into place. each strand bundle will travel along a roller system. >> it gets heavier and heavier and it's more of a challenge to pull. by putting it on wheels you don't have as much friction and it's easier. >> once over the top and down to the bottom, the continuous cable will wrap around the bridge and hauled back up top again and back down to its anchoring point. the job will be done remarkably fast. >> weather can be a challenge of doing an operation like this. we are 500 feet in the air so if we can keep working through the winter, by spring we will be close. the bridge is on scheduled to be open in two years. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. when the new eastern span

opens drivers will have a great view. we had a chance to drive on the bridge and this is what the view looks like. after you past treasure island it won't have over-under traffic. that's how. >> announcer: was when the bridge first opened. till 1962 cars drove in both direction on the upper tuck. our coverage continues on our website. log on to www.ktvu.com to see video of the new view and you will find the animation of the project. malfraction in fremont this afternoon. they were testing a car battery inside a scrubber but there was a problem that sent smoke out of the plant. this is a picture that was posted on our facebook page. you can see it there. the fire department says

everything is under control and that there was no danger to those around the plant. happening now. a live picture from inside the u.s. capital building. reporters are waiting on a briefing on a crucial vote on the payroll tax cut. the folks of their stair down is a bill that would extend payroll tax cut. scott is in washington d.c. tonight with where things stand. >> reporter: we have a bill that is causing chaos here tonight. the house and the senate divided and it could hit you in the pay check. >> reporter: it could cost you and millions of others $1,000 next year. but congress is divide. they are about to miss the

deadline. >> a game that is as old as this building. >> reporter: they can't agree on how to pay for it. they also disagree on whether to include a pipeline project and whether to shrink the u.s. government's program for unemployment checks from 99 weeks to 60 week ins this process. but if the two sides can't iron out their differences the tax cut is down. donna told us she is losing sleep over the thought. >> there is a lot of people looking for work. >> reporter: the emergency negotiations appear nonexistent today. we found offices closed this morning. hallways empty. >> reporter: this vote was

supposed to happen an hour ago but it could be overnight before the vote is held. if congress doesn't do something you could lose $20 per pay check starting new year's day. ktvu channel 2 news. new rules in the house require bills be published for three days after a vote. but we have uncovered a handful of bills that passed with less than 72 hours notice. the budget is a recent example. they half a day to read 2300 pages. >> everyone should have a chance to understand what policy is being passed. >> john boehner's office said the last bill had three days of debate. when voters go to the polls they will have a new choice. for the first time there will

be a new political party on the ballot. americans elect turned in a million signatures and that earned a spot on the ballot. europe's debt problems weighed on stocks here in the united states today once again. stocks took a dive orphthey failed to come up with a full amount of money they promised for a debt bail out program. the dow lost 100 points to close at 11,766. the nasdaq composite index fell 32 points to 2,523. >> a new leader in north korea. it follows the debt of kim jong il. -- follows the death of kim jong il. a loud and public display of

morning swept north korea today and a memorial of flowers. kim jong il name his third son kim jong un as his successor but experts say little is known about kim jong un. secretary of state hillary clinton appeared in washington democrat said and said stability in north korea is cretical for the united states -- critical for the united states. >> we share a common interest in a stable transition in north korea. our hope for improved relations with the people of north korea and remained concerned about their well being. >> kim jong il suffered a heart attack. he was 69 years old. the bay area is home to thousands of korean americans. and lauren tells us many of

them have strong opinions about the future of north korea. >> this area on telegraph between 20 and 35 street is cra town. -- korea town. >> reporter: from the salvation army bell ringer to the sales person that store -- at the store, the people say they are happier this season. >> everybody is happy. the news of kim jong il's death caught many by surprise but for most it's no love lost. >> monster. not human being. i call him monster. >> i shouldn't be happy that someone died but i am glad that he is gone. the reaction runs in contrast to the pictures we are seeing out of north korea. she has a lot of family in

north korea says it's all part of the government propaganda. >> if you don't show that kind of emotion, would would be the -- what would be the punishment? >> he built the country over 25 years and help a lot of people. >> he says the younger generation still has hope for north korea. >> i can only just hope and pray that their new leader will have peace on his mind more than aggression. >> reporter: another word we heard, reunification. many hope this might lead to north korea and south korea becoming one country again. lorraine, ktvu channel 2 news. newt gingrich today warned

north korea's neurologier is a question mark. newt gingrich cautioned the u.s. knows very little about kim jong un who has been named the successor to his father. >> i take very seriously the kind of dictatorship. we have no idea what the successor will be like. whether they will become more open or more dangerous. >> newt gingrich said america faces real chances from north korea and iran. two different pizza restaurants are holding fundraisers for the family of a police officer who was killed last month. you are looking live at skilpolini's pizza in walnut creak. people bought tickets for a fundraiser. and the round table pizza on southampton road will donate 25% of its respites to the

james capoot tonight. coming up at 6:00 the fight to get more officers on the streets in the wake of james capoot's death. a public meeting to address concerns about a deadly police shooting in san francisco lazyish. police willed over steven young, he 10 took off on foot and shot at officers. he was taken to the hospital where he died. ktvu's amber lee will tell us what happened tonight on the 10:00 news. san jose police are asking for the public's help finding a man suspended of killing a member of the hells angels. . in san jose tonight occupy

protesters are trying to camp out at city hall without actually camping. >> all night. all day. occupy san jose. >> if you walk by the plaza you might have noticed dancing tents. they pitched the tents earlier but police told them it's illegal to set up any structures. so the protesters picked up the tents and carried them around. >> for now we are going to try to remain within the law. we will run around the plaza with the tents. >> organizers say they hope to keep up their moving encampment indefinitely. the annual food and toy give away reveal as lot about people in need. . tonight, temperatures get down into the upper 20s inland and fog. i will show you the cities that

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the driver of a manny van lost control and crashed into a church last night. a holiday event at the church had just ended and the children had already left. no one was hurt. police say there is lot of damage to the back of the church. in san jose the line of people in need stretched around the building there for the beginning the of food and toy give away. ktvu's robert handa shows us the longer lines and the changes faces in the lines. >> reporter: it is one of the largest food and toy gave away programs. and this year there is a noticeable change in the people looking for help. >> reporter: this year they are setting a painful record.

4,000 families are seeking assistance, the most ever and they are seeing what the census reports, more seniors entering in to poverty. he gave to the give away for the first time. >> new to me. i came over here crying and pride, you know. >> my unemployment runs out in march and i have to find a job by then or go on social security, which is less money than unemployment. >> reporter: she points out, they help with other situations seniors face. >> these guys make up the difference. >> reporter: they say seniors have it tougher. >> they are becoming more exposed to poverty and nationally we see high numbers, 9% is the official number. when you talk about poverty it goes up hire. >> reporter: that trend convinced her to organize her first local food and toy drive.

>> all of us inside need to see how lucky we are and that could change at any day. i feel great doing it. >> he is grateful but worries how many will make it to the next give away. >> had a lot of losses at the end of our life. maybe overwhelming for some people at times. you know? >> reporter: and they say there could be tough times for children in need. there are 3,000 toys short of their goal. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. police think they have found the person who has been shooting and killing birds. since october more than 20 ducks and geese have been shot. a 17-year-old boy was arrested friday and now being held in the juvenile hall. piece of wood burning might

sound like a good day but it's another spare the air day. officials say the cold weather we have been having traps pollution close to the ground and wood smoke is the leading cause of pollution. they have not called a spare the air day for tomorrow. christmas week and it looks like they aren't getting new snow in the sierra. a live picture from highway 80 and you can see not lot of snow and barely any snow on the side of the road. that is not what ski resorts wanted to see because now is the time when they make a lot of money with the kids off for break. barely any snow tonight. >> here in the bay area, a pleasant afternoon. let's check in with bill to find out what it's like tonight. >> temperatures got into the mid-60s in the warmest spots.

started off cold. what is new? that's how it goes. cold morning, patchy fog, frost and day time highes into 60s. wind out there and that helps the overnight lowes. increasing high clouds will keep the temperatures, you know, still cold, mid-30s. the coldest spots, north bay, temperatures down into the 29s. >> current temperatures tomorrow will -- well, current temperature tomorrow will be the same. tomorrow your day time highs, back into the low 60s. not as warm as today. the snow forecast, the rain forecast, nothing out there. nothing. there is potential for stuff but right now, the models pulled all rain out of the forecast into january 1. next year. dry period. with that in mind we continue

along with cold nights. spare the air nights. temperatures in the morning cold, freezing and below freezing. frost returns as we head into the evening hours. lowes in the 30s for most of -- lows in the 30s for most of us. sunny tomorrow. 58 degrees. and sunny and mild. am i worried about the rain and no? yeah. i am. we have seen periods like this. it's early in the season. definitely something to think about. the continuation lake tahoe, this is it. christmas break, if it doesn't go down, it's hard on the economy. not good. when i come back, we will look that five-day forecast. no rain or snow but i will go way out and try find some and we will get specific with the forecast, overnight lows.

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san francisco based twitter may get millions from prince alwaleed bin talal says she investing $300 million. he says twitter connected protesters during the arrack uprising and calls pt a promising business. prince alwaleed bin talal holds stakes in citigroup and apple. facebook finished moving into its new location and judging from our interviews, the neighborhood put out the welcome mat. >> keep facebook in the bay area and we got a good thing.

keep a lot of jobs. >> this was the first full day of operations for the new facebook campus. the social networking website spent 10 months moving into the new location. it used to house sun microsystems. several people say they are happy to have facebook bring new jobs to the community. >> hopefully it helps. before businesses come in and say they will help out it never happens. hopefully this time. >> i love what facebook is doing and they are moving in, i think it's wonderful and hopefully they can add value and bring menlow park into the 21 century. >> there are 3,000 people employed there and there is

room for 700 more. the company also has bought land nearby by. if you are headed to the post office you will find a lot of company. today was expected to be the busiest day of the year. some post offices decided to help relieve the crush by opening doors yesterday on a sunday. tomorrow they are expected to process 600 million cards and letters. >> 200 children were treated to a shopping spree from the gab. each child was given a $100 gift card. the kids all attend a family services program. each was paired with an old navy employee who acted as a personal shopper. >> it's fun.

they can pick a football, lunch box or a warm jacket. >> they selected the shoppers based on the needs of their families. the repair kirk continues on a busted water pipeline but it was what was located next to the line that took residents by surprise. !

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. a show of support for oakland's mayor today as labor leaders lined up to defend jean quan. ktvu's rob roth talked with

leaders today about why they say it's too soon to be negative about jean quan. >> those who want jean quan recalled have been gathering signatures to put a recall measure on the ballot but some supporters fired back. >> reporter: leaders of the labor counsel announced today they are throwing their weight behind keeping jean quan in office. >> we see no reason to have her recalled. >> we need to unite. create jobs and move ahead. not create political battles. >> we caught up with jean quan this afternoon at a community center. she feels it is unfair since she has only been in office less than a year. >> more push back than i expected. sometimes people don't know and they will sign anything. >> jean quan was elected last

year. she has never been popular with conservatives and angered many when police used tear gas during an occupy protest. >> the mayor was in town and she handled the way we felt was acceptable. there were -- there was no violence. >> reporter: these looking to recall her need about 20,000 signatures. >> no leadership abilities. she is a union representative but she knows nothing about leadership and we have major problems. >> i think i would beat the election. you have to some somebody who can be a better candidate than me. >> it's likely a second petition will be circulating. >> reporter: the first petition

that is certified is one that goes into effect. in san francisco people are warning people are stealing cell phones from muni riders. last night a man tried to take a woman's phone at mission street. fortunately she was able to get away. if you have traffic tickets that are three years old the state is now offering a discount. it lasts for six months. it will give driver as 50% discount that were due before january 21, 2009. for details contact the superior court in the county where your ticket is due. water pipeline burst over the weekend in san pablo.

neighbors were really surprised when they learned what was in the ground right next to the broken water line. >> 5 feet wide, runs underground, saturday morning that pipe broke. >> maybe like a good 6 feet. it was a lot. >> reporter: water gushing? >> yeah. >> looked like a river. >> reporter: he was up to his ankles in mud. >> day number 3. still seeing mud all over the cars. >> reporter: today they sent clean up crews to scoop up the mess and air out soaked garages and cars. they are in charge of the clean up but they are working closely with cruise from conocophillips because there sagas pipeline that runs parallel. >> we want to make sure none of

the concrete damaged our line. we want to make sure it is okay. >> it wasn't damaged but some are still worried. >> after san bruno, i was shocked. >> reporter: they say their pipe carries liquid gas. >> still volatile. >> reporter: he wasn't sure how long the repairs would take and told us as of this morning they couldn't even begin to fix the line because they were still working to secure the area around their pipe. the street will remanaclessed for the next two days. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. ron paul could be making a come back. at least in iowa. a poll finds he has taken the lead for the gop nomination in iowa. voters will cast their ballots

on january 3. 23% of iowa republicans backed ron paul. mitt romney came in second with 20%. newt gingrich was third with 14%. a new cnn poll finds newt gingrich and mitt romney are running neck and neck. newt gingrich and mitt romney have 28%. ron paul in third at 14%. followed by michele bachmann at 8%. rick perry with 7%. john huntsman won just 2%. he has decided to skip the iowa caucuses. he appeared in new hampshire today. he said he is waging a big get out the vote effort. >> i think it will all depend on driving home these twin

deficits. they are both very real and we are out talking about them day and night. >> new hampshire voters head to the polls january 1. >> rick perry may not be doing well in the polls but he was campaigning in iowa today. he met with voters in manchester. rick perry says he has the experience to push back against big government. >> i have been fighting washington d.c. for over a decade now. pushing them back as they try to tell us how you are going to educate your children, how you are going to deliver headquarter. >> rick perry called the bail out on wall street the thingal bingest act of theft in american history. saab may soon stop making cars. they filed bankruptcy today.

a court appointed two receivers who are responsible for selling the company or breaking it up and selling it piece piecemeal. nieca is announcing two recallsch -- nieca is announcing two recalls this afternoon. it may not be audible to start them increasing the risk of a crash. they are also recalling small crossover suvs because of a problem with it tubeo charger. -- turbo charger. an unusual situation at the 49ers game. there has been a power outage there. there are still some lights but we have a reporter on the seen who tells us a couple minutes ago the lights went out. the 9ers are playing monday night football tonight against

the steelers. it kickoff was supposed to start 6 minutes ago but the game has been delayed. apparently there may have been a transformer issue and that may have caused the problem. fans are calm and security is doing a good job. again, an unusual situation, a power outage at tonight's 49ers- steelers game. we will try to talk to our reporter by phone who is at that game in a couple of minutes. >> just in time for christmas, the one thing you will be saving on, plus what 40% of people say they would rather not do over the holidays when it comes to traveling. and the link between what you weigh and how much you make. [ 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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of transportation during the holidays. one thing that would make it easier is to expand the tsa traveler program, making it faster for travelers to get through security lines. 58% plan to pack gifts in their luggage and they could make things smoother by shipping ahead of time. android has 58.8% daily users of its facebook app. iphone has 57.6 users. athletes are at a higher risk of developing one type of arththritis. the researchers found the risk

of hip or knee arththritis was 85% higher in those elite athletes. new information that will have you rethinking what you do before you work out. the newest information on stretching and how it may change the way you work out. if you weigh more chances are you will make less. that's a study out of washington. obese women made $8,700 a year less than woman with normal weigh. for men the difference was $4,700 a year. by 2008 the gap for women had grown wider. he was a san francisco ledge respond a billionaire. the legacy he left behind. and a cold one again tonight. i will have the forecast for tomorrow morning. you will be surprised at how cold it will be. rñ

happening now. once again, live pictures of candle stick park. all of the lights are now back on. there was a power outage before tonight's monday night national football league between the 49ers and the pittsburgh steelers. a crucial game for the two teams. they went out 10 minutes before kickoff. they got the lights back on. they are now back on and the kickoff should be happening well, something in the coming

minutes. what we believe happened here is there may have been a blown transformer. initially fans weren't sure what was going on, wasn't sure if this was a bigger problem. many were relieved this wasn't a bigger issue than some thought. just the headline, a power outage just before kickoff at tonight's monday night football game. power is back on. the kickoff should be happening momentarily. here was a bay area billionaire who worked hard to make money and worked just as hard to give it away. ktvu's david stevenson here now. >> reporter: those who knew him told us warren hellman's legacy includes his love of san francisco and his love of

music. [ music playing ] >> reporter: he was known as the billionaire banjo player but those who knew warren hellman knew there was more to him. >> he felt he was lucky so felt this was his responsibility and a fun way to make a difference. >> reporter: he died sunday. his legacy includes the millions he raised and the ways he gave back to san francisco, including through his support through the san francisco ballet and public schools. >> focused on reading, bridging the gap between poor kids, kids not performing well and programs that would allow them to perform better. >> reporters paused today for a moment of silence. he helped launch the online newspaper. >> we were in conversations about additional gifts. so the conversations will

continue with the family. >> she more famous for launching the blue congress fest vel 11 year ago at the golden gate park. one of his last gifts to the city, a irrigation system on the site of the former speedway medshow. >> he doesn't have to do that but he made it his interest to help san francisco. that's cool. >> reporter: last week san francisco supervisors renamed this warren hellman meadow. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. gavin newson is reacting to warren hellman's death. he said i am saddened by the loss of one of san francisco's finest citizens. he was a tremendous partner during my time as mayor of san

francisco. all right. let's talk about the weather now. over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. nice day today but sounds like it will be cold again. >> day time highes today, mid- 60s out there. winds out of the north at 13 near fairfield. wind tonight will help damping fog formation. we have had patchy fog, plenty of frost and freezing temperatures but a little wind goes a long way. so the fog problem tomorrow morning, patches of it. should not be widespread. temperatures right now mid-50s. nice day. and it stays that way. we need snow, we need rain. this is not a good pattern for us right now. it could change quickly. this is early in the season. we will get our weather. point is, nice to have it now. i know the ski resource would

like to see -- the see resorts -- the ski resorts would like to see it. driest period in seattle for december. overnight lowes, 31 santa rosa. this is what happens when you get a high pressure area that won't allow rain, cold, rain and frost. we are fortunate tonight in that we are seeing a little wind. it helps keep the fog out of the forecast. i am telling you, if we didn't have wind and the fog took over, you could have real fog issues. so as we go into tonight, fog back in the forecast. patchy. cold tomorrow night and subtle changes into the period here. highs tomorrow 60s. 60 morgan hill.

60 in san jose. five-day forecast, bay area weekend in view, dry. get used to more of the same. we would like to see rain. i will be back with the latest. there is your bay area weekend in view. >> thank you. >> now more on the situation at sandalstick park. the lights went off. now they are back on. the 49ers take on the steelers. ken wayne is there with the latest. >> reporter: pregame excitement here. the lights are back on but a half hour ago, we were in the middle of an interview and everything went dark. all thelights inside, not only the big light stands but all the lights, inside and outside the stadium went out. they just now got the lights back on. if you look down, you can see the escalator, that was stopped because the power was out.

they have just now started the escalator and allowed fans to get back on. they are now going back inside the stadium. for a while the fans couldn't get in because the power was out. there was a big delay. people wondering what is going on. he said he wasn't sure why it went out. he was on a loud speaker trying to tell everybody to remain calm. there were no problems but you could imagine what it would be like inside the stadium, 68,000 fans and all of a sudden the entire stadium goes dark, the score boards went out, everything went dark. first thing that jumped into my find was the 1989 quake. we will try to figure out what happened here. looks like the game will start here and everything is a go. so far so good. hope the power stays on. live, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2

news. the number of people crossing the boarder into california is at a 40 year low. what those numbers could mean for big changes along the boarder next year.

fewer eyes long the mexico boarder. a plan to remove national guard troops next year. >> using the military has never been a good bang for the buck investment. >> illegal boarder crossing arrests are at a 40 year low. that mean guard troops is costing taxpayers big time. $6,000 per apprehension but critics warn it will leave the boarder unsecured. >> take away the national guard and all we are left with is a thin green line. that's not enough. >> it is expected to be announced before december 31, that's when the tour of duty is scheduled to come to an end. coming up in 90 seconds, a 7-year-old is in critical condition after a fall 60 feet from a chair lift at a ski

resort and the unusual conditions that played a part in his injuries.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

we begin with developing news. an update on news we brought you an hour go. the lights are now back on at candlestick park in san francisco. the power throughout the stadium went out 25 minutes before the kickoff between the 49ers and the steelers. a ktvu producer was in the parking lot when the lights went out. we don't have that picture. basically everything thing went bark. a spokesperson tells us transformers failed outside the stadium and that engineers switched the back up power supply. 60,000 fans were in the stadium at that time and they were in total darkness but remained calm till the lights returned. that drew cheers from all of the fans. a te