police moved in overnight and cleared people from snow park. find out why city workers have been here for several hours. former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, is expected to be back in the courtroom this week. we'll tell you about the lawsuit he's facing. a ster fiing -- terrifying scene in san francisco. a new development in the penn state scandal. a news conference is about to start at any moment. johannes mehserle jot well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, november 21st. there have been occupy camps in oakland for the past month. but early this morning, the police cleared out the snow

encampment. kraig doe bro -- kraig debro has more. what made them decide to move in? >> reporter: we understand from police and our other site at frank ogawa plaza, there are a handful of other protesters. i asked them what their next move was and they weren't sure. if you look to the left, there's a two city trucks here. city workers have been here most of the morning. city workers were here picking up trash. using their trucks, headlights to see about six city of oakland workers fill up two pickup trucks. among the items left behind, at least one mattress signs and more traditional trash like food wrappers. the supervisor said this was an emergency response but would not say how much this is

costing the city. oakland police showed up at snow park about midnight. it was their second on -- second okay pay operation in two -- occupy operation in two weeks. one person says the movement is alive in spirit and in body. >> more actions, demonstrations, come back here for sure every single day. as soon as this all kind of quiets down, usually, it seems like three days is the magic number. we'll come back and there will be a tent here. >> reporter: it was last monday that oakland police backed up by dozens of law enforcement from all over the bay area moved in on the frank ogawa encampment there. there, her than 100 -- more than 100 tents were taken down. obvious rick the -- obviously the work needs to be receded. if you look here in snow park, there weren't as many tents or as many people here. but there is a lot of garbage

left behind. i guess in haste. you see this little trash here. if you look over to that fenced- in area, there seems to be a lot of -- i don't know if they were cheaping -- if they were keeping their trash. the city has been here for three and a half hours, so when the sun comes up, the trash is no longer here. reporting live from kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. as kraig mentioned, the latest occupy camp didn't last long. one neighbor took this cell phone video at 19th and telegraph yesterday morning. police police officers in riot gear told protesters to move out. the officers moved in less than 24 hours after protesters pitched their new tents at this location. the demonstrators left peacefully. there were no arrests. mayor jean quan says the occupy camps will no longer be tolerated anywhere in oakland.

time by -- may be running out for the occupy camp in san francisco. there are still camps up at justin herman plaza. earlier police raided the area near the federal reserve bank. officers made a half-dozen arrests. many occupy protesters say they are expecting a raid on the big camp within the next few days before thanksgiving. city leaders are also dropping strong hints the days of the camp may be number. there was a new development just a few hours ago in the pepper spray incident. we'll have that coming up. former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, will soon be back in a bay area cram but it has nothing to do with the oscar grant shooting. allie rasmus is live to tell us

about a civil lawsuit filed against mess. >> reporter: that's right -- messerly -- mehserle is accused of using excessive force on a man named caruthers. this incident happened in november of 2008, just six weeks before johannes mehserle was involved in the shooting death of oscar grant. johannes mehserle was convicted of oscar grant's shooting in 2009 on new year aday. during this civil trial with this other man, the jury is expected to hear from a number of opinionses -- witnesses, including johannes mehserle, himself. johannes mehserle is expected to tiff that he was protecting a fellow officer from the man and the man says he was kicked and punched by officers. jury selection is supposed to start in an hour from now here

in -- here at u.s. district court. and the early -- opening statements could we -- could begin tomorrow. back to you. >> thank you. 37-year-old henry albert smith junior -- henry albert smith, junior is accused of fatally shooting officer james capoot. court record show that smith was in financial trouble. if convicted, he could get the death penalty. meantime, hundreds gathered in vallejo mourning falling officer james capoot at this candlelight vigil. the husband served almost 23 years on the force. he was also the coach on the vallejo girls' basketball team and many say he was a positive influence on many others. 7:06. a south san francisco man is

behind bars after police say he shot and wounded his sister while holding family members hostage. alvin baja lewis was taken into custody overnight in san francisco. police say he pulled two guns on family members inside their spruce avenue home in south san francisco last night. when his family tried to escape, police say he fired a shot at his sister. she was hit in the hand. no one else was hurt. police say lewis was upset about family issues and may have been under the influence of drugs. 7:07. let's go to sal get you on the roads. -- sal, get you on the roads. what's happening? >> 2 0 northbound is getting a little bit more prouded -- 280 northbound is getting a little bit more crowded. no major problems as i look at the south bay 101 and 280 they are looking pretty good with no major issues. this morning's commute will be a little bit slow at the bay

bridge top story. as a matter of fact, you will see -- bridge toll plaza. as a matter of fact, you will see traffic out to the 880 overcrossing and you will see more traffic as you get on the bridge itself. let's go to antioch, westbound highway 4. you see some slow traffic there to pittsburg. but it gets better in bay point. there is a minor accident causing a little bit of very traffic in walnut creek. westbound 0 some slow traffic -- 80 some slow traffic as you drive out to the maze. here's steve. >> thank you, sir. we'll have a partly sunny/partly cloudy day. we should be around 62 to 66 for the high today. it's just not happening right now. the system from yesterday left behind a lot of moisture. napa airport is -- the windchill is at 30. it's a little chilly out there for some. a lot of these low cloud decks will be slow to turn off --

slow to burn off. very low visibility. a lot of that is out in the valley. it can pop up here at any time. 30s and 40s for temperatures. if it wasn't for the low cloud deck. we could be -- we would be a little colder than this. we do get a little bit of a break. i think the north bay is in the more partly cloudy and everybody else in the mostly sunny. chilly lows, a little warmer. we're good to go until about wednesday night. 53 clearlake. not very warm. sonoma 55, 55 san rafael. 56 for sausalito. same for walnut creek, same for 57, berkeley. temperatures 50s, upper 50s to maybe a few near 60. again, these are below average temperatures. san bruno, 57, menlo park is 57. palo alto is 58. it should be 62 to 66. a little warmer on tuesday. and then wednesday, we start to

cloud it up. wednesday night into thanksgiving morning we will get rain. friday looks good. the weekend looks mostly sunny and summer -- mostly sunny and warmer. happening right now, a special penn state committee is holding a news conference about its investigation into the child sex abuse allegations. let's listen in. >> make finds and recommendations -- findings and recommendations public. beyond that, he's been an active leader and board member of the national center for missing and exploited children, the most prominent, private organization in the united states dedicated to protecting children from sexual crimes. as fbi director, the judge preassigned agents to work at the center. he's also been a member of the board of the united states

naval academy foundation and as director of the fbi he launched the innocent images national initiative to protect young children. this is the first step in a process that will put in place effective systems and controls. >> we've been listening live to a news conference by a spokesperson for that special committee at penn state, that's investigating the sex abuse allegations. former coach, jerry sandusky. the man on your right is louie free, apparently he will be leading the investigation. we'll get more's details -- this is just breaking news. we'll get more information on all of this as the morning goes on. >> certainly a lot more to look at in this case. 7:11. throwing in the towel. the congressal super committee

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other indexes not doing very well either. alison burns is in our d.c. newsroom with why the committee has failed to strike a deal and what it means for the rest of us. alison sh. >> reporter: tori, this might be telling. all 12 members of the committee have not met together in three weeks. there was even a prayer vigil here on capitol hill over the weekend. religious leaders coming together to pray for the super committee, but the latest word is this bipartisan group has failed to agree on 1.2 trillion in budget cuts. they are hung up on how the balance tax increases in program cuts. each side is already blaming the other. >> i'm gonna be waiting all day. i will be at the table as i've been willing to talk to any republican who says, look, my country is more important. that pile of bills is not gonna go away. >> reporter: some politicians say failure has an upside.

>> this may be better to do nothing. >> reporter: some members of the congress say there's still time, they believe, to overturn some of those automatic cuts. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:15. well," occupy wall street "activists plan to rally and several demonstrators started to walk on november 9th. they've been marching up to 20 miles away towards washington, d.c. they are calling mor more regular base laces -- for more regulations on the banking industry. madrid's key index was down almost 2% in early trading.

yesterday voters overwhelmingly elected a conservative leader. the new leader is expected to push austerity measures to pry to rein in -- try to rein in spending. occupy santa rosa is planning to be at a mall for black friday. don't expect to find members facility checkout line. the group is promoting "buy nothing day." the "the press democrat" reports they will picture at santa rosa's downtown mall. afterwards a free gift exchange is planned for outside city hall. just over three hours ago, uc davis announced the school's police chief is joining two officers on administrative leave. we're live on campus with the latest fallout from friday's pepper spraying of students by

campus police and this is gaining national attention, mike. >> reporter: indeed. good morning. the fallout is continuing to grow so much so that you have to ask the question, who if anybody is next. all of this stemming from this. take a look, friday, campus police officers here on the campus -- speller -- pepper spraying. earlier this weekend, we learned that two of the officers involved here were put on paid leave. now we've learned that the campus police has been put on paid leave. the further more, the chancellor has asked the yolo county district attorney -- the yolo county district attorney. on top of that, the president of the entire uc system has said he was appalled by the video he saw. and is asking for a review of all uc campuses and to show i -- to show you how how the heat

has grown here in campus, one of the students pepper sprayed started an on-line petition, calling on the chancellor to resign. that site has already garnered more than 50,000 hits. it will be interesting to see how she reacts to the students' calls and even some professors' calls for her to design around noon out here. live in davis on the campus of uc dave list, back to you. >> thank you. how campus police respond to student protests will be a hot topic when the uc regents meet from one week today. regents postponed last week's meeting in san francisco because violent protests were expected. the public comment period

for that regents me meet -- meeting has been expanded from 20 minutes to an hour. 42 million americans plan to travel this thanksgiving. but that's down 2% from last year. one reason for the decline may be -- may be increasing airfares. the top detonates are now averaging -- the top destinations are now averaging $373, up 11%, according to the travel website orbit. but once you get the to the airport, security screening may be more bearable. in october, flyers registered 360 complaints about security and screening -- screening procedures. 7:20. some breast cancer patients

have complained of something they call chemo-brain. memory loss after chemotherapy. now there is a new study that appears to back them up. a scenic ocean above the pacific ocean finally gave way. the los angeles community finally looking for a way new way home.

this scenic road in san pedro -- look at it. torn apart. this weekend's rain caused it to give -- give way. part of itinto the ocean. luckily, nobody was hurt. coming up at 7:35, we'll have a live look at why l city

engineers were not -- why la city engineers were not surprised and what they plan to do about it. chemo-brain, researchers monitor brain fing -- brain functions of 44 women some who had undergone chemotherapy and surgery and some who had surgery aloin. they found those with chemotherapy had more issues with the memory. let's go to sal. letting busy around the bridges? we're getting slow traffic on all of the east bay commutes. let's start off with highway 4. highway 4 looks good here but don't let this fool you. if you are going out to antioch, you will see some stop- and-go traffic. 6 0 is not all that -- 6 0 is not all that bad. there is a new crash reported

west 80 at university. southbound 8 0 right near -- 880 there is a crash on the shoulder. a lot of temperatures, they will get in the upper 50s but that's still below average this type of year. a lot of low clouds left over from the weekend's system. it will be a mostly cloudy, partly sunny, partly cloudy day to the north bay. they are on the southern edge of the systems which are dragging across. you can actually see more clouding to the -- clouds to the north. if you have travel plans they are gonna get a lot of rain over the next three to five days.

30s and 40s on your temperatures. napa, 37. they have a north wind at 9. so the windchill is 30. we get a brake for about two and a half days. 7:26. trouble on the highway involving a chp patrol car, how a fiery crash created the very dangerous situation in marin county. is -- aer is fiing scene in -- aer is fiing scene in san francisco.

in overnight news, there was -- it was a crash scene that would scare most people away. tara moriarty is live in san francisco to explain how witnesses used a street pole to free aman from his burning car and save his life. tara? >> reporter: that's right. it's a pretty amazing story. and this is the pole in the sidewalk. this is the one they use to ram cue the -- ram through the car window to get to the man.

that pole weighs a ton, i don't know how they did it. but the daring rescue happened just after the 1:30 this morning. police say a driver headed eastbound slammed into the light post and his car caught on fire. as gas leaked, sparks flew, the car burst into flames while the victim was unside unconscious. that's when a cabdriver and two men came to help. i think it's very heroic. i think it's risky? i've seen these fires before in the cars and an explosion could happen at any time and it still stayed with it which is incredible. then a police officer arrived and you see his personal pocketknife to cut the man's seat belt and free him. >> just my job. i just did what any one of us would have done. >> reporter: the victim who was not been identified was transported to san francisco general hospital. no word on his condition yet. but we do know he was breathing

on his own when he left. five firefighterssh -- firefighters extinguishished the fire and say they -- fires extinguished the fire and say they got him out just in time. back to you. >> thank you. police are looking for suspects in an overnight shooting at the former site of the main occupy oakland camp. investigators say a man was wounded in the midnight gunfire at 14th and broadway. he was rushed to highland hospital. his condition was not known. 7:31. a fiery crash involving a chp car is being investigated this morning. the chp says an officer lost control last night while responding to a backup call on northbound 101 in sausalito. his patrol car crashed, then burst into flames right near the subpoenasser avenue exit. the officer did escape but the chp closed the northbound lanes

because the fire ignited live ammunition in his patrol car. that officer was taken to the hospital and is believed to be a okay -- and is believed to be okay. a deadly collision in napa is being investigated. a driver hit a pedestrian at silverado trail about 8:00 last (the chp tells ktvu the investigator -- last night. the chp tells ktvu the individual died. it's unknown if it's a political statement or a prank but someone is tableting contra costa county banks. vandals squalled the -- squalled the word foreclosed "on biddings -- buildings. apparently the same vandals also hit a u.s. bank on clayton

road in concord and crawled the -- scrawled the words "anonymous" and foreclosed on the windows. occupy wall street demonstrators are taking their protest straight to the top. they marched through the streets of new york city upset that they have been picked -- kirked out of the park. they plan to camp outside the home of michael bloomberg. the mayoror says they can row test anywhere they want as long as they don't break the law. occupy protesters in san jose are also targeting homes of city leaders. one group in oregon is fighting back against the occupy 0 movement -- occupy movement. they say they are fed up with the traffic congestion and vandalism. members of the unoccupy portland say they want to encourage occupiers to work towards measurable goals and get involved in their community

in a nondisruptive bay. in new york city, police say an al qaeda sympathizer was plotting terror attacks when they arrested i had. coming up we'll have a live report from new york city on the targets police say this suspect was intending to attack. welsh the reno wildfire is now -- well, the reno wildfire is now fully contained the fire destroyed 32 homes and scorched 1,935 acres. crews are still monitoring hot spots out there. they are repairing hillsides that were damaged by bulldozers in an effort to prevent any mudslide. the homeowners who lost their homes say the fire could have been a lot worse. >> they why yelling get out! get out! the fire is coming have the. >> i just want to thank them, they saved our life the. >> i thought this whole neighborhood would be done.

never seen anything like. it is 7:34. landslide pushed along by this weekend's rains is keeping work crews in los angeles busy this morning. reporter rick low zahn know is live in san -- rick lozano is live in san pedro. >> reporter: that's right, tori. unfortunately no one was injured by this most recent collapse. there have been others. immediately behind me you see heavy equipment in place. that equipment has been there for several months as workers have been working on storm drains. now, immediately to the left is the pacific ocean and collapse yesterday occurred. now, in the distance behind this heavy machinery, you might be table catch a glimpse of the hole. this is the collapse that occurred yesterday, due to the heavy rains and from overhead we're gonna show you some

pictures. this is just another large chunk of paseo delmar street right next to the pacific that gave way. the heavy rains only exacerbated the problem near white point nature reserve. roads that connect to the beach are buckling. there are cracks in the earth in some areas that are up to 15 feet deep. the question is whether this will continue to spread and begin to endanger nearby homes. the city put pout emergency "-- emergencys" and residents can only sit and wait and see what happens next. the good news, even though all of this has happened in the span of two months or so, no one has been injured. >> scary stu. >> uh-huh. -- scary stuff. uh-huh.

what's happening on our road? >> we see a moderate commune. most people do have thursday off. although i do see -- it's a little lighter than usual even for a monday. i did get a tweet from one person. he represents a lot who have the entire week off. let's table a look at northbound and southbound 880. the traffic is looking good there. on our ktvu home pain in case you want to find us on twitter, you can go to the home page and our feeds show up on the home page. let's go out and ache -- and take a look at 8 0. southbound as you drive from hayward to union city. as we move to the south bay, northbound 85 at 17 there is a crash there. 280 is slow as you come through

highway 17. 7:37. let's go to steve. the intersection of telegraph avenue and hey street is closed after a fish-alarm fire that destroyed an apartment building on friday night. the building has been red tagged because engineers say it's not structurally sound. they are concerned the building do collapse. investigators believe the -- coo collapse. investigators believe the fire started in the equipment room. everyone got out safery -- safely. this fire went to four alarms. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. i have to get a thank you out before we get going. ronniemont rose, very famous

daps daps ronnie montrose, very famous singer. he is happy, healthy and we had a good time at the firehouse theater in pleasanton. thank you to everybody. it was a lot of fun. a lot of low clouds. ground fog, low visibility. temperatures, though, are trying to inch upwards but they are still below a. for this time of the year. 56, santa rosa, 60 tomorrow, 58 in the city, 59 san jose. and then those are the forecasted highs tomorrow. san jose should be 66 degrees. so i mean, while we're worming -- warming up a little bit on monday and tuesday, we're still below average. i will get out of the way so you can see this. i want to mention this because people may be traveling on northbound 5. they are going to get a lot of rain. i've seen projections. we have a lot of low clouds left over from that system that

went to southern california, our rain over the weekend. there is a lot of fog -- some of the visibility, especially if you have to -- if you have to to head out. visibilityth to .25 of a mile. it's cold and damp. the system will stay to the north until wednesday when we'll get increasing clouds. it looks line rain late wednesday for us, maybe closer to thursday. fog, sun, cool. it's really chiy up in mendocino andlake county -- chilly in mendocino and lake county.

fog, soon -- fog, sun, cool. increasing clouds wednesday. we'll go rain wednesday night into thanksgiving morning. then clearing, it looks okay on friday, and believe it or not, mostly sunny and warmer on the weekend. new this morning, a major league baseball player from the netherlands is dead and his brother has been arrested as his suspected killer. police in the netherlands say streetle mariners' outfielder greg halman was stabbed. his brother was arrested. he played in 35 games for the mariners last season before he was sent down to the minor leagues. coming up cash cash why bill gates is testifying in a $1 billion lawsuit right now. also -- what's prompted this violent clash in egypt with stone-throwing protests in cairo's tahrir square.

stocks opened sharply lower, at -- as the congressal super committee was -- congressional super committee concerns -- is causing concerns. the dow is currently down 260. the nasdaq down, 58. s&p down 26. all of the indexes down over 2% this morning. also new this morning, the existing home sales report for october and the number of

americans who bought previously- occupied homes rose slightly by 1.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.96 million. the national association of realert -- receiptors says there was -- real teres said there was a big spike in -- realtors said there was a big spike canceled contracts. bill gates is testifying this morning in an anti-trust lawsuit. this is video of him arriving at court in you a tu -- utah. the company novelle claims microsoft tricked it into thinking word perfect would be included in the windows '95

launch. no. ovelle -- novelle said they had to sell word perfect for a billion-dollar loss. gate the is expected to remain on the stand through jute the rest of the day -- throughout the rest of the day. >> reporter: investigators describe jose pimm men ter as a -- pimm meant ter as a terrorist terrorist. now, he was arraigned last night in new york city, charged with providing support for an act of terrorism, conspiracy, and weapons charges. he had been brought to the

attention of the new york bliss department's intelligence division around may of 2009 after he posted entries on his blog and website where he describesly support of al qaeda. his defense attorney says they will be looking in to how all of this went down. >> there was nothing sleeper or hidden with this -- sleeper or hidden about this whatsoever. it would not have required a very difficult investigation. if this is what we're coming up with, then we're not where we have to be. >> anger grew after an war awlaki was killed. he was inspired to implode three pipe bombs. the nypd devotes 1,000 officers

daily to counterterrorism. we're of course, leading into the holiday season, radiation detection patrols here and vehicle checkpoints in all critical location. pimentel was held without bail. he'll be back in court this friday, the 25th. 7:47 in the past hour we've received new video between i gyp shin police and pretesters -- egyptian police and protesters. >> an building caught fire. smoke and flames shot out of several windows. neighbors went to the patios and screamed for help. this is the third day of protests in chiro. so far, 24 people have died, including nine this morning. since president hosni mubarak's regime fell, protesters are demanding that the rulers quickly transper power to a civilian government. just hours ago we learned

of another deadly attack in afghanistan. nato says one of its members was killed in a roadside attack in southern afghanistan. the bbb reports the person who died was a british soldier. more than 500 international troops have been killed in afghanistan so far this year. thanksgiving came a couple of days early for the american soldiers in iraq. this is camp victory in baghdad. the meal is earlier than usual because this camp is closing. some of the soldiers there havemied feeling about leaving iraq. >> it feels great to be going back home to my family. i'm sad to leave iraq because this is my fourth year i've spent here. part of me here is with my home. for that thanksgiving meal, the troops feasted on everything from crab legs and turkey with all of the fixings to a variety of desserts.

we don't know the exact closing date of camp victory. a battle over how southern california gets its water heads to court. farmers an environmentalists want an appeals court to overturn an appeal -- an agreement that they say is flawed. that agreement set rules set rules. state water agencies say the pack is crucial to keep this going. why new pot clubs are on hold in one big bay area city. okay, people, let's get started.

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the. the twilight saga's "breaking down" part -- part 1, far outsold the others. those four movies combined earnings, were just half of what "breaking dawn" took in. 7:52. a petition will be delivered to the headquarters of target today. it's an effort to get the retail giant to cancel plans to open the stores at midnight for black friday. now, the internet petition has almost 191,000 signatures. this petition was started by a target employee asking the company to save thanksgiving. target says they are opening stores at midnight because some customers want to get a jump from their holiday shoppers. tests on rawmying -- raw milk from a california dairy are expected to continue for the

next ten days. last week, milk was recalled after an outwreak of e-coli. five children became ill from drinking this milk from this dairy. the daughterry says son of its milk has tested poss tub for e. coli. alameda county's transportation commission is proposing a ballot measure in november 2012 to ask voters to double the county sales tax for transportation. the increase would be from a half cent to 1 cent. the money would be used to fix potholes, fix trails and the commission says reduced -- san francisco is waiting to see whether the state security court will weigh in on a legal battle before allowing -- allowing new pot clubs to open

up. 0 spokesman for san francisco's city -- a spokesman for texas's city attorney says more guidance could be provided moving forward. sal, there is a crash in san francisco. what happened? >> that's right. it's an overturned vehicle on 280 southbound as you drive out of san francisco and it looks like the chp is in the doing a traffic break here to stop all of the traffic. southbound 2 0 just past mayry po saw street. this is an -- mar -- ma -- mariposa street. temporarily traffic is stopped as they take care of this. don't take the 280 extension. at thin po -- at this point, i would say either take city roads or use 101 to go out of the city. if not, you will be stuck in all of this slow traffic. if you are getting on at cesar

chavez, that's better. there will be this. you will be looking forward to a lot of slow traffic. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. that's backed up for about a 10 to 15-minute delay. if you are driving in san jose, northbound 17, a little bit slow through los gatos. northbound 85 is slow from 87 to cupertino. let's go to steve. some sun there but we have a lot of fog and low clouds there. that will be stubborn to burn off for a few. temperatures upper 50s. we've still running up above. there is a lot of moisture just taking aim in seattle, portland and northern california. by northern, i mean fort bragg and redding. we'll get some. we'll have to wait until probably wednesday/nurse -- wednesday/thursday. but the low clouds are still in place from the weekend system. we can't lose those. 30s and 40s. napa just updated, 41 now. but their windchill was down to 30 this morning. a lot of cloud cover to the

north of the a little bit of a break here as we get a couple of days. temperatures will try to rebound. i don't think they are going to get to average which would be 62 to 66. chilly lows, even though it's warmer, it's still above average. 56, 57, 55, san rafael. maybe a 60 redwood city. coast, bay inland, it won't matter. clouding up wednesday, wednesday night into wednesday morning. breezy, clearing out. we'll have mostly sunny and warmer. it is 7:57. furlough days pea ginn today in one bay area city. they may cause a holiday hassle. also a new trial involving johannes mehserle. it's about to begin in a bay area courtroom in any moment.

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allie rasmus is in san francisco now where the johannes mehserle trial is taking play and she's pooling together information and she will be back with a live report shortly. meanwhile, for the first time in nearly a month, there's not a sickle occupy camp in oakland. earn early this morning, police cleared out the snow park encampment. that's the one near lake merritt. kraig debro is live in oakland with why police decided to move in and what crews found when they were cleaning you the area. >> reporter: good morning. we're at 20th and harrison, the camp may be closed but some of the people who opened the camp a week ago say the camp might be closed but the movement that brut them here is alive. and the remaining few on the sidewalk, that, as city workers, picked up garbage. police arrived at the park around midnight. according to one camper, police

gave occupiers a plans to -- a chance to leave on their own will and be cited and/or arrested. many people retreated to snow park. one camper says police were just doing their job. >> we were asked plightly to mi a lot of us were just getting back to the camp to get our things. some people were arresting. they asked us politely with no harassment. they just politely asked us to get their stuff. >> reporter: clearly, others did not get their belongings. we've seen city crews here since 5:00 this morning. three pickup truck crews picking up mattresses, picking up signs, picking up tarps, other kinds of things that were left in the park overnight. if you come back out to a live picture, you can see over to the left here, there is a fenced-in area with a lot of

people's belongings and trash there. earlier today, a lot of the park that stuff like that strewn about at snow park. that's been cleaned you. i asked the city worker how much the operation would cost. i didn't get an answer to that and i've been asking police all morning long if there is was any arrest. all right. as kraig told you, the latest occupy camp in oakland didn't last long. one neighbor took this cell phone video of the scene at 19th and telegraph ned morning. police officers in riot gear told the protesters to clear out of the vacant lot as officers moved in less than 24 hours after protesters set up their new tents at this location. the demonstrators left peacefully and there were no arrests. jean quan says these camps will no longer be tolerated anywhere in oakland. time may be running out for those in san francisco. there's still about 200 tents

at the main camp at justin herman plaza. earlier police raided a smaller bank right outside the federal reserve and market and made a few arrests. they are expected to raid the big camps just before city. coming up on 8:03. jurying selection -- jury selection is underway. as we mentioned earlier, johannes mehserle and four other b.a.r.t. officers are accused of excessive force. allie rasmus is live in san francisco with the allegations against johannes mehserle. >> reporter: this suit is gonna be held in u.s. district court. jury selection is scheduled to start any moment now in a fifth floor courtroom in this building. now, meanwhile on the ground there, you can see there's one camera. a couple of people down at the

front door to see if johannes mehserle shows up for the jury selection process. we don't know if he will, but we do know he's a definite in this lawsuit. kenneth carruthers is suing johannes mehserle and four other officers for excessive force. in this civil trial, johannes mehserle is expected to testify he was protecting a fellow officer due -- officer during the incident. carruthers alleging that b.a.r.t. police kicked an punched him -- and punched him. johannes mehserle was sentenced for the -- was convicted of manslaughter for grant's death. that was on new year aday in 2009 at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. jury selection is set to start this morning. we believe it's underway this

morning. we have contacted ka ruthers' attorney and the -- we've -- we've not heard back from either of them. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:04. new this morning, a south san francisco man is behind bars after police say he shot and wounded his sister while holding family members. alvin baja lewis was taken into custody overnight. police say he pulled two guns on family members inside their spruce avenue home in south san francisco last night. when his family tried to escape, police say he fired a shot at his sister. she was hit in the hands no one else was hurt. police say lewis was upset about family issues and may have been under the influence of drugs. an arraignment was set in the afternoon for a fairfield man accused of killing a vallejo police officer. 37-year-old henry albert smith, junior is accused of fatally

shooting officer james capoot on last thursday. police say smith just roned a bank and was being chased by police. court record show that smith was in -- court record show that smith was in financial trouble. hundreds gathered in vallejo to mourn james capoot at a candlelight vigil last night, he served nearly 20 years oncal's -- vallejo's police force. he was also the beloved coach of the vallejo high girls' basketball team and many say he was a positive influence on countless drives -- lives. furlough days starting will not affect police, firefighters or libraries. now, the furloughed employees will be back at work monday, november 28th, then they will be off again starting 0en friday. december 23rd and returning on tuesday, january 3rd.

downtown san francisco art gallery is celebrating the return of a stolen picasso sketch. this morning the artwork will be rehung on the wall. mark lugo pleaded guilty -- he's now scheduled to be sentenced to 16 months in jail today, then he will be extradited in new york and facing separate charges back there. we want to check in with sal, on interstate 280. that's right. we do have that problem that is intermittently blocking several lanes here on the extension, 280 at mariposa, a car flipped over center divide. what -- what the chp have been doing is occasionally closing lanes allowing emergency vehicles to get in. they do it again. they let some cars through. bottom line, you should not get on the freeway at the extension at 6th street. get on the freeway at cesar

chavez or use 101 instead until they clear this up. this is a look now at the welcome back toll plaza, it's backed up to about the end of the parking lot. the metering lights are on but it is better than it normally is getting into san francisco. we keep watching the south bay just to check, 85 northbound continues to be pretty slow from just north of 87 up to cupertino. as we move the maps over to danville and san raw mown, 680 looks good coming from contra costa county to pleasanton. 8:08. let's go to leave. some sun mixed in with the fog. low clouds, some fog, the fog now is starting to get into that valley fog. when it settles in, it can be tough to budge. visibility, .08 to .25.

stockton, be advised. maybe the fog will lift as we get towards wednesday. there is a lot of cloud cover. it's just barreling right into seattle and portland, in northern california. i want to show you just a -- we're okay until probably wednesday evening. a lot of low clouds left over from the system. we don't have any briz -- i know we had 34 knupp kentwood and then up to 40. so temperatures were dropping and then they started to come up a littleby. here's your cloud and rain forecast -- i don't always show this because it's confusing sometimes. from eureka to redding north, monday afternoon until tonight,

there's tuesday as we head into tuesday, still staying there. ers toe -- there's tomorrow morning about this time. we'll continue tuesday afternoon and then by tuesday night, we start to cloud it you. now we're to wednesday. if you are heading north, wednesday morning would be best. the rain starts to move in. and then it goes into early thursday morning. times on this -- timing on this, we could modify it. late wednesday into early thanksgiving morning. 50s on your temperatures. low, mid. mainly for the north bay. a little bit warmer for some. a few upper 50s. concord will go 56 degrees. 60 sunnyvale. >> the rain should be gone by

friday and it will be mostly sunny and warmer. >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:10. a new development in the penn state scandal. the important announcement that was made just one hour ago. rea sack -- also wall street reacting to a failure. it will costing you more -- it will cost you more money to send a passenger but u.p.s. customers are getting a holiday break.

this morning, the stock market is reacting in a big way to news of the apparent failure of a congressional super committee to come up with a plan to -- plan to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit a live look at the big board, the dow is down 291 right now. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with how democrats and republicans are already blaming each other. >> reporter: tori i just talked to a top aid to -- top aide to a super committee member who says an announcement is expected later this afternoon that the super committee has failed to reach oop agreement

all the. >> on spending cut, only in the republicans are willing to cross the line on the bush tax cuts and be willing to say revenues have to be apart of this solution will this work. >> we're painfully, painfully aware of the deadline that's staring us in the face. we have to 12 -- we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created. to try to find sufficient common ground -- >> reporter: no deal means automatic across the board spending cuts would be imposed and that with -- and would cut programs such as defense but since the programs don't kick in until next year, some members of congress still believe they have time to

overturn them. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. right now we want to take you live to the white house, president obama and the first lady there, prepared to sign legislation into law that will provide tax credits to companies that hire unemployed veterans. it also beefs up job training and kuhning programs. the first lady has been quite involved in helping military families. let's listen in now. >> more importantly it moves me to act. that's why jill and i started our forces campaign because jill and i wanted to give something back. we've been traveling around the country from city to city accuse talking with business executives, nonprofit leaders clergy members. pretty much anyone who will listen. we've been asking them to find

new ways to honor and support the veterans and their families. the really wonderful thing that we found is that people are actually listening. americans are standing to show their appreciation. businesses have already hired more than 18,000 veterans and military families and they have made commitments to hire at least 135,000 more. >> you've been listening live to the first lady michelle obama with efforts to have countries -- companies across the country hire more veterans coming back to our country. this legislation received rare bipartisan support when it passed congress just last week but it's really being overshadowed by what we heard in alison burns' report. the eight parent failure from both parties to reach an agreement on 1.2 trillion in savings. in a special ktvu report, we examine a renewed effort to buy american-made products.

consumers say they would much rather purchase goods manufactured in the u.s. more american items sold means more create -- means more jobs yes eighted. but with -- created. finding or buying a u.s.-made product can be tough. >> i'm -- i bought some boots today. i'm hoping they are made in the usa. >> can we look? >> yes. >> what does it say? >> made in china. uh-ho! yale going to return these -- i'm going to return these. 8:18. well, get ready it pay more to mail packages starting next year. that's when a new u.p.s. rate hike takes effect. rate are gonna jump 6% for ground shipping, next-day air

and second-day airfreight. air and international rates will rise little 7%. but those rates will be slightly offset by a reduced fuel sir charge. the changes by the way take effect january 2nd. the city of clearlake is cracking down on dog owners who don't neuter, license or get rabies vaccinations for their pets. earlier this month, animal control officers visited 38 homes to see if dog owners were complying with with the law. citations were issued to 15 -- ironed to 15 pet owners -- issued to 15 pet owners. they were either the warnings because somebody complained about the dogs or the dogs were imim-- were impounded. the former head of the fbi will lead a investigation at penn state. a special panel will investigate the school's handling of child sex abuse allegations by a form former

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thanksgiving day is still days away but one san francisco marine says he's already thankful. he's home in time for the holiday. he just returned from agriculture where he spent seven months serving as an interpreter with the first battalion. he says the work was tough, 17 marines from his division were killed during a recent deployment but he adds it helped to hear from anyone back home. >> it really means a lot, you know, doing anything -- writing a letter does not really mean -- does really mean a lot. i'm glad to be home. go, 9ers! >> now he says he wants to spend time with his family, enjoying -- enjoying sushi and thanksgiving dinner. for many thanksgiving is a big celebration of food and family -- food an family.

however, charities including san francisco's glide memorial church say they really need help for people who don't have either this holiday. volunteers spent yesterday collecting bags of food and turkeys from very jen other us shoppers from a -- from very generous shoppers from a safeway. donations are up 30% from last year. 8:25. we want to check in with sal to get more on that new injury crash in oakland. sal? >> that's right. it's on interstate 880 westbound. this crash is blocking the fast lane. if you are driving on westbound 580 watch for -- watch for the emergency -- watch for the emergency vehicles. it's 98th and keller. eastbound is not affected. it was first reported eastbound but that -- it turned out to be westbound. northbound 880, a little bit

slow from hyde street as you drive up to downtown oakland. that could be a decent alternate route. let's take a look at the bay bridge. it's becoming a -- it's becoming a little bit beater -- bet he. this morning's -- better. this morning's commute in marin county, southbound 101 looks good to southern marin. after the rain you get some long lights -- nights and that toking can be about a 16th to 18th inch visibility. there's a lot of moisture streaming towards the pacific northwest. we should be okay on wednesday evening. a lot of low clouds, the bay area north -- north bay should be in line for more clouds. after that everyone else should get some sun.

40s, i think sfo is 50. the city is 49. right there -- there could be about 8 inches of rain up towards crescent city and portland and seattle between now and, say, friday and saturday. for us. a almost bit of -- a little bit of high pressure comes in. it's a bea low average a -- below average pattern. it looks like rain late wednesday into thursday. with your weekend always in view, it does look mostly sunny and warmer. campus police using pepper spray on students. a new development in the controversial incident that happened at uc davis. we're live in san francisco where a police officer and some good samaritans worked together using a pole and a pocketknife to free a man inside a burning car. we'll tell you how they did it -- coming up.

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8:30. in overnight news, strangers banded together on a san francisco street overnight and pulled a man out of a burning car. tear you are ormy artie is live in san francisco to tell us how they saved a life. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. a street pole may not seem like a life-saving tool but in this case it was. here it is. a cabdriver and two men rammed this through a car window in order to get to the victim trapped inside the oning -- burning window. this pole weigh as done.

i -- ton. i don't know how they did it. the rescue happened after 1:00. the police say a driver headed eastbound on fullson between 12 the and 1th vote slammed into a light post and his his car caught on fire. as gas leak sparks through, the car burst into flames while the victim was inside unconscious. >> they ran over there in the middle of the street while i was on with 911. incredible, because the flames grew bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger very difficult to watch. >> when i arrived,ed, the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. the victim had his seat belt on. >> reporter: the victim who has not been identified was transported to sfo general hospital. no word on his condition. but we do know he was breathing on his own when he left. now, firefighters later extend gived the flames and police put out if the man had not been

pulled out exactly when he had, he definitely wouldn't have made it. live in san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. occupy santa rosa is planning a protest for black friday. they are promoting "buy nothing day." the press democrat reports they will be picketing at santa rosa's downtown mall this friday and afterward a free gift exchange is planned for outside city wall.

uc davis 'chancellor is asking the investigate -- uc davis' chancer is asking an investigation for the pepper spray incident. the officers who had been pepper spraying had already -- have been put on leave. yesterday, the school's chief distanced herself from the actions. >> this was a decision made within the group, by the officer in charge. >> students interrupted a campus meeting. protesters from nearby sacramento "occupy movement" are planning to rally at noon today on the uc davis. the uc regents rescheduled last week, regents postponed the meeting in san francisco last week because violent protests were expected after uc berkeley police broke up an

occupy encampment. the -- the public comment period has been extended for an hour. yudof says he expects those to honor peaceful protests. we don't know if it's a political state or a prank but somebody is targeting contra costa county banks. vandals scrawled the world "foreclosed" on the windows of a bank of america in walnut creek. an a.t.m. was also covered with spray paint. and someone else painted a picture of an anonymous protester to a wall. 8:34. police are out there looking for suspects in an overnight shooting at the former site of the main occupy oakland camp. investigators say a man was wounded in the midnight gunfire at 14th and broadway. he was rushed to highland hospital. we don't know his condition.

oakland police raided the occupy camp at frank ogawa plaza just one week ago. 8:34. a fiery crash patrol car is under investigation. this the -- the chp says an officer lost control last night while we are responding tosh -- while responding to a backup call. his patrol car crashed and burn into flames near the spencer avenue exit. the officer excaped. but the chp closed the -- closed the northbound lanes but the fire ignited live ammunition that was inside the patrol car. the officer was taken to the hospital and is believed to be okay. and we have an update on a deadly collision in napa. highway patrol officers tell ktvu, a driver hit a pedestrian who was standing in the road on silverado trail around 8:00 last night. the victim has been added i -- has been identified only as a 50-year-old woman. her name is being withheld.

the man accused of plotting terror attacks in new york city is in jail. he was denied bail. he's a u.s. citizen born in the dominican republic converted to islam. he was planning to bomb police -- police cars, post offices and troops coming home. he's a al qaeda sympathizer. >> he talked about changing his name to osama hussein to celebrate his heroes, osama bin laden and saddam hussein. shsh police say he was arrested in the process of building a pipe bomb. the reno wildfire is now fully contained. we -- we first told you about this on friday. the 9500 evacuees are starting

to return home. a fire command center at a high school is closed to allow students to return to class this morning. the fire destroyed 32 homes and burned three square miles of land on the outskirts of the city of reno. residents are crediting firefighters from making sure there was not more devastation. firefighters moved my husband's motorcycle out of the garage to save the motorcycle. i get excited about what made it and when i see something that didn't make it, oh, well. it can be replaced. we dot out alive -- we got out alive. >> investigators say wind gusts knocked down power lines. crews are monitoring hot spots and roo pairing hillside -- repairing hillside. :37. engineers are getting -- 8:37 engineers are looking at a collapsed scenic road today. this is a live picture. choppers flying over it.

that road has been sliding, falling apart for weeks. well, the rain they had down there gave the final nudge. [ no audio ] >> this monday morning, monday of thanksgiving week. sal? >> all right, tori and dave. right there where the indicater is. you can see traffic is going to be slow approaching the scene.

consequently after that, though, if you are driving into oakland, 580 ask is just a little lighter than usual driving up past hyde street. the this morning's commute on 880 is also slow. the traffic is going to be busy at the bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems getting into san francisco. it's about a five minute to ten- minute delay. the intersection at hey street in berkeley is closed after a five-alarm fire destroyed an apartment builting. the building's red tagged. engineers say it's not structurally sound. investigators believe the fire started in the elevator victim rule. everyone did get out of the building but that building is gonna be torn down along with it, raleigh's cafe, legendary establishments for students in the cal berkeley area. let's go to steve.

thank you, sal. that fog in the valley, sacramento, san joaquin valley, it's there. the next couple of days, anybody traveling that direction is seer -- seriously you might want to consider 101. i know it might be longer. it's prettier. you don't have to deal with as much fog. a lat of cash cash a lot of -- a lot of low clouds around. .16 to .8. i think it will get quicker -- thicker. the rain will stay to the north. there will an lot of rain to the pacific northwest. even in northern california after the lot of cloud cover up towards mendocino county and lake county i think parts of sonoma and napa county. they are still on the southern edge of it. when it gets that footprint in there, it doesn't go. it doesn't move. 40 os the temperatures. we had 30s. mainly upper 30s and then the cloud cover. some sun already but there is a lot of low clouds kind of

dancing around. that's a pretty good-looking swath as we say of cloud cover that's gonna head in our direction. late wednesday into thursday. so fog, sun, cool, chilly lows. it will be warmer on these afternoon highs. emphasis on a little. 59, san jose, we'll go 60, redwood city, 56 daly city. redwood shores in there. menlo park, palo alto, everyone's close. not much change in the tuesday. a little warmer in the afternoon highs, and then we'll increase the clouds on wednesday. rain looks wednesday and then it's out, friday clearing and then the weekend does look mostly sunny and warmer. all right, steve. 8:41. we have developing news that involves the man behind microsoft, the billion-dollar

case that's being hurt in court today. also the hair salon -- the hair salon that appears to be recession proof. form aerobat police officer johannes mehserle is in court right now, facing a lawsuit that has nothing to do with the oscar grant shooting. we'll have that story when "mornings on 2" continues.

take a look at the dow. stocks plunge this morning, with the super committee expected to announce later today that they failed to reach an agreement at 1.2 trillion in budget cuts. and debt abroad still adding to the fierce. the dow is down 332. nasdaq is down 69. s&p is down 31. this morning, microsoft cofounder, bill gates, began testimony in an anti-trust lawsuit. the company novelle claims microsoft tricked it into claimses word perfect with -- would be included in the launch. novel will e says they were forced to sell word perfect at

a million-dollar loss. let's bring you up to date on sop of the other top stories we're following right now. for the first time there is not a single occupy camp in oakland. earlier, the police cleared out the snow park camp. there were more than a dozen tents. public works crews are busy removing debris. good samaritans and a san francisco police officer are praised this morning that they pulled out a -- are praised for pulling a man out of a burning car this morning. the men used a broken steel pole to break open the car on fullsome -- fulsom street. and right now, former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle is -- johannes mehserle, is in a courtroom allly rasmus reports on allegations of excessive force. >> reporter: this lawsuit is being heard in u.s. district court and jury selection is happening m a fifth floor courtroom in in federal

building. in the courtroom is former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, he's named as the defendant in this lawsuit. it was brought by a b.a.r.t. passenger samed kenneth carruthers. he's suing johannes mehserle and four other officers. this incident happened in november of 2008. that's when he was arrested outside of the oakland col le he -- coliseum station. he is expected to testify that he was protecting a fellow officer. carruthers alleges in the suit that he was kicked and punched after getting into an argument with before his arrest. this incident with carruthers happened six weeks before the -- grant was shot and killed 0 the fruitvale platform on new year's day in 2009. again, jury selection is going on. we're told if jury selection wraps up quickly, then opening

statements could start as early as tomorrow. we have not yet heard back from them this morning. we'll have more on the news at noon. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, kut. 8:46. you know how great you feel when you walk out of your hair salon? i'm going tomorrow and i can't wait. [ laughter ] >> blow try bars are a splurge women are paying for even in a recession. analysts say revenue from traditional hairstyling in down but this is booming. >> we started with one our -- with our one store and then it was clear we needed to increases about significantly. >> i'm a realtor. it's great. i can run in and for 45 minutes i what go in the afternoon and have a meeting, do whatever i

have need -- whatever i need to do. >> you be the judge. here's her aftershots. all of the customers seem to any -- to flow when they are done. >> i love it. >> within one year, the owner had two more story, one in burlingame and one in menlo park and eight more are in the worth. and $35 for a wash and style is a guilty pleasure that doesn't break the bank. the new class of road scholars was announced over the weekend. five stanford students are among the winners and so is the son of mia farrell and woody. -- mia farrow.

ronan farrow is a special adviser to secretary of state hillary clinton. well, taylor swift was nailed artist of the year as the -- at the american music award last night. >> this is like one of the craziest things that's ever happened to me. >> she was also named country female artist. adele was the night's other big winner with three awards. bruno morris, beyonce, maroon 5, rihanna and the foo fighters were also big winners. today marks the third straight day of switchishes between egyptianed police -- squirmishes between egyptian police and protesters. an apartment near the tahrir square caught on fire. neighbors screamed. ofar 24 people have died -- so far, 24 people have died.

protesters are angry that military rulers have not yet transperred -- transferred power since the fall of hosni mubarak's resignation. tensions in syria aun the protesters there are reaching now -- and the protesters there are leeching new -- reaching new rights -- heights. it is being called a counter intelligence disaster. cia operatives are being routed out and captured in lebanon. that's acore -- that's according to the associated press. the u.s. considers hezbollah a group that's closely allied with iran. the cia is working to protect

remaining spies in lebanon. nato says one its service members was killed in a roadside bombing attack in southern afghanistan. the bbc says saysty was a u.s. soldier. well, new this morning, a major league baseball player from the netherlands has been killed. his brother has been arrested as his suspected killer. police in the netherlands say seattle mariners, greg halman was stabbed to death early today. officers arrested his 22-year- old brother but no charges have been filed. the 24-year-old halman played in 35 games for the mariners last season before he was sent down to the minors. tragedy at this weekend's philadelphia marathon. police say 21-year-old college student jeffrey lee and a 40- year-old man both died while running yesterday's race. it's believed they both had

heart attacks. they were close to the finish line when any collapsed. ten other runners were sent to the hospital during the race. eight minutes before 9:00. on a mission to save thanksgiving, hue a target employee has parked -- has sparked an online movement. is

the -- story of two lovers topped the box office. the by lawsuit saga's "breaking dawn part 1," -- the twilight law saga, part one" earned -- a petition will be delivered to the headquarters of target today in an effort to get the retail giant to cancel plans at stores at midnight for black friday. the internet petition now has close to 191,000 signatures. the petition was started by a target employee asking the cup to save thanksgiving. tart says they are opening at midnight -- at mid my because some customers want to get a jump on their shopping.

how is the commute? >> it's getting better. i want to show you that 580 -- 5 0 westbound. we still have a crash on 98 there. traffic is gonna be better. 880 has improved with slow traffic approaching. let's go to some live pictures, bay bridge backed up for about a five-minute delay, no major problems here. when you get to san francisco, 280 and san francisco -- and 1901 are back in good shape -- and 109 are back in good shape. it will be cool. it will be waller on tuesday. increasing clouds on wednesday. looks like late rain into wednesday and then thursday and then it will clear out and then we'll have be dry. >> tori wants to know about thanksgiving. >> for thanksgiving itself here -- >> after the morning it's gone. >> okay. >> and then in the afternoon it should be okay. >> okay. thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting the

news. we'll -- we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and be sure to join the news at noon for more on johannes mehserle's court date in san francisco. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and ktvu mobile. busch