good morning. a traffic trouble spot on one of the busiest highways you can see. highway 17 is at a standstill here heading down the hill. we'll tell you what the problem is and how long it will take to have it cleared up. >> reporter: a freeze warning in the north bay. where it is exactly and how it will be with us. violence against protesters is not okay. that's what students here at uc berkeley told thus morning -- told us here this morning. we'll tell you about a hearing this morning. and a battle within the occupy movement. what's causing a split among the protesters? "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, december 14th. we want to go right to sal to get an update.

>> 17 northbound right after the summit, there is some sort of a problem here. it looks like a three or four- car crash that briefly just now had the lanes blocked, all of them, until the chp is trying to figure out what happened. this is the second -- dash perhaps the third of several accidents. it looks like a six-car crash. live pish from newschopper2 showing that traffic is backed up. looks like emergency vehicles are there. some people, you can see, were out of their cars and now they are kind of running back to their cars. they are trying to get back to the side. this is a crazy situation here on 17. it's one of those days if you drive -- if you drive in this area, it will be busy. again, northbound 17, the second of many crashes here.

could be because of black ice, could be for many reasons. what we know for sure is six vehicles are involved just after the summit. stay with us. we're run down all of the trouble spots. 7:01. let's go back to the desk. it's thor cold morning around the bay area and we have another spare-the-air alert day. kraig debro joins us from napa with more. kraig, i'm surprised you are not wearing your hat. >> reporter: my trademark hat, yes, i will have to find it. i want to show you one of the cars that we're standing next to. i actually thought this was a pattern on the outside of this cover for the headlight. but that's pretty thick out there. that's about the thickest we've seen it. a half-hour ago, this was 28

degrees fahrenheit but right now it's 26 degrees fahrenheit. you you visibility is a lot higher -- visibility is a lot higher than it was a half-hour ago. this will last until 9:00 a.m. we've been up here since 4:30, 5:00 this morning and the most visible you will see is the frost buildup on the cars. sometimes you can -- you can look up in the air you can see some of the mist in the air and that's -- we talked to a man who is working in this weather. he says he needs to be careful, despite the fact that this is his profession. bridges are the likeliest to frees up faster -- freeze up faster and stay cold.

okay there is fog lets up here, frost warning still in effect for another two hours here in napa. reporting live in napa, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. there is a common theme this morning. a ktvu viewer sent us this photo from richmond -- richmond. e-mail us to news tips.com or you can put them on our facebook page. we'll share some of your photos throughout the morning. crews right now still at the scene of an early-morning fire. it started inside of a clubhouse, this one here at 22nd and international, a couple of hours ago. investigators haven't determined the cause yet but that fire may be tied to something burning inside that -- something inside that burning building. >> we found some marijuana on scene. we're not sure. a small amount.

o. pnk dnktion has been contact -- o.p.d. has been contacted. >> reporter: investigators say no one was near the building when crews arrived. firefighters, it took them about 30 minutes to put -- to put out the flames. state lawmakers want to know if crowd control went too far. lorraine blanco is at uc berkeley right now to tell us about some of the allegations against campus police. lori? >> reporter: good morning. a student sent us an apology letter regarding this incident. e-mail was sent because of what you see here. campus police hitting protesters with police batons. state lawmakers called for the

joint legislative hearing to discuss nonviolent protests and use of force rules. >> i'm surprised that we haven't like started burning down the campus. >> it's what students do in other countries. so i think we're taking it really well and i'm proud that we're still trying to keep it nonviolin. >> reporter: mark u daff and linda katahi are set to testify today. that hearing will take place at the state capitol at 12:00 noon. lorraine blanca, ktvu channel 2 news. ow! ow! ow! >> now, an oakland police officer fired a beanbag that injured an occupy protest last month. he's been removed from street duty. this happened at frank ogawa plaza. the 30-year-old victim claims

he was hit in the right thigh and had severe bruising. "the chronic" is reporting -- "the chronical" reports he will be off duty until an investigation is complete. some groups outside of san francisco say they disagree with the campout strategy. they are now calling themselves 9%ers -- 9%ers -- 99

percenters. "time" magazine has identified its person of the year. it's someone whose influence is reaching around the world. 7:07. well, you drivers who stay too long at the oakland parking meters, you are now bebe given a five-minute grace period. there's a new policy that takes effect today. it gives drivers an extra five minutes from the time the meter expires on the receipt. a city councilwoman said it will give you a break if you come back to your car in that five-minute time and there's a parking meter officer writing you a ticket. some extra steps are being taken to make sure holiday shoppers who ride b.a.r.t. get to your car safer. b.a.r.t. police officers and oakland police officers will work with the citizens police academy to escort shoppers to their cars.

the service will be offered at the west b.a.r.t. station thursday an friday between 5:00 and 9:00. they will be wearing red vests. we want to keep a close eye on that situation on highway 17. really, there's no good alternate routes are there? >> no, there's not. newschopper2 here, northbound 17 multi-car zen -- multicar accident. these are live pictures from newschopper2. at one point when we got there, people were standing out side of -- yu side of the -- outside of their vehicles. i do know that if you drive 17 this morning, you should plan

ahead and give yourself extra time. as tori mentioned, there are not a lot of great alternates here unless you have to go out of your way to bypass 17. that's why a crash here is so serious. if it's blocking lanes, as you can see it was, it's really causing slow traffic. the good news is they completely got that out to the pullout. now the traffic is only slow because of rubberneckers. let's take a look at the 237 drive across the valley. you can see traffic is busy getting to 8 0. and if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems on bridge itself. let's go to steve. very good morning. low clouds around. that really helps bring up some of the temperatures. san diego, you know san diego, .80 for rain for the month. eureka, zero.

talk about flip-flopping things around. yet, san diego is running above normal. we will get some rain tomorrow. we have some low clouds around. they are increasing a little bit. we have a mostly sunny day. sunny but cool. machine tomorrow. there will be some morning rain around -- probably around morning. it will get stronger. that system as it moves into southern california. the weekend, friday/saturday, probably breezy. dry for us. cold lows as we go in, cold low speaking of, fairfield 28, napa 2. they've been in between 27 and 31. santa rosa was 28. now they are 31. 37 concord livermore. san jose, a balmy 43. that's because there's some low -- some low clouds around. 22, kenwood, 25. rincon valley, 2. yountville has been between 2 and 31.

napa, 29 and also saint helena. the freeze warning is out for the north bay. it's cold out there for some. but the low clouds are increasing. the low clouds are in advance of that system right there. that has to move in. today, mostly sunny, it's cold out there. some low clouds around and then when you get that cold fog, that just cuts right through you. the good news is we need some rain. the bad news, it won't give us much but we'll take any drop we can question. 50s on the temps. 56 san jose. they are sitting at 43. all they need is 13 degrees. cloudy, rain. it's gone thursday night. friday, the wind starts to crank up. we'll take that into the weekend as well. 7:12. talk about an awkward holiday gift. why the marine corps is

apologizing for some packages to some military families. and the bomb square at a busy station. why the word "bang" was on a bap? [ screaming ]

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whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. good morning. we have some low clouds around. that's helping temperatures. it's still cold. but it was colder yesterday. a freeze warning in the bay until 9:00. looks like rain tomorrow morning. the fight in washington over how much uncle sam takes out of your paycheck has hit another dead end. the u.s. house voted to extend the payroll tax cut. alison burns joins us live to tell us why they are saying it's dead on arrival.

>> reporter: this is the senate floor. the senate came into session about 45 minutes ago. as time runs out for congress to extend a payroll tax cut that expires in two weeks. senate democrats today are expected to reject the republican bill that passed last -- that -- that passed the house last night. this with keep about $1,000 for most families but that's linked to the controversial pipeline that would bring oil from canada to the u.s. prups say the presh -- republicans say the pressure is on to pass it. >> if senator reid wants to hold on the jobs bill, then he will go on santa's naughty list. >> reporter: the fight over the payroll tax cut is raising new fears of a government shutdown. senate democrats say they their

not move on this until this is resolved. allison, burns, ktvu channel 2 news. partisan politics will pay out on a senate vote on two dueling proposals. the republican proposal exceed that the spending not exceed revenues. the democrats bill does not have spending cap and it protects social security from being used to balance the budget. neither bill is expected to get the required two-thirds majority. well, a holiday gift package that was supposed to cheer up. wounded marines has instead caused a lot of hurt feeling. the marine corps sent out,000 packages with an ornament of the purple heart. more than 1,000 of those

packages were mistakenly send to the families of marines killed in action. the marine corps has apologized for the mistake. looking live right now, president obama and first lady michelle obama, this is not a live picture, though. they are getting ready to leave to visit troops at fort bragg, north carolina. this is a picture from -- video from a past visit. but you get the -- you get the idea. now, the president will be marking the upcoming end to the war in iraq. he will be thanking troops for the sacrifices they made. more than 200 soldiers died during the war in iraq. all are due to be out of iraq by december 31st. 7:1. we now know what -- 7:1. we now know what may be behind a bomb square at union station.

police evacuated the station after a suspicious backpack was found on one -- on one of the trains. investigators say concern was heightened because the word "bang" was written on the backpack. but today's "la times" reports an innocent explanation -- the owner of the bap was nicknamed bang-bang. new numbers show 2.5 million more adults now have health insurance since the healthcare over haul law took effect. under the law children can stay on their parents' medical plan until they are 26.

time is now 7:19. a woman in wisconsin who had just given birth is demanding answers this morning after taking care of the wrong baby for three hours at the hospital. she says after she gave birth to her son, henry, he was taken away from her to be cleaned up but when he was returned, she had a feeling something was wrong. she said the hospital didn't check henry's arm band and he was placed in another baby's crib. a different baby was then brought to her, a baby that she breast-fed and even changed. >> i didn't believe them at first. i didn't believe them. i think they had to tell me

three times. >> well, she says she had a dna test performed on her baby after bringing him home from the hospital to make sure he was the right baby. the hospital paid for the test. they haven't commented on the situation. she's hoping to fine the woman who -- find the woman who was taking care of her baby during the switch. she says that woman is the only one who can relate to that situation. "time" magazine has you a nounsed person of the year -- has announced person of the year. it's "the protester." the magazine says protesters are shaping globallal politics and redefining power around the world. last year, facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg was the person of the year. some think there may be a

connection there. >> well, sure. >> uh-huh. 7:21. there was a big earthquake last night, a 7.1 hagny ted quake. it hit the south pacific. good morning. it's slow on highway 17. we'll tell you more about that straight ahead.

7:24. a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks the south pack. the quake hit just after 9:00 last night. it did not trig r tsunami warningses. power is out in some districts. the quake caused some residents to run out of buildingses and power -- buildings and power to sway.

a rescue crew came toot aid of two men who were trapped in a tree by rushing floodwaters. this is video on the south island of new zealand. heavy rain has been hitting that area, creating dangerous floods. the two men got trap when a riverbank gave way. they spentant hour out there before rescuers finally got to them. we have new video of the entire thing that happened thissing. a couple of crashes one of the most serious was the south one. we had a northbound one that caused several -- as you can see, traffic is at a standstill. you can see traffic is going to be pretty busy. it turned out to be, like, a six or seven-car crash. at one point people got out of their cars and were saying what

the heck is going on? things are improving now. but the crash has been moved to the right shoulder. you can see traffic here is moving along relatively well past the coliseum. this traffic doesn't start to slow down until later and at the bay bridge taupe, it's slow. the westbound bay bridge backed up for a 20, 25-minute delay. i do see some flashing lights as well. it looks like we're having a thick morning at the toll plaza. let's go to steve. i know it was cold yesterday. yesterday was -- the low clouds are kind of a leading edge to the system. that will give us some rain. not a lot. a little bit. it will increase clouds in the afternoon. just mainly low clouds. the higher clouds are still aways away. there won't be much out of this system but it will give us a different pattern compared to

where we've been. temperatures seem to be coming up for some. they've come up to the east bay. those low clouds kind of keep things in check. that system will drop in and intensify in southern california again. so they are taking our rain. 50s, low to mid on the temperatures today. when you are 27 degrees. it's tough to warm up this time of year. morning clouds and then rain will move in on thursday. we'll clear it out. after that the system strengthens. so friday into early saturday with your weekend all the in view. it will be sunny and dry but you know dashed well it will be in the morning. 7:27. two thieves make tracks out of a bay area fire store. the new photo police will hope to lead to an arrest. one step away from candlele stick park and one step -- candlestick park and one step

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good morning. we still have some slow traffic because of an earlier crash in the santa cruz mountains. northbound 17 near the summit. the crash did block all of the lanes for a while.

then they moved it to the shoulder. 17 is backed up into scotts valley. thank you, sal. the 49ers are another big step closer to saying goodbye to san francisco. last night the santa clara council give its approval for the billion-dollar lan in the south bay. tara moriarty is live in candle stick park with details and reaction to this plan. >> reporter: good morning. for at least the next two seasons the 49ers -- the 49ers will be playing here. a lot of san franciscans say say they would be sad to say goodbye but they look forward to a new stadium. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: applause erupted at last night's city council meeting when members approved the financing plan to build a new stadium in the parking lot

of great america amusement park the council will have to cap $15 million in bank loans and the nfl still has to kick in. the construction could begin as soon as next month. the 9ers are hoping to kick off the 2015 eason there. now, nfl owners are meeting for a briefing on the project today, although no vote is expect. some folks who live in the area say the city is taking a big gamble. if you break down the numbers, each side is saddled with $7 million in debt. 49ers facilities open in about an hour. we've been calling them and we'll try to get some reaction for you later on in the show. thank you. and if the nfl approves the deal and the 49ers move, what

do you thiferm should happen to candlestick park? that's the question we've been asking viewers on facebook this morning. police in petaluma are searching for thieves who robbed a tire store. last week a man and a woman walked into the tire store while the woman distracted the store clerk, the man allegedly escaped with a portable generator costing about $1200. a santa rosa woman's in jail after getting three traffic tickets in 24 hours. now, on monday, aubrey martin was pulled offer, told police she had a suspended license. she had just been given a

ticket the night before. while searching for her i.d., police say they found two more traffic tickets including one from earlier that same day. the officer then gave ms. martin another ticket for driving without a witness plate. we're told now the total for ms. martin, she's racked up ten traffic cry tases in the last 18 months. 7:34. pg&e is formally taking responsibility for the san bruno pipeline disaster. the utility admits it's legally liable for the explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. pg&e's admission is in response to pressure from the judge handling a barrage of civil lawsuits. the judge demanded to know whether the utility would take responsibility or seek to deflect the blame. >> just know that these residents have suffered for the last 15, 16 months terribly, financially and that's just part

of it. an arraignment set for this afternoon for one of two former san francisco public health department inspectors. they are facing several felony charges including bribery and falsifying government documents. now, according to "the examiner" the ex-inspectors are accused of giving passing safety grades in exchange for money. san francisco district attorney zboernl gascon will hold a news conference at noon to talk about

this. well caltrans and the chp are teaming up to clean up trash on the freeway. they will be out picking up trash alongside highways along the bay area. you litterbugs be aware, the chp will be out there cracking down on violaters. caltrans says cleaning up the freeways around the state costs almost $60 million last year. 7:36. tomorrow open-carry activist also gather at the sun valley mall in concord. this comes after what they call an unlawful search and seizure by condition cord police. earlier this month, police

stopped and questioned two individuals. tomorrow's event is to educate local police officers about this. san francisco police will meet with concerned residents of the mission district tonight. they'll discuss recent assaults in their neighborhood, including a violent rape on fair oak street last thursday morning. no arrests have been made. later this morning, uc berkeley will announce a new financial aid program for middle-class families. cal officials say the new program the first of its kind -- is the first of its kind. 7:3. a san francisco bicyclist could possibly go to jail because of a collision that killed a pedestrian. this happened in july at the intersection of embarcadero and

mission. police say 23-year-old randolph aing ran a red light on his bicycle and hit a 68-year-old woman who later died from her head injuries. he's being charged with misdemeanor and vehicular manslaughter. >> what i'm trying to to aggressively is really ramp up efforts. prevention is really the key here. we want to make sure that we get the message to everyone. now, aing is due back in court on the 6th. if convicted he faces jail time. we want too check in again with -- to check in again with sal. >> that's right, tori and dave. we have a new crash reported westbound 4 at hillcrest avenue. that one just came in. we're looking at highway 4 and it's already slow past that. the crash at hillcrest is for

people who are still in brentwood and antioch, but the traffic after that is not much better. also this morning we're looking at the bay bridge which is backed up for about a 0-minute delay. nothing out of the ordinary. it's very slow and no problems on the way into san francisco. and going into san francisco, northbound traffic looks god. we had a six-car pileup near the summit. but traffic is still slow. it's getting much better now that the lanes are open. this crash has been cleared up. 7:39. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. some sun out there but a lot of low clouds. today, the clouds have ramped up a littleby. it's still cold. temperatures coming up a little bit. low clouds in advance of this guy right there. right there. the key, though, is this system is going to intensify once it

moves into southern california just like the last system and our wind will start to pick up as we head towards friday and saturday. today, we have mostly sunny skies. cold out there. i know -- we're a little bit warmer on the lows because of the cloud deck. fog/sun, we'll keep it cool with 50s on the temperatures. the visibility satellite showing some of that starting to thicken up towards the north. starting off with 20s for some, 0s for others. 2 -- 0s for others. yountville, 29. napa, along with saint helene knauss. the freeze warning only applies

until about 9:00. that system dropping down right there. right there, it will start to work its way in. that will take us into increasing clouds tonight. the powerhouse system exited into southern california. so today, sunny skies, after the low clouds and then we increase the clouds tonight and we'll bring in some light rain. very little. this is not a very strong system. fog, is up, cool, low clouds. cold to chilly lows. some low cases running lower by a good 7, 8 degrees compared to yesterday. 50s on the highs. cloudy skies tonight into tomorrow. some light rhine and then it's out of there thursday night. the wind cranks up. it looks like calm conditions. things are expected to be different in court today when lindsay lohan ruferns for a progress hearing. that's because it appears she's been keep up with her community service requirements. she's on probation for a theft

case. her supervisor at the los angeles county morgue says she's been showing up regularly. lohan missed a promotional taping at the ellen degeneres taping. she was stuck in hawaii after losing her purse with her passport in it. a check on what's moving the markets. also why an airline will soon use social networks to help arrange where passengers sit.

stocks are trading slightly lower. down below $1.30 and rising italian bond yield. energy companies are falling hard as oils drop over 3%. it's down to 96 4 a barrel. the dow is currently down 77. nasdaq is down 33. s&p down 9. san jose is the top-ranked california sit fors abouts according to a new study by marketwatch.com. it's still not clear the top of the list. san jose comes out 25th of all u.s. cities with a population of 500,000 for more. san francisco comes in at 31st nationally. and california has more cities on the bottom half of the list. five of the six of the worst cities are in modesto. sacramento ranks 99th and fresno is number 100. riverside in southern california is 101st and

stockton is in last place, at 102. cities were ranked on housing, unemployment and personal income and 12 other economic factors. attorneys for facebook are preparing to ask a judge to throw out the lawsuit of a man who claims he should own half of the company. they say paul seglia had a contract with facebook founder mark zuckerberg but attorneys say that's fake. seglia say they signed a deal in 2003 and that he was given money to start up the social networking site. but facebook attorneys say the ink on the contract is less than two years old. klm royal dutch airlines wants people to be able to talk to the person who sits next to them on long flights. so next year, they are launching what they call meet and seat service. travelers will be able to link facebook and linked-in profiles

to their log in check-in information as you can see what other passengers are interested in. klm says passengers can also choose not to make their profiles publicly available. as the last of american troops move out of iraq, some major hotel chains are moving in. best western, hilton and mare preyut are just some of the hotels that have broken ground in northern iraq. hotel expects say that -- executives say that area attractive because of the oil reserves. they say that area is safer now and it's been named one of the best trips to take by "national geographic." we're less than three weeks away from the iowa caucus. and donald trump makes an announcement that he's not totally out of the race yet. jameny joins us via skype from

washington, d.c. with all of the political maneuvering. >> reporter: let's start with donald tum p. he wanted -- donald trump. he will not be a debate host. he may be a candidate. as for the race we have new polls out again today that still schmo men tum for newt gingrich poelth -- show mo men tum for newt gingrich. ron paul has been doing well in some polls oust of the -- out of the hawkeye state and there's some thinking that ron paul may be the sleeper and rick perry making a comeback 20 days to go. a lot can happen in that time.

>> yeah. mike huckabee, he didn't get the nomination. i think john mccain finished well back. he came in late. >> reporter: you are right. in some situations they pick the right person. in some they don't. iowa -- if you have never been there for iowa or nams hard to describe but -- new hampshire it's hard to describe. gingrich has not been on the ground and does not have as big an organization as a lot of people think you need to win in iowa. 20 days away, tori. not long to go. >> one more question, jame him. there's been a lot of attention to a poll out recently that shows the candidate that could beat mr. obama is mitt romney where newt gingrich would lose to the president. there's a new wall street

journal poll out today. if you match up the president, against mitt romney it's an obama victory on all three. the closest, yes, mitt romney is the closest of the three. what's ironic about the same poll is when you matched an unnamed republican, that person beat the president in that poll. but when you matched the names, it was barack obama coupling out on top. of course, everything can change in this case. >> yeah, very quickly. all right. jamie, live for us via skype from washington, d.c. 7:50. well, it's down to the final four on the ebbs factor and -- on the ex-factor. ♪ don't you remember you told me you love me baby ♪ >> that was chris renee, until up -- until now, was a trash

collector. the winner of the show will get $5 million. the largest single prize in television history. you can watch chris and the other three finalists tonight on the ex-factor. it all begins at 8:00 here. ten minutes before 8:00. google puts its money where its mouth is. how the company is helping end slavery around the world. it's not your traditional christmas card. how the sender is defending that photo. blaush spwhraps

a bizarre car crash in miami left a police car teetering on a utility poll. it reminds a lot of us about that insurance ad. is your car up a pole again? it happened in real. a police officer reached down to pick up a pen he dropped, veered off the roadway. the accident is fine but the

accident did knock out power for several hours. the california lottery is searching for a man suspected in lotto thefts from stores in the silicon valley. the 29-year-old is -- is accused of stealing lottery tickets from 18 stores in october. investigators say he usually casss the winning tickets after stealing them. he's known to frequent coffee shops around little saigon and homeless areas. google is donating $11.5 million to organizations that fight slavery and human trafficking. this reportedly is the largest corporate grant ever devoted to fight slavery. it's a chriss that card that has animal activists in an uproar -- christmas card that

has animal activists in an uproar. look at the an te thrown there be -- antelope being grabbed by the throat. in santa monica, a holiday display is this year dominated by atheists for the first time the city used a lottery system to dole out display places in palisades park. this year atheists received 11 out of the 14 spots leaving only three spots for christians. christian groups are not happy. they say it appears the atheists -- it's quite a controversy. let's check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads this wednesday morning. hi, sal. >> hello, tori and dave. traffic is moving along slow loy in some areas. it has not been that great.

we have a new injury crash. hillcrest avenue. traffic is gonna be slow. after that it's also slow as well. 6 -- 680 headed to walnut creek. the morning commute -- let me move the maps here. i always do that to my directors all of the time. i'm too slow on the maps. thank you, ken. westbound 80 between pinole and richmond. let's go to the toll plaza. westbound, that traffic is going to be busy as you get there with no major problems. and this morning on 280 northbound and san jose that's very slow. i think a lot of people are late getting down the hill from the santa cruz mountains. here's steve. >> ken won't give you any grief for that? >> no. >> oh. yeah? >> he's an easy-going guy. we have some fog in crockett. that was not the case

yesterday. it has helped moderate the lows. it's still cold. i know it's still cold. but that system to the top left of your screen will increase, and that will mean more cloud cover and rain. not a lot of rain. a little bit of rain. 30s now. santa rosa's gone up. santa rosa's gone up because of the low cloud deck. 29 in fairfield. but upper 30s, 40s for many. san jose, 45. yesterday they were 37. you can thank the low clouds for that. but that system will intensify as it moves into southern california. they are getting more more rain in northern california. that next system is gonna do the same. we'll get some wind. if you are traveling in southern california, keep it going. there's more snow in big bear than we have in our mountains. morning rain thursday, then gives way to clearing skies. and with your weekend always in view it will be sunny. 7:57.

a growing battle within the occupy movement. what's causing a split among the protesters? >> reporter: state lawmakers say batons and berkeley and pepper spray at davis were the wrong response by campus police. we'll tell you about a hearing today at the state capitol. what commuters in the north bay can expect when they go out to their cars this morning and how long they can expect to see it. that when "mornings on 2" continues.

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safeway. ingredients for life. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, december 14th. it's cold. another cold morning all over the bay area. the north bay valley is under a freeze warning. kraig debro has been out there all morning. he's in napa where it's especially chilly. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the sun is up now the freeze warning only goes for another hour. but it's still cold. we're next to use used car lot. i want to show you all of the cars cover ed -- coved with the frost. i suspected they might be

melting but when i look closely at the cars, you can really -- it takes a little bit to get off here. it's not quite melting just yet. it's still kind of cold and wet out here. of course, you have to be careful on the roads and this advisory lasts for another hour. it's just for the north bay, napa and some northern valleys. the police are warning people to be careful especially bridges and culverts. temperature is about 26 degrees about an hour ago. i suspect it's around there right about now. we're using our phone to tell us the temperature but it's not really hall that accurate. i can tell you it's still freezing up here and you can see that because the frost is not melting yet. we have seen some people out on the road. we had fog earlier.

that's dissipated. traffic appears to be running smoothly on 29 at kansas avenue. if you look closely, this is kind of neat. it looks almost like hair on top of the car here. it's still thick. if you are up here and you are not used to it, be careful and if you are not up here right now, just remember it ends at 9:00. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and you can always get the latest weather from steve paulson, of course and on ktvu.com. you can also get weather atlearts sent straight to your phone by signing up for mobile ktvu.com. it's 8:02. new this morning, thieves ruined a winter concert after stealing hundreds of dollars meant for band students the students were holding their winter concert and two males in hooded sweatshirts walked in and stole about $700.

it happened between 8:00 and:30. the -- and:30. the money was supposed -- and 8:30. the money was supposed to pay for the teaching time. state lawmakers will hold a hearing examining the recent use of force on protesters. ktvu tea lorraine blanco is at uc berkeley with a rundown on some of the people called to testify. good morning, lorraine. >> reporter: good morning. uc and scu officials site experts and -- officials and experts and students are going to testify. students hope today's hearing will serve as a lesson for those supposed to teach them. this came about after this video. university officials will have to answer to this as well as a widely watched pepper spraying

incident at uc davis. uc president mark yudof and linda katahe will be among officials testifying about their use of force rules. students we talked with say the controversial police response sends the wrong message. >> you know, they are being taught in classes to stand up for themselves and so if -- so they are being physically like hurt and brutalized for that, then what does that say about our education? i just don't get it. >> reporter: the hearing will take place this afternoon at the state capitol. lorraine blaudge co, ktvu channel 2 news. kut -- lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. ow! ow! >> an oakland police officer who fired a beanbag at an individual has been relieved from study. this is the youtube video at frank ogawa plaza. the injured protesters claims he was struck in the right thigh and had severe breezing.

the paper is report reporting -- reporting that the officer and his supervisor have been reassigned until an investigation is complete. some occupy protesters are exploring a new direction and a change in tactics. they say the protesters need to work together with other groups. he used monday's shutdown as an example saying yes, it was successful but it theirs hurt port workers and their wallets. some groups outside of oakland and san francisco also say they disagree with the campout strategy. they now call themselves, 99 peccenters -- percenters. it is 8:05. a 19-year-old man is fighting for his life after a stabbing in redwood city.

it happened late yesterday afternoon on brucester avenue. police are looking for two other men spotted leaving the scene. don't expect to see ice cream trucks near novato schools in the future. last night the city council unanimously approved an ordinance that will keep ice cream and other mobile food vendors 15 feet from the schools. the ban was originally proposed to help encourage p healthy eating han yits -- encourage healthy -- healthy eating habits. an internationally known artist wants to install 25,000 light bulbs on the western span of the bridge. the lights would be controlled by a software program and would flicker in sequences just like

that. it will cost about $7 million. it wouldn't be visible to drivers as you cross the bridge. caltrans still needs to approve that project. 7 million. i don't noecht. it's kind of a steep price tag. let's check in on sal. >> as a matter of fact, things are much better but i want to show you what caused all of this slow traffic. newschopper2 is up there just after this crash happened. steve and i are talking about this off the air and we determined that we don't think it was black eyes because the temperatures up there were about 40 degrees. a little bit too warm for freezing. you see all of those cars involved in the pileup. 17 was a mess. we had a bunch of other fender- benders in the area. 17 is just now recovering from scotts valley on the way down to los gatos. i want to show you highway 4. some pretty heavy traffic all of a sudden here on highway 4 coming up to the billow -- to

the willow pass road. there is a crash at hillcrest. that's far before this. now on highway 4 in concord, we don't see anything so far but it's pretty slow. this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's only backed up for about a ten-minute wait now. 8:07. let's go to steve. a very good morning. a lot of low clouds are back. temperatures are much warmer for many locations. north bay has taken the brunt of the tolder temperatures but santa rosa temperatures have been going up as the fog has been increasing. parts of marin county. definitely peninsula, south bay and east bay. it's all in advance of this system. that will be in here tonight and tomorrow. it looks like a little bit of rain for us. yeah, a little bit of rain. after that, we go dry again. 7 to 10-day outlook is not very bullish. l.a., southern california -- san diego's had more rain than

northern california. cool, low cloud, cool. increasingly low clouds will continue. tomorrow -- what's tomorrow? thursday. they all start to run together. morning rain and then sunny but breezy as we head into the weekend. napa now up to 31. santa rosa, 33. san rafael 36. favorfield, the only one holding onto a 29-degree reading. san jose, the heat weave down there and 45 degrees. temperatures will be on the cold side but with the clouds coming in tomorrow they will be much, much warmer. so the coldest i could find is pope. denwood -- kenwood, 25. rankin valley, yountville, 29. this system will give is increasing clouds. we'll take any drop of you rain we can get right now. but that big powerhouse low

finally ejects out. another one is gonna drop in for them. so travel plans to southern california on thursday and friday, you might want to stay tuned to the latest forecast. thursday, we bring in the clouds. some rain in the morning and then that system moves south an intensifies and that will give us wind. low clouds, sunny for a while. but 50s on the temperatures. low temperatures -- low 50s. it should cover it for most. san jose only needs 10 degrees to get to 56. clouds and rain on thursday. then the rain cranks up. it will be dry, sunny, but chilly, cold in the morning. 8:10. we're still following overnight news from oakland. fire crews are still at the scene of an early-morning fire. this one started inside of a clubhouse on 22nd and international. a couple of hours ago. investigators haven't told us the exact cause yet but that fire may be tied to something that was found inside the

burning building. we found some marijuana on scene. we're not sure, a small amount, o.p.d. has been contacted. at this point we're not sure what action will be taken. >> investigators say no one was near the building when crews arrive. -- arrived. a sacramento county medical medical dispensary is getting ready to host a pot giveaway. on friday, the dispensary will be offering free marijuana to 45,000 of its customers, but free pot will only be given to medical marijuana card hold others. so don't try and go up there and get some free pot without a card. >> wow. :11 -- 8:11. it's a battle that affects everyone who takes home a

paycheck. a horrible attack overseas involving dozens of victims. the just-released picture of the man believed responsible. brash.

good morning. cold with 20s, 30s and 40s. a lot more 30s and 40s. it will be partly sunny to mostly sunny. temperatures today, though, low 50s. all quiet here but that big powerhouse of a low in southern

california finally has ejected out but not before it left some really impressive snow totals. palamar mountain, three feet. mountain, two to three feet. frazier pash here. tahoe, truckee, taking our snow. there was a lot of snow in southern california. they may get more on friday into saturday. >> wow. all right, steve. the big fight over extending a payroll tax cut that expires in two weeks, it shifts now to the u.s. senate. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with whether the senate will take up the bill that passed the house last night. >> reporter: there are certainly a lot of political gains going on now surrounding this bill. so it's really unclear how this is all going to play out today. the u.s. senate came into session earlier today and senate majority leader harry reid said he wanted to vote on the republican bill that passed

the house last night. it links the 2% payroll tax cut to approval of a controversial oil pipeline. democrats are against okaying the pipeline now and the bill will likely fail but he wants everybody on the road -- on the same page. >> the sooner we can put this behind us, the sooner we can move on. >> reporter: this is raising new fears as a government shut down, funding of scores for government agencies runs out on friday. senate democrats say they won't move on that until this payroll tax cut is resolved. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. partisan politics will play out on two balanced budget amendments. one mor the republicans. the other from democrats. the republican plan requires its spending not exceed revenues in any one fiscal

year. the democrats' bill does not have spending caps and it protect the social security from being used to balance the budget. neither bill is required to get the required two-thirds majority. a new washing from governor brown. california could face even more painful cuts next year. and that's in addition to the $1 billion in cuts he ordered yesterday. those cuts will take effect january 1st. funding for the -- >> that will be disabled. governor brown hopes to bring a tax proposal before voters in november. it would temporarily increase taxes on those making more than $250,000 and raise the statewide sales tax by .050%.

>> you can't provide money that you don't have. that's the point here. you either cut or tax. there's no word way. there's no tiv. >> k through 12 education in lose and community college fees could go up by $10 a unit. the united nations says more than 5,000 people have been killed in syria since the uprising started nine months ago. protests and the fighting continued all across syria. operation forces say almost 40 people were killed in the fighting yesterday. protesters want president alasar to step down but so far he's refused. we now have the toe of the man accused of -- have the photo of the man accused of blowing up a crowded belgium suspect. they say this man had a long --

in the meantime mourners are putting flowers at the bus stop where he loved hand grenades and fired an assault rifle. so far, three people tied -- people died there including a toddler. 1230 people were injured -- 120 people were ginned -- injured. the next step in the penn state sex abuse case unfolds on friday. that's when the pretrial hearings are skeled for the -- scheduled for the athletic director and vice principal. mean while, january 11th is the next court date for jerry sandusky. as we reported on "mornings on 2" yesterday, he waived his preliminary hearing and plead the not guilty to 52 child- related charges. his attorney believes that ten accusers may have ulterior

motivations. >> what greater motivation could there be than money? we're checking on that now. >> it could take six mo 1 months before sandusky's trial begins. a clayton middle schoolteacher remains in a contra costa county school this morning on a million-dollar bail. andrew katrell was charged yesterday with 20 sex cirms. he's accused of having sex with a former student underage. walnut creek police arrested him on the diablo campus on friday. 8:20. the holidays are a lot happier for some kmart customers this season. it's all thanked to secret santas who are spreading the christmas. a store in omaha nebraska say shom people -- say some people paid all but one penny of the shoppers -- shoppers' item. customers say they are

thrilled. >> they say okay, you owe a money. a penny? okay. i got a nickel. >> that's nice. it's nice to see people people do that. the family, they are now donating the saveing to cover the costs of other people's layaways. we've been talking about it since 4:30, the governmenty -- frosty morning in the bay area. meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when things will finally warm up. also a hangup over distracted the nationwide call to end all of those cell phones being used in cars. and northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. we'll tell you more about the morning drive to work.

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31st. again, we're looking at live pictures from north carolina as president obama, along with his family, arrived there. they will be meeting with american troops thanking them for their sacrifices. we may possibly see the president and the first lady a little later on. there's a call to ban all cell phones. the ntsb wants people behind the wheel to stay focused on the road. state figures show distracted driving caused more than 100 deaths last year. a 2-year-old girl was struck and killed in a crosswalk in rohnert park. the teenaged driver wax texting at the time of the accident. >> our goal is nobody uses hands-free or talking on the phone in the car. it's not gonna happen overnight. so what can we do to build a better foundation to achieve the

goal? 8:25. of course, sal is focused on getting you wherever you need to go safely. >> right, dave. right now traffic is moving along slowly in some areas. for example, 0 northbound we're getting a little bit of a backup here driving past the coliseum. you can see some slow traffic as you drive there. this morning's commute stat the bay bridge toll plaza has become a lot better. if you have waited for the end of pt commute, really, right now -- of the commute, it will be good for you. i want to show you 80 westbound. that traffic continues to move slowly. a lot of fog. we have fog on the richmond bridge as well. at 8:26. let's go to steve. some reports of fog, thick fog out there. 30s, 40s for lows, san jose, very mild compared to other

locations but the low clouds certainly help. the north bay had to deal with the coldest temperatures but even those are 0 startling -- even those are starting to moderate a little bit. that will give us increasing clouds an rain. did he say rain? i did. i did. not a lot but a little bit. 30s, 40s. one 29 left at fairfield. 46 in san francisco, 45 san jose. the freeze warning goes for about another half-hour here. north bay, that's the coldest temperatures, most locations did stay above freezing. our system right there will dig in and then guess what intensify in southern california as it head the towards friday and saturday. they may be dealing with another round of wind and rain, maybe some more snow. 50s on the temps. it's touch to get more warm he than this. tomorrow we have clouds and rain moving in. we'll clear it out thursday night. our wind picks up. friday into saturday it will be dry on the weekend. i -- dash the days will be

okay. okay. the bomb scare at a busy california train station. why the word "bang" was on a backpack. the mayor of san francisco says he'd like the 49ers to stay in their home city but it looks like the possibility is slipping farther away. we'll tell you about an important decision made by the santa clara city council last night. ♪

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national football league. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: in three weeks you can buy stadium seats for the 49er games. they didn't be play here but down in santa clara in about three years. it's an idea that's been in the works for five years. >> let's take a vote. the mose? council members? [ cheers and applause ] >> applause broke out last night after a unanimous decision to push forward with $850 million in bank loans. the plan still hinnens on the 49ers being able to -- hinges on the 49ers being able to get help from the nfl. the new 6,000-seat stadium will be built in the parking -- could be built, we should say in the parking lot of the great

america amusement park. construction could begin next month and the 9ers are hoping to kick off the season there. they've already told luxe seats and the nfl -- luxury seats and the nfl is meeting about this today. some folks say they are taking a big gamble. if you break down the numbers, each tax payer is saddled in debt. we did speak with mayor lee and he said he would like nothing more for the 49ers to stay in their home city but he says he's realistic given that this plan has been in the works for so long. now, if the nfl aproves the deal and the -- approves the deal and the 49ers do move, what do you think should happen to candlestick park? that's what we've been asking you.

tell us what you think. siped us a message on facebook to the news team. we want to take you back live to north carolina, where president obama has just arrived. you can see him there and the first lady, michelle obama, greeting some of the troops it looks like who are there. they are marking the upcome end -- upcoming end to the war in iraq by thanking u.s. troops for their sacrifices and -- the president is expected to highlight the human side of the war reflecting on the bravery and sacrifices of u.s. forces on their way back home. the first lady has been very instrumental in supporting military falls. the spouses and children and parents and siblings who are

left home while the troops go off and fight the war. all u.s. troops are to be out of iraq by december 31st. the president has pledged the u.s. will continue to help iraq in that area. it's the president's first visit who fort bra, which is home to -- visit to fort bragg and we wanted to bring you the president and first lady live. they've just arrived on air force one in north carolina heading soon to fort bragg and we'll continue to monitor this and bring you more developments as they happen. "time" magazine as identified its person of the year and their influence has spread from egypt to libya to right here in oakland. coming up at 8:45 who is daying the honor away from last year's winner, mark zuker burg, facebook -- mark zuckerberg. police evacuated a busy train station in downtown los angeles after a suspicious bap

was found on one of the -- backpack was found on one of the trains. the l.a. bomb squad gave the clear three hours later. they say security was heightened because the word "bang" was written on the bank. however, there is an innocent explanation. the owner of the backpack, his nickname is bang-bang. some new numbers are out showing 2.5 million more adults have health insurance. now, under the new law children can stay on their parents health insurance plan until any turn 26 years old. family members have been eager to help their children making the transition to the workplace. :-- 8:34. planned parenthood has set up a mobile clinic until a permanent site can be found. it operates out of the parking lot of the human services

building on middlefield road. the mobile clinic is only open on tuesdays. it will offer limited services like pregnancy tests birth droll and treatments for seengs you will -- birth control and treeglnlts for sexually trans-- treatments for sexually transmitted diseases. mothers are happier spending their days out than in the home. the art ket published in this -- article published in this month's issue of "journal of family psychology" interviewed 1500 mothers right after their child's birth and then ten years later. they found that mothers employed, at least part time, had better overall death and less depression than stay-at- home moms. facebook is leaving the

palo alto facility it has used since 2004. hundreds of workers have already moved to the old sun microsystems building. the effort to upgrade a south bay bike path is officially over. the bike path runs along the south side of alpine road between portola valley and menlo park. yesterday, the san mateo board of supervisors rejected a 10.4 million offer from stanford university to pay for the project. the board says that offer has divided two communities near the bike path and despite the private funding an upgrade is not worthy. police are looking for a couple who walked into a tire store and walked off with a generator. investigators have released images taken from a surveillance camera. last week a man and a woman endereded the -- entered the

triple s tire store and the woman -- triple-s tire store around the woman disstrabllthsed the -- distracted the workers while the man took items. starting today, the new policy will give drivers an extra five minute from the expiration time for parking. jane bruener says it will give you a break if you come back to your car in that five-minute period and the meter reader is already writing you a ticket. 8:38. extra security will be provided for b.a.r.t. commuters to make sure they get to their cars safely during the holidays. b.a.r.t. police and oakland police officers will work with the citizens police academy to escort shoppers to their cars. the service will be offered on thursday and friday between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. now, the volunteers will be bearing -- wearing those bright red vests and will be inside

the b.a.r.t. station. 8:38. we want to check in with sal, see how things are moving. especially at the bay bridge taupe. you know, i have good news to start off this traffic report. things are doing much better on westbound bay bridge. in fact, it's cleared out. you can see here westbound bay bridge traffic is looking pretty good driving past the toll plaza and getting into san francisco. when you get there, you will see that traffic is moving well on san francisco freeways as well. stop-and-go traffic, it always gets this way past the coliseum heading up to the hyde street exit. still have some slow traffic, southbound 880 is slow. i want to talk about highway 4. still clearing a fatal accident, but the rest of the highway 4 is looking good. still some slow traffic on 80. it's pretty foggy on the richmond bridge. let's go to steve.

okay. thank you. san diego has had more rain than eureka. eureka has not had one drop of rain in december which is hard to believe. san diego's 128% of normal. they have three feet of snow on some of the mountains. we'll get some rain tomorrow. not a lot. but a little bit. after that, it looks like high and dry for the next seven to ten days. the pattern is just locked in. what you see is what you get. until the overall a terp changes, we don't see much of a change. temperatures today started off colder. as the system comes in, it increases the moisture so the lows have been coming up. cold, low clouds, sunny, mostly sunny. tomorrow, cloudy to mostly cloudy. rain will give ways and that clears it. the system is gonna intensify it in southern california

again. ask what's coming in -- what's coming in tonight, right there. watch. there's tomorrow morning. here comes that light rain right there. so tomorrow morning at this time, i'll be saying how about that rain? how about that rain? an then after that, i won't be saying that anymore because it will be gone. one 29 left in fairfield. 45, san jose. 42 hayward, 41 oakland, 46, in the city. mountain view, says 4 which seems awful warm. there's our system. that's coming in late tonight and tomorrow. there goes one powerhouse. this next pattern is gonna do the same thing. today, mostly sunny, partly sunny after some of that low cloud deck and then we'll usher in the system tonight and tomorrow. and then we'll at least get a little bit of rain. that ground is so dry. fog, son, cool. chilly, low to mid-50s on the

temperatures. we won't get enough rain to do much but we'll take every drop. it clears out. the wind cranks up on friday. >> all right. thank you, steve. taking a look at the dow, down triple digit. we'll find out what's moving the markets down this morning. also, a young black bear, how he ended up downtown? >> reporter: state lawmakers protecting free speech and students' safety. we'll tell but a hearing examining police response to protesters when "mornings on 2" continues. and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better.

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announced the person of the year. the magazine says it's "the protester" and they are shaping global politics and redefine people power around the world. last year, facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg was "time"'s person of the year. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following right now. this is a live picture from fort bragg, north carolina. you see a room filmed with american soldiers and president obama will be there to talk to the american soldiers. they are waiting for the president to arrive right now. air force one just landed a little while ago. you saw it landing here hon "mornings on 2." president obama will mark the end of the war in iraq by thanking the soldiers for their sacrifices. the final troops will be pulled out of iraq. and you are looking at live pictures of the soldiers

waiting -- waiting for tractor- trailer to -- waiting for the president to walk in. we wanted to take you there and brick you as muff as we do of what was happening there. there were several crashes on highway 17 this morning. you can see the backup. major delays for drivers between san jose and santa cruz. and state lawmakers will hold a hearing today on how campus police responded to recent protests at uc berkeley and uc davis. among those set to testify are the heads of the two schools and many other students as well. lorraine blanco is live at uc berkeley with the allegations about excessive force. lorraine? >> reporter: good morning -- good morning. you can call them the protests seen and heard over the world -- all over the world.

and university officials are gonna have to explain why they responded the way they did. state lawmakers want more than a mea culpa. they are demanding detailed information about uc and scu policies about nonviolent protests and their use of force rules. in the past, some had called for leadership to step down because of these interdenses -- incidents. maybe it could be a good learning lesson for people who act violently that, you know, there should be a free ex- precious of anybody -- expression of anybody. yeah, that should be it. like firing some people over that, that's a little too much. >> reporter: now, i just talked with the public information officer at the state capitol and he told me that they are expecting a very long public comment session today at this hearing. it starts at 10:00 a.m. and it will be broadcast live

on the state channel lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:48. arraignment is scheduled this afternoon for one of two former san francisco public health department inspectors. they face several felony charges including bribery and falsifying government documents. according to "the examiner" the ex-inspectors are accused of giving passing safety grades in exchange for money. george gascon will hold a 10:00 a.m. news conference to discuss this more. we'll have more on that at noon. richmond officials are imposing a soda tax to fight obesity. this is to go before the voters next november. 60% of researchmond's residents are overweight or obese. they say it's an elitist tax on

poor people. support, say they are trying to solve an epidemic. san pablo is considering a similar proposal. activists in favor of open- carry guns. this comes after what they are calling an unlawful search and size r by concord police at that location -- seizure by concord priss at that location -- police at that location. tomorrow's event, they say, is to educate local police about open-carry laws. they claim that displaying an unloaded gun is not illegal under state law. san francisco police are meet -- will meet with concerned residents of the mission district tonight they will be talking about recent assaults in their neighborhood including a violent rape on fair oaks street last thursday morning. so far no arrests have been made. klm royal dutch airlines wants people to be able to talk to the person who sit next to them on long flights. next year it is launching what

it calls a meet and seat service. travelers will be able to link facebook and linked-in profiles to their online check-in information and see what other passgers are interested in so they can try if they want to sit next to someone with in which they have something common. klm said people can also choose not to pack their profiles public. some major hotel chains are moving in. best western, hilton and marriott international are some of the hotels that have already broken ground in northern iraq. hotel executive -- executives say the area is attracting a lot of foreign investment. they say the area is also safer now and has been named one of the best trips to take by national geographic. 8:51. this is a tori campbell story. a young bear on a nature preserve after getting a brief taste taste of city life.

this old bear believed to be -- look at the top of your screen, he hitched a ride, tori, in a garbage truck and ended up in downtown vancouver. he came out right next to one of the city's largest theaters. look at the faces around them -- around him. everybody was amazed -- amazed as they begun to realize what was going on. he lifted up the dumbster, and then after that, the bear hopped out. >> for about an hour, the bear sat there on top of the garbage truck. conservation officers tranquilized it. the bear was taken to a nature preserve. we still don't know how it made it out of the wild. well, part ii of a three- part program is being held today in oakland. very special program. the african-american family summit that's trying to determine which three goals school should drive for to improve culture, conditions and

the future outcomes for african- american students, particularly african-american males. this evening we's e-- this evening's event is being held at the high school on 13th avenue. the final stage of the program will be held next month. right now, president obama and first lady michelle osama bin laden are in fort bragg, this is the first lady speaking to u.s. troops. let's listen in. >> i came here on my very first official trip as first lady, and i spent some -- a great time with some of the amazing military spouses and i visited again this summer to help the -- to help put on the finishing touches on an amazing new home for veterans and her family. so when i heard that i had the opportunity too come back and to be apart of welcoming you all home, to say i was -- i was

excited was an understatement. i have to tell you when i look out at this cow, i'm sim -- at this crowd, i'm simply overwhelmed. i'm overwhelmed and proud because i know the level of strength and commitment that you all display every single day when this country calls, you are -- you all d.a. d.a -- are the ones that answer. no matter the circumstance, no matter the danger, no matter the sacrifice and i know you do this not just as soldiers, not just as patriots but as fathers and mothers, as brothers and sift terse as sons and deserts -- daughters. and i know that while your children, spouses, parents and siblings might not wear uniforms, they serve right

alongside you. [ cheers and applause ] partly cloudy >> i know that your sacrifice is their sacrifice, too. so when i think of all that you do and all that your families do, i am so proud and so grateful, but more importantly i'm inspired. but like so many americans i never feel like i can fully convey just how thankful i am because words just don't seem to be enough and that's why i have been working so hard along with jill biden on a campaign that we call joining forces. it's a campaign that we hope goes beyond words. it's a campaign that is about

action. it's about rallying all americans to give you the honor, the appreciation and the support that you have all earned. and i don't have to tell you that this hasn't been a difficult campaign. we haven't had to do much convincing because americans have been lining up to show their appreciation for you and your families and very con veet and -- in very concrete and meaningful ways. businesses of hiring tens of thousands of veterans and military spouses. schools all across the country and p.t. a.s are reaching out to our military children and individuals are serving their neighbors and communities all over this country in your honor. so i want you to know that this nation's support doesn't end as this war ends. not by a long shot. we're going to keep on doing

this. we have so much more work to do. we're gonna keep finding new ways toker is rv all of you -- to serve all of you as well as you have served us. and the man leading the way is standing right here. chaurs chaurs [ cheers ] >> he's waiting for you and your families every sigle day -- single day. he's helped more than half a million americans go to college under the post g.i. bill. he's taken unprecedented steps to improve mental healthcare. he's cut taxes for businesses that hire a counseled -- a wounded warrior. so please join me in welcoming someone who is your strongest

advocate, someone who shows his support for, you my husband, your president, and your commander-in-chief, barack obama >> hey! [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, everybody! chaurs chaurs [ cheers and applause ] >> hel le, fort bragg! >> hello! >> all the way! i'm sure you realize why i don't like following michelle obama. she's pretty good. it's true i'm bias. but let me just say it, michelle you are a remarkal first lady. you are a great advocate for military families. and you are cute!

[ laughter ] >> i'm just saying. jel, that's your goal to -- gentlemen that's your goal to marry up. you've been watching live the flade and president obama. they are at