. we are live in berkeley where police try to dismantle the last october period camp standing. we are live where nurses are set to strike in just about an hour, we will tell you why and why nurses are upset go patient care. the impact this political battle will have on millions of

californiaians. this is ktvu channel 2 news. >> well, good morning to you, it is thursday december 22nd. >> and i am claudine wong, pam cook has the day off, hello rose mary in for steve paulsen. we have breezy conditions especially breezy in the hills but it is helping to mix out some of our air. if you are waking up with a little bit of wind chances are your temperatures are up from 24 hours ago. seasonal temperatures are in store for the afternoon and our extended forecast is dry. we will look at what you can expect in your neighborhood coming up in just a few minutes, good morning sal. it is getting more crowded as we drive down to the mcarthur maze.

at 6:01 let's go back to the desk. during the night occupied protesters clashed with police in berkeley. several were injured during the scuffle. tara moriarty is out at the berkeley encampment and i know there are a couple of tents still out, there, tara? >> reporter: that's right, you can see there are a you couple of tents over here, a couple of supplies, blankets and you can see the majority of the tents are here. now despite the police inn assistance that they leave, they have no intention of going. >> here they come, look out, behind you, behind you, whoa! that was absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: now early this morning police tried to evict

the protesters and they were supposed to be out by 10:00. police took some tents down backed off and left. later around 2:00 a.m. city trucks drove by with tents and that's when protesters tried to take them back. police moved in and used excessive force. >> i was doing nothing. i understanding as far away from him as i am from you. >> reporter: city officials are fed up with crime, dog bites and unsanitary companies. they say interest are bad seeds out there and they want the people to stay through the holiday season. live in berkley tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. our time is now 6:03. another occupied camp has been removed on the campus of san

francisco state. they set up tents earlier this month however university officials say they can't say during the holiday break. after negotiations they finally took the camp down this week. we have more on why nurses are planning on walking off the job, lorraine? >> reporter: you are right, nurses will be out here, almost 2000 striking out here. they have already arrived on the scene and they are ready to picket. hospital management is also out here and you can see they have extra security in front of them. let's look at what it looked like the last time and during that strike a patient died.

these nurses are highly skilled and well trained but some patients are a bit worried about coming to the hospital during the strike while others are changing their appointments. >> nurses go on strike as they have in the past and it was a sad incident during the strike. i think they happen every day and i think we are aware of it because of the strike but it does not concern me that nurses will be going on strike. >> about 10,000 will be out here starting at 7:00 a.m. striking nurses can't compact into saturday morning. for now we are reporting live from oakland ktvu channel 2 news. an officer involved shooting in richmond underway.

police rushed to the extented stay hotel after getting reports of a man with a gun. when police arrived to the man had left the extended stay hotel and was spotted at the marriott next door. one officer tried to stop him but could not. then shot the man in the torso. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition and he is expected to survive. they overstated the number of new jobs proposed by the high speed rail projects. pew sourcers say it had -- do a few -- >> a few sources say it will bring less and will also support retail and restaurant work. in washington the payroll

tax cut is making millions of americans nervous, especially the unemployed here and across the country. if they miss the deadline, 1.1 unemployed californians will begin losing extensions. benefits would stop for people who are in their final extension now. last week president barack obama talked about what he will do and we will find out what the president's next move will be. sal, i know you are watching the area in contra costa county. that's right, we are looking at highway 4 coming up to the bay point area and there are no major problems at the willow pass grade. it is not as crowded as it usually is but you will not

find it completely empty. you had some people coming in and you will see a little bit of a delay in those cash lanes. we are seeing a little bit of slow traffic particular and it is not clear but it is perfect than it would be on a regular thursday, 6:07 let's go to rosemary. sunrise in about an hour or 0 two minutes at times. it is please i, another dry system passing through, high pressure building behind it and it is kicking up the wind especially in the hills and because those winds -- because of those winds, we are warmer. 28 in santa rosa, oakland hills 27 miles per hour, san jose gusting to 27 earlier but has

dropped off some. where we have the winds, we have warmer temperatures, sam conditions sitting in upper 20s to lower 0s. 37 in red wood city. sheets temperatures 10 to 15 mid-40s as well as livermore. last night we were looking at a freeze warning. 60 degrees in san francisco, winds will die down but we do expect to be breezy throughout most of the afternoon. 62 san jose, 62 for los gatos, if you are making a trip to the mountains for your holiday weekend, there is an advisory this morning and mostly sunny skies in the forecast. here at home, a nice weekend in store. we have lower 60s in the

forecast, temperatures will be colder without the wind. we hold this trend all the way through monday. look at the snowstorm for denver colorado. in denver we are told that driver was not hurt but they are being warned to be careful and colorado could get up to 16 inches of snow today. back here at home, bay area officials are telling us not to burn wood even though this is not a spare the air day. they want to prevent air quality from being bad but they admit there is no advisory even though air pollution is lingering over the area. a missile mystery in europe. the potentially dangerous

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though they were armed, they got away with an undisclosed amount of jewelry. now we are hearing about the sexual claims being made against him. he can a smith, community relation -- erica smith community relations she said ellis sent more than 60 unwanted text messages include ago graphic photo of himself. >> the text started with the phrase, hey sexy. >> he responded already, i am just here to put a smile on his family's face and it is a legal matter, whatever happened happened. >> reporter: we caught up with him at a charity event and so

far that is the only thing. she said she was fired after complaining about the alleged advances by monte ellis. you can see the raw video of the accuser of monte ellis and her attorney. putting up the pressure to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut. republicans have already gone home for the holidays. allison burns is in the newsroom to tell us what the president plans on doing next. >> reporter: president barack obama will give a speech from the white house urging house republicans to pass the payroll tax cut. it expires in just nine days.

count down kicking down in nine days 160 million americans will see taxes go up. members of congress have basically gone up, extending the tax cut, and he wants a yearlong he can earnings tax cut. >> all we are asking for is to get the senate members over here to work with us and resolve our differences so we could do what everybody wants us to do. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner is holding another press conference and in about an hour we will be covering it for you. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. they had two people on

route to community with explosives on board. officials say the weapons did not have the appropriate transit papers. investigators say the ship had arrived from germany last week. united states should take responsibility for the deaths of 24 shoulders. they had trouble determining the direction the gunfire was coming from but they still called in an airstrike. officials say inaccurate maps caused them to attack a position that was maintained by those 24 pakistani soldiers. a man is suing the airlines for 10 mill dollars. he was hurt when he jumped on a man who tried to blow up the airline. he said they were negligent

when they let this man on that flight. he admits he tried to blow up the plane while in his underwear. he is still waiting to be sentenced. richard williams is booked for molesting children under the age of 18. he would hire them to wash vehicles. he would refuse to pay them unless they took off their clothes or showered with him. police are investigating to see if there are more victims. and in a los gatos murder for hire plot, garcia's lawyer said he plans to file a motion for a new trial. he paid to have him killed because he was be a obsessed

with the woman he was dating. well, it will be getting a little bit and there is usually a little bit of a crowd after 6:15 but still this are no problems on the bridge and the winds are not too gusty as you are driving to san francisco. and as you are driving to 880 and 580, traffic is still moderate. and the morning commute in the south bay is looking good and perhaps to cupertino, traffic is looking good, let's go to rosemary. all right, good morning to you. a wide variation has to do with the numbers in front of you and that's the winds. 28 miles per hour near santa rosa, breezy in napa and gusts

25 to think. so napa winds gusting to near 30. very dry out there but we are not expecting fog. you may have to if the across your freeways and bridges. san jose, 0ed everywhere you go if you have the wind. meanwhile san francisco, fso 39 degrees, 40s right around concord livermore and north bay we have anticipated a freeze warning santa rosa 50 and highs expected for today, upper 50s and 60s. seasonal temperatures, hayward, how about san jose. 62 for you there in the city. and a little change all the way into your holiday weekend with partly cloudy skies, back to

you. we are getting closer to christmas as time is running out. sales jumped last week from the week before. and the company expects sales to jump as they finish up their shopping which is christmas eve. the sales numbers do not include restaurants or grocery stores. retailers are preparing for a large number of returns after the holidays. 56% of all gift givers say they do not care if their gifts get returned. they include the gift receipt for just that reason. only 14% said they would be embarrassed and 12% would be offended. one of the saddest stories, a family is mourning after a

tragedy on the ski slopes, what we now know about the boy who died after falling from a ski list. and generous football player helping dozens of students pay for college.

. time now 6:24 now we know the name of a boy who fell at the suger ski resort. he was a second grader, a member of the sugar bowl ski team and he was with two teammates when he fell 60 feet. his parents who both work at uc davis tell the sacramento bee he dreamed of being an astronaut and inventer. the cause of the accident is still being investigated. and a tragic shooting death of three men in san francisco. police are braising for -- bracing for pop repercussions. police claim they were all gang members but family members say it is not true. so far there have been no

arrests so far. san francisco police will have extra officers on patrol just incase the marking of this anniversary leads to more violence. not everyone in the south bay will move to santa clara and there is a new campaign to try to stop that from happening. they want to build a new stadium near the theme park and they have secured an $850 million loan but the grassroots group is collecting signatures to put the issue on the ballot again. they say voters who approved it were not told exactly how much it would cost. it is now protected to run about a billion dollars. and they believe the downed power line was caused by a

problem there investigating. well for one member of the 49ers, it is better to give than to receive. braylon edwards has given students a scholarship, several years ago when he played for the cleveland browns he offered several students if they finished high school and several received the end document. -- endowment. they have now gone on to several colleges. and mayor jean quan is trying to stop the city from being shut down again by occupied protesters. we are live at the summit in oakland and in 30 minutes

the scene will change drastically out here as nurses go on strike. we will talk to one of those nurses about the sticking points. plus claudine wong will have the early stock numbers coming up. stay tuned.

. this is going to be one of the busiest days and futures are higher and investors are happy, that report came out just about an hour ago. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level since april of 2008 so hopefully it is a good day on the markets for us today. >> thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news, it is

thursday december 22nd pam cook has the day off. nurses are showing up to work but they are not heading in, they are grabbing picket signs. lorraine is live in oakland, lorraine? >> reporter: you can hear the staple guns as nurses put the finishing touches on their picket. they are getting ready to picket because they can't come to an agreement with sutter health. he has been a nurse here for 15 years and you have been at the bargaining table, what has that been like? >> basically, there has not been any movement whatsoever, it is the same proposals over and over again and we are not making any progress whatsoever.

>> now obviously there are many things nurses would rather be doing than going through this, right? >> yes, we have been brought out here because of the lack of movement on negotiations and making no progress so that is why we are out here. >> reporter: i heard one of the sticking points is sick days, they may be eliminated or reduced, what other things do you want to change? >> sick days are a big sticking point but they also want to take charge nurses out of the bargaining unit and that's something we do not want because that is one less protection for our patients because if you have charge nurses that are not in the bargaining unit, we can't advocate for our patients at the bedside so it's important that our nurses stay at the

bedsides also. >> as i said it will start at 7:00 a.m. they have made arrangements for replacement nurses and several will be here over the next few days. reporting live in oakland ktvu channel 2 news. they are being accused of roughing up occupied protesters this morning and we are still watching the situation live. several demonstrators are claiming they were injured during confrontations. coming up, we will get a live report from tara moriarty in berkeley as the city is moving in on the occupied encampmentpment. mayor jean quan is conceding she may not be able to stop anymore port of oakland shut downs. she said they will have to a sign at least 500 police officers to help and that is

still not enough. protesters could still sneak around police lines and block port operations. oakland does plan on examining how police handled them. it is led by not more officers and his team of retired police officers will review the use of force, various procedures and the immigration of officers from outside to assist with crowd control. dozens of iraqis have been killed in a series of bombings that ripped across baghdad today. it was designed to reek havoc. at least 14 explosions went off during rush hour traffic some near schools. 200 people were injured, nobody is claiming responsibility and

it comes as political and u.s. forces have left the country. a man says he suffered injuries when he tackled a nigerian man who tried to blow up a plane two years ago. he admitted he wanted to blow up the flight and that he smuggled explosives in his underwear. delta and royal airways were negligent in allowing him to get on board that flight. a shooting involving police, they responded to an armed man on sunday when five to six men shot at them. they returned fire but nobody was hurt. people people have been arrested in that case.

they canvased the area and the search was called off at 5:00 p.m. mayor jean quan is in need asking for donationels for toys at the last -- donations for toys at the last minute. kraig debro has more on why donations are needed so much more this time this year. >> reporter: parents do not want to see the look on their children's faces if they don't get a gift but that is the situation. parents said the only present they need on christmas day is a smile on their child's face. last year they collected more than 6600 toys and the total number of toys reached almost

10,000. kids are keeping alive an event looking for christmas. >> it is on the news all the time and we will collect and go in a few days after christmas start buying for next year. >> this is the first time i have had an opportunity to do this. i had to come up with $1,800 so i didn't have any money for a present. but the community was able to share this and the increase of the number of families livering in poverty is up 10%. one in ten families are living in poverty and coming up, we will show you a special toy delivery drive they are having

today. reporting live kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. let's head to sal castaneda who is watching things, lots of people are heading out to do some shopping, right? >> yes, some people still do have to go to work. northbound 101 looks good. traffic looks good getting up to the bay area. and this morning's commute in the south bay is still off to a nice start although we have a couple of spots in downtown that might be a little bit slow but the rest of the freeway system looks good. 6:38 let's go to rosemary. sun officially rises at 727 we have mostly clear skies. sal mentioned it. a dry system passing through

yesterday, ridge of high pressure is -- ridge of high pressure is now beginning to move in, we had the possibility of a freeze warning and they canceled it last night when the winds began to pick up. 26 in napa 27 miles per hour in and around fairfield, 72 miles per hour reported and last i checked gusts picking up from time to time and oakland hills reporting 10 miles per hour. 54 degrees and santa rosa 54 degrees and napa, areas where we are chilly, meadow park, waking up in the upper 20ss and 30s with calm conditions. we will continue this dry spell through the week ahead.

temperatures will be right around what you see. upper 60s and lower 550s. 62 for san jose. mostly sunny skies, santa cruz your extended forecast, we just may see that freeze warning stick, we rebound and over nights sitting in mid-to low 30s over the weekend, back to you. time now 6:40 what wal-mart has just done after a baby died, the product has been yanged off -- yarninged off store shelves. we will tell you what happened overnight in the occupied camps. northbound 280 looks good getting up to highway 17, we will tell you more about traffic weather straight ahead.

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. good morning, here is a quick look at some of the top stories, in just a few minutes, nurses will go on strike. they are claiming sutter health wants to reduce paid sick days and wants to stop the union from representing certain nurses. president barack obama will

push house republicans to extend payroll tax cuts. lawmakers have until january 1st to take action and if they don't millions could lose their unemployment benefits including about a million of californians. she does not think the city of oakland can prevent any block inns. it will cost a million and a half dollars. but she adds protesters will find a what to get around police barriers. occupied protesters are accusing police of roughing them up overnight. here is the site of the largest occupied calm left in the bay area. dash-camp left in the bay area. >> reporter: if you walk with

me you can see there are about 20 tents still up, food supplies are here, some blankets and sleeping bags. it was a very anxious night for protesters and police. >> here they come... whoa! [crowd noise] >> that was absolutely ridiculous! [crowd noise] >> reporter: now that was the scene at 2:00 a.m., police and demonstrators confronted each other and get at the 11 last night. police hit several people with clubs. eviction notices were served informing the protesters they were supposed to be out but demonstrators say they are in this for the long hall. >> we can't take a break and if

we take a break, we may loose momentum right now. >> reporter: police said there has been a spike in violent crime and sexual assault. they arrested a man for attempted rape after he entered a woman's tent. they are fed up with the filth and there is sort of a hodgepodge of people. we will stay with them to find out if police will decide to come back again. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. and happening right now, a briefing is getting way at the pentagon over a nato airstrike which killed 24 soldiers and we will take you into the pen done. that is when he was hit. the union had trouble with the

gunfire but officials same inaccurate hams caused them to attack a poe -- inaccurate maps caused them to attack a position that was wrong. her car got stuck in deep snow. coming up at 7 eleven, what she did to stay alive in near zero conditions. wal-mart just yanged a batch of infant formula from store shelves after a newborn baby died. he developed a rare bacteria that could grow in baby formula. while wal-mart is investigating this, they removed all newborn powder from the store shelves. all the stuff they pulled tested negative for that

bacteria. look at, this a healthy two headed baby boy was born in brazil. the rare condition happens when one of the two conjoined twins fails to fully develop in the stomach. doctors say separating them will be impossible because there is only one set of organs. let's go out to sal. see how the roads are faring. sal? it looks pretty good out. there are some people out there for sure. let's look at the roads here, the golden gate bridge heading out to the toll plaza. there was a little bit of a crowd at 6:15 but it died down, it was a little windy though. northbound 280 looking good and if you are driving on the peninsular, it is a good drive

there. 6:48 let's go to rosemary. 25 degrees in some cases and it has to do with the wind. we are watching them howl. they are all reporting winds at 10 miles per hour. santa rosa 21 and again it is 24 degrees cooler than where we started yesterday morning. concord started out at 32 degrees and now sitting in the 40s because of the wind. you get the idea where it is calm it is cold. san jose holding on well, had some gusts in the overnight hours although it has calmed down a bit. palo alto is mainly calm the most of the night and because of that they are sitting in upper 20s and lower 30s . again

48 and winds are blowing from 15 to 20 miles per hour at times. 14 degrees warmer than yesterday for you and sitting in the 50, we are very dry out there, we have no fog to deal with this morning but may be a little breezy, sun and breezy winds will die down but are expected to last throughout most of the day. 60 degrees expected in the city low 60s oakland, upper 50s for antioch, 62 san jose, 6 is degrees -- 61 degrees in los gatos. a wind advisory for the lake area and those are dusting to 58 miles per hour. holiday weekends will be a dry one, back to you. a new launch of the iphone

helped apple but they are losing ground in the rest of europe. the expensive apple phone was hurt by weakening economies across the continent. 364,000 americans filed for first time jobless benefits last week. that is the lowest level is more than 3.5 years. economists expected that number to go up. that is the lowest level is more than three years. both are indicating that the market may be improving. and the final performance is over.

tonight santa cruz native chris renee will find out if he has the x factor. . good morning, westbound highway 4, that was me getting up to the willow pass grade. we will be right back with a more attentive sal, straight ahead.

. there it is, jobless numbers were better than expected, the economy grew fastest growth this year and markets are happy at least for now. time now 6:54 discovery kingdom will honor the member of officer jim capoot. six flags will be collecting donations for the officer jim capoot memorial funds. he was shot and killed in november. the theme park will be giving away free admission to 650 students today including the vallejo high school basketball team including the one he once coached. members of the organization will also get there. the lighting ceremony will begin at 5:30. now a slain san francisco police officers will be honored

killed in the line of duty in december 2006. a vigil for him begins at 7:00 tonight on 25th avenue. ups is expecting to have its busiest delivery. they are expecting to handle 26 million packages and it is up from 6% last year. fedex is seeing a 10% increase. they are closely watching them because they sometimes indicate how the economy is doing. santa cruz native chris renee could be named the x factor champion. of course, he is up against melanian josh, all of them performed for the last time last night and their fate is in the hands of the american public. fans packed the room to watch him perform. they say his battle with drugs

and musical talons are inspiring. the winner will star in a new pepsi commercial which will air during the super bowl. you can watch and it all begins at 8:00 tonight. the fate of the commute is in the hands of sal. yes we are looking at all kinds of things and we have word of a new crash. we will go to 101 san francisco, it is a little quinn windy. when you get to the toll -- it is a little windy. there is across in fremont. a chp motorcycle officer was involved and since it is light out there, it's not causing a huge back up but it is north 880 involving a chp motorcycle officer who was a little bit hurt in this crash. 6:57 let's go to rosemary. we are noticing a

pronounced difference and if you are calm, and you have some winds 40s and fors is what we are seeing. we will remain breezy but we are mostly sunny for today. upper 50s and lower 60s and we will pinpoint the numbers for your neighborhood in just a moment, back to you. coming up on mornings on 2... [crowd noise] >> officers moved in on campers who ignored a deadline and we will have the result of that action. as we speak hundreds of bay area nurses are off the job and on strike. these are live pictures, we will have why they are protesting against sutter hospitals, stay right here with us. ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind.

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