good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. we begin with developing news this noontime out of san jose where police are looking for an armed carjacking suspect. milpitas police chased the suspect to a south san jose neighborhood near cast drive. these are live pictures from newschopper2 of the scene. you can see some police there. it looks like they -- they are

hand kfing someone right now -- handcuffing someone right now. we're following the story. we have another information, the suspect apparently crashed the car around 8:30 this morning, got out of the car and fled on foot. he's been hiding ever since. police have shut down the neighborhood in the areas of seven trees boulevard and capitol expressway look for the suspect. it's believed he's armed with a handgun. he was driving a silver bmw. no injuries have been reported. ktvu's robert handa is at the scene now and joins us with more. so robert, were we just seeing the suspect being handcuffed, by chance? >> reporter: well, they were handcuffing somebody earlier who might have been assisting the suspect. so we're not sure if the video you saw is actually the suspect who was considered at-large a few minutes ago. we're in the area of seven trees in south san jose. as you can see behind me. there are a number of law

enforcement vehicles assisting milpitas police as they search for this carjacking suspect of as tori mentioned, the actual carjacking took place in milpitas but the suspect and the vehicle were spotted and were pursued into the south san jose neighborhood. he went into the house, into the neighborhood and they were going door to door to see if they could find him. looking for -- they were look for. a homeowner came out. he came out armed with a golf club like he might have been trying to fight the suspect. anyway, he came out and sped off in the homeowner's car. so the carjacking suspect in milpitas carjacked a car here in san jose and that's what he fled in. here's a picture of the suspect. his name is jerrick brown. he's described as 5'10" and we

don't know if he was ap plea hended recently -- yap prehended recently -- apprehended resently. they didn't know what direction he went to. but again, brown, is the person they are looking for. and they say until they know that the person they have in custody is in fact the person they were looking for. he knows a number of people in the neighborhood. until they know for sure that's him, the alert is still out for brown. he's considered armed and dangerous. we'll give you an update as soon as we get more details. >> we'll check back with you soon. robert handa joining us live from san jose. crews are working hard to get to the bottom of the power block problems at the 49er gay. the 49ers still won.

tara moriarty is live and it looks like we're hearing from the coach, i believe at 49er headquarters. tara? >> reporter: we're here at 49er headquarters where a press koch presence just got underway. we're told that -- press conference just got underway. we're just told that the coach harbaugh -- he wants to wait until the investigation is complete. we just got off the phone with pg&e and a spokesperson tells us that the city of san francisco was at fault for the first outage that hanked just before kickoff. i was at that game saw sparks flying from a power pole in the parking lot. it actually looked like fireworks. i took some video on my cell phone camera. pg&e said the city failed to operate a auto transfer

properly but mayor lee contradicted that and the -- the lights went out. no one was allowed back in for 30 minutes. >> obviously, this is embarrassing. the primary thing we did that was done well. we declared public safety to be the most important thing last night and i need to thank all of the fans out at candlestick last night. they performed and were very good and keeping themselves calm. >> reporter: the next yowdge happened -- outage happened dur the next quarter. >> when the power went out you could see the crowd getting anxious. >> we were in line.

my kids had to use the rest room. it's scary when have you little kids and stuff like that. >> reporter: you can imagine there a lot of pressure from the 49ers to make sure this never happens again. the team wants assurances this doesn't happen next month during the playoffs. the team has to stop and then stay -- and stay warm and stay focused. they will be having another meeting about how this happened and how to prevent it from happening again. again, jim harbaugh, taking the stand. he's at the podium at 49er headquarters. we'll update you on our news at 5:00. live in santa clara, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. injured giants' fan bryan stow is on a slow road of

recovery after being beaten back in march. now we're hearing from him for the first time. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm nancy. >> hi. >> i've heard so much about you. >> how are you? >> i'm good. you are just as handsome as your sister said you were. >> doctors say stow suffered damage to his frontal lobe which controls decision making and personality. they expect some permanent disability. two men are charged in the beating case. both have pleaded not guilty. santa clara sheriff deputies are look for three armed masked men who robbed a cupertino jewelry store. robbers armed with handguns healed up the jewelry store just after 11:00 a.m. yesterday. no shots were fired and there are no reports of anyone being

hurt. investigators say the thieves stole scbrulry and ran -- jewelry and ran. they are not saying how much jewelry was taken. vallejo police are searching for a gunman who shot a convenience store clerk during a robbery. it happened at the village market on sonoma boulevard. they say two men wearing mags, walked into the store and made everyone get on the ground. they robbed the store and police say the clerk's injuries are not injuries. the body of kim jong-il is lying in state this noontime. north korea's state-controlled television aired these photos of him in a glass coffin. kim jung and his officials, kim jong-un, who wrong the officials who paid respects. a state funeral is set for

december 28th. the white house says both leaders agreed that the u.s. and japan would monitor events and stay in close contact. former president bill clip ton said mr. kim's death is an opportunity to reach an understanding why north korea's government. >> i think it can be done. i've always thought so. but we have to recognize the way the system works over there and try to figure out how they can change a it -- change it and open it up without being consumed by the changes. >> critics have said he was too consill tory, mr. clip ton was -- clinton was too

conciliatory. the debate over whether or not the protesters shutting down the port of oakland is free speech or illegal, moves to the city council meeting where there was a vote on this, a resolution scheduled. eight days's members of occupy oakland and their supporters effectively shut down the port of oakland. when longshoremen refused to cross, no work was getting done. it came after city officials promised to prevent it. >> i think -- >> you sent a message that you're not going to allow something to happen and then it happens. i think the shippers and businesses and all of those people will have second thought next time to use oakland. >> reporter: the resolution seeks to give the city administrator the power to prevent future shutdowns. the resolution also pro-- also

prosides keeping up the port. -- provides keeping up the port. >> the resolution that says they make $600, $700 a day, they are lucky to make that a month. >> reporter: the teamsters union says for now, shutdowns are the most effective tool they have. >> basic, they are owner operators and legally we have some anti-trust problems. >> some of them will lose their ability to earn a living and i don't think that's the way to do it. >> reporter: the port was shut down on the 2nd. that was because of an improm tour march from o-- frank ogawa plaza. the meeting starts at 5:00. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. well, stocks are surging on

wall street. there is encouraging signs out of europe after consumer coosh consumer confidence grew unexpectedly in germany and spain pummed off a debt option and there's more evidence the u.s. will avoid slipping into another recession soon. the dow was up 329. that's up almost 3%. the nasdaq is up 3%. s&p is up. we'll take another look at the numbers at 2 12:25. president obama called on house republicans to act on the issue of extending a payroll tax cut. the house this morning officially rejected a senate measure that would have renewed the cuts for 60 days. they want a longer-term solution and they want the senate to come back from vacation to work out a

compromise. >> we reject kicking the can down for 60 days. it's an unworkable solution. >> what any are really trying to do -- what they are really trying to do is -- those issues have nothing to do with this. >> harry reid said he will not call the senate back from its christmas break. if the extension does not pass, payroll taxes will go up to their old levels and unemployment benefits will expire for about -- for about $1 -- to about 160 million americans. we'll have more of the noon news right after this. [ zapping ]

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it troped off the radar. -- then it dropped off the radar. newt gingrich has lost his lead among republican voters in iowa. 23% of the likely gop voters who responded say they now port ron paul. 20% favored mitt romney. newt gingrich is 19%. 10% each for rick santorum, michele bachmann and rick perry and 4% for jon huntsman. the iowa caucus is january 3rd smoo in the meantime -- in the meantime romney made an appearance on "letterman." >> newt gingrich, resupply. >> yes, theat right. [ laughter ] >> this segment was the top ten things he would like to say to the american people. former alaska gror sarah palin says it's not too late

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planets appeared to be to hot. we'll have a complete report tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. well, it's warmer in south lake tahoe than travis air force base. the fog if you still have that, really socks it in. if you have the hazy sunshine, it's mild and in the 50s. we have a lot of snow in new mexico, and also in the texas panhandle. this is the pa terp. it seals to be locked in. high pressure to the north. low-pressure system weak as it may be and it intensifies there's really no change in our pattern. some great information from michael in the city talking

about how dry the city has been. there's only been .12. there is a no rain forecast for this week. next week does not look promising as well. there have been two decembers where there was no rain at all. that's been very little rain in northern california -- there's been very little rain in northern california. so sunny, breezy in the hills. mainly in the east bay i had. no rain expected. if you have problems -- travel plans, it's wind or fog. other than that, you are good to go. draw your attest to fairfield at 41. concord, 41. yet, 56, oakland, san jose, look at livermore, 15 degrees warmer than concord. that's the orally breeze. they also had some really cold

lows, a lot of upper 20s around santa rosa and napa. other than that, high pressure is our fair-weather friend. windny -- windto the east. a little breezy and blustery. temperatures today, anywhere from the upper 40s to some low 60s. just depends if you get that fog to burn off or if you have a nice easterly breeze. everything looks quiet. >> thank you, steve. >> uh-huh. just about an hour ago, one of san francisco's most popular christmas events wrapped up. it's the glide memorial church toy giveaway. >> they are so ex-- excited. they are gonna get something they've really been looking

forward to. >> thousands lined up this morning. some spent all night in line. volunteers handed out 8,000 toys. glide is asking for donations, including money, gift cards and unwrapped toys. this is video from last year's festival of lights. tonight and the next seven days, the menorah is scheduled to be lit at 5:00 except on friday when the lighting is planned for 3 p.m. just six numbers stand between you and the megajackpot of how much money is up for blabs. -- up for grabs.

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coming up at fogg, we'll -- 5:00 we're getting to the bottom of the carjacking in the south bay. you can see police are still on the scene at el cajon drive in south san jose. that's where the carjacking happened. robert honda is working the story. we'll have the latest at 5:00. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join us at 5:00. thanks for watching. state farm. this is jessica.

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