we have the video of the first people leaving. we have scott olsen who suffered a head injury, he suffered a skull fracture on the 25th of october. this is the first time we have seen him back out here with the people of occupy, taking part of this. they said they are trying to shut down a port. they started this morning from bay area occupy groups. to shut down all ports from alaska to san diego. and caught in the middle of is port of oakland. i spoke with a woman bout this and said there are 99% people, the people who work for the port that can't get into work today. this is what you said to say. >> if it's for the greater good sometimes i have to swallow and take that and i would hope he would feel that way.

>> this is a city that has been disrupted twice and it's unfair to the workers at the port. >> the mayor says she sin favor of a peaceful protest. you can see the protest right here at 4:00. they will be joining up with the rest of the people. the mayor stands on a fine line where she has to protect the city of oakland. back here live at the west oakland bart station. they planning on leave at the west oakland bart and head down to the port. we will be marching with them so if anything develops we will bring you the latest and i will have more at 5:30. live, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> from paul to ktvu's eric

riddle with -- eric rasmusson. >> reporter: i want to show you what we are seeing. the crowd made it over the bridge. coming into middle harbor road. we are on the front end as the crowd makes its way into the port. this is a repeat of this morning. i talked to the longshoremen union. a spokesman told me none of the workers have been asked to report for the second shift tonight, that starts in a hour because of the protests and there is still no easy answer as to whether they support this protest or not. >> reporter: they backed up trucks and for a while slowed down business. erators shut down many unions opposed but still allowed members to carry out on their own. >> my union didn't openly endorse this. we did want work today. the 52 guys we had took the day

off. >> they say 150 of 200 workers could not get to their jobs because of the morning wave of protests and were allowed to go home. by mid-day officials were painting a brighter pictures. >> operations are back up and happening and workers are able to work at each one of the terminals. >> reporter: they wouldn't get more specific than that. while we observed trucks going in and out, some terminals were locked up. despite picket signs, some drivers told us occupy protestors are missing the mark. >> when you vote that's how you change things, by voting. not by coming into the streets. >> live here that port of oakland, you can see the large of protesters making its way on to the port right now. the port of oakland senerates $460 million a year. protesters, many of them feel

like the business of the 1% is done here at the port. we are watching to see what impact the latest wave of protesters has and we will bring you more at 6:00. live at the port of oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> let's go from the ground now, live pictures from news chopper 2, over head. you get a sense how big this is. we are estimating there are more than a thousand protesters, several thousand protesters. to set the table, many gathered at frank ogawa plaza this afternoon and then they started marching, first heading to the west oakland bart station, from there to the port of oakland. right now they are at third which is close to the port of oakland. they are trying to shut down port operations. there is debate about whether they were successful earlier today. the port said things were still

moving along but the demonstrators said they shut down the port. so again live pictures here from news chopper 2 of protesters on the march. we will continue following this story as it continues to develop during this newscast and on www.ktvu.com. for the most part the protests have been peaceful so far. sometimes things can change when the sun goes down. noelle walker is here now with what authorities are doing to prepare for round 2 of the demonstrations. >> reporter: we are outside birth 55 and 56, till 5 minutes ago across the street there was a line of sheriff deputies lining up, and 5 minutes ago they jumped in a bus and headed north here. we might be able to see where they were headed. they looked geared up and ready

to go. >> reporter: gearing up from head to toe for round two of port protests. dozens of sheriff's deputies were ready, headed off for another potential face-off with protesters. the police chief described the demonstration as peaceful with just two arrests. a ktvu camera was there when they were brought to the police station. >> this was done in order to keep the port operational. we will continue to have a presence that port. >> the port may be open but there isn't much work getting down. lines of truckers sat idle wondering why police didn't do more. >> not enough. they could have cleared the paths and let us go through.

>> reporter: while workers think more could be done, one protesters we spoke to is prepared if that happens. he brought a gas mask. >> just in case. i have only been in oakland once. >> reporter: the effect to break up the camp on october 25 is something no one wants to see repeated. >> reporter: looking live from chopper 2, you should be able to see the line of protesters advancing on the port. there is rules of engagement, they can only use bean bags and tear gast on protesters, that they have to warn protesters it will happen before hand and administer first aid afterwards. live on the ground, outside birth 55 and 56. you can see over here there is a line of trucks waiting to get here. to the left, a longer line of

trucks waiting to get in. that has been the case all day long, though the port says it's open, not a lot of work getting done here today. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we can expect that line or those lines to continue. more live pictures. this is the reason why the drivers are essentially stuck. a large crowd headed for the port of oakland. their goal, to disrupt port facilities. we have been monitoring this crowd. while it is large, thousands of people, it is not the size we saw last month. however they did manage to disrupt operations at the port of oakland this morning, they are again trying to do that. we also learned a short time ago that those longshoremen that are scheduled to work have been told not to report.

so essentially the protesters are claiming victory tonight. occupy protestors converged on another port, many ports long the west coast. in oregon, hundreds of demonstrators locked arms, prompting the closure of two terminals. police arrested two people in the area. the suspects claimed they were heading to the protest. in washington state, protesters blocked a train track today and managed to delay a train. police moved in to arrest those who refused to clear the tracks. elsewhere, port workers were sent home. for our coverage it continues online throughout the newscast and also continues on our website, go to www.ktvu.com, we will be updating our top story. serious warning for women in san francisco following two

sexual assaults. ktvu's david stevenson tells us what people are doing to protect themselves. >> the assault happened on this treat but began around the corner. police shared with us how they are trying to find the suspect as residents reacted. >> i heard that they were violent. really early in the morning. >> women said they are taking steps to protect themselves after two sexual assaults. >> we heard it from a friend that messaged everybody on facebook and another friend at work put a message out. >> reporter: san francisco police say women walking in the mission district were sexually assaulted and robbed. the latest victim was attacked thursday morning. >> this is one that has taken

notoriety. >> reporter: police releashed this surveillance video of the suspect. he is a black man, mid-30s, 5'9", wearing dark pants and a blad sweat shirt. the case is a test for the special victim's unit. he said investigators will study records for attacks similar to those in this case. >> we pull from our program or the sexual offender program for anyone on probation or parole. >> reporter: police are asking for the public's help and warning residents to be alert and not walk alone. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. the man who pleaded guilty to killing a san francisco publicist has been sentenced to

50 years to life. the 44-year-old says he was high on drugs and angry about being forced to play child support. the u.s. supreme court is stepping in to the fight over arizona's immigration law. they have decided to review a federal appeal's court ruling that blocks several protitians in the law. one of them requires police while enforcing other laws question a person's immigration status if they suspect they are in the country illegally. obama administration argued regulating immigrating is the job of the federal government. officials said the federal deficit is expected to shrink. the budget office estimates the government is on track to run

an annual deafsult below $1 trillion. the deficit for the first two months is $55 billion lower than last year. the numbers could change if congress extends the sotes security tax cuts. fedex workers have been busy today. today is expected to be the biggest day for shipments in fedex's 40 year history. with online shopping, they are protecting they will move 17 million shipments by the end of today. during the season, the company is expecting a 12% increase compared to last year. it hired 20,000 seasonal workers to help handle the increase loads. we will be right back, we are continuing to follow that protest heading towards the

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live pictures once again from news chopper two from the demtraitors marching towards the port of oakland. there are at least a thousand, if not several thousand protesters taking part in this march. what you are looking at right now is in the area of third street. that is right next to the port of oakland. this demonstration has been going on in waves during the day. started this morning. effectively shut down the port of oakland, although officials say the port was still open but not a lot of work getting done. now this, round 2, the demonstrators back preparing to shut the port down again tonight. we will keep you updated during this newscast and ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> in san jose, occupy

protestors joined in this day of action by targeting big banks. ktvu's robert handa is live to tell us more. >> reporter: we are that occupy san jose event. as you can see the group is joined by a number of other groups. occupy san jose wanted to show solidarity with other groups but there are no ports here so that rallied at wells fargo and bank of america to join the common theme. occupy san jose got an offer of amnesty by the city but only if the protesters agreed not to camp there for two years. joining me is shawn of occupy san jose. what do you think about that offer? >> i think that the people -- their individual choices but we shouldn't take it because the "o" in occupy is intense and we are not camping we are

occupying. the group plans to stay here for another hour. what occupy san jose does at city hall is still being decided. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are watching occupy protestors. this morning officers manned fences outside the federal reserve building. over the weekend police arrested 55 people for sleeping outside the same building which is around the corner from justin herman plaza. no one was hurt. the city broke up the encampment last week. >> in berkeley, the largest encampment in the area. 100 tents in the past two months. police have been called there 24 times for issues ranging from animal bites to fights. some of the victims haven't

been cooperative. despite our rain and cold temperatures in the area there is concern about the lack of snow fall in the sierras. little, if any snow has stuck. region wide snow levels are at 17% of average for this time in december. even without the natural snow fall, 7 resorts were open over the weekend with man made snow. time to talk about our weather. let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> temperatures outside on the chilly side all day. low 50s. there were a few sprinkles today. accumulation light. towards the south of california, south of the bay, scattered showers. showers spinning around from the south to the north. rotation is like this, coming up the valley, low is moving south. we could see a sprinkle or two overnight tonight but that's

not the story, the story is how cold it will be. skies will be clear. overnight lowes into the 30s and even maybe upper 20s fords the north bay and moisture at the service. fog will form, back into the cold night and then fog. frost possibility but fog is the biggest concern, napa, fairfield, davis, sacramento, lot of you folks lots of commuting out here, and you know who you are and i know the fog tomorrow morning will be nasty. be prepared for that tomorrow morning. looking for rain in the forecast. rainfall in the bay area, 40% or so. it's early in the season. one good storm, we are 100% average. as we go forward it will take a

couple big storms. fog returns tonight. of course, i shoit in the low lying areas -- i show it in the low lying areas. napa 33 degrees, maybe 35. poof! fog forms. visibility easily below a quarter of a mile. when i come back we will look that five-day forecast and the cold overnight lowes for tuesday morning. see you back here. new information just in to the news room. in the past hour, a fuel spill at university of california at berkeley, where the fuel ended up. and marking the moment m. president obama marks the withdrawal of u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq. how people feel. and more coverage of the protest at the port of oakland. demonstrators now have made it to the port. so what are their plans? weal check in coming -- we will

check in coming up next.

president obama and iraqi prime minister met in washington d.c. today for final talks regarding the u.s. complete troop withdrawal from iraq by the end of the year. >> what we will be executing is a normal evasion of the relationship. we will have a strong, friend and partner in iraq. >> president obama reiterated

the u.s. will not have any bases in iraq. the u.s. embassy will be beefed up to 16,000. the prime minister has high aspirations for the country's future relationships. they acknowledged acknowledged the u.s. troops who died during operation iraqi freedom. >> we are here to honor the sacrifices of all those who made this day possible. >> after their meeting they went to aural national cemetery to lay a wreath that tomb of the unknowns. tonight at 9:00, ktvu out of iraq, help on the home front. we look at the challenges faced by veterans once they returned home. 1million american troops deployed to iraq since the war began. on our facebook wall we asked viewers is our work done

in iraq. clark says, while many troops come home, it's disingenuous to say we are done over there. thousands of thousands of mercenaries. another viewer joined in the conversation and says, yes, we know, game over. bring them home. we are in the middle of two occupies. we will bring you a live report coming up. the sheen and the smell of spilled diesel fuel on the university of california at berkeley campus. officials want to know what went wrong.

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complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. live mictur -- pictures now of what it is like right now at the port of oakland. we are covering the protests. round two right now as occupy protestors target the port of oakland for the second time today. after disrupting operations there this morning they are looking to do it again. ktvu's paul chambers continues our coverage now. paul have you been able to talk to anyone about what their plans are now that they are reaching their destination? >> reporter: we are in the port. there are two fashions. one ahead of us. we marched with the second one. they stopped right here and started shouting. you can see the other group that is ahead of us. they came in 10-15 minutes earlier. left from frank ogawa plaza at 4:00 this afternoon saying they

are ready to take over the port of oakland. they are doing this as part of taking over the ports through the the west coast, alaska, san diego, this is round two of this. happened last month when the people came out here and stopped shipments from leaving the port, coming in and going out. that's what they want to do again. you can look at pingtures. you -- pictures, you can see them. we can come back out here live, this is the second faction of it. there is at will he 500 people out here. it's been peaceful, no problems. we are continuing to march with them. no issues whatsoever. there were problems earlier today but for the most part the mayor said she gives these people the right to march, march peacefully but she also has to protect the people of

oakland. she isn't in favor of a port shut down but she is in 5 of peaceful protest. it is quit. they are stopping once again. we have people on bikes, foot, they have signs, flags. allowing people to know they don't agree with the 99 -- excuse me with the pun% because they are the 99%. we will stay on top of a this. people are stopping -- on top of this. people are stopping. they are letting a car go through. they are peaceful. no issues. they are obeliading. we will ta-- they are applauding. we will stay on top of this. if something breaks we will be out here, we will take you there. live, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. today's action that port of oakland may have far reaching consequences. shippers may take their businesses elsewhere and

businesses could suffer. consumer editor tom vacar will have that in a few minutes. 1700 gallons of diesel fuels at university of california at berkeley. and tonight we are learning 3/4 of that went into a local creek. ktvu's john fowler is live now at stanley hall which reopened but remains a very active scene. >> reporter: absolutely. this is stanley hall. university of california at berkeley bioengineering center. clean up cruise are still very much at work at this hour. >> reporter: crews are vacuuming spilled diesel fuel. stanley hall reopened after they dedelayed unsafe yesterday. 1700 gallons of diesel fuel spilled inside. >> good for me if i staid at home rather than coming here. >> reporter: she had to postpone her experiment.

in the building basement you could still smell the odor. we learned the generator diesel fuel system passed a test monday but failed saturday night. >> there was some sort of misfunction that caused the fuel to overflow. >> reporter: league leaking down to this -- leaking down to this room. these pumps discharged 1300 gallons of spilled fuel into strawberry creek. agencies are now investigating. some fuel made it to the bay. >> light sheen. just a little residual. >> reporter: booms near the berkeley marina appear to be containing the spill. several hundred gallons may remain under the city of

berkeley. there is a potential, a potential for contamination and even explosion hazard. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the coast guard said booms used to contain the oil from a sunkal tugboat. it has been docked for the past 10 years. it began sinking yesterday and leaking fuel into the bay. no wild life has been effected so far. >> the wind was with us and the oil stayed within the dry dock and we be three layers of boom. we have seen no oil anywhere else. >> the coast guard also placed a boom around brooks island. it's believed 300 gallons of fuel spilled. the boat will be pulled off the bottom of the harbor and then torn apart. mitt romney says newt gingrich is now the

frontrunner. mitt romney said the two could balt it out to california in june. during event this morning, mitt romney focused on economic recovery. he aduesed the obama administration of being too involved with managing the economy. >> into a entitlement nation. >> mitt romney is fighting off competitors, newt gingrich and ron paul. mitt romney also aimed barbs at newt gingrich saying he should return consulting fees while he was a consultant and newt gingrich had his own suggestion for mitt romney. >> i would just say that if mitt romney would like to give back the money he earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees i would be

glad to listen to him, and i bet you $10 he won't take the offer. >> newt gingrich and mitt romney were campaigning in new hampshire today. michele bachmann is ready for a tour of iowa. she will start a bus tour on friday that will chris cross the state. stopping in each of iowa's 99 counties by december 28. the iowa caucus is january 3. michele bachmann won a republican straw poll in iowa in august but polls now show her popularity slipped. when we come back here, more on the demonstration, the huge demonstration going on right now at the port of oakland, thousands of demonstrators trying to shut down the port during its operations tonight. more coverage coming up after the break.

more live pictures here now of developing news. the protesters heading towards the port of oakland. they have arrived that port of oakland. there are at least a thousand, if not more trying to basically shut down the port tonight. earlier today they shut down the port although the port said operations technically were still on going but for the most

part little work was being done and little work is being done there tonight as well. earlier we showed you a long line of trucks waiting to get in. some of the truckers are very upset saying they are losing money. they don't get paid if they don't get in and they have payments like everyone else and they are losing money by this demonstration. these, now, live pictures of the protesters. right now they are on middle harbor road next to the port in front of eagle marine services. so far no arrests tonight. there were two arrests earlier today but none this evening and things have been going fairly smoothly, no problems. there is always some concern that once the sun goes down that's when things tend to happen. there are police, you can't see them but there are police keeping an eye on things. so far everything has been

peaceful. you see there are lot of trucks all lining up to get inside. there was one quote from a trucker saying i am losing money, i have a truck payment, insurance payment, just like everyone else, although there are other workers who are very supportive of this demonstration that is going on right now. we are keeping an eye on it, we have reporters keeping an eye on it. a pleatical group is launching a new television ad attacking the obama administration for its ties to solyndra. the group cross roads is calling the obama administration's half a billion dollars loan garn to solyndra an example of croneyism in the white house. the administration defended the move saying it postponed immediate bankrupt for the

company. tomorrow solyndra's remaining asesare expected to be sold at an auction. next month the third auction is scheduled. it is expected to feature the manufacturing assets, pending final order from the bankrupt court. because of today's protests hundreds of people did not work that port of oakland. the question is, what does that mean for the port's future. i am tom vacar, that story ahead. back here the fog will come back, it will be cold, i will have the tuesday morning temperature forecast for your neighborhood. cçrrú

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happeningright now protesters taking their message right to the port of oakland. and those who conduct business in the nation's fifth busiest port just a few minutes ago this crowd of protesters arrived there at the port and just as they did this morning they managed to slow down operations there. you see there people with drums. i was there last month when they did the same action and it was almost a concert atmosphere. just as last month they started getting on top of the trucks. we have seen a line of trucks, no indication of any activity like that, but there are some truck drivers who are up set and say they are losing money over what the protesters are doing. take a look. there are some of the truck

drivers stuck in the middle of the demonstration. you heard from the mayor earlier in the newscast. she was begging the protesters not to take this action, taking about the economic fall out this could have. we have been following this protest all day long and live pictures right now of the activity taking place at the port of oakland. this gives you a new perspective of how large of a crowd it is. hundreds of people, many of them carrying signs, all of them wanting to send a message to those doing business at the port, many argue they are suffering because what is happening, we will be following this, go back to this protest as soon as we learn more about exactly what is transpiring here. mean time, occupying the fifth largest port is causing delays. ktvu's consumer editor tom

vacar joins us live now with the dollars and cents of today's slow down. >> a case of serious consequences. >> reporter: the port of oakland was quit, way too quit. with three of the seven terminals closed, few trucks waited. not the usual 4,000 rigs. those the occupiers were gone the damage was already done. >> takes us for one day shut down, it will take us two weeks to recover. >> reporter: today it's a major cargo terminal that port. they handle imported good for major retailers across the country. >> there is a lot of merchandise that will be delayed. >> reporter: protests are giving the port a bad name with shippers. >> the port of oakland is called a discretionary port, which means that customers

don't have to come to the port of oakland. large retailers have choices. our customers are very concerned whether the port of oakland should be a viable option for them. >> reporter: normally 200 people work in this warehouse every day, on top of that there are 180 drivers servicing this warehouse. today there are only 25 people total. that's because when it port was going to be blocked they would have nothing to do. >> i think it's unfair, they have to earn their living and be people keeping them outside is keeping them from earning their living. >> they probably need to go to congress or sacramento. >> reporter: with today ruined the biggest worry now, what tomorrow will bring to a port that remain as critical bay area economic hub. i am consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. lowes is facing more

criticism for pulling its ads from a tv show. they stopped advertising on all american muslim after a group said the show is propaganda, threatens america's values. lowes says it pulled its ad because it become a controversy and dozens of other advertisers also did the same. let's talk about our weather. cold and rainy today. are we done with the rain? >> yeah. you are right it barely, few sprinkles, sprinkles throughout the east bay, north bay and south bay. not really registering in the buckets. cold tonight. fog out there. you see some light returns towards the south and east. but that's it. things are definitely drying out. see the green, here is the rain

drops. they went down the coast. there is showers out there but they should be dying down. with the wet ground we could expect valley fog to form. overnight lows are cool. day time highs tomorrow are just going to be in the upper 50s, mid-50s. and there might be a few low 60s in the warm spots. cold morning. hazy sunshine tomorrow. that's tuesday. forecast, i don't have big storms at all. we got this repeated pattern of fog, cold, and then very -- well, very foggy conditions in the inland bay valleys. 32 napa. 22 santa rosa. these are just approximations of the overnight low forecast. antioch 33. you will have fog forming.

right down by the island, water, in the swampy areas. these are the highes from today. tomorrow warmer, we will see more sunshine. this high pressure center says with us all week. this low pressure center is taking the showers off. tomorrow, patchy fog and mostly sunny. that will be your wednesday, thursday. but it will repeat itself. no major changes. forecast highs tomorrow. seven-day forecast, with your bay area weekend in view, that doesn't show rain. we need rain. we are 40% of rainfall average. without a big storm looming, we -- you know, not a good thing. models are dry but that could change. >> seemed like we started out getting a lot of rain and -- . [ talking at the same time ]

>> thank you. it was a special delivery of sorts. a family has been fighting with a hospital over cancer treatments treatments and now a good samaritan stepped up. and we are keeping an eye on a major demonstration right now at the port of oakland. probably several thousand protesters shutting down the port. back with more after this.

more live coverage of the demonstrations taking place that port of oakland. as you can see from these live pictures, many of the demonstrators took to the top of trucks nat are lined outside the president the -- outside the port of oakland. we are talking about the message they hope to send out by this demonstration. here is another live look at how large this protest is. hundreds of people are here. we will talk with some of them at 6:00. >> this season of giving is bringing out the best in some residents. as ktvu's robert handa explains an unusual parseself bringing hope for a family. >> reporter: they are having a holiday of mixed emotions.

today they showed us a 10,000 cashier's check left on their door step. >> my mom -- >> reporter: family and friends have been protesting outside the hospital for weeks. they claimed the hospital misdiagnosed her condition in 2009 and allowed a tumor to get out of control. they saidarve their chemotherapy failed they took her to a clinic in texas and now wants kaiser to adopt the new treatment plan. >> i want kaiser to know there is hope and they should allow us -- they should pay for that. >> reporter: in a letter kaiser called the treatment unreliable. the family continued to pay out of pocket and then the bag appeared. >> somebody listened to us.

god answered our prayers. said that person saw our protest. >> i started crying. the family says even with the gift, medical costs continue to pile up so the family plans to keep protesting. >> reporter: in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. coming up in 90 seconds. >> some concerned residents are removing these devices without pg&e's permission and now the utility is threatening action. and more live pictures of the protests at the port of oakland. you can see them sitting on top of some of the trucks waiting in line. more at 6:00.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. occupy protestors are storming the port of oakland of right now. more than a thousand demonstrators converging at one ofth