closure of highway 808 for two and a half hours this morning? >> reporter: we're live here in mountain view, where president obama will be speaking in just four hours. we'll tell you what he has to say and how you can be a part of it -- coming up. government regulators accused of putting the public at risk. the pipeline blamed for an explosion in the south bay. also -- a patient dies at a bay area hospital and it happened during a nurses' strike. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's monday, september 26th. we begin with developing news. a police standoff forced the complete shutdown of interstate 880 in oakland for two hours this morning. the freeway is now open but the situation is not over. we have team coverage. sal castanedo is monitoring the

traffic. but first, let's go to kraig debro where the suspect has given police the slip. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. if you take 880 or know someone who does, you can actually look. you may not want to. it's a parking lot. originally, it was just the northbound selection. that's where the vehicle and the police stopped the suspect. this all -- this all started around 3:45 this morning, for you, anyway. we got here. for police it started at 3:30. police spotted a van at hayward and 880. they determined it was stolen. they tried to pull the driver over. the driver did not stop. eventually he made his way up to the 880 and crashed in the rail, in the middle of the highway. and then it was a waiting game. the chp was out with their guns drawn. they eventually called the

s.w.a.t. team, and a negotiator came out here as well. soon they found out no one was inside of the van. but first they did try to see if there was someone inside. >> originally, chp tried to make contact with an individual in the van. >> reporter: police cannot say if it was a male or female. that person escaped. the police did not tell us if they thought that person would be dangerous. all they said was call chp if you know the person who may have -- something to do with this van. now let's go to sal castanedo for a look at the traffic. >> all right. her leaking at that area --

we're looking at that area. this is the coliseum where the activity went down. there is a little bit of slowing down in san leandro and you can see if you look at 880, via our map system, you will see a little bit of yellow or a little bit of red. 508 might be your best bet, it looks pretty good from highway 13 to the lakeshore. we have a complete traffic report just minutes away. back to the desk. in just about four hours from right now, president obama will take the stage for a town hall meeting. tara mori artara moriarty is live out there now. >> reporter: we've been speaking to individuals and the

police have the area core denned off. you can see the cones and barry kids -- barricades. right now, obama may just be waking up. this is the fairmont hotel, where obama is staying e landed at move fit -- staying. he landed at moffett field last night. he's here to push his jobs plan. that's the focus this morning hosted by linked in. we've been getting reaction and one man said he would curb taxes to boost the economy. >> i would probably go after state taxes. but again, once you get into that job and finded on what you can and cannot do, everything changes. >> reporter: jobs are a major

concern in california where unemployment stands at 12%, the highest state except for nevada. now, president obama will push onto southern california for more fund-raising after his speech. they will be streaming this living on the -- this live on the web. back to you. >> thank you. popstar lady gaga was at one of the fund-raisers last night at the event of probable's -- at the event for -- at the event of president obama's. she wanted to address the issue of bullying. it's not clear if she and the president had a chance to talk last night. we have complete coverage at ktvu.com. make sure you go to ktvu.com and click on the bay area news

tab. it's coming up on 7:06. another possible shutdown is looming and this time victims of storms and other natural disasters will be caught in the middle if the government runs out of money. coming up at 7:15, we'll go live to our washington, d.c. bureau to tell you what is behind this budget deadlock and why half of congress has left town. president obama is not the only one taking part in the silicon valley. eric can'ter along with wisconsin appall ryan and -- canter along with wisconsin's paul ryan will be there and they will be taking questions from facebook employees and other gets. the three -- guests. the three call themselves the young guns. federal regulators and pipeline makers are being accused of keeping quiet about

potential pipeline failures. "the chronicle" reports that information about this is -- indicates this. safety experts say the pipeline industry has known about the dangers since 1982. a man suffered burns burns in a gas explosion at a fairfax apartment complex. >> the gas happened inside the robinhood manorhood apartments. the cause of the explosion is under investigation. 7:07. several vanes are underway -- investigations are underway after a died. police say a 66-year-old woman died earlier in the morning after she was given medication.

alta baits summit hired 520 nurses during last thursday's one-day strike. staff members who meant back to work on friday were locked out. >> i felt like i could have prevented this from occurring. >> we're opening to look at every -- we're open to look at every part of this. >> the lockout is due to end tomorrow. the family of a santa rosa man who was found dead in a hospital parking lot wants access to his medical records and the hospital surveillance video. last monday an ambulance took 49-year-old michael torrez to santa rosa memorial hospital. he was seen by doctors and release. a couple of hours later he was found dead on hospital

property. an investigation continues -- keeps but preliminary shows he may have died from pneumonia, swelling of the arteries and the heart. all right. we want to check in with sal castanedo. >> things have become better out there. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge. you will see that traffic is going to be backed up for about a 25-minute delay getting into san francisco. also, the morning commute traffic is going to be a little bit slow on 237, crossing 880. if you are driving on 880 nearby, you will see some slow traffic there. >> i want to show you that 88 in oakland. >> a little bit slow. 580 is much better. if you are driving on 24, it looks pretty good. steve? i have something here that just crossed it says colts' owner

saying peyton manning will miss the whole season. it's kind of breaking news. >> i saw that on nfl. it is nfl news. well, our first rain of the season came in yesterday. maybe the seven to ten-day outlook. in the meantime, we'll eight get sunshine and weather. still some patchy fog and a real cool morning out there. when we last spoke on -- spoke on freeway. it was 95, 96, 97. mostly sunny, sunshine, breedzy, warmer. still some possible showers. yes, our first rain, cazadero, fort bragg in there. mountmount diablo .09. mill valley .08.

after that, vacaville, .01, some drizzle along the coast as well. it counted. that was our first one. now, the rain is gone, so are the clouds. sebastopol, 45. fairfax, mill valley, 48. saw three reading in mill valley. los gatos, 48. clayton, 49. 48 right now at the napa airport. they've bottomed out at 45. 52 oakland airport. 51 redwood city. the system that came by yesterday has left behind low clouds. all signs point to warmer weather.

more likely tomorrow into wednesday as we get a northerly wind. today is the transition day. fog, sun, a little breeze, but if it turns northerly. upper 70s, low 80s for many numbers are right by the water's edge. loy 80s for many. morgan hill -- low 80s for many. morgan hill, 78. 74 san mateo, redwood city, san carlos, low to mid-70s there. a cyber attack can bring us to our news. why senior military leaders are

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good morning. patchy fog out there. it will be breezy, highs, 70s, a few 80s. a new government program may be the key in preventing cyber attacks against u.s. defense contractors. the pentagon's pilot program could serve as a model for other government agencies, including homeland security.

analysts with the pentagon cybercrime center dissect intrusions, malware and other networks. security experts have noticed a growing number of cases involving the mishandling of data. congress has called off their recess. they are scrambling again to avoid a government shutdown. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau to explain. what's going on, alison? >> reporter: dave, the whole hope is this is all going to be resolved -- the resolved by this evening. if not, they will start to run out of money immediately. the senate is voting on its version of the bill to keep the government program, it includes fema, outoffsetting that with big spending cuts that are in the republican house bill that passed last week. republicans say they are not

budgeting. democrats are using them of brinksmenship. >> can we, once again, inflict on the country and the american people the spectacle of another shutdown? i sure as heck hope not. >> reporter: >> reporter: now, it's unclear if harry reid has the votes to pass this. this is the first time congress has brought this to the brink of a shutdown. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:17. we're hearing that stronger safety measures are in place in san felipe, mexico after that tragic accident involving bay area fishermen. on july 3rd, their boat capsized in the sea of cortez during a storm. three dozen people survived but seven fishermen were never found. family members say the harbormaster requires mets to carry a beacon -- boats to

carry a -- a beacon. police say a 67-year-old man in a wheel chair was crossing east homestead road near quince avenue around 1:00 yesterday morning when a vehicle hit him. the man was dragged 300 feet and later pronounced dead at the hospital. police don't have a description of the vehicle but say it should have significant front- end damage and possibly a broken windshield. in richmond, police are looking for the driver of a vehicle similar to that, an older-model, dark-colored lexus, two-door sedan with tinted windows and a spoiler. police say this vehicle hit a man in a wheelchair on friday. a new study shows that

americans see much value in their newspaper. according to this report, almost three quarters say they get local news and information from local tv stations and their websites. more than half of -- half of them say they rely on newspapers for information. desperate times call for desperate measures. whatever it takes i'm gonna do it to get a job. >> now, that's sherrell elongae and she's putting her resumes into helium-filled balloons and releasing them in the sky. she's been looking for a job for a year. she sends out resumes weekly, the regular bay. but among all of those resumes she has not seen -- has not

seen a single interview. a church in new jersey is hoping to stimulate the economy by giving away $30,000 directly to its members. people were asked to take from the collection basket this past sunday instead of donate to it. buckets filled with envelopes of $10 $20 $50 bills around and the home is the $30,000 will make its way out to the community. >> we tend to give to churches. >> it's not throwaway. it's not a waste. we believe the money will be used in a way that benefits the neighborhood. a new study found that young people worldwide are having more unprotected sex. 6,000 people from 26 countries took part in the survey which was commissioned by bay area

pharmaceuticals. researchers say the number of young people having unprotected sex increased and the study found misinspection about contra ceptions. some in egypt believe that bathing or showering after sex could pre -- could prevent pregnancy. we're talking about supermarket chains -- chains. what are they getting rid of. and why dozens of dogs spent the day on surfboards. if you are driving to the bay bridge, be prepared to wait. traffic is busy. coming up, we'll tell you why another bridge may not be another alternative. i'm a curious seeker.

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7:23. more supermarkets are actually getting rid of self-checkout lanes. they say it's part of an effort to improve customer service.

albertson's has already cut back on them and big foods and new england is the latest to join. the food market industry sis only 16% of transactions were done in self-checkout lanes and that's down from 22% in 2007. dozens of dogs were real dudes. they hit the significant in san diego yesterday for a good cause. he's just -- it -- they hit the surf in san diego yesterday for a good cause. he's just too cool. the beggest surf competition for dogs took place. this charity raises money and a great place to see some cool dogs. let's check in with sal. >> traffic is moving along slowly in some areas.

if you are going to the bay bridge. right now, i would say the -- if that's your commute, i would say to stay there. we have had some slow traffic approaching the richmond san rafael bridge and getting to the san mateo bridge which is an alternate for some. this morning we've had slow traffic on 880 getting there. moving along and taking a look at 880 in front of the coliseum, it's a little bit farther south as you approach 238, the scene of a minor accident on the shoulder. 580 is a pretty good route. a lot of people have asked me about that. 24 from wall knit creek from la fayette and through the tunnel is clear. here's steve. sunshine and warm weather,

after a school morning. peninsula, south bay, east bay and plenty of mid-40s. we're already starting to bounce off some of these slows. the wind turning westerly. if it gets more northeastly, it will get warmer. high pressure is building in, it will be our fair-weather friend. a lot going on, not only the pacific. nothing here for a couple of days. low clouds, very low. sun, breezy at sometimes -- at times it's a cool morning. it will not be as humid as it was on sunday. it will not be as tropical. 60s, 70s, and 80s. these are low 80s. tomorrow, though, we ratchet it up here, sunny and warm weather, things start to get interesting around here as your

weekend comes into view. president obama is here with us in the bay area. the big event is about to start in a couple of hours. >> reporter: and the long backup on 880 is over this morning. we'll tell you what police are doing now to try to find out who stole the van. another deadly police shooting on the streets of oakland. what led up to this the gunfire.

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police continue to look for a man in a van that shut down the highway. kraig debro has been following the story near the oakland coliseum all morning and joins us with an upday. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. right now from police's own indication, the person they are looking for is dangerous or armed. they say if you see anybody fitting a description or somebody that looks like they might be apart of this, please call them. this is 880 and you could look at it without wincing if you tuned in a couple of hours ago. police spotted a stolen vehicle. it was a van. it was spotted at 880 and

hacienda around 3:30 this morning. chp attempted to call the -- pull the driver over. the driver did not pull over and sped up northbound on 880. the police finally caught up with the van. it crashed into a -- the van crashed -- crashed into the center guardrail. police did not draw their weapons. they used the s.w.a.t. team. they used less than lethal weapons, a shot gun, to break a window to talk to the driver. when they got inside the van, they found the driver was not even there. >> our officers attempted to arrest and determine who was driving that vehicle. at some point unbeknownst to the officer, the person got out of the vehicle but because the vehicle was reported stolen, we followed standard proto follow which is a very standard approach to find out who was in

the inside the vehicle -- who was inside the vehicle. >> reporter: if somebody had been inside the van, and the police would not have been prepared for that, the s.w.a.t. team would have. in fact, there was a negotiator out here to see if they could talk to somebody. again, the freeway is shut down for two and a half hours. it's reopen. so the commute on 880 is pretty much back to normal. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:32. the 880 closure caused a big backup for the early-morning commute. here's another look at 880 just a few hours ago. you could see drivers stuck on both sides unable to move, basically a parking lot out there. this was from about 4:15 to 6:15 this morning. most people we talked to seemed to take the closure in stride. >> we have no idea how much longer it's gonna take. but hopefully they -- hopefully they will take care of things. >> i'm headed down to do some

training -- training. i said i'm not gonna be on time. >> both sides are open of 880. we'll check in with sal in a little while. president obama is here in the bay area. in fact, he's waking up in san jose. that's where he's been saying, at that hotel. the mayors of mountain view and san jose greeted mr. obama on the tarmac. the president's motorcade left for two fund-raisers. today the president will be at a town hall meeting hosted by linked in. that's at 11:00 a.m. and then he will depart for southern california for more

fund-raisers. coming up we'll have an update from there. our ktvu cameras got a glimpse, right there, of mr. obama's motorcade in woodside as it rolled into the $12 million estate of symantec's john thompson. >> tremendous amount of support. everyone in the room was very supportive. >> now, the second fund-raiser was at the atherton home of sandberg. guests paid more than $35,000 for dinner and a question-and- answer session with the president. you can find more information on this at ktvu.com.

click on the bay area news tab. 7:35. an investigation is underway into a deadly officer-involved shooting in oakland. it happened yesterday after officers stopped a car near 99th avenue and cherry street. police say a mass jer -- passenger in a car ran away and officers ran after him. ter was -- there was a struggle. police say the driver left the scene and they continued to look for him. in a separate incident oakland police have identified a man killed during a shooting in broad daylight. police say 20-year-old roberto gudman was working on his car saturday morning when a man got him point blank. no arrests have been made. the six suspects in the fatal shooting after german tourist who was visiting san francisco are due in court

today. 50-year-old maktel schroer was visiting san francisco with her husband when she got caught in the gunfire. police say the six suspects are from gangs based in san francisco. today's court hearing was originally scheduled for august 16th. but has been postponed twice. overnight three small earthquakes shook napa county. the biggest quake happened just after 2:00 a.m. it was a magnitude 3.0. two minutes later, a 2.0 quick. a magnitude 1.0 nomed at 2:21 -- followed at 2:21 a.m. no report of injuries or damage. another one struck near lake cha boat. the usbs mesh ured -- measured it as a 3.5. callers said they felt the

shaking but they didn't see any damage. the second quake hit three miles off san francisco ocean's beach. the usgs recorded that one at 2.3. well, so far, the city of oakland has spent almost a million dollars defending itself from lawsuits from two different employees. debra edgerly and her top assistant were let go in 2008 by then mayor ron dellums. edgerly was accused of tipping off her nephew of a police gang sweep. at $400 an hour, the city has paid $990,000 on legal fees. last week, the city voted to settle thom 7 son's lawsuit -- thompson's lawsuit and pay her some money. in san jose, an anti-litter

hotline allowing drivers to report trash was disconnected due to layoffs. 7:38. let's get you to where you need to go. how are we looking out there? >> i would say today is busy, but we don't have any major catastrophes. we started off the morning with the major bay area freeway closed. then they reopened it. let's take a lack at what we have rue no -- let's take a look at what we have now. san francisco looks good getting up to the 80 split. also the morning drive. that's backed up for a 20, 25- minute delay. no major issues on the bridge. but you will be waiting there

for a bit. we have plenty of slow traffic waiting for you in pinole. getting to the richmond bridge there a slight delay. here's steve. some fog still hanging around from sunday. i've had my head buried in some of these forecast models because of what remains of hurricane hilary, the forecast models are like trying to bring the remains into us over the weekend. the timing is brutal. the remains. the remains. we'll see. could see a significant rain on sunday/monday. but there's no timing on it. right now, mostly sunny, warmer, san francisco, dealing with a lot of 50s here this

morning 68954 currently. this morning. 54 currently. some of the rain over the weekend -- the rain is mon. most of the clouds are gone. so is the fog. but the lows were quite cool. but the coolest i could find, st. helena and kenwood around 44 and 45. sebastopol, 45. stanford, 48. los gatos, 49. 48 napa airport, san rafael holding steady at 40. 51 redwood city. a little bit of a west wind, not much. but it's turning northwesterly. i think we'll better more --

get more -- we'll get more of a northerly breeze. today, 70s, 80s unless you are right by the coast. a system is coming across the pacific, and the remains hillary. 60s, 70s and upper er70s to a few low os. concord, 8 -- low 80s. concord, 80. here comes on the -- here comes the fog on friday. i will go with rain on sunday. thank you, steve. tropical storm felipe is swirling in the eastern atlantic ocean this morning.

forecasters say it does not pose an immediate threat to land. meanwhile, hurricane hilary is still a category 3 storm. it's not currently connected -- it's not currently expected to make landfall. remembering air race victims what reno is doing to honor the 11 people who died over a weekend ago. and how a new feature on facebook to cause some hurt feelings.

taking a live look at the big board on wall street, stops are mixed this morning -- stocks are mixed this morning. there is hope that european leaders will come one a new

strategy to solve the region's debt crisis. sales of new homes fell to a six-month low in august. and that's indicating recovering in the housing market is still years ago. now, sales of new homes fell to a six-month low in august, the fourth straight monthly decline. the commerce department says new home sales fell 2.3% to an annual rate of $295,000. that's less than roughly half of what economists say must be sold to maintain a healthy housing market. and some workers will have a little more money this holiday season. nationwide, retamers say they plan to offer overtime instead of hiring extra workers. business owners say that way they -- they add most workers

are glad to have extra work. police in sparks, nevada still on alert following the fatal shooting of a bay area hel's angel leader. san jose chapter president jethro pettigrew was killed inside the nugget casino fry night. police say the dead -- friday night. police say the deadly fight became between two rivals. police made one arrest. they expect to make more. a state of emergency was actually declared to make it icy for assistance in the case of any more violence.

six men are due to appear in a london court today on terrorism charges. three of them are charged with plotting suicide bombings in britain. the women were arrested last week. investigators two of the men traveled in pakistan for terrorism training. a seventh man arrested last week is still being questioned. people in one county in kentucky are on alert after a series of pipe bombs were discovered in mailboxes. six devices were found in mailboxes in campbell county since friday. police say one of the bombs exploded inside of the mailbox. another bomb was found by a family who had not checked their mail in a few days. investigators believe the incidents are random acts of vandalism. they are copper pipingened a 12 inches -- piping, 12 inches along with a wick. we don't know what's in there,

whether it's gunpowder or not. >> luckily, no one was been hurt. some people are having a tough time dealing with social media in the workplace. workers posted comments with their -- about their comments about their employer. the board has received complaints about being reprimanded for posts. facebook's new time line feature may upset quite a few people. the profile users -- users can see when someone they thought was a friend took them off

their friend's list. until this feature was possible, you could defend someone without them knowing. in the next 15 minutes. diana nyad is scheduled to talk about her swim from florida to cuba. she was stung by a jellyfish. she said she was temporarily pushed by fear. she pushed through, more than 24 hours later, though, another jellyfish attacked her. >> it was a deadly rip. look at this thing. >> she was out of the water for four hours for medical treatment but went back in. ler support team said it would take her two more days to swim. she will not fake a fourth

attempt and is disappointed by the outcome. >> very courageous. >> yes. she's been doing this -- trying to do this for a long time. how you can one day experience "the rock" in a whole new way. ;

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eight minutes before 8:00, a bake sale is continuing to cause controversy on the uc berkeley campus and now student leaders are responding. the cal student senate held an emergency meeting last night to discuss respectful conduct. the meeting is in response to a bake sale planned for tomorrow. the group wants to sell baked goods for different prices based on sex and race. members call it a commentary on affirmative action. >> we strongly believe that any policy that discriminates based on race or ethnic origin is discriminatory and number races. >> the student senate passed this. and the cal says they will not charge braces based on race. but they will still have prices

up showing the different prices. 1.4 million people visit alcatraz every year. but now the park is considering new ideas to pull in tourists. that includes overknight stays, concession stands, even opening up new areas for people to see. we heard mixed reactions to that. >> if other people want to do that, that's fine. but i don't think i could. >> if it's accessible, i would say why not? >> nearly everyone we talked to, said they go there to learn more about the imfamous history known as "the rock." public meetings are coming this week. the first one is scheduled at lacey middle school in pacifica, the other is at tamalpais school. let's check in with sal.

some problems on 280? >> he have. >> we do have slow traffic now. you are going to see it here. 280 is going to be a little bit slow getting up to the 880 interchange with no major problems here. if you are driving on 85, you will see some -- you will see slow traffic on 17. this is 880 and that traffic has recovered completely. we had an earlier closure here. but that's been cleared up. this morning if you are driving in antioch, some slow traffic. but most of the traffic has shifted now. it is slow on 680 from concord, pleasant hill, through walnut creek. 80, still a lot of slow traffic heading to el cerrito. most of it is below the speed

limit. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. it looks like a nice day. kind of chilly. low clouds around. ty will -- they will clear out. today high pressure builds in. we will not have the humidity that we had on sunday. 40s and 50s. a lot of 40s across the board. we're starting to warm up the lows. you can see high pressure building in. that will give us fair weather all the way through wednesday. the bottom of your screen. you can't see it. that's very -- at the very bottom. that's hillary, hurricane hilary. and as it heads out to the pacific, where it starts to fall apart, some say it's very heavy rain. others say it will stay south. i think we'll ally get some over the weekend -- we'll get some over the weekend but we'll fine-tune that later.

the extended outlook, plenty going on. sunny, warmer weather. thursday, some of that fog comes back. more oson friday increasing clouds on saturday. i will paint some rain in on sunday. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. what's happening this morning after a patient dies at a bay area hospital and it happened while thousands of nurses were walking the picket line. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser.

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you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's monday, september 26th. well, president obama is here in the bay area this morning for a town hall meeting at the headquarters of linked in in mountain view. taratara moriarty is there now with the details of the president's west coast campaign swing. kara -- raw? >> reporter: well, we've been

speaking to police all morning. they've definitely got a lot of extra officers out here. you can see all of the cones and barricades and the nearby coffee shop is packed with members of the white house press corps and workers from around the silicon valley. they are all angst us to hear what the president has to say about job creation this morning. mr. obama should be arriving in three hours. the president is here to push his jobs plan. that's focus of his town hall forum focused by inc.ked in. >> some of the ideas that i have heard don't appear to --

>> reporter: we'll have continuing coverage on this at noon and then at 5:00. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. now, popstar lady gaga attended one of the events last night. she was among the estimated 75 guests who paid $35,000 to attend the home of the c.o.o. of facebook. lady gaga wanted to speak with

the president about laws against bullying. we don't know if they spoke. we have more information at ktvu.com. several investigations are underway about a patient who died. police say a 66-year-old woman died early saturday morning after the replacement nurse gave the patient a prescribed medication. alta hired nurses on five-day contracts. those workers who went to return to work on friday were denied access. >> i was there ready to work. i feel like i could have prevented this from coming.

>> we're confident that our hiring workers, replacement workers, is a process. >> the hospital says the nurse working there that administered the medication is not there any longer. laughs most an ambulance took -- last monday, an ambulance took this man to a hospital. he was seen by doctors but released but a few hours later he was found dead on hospital hospital property. >> preliminary autopsy results show he may have died of ammonia and swelling of the arteries in the of the heart. firefighters are telling us that the people who were inside the house of this house fire near hot springs got out okay.

this is the fifth week of the manhunt for a man suspected of killing a congressman and others. air ron wrestler is said to be hiding. law enforcement agents have been scouring the forest. wasler's father says his father is schizophrenic. bassler's father says this may have been prevented if the county land for his pleas to get medical treatment for his son. police in two area cities are investigating a hit-and-run crash where wheelchair-bound men were killed. the latest happened in santa clara. police say a 67-year-old man in a wheelchair was crossing the road around quince when a vehicle hit him. the man was dragged 300 feet.

police don't have a description of the vehicle but say it should have significant front of-end damage and probably a broken windshield. in richmond, police are looking for the driver after vehicle, similar to this one. it's an older model darker- claired lexus with tinted windows and a spoiler on the rear. police say that vehicle hit david cox as he crossed the street in his wheelchair. the federal government, once again, on the verge of another government shut down. this time the victims of the storms may be cut in the -- may be caught in the middle. coming up at 8:15, we'll take you live to our washington, d.c. bureau. well, knew this morning, from afghanistan, an american has been killed. another one injure after a shooting that happened inside of a u.s. government building in afghanistan. it happened last night at the cia office in kabul.

the american embassy is not saying much about it only that an afghan employee opened fire and hit the two americans. the afghan employee was killed but it's not clear yet how. 8:06. two uc berkeley graduates who spent more than two years are back in the united states and talking about their ordeal. shane bauer and josh fattal flew to new york yesterday from oman four days after their release. the men were killed -- were jailed for 781 days on spying allegations. much of that time, they say was spent in ice -- in isolation with short phone calls to their mother. >> we had to go on hunger strikes repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones. many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten and there was nothing we could do

to help them. >> the men say they the only reason they were held is because they are american and not because any may have strayed other evthe border. the family of mush shell le is inviting the public to pay their respects. a vigil will take place in oakland at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. authorities found le's body more than a week ago knew sunol. in wine country, the grape growers will be busy picking grapes. a couple of days of cooler temperatures and light rain slowed down the harvest for some of the growers. but luckily, it didn't damage the crops. last week's heat wave helped kick the harvest into high gear and many wine growers expected this year's harvest to stretch into november. parts of that six-ton nasa

satellite that was falling to earth, we were tilling about it last week -- telling you about it last week, more than likely, it's in the ocean. a man in minnesota captured this picture right now. this is incredible, thicking it was a satellite. nasa -- thinking it was a satellite. that's says it crashed in the oath friday night. eight minutes after 8:00. we want to check in with sal. >> i want to show you that some prices -- places are still doing micely. others are not. this is walnut creek. this is 680, a crash. there a traffic trouble spot. southbound 680 we have slow traffic from concord to walnut creek. it gets better by the time you reach danville. and this morning on 80 we have

slow traffic between pinole and -- pinole and richmond. we're looking at san jose, northbound 280 and northbound 85 also going to be slow in the south bay. if you are driving on 855-7280 you will see slow traffic getting into the valley. 101 is slow at the 680 interchange. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a lot of sunshine, patchy low clouds. sunny and warmer. 80s, 90s. after that, big changes by the

weekend. timing will be the tough part. the remains of what is now hurricane hilary out in the pacific will fall apart. but it will get caught up in a system coming out of the gulf of alaska. your high today, 68 degrees. so after a cloudy sunday, kind of tropical-like, cazadero picked up .32. mill valley, .08. concord, orinda, santa rosa, .02. point 01s here and there. not much. a lot of 40s this morning. mid-40s, st. helena, i know

sebastopol, kentwood, woodside, menlo park. it was cool this morning. west-southwest or west out to the delta. so there's still a westerly breeze. we're waiting for the northerly wind. i think more than likely tuesday into wednesday. we'll still have sunshine today and temperatures will still start to warm up. today, though, a lot of 60s, 70s or low 80s. clearlake 82. novato, 79. 68 in richmond. and then from our -- and then from martinez to crocket. tuesday, wednesday, a lot of

sunshine. thursday is the transition day. with your weekend, we'll cloud it up saturday. timing always tough on a seven- day. 8:12. what happened on a popular cruise ship? the history -- the mystery involving a passenger who disappeared? he's under increasing pressure to get into the race for the white house. how the governor of new jersey is responding. also, a school bus mixup where a 5-year-old wandered the streets for hours.

for the third time in five months, congress is taking the government to the brink of a shutdown. alison burns is live to talk about the political wrangling and the vote scheduled for later today. alison? >> reporter: tori, that's right. it's the latest shutdown/snowdown. this time the hangup, billions of dollars in disaster relief fund. fema says its disaster relief fund could run dry as early as today or tomorrow if congress doesn't act. that means cities and states say -- affected by recent hurricanes and tornadoes won't get money they are waiting for and today, the u.s. senate votes on the bill to keep the

government republican -- run through november. it does not include spending cuts that are in the house version of the bill that passed last week. >> i don't -- i don't like this business of sitting around blaming each other over such small potatoes. what we really ought to be doing is to see if we can get $4 trillion in debt reduction. members are working towards a deal. but no deal yet. back to you. >> thank you. 8:16. republican donors not thrilled with the current presidential president. chris christie, aides to him say the phone calls have been relentless for him to run. but the governor is not changing his mind about staying out of the race. some don't remembers speculating a speech that

christie will make tomorrow -- that his speech form is at the reagan library, that he may consider it. herman cain won the florida straw poll upsetting the front- runner, governor rick perry. the loss came after what some are calling a poor debate person form -- performance. and president obama is not the only one taking part in the silicon valley town hall meeting today. house republican majority leader eric canter, along with paul ryan and kevin mccarthy, they will be at facebook headquarters in palo alto. and they will take questions from an audience of facebook employees and other guests. the three republican leaders call themselves, the young guns and political analysts say the event is one way republicans are trying to leave out to younger voters.

8:17. this morning, police are -- police are investigating the shooting deaths of five people in eastern independent an na. officers found the bodies late yesterday in rural franklin county. it's still not clear if the shooter or shooters are among the dead. police are urging people in the area to keep their doors and windows locked. and a gunman opened fire with two rifles here near the campus. police eventualry shot and killed the gunman. no one else was hurt. a motive for the shooting is still not known. 8:18. mexican authorities searches the gulf of mexico now for a passenger who appeared from a carnival cruise ship. clint markum was on a cruise to mexico with his wife. he was last seen on friday

shortly after the ship left. he was seen going overboard. some say he slipped. that ship returned to texas yesterday. the first african woman to win a mobile peace prize has died. longoria tide died. she won the prize in 2004 for combining environmentism and social act victim. she was 71 years old. a 5-year-old boy is back save are -- is back safe with his family after a terrifying mixup. the parents of conner amount bell always pick him up from

school -- campbell always pick him up from school. but last week, the class put him on a bus which dropped him off two miles from home. and then he wandered around for hours. he was reunited with his relieved parents after people spotted him and called authorities. >> he's been watch -- he's been having nightmares. screaming, unable to sleep. it's horrible. >> the school is reexamining its safety procedures. it's getting hod in the -- hot in the bay area. stay tuned. steve is coming back. and it's the sport long associated with spain. why pull fighting may be on its way out.

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spain has seen its last bull fight. the final fight was held in barcelona yesterday. the regional government voted to ban this on the grounds it's cruel and outdade -- outdated. but supporters say it's an artform. they hope to overturn the ban on constitutional grounds. let's check in with sal.

sal, you're doing it for me, aren't you? you are taking me to the bridge? >> i am, dave. >> can we count it off? >> can you do that? >> yes. >> southbound 101 as you head down to the toll plaza. the traffic is moving well. it's a little bit misty. you can tell our camera lens is a little bit. use care this morning if you are driving in marin or san francisco. i want to point out that southbound 280 calming from daly city down to san bruno is very slow. unusually slow. we had some earlier problems in san bruno. highway 1 is not do that -- doing that well. and 1011 slow. look at 280 -- 101 is slow. look at 280. that indicates a lot of slow traffic. i would go 85 if you have a choice there. one more thing, this is a look

at hayward union city. traffic will be slow all the way down to fremont. let's go to steve. >> i feel good when you take me down to the bridge. >> thank you. >> thank you. it will be a beautiful day in the city on the coast. it looks even better tomorrow. it's gonna be sunny, good to go. just not very warm this morning. we had temperatures in the 40s. now we're getting a lot of 50s. it will be sunny, warmer and then sunshine oplenty, as we like to say. high pressure is building in. everything is good to go. it will be very quiet here. after that front from yesterday left behind some really cool air and fog. what's over us seems to be dissipating here. plenty going on, just nothing right now. end of the week, i will be very busy. fog, sun, breezy million a . a little warmer today. highs today, 60s 70s and a few

low 80s. i think more likely warmer tomorrow. temperatures starting to rebounded. and they look better for tomorrow. the extended outlook, warmer weather wednesday into thursday and then increasing low clouds and high clouds maybe friday. i think we cloud it up on saturday. timing very difficult. it looks like more rain comes in sunday/monday. 8:26. another deadly police shooting on the streets of oakland. what led up to the latest gunfire? >> reporter: and how a stolen vehicle literally shut down 880 in both directions this morning.

the search goes on for the driver of a stolen van in the east bay. the standdown shut down 880 right at the height of the morning commute. kraig debro is in oakland now with that manhunt continuing. kraig? >> reporter: good morning, dave. this is the traffic backup on 880 that most people are used to. northbound 880 anyway, at this time of the moving. but earlier this morning, both directions were shut down probably for about two and a half hours, although not the southbound direction all that time t was all because the chp in heyedward spotted a stolen vehicle. this van was spot san lorenzo around 3:30 this morning. soon, the officers determined the vehicle had been stolen. they tried to pull it over the driver didn't stop. there'sped you here and when they got to the coliseum, the

van actually -- they sped up here and when they got to the coliseum, the van actually collided. the s.w.a.t. team came here. the driverrer -- despite the efforts of the chp, the driver of the van was not even in there. >> our officers attempted to arrest and determine who was driving that vehicle. at some point, unbeknownst to the officer, the person actually got out of the vehicle, but because the vehicle was reported stolen, we followed standard protocol, which a very slow and methodical approach to find out what is in the vehicle. >> reporter: it was very dark at this time. he explained because of that, it's not so atypical to believe somebody could have gotten away. he also says when they first got here, they decided they were gonna call the oakland s.w.a.t. team to get them to approach

the van. chp officers have vests on. but in order to approach a van like that, they found no one was in the van first. 880 caused a major backup. take another look at what 880 looked like just a couple of hours ago. a complete stand still. shut is down on both sides. you can see the drivers shut stuck. she visit -- stuck -- just stuck. they could not move. but most drivers we talked to seemed to handle it calmly. >> we have no idea how much longer it's gonna take. but hopefully, they will take care of things soon. we need to get going. >> i'm heading down to training. i had to phone the gentleman at the food plant and leave him a message. i didn't forget. i told you i would be there at

4:this morning. i'm got sure -- 4:00 this morning. i will be there but i'm not sure when, it might be 4:00 this evening. an investigation continues now into a deadly officer- involved shooting in oakland. this happened yesterday after police sopped a car near 99th avenue and cherry street. now, police say a passenger in the car ran away. officers chased him. there was a struggle. the man was shot and killed after police say he threatened them with a gun. police say the driver escaped, they are still looking for him now. it's 8:32. president obama is in the south bay this morning. sheer a live picture of air force one at moffett field. the president is scheduled to depart from here just before 12:30 and continue his west coast campaign swing to southern california. but before that happen, mr. obama will peak pack -- will take part in a town hall meeting. we'll go thrive tara moriarty

for details, ahead. new this morning, a gas exs plex inr injuries -- gas explosion injures two people. the explosion happened around 6:00 this morning when firefighters arrived and they found the house engulfed in frames and a man and a woman in their 50s suffering from burns. the woman's injuries are life- threatening. the man is listed in serious condition. a natural gas leak was reported in the same neighborhood just yesterday. 8:33. federal regulators and pipeline manufacturers they are accused of keeping quiet about potential gas line failures. "the chronicle" is reporting the pipeline industry has been secretly compiling information about possible problems with the type of type pipe. it's the same model blamed for a explosion and fire at a

cupertino fire back on august 31st. they say the pipeline industry has known about the dangers since 1982. also, a mansured -- suffered burns in a gas explosion in a narefield apartment complex. this happened inside the unit of the robinhood manor apartments. the cause of the blast is still under investigation. a scheduled natural gas purge by pg&e prompted an having of an east bay neighborhood. fire crews evacuated about 50 homes before they learned the release was a scheduled project. crews were replacing a pipe on dover street. they had to purge some of the gas out before installing that new pipe. however, some were worried it might actually be a gas leak and the noise from that purge was heard a pile away. >> it was a very loud roar like would you hear from a jet plane

sitting on the tarmac at an airport, you know, just prior to take-off. >> pg&e points out neighbors were notified of this planned work. 8:35. next year, the u.s. supreme court will decide whether police need 0 warrant to hide a gps device on the suspect's car. and the outcome could impact a major bay area murder case. the supreme court case up for preview is called u.s. versus jones. in that case, prosecutors convicted a suspected drug driver based on evidence obtained from an expired warrant. similar gps evidence without a warrant helped convict yusef bey iv in the chauncey bailey murder case. a new record is set for the number of california kindergarteners entering schools without being vaccinated. more than 11,000 students in kindergarten missed at least

one vaccine in 2010, according to the california department of public health. that's 2.5% of the state's kindergarteners. state says many parents used a personal belief exemption to avoid immunization requirements. it's california's highest rates of declined vaccines since 1978. well, a grand jury subpoena shows the federal government is investigating the feud between ebay and craigslist. it's reported that allegations are being looked into that there's allegations of -- we're also hearing that stronger safety measure ear yous are m -- measures are in place in san felipe, mexico. back on july 3rd, the boat

capsized in the sea of cortez during a storm. three dozen people survived. however, seven fishermen were never found. family members are telling ktvu, the san felipe harbormaster now requires boats carry a battery-operated emergency beacon. they also say votes are being few -- are being thoroughly checked out. sal, you've been busy all moving. have things kind of

straightened themselves out? >> well, they are getting better. i'm just gonna show you some damrahs here -- cameras. let's take a look at the toll plaza. this has been backed up for the entire morning. it's about -- from about 6:15 or so this morning, it's been backed up. it has not been all that bad. this morning's drive once you get on the bridge, it does even out on the way to san francisco. the complaints from the people at the bay bridge haven't been that loud. that's how i know that things are not that bad. once it starts getting wad. -- getting that bad. they ask me what is going on? well, today, 880 is a little bit better as you can see traffic is not that bad by the coliseum. san jose, northbound 280, you see some slow traffic. it's backed up the entire way. there's a crash. most of the slow traffic is after that after -- as you come around the corner and get into highway 17.

i do also want to mention that southbound 280, a little bit slow coming down the peninsula because of earlier problems. let's go to steve. a lot of sunshine, should be a nice day today. sparkling visibility. today won't be as humid. we had the light rain. that's all moved out. we had some fog this morning. met of -- most of it looks to be gob. cool -- gone. cool lows. we're sitting in the 50s. 59 hayward. a lot of mid-50s in between. about mid-40s, upper 40s starting to warm up. still waiting for a northerly wind. we have high pressure building in. temperatures will come up a little bit. but a almost bite to that morning air. it looks good to go probably through thursday as a strong system in the gulf of mexico. it's not this one. it's the one designed -- behind

that. it's -- the remains of hurricane hilary which is moving away from baja and moving out into the pacific. only shipping interests. however, once that starts to move forward and fall apart, some of that is bringing this in sunday, by monday. we'll see. until then the biggest change will be cooler weather. warmer weather for tuesday and then especially into wednesday, i think we'll top it out on wednesday. some fog, sun, breezy conditions, warmer. 40s, 50s. a little coolness. 70s for many. and then 70s, 8s.

>> i was in atherton visiting a buddy of mine's folks. never met them. great to see them. 76 palo alto and also mountain view. it will be a beautiful day. even on the coast. not so warm yet but maybe by tomorrow as we get some of that northerly breeze, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and then it looks like everything will change. we'll cloud it up on saturday. back to you. >> thank you, steve. 19 minutes before 9:00. a bad month for netflix but there's finally good news for the movie rental company. >> reporter: we're live in mountain view where a crowd has already started to gather waiting for prompt to arrive. we'll tell you what he's -- waiting for president obama to arrive, we'll tell you what he's going to talk about and

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disconnected. the search goes on for the driver of a stolen van in the east bay. the suspect is gone and already on the -- and is on the loose. a patient died after a medical error was committed. the victim is 66-year-old judith ming of oakland. police say she was given a nonprescribed dosage of medication.

>> reporter: police will -- police are going to be blocking off this street right here in about an hour. if you look over here, you can see all of the patrol cars here and across the street as well. this is where the president will in a town hall style mighting. you can see all of the people that are gathered there, they are even taking pictures. >> the president landed at moffett field and then attended, the president's forum will be hosted by linked in. >> a lot of people out of work.

they should be putting money in for bridges and roads and trying to -- >> reporter: do you think obama has some good idea -- >> i think he does, yes. >> make sure you stay with ktvu for the latest on president obama's bay area visit. some big move slips are coming to the netflix streaming library, the company just

signed a new licensing deal with dreamworks. the deal will allow netflix to stream dreamworks movie and tv specials online beginning in 2013. popular dreamworks movie include shrek, and kung fu panda. companies are not saying how long the -- much the deal is worth. 97-year-old arch wes came up with the idea for first national tortilla chip brand in 1961. relatives say he was inspired by during a family vacation when he ate at a snack shop. the family will toss in doe tree -- dorito chips before putting dirt in his urn. the. the plan is part of the

state budget cutting plan. santa cruz county is expecting to get 120 new inmates and parolees. that's despite jails in the county being at 125% capacity. inmates of california's pelican bay state prison plan to resume a hunger strike today. strike leaders are urging prisoners to pick up where they left off last july. >> the strikers camed that long- term confine minute is inhumane and dangerous. a news conference planned this afternoon to give us details at the washington monument. you will remember the 5.8 quake that rocked the east coast. that quake caused four cracks in the monument's walls.

engineers say the monument itself is structurally sound. it was built between 1848 and 1844. we'll get more of this information about how much the the -- peaceful protests against the president of syria may be turning into armed rebellion. the syrian president will not be removed without bloodshed. saudi arabia's -- saudi arabia's king is giving women the right to vote and run in local elections for the first time. the new rights will not allow

until 2015. king abdullah's announcement is a big step forward for women who live in the conservative kingdom. but there's still a long way to go. women in saudi arabia are still not allowed to drive or leave the country without permission from a male guardian. >> wow. >> yeah. >> 8:52. some changes at the checkout line, what some supermarkets are getting rid of in the name of getting better service. how much it cost the city to defend itself against two former employees. look! here she comes! ♪ she'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes... ♪

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firefighters in palm springs hope to have a sub dorn -- stubborn wildfire contained. the fire started on saturday and has burned more than 500 acres. it's burning in the eastern foothills of the san jacinto mountains and is 50% contained. more than 50 firefighters are working to put it out. no building are threatened and no one was han hurt. more supermarkets are getting rid of self-checkout lanes. they say it's part of an effort to improve customer service. albertson's has already cut back on lanes and new england is the latest to join this movement. the food marketing institute says only 16% of supermarket transactions were done at self- checkout lanes. that's down from a high of 22% in 2007. i've been asking what you think

about this. you can let me know on facebook and twitter, on my pages. the city has been reporting that debra edgerly and her top assistant were letgy go in 2008. edge gerly was accused of tipping off her nephew. at $400 the city has paid more than $300,000 in legal fees. thompson's lawsuit was settled. the ed gerly case is still ongoing. we want to check in with sal, get an update on the commute. where are we going right -- going right now? >> san jose. for prom's visit, there's delays. these are about two blocks away from the fairmont. this area does not look so bad but you are going to see some

closures as the president's motorcade moves downto san jose. if you happen to be in that air jaw. at least you will know what's going on. in is a look at 880 northbound. heading on up to high street and we're back -- we're backed up for another delay. thank you -- it will be sunny and beautiful today and warmer weather. more so tuesday into wednesday. even the coast looks great. thursday, mostly sunny, friday start to cool down and see if i can take that into the weekend. there will be lane on -- rain on sunday. >> wow. >> yeah, a lot going on. >> start of october. >> yes. >> as we say goodbye we want to take you live to mountain view. these are live pictures. people waiting outside for president obama is going to be having a town hall meeting at 11:00 this morning. we will, of course, have much more coming up on our website and also ktvu channel 2 news at

noon. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.