's devastating fire at trace elementary school near -- here.

the school did not have automatic alarms or sprinklers and that fire caused $15 million damage. the victims of tuesday's frat house fire at san jose state, they are now getting some help from old navy stores. the fire caused a lot of damage to the kappa sigma house. all escaped without injuries. but they lost most of their possessions. the old navy at the valley fair mall will allow them to buy new clothing at a discounted price. a 2-year-old man killed while crossing a street -- a 22- year-old man killed while crossing the street is being honored. he was sit by a car at lombard and pierce streets. the driver of the car said he never saw erbin in the street. five days earlier, erbin graduated with a degree in international studies. now the university has set up a scholarship fund in his name

for students who were interested in public service. 8:06. it's a big weekend for the nascar nation, cot joins us live from the infineon raceway -- claudine wong joins us live from the infineon raceway. i understand you are standing next to the only female in the races this weekend. >> yes. if you are coming out to infineon and you are looking for a free male driver to cheer on -- female driver to cheer on, jessica will be the only female driving. you grew up in hayward. tell me about your love for racing. >> i fell in love with it when i was 8 years old. i think there's something about racing. once you start it, there's no getting out of it. this is kind of a new thing for you. you've been doing this for over a year. what's it like getting on -- what's it like getting on the -- >> i never thought i would be

able to get on the track. i was never old enough and you had to be 16 to race here. i thought the dream to run over this course is over. what do you think about bay area nascar fans. you are at home for the first time probably in a while, racing? what do you think about the -- about the love of nascar? >> i have to say back east there there is a -- i've been getting a lot of phone calls and e-mails and facebook messages from all kinds of e- mail messages. i'm really glad to see that. out of the 40-plus drivers being the only woman driving, what is the experience like? >> i'm used to it. i grew up doing it that way. >> your goal, your long-term goal if everything goes well, you are successful? >> hopefully we will be top 20. that's the overall goal.

first road course in four years. the long-term, i would love to see myself in the spring cup. >> reporter: i would love that, too. thank you. we're gonna get her get on her way because she has a practice run coming up. they are getting her car ready. in the meantime, you can see pit road are row. very, very -- pit row. you have practice and qualifying runs today. jessica's race is tomorrow and the toyota race is on sunday. nascar scene, a lot of excitement. this is the only northern california stop for nascar. this is the biggest weekend and they are saling sales uptick that they haven't seen in three or four years. they are seeing corporate sponsorship back up. a big weekend expected with thousands of people in the nascar nation expected out here. >> it looks like a lot of fun. nice weather, thank you, claudine. >> the one downside is that

traffic will be really bad. sal, i imagine -- i think i've been caught in this at least once. >> kind of innocently going -- let's go wine tasting sunday at 3:00. right there -- i think -- just be aware. it doesn't mean you can't go. it just means you should be aware of what's going on. if you know about it, then that's half of the battle. let's go out and take a look at -- this is newschopper2. that's right. flying to the scene. let's go right to the maps. i want to show you what newschopper 2 is getting to. a worker is injured on highway 4 on summers road. this construction project, i guess it was a retaining wall and part of it came down, injured some workers. minor injuries, neverthe also less, there is a -- dash nevertheless, there is an information and traffic will be heavier getting west. the bay bridge toll plaza, the

commute's light. i think -- it might be that way next week in approach of the 4th of july weekend. at 8:10. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we still have low clouds around. from marin coast -- point reyes yesterday stayed mostly clear. 60s, 70s for many, coast and bay. tuesday, what happened on tuesday? oh, yeah it was hot. everything changed. the wind went from north to more west-southwest. the cooling trend continues. 44 to 56. we had some chilly readings this morning. 58 to 74 by noon. sun, in breezy with patchy low clouds holding on. 60 to 86. again, there will be a big spread in the temperatures this time of year. fog on the coast but again it will start to retreat in a couple of hours but some of the lows this morning.

i know kenwood and sonoma not on the plaza. 45. mill valley, 48. atherton was 48. yountville, 48. san bruno, also 49. now a couple of 80s. mid-50ss. we'll go high -- mid-50s. we'll go high -- veronica treated me -- tweeted me. this is my 35th hit for the morning, folks, and sometimes you -- she tweeted me and said the 33rd annual puerto rican festival is tomorrow in san jose. west-southwest at 17. west-southwest oakland. west at sfo, west-southwest at delta. the system that moves into the north will usher in a cooler air mass for those inland. fog, sun, breezy. temperatures, 60s near the coast. 70s, 60s around the bay. 60s and low 80s inland, unless

you are -- everything else will be in the 70s and 80s. still mild to warm out towards pittsburg, antioch, brentwood. berkeley. some mid-80s. 76, 72 fremont. >> a little warmer sunday/monday and then increasing clouds on tuesday. >> all right, steve. 8:12. talk about an incredible story. a woman dies during her own funeral. stay tuned? we will explain -- stay tuned. we'll explain it. and officers are playing catch up when it comes to modern communication. and a somewhat surprising change in crude oil prices today. this after the white house decision to tap oil reserves.

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sunshine for some. low clouds for others. once the low cloud deck burns off, it will be sunny, breezy. more of the same probably even saturday. thank you, steve. republicans are criticizing president obama for the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the country's strategic is oil preserve. john boehner says if the president wants to increase the supply of oil, he should allow more -- allow more oil drilling in the u.s. the president along with two other international leaders decided to pump more than 60 million barrels onto the world market over the next

month. the goal to maintain adequate supplies in light of unrests in places like libya and also to lower gas prices. now, crude oil prices dropped almost immediately after the announcement. yesterday, crude was selling for $91. right now it's dropped even more. it is down to $90. the house of representatives is taking several votes today that could affect the future of the u.s. military in libya.

>> reporter: no one here is -- is happy that president obama did not go to congress before getting involved in the war in libya. the house will take a few votes. first, this afternoon whether to give the president the war authorization. later today, they will take up a competing bill to strip funding for u.s. involvement in libya. the debate is creating some unlikely partners as some liberal democrats pair up with republican leaders to take on president obama. our nation can't afford a third war. once we're already fighting, we're bankrupt morley and physically. -- moralely and physically. >> ahead of the vote, secretary of state, hillary clinton, held an emergency meeting to plead -- to plead with the democrats to stay on the president on libya and warned of disastrous consequences of america's interest if they force restrictions on u.s. involvement. reporting live from washington,

d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:18. with less than a week from the budget battle time limit, governor brown is still pushing for tax extensions. >> i'm determined to get this state on a firm, financial footing for however long it takes and whatever it takes within the law and -- in an ethical transparent way. that's where we're going. >> if no deal is reached in sacramento by next friday, july 1st, a portion of the vehicle tax will expire along with 1% of the sales tax. governor brown says if he cannot get republicans, he needs four votes to agree to the tax extensions as part of the budget. he will use the initiative

budget for this. for two months, the vice president has been meeting with top democrats and republicans to try to hammer out a deal but yesterday republicans walked out. they say democrats keep insisting on higher taxes as part of the solution. both sides say it's now up to president obama and republican house speaker, john boehner, to come up with the deal. 8:19. a very, very strange story from russia. a 49-year-old woman has died at her own funeral. this all started when the woman, you see her here, she clamsed at her house -- clamsed at her house. she was -- collapsed at her house. mourners were getting ready to bury her, she woke up. when she realize the where she was and that they were going to bury her, she had a heart attack and died for real. back here at home, san francisco police officers

finally getting something even most kids have now. an e-mail address. san francisco police chief greg sur sas every member -- says every member of the police department has an e-mail account. until now, only a few had them. that system should be fully up and running within a month. >> 8:20. happening right now, president obama is visiting a robotics lab at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. heat just finished speaking -- he's just finished speaking. scientists have created robots that can help defuse bombs, scrape old paint, mow lawns, help doctors with medical operations. president obama talked about this as a way to increase manufacturing jobs and help -- and help revive the economy here in the u.s. lawmakers in the house -- and the house of representatives just passed a

new bill to change long- standing laws on how patents are awarded. the new legislation would grant a patent to the first person to file an application, not to the original inventer. it's become harder to -- inventor. residents in vallejo you have until noon to raise money for the fireworks show at the -- on the 4th of july. some businesses have been collecting money, like this one here, but they are still $7,000 short of the $18,000 needed to put on the show. since then organizers have been depending on donations. 8:22. a big embarrassment for a former candidate for governor

in idaho. getting a lot more press than expected during a recent press conference. a city government that seems to phase one problem after another.

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in idaho a former candidate for governor was arrested just before he was gonna give a news conference. >> we're being treated -- >> look at this. he had announced he would be giving a news conference. he would be talking about charges against him for trying to influence a jury. but there was a warrant for his arrest. so when he showed up.

sal, you are still watching highway 4. >> that's right. there is a construction project, you know it well, if you live in this area, the widening of highway 4. newschopper is there now, apparently two workers, working on this project were injured this morning. this won't be finished for at least another year and a half. if you are driving on highway

580, interstate 58 oh, the castro, 880 getting slow. patchy clouds. once that burns off, sunny, breezy. on the cool side, monday and tuesday were hot. thursday cooleddown. friday as well is going to be on the cool side as well as saturday. we have some low clouds there. once that gives way, we had 40s. a lot of mid-40s, upper 40s. now we're seeing upper 50s. that breeze is in the place. and then the wind will pick up. 60s around the bay. 60s and 70s inland. unless you are really far inland we've come way down. slight cooling saturday. a slight lee bound on those temperatures on sunday and monday. tuesday increasing clouds and much cooler, dave? >> all right, steve.

:28. a honeymoon that became -- 8:2. a monny moon that came a -- a honeymoon that became a real tragedy for a real couple of. >> reporter: pride festivities have already kicked off in san francisco. we'll tell you how businesses are preparing themselves. and businesses are booming at hardware stores for one particular item and sales may be bigger next week. [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves. [ eves ] years ago, i hurt my shoulder drag racing. that's when i decided to take it easy, so i took up hang gliding. [ female announcer ] a grandpa who refuses to grow up. [ eves ] the pain was bad, but the thought of not being a hang glider pilot was worse. [ female announcer ] that's when eves turned

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and sutter health -- welcome back. our time is now 8:316789 more than a million -- 8:31. more than a million people will jam the streets for the 41st annual pride celebration. jade hernandez joining us live now. she's gonna tell us us what to

expect -- tell us what to expect. >> reporter: good morning. we can tell you the transgender march will begin at dolores park. that's at 3:30. now, earlier this morning, we spoke to the owner of castro company. he plant to keep his -- plans to keep his doors open. bottom line, staying open keeps the flowing going. >> i will stay at give them a shot in their arm for, 25% increase. that's pretty significant. >> reporter: curry's castro coffee company isn't the only business which will remain open to cash in on the expected 1.2 million people this weekend. pink saturday which has a list of events scheduled, including a a rate, is usually people in packs. sunday's event pulls in a much

larger crowd. now, on sunday, the pride parade begins at 10:30 in the morning at market and beale. the theme this year -- "in pride we trust." >> hopefully this is gonna be a nice one. we expect a lot of people. everyone will come and show up and have a good time. >> reporter: the kickoff to the san francisco pride celebration began here at this expo on thursday, where 72 businesses enjoyed selling and marketing their goods to a celebrating community. what was recognized this year, the growing number of mainstreams and multinational companies at the expo. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade. by the way, we posted all of the details on this weekend's pride celebration at our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, clueing a schedule of events -- including a schedule of events. just go to it and look for the

"right now" section. lawmakers in new york state could finally vote on a bill today that would legalize same- sex marriage. you see supporters of the bill showing their support at the state capitol in albany last night. they were singing a lot of songs. also, critics opposed the same- sex marriage there -- they were there as well. lawmakers can't vote on the marriage bill until they decide on other bills including legislation on property taxes and rent control. it is 8:34. richmond police are busy this morning after a violent 24-hour period. the latest incident happened just before 11:00 last night on nevin and 2nd street. police say a young woman stabbed her 54-year-old father. about two hours earlier, officers responded to altamont drive. one person was taken to the hospital. and just after 3:00 yesterday afternoon, investigators say

someone shot a 22-year-old man at south 45th. the victim is now in the hospital in critical condition. a tragic end to a honeymoon. family and friends are mow rallying to help -- are now rallying to help an injured man and plan funeral arrangements for his wife. this is the wedding website for 22-year-old vict already and crystal rodriquez. the couple of who live near sacramento went to the bahamas for their honeymoon. on the day 1 last day -- on the last day, they went parasailing. it snapped. she dried. he is being treated for internal injuries. they have no insurance. a fund is set up to help with costs. oakland police are investigating another homicide. the 57th in oakland this year. police were called out to 24th and adeline streets jew after 9:15 last night.

they found a 27-year-old oakland man who had been shot several times on the sidewalk. someone was reportedly seen leaving that scene that in -- in a blue dodge magnum with silver rims. no arrests have been made as of yet. three men are said to be okay after their small plane crashed near the palo alto airport. the single-engine cessna ended up on the roof shortly before 8:30 last night. we are getting a look the at -- a look at the crash site. this is new video. three men on board were able to climb out on their own. one complained of back pain and was taken to a hot -- to a local hospital. it appears the plane lost power but the accident is under investigation. two new parking lots are opening up in san jose near the airport. the lots will be near lot "b." and they are part of an $8.8

million make other that divides the -- makeover that divides the parking. some santa clara homeowners could see lower property tax bills. that's because the number of homes and building have dropped in value. on the other side, though, assessors say other homeowners will see higher property tax bills. this means the county's real estate market could be rebounding. county assessors say homeowners will receive notices about their assessments in a week. one week from today, all california homeowners that have an attached garage or applyianses that burn gas, coal or wood, you have to have a carbon monoxide detecter. all had homeowners must comply. you will be fined if not.

amount buildings, con -- apartment buildings, condos and other building have why 2013 to comply -- have until 2013 to comply. stenson beach is expected to open today. you know it's been partially closed since sunday after a coast guard helicopter spotted a great white shark off the coast. lifeguards have only allowed people into shallow waters. those restrictions can be enforced again if they look out there and see another shark in the water. as the weather heats up, there is a new focus on safety and rules -- pools. the contra costa county fire protection district will give demonstrations on -- on how to stay safe today. they will be at the pruitt park and at the pleasant pill aquatic park today. the federal government is promising a $16 million grant for the bay area's high-speed

rail program. the money will be used to help design a crash avoidance system. the satellite-based system will slow down drains to prevent accidents. all rail systems will be required to have this in place by 2012. caltrain is getting federal money because the state's high- speed rail project is on track. >> if we don't have high-speed rail tran -- rail planned for this corridor, we would have to find other funding to make this project happen. we haven't identified any that have the -- that have the capacity for the project costs. >> caltrain says it still doesn't know where the rest of the money for this $750,000 project will come from. sal's watching all of the bay area roads but you are even watching what's about to close in los angeles. that's unbelievable. >> well, dave, you know, the 405 and -- yeah, the 405 on july 15th through the 17th will

be completely shut down between the 10 and the 1 1. if you don't know -- 101. if you don't know, that's right in the heart of los angeles. we'll be reminding you because if you are taking your summer vacation the week of the 15 and 17th of july, the 405 will be closed for a ten-mile stretch. that would be like closing all of the bridges in the area. you have no idea what the 405 means to that area. they are calling it karmageddon. you have slow traffic here on 880. but it will be a little bit slow heading south out of fremont. this morning we we have a look at 880. it's improved. bay bridge toll plaza this morning has been light. it's the first day of the week and the last day of the week where it really matters to most

people. today it's good. at 8:40, let's go to steve. sal, i spent a week on the 405 one day. >> i know. i know. [ laughter ] >> it's a crazy freeway. >> we have patchy, low clouds around. the wind has picked up. concord has gusts to 23 miles an hour out of the south. more of a westerly breeze. we started the week off -- this week was hot, temperatures. chilly water. doesn't take much. we don't really have heat anymore in the valley. some areas are warmer. it's not that hot. i mean, temperatures have come down 20 degrees. we're in the 50s. had a lot of 40s. kenwood, kenwood, sonoma, 45 degrees, upper 40s. mill valley i saw about four reading and 48. there was a chill in the

morning. 48, 49. also on the peninsula. atherton was in there. west-southwest fairfield. yesterday it was howling. 30 miles an hour. sea breeze. southwest napa airport. gusting to 23. harry -- the area of low pressure is spinning up in the gulf of alaska of the pacific northwest. it will eject out probably after saturday. cooler weather will continue and we'll get a bump up on these temperatures on sunday, monday. all signs point to a low dropping down the coast and very unseasonably cool and very strong we'll see how that develops. but there is a minute of -- hit of rain. today, coast, after the fog. sunny, breezy, lows 60s for some, 70s for others. but not that hot. clearlake 88. petaluma, 76. san rafael, 74. 85 antioch. martinez is 77.

san leandro hayward. pleasanton, 80. it could be a lot hotter than that. morgan hill, milpitas, 75. 76 santa clara. san mateo a little cooler. san bruno 66. 60s on the coast. half moon bay, 62. breezy, slightly cooler. a little warmer sunday, monday and then we start to focus on the system dropping in for tuesday. 8:42. another surprising revolution about the world's most-wanted terrorist. bin laden's concern about public leelation -- relations. also a new computer hacker this. one targeting a police -- hack er. this one targeting police. employee

let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're fooling for you right now. well, this morning, this group of young people woke up after sleeping on the steps of san jose city hall. they camped out quite. they are protesting mayor reed's attempts to declare a fiscal emergency and put pension reform on the ballot. these young people are hoping to get the best seats at

today's city council meeting. today the house will vote son two competing measures on the u.s. military role on libya. one of them gives president obama the authority to continue the military mission there. while the other measure cuts off funding for the mission. the san francisco naacp will hold a news conference and accuse u.s. airways of racial profiling. an african-american college football player was arrested on a flight recently because he wouldn't pull up his sagging pants. however, this 65-year-old man was allowed to fly on u.s. airways wearing skimpy women's clothing. :47. a cell phone that belonged to -- that belonged to osama bin laden's currier had the names and numbers of a militant group connected with pakistan's spy agency. the cell phone was many of many items seized when he was killed. the cell phone raises question about whether the militant

group helped hide bin laden for years with the cooperation of pakistan's spy agency. the letter recored from the -- recovered from the pakistan compound, reveals his belief that al qaeda was suffering from a marketing program. bin laden wrote he wanted a new name for al qaeda because he thought that lacked a religious movement to convince muslims wall street that they are in a holy war with the american people. muslims worldwide that they are in a holy war with america. a city will no longer block the installation of the smart meters. capitola voted against enforcing their own moratorium. they say now any are okay with the installations because pg&e

is allowing people to -- they now say they are okay because pg&e is allowing people to opt out. and google may be hit with a subpoena in an anti-trust investigation about the federal government. the federal trade commission is investigating whether coog -- google abuses its dominance of the internet searches to other online markets. this is according to the wall street journal. google's rivals have complained that google uses its search results to steer users to its own sites ands ises -- services -- own sites and services. it is 8:49. today is the opening of the highly anticipated movie "cars ii." ktvu channel 2's pam cook is live at picksar with the highlights -- pixar with the highlights of the movie and you will be speaking with the movie

adirector. >> reporter: good morning. >> welcome to pixar! >> reporter: thank you. thank you. there's crew jackets on the guys around. you have a big event. i know a lot of people are excited about the movie. what are you mostly excited about? >> i'm most excited about finally getting "cars ii" which we've been working on for three years, out to the world. we made this movie for audiences of all ages. this is a really fun movie. i've had a blast making it. and i believe if you are having fun while you make the film it will appear on the screen. >> reporter: you guys certainly look like you have fun around here. >> absolutely. >> reporter: i was looking at the race themes. they look incredible. tell me -- how has technology changed even better from the first part. well, "cars ii" they go around

the world on this world grand prix. so the scope of this film is ten times better than any film pixar has made. when they go to tokyo, it's not just one street in tokyo, it's tokyo. and what's fun about it. it's a car version of london, paris, italy. and so the technology that it document to create that much detail in that amount of time was a lot of new software. also don't be late because there's a really fun action spy opening to the movie. it's set out in the ocean. the water is brand-new technology. it's the best computer animated caughter -- water that i've ever seen. it's amazing. you are talking about the technology. you guys do a lot of drawing. but also the behind the-scenes -- behind the scenes -- i've

done some voiceover work. people i don't think realize how much time is spent at the microphone. how much time do you spend at the microphone? >> we always record the dialogue before we do the animation. we want to be inspired. in animation we're making the movie frame by frame by frame. in the reporting studio, we get brilliant actors who can make the part and kind of do their ad-libbing. for larry the cable guy and -- probably about ten over the two and a half year period. every couple of months we'll have another recording session. we'll try something out and then we'll change it and tweak it because the story -- we don't just write the script and make that fill. the story development process lasts a long time. and we're always improving the story because the story is the

most important thing for the films. >> we want to tell people that lightning mcqueen, nadar -- and the new character all at the san jose tech museum tomorrow. these guys make a tour around the world? >> yeah. they are traveling all over the country. we happen to have them -- they just came by for the opening. >> reporter: and the remote- controlled cars -- >> yeah, these are cool. they have a golf cart engine in them. the guys have like a remote- controlled car. >> reporter: a lot of toys. good luck to you. "cars ii" opening in theaters today. >> back to tori and dave. >> thank you, pam. a group of hackers is targeting arizona police officers. lullzak has posted bulletins, training manual, home addresses

and passwords of officers in arizona. the group said they did it in response to the controversial immigration law passed last year. the officers and their families are being closely watched by arizona's department of public safety. >> we're very concerned 3 it, we'll take -- we're vern concerned about it. we'll take steps as best we can. officials will -- officials with the department of public safety say they don't know how the hackers infiltrated the officer's e-mail. 8:54. a university physics professor in jail this morning, accused of running a multi-state prostitution ring. david flory was arrested by new mexico authorities. he's a new jersey college professor accused of running southwest companions, an escort service used as a front for the prostitution ring. authorities say 1400 members regularly paid to have sex with 200 women. the former university of new

mexico president has been tied to the case. there could be more arrests within a matter of weeks. we'll have more coming up, including a live look at traffic and the -- live look at traffic and the weekend weather when we come back.

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we've just gotten word that president obama will hold separate meeting on monday with senate leaders to deal with the debt limit.

laying -- raising the debt limit is crucial for obligations. stinson beach has been closed since sunday since they spotted a great white shark. quickly, to -- quickly, to sal? >> the toll plaza, it's light. which is nice. in case you want to get into san francisco. let's go to steve. >> sunny, except for fog, breezy, temperatures, 60s, 70s and 80s. we'll take that into the weekend. a little warmer on monday. and then things get interesting tuesday and went -- tuesday and wednesday. >> thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.