appear to be now back on track. sexual harassment claims against the presidential front- runner herman kansas cane, how his -- herman cane, how he is reacting. and left behind by this weekend's storm, ktvu channel 2 news continues. welcome to a brand-new day, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook, a lot of people are anxious what it will be like. >> it will be sunny mild and warm, 60s and 70s coast and bay and mid-to-upper 70s as temperatures settle in above average but our five-day forecast which is coming up,

there is a big cold snap coming up, more on that coming up. here is sal. traffic is moving relatively well if you are moving out to the mcarthur maze and also this morning's drive is looking good if you are driving at the bay bridge but we already have a back up and people are on the road early today, turning around going home early we will tell you what that is all about, 6:01 let's go back to dave and pam. they are investigating a highway death, it happened just north of highway 4. chp said a 53-year-old woman from concord got out of her car and started wandering on the freeway. she was immediately hit by several cars. those drivers stopped and are cooperating with investigators. chp is looking to see if she was under the influence of

alcohol. her name has not been released. frank ogawa plaza, now they are planning for a general strike on wednesday. >> ktvu channel 2 news' walker is out there right now and i understand the goal is to shut the city of oakland down. >> reporter: they have these flyers on the website and they are around the occupied oakland campsite, it is essentially a call for anyone with in the sound of my voice or their voices to come down in the city of oakland and eventually try to shut down the city of oakland which would also shut down support. city services will remain open and she is planning on something, she will return today the medical supplies that were taken from the camp but as

you can see behind me, the camp is still open and nobody is really touching it. let's look at video, we went over it and you can get a chance to see what it looks like and it is fairly clean and orderly. one person we spoke to told me they have been a lot more organized now than when they started but they are planning to support the general strike on wednesday which is why leroux moved from a comfortable home to a tent. >> you will never, ever, ever, never, so better be a little bit real about it... >> last night hundreds of people marched to demonstrate against what they called

excessive police ford and they want everybody to know they did not support that march. the focus is on wednesday's general strike, again the mayor of oakland said if the general strike does not happen, city services will remain open. noel walker ktvu channel 2 news. they will soon get city approval to stay there, the neighborhood services community will hold a hearing on a resolution allowing the encampment to stay where it is. it was proposed and that meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. we will continue to cover the occupied movement on our channel 2 website, just click on the occupied protest tab right near the top of the page. 49ers are off to their best start and now we are learning the new 9ers stadium is opening

early. telling us about a new target date discussed for the project, kraig? >> reporter: typically after a game, players arrive at the training facility and i just spoke with her, she said she and the team has been working on it for about a year and news of this puts the final groundbreaking back on track. the new proposed stadium will cost a billion dollars to construct and the -- construct and it is all coming from redevelopment agency money the team is working with the city on a financial plan and news that the team may be able to present this soon is putting it back on schedule.

>> we are hoping to do it as soon as possible and it looks like it is coming before the end of the year. >> 49ers won again at candle stick park, this makes their record 6 and 1. it is one of the oldest football stadiums and in fact could not be built under guidelines that the nfl had proposed for teams and they simply have -- simply have rules if it was built to nfl standards and one of the other things we talked about, raiders have not contacted the city about playing downtown santa clara and she said she had not heard from opposition and now lieutenant governor newson has objected in the past.

kraig debro, channel 2 news. people are being -- people are dealing with it in five states. it could be mid-week before for back on, new york new jersey, massachusetts connecticut, they are all under a state of emergency. >> we are using flashlights and off to work we go. >> i just washed immediate hands in some really cold water and i guess we will wear a bunch of jackets. >> hundreds of schools are closed and many had to postpone halloween trick or treating as a result. herman cane now facing accusations of sexual harassment which is when he was a head of restaurant association.

detailing the alleged sexual harassment claims are on this website and coming up a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom, we will tell you how herman cane's campaign is responding. it is getting busy now, pam, it is slightly earlier than normal for it to start getting busy but i guess everybody wants to get to work early so they can leave early. eastbound traffic looks good, not only parents but maybe some people may want to go out tonight, halloween is a big night in the united states so keep that in mind, drive carefully. i would say police officers are looking for people who partitied a little too much. fast track lanes are moving

okay and if you are driving into south bay, 101 and 285, it is getting more crowded and 608, dressed up as a weather man, it is steve paulsen. it is going to be cooler on the coast, not making much of a push as you get to the coastal hill. sunny for most, especially away from the coast, if you are holding on for one more day, we will have high pressure coming in behind it and that will give us a northerly breeze. we should take care of the fog and we may have to deal with it. 40s, san rafael right at 50, we did see one the affair faction. san rafael, livermore, concord, upper 40s , mid-40s for some. red wood city, we saw a bunch of 253s, also red wood city, a

stronger one will move into the picture and that will arrive on thursday but until you have that fog cooler on the beaches, 77 clear lake, nevada and novato 78, livermore is close, caster valley, walnut creek low 70s, woodside red wood city, palo alto, 74 and 73, on the mild side for some, a little cooler on the coast with fog coming back, turning breezy, north and east bay, wednesday increasing clouds still okay, looks like rain moves in and

turning much cooler, we will have another system to keep the cold beat going into sunday. time now 6:10 two san francisco police officers were fired recently, why we may never know all the facts. and uc berkeley professor studying the affects of global warming, stay tuned.

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news, time now 6:13 the flow of mercury into an abandoned mine appears to be nothing more than a trickle. the independent journal appears toxic mercury and the decline comes after the environmental protection agency helped to protect drainages to help bring the mercury down. they help to bring wet weather down when it washed water into an abandoned mine into the bay. now they are indeed happening, richard muller shows the earth is 1.6 degrees warmer than in the 1950s. that matches findings from nasa in other agencies and they helped to pay for the research which that foundation is tied to the tea party. muller is set to outline research at a conference in numb. herman cane is facing a

major political test in washington d.c. two former employees herman's candidacy is responding to all this. >> reporter: he has just arrived to talk about his tax plan but talking about the report that came out out of weekend, broke the story when cane was head of the national restaurant association, at least two female employees complained about sexually inappropriate behavior. they agreed not to talk about

it and cane's campaign calls it completely unsubstantiated. they are drudging up facts from the 1990s and they are now spreading rumors that never stood up to the facts. analysts say this morning, this is a big test for herman cane's campaign and how he handles it over the next few days will be very important for him. reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. he believes michael jackson gave himself a fatal dose of propofol. this time they will be questioning anesthesiologist paul white. he will be challenging that from dr. schaefer and schaefer told jury records, he believes

murray caused jacksons death. dr. murray pled guilty to involuntary man slaughter charges. recovery efforts following a deadly grain elevator explosion in kansas. three workers are still missing and presumed dead. emergency crews found the bodies of three other workers shortly after the explosion friday night. they stopped after they determined the building was not safe and the tragedy is a half rowing -- is a terrible reminder of dangers they face filled can highly combustible grain dust. san francisco police department recently fired two of its officers, one officer was fired for breaking department rules when it comes to dealing with it and one was fired to looking up confidential information about a private citizen.

the details, they are still shoulded in seek chris -- shrouded in secrecy because of the laws. more painful budget cuts. they are expected to revise their projections and if revenues are down, funding for student attendants could be cut by 4%. money for bus transportation could also be slashed. they reported they were millions of dollars short of projections at the beginning of this month. back over to sal, how is the commute, sal? happy halloween to both of you and that will play a factor in this morning's and evening's commute and people are getting on the road early, traffic still looks good, people are getting on the road early and trying to get home early on halloween night. let's look at the east shore freeway, we have a lot of slow traffic already in parts of the east shore and he will sir

right tow -- ill sir right tow. -- he will sir right tow. and getting up to the airport, 280 in cupertino is still slow, let's go to steve. some fog has come back to the coast, it will still be sunny and mild after a fabulous weekend, the days were sunny and warm, a puff at the west at fs o, a lot of low clouds and fog coast and bay will have to deal with it, 40s and 50s on the temperatures, they are running low compared to what we had over the weekend. days were nice and system is moving in north of us, high pressure will come in north of that and that will come in north of the area. it will be cooler over by the coast, 60s and 70s coast and bay, the billing change will start on thursday when it is

going to get very cold around here at least compared to where we have been that is for sure. mostly sunny, increasing clouds late wednesday thursday, friday we keep the rain in place with your weekend always in view it will be chilly, maybe another hint of rain on sunday. wal-mart plans to close stores in several cities from midnight to 6:00 p.m wal-mart says in some markets 24 hour stores work well but in other areas there is no reason to keep the stores open around the clock. a new survey shows 43% of women show they are less ambitious now than they were a decade ago. they would not apply for their bosses job. 38% said they don't want to put up with the stress and 2 5% said they are working towards

their next promotion. the world's largest airline expects to have their planes back in the air by this afternoon. they grounded their entire fleet because of a bitter labor dispute. however most passengers say even if flights do resume there is still no way to tell how long it will be before the equipment and crews are back to where they are supposed to be. that could possibly mean more delays once planes start flying again. the country where the popular current's program is -- popular children's program is about today -- about to debute. good morning, if you are driving on highway 4, we have more traffic getting up to the

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sheriff's deputies -- sheriff's deputies said it was not enough for one would be thief, afterwards he jumped onto the fire truck and tried to drive away. deputies arrested the man and took him to the hospital to get treated for cuts. investigators are not sure why he broke into the post office in the first place but no mail was taken. americans will do something to celebrate halloween and people who mark the holiday will spend an average of $72 on decorations, candy and costumes, that is up $7 from last year's average. one reason they are spending is, you can get a lot of bang for your buck on halloween. >> people want to spend money on things that will make them happy and i think halloween is a happy holiday for everybody. >> some people look for ways to cut costs and one of the

easiest things to do is to make a costume instead of buying one. several around the area, winchester house which pam loves, fright night begins at 6:30, there is a free ghost tour in clayton and it begins at endeavor hall. and halloween night skate sponsored by the california outdoor roller skates association and begins in the ferry building. rock 'n' roll marathon ended in tragedy yesterday, a 40-year-old runner collapsed near the finish line. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. his name has not been released and they say it was the only serious health problem during the race and more than 8,000 people participated. >> there it goes, fans lined the streets of st. louis to

celebrate the world series victory inside their stadium. cardinals won their 11th world championship and beat seven games. sesame street has a new address, the long running children's show will debute in pakistan. oscar the grouch will not be there instead they will be introduced to a sinking done can i and crocodile. elmo will be the only u.s. character of the pakistani show. occupied oakland, we are live at the encampment with wednesday's strike. it will be chock filled with sell breaks and we will let you know what the top hot spots are coming up.

we will take you live to the opening bell and new look there, we will have the opening numbers coming up.

. welcome back to the morning news, there it is live in new york the opening bell, could be a pretty busy day reacting to what is going on overseas, european markets are all down this morning, new concerns about the debt especially in italy being talked about today and the japanese market, asian market down japan on the way worried about the strength of the yen and we will get you up to date in just a moment. >> thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news this monday halloween october 31st. i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now

6:30. >> the protests in frank ogawa plaza, despite the police, protesters say they are not giving up. she has been out there throughout the morning and she will be there next to tell us what is next about the movement. and police tear gas cancer remains in the hospital this morning, 25-year-old scott olson has been in the hospital but transferred to an undisclosed hospital on friday. his roommate said olson is expected to make a full recovery and olson's family is asking for privacy during his recovery. santa rosa waking up outside city hall and city officials say it is okay. they ruled over the weekend it's okay for protesters to camp out at least until the council's next meeting. protesters were worried they would send in police to shut

the camp down and possibly use force. one woman is camping out even though she lives just five blocks away. >> we have an arrangement, i stay at night and pick up the kids in the morning and that's about it. >> reporter: press democrat reports 40 people were at the camp as of last night. this is day 20 of the oakland protest at frank ogawa plaza and that police raid, some protesters say they are not even thinking about giving up. know well walker -- knoll walker -- know well walker has more on the protest. >> reporter: i just got a hug from an occupied protester, i have been talking to people including one woman who moved specifically into this area and

another woman who has been camping since day one told me they are learning by trial and error. >> i ve seen a lot of trial and error on the first time which was very organized but this is like the rebirth, we are here times two now. there is times for us where we actually say what we need to do and actually motivated to do now and that's what that reversal was all about. there are some reports speculating if the mayor did not return medical supplies they would occupy city hall and i spoke to a first aid sponsor and she said that was the first she heard of it and hoped it would not happen but the mayor says she has now located the supplies and will return them today but meantime they are preparing for wednesday's general strike and what they are asking is for everybody out there to come down and essentially occupy oakland for the day and shut down city

businesses. the mayor says if that happens, the city businesses will remain open. ktvu channel 2 news. we have continuing coverage of the occupied movement on our channel 2 website and you can get more information by going to www.ktvu.com. just click on the occupied protest tab right near the top of the page. overnight, we had another earthquake which shut the bay area. 2. 4 magnitude quake, hit 242 this morning two miles east of berkeley. we have not heard of any injuries or damage. it is one of several small quakes in the past two weeks. they are calling it operation boo which involves trick or treaters and sex offenders on halloween night that. story coming up in just a few minutes. the castro district,

festivities are canceled after 2006 when nine people were hurt in a shooting. bars in the castro will be open but they will be cracking down on consumption on the streets. joining us from san francisco, tara moriarty has more on the hot spots for trick or treating, tara? >> reporter: this is actually one neighborhood that really gets into the halloween spirit and one hint i have is robin williams is one house with the big dinosaur in front. and francis wood gets into decoration answer it can get to be a mob scene come sundown. if you are going to trick or treat here, be careful because the traffic can make it scary. now we showed you this area and police will be blocking off that street so halloweeners can enjoy the dry ice called

drivens -- called drones. as you know san francisco has been ranked the top hot spot in america and there will be a lot of folks dressed up in costumes. this area is trunk or treats where they will be decorating car trunks and stuffing them with candy. they will be trick or treating for food in contra costa and there is a treat in san francisco and you may see people rollerblading in what is being called halloween skate night. there is a dentist who will be doing trick or treating of his own and he has been paying kids to bring their candy, chocolate bars and it will fill up an entire garbage dumpster.

no sweets but no cavities tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. the high school that raises fish stopped their plans. federal officials are trying to find out who cut the nets of casa grande's schools that opened the hatch are you which allow -- hatchery which allowed the fish to escape weeks ahead of schedule the fish and game donated 1,000 steel head trout to the group so these students can finish their conservation process. >> there is a pride associated with it and time and energy they put into it and now it is taken away from them. >> some of the students gave the fish a little kiss before letting them go off into the wild. students say they are not deterred by this sabotage effort and they plan to do it all again next year. >> i don't know about that tradition to give them a kiss to send them on their way.

>> that was nice of them to donate those back. let's check in on sal for traffic. good morning dave and pam, we are doing well when it comes to a monday, it is busy but we don't have a lot of major traffic spots, let's look at the slow traffic on 80 and some of the fog, your picture there, kind of creepy for this halloween, traffic is busy and let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is backed up and no major problems getting into the city. this morning's drive on highway 4 is already busy stop-and-go traffic there, both directions getting wear and tear, approaching 238 traffic slow south bay highway 85 and 101 slowing down already. you can follow us on facebook ktvu channel 2 news team has its own facebook page.

you can find news updates and story ideas just search channel 2 morning news team. let's go to steve. >> we have clear skies, over to coast and bay, very shallow so it will not make an impact coast and bay. the jetstream stays to the north and carving it south over us for a big change in our temperatures for today sunshine away, mild to warm, a little bit of a westerly breeze, fog because it is there will make a little bit of an impact. it can be busy saw some of that on the golden gate bridge, inland it will not be a problem and some things are mid-40s and 50s, oakland 55, red wood city 50, fairfield 49, a hint not much of a breeze, maybe

tomorrow as we get more of a northerly wind tomorrow, fire danger will go up, it will be similar to what we have last week, our eyes will turn to the north as we head towards thursday, lots of sunshine away from the coast, cooler by the beaches and it will still be mild to warm inland, kent field 73, novato 75, napa 75, vallejo all upper 60s and lower 70s brentwood berkeley alameda 68, same for morgan hill, 70s mid- san jose, los gatos upper 70s, low-to-mid 70s as you get towards hurling on it, 6 -- burlington. 64 degrees with a northerly wind and that will take care of

the coastal warmup, sun and clouds cooler on wednesday and thursday, cold system drops in and looks like rain will make it much cooler on friday, maybe another system for more rain on sunday. >> 6:40, a boy lat pleading for help after his plane is stuck on the tarmac for several hours. >> the misery the passenger had after their storm was divert -- after their flight was diverted. it could begin sooner rather than later. good morning, traffic looks good here on the san mateo bridge, we will tell you about the morning commute and the bay area weather.

. well,good morning to you welcome back, here is a look at some of the top stories, this is day 20 of the occupied oakland protests and they are planning for wednesday's general strike. they want people to march with them through the city streets and the goal is to shut down oakland. herman cane is accused of sexual harassment dating back

to the 1990s. according to the report two women accused him of sexual harassment during the time he was in charge of the restaurant association. also police will be out patrolling the castro district and there is no official street party this year but bars will be open and police will being cracking down on public drinking. it is called operation boo and it will make it a busy night for california parole agents. they will make sure registered sex offenders are not luring trick or treaters into their homes. state attorney general pamela harris will reveal the details during a news conference in san francisco. it becomes one of the most exciting teams in football and now we are learning the new

home of the 49ers, here is some of the new details we are finding out, kraig? >> reporter: and for some the record is not a surprise, they could be working on their new groundbreaking which could be starting on 2018, and she told me work on a financial deal to build that new stadium could be completed by the end of the year. the new proposed 500,000 seat stadium will cost to build and the contribution will be 4% of that, $40 million, if not much but all of it will be redonated. the city and the team have been working on this plan for the last 12 months and the timetable for completion has always been december of this year. >> we have been working on the development agreement for over a year now and we are getting

close to having that agreement finalized and approved before the end of the year. >> last year they beat the browns at candle stick park while the stadium may not present the team from being successful, new proponents say it is the oldest stadium in the park but if they tried to build one just like today, nfl would reject it for being out of date. the lieutenant governor all oppose moving it out of san francisco they moved for the site of a new stadium and i tried to reach them but was not able to reach anyone in washington d.c. reporting live kraig debro ktvu channel 2

news. hundreds spent hours in the northeast. one american airlines flight said they were stranded for 7 hours or more. one jet blue pilot pleaded with them for help. >> i have a par quadriplegic that needs to come off, i have a diabetic, i have a list of issues, i just have to get some help. food and water ran out and the bathrooms were clogged and a jet blue spokesperson confirmed six planes headed for the new york area were diverted because of equipment failures and low visibility. nasa is expected to announce hundreds of new jobs coming soon to the space kennedy center in florida. boeing will lease the large hanger that used to be the home of the space shuttle recovery. they will build and launch a

new shuttle and thousands were laid off when the says shuttle program ended and this new venture could bring 500 of those workers back. 6:48 is the time right now, sal checking on the commute, sal? we don't have a lot of traffic troubled spots but you will see trouble at the bay bridge plaza and we keep looking for something to ruin the commute, we have not had anything just yet and traffic on the lower deck looks fine. let's look at the commute on 237, again a lot of people on there, stop-and-go traffic in san jose, della cruz to northbound 101 is closed it is a car off the roadway into the bushes and they have called for the removal of that car, traffic is slow near 1010 but the rest of the -- 101 but the

rest of the flee ways look -- freeways look good. it is slow in bay point and crock as well. southbound looks good from hayward to fremont, let's go to steve. mostly clear this morning, we have some fog on coast and that's about the impact of it. a little around the bridges, inland sunny clear to mild again and today will be the warmest day of the week. they take a plunge friday into the weekend, coastal fog looks sunny and the breeze will turn more northerly, after thursday i don't think it will matter but tomorrow we will have more of a north wind, it looks like some rain but more cold wind than anything else as we moved thursday into friday. the system enhances the fog but high pressure builds behind it. tonight if everything looks good, we may have to deal with

some fog. 30s and 50s, that's right by the water, if you get closer to town, we have high pressure holding on for two or three days, and in the gulf of alaska, we will have some rude awakeningings. lots of 70s and by the coast a cool down away from it sunny mild to warm, 60s and 70s for many, 75 santa clara, 75 along the coast a little too much fog same in the city and also a little puff of a westerly breeze. turning breezy but the north wind coast will jump a little bit, wednesday and thursday

colder, 50s on the highs, friday some light rain will make it and we do have cloudy conditions and another system will clip us and that's the reinforcement of the air. samsung smart phones during the third quarter of this year. they shipped about 10 million more phones than apple did, part of the reason is samsung offers a wider variety of prices. >> let's check in on the numbers, dow jones down to 12,000 88, -- 12088. nasdaq and s&p 500 slipping october is known for being a down month. they are known for up more than 13% and we'll see what happens today. microsoft has been named the best multi- national company to work for. google of santa clara and san jose all ranked in the top 6

good communication of corporation culture are among the reasons along with good pay and benefits. right now 652, a major operation by a team of bay area doctors and nurses, it is an eight hour surgery to separate couldn't joined twins. plus another growth spurt for the earth's population.

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. welcome back to the morning news, time now 6:55 jackie spear wants to experience what it is like to live on food stamps. today she begins a five-day challenge to eaton a budget -- eat on a budget of only $4.50 per day. she wants to experience how a growing number of americans are -- number of americans are living in this tough economy. more than 3.5 million americans are living on food stamps. they are expected to hit the 7 billion mark. more people are being added in a shorter amount of time. just 12 years ago, we passed the 6 billion mark. we are expected to reach 9. 3 billion die the year 2050. two couldn't joined twins

are expected to be separated in palo alto. they are joined at the chest and abdomen. they will go through an eight hour operation. a team of doctors and nurses will carefully separate them. if everything goes well, the twins may be home in about 12 days after tomorrow's operation. >> incredible. coming up at 7:00, let's check in with sal on traffic. we are looking good when it comes to major accidents, not that many but we have slow traffic and some fog to deal with. when you get to the bay bridge plaza, it is backed up 20 minutes delay. still lots of sunshine mid- to-upper 70s and tomorrow we will get more of a northerly

wind, much cooler temperatures arrive later in the week and we will have more with mornings on 2. coming up on mornings on 2 a woman was walking on a freeway and what investigators believe was behind this tragedy. also the oakland camp, it is getting bigger every day, stay with us, we will have the plan for the rest of the week, we will be right back.