nearly a day after it began, a standoff in san rafael continues at this hour. we have a live report. police know who shot three people in the south bay. a manhunt is underway. >> reporter: we're live at treasure island where the search has begun for a missing man. we'll tell what you his friends are saying about his disappearance. well, good morning to you. well come to "mornings on -- welcome to. i'm tori cam -- welcome to

"mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. this is day two of the san rafael incident. jade hernandez has more. jade? >> reporter: we've just learned from san rafael police, the spokeswoman, told us this is a shift change. so you are gonna see s.w.a.t. members switch out. this is the back side of the extended stay deluxe hotel. you can see this is where officers are and the sheriff's squad car in the foreground. we're still waiting for a complete update from the san rafael spokeswoman but she did tell us that right now there's not much to report. she did speak to us when we -- when we arrived this morning and this is what she could tell us. >> the negotiation conversations have slowed down due to the length of time. it's nighttime hours. but nothing has changed in terms of, you know, we're taking this slowly and want to

continue the dialogue, which a good thing, that he's talking to negotiators -- which is a good thing thats he's talking to negotiators -- that he's talking to negotiators. >> reporter: the extended stay deluxe hotel where this man has birry cadeed himself is a -- barricaded himself is along the freeway. the spokesperson said they are not releasing the man's name but he has his girlfriend in the room with him and police have not had any contact with her so they are treating this as a hostage situation. officers learned a man suspected of stabbing a clerk in the san rafael district on sunday was in the hotel. when officers arrived, the man fired a shot toward the freeway. that's one of the reasons they put up the barricaded.

now, police closed the bridge then. traffic was backed up for hours even after the bridge reopened. you are taking a look at s.w.a.t. team members now gaining access to the hotel. the man is believed to be on the second floor of the hotel. police won't characterize the conversations they've been having with the suspected gunman or what they are talking about. law enforcement officers have pulled from different counties, marin and sonoma. we'll continue to stay at this command post and get upwaits and bring them to you -- and get updates from you. >> thank you. >> jade. we'll continue to monitor the situation. you can get more information at ktvu.com. happening right now, secretary of state, hillary clinton, is calling on the

president of syria to step down. she just finished her statement. you are looking live at the room at the podium where the second of state made those comments. just 30 minutes ago, president obama released a statement calling for syrian president's resignation and condemning his flagrant disrespect of the dignity of the syrian people. he said the assad government has been con telled in all parts of the -- condemned in all parts of the world, not just the united states. we'll continue to have more on that coming up. meanwhile, all of this global unrest is contributing to concerns on wall street where right now stocks are down. the dow is currently down 453 and falling down below 11,000, 10,957. in addition to concerns about the global economy, there was also some disappointing jobless claims that came out and some

concern about inflation. one note, gold is up, not surprisingly, above $1800 an ounce. we'll have more on wall street coming up. >> 7:05. happening now, in fact, at any moment, an air search could start for a missing man off treasure island. as tara moriarty tells us there's been no sign of him since his canoe flipped over. good morning. >> reporter: rescue crews from the coast guard have focused their search, we've noticed this morning, on the northern end of treasure island. and minutes ago we watched as the helicopter made its way past the bay bridge. now, several rescue teams have been missing -- have been looking for this canoer. three men went out. their boat flipped over.

they all flipped over. two men stayed. one went to get belongings. >> i definitely want to emphasize the importance of having safety gear on all motorboats, personal floatation devices, flare, emergency whistles and emergency position indicating radio beacons. any of these items would make it much easier to locate you in a situation like this. >> we've had a lot of agencies looking for this man, people from various departments, fire departments and police departments from san francisco

to tiburon, south is a leito -- south salita. they've checked out angel island and alcatraz. but so far, no sign of him. we're told no foul play was involved. back to you. 7:06. president obama is going on vacation today with his family for ten days while republicans who want to take his job continue on the campaign trail. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the controversial comments some of the republican candidates are making. meanwhile, the michele bachmann campaign is receiving a reputation of playing hard ball with the news media. in the two months she's been in the race, staff members have been involved with members of the press. they include pushing, shoving, an one claimed a aide -- an aide threatened to break his arm. 7:07. stockton police out there searching a river for a missing woman. the man who was arrested in connection with her disappearance. she's now been released from

jail. 23-year-old carlson was last seen leaving a bar on august 2nd. now, on monday morning, jason ross gillly was arrested on kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. how far, in court yesterday, no charges were filed. >> this does not mean criminal charges won't be filed. this just means that at this time, the district attorney for whatever reason decided not to file charges. it could mean they are waiting for further evidence. >> he was released yesterday move. -- he was released yesterday. police are searching the kale la ver res -- kalaveras river. funeral arrangements are set for a woman who was walking from the pittsburg bay point b.a.r.t. station to her home on bridge view, just a quarter mile away.

investigators say the suspect, luis ramirez, admits to running a red light and hitting her in the crosswalk. he left the scene but came back 45 minutes later saying he left because he was scared. police in the south bay have now identified a suspect in connection with the triple homicide at san jose's mexicali club in january. investigators are asking for the pub lip's help to find a man, 26-year-old arturo velasquez. police say he can be seen in a surveillance video holding a gun and wearing a bulletproof vest. police say he and two other men had attempted to kidnap the club's owner. the two other men were shot and killed as well as a third man who came to the club owner's defense. 7:09. the dow down 500 points. we'll be watching that. we're also watching sal.

he's watching urcommute. sal? >> that's right. heather holmes is on her way in the city. i told her, heather, you are gonna be there for about 20 minutes or so before you get on the span. so in you are driving -- if you are driving onto the bay bridge, the traffic is gonna be slow on the bay bridge as well. there are no major problems. if you are driving on 237 in the southeast bay, very thick traffic and getting out to 880. 880 itself is also slow. we continue to also watch the contra costa commute. but we're looking at 280 northbound, getting up to highway 17. i mentioned contra costa because i've been looking at the maps on the antioch freeways. you can see traffic in both directions is kind of slow due to that construction zone. 680 is slow from pleasant hill to walnut creek.

it's 7:10. let's go to mark. >> once again, quite a bit of overcast over the bay area and coast. here is our live camera looking across the bay. that fog bay is expanding in size over the past two or three hours. as far as the pattern you can see the clouds over pacifica, san francisco, over the north bay and south bay. but clear reports maybe just partly cloudy skies at last check. current numbers most of the resin -- region starting out this morning in the 50s. livermore mid-50s. san jose reporting 60 degrees at last check. here is our forecast story for today. we do have the clouds. pulling back near the coast. tomorrow, a little bit cooler and the weekend forecast features cooler temperatures and more fog. today's forecast, here it is, 7:00 -- fog target, the coast and as right around the bay, 55 to 60. by 12:00, still some fog, upper 50s to the lower 60s.

and -- plenty of sunshine and temperatures today about the same as yesterday could be just a touch warmer in a few spots. that means the warmest locations approach the warmer 90s. san francisco, 66. san mateo, right around 74. here is a look ahead to your extended forecast. temperatures a little bit cooler for friday. saturday, the coolest day of the weekend and a almost bit of a bump in the numbers in the -- in the numbers for sunday. and it's monday of next week. another weather check in a few minutes. >> thank you, mark. well, as stocks plummet this morning, the justice department is investigating serious charges against standard standard & poor's. it has nothing to do with the credit union. don't you think that's a hoax?

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benefits bounced back the mark. another report shows fewer people bought homes. existing home sales plunged 3.5% to an annual rate of 4.7. the low rates have yet to boost the depressed hughesing -- housing market. the new york times says the federal government is investigating the standard & poor's credit agency. the justice department is looking into analysts wanting lower rating on mortgage bonds but reportedly the s & p

managers wouldn't allow it. investors pulled $23 billion out of u.s. stock fund during five days of trading. that's the largest since the crisis in october four years ago. economists say the number sounds huge but they say it represents only about one half of 1% of all of the money invested in u.s. stocks. 7:17. president obama leaves washington, d.c. for a ten-day family vacation to martha's vineyard. as alison burns reports, the campaign trail is heating up for republicans who want his job. alison? >> reporter: that's right. the leading republicans campaigning today in new hampshire and south carolina while president obama will try

to get some r and r on martha's vineyard. let's take a look at the video of the obamas last year. they will leave the white house this afternoon for a ten-day vacation and the trip is prompting plenty of criticism. mitt romney says it's wrong for the president to take time off in the mid of so much economic turmoil. but republican presidential candidates are now hoping to steal the spotlight. some of them have a new target this week, the environmental protection agency, using their stump speeches to blast regulation, texas governor rick perry yesterday expressed his skepticism about global warm. >> i think we're seeing it almost weekly or daily, scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change. and michele bachmann is blaming

the policies for the gas prices. she says if she is president, the prices will drop to below $2 a gallon. back to you. >> thank you. 7:19. former republican delaware senate candidate, christine o'donnell, walked out of a live turn interview last night when cnn's piers morgan asked her about her statements about dabbling in witchcraft and her views on same-sex marriage. she said he was being rude. >> i'm just asking you based on your own public statements and now what you've written in your own book. it's hardly rude to ask you that, surely. >> well, don't you think as a host, if this is what i want to talk about, that's what we should address? >> not really, no. >> you are a politician. >> yeah. i'm being pulled away. we turned down another interview for this. >> she said she came on only

talk to -- only to talk about her book. 7:20. he's a big hit on the golf course. i'm talking about a golden retriever in charleston, maine. take a look at 6-year-old kayly. now, workers at the white tail golf course says she has quite a trick. they say caylee has found a way to return their golf cart the earlier. >> they give her the key, she goes to the clubhouse. they don't even have to come to the clubhouse. this is a full time job -- this is a full-time job for for her. she tries to -- for her. she tries to collect the keys from everybody. [ laughter ] >> i hope she doesn't try to take the car keys. a teen florida planning to

blow up a high school, the minute-by-minute plan.

well, good morning. b.a.r.t. police officers pretty upset after a hacking attack leaked their personal information. somebody hacked into the b.a.r.t. police union's website yesterday morning. now, this latest hack attack and another one over the weekend of b.a.r.t.'s marketing website when they cut off the cell phone service last week trying to block a planned protest. >> this is a policy discussion. bring it to the b.a.r.t. board. we'll be meeting next week. let's talk about it there and leave the innocent people out of this. >> now, the hacker group to cut off communications on the cell phone took credit for the

weekend attack but says it had nothing to do with the leaking of the private information of b.a.r.t. police officers. a florida teen has been arrested after threatening to blow up his former school and claim more victims than columbine. 17-year-old jair red kano -- jaredkano was arrested. >> they found a man fess toe written by -- manifesto written by jared about his actions on the first day of school, including detonating explosive devices through the school. >> police found materials to make pipe bombs at his home -- at his home and believe he was acting alone. he was expelled for an unidentified outside incident. school officials say classes will start on tuesday as scheduled. let's see what's happening

on the roads and get you to where you need to know -- need to go. how is it looking? >> well, i will say it's a moderate commute. we haven't had any huge accidents. but traffic is slowing down as we're in the middle of the commute. we'll see a lot of slow traffic and parts of the east bay. right now as you look at 880 on the right and left. traffic is gonna be moderate. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that the traffic there is going to be -- i would say it's pretty typical pretty normal for this time -- for this time of the morning. if you are driving on the east bay commutes, that's not filled in yet. this might be an opportunity to head south. if you are in livermore, very slow but it evens out in dublin. moving this down to the south bay, the heaviest traffic right now is on highway 85 heading north to cupertino. let's go to mark.

>> hi there, good morning to you. we'll take a look outside. you can see the big blanket of white overhead. that's the fog bank expanding. you will notice it. we do have some partly cloudy or mostly clear observations. fog and drizzle, skies becoming partly sunny, still some patchy fog. not much of a warmup. eventually mostly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures on took reach the 70s, maybe 80-degree mark. and for the inland sections. more sunshine temperatures warming back up in the 80s to low 90s. a big temperature range this afternoon. not a big departure. it could an little warmer in a few spots. and temperatures cooler for friday and saturday. minor warming for sunday and monday into next week. especially for monday next week we have warmer temperatures. another weather check, minutes

away. >> thank you, mark. a san carlos woman is facing animal charges after police say she attacked her boyfriend's pet with a knife and that's only the beginning of her legal troubles. a man accused of assaulting a priest over allegations of child molestation 30 years ago is due in court today. we'll tell you what he's going to tell the jung when "mornings on 2" continues.

7:30. developing news right now, a gunman is still barricaded inside a san rafael hotel room. now, since 8:30 yesterdayia morning he's been barricaded on the second floor of the extended stay hotel on francisco boulevard. we're watching all of this and getting the very latest. this is a live picture, folks, and you are zeroing in on the room there. ktvu's crews are there. now, just before 1:00 a.m. this morning, look at this. around the middle of your screen, a one-inch thick school plate was put in front of that -- steel plate was put in front of the suspect's window. surface streets around the hotel are still closed. now, this is how the whole situation started. look at this. this is a surveillance photo of the men. police say he may be responsible for stabbing a stan ralph fell grocery -- san

rafael grocery store work egg on sunday. police have -- worker on sunday. police have been hoping for a peaceful surrender since yesterday. but when they heard a gunshot yesterday morning, they swarm -- they swarmed the hotel and hotel guests were evacuated. a man faces charges of beating the priest who allegedly sodomized him when he was a young boy. kraig debro is live at the santa clara county courthouse where a hearing is scheduled in an hour from now. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. some people say they are gonna get -- the parties are gonna get together. one day last october, according to prosecutors, he went to the priest's retirement home and

assaulted him. this morning, lynch and the d.a.'s office will meet in court to determine a trial date. the 44-year-old is charged with assault and elder abuse. the d.a.'s office says he went to the los gatos justest its center and asked -- justest its center and asked -- je sue wit center. this is linder as a young man. he said he went on camping trips with linder. according to somebody who knows lynch, the boys, would were 7 and 5 at the time, were rained and -- raped and forced to have sex as he watched. lender has been accused by abuse -- of abuse by dozens of people including his own sister, nieces and nephews. we're gonna try to get ahold of lynch's lawyer and to see if

mark geragos is still representing him. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:33. authorities in fremont are looking for the suspects who set fire to a junior high school. the fire was started in the locker room area of walters junior high about 7:00 last night. this is video we shot of the school earlier this morning. the fire caused $100,000 worth of damage. the school is still on summer vacation but there is an orientation next week, or rather this week, no one was injured in the fire. a san carlos woman is facing felony animal charges after stabbing her boyfriend's pets lizard. police say she stabbed the lizard with a three-inch knife. it later died. she's also facing other charges including trying to wrestle a firearm. she's in jail on $200,000 bail. a new report is out showing

top democrats have raked in millions of dollars. "the associated press" found that democrats received more than $15 million from political action committees. president obama's campaign and the democratic national committee, they have not taken money from lobbyists or political action committees. state assemblyman are putting pressure on democratic officials to release accurate records of spending. the committee release -- recent lip released letters from currently -- from previous years. the records show incomplete and sometimes misleading budget allocations. expect a bill to go up in san francisco's first mayor's race with public financing.

in simple terms, the more money, the candidates raise, the more funding they can get. for example if candidates raised $25,000 they get $50,000 more. if they collect $100,000, they will get $400,000 in public financing. with 16 candidates, taxpayers may be on the hook for millions of dollars. a federal lawsuit claims a panda restaurant in san jose is discriminating against its latino employees. prosecutors say the restaurant on el paseo ordered its latino counter clerks to clean up rest rooms and table while the asian- american employees looked on. the charges cover a period from 2008 to mid-2009. the restaurant is now under new management. the long-time girlfriend of reputed crime boss james whitely bulger is facing arraignment this morning. catherine greig is accused of

helping him elude authorities during 16 years as a fugitive. she faces up to five years behind bars. police in britain have arrested a former hollywood reporter for "news of the world." the reporter was arrested at a london police station after he went there, as requested, for questioning. the charges are believed to relate to events prior to him being promoted to the newspaper's los angeles-based u.s. editor back in 2009. his arrest is the 13th since the phone hacking investigations began. the tsa is testing a program that uses friendly conversation to key -- to detect suspicious behavior. for the next two months, passengers will need to pass a

new security checkpoint. under the new detection program, passengers will have to provide their boarding pass, i.d. and answer a few questions for tsa officials. after 60 days, the tsa will decide whether to expand the reports to other airports. because of budget cuts, napa valley college is no longer serving food from the cafeteria. the students will not go hungry. insend the school will conduct a school lunch pilot program. six trucks will be available monday through thursday. and 15 food trucks are participating. the food trucks will pay $50 a day to operate on the school campus. a new study finds african- american women who breast-feed their babies reduce their risk of getting a certain type of breast cancer. researchers say african- american women who had two or more children have an increased risk of er-negative breast

cancer. among the women who breast-feed their children, that risk has been reduced. previous research has found similar links between breast- feeding. this study followed people over a longer period of time. want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on traffic. starting with the east bay. >> that's right. that's where the slow traffic is building rapidly. starting you off with interstate 880 northbound and southbound. you can see the traffic is moderate here but just up the road. you will see some stop and go traffic on the way to the bay bridge toll plaza. there is a big backup there. it's about 20 minutes at the toll plaza. another 20 on the way into the city. here you are looking at about an hour getting into the city.

on the nimitz we have stop and go traffic. we look at highway 4 which is always slow. it's slow in antioch, pittsburg and boy point. 7:39. let's go to mark. >> hi there, sal. good morning to you and a big blanket of clouds covering a portion of the area. you can see right around the oakland area still mostly cloudy skies. in fact, that fog bank has been expanding over the past two to three hours. santa rosa missibility -- visibility is coming down. >> for today, we have the clouds this morning, pulling -- pulling back to near the coastline. once again we're going to regroup the clouds first thing tomorrow morning. the weekend, more fock and temperatures a almost bit of a dip in the numbers. for today, high pressure tries to rebuild a little bit. as a result, kind of squishing that air to the surface. away interest that -- from

that, temperatures inland to reach the 80s to around 90 degrees. here is the change for tomorrow. this system moves into the north. it will reinforce the cooling for saturday. for today, at 8:00 fog targeting the coast of the bay. by 12:00, still system coastal fog. by 4:00 more numbers -- still some coastal fog. we'll take this into the afternoon hours and still some overcast areas. but around the bay, increase in sunshine and more sunshine as we head inland. some temperatures inland could be a touch warmer in a few spots. major -- no major changes. san jose right around 81. these temperatures right around 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. here is a look ahead. temperatures cooling off for

friday and also saturday barely making it into the weekend. that will continue monday. i will let you know how long the morning trend will kinger -- linger into next week. thank you. why thousands of uc staff and faculty will be getting millions m raises this year despite huge budget deficits.

stocks are tumbling around

the world on more signs of economic weakness. according to new reports just out this morning, the u.s. government says more people filed for unemployment benefits last week than expected. back up 400,000 and there's signs that inflation is rising. consumers paid more last month for gas, food and clothes. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 476. it was below 500, below 1,000, once again. however, nasdaq is down 122. s&p, down 54. gold almost up -- gold up 2%. car dealers say they are unlikely to meet their earlier predictions for the sales this year. many say you can tell how the stock market is doing by how many are in showrooms. and experts say sales are not as strong as usual. shoppers may see better deals toward the end of the year.

netflix is preparing to expand service into spain and britain, according to "the los angeles times." the company is also looking into exploring into our countries like europe and asia before 2012. last month netflix announced moving into canada and 43 latin- american countries before the end of the year. the pope arrived in spain today, celebrating the catholic church's world youth day. take a look. there's pope benedict xvi. about a million people are expected to be at the world youth day events. in advance of the pope's visit, thousands of people protesting in madrid. now, overnight there was violence in at least one of the protests, police arrested about eight people, the demonstrators say the pope's visit is costing

taxpayers too much money. >> this is in india. a 72-year-old activist now has permission by the government to start a hunger strike. protesters have taken over to the streets all over the country in support of the activists. now, at first he was arrested as he was prepared to stop eating to protest government corruption. but then he worked out a deal with the police that will allow him to stage a fast in a public square for two weeks. casey anthony's lawyers have filed an appeal to try to keep her from having to return to florida to serve a year-long probation sentence. a judge recently ordered anthony to return to orlando by the end of next week. she's supposed to report to a probation officer in a case in which she pleaded guilty to stealing checks from a friend. the case is not related to anthony's recent murder trial. she was ad -- she was acquitted last month. in the death of her daughter,

caylee. joran van der sloot could be leaving -- leaving a prison soon. he was arrested for the death of a woman in a hotel room. the peruvian prosecutors say if a trial does not begin by september, she could -- he could be let go. he's also linked to the disappearance of nat lee natalee holloway who disappeared on a trip to a aruba. authorities say madeline was shot twice. girl's father died after self- inflicted gunshot wound. their bodies were found saturday in the suv. they've been the focus of a statewide amber alert after samaan abducted the little child in a custody dispute. reports suggest they -- suggest

that they had died of carbon monoxide at first. a pennsylvania school district wants some students to take drug tests at home. the hempfield school board is providing voluntary tests to all 6th and 7th graders. students will be selected at random and be told when to take the sample and send it in for testing. >> i think it would ultimately be the parents' choice, you know, you don't ever want the school to be pushily about something. >> i don't think the school should get involved with the

drugs. but given thest -- but giving the kids tests isn't a bad idea. >> if the student fails the test, the parents will be notified. the petaluma police department is enforcing traffic safety as kids head back to school this morning. additional police officers and volunteers will be in the area around meadow elementary school and carona vehicle -- corona creek elementary school. this is the 14th year of the safe routes to school operation. 7:49. hi, tori. get ready. an army mother from little rock arkansas is back with her young daughter this morning after a heartwarming reunion. >> can you stand up, please. >> there you go. the staff sergeant surprised her daughter brook lynn in the

middle of preschool. yeah, that's mommy and mommy brought a special gift, a painting of brook lynn in her bal lira that -- ballerina outfit. they have a lot of catching up to do. they haven't seen each other since february. >> she looks just like my little girl. >> she will serve another five months before returning home for god. 7:50. making strides in his recovery. where a football player is headed today less than two months after a serious injury sent him into a coma. also -- ibm working on technology that thinks just like the human brain.

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developed a new and legal technique. they are known as a supercookie. now, searchers at stanford and uc berkeley can re-create user profiles even after people delete the profile. knowing browsing history can help advertisers decide how you want to spend your money. ibm is -- is working on technology to train a computer to behave like a human pain. the -- brain. it will process data more like humans rather than -- rather than the chips that power p cs. this is important for rendering

graphics and crunching large amounts of data. >> that's interesting. >> yeah. >> i mean, that's good but can a computer tell you what's happening on highway 24? >> not as well as -- not as well as sal. >> i don't think so. >> well, the computer can't be quitty -- witty and funny like your traffic computer. never mind. i'm not very witty and funny. i do have information. this week we've had traffic on 680 very slow. in fact, a little slower than usual and that's because a lot of schools are back in. put that into the back of your mind, it's for the -- starting now for the rest of the school year. these are the traffic patterns you are going to see. it's backed up apartment the bay bridge toll plaza for about a 20-minute delay. there's been a big difference in the last few weeks as many schools are back in session. look at highway 4. these are computerized maps, by the way,

they get pretty red when there's slow traffic. stop and go all the way down to danville. the benefit of computer technology. you can see how -- you can see just how slow the ride is going to be from 242 to the diablo road turnoff. 7:56 let's go to mark. >> good morning. we've been tracking the fog all morning long. a few clear pockets inland but still quite a bit of haze out there. just keep that in mind, at least in the short term. current numbers, most areas in the 50s. clear skies out to livermore. but the fog out towards san francisco and san jose, especially up in the north bay for santa rosa. for the coast, the fog and drizzle, byes -- skies becoming -- billioning partly cloudy. around the bay increasing sunshine in afternoon. temperatures on track to reach the 70s to lower 80s. temperatures inland. the forecast later on today, still sunny and -- subny and warm.

as far as temperatures this afternoon, not a big change from yesterday's high. 90 in antioch. concord upper 80s and san francisco 66. a look ahead, your extended forecast with your weekend in view. temperatures cooling off for friday. also saturday, a little bump. coming up during the 8:00 hour, i will let you know about a hurricane that could be approaching. >> thank you, mark. 7:57. the death toll continues to mount from a series of attacks in israel. the targets the gunman went over from mass transit to the military. >> reporter: a standoff with a suspected gunman continues at this hour. we're live at the command post with an update. >> reporter: we're live on treasure island where the search for a missing canoer continues. we have new information about who he is and what his friends are saying about his disappearance. @wñ

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's thursday, it's august 18th. developing news right now again. focusing on san rafael where a

police standoff is now -- has now entered its second morning. as we speak a gunman is barricaded there in a second floor room of the extended stay hotel on francisco boulevard. jade hernandez has been there all morning and jade, the police shifts are changing now. right? >> dave, that's right. we've been told -- we have to be careful in a situation like this because we understand power has not been caught to the hotel. the standoff continues and it's it's -- we've been told the s.w.a.t. team shifted swifts -- shifts -- switched shifts. >> there are more officers arriving from both marin county and sonoma county. and some have been here, some have gone home to sleep and some are coming to relieve the

ones overnight. due to the number of media outlets out here, we could show you the command post. there are s.w.a.t. team members coming off the roof of a nearby building just north of the extended stay hotel. we also have a photojournalist across westbound 580. he can give you a good view of what the front of the hotel looks like. traffic is moving along the freeway. the chp shut down 580, the reason why, this man, this is surveillance video of the suspected gunman. he's also suspected of stabbing a clerk during a shopping -- a shop-lifting attempt in san rafael on sunday. when officers came to the hotel to ask him a few questions, the shot was fired in the direction near the freeway and that hotel is located along francisco

east. the chp shut down 580 late until about midnight when police decided to place an 8 by 10 metal plate. the chp reopened the freeway just before 1:00 this morning and the spokesperson told us they are not gonna relieve the name. police have not had contact with her so they are still treating this as a hostage situation. as you can see right now, the s.w.a.t. team members switching now, coming down off of the ladder from san rafael -- from the san rafael fire department. the man is still believed to be on the second floor of the hotel which is just a billing over. police won't characterize the conversations they've had. at last check, the -- they had not heard from him since last night. a law enforcement officer -- law enforcement officers have been pulled from 12 different

agencies, including marin and sonoma county. right now we've been told that 80 officers are strategically placed throughout the area and they will be until the standoff is over. we're live in san rafael. we'll continue to update you. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade. we're gonna keep monitoring this situation throughout "mornings on 2." you can also get more information and see video from the scene online at ktvu.com. 8:03. happening now, searches by air and by boat are underway for a missing man. his canoe overturned off treasure island last night. tara moriarty joins us live about new information about what his friends are saying. >> we tried to talk to the two friends involved in the incident but they are not willing to speak to us on camera. now, neighbors tell us this area right here where it's all rocky along the shoreline. this is the spot they believe the three men took off in the

canoe last night on treasure island. >> the san francisco police department is on the way. they've -- on the bay. they've joined the search. a helicopter launched a the -- launched at 67:30. and police believe interviewed the -- and police interviewed the three. very bizarre story. they tried to launch the canoe in three to four feet of water. the two men went back to change their clothes. the third man went to get his keys. and when the two came back, he was -- he was gone. >> it's important to have safety equipment, emergency whistles, flares, even emergency position, including radio beacons.

>> reporter: we're told the man was in his 40s, he was not wearing a life jacket. he only has one eye. they are they concerned because any say he wasn't in the best shape to necessarily handle these frigate waters. we believe the temperature is around 65 degrees and experts tell us that you could survive anywhere from two to 40 hours under those type of conditions without any wet suit or anything like that -- or anything like that. the search has been extensive from the golden gate bridge, to angel island to alcatraz. so far, no sign of this missing kayaker. back to you. 8:05. in overnight news, the israeli government now says at least seven people are dead and scores more in-- injured all from a series of attacks against israel. groups of gunmen targeted passenger buses, a private vehicle and a military patrol. the attacks along the israel/egypt border lasted three hours. the government says terror

squads have infiltrated israel. the gunman with possible egyptian connections have set up roadside bombs, fired mortars and an anti-tank missile. there are new concerns this morning that there could be another oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the bp announced it found a sheen in the green canyon of the gulf. that's a huge square-shaped area of water south of louisiana and west of the bp rig that exploded in april of last year killing 11 workers. bp sent several to investigate. the british government flames the sheen could not come from any of its operations. 8:0 6. new this morning, pg&e filed a report with federal investigators -- investigators about what it believes caused the pipeline disaster. "the examiner" reports a faulty sea wall that weakened. they also say action of the --

action by the employees cannot -- did not play a role. president obama going on vacation while republicans who want to become president continue on the campaign trail. coming up for you at 8:15. we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the controversial comments some of the republican presidential candidates are making. 8:07. alameda county sheriff deputies detained two men overnight. the two men were on top of a building on international boulevard and 14th avenue around 10:00. that's when alameda county sheriff deputies from laney college saw them throwing building materials from the roof. the two men were detained. oakland police and fire were dahled -- were called in to investigate where the team the

had come from. -- where the materials had come from. willie torrance is accused of driving the car used in last week's drive-by shooting. police say rival intend -- rival gang members were the intended target but the bullet hit a 3-year-old. this killing has prompted two congressman -- >> if it's work, education, programs to keep kids off the street. that's what we have to learn about, learn how to be with each other and work with each other. >> the two men plan to seek tougher rules next month when the council reconvenes. two teenagers were arrested

in connection with a nevada wildfire. it's the ray nay fire. it's already burned 2800 acres the of -- acres east of lake tahoe. authorities say it was started by an illegal campfire set by two boys. the two firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries. some homes are still threatened. right now there's no word on -- no word on when they think they will have this fire under control. >> this fire started tuesday afternoon off monroe canyon road, west of king city. it's burned 215 acres. but there are no evacuations. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. it is 8:09. and sal is joining us now and sal i want to mention ktvu channel 2 morning news team facebook page. i know you've been posting a few things on there. >> i'm gonna show you how to do

that. i will tell you about san francisco in just a moment. if you are trying to get to the bay bridge on interstate 880, that traffic is moderately avenue driving north on the right there. it gets heavier as you approach the toll plaza. this morning on the peninsula, traffic is going to be busy on 101 and on 280 but 101 is the worse. let's move the map up to san francisco. 280 northbound is a big mess. there is a minor accident in all of that traffic. but city college is back in session and the people who go there are looking for -- are looking for parking near ocean

and feelen. riordan high school is there, a school i know and love. those guys are in school. it's really a busy area, it's beginning to affect 280. you can follow us on facebook. we have our own page on facebook. we would love to connect with you. we have behind the scenes photos. join us now. hi there, sal. good morning. a widespread overcast across 0 good portion. bay area looking out towards oakland and alameda. you can see some mostly sunny skies. since the 8:00 hour you can see the clouds. santa rosa visibility, down about a quarter of a mile. and then clear reports out to livermore.

but san jose even reporting mostly sunny skies. current numbers, mainly in the 50s to the 60s. downtown san francisco. cooled off a couple of degrees over the past hour. livermore up ir15s and san jose in the lower 60s. high pressure rebuilds a little bit for today. temperatures by saturday barely making it into the lower 80s. in the tropics, this is hurricane greg. you with can see a hurricane 1 category. we'll have to keep an eye on this. some of this moisture could be drifting closer. maybe even a few showers primarily to the south. still a ways out but something

we'll be tracking. i'm shog you the fog. pushing back and near the shoreline. temperatures really not a big change from yesterday's highs. this morning fog for the coast and bay. by 12:00 still some upper numbers. here is a look at the numbers. you can see lower 90s. oakland tops out, san francisco, 66. livermore in the upper 80s. here is your extended forecast with your weekend. always in view, temperatures cooling off friday into saturday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers on sunday and -- on sunday and into next week. 8:13. they are calling it an unthinkable crime in santa cruz. what was just targeted by vandals. >> reporter: technology that could provide advanced tsunami warning lines the california coast. why it may not get the chance to keep cities southern california -- safe.

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a new agricultural report indicates texas has already cost $5.2 billion in crop and livestock. that's the most losses due to drought in a single year. the old record was 4 billion. parts of texas have not seen rain since last fall. 8:17. well, republican presidential candidates are criticizing president obama because he's going to martha's vineyard for a ten-day vacation. alison burns live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with more on the president's trip and also on how the republican candidates are heating things up. >> the president is meeting with his -- is meeting with his teams this morning and then he leaves for martha's vineyard this afternoon. this some video from the obamas' vacation last year. it's the third summer they will stay there. this trip is prompting

criticism. gop front-runner mitt romney says it's not a trip that he could take especially when the country is in so much economic turmoil. and the gop candidates are using their stump speeches to take on president obama's energy policies and michele bachmann said this in south carolina yesterday -- >> under president bachmann, you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon. that will happen. >> reporter: she didn't go into details. rick perry raised some eyebrows when he said at a rally yesterday, he doesn't believe global warm something manmade and wants a moratorium on environment regulations. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. a jihadist website is making death threats against talk show host david letterman. it comes after he joked about the al qaeda leader killed

during an air strike in june. "someone needs to cut the tongue off this lowly jew and shut it forever," was written. letterman, who is not jewish, has not responded to the threat. two more drones went to libya and the -- and the pentagon says the drones are used for surveillance but they can also strike targets when needed. nato says in recent days, the rebels have made significant gains in their battles with libyan forces. people are voluntarily turning in thousands of safes containing $48 million in cash that were found after the earthquake and tsunami. more than 5700 safes were hauled to police centers. and they say all -- and the

authorities say-all of the valuables have been returned. well, bay area technology originally used to track oil spills may now be used as the tsunami warning system. take a look at these antenna systems, they are part of a radar system that spans the california coast. they are designed to track oil spills but they can provide early tsunami warnings. give you more details on the timing and the height of the wave in that location. >> scientists say this technology could give coastal towns enough warnings to evacuate from tsunamis that are coming. but the system costs about $5 million a year to operate. california may not have the money to keep it going. 8:20. in santa cruz, the search continues for vandals who targeted a cemetery. police say a handful of headstones were defaced at a cemetery -- at a cemetery. the vand at also reportedly scrawled a threat.

no word on how much it will cost to clean up the graffiti. anyone with information is asked to call police. 8:21. why all of a sudden there's a big rush to get a lot of newspapers, especially ones with the same editions. good morning. westbound 24, the traffic is busy driving over to the tunnel. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. [ female announcer ] make after school even more fun

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8:23. the san mateo county harbor commission had planned to award someone in the maverick contest. there was delay. the reason, there were no applications to sponsor the surf contest. earlier this year, there were two separate bids. one from jeff clark and the other from his ex-wife, katherine clark. then they announced they would set aside their personal differences but now they say they need a little more time to put together the complete bid. there is a big run on newspapers lately, especially sun edition. thieves are out there stealing newspapers out of driveways. they are taking them by the dozens out of newspaper racks. these thieves are looking for coupons. officials say the trend has been fueled by the tv shows, you've seen them, they follow people who clip out coupons and roll them out the door for a

couple of dollars. 8:25. let's check in with sal. i probably should be a little better. >> maybe use one or two and see how it goes. anyway, i don't have any get out of free -- get out of traffic free coupons. the traffic is gonna be slow coming up the coliseum and just up the road it gets slower getting up the bay bridge. we have a huge backup there this morning. again, for the last week we've seen this becoming the normal pattern. i will tell you what is really slow, 280 northbound, way out of daly city, all the way into san francisco. this has a lot to do with school being in. san francisco state is also house as lot of activity in their campus. so 19th avenue is a mess. and riordan high school, that area, you will be in a mess. be aware of that. you might want to take the transit if you can.

let's go to mark. good morning, sal. once again, the fog making a big comeback and push right around the bay. inland a few sunny breaks out towards concord and livermore. as you can see, a big blanket of clouds. kind of expanding in size over the bay. a big dropoff in visibilities. so far today, clearing skys to near the coast. tomorrow a little bit cooler, we even have cooler temperatures in the weekend forecast. current numbers just updated, 52 degrees. visibility still right around a quarter of a mile. livermore in the upper 50s and 58 degrees. later on this afternoon, the clouds will pull back. warmest locations inland and in the upper 80s to right around 90 degrees. right around antioch and 90. fremont in the upper 70s. here's your extended forecast.

your westbound -- saturday will be the coolest day with quite a bit of cloud cover and a almost bit of wum -- of a bump in the numbers and that will carry us into next week. the search for a missing stocktonwoman now focused on the cal la varies river -- kalavaras river.

8:29. we've been watching san rafael all moving long. in fact, that developing news story, that started 24 hours ago. as we speak, a gunman is still barricaded inside a am a -- inside a room at the extended hotel. jade hernandez has been there all morning. the shift change is happening between the police officers and s.w.a.t. members. jade? >> reporter: that's right. 24 hours after this standoff began, it continues. dave, you're right. a shift change started a few hours ago. this is the command post. it's a parking lot. this is where we've been staged all morning. we have to be very careful because we're told power has not been cut to the hotel. we spoke to the spokesperson and this is what she said is going on right now. >> i don't know that there's been this morning but i know there was late last night. so far this morning, i don't

know. the hostage team is switching out. >> a san rafael police spokesperson was talking about the last time they had contact with the suspected gunman. that as -- that was late last night. due to the number of media outlets. we couldn't show you this last night we're told some officers have been out here since this standoff began and others have gone home and are back again. we also have a photojournalist across westbound 580, he can show you the -- he can show you the front of this hotel. all eyes have been on the second floor where the suspected gunman is still believed to be holed up. a welcome change for commuters who got -- who got stuck in a tangled mess. the reason, the man you see in this surveillance video is

suspected of stabbing a clear -- stabbing a clerk during a shoplifting attempt on sunday. when officers came to the hotel to ask him questions a shot was fired in the direction of the freeway. the chp immediately shut down 580 until around midnight when police decided to place an 8 by 10 metal plate in front of the man's second floor window in order to act as a shield for traffic driving by. the chp reopened the freeway just before 1:00. he has told police he has his girlfriend with him in the room. police have not had contact with her. so they are till streeting this as a -- still treating this as a hostage situation. the man is believed to be on the second floor right now. police won't characterize those conversations. at i mentioned -- as i mentioned, their conversations ended sometime late last night

and of course negotiators are still going to try to contact the man through the morning. law enforcement officers have been pulled from 12 different agencies. right now, we know 80 officers are strategically placed in front of the hotel and behind it. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you any more developments. back to you. >> thank you. we'll keep monitoring all of this throughout our newscast this morning. you can also get more information and see video from the scene online at ktvu.com. 8:33. happening now, here we go again. stocks are plunging on wall street. carter evans joins us live from the new york stock exchanges to explain the for today's downturn. >> reporter: hi, tori. let me show you the numbers so you can get an idea of what's going on right now. this is the dow. you skeet big drop there, down 3.8%, down 430 points. we're actually off the lows for

the morning. the nasdaq, down 4.4%. what's causing all of this today? we have kind of a trifecta of disappointing news, you might say. we found out that basically we got those weekly unemployment numbers in. they rose. they are expected to basically decline. so that's a difference. it's a disappointment. we're also back above the key 400,000 mark. we need to be below that. prices at the consumer level in july up .5 a point. this is a big increase. it was not expected. it's something to watch. also overseas, in europe, the pressure on the banks there is a big concern. and morgan stanley put out a memo to come -- to some of the its customers and talked about the possibility of a potential for a global session. all of that combined and that's what you get. i want to give you an idea of what is driving the market. it really is fear.

it's just perceived. this -- this is the valley tillty, it's called the vix or the fear index up 37%. fear is driving the markets. the footsy in london is still trading lower. the dax in germany, down. it's kind of what we were seeing after the debt debate concludeed. i was gonna ask how the mood there compare the -- mood compares to last week when we -- when we saw all of the swings. >> i know investors know the -- know that fear is driving. market but also this kind of drops could cause a problem in and of itself. if there is a selloff, it could cause a problem. so fear could cause a problem

in the markets but the underlying value of these companies is still there. so i think the professional investors would say. at some point there is a lot of value in there. >> all right. carterrerens for us. >> 8:36. south bay police have now identified a suspect in connection with a triple homicide in -- triple homicide in the mexicali's drub -- club. investigators want your help to find velasquez, who can be seen in this video, holding a gunnal bulletproof vest. police say he and two other men tried to kidnap the club's owner. the two men were shot and killed as well pass a third person who came to the club's defense. the u.s. is now calling for syrian president assad to step down. in a statement released this morning. secretary of state hillary clinton, made the position of

the obama administration very clear. >> the transition to democracy in syria has begun. it's time for ha said to get out of the way. the move is in response to the jackdown on anti-government protesters. about 1800 people, it is estimated, have been killed. this is the administration, the inspection's first explicit demand for assad to step down. it was accompanied by an executive order freezing all assets in the u.s. vice president joe biden continues hit tour in kline na. ♪ >> biden says a close relationship with china is very important to the u.s. during the vice president's meeting

with chinese leaders, there was a bit of a scuffle between chinese officials and the media. while biden was still speaking, the officials tried to push the reporters to the exit. the reporters pocketed. the chinese officials locked arms and began to report the -- pushed reporters to the door. one said biden talked too long. he's certainly known for being rather loquacious. >> yes. >> let's neck with sal. >> i like that word "loquacious." >> i read it this moving. this morning's commute, i will try to be sparing with my words -- 101/280 very slow. we have a lot of slow traffic in san francisco state.

let's go to. -- let's go to mark. once again, we have fog to contend with. coast side, right around the bay. we do have a few reports out there. but the dense fog really targeting the coast and right around the bay. so with that you will encounter low visibilities this morning and possibly drizzle showing up as well, especially driving highway 1. in fact, here is a look at the current fog pattern with partly cloudy skies around concord. this is our next change. this is the change for friday

and saturday. this will bring in some cooling as we increase the marine layer and were that temperatures begin to cool off for tomorrow. >> here is our forecast models showing you some of the fog pulling back into the coastline. still a few patches right around the bay. temperatures this afternoon, not a big change from yesterday's highs. antioch right around 90. gentwood 91. san jose top the out in the lower 80s at about 81 degrees. here is a look ahead to your extended forecast. temperatures cooling off for friday and saturday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers. that will kick in by sunday and monday of next week. another weather check in a few minutes. 20 minutes before 9:00. potentially a big problem for standard standard & poor's. why the justice department is investigating the credit rating. >> reporter: why a man accused of beating up a priest wants to

go to trial instead of settling the case out of court. it's all ahead when -- when "mornings on 2" continues.

numbering are still down. new reports are out this morning, showing disappointing jobless claims numbers. home sales are down. inflation is up. and a couple of other items to note. oil is down significantly down almost 5% to $83 a barrel. gold was up to a record of high. "the new york times" says the federal government is investigating standard and poor -- standard & poor's agency, the new york says the investigation started before the downgrade. reporter brian hickey is --

>> reporter: reporter brian hickey is in -- he will be giving us a report shortly on that story. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some. top stories. as we speak a -- some of the timms. as we speak, a man is till -- some of the top stories. as we speak, a man is still holed up inside a hotel. his girlfriend may also be in that hotel room. police are treating this at a hostage situation. right now a search is going on for the a missing man in the waters off treasure island -- island. he's identified as mikele burtler -- butler. he's not been seen since last night. now, ktvu talked with some of his friends they say he was not wearing a life jacket. and president obama begins a ten-day family vacation at

martha's vineyard today. defendant or a victim? a man faces charges of beating the priest who allegedly sodomized him and his brother. kraig debro is live at the santa clara courthouse where a hearing is scheduled right now. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, tori. our colleague hobert -- robert handa is up stairs on the fifth floor department 35 here at the hall of justice, the santa clara county superior court. he just told me the attorneys for both sides, meaning the d.a. and the defendant's attorney, are in the judge's chambers discussing when there will be a trial date. the priest is the same that a man says molested him and his brother back in the 1970s. last october witnesses say lynch ran from a retirement home after beating up the

abuse. he's charged with elder abuse. he could have settled this case but he wants a trial. he wants to use the trial to expose the priest and the jesuits of california. according to the archdiocese of los angeles, linder was named in two additional lawsuits for abuse between 1973 and 1985. the cases were included in that record-breaking 660 million settlement. this meeting between the attorneys is supposed to set up a trial date. but from what we understand, lynch wants to use this as a platform to expose the priest and order and the supporters are vowing to be down here during the trial. reporting live in stay -- in san jose, kraig debro, cut kut. >> thank you, kraig. a san francisco lawyer is

facing rape charges from women he met on craig list. but he says those women knew what they were getting into. these are the types of ads he posted. hit lawyer said he was looking for women to play out rape fantasies and that women have been responding to hissed a for years. >> three of those women have come forward saying this was not a game but simply rape. the attorney is in jail on $3 million jail while the d.a.'s office investigating -- investigates. >> it's 8:48. board of the sonoma marin area rail transit district has approved a new plan that could bring more money to the agency.

smart officials signed off on a deal that makes them eligible for the metropolitan commission agent. the smartboard says federal permits are the major reason for the delays. governor juriry brown says he will continue to support california's high-speed rail plans despite growing criticism for the project. the governor said yesterday, the project should continue despite concerns about management and a rise in costs. the project is designed to connect san francisco and los angeles. it's expected to cold front about $43 billion but that figure should be updated this fall. a woman from texas may think twice about what she tweets after getting thrown out of a bar. the restaurant says the customer, allison herome, called their bartender a twirp and some other things. one. messages -- one.

restaurant april managers saw the tweets. he called up the bar, asked to speak to her and told her to take her business somewhere. >> you go to someone's house i start calling them names, i wouldn't expect them to stay around much longer than that. >> other people are talking. one person think thewoman deserves an apology. a a group of dr. seuss books will be hitting bookstores. the man who found them picked -- picked a few of his favorites. and compiled them in his book. the bachmann campaign is accused of getting too physical. and there will be a round

two? piers morgan invites christine o'donnell to come on back to the show after a pretty intense interview. we'll show you her response.

a distinctive suspect has been robbing banks in northern california, he's in police custody. 47-year-old cynthia van holland was arrested earlier this week after allegedly robbing a bank in auburn. she's been dubbed the bad-hair

ban kit campaign. her husband has been arrested. he's accused of being the get away driver. the three men stormed a bank with high powered rifles yesterday afternoon. it was all captured on surveillance video. they -- they ordered the tellers and a customer to get down on the floor while they robbed the bank. it's unclear how much money they got away with. no one was injured. former republican senate candidate christine o'donnell just tweeted a message to tv host piers morgan. it's in response to morgan inviting o'donnell to come back on the show tonight after she waked off the show last night. here's the response --

now, on the arrow donele called morgan rude for asking her -- her witchcraft and -- >> i'm just asking about your statements and statement -- states that you made in your book. i hardly think that's rude. >> don't you think that's rude. if i want to talk about -- if i came on to talk about my book, that that's rude? >> no. well, the michele bachmann presidential comcampaign is getting a reputation of kind of being tough with the media. in the few minutes since she entered the campaign, staff members have been involved in at least five physical encounters with the need -- media. they include alleged pushing shoving and in one instance, a

one aide is reportedly accused of threatening to break one aarms. a 15-year-old boy set a new state fishing record in massachusetts after reeling in a 458-pound blue shark. ethan lynch used cod as bait to catch the shark, which was 12 feet long. he was what the -- with the marine education camp. the camp lets kids explore the waters. but no one expected this. it took 35 minutes to haul in the shark. >> i had no idea what it was and then somebody on the tuna to your said it was a shark. and then we got next to the boat and thought, wow, this is a big, big fish. 8:56. developing news from the middle east. israel is striking back. we have been talking about what's been happening in a response to the coordinated attacks overnight in southern

california. the targets range from passenger buses to a military patrol. israel announced it is launching and air strike on southern gaza. this is a developings situation. the israeli government is blaming militants for the attack that have so far killed at least seven people. >> that's a story we'll continue to follow at noon and then also the situation in san rafael. let's check in with sal one more time. >> we're looking for late commute slowdowns. this is 880. look how terrible it's become in the last half-hour. also very slow at the taupe. it's backed up for at least a 20-minute wait. if you are driving this morning into san francisco, via the golden gate bridge, you will be dealing with a little bit of fog. let's go to mark. we've been watching the fog drift around the coast and the bay all morning long. still a big factor, eventually peeling back to the coast. a almost bit cooler for saturday and then a little bit

-- a almost bit of a bump in the temperature -- in the temperatures. >> all right. that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.