we're live in oakland where the prognosis for a toddler shot in the head is grim. the tough decision the family will be making later today. new questions involving the pepper spray investigation at uc davis. critics claim there's a costly conflict of interest. also -- a home invasion in the east bay turns deadly. "mornings on 2" begins right now. . well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's friday, december 9th. a lot of people running late for work after overnight work on the 880 ran late.

the lanes were just cleared. kraig debro will be joining us shortly. but we can go to sal castanedo right now for an update on the situation on 880. is there still a backup? >> the backup is dissipating. but the problems were very serious. i want to mention traffic has recovered here and what they are doing here on 880 -- i might be able to move a map to it. they are fixing the high street bridge. they are doing a retrofit project between oakland and hayward -- a $180 million project. i believe we might have kraig -- yes, we do. hello, kraig. how are you? >> reporter: hey, good morning, sal. if you look behind me, you can see what you were just talking about, the high street bridge. there's a problem earlier. it appears that traffic is

moving through here rather smoothly at this time. that's kind of odd because typically there is a residual effect that lasts all morning. especially if you take 880, you know that. the roads did not get opened up in time for the commute. there was this huge backup. here's what it looked like from newschopper2. just about 25 to 30 minutes ago, they finally opened the highway in the northbound direction for all cars to go through. as we were getting here, we were watching the chp do one of those traffic breaks, where they swerve back and forth to tell people behind them not pass. that was going on. i'm being hold by our newsroom that at one point, both directions were stopped. so -- and again, you heard sal mention this work was being done as part of the project

they are working on. even though they seal to be making a lot of progress on this -- seem to be making a lot of progress, if you have been down there, you see they have the whole section worked out. that's a -- that area is a new structure. they seem to be getting along. but we're told project from oakland to hayward won't be completed until 2014. reporting live from kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. in other news, a robbery suspect is dead after an attempted home invasion in richmond. police say two men broke into a house on south 35th street wednesday night. several people were inside at the time. now, according to police, there was a fight of some kind. someone inside the home shot the two suspects. one man identified as 19-year- old robbery ross junior was pronounced dead at the

hospital. another suspected robber was wounded. the shooter has not been arrested yet, pending an investigation. the police are still trying to determine why the suspect singled out that home. a third man was been hasted -- has been arrested. [ no audio ] the suspect is due to make his first court appearance this afternoon. police say ramirez and jose campos mendoza were involved in a shooting at a restaurant. investigators say ramirez and mendoza arrived together in the same car. both were seen with the gun that killed the other man. the toddler shot in the shootout? west oakland remains on life

support. the family is expected to make a very tough decision this morning. tara moriarty joins us live with more. >> reporter: the -- the family now understand what's going on and they are trying to go forward and get some peace out of this situation. at around 1:00 this afternoon, we understand the little boy will be removed from life support. as can you imagine, this is an incredibly agmizing situation the -- agmizing situation the -- agonizing situation the family went through. they were waiting for test results that confirmed that the little boy had no brain activity. they had reached a cross roads about the boy's treatment. doctors set from the get-go his prognosis is grim. so they got a second opinion

from their pediatrician. now, he was shot in the head while in his father's arms. six other people were wounded when three hooded gunman opened fire while filming a music video. police have detained half a dozen people on unrelated charges but have made no arrests. investigators say the shootout may have been the commute of a -- the result of a gang commute. we were able to check out the facebook page of the little boy's mother. her name is britney houston. and she recently posted, she wants her baby to keep fighting, that mommy loves you. so as a parent, a difficult situation. we're live in oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. new this morning, an your-long video surfaces of a missing american who vanished in iran years ago.

coming up at 7:15, why the mysterious disappearance is being considered a hostage standoff. some are questioning the costs of an independent inquiry into the uc davis pepper spraying incident. investigators have been investigating last month's infamous incident and they are led by former l.a. police chief, brill bratton, who works for the security firm kroowl. krowl has worked with the uc system before and some say that's a conflict of interest. >> they are saying we hired krowl because we interest have a working relationship with them but they -- because we

already have a working relationship with them but they said before that it was disclosed. 7:07 sal and kraig debro have been all over what's happening on 880. how did that happen? >> it looks better. we're likely to see backups in the future where they are doing the 880 bridges. slightly different lane configuration on the high street bridge. things have recovered. you may have some coworkers that are a little late to work this morning because of what happened earlier. but at least now things are doing well. 880 is back to normal. i'm sure 5 0 may also be -- 580 may be back to normal. on we do have lighter than usual conditions. i want to move it over to the bay bridge to show you that the bay bridge toll plaza is much lighter thatten it norm -- than it normally is for this time. once you get on the bridge, it does move well into the city. checking out the south bay,

it's also looking very nice. there is a minor crash on northbound 85 at 17. it's on the shoulder. as we move the maps over to the livermore valley, we had an earlier problem approaching 580 from livermore to crass tro valley. that's gone and 580 traffic looks pretty good on the macarthur freeway heading over to oakland's main park, the macarthur maze. let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. while we slept, our temperatures sank. we have four minutes to the official sunrise. another hazy, spare the air day today, once again. a little bit of patchy fog out there. brig out the -- bring out the ice scraper. you may need it. these cold temperatures will be

here for another hour. in the afternoon, temperatures will be very similar to what we felt yesterday. we'll continue with the pattern for at least the next day or so until we begin to see changes. upper 50s, low 60s. very calm conditions. this morning a slight offshore bris t will turn a little onshore and by tomorrow we'll notice the changes. 31 in santa rosa. napa, 35. 46 in the city. 42 in oakland. 33 right now, concord. san jose, 38 degrees with just a very light breeze. our satellite radar, ridge of high pressure persists another day. you can see over the state of california we're mostly clear. this will break down and shift to the east. by sunday, the possibility of scattered showers will be in our forecast. afternoon highs for today, it's gonna feel like yesterday. 59 in berkeley. we're looking at 59 for the city. low 60s for part of the east bay. 61 expected san jose, 61 los gatos for the second half of

your afternoon. the extended forecast, cooling off a little bit tomorrow. if you are gonna do the holiday shopping outdoors for saturday. pick the indoor mall on sunday because we do have clouds, cool temperatures and rain expected the second half of the afternoon into monday morning before we dry ought once again. we are gonna show you the latest models and when they bring the rain to your doorstep. more information is coming out regarding the latest shooting at virginia tech university. this morning, investigators announced the gunman was not a student at the school. they're waiting for autopsy results before releasing his identity. this is a live press conference. let's listen in. >> just a few things about the campus. as you know, the students have announced there will be a vigil tonight in the memory and honor of officer krause at 6:30 on the drill field. things, of course, are happening very quickly. we're doing our best to keep you apprised and posted. i would say the very best thing

for my colleagues in the media is look to our website. we will be working with the state police when we have new announcements when they have new information. karin will release it normally through the direction channels -- distribution channels. so at this point, i believe i'm gonna turn it over to karin to tell you what she knows and what the police knows and what they are able to say at this time. >> thank you, larry. well, first i'm gonna kind of review exactly what we've got at this point that took place yesterday. it was just after midnight this morning that the virginia department of forensic science is able to confirm from ballistic testing that both officer krause and the male subject found in the parking

lot approximately half a mile away were shot and killed with the same weapon. that weapon, which was a handgun, was found near the male subject in the parking lot known as the cage on duck pond drive. now, to review, it was at approximately 12:15 p.m. on thursday when virginia tech police officer derrick krause, had a vehicle stopped in the coliseum parking lot on wash street in the inter-- washington street in the intersection of spring road. he was approached by an unknown male and was fatally shot. the male fled the scene and from the course of the investigation we determined he ran to the greenhouses where he changed clothes, taking off a pullover cap and left clothes at the greenhouse. and then at approximately 12:45, when a montgomery county

sheriff was driving through the parking lot of the came, noticed a male pedestrian in the back of the parking lot, observed him by himself. there was nobody else in the parking lot acting a bit strangely. the deputy then drove to the parking lot to approach him. lost site of him -- sight of him at one point. when he did locate him, he found him on the grund and he suffered -- ground and he suffered what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the hdge was found nearby. the -- again, the two shooting scenes were about half a mile apart from one another. the bodies of both officer krause and the male subject were transported to the offices of the medical examiner in roanoke, where the autopsy and examination are ongoing right now. we have a state police investigator right there -- there right now with the medical examiner's office. we are very confident we know who this individual is. however due to protocol, the medical examiner's office must make that positive

identification and then we notify the next of kin -- >> you've been listening live to a press conference at virginia tech following yesterday's fatal shooting of a police officer. we've just learned that they have identified the shooter but they are not releasing that publicly, as she just men hadtioned because of protocol -- mentioned because of protocol. the suspect was not a student there. the school went down to a lockdown situation and the scene was eerily similar to 2007's mass shooting. they seem very organized today, after the painful less ons learned four and a half years ago. the motive remains a mystery. we'll stay on top of this and bring you more information as we get it. in other news, he's the presidential candidate that everyone is attacking. who is now running an ad

comparing newt gingrich to kim kardashian?

. a military it official says the drone that crashed last week was supposed to be hunting for insurgents in western afghanistan and there was no order to spy on iran. there's concern that iran could gather important surveillance information from the drone. the unmanned aircraft is said to be the same model drone that was used to spy on osama bin laden's compound before he was killed. our time now, 7:18. a very emotional story today about an american held hostage overseas and the dramatic

efforts trying to get him free. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the latest details. alison? >> reporter: dave, robert levinson is a retired fbi agent who disappeared in iran years ago and it is still a very big mystery what happened to him. he was in iran as a private investigator working on a cigarette smuggling case. now, here's the website that his family has set up, helpboblevinson.com. on had today, his son and wife have posted a video. they make a plea to his unknown captors and for the first time they show this proof of life video that they received more than a year ago. levinson looks thin and haggard and talks about his health prob -- problems. >> i'm not -- i'll not in very good health. i'm running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. i've been treated well. i need the help of the united

states government. >> reporter: investigators reportedly believe the video was sent from pakistan, not iran, so it's unclear where levinson is being held. the family said it released a video now because it just -- it doesn't know what else to do to secure the release of the 63- year-old father of seven. secretary of state hillary clinton said back in march that she believed levinson was still alive but the bottom line is, the united states still does not know who's holding him. reporting live from washington, d.c. allison bun -- alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. now that newt gingrich is the front-rupper in the race for the white house, he has a target on his back. evangelical republicans in iowa are taking aim at him with a video. >> newt respects marriage as much as kim kardashian. that's right. newt gingrich is the kim kardashian of the gop. if newt gingrich can betray a woman who swore her love and

loyalty to him for the rest of her life, not once, not twice -- but twice, what makes you think he won't betray you, the voter? >> now, this morning newt gingrich is coming out swinging with a new ad -- mitt romney is come out swinging with a new ad. jennifer davis joins us live. what do you think romney is trying to obtain from his video? >> reporter: well, we are seeing a shift in tone from the romney camp in the ads they are putting out. earlier you saw that ad painting romney as a family man, a man of faith, talking about how kifernt he was -- consistent he was, married to the same woman for 30 years. he's been mauryed three times and has changed his religious

affiliation three times as well. the ad paints gingrich almost out of touch with miss party for not reporting paul ryan's plan for a budget, it features a lot of television bites from analyst and gingrich himself not really towing the party line. previously he's been more directed towards obama and looking that way in the general direction. i think it's clear the attention is shifting. >> thank you, jennifer davis. >> reporter: thank you. a deadly hospital fire just this morning in india. dozens of people were killed. what the indian government just did. and will there be a change in the weather? up next meteorologist, rosemary

oroscoe will tell us if the word "rain" is in the forecast. good morning. if you are waiting to get into information, there's a little bit of delay at the toll plaza. we'll tell you about the morning commute and the weekend forecast.

. 7:24. new this morning, police in india have arrested six hospital administrators after a massive fire. these are new pictures of the hospital fire from kalkutta. the death toll has risen to 89. medical staff are accused of abandoning patients to save themselves. one man said he received a frantic call from his wife who was a patient there. by the time he arrived, though, she had suffocated. our time is 7:25. let's check in with sal, see how the commute is going. you've been focusing on the

east bay. >> that's right. and things are getting better around the bay area. it's a little -- things are getting better around the bay area. it's a little bit better on 80 because they -- on 880 because they picked up the roadwork around the high street bridge. you will see traffic is recovering. also this morning, we're looking at the beautiful gold medal brack. southbound traffic looks good. the fog is not an issue. -- at the beautiful golden gate bridge. southbound traffic looks good. the fog is not an issue. let's go to rosemary. >> good morning. we'll have abundant sunshine for today. if you are just joining us, it's a spare the dare day, once again. sitting in the upper 20s low

30s right around the north bay locations, widespread 30s and 40s for the peninsula this morning. 30s and 40s for the east bay, our inland valleys are sitting in the east bay, like livermore, concord, your noontime numbers will be sitting in the mid- to upper 50s. a pretty big rapid warmup between now and noon and then as we move into the afternoon, upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast with mostly sunny skies. dry today, dry tomorrow. i'm gonna fast forward you to sunday. we do have a wet pattern that will take shape by the afternoon. you can see picking up about 2:00 in the afternoon. we have rain along the peninsula just creeping into the bay crew the course of the afternoon. it will become more widespread. it begins to move towards the north all the way to i-80 to sacramento. and this system sliding down the coastline sunday night into monday morning, you can see how it continues to drift south, the scattered showers will continue to taper off.

sunday afternoon into the evening hours, it looks like we'll have wet weather there. if you are heading to the sierra, a dry forecast. your extended forecast, we begin cooling off as early as tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. upper 50s will be the average tomorrow afternoon and then once the clouds come along, we won't be as cold in the afternoon hours. still chilly, mostly cloudy skies. a cool afternoon with showers in the forecast for your sunday. dry monday/tuesday. a search for bay area bird killers. how the spca hopes to track them down. >> reporter: and could the warriors be leaving oakland? why they are talking with san francisco's mayor and oakland's mayor's press conference scheduled today. and a heated battle over a billboard. this one involves the raiders and a bay area burger king.

. mayor quan will talk about baseball at a press conference. but there's questions than more -- about more than just the as. claudine wong has more. >> reporter: good morning. we're in coliseum country right now. the mayor is expected to talk about redevelopment for this area. but fans we've been talking to

this morning say, look, if you want to keep the as, the warriors and raiders here -- the as, the warriors and raiders here, you better fight for them. >> i don't think our city is doing enough for the teams, especially the raiders, the players who paved the way for oakland. >> reporter: are you surprised about the warriors? >> the warriors leaving? that's ridiculous. somebody needs to step up and keep our bay area teams here. >> reporter: the mayor is expected to talk about baseball today. she's called a press conference for noon and hinted about what she wants to talk about for this area. >> probably more for the press conference will be talking about major expansion of the coliseum, city concept and looking at the growth for that part of oakland. but will the as be around to

enjoy it? we know lew wolff is still waiting to see if he can move his team to l.a. bud selig is still making a decision on that. they want the nfl to throw money at the move but some wonder if the nfl will push to make the santa clara stadium a shared stadium between the 9ers and raiders. and there are the warriors, there are reports that the warriors are talking about moving to san francisco. "the chronicle" reported that the team met with ed lee about building a stadium park near at&t park. a lost questions today. questions about mayor quan, and questions about whether she -- her press conference today and questions about whether the teams will remain. back to you. >> thank you. the oakland raiders have a beef with a large bay area burger chain and the team has filed a lawsuit. the raiders claim that nation's

giant hamburgers violated its famous raider nation slogan. it says "raid a nation." the raiders say that falsely implies that they have a partnership with the burger chain. >> i think it's totally ash cush that a -- absurd that a football team would bother to sue. >> don't take it personally. they have a big investment. these days you have to watch what you do. >> the laiders are -- raiders are look fog take a bite out of nation's bottom line. the team wants to be compensated for alleged trademark infringement. a $5,000 reward is being offered by the east bay spca. they want to catch who is responsible for shooting and killing ducks and geese at a park in concord. seven of the birds were found

shot to death at knewal park saturday morning. this moving, the solano county sheriff's department is leading the search for a missing teenager from suisun city. investigators fear 17-year-old christina almanza may have been kidnapped. the teenager kidnapped yesterday afternoon. she later left a voice mail on a family member's home saying she was being held hostage by several men. the teenager was last seen driving a navy blue 1999 oldsmobile minivan. the license plate number is 4 eb 1066. san francisco police are looking for a man they are calling a person of interest in two sexual assaults in the mission district. police have released this video. one woman was attacked yesterday. another last month.

both were assaulted and robbed while walking between 3:00 and 6 c 30 in the morning -- 6:30 in the mission district acorridor. the suspected gunman in the shooting black friday at a san leandro walmart is in jail. cameras were rolling at 106th avenue when the 29-year-old watson surrendered to police. now, "mornings on 2" shed you this last year -- showed you this yesterday. his sister says he wants to have a chance to defend himself. >> my brother just wants to have a chance to say something. >> the police are still searching for two more suspect, a fourth suspect was actually tackled by the victim's cousins and he was arrested at the scene. in los angeles, a mother accusedded of pepper spraying

-- accused of pepper spraying shoppers will not face charges. she's accused of spraying 20 people, including children, during a very chaotic bid to buy discount x-box games. the d.a.'s office wouldn't say if it was self-defense except that prosecutors will review the video and concluded there's no felonies. the city attorney's office will now determine if they will seek merchandise charges. 7:36. a former san francisco crime lab technician has two court dates today. now, the hearings could lead to a trial date for deborah madden. earlier she pled not guilty to aols federal charges. she is accused of making off with cocaine she was supposed to be testing. she spent almost 30 years as a civilian employee of the lab at hunter's point. she did resign while under investigation two years ago. 7:37.

occupy protesters will hold a news conference today to discuss their next big move. on monday, they plan to shut down all ports up and down the west coast. that includes the port of oakland which is the fifth busiest in the country. how far, they will not have the support of the powerful union representing thousands of doc workers. reports from san diego to vancouver say they are doing everything as possible to make sure it's business as usual on monday. >> we've been working with our law enforcement officers at every level to make sure we can keep the port open and make sure people can get to work and got home. >> the goal is to repeat last month's chaos. thousands of occupy protesters shut down the port for more than six hours. an occupy sacramento protester who took up residence in a tree is back on the ground this morning. just after 1:00 a.m., joe carter left his 25-foot high

perch above cesar chavez park. he's face charges for violating. weeknight curfew and for failure to comply with a police officer order. twenty one demonstrators were arrested. 7:38. let's go to back to sal. how is 280 doing? >> dave, i'm glad you asked that. 280 is doing well in some areas, not so well at the corner and intersection where it meets 880 in san jose. but that's a small slowdown. i think today we have better than usual conditions around the bay. that earlier problem we had was really an anomaly for the friday commute. usually we have smooth traffic and that was kind of an unexpected thing. so right now even that part has cleared up. let's go to 580 castro valley livermore. the traffic here is looking good. but in lirl, still a -- but in

livermore, still recovering after earlier problems. it's been a little bit nicer than normal. at the bay bridge, it was light. now it's backed under to the 880 -- backed up to the 880 yosing -- crossing. let's go to rosemary. giving you a live look at the flag here, not blowing very hard, is it? when it's this cold -- i don't know, maybe we prefer to be without the breeze because it's gonna feel a lot chillier in fairfield, freezing, subfreezing 26 degrees in fair filed. you do have -- fairfield. you do have a light breeze. so if the wind is blowing at 20 miles an hour it could feel cooler. livermore, you are checking in at 31. hayward, 39 in oakland, a chilly start here. 39 mountain view.

upper 30s, redwood city, sunnyvale, all reporting low 30s. air quality, a spare-the- air-day once again. you can see for areas on the inner east bay as well as santa clara valley, unhealthy. if you do suffer for respiratory disease -- from respiratory disease, it's a spare-the-air-day. it's illegal to burn wood. it will be a cool, dry day for the afternoon. we're gonna stay dry through saturday. that means sunday we do have changes and it looks like a wet change. your forecasted highs today, upper 50s, low 60s. upper 50s for antioch, the city, it looks like about 59 for the afternoon. 60 in fremont. 61 for san jose. a lot like yesterday. really that about sums it you.

notice partly cloudy skies for your saturday. we're gonna be dry but we'll be cooler. sunday, mostly cloudy skies and then that chance for rain rolls in by the afternoon, perhaps a lingering shower monday morning. temperature also gonna be chilly on sunday. low 50s in the forecast for the afternoon high. coming up we'll be tracking that rain for sunday. we'll show you what the latest models are indicating,. >> all right. we certainly need a little rain. thank you, rosemary. no good holiday wishes here. while some retailers are steaming mad at a special promotion by amazon. and important developing at the european summit in belgium. why britain is the only country refusing to sign a new agreement.

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. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 106. nasdaq is up 22. s&p is up 11. now, britain is the inly country in europe opposed to joining this new -- only country in europe opposed to joining the new treaty. at the end of the summit, they reeseed -- they reese leed a -- they released a document that countries were open to the idea. been leaders argued the revised treaty would threaten their

national sovereignty and damage london's financial services industry. this morning, toyota announced it's cutting its earnings forecast in half. that company is poised to lose its crown as the world's largest carmaker. toyota says the strong yen, the tsunami and quake in march is to blame. gm and hyundai have benefited from this. gm's sales are expected to top toyota and hyundai will win in profit. it's one of the saddest stories of the day. the toddler critically wounded in the shootout in west oakland is still on life support this morning. however, the family of hiram lawrence is expected to make a very painful decision in the next couple of hours. we'll bring you an afternoon date -- an update this afternoon. a candlelight vigil will be held tonight for joe hernandez.

he was beaten to death at a nightclub last january and the accused killer is still on the loose despite the fact that police released surveillance video of a suspect. today would have been hernandez's 31st birthday. 7:46. well, the efforts to recall oakland mayor jean quan are moving ahead and mayor quan is responding by saying among other things major reforms are needed in oakland. >> i think i've done enough leadership in those 11 months that take on the tough problems in oakland. to expect me to resolve them in 11 months, i don't think is fair. >> right now there are two separate recalls going on to recall mayor queen. they need those signatures by may. the city will determine if it's legal to conduct two recall drives at same time.

in washington, they are threatening impeachment for eric holder, saying he withheld critical information from congress. their acre is focused on "operation fast and furious." that's the federal government's disastrous gun-tracking program. >> the answers that you have given so far -- >> now, eric holder admits his

an arrest has been made for recent copper thefts. inside officers found wires and wire cutters. this has cost the agency 90,000. mcgeary faces grand theft, trespassing and felony vandalism charges. 7:49, a group that wants to protect san francisco's coit towers. they fire ted papers with the department of elections to get an initiative placed on the june 2012 ballot. the initial live is a response to the city issuing a request for proposals by contractors.

if you are on twitter, you may notice some changes to yourtier -- to your twitter page. the san francisco page is undergoing a major redesign. it's aimed at making it more navigational. amazon's special promotion

-- a 12-year-old pleasanton boy managed to collect hundreds of coats for the one warm coat drive. he said it was easy going door to door neighbors asking them to leave coats at the -- >> the best part is probably seeing the people that ride up with a bug and say. hundreds of people evacuated from a plane in

china. the problem in the cockpit that caused the alarm. also a dramatic new demand from flight attendants all about actor alec baldwin.

welcome back. time now 7:53. nine people were hurt when a flight from shanghai to hong kong was evacuated. smoke bass found in the cabin. about 351 passengers and 19 crew members had to be evacuated from the cafe pacific flight early this morning. now. airline says the plane was taxiing for take-off when the smoke was detected. they haven't said how the seven pas and crew members were hurt. what caused the smoke, that is still under investigation

an airline is offering a slammer sale. it fee res $14 one-way airfares. the ad shows an illinois license plate with abraham lincoln in the center and abe has a haircut like rod blagojevich. and you don't want to get convicted for missing the seat- selling sale. the drama over alex baldwin -- alec baldwin doesn'ts -- continues on. the airline employees are striking back. the whole incident started after baldwin allegedly got angry when a flight attendant told him to put away the cell

phone. do you have serious skills in the kitchen. if so, you could be on tv. master chef is giving you a chance to show america your culinary skills. the show is holding a casting call in san francisco tomorrow. if you think you got what it takes, bring your best home cooked dish. auditions are from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the owner receive as large cash prize a -- prize and the title of master chef. sal, what's happening with the morning commute? >> i'm getting hungry. [ laughter ] >> good morning, everybody. let's take a look at the commute. right now there are no major problems. things are just a little lighter than they normally are. but you will still see some slow traffic getting into the santa clara valley, also into

880 and 101, gonna see some slowing there. give yourself extra time. the only thing we have going is normal traffic passing hide street -- hyde street. moving along and taking a look at 80, it's backed up for about a ten-minute delay at the toll plaza. let's go to rosemary. a near repeat of yesterday, freezing subfreezing. by the evening, we should see scattered showers. and by about 10:00 or so, the storm is moving south along the

coast. by monday morning, we are drying out. near replica of yesterday. our afternoon highs, upper 50s, low 60s. we have a spare-the-air-day for the afternoon or all day, i should say. a lot cooler on sunday. new investigations into the pepper spray at uc davis. critics say there's a costly issue in this controversy. we're live at the hospital where the toddler may be released from life support today. we will tell what you his mother is calling for.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's friday, december 9th. topping our news at 8:00. one of the sadder stories of

the toddler, the toddler that was shot in that shootout in oakland, tara moriarty has more in oakland. >> reporter: well bless the attorney for the hiram lawrence family says the -- well, the attorney for the hiram lawrence family says the family has accepted that the child is brain dead. we read some facebook comments from the mother of hiram lawrence. they were posted around midnight. she was asking people to keep praying. and she wrote, mommy loves you very much. now we're hearing reports at about 1:00 this afternoon that they will, indeed, be taking little heiral off -- hiram off life support. we've met them, they've been very focused on hiram and the recovery. there are new photos of the 1- year-old that we got off facebook.

near any every member of the family has hiram as -- as their picture. now, the family said they reached a crossroads about the boy atreatment. doctors said from the start that heir a.m.'s -- hiram prog know kniss is -- hiram's prognosis is dead. he was shot in the head while in the father of his -- while in his father's arms. at least two people returned fire. the police have detained about a half a dozen people on unrelated charges. they've made no arrest in connection with the shooting. investigators say the shootout may have been the result of a gang dispute.

tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. an autopsy will be performed today on the oregon state football player who grew up in the east bay and died this week. they believe fred thompson died from an irregular heartbeat while playing basketball. he raised his s.a.t. scores to earn a college scoip -- scholarship. federal prosecutors want a judge to send barry bonds to prison. yesterday, papers were filed asking that bonds be sentenced to 15 months behind bars. the former san francisco giant was convicted in april of obstrucking -- obstructing an investigation. bonds's lawyers are asking for probation and possibly home confinement. new this morning, an hour- long video is out of the missing american who vanished

in iran years ago. coming up for you at 8:15, why this mysterious disappearance is now considered a hostage situation and why the situation may further strain relations between the united states and iran. back here hat home, there -- at home, there are big questions about the cost of an independent investigation into the uc davis pepper spraying incident. outside investigators have been on campus for a week now investigating what happened last month, they are led by former los angeles police chief bill bratton who works for the security company krowl. now, the uc system has reportedly agreed to pay that company by the hour and krowl has worked with u cu. before and -- uc before and some say that's a con flint of interest. >> nothing -- conflict of interest. >> nothing about krowl working

with uc before was disclosed and now they say they've worked with them before. that's damming. the california state agency in charge of making sure school build relationship safe isen on the hot seat. , -- relationship safe is on the hot seat. a division must certify school construction projects. but as of december 2010, some 16,000 projects statewide remain uncertified. the audit also says the division has failed to provide effective oversight of school construction pro screes -- processes. on monday, the occupy movement is planning to shut down all west coast ports. kraig debro joins us live from oakland and you are hearing the protest is creating a rift among port workers. >> reporter: it definitely is. it definitely is. now, this is going on -- on

monday be this west coast block jade-- blockade. one trucker said he's against the blockade and it will probably cost him $400 if he can't work. take a look at this. back on november 2nd, occupy oakland effectively shut down the port. hundreds of people, many of them living there marched to the port. there they blocked ports getting to and from the port. onmond -- monday, they plan to block all ports. some say the shut down is going to hurt the very people the movement is supposed to be helping. working class americans are struggling to pay bills or stay employed. moment ago i spoke to lawrence

thomas. he said he was speaking for himself, not the union. he says he realizes the blockade will be an inconvenience but thomas says there won't be any change until and unless there are actions that actually cause inconveniences. people are on -- are for and against this side. thomas noted that the longshoremen's union, which does not support the blockade, supports the occupy movement. so this is causing a rift right here at the port of oakland. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, kraig. 8:07. let's go back to sal. how is the toll plaza? >> it's a little bit slow right now if you are driving towards san francisco. let's go there and take a look at the delay. it's about between five and ten minutes here. once you make it onto the bridge it looks good. but in san francisco there's some slow traffic, mostly

northbound, though. northbound 101, it's pretty slow approaching the leer deck of the bay bridge. we did have traffic there that is -- that's gonna be slow as you approach the lower deck because of some earlier minor activity on the deck. also, the morning commute is going to be a little bit slow in san jose along northbound 2 0 from near the bascom avenue crossing up to saratoga avenue. let's go to rosemary. we're just as cool as yesterday. a look outside, hazy sunshine in store. once again, a spare-the-air-day around the bay. so unless you need to light that fireplace, don't. it's illegal today. 30 degrees in santa rosa, waiting for that number to turn around. 33 napa, 28 in fairfield. when i say painfully cold, fairfield, i'm thinking about you. 32 in concord, 3 san jose. widespread mid- to upper 30s

from redwood city to palo alto. 42 in mountain view. 46 in the city. high pressure persists meaning we have clear skies in store for your afternoon. temperatures will be a lot like yesterday. cool to mild, hazy sunshine. we'll be dry through saturday. yes, we have wet changes in store. the models are indicating now we will see some rain for your sunday afternoon. satellite radar here, the ridge still in place. it begins to break down a little bit because the shift to the east, a system is gonna form off the coastline, it will take a southerly track. as it does, it will spin up moisture right eve -- right over the bay area. we're talking about sunday. today we will be dry, we will be fairly mild. 60 degrees for novato in the afternoon. upper 50s, low 60s. 60 in oakland, 61 in pleasanton. south bay 61 for you in san

jose. upper 50s, low 60s for the peninsula today. 58 p san bruno. 59 in the city. a nice dry day today, tomorrow and then the changes come. extended forecast, we know we could tuesday the rain, haven't seen any rain since thanksgiving weekend. there it is for us. widespread upper 50s in the forecast for your saturday, low 50s on sunday. it's gonna be a cool day. pick a place to be indoors. monday, tuesday we're dry, we may see a few sprinkles monday morning. that should really be about it. back to you. an hour ago, virginia state police released some more information regarding the latest virginia tech shooting. investigators say the gunman was not a student and they are positive he acted alone. however, they are still not sure about a motive. the suspect yam bushed -- ambushed campus officer derrick krause yesterday after the officer had pulled over a motorist who was not connected with the shooting. the gunman changed clothes and then committed suicide. >> so nobody actually witnessed

him taking his own life, and also there was no identification found on him at that time. so that's -- that's also part of the course of our not releasing his name at this point. there was no identification. he had different clothing on. >> authorities are also waiting for autopsy results before releasing the name. the school was criticized for delaying warnings in the 2007 massacre that claimed 32 lives. 8:11. iran and the united states in a war of words about a u.s. drone plane that iran claims it shot down. the connection between this story and the death of osama bin laden. new video is raising new questions in a highly publicized sex scandal. and the penn state sex abuse scandal takes a new turn. questions now surrounding johannes mehserle -- jerry sead

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good morning to you. what a beautiful start to the morning there. it's a cold start, a spare the dare day in effect for today. upper 50s, low 60s for the afternoon. >> all right, rosemary. 8:14. iranian television aired video of what they claim is a u.s. stealth drone plane that crashed last week in iran. officials say this drone was supposed to search for insurgents in western afghanistan and was not ordered

to spy on iran. the fear is iran could get very important surveillance information out of that drone. the unmanned aircraft is said to be the same model used to track down osama bin laden. meantime, the family of an american hostage who disappeared in iran issued a new plea this morning for his safe return. alison burns reports, they are also releasing a heart- wrenching video of him in captivity. alison? >> reporter: that's right, dave. bob levinson's family says they are releasing this video because they just don't know what else to do right now. here's the website his family has set up. helpboblevinson.com. on it today, his son and wife make a plea to his unknown captors and for the first time they show a proof of life video they received more than a year ago. in the video levinson says he's in poor health, running out of diabetes medicine and he references his long career as an fbi agent.

as he calls on the u.s. government to save him. >> please help me get home. 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. >> levinson had retired from the fbi and was in iran as a private investigator when he disappeared. it's unclear where he's being held. investigators say the video was likely sent from pakistan, not iran, back in march, hillary clinton said she believed he was arrive and called on iran to find him. but still, u.s. officials say they have no idea who is holding him. reporting from washington, alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:16. well, the focus of the penn state sex abuse scandal is now expanding to include the wife of jerry sandusky. the former football coach is used of molesting young boys on penn state property as well as at his own home. a grand jury is now investigating whether his wife

knew about her husband's alleged pattern of preying on young boys. one accuser says dottie sandusky herd the screams for help while her husband was sexually abusing him in their hoe. dottie sandusky calls that accusation false and says her husband is innocent. new video is raising questions about former imf chief, dominique strauss-kahn. one segment shows him checking out of the hotel. other shows the accuser reenacting the act to her supervisors. and the last one is a dance going on and this suggests that he was setup? that could doctor found out that they -- >> that could have been they found out they won a football

poll or the yankees made a trade. 8:17. in a story you will only see here on 2, with the america's cup approaching in 2013, there's growing concern that san francisco may not be able to respond quickly enough if there is a fire on the water. fire station 35 opened in 1908. but it was seemed -- deemed seismically unsafe and it was yellow tagged in 2006. because the station floor can no longer support a fire engine, outside engine companies have to go there and board the fire boats tethered to a crumbling pier. >> they say that has about 18 months of life left in it. it should collapse just before the america's cup comes to san francisco. the fire department is confident about dispatching resources on the water and meeting response times. there's $20 million available to fix up or replace the fire stays. how far, the department is

evaluating different plans. they can see the fire station won't be completely ready for the america's cup. san francisco is celebrating a big donation that will help build a new skate park. skateboarding champion tony hawk is giving the city a $10,000 grant. they will build a new skate park and improve others around the city. the new park will be at mission street and dubose avenues. the construction, due to begin in the spring time. this afternoon, the city will celebrating. donation with skateboarding performances at waller street. a lot of us don't let alarm clocks on saturday. tomorrow you might want to. the last total lunar elimbs for three years will be visible in the morning. nasa says a red shallow will start to cross the moon around 4:45 a.m. by 6:45, the moon will be totally engulfed in a red light. nasa says the lunar eclipse will appear red and not black.

that's because a layer of dusty air will fill the darkness behind earth with a red glow. traffic could be tied up in parts of walnut creek tomorrow as thousands of runners hit the streets. the walnut creek half marathon is tomorrow morning. it starts at 7:00 a.m. you are looking at a map of the route. eastbound ignacio road will be down to one lane for the morning. civic drive will be closed to northbound traffic for several hours. more than 2,500 run remembers expected to participate as well as the 5-k and 10-k races. we'll have coverage of this tomorrow morning on ktvu "mornings on 2." >> on the weekend. >> yes. >> with claudine and mike. uh-huh. it's 8:20. >> uh-huh. >> it is chilly. steve's off today but rosemary oroscoe is here. she'll tell us if we'll see rain this weekend. new lights on the nimitz

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road will eventually become a freeway onramp. the work is part of $4 0 million widening and repaving project between downtown oakland and hayward. but i believe part of that project caused big problems this morning. >> sal was talking about that. i didn't mean to work you so hard this morning, sal. it's supposed to be friday light. >> i know. traffic is a little bit slow than it normally is passing the work at hyde street. you can see traffic is backed up. it's a light backup with no major problems. going to the south bay, traffic is slow on 2 0, but 85 and 101 look good. >> on -- the nimitz freeway, traffic is slow from hayward to

pockets. :24. let's go to rosemary. it's freezing out there this morning. literally. i am not overreacting on this one. a little bit of patchy frost to start the morning. the fog not too bad, it's very patchy in nature. upper 20s, low 30s for the north bay valley spots. widespread 30s along the peninsula, the bay, inland east bay, 30s as well. some 40s out there. right around oakland, san francisco. we'll be hitting -- sitting in the mid- to upper 50s for lunchtime. we'll began to -- begin to see a warm ju. upper 50s, low 60s in the afternoon. today and tomorrow gonna be dry. sunday going to turn wet. take a look at our noontime other hoon on sunday. right -- here on sunday. just inside the bay, east bay, by 2:00 in the afternoon, and by 4:00 and 5:00, it will be widespread now approaching the north bay, vallejo, the i-80.

you can see the wave and track it's taking. it will consider south. we'll be with the possibility of scattered showers through sunday night. maybe a lingering shower -- lingering shower. upper 50s an dry for your saturday. low 50s, cloudy skies and the possibility for the rain. drying out on monday, tuesday looks pretty good. upper 50s in the forecast. widespread 50s in the overnight hours. back to you. 8:25. a search is still going on right now for a missing bay area teenager. the very important information authorities want you to know about her. >> reporter: could the warriors be considering a move across the bay? we'll tell you about reports just out today and why fans say they are worried they could be losing all of their sports teams from oakland. the continuing search for some bay area bird killers. what the spca is doing to track them down.

. welcome back. 8:2. the mayor of oakland getting ready for a news conference later today about the future of major league baseball in oakland. all of this comes as new questions swirl about the future of other prosports teams in oakland. ktvu's claudine wong joining us live with the details on this and also how some of the fans are reacting. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes. we've been talking to fans out here in oakland and no one likes to think about any team leaving oakland. but there are reports that the warriors are considering doing that, k moving across the bay in san francisco. "the chronicle" is reporting

that there's a meeting with ed lee about possibly moving there. this is obviously in the early part of discussions. they are talking about moving to near at&t. let's talk about the raiders. no big talks about them leaving. but if the nfl pushes it to be a joint stadium, the question is whether the they would be going as well. fans are worried about the as. bud selig has not sign ted off on that deal. the mayor is expected to start at least in some part about the coliseum today. she's called a press conference for noon saying she will talk about major league baseball. there's questions about the coliseum area because she wants to talk about making this a coliseum city.

but again, the question this morning is will anything she talks about today do anything to convince teams that oakland is the place to call home. live in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:30. the oakland raiders have a beef with the large bay area burger chain and the team has filed a lawsuit. the raiders claim nation's giant hamburgers stole its famous raider nation slogan with a new billboard outside the oakland coliseum. the billboard says raid a nation -- >> i think it's totally absurd that a national football team would bother to sue a small chain like nations. it's part of business. don't take it personal. it's just business. they got a big investment. in these days have you to watch what you do.

8:31. next tuesday, the city of oakley will decide if it will sue a bonding company. residents tell the paper that the area is an eyesore the builder went out of -- eyesore. the builder went out of business. the city says the builder's bond -- bonding. has to pay maintenance and repair costs. however the company says the four-year statute of limitations has passed. our time is now 8:32. well, the head of san francisco's health service system says recent screening of city employees has revealed some distressing information. 101 city workers took advantage

of free health screenings and of those, 64 had elevated blood pressure. 45 had not had an eye exam in the last five years. 25 had not had checkups in two or more years. the head wants to create a col prehencive plan to improve workers' quality of life and also slow down the rise in health benefits. sutter paid to combine $2.3 million for overcharging allegations. the u.s. attorney's office says the settlement comes after findings that the healthcare systems overcharged medicare for certain procedures through duplicate billing. 8:33. a robbery suspect is dead after an attempted home invasion in richmond. police say two men broke into a hole hon south 35th street wednesday night. several people were inside at the time. police say there was some kind

of fight and someone inside the home shot the two suspects. one man identified as 19-year- old robbie ross junior was pronowsed dead at the -- pronounced dead at the hospital. the shooter was not wounded pending an investigation. a third man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a santa rosa bar and restaurant last week. 1-year-old alfonzo mendoza ramirez is tu to make his -- dah to make his -- due to make his first court appearance. police say he and campo mendoza were involved in a double shooting saturday morning at el puente cantina. investigators say the two men arrived together in the same car and both were seen in potential of the -- possession of the gun that killed the man. the solano county sheriff's department leading the search for a missing teenager from suisun city.

investigators are fearing 17- year-old christina almonza may have been kidnapped. she vanished yesterday afternoon and left a voice mail on the family's phone saying she was being held hostage by several men. she was last seen driving a navy you will 1999 oldsmobile silhouette minivan. the california license plate is right there 4 ebs 066. san francisco place are searching for a man they are calling a person of interest in two sexual assaults in the mission district. police released this frame of video. this was captured by a surveillance camera. one was attacked yesterday the other was attacked last month. the east bay spca is trying to crack down bird killers in

concord. seven birds were found shot to death at newhall park last saturday morning. >> the shooting came three weeks after ducks and geese were found dead at concord's willow pass park. 8:35. well, b.a.r.t. trains may be rolling into san jose a lot sooner than expected. the vta approved $772 million to begin the first phase of the b.a.r.t. train project in february. the extension will connect the fremont b.a.r.t. station to the berryessa stays. that could be completed as early as 2016. that's 18 months ahead of the original schedule. the long-term plan is to extend b.a.r.t. all the way to downtown san jose, where it will link up with caltrain and then create a -- create a ring of public transportation around the bay. >> that would be pretty cool.

before we get the rain a around the bay, let's check in with sal. >> things are better now, tori and dave. they've been improving. anniversary was a crash in san francisco that caused slow traffic and there were problems in oakland. right now we're gonna start with oakland. there's a little bit of slow traffic right through that construction zone. also, the morning commute looks pretty good at the been taupe. if you are trying to get into san francisco, it should be a pretty decent drive. san francisco itself, northbound 101 is a little bit slower. southbound 101 traffic looks pretty good there as you drive to the golden gate bridge. this morning on the peninsula, it's a little slow on 101 near 92. gonna move it down too san jose where northbound 101 and 280 and even 85 or are -- are doing pretty well. tgif to you! we have another spare the air day. take a look. patchy fog, patchy frost. we're take baking up very

similar to yesterday. in fact we're within a few degrees of where we started. we're still struggling. . in the weekend we'll see a transition. by sunday we're looking at rain in the forecast. here is your satellite radar. ridge of high pressure still persists. it breaks down a little bit tomorrow. it begins to shift. by sunday that's gonna leave room for a storm that will slide down the coastline. as it does, i'm gonna put this into motion for you. you can almost see it as it continues to swirl to the south by about 3:00 in the afternoon. we're seeing some light rain along the peninsula coming into the east bay. it looks like maybe hitting. golden gate by about 5:00, 6:00 it crosses over it's along i-80 into the valley, perhaps in some cases. it's just right there especially along the coastline.

mostly cloudy skies. we'll be cooler and then into the evening hours it just continues to spin and bring around the wraparound moisture t will move south through the knight hours and then into the monday morning dry, we'll be drying out. so a few lingering showers. it looks like the brunt of that light rain will come sunday afternoon. upper 50s, low 60s and dry conditions for today. 60 degrees, san rafael. 60 for oakland. 59 expected in the city. 61 livermore. 61 san jose. low 60s for santa cruz. partly cloudy, machines, a spare-the-air-day, as i mentioned. partly cloudy skies, a little cooler tomorrow. cooler on sunday with mostly cloudy skies. chance for rain in the forecast by sunday afternoon drying out monday morning. temperatures still sitting in the upper 50s with partly cloudy skies monday and tuesday. back to the desk. time now, 8:39. new this morning, we're just finding out about a burglary at a best buy store in san carlos.

the thieves got away with 125 ipads. it happened before midnight at the before buy on industrial road. the store's alarms went off. sheriffs arrived there about a minute after the alarm went off. but the thieves had already escaped. the ipads were inside of a locked steel rack. the sheriffs say the suspect dragged that rack outside a fire exit door and then stashed it into a car. at this point there's no suspect or vehicle description to tell you about at this time. the loss is estimated to be more than $is00,000. been -- 2010ty minutes before 9:00 -- 20 minutes before 9:00. a thief stole christmas gifts from a single mother. kerry mathis said one broke into the trunk of her car way was parked outside of her -- which was parked outside of her

home they stole the boys' baseball bag containing bats and a glove and they stole daughters for -- gifts for her daughter. >> i saved money, $10 here and there. it's gone. it's just gone because of somebody's -- somebody's selfishness. >> law enforcement will take up a collection to helper -- to help her. law enforcement is reminding everyone not to store gifts in their car in plain sight and park in well-lit areas. 8:41. he's the presidential candidate everyone is attacking. who is now running an ad comparing newt gingrich to kim kardashian. it was the scene of one of the worse u.s. attacks. [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great!

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board, the dow is up 177. the nasdaq is up 40. s&p is up 19. the head of the european central bank calls it a very good outcome for the eurozone, which is made up of 17 countrys that use the euro. that's a subsection of the european union which is made up of 17 countries. after talks overnight, 26 of the 27 countries are open to sign a new treaty that allows a central european authority closer oversight of their budget. britain, which does not use the euro is the only holdout. britain's leader say a revised treaty would threaten their national sovereignty and damage london's financial services industry. 8:45. as we told you at the beginning of "mornings on 2," new details were released this morning about the latest shooting on the campus of virginia tech university. now we know there was only one gunman yesterday.

our reporter doug mcelroy was at the news conference and is with us live from the campus. we heard part of the news kf friend. what else did the police say -- part of the news conference. what else did the police say? >> reporter: well, the police are being extremely tight- lipped about the deceased suspect. highly unusual because he's dead and they've had 24 hours almost now to notify next of kin. it's very, very unusual, in my case. we know that ballistic tests have revealed that the same gun was used to kill officer krause, 39 years old, the father of five young children, what a terrible, terrible tragedy, given the fact that we're coming up on the holiday seasons and these kids no longer have a father, the same man to kill the accused gunman was used whose name we do not know -- the same gun was used

to kill the accused gunman whose name we do not know. between those two green houses, police dogs found a backpack belonging to the presumed gunman. inside that backpack was a change of clothes. inside the backpack the clothes that the gunman was wearing when he shot the officer. so he apparently changed his clothes at some point between shooting the officer and shooting himself. also this may prove to be very, very significant. written on the greenhouse wall, on the exterior glass of the greenhouse was this "sara, i'm so glad i left you and you didn't give me herpes. good luck and good riddance, mac." now, this might be totally irrelevant but it might prove to be highly relevant if the suspect's name is mac. we won't know until the medical examiner completes his autopsy in roanoke.

some mystery still surrenders this case at virginia tech. >> that one we had not heard. thank you for the update. a teamer fbi -- a former fbi agent who went missing in iran 33 years ago appears right here -- in iran who went missing, is pleading for his release. iran claums the ulth -- claims the drone plane that went down claiming it bass done on purpose. -- it was done on purpose. the toddler shot in that shooting is still on life support. however, his family is expected to make a very painful decision

the next -- in the next couple of hours. tara moriarty is live with more. >> reporter: well, the attorney for the family of hiram lawrence said the parents have accepted the fact that their son has to be taken off life support. they are not giving up. they are hoping and praying and asking for people's support. just an hour ago on facebook, the hour wrote "giving my baby a bath while i whisper in his ear and tell him to keep fighting because we're a team." obviously a heart-wrenching past couple of weeks at children's hospital. we're hearing reports at 1:00 this afternoon, doctors will remove the 1-year-old from life support and pronounce him dead. but again, this family not giving up. there's some new photos that we received off of facebook and nearly every member of hiram has their -- has his picture of

their picture. the scans confirmed there was no brain activity, but wednesday they reached a crossroads. interests said -- doctors said that his opinion is grim but the family got a second opinion from the pediatrician, now on november 28th hiram was shot in the head while in his father's arms. six other people were wounded. at least two people in the group returned fire. now police have detained six persons of interest on unrelated charges but have made no arrests in connection with the shooting. investigators say the shootout may have been the result of a gang feud. now, we're gonna stay here throughout the morning and don't to -- continue to monitor the situation. we've seen them sort of in an out -- in and out of the lobby. we are gonna try to give them their space. they haven't slept much. we'll let you know if we hear

anything. students at a new hampshire campus are being told. gun right activists plan to demonstrate. there's a fear weapons will be brought in. so the students were e-mailed that they will not be penalized if they do not show up for classes. well, now that newt gingrich is the new front- runner in the republican race four the white house, the other candidates are target everything -- are targeting him for attacks. also, evangelical republicans in ohio have a new ad. >> newt respects marriage as much as kim kardashian. that's right. newt gingrich is the kim kardashian of the gop. if he can betray a bomb who swore her love and loyalty to him for the rest of her life, not once, but twice, what makes

you think he won't we tray -- betray you, the voter. >> and now mitt romney is coming out swinging this morning. he has a new ad it aggressively attacks gingrich. this follows a new video that portrays romney has a -- as a family man, illustrateing his lock marriage. pundits say this is all part of trying to win votes from conservatives who were supporting herman cain before he decided to drop out. six hospital administrators have now been charged with culpable homicide after a major fire in india. that fire has so far killed at least 89 peel -- people most of them patients. the hospital located in calcutta accused some of the medical staff of abandoning the patients to save themselves. one man says he received a

frantic call from his wife who was a patient at the hospital. by the time he ayou rived there -- he arrived there, she had already died. the government is promising to give $4,000 to each of the victim's families -- victims' families. an exhibit featuring the new inductees to the california hall of fame opens today. last night, the class was honored. they include the beach boy, carlos santana, roger trainer, california supreme court, astronaut buzz aldridge, and nba legend, manic johnson -- magic johnson. >> rob lowe attended last night's event which also honored na ta list amy -- nataulist, amy tran.

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gotta show i this. this is from hawaii. you think this is red hot? oh, yeah. this is lava spewing out of the

kinahala volcano. it eats up everything along the way, tearing up trees as it moves down that hill now. the u.s. gee lon cal study says this lava is flowing straight down into an abandoned neighborhood. a group that wants to protect koit tower has filed papers to get an initiative placed on the june 20 ballot. the initiative is in response to the city issuing a request from contractors to release the gift shops and concession. they want to limit activities and private events a at the land mash and they want to preserve murals. east shore still okay, sal? >> it is okay so far, dave. in fact, it's doing better than okay. east shore freeway looks. very small delay at the toll plaza. if you are in san francisco,

northbound 101 still recovering from an earlier crash east 8 on osway -- on the sayway. we'll be dry, fairly mild today, a near repeat of what -- of what we felt on thursday. a spare-the-air-day. into the weekend, we clouding you, turning cooler on saturday. rain in the forecast for sunday afternoon. drying out monday morning. all right. thank you rosemary. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> bye now.