the search continues this morning for a sacramento man and his two-year-old daughter. why the fbi thinks he may be coming to the bay area or trying to leave the country. a disturbing discovery near an east bay motel, what police found and why they are treating the case as a homicide. and tens every thousands every people will be back at golden gate park today. and the one pass problem homeowners worry about seeing again, right now on ktvu mornings on 2!

good morning to you. welcome to ktvu mornings on 2. it's saturday, august 12th. let's get right to your weekend forecast and check in with meteorologist rosemary. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! quiet pattern continues, another comfortable mid-summer day for inland areas. this is becoming the norm. partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. less of a marine layer out there this morning. which should equal better clearing. afternoon sea breeze will be back and our highs upper 50s for the coast, widespread low to mid-80s for our inland spots. we will pinpoint your neighborhood coming up in just a few moments. the search continues this morning for a two-year-old sacramento girl who the fbi says was kidnapped by her father. ali rasmus is live with why authorities fear the two-year- old may already be out of the country. ali. >> reporter: authorities say this man has local ties, so the

bay area may be one of several places where he's headed. it's a sacramento fbi who yesterday issued this amber alert. they're concerned that 49-year- old man may be trying to take his two-year-old daughter out of the country. so police at sfo have been looking for this man. more than 600 agencies across the state of california. family members center not seen them for six days now. madeline's father was supposed to return the two-year-old to her mother last sunday. >> he wasn'ting using a cell phone or credit cards, and considering a child of two years of ailed we thought it was necessary to issue an endangered missing advisory. >> and this amber alert went up on highway signs across the bay area yesterday. they are still up this morning. here's the description of the vehicle authorities are looking for. he may be driving a 1998 green

titanium 4runner with california plate. they also mentioned he is a u.s. citizen who was born in egypt. he speaks spanish throughoutly and that's why authorities have advised law enforcement agents that travel across the state to keep an eye out for this man. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. and stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on the search for madeline. we have posted photos as well as that license plate information on the front page of ktvu.com. new this morning, hayward police have launchnd a homicide investigation after discovery of a woman's body near a motel. police were called to motel 6 at 10:00 last night. the body was found in an alleyway behind the building. and was blocked off by an orange tarp. police say the body appears to have been burned and the case is being treated as a homicide. they're questioning people who have been staying at the motel

and others in the area. right now police have no suspects. in overnight news, oakland police are investigating two separate shootings that killed two people and injured a third. the latest shoots this is morning. when police arrived this man trying lying in the street, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. further down the street another shooting victim was found in a car, that injured victim was taken to a nearby hospital. about two hours before that, shots rang out near maddux driver and 98th avenue. oakland police say a man in his early 20s was driving this white car when she was shot several times. car crashed into the front yard of a nearby home. the man died at the scene. anyone with information on either of the shooting incidents is asked to call oakland police. one of bart's board of directors is demanding to know why the transit agency turned off its underground cell service friday night. the police say it was to cut off communication between

protestors. officers say they received information that some of the demonstrators who got out of hand last month planned something even more violent this time. an attorney for the aclu says taking away cell service to transit ride others is the exact tactic used to suppress anti-government protests in egypt. the director said she disagrees with the police department's decision. >> we're not a third-world country. we shouldn't be -- borrowing communications just takes us to somewhere that i don't want to ysebaert go. >> it wasn't a decision made lightly but this wasn't about free speech. it's about safety. >> cellular service was restored underground and some activists are calling for an fcc investigation. today is day two of the outside music festival and tens of thousands of people are expected again to swarm into san francisco. the three-day festival kicked off yesterday in golden gate

park. organizers say about 180,000 people will be attending the concert this weekend. in addition to the music, people can also taste gourmet food and wines. they're also preparing for trouble. >> there was a lot of problems with people vandalizing things last year. >> so for no parking signs have been put up in the area and extra security has also been brought in. if you still want to catch some of the show, there are some single day passes still available. tonight's headliner is news and tomorrow night, arcade fire will take the stage. ballotting in the iowa straw poll got underway minutes ago. political analysts say ames straw poll is an early indicate over of political strength heading into the iowa caucuses. the names of the nine announced candidates are on today's ballot. one of the front-runners, former massachusetts governor mitt romney, will not be in

iowa. analysts say two candidates who must do well are former minnesota governor tim pawlenty and congresswoman michele bachmann. looking ahead, some say bachmann made a freudian slip during a campaign stop last night. >> what did we see president bachmann -- president bachmann is probably a good idea. what do you think? >> the ames straw poll is a state g.o.p. fund-raiser and tickets are sold to those who want to participate in the poll. the iowa caucuses are scheduled to take place next february. one person not in iowa today is texas governor rick perry. this morning perry is in south carolina where he is scheduled to make his presidential ambitions official. coming up at 7:15, political watchers weigh in on whether perrys's absence in iowa will help or hurt his campaign. good morning to you! giving you a like at the temperatures we're starting outside with 48 degrees and mostly clear skies in santa

rosa. the rest of us into the 50s and temperatures within two to four degrees of where we started yesterday may have noticed high clouds overhead yesterday, and that should no longer are the case. we're watching that move to the east and our temperatures will be very similar to what we saw yesterday. the marine layer shallower so we're going to likely see a quicker burnoff. look at the forecast here. not even looking at mostly cloudy skies, most of the inland areas. santa rosa mostly clear, fairfield partly cloudy. concord, livermore, san jose all reporting partly cloudy skies. we've got just outside of the bay here, by about 9:00 or so it begins to retreat. looks like the east bay as well as the peninsula continues with the low cloud and fog. but by 10:30, 11:00, east bay mostly sunny skies, it could linger near the coastline for your saturday afternoon. the sea breeze will be back with us and our temperatures again very similar to what we saw on friday. your satellite view again the high clouds you may have noticed yesterday about here, and pushing off to the east.

the trough sitting out over the pacific continues to really range our weather pallet person that will keep us cool by the coast. warm for inland spots. and generally below average in many cases. so patchy fog most of the day. cool conditions, upper fis, low 60s. for the bay area we'll see the morning fog and low clouds, partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. very mild conditions. and the inland areas, mostly sunny skies with warm temperatures sitting in the 80s. how about that? even upper 70s expected in areas right around santa rosa. san rafael today 72 at the wine fest there. 73 in vallejo. upper 60s for the east bay, berkeley, oakland, into hayward. go further inland and warmer, antioch 84 degrees for the afternoon. 82 pleasanton. 73 expected for fremont. 76 san jose. and as we slide a little north, we're looking at 74 degrees for redwood city. 70 san mateo and low to mid-60s

for the afternoon for san francisco. your extended forecast, temperatures actually going to dip a little bit sunday, monday. into the a huge drop though. coastline will be right about the same, slightly warmer, rolling through tuesday, wednesday, finally a ridge of high pressure going to build in and bring our temperatures back up just a bit. mid-80s expected for our valley locations by mid-week wednesday. if you're going to be out and about for the afternoon, we have a time line of your forecast coming up. thank you. time is 7:10. time for your live drive time traffic. here's the golden gate bridge, just a few cars but look at the fog this morning. it sure has socked in most of that iconic span. and as we move over to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see definitely more cars there, starting to pick up as this morning. we also want to give you a heads up, just a few minutes ago word of a pedestrian in the roadway, westbound i-580 around 23rd and oakland. just keep an it's out for that. two vehicle crash closed

down a busy san francisco intersection for a few hours last nights. a honda element slammed into a taxi full of passengers at franklin and sutter streets just before 10:30 last night. the impact pulled the cab into a light pole. it was carrying 4 passengers and a driver. they were all taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. the driver of the element was also not seriously hurt. the chp says alcohol may have played a factor in a head- on crash in soon omm'a county. a dodge pickup collided with another truck near old lakeville road last night. officers didn't clear the scene until after midnight. one person was rushed to the hospital with major injuries. and a child was a passenger in one of the trucks. the child's condition has not been released. officers are on the lookout for speeding motorcyclists riding through napa county today. police say they're planning extra patrols in areas frequented by riders and where crashes are common.

in 2009, napa per capita ranked near the top in motorcycle fatalities and injuries. and from 1998 to 2008, fatal motorcycle accidents in california jumped 175%. time is 7:11. it's a big day with the republican straw poll here, 3 one person not officially in the race is getting a lot of attention. what sarah palin is now saying about when she will make up her mind about running for president. and the race for san francisco mayor gets turned upside-down yet again. public defender jeff adachi. and the investigation now underway after s&p down gridded america's credit rating. whoa. you gotta be kidding!

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clearing the way to mostly sunny for the afternoon. new this morning, a brazen raid in pakistan where police say gunmen abducted an american contractor. the victim lived in an upscale neighborhood in the eastern city of la more. eight to 10 assailants trick their way into a man and said they were bringing them food which is a common act of sharing during the muslim holy month of ramadan. police won't reveal a motive but militants have been kidnapping foreigners for ransom. yew also new this morning, president obama and his weekly address is calling on voters to voice their frustrations to congress. >> if you have had it with gridlock and want them to pass stalled bills that will help our economy right now, let them know. if you refuse to settle for politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems, if you believe it's time to put country before party, and the interests of our children before our own, then let them know. >> the president says voters have a right to be upset and that the people voters at

washington need to start doing their jobs. this week president obama will hit the roads starting monday. he's embarked -- setting off on a three-day campaign bus tour through the midwest. stops include minnesota, iowa, and illinois. the bus tour starts on monday in cannon falls, minnesota, with a town hall meeting. four other similar events will follow. the campaign comes from the president starts his family vacation on martha's vineyard. texas governor rick perry is not in iowa today for the straw poll. instead he is in south carolina to make his 2012 campaign for president official. he will make the announcement that he's joining the g.o.p. nomination race at the red state gathering of conservative activists in charleston. while his speech today upstages the straw poll and other candidates. >> what this does is give perry a chance to see who comes out the poll and gear his sights on those people, go after those

people. >> perry will travel up the atlantic seaboard to new hampshire, after today's announcement he will then finally make a stop in iowa. former alaska governor sarah palin is not participating in the straw poll this weekend. but she is in iowa and she says it is not too late for her to join the race for president. >> i think the more the merrier. the more the better the debates, and out there in the arena, better for voters to have more choices. >> that was palin yesterday at the iowa state fair. reporters surrounded her asking her questions about her possible campaign and other candidates. she has said before that she will decide whether she will enter the race sometime before october. as the g.o.p. nomination race starts to unfold, the white house is now criticizing the candidates. all 8 g.o.p. candidates took part in a debated thursday night in iowa and that's where they vowed not to support any future budget deal with tax increases.

even if the deal includes spending cuts 10 times larger than the tax increases. a white house spokesman says the pledge puts republicans on the side of millionaires and billionaires. a surprise in the race for san francisco mayor. the city's public defender jeff adachi has announced he is in. he filed election papers 30 minutes before the deadline yesterday evening. he says he will run on fiscal responsible. he has a measure on the november ballot that if approved, would reform the city's pension system. >> it wasn't until i really lessened to what the candidates were saying and the last few debates about pension reform, and i became convinced that either the candidates don't get it or they don't want to get it. >> he says he will not accept public campaign financing. more than a dozen people are in the race to be the next mayor of san francisco. in our economy watch this morning, the securities and

exchanges commission says it's investigating the recent downgrade of u.s. credit by standard & poors. the sec says it wants to know the mass used by the firm when it used the decision to downgrade the credit rating. the treasury department maintained all week the downgrade is wrong because of a $2 trillion accounting error. the sec is also looking into who knew about the downgrade before standard & poors made its announcement. the new school year is just around the corner, and for some families that means back-to- school shopping. 15% of most retailers annual income is running up during back-to-school sales. independent research firms say 82% of parent say they'll spend the same or less on back-to- school supplies compared to last year. only 12% said they'll be spending more. a canadian company is recalling 380,000 pounds of bacon over concerns about listeria contamination. the canadian bacon is sold under the names napoleon, stefano, bellissimo.

the recalled products have production dates before august tenths, and have the est number 169-a. so far no illnesses have been reported. a california company has announced its own recall of several types of dip because the guacamole used could contain listeria. the dips from fresh food concepts were sold under the fresh food concepts of these names. the recall includes products with a use by date of september 16th. time is now 20 minutes after 7. a group of workers fired after a massive layoff says their company had their luck change in a big way. find out what happened just a few days after that changed everything. >> outside the low clouds not as far inland this morning as we saw yesterday. giving you a live look at the oakland this morning where we're dealing with mostly gray skies. what you can expect for the afternoon and your outside forecast, coming up.

welcome back to mornings on 2. a lot of different events taking place,ation at ranger at the coliseum and if there's one playing that may be chilly today, it's golden gate park. >> always a good idea to bring a jacket. let's get to the forecast. we are looking at partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy for the afternoon. san francisco, golden gate park, a little breezy but afternoon sea breeze, completely the usual this time of year. right upper 50s expected for the lunch hour. 4:00 in the afternoon, about 60 degrees. and then into the evening hours, back into the mid and upper 50s with mostly cloudy skies. forecasted highs around the region, low 80s, concord,

livermore, antioch around 84 for the afternoon. head south, 76 expected san jose, along the peninsula, 70 for san mateo. 64 san francisco. in the afternoon, and widespread mid to upper 70s areas right around napa as well as santa rosa. suggest another beautiful day for our inland areas, a little cool by the coast and your extended forecasted shows you sunday looks to be slightly cooler than today. we're actually getting some better clearing early on this morning for inland areas. so slightly warmer for the afternoon. valley spots again tomorrow, perhaps a tad bit cooler. monday, tuesday into wednesday we do begin to rebound as a ridge of high pressure over the central u.s. begins to retrograde our way, bringing our temperatures back into the mid-80s for the valley spots, mid-60s for the coast. back to you. a group of workers in canada is celebrating a lottery win just days after most of them were laid off. a group of 18 people worked for an ottawa company called smart technologies, and recently the company announced massive layoffs and 10 of the 18 employees lost their jobs. and then a few days later, they

learned they just won more than $7 million. >> it's a perfect amount to win. any more makes you different. this makes you comfortable. and you wish everyone could experience this kind of feeling. >> each of the 18 winners will walk away with about $400,000 each. they say that is worth about 15 years of pay at that company. the search is on this morning for a suspect after several men forced their way into a marin county home. who police are looking for and how many people have already been caught. >> bay area airports and across the highway, an amber alert continues this morning for a missing toddler and her father. >> and today marks an important milestone in the 2012 presidential race. we will go live to the iowa central poll for a preview of which candidates are making strides in those still yet to enter.

the search continues this morning for the father suspected of kidnapping his own daughter and the fbi says it is possible that the two could already be out of the country. and welcome back to ktvu's mornings on 2. the time now is 7:29. >> good morning! the amber alert remains in effect this morning as the fbi searches for a missing two-year- old from sacramento. ktvu as ali rasmus is live at sfo with why the father is considered a flight risk. >> reporter: good morning. police here at sfo and 600 other agencies across the state received the advisory from the

sacramento fbi. they're the ones who issued this amber alert. they're concerned that madeline samaan-fay and her father 49- year-old mourad samaan have been missing four days now. he was supposed to return the two-year-old to his mother on sunday and the mother waited two days to tell police her didn't didn't return because she didn't think the child was in danger. but now authorities are concerned he may be taking the chile out of the country. he's a u.s. citizen born in egypt and speaks spanish throughoutly. amber alert went up on highway signs across the bay area yesterday. they're still up this morning. the two-year-old and her parents live in sacramento, and authorities say the toddler's father has bay area ties and they think this may be one of several places he might be headed. >> all officers on looking on the freeways, city pd's notified, sheriff's notified also, that includes the airports also looking for this vehicle and the suspect and the

child. >> here's a description of the vehicle he may be driving. anyone who recognizes the vehicle is asked to give california highway patrol a call. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the hunt is on for a fourth suspect in a home-invasion robbery in san rafael. police say they already have three men in custody. the robbery happened at a house on sea way near point san pedro row yesterday evening. one of men had a gun and forced his bay into the home. police chased down three suspects. officers closed down several neighborhood streets and evacuated a nearby salvation army store. the man at large is described as an african-american between 20 to 25 years old, with very short hair. a homeless man is recovering this morning after he was shot by an oakland police officer. happened around 7:40 last night at fruitvale avenue and

foothill boulevard. witnesses say the officer approached the homeless man who was urinating against the water and then turned around. that's when the officer fired. witnesses say the man was carrying what appeared to be a stick or twig. family members are coming to the defense of the man accused of killing a three-year- old boy in a drive-by shooting in oakland this week. right now lawrence denard is held in a segregated cell at county jail in oakland. yesterday he were in the courtroom where he was scheduled to enter a plea. instead the judge postponed the hearing until late august. we spoke to his family who had some harsh words for oakland police. >> not that type of person, trying to make him an animal that he's not and we don't appreciate that as we know him as a good person. >> police say he was driven to international boulevard on monday afternoon and may claim he opened fire. a stray bullet struck and killed carlos nova as he sat on his toy car. two other people were injured.

one of them named denard as the shooter. his family says he is being set up. the death of a pregnant woman by the family dog at pacifica is renewing the debate for tougher regulations of pit bulls. yesterday residents of pacifica dropped off flowers and candles outside the napora family home. the couple's two-year-old male pit bull killed 32-year-old darla napora inside the house thursday afternoon. pacifica does not have a law requiring owners of pit bulls to spay or neuter their dogs. the city of san francisco does. and the spca says the law has made an impact. >> we're not sure that legislation like that is the right answer. but it has undoubtedly been effective. we did see the number of pit bulls being surrendered to our shelters drop dramatically. >> the president of the spca says any burrowed of dog can be aggressive and enacting a breed specific sterilization law in pacificca could further the bad rap of pit bulls.

a dollars 100,000 reward is offered to catch the rob who stole cash from a bay area armored car company. the robbery happened before 11 thursday night at the garda truck warehouse in santa rosa. police say a group of armed men locked two employees behind steel doors inside the building and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. the employees were not hurt. investigators are now looking at surveillance video for any leads. the fbi has also joined the investigation. an 18-year-old man is facing misdemeanor charges after being removed from a jetblue flight. robert votes was taken off the plane wednesday morning after police say the intoxicated teenager urinated on a 12-year- old girl. now a lawyer for the girl's family says he urinated on the floor and not the girl. he could still face charges of indecent exposure. a paraglider is safe after a cliffside rescue in southern california. it happened yesterday in la jolla. police say the glider crashed

200 feet down the cliff. a helicopter pulled him up to safety. the man managed to stay conscious throughout the entire ordeal. time is 7:34. all lanes of the ignacio valley road in walnut creek are open after being closed several hours yesterday. a problem began early yesterday morning when a truck crashed into a power pole knocking out electricity to 3800 customers. pg&e crews 4 hoped to to have the pole fix ode by early afternoon but work continued well into the evening commute. the lanes were opened after 10:00 last night. power has been restored through all affected customers. the cause of a fire that solano county remains under investigation. it started just after 5:30 yesterday evening on second street in the downtown area of isleton. officials say the fire started in a boarded up building and quickly spread to another abandoned building next door. firefighters were able to get the fire under control by 9 p.m. no injuries were reported. friends and family are trying to bring attention to

the unsolved mystery surrounding the death of a hayward teenager 12 years ago. a small group held a prayer service last night near the railroad tracks where the body of 13-year-old james was found on august 12, 1999. his body was wrapped in a blanket and left there. authorities have never been able to determine what caused his death. the family held a prayer vigil at the site every year. in santa cruzdown county, deputies have dismanled a major pop operation, seizing more than 5,000 plants from an acre of land outside watts sonville. the marijuana is estimated to have a street value of $5 million. the area near the 1000 block was fenced off with mesh 3 netting. deputies found ammo, rat poison and pesticides at the site. no arrests have been made. time is 7:36.

san rafael wants to see if a baseball proposal is a hit with residents. they hope to bring in a semi- pro team. the city council is expected to request an independent review monday night. the review will consistent of a detailed questionnaire regarding neighborhood concerns. the baseball plan calls for 45 night games from may through september. organizers say the proposal would generate much-needed revenue for the city, but neighbors have expressed concerns about noise, traffic, and parking. it will be a celebration of life today as the ucsf children's hospital honors transplant patients and their donors. today's event is the 16th annual gathering of children from infants to teenagers who have had kidney, liver, or intestinal transplants. some of their organ donors and children waiting for transplants will also be in attendance. more than 400 guests from the bay area and throughout the country are expected. good morning to you!

mostly clear skies, partly cloudy in santa rosa and good cooling overnight. 48 degrees outside your door. so bit of a chilly start. most of us in the businesses at this hour. san francisco 54 degrees. mid and upper 50s oakland into hayward. concord checking in about 57 as well as san jose. partly cloudy skies over san jose. take a look at your fall forecast here. again, not as widespread, not as far inland this morning. in fact we are looking amount partly cloudy to neer skies, fairfield, concord into livermore, san jose looks like is around the bay area. east bay peninsula on the coast by 9:30, 10:00 it's burning off of the east bay. but remains right along the coastline even into the afternoon. it looks like perhaps the golden gate area will see partly to mostly cloudy skies. the rest of us dealing with mostly clear skies even along the coastline, pacifica, half moon bay could see good clearing for the afternoon. the overall pattern not changing very much. still that trough right there off the coast, that will continue to bring us the

onshore breeze in the afternoon. temperatures will remain below average. if you notice the high clouds streaming overhead yesterday, that is that slug there beginning to push off to the east so we won't see as many high clouds overhead for the afternoon. mostly sunny skies expected. so partly cloudy, cool this morning. afternoon cool for the coast, mild around the bay area. our inland spots warm. take a look at what is happening here. upper 70s, low 80s. 78 expected in santa rosa today. 79 sonoma. 73 in vallejo. upper 60s for the east bay. 67 for oakland. 68 san leandro. move inland and it's nice and warm. 81 dan vail, 82 livermore. 84 in antioch. temperatures remain below average for this time of year. mid-70s santa clara, 76 in san jose. low 80s los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy. 74 redwood city. 66 san bruno. upper 50s, low 60s for the coast. 59 expected pacifica. 60 degrees half moon bay. 64 expected this afternoon for the city of san francisco.

your extended forecast here, so little change expected we could see a little cooling for tomorrow, partly to mostly cloudy skies through the morning hours, and then partly cloudy for the afternoon. monday, tuesday, wednesday ridge of high pressure over the central portion of the state going to -- should say the u.s., going to retrograde just a bit and bring us a temperatures back into the low, mid-80s by wednesday valley locations, 60s for the coast. if you're heading out to san jose for the big jazz fest we have a time line coming up. south bay community service group is preparing students for the upcoming school year while at the same time a new study shows thousands of california students are dropping out before even getting the high school. they were there yesterday as sacred heart community services shopped for school supplies with lucky families. they say having the proper supplies helps students stay in school and their efforts are timely. as new reports show one in five students scheduled to graduate last year dropped out.

>> sometimes they have problems at home, or they have too much pressure on them. >> want to stay at home and they want to pretend there's -- >> volunteers say the state needs more programs aimed at helping students exceed in schools and they need to get more children interested in higher education. right now about 34% of students statewide academically qualify for a four-year college. one petaluma family who lost their home to foreclosure found a unique way to stay in the area. manuel rodriguez and his family set up across the street in a small camper. with no power, no water. a few weeks ago he said job problems and rising payments caused help. to lose the home he had five years with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and grand chirp. he says he is staying in the area because neighbors know him and don't mind the camper. >> first time they ever owned a house. and who do they get?

they get shafted by the banks and real estate agents. >> the wife suffers from terminal liver and lung disease. she moved to a nearby nursing home because her health is too fragile to live in the camper. couple is looking now nor an apartment so the family can be reunited under your roof. criminals on facebook and twitter beware. the police department now monitoring social networking to help fight crime. also, the iowa straw poll now underway. we'll take you there live for on update on the voting that could make or break some g.o.p. campaigns.

good morning, oakland! giving you a live look outside in the mostly gray skies, we've

got mild conditions, mostly clear expected for the afternoon. the iowa straw poll is now underway. and it promises to shake up the g.o.p. field of candidates. steve brown is live in ames, iowa with what is happening right now. good morning to you, steve. >> reporter: good morning, mike. we're here in ames on the campus of iowa straight university, where the straw poll is set up. if you didn't know any better would you say it looks like a county fair or state fair. lot of tents set up, lot of recreation, lot of food. all of this is free. why is it free? because republican activists and we're talking about the most ardent activists in the state of iowa, gather here every four years, largely to celebrate their party and their values, but specifically for the campaigns they're looking for that vote. because the straw poll is really the largest and first opportunity for voters to have their say and early say, if you will, on the republican candidates running for

president in 2012. mike. >> steve brown live in ames, iowa, thank you for that update. we appreciate it. if win or lose today's straw poll former massachusetts governor mitt romney will still be at top when it comes to cash. new disclosure stages filed yesterday show he is worth between 190 million and $250 million. that makes him the wealthiest candidate in the 2012 presidential race. in the past year, he made more than $370,000 in speaking fees. he also earned more than $100,000 for serving on the board of the hotel chain. the 10th anniversary of 9/11, terry jones will point out what he calls the multiple dangers of the koran. but he says he won't release the specific locations of his protests. earlier this year, jones' church burned a copy of the koran setting off a series of violent uprisings that killed more than a dozen people in

afghanistan. today marks 50 years since an iconic symbol of the cold war went up. 50 years ago, the communist government of east germany began building the berlin wall. 136 people died over the years. most shot by east berlin guards as they tried to escape to west berlin. the wall came down in 1989, when communism collapsed. a former los angeles police chief is agreeing to act as an unpaid advisor to the british government after a week-long riots in london that are being blamed on street gangs. former chief william braden has served as the top cop in new york and boston. he has built a reputation for helping stop gang violence. prime minister david cameron says he is hoping braden's inputted will help stop the criticism over police response to the riots. the new york city police department will now monitor facebook. myspace and twitter to hope

fight crime. the department says its new juvenile justice unit will browse those websites to find information about how -- about out-of-control house parties, gang showdowns, and other potential violence. investigators say many criminals are taking to the web to brag about their crimes, sometimes before they even happen. the nypd points to the london riots as an example of social media's power. rioters there organized themselves with facebook, twitter and other sites. a rapper could face criminal charges after a los angeles county sheriff's officials say incited a telephone flash mob. the performer known as the game tweeted the phone number of the sheriff's station in compton to his 580,000 followers yesterday. the tweet told the fans to call the number if they want an internship with him. officials say the phone started ringing just before 5:30 last night and the emergency system was overwhelmed for about two hours and. the rapper tweeted that his account was hacked and then

later tweeted it was an accident. people who shop online are being warned to be cautious about something called drive-by hacking. when hackers infiltrate websites of mostly small businesses and target visitors to the site. the san francisco computer security company estimates there are 8 million infected web pages. hackers can take over your personal computer and then download your private information. >> as long as you browse a website that's infected, all you have to to is navigate and browse a site, and you would get infected. >> the best bet for business owners is to get the software upgrades done and users should update their browsers and use anti-virus software. it's probably not the way they wanted to started the preseason. 49ers on the road in new orleans. and bart wants your say on its fleet of the future. where you can go this morning to get your two cents. >> partly cloudy skies as we start the morning. the afternoon we'll be mostly clear and many cases we'll look at your afternoon temperatures,

coming up.

welcome back and good morning. here's a look at your live drive times traffic. we'll start at the sunol grade fremont 680 looking very smooth butt roads are picking. a lot of events happening across the bay area. also bay bridge, you can see the traffic lot of people heading into the city going to be busy with outside music festival and the south bay having the jazz festival to keep on a on that this morning. the future look of bart will help you determine by its riders and an convenient set to start in just a few hours. the transit agency will holds an open house this morning to show off interior and exterior concepts for its new trains. future seats could have special head rests and the public forum will be held at dublin library community room in civic plaza. it's going to run from 10:00 until 11:30 this morning. bart will be holding some other open houses later this month, including cities in walnut

creek and san francisco. today is the 77th anniversary celebration of the rock. alcatraz became a federal prison in august of 1934 housing inmates such as al capone and the birdman of alcatraz. today it's marked by a special commemorative postage stamp. they will be available at the ilan's gift shop. we're talking about how many convenient are happening this weekend around the bay area on a beautiful saturday. let's get to rosemary to see if it will be our typical unusual summer saturday. >> you know, mid-august it could be unbearably hot. not the case. in some areas it's going to be cool. other places it will be comfortable. we watched an increase in the northerly flow over the last 12 hours or so. and that is actually kept many of you are inland areas partly cloudy this morning so marine layer not as widespread. even the southwesterly breeze that mows through fairfield, not as strong and the onshore breeze will be with us.

just going to return into the afternoon. mostly sunny skies over san jose and a light breeze expected for you this afternoon. if you're heading to the jazz festival, 5:00 this afternoon, sitting in the low to mid-70s. how about mid-60s at 8:00, then by the evening back into the low 60s. so we'll be slipping once again but just a beautiful day around the bay, partly cloudy skies and earlier burnoff because of marine layer being shallower this morning. 67 future oakland. 69 in hayward. low 80s inland. 81 for concord as well as fairfield. mid-70s upper 70s napa into santa rosa. 72 san rafael, heading out to the food and wine fest there. 64 in san francisco if you're heading out for the big human fest there. and 70 expected san mateo. we're looking at the extended forecast not a lot of change rolling through the weekend perhaps slightly cooler tomorrow. and then a gents. warm-up monday, tuesday into wednesday. fine limb warming back into the mid-60s, far inland spots by mid-week wednesday. we're looking at the low to mid-

60s for the coastline. still below average for the time of year extended forecast there the ridge of high pressure sitting over central portions of the u.s. going to retrograde move west. that's what will help bring our warming conditions and perhaps squash that marine layer down. we are sunshine by mid-week wednesday. >> thank you. san francisco 49ers opened their preseason schedule with a logs. quarterback alex smith was sacked twice in the first quarter, and he completed just two of his seven passes against the saints. meanwhile, 2009 heisman trophy winner mark ingram scored on a 14-yard run in his nfl debut with the saints. another nfl debut last night was 49ers rookie quarterback colin who played the last three- quarters. he was sacked four times and picked off twice, but he did scramble for that 28-yard run at the time setting up that field goal for the 49ers. it was their only score of the game. saints win, 24-3. san francisco giants will

try to break their losing streak against the florida marlins today. the giants have played the fish four times this season and lost every game. the team did set a home run record, though, but not necessarily one to be proud of. pablo sandoval at the plate. he hit a deep shot in the first inning marking 20 consecutive solo home runs for the team. that is a new major league record. back to the action. marlins bounced back quickly, showing two runs off matt cane and the bottom half of the first. and that is all she wrote. giants continue to struggle, marlins win 2-1. meanwhile, the a's are hosting the texas rangers this weekend. the rangers had a big second inning yesterday, scoring 6 runs on 6 hits off former ranger brandon mccarthy. he win 9-1. the two teams play again here today on ktvu at 1:00. the nba hall of fame has 10 new members this morning. >> ladies and gentlemen, chris mullin. [cheering] >> former golden state warrior

chris muscle on was the first honoree of the night. he sent 13 of his 16 nba seasons with the warriors. stanford women's basketball coach tara was also recognized as a gnaw hall-of-famer with more than 800 victories and two national championships. one of the highlights of the ceremony was an emotional dennis rods man. >> i didn't play the gym for the money. i didn't play the game to be famous. what you see here is more just illusion that i love to be, individual that's very colorful. >> the power forward spent 14 nba seasons with five teams. he helped the chicago bulls and detroit pistons win five nba championships. he led the nba in rebounds for a record 7 consecutive years. an 8-year-old golfer has accomplished a very rare feat,

a hole in one caught on tape. >> hole in one. >> yes! yes! >> tyler made the shot on a par 3 golf course, in west palm beach thursday. he has only been playing golf for about a year and a half, playing 20 in not even close to doing what that young man did the other day. good for tyler. >> kind of caught on tape! cat got a little excited. >> time is 7:ever go. we continue to follow the amber alert issued for a two-year-old sacramento girl. we'll have a live report coming up with details on her suspected kidnapper. plus a bomb scare in beverly hills. the innocent item that caused the evacuation of several buildings.

out search continues this morning for a sacramento man and his two-year-old daughter. why the fbi thinks he may be in the bay area or trying to leave the country. an unusual discovery behind a hayward hotel, what police have told us about a new homicide investigation. and an american kidnapped in pakistan. how authorities say armed men tricked their way into his home early this morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. claudine wong is off this weekend. it's saturday, august 13th.

for many, it's the last weekend before summer vacation is over. rosemary. >> good mornings to you! living along the coast you're still waiting for summer to arrive. if you're inland, life is good these days. temperatures remain below average, not a lot of change in our pattern. we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny for the afternoon, less of a marine layer as we wake up this morning. in fact some of our inland spots waking up with partly cloudy, mostly sunny skies. the afternoon breeze will be back and our temperatures upper 50s for the coast, widespread upper 70s to low and mid-80s for our inland areas. we will pinpoint your neighborhood coming up in just a few moments. the search continues this morning for a two-year-old girl suspected of being kidnapped by her father. ali rasmus is live at san francisco international, and authorities consider the father toar flight risk. >> reporter: that's right, 49- year-old mourad samaan is a u.s. citizen born in egypt and speaks spanish fluently so the fbi has alerted police here at sfo on to be aware he may be

trying to leave the country with his two-year-old daughter this. amber alert issued by the sacramento fbi yesterday. police at 600 agencies across the state have been advised to keep an eye out for this man and his daughter. family members haven't seen them for six days now. madeline's father was supposed to return the two-year-old to her mother on sunday, the mother waited a couple days to tell police her daughter hadn't returned because she didn't think the child was in danger. but now authorities are concerned he may have or may be trying to take his daughter out of the country. the amber alert went up on highway signs across the bay area yesterday and they're still up this morning. the toddler and her parents are from the sacramento area, but authorities say the toddler's father does have some bay area ties. they think this is one of several places he may be headed if he hasn't fled the country already. >> we don't know. the amber alert came up this afternoon, at this point in time we haven't had any calls or any hits. officers are looking on the freeways, city pd called to

notify the sheriff's notified also. and that includes the airports and looking for the vehicle and the suspect and his child. >> here's the description of the vehicle he may be driving. about five minutes before this live shot hi hey chance to speak with a police officer here, who says this morning patrol cars have been making the rounds at some of the long- term parking garages here at the airport. they are looking to see if there are any vehicles fitting the description of the vehicle that he is believed to be driving. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on the search for madeline. we have posted photos as well as that license plate information on the front page of ktvu.com. new this morning, a brazen raid in pakistan where police say gunmen abducted an american contractor. the victim lived in an upscale

neighborhood in the eastern city of la more. eight to 10 assail ants tricked their way into the home of warren weinstein. they said they were bringing food which is a common act of sharing during the month of ramadan. police say he was never paranoid about security issues. militants say they have been kidnapping foreigners for ransom. a homicide investigation is underway in hayward, after the discovery of a woman's body near a motel. police were called to the motel 6 around 10:00 last night. the woman's body was found in an alleyway behind the building and was blocked off by an orange tarp continue appears to have been burned and the case is being treated as a homicide. they are questioning people staying at the motel and others in the area. right now police say they have no effects. local police are investigating separate shootings that killed two people and injured a third. the latest shooting happened

just after 1:00 in morning near 35th avenue. when police arrived they found a man lying in the street dead with a gunshot wound to his head. further down the street another shootingville was found in a car, taken do a nearby hospital. about two hours earlier, shots rang out near maddox and 98th avenue. oakland police say a man in his early 20s was driving a white car when he was shot several times. the car crashed into the front yard of a nearby home. the man died at the scene. anyone with information on either of the incidents is asked to call oakland police. one of bart's board of directors is demand to go know why they turned off their underground cell service overnight. the reason they a was to cut off communication with protestors. officers say they received information that some of the demonstrators who got out of hand last month planned something more violent this time. an attorney for the aclu says taking away cell service to transit riders is the exact

tactic used to suppress anti- government protests in egypt. bart director sweet says she disagrees with the police department's decision. >> we're not a fearful country. we shouldn't be [not understandable] and barring communications just takes us to somewhere that i don't want to ysebaert go. >> it wasn't a decision seeing it lightly. a crash should you down a busy san francisco intersacks last night at franklin and sutter streets before 10:30 last night. the impact hurled the cab into a light pole. the taxi was carrying four passengers and the driver. they were all taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries and the driver of the element was also not seriously hurt. the chp says alcohol may have played a factor in a head-

on crash in sonoma county. les night. officers didn't clear the scene until midnight. one person was rushed to john muir medical center with major injuries and we're told a child was a passenger in one of the trucks. however, the child's condition has not been released. officers on the lookout for speeding motorcyclists riding through napa county today. police say they are plans extra patrols in areas 42nd by riders and where crashes are common. in 2009, napa ranked near the top in motorcycle fatalities and injuries. and from 1998 to 2008, fatal motorcycle accidents in california jumped 175%. good morning to you! given you lining at the satellite and radar here. not a lot of change going on. we will see subtle changes throughout the day, but this trough hanging offshore is

going to continue to rule our pattern which means we'll remain below normal for in time of year. perhaps that's a smile on your face, widespread 80s for inland areas, take a look at what is going on here. we're also got high clouds rolling through yesterday. moving off to the east, subtropical moisture in the area. let's lock at what we can expect for today along the coast. patchy fog, cool conditions once again. for the bay area waking up with the clouds and the fog. partly cloudy skies, inland spots most of us partly cloudy, mostly sunny. napa reporting a few clouds overmedicine, partly to mostly cloudy. in fact we will be warm once again for our valley spots, southwesterly breeze will be picking up. last night we actually watched the northerly flow increase and that's why that fog out there and low cloud deck not as widespread. it's along the peninsula, well through the bay. but you get into areas concord, livermore, fairfield, mostly sunny skies, bright and sunny outside your door perhaps. san jose partly cloudy to

mostly sunny. nine, 10:00 it begins to burn off by 10:30, 11 clearing the east bay. for the afternoon, heading out to gold on gate park for the big music fest, it could be partly or mostly cloudy. pacifica, half moon bay, mostly clear skies. just a nice day all around. current temperatures right now, cool one in santa rosa, 53 degrees. upper 50s in napa. 60 degrees in fairfield as well as concord. 59 in hayward. low 60s mountainview, down into san jose. temperatures similar to yesterday, within two to four degrees so may be a little cooler or warmer outside. 54 in san francisco. as we speak. your forecast highs, we're looking at 79 for sonoma for the afternoon. 77 for novato. upper 60s for the east bay. 67 in oakland today. 80 degrees walnut creek. 84 in antioch. 82 for pleasanton. just another nice one. mid-70s for santa clara. 76 in san jose. low 80s morgan hill. expected for the afternoon, and for the peninsula we're looking

at 74 redwood city, 70 san mateo. 64 san francisco. heading to the beach, bring along the jacket. or the sweatshirt. extended forecast slightly cooler for tomorrow, and then a subtle rebound monday, tuesday, wednesday, row to mid-80s in the forecast for inland areas. by wednesday mid-60s for the coat. going to san rafael for a big wine festival? day planner is coming up. >> thank you. she mentioned the outside lands music festival. today is day two. tens every thousands of people are expected again to swarm into the city. the three day festival kicked off yesterday in golden gate park. organizers say about 180,000 people will be attending the concert this weekend. people can also taste gourmet food 3 wine from local restaurants. those who live nearby though are preparing for any trouble. >> last year i know there was a lot of problems with people vandalizing things and people just not being respectful of the neighborhood, which is

unfortunate. >> no parking signs put up in the area and extra security has also been brought in. if you still want to catch the show, organizers last night say there are some single day passes still available for the weekend's concerts. tonight's headline is news and tomorrow night arcade fire will be taking the stage. it's also a very big day for the republican candidates for president. who is not part of the iowa straw poll and the two candidates analysts say must do well. and two california teenagers are in custody accused of making terrorist threats. how police say the teens plotted to extort money from les last casinos. and give you another live look outside that. is the longest bridge in the bay area, seven miles long. traffic moving smoothly east and westbound directions. it's 8:11. you're watching mornings on 2. ?

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welcome back. good morning to you. another gorgeous day around the bay area. temperatures similar to what we saw yesterday, slightly warmer for some spots. about two dozen people were injured early this morning in a greyhound bus crash in pennsylvania. the bus was on its way from new york city to st. louis when it flipped on its side on the pennsylvania turnpike. a woman was trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed by emergency crews. the crash is the latest in a series of bus accidents in the northeast this year, but most have involved smaller operators. more than 30 people have been killed in those accidents. the search continues this morning for a missing american tourist in aruba.

although authorities said yesterday they believe 35-year- old robin gardner is dead. the man traveling with her has been detained on suspicion of involvement in her death. gary told police gardner was pulled away by the ocean current as they went snorkeling earlier this month. police say no witnesses saw them go into the water and no body has been recovered. police have recovered gardner's passport and they do not believe she could have left the island. a last-minute edition of the race for san francisco mayor. the city public defender jeff adachi has announced he is in. he filed election papers 30 minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline yesterday evening and says he will run on fiscal responsibility. he has a measure on the november ballot that if approved, would reform the city's pension system. >> it wasn't until i really listen to what the candidates were saying in the last few debates about pension reform and i became convinced that either the candidates don't get

it or they don't want to get it. >> he says he will not accept public campaign financing. more than a dozen people are in the race to be the next mayor of san francisco. the iowa straw poll is today but texas governor rick perry is not there instead he's in south carolina to make his 2012 campaign for president official. he will make the announce and that he is joining the g.o.p. nomination race at the red state gathering of conservative activists in charleston. his speech upstages the straw poll and the other candidates and gives them an advantage. >> what this does, give perry a chance to do is see who comes out of the poll and then gear his sights on those people, go after those people. >> pier will travel up the atlantic seaboard to new hampshire after today's announcement. he will then finally make a stop in iowa. and ballotting in iowa at the straw poll did get underway just a little bit over an hour

ago. while the results are nonbinding, the ames straw poll is a early indicator every political strength heading into the iowa caucuses. the names of nine announced candidates are on today's ballot. one of the front-runners, former massachusetts governor mitt romney, will not be in the state. two candidates who must do well are former minnesota governor tim pawlenty and congresswoman michele bachmann. looking ahead, some say bachmann made a freudian slip during a campaign stop last night. >> what did we see president owe bachmann -- president obama -- [laughter] president bachmann is probably a good idea, what do you think? >> the straw poll is a fund- raiser and tickets are sold to those who want to participate in the poll. the iowa caucuses are scheduled to take place next february. as the g.o.p. nomination race unfolds, the white house is now criticizing the candidates. all eight g.o.p. presidential candidates took part in a debate on thursday night in iowa. that's where they vowed not to

support any future budget deal with tax increases. even if the deal includes spending cuts, 10 times larger the tax increases. a white house spokesman says the pledge puts republicans on the side of millionaires and billionaires. in his weekly address this morning, president obama called on voters to voice their frustrations to congress. >> if you've had it with gridlock and want them to pass stalled business bills that will help our economy right now, let them know. if you refuse to settle for politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems, if you believe it's time to put country before party, and the interests of our children before our own, then let them know. >> president says voters have a right to be upset and the politicians voters sent to washington need to start doing their jobs. this week president obama will turn into campaigning. he'll hit the road embarking on a three-day campaign bus tour in the midwest. stops include minnesota, iowa and illinois. the bus tour starts on monday

in minnesota, where the town hall meeting. four other similar events will follow. the campaigning comes before the president starts his annual family vacation on martha's vineyard. many people visit las vegas hoping to hit it big. but police a say two people tried to hit the choice instead. two people are behind bars on charges every making terrorist threats. the two are accused of threatening to blow up several casinos if they did not receive big payous. >> security is immediately notified, of course, and they contacted us, our dispatch, and report the fact that there was a bomb threat. and again they take it seriously like we do. >> police tracked the pair to a house in ventura county. they determined it was a bogus threat after failing to find any bomb-making materials. a hollywood screenwriter is getting more attention than he expected after his script led to a bomb square that shut down parts of beverly hills. on thursday, the bomb squad blew up a suspicious briefcase

found in an alley behind a literary's agent's office. it found out it did not contain a bomb, just a computer and script the man wanted the agent to read. >> the guy miss ed the number- one rule you learn in film school, and that is label every script with this is not a bomb. >> beverly his police refused to identify him but say he will not be charged with a crime this was his last-ditch effort. a minnesota couple's plan to retire has been given a $228 million boosted. lasts week tom morris pulled no his usual gas station and bought five powerball tickets but it wasn't until his wife said someone in their area had won that he realized his fourth ticket hit the jackpot. >> i said, tom, somebody in dakota county won, it's too bad we didn't buy a ticket. he said, i did buy a ticket! i got this feeling!

>> the couple says both of them are now happily retired. they have not yet decided if they will take the lumper lump sum of nearly $124 million after taxes or have it paid out over 30 years. the two have a couple months to make that decision. for now they say they're just enjoying the one in a million win with family and friends. and a group of canadian workers are also celebrating a lottery jackpot. just days after most of them were laid off. >> it's a perfect amount to win. any more makes you different. this makes you comfortable. and you wish everyone could experience this kind of feeling. >> each of the 18 winners will walk away with nearly 400,000 dollars. they say that is about 15 years worth of pay at their former company. a rapper is in trouble with the law this morning. how one tweet from his account tied up the l.a. county sheriff's phone lines for hours. >> a sun and cloud combo as we start saturday outside. over the bay area we're looking

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was about to climb back into his boat. >> as the boat tied up i could see it a gentleman in the back of the boat kind of slumped down, he was obviously having some trouble. >> white was bit on his lower right leg and is expected to recover. of the three shark attacks in north carolina this year, none of them have been fatal. we did have a shark sighting by stinson beach, and maybe not the best day to head out to the beach today. >> it's going to be another cool one. bring along your sweatshirt if you are maybe heading out to stinson or half moon bay. we could see partly cloudy skies. we're looking at better clearing for today. san rafael, partly cloudy. heading maybe to the -- food and wine fest. there is your forecast. 68 by noontime. low to mid-70s for the afternoon. 67 slipping back to 67 at 6:00. partly cloudy condition. upper 70s santa rosa, mid-70s in napa. 81 for fairfield. 81 concord. and widespread low mid-80s from

antioch over into brentwood. upper 60s for the east bay. oakland 67 expected for your afternoon. 82 pleasanton. south bay looking good. 76 san jose. 82 morgan hill. slide over to the peninsula at 74 expected in redwood city. widespread low to mid-60s for san francisco. partly cloudy skies for an fran. afternoon forecast here, a little cooler tomorrow, partly cloudy skies as we get back to work on monday. temperatures do a slow rebound, widespread low mid-80s as we move through tuesday, wednesday. for our valley spots. meanwhile the coast widespread mid-60s with partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies so we will be slightly warmer. it will take a few days. back to you. >> thank you. your time is 8:26. 380,000 pounds of canadian bacon have been recalled over concerns about listeria contamination. they sold under these names. the recalled products have production dates before august 10, and they est number of 169-

a. so far no illnesses have been reported. a california company has announcend its own recall of several types of dip because of guacamole could contain listeria. the dips from fresh food concepts were sold under these names. the recall includes products with a use by date of september 16th. a rapper could case criminal charges after los angeles county sheriff officials say he incited a telephone flash mob. the performer known as the game tweeted the phone number of a sheriff's station in compton to his 580,000 followers yesterday, telling fans to call the number if they wanted an internship with him. sheriff's officials say the phones started ringing off the hook just before 5:30 last night and the emergency system was overwhelmed for just about two hours. the rapper tweeted that his account was hacked. then later tweeted it was an accident.

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good morning. and welcome back. your time is 8:30. we have continuing coverage of the amber alert that has been issued for a two-year-old sacramento girl. the fbi believes she was kidnapped by her father. ali rasmus is live at san francisco international with why authorities believe he may be taking his daughter out of the country. ali. >> reporter: that's right, 49- year-old mourad samaan is a u.s. citizen born in egypt and

speaks spanish. so police here alerted he may be leaving the country with his daughter. a police officer told me that since last night, officers have been making the rounds inside the airport parking garages to see if the suv he may be driving turns out here. so far, they tell me it hasment. sacramento fbi issued this amber alert yesterday. family members have not seen madeline samaan and her father for days now. the mother waited a couple days after he didn't return to call miss for help, then the amber alert went out yesterday. the signs are up on the highways across the bay area. they are still up this morning. madeline and her parents liver in sacramento, but authorities say the toddler's father has some bay area ties and they think this is one of several places he may be headed if he hasn't fled the country already. >> he wasn't using a cell phone or any credit cards. and considering a child of tinder years of two years of

age, we thought it was necessary to issue an endangered missing advisory that went out to over 600 different agencies through the state of california. >> here's a description of the vehicle he may be driving. anyone who recognizes this vehicle is asked to give the california highway patrol a call. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. and stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the search for madeline. we have posted photos as well as that license plate information on the front page of ktvu.com. a homeless man is recovering this morning after he was shot by an oakland police officer. it happened about 7:40 last night at fruitvale avenue in foot hill boulevard. witnesses say the officer approached the homeless man who had been urinating against the wall and then suddenly turned. that's when the officer fired. witnesses also say the man was carrying what appeared to be

either a stick or twig. his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. the hunt is on for a fourth suspect in a home-invasion robbery in san rafael. police say they already have three men in custody. the robbery happened at a house on sea way at 5:30 yesterday evening. within of the men had a gun and forced his way into the house. police chased down the three suspects. officers closed down several neighborhood streets and evacuated a nearby salvation army store before apprehending the men. family members are coming to the defense of the man accused of killing a three-year- old boy in a drive-by shooting in oakland this week. right now lawrence denard is held in a segregated cell at county jail in oakland. yesterday he was scheduled to enter a plea but instead the judge postponed the hearing until late august. we spoke to his family who had harsh words for oakland police. >> not that type of person, trying to make him out an animal that he's not. and that -- we don't appreciate

that as we know him as a good person. >> police say denard was driven to international boulevard on monday afternoon and claimed he opened fire. a stray bullet struck and killed carlos nova as he sat on a toy car. two other people were injured. one of them named denard as the shooter. dinar's family says he is being set up. the death of a pregnant woman in the family dog in pacifica is renewing the debate for tougher regulations of pit bulls. yesterday residents of pacifica dropped off flowers and candles outside the napora family home. police say the couple's two- year-old male pit bull killed 32-year-old darla that otherra thursday afternoon. pacifica does not have a law on pit bulls. the city of san francisco does, and the spca says that law has made an impact. >> we're not sure that legislation like that is the right answer, but it has

undoubtedly been effective. we did see it the number of pit bulls surrendered drop dramatically. >> the president of the spca also said that any breed of dog can be aggressive and that end actioning a breed specific sterilization law could further the bad rap of pit bulls. a $100,000 reward is now offered to catch the robbers who stole cash from a bay area armored car company. the robbery happened before 11 thursday night at guarded truck warehouse in santa rosa. police say a group of armed men locked two employees behind steel doors inside the building and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. the employees were not hurt. investigators are now looking at surveillance video for any leads. fbi has also joined the investigation. friend and family are marking the anniversary of a mysterious death of a teenage boy in hayward. a small group held a prayer

service last night near the railroad tracks where the body of 13-year-old james was found on august 12, 1999. his body was wrapped in a blanket and left near a homeless camp. authorities have never been able to determine what caused his death. his family holds a prayer vigil at that site every year. the cause of a fire in solano county remains under investigation this morning. it started just after 5:30 yesterday evening on second street. in the area downtown area of isleton. officials say the fire started in a boarded up building and quickly spread to another abandoned building neck door. firefighters were able to get the fire under control by 9:00. no injuries were reported. all lanes of ignacio valley road in walnut creek are open after being closed for hours yesterday. the problem began early yesterday when a truck crashed into a power pole, knocking out electricity to about 3800 customers. pg&e crews hope to have the

pole fixed by early afternoon. the lanes were finally opened just after 10:00 last night. power has been restored through all affected customers. good morning to you. after slipping into the upper 40s in areas like santa rosa, temperatures are rebounding under mostly sunny skies in santa rosa now 53 degrees, mid- 50s san francisco, partly sunny to mostly sunny. you may guess where we've got sunny conditions, concord 60 degrees. san jose 60 as well. 61 reported in livermore. so we had a stronger northerly flow. a weaker breeze and our low cloud deck not as widespread as what we saw yesterday. napa reporting partly to mostly cloudy skies but most of our inland areas, partly cloudy to mostly clear. even sfo reporting a partly to mostly sunny skies though cloudy here. this just a model as we pull back by 10:30 orally looks like the east bay dealing with mostly sunny skies and even the peninsula could see partly to

mostly sunny skies for most of the day right there at the gold on gate it could be a little tricky for the big music fest there for the afternoon. your satellite view, not a lot of change going on. we will notice the high clouds maybe muggy yesterday, this pushing off to the east, you can see it it here on the satellite now moving through central portions of california. and further east. this trough off the coast here remains and that's what continues to bring us the onshore breeze, the cooler than normal condition. partly cloudy skies, cool for the morning hours, then the afternoon will remain cool for the coast and mild along the bay, and then our inland areas will be warm but remaining below average for this time of year. it's going to be a nice day. areas right around st. helena 79. upper 70s in novato. low 70s san rafael. widespread upper 60s from richmond to berkeley down into oakland, san orlando, hayward.

80s walnut creek. 84 antioch. if we could have in every summer, everybody would want to liver inland! mid-70s santa clara 74 sunnyvale because the coasted will be cool. 60 daly city. 59 in pacifica. 64 the afternoon high in san francisco. your extend forecast there, slightly cooler, expecting conditions for tomorrow and then we begin to see a gentle rebound monday, tuesday, wednesday. the temperatures remain below average for this time of year. takes all the way until wednesday before we finally warm into the mid-80s for the inland areas. mid-60s for the coast. your outside forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. in santa cruz counsel deputies dismantled a major pot operation, seizing more than 5,000 plants outside watsonville. the marijuana is estimated to have a street value of $5 million. the area near the 1000 block of hecker pass road had been fenced off with mesh and netting. deputies found ammo, rat poison and pesticides at the site.

so far no arrests have been made. one petaluma family who lost their home to foreclosure found a unique way to stay in the area. manuel rodriguez and his family set up across the street in a small camper. with no power and no electricity, no water. few weeks ago he says job problems and rising payments caused him to lose the home he lived in five years with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. he says he is staying in the area because neighbors know him and say they don't mind the camper. >> first time they ever owned a house. and what do they get? they get shafted by the banks and the real estate agents. >> his wife suffers from terminal liver and lung disease. she has moved to a nearby nursing home because her health is too fragile to live in the camper. the couple is now looking for an parm so the family can be reunited under one roof. today is the 77th anniversary celebration of the rock. alcatraz became a federal

prison in august of 1934. it became a big prays for some celebrity in minutes such as al capone and the birdman of alcatraz. the anniversary is marked by a special commemorative postage stamp. they will be available at the island's gift shop. a controversial preacher plans a protest on september 11th. the one detail he says he will not release before the 10th anniversary of the sheriff's attack. and let's give you another live look outside, and that is the bay bridge. lot of folks heading into san francisco today for the outside music festival. traffic moving smoothly at this hour. the time is 8:41. you're watching mornings on 2.

good morning to you! another foggy start to the day. right there at the gold on gate, partly to mostly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. a paraglider is safe after a cliffside rescue in southern california. it happened yesterday in la jolla. police say the paraglider crashed 200 feet down the cliff and a helicopter pulled him to safety. he managed to stay conscious throughout the entire ordeal. an anti-islamic preacher in

florida plans a rally in new york city before the 10th anniversary of 9/11. terry jones says he will point out what he calls the multiple dangers of the koran. but he says he won't release the specific location of his protest. earlier this year jones's church burned a copy of the koran, blamed for setting off a series of violent uprisings that killed more than a dozen people in afghanistan. a former police chief has agreed to be an advisor to the u.s. government after riots in london. former chief brat end has served as a top cop in l.a., new york and boston and built a reputation for helping stop gang violence. prime minister cameron says he is hoping brat end essen put will help stop the criticism over police response to the riots. police will be out in in philadelphia long, for jung experience. the sit started its new teen curfew last night. officers detained 50 minors.

flash mobs prompted the curfew up from 10:00 to 9 p.m. in two troubled districts. minors who are cited could be slapped with a $300 fine for a first offense, $500 if they're repeat offenders. today marks the 50th anniversary of the berlin wall, which came to symbolize the cold war. the communist government of east germany began building the wall overnight when many were outs of town. 136 people died over the years as they tried to escape to west berlin. the wall came down in 1989, when communism collapsed. happening right now, the polling for the iowa straw poll has begun. nine republicans are hoping to challenge president obama's re- election bid and looking for an early test to give their presidential hopes a boost. reportser steve brown joins us live now in ames, iowa with how it's been this morning.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning! yes, we right in the middle of all of it, you've got a rather large array of tents and displays and set-ups by the various campaigns and issue groups all of them trying to get the eyes, the ears of people that are here to vote in the iowa straw poll, with is really the main purpose of this event other than as a huge fund- raiser for the state of iowa's republican party. >> you mentioned fund-raiser, which candidate would you say has really been getting the most money? we know mitt romney was doing well, but when it comes to iowa, what have you seen in that area in terms of fund- raising? >> in terms of fund-raising and funds spent, my money is on ron paul. just this piece of land that they're renning for the day, they have to bid for amongst the other campaigns. that was about $31,000. he's got all sorts of tents set up, all sorts every entertainment for the kids. there's a dunk tank, slide,

play area for them. they're really trying to engage people long enough so they can make sure that they understand where ron paul is on the issues important to them. and the folks that attend this event are all g.o.p. activists. these had people that not only vote regularly, these are the people that volunteer regularly for campaigns. so it is kind of a competition. not only to get people in here but quite frankly, to build the most lavish and time consuming 10 that you can possibly build in order to keep people there so they can get that salespitch from the candidate. >> what a pitch it is! you can see the people there, very busy. people can write voters write the names of candidates in, do you think it will have impact and who could benefit from that write-in offer? >> well, quite clearly we'll be hearing from rick perry today in south carolina and a lot of folks here know it. i know they know it because we're seeing rick perry t- shirts, maroon. he's one of the people that you can write in and you this don't typically allow write innst for

iowa but they are this year so we're expecting he'll get votes and sarah palin to get votes. in items who of who might with in, michele bachmann or ron paul, two good bets. hess a hand of winning straw polls, he's really good at them. his organization knows how to win them. michelle mock michele bachmann has been working it hard but months ago she was laying the groundwork to be successful in this particular event. and i would not be surprised if she was in the top two or didn't win the thing. >> five dollars on that. one question, what would you say historically a lot of attention goes to iowa right now. but historically, in terms of who becomes president, any indication of that of what you're seeing today and the outcome it could have on the election? >> in the last three contested iowa straw polls, the winner or second place person was the one that won iowa. and of those last three, two of

them were nominees. we're talking about bob dole and george w. bush. those in the last three contested iowa straw polls. so they got a good track record in iowa and certainly if you can come here and basically get in front of folks because they're not impressed with how much money you spend, it's how much time you spend in front of them talking and answering their questions. if you can spend the second most precious thing that a campaign has, which is time, you can be effect of here and that's what a lo the campaigns like. >> all right. lot of time and money in iowa right now. we want to thank you, steve brown from ames, iowa at the iowa straw poll. thank you, steve. former alaska governor sarah palin is not in the straw poll this weekend but says it's not too late for her to join the race. >> i think the more the better the debates and in the arena, better for voters to have more choices. >> that's what she said

yesterday at iowa state fair. reporters surrounded the former governor asking her questions about her possible campaign and about the other candidates. palin said before she'll make up her mind she'll do it by next month. people who shop online are being warned to be cautious about something called drive-by hacking. it's when hackers infiltrate websites of mostly small businesses and then target visitors to those sites. a san francisco computer security company estimates there are 8 million in affected web pages. >> browse a website that's infected, just navigate and browse a site and you would get infected. >> the best bet for business owners is to get all the software upgrades done on your website. internet useers should update their browser and use anti- virus software. the new york city police department will begin monitoring social network sites, including facebook, myspace and twitter to fight

crime. the depend says its new unit will browse the websites to find information about control house parties, gang showdowns, and other potential violence. investigators say many criminals are taking to the web to brag about their crimes. sometimes before they happen. the san francisco 49ers have opened their preseason with a loss. quarterback alex smith was sacked twice in the first quarter. he completed just two of seven passes against the new orleans saints. the 2009 heisman trophy winner bouncing offer the defender there and scoring on a 14-yard run in his nfl debut. 49er rookie quarterback colin cab knack played the last three- quarters in his own nfl debut, sacked four times but did scramble there for 28 yards. that set up that field goal by the niners, their only score of the game. saints win 24-3. the san francisco giants will try to break their losing streak against the florida marlins today. a giants played the marlins

four times this season and have lost every game. the team did set a home run record, not one necessarily to be proud of. pablo sandoval hit one out of the first inning marking 20 consecutive solo home runs for the team which is a new major league record. the marlins came back scoring two runs off matt cane. that was all they would need to win 2-1. the a's are hosting the texas rangers this weekend. the rangers had a big second inning yesterday scoring 6 runs on six hits off brandon mccarthy. the rangers would go on to win 9-1. the two teams play today here on ktvu, that will be shown at 1:00. there is a new way of mapping at an airport where tire travelers in russia have a place to rest. and people in new york city don't have the luxury of a backyard, how one company though is trying to change that.

welcome back. an airport in russia has just the thing for weary travelers who want to catch some z's while waiting for flights. it's called the sleep box. travelers can rent a cubicle of space to provide a bed, television and a place to store your things. the sleep box in the airport is also soundproof. people living in new york can now get a taste of what they've been missing. a nice big backyard! many of the 8 million people there have little to no

backyard space but they have a lot. prices for the backyard time share on the lower east side start at $50 an hour. backyard time share so popular, it's already booked up for the rest of the summer. an 8-year-old golfer has accomplished a very rare feat. he shot a hole in one and it was caught on tape. >> hole in one! oh, yes! yes! holy cow! >> he made the shot on a par 3 golf course in west palm beach on thursday. he has only been playing golf just about a year and a half. congratulations to him! >> pretty happy. let's get to rosemary now. just to see on this saturday what kind of weather it sounds like it is still a little cool out there. >> unseasonably mild. but partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. golden gate park outside upper 50s for lunchtime, 60 at 4:00. mid-50s as we slip into the evening hours. your forecast highs upper 50s, low 60s for the coast. widespread 60s and 70s around

the bay. upper 70s low 80s inland. so just another mild day e extended forecast here slightly cooler for tomorrow and then we rebound to slightly warmer monday, tuesday. ridge of high pressure will be many gritting our way from the central u.s. and that will bring our temperatures back. but we're going to be below average for the most part through midweek wednesday. >> maybe when everyone goes back to school, the heat will come. perhaps. thank you. >> continuing coverage on the statewide amber alert and the iowa straw poll on ktvu.com. have a great day, everyone!