. find out how bart plans to defend against the tactics of protesters. president prepares to talk jobs, how his approval rating may be playing a part in his plan, ktvu channel 2 news

continues. good morning thank you for joining us on this thursday is the is is a lot of 80s and 90s 60s closer to the coast, here is sal. on highway 4, getting up to the pass grade no major problems and the westbound bridge, that traffic looks good, 6:00 let's go back to the desk. sal, a woman who has been arrested in the case of missing nursing student michelle lee may be in court today. at the heyward hall of justice,

tara moriarty will tell us what we know about the suspect's background, tara? >> reporter: the woman arrested for michelle lee's murder is reportedly seven months progress and giselle esteban will be appearing here in the courthouse later this afternoon for her arrangement around 2:00 this afternoon. now we did get some information from former boyfriend and they site a history for a propensity for violence for giselle esteban. they took helper into custody yesterday morning. giselle esteban filed a restrain being order against her and the two share a child together. michelle lee's body still is not found and giselle esteban may be the only person who knows where she is. >> you know she used to call me

on my birthday.$♪ our primary concern is and always be to fine michelle and bring her home with us. >> reporter: michelle lee's body was found and giselle esteban's had michelle lee's dna found on her shoes. giselle esteban was seen before and after michelle lee disappeared. they had a falling out. the family is obviously devastated and they are conducting numerous searches and they will hold another search for her body coming up, we will bring you more details on that, live from heyward tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. another protest and this time there will be one big change. we will have one big plan to

give some bart -- they will have one big plan to give bart riders a free ride. >> reporter: we are at the station and speaking with riders and no justice no bart says it may start here but it may not end up here these protests started against a july bart police shooting and august 11th bart shut off cell phone service and protesters have a new cause which is the first amendment. they shut off cell phone system and at the same time they lost sue part from riders a lot of them who supported the original issue but they are angry about getting home late. instead of stopping trains they are forcing bart to let people in for free or close the

station. >> anybody who blocks the gates or fears or disrupts the train service is breaking the law and they are subject to arrest. >> they also say bart will not rule out shutting down cell phone service again. they have not had to do that because protesters did not have a plan to carry out tactics using cell phones. he will not rule it out he doubts it will happen but bart is working out a policy about how they cut off cell phone service and win. kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >> . coming up at 6:15 coming up with what we already know about the president's plan. also this morning the super congressional committee will meet for the first time. that committee has until november 23rd to cut $1.5

trillion over the next ten years. if they can't agree on a plan or if congress does not pass a plan by december 23l1rdl0, automatic spending cuts will kick in that will affect hundreds of programs. interim mayor ed lee is way ahead of other candidates in the mayor's race. it shows lee winning under the city's ranked choice with 51% of the vote. leyland yeah with 14% and public defender with 12%. it happened shortly after 9:00 on dana drive. police say a gunman inside a black sedan opened fire on the three victims while they were standing outside an apartment

building. the victims drove themselves to the hospital and they are all expected to survive. this is not a random shooting but they do not believe it is tied to gangs. well the sound of classical musical filled the san francisco musical plaza today. they will hold a free public concert outdoors starting at noon and it is part of the centennial celebration. they promise new musical surprises at today's event. jeff and thomas will lead the musical performance. time now 6:06 the traffic conductor is back. >> musical surprises, wow, i like it. i won what it could be. let's go out and take a look at westbound bridges a we go up

towards the commute here. traffic is backing up already in some of those lanes and no major problems in the upper deck of the bay bridge. let's move along and take a look at interstate 880. they are playing monday night in denver as the first game of their season but you don't have to worry about a radars game so you can get that off your mind, near the coliseum traffic is moving well. the traffic on the peninsular southbound 101 all the way to palo alto traffic is looking very nice. high pressure came in yesterday but all signs point to a cool down still some 90s inland down to 48 degrees, some clouds and low fog and it is either cool or warm on your lows and i will show you in a

second. it will be sunny warm to hot, and the majority begins today. the coast and bay fog is increasing and yesterday there was fog no doubt about it and it didn't travel very far. there it is, lifting and it allows the sea breeze to open the door to a cooler pattern. a lot of 60s by the coast, capitola in northeast california will head back up towards central california which in turn will give us additional cooling and clouds off the sierra nevada. we are just taking time, 60 in livermore, 48 in santa rosa and 40 in kentwood and calistoga so there is a little chill to the morning air. in some locations upper 50s and 60s. more of a see breeze today than

-- sea breeze today than yesterday. there is no sign that will head towards the pacific northwest it will flatten the ridge and have a big warmup and yesterday all signs point to a cooler pattern. it will still be warm but temperatures will be coming down near 90 for many, saturday and sunday, the low ran off santa barbara where it could be mostly sunny and cloudy pattern. we will have more fog it will still be foggy, but a lot of locations and way too much fog and more of a westerly wind closer to 60s and 70s. we do have our combination of partly sunny skies to mostly cloudy skies for the weekend. investigating a wildfire that came close to a half dozen

homes it is still burning. the fires already burned about 60 acres and it is 0% couldn't -- 40% contained. now the wind gusts pushed the flames across the hills and firefighters were able to stop it. firefighters have a handle over the fire that was marked by a small plane crash. it burned nearly 15,000 acres since starting sunday. 12 houses and 18 out buildings were destroyed. some of the residents are being told check your property quickly for possible gas leaks and other problems. oh, boy, tropical storm lee is still causing problems, what one community is preparing for, for the first time in almost 40

years. >> how republican front-runner rick perry handled the hits with the other presidential candidates.

. political analysts are calling it the mix and rick

show. -- mitt and rick show. mitt romney on the left, rick perry on the right. this is rick perry's first debate and he is getting a lot of attention this morning for refusing to back down on calling the social security a ponzi scheme. >> it is a monstrous lie to tell our kids you are paying into a program that will be there. >> both perry and romania tacked each other how they both created jobs. each claim to have the most success in creating jobs. they will face off again monday in tampa,florida. more in the white house with how the president will create more jobs. >> reporter: this plan is being called the american job act and president barack obama will be delivering it to a joint

session of congress tonight. while most polls show he has mismanaged the economy he will show he has the right ideas to turn it around. he will prevent layoffs of teachers and first responders. the president's spokesperson is making the rounds defending against criticism that it is a rehash of the same ideas. >> there will be new ideas in terms of tax relief and infrastructure spending, assistance to communities to help rebuild their schools. >> white house is also telling us states like california will benefit to boost the housing market. more on why republicans will not be attending the session of

congress, allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >> right here our coverage begins at 4:00 this afternoon. remnants of tropical storm lee is being blamed for heavy flooding and the rain has swamped roads parking lots and school. rivers are slightly below flood levels reached in hurricane agnes in 1952. >> this is the worst i have ever seen and this will actually end upbeating that. >> the state also closed down the capital complex in several cities in towns because of that flooding. we want to take you back to space kennedy center and we just got word that lodge has been delayed because of the

winds and weather there and we have been watching two satellites that are set to launch and they are expected to make a 2. 5 million-mile venture, trying to stay in this mission staying in the interior, the all previous lunar mission is delayed until tomorrow. they may file criminal charges in the case of a television weather man who woke up in a hot tub next to a dead man. brett cummings is a man who woke up next to a body dexter williams inside a house. they had all been drinking and doing drugs over the labor day weekend. he had a dog color around his neck and his face had been discolored.

>> we are awaiting the crime lab results and the manner of death will be determined. >> police have questioned him several times and they have not made arrests yet. he is off the air because he needs time to mourn the loss of a friend. >> 618, i understand sal is checking antioch and pittsburgh, sal, how is it looking? never taking a back seat to slow traffic and people are getting out there super early and unless you get out there, i don't think you can do that. very slow traffic and it doesn't quite reach pittsburgh. if you are driving on 680 to walnut creek that is a long drive. already getting a back up for the cash lanes still looking

good and if you are draft edriving in san jose, northbound traffic on 880 looks good, here is steve. we do have more in the way of low clouds and fog also a sea breeze not only the delta area but other locations as well. down far, they are making more of a push and clouds have made it into san jose and it tells me it will be cooler with a good looking low if you are in weather. northeast california, we may have to keep an eye for a lot of clouds, a lot of 40s including oakland 60s livermore and low clouds coming in. our system will start to bump the high out of here which will open the door to be stronger so it will be sunny, warm to hot and we definitely topped out on temperatures yesterday. we will go 60s and 70s and in

oakland going 68 today. santa rosa 87 same for san jose, still some mid-90s and the trends is to bring these temperatures down and with your weekend always in view, done cancel any plans but keep your eye on the sky because we have a lot of mid-level tropical clouds. >> they could pay a lot of money, they accused them for failing to inspect underground gas tanks and the charges are from the last 18 years. officials are not commenting on the proposed settlement. there are proposals that two of its biggest employers remain far apart as they expire. chrysler has just started negotiating wages while talks with general motors are progressing and there is a possibility of profit sharing

rather than raises. health problems almost ten years after 9/11, what some local search and rescue teams are still dealing with today. verbal attacks on dick cheney, what they want taken again as a former vice- president. good morning, traffic is moving along nicely on the san mateo bridge, we saw some other key areas of traffic, we will tell you why coming up.

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security had another one overnight. she said cheny should be arrested for war crimes. cheney shrugged off both statements. plateau drive and lower lack avenue tuesday when they arrived to the suspect was gone. he was later spotted driving and when he arrived they found stolen mail in his car. they ask that residents get new locks on mailboxes. it's still a top priority and it says 4 / 5th feel the need to combat terrorism is the same need or greater. 40% said the need has gone down. a third of those surveyed said

the u.s. has gone too far. local first responders who went to ground zero after nine 11 are still suffering -- after 9/11 are still suffering from health problems. because of all the toxins many can still feel the physical affects. >> unfortunately i have respiratory illnesses i coughed for nine months straight when i returned and i have been on medications for the past ten years. >> last year they passed a health and compensation act to treat 9/11 responders but it does not cover those who have cancer because federal officials say there is not enough evidence to tie them to ground exposure. press join us, ktvu channel 2 news will have a special

called a decade of change. we will have live reports from washington d.c. and pennsylvania and our coverage begins 6:27. a possible shake up at bank of america. and the case of a missing nursing student, what investigators are learning about the woman they say killed her. stay tuned pam will have early stock numbers.

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numbers pop-up it looks like lower numbers, we will talk more about that coming up. >> we will say good morning to you thanks for joining us, it is thursday september 8th. we have new developments in the case of missing nursing student michelle lee. heyward police said there are many connections tying her to the missing woman. >> reporter: a retaining order and pregnancy, these are all things we are learning about giselle esteban's life. she is set to appear here at the courthouse for her arrangement at 2:00 this afternoon. some of her ex-boyfriends say she has a history of instability. police arrested her yesterday at her union city condo and

just before she disappeared, her former boyfriend filed a restraining order against her. giselle esteban reportedly told friends she hated michelle lee and reportedly came between her and the child's father. >> i am certain the investigators don't know the answer to that question, and that question may only be answered i am assuming by giselle esteban herself. >> reporter: her car was found war she was last seen and they have surveillance video and other dna evidence in giselle esteban's home linked her to the crime. we have discovered she is seven months pregnant and who that father is we don't know that. they have conducted several searches for michelle an offered a $100,000 reward and

they will conduct a search for her body and we will have more details coming up on the show. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. we are learning this morning a jet which took off was forced to make an emergency landing in grand junction colorado. the flight had mechanical problems during that cross country trip but the jet did land safely and the passengers were put up in colorado hotels. happening right now in san francisco, just hours ago, workers at the grand hi at walked over the job. union leaders say they have been without a contract since 2009 and the protest is part of a nationwide week long strike.

there will be 24 hour picket lines from wednesday to midnight. a huge shake up at bank of america and it originated here in the bay area. here to tell us how customers will be affected, good morning alex. >> reporter: your branch could be closing down and it may make it harder to fine an "a" tm if -- an atm and as many as 600 branches could be shut down nationwide. they are splitting into two units, one may be serving consumers and the other may be serving commercial customers. they melee off as many as 30,000 people potentially being let go and he is trying to

streamline the company from the top down but what will end up happening is layoffs and inconvenient customer as well, -- customers as well. 600 branches could be shutting down sometime in the near future. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> san francisco could be in for another long ride home during this evening's rush hour. this demonstration is how posed to -- is supposed to be different, we will explain why. still in place at bart stations, are restrooms remain closed and initially they closed all station bathrooms. facilities have since reopened and a bart spokesperson said the situation is not likely to change. and the fbi will assist

with security at candle stick park and it is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the san francisco field office cannot tell us what they will play but fans at candle stick can expect more officers than usual. the fbi plans to help with security of all 13 nfl games this sunday. we are learning about another attack at candle stick park, this one happened last saturday. a 26-year-old man was beaten unconscious in the parking lot. a suspect was arrested immediately after the attack and all this comes after two shootings and a bathroom beating during the 49ers game at candle stick. the nfl season kicks off in green bay. the defending bay champion

green bay packers hosting the new orleans saints as they run it two seasons ago. now nfl returns to fox and you can watch the 49ers hosting the seattle seahawks right here and channel 2. let's check in with sal for traffic, good morning, sal. as we get to the heart of the morning commute you will see a lot of traffic no mail problems on the bridge but you will see slowing before you make it on to the span. we are also looking at the commute for san mateo bridge. north bay looks good with crowded conditions and the summit getting into the main part of the valley. we have slow traffic from cupertino to saratoga in the

southbound direction. 6:37 let's go to steve. clouds are pouring in and i just poked my head out and it's chilly out here. oakland has low clouds which really increased in the last few hours and there was not that much when i came in earlier. cooler today and mostly sunny because by the weekend we are anticipating some higher clouds and a little bit of sun building in. high breaking out and we warmed up. still warm to hot inland and it will be cooler for many today. there will be a lot more fog plus we have a definite sea breeze through the delta as well. coast and bay fog increasing rapidly and by the coast a lot of 60s and if you can get that

sun towards chancrous and -- santa cruz and cap tow. somewhere around there it will spin in high level clouds and there will be a lot of showers over the sierra valley so if you are heading out to that area, 40s , napa 48 degrees kentwood 47 calistoga 48, napa 48. 60 in livermore, san jose is overcast with 5 7 and westerly winds in place, more fog, a little cooler and the westerly wind has decided to crank up. mid-90s and 68 richmond, walnut. >> creek 90 and these are 5 to 7 degrees down from yesterday.

84 fremont, 88 saratoga go. 88 san mateo after yesterday's 73. we will bring in a off the those mid-level clouds and forecast looks to be looming. meteorologists are also tracking three major storms headed towards the east coast. the strongest is hurricane katia. the category storm is not expected to hit land but large swells could hit bermuda and the east coast. tropical storm maria is swirl towards and what -- is swirling towards another area. the east coast is under a storm warning. lee continues to drench parts of the northwest and parts of maryland is experiences heavy flooding. they have been ordered to

evacuate in northeastern pennsylvania and more rain will fall today in the north and mid- atlantic particular. we have an update on the damage caused by the catastrophic wildfires in central texas. the fires have destroyed more than 1,400 homes and 800 in the area. they have been trying to get control and this morning they are finally making some progress. they are telling us the fire is 30% contained. the chilling 911 calls from tuesday's shooting rampage at and "i" hop restaurant. protest organizers are changing tactics from trains to

turnstile. good morning traffic on the richmond bridge so far so good driving in and out of marine county.

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. here is a quick look at the top stories we are following, a major break in the case of missing nursing student michelle lee a childhood friend

giselle esteban she could appear in court as early as today is accused of being involved in her disappearance. bank of america is splitting into two units as many as 600 bank branches could be shutting down. president barack obama will announce his job's plan before congress this afternoon. the president is expected to call for payroll tax cuts along with spending more on infrastructure. another bart protest is planned in downtown san francisco but this time this will be one bug change and they will tell us about the plan that could have people riding for free, kraig debro? >> it is behind me and bart said it is a defense set to meet those tactics and riders

stuck last time have a similar attitude. they walked through where it is unobstructed, no justice no bart is one of a couple of groups that is planning on protesting police tactics. they will block pay gates but not trains. they are hoping to leave bart with no choice, close the stations or let people ride for free. some of whom are still upset over getting stuck, these passengers are not happy. >> it cost me almost $60. are they going to give me $60, that is taking money out of my kid's mouths. >> it could be a problem. >> they are going to be in my way i will tell you that so they are just going to disturb my transportation of getting home so that is sort of annoying. >> even some of those people were upset when bart shut down

control phone is your -- cell phone service on august 11th. >> the difference is that on august 11th, the protesters were very clear in protesting the tact that they whether -- fact that they were going to coordinate their unlawful activity and disrupt full activity. >> reporter: bart said they are not ruling out shutting down cell phone service but they plan to talk with more reaction kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. they have released the chilling 911 tapes at pancake house in carson city. ktvu channel 2 news listened toll calls and most are too graphic to replay. one witness made a frantic call as he watched the nightmare

unfold. >> he is coming back out with a gun he is shooting people in the parking lot he has an automatic weapon. whoa, he is shooting at us now. >> edwardo sencion killed four people with an ak-47 before taking his own life. three national guard members were killed along with a civilian caught in the crossfire. he had a long history of mental problems but they have ruled it out as terrorism. on a newly released audio recording he said he will never leave his ancestors. it has been months since he has been seen and muammar gaddafi reports he is still in libya. he is calling for changes in his airline industry after a

deadly plane crash. a jet carrying a russian hockey team crashed after taking off in moscow yesterday. 43 people were killed including a recent draft pick of the san jose sharks. crews plan to look at the black box to try to figure out what caused that crash. >> 648 is the time -- 6:48 is the time, traffic may be picking up, sal? 237 we will start there you can see that crowding is also slow heading out to this point. it does get better which is typical f-880 nearby to dick landing road and 880 on oakland is moving along nicely, no major problems in front of the coliseum. and if you are driving to the

bay bridge toll plaza we have a 10 minute delay there. >> ktvu channel 2 news has a facebook page and you can go ahead and follow us. you can send us story ideas and tell us how much you love steve's tie, right steve? >> i get some nice comments, that is correct. we have an increase in lower clouds which picked up even san jose overcast and a big cooling trends is beginning to take place. maybe a good 4 and 5-degree temperatures difference. upper 40s for many including napa not only at the airport north of town calistoga santa rosa, and they are taking the brunt of the temperatures and

no doubt about it for a northwest breeze, almost everybody stayed calm and that's not the case today. with the clouds on the increase and higher elevations also running cooler it means temperatures will start to cool down and the key is heading back towards the west coast somewhere off of central california. there will be thunderstorms and as soon as that cloud cover heads back towards us and it will be a nice forecast. it had be sunny if you are well inland 85 novato, 68 richmond 89 walnut creek 74 oakland, 68 alameda 92 san jose, cupertino 86 and 81 at the park palo alto

60s daily city and back in the 60s after two days in the lower 70s. cooler on friday and with the weekend always in view mostly cloudy as the higher clouds filter in. most of the up employment, 4,000 da -- 400,000 claimed unemployment and applications need to fall below 37 5,000 to indicate sustainable job growth. let's check in on wall street to see how markets are responding. as expected not a big move early on. i think what will happen is we'll see a lot of action depending on how they view president barack obama's talks on jobs tonight. rye now down 22 points. they are roll out sales through

mid-december and they have fares as low as $19 but tickets have to be purchased tonight. most hiked theirs $10 each way for short notice. was it a serious crime, what one man did in a convenience store and what he was wearing. and the dangerous mistake that has a local hospital facing some hefty fines.

. welcome back bay area hospitals will be fined for medical mistakes in some cases put patient's lives in danger alameda hospital, the keizer hospital in vallejo and in antioch. fines range from leaving a sponge inside of a patient during surgery to delaying the use of cardiac monitors which reportedly led to a patient's death. she will take part in alive one hour discussion with the social network's ceo. you can watch on facebook live

between 1:30 and 2:30 this afternoon. oprah is reportedly in silicone valley looking for ideas to boost traffic to her website. san diego police are trying to figure it out after seeing this surveillance video. look at this, somebody dressed like gumby walked into a store telling the clerk he had a gun. he fumbled with his costume as he was trying to pull it out, the clerk thought it was a joke and this gumby guy thought it was walked out. >> it was a green version of sponge bob square pants. see i do a lot of reading on the internet. let's look at the golden gate bridge not a lot of fog there. also this morning looking at the bay bridge, it is backed up

for a 12 or 15 minute delay. southbound highway 85, slow traffic already from near 17 on the way up to cupertino. >> low clouds and fog equals cooler temperatures far away from the coast but the theme looks to be cooler here. mainly along the north coast it looks like we will cool down 60s, 70s and 80s and 90s for many. an arrest of a school principal, new details on this disturbing case. plus extreme measures job seekers are doing to find a job these days. stay right here with us.