. a truck fire is causing major traffic delays, we will tell you the latest. good morning live the occupied oakland live demonstration, we will show you what is happening this morning and why protesters do not want us inside their camp. >> mitt romney, you hired illegals. >> which candidates scored some points in the republican debate. and a speed bump for president barack obama's bus tour, the items stolen from his

bus. this is ktvu channel 2 news... well,good morning to you welcome to wednesday, it is october 19th, i am dave clark. we begin with breaking news in san francisco, a huge crash involving a burning truck and several cars causing big delays on highway 101, even the bay bridge, sal has details on what is happening right now. this is breaking news in san francisco, as we are getting more daylight, we are seeing 101 is shut down and it is still shut down this crash occurred just before 5:00 a.m. where a truck overturned and collided with several other vehicles and burst into flames. i want to show you a picture from one of our crews on the freeway, this is southbound 101 completely shut down, and that's the command post there, fire crews are attended people

who are injured and it looks like one of the persons who are involved. a lot of police officers involved, fire crews, there is one person with a bandage on his head and this crash is not going anywhere any time soon and it will cause a huge delay. here comes -- yes, here comes some pictures we took earlier of what happened and these are pictures -- this is new video of the fires that was going on. you can see the fire just completely shut down 101 and it was completely dangerous for a while. it was taken before fire crews arrived on the scene and that's why they had to come to a standstill. it looks like the vehicles are completely damaged and it will be awhile before they get them out of the way. at 6:02 let's go to steve. inland areas, yesterday they were still in the 80s 50s and 60s coast and bay, there is

a strong west wind and temperatures drop off and it looks like they will level off and we will have our five-day forecast shortly. occupied protesters may be wearing out their welcome outside and they have turned this area into attend city and we will talk about concerns about conditions and what the protesters are saying, here is more. >> reporter: one of the injured we found this morning here in the plaza, a lot of different opinions, a lot of different voices and you will not find anyone person who will be a spokesperson here and you will not find anybody who will say this is a message of occupied oakland. we have talked to a lot of people who say we have found a lot of stuff inside and homeless are being fed, homeless are being sheltered and the city has sent out a few

letters saying we don't like the signs on the lamp post an we don't like outdoor furniture being -- indoor furniture being outdoors. what we have been told is we are allowed or welcome origin writed to come in without our cameras. they do not want us inside however the occupied oakland encampment with our cameras and this is what happened when one of our issues came up, take a look. >> we tried to come in there and i think there will be a problem right now. >> why is that? >> well they decided they don't want me. >> why, because they have billy clubs for the second time in two weeks. do you see what is going on? the streets are burning this is a revolution. >> the reason you can see -- >> no bleep -- the organization

you are working for that i don't like... >> reporter: all right back here live occupied oakland that was one situation we dealt with within the last hour or so, several people have been up to talk with us, a lot of people are saying it is early and again not one spokesperson, another crew felt threatened enough to call oakland police and police came out however with no situation develop being and no tense situation they took off and left. it is quiet and as far as the conditions they have met the city's concerns and some people are saying the city may be ramping up to kick them out and that's the very latest here from occupied oakland. ktvu channel 2 news. oakland firefighters battling a tough fire at a home that had a legal growing marijuana operation. they rushed to the oakland

hills around 4:30 last night four people including two children got out unharmed. the fire started in the basement but they had a tough time getting into the rooms. >> the fire was under control once the family stated there was a fire we were able to get to the fire but the only problem was the basement was outside. >> the home's electrical system was overloaded and they are telling anyone who has a legal marijuana business go through the proper channels and make sure your house can accommodate the extra electricity demand. as we have reported a burning truck is causing huge delays on the bay bridge and highway 101, tara moriarty just arrived on the scene, what can you tell us? >> reporter: we are actually underneath the 101 overpass and firefighters have rigged up the ladders and they are assisting

victims. there is possibly one person in critical condition, two have minor injuries and from what we are gathering, there was a tanker truck, we don't know if it turned on its side or what happened but apparently it leaked some fuel onto the roadway and if you look over here, if you can actually come back live, i want to show you what they are doing and fire crews are laying down something to soak up. it looks like churnings of couldn't -- chunks of concrete and they are unloading huge bags and we believe they are absorbing them and trying to soak up all of that fuel. now from what we gathered it looks like this is actually northbound where all of the emergency personnel are. southbound seems to be running perfectly fine, we are seeing

cars going back and forth but on 101 is where the problem seems to be, you definitely want to avoid this area because traffic is at a standstill and we are coming across the bay bridge. we were backed up from the moment we got off to this location so we will stay here, keep you posted and see what sort of information we can gather. the chief is supposed to be coming down here in a minute and we will check in with sal sal castaneda to see how we can get around this mess, sal? i want to show you chopper 2 and it shows southbound 101 heading out of san francisco and this is the westbound bay bridge and what we are looking at is the bridge coming off, just as i suspected it's not okay because all these cars have to go somewhere. this is going to back up

traffic onto the bridge and there will be a big back up on to the toll plaza. southbound 101 and our news chopper 2 is doing the quick pan over there to show you what is going on there and as we pan to the left, you can see that there is the freeway southbound 101 at the 80 split here just to the left is where the crash is. so if you are trying to get out, go to 280 interchange. as you pass the 80 split, that is where the crash is. northbound 101, that is northbound coming in from candle stick area or the other part of san francisco, northbound looks okay getting to the downtown area but southbound 101 is completely closed. get out of the city that way if that is what you need to do. let's look at the toll plaza, we don't have a big backup yet but there will be someone soon.

-- there will be one soon. san mateo bridge looks good if you want to get across that way and 287 and also 101 gets off to a good start. let's go to steve. thank you very much, i just had a nice tweet from her and she is up in the santa cruz mountains higher elevations breezy, any good news we will get some sunshine but it will not be very warm by the coast. this will be the coolest day of the week and a much cooler pattern all because of an area of low pressure which went to the north and it's the same one which got pumped along and that really listed the fog. by that san jose, oakland san francisco is cloudy.

upper 50s and lower 60s across the board, take your pick, fs o and the delta breeze is ready to go. the system will stay to the north and after that high pressure will come back in after that friday it looks to be a warmer weekend. low clouds, breezy at times cooler for all and not just coast and bay, 50s 60s and 70s on the highs and your extended outlook, about the same thursday, a little warmer and it looks much sunnier and warmer. whatever you want by the weekend. and for the weekend sounds nice. herman cane has joined mitt romney came under attack in last night's debate in las vegas. the other candidates criticized cain 999 tax plan. >> whether you put out the

existing code, you will still pay that, that is orange and ands. >> yes, i have to pay both taxes. >> and there were several tense exchanges at one point perry said mitt romney hired illegal immigrants. >> rick, i am speaking, i am speaking, i am speaking, you get 30 seconds, the way the rules work is i get 60 seconds... >> romney went on to explain he did hire a lawn service and found out they hired illegals. >> they are not scheduled until december 10th in iowa. three of president barack obama's bus tours through north carolina and virginia, he is pushing hard for congress to pass his job's bill. coming up, we will bring you a

live report about the part of the job's bill the president will promote about what he says will save firefighting jobs including some in the bay area. a pentagon truck which was filled, a truck that was stolen has been recovered but it did not have expensive audio equipment inside. thieves stole this truck from a parking lot in rico virginia. it was abandoned at a nearby hotel and the pentagon released three statements saying they are taking that incident very seriously. we have a sad story to tell you about, an animal rescue group wants to find an injured hawk before it is too late, the item that is stuck in its ahead inside -- in its head inside

that park. freeway closure still goes on and we are finding new information about what may have caused this crash and we will have that straight ahead.

. highway 101 is shut down because of a big-rig crash just passed the 80 split so if you

are driving into san francisco you can get through but southbound 101 is closed right at the 80 split, you may not be able to use it but one thing we were asked, can you use the central freeway from octavia, yes you can and northbound 101 looks good but what this is affecting southbound 101 and the westbound bay bridge. now we will show you soon some video of the flaming wreck and that's coming up and this is new video just in. the fire department just told us what you see burning was the cab of the truck. the part that pulled two trailers, that was on fire and that's where the diesel is if you know anything about trucks. we do know somebody was injured, we don't know how seriously in fact more than one injury we are trying to get that information and we will

let you know more as we find out. turkish soldiers reportedly launched an attack after curtish rebels are blamed for multiple attacks in turkey today that killed 24 soldiers an injured 18 others. now turkey has launched a ground a salt and air assault into those attacks. president barack obama is wrapping up his three day bus tour trying to win support for his job's plan and live in our washington d.c. room, they are going to use firefighters as part of today's sales pitch, here is more. >> reporter: he will talk about his plan to be spent bay area firefighters, cities will get the money if they agree to hire

firefighters and this is the same plan that gave to san jose rehiring 20 firefighters laid off there. it is the same one helping to hire for its force. the congresswoman pitched the plan this morning to k tv u's washington bureau. >> it has been teachers and firefighters and police officers and i would tell you what i am hearing from folks is that is not where they want to see the safety net broken they want those individuals to get their jobs back. >> -- jobs' back. >> some have equated it with the former stimulus plan of 2009 who say it didn't create as many jobs that were needed. desk freight search --

desperate search for a red tailed hawk, take a look at this picture, there is a nail sticking through its mouth and its head. they put out some traps for it in golden gate park and there is a reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever is responsible for hurting this hawk. wild life rescue is asking if you see the bird go to its website report where you saw it. you can navigate to that website under web links at www.ktvu.com. i want to go back to sal who is covering traffic this morning, mostly on northbound 101. >> southbound 101 is closed at the 80 split so you cannot use 101 southbound because a tractor-trailer went on fire this morning. these are live pictures from news chopper 2 and the traffic is going to be very slow in the area and the traffic trying to

get to the spot, i want to let you know northbound 101 is still opened. we will have more coming in with a wider view of this area. the crash is shut down just passed the 80 split and you can use the central freeway from octavia to the freeway, and getting on the lower deck of the bay bridge, we should be able to do that and it is not affecting, you cannot use southbound 101. westbound bridge is going to be slow because this crash will follow that. >> let's go and take a look at that bay bridge toll area from the incline section, and you can see traffic is busy getting on to that span. >> other parts of the bay looking good, 101 and 280, some clouding and of course we are doing nicely. highway 4 is slow throughout the entire antioch city limits and it gets better in pittsburgh and in bay point,

let's go to steve. higher elevations they are down as much as 20 degrees compared to yesterday and they are dominating and there is plenty out there and they have listed well inland. 50s and 60s red wood city, city 59, napa is in there, 57 in livermore and the system that came by to the north, there is one more out there that will keep us from warming up and we will start to turn things around. low clouds and drizzle some sun, there will be a breezy windy pattern here today, it will be cooler for everybody. as i said even higher elevations for those living up in the hills. friday looks to be warmer and we have sunshine with afternoon temperatures on the weekend. back to you. starbucks have critics who claim its coffee is too dark

and can be bitter. they will offer a blond roast and they prefer a lighter tasting coffee. they went through 80 different roasting recipes to come up with blond and it will begin in stores in january. and here is the way some people choose halloween cost times. they are swapping photos in working out group costumes, some of them are cray oil la costumes and harry potter characters, it is the most popular day of the year to post photos. >> i am going as dave clark. >> time now 623, how it is creating -- 6:23, how it is creating hope. and a bank robber, who he is accused of robbing.

san francisco is going to be affected and this is a look at the bay bridge, news chopper 2 showing us a huge backup coming into the city because of a huge problem on is 01.

. good morning, breaking news, we have highway 101 in front of the ups building just after the 80 split, a tow truck is getting into position to try and remove the wreck, we will have more on how this is affect being the morning commute. he is now under arrest. scott larson got the nickname because of his bald head and thick glasses. he is suspected of robbing 12 banks one in south san francisco and one in novato. he turned himself in to the fbi monday and so far he has only been charged with one robbery and that was in san diego. the first of its kind for mill layer why, -- malaria, it shows experimental shots cut the risk of the disease in young children by half. it was developed by smith klein

specifically for young children who were most vulnerable -- vulnerable to malaria but they are looking to see how long this protection will last. the huge crash involving a burning truck and several cars causing big delays in san francisco and we will go live to the crash next. we are live in occupied oakland -- occupied oakland and we wanted to take a look inside and there were threats we got but we will show you that coming up.

. if you take out food and energy, gas prices mostly, they

were only up slightly last month and we just got in housing starts which is new construction and that's up 15% so that is good news for the markets and there is optimism about maybe some more plans to help out europe, always talking about the debt over there but live at the new york stock exchange the dow jones industrial average is down a little bit but we will keep looking at the numbers and have more reports straight ahead. and on ktvu channel 2 news, it is wednesday middle of the week i am dave clark october 19th. time now 6:31, we want to take you to that breaking news let's go to sal sal castaneda -- sal castaneda. >> this truck handling cement overturned and just passed the 80 split.

this starts just after the jason bay bridge and the bay bridge is highway 80 and most people transition on to southbound 101 which is where the crash happened. northbound 101 is still opened and southbound 101 is closed and westbound bay bridge is taking a hit coming off the upper deck and there is a big back up at the toll plaza. some debris is actually falling down to some of the streets below. let's go to tara moriarty as they clean up some of this mess, tara? >> reporter: that's right, two actually hit the guardrails, i am told by the firefighter and you can see the overpass, this is 101 and that's chunks that actually fell. you can see firefighters with their huge ladders reaching up top there and we did receive information just a couple of minutes ago from firefighters on the scene here, he said one person is in critical condition

and two people are in minor condition. we do know the driver of the truck who went up in flames is on his way to the hospital if not there already. again this happened around 5:00 this morning and you can take some live pictures of news chopper 2 if we could. again southbound near her pose is a -- southbound truck with two on it, it had some sort of an accident where it jackknifed and it looked like a huge fireball. these trailers are about 20 feet long and they were behind the cab. the cab was actually on fire and the trailers were carrying nonhazardous cement material. as sal mentioned there is back up from the bay bridge all the way north of caesar chavez. if you look at this ladder we are told they had to snake a hose to have enough water

because all the engines have enough water but it is only 500 gallons so they wanted to hook up to a fire hydrant and that's why crews are here right now. on top there are ambulances and they are in stand by mode and we are told the people who were injured were taken to the hospital. days can be numbered and occupied protesters have been camped out for ten days now. we have someone out there talking with the protesters and talking about conditions... >> i am on the air right now. >> reporter: i'm sorry pam, we are talking to people as we speak out here in occupied oakland and it has been a conversation in the encampment, some people and the gentleman right here does not want us to show the encampment and they certainly do not want our cameras. the city has sent out a letter

talking about being concerned about the conditions but we were told they did not want our calms a inside the encampment -- our cameras inside the encampment and this is what happened when we tried to push a little further. >> i think there will be a problem. >> why is that? >> they decided -- why because they have billy clubs for the second time in two weeks, do you see what is going on in rome? >> reporter: i do. >> the streets are on fire this is a revolution. you can see the capitalist organization you work for bleep bleep that i don't like -- >> reporter: back here live, we had alive shot -- a live shot before we left and not everyone wants to be on camera.

we understand that and i know you don't want to be on camera, can you tell us why? >> no. >> reporter: no, okay. they don't want us here but it's not clear why. i did ask that gentleman and somebody put his or her hand over his mouth. it's clear they don't want us and as far as conditions we don't see anything for ourselves but we do know the city has issued some letters, ktvu channel 2 news back to you. >> she is having a tough time out there and occupied demonstrations are planned in walnut creek. they will return to main street near the bank of america. this time local unions are expected to join. starting next week organizers plan to move protests to near the walnut valley creek bart station and they will move to

federal building downtown which starts at 1:00. and the occupied movement in san francisco is putting a strain on city resources. mayor ed lee said they have spent more than $100,000 on city police and clean up. protesters are angry over yesterday's arrest and they want to stay at herman plaza and the mayor said while he supports the spirit of the movement camping is illegal at the plaza. bridges and overpasses are in bad shape. the new transportation study found 20% of the bridges and overpasses are in need of work or increased studies. we have to point out the group that conducted this study is campaigning for more federal spending for transportation

issues. the 55 million americans who get social security benefits will get their first cost of living increase in three years. right now the average social security check is just over $1,080. now they will be getting another $0 more -- $40 more every month. the inflation was so bad, there was no cost of living this year or last year. east bay hills fire disaster killed 25 people, sal owned one of the 3700 homes that were destroyed on that day in 1991 and he remembers what happened clearly. he heard a warning which gave him just moments to escape the flames. >> suddenly we hear a voice over a handheld speaker phone and he said very loud and clear : you must evacuate your home

now! the fire is only 100 yards away. >> well his neighbor took a photo of the walls of flames as it came on to their street. it took him two years to get back into his home. now tonight, ktvu channel 2 news will present a special which starts at 9:00 p.m. on that fire followed by our 10:00 news. a lot happening some major messes in our commute and sal is back to bring us up to date on everything that is happening. just after the 80 split, a truck burst into flames and some people were injured and we are not clear on the extent of the injuries but northbound 101 is getting through but southbound is not and this is having an affect on the bridge coming into san francisco and most people are being forced on to streets at the civic center

coming on to the bridge and that's certainly not good for street traffic and for bridge traffic. another crash on 80 westbound involving a motorcycle west 80 at the mcarthur maze police are trying to make sure nobody gets hurt as they come up on this crash. traffic is going to be very slow coming out of the berkeley area so if you are driving on 80 west, give yourself plenty of time because this crash is causing a big delay. we have slow traffic on to highway 4, not only on to antioch but 680 still looks good from the van nearby why -- dinesh why bridge. -- dinesh -- van nearby why bridge. some are up around 2500 feet and they are cooler than they were this time yesterday,

low clouds a blanket all the way up the valley and when you get a low cloud deck around 2 5,000 feet it brings cooler air mass in place and breezy sunny to windy later on today and it will be the coolest day. 50s and 60s over by the coast, santa rosa will be 76 tomorrow, just one degree cooler for san francisco. concord from 73 to 74, a couple of days 60s and 70s and the fog is as big as i have seen for a while. all of that system went by to the north and it was 83 two days ago. there will be some parts of the city that do not get above 61 even though they are sitting at 59 right now. the system that came by, it has already moved into idaho but

left behind there is a lot of low clouds and fog. 50s to 60s, everybody is close on the temperatures and the wind which for a couple of days it is west or southwest, take your pick, west wind down to oakland, west at napa, it has had gusts of 30 and below, there is a weak front that has to go through, it will not do much but it will not keep us warming up too much too soon. 50s 60s and 70s it will be a much cooler day especially inland which was still warmer thursday. sunshine and warmer weather returns for the weekend. right now there is a hunt in ohio. the large dangerous animals that have a community on edge and what they are able to do to

keep people safe. a disturbing note which was on a 5th graders desk, what walnut police are doing about it. they caused closure on one of san francisco's busiest side streets. we will tell you more about the traffic problem in san francisco.

. major breaking news causing major delays on highway 101 and the bay bridge. it is not far from the ups building in san francisco and we are getting reports of injuries as well. tara moriarty is there and she will bring us a live update on everything at 7:00. reports of pest problems even drug use may prompt oakland city officials to shut down a tent city put up by the occupied groups. however one protester we talked to this morning said he does not think there is a problem at all. this is the third and final day

of president barack obama's bus tour which is going through north carolina and virginia. the president is using that bus tour to push passage of his jobs' plan. walnut police are investigating a racially charged death threat delivered to a 5th grade girl's desk. police say they don't believe the girl is in danger but the 11-year-old has not returned to school since receiving that threat and the mother says the notice included a drawing of her daughter being shot. >> the incident was my daughter received a notice saying -- bleep, i am going to get my dad's gun and kill you. >> reporter: the school did not contact her and she demanded they call police. the school superintendent declined our request for an interview. the sheriff in charge for

the hundred for those escaped exotic animals says more than 30 are still on the loose. we want to show you the video near zaneville ohio. they are trying to locate lions tigers and wolfs before anybody gets hurt. they are ordered to shoot them. now local school districts have canceled classes and they are telling people to stay inside. the animals escaped yesterday evening and deputies are responding to large animals and found the farm's owner dead and all cages open. there is no word on how he died. they are expected to resume at 7:00 and those negotiations

ended late last night. there is david stern after a marathon negotiation in new york. both sides left without making any comments and today is the 111th day of the nba lock out. game one starts tonight and texas rangers will be playing against the st. louis cardinals. both teams will be working out of the stadium in st. louis and they are being told to get there as early as possible. first lady michelle obama and vice-president joseph biden will be there tonight. you can watch the world series right there on ktvu channel 2 news on fox and it begins at 4:30 this afternoon. we have a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 4:00. >> sal is back over there

covering traffic, sal? the crash on 101 in san francisco still has 101 closed just passed the 80 split but the bay bridge is taking a beating because it feeds on it southbound 101 to get through the city and that's not happening and a lot of people are getting off the civic city exit and they are filtering down and it's having an effect on city streets as well. a crash with a motorcycle, traffic will be slow in berkeley getting down to the mcarthur maze and if you are not going near the bay bridge, you have to deal with this if you are going on interstate 880. if you are driving in the south bay 101 is slow from near the capital expressway but 85 and 280 is still pretty good on the way into the valley.

6:50 let's go to steve. >> pam made me chuckel, which she does a lot. low clouds are there and some local drizzle kind of trippy and i had a couple of tweet, if you want to send me weather information or if you want to send me a question... today they have cleared coastal hills, sun wind, good breeze out of the west and sunny and breezy tomorrow a little bit more sun, probably less cloud deck there. chilly lows and it will feel more fall-like tomorrow. cloudy tomorrow and it does look warmer as we head to the weekend. it looks like a warmup and we'll see but it does look dry next week. low clouds and fog, temperatures at the coast on the cool side 50s and 60 a high

of only 64 and i don't think there will be areas that are 60 and 59 for some because there is too much fog out there. up near the oregon border, that lifted the fog and ushered in a cool air mass. 50s and 60s on the temperatures and they are stuck. the breeze is out of the west or the southwest or the northwest but it's all a sea breeze and in fact all the way to santa clara valley everybody is dealing with a westerly breeze. there is still one more front that slides into the pacific northwest and that will inch its way back and warmup by the weekend. low clouds, fog breezy 70s inland, 50s and near the coast and bay, not much of a change, friday they are starting to turn it around and it carries into the weekend for sunshine

and warmer temperatures. >> the new one will go on sale and gamers will connect over cell phone networks and whyfie hot spots and the whyfie 3d version will sell for higher numbers. nasdaq 11553 and lots of economic news coming in this morning which was also not so bad. including housing starts are up and that was a nice surprise and that was for september. time now 6:53 the life of steve jobs may be coming to a movie theater near you, which movie bought the rights and apple will close in his honor. good morning, if you are driving in san francisco, we still have a big problem on the most major freeway leaving town and we will tell you more

coming up.

. watching a webcast for a private memorial for steve jobs which will be in cupertino and it will be closed to the public

between 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and the live of steve jobs, here is news they will be with sony about the former apple ceo which will be based on steve jobs which is due to be released next monday. still unclear when sony plans on making that release. there is a crash on southbound 101 where this big- rig burst into flames, 101 is closed at the 80 split and they are forced on to city streets and immediately can't get through 101. at the mcarthur maze traffic is slow through berkeley and if you are driving through san jose, traffic is slow on 101 and 808. -- 880. west coast pete, he says he is out in antioch and there is a west coast breeze and if

antioch is getting a west coast breeze they will be cooler in the west and 60s and 70s and breezy and cool for everybody. coming up next on mornings on 2, there is a story we have been following for the past few hours, that is causing big problems for the morning commute in san francisco. also in occupied oakland, they have a pest problem and they may force them to clear out that site. stay right here with us. [ male announcer ] sizzler's steak fest!

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