. a san leandro officer is lucky to be alive after a gunman opens fire on him at close range, how the gunman got away. the search continues for dozens of missing passengers on that stranded cruise ship. they are putting the cruise ship industry in the hot seat. and how much money the city and pg&e are spending to make sure the lights stay on for sunday big 49ers game. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news.

well good morning to you, welcome to thursday january 19th, i am dave clark. >> and let's check in with steve paulsen for the forecast today. well we have some rain to the north, we have some good rain working its way down along the coast and we are still a little bit away with heavy rain to the north, for us we will wait until this afternoon and south bay may not get much at all, but it will be warm, upper 50s to lower 60s. traffic is looking good coming up to the willow pass grade with no major problems. in san francisco northbound 101, let's go back to the desk. in topping our news, search is on for a gunman who opened fire on an undercover cop that led to a chase along the east

bay. alex savage has more. >> reporter: the man who fired on that officer is still on the loose and that's the latest update that we got from the san leandro police department. this was a brazen attack. the gunman opened fire from close range and luckily that officer was not hurt. the shooting happened just after 9:00 and an undercover narcotics officer was doing surveillance in that neighborhood and started following a suspicious car. suddenly the car pulled up next to the officer and the driver fired self shots into the unmarked police car. none of the shots hit the officer but police are trying to figure out what motivated the shooting. >> the suspect proceeded back to the officers from a distance from six feet away and fired

multiple rounds at our sergeant but it is very fortunate that he didn't get hurt. >> reporter: after the shooting the gunman sped off leading police on a high-speed chase a long surface streets and freeways. he was last seen with the interchange with 13. he eventually got away and police are looking for the car, a blue acura sedan. they don't have a description on the gunman but they are working on some good leads. alex savage ktvu channel 2 news. it happened yesterday morning at the intersection of cherry street and mallry after. the suspect slammed into another car and the driver died at the scene. the deadly crash came shortly

after police received a call of three men kick down the door of a nearby home. responding officers spotted the suspect's car racing away from the scene. >> the speeds were approximately 80 miles per hour. in short, assure pursuit -- a sure pursuit ensued and because of the reckless driving, the officers called off the pursuit. >> police arrested the suspects at the scene. all three are 20 years old and they have extensive criminal histories. ron was the kin suffered injured are yous in that crash. we are expecting rain through early next week. claudine wong is keeping an eye on what is coming our way, claudine wong? >> reporter: we came to this

creek in martinez because this creek is downtown and in years passed it has flooded, it flooded when the beavers moved in, in 2006 and they have this marker to watch the water levels rise and as you can see the water level does not even hit the bottom of that marker, it is so low and this is not it, up in doneville, the flood level is two feet and right now that river is at 5.5 feet high. our crews said they can't even get their boats in until the river gets to 25 feet and a lot of people are looking for rain and a lot of people also want to see the rain coming into this area. if we walk around, we can show you the water level and we can just peak over the edge and you

can rarely see how low things have gotten and really we have been out here and it is just rushing through underneath this bridge and people are ready for a little rain. could you dean wong ktvu channel 2 news -- claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can get weather updates sent straight to your phone by signing up for mobile. several people are still missing after that cruise ship disaster in italy. coming up we will have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom with a proposal from a california lawmaker for new regulations making cruising safer. a court hearing set for this afternoon for a 14-year- old oakland boy who is accused of sexually assaulting women. the boy attacked two 28-year-

old women in separate incidents two weeks ago. the suspect pretended to have a gun and sexually assaulted them. this week's game goes off without a hitch. pg&e has spent nearly a million dollars to prevent another stadium power outage. there were two games last month and pg&e has since upgraded software, replaced old wiring and installed a new circuit to handle any over loads. there is also a new push to make sure fans are safe and police will be on the outlook. 20 people have been arrested at last saturday night's game.

report are encouraging people to call and of course you can watch the game with us. our pre-game coverage starts with return to color are you -- >> then following the game, we will be joined with mark ibanez. we have more cars on the road at this hour and people are joining us, let's go and talk about some of the things we have for you. this is highway 4 and it is not stop and go as you come through the bay point area and you will see some traffic this morning. also this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, there is slowey is on the far last. if you are driving across the

san mateo bridge we already looked at highway 104, heading out to berkeley things are still looking pretty good. let's go to steve. a few breaks in the clouds some rain, very good rain up in the north, arcadia, 2 to 4 to 6 inches of rain getting up there. at least the barometer is falling and it is getting closer but still we have a long way to go. it is running into resistance. mendocino and lake you can see right there by brag. instead of teens and 20s we are now in the 40s and san francisco is 49 degrees, the question is the first system

usually does not do much but falls apart and sits the stage for the second one and our cloud and rain forecast does not do much until later on. by 1:00 it moves into mendocino and it is just getting into san francisco and oakland and falls apart as it lies south. we'll see the break, friday night does look good to me. you can see it sweeping through 6:00 to 10:00. sunday night maybe one more but they are saying high pressure. upper 50s to near 60 degrees. 59 brentwood and oakland, 59060 in -- 59 to 60 in san jose. wind will be a bigger story in

the mountains than snow. next system will be friday night saturday, late sunday early monday. disground telled -- disgroundelled -- an evening any ex-wife of newt gingrich talks about newt gingrich and his daughters come to his defense. stay tuned for more straight ahead.

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happening right now, presidential candidate newt gingrich is holding a town hall. newt gingrich is not speaking there yet but this is in south carolina, newt gingrich along with the other republican candidates is campaigning in south carolina ahead of the primaries there on saturday. now in the meantime, newt gingrich's two daughters are coming to his defense during an interview with one of his ex- wives. the two hour interview will air tonight. she talked about the fact that he began an affair with a woman who is now his third wife and the daughters said anybody who has uncover a -- undergone a divorced understands it is

filled with memories of different events and feelings. rick perry is suspending his presidential campaign. he said he would reassess his campaign and move on to south carolina. if we have anymore developments we will bring them to you. four more of that cruise ship was just identified. 21 people are still listed as missing. the search operationswere suspended when the position of the cruise ship changed, making it very unstable. you can see how unstable it looks right now. the ship was carrying more than 4200 passengers and crew and

washington d.c. announced they are launching their own investigation of this cruise ship disaster. there are more than 16 million americans who go on cruises every year. >> reporter: the house wants a full review of operating standards and crew training procedures. they admit the costa concordia was a preventible tragedy. they show the industry needs much more regulation. >> i know the cruise industry likes to present a vacation like this as happy and nothing ever goes wrong, i know it is considered safe but it is still not safe enough, i think. >> reporter: cruise ships are much less regulated than

passenger plains because they operate -- planes because they operate in so many different countries and crew training is carefully scrutinized. a training will likely be held next months. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. well the united states is coming to the aid and u.s.s. dewey responded to a small escape but he has been stationed in the arabian sea and this is reportedly the third time an american navy vessel has come in to help iran. a quake has struck off the south island and the magnitude 6.1 quake hit this morning and was reportedly followed by a strong after shock. so far there are no reports of

damage or injuries and no tsunami alert was issued. and in christ church they church, the quake killed 128 people -- 182 people. the reactor melted and was a disaster. the plant has stabled but will take decades to fully decommission. back here at home, san francisco police are searching for two teens who stole a 12- year-old boy's bike at gunpoint. it happened at the housing complex and he told police he was riding his bike when two teens stopped him. the two teens stopped him and took off with the bike and the 12-year-old ran home. he was not hurt. we all know if apple's big

announcement is what they are suggesting. they will unveil a plan and some say it will be easier to read and other source material but it does not look like they are looking to destroy the textbook industry after all. we will be there for today's announcement in new york city. we will be there for that and it is supposed to come up right at 7:00 so we will have more coming up on mornings on 2. >> are you looking at the toll plaza? >> we are looking at it dave, this is a time when things start getting busier and it still does not look all that bad. traffic is coming to the pay gates and it is a little slower in the cash lanes but that's about all. 101 for the san francisco commute and northbound 280 coming up to the downtown area.

if you are driving southbound 680 cop cord annual nut creek, there was a minor accident let's go to steve. very heavy rain, 2 to 6 inches of rain and it made it further south towards fort brag. we have to wait for the system to move in and it has a lot of resistance but the barometer is falling and at least we are seeing a trend that favors more clouds. live storm tracker is showing it getting closer and we still have a ways to go and this is not an event unless you are on the upper west coast. because of the cloud cover coming in, here is our system, hopefully we can get things to

give us some rain out of this. breezy and mild, the morning hours with increasing clouds, 50 to near 60 degrees and the second system friday night saturday morning looks decent, here is more with pam and dave. they did let their friends know what they are doing. they released 60 new apps and on their profile, basically when you sign up for the apps they let you share everything. well it was the worst year ever for single family home construction. they just reported this morning, builders started at less than 42 9,000 type of homes last year and in a good year, they break ground on

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. good morning, traffic is moving along well, getting some muni delays for streetcars underground, it could delay your trip. a car filled with passengers was swept away during the canal flooded and it became level with a parking lot of a grocery store. the driver tried to go through the water but the car floated into that canal. a child an adult had to be rescued last night but at least three other people including a child and the car are still missing. well the storm system

headed to i bay area really walloped the pacific northwest. a record-setting 6.8 inches of snow fell at tacoma national airport and schools were closed and the snow is expected to taper off today but the driving is still treacherous and that's causing a lot of concerns for emergency responders. that is the fear in this kind of weather that too many people will be out driving and they will crash and we will have a whole extra set of calls to get to. now tomorrow, rain is in the forecast and it is expected to warm up and they say it could trigger flooding. people we spoke to said

they would rather see flooding than no rain at all. here is steve with more about the rain coming in. george lucas said he is read kid to retire from hollywood. he wants to spend the rest of his life making small films. his most recent film is a movie about a group of african- american american airmen. he is best known for his indiana jones franchise. -- franchises. it was 22 years ago that the first sea lions arrived at pier 39 and they have been a must see ever. we will be walking on the history of the sea lions and that will be through sunday. time now 6:27, eliminating tuition all together, and

that's a proposal what the president is saying about the plan. a gunman opened fire on an officer at close range, we will have more on the search for the shooter. we will be right back with the opening bell in new york live up next.

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news coming up in just a moment. that is a lot. we will say good morning to you, thank you for joining us, it is thursday january 19th, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook, time now 6:30. >> topping our news, a real close call for an east bay police officer, a search is on for a driver who fired several shots at close range at an undercover cop in san leandro. alex savage has the details. >> reporter: this gunman opened fire on an undercover police officer from just six feet away and amazingly enough that officer was not hit. the gunman led police on a chase and the shooting happened on aloha drive in san leandro. police say it was an undercover

narcotics officer who started following the suspicious car. he pulled up right next to the officer and the driver fired several shots into the unmarked police car. the officer was not hit and we are told he is grateful he survived this attack. >> he obviously had a lot of adrenaline flowing so now i think everything is setting in on him and he is doing great. >> after the shooting, the gunman sped off leading police on that high-speed chase on surface streets and he was last seen on 580 near the upper change with children. san leandro police are looking for a blue acura sedan but they don't have a specific description. they are not sure if the shooter knew he fired on a police officer since this was

an unmarked undercover car. san francisco mirkarimi is pleading not guilty stemming from a domestic violence complaint. both he and his wife strongly deny charges. last night she took to the airways to help her husband and it was discussed with a radio station. lopez appeared to blame outside forces. >> there are many who will not forgive my husband for the son of an immigrant being married to a latino. >> now earlier, the mayor said there are no imminent plans to suspend sheriff mirkarimi. now bigger than expected budget acts, the city issued

more part-time employees. now the higher number gives them options on consolidating services and choosing which jobs to cut. in the end they will find 400 people will lose their jobs. these budget cuts come now as oakland loses funding in state redevelopment money. it is a drastic proposal from students struggling to pay for school. here is a surprising reaction from the president of the school. >> reporter: he is considering eliminating tuition all together although he is questioning how it would work.

about tuition creases and how it has been plagued. >> reporter: here is the idea students have. they want the school to drop the $12,000 a year tuition and instead they will commit 5% of their annual income and if you earn more, say $100,000 a year, you would still pay back that 5% which translates to double what the other students are paying in the end. i can't imagine any student that is willing to pay more for the same education than another student and students have run muched the number and it is possible. today they are trying to address a financial proposal. we are trying to get reaction

from students and when they wake up we will ask them what they think about this new plan. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. will the 49ers's run to the super bowl come at a better time for the new proposed stadium in santa clara? ticket sales could make up the biggest funding source for the billion dollar stadium project. 49ers could get $20 million a year for selling the naming rights and exactly two weeks from today, they are schedule willing to pay for -- help pay for a new stadium. if santa clara plays fair they submitted almost 7,000 signatures and they need about 4500 valid names. the group said voters who

approve the stadium measure were not told the city needed to borrow $850 million for the stadium project. the attorney said the loan does not need to go to a vote. ed lee and michael bloomberg have agreed to a friendly wager on this sunday's championship game. and he will rename the street 49ers street. lee has agreed to send sourdough bread to new york and now you can watch the game right here on channel 3, here is sunday's lineup, it starts with return to glory at 2:00 p.m. kickoff at 3:30 and sports director mark ibanez and joe

fonszy is after that. . we have a couple of things, guys and i want to ask the directors in the control room if they can put up -- well actually let's starts with this. this is a look at major delays in muni and i want to show news chopper 2 arrived at a fire in san jose. these are live pictures from live chapter two. more than 30 firefighters are working on this. according to the reports we have, the person living inside

the home did get out safely and it looks like they have this knocked down. these are live pictures and our news chopper 2 just arrived on the scene and it is in the 3600 block of norwood avenue in san jose. let's go to our normal lineup. this is the toll plaza which is backed up for a 15 to 20 minute delay. commute on the south bay is having a 10 minute delay as you cross 880. this is a reminder if you take the muni downtown service is suspended. an suv drove into a tunnel and somehow i don't think people know it is there unless you take muni metro. now they have to get that vehicle out and traffic will be affected. let's go to steve. a very good morning, well our system is inching closer

and the first system usually falls apart, there is incredible rain and this has a lot of moisture with it and rain is making it along the coast but for some we are getting a little bit of a break. it is slowly work its way south but there is a lot out here and friday is a much better system than the system we are dealing with today. by noon cloudy and afternoon it will be cloudy for all, the rain will begin mainly in the north and it may not reach san jose and it may not amount to a hail of beans. it does much better than first after a long stretch of dry weather which is exactly what we had. we are getting closer, an inch and a quarter fort brag and we still have a ways to go.

and then may be later today for everyone else, 30s and 40s with a south wind. there is a lot out here but this first system will open the door a little bit. usually when they come in like that it's not a good sign. you want it to come in this way but today we are gearing up for some rain and it will be clouds first. rain to the north and upper 50s to near 60s with this mild air mass in place. it is 43 in tahoe and it's getting rain, 60 morgan hill gilroy, friday looks like a good rain day, friday into saturday evening, we will get a break sunday night early system. another shake up for president, the latest candidate

is dropping out. also why actor mark wahlberg is apologizing to the families of the victims of 9/11 attacks. and a fire which got the better part of this house in san jose, we will have details straight ahead. stay tuned for more news weather and traffic.

. well, good morning to you, this morning a police search continues for a driver who fired self shots at very close -- fired several shots at very close range at a police officer. the gunfire led to a chase along the east bay. and he will consider a student proposal to eliminate tuition all together. under this proposed plan students will not have to pay anything, instead they would pay 5% of their annual income for 20 years after graduating. time now 6:45 divers in italy are still searching for

missing people after the cruise ship costa concordia shifted on the rocks there. already 11 people have been confirmed dead. today president barack obama will layout a plan to increase tourism and we will take you live to pictures of air force 1. you can see it is getting ready to leave from the air force for orlando and the president will make his speech at waltzes any world -- walt kids any world. presidential candidates are planning on launching their ads before the primary at the end of this month. now the trip gives them a chance to lay the groundwork for his general election campaign for florida which is a key political battleground. actor mark wahlberg is back paddling after a controversial statement he made about 9/11 attacks in new york. he said if he were on the plane he would have stopped the terrorists from crashing into

the towers. family members of 9/11 were outraged and called it disrespectful. actor mark wahlberg said quote what he said was irresponsible an insensitive to the victim's families. new this morning, in fact just within the last half hour, we found out rick perry was suspending his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. cnn is telling supporters he is dropping out of the race. now i'm sure you recall after not doing well in the iowa caucuses, rick perry said he would reassess his campaign and would move forward. there are now reports that rick perry will endorse newt gingrich. rick perry called a news conference for 8:00 this morning and we will be following that and give you coverage on it for mornings on 2. also new this morning we are finding a big about face from the results of the iowa

caucuses back on january 3rd. the republican party from iowa is about to release the certified results from the iowa caucuses this morning but the des moines register is reporting some new tabulations are showing rick rick santorum got it by a third of the votes. it indicated mitt romney had beat rick santorum by 8 votes. there is more controversy coming out about mitt romney and about his finances. mitt romney is now acknowledging he has part of his millions of dollars invested in the cayman island but his aides are saying mitt romney never used that location as a tax haven. earlier this week, they jumped on him saying it jumped from a 1 5% rate.

a man is behind bars after allegedly pointing a firearm at a parent. coming up on mornings on 2 what police found inside the suspect's home. some major things happening, sal is all over it, what is going on. what i told you about, dozens of firefighters are looking to put out a house fire. the quinby neighborhood here, news chopper 2 just got onto the scene. the fire started after 5:00 this morning and it is a large single family home honor wood avenue. when they arrived to the attic and home was engulfed. only one person was inside. no word on what started the fire but damage legs extensive.

they pretty much limb meed -- limited the extension. westbound bay bridge is backed up for a 15 minute delay. we are working on church and all of the l rvs working are stopped because a car went into the tunnel and they have to get it out. you can take shuttle buses but this will mean big delays. let's go to steve. we have mostly cloudy skies, temperatures have come up and there is really good rain on the north coast but nothing good yet. starting to move down the coast, mendocino coast and we have a ways before we reach south. it may not happen until tonight and the first system, we have had seven weeks of dry weather. that looks much better to me.

live storm tracker two startling to move towards fort brag which is not oop towards clear lake or ukiah. 1939, cloud cover, that south wind will make for awhile wind and napa is 40 and cloud cover is moving in and you can get a good look at it right there. it does pack a lot of moisture and again it is run inginto resistance so it will be a cloudy day. this is our forecast and you can see by tonight, there is not much left and it is very weak. here comes friday afternoon and friday night. then we'll see increasing clouds on sunday, i know sunday afternoon looks like we will hold closer to it. it will be breezy and mild and

rain will be starting to the north but for everyone else it will be starting later. this is a mild air mass coming in along that south wind and some temperatures will be 60 degrees. again saturday morning and sunday night and after that high pressure builds back in next week. consumer prices were flat and that report came in a short time ago. the latest about inflation remains tame and lower gas prices offset rising costs of food, medical care and housing. the labor department says december was the second month in a row with unchanged consumer prices. lower inflation gives more spending power and that should boost economic growth. some of it came from higher legal expenses and bank of

america legal expenses and it does not fit into their basic banking motto. sal told us about it, we have developing news from san jose and in fact news chopper 2 is flying over, look at the damage there, firefighters just got upper hand on this house fire and we will bring you a live report from that scene straight ahead. the doctor said let's get the game on. away area couple professing their love for the 49ers even as labor pains continue, they could not keep the mother to be from watching her favorite football team. and all service is suspended on the muni metro, we will tell you more about the bay area morning commute.

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. a live look at the big board, 12093 and at&t is raising their data plan, the price of their data phone because people are using the smart phone and tablets. firefighters are working to put out a house fire in san jose and our cameras have just

gotten there. look down, there is a lot of damage. the fire started just after 5:00 this morning. firefighters say when they arrived to the add attic was engulfed in flames and we believe the damage is extensive and we will bring you more details about the fire in san jose as it becomes available. a couple's tweet won their tickets to this sunday's championship game in candle stick park. she tweeted while between contractions she was routeing on the 49ers with her husband vince and she encouraged him to share their devotion about why they deserved tickets to sunday's game. >> yeah i know -- >> and he loves the story, he gave them four tickets and

there is their new baby, they also got on field passes for this sunday's game and mom will stay home with that new little baby boy. >> and route for her team. sal, start wherever you want to start. yes, we will talk about this major metro problem, a car ran into a town until where it's not supposed to be. major delays we will follow the story on mornings on 2 and it is very crossed, let's go to steve. rain in the evening and for most of us it will be tonight and highs today will be mild, 50s and 60s and we will have more coming up on mornings on 2. also on mornings on 2, a close call for an east bay police officer, a driver fires at him from just six feet away. and uc berkeley, this plan

guarantees it will surprise you straight ahead. stay right here with us.