difficult decision today. we will tell you what doctors are saying about the boy's condition. the mayor of oakland plans to talk about a's and the future of baseball in this city. this morning there is uncertainty about the warriors and where they could possibly be headed. the emotional vigil at virginia tech. in honor of a police officer shot and killed on campus. plus the suspected gunman in the black friday walmart shooting is in custody. very tense moments that led up to his arrest. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us it's friday, december 9th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve is off today but we have rosemary. a little change in the in the five-day forecast -- a little change in the forecast today. we have high pressure in place

for another day. that is will mean dry cool weather for the afternoon. and we will be dry through saturday. that means we've got changes in store for your sunday. we'll take a look at what you can expect for today through the weekend and beyond coming up. hi sal. hello rosemary. traffic on 880 in oakland is a big mess because of a problem northbound 880 at high. i've seen some road work. did not get picked up in time. that is causing a huge traffic jam. we advise you to use 580 instead. we'll tell you when that road work picks up. it will be awhile for it to clear up. just up the road about a mile or two you can see traffic is moving very nicely on 880. if you get on the freeway anywhere after high street it should be a nice drive for you. heading south is not a problem. i will let you know more about this coming up. the toddler critically wounded in last months shootout remains on life support this morning.

the latest painful decision could be made hours away. ktvu tara moriarty joins us now from children's hospital in oakland. >> reporter: the parents of hiram lawrence are agreeing with doctors that their son is indeed brain dead and needs to be taken off life support. this is a very difficult time for the family. last night they saw them at the hospital here. waiting outside for those test results which revealed that the one-year-old has no brain activity. outside pediatrician has confirmed the finding. a family friend and pastor says the reality is hitting the parents and emotions are everywhere. last night the boy's uncle said another test will be performed this morning. only after that will hiram's parents make a decision. two days ago they held a news conference outside the hospital asking for more time to assess his condition. the boy was shot in the head and six other people wounded november 28th when three hooded gunmen opened fire on a group

filming a music video. two people in the group returned fire. police have detained half a dozen people on unrelated charges but have made no arrests. investigators say the shootout may have been the result of a gang feud. a candle light vigil will be held in san francisco tonight for the family and friends of a ucsf medical student killed in january. joe hernandez was beaten to death at a nightclub. the accused killer is still on the loose even though they released the surveillance video of the suspect. 6:03. later today oakland mayor jean quan said she will be talking about major league baseball at a news conference. this morning there are a lot more questions about more than the oakland a's. claudine wong is joining us live with the latest of pro sports in oakland.

>> we know mayor jean quan will be talking baseball today. there is not only uncertainty about the a's but uncertainty about the raiders. and the future of the warriors here in oakland. the warriors are thinking about heading across the bridge to san francisco. according to the chronicle they met with ed lee and larry bear to discuss a new state of the art arena near at & t park. the oracle lease ends at the 2010-2016 season. wolf is waiting on word from major league baseball blue ribbon panel. the giants have rights down there. the mlb must give the green light for the a's to head there. what could the mayor be discussing today? we know she wants to revitalize the area. and making the coliseum area more like l.a. live and staple center. >> probably more for tomorrow's

press conference will be -- we'll be talking about major expansion of the coliseum. city concept. and looking at the growth for that part of oak ran. when you talk about the coliseum area you cannot forget about the raiders. joint stadium projects are popular and recent supports have speculated if the nfl will insist on a shared stadium between the two teams. the mayor focused on baseball. she will likely feel lots of questions about professional sports in general. live in oakland claudine wong. time now 6:05. the oakland raiders are suing a major bay area burger chain. nation's giant hamburger violated the raiders slogan with a new billboard. the billboard says raid a

nation's. raiders say that falsely implies they have a formal partnership with the burger chain. >> i think it's totally absurd that a national football team would bother to sue a small chain like nation's. >> i think it's part of business. don't take it personal. it's just business. that is exactly what it is. they have a big investment. and so in tease days you have to watch what you do. >> raiders are looking to take a bite out of the nation's bottom line. they want to be compensated. suspected gunmen in the black shooting window is now in jail. ktvu channels are -- there he is. watson's sister said he wants a chance to defend himself. >> my brother has not had a

chance to tell his side of the story. it's just everybody and what they are saying. >> 21-year-old christopher was shot in the neck during an attempted robbery at the walmart parking lot. police continues to search for two more suspects. a fourth suspect was tackled by the victims cousins and arrested at the scene. inst lancaster a woman -- in los angeles a woman accused of pepper spraying customers will not be arrested. the district attorneys office won't say if she acted in self- defense expect it did review the surveillance video and concludes there were no felonies. our time now. >> new this morning. time now 6:07. hour long video surfaces of a missing american that vanished in iran.

coming up at 6:15 why the disappearance is being considered a hostage standoff. exams have been rescheduled at virginia tech university after oughtedly campus shooting. this is what happened last night. dozens of students chanting for peace. they stood in front of a memorial honoring the 33 people that were killed on campus. the university says it will help these students recover from yesterday's deadly attack. in the meantime, virginia state police this morning announced that ballistic tests show the same handgun was used to kill a university police officer and the suspect. officer dale crouse -- that suspect killed himself nearby. students were ordered city in their dorms after the shooting.

they were like checking all the doors to make sure they were locked. telling everyone to stay in their room. >> it's like an eerie ora around come pus. >> the police are waiting for autopsy results to come in to confirm who that shooter was. the officer that was killed was an army veteran. 6:08 is the time right now. back to sal for a look at the commute. sal. >> news chopper two has arrived to look at this backup on 880 northbound. and it's huge. the only good thing we found out when news chopper two arrived they started picking up the cones on 880. we just watched them do that. news chapper two is looking at the backup. what is happening overnight they are doing a little bit of

road work. they are shifting traffic around. it lock them longer than they thought it would if so again 880. even though the cones are picked up it will be slightly different for you. we recommend still using 580 and chp has lifted the restriction for trucks on 580 temporarily. it looks like there is still work going on there. let's move to other pictures now. this is a look at the bay bridge. it's a little lighter than usual. and also this morning we are looking at 880 northbound. there is a crash at mission boulevard involving an overturned vehicle. it's not causing a big delay right now. let's go to rosemary. good morning, to you. patchy fog and frost. what a gorgeous view of the moon. [ laughter ]

but. look wow look at that. isn't that just beautiful? it loo light up the sky. it gives you an idea how clear it is. dealing with patchy fog over parts of the north bay. you can see some freezing temperatures. 31-degrees in areas around santa rosa. dips to 30 earlier. a freezing fog a possibility when it gets that cold. it looks like a little bit of wind is mixing up that lower layer. we were sitting at about 30 degrees a little while ago. 32 in napa. bone chilling in fairfield. 28 for you. 31 in concord. 32 in livermore. upper 50s are right around redwood city. air quality once again a spare the air day for the bay area. a bit unhealthy for our inner

eastern district. tried to say that twice today and couldn't. just to be aware of. satellite radar here. ridge of high pressure in place. by tomorrow we will cool off. today temperatures similar to yesterday. a light on shore wind. even look at this rain by sunday. we have a system that will drop right down the south. along the coastline here. as it does, it will bring light rain. it looks by afternoon it stays mostly south of the golden gate. it goes inland a little bit. by 8:00 it tries to move a little bit north. scattered showers perhaps for the early morning commute. upper 50s and low 60s. your extended forecast here cooling off a little bit tomorrow. more so on sunday. 53 the afternoon high. mostly cloudy skies. scattered showers in the forecast. drying out on monday.

still quite cool. overnight lows sitting in the 30s. 6:12. a big display by iran state television. u.s. officials are saying about this. a captured top secret u.s. drone plane. plus insuring california schools are quake ready. what a new audio found that is cause for concern.

good morning, to you. welcome back.

6:15. the family of an american hostage that disappeared in iran is issuing a new plea this morning for his safe return. as alison burns reports they are also showing us a new heart wrenching video. alison. >> reporter: bob levingson's family is releasing the video now because they don't know what else to do. here's the website the family has set up. helpboblevingson.com. his son and wife make a plea to their unknown captors. they show a proof of life video they received more than a year ago. levingson says he's in poor health. running out of diabetes medicine and references his long career as an fbi as he calls on the u.s. government to try to save him. >> please help me get home. 33 years of service for the united states deserves

something. please help me. >> reporter: it's unclear where he is being held. investigators say the video was likely sent from pakistan not iran. back in march she believed levingson was alive. but u.s. officials have no idea who is holding him. why bob levingson was in iran in the first place during my next update in about an hour. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. 6:17. iranian television aired video of what it claims is a u.s. stealth drone plane that crashed in iran last week. military officials say here it is. the drone was supposed to be hunting insurgents in western afghanistan and no order to spy on iran. there is concern iran could gather very important surveillance information from this drone. the unmanned plane is said to be the same model drone that

was used to spy on osama bin laden before he was killed. political leaders are turning up the heat on holder. they are threatening impeachment saying holder withheld critical information from congress. the federal disastrous gun tracking program. >> the answers that you have given so far are basically saying somebody else did it. there is no responsibility within the justice department. if we don't get to the bottom of this, and that requires your assistance on that. there is only one alternative that congress has. and it's called impeachment. >> holder admits the feds made big mistakes in the gun program but calls the impeachment talk quote a political witch hunt. jean quan is facing two

separate recall drives this morning. her opponents picked up petitions yesterday. now they need to collect almost 20,000 signatures by may. quan says 11 months in office is not enough time to solve the city's problems and that removing her now is unfair. time now 6:18. the california state agency in charge of making sure that school buildings are safe is on the hot seat. the state auditors office says it investigated how the division of state architect implemented the field act. that is an earthquake safety law. the division has dessert fewed construction projects when they comply with that act. as of december 2010, 16,000 projects all over the state are remaining uncertified. the audit also says it has defective oversight. 6:19 is the time. back to sal for a look at the commute. how are friday light? >> not pam and dave.

it's pretty slow. you can see traffic will be slow. it looks like now there is also a couple chp cars there. northbound 880 in the vicinity of the coliseum. we are look at all the slow traffic here if you are driving up from san leandro over toward the downtown oakland area. it has been very slow as news chopper two is showing us. those are the headlights approaching from san leandro. this is because of earlier lane closures at high street. and also new lane configuration. things have improved. just about ten minutes ago they have opened up all the lanes. there is a new lane configuration. let's take a look now at the bay bridge. because of the road work i think on 880 the bay bridge which is usually crowded by now has not become crowded. i think a lot of people are still stuck on 880. there is a new crash in pleasanton westbound 580 at 680 it did block all the lanes. if you are driving from

livermore to dublin it will be a slow drive. 6:20 let's go to rosemary. good morning, to you. let's take a live look outside your doors. still waiting for the sunrise. dark picture there of oakland. 42 in the city of oakland. if you are going to the airport, the airport reporting 35 degrees. 31 santa rosa. mid 30s for napa. slide into concord near freezing there. san jose checking in at 38 degrees. patchy fog and frost to start the morning. the fog doesn't look as wide spread as we saw for your thursday morning. but in any case it's a cold one out there. your forecast at a glance between now and noon this is when we generally get most of our warming. you can see by 10:00 or so. it may not feel like it we'll be sitting in the mid 40s. low 50s for the bay. we only warm a few degrees between noontime and 3:00 in the afternoon. so most of our warm willing come in the first half of our

day. satellite radar clear skies overhead. we have the still pattern in place with ridge of high pressure continuing through friday. it begins to break down tomorrow. possibility of rain on sunday. mostly sunny skies. dry conditions. cool to mild weather expected for today. it's the spare the air day. 59 in hayward for the afternoon. 59 san mateo. extended forecast in addition to the onset of rain by sunday our temperatures will be falling between now and then. notice your saturday afternoon. upper 50s will be the average. low 50s with cloudy conditions on sunday. it will be a cool day. it will be a soggy day for the second half of afternoon. we do dry out. temperatures remain in the upper 50s. overnight lows remain in the 30s. big news from toyota. executives have cut the years earning forecast in half. they have said toyota was just starting to recover from the earthquake and tsunami when it was hit with the flooding in

thailand. 230,000 fewer cars will be made as a result. competition for your tax business is heating up. h & r block and turbo tax will offer live online professional help in this tax season and take a look the two companies are offering mobile apps that let users file their tax returns. last tax season h & r block and turbo tax handled one-third of all returns filed. 6:22. molitof cocktails aimed at a sheriffs office. and a local boy making it his mission to help out. things are picking up here on 880 as you are driving up north. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. ♪

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right now all the lanes are temporarily closed on northbound 880. all right sal. time now 6:26. a sheriffs office was fire bombed. it happened november 15th in santa barbara county. this is surveillance video. the suspect walks up to the building, throws two molotov cocktails there at the sheriff station. the fbi is offering a $5,000 reward. 12-year-old pleasanton boy managed to collect hundreds of coats for the one warm coat drive. carson says it was easy getting donations. he went door to door to hand out fliers at pipless homes. at people's homes. so far he's collected 600 coats. his goal for next 1,000. time now 6:27. it was a scene of one of the worst acts of violence in the american history. what we know this morning about

yet another deadly shooting on the virginia tech campus. we are live in oakland where the family of a toddler shot in the head was praying for a miracle. we'll tell you why doctors say that won't happen today. we are watching wall street. the latest on what is going on with europe. pam will have the early stock numbers.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. ringing the opening bell there this morning. that is the film group pleasing -- there she is. it looks like she is signing there in the middle. they are celebrating first anniversary as the nasdaq listed company there. there she is standing up and applauding. we are looking for you can see bottom part of your screen. higher opening.

there is really mixed reaction around the world to what is going on in europe and the treaty talked about 24 nations. had a lot of losses in asia. losses in europe. so far the dow is up. we'll go ahead and smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is friday morning the 8th of december. >> i think it's the 9th. >> that's what i meant to say. >> i'm pam cook. time now 6:31. a lot to tell you about this morning. the toddler that was wounded in last months shootout is still on life support this morning. however, the child's family is expected to make a very painful decision in the next several hours. ktvu tara moriarty joining us now. she's at children's hospital in oakland with the details. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the family was hoping for a miracle. but after meeting with doctors they do agree their son should come off life support.

the family attorney said that should happen sometime later this afternoon. you can imagine the family is completely devastated. they were here last night at the children's hospital of oakland waiting for test results which did show their child had no brain activity. the decision came after the family pubically acknowledged wednesday that they had reached a cross roads about the boy's treatment. doctors have said hiram's prognosis is grim. theyed that a second opinion from their pediatrician. six other people were wounded when three hooded gunmen opened fire on a group filming a music video at seventh and willow street. at least two people in the group returned fire. now police have detained around half a dozen people on unrelated charges but have made no arrests in connection with that shooting. investigators have said the shootout may have been a gang

feud. that would make the second time this year a young child died from a gang feud. live in oakland i'm tara moriarty. police have not evicted occupy boston protestors despite a midnight deadline for them to leave their camp. even though the mayor set the deadline he did not specify when the camp would be shut down. no arrests were made and no tents were removed overnight. protestors estimate between 100 and 150 people are living in the boston camp. dozens of police officers cleared out the occupy santa cruz camp. police gave campers four minutes to clear out early yesterday morning. at least six people were arrested. 20 tents were dismantled. park officials say they cleaned up eight tons of garbage in two hours after the protestors were evicted. 6:33. it's news that a lot of bay area baseball fans are buzzing about this morning. oakland mayor jean quan has

called a news conference for noontime today. she is expected to make a big announcement about major league baseball. ktvu claudine wong will have all the details in the live report coming up for you at 6:45. heartless thief stole several hundred dollars worth of christmas gifts from a single mother in contra costa county. this time of the year the crooks really come out. this is carie mathis. she said someone broke into the trunk of her car. they stole most of the christmas gifts she had purchased for her six-year-old twins. her son's baseball gear was also stolen. >> i saved over a long period of time. $10 here and there. and you know it's gone. it's just gone because of somebody's selfishness. >> the sheriff department says they will take up a collection trying to help miss mathis and her children. in the meantime law enforcement officials remind us all don't store christmas packages in

your car. avoid carrying around large amounts of cash while you shop these days. try to park in areas that are well it will. very available visible. 6:34 is the time. let's check in with sal. >> news chopper two does have a look for us at the commute on 880. they have finally opened up all the lanes approaching high street. the traffic is getting much better. although it is still crowded. if you will see some slow traffic heading up to high street just before the coliseum, it is beginning to get much better now they have opened up all those lanes. they opened up just about 20 minutes ago. you can see traffic is still busy. also this morning we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. cars are getting through. and the morning commute is still going to be slow at the livermore valley because of a couple fender benders. one was blocking all the lanes for a brief moment before they moved it out of the way. minor injuries in one.

another crash with minor injuries as well. 580 livermore is slow. 6:35 let's go to rosemary. okay almost guaranteed to shiver in your boots this morning. it's twilight. we have about half hour or so a little bit more than that before the sun will raise. it will hazy sunshine once again with spare the air day in effect. by the way tgif for you if it is your friday. calm conditions santa rosa. north easterly breeze in fairfield. south westerly at fairfield. we have a little bit of patchy fog. not as wide spread as we saw yesterday. 21 degrees in santa rosa. mid 30s in the airport in oakland. 40 degrees at sfo. i checked the airport in oakland it looks like we will be sitting in the tos before -- 20s before we break a record.

wide spread low 30s. freezing livermore, concord. outside san jose check in the mid 30s. mountain view, palo alto all sitting in the 30s. spare the air day for the afternoon. unhealth think for your inner east bay areas. if you do suffer from respiratory issues that is something to be aware of. begins to break down. shift to the east. we have a system that will drop to the south. it will take the trek just like that. and if it shifts a little to the east, we will see a little bit more rain. shifts to the west we will see less rain. i will show what the latest models are indicating. for now we will say a dry day. similar to what we saw yesterday for your friday. sunny and cool. rain the possibility of it arriving sunday afternoon. forecasted highs for today. upper 50s and low 60s. 59 in the city. 60 degrees expected for

oakland. still seasonal for this time of year. it is december after all. 61 mountain view. 61 san jose. morgan hill checking in at 62. a faculas arrive. temperatures cooler. by sunday we wake up with mostly cloudy skies. sunday afternoon light rain in the forecast. looks like it could linger through the early morning hours. monday we will be awfully cool. 53 degrees will be the average in the afternoon. and we can't get out of the 30s. we'll still be sitting in the 30s in the overnight hours. know not as cold. coming up i will show you the latest on those rain models. 6:38. progress and the plan to extend bart in san jose. when the first phase of construction is due to begin. could the warriors with thinking about leaving oakland? a new report out today. why the you're is expected to talk baseball in a few hours.

good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the stories we are following for you right now. the toddler who was critically wounded in last months shootout is still on life support this morning. however, the family of 23-month- old hiram lawrence junior agree with the doctors the little boy

is brain dead. later on today he's expected to be taken off life support. iran television is showing these images of what they claim is a captured u.s. stealth drone plane that crashed in iran last week. u.s. officials denying that the drone was shot down by iran as iran claims. the suspected gunman in the shooting on black friday outside of a san leandro walmart is in jail this morning. dptwan watson surrounderred to police. while another suspect is already in jail two others are still on the loose. familiar scene on the campus of virginia tech. terrified students hold up in their dorms as police search for gunmen. reporter karen is in our washington, d.c. bureau this morning where ironically several virginia tech administrators went yesterday to defend their actions to another deadly shooting four

years ago. >> reporter: good morning. yeah ironically they were here in the nation's capitol. inclueing the university's head of police to talk about that incident that happened in 2007. 33 people left dead that day. including the student gunman. which makes them particularly vigilant. now news conference has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern time. about 15 minutes from now to get the latest developments on what exactly happened yesterday afternoon and events started unfolding. when a virginia tech police officer made a routine traffic stop. gunshots were fired and started to unfold. unfortunately that campus police officer a four year veteran of the force. 39-year-old derrick crouse was killed. he was shot and killed. a second man is yet to be identified. a university of spokesman said that person was not a student at the university. we are waiting for the latest developments in the investigation. we are hoping to hear what the motive might have been for the

shooting. but certainly another tragedy to rock that virginia tech campus. students hill a vigil last -- students held a vigil last night. >> thank you. time now 6:43. the mayor of oakland is getting ready for a news conference later today about the future of major league baseball in oakland. this comes as new questions are squirreling about the future of other pro sports teams in oakland. claudine wong joining us live. she has the latest on all of this and how fans are reacting. claudine. >> don't talk about the possible of teams leave examining this is the home of the raiders. home of the a's. home of the warriors. at least for now. the mayor is expected to about this very area. they get about 120 acres near the coliseum. but will the teams be around to

innow any growth. commissioner bud yet to rule on that. the raiders also facing an uncertain future. as the niners move to santa clara some question whether the nfl will put dollars behind that project if it's a shared stadium between the two teams. then you have the warriors. nba training camp opened today and this morning. there are reports the warriors are talking about moving to san francisco. the chronical reporting that the team met with mayor ed lee to build a state of the art arena near at & t park. >> as far as i'm concerned they should remain here. >> do you think they will? >> i don't think the city is trying to do anything to keep them here. i mean, we deserve just as much economic boom as everybody else throughout california. so why shouldn't we get to keep them? >> no doubt the coliseum is old. no doubt this morning there is

a push to get it renovated. the question is will it be enough to keep these teams here? live in oakland claudine wong. new controversy is brewing involving the uc davis pepper spraying incident. it has been one week since an independent inquire began and some are calling it a big waste of time. coming up who is saying it's worth it and the price the university has spent to pay for the investigation. the vta has approved $772 million in funds to start the first phase of the project in february. the extension would link the fremont bart station to the neighborhood of north san jose. that could be complete as early as 2016. 18 months ahead of the original schedule. the long-term plan is to extend bart all the way down to san jose where it will link up with cal train.

6:46. in case you didn't hear there is a traffic mess this morning. it's on 880. sal. >> you know, dave and pam. i have better news for you regarding this. they have picked up the road work. northbound 880 is recovering after that big traffic mess. there is 880 northbound now coming out of san leandro. you see how much better it is now. they had some late running road work on 880 at high street. they didn't pick it up almost two hours after they said they were going to. it's going to take a little while. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza. a lot of people that were stuck on 880 made it here. that is backed up for a delay. this morning on the san mateo bridge it looks good. no problems over to the bay shore freeway. 6:47 filling in for steve it's rosemary. okay good morning, to you.

20-25 minutes before the sunrise. beginning to see the skylighten a little bit. we have clear skies overhead. we are very similar to how we started thursday. which means in many cases you will step outside your door with a big chill. 28 in fairfield. 30 degrees reported santa rosa. 35 san jose. low 40s oakland and san francisco upper 30s. along the peninsula, palo alto right around i mentioned redwood city. areas around palo alto we are dealing with 30s. your satellite radar. we have clear skies overhead. the entire state still enjoying the ridge of high pressure in place. it will be in place through tomorrow. it begins to break down a little bit. it will shift off to the east and allow the storm door to open. this system is outside of the upper level pins which means

its traffic is going to go deep south. if it pulls out a little bit we will see mess. picking up sunday afternoon. we have light rain. by 4:00 it begins to do this wrap around thing. we have it farther inland. into the evening hours it's with us. 9:00 still there. it continues sinking south. so light rain at this point in the forecast for your sunday afternoons. upper 50s and low 60s. we will begin to cool as early as tomorrow. notice temperatures sitting in the upper 50s if the afternoon. low 50s by sunday with cloudy skies, wet weather for the second half of your sunday. monday morning drying out. upper 50s in the forecast. monday and tuesday. overnight lows will warm a little bit with that cloud cover out there. it is the latest evidence of a big income gap in the

u.s.. a new report shows american's personal wealth took its biggest hit in almost three years last quarter. the value of homes, stocks, and personal income are all down at the same time corporations have record levels of cash. the office holiday party is back according to the san francisco business times. many event spaces and restaurants have full holiday schedules this year. some places say they are getting a lot of last minute calls after people realize they still have some money in the budget for holiday party. 6:50. one of those stories that won't go away. former imf chief dominic strauss-kahn target of a political plot? new hotel security video that is raising questions. a fire station in need of repairs. a story you will only see on two. good morning, golden gate bridge traffic looks good. clear weather. we'll tell you more about the traffic accident and weather

straight ahead.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. live look at the big board. dow jones up 118 points. seems wall street is optimistic about the treaty the american unions are concerning to solve their euro crisis. newly released surveillance video raising questions about

the assault allegations made between dominic strauss-kahn. there are three videos. strauss-kahn checking out of the new york hotel on may 14th. another video shows the maid who claims she was attacked reenacting the incident to her supervisor. and then two hotel staffers doing a dance there. there is suspect that strauss- kahn may have been set up. >> they could have found out they won the football pool. or the yankees made a big trade. >> prosecutors dropped criminal charges in the case. however the accuser has filed a civil lawsuit. strauss-kahn claims they had consensual sex. in the last hour government officials in india just arrested six hospital employees following a deadly fire this morning that left 89 people dead. the hospital staff is accused of abandoning the patients when

this fire broke out. as we said 89 people were killed. the fire started in the hospital's basement. a lot of smoke quickly filled the building. the hospital staff ran out of the building leaving 160 patients inside. in a story you will only see here on two. with the america's cup coming in 2013 there is growing concern that san francisco may not respond quickly enough for fire on a water. it was deemed seismicically unsafe and yellow tagged in 2006. because the station floor could k no longer support a fire engine, outside engine companies must go there and board the fire boats that are tethered to a crumbling pier. >> they say that has about 18 months of life left in it. it should collapseth collapse just before the america's cup comes to san francisco. >> the fire department is still confident in meeting response

times. time now 6:55. a lot of us don't set an alarm clock. but tomorrow you may want to. the last total lunar eclipse will be visible. a red shadow will start to fall across the moon at 4:45:00 a.m.. by 6:05 the moon will be totally engulfed. the lunar eclipse will appear red and not black. the layer of dusty air surrounding our planet will redirect that light in the sun and fill the darkness behind the earth with a red glow. that is tomorrow morning. >> 4:45 is sleeping in with us. i might make that. let's check in with sal for traffic. >> maybely make that, pam.

maybe. good morning everybody. let's take a lock at what we have now. traffic will be okay. lanes are cleared in oakland. you can see that new bridge over there at high street. we'll have more on this and what it caused this morning. we'll have more coming up on mornings on 2. at the toll plaza i have five on that. about five minutes or so. now let's go to rosemary. >> okay. so sum it up we are mostly clear and calm and cold. patchy fog and frost sitting in the 30s. more of us sitting in the 30s than 40s. who is sitting in the 40s? san francisco. by 10:00 or so notice we do actually get quite a bit of a jump. 46 degrees. if you go from 30-46 in a few hours f is 15-20-degree -- few short hours, that is 15-20 degrees. we will be sitting in the upper 50s do low 60s for your afternoons. with the weekend forecast we begin cooling tomorrow. we'll show you the extended forecast coming up. 6:57.

coming up on mornings on two. we hear about the rough road work. it's causing a rough friday morning commute in the east bay. there has been a major new development in just the past 30 minutes. also it is a tragedy that stunned the bay area. the latest painful decision in the shooting of an oakland toddler is now just hours away.

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