new training, more boats and now the city counsel weighs for on the future of alameda water rescue program five months after a man died. that story shortly, but first we begin with breaking news from the justin department about and -- justice department about a plot to kill the ambassador to the united states. the attorney general described

the plot that included a weapon of mass destruction. this is breaking news. let's go to our washington dc news room with the latest. >> good afternoon. the justice department is holding two men accountable for and asis nation plot involving four countries. the plot focused on the asisation of the saudia man to the us. they paid 5 million to the mexican man to kill the man. two men have been slapped with several charges, including conspire ri to murder a foreign official and national terrorism.

>> we are holding them accountable for their alleged role in this plot. the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its action. >> one of the -- man that has been in custody since september 29th, the other man is at large in iran. the iran government has not responded but you can expect international fall out from there. >> certainly a story we'll continue to follow police trying to -- police are trying to determine whether a group of swatters left two abandoned buildings they were occupying. they are part of a group called homes not jail which has a history of taking over aman don'ted -- abandoned buildings for homeless people. they are 10 -- san francisco has 10,000 home less people. >> how else do folks have and

opportunity to come in and sit on a bed that's going to waist. >> swatters also entered the old cathedral hotel near by. bay area demonstrators have been holding protests here. hundreds gathered to bring the occupy movement to objecting lands holding a -- objecting land -- í oakland holding a rally at the frank ogawa plaza. >> it was a rainy damp night for the people camped out in front of city hall. people slept in tents for the occupy í oakland demonstration. >> you have to test things out. >> this man says he was laid off from his job last month. he plans to be here long term. >> i lost my job but i found and b -- on occupation.

>> we carry it like a little cold all over the united states and now it's in í oakland and we're glad to welcome it. >> the group represents a varity of causes. >> it all boils down to the same thing, social justice, the proper distribution of wealth. >> also among this group was counsel woman leslie works. she hopes to channel some of this enthusiasm into city sport. >> i think you see a movement taking place across the united states. >> she wants to hire objecting land con -- í oakland contractors and workers. >> the unemployment rate is 17, 18 percent unofficial. >> protestors say they want to camp here indeputy -- indepthly

but it's against city code. right now there's no rush to remove the protestors. there have been no arrests and no problems here. a group of occupy san francisco demonstrators held a ranch and -- a marge and ral -- march and really this morning. they demanded the release of a fellow protestors, a man known as purple. protestors say the man was waiving during the demonstration when he was arrested and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. over night police arrested more than 100 people taking place in the occupy boston protest. they made the arrest after the protestors refused to

leave. they were worried the protestors would cause damage. president obama calls today's vote on his job bill a moment of truth for the senate. he is trying to gather -- support this morning. the president is trying to build backing for his 447 billion package but he is unlikely to over come opposition in congress. >> there are certain ideas that are cob taned in this job -- contained in this job counsel report that have received by par sin report and the reelection -- reelection is -- -- election is 14 months away. we can't wait to act on these ideas. >> he said he will try to end act some parts of his job plans without approval of the counsel.

in the wake of a tragic drowning in the waters off of alameda the fire department has been working to restart its water rescue program. they purchased two boats and tonight the city counsel reacts to recommendations from a recommendation -- fire marshall. >> well, from -- some residents say they're going to be making a big announcement tonight before that city counsel meeting in the wake of what happened on crown beach. we're here at station one, which has just received its second water rescue boat but some residents are saying it's not good enough. >> this boat here is our first boat that we got in june. it's already gone on four calls. >> the reduce strange part of -- rescue training is part of the latest move in the wake of

the drowning. ray monday zach died after ash off the -- off the beach. and independent pen denlt invest -- independent investigation found that alameda's e almost nation of -- elimination of its rescue boat re resulted in total reliance on aid from outsidage sis. >> we were disappointed because it's incomplete, it has contra foundations and -- contra decisions and inaccurate information. >> while the fire department did not speak about the incident they believe these boats will shorten response times. >> we're and island community. we've got -- you know, we're 23 square miles and the majority of that is water. we get the water rescue calls several times a year. you know, it's important to get to those calls right away if people are drowning they only have a few minutes to survive.

>> some others are pushing for fire services to be provided by the county, rather than the city. that report will be presented to the city around 7 o'clock tonight at city hall and it's supposed to act on the recommendations. early voting is now under way in san francisco. just rae minder of -- reminder of how little time is left before election day. craig is live in san francisco with what happens -- what was happening this morning at city hall. >> the vote today is for all major candidates. >> this is the first day we get to vote, it's a privilege to vote in this city of ours and i've been locking -- looking forward to this day. >> ed lee went into city hall to vote after that.

we witnessed two candidates to vote, chiu and rees. rees received the endorsement of the wife of the lieu innocent tant -- lieutenant governor. >> we're out there trying to generate the face because we have not -- we have knocked on 27,000 doors so far and it's been surprising how many people didn't know that there was and election and we've been doing a real good job of educating the volunteer tos. >> there's there is -- there's runs of thousands of people that don't know there's and election -- an election on november 8th and the reason i spend time campaigning was to get the word out. >> people are smot -- people who have not registered to vote have from today until the 24th. the 24th is the deadline.

voters will choose their top three candidates, that's righted right choice voting. they approved that in 2002. that's not the main reason people are choosing to vote today. >> i met some of candidates that have been campaigning on their own and handing out papers and so forth. i want to avoid the crowd. >> for the african american community, it's very important to make sure that we vote. i wanted to be one of the first ones to exercise the right to vote. >> the voters are going to be voting for mayor, da and sheriffs office. the poles close at 5:00. while he never saw it coming, the commission between a cyclist and and ant leap that's -- antelope that's gone on you tube. is it finally warming up

after a damp morning? it looks like the weather could be changing. berkeley is trying to stop a mumps out look on campus. what the university is doing today to protect students and staff.

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san francisco student's advisory counsel wants free passes for all the district students thachl -- that t the price of a muniuse pass is up from two years. the dart rail trien is back up and -- train is back up and running after a deadly collision. the train struck and killed a man that has not yet been identified. he was crossing the train tracks when he was hit. almost a week after gunfire erupted in a super tee know kwar -- cupertino quarry, it is reopen. 3 days and 7 were injury in a crime spree that started at a morning meeting there. the gunman was shot and killed a day lit heard -- later. the xheen says -- company says they don't expect to be fully

operational until over a week. opening statements in the trial of a man accused of trying to blow up and international flight on christmas today. prosecutors told the jury he believed he was earning his place in hen when -- heaven when he put a bomb in his under wear and got on the plane. las and -- los angeles injurys heard -- injuries -- injurys heard more today. they heard a recording of an interview where he hold michael jackson's mother that her son was dead and held her hand while she died. legal analysts say it is possible they could see the prosecution rest that week --

this week. >> mulberry is considering out sourcing their police office. the city counsel is expected to vote on the plan tonight. out sourcing would save the city $400,000 a year but it would result in fewer police patrols. state and federal health officials are working to spread of what's believed to be the largest mumps out break on the berkeley campus. the university health services center began holding today's free vak sooen clin -- vaccine clinic. they are providing extra vaccines for the students, facty and staff. >> it's not until late in the

incubation period that the swelling of the gladz start issue glands starts to -- glands starts to appear. >> there are 44 confirmed cases on the berk ri -- berkeley campus. good afternoon. if you're in the sun it's hot. it's warm, megagi, even if you have -- muggy, even if you have cloud cover. a lot of humidity in the air. we had that drizzle this morning. the key is we lost the higher clouds from yesterday so it's just a low cloud deck but it doesn't seem to favor anybody, it was all over the place this morning. you can see a lot of that moisture, it was pouring in all the way from well out in the pacific. the morning drizzle, cloudy, humid is giving ways to some clearer skies.

it is warmer today. we'll have some low mid 80s maybe wednesday and thursday. today the forecasted high is 60s and # 0 -- 70s. tomorrow we'd go mid oh 7 -- 70s for the city, low 80s. the trend is to take those temperatures up. still some clouds around but it's partly sunny. there's a breeze occasionally here. 73 concord, also fair field 77. nap pa, í oakland and it's close for everybody else at 706789 once you get -- 706789 once you -- 70. patchy clouds tonight at best. nothing form morning like the -- tomorrow morning like the last couple of mornings. all signs are pointing towards sunny and warmer weather. after today we're going to see some clearing, maybe a light offshore

breeze by tonight into tomorrow. sun and clouds, warm, muggy, a little breezy, but temperatures will come up into the # 0s -- 70s today. it looks pretty most -- pretty nice for most of you. on the -- in redwood it's 7 7bd -- 75. your extended out look is clearing. cooler by the weekend. >> think that rain is coming back though? >> next week >> a lot or a little? >> a little. >> just enough to make it confusing what the wear -- what to wear in the morning. >> and to mess up your hair. >> sounds like a good day to go bike riding then? >> yes. today it is easier to get on -- around san francisco on wheels. they opened five bicycle locations today.

bikes are also available at union square and fort mason. regular bikes are going to rent for $9 and hour. san francisco major to role out the first bike this morning. a mountain biker and a run away antelope are the newest you tube sensation. >> woe. -- wow. >> that's not -- that's biker e haven't getting -- evan getting hit by and antelope in south africa. his teammate riding behind him captured the entire ends dent -- incident with a camera that was mounted to his mel -- held meant. -- helmet. he is in the hospital but he is okay. this video already received 3 million hits on you tube. lots of people logging onto take a look at this. ahead, a now report today

that the í oakland raiders may be leaving town. what's next in negotiations between the players and the owners in the nba? why it appears finding middle ground may be a lock way off. ---ing a long -- a long way off. what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea.

all right. let's take a look at number right now. the dow is down 19 points. it hasn't had a lot of movement today but investors are nervous.

not a lot of movement on the market today. no new talks are scheduled today as the nba falls victim to the contract battle between the placeers and the -- players and the owners. david stern said a goal separates both sides and there are no plan to get back to the table today. both sides have lost sight of the fans says one man. >> it's going to hurt the game miranda warning anything -- miranda warning anything else and we, the -- more than anything else. we the fan red sox the game because -- we the fans are the game. we pay for all the things for the game. >> fans won't able to watch the warriors take the floor at least until november 16th. that is the earlier and that is when the

philadelphia 76ers are to be in own. tonight the nfl awarded the super bowl to a phoenix suburb. this will be the third time the phoenix area has hosted the game. in 2008 the university of fee mix host -- fee in addition hosted the -- fee neeks hosted the souper bowl. there is more speculation that the city of los angeles may try to lure the raiders back south. the international business times reports that it is responsible. in a -- it is possible. at least three unnamed three -- team owners say they would be reseptemberable to moving the raiders back. davis met with the developers of la's downtown stadium six months ago but those talks went nowhere. tonight on a special edition

of the news just ahead of game three between the tigers and the rangers it all starts at 4:00 and we talk about the rain that is growing grape growers a double whammy. all right. our next newscast is the channel 2 news at 4:00. that's going to do it for us near at noon. have a great day. [ screaming ]

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