ktvu.com. hurricane irene and the damage it's already left behind. >> a group that just took off

to help communities affected by irene. the progress made overnight on the fast-moving grass fire burning fear fairfield. ktvu news coverage. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. >> hurricane irene is now a tropical storm. she was downgraded in just the past hour. at the moment, irene is south of new york city. the storm is still packing winds of 65 miles per hour. cities up and down the sea board are reporting flooding. an amateur photographer took video of howling winds tearing up the deck near his swimming pool. irene came ashore 4 1/2 hours ago now heading towards connecticut and massachusetts. forecasters predict that the new york area should see 15" of

rain today. new yorkers are told to stay indoors. there's a risk of shattering of windows in high-rises. the subway is shut down and subways are closed due to heavy flooding. the city evacuated several medical centers, they pile up sandbags to keep the flooding to a minimum. thousands were moved to safer facilities. hurricane irene will slow the response to 9-1-1 calls. hurricane irene killed 10 people in 24 hours, many died from falling trees. it's knocked out power to 4 million people. two nuclear power plants were taken offline for precautions. rose mary is tracking hurricane irene this morning. good news it's losing strength. but it's still a problem for

the east coast. >> they're feeling it and it will continue through the morning hours but a tropical storm indicating that it is weakening. the winds 65 miles per hour moving northeasterly 25 miles per hour. remember yesterday morning, it was more like 15 miles per hour. the storm is moving quicker. we like that idea and the center of the storm over new york. i want to show you a still picture. you can notice the areas of philadelphia, new york city, even long island seeing some blue skies as it continues to push its way inland. the big concern is the flooding. 10-15-inches of rain and it could be inland where we see the rain, inleft-hand new york, inland from connecticut to new hampshire and vermont. this was the track of irene moving through. it came ashore off of the jersey shore and now over new

york. it will begin to lose the steam. it doesn't have the water source and it will continue off where it will drop off to a tropical depression. we will track irene from the beginning to the end here on ktvu. a nice forecast for us. more bay area rescuers are heading to the east coast. national guard received orders to fly out to assist. live at the field in mountain view with details. >> reporter: they're lifting up some big supplies, we're in front of the flight line. that's the military term for a tarmac essentially for the 129th rescue of the international guard. this is a giant c-17 aircraft. it's the national guard's plane. the length about 1/2 the size of a football field and it's a

cargo airplane. we watched some of the guard members load two helicopters in the plane. they're loading the second helicopter and getting ready to do that. the mission of the choppers and the guard members is rescue. helping people get out of flooded areas after the hurricane passes, the choppers and the rescue members have the ability to pluck people out of flooded waterways and out in the open ocean. by 10:00 this morning, the plane, the choppers and 50 members of the 129th rescue wing will be on their way to the east coast. they don't know yet where on the east coast they will be sent to. it depends on where authorities believe there may be the most need for people to be rescued. back here live, you can see they are getting ready to load the second helicopter into the back of the plane. 30 minutes from now, we'll hear

from the master sergeant and hear more about their mission. ktvu channel 2 news. hurricane irene is causing headaches for travelers across the country. they have experienced long lines through the weekend. travelers have been scrambling for other ways out. 42 canceled flights alone. they have canceled the flights to boston and new york. boston international is open but the flights are canceled. delta canceled 1300 nights since friday. as i mentioned, while logan is open, a handful of others are closed. the list is on the screen, these are the ten airports shut down. they include jfk. hurricane irene is a tropical storm but she's still leaving a destruction along the sea board. joining us live from one of the

hardest hit areas, virginia beach, what are you seeing this. >> reporter: looking behind me, it's gorgeous today, a different scene from what we were seeing in the new york region which we felt all day yesterday. here life getting back to normal. people assessing the damage. we know hundreds of thousands are without power. what crews are working on are making sure that people get back to their homes and doing it in a safely manner. we had 8 feet of storm surge of water, we had 6-8-inches of rainfall through the day yesterday. there's a lot of debris in the roadways and a lot of downed power lines and superficial damage. part of our hotel, the stucco was ripped off like a banana peel. that's what they're experiencing in the northeast. irene stormed through north carolina making quite a mess. some say that the storm didn't

live up to the hype. it was not as bad as i was thinking. i haven't seen everything yet. we'll see. >> the owner of the building may not agree with him. the storm unleashing winds and peeling structures, ripping down rooftops and snapping giant trees like twigs. it dumped a ton of rain flooding streets. some folks trying to secure their structures as rising waters creeped closer and closer. tearing down massive trees hike this one stretching across the road taking power lines with it. in annapolis, it moved large boats with ease. >> it's dragging its anchor. probably moved about 500 yards. >> reporter: these images, a warning for folks across the

northeast starting to feel the effects of the massive storm. the usually-crowded streets of times square almost bare. the storm forcing the city that never sleeps to take shelter. >> new york is the greatest city in the world. we will hunker through the storm. we are all together in this. >> reporter: now some of the damages we're seeing, the pier behind me looks like it weathered the storm, but way out we can see some of the railings broke off. little thing like that, we see signs down, it's going to take time to repair, but we except people to get back to work tomorrow and try to get back to normal life. >> i can see people running, people on their bikes and the difference between yesterday and today is amazing. do we have an estimate on the clean up time? when things get back to normal?

>> we spoke with local experts and they say power outages are the hardest thing to predict. people are starting to see power back. we realize there's hundreds of thousands across virginia but reports are showing power trucks out in droves even coming up from other states to help out. we're seeing a massive efforts, people on the beach. people taking down the boards from the businesses and trying to open up as soon as possible. >> thank you. time now is 7:0, new york has not decided when to restart its mass transit system. it will depend on irene and the damage it causes, crews spent days shutting down the system. even if -- stay with ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com for

continuing coverage on irene. coming up, we're going live to new york for an update on conditions there. time now 7:10. the search is on for a gunman who shot two people in san francisco. it happened this morning on the 400 block of mina street. the other was a by stander hit. both have nonlife threatening injuries. part of a high school caught fire. it started just before 1:00 in the morning at mission high school. the fire was small and started in a computer room and not called suspicious. investigators say it may have been caused by office equipment overheating. they have stopped a grass fire from spreading. it was east of intertate 80. it's burned 700-acres and 60% contained. they hope to have it fully

contained today. crews were able to protect the one home threatened. no one was hurt. good morning. giving you a live look at filtered sunshine out there this morning. the fog a little thicker in some cases and you can see it moving past the sunshine. we will be with sunshine once again for the afternoon but this morning, even dense fog reported in areas, temperatures within a degree or two of yesterday. 55 degrees in oakland. 57 heyward. fair skies over concord. 54 degrees in fairfield where that fire is finally becoming under control. this morning, that dense fog in areas of the north bay as well as the coastline near highway 1 you find the visibility less than quarter mile. take it easy if you have an early morning drive. the forecast across the region, inland, the fog and low cloud deck shallower than yesterday

and compressed because of the high pressure bringing us the afternoon warmup. we except an early morning burnoff for the inland areas and by 11:00 for the east bay. clearing for the coast, high pressure building and that is going to equal two to five degrees of warming over yesterday. you can except the inland areas to be hot in some cases. 93 in concord. the north bay a nice warm bay. 83 in vallejo. you go inland and no delta breeze to save you there. 76 in oak land. upper 70s for heyward. 70 in the city. and 60s for the coastline. widespread 60s and low 70s. santa cruz excepted to warm to 74 this afternoon. looking at 94 degrees, 86 for san jose. your forecast, enjoying the last day of the weekend, it's going to be a warm one, not so

much by the coast, we continue with the afternoon sea breeze that keeps the temperatures mild. it's going to be a hot august day and we have a nice summer night for the inland spots and a slight cooling begins, temperatures below average for wednesday and thursday. a slight bump on thursday. we'll have your lunchtime forecast coming up. overnight developments in the case of two uc berkeley graduates he would in iraq. the actions the lawyers are taking to win their release. the comments made by two presidential candidates about fema. taking you outside on another foggy morning on the golden gate bridge. you can see people rolling through, it seems to be moving fine. [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else?

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the fog layer is thick this morning. even dense fog reported. a beautiful afternoon in store. two graduates set to spend eight years in a prison has appealed their sentence. the lawyer says he's not long how long it could take. it could be days to two months. a court handed down the sentence for espionage. they maintain their innocence. a series of deadly bombing across iraq. they killed three worshipers near baghdad. three police officers responding under a bridge was killed when a second bridge went off. they were injured in a second

attack. the deadliest was a traffic accident. a bus carrying vacationing families collided head on with a car. 24 died in the firey crash. there are growing cause for a war crimes investigation after a discovery of a mass grave. this is graphic. the remained of 50 people were found in a warehouse in tripoli. they believe that the troops are responsible for the massacre. one man escaped and that the warehouse was used to execute people who refused to kill civilians. >> american officials say that a man was killed on monday. he was said to be in frequent contact with osama bin laden in the months before he was killed. they say the death will weaken the terrorist network. they claimed that the end of al-

qaida was in reach. they have repeatedly shown an ability to regenerate. a memorial service planned this afternoon for a navy seal killed in afghanistan. he was one of the servicemen whoa died when their helicopter was shot down. the family planned a service at the country club in san jose. texas republican candidates are spending the weekend in the state of iowa. they attended a gop picnic in des moines. we seen fema not perform to the level from time to time, they could be slow and bureaucratic, i think you need to have a great conversation, is there a better way to do it?

>> perry is not going as far as ron paul who say that the country could go without fema. michele bachmann is in a swing through florida. she said that the u.s. has more fuel resources than any other country. >> the radical demanded that we lock up our resources and i will take the key out an unlock it. we will use those energy resources here in the united states. >> she blamed the media for not reporting that america is the number one country in the world for resources. a tribute 15 years in making. why a tribute is being delayed. the afternoon plenty of sunshine and temperatures continue to climb

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welcome backing looking at new york city, that's manhattan. looks as though the weather isn't bad and the ground is wet. you can see the trees are not blowing too much. homes are being evacuated. there's about 100 sparked on friday. firefighters near yosemite are making progress on a wildfire that's been burning since thursday. it's burned 86-acres and is partly contained. a motor home caught on fire. 15-miles of highway 140 are closed. time now is 7:23, all of

this weather is keeping rose mary busy. the weather here looks great. >> we're looking at another nice day, giving you a look at just how gloomy it is, high pressure really helping to compress the marine layer and forcing it to the ground bringing us the fog. they're all reporting areas from 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile visibility. even drizzle along the coastline. temperatures similar to yesterday if you were out and about this early. it's already going to be quite warm in some areas especially the inland valley locations, low 80s by lunchtime and 90s for the afternoon. 95 degrees excepted, that's the hot one. 80s around the north bay, 85

for napa. 82 into the city. 70 degrees in san francisco and along the peninsula 70s and 80s. 82 redwood city, 86 in san jose. 8 degrees warmer in the hills. extended forecast, today is the hottest day. temperatures roll back tomorrow. a slight cooling for the valley first and back into the low to mid 80s in time for the midweek wednesday that brings us below normal. delaware's governor believes a tornado spawned by irene tore through the town of lewes, delaware. inspectors will survey the area to determine if a tornado touched down. a lot of plans were changed because of irene this weekend which is now a tropical storm. among them, the dedication of the new dr. martin luther king,

jr. monument in washington. crews spent hours breaking down the setup for the ceremony which was supposed to happen today. many in town for the event are not letting the change in plans get them down. >> we're happy we can get the opportunity here. >> the 30-foot sculpture opened this week. although the official dedication was postponed, they went ahead with services commemorating it yesterday. organizers say that a dedication for the memorial will be rescheduled this fall. tomorrow is the anniversary of another devastating storm. it was 6 years ago that hurricane katrina swept through the coast. 1800 people died in the storm and flooding. most happened in new orleans when a levee system broke and

flooded the city. many will attend the memorial. the police department's men's basketball team is in new york for the world police games and their games have been postponed because of irene. time now is 7:26. how fans behaved at the 49er's game. members of the international guard are on their way to help with irene. we got an update and we'll tell you about their mission coming up.

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irene is considered now a tropical storm, but she's still wreaking havoc across the eastern sea board. >> still a menacing force over the new york area and there's reports that the hudson rivers are overflowing. we're going live to manhattan for an update on the storm and the fear it has caused throughout the city. here's some of the damage caused already. near philadelphia, mandatory evacuations have been ordered.

it floods almost every time it rains, it could be worse. it first made land fall in the outer banks, water levels are knee high. 55 million are staying in shelters across that state. power outages, high winds toppled trees and downed power lines and half a million people are waking up in the dark. there's reports that a tornado hit the coast. the bay area will play a role in relief efforts. the national guard are sending relief efforts east. they are moving out as we speak. >> reporter: we just got an update about where this squad is going. they're going to mcquire air force base in new jersey. this is the plane they're going in.

this is a c-17 airplane. the members are with the national guard's 129th rescue wing. it's a cargo airplane you're looking at. inside it, there's already two h-60 helicopters. we watched as they loaded them inside the plane. they're going new jersey and going to be using the helicopters to help rescue. that's going to be their primary role. helping people get out of flooded areas after the storm. >> they will be over the scene, responding to any of the local authorities for rescues. we'll have the h-60s on patrol going through the area looking for damage, looking for survivors for personnel recovery. >> the choppers and the guard members have the ability to pluck people out of fast-moving waterwares, urban areas and the open ocean. they will help keep an eye on damage, any damage to dams and

levees after the storm. it is supposed to leave at 10:00 this morning with 50 guard members on board that's in addition to those who left yesterday. president obama is trying to offer support for the areas battered by irene. >> the concerns are flooding and it's going to be enormous strength. >> he visited the headquarters to get a progress report on relief efforts. he adds that the u.s. learned a great deal after katrina. in other news, the hacker group anonymous is calling for another bart protest tomorrow. there's been three demonstrations in the past six weeks, the latest last month when they shut down two stations in downtown san francisco. they're angry about the

decision to cut off cell phones during a protest. they will continue to cut it off when deemed necessary but only during extreme threats. they are planning a counter- demonstration tomorrow. bart is not the only agency suffered from the recent protests, the protest delayed services above ground, so far the city's agency paid out about $70,000 in extra costs. that includes money for shuttle buses and parking control officers. the houston texans, the 12 fans ejected and police made two arrests for public intoxication. there were no incidents of violence. they credit the new security

changes following a man shot in the parking lot and a man beaten in the bath room. >> we have no information that it was gang related burier positive that all of the activity was alcohol-related. >> i like the more security the better. >> 40% more officers set up a command coast last night. security forces swept the parking lot making sure that fans were not tailgating after the game. they met with the police chief to discuss new measures. because if you lose the battle in the tailgate area, you have more fans in the first quarter that are already intoxicated. >> the next test is the home opener against the seattle seahawks. >> the man excepted in the restroom attack, he's described as a pacific islander, weighing

260 pounds. the victim has been recovering at a hospital. police are investigating a fatal stabbing. police found a man stabbed around 10:30 last night. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. the man's identity has not been released and they don't have motives in the case. the security guard and two police officers responded to an armored car. shots were exchanged before an officer shot one and killed him. wells fargo will donate $10,000 to police and another 10,000 to a nonprofit charity. the guard and one of the officers were injured in a shootout and still recovery. he faces murder charges for the killing of his brother.

certain felonies can lead to murder charges. a national transportation safety board releases the final report on the pipeline explosion. it will be released in washington d.c. on tuesday, it comes days before the one-year anniversary of the explosion. 8 killed and homes destroyed in the blast. two events will be held next month to remember the people who died. the utilities commission is alerting about a possible breach in security. a hacker hacked into a system that has the names of customers, they're warning customers to be wary of suspicious e-mails and asking for personal or sensitive information. the next battle over proposition eight will be weighed inside a courtroom. the opponents of banning same- sex marriages will ask the judge to release video of the entire trial.

they say the mick has a right to know. supporters say witnesses would be harassed. good morning. giving you a live look at what seems like yesterday, what we had yesterday, very similar. we have the clouds and heavy drizzle and dense fog. reporting visibility between quarter and half mile in some areas, take note if you're getting out early. a warmup for the afternoon. especially our inland areas, anywhere from 2-5 miles per hour. the fog back with us this morning. the burnoff around 9:00 for the inland area. some areas like concord waking up with fair skies, over the east bay, 11:00 before we see the sunshine. that's to the coastline for the

afternoon. temperatures this morning holding in the 50s and in most cases, 52 in santa rosa. mid-50s oakland and san jose at 51. the satellite view showing you the monsoonal moisture that threatened the area won't amount to much now off to the east and even lake tahoe as it is the place to be today or tomorrow looking good. no threat of thunderstorms. temperatures for the afternoon, 89 in santa rosa. 88 for nebraska. still warm but not too warm. it's going to be a nice day where it gets hot around concord. 95 for pleasanton. 76 in oakland.

mid 80s santa clara. 95 for gillroy. peninsula upper 70s, low 80s. 60s for the coast, the extended forecast here cooling it down into the workweek just a slight cooldown tomorrow and bigger changes excepted tuesday, wednesday and thursday. almost a 10-degree drop between now and wednesday and thursday that will be below average again. time now, the final section of the new bay bridge span is scheduled to arrive from china tomorrow. looking live at the construction right now. that looks like right about at the s curve and there's the cat walks put up on the new span. now the latest piece is shipped in the last portion of the deck. tomorrow caltrans adds lighting. construction should wrap up in time for the hosting of the america's cup yacht races. a spokesperson says that the race is a great opportunity to

get the project done sooner. it's amazing. new york city feeling the wrath of irene. going outside, traffic moving smoothly into san francisco across the bay bridge.

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good morning to you, a live look outside our doors this morning. a wall of cloud and fog. mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. irene maybe just a tropical storm now but it's battering new york and new jersey. there's concerns that major

rivers will crest causing severe flooding. >> irene passed over us, john, i'm here without a jacket because i'm starting to sweat. the rain is starting to trickle down. i see the center not the eye, it's a tropical storm. there could be more on the back end. now i'm on high ground here. so you're not looking at a lot. down in lower manhattan it was a different story with the flooding. in looking at you know, you look comfortable, people walking around carrying backpacks, the september 11th memorial read none of the memorial trees were lost. sounds like this wasn't that much damage in new york city. >> at least that we know of now, we will pan the camera to

the left to central park. this was a loud pop, it sounded like an explosion, the very, very large tree came tumbling down. the scary thing about that, this was no rain or wayne when it fell. the reason it fell is because the ground is so saturated here. even though people are coming out and looking around feeling comfortable, it's still not safe with trees that's why central park is closed. >> there's been four people along the sea board kill, this is part of the problem that this storm really didn't the first rain you're seeing. >> we had a really rainy month ten days ago, we got 10-inches of rain. we are just soaked right now. the ground is soggy, it does not take much to push the trees

over. as far a the damage assessments we're talking about that, it's going to be tough to tell initially, lower manhattan the banks overflow on the hudson, there's subways, they had to close the northbound tunnel under the hudson river to get into the city because it was fooding. -- flooding is going to be a concern. >> any word on when the subway will get back up online? >> as far as we know, the subways will be shut down until monday afternoon. it may stay that way. i wouldn't be surprised, a lot of the tunnels are deep underground. >> all right, thank you. live in new york city. thank you. >> the new york stock exchange and nasdaq excepted to open

monday morning. exchange officials hold a conference call with the fcc today to discuss trading. they have a backup generator in case the power is still off. >> hurricane irene is not only causing damage on the east coast, it's causing damage at the weekend box office. returns excepted to be down this weekend as it keeps east coasters away from the theaters. the help excepted to come out on top. that would make it the top movie for the second weekend in a row. the red carpet roll out for the mtv music awards. oakland rapper will be there. lady gaga opens the show. there's going to be a tribute to the late grammy award winning singer amy winehouse. spending records have broke

records. they spent $5 million for the ballot measure more jobs not taxes. that's more than any company spent in california. amazon proposed a referendum on overturning the sales tax. some teachers don't have to worry about buying supplies this year. teachers got their supplies in free yesterday at this target. they just had to show up with the teachers union card or school id. they donated $20,000 in gift cards to help those teachers. there's one teacher from hunters bay who had an issue with standardiness -- standardiness. she bought alarm clocks. >> the average teacher spends $350 of their own money buying supplies every year.

>> a new high-tech school opening their doors in san jose. they celebrated the grand opening. it features cutting edge technology. students use touch-board screens. a growing number of parents choosing not to vaccinate against the hooping cough. the people opting out has tripled. some parents are worried about the side effects, the state department of health warns those with low rates could see spikes of whooping cough cases, ten infants died of the virus last year. a semitruck driver is flying high this morning. the jump that landed him into the record books. outside, a gloomy start to the day, drizzly and patchy fog

this morning. we have a fabulous forecast in the afternoon. there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state.

looking at the washington monument. it looks like that area has made it through pretty good. nine deaths blamed on the storm as it made its way up the east coast shoreline. 1500 troops are deplaying to monterey following a deadly arson attack. it happened at a casino and killed 50 people. they have confiscated slot machines, the area is known for drugs and disputes on where and how the drugs are transported.

five dead after a streetcar derailed in rio. 30 passengers were injured and it's unclear what caused the accidents, critics have been complaining that the streetcars are kept in terrible condition. they will likely shut down the system during their investigation. a tourist plunged 50 feet to his death after it rumbled over. a stuntman landed himself into the record books. josh set out to break a record in a semitruck. he wasn't excepting what happened when the truck left the ramp. he landed after making a record- breaking jump of 1 22 feet. >> i didn't think i would go that far, 122, i'm very happy about that. >> he was excepted to go 80-100

feet at the most. the previous record was 50 feet. the horse racing track organized the biggest event in california. every saturday, people can bet on the ponies while snacking on chicken wraps and other treats. >> put a couple in the middle. they're nice a sweet and get a couple pieces of chicken hike so, bring the wrap over here and get some goat cheese. >> we mainly came here for the food trucks. >> it features 30 food trucks. it was another exciting night at at&t park as they won their second game in a row in dramatic fashion. he was called up to make his first start and he did well. in the bottom half of the 10th,

jeff hit a walkoff single sparking a pile near home plate. the a's had a worst day because of hurricane irene. they played a double header. it was a quiet night for fans at candle stick park and it was a quiet night for the offense. they went 2-6 for 17-yards.

the 49 highlight. >> let's head over to rosemary who has been busy. >> good morning. here at home, we could hardly complain. it's a gloomy start, i will say that. look at that sunshine. we will have the sunshine and the summer heat excepted inland for the afternoon along the coastline. >> looking at the afternoon high, mostly sunny skies, mid- 80s for the afternoon around the bay. >> dense fog in the north bay. partly cloudy skies over

concord. looking at a warmup. widespread 80s excepted around the north bay. 89 for today, 74 in berkeley. 70s in the city of san francisco, mid-70s for areas around oakland. inland, it's a warm one. 86 at san jose. coming along the coastline, you can see 63 half moon bay for santa cruz. extended forecast, we begin a cooling trend, here it comes, by monday a slight cool down, a bigger drop in temperatures tuesday and wednesday and thursday. we're dropping from 5-10 degrees this afternoon. time now is 7:57, we have an update to a story we first told you about last weekend. bay area groups say that phones

have been ringing off the hook. the foundation is following free spaying and neutering services, they make up a large service in the shelters, they were having problems getting owners to sign up. since the viewers heard about it on 2, they have gotten 200 calls and had 20 of these services going on. firefighters making progress on a wildfire, how long before crews could have a fire contained. irene is lashing out at the northeast, but other parts is seeing sun and blue skies, going live to virginia for an undate n?

rain and win have been replaced with blue skies, the team coverage from virginia beach virginia. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning. it's unbelievable to believe that the pictures we're seeing in the new york area is what we experienced yesterday. winds up to 80 miles per hour. the waves 24-feet high. today, blue skies, beautiful weather and the storm is hitting the new york area. >> it was not quite as bad as i was thinking. hopefully i haven't seen anything. >> the owner of this building may not agree. the storm unleashing hurricane forced winds peeling structures like bananas and snapping trees

like twigs. it flooded streets. some folks trying to secure their structures as rising waters creep closer and closer. in maryland, irene's wrath damaging, tearing down massive trees like this one taking power lines with it. the storm strength evident in annapolis moving large boats with ease. >> the boat is dragging its anchor. it's probably moved about 500 yards that means that the winds are significant. >> reporter: a warning for folks across the northeast starting to feel the effects of the massive storm. the usually crowded streets of times square, almost bare, the storm forcing the city that never sleeps to hunker down and take shelter. >> new york is the greatest city in the world and we will weather the storm. i don't think it matters if you're in a shelter or with friends and family, we're all

together in this. >> reporter: the storm surge was not as bad as predicted. we got 6-8-inches over yesterday. people are just getting back into their homes avoiding the flood areas. they're trying to get back to normal for tomorrow. >> you show the pictures and there's damage, we know there's storm-related deaths and flooding and this isn't over. maybe we didn't have to respond the way we did. what are you hearing? >> reporter: we hear both sides of the story. we have thousands of people over when the storm hit. we knew people heeded the calls and some are glad that we did. we saw the pictures from the area where roofs were literally lifted off of the homes where the tornado touch down around 7:00 last night. however, there are some people here who did bunker down and we are going to have critics who

say we made a big deal out of the storm, but we would rather hear the criticisms and know people are safe today than the opposite. >> all right. thank you. joining us live in virginia. thank you for the update. the live team coverage continues now with rose mary, she's been tracking irene all morning and throughout the weekend. >> it's still a major threat. now it's a tropical storm happening this morning. irene came ashore the jersey shore as a category 1 and then weakened. the winds 65 miles per hour moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. do you remember yesterday it was moving northeasterly about 15 miles per hour. the quicker it moves out of the way, the less time to hover over any area. it looks like it's just over new york, it is making its way, i want to show you storm tracker, long island new york seeing a break. philadelphia dry at the moment.

it's right about here, we can't see the center any longer because it doesn't have an eye. look at new england and north, it will continue to see the heavier rain. it will continue in this direction. over areas of connecticut through new hampshire and into maine. we will track it through the end for you and we will have your local forecast coming up. more details on irene, the storm has winds at 65 miles per hour. the death toll from the storm has risen to 12. it could rise further and four million homes and businesses have no electricity. ktvu live in mountain view with the missions departing today. >> reporter: we're standing on the flight line or the tarmac at the california international guard and to show you what is going on. members of the 129th rescue

wing at the california air guard are finishing up loading supplies on to the plane. you can see it in the back of the plane. they loaded a giant pallet full of supplies on the back of the plane. the members here, 50 members have been told to mobilize and head to new jersey to help with hurricane irene's aftermath. it's scheduled to take off before 10:00 this morning. just before 7:00 this morning, we watched guard members load two helicopters inside the cargo plane. they will use them to perform the missions on the east coast. the primary mission is rescue operations. members can use the choppers to hoist people out of flooded areas and the open ocean. there's a need for those services still even though it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. >> there may not be as much

wind damage, there's definitely going to be the possibility of massive flooding in the area, and we want to be prepared for that. >> reporter: the 129th rescue wing helps with damage assessment keeping an eye on downed and levees that may have been damaged in the storm. there are 50 members leaving today and join up with 40 members who left the field yesterday and working with the alaska international guard. all together, 90 members are heading to the air force base in new jersey to help with the hurricane. ktvu news channel 2 news. >> irene is still causing headaches for travelers nationwide. they have experienced long lines all weekend. 10 airports including the three major airports in the new york area are shut down. travelers have been scrambling for other ways out. >> some say there's a plane for

us and then after a second, there's no plane and i don't know. i'm really confused. >> a group of 50 national guard officers were stranded at san francisco airport yesterday. volunteers came by with food and lodging. canceled flights today. they have canceled the flights to new york and boston and as we mentioned earlier, there are ten airports shut down. here is a list of some. they include jfk. if you are traveling, contact your airline to make other arrangements. boston's logan international airport is open today but all nights are cancel. they brought in extra staff to help passengers. delta canceled 1300 flights since friday. coming up live to new york for

the conditions this morning. a live look, can't see mochas much outside the doors, along the coastline and it will be burning off for the next hour or so. dense fog meaning low visibility. santa rosa reporting this. highway 1 we find it. something to look out for. the forecast here, inland, some of us waking up with mostly sunny skies. fairfield mostly sunny but look at that finger south of fairfield and around the bay area, we have it pretty thick this morning. high pressure continuing to compress it and bring it closer to the ground. it's just inside the bay and for the afternoon, we're looking at mostly clearer skies

and the monsoonal moisture that dragged through yesterday no longer an issue. if you're going to head in that direction, clearing to the coast for the afternoon and temperatures will be warmer than what we saw yesterday, 2-5 degrees. some areas heated up and it will be hotter today. low 60s in san jose. looking at the forecasted highs, it's going to be a nice one in santa rosa. 88 for nebraska, 73 degrees no toledo. and then heading east, it's a warm day in fairfield. the east bay looking good. 79 heyward. 90s for walnut creek.

san jose 86 degrees. 94 morgan hills. toasty in your neighborhood. 74 santa cruz. 70s and 80s for the peninsula. 82 redwood city. and low 60s along the coast. extended forecast, tomorrow we begin to see a bit of a cooling trend, noticing it more tuesday and wednesday when the inlands drop 10 degrees in some cases. 83 is the average on wednesday. lunchtime numbers coming up. time now 8:11, planes damage a high school overnight. what fire investigators are saying about the possible cause this morning. the first step taken by two graduates to get out of prison after a court handed them an 8- year sentence. taking you outside for a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. sun still hasn't made it out there yet. you're watching ktvu. state farm. this is jessica.

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gorgeous morning to you, a live look at the roof cam. a light and sunny breeze. overnight news, the search is on for a gunman that shot two people in san francisco. investigators say that the gunman approached one of the vehicles and shot him several times, the other was a bystander hit. also overnight, the damage

assessed at a high school. the fire was small and started in a computer room on the second floor and not suspicious. it may have been caused by office equipment overheating. they have stopped a grass fire from spreading. it started on mystic drive east of interstate 80. it's burned about 700-acres. firefighters hope to have it fully contained today. only one home was threatened. no one has been hurt. firefighters near yosemite are making progress on a wildfire there burned since thursday. it's called the motor fire and now 15% contain. it's burning in the national forest. it started when the a motor home caught fire. it's difficult to fight because of the steep terrain. 15-miles of 140 leading up to yosemite are closed. police are investigator a

fatal stabbing. the man stabbed on easy street around 10:30 last night. he was taken to the hospital where he died. so far, police don't have any motive or suspects in this case. two uc berkeley graduates sentenced to eight years in prison filed an appeal. the lawyer say he's not sure how long the appeals process could take. it could be a few days to months. earlier this month, the iran court handed down charges for espionage and illegal entry into the country. there is wore that iran released 100 protesters. the prisoners are being released and held for so called security crimes, the names of the people pardoned have not been mentioned and there's no

indication they include shane bower. there's growing cause for war crimes investigation after a gruesome discovery of a mass grave. the video is graphic. the charred and smoking remains of 50 executed people were found in a warehouse in tripoli. they believe that moammar gadhafi's troops committed the massacre. a ship from the international organization for migration arrived in the area for supplies. one thousand stranded foreigners excepted to leave today or tomorrow on the ship. they're fleeing because of fighting and the food situation. 5 people are dead after a streetcar popular with tourists crashed in rio. it's unclear what caused the accident. they are complaining that the

streetcars are negligented and kept in terrible condition. they will shut down the system during their investigation. in june, a french tourist plunged to his death while riding the streetcar. the nasdaq excepted to open monday morning despite the hit of irene in new york city. plans are in place including a backup generator if the pow remains off. banks in new york are taking precautions just in case irene from vents them from opening tomorrow. they say they may deploy mobile atms tomorrow. they are wireless and can run on battery power. irene could lead to a spike in gas prices. some are shut down the

refineries because of the storm. those shut down combined with travel could send prices up to 15-20-cents over the next few weeks. the price for regular is $3.88 per gallon. amazon is breaking records against the new online sales tax. they have spent $5 million for more jobs not taxes. according to the new york times, that's more money than any company has spent in california in a decade. amazon proposed a referendum for overturning the sales tax for online. how hollywood is feeling the path of destruction. mtv's biggest night of the year is here. we'll have a preview. can't see it at the moment, but sunny skies for the afternoon. giving you a live look. gray skies a mile start to the day and we'll follow this track

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welcome back. looking at columbus circle in new york city near central park. right now rainfall has overflow some sewers, seawater at the edge of new york city and one

of the two tubes between the burrow and new jersey closed because of flooding. time now is 8:23 and certainly it is good news that they went from a hurricane to a tropical storm and here, we are just lucky to be around great weather. >> yes. we have another heatup in store, but if that's all we have to complain about we're in good shape. temperatures rise 2-5 degrees warmer than yesterday. we have some sunshine and you can see the fog there actually covering most of the sunshine for most of us. where are we seeing sunny skies? looking at abundant sunshine and we're going to be hotter inland as well. fog and drizzle out there, the fog compressed and dense over the north bay. mostly sunny skies for most of us. it could take until about 11:00 for the east bay. by the afternoon, sunny skies,

60s for the coastline and your lunch hour, temperatures upper 60s low 70s around the area and inland around 90 for the second half of the day. 82 degrees for the lunch hour. here are your forecasted highs. 85 for napa. a beautiful day, 79 in heyward. mid-90s for livermore. it's going to be another mild day. 70 degrees in the city. heading south, 81 degrees. 8 degrees warmer for morgan hill. 94 in morgan hill. maybe head into san jose. extended forecast as temperatures are going to be dropping off. starting tomorrow, may not notice it so much, we will see a few degrees of cooling. it's keeping the coast mild. tuesday and wednesday, temperatures fall, we see the

same pattern, another trough dragging temperatures back into the 80s. low 80s excepted on wednesday and a slight bump on thursday. the coastline just subtle changes in the forecast. back to you. >> time now 8:25, tropical storm irene is not only causing damage on the east coast, it's at the weekend box office. returns down 20% as irene keeps east coasters away from the box officer. the help excepted to be on top for the second weekend in a row. the red carpet rolled out in l.a. for the mtv video awards. where people are sitting tonight. brity conspiracy and justin

timberlake excepted to attend. there will be a tribute to amy winehouse. a stuntman is washington jumped into the record books. he sat out to break a record. he made a record-breaking jump of 122 feet. he was excepting to go 80-100 feet at the most. time now is 8:26, irene is no longer a hurricane, but the path of destruction is not over. we're taking you live to new york city for an update on the conditions. in the bay area, responding to a disaster back east. getting ready to lend a helping hand. will some bart commuters face delays during their evening rush hour? 9 ♪

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>> looking at new video in the news room showing the hudson river cresting this morning. it's all thanks to irene which is downgraded to a tropical storm. welcome back to kd/ ktvu mornings. even though hurricane irene is no longer a hurricane, it's a tropical storm. we continue coverage from new york city, i can see the streets still wet but a lot of people walking around. how are things in the city? >> you know what? things are beginning to get back to normal. the tourists coming out and looking around and saying is

this what an american hurricane is? it didn't seem hike much in the middle of manhattan. the damage assessments are coming in. a couple hours ago, we'll pan in and push in to central park. a tree snapped, a large one, crews are out cleaning it up. you can see the crane there, they're taking that tree down and that's what they do all over the country for days to come. we understand that the power is out to 100,000 people in new york city in all and in the tristate area, more than a million people without power. most of it due to downed power lines. downtown in lower manhattan, there's flooding to con ten with. the hudson overflowed their banks anoded and -- flooded into the streets. that damage maybe some time

coming. >> it's worth mentioning, the people out there maybe they can't get in the subways. we have people trying to get to you and can't. it may be days to get back to normal. >> they were talking about getting the public transportation up and running in new york until monday afternoon. even if they decide to start it up earlier, it takes 24 hours to get it up and running and you can say the same for the airports, they're massive operations, to run them you need people. and right now the people cannot get there. that's part of the problem. the reaction on the street from people. any time we cover big weather events and you have politicians and media saying get out, be careful and it's not as bad as we except. there's a lot of critics, what do you hear from people?

>> i hear a lot of critics beforehand too. i'm not a native new yorker. i've been here 4 years. my buddies were going this isn't going to hit and it's not a big deal. it's heading for us on the current track. you haven't lived through a hurricane, i have, they're rough. imagine what mayor bloomberg has to deal with. in hindsight, he made the right decision, 8 million people trying to get out at once if it was the hit we were excepting. it would have been a mess. what i'm worried about is what happens next time. >> i imagine you will take some criticism rather than why didn't you do more. i appreciate all of your insight and thank you for the updates and the pictures from

new york city. new york city prepared for the worst this week and here's how the department store looks like, doors and windows done up for precautions. others big stores closed their doors and they're excepted to stay close until tomorrow. other areas are now clearing up. looking at the sunrise in north carolina. irene hit the area yesterday with winds at 90 miles per hour. blue skies and sun replaced winds and rain. the death toll in north carolina is 5. residents breathing a sigh of relief in virginia. it could have been a monster storm, but there's minimal damage after yesterday. most areas are just reporting downed trees and broken power lines. scattered outages reported this morning. president obama offering support to areas battered by

irene. the biggest concern i'm having now is to flooding and power. that's going to be an enormous strain. >> that's president obama as he fitted headquarters of fema to get a progress report on damages. he says that the next 72 hours will be critical and he says we have learned a lot since katrina. ktvu continuing the live team coverage with the national guardsman on the way to lend a hand. >> we're on the front line or the tarmac for the california international guard and behind us is a cargo plane for the 129th rescuing of the national guard. you can see they're loading up the last of the supplies into the back of the plane because they have been told to mobilize and head to mcquire air force base in new jersey.

they're helping with the aftermath of irene. this plane is scheduled to take off between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. a couple hours ago, we watched them load 2 helicopters into the back of this cargo plane. the guard members use the choppers to perform the mission in new jersey and on the east coast will be rescue operation. >> they can go down on a hoist if need be and participate in the personnel recovery. there's the patrolling, there's going down and getting people. >> the 129th rescue wing can use people to hoist people out of waterways and the open seas and even though it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. there's going to be a need for some of the services because of the flooding they're excepting in that area. in addition to the 50 members from the 129th rescue wing leaving today, they will join

up with another 40 members from the same squad that left yesterday. there will be 90 members of the 129th rescue wing from california going to new jersey to help with the aftermath of hurricane irene. we want to go to meteorologist rose mary, she's keeping an eye on the forecast. >> giving you a life look outside. we are dealing with fog out this this morning. high pressure continuing to nudge our way and continuing to squash that marine layer and bring it closer to the ground. let's touch base with irene. a tropical storm, that's good news but continuing still to threaten the east coast. looking at the winds now 65 miles per hour. moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. it's moving at a faster rate than yesterday. that's good news. location right along the new

york, connecticut state line and that's where we see the center of the storm. a close up view, you can see the flooding going to occur inland as it continues the trek towards new england. we have rain falling over new york and vermont and new hampshire and into maine. now a tropical storm excepted to remain a tropical storm through today before it drops off to a depression. it will continue to threaten the east coast and bring the potential for major flooding, 10-15". it's not over yet. let's come home and stalk about the fog and what to except. we are looking at the partly cloudy, mostly sunny skies. we have it gray over the bay and the coastline. north bay reporting dense fog. by 11:00, mostly clear skies around the region. by noontime, we're clearing back to the coastline.

the dense fog burning off and looking at drizzle along the coastline. some may have used our windshield wipers this morning. the bay area 70s and 80s. inland from 2-5 degrees warmer today. temperatures now 57 in concord. 55 in oakland. upper 50 redwood city and san jose. looking at the afternoon highs, it's a warm summer day. 83 excepted for vallejo this afternoon. 89 in santa row say. 70 degrees in the city this afternoon and the coastline will continue with the afternoon sea breeze that continues to bring us just the 60s. a mild day along the coast. 76 oakland. hot as you go inland. 93 concord. the south bay going to be a warm one today.

extended forecast, we have a cooling trend beginning next week, may not notice so much monday, temperatures dropping 5- 10 degrees for the valley locations. looking at the day planner coming up. here's something commuters do not want to hear, the hacker group is calling for another bart protest tomorrow. there's been three demonstrations, the latest was last monday when protesters shut down in san francisco. they're angry about a shooting last month and the decision to cut off service three weeks ago. they will continue to shut off service when it is deemed necessary but only during extreme threats. commuters take back bart is planning a could wanter demonstration tomorrow. the houston texans win 30- 7. but all eyes were not just on the field.

12 fans were ejected and two arrests for public intoxication. there were no major incidents of fan violence. the stadium was only at 1/3 of capacity. fan was beaten unconscious in a restroom and two others shot in the parking lot. >> we have no information that the assaults were gang-related but we're positive that all of the activity was alcohol- related. >> at my stage in my life, i like it, the more the better. like airport security, the more the better. 40% more officers set up next to candle stick park. they swept the parking lot making sure fans were no longer tailgating during the game. they met with the 49ers and the police chief to discuss the measures. >> if you lose the battle in the tailgate area, you have the opposite, more fans in the

first quarter already visiblely intoxicated. >> the next time we see them in action, that's the home opener against the seahawks. fema is busy now. you're looking live at the grade at this hour, it looks like the sun hasn't made it out yet, no major problems to report this sunday morning.

isn't that a gorgeous shot? looking inland we have blue skies, mostly sunny skies in store for most of us this afternoon. >> time now is 8:44. irene is causing problems across the sea board. this is a fema press conference. >> for the assistance programs for the open disasters and continues to provider funding for the emergency measures and debris removal. we stop funding new work in older disasters that has not been in the system to maintain funds for the survivors and to

respond to the disaster. we're working closely with the white house on what maybe needed and patriot it based on what damage assistance we see in the storm. >> you said that irene is still ongoing, but at this stage, is the damage less than you feared? are you breathing a sigh of relief. >> it was a big storm, it covered a huge and is covering a huge area. lots of impacts, not just from the storm itself but from the after effects of the storm, the surges and the damage to coastline and the river flooding and the power outages and the like. so, are we glad it wasn't a category 3 hurricane that hit dead on the united states? of course. but does that mean we can lean back in the chairs and not put

forces in the areas not affected by irene? no we have to lean forward. that's the direction we have from the president and that what we're doing. >> you're hearing from a fema press conference. that was the home land security director talking about all of the effects of irene and the fact that despite the fact it hasn't been quite as serious as some predicted, it's a serious situation. it's been a huge storm and fema is staying on top of it. texas republican candidates spending this weekend in the early primary state of iowa. rick perry and ron paul attended a picnic in des moines and he did not shy away from fema. >> we have seen fema not respond from time to time. they can be slow. you need to have a great conversation, is there a better way to do it?

is there a better way to coordinate with the states? >> perry isn't going as far as ron paul who said that the country could do without fema. -- michele bachmann is going through florida. >> the radical environmentalists have locked up our resources and i will take that key it of the drawer an unlock it. we will use those energy resources here in the united states. >> she also blamed the media for not reporting that the u.s. is the number one country in the world for energy resources. new this morning, militants struck across iraq. they were killed at a mosque.

soldiers were injured in a separate attack. a bus carrying vacationing families collided head on with a car. 24 people died in the crash. the number two man in al- qaida has been killed in a drone attack in pakistan. officials say that he was killed on monday. he was said to be in frequent contact with osama bin laden before the terrorist was killed. it's excepted to weaken the network. defense secretary claimed that the end of al-qaida was within reach. some intelligence officials warn that they have shown an ability to regenerate. a memorial service in san jose for a navy seal killed in afghanistan. one of 30 american servicemen died this month when their helicopter was gunned down. the 36-year-old father lived in san jose before moving to

massachusetts. the family planned a service at the golf and country club in san jose this afternoon at 1:00. wells fargo is making a donation. a security guard responded to the armored car robbery in front of the bank and shots exchanged before an officer shot one of the robbers dead. they will donate 10,000 to police and another 10,000 to a charity chosen by the guard. suspect freddie daniels charged and could face felony murder charges even though they shot and killed his brother. daniels could be held accountable. a lot of changes for plans this weekend because of irene. the dedication of the new dr.

martin luther king, jr. monument in washington. the ceremony was planned for today. many say they're not letting the change in plans get them down. >> we're happy to view the the actual thing. >> the 30-foot sculpture opened this week. it was another exciting night at at&t park. the dramatic fashion leading to another victory. another round of gray for the afternoon, another round of hot summer weather excepted for the inland areas, what you can -- coming up [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else?

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with two out, jeff hit a walkoff single and sparking a big dog pile near home plate. the a's had a worse day because of what happened on the field and irene. they played a double header because of irene. the two games had two rain delays. the red sox allowed the a's to score just 3 hits. it was a quiet neat night for the offense. quarterback alec smith, 417 yards. san francisco 105. houston quarterback threw right to line backer brooks who ran it into the end zone for the

only points. here's a look at the top stories we've been following. hurricane irene loses strenth through nooning hands. -- new england. the death toll at 12. the storm is crippling air travel as airports on the east coast are shut down. the search for a gunman who shot two people last night. the gunman approached one of the victims and shot him several times and the other victim was a bystander hit by a ricochet. a small fire in san francisco overnight may have been caused by office equipment overheating. firefighters are still assessing the damage. >> time to check in with rose mary. looks like irene is calming down a bit. >> losing some steam, still a

major threat. flooding as well as powerful winds. the winds died down a bit, now 60 miles per hour. still powerful moving northeast at 23 miles per hour. storm tracker shows you that most of the heaviest rain falling over new york state. it will continue the northerly track and it will continue to weaken. we will watch as it moves through the area of new england today. a look at irene. right this i -- aarriving along the state line. continuing to die down as it does and hope any by tonight, if not tomorrow morning, a tropical depression as it moves the trek and continues throughout monday. here at home, the headline will

be the heatup. we're 2-5 degrees warmer than yesterday. the inland areas hot in some cases. 50s to the mid-60s through the 9:00 hour. plenty of gray and dense fog. in the afternoon, another warmup excepted over yesterday. extended forecast, 90s in the valley today. 70s around the bay. cooling tomorrow but the bigger cooldown, the biggest trough coming tuesday and wednesday. updates on hurricane irene on ktvu.com and on channel 2 news at 5:00 today. >> that's going to do it for us, have a great sunday, everyone.