for the first time in history, the nation's credit rate something downgraded. what this means for the average american p how the white house is responding this morning. >> more than a thousand children are signed up to get free school supplies at this warehouse. we'll tell you why organizers say the cost of the supplies and the need is greater than before. >> and late word about a deadly attack in afghanistan. the country's president says 31 american forces have been killed in the incident.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, august 6th. a very foggy morning in parts of the bay area today. let's checks in with rosemary for a look at how it will shape up. >> good morning. in addition to that fog out there, we have drizzle once again. and i wish i could say we've got changes in store, but little change we're going to be very similar to how we were yesterday. so starting with the am clouds this morning, we'll be clearing back to the coast. forecasted highs just like what we saw for our friday afternoon, upper 50s, low 60s for the coast, some of our warmest areas only hitting the low 80s, which means we'll be struggling to warm near normal again. we do have an eventual warm-up in the forecast. we'll show you if we'll see if in time nor the weekend coming up. we start with news from afghanistan, u.s. government officials say 31 u.s. special operations forces were killed after the helicopter they were in was attacked.

it happened in the province the taliban is already claiming responsibility, saying it brought down the helicopter with a rocket. nato confirmed the overnight attack and added that there was enemy activity in that area. nato is still investigating the cause as the recovery operation at the site is now underway. this morning's attack makes it the highest number of american casualties recorded in a single incident in a war now approaching the 10-year mark. in our economy watch, we are following reaction to standard & poors decision to downgrade the country's credit rating. the credit agency maid the announcement last night, saying the debt deal passed by congress doesn't go far enough to address the country's debt problem. s&p also said it's pessimistic about congress and the administration bridging political differences to handle the debt. overnight asian leaders reacted cautiously. >> the downgrade is really a

lose-lose situation. the u.s. suffers and asia suffers too. we downgrade and interest rate we have to rise because that's now a plus, it's not triple m anymore. >> s&p is one of major three credit rating agent significance the other two said they plan to keep their triple- a rating for the united states. the credit downgrade could increase interest rates on everything from mortgages to credit cards. rise in credit card interest rates would affect shoppers. economists also warn that inflation could go up making a shopping spree more expensive even if you don't use credit. >> we all do better than we think we're doing, in terms of how we live in our lifestyles. maybe that just needs to come down a bit. >> the u.s. credit downgrade is likely to compact consumer confidence. a survey shows it increased in

july after going down the month before. s&p cited political gridlock between republican and democratic lawmakers as one reason for the credit downgrade. and in this morning's online video address, president obama called on congress to work even closer after its summer recess. >> both parties share responsibility for our progress. moving our economy and our country forward is not a democratic or a republican responsibility. it is our responsible as americans. >> the president taped this online video address yesterday, before news of the credit downgrade was released. congress has never been more unpopular. that according to a poll from the new york times that shows 82% of americans now disapproval of the way congress is handling its job. only 14% approve. in regard to the recent debt ceiling debate, 72% of those polled disapprove with the way republicans handled negotiations, while 66%

disapprove of the way democrats handle the negotiations. at a time when some parents are struggling to make ends meet, some bay area schoolchildren are getting a little help as they prepare for the first day of school. ali rasmus joins us from san francisco, where they're preparing for school supply giveaway today. and this comes at a good time, doesn't it? >> that's right, because school supplies are more expensive according to a survey from huntington bank. the cost of school supplies for kids through k through 6th grade is about 12% more than a year ago. for middle schoolers it's 25% compared to a year ago. but today's school supply giveaway is organized by the salvation army in san francisco. you can see they've got their backpacks set up here. they'll be giving this out to 1500 kids p if you look inside you can see some of the supplies they have. they've got folders, notebooks, ruler, glue stick. but they've also got some other types of school supplies, the not so traditional stuff, stuff that is just as essential. laney is the spokesperson for the salvation army.

what kind of stuff are the kids getting that they need? >> we've got backpacks pre- filled with up to 14 different items as essential basics they need for back-to-school. in addition, we're seeing that schools are now requiring kids have things like flash drives, so we are providing those to the kids as well. in addition to a payless gift card. so kids can go back to school with good new shoes and 3 everybody likes new shoes for school, that sorts of thing. >> how get is the need to now compared to a year ago? were there more applicants for this year's giveaway? >> we're still in a very difficult economic economy, and we have seen an increase in the number of families that registered for this event. we've heard stories that folks are still struggling to find jobs, and when parents have to weigh the cost of food, shelter and that sort of thing, school supplies don't always take the highest priorities. so we hope that this will alleviate that burden on to the parents and kids can go back to school feeling good, knowing they do have new good school

supplies to use. >> laney, thank you for talking to us. in event starts at 9 this morning, but we're told families do start lining up early around 8:00 so we should start seeing some people filing in here, a little later this morning. one other thing to point out, this is a pre-registered event. you can't just drop in. they've taken the applicants ahead of time and they've arranged for everyone to get one of these backpacks ahead of time. so it's just a sign of the need there is out there according to laney, about 1500 kids will will be getting the school supplies. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. gas prices could tumble 20 cents by the end of this month, the reason the price for oil continues to follow. it's now $87 a barrel. right now triple-a says the prices for a gallon of regular unlead indeed san francisco is dollars 3.89. in oakland and san jose, the price is 9 cheaper. san francisco police say too many pedestrians are getting

injured in traffic related accidents south of market. so starting monday the department says it will increase patrols in the area around fifth and market. officers on cars, motorcycles and on foot will be looking for people violating traffic laws. the campaign will get a head start today at 9 a.m. volunteers will be handing out fliers to raise pedestrian awareness. the crackdown comes just two days after a hit-and-run driver struck a nine-year-old boy visiting from pennsylvania. on thursday night san francisco police say 21-year-old andrew vargas drove the wrong way up new montgomery and hit ryan white. the young boy and his family had just left the giants- phillies game at at&t park. this morning white remains in critical condition while vargas has been booked into jail. the suspect's family asked one of his bay area friends to pay vargas a visit. >> his parents live in -- city to college in the u.s., so

tonight have too many friends in the bay area so i'm glad they consider me a good friend. >> he is under psychiatric observation and could have his first court hearing on felony hit-and-run and dui charges on tuesday afternoon. some oakland police officers laid off and rehired are back on the streets this morning. ktvu had the only news crew there monday as the police chief greeted 25 returning officers. most of returning officers are start their assignments today, after a week of training. police union says the city was able to rehire the officers in part because current officers agreed to pay 9% into their pensions. santa clara police do not have any suspects in the stabbing at a bingo game night. a security camera took this footage of 66-year-old sam nicholas outside the american legion of honor. or hall, rather. two men approached nicholas and demanded he turn over the bag he was carrying.

>> covered with blood, and [not understandable] >> i looked out the big window and seen two people with guns in their hands. and i seen someone -- they were beating someone on the ground. >> nicholas only had paperwork, no cash. he talked to us on the phone from his hospital bed and says he hopes doctors will let him return to the bingo hall next week. he had 1100 dollars stolen last year. the club uses bilgeo money to send disadvantaged kids to camp. the coroner is trying to identify a body found burning inside a car. firefighters made the discovery yesterday near nick's cove. the car was fully engulfed in flames. it is still unclear how that person died. investigators are now using dental records and dna to try to identify the individual. the coast guard is asking for help to find a bay area sailor who may be lost at sea. family members say 62-year-old chris of concord left the bay

on july 25 together onboard his 27-foot sailboat amber. the plan, to sail south to san diego. his son contacted the coast guard on august 1, when it was clear his father never made it to san diego. the coast guard is now asking the public to contact them with any information they may have about the sailor's whereabouts. good morning to you! we are waking up with, well, more of the same. take a look at what is happening out there this morning. the gray skies, the fog, even drizzle around the bay and coast this morning. current temperatures in the 50s. 55 san francisco. upper 50s napa as well as fairfield. 59 degrees in concord. the onshore breeze a little stronger through the delta this morning. fairfield reporting gusts every 30 miles per hour. concord a little breezy. the rest of us dealing with light winds but that onshore gradient could mean cleaning will be just slightly slower

than friday. by 9:30, 10:00, inland areas beginning to see that sunshine. but it is over the east bay as well as the peninsula, through 10 and 11:00, even noontime before it finally is clearing out of the bay area. but we've got it over the coast, and those low clouds are expected to continue their pile- up off the coast for today. satellite view, not as clear as we see sometimes but that trough remains off the northwest coast. that's going to be the call for the weekend. so today very similar to yesterday, come sunday even slightly cooler than today. and then we begin a warming trend monday, tuesday, it's going to be a gentle warm-up. but the second half of the week we will eventually get back to some summer-like heat. in the meanwhile, we've got temperatures below average and we're looking pretty nice for the valley. take a look at santa rosa today, 80 degrees expected. 78 for son soma. mid-70s around kentfield. upper 60s for the east bay. 68 berkeley. 69 in oakland. inland areas, going to be nice

and warm. 83 for walnut creek and danville. into the santa clara valley, upper 70s. 78 for san jose. low 80s morgan hill. 68 san bruno. mid-60s san francisco. and along the coast we just can't find beach weather. 59 degrees for pacifica this afternoon. a cool 60 at half moon became. extended forecast here, slight little dip for tomorrow. then we begin to bounce back monday, tuesday, wednesday, finally getting back not upper 80s, perhaps low 90s by midweek wednesday for our inland areas. giants are at it again this afternoon. we have your forecast coming up. thank you, rosemary. now let's look at traffic. this is a live camera shot of the golden gate bridge. at this hour it's 7:13, you can see that it's fogged in. traffic pretty light going in both directions and as rosemary said, that giants game coming up at 1:00 at at&t park, lot of traffic expected to be coming to the city for that for sure.

some scary moments on a commercial airliner. the malfunction that forced 200 passengers to jump on to the emergency slides. and a potentially deadly attack averted. how authorities became aware of the plot.

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residents say there is no electricity and medical supplies are running out. scary moments on a flight from paris to chicago. more than 200 passengers and crew had to evacuate on emergency slides. a passenger caught the chaos on his cell phone camera. the american airlines plane landed at chicago's o'hare airport just after 2:00 yesterday afternoon. passengers said the plane hit the ground hard and fishtailed, at least one tire caught fire during landing. >> i didn't want to panic so just -- signaled not to come over. there's a fire under the plane! >> flight attendants told all 220 passengers to leave their luggage behind and evacuate the plane on the slides. eight people were treated for minor injuries. federal officials are inspecting the boeing 767 to figure out how the fire started. a nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airliner

now wants his trial moved. the lawyer for the man says his client cannot receive a fair trial in michigan. he is charged with trying to ignite explosives hidden if his underwear on a plane approaching detroit christmas day 2009. some of the nearly 300 people onboard jumped on him and put out the flames. he contends he has -- was never read his miranda rights and was drugged while being interrogated. the trial is set to begin october 4. a u.s. soldier accused of killing afghan civilians sentenced to three years of confinement after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors. army specialist adam winfield was among five soldiers initially charged with murder. prosecutors say the civilian deaths were staged to look like combat casualties. win field says he was pressured into taking part. the man prosecutors say was the ringleader faces a court- martial later this year.

a sentencing phase for a texas polygamist resumes today. warren jeffs was found guilty of sexually assaulting dozens of underage brides and faces up to 119 years in prison. he stormed out of his sentencing hearing yesterday after declaring god promised a whirl wind every judgment if he wasn't set free. the judge is allowing him to return any time he chooses. jeffs' attorney says he does not know if his client will show up this morning. almost six years after hurricane katrina, a federal jury has convicted five new orleans police officers in connection with deadly shootings in the chaos after the storm. chris guitterez has details of the case. >> reporter: five new orleans police officers, three of them sergeants, convicted of deadly shootings on a bridge after hurricane katrina. federal prosecutors calling it a critically important verdict. >> public officials and especially law enforcement officers, will be held accountable for their acts. >> and the aftermath of hurricane katrina, there was lawlessness in new orleans and

deadly shootings on the bridge less than a week after the storm. ronald madison, 40, and 17-year- old james burset were shot and killed by police and four others wounded. his mother expresses her grief. >> they put the twinkle of my eye and blew out my cancel. but it's going to be all right because justice has been served. >> defense attorneys arguing people shot at police during katrina's chaos to protect themselves they returned fire. the sergeants and two officers all found guilty of civil rights violations in the shootings and trying to cover it up. they face possible life sentences. the sergeant also found guilty. >> rampages by police, especially during the most difficult times we face, are inexcusable. >> u.s. attorney generic holden also issued a statement saying he hopes the verdict will help

restore public trust in the new orleans police department all five officers are facing life terms. they're scheduled to be sentenced in december. it's called a back-to- school terror plot. three louisiana teenagers are in jail this morning accused of planning a shooting spree for their first day of school on monday. the three 15-year-old boys attended lakeshore high school in st. tammany parish outside new orleans. police say the boys plan on arriving on campus monday and opening fire. at least one student and one teacher were on a hit list confiscated by police. >> more than one student came through to administrators, they'd seen some things online they were worried about and went to administrator and said this is what we have. and of course we immediately turned it over to law enforcement. >> the boys planned on ending the assault by taking their own lives. as a precaution, extra security will be in place for the first day of classes on monday. an unexpected flood in the southeast. >> whoa!

>> how it made for an unusual save for some hotel guests. >> and about an hour ago most of us this morning dealing with the gray. giving you a live look at some sunshine, if it isn't outside your door. when we expect the gray to go away. what you can expect for the weekend coming up.

at least one person is dead and two neighborhoods remain evacuated this morning after massive flooding in north carolina. this is happening in charlotte. at least three inches of rain fell yesterday, causing rivers and creeks to overflow their banks. first responders had to use boats to save some stranded residents. one woman lost everything she owned. >> all my friend, my deep freezer, wash machine, dryer, everything is gone. >> police say one woman died in the flood and another is missing after shoplifting from a burlington coat factory. investigators say the two women ran into a creek to get away

but were swept away by the water. and the water proved to be too much for a charlotte hotel. heavy rain caused a pipe to burst at the embassy suites sending water rushing inside. there are no reports of any injuries. one of san jose's most popular summer spots is now closed. the fountains at ceasar chavez park is usually where children can cool off in the summer heat. but city officials say the fountain failed recently, causing flooding in its underground vault. crews need to repair the equipment and complete a health inspection before reactivating the fountain water jets. and not too hot recently down there, had a little mild temperature. rosemary is joins us to give us a look at the details. rosemary. >> yes, playing in the fountains could be chilly and in addition to the gray, you may have those windshield wipers working if you're getzing outdoors early. it's a bit soggy. we've got drizzle and mist out there, even some pretty dense fog reported in some spots.

so again, take it fez you have an early morning trip. by the afternoon maybe are you going to see the giants. at 1:00, 61 degrees expected in the city. partly cloudy skies. going to be breezy today, winds picking up to 15, 20 miles per hour perhaps at times. and right along the coast maybe even 25 some a cool day in the city. and the afternoon is going to be a mild one around the bay area. take a look at this, partly cloudy skies expected after we get rid of clouds and the morning drizzle. 69 for oakland. 74 expected in san rafael. and widespread upper 80s, inland. santa rosa east, 84 for antioch as well as livermore for the afternoon still, still a few degrees below average for this time of year. your extended forecast, even expecting to be a tad cooler come sunday then a turnaround and a warming trend that will take us through tuesday, wednesday, and even looks like further beyond that. but eventually getting back

into the upper 80s, low 90s for the valley locations. back to you. >> looks good. thank you. straight ahead, where some by's residents may smell gas in their neighborhood, why pg&e says they don't need to be too concerned. and taking lawmakers to court. the issues prompting two major california newspapers to file a lawsuit against the state a system blame

a big giveaway about to get underway shortly. hundreds of bay area schoolchildren are headed to san francisco for an event that should make their first day of school a little easier. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's saturday, august 6th. we will get to that supply giveaway. but first an update on the overnight news in afghanistan. 31 u.s. special operations forces were killed after the hop teenager they were in was attacked. just minutes ago, president obama issued his first response. he says his thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who perished. the taliban is already claiming responsibility saying it brought down the helicopter with a rocket. a recovery operation at the site is underway. this morning's attack makes it the highest number of american casualties recorded in a single incident in the afghan war.

the new school year is just around the corner and some students in san francisco are getting help preparing to go become to class. ali rasmus joins us now at the back-to-school give away set to start this morning. ali. >> reporter: we're at the salvation army warehouse in san francisco, and the organization has pre-registered about 650 families to take part in this school supply giveaway. so that's between 1300 to 1500 kids. they're going to be getting backpacks like this. some are pre-stuffed with all the typical school supplies, rulers, notebooks, some colored pencils. but we're also learned that some school districts here in san francisco are asking kids to come prepared with flash drives. so the organizers will be giving kids that as well. but before they get their school supplies, the point here organizers say is to make this a fun experience for kids. so they've got games and kind of a carnival-like atmosphere set up for them. they'll be doing bean bag games, go fish, golf, also a shelf in the other room with a

bunch of books so kids can pick out books for themselves as well. organizers say this kind of event is essential as we head into the school year. we all know these are tough economic times, and according to a study from huntington bank the cost of school supplies is more expensive. the cost of school supplies is up 12% from a year ago. for middle schoolers up 25% from a year ago. >> rising costs of school supplies in addition to all other things that families need to survive, school supplies aren't always the highest priority for parents when they're struggling between food, shelter, bills, all those different things. >> now you are looking at video from last year's event. today the event starts at 9 a.m. but we're told some of the families start lining up here as early as 8:00. again, kids will be getting the school supplies, backpacks, and

flash drives and a gift card so they can have a new pair of shoes to start the school year. help is on the way for more than 12,000 schoolchildren in the south bay. volunteers have been stuffing backpacks with supplies for the past three weeks. this is the 15th year of the backpack giveaway. organizers started the campaign as part of her masters in business administration project. >> years ago i realized if you took homework home and were in third grid and didn't have pencils and scissors at home, you couldn't do your project. and there's a lot of that thing even from kind gotten on. >> companies helping with the effort include high-tech giants such as google and hewlett- packard. organizers will distribute the backpacks in about a week. pg&e says don't be alarmed if you smell gas in pockets of san jose and fremont today. crews will be out venting natural gas as part of the pressure test.

the natural gas should dissipate quickly and is not considered harmful. but if you're concerned, pg&e says you can call the number there on your screen. pg&e will release natural gas in mountainview on monday. two of california's largest newspapers are going after the state a system blame they're trying to find out how much lawmakers are spending on their office budgets. the sacramento bee and the los angeles times filed a joint lawsuit yesterday after the assembly refused to make the budget public. the newspapers asked to see the budgets when the speaker took office finding a way from a southern california a systemly man. he says he lost the funding because he voted against the state budget plan earlier this year. legislative analysts say california is going to have a tough time reducing the state's overcrowded prisons. california is currently under orders by the u.s. supreme court to do so. governor jerry brown wants to move thousands of inmates from state prisons to county jails. but the legislative analysts

office says that plan won't meet the deadline in two years. the state does have the option of asking for an extension. a new state law bans jurors from texting, tweeting or using their smart phones to research cases or communicate with others about them. the judicial council says use of electronics is becoming a threat to the justice semel a juror who is found using electronic or wireless devices face a misdemeanor. that law takes effect in january. a 15-month-old richmond girl has drowned after falling into a family swimming pool. the toddler's mother called 911 yesterday afternoon. police say the mother was watching several children and briefly lost track of the girl. the child went into the backyard, child the ladder to the pool and fell in. she was rush to the hospital where she later died. students can get vaccinated against whooping cough for free today. a new state law requires students entering 7 through 12th grades to show proof of a

whooping cough vaccine. students have 30 days from the first day of school to comply with the law. and the booster shot can cost more than $60 at some pharmacies. but again it's free in sonoma county today and next saturday. today's vaccination clinic runs from 10:00 this morning until 2 in the afternoon. food stamp use is up across the country, but right here in the bay area not everyone is taking part. advocates say only half the people who qualify for food stamps are actually getting them. they say it's damaging the economy because for every dollar someone spends in food stamps, advocates claim $1.80 in economic activity is activated. >> we really have chosen to do this the hard way, and unfortunately it's against the clients and come up against in wall of bureaucracy.

>> advocates estimate alameda county is missing out on almost $107 million in federal help. about $93 million are going union justified in san francisco and contra costa county it's close to $90 million. fresh and easy is recalling its organic baby spinach. the product could be contaminated with listeria. that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. fresh and easy says no illnesses have been reported. the recalled spinach has been an enjoy by date of august 1. new research is emphasizing the ponce of a good diet. a study from the albert einstein college of medicine in new york shows brain cells responsible for controlling hunger actually start to eat themselves when the bod goes without food for several hours. although the study was performed on mice, human biology mimics that of mice. by studying brain functions, scientists hope to development treatments to combat obesity

and overeating. san jose this morning, starting out with a gray skies and our weather pattern is going to persist. living inland you might be shouting hurray because it's been awfully nice there. along the coast, cloudy if cool. our winds light at this hour, calm, east southeasterly breeze in san jose. a fairfield that wind, 20 miles per hour gust to go near 30 so that delta brose stronger than it was yesterday. and we're watching some of the clouds push in through the delta as well. fairfield dealing with mostly gray skies and concord dealing with a southerly breeze, about 10 miles per hour. so we do expect the fog and clouds to burn off for most areas once again. could be a little bit of a later clearing because of a stronger onshore breeze this morning. 57 degrees santa rosa now. 56 in san francisco. even dealing with a little bit of drizzle in some areas upper 50s, low 60s. but it feels cool out there even a little moist. so for this morning, and

through the afternoon, we will continue to watch the clouds burn away slowly. but we're looking at temperatures below average along the coastline. it's going to be cool, another mild day in the bay, and our inland spots going to be warm, a little breezy as well. for the afternoon we're expecting wind from 15 to 25 miles per hour. so for the afternoon, be prepared for that. if i run you through the afternoon, by 9:30, 10:00 we see the burnoff. very similar to yesterday but could take a little longer. here we are, noontime finally clearing the east bay, then for the afternoon it's going to hang along the coastline and temperatures will only manage upper 50s, low 60s for areas around pacifica and half moon bay inland spots, a nice day. 77, napa 80 degrees for santa rosa, 76 vallejo. inland east bay, 82 concord, 84 antioch. upper 60s for berkeley, oakland, low 70s into hayward. 75 expected fremont today. the peninsula going to be a mild one, 74 redwood city. 70 in san mateo and further

south, 78 in san jose. your extended forecast here, a slight cooloff for tomorrow. not much, though. how far can we go? monday into tuesday, we begin to see a gentle warm-up that will take us through the week and continue that warming trend. if you are going to be outdoors today, we have your lunchtime numbers coming up. >> sound god. thank you, rose traffic right now, it's 7:40 on this saturday morning. live camera at 880 in oakland. you can see traffic moving along pretty well. little bit away from but we're hoping it will clear up in a little while. and we have another traffic alert we want to give you a heads-up about construction work which will require a road closure tonight. westbound lane of highway 4 will be fully shut down by the leverage road overcrossing in pittsburg. it will be closed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. tomorrow morning.

somber anniversary in japan today. a competition in the east bay that is more than just about singing. some say it's a safe haven. >> i was scared to death here. i didn't know if they had guns. i didn't know what was going to happen. >> why she has been getting death threats and what they have to do with casey anthony. senator

good morning, san rafael! dealing with fog out there, low clouds, even drizzle to start our morning. officials in an alaskan village are trying to figure out why a rust colored

substance is walk washing ashore. people first spotted it wednesday night but it's also in some people's rain buckets. initial tests indicate the substance is of natural origin. scientists say it may be a type of algae, but more tests are needed. in news of the world, japan is remembering the 66th anniversary of the hiroshima a tom, bombing. atomic bombing. the exact time the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima was remembered this morning. it mark the beginning of the end of world war ii. it destroyed the city and killed more than 100,000 people. the u.s. dropped a second atomic bomb on nagasaki on august 9, 1945. in argentineee, more violent clashes between police and squatters in the country's province. yesterday authorities forcibly kicked out some 200 families,

tearing down their makeshift tents. some were shot at with rubber bullets. squatters threw rocks at police and at least four of them were injured. a judge had given the squatters five days to leave the occupied land. many of them had been living there since the start of july. although he hasn't announced whether he'll run for president. texas governor rick perry is taking the spotlight this morning. he will lead a day of prayer and fasting. more than 8,000 people have signed up for the rally inside an nfl football stadium in houston. thousands of religious conservatives nationwide are expected to watch the event on the internet. >> with the economy in trouble, communities in crisis, and people adrift in a sea of moral relativism, we need god's help. that's why i'm calling on americans to pray. >> critics of the event say today's prayer rally violates the separation of church and state. they also accuse some of perry's supporters every

advocating extremist views against gays. protestors calling forts resignation of the fullerton police chief. public outrage grows after a homeless man died in a clash with six officers. they wanted to search his become pack after reports every burglaries in the area. he later died of severe head and neck injuries. two councilmembers have called for the police chief to step down. a central florida woman who looks like casey anthony is getting unwanted attention. she says several people around orlando have been confusing her from the mom acquitted of killing her daughter. and that's led to some dangerous encounters. she says she and her brother were in for a walk when three men jumped out a truck and shouted, baby killer! >> i was scared to death. i didn't know if they had guns, someone was going to stab us. >> she had a gun and scared the group of men away. now friends are telling her she should stay home or at least possibly dye her hair.

the real casey anthony is still waiting to find out if she have to report to an orlando probation office for her check fraud case. a judge ruled yesterday he needs more time to make that decision. anthony has been in hiding since getting out of prison. a four-year-old boy is back with his mother after being kidnapped in a central coast. the child and his mother were staying at a church shelter in atascadero. the mother got no a fight why another shelter rest den, and 52-year-old annette hale took the boy, triggering an amber alert. nearly 70 police officers and 100 volunteers participated in a ground and air search. then yesterday evening, police received an non-anonymous call from a woman they believe was hale, telling them the boy was at an abandoned car dealer shupp. officers found the boil and the boy and hale, who was hiding in the bushes. >> we were so rejoicing. it's unusual for these things to come out well.

>> the boy was reunited with his mother and taken to the hospital as a precaution. police booked hale into the county jail. a late night summer youth program in oakland is helping kids stay safe and out of trouble. the east oakland youth development center hosts a variety of activities, including a music competition. judges include professional musicians and former "american idol" finalists latoya london. there's also an urban art program teaching kids to draw and a cooking class as well. >> what makes this place a nice place to hang out? >> i can make friends easily here. it's not like i got to make myself -- popular to be their friend. >> the winner will perform in two weeks. north richmond hopes to bring community members together in a safe and fun way today. the first ever north richmond community block party begins in just a few hours. it is sponsored by chevron and

hosted by the north richmond missionary baptist church. there will be free food, music, games and more. the party begins at 10:00 this morning in the church parking lot. a tribute to a legend, why the bay area's google is now all about lucy today. >> and outside our doors, we are gray even foggy. coming up what you can expect for your afternoon high, and whether we'll see some changes in the extended forecasted.

the charitable work of amy winehouse will live on. her $4 million london home is set to become the headquarters for the amy winehouse foundation. it will mainly help needy children. the foundation plans to issue an official statement on september 14th, we and which would have been her 28th birthday. proceeds from her last recording with tony bennett will partially fund the charity. craigslist may help save the lives of a florida woman suffering from kidney failure.

28-year-old selena hohn has disease and is strapped to a dialysis machine nine hours every night. although on the transplant waiting list, she feared she might not receive an organ in time so she posted an ad on craigslist and now assisting through e-mails from some 800 people around the world, offering to donate a kidney. >> we don't know each other, complete strangers, reaching out to each other. so it's just like, wow. i never expected this. >> have a gut feeling are there's a gut feeling inside of you that this is the right thing to do. >> so far, no matches have been identified. but testing continues for potential donors. a long-awaited harry potter website is becoming the target of hackers. the website launches in october, but scammers are selling fake accounts claiming to give fans early access to the site for as much as $100. early membership is available, but only for the winners of an online challenge on the potter website. security experts advise you to

watch out for harry potter theme surveys that prompt you to download programs to your computer. there may be problems with your cell phone or gps possibly this week. right now we are at the peak of an 11-year solar cycle. that means the sun is unleashing massive solar flares. they can disrupt radio communication, including devices that use gps technology such as cell phones, airplanes, and car navigation systems. utility companies and power grids are preparing in case of any breakdowns. >> and you may spot some changes at crystal springs . the county times divers have placed yellow booms in the water to minimize the impact of work beneath the surface. the booms protect plants and animals by keeping sentiment from floating out. the seismic retro fit is slated to be complete in two years. first ever bear season is

scheduled to start on august 20th. now one opposition group is trying to stop it from happening. no bear hunt nevada.org says a league bear had beening in nevada will draw hundreds into populated areas. but officials disagree. >> the hunters will avoid the tahoe basin because they don't want to be part of any controversy. >> there were more than 1300 applications for just 45 bear tags in nevada. the hundred will be called off once it reaches six females or 20 bears. here in california, bear hunting has been both legal and popular for some time. the corporation has agreed to sponsor the tour of california bicycle race for another two years. the amgen tour is the largest stage race in the united states. details on the sponsorship have not been mailed public. but it is said to be around $3.6 million. santa rosa will be the starting sit next year. the giants and phillies are back at it this afternoon after

a bench-clearing scuffle last night that could bring on some suspensions and to the park we go. jonathan sanchez back on the hill last night as the phillies up 1, when john mayberry slaps it. then in the 6th, phils have a lead when jimmy rollins steals second. the next balloter shane gets plunked in the back. he gets fired up, so does eli, and away they go. ramirez and eli whiteside were ejected after the game whiteside said the game was not intentional. it went a little too far he said. the phillies beat the champs 9- 2. can catch today's giants game here on ktvu, again at 1 p.m. as for the oakland a's, there was continuing on the road. last night in tampa bay, guillermo gave up four runs in rest than five innings, including this double from evan

longoria. johnnie damon scores. bj upton padded the lead in the 6th inning with an rbi single. rays take this one 8-4. oakland has lost 30 of its last 37 games on the road. and to win the division, you need to win on the road and at home. >> that is tough! all right. if you're going to go check out some baseball td today, might want to economic in with rosemary, who is joining us live to look at what the weather condition are going to be like later on. rosemary. >> yes, always safe to bring a sweatshirt if you're heading to see the 59. it will be breezy, partly cloudy, it will be cool, and the changes so suggested. these days, you can almost place a bet on what i'm going to say. we've got gray skies outside our door, you can see them. even a little soggy. some drizzle falling in some spots so you may hit the windshield wipers. if you're out early for farmer market, bring along a baseball cap. fog and drizzle expected through the morning hours. low clouds slower burnoff expected for today, and it will

be clearing to the coast once again. by noontime upper 50s for your lunch hour along the coast, and widespread 60s to low and mid- 70s inland some nice, warm, even mild lunchtime around the bay area. and our afternoon highs remain below average. 84 expected antioch for today, 82 in concord. 80 degrees santa rosa with widespread upper 60s, low to mid-70s for the bay area. and upper 50s for the coast. slightly cooler for tomorrow, finally going to begin to see a warm-up monday, tuesday, lasting wednesday, even further out. that summertime heat finally making its way back eventually upper 80s, low 90s in the forecast for midweek wednesday for our valley spots. google is paying a special tribute to lucille ball today on what would have been her 100th birthday. take a look at that. this is what you find on the homepage today, a vintage television with some of the

most memorable moments from the i love lucy episodes. people are also celebrated in new york. this weekend is lucy fest. and people from all over the world are paying homage to her. ball died in el nino 89, from aneurysm. she was 77 years old. a crackdown on pedestrian safety in san francisco and it comes days after a nine-year- old boy was cutically injured by hit-and-run driver. the neighborhood san francisco police will be focusing on. plus some of two dozen oakland police officers that were laid off are now back on the job this morning. the sacrifice that made it possible.

the single largest loss of american lives in a nearly decade old war. 31 u.s. troops are dead after a helicopter crash in afghanistan overnight. america's credit rating is downgraded for the first time in history. how the move is going to affect you. >> struggling bay area families get some help today in taking the sting out of back-to-school shopping. good morning. welcome to morning on 2. it is

saturday, august 6th. the fog outside will hopefully soon give way to that sun. let's get to rosemary with a look at your forecast. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! a little change in the forecast, that about sums it up. temperatures will remain below average and dealing with low clouds, fog, even some drizzle out there. as we roll through your weekend, expect the afternoon sunshine to be back, although the clouds will remain right off the coastline. it's going to be another cool day by the coast. mild around the bay. and our inland spots will be warming but will remain below average. we'll look at the temperatures and we'll look at a gradual warm-up expected in the equities tended forecast coming up. we start with an update to the overnight news from afghanistan. 31 u.s. special operations forces were killed after the helicopter they were in was attacked. about 30 minutes ago, president obama issued his first response, saying thoughts and prayers go out to the families

of those who perished. the attraction happened and the taliban is claiming responsibility saying it brought down the helicopter with a rocket. a recovery operation is underway. this morning's attacks may set the highest number of american casualties in a single accident in the afghan war. we're following reaction to standard and poor's decision to downgrade the countries' credit rating. the credit agency made the announcement last night, saying the recent debt deal passed by congress does not go far enough to address the countries's debt problem and it is pessimistic about congress and the administration bridging political differences to handle the debt. overnight, asian financial leaders reacted cautiously. >> the recent downgrade is really a lose-lose situation. the u.s. suffers and asia suffers too. with the downgrade, interest rate will have to rise because

that's now a plus, not trim a anymore. >> standard & poors is one of the three major credit rating agencies. the other two are moody's and fitch. both said this week they plan to keep their triple-a rating for the united states. from wall street to main street, the credit downgrade could increase interest rates on everything from mortgages to credit cards. a rise in credit card interest rates would affect shoppers such as though at union square. economists also warn that inflation could go up, making a shopping spree more expensive. >> i think we all do better than we think we're doing. in terms of how we live in our lifestyles. at some point maybe that needs to come down pay bit. >> the credits downgrade is also likely to impact consumer confidence. a survey shows confidence had increased slightly in july after going down the month before. some bay area children are getting the help preparing for school as their families

struggle to make ends meet. ali rasmus is live in san francisco, where hundreds of children will get free school surprise today. ali. >> reporter: it's organized by the salvation army in san francisco, and organizers want to make this a fun experience for the kids. so they accept a carnival-like atmosphere. before the kids get their school supplies they'll play games, there's a shooting game, bean bag toss, old-fashioned popcorn machine. and two warehouses full of stuff. go fishing, some golf here on our left and in this room, they have a face painting table and also a book table where kids can pick up a book and stuff it in their backpacks, before they head out here. we have some video of what this event looked like last year when it was full of kids getting their school supplies. organizers with the salvation army say there are two things different about the event this year. for the first time, they have a waiting list of families waiting to receive the school supplies. and there are about 100 kids on

that waiting lust because the demand was so high. it's also the first year the salvation army has had to buy a majority of these school supplies themselves. and they explained why. >> probably 95% of our items are purchased this year. normally, what happens is corporates give us their binders, pencils, pens, papers, but because of the economy and they're having such a hard time they don't have excess like they used to. >> once the kids get through all the fun and games, this is what they get it walk away with, a backpack pre-suffered with notebooks and folders. just colored pencils. they're also giving the kids flash drives because now a lot of schools are asking kids to come prepared with flash drives, and they're giving the kid a gift card so they can go buy some new shoes. but this event is pre- registered, there's 650 families signed up for it so between 1300 and 1500 kids are going to be coming through here and getting their school

supplies. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. gas prices can tumble 20 cents by the end of the month. the reason, the prices for a barrel of oil continues to fall and is now $87. as for the prices at the pump, right now triple-a says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is in san francisco is $3.89. in oakland and san jose, the price is 9 cents cheaper. san francisco police say too many pedestrians are getting injured if traffic related accident south of market street some starting monday they will increase patrols in the area around fifth and market. officers on cars, motorcycles and foot will be looking for people violating traffic laws. the campaign will get a head start today at 9 a.m. volunteers will hand out fliers to raise pedestrian awareness. and the crackdown comes two days after a hit-and-run driver struck a nine-year-old boy visiting from pennsylvania. on thursday night, san francisco police say 21-year- old andrew vargas drove the wrong way up new montgomery and

hit ryan white. the young boy and his family had just left the giants- phillies game at at&t park. phillies manager told us he hopes ryan white makes a speedy recovery. >> i hope the kid is okay and i'll be pulling for him, and like i would like for someone to bring him around, let me meet him sometime. >> this morning, white is in critical condition. vargas has been brought into the county jail under psychiatric observation. he could have his first court hearing on felony hit-and-run and dui charges on tuesday afternoon. the u.s. coast guard is looking for a missing bay area staler this morning. according to a report, filed by family members, 62-year-old chris of concord left the bay area on july 25th. he was headed to san diego on his 25-foot sailboat. his son contacted authorities on august 1 when he couldn't get ahold of his father on the phone. the coast guard is asking the public to contact them with any information they may have about

his whereabouts. the marin county coroner is trying to identify a body found burning in a car. firefighters made the discovery yesterday near nick's cove. they say the car was fully engulfed in flames. it's still unclear how that individual died. investigators are now using dental records and dna to try to identify the person. new this morning, some oakland police officers who were laid off and rehired are back on the street. ktvu had the only news crew there monday as police chief batts greeted the 25 returning officers. starting assignments today after a week of training. the police union says the city was able to rehire the officers in part because current officers agreed to pay 9% into their pensions. richmond hopes to bring communities members together today. the first ever north richmond community block party begins in just a few hours. it's sponsored by chevron and hosted by the north richmond

missionary church. the party begins at 10:00 this morning in the church parking lot. dress in layers. that's a safe bet. a live look in san francisco, i'm told the transamerica building back there somewhere, can't really see a lot. in addition to the low cloud deck, we have fog and a little dense fog reported in santa rosa and we've got drizzle. so getting outside early this morning, a little bit foggy. the winds are generally light. take a look at that even calm in some cases. a lloyd easterly breeze in san jose, and delta breeze blowing stronger through fairfield. so we're seeing some of that intrusion of the low cloud cover. little further inland, fairfield reporting mostly gray skies. southwesterly breeze in concord, 59 degrees this morning in concord. 58 for livermore. upper 50s san jose, along the bay area, upper 50s as well. san francisco checking in 57

degrees. 58 for oakland. and our north bay locations a little cool outside our door, in santa rosa 55 degrees. 57 for napa. we expect the winds to pick up this afternoon, so that's a plan for, could be breezy at times along the coast and bay. satellite on view, the trough hanging off our coast. not as well defined as yesterday. but it is still there. and we are going to continue the trend that we've been seeing over the last few days. so mild to warm for inland area, even cool which the coast. we see a slight dip tomorrow, then a gentle rebound as we get back to work on monday and eventually the summer time heat will be back. let's run you through saturday morning. by 9:30, our valley locations are dealing with mostly sunny skies. but it remains over the east bay, until about noon. finally retreating to the coast it will remain along the coast for most of our day if not all day. let's look at our temperatures expected very similar to how we landed friday. 80 degrees santa rosa, 78 in sonoma. so some of us warmer. so some of us cooler.

many of us right about what we saw friday. 82 concord. 83 expected this afternoon. upper 60s for the east bay. areas right around oakland expecting upper 60s. 75 for fremont. 78 in san jose. the peninsula for today about 74 redwood city, 76 menlo park. a cool one by the coast, 59 expected in pacifica. the extended forecast here, we expect to be slightly cooler for tomorrow, and then we begin to warm up a bit by wednesday. upper 80s, low 90s in the forecast for our valley spots. if you are headed out a to see the giants this afternoon we have the forecast coming up. one of san jose's most popular summer spots is closed. the fountains at ceasar chavez park is usually where children cool off in the summer heat. but city officials say the fountain recently broke down, causing flooding in its underground vaulted. crews node to repair the equipment before reactivating

the water jets. it is called a back-to- school terror plot. what three louisiana teenagers were planning to do at school next week and how there are potentially deadly attack was stopped. >> grabbed luggage and shoved people down and hurry! >> what prompted the evacuation of more than 200 passengers from a flight that had just landed in chicago. and first, let's give you a live look at the traffic on highway 4, everything looks, clear towards concord or antioch. you're watching mornings on 2. p.pñççe".

good morning to you! live from emeryville this morning, a gloomy start to the day, afternoon sunshine and mild temperatures on the way. a hiker found out the hard way that you don't mess with a mother grizzly. 15-year-old was hike alone yesterday in montana when he stumbled on to a mother bear with an older cub. the hiker says the momma bear bit him on the arm, leg and foot but he was able to walk away and call for help. rangers have closed a trail to investigate the incident. they say bear attacks at glacier national park are very rare. the u.s. government has issued a travel warning for americans in syria. the state don't accuse the syrian government of killing 2,000 people in uprisings since march and at least 24 civilians were killed by security forces

yesterday. protestors have been demonstrating throughout the country, demanding the ouster of the syrian president. residents say there is no electricity in several cities and medical supplies are running out. this morning three teenagers in custody in new orleans, accused of planning an attack at their high school on the first day of classes. shelby brown reports. >> seems like every year now something like this is occurring somewhere in the united states, and it's rather disturbing. >> reporter: north shore parents and students are shocked that three 15-year-old male students at lakeshore high have been arrested for planning to carry out a shooting at the mandeville school next week. >> our first year, now i'm scared to go to high school. >> this is a truly scary situation and where these people had planned and plotted to go to school on opening day, begin with killing any police officer or sheriff's deputy that tried to stop them and carrying out of their plot and plan and take weapons to school

and kill their fellow students. >> sheriff jack says the trio who called themselves day zaire had a detailed plan, which named at least one student as a target. he credits the close relationship between his office and the school system for recognizing that something seemed suspicious july 17th. >> students came forward more than one student came forward to administrators. they had seen some things online that they were worried about, and they went to our administrator and said this is what we have. and of course we immediately turned it over to law enforcement. >> while the investigation is ongoing, sheriff's strain believes the three students in custody were the only ones involved. >> the teens freely admitted their roles in more importantly their intentions. >> they did not deny? >> they did not deny it. >> and that was shelley brown reporting. the three teenagers are scheduled to appear in court on monday. that is the same day classes will begin and there will be extra sheriff's deputies on

hand at the high school. a nigerian man charge with an attempted christmas day terror attack wants a change of venue. the lawyer for the man says his client cannot receive a fair trial in michigan. he is accused of trying to ignite explosives hid onboard in 2009. the man contends he was never read his miranda rights and was drugged while being in tore gated. his trial is set to begin next month. a sentencing phase for a texas polygamist resumed a short time ago. warren jeffs was found guilty of sexually assaulting underaged brides. he faces up to 119 years in prison. authorities say he had a legal spouse and 78 other wives, 24 of them younger than 17. jeffs stormed out of his sentencing hearing yesterday after declaring that god promised a whirlwind of judgment if he was not set free. a u.s. soldier accused of

killing afghan civilians sentenced to threeness of confinement after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors. army specialist adam winfield was among five soldiers initially charge with murder. prosecutors say the civilian deaths were staged to lock like combat casualties. winfield says he was pressured into taking part. the man prosecutors say was the ringleader remains in custody and faces a court-martial later this year. in fullerton, protestors are scheduled to march to the call for the relationships nation of the city's police chief. public outrage continues to grow after a homeless man died in a crash with six officers. they wanted to search his backpack after reports of burglaries in the area. the homeless man later died of severe head and neck injuries. two councilmembers have called for the police chief to step down. some frightening moments on a flight from paris to chicago. as more than 200 passengers and crewmembers had to evacuate on the emergency slides.

a passenger caught the chaos on his cell phone camera. the american airlines plane landed at chicago o'hare international. just after 2:00 yesterday ann. the plane fishtailed at least one tire caught fire during the landing. >> i didn't want to start a panic so just signaled not to come over, and said there's a fire under the plane. >> flight attend ants told all 220 passengers to leave their luggage behind and evacuate the plane on the slides. eight people were treated for minor injuries. federal officials are inspecting the boeing 767 to figure out how that fire started. and in arkansas, the pilot of a firefighting plane walked away unhurt after clipping a woman's house and crashing on the street. the small plane had just taken off and was loaded with water and foam when it went down. no one was hurt and the cause of that crash is now under investigation. massive flooding hits north

carolina's frantic effort to save people's stranded in their homes and cars. outside our door this morning, similar to yesterday and the low clouds beginning to scour out. we'll look at what you can expect for your weekend, coming up.

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haitian leaders say tropical storm emily has killed one person, but did not cause as much damage as they feared.

the storm never crossed the entire country, instead it brush the southern coast of haiti, flooding some fields. the storm comes as more than 600,000 people remain homeless after last year's earthquake. and we're getting a new look at a tornado that ripped through joplin, missouri three months ago. this new video from surveillance cameras shows the destruction at the city's high school. the town is still cleaning up from the devastating twister. 160 people were killed, and thousands of homes and businesses were damaged. the high school will hold classes in a mall when the school year starts in just one week. one of our live cameras showed you sunshine out there in the bay area, but rosemary, not quite everyone has seen that sun yet this morning. >> right. most of us dealing with gray skies, even drizzle out there this morning. but boy, that was a gorgeous shot from bay point. and we're looking at partly cloudy skies for our inland east bay. meanwhile, a live look now at san jose. we're dealing with gray skies. we will see see the sunshine

around noontime over part of bay area. the east bay right about lunchtime should see the partly cloudy skies. for the coast, it's going to be partly for mostly cloudy. giants game this afternoon, 61 degrees and breezy, which means a windbreaker, a jacket will do you some good because it is going to pick up at times, winds from 15 to 20 miles an hour, even up to 25. our afternoon highs, look at this, widespread grown on the coast, meaning 60sand east bay, upper 60s lots of yellow out there. 70s in the forecast for the inland areas, as well as around the bay. and just a little patches of orange, orange equalling 80 degrees and above. the extended forecast, we drop just a degree or two for tomorrow, and then we begin to warm up. it will be a slow build, but by wednesday upper 80s, low 90s in the forecast for our valley spots. back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. >> at least one person died in

two neighborhoods remain evacuated this morning after massive flooding in charlotte, north carolina. at least three inches of rain fell yesterday, causing rivers and creeks to overflow their banks. first responders had to use boats to save some stranded residents and one woman says she lost everything she owns. >> all my computers, my deep freezer, wash machine, dryer, everything is gone. >> police say one woman died in the flood and another is missing after shoplifting from a coat factory. investigators say they ran into a creek to get away, but were then swept away by the water. and the water proved to be too much for a charlotte hotel. heavy rain caused a pipe to burst at the embassy suites. sending water rushing inside. no one was injured. in the south bay, they're still dealing with record heat. the dallas/fort worth area has spent 36 straight days at 100 degrees or above. the record is 42 days, set in

1980. in dallas county, at least 12 people have died from the heat so far this summer. salvation army giving out free water. the president of afghanistan says 31 u.s. special forces have been killed in one incident. we'll have more on that attack and who is claiming responsibility this morning. plus, santa clara police search for suspects after a man is attacked after leaving a charity bingo game.

we begin this half hour with a deadly single incident for american forces since the war in afghanistan began. afghanistan's president says 31 u.s. special operations forces

were killed after the helicopter they were in was attacked. we're now learning the helicopter that went down in the province is a chinook helicopter. the you're says more than 20 troops were killed. the taliban has claimed responsibility, saying it brought down the helicopter with a rocket. a recovery operation at the site is underway, about an hour ago president obama issued his first response saying thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who perished. iran's foreign minister says this morning he hopes a final court verdict will lead to the release of two uc berkeley graduates held on espionage charges. a verdict is expected soon in the case. they were arrested with sarah showered in 2009. they say they miss teenly crossed into iran while hiking in iraq. shourd was released on bail last accept. standard & poors decision to downgrade the country's credit rating is closely

watched in morning. the credit agency made the announcement last night, saying the debt deal passed by congress doesn't go far enough to address the country's debt problem. overnight asian financial leaders said the decision is a big blow to the united states and asia because interest rates are now likely to rise. s&p cited political gridlock between republican and democrat, lawmakers as one reason for the credit downgrade. and this morning president obama called on congress to work even closer together after its summer recess. >> both parties share power. both parties share responsible for our progress. moving our economy and our country forward is not a contract, or a republican responsible. it is our responsibility as americans. >> the president taped this online video address yesterday, before news of the credit downgrade was released. congress has never been more unpopular, that according to a poll from the new york

times that shows 82% of americans now disapprove of the way congress is handling its job, only 14% approve. in regard to the recent debt ceiling debate, 72% of those polled disapproved the way republicans handled negotiations. today volunteers here in the bay area are helping hundreds of low income children go back to school with everything they need. a special event gets underway about a half hour from now. ali. >> reporter: it's hosted bit salvation army here in san francisco, we're standing in their warehouse now. it's a school spry giveaway and organizers want to make this a fun and welcoming experience for the more than a thousand kids expected to come through here. so before the kids get their supplies, they're going to be playing games as the shooting game, bone bag toss, they have an old-fashioned popcorn machine here to our left. and they've got two warehouse rooms full of activities for

the kids to go fishing, some golf over there, and this room they have a table for some face painting, kids will be able to get their faces paint. and before they leave they can pick out a book before they head out. we have video of what this event look looked last year when the two warehouses were full of kids. they had about 650 families last year, about 1300 kids come through. the same number of families and kids are coming to this year's giveaway. but organizers say there's definitely more of a need this year. this is the first year they have had to set up a waiting list for families needing school supplies for their kids. there are 50 families and about 100 kids on that waiting list. >> it's a shore sign that there's definitely a need for this type of distribution, and there's an increased demand in san francisco of folks still struggling to make ends meet. and this is one example. >> once the kids get through all the games. , this is what they get, a

backpack with folders and notebooks, rulers. they also get flash drives because schools are asking students to bring them. the kids will also get a gift card. one other thing that the operations manager here says little different this year, is that 95% of all the supplies they've got, the salvation army had to buy itself because corporate donations are also down. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the need to for school supplies is just as great in the south bay. for the past three weeks, volunteers have been stuffing supplies into more than 12,000 become packs. this is the 15th year of the giveaway. one of the organizers started the campaign as part of her masters and business administration project. >> years ago i realized if you took homework home and you were in third grid and didn't center pencils and scissors, you couldn't do your project. and there's a lot of that thing from kindergarten on. >> companies helping with that effort include high-tech giants such as google and hewlett-

packard. organizers will distribute the backpacks in about a week. a south bay man remains in the hospital this morning, victim of a robbery outside a bingo game. this is 66-year-old stan nicholas at the santa clara american legion hall. a charity bingo night had just ended when two men approached nicholas demanding he turn over bag he was carrying. >> covered with blood, and -- [not understandable] everybody thought it was a gunshot wound. >> i looked out the big window and seen two people with guns in their hand. and i seen someone beating someone on the ground. >> nicholas says he only had paperwork and no cash on hand. he did talk to us on phone from his hospital bed and says he hopes doctors will let him return to the bingo hall next week. he says he had 1100 dollars stolen last year, the club uses bingo money to send disadvantaged children to camp.

a 15-month-old girl has died after falling into a family swimming pool. police say the mother was watching several children and briefly lost track of the girl the child went into the become yard, climbed the ladder to the pool and fell in. she was rushed to the hospital, with are she later died. a four-year-old boy is back with his mother after being kidnapped in the central coasted. the child and his mother were staying at a church shelter in atascadero. the mother got into a fight with another shelter resident and police say 52-year-old annette hale then took the boy, triggering an amber alert. nearly 70 police officers and more than 100 volunteers participated in the ground and air search. and yesterday evening, police received an anonymous call from a woman they believe was hale, telling them the boy was at an abandoned car dealership. officers found the boy and hale, hiding in the bushes.

>> we were so overwhelmed with rejoicing, because it's so unheard of for these things to come out well. >> the boy was reunited with his mother and was also taken to the hospital as a precaution. police booked hale into the county jail. food stamp use is up across the country. but here in the bay area, not everyone is taking part. advocates say only half of the people who qualify for food stamps are actually getting this. they say that could be damaging the economy because for every dollar someone spends in food stamps, advocates claim $1.80 in economic activity is general raid. many people appear to be turned offer by the government red tape surrounding the program. >> we really have chosen to do this the hard way. and unfortunately, it accrues against the clients that are eligible for the program and come up against this wall of bureaucracy. >> advocates estimated alameda county alone is missing out on almost $107 million in federal help. about $93 million are estimated to be going unused in san

francisco, and contra costa county it's close to $90 million. organic baby spinach is recalled this morning by fresh and easy neighbor markets. the company says the product could be contaminated with listeria. an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. fresh and easy says no illnesses have been reported. the recalled spinach has enjoy by date of august 1. students in sonoma county can get vaccinated against whooping cough for free today. a state law requires students entering 7 through 12th grids to show proof of a whooping cough vaccine. students have 30 days from the first day of school to comply with the law. the booster shot can cost more than $60 at some pharmacies and again, it's free in sonoma county today and next saturday. it runs from 10:00 this morning until 2 in the afternoon. good morning to you!

clouds, fog, even drizzle, same old outside our door this morning. partly sunny skies for the inland east bay, eventually scouring out once again. we'll continue with this pattern at way through the weekend. perhaps even a little bit of a cooling trend. it's going to be slight but temperatures are expected to dip just a little bit into sunday. this trough hanging off the coast will continue, this unseasonably mild beth low clouds this morning. they will be back tonight. so cool for the coast, mild for the bay. warm inland. and breezy at times. the westerly wind will be picking up. west and southwest for the afternoon. from 15 to 20, maybe 25 miles per more. by 10:00, our inland areas will be dealing with mostly sunny skies, it looks like all the way perhaps danville there, dealing with mostly sunny as well. takes until about noon time before it clears the east bay. and low clouds and the fog expected to remain piled up

along the coast for saturday afternoon. temperatures right now very similar to how we started yesterday morning. 61 in fairfield. upper 50s in livermore. upper 50s areas san francisco, oakland, low 60s for mountainview, redwood city around 61. and the afternoon highs looking nice for our valley locations. 83 expected and 78 for sonoma. 80 degrees for santa rosa. so temperatures very, very similar to friday, perhaps slightly warmer in some areas. maybe a tad cooler. 82 in concord, partly sunny skies this morning. 83 walnut creek. east bay spots upper 60s berkeley, down into oakland. 70 expected san leandro. we head south into santa clara valley, another beautiful day. 78 expected in san jose, santa clara low 80s. and then along the peninsula, 74 expected redwood city. 68 san bruno. mid-60s for san francisco. so very pleasant weather, just

not what we're used to, especially future the valley spots, for august. along the coast, well, upper 50s, low 60s. and the clouds, we get that typically during the summertime but still cool future this time of year we will begin to see a modest warm-up, but it will be a gradual one. monday, tuesday into wednesday before we finally get back to upper 80s, low 90s for the inland areas. and it looks like that warming trend will last through most of the week. if you're going to be outdoors for today, we have your time line coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, rosemary. you may spot some changes at the crystal springs reservoir and san andreas lake. crews are retrofitting the regional water system to withstand a 7.5 earthquake. the county times reports divers have placed yellow booms in the water to minimize the impact of work beneath the sur ifs. the booms protect plants and animals by keeping sediment from floating out. the seismic retrofit is slated to be completed in two years.

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here's a sight many of us aren't seeing this morning. beautiful blue skies over bay point. low clouds there in the distance. mostly sunny for the afternoon. some breaking news coming into the ktvu newsroom. we're been reporting here on mornings on 2 about how the president of afghanistan was reporting that 31 u.s. special on forces with killed in a helicopter accident in afghanistan. apparently, shot down by rebels in afghanistan. the news right now coming across the wires that the majority of those killed in that helicopter crash were from navy seal team 6. if you remember, navy seem team 6 played a very important role in the raid that killed osama bin

laden. and now the associated press reporting that the majority of those u.s. forces killed in the helicopter crash there in afghanistan this morning are from navy seal team six. we'll continue to follow this story and if we get other information, we'll bring it to you are here on mornings on 2 and on ktvu.com. in other news, overseas tonight a typhoon is bearing down on the eastern coast of china this morning. it has already battered japan and the philippines. more than 200,000 people are been evacuated. thousands of ships have also been called back to shore. the storm with winds more than 100 miles per hour is headed towards shanghai right now, a city way population of 23 million people. japan is remembering the 66th anniversary of the hiroshima atomic bombing. they mark the bombing with a moment of silence this morning. the exact time the u.s. dropped

the atomic bomb on hiroshima, marking the beginning end of world war ii. the atomic bomb destroyed the city and killed more than 100,000 people. the u.s. dropped a second atomic bomb on nagasaki on august 9, 1945. and here in the bay area tonight is the 10th annual lantern ceremony marking the bombings. also serves as a rance of those who died in wars and natural disasters. the ceremony will include a remembrance of the more reason fukashima nuclear plant disaster in japan. japanese style lanterns will be set adrift at sunset at berkeley's aquatic park. six years after hurricane katrina, a federal jury has convicted five new orleans police officers in connections with deadly shootings in the chaos after the storm. two were left dead. officers shot at unarm people

and tried to cover up the crime by falsifying reports. the defense had argued that the officers were shot at first before returning fire. the mother of one of the victims expressed her grief shortly after the verdict was announced. >> it put the twinkle of my eye and blew out my candle but justice has been served. >> u.s. attorney general holden said he hopes the verdict will help restore public trust in the new orleans police department. all five officers are facing potential life terms, scheduled to be sentenced in december. casey anthony is waiting to find out if she has to report for probation on her check fraud case. anthony has been in hiding since getting out of jail. central florida woman who looks like casey anthony is getting unwanted attention. she says several people around orlando have been confusing her from the mom a kited of

quilling her daughter. that's led to dangerous encounters. she was ought four a walk when three men shouted baby killer! >> i was scared to death. i didn't know if they had guns, i didn't know what would happen, someone was going to stab them. >> graves said she was able to scare the men away. friends are telling her she should stay home or at least possibly dye her hair. a texas mayor is admitting to drinking on the job. martin is the mayor of sunland park, now facing a $1 million lawsuit filed by an architectural firm who says it's owed money for work done under contract signed by the mayor. the mayor claims he doesn't remember signing the contract because he was heavily intoxicated at the time. >> who is the mayor? that's bad because if i have to sign something and i'm drunk, i don't know what i'm signing and that's bad. and what he signed was bad. i don't believe it's legal. >> the city is claiming that

the contracts are not valid because the mayor was drunk when he signed them. the charitable work of amy winehouse will live on. her $4 hello london home will become the headquarters for the amy winehouse foundation. it will mainly help needy children. the foundation plans to issue an official statement on september 14th, which would have been her 28th birth day. proceeds from her last recording with tony bennett will partially fund the charity. thousands every women and their babies will gather in cities today to support breast- feeding. it's called the big latch john, and this morning women will breast-feed their children to coincide with world breast- feeding week, which comes to an end tomorrow. and here in the bay area, mothers will gather at the lake merritt bandstand in oakland and the campbell library community room in campbell. today is the 20thth anniversary of the worldwide web. on august 6, 1991, tim was work

at the european organization for nuclear research, when he found the first web page. he was looking for a way for physicists to share information. and he proposed a worldwide web of documents connected via hyper tech links. they were adopted as the name, following some rejected names, including the mind of information and the information mesh. >> tempers flair between the baseball teams last night at at&t park. >> turning to craigslist for a kidney. the response one woman received from around the world. >> well established cold deck this morning. coming up in five minutes what you can expect for your saturday and when we will finally return to some warmer weather.

we continue to follow that helicopter crash in afghanistan, which killed 31 troops overnight. we told you just about eight minute ago that sources are telling the associated press the majority of those u.s. forces killed are from navy seal team six. that is the same team that carried on the the raid that killed osama bin laden in may. overnight afghanistan's president said 31 u.s. troops were killed in that crash and it appears the helicopter was shot down during a rocket attack. this morning taliban is claiming responsibility. craigslist may help save

the lives a florida woman suffering from kidney failure. the 28-year-old has spina bifida and is strapped to a dialysis machine nine hours a night. she feared she might not receive an organ in time so she posted an ad on craigslist. now she assisting through e- mails from some 800 people around the world, offering to donate a kidney. >> we don't know each other, complete strangers, reaching out to each other. like wow, i never expected this. >> you have to gut feeling inside of that you this is the right thing to do. >> so far no matches have been identified. but testing continues for potential donors. the giants-phillies back at it this afternoon after a bench clearing scuffle last night that could bring on suspensions. and to the park we go. jonathan sanchez was back on the hill last night. phillies up by one in the fourth inning when john mayberry slaps the shot to left field. then in the 6th, phils with the lead we jimmy decides to steal

second. next batter shane in the box gets plucked in the back by ramon ramirez. gets fired up. and away they go! ramirez and whiteside all ejected and after the game whiteside said the pitch wasn't intentional he just called for a fastball that went too far inside. it's a rivalry in the making. the first of allees go on to beat the world champs 9-2. you can watch today on ktvu at 1:00. as the oakland a's, on the road last night in familiar bay, guillermo gave up four runs in five innings, including this double from evan. former a's johnny game on scores. they take this one 8-4. oakland has lost 30 of its last 37 games on the road. there's only one ticket that has won the $99 million

mega-millions lottery jackpot. it was sold at a gas station in northeastern ohio. however, there was one ticket sold in california that matched all five numbers but not the mega-number. the lottery has not named the city where that ticket was sold. here are the winning numbers. check your ticket. christmas has come early for bargain hunters. the longest yard sale is open for business. it stretches 675 miles from hudson, michigan all the way down to gads senn, alabama. shoppers can find almost everything imaginable from clothes to holiday ornaments to cars. the bargain hunters paradise began in 1987. it starts on the first thursday every august and runs for four days. unfortunately i wasn't in northeastern ohio to buy that lotto ticket that. have been nice. i am here, and rosemary, i'd like to see some sunshine today. >> you will, unless you're by the coastline. we're dealing with temperatures very similar to how we woke up

yesterday. upper 50s to low 60s through 9:00. the low clouds will be slow to burn, but by noontime most of us dealing with partly cloudy skies, upper 50s for the coast, mid-70s inland, and our afternoon highs below average for this time of year. upper 50s for the coast, widespread 60s and 70s for the bay. and upper 70s low 80s inland. tomorrow perhaps even slightly cooler, we are going to finally watch our temperatures rebound. look like by wednesday into thursday, second week of august, may start to feel like august. >> all right. thank you, rosemary. we'll follow the developing news outs of afghanistan. thank you for watching.