good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. we want to go straight to sal. i just got a tweet from the line that runs muni, all lines are suspended because of a vehicle that drove into a muni

tunnel. essentially, right behind that safeway there, there is a tunnel where the lines go, that's not happening because of the car that went in the tunnel. how ha happened -- i don't know. you could do it, it happened. muni told us that they have shuttle buses between the west portal station and embarcadero. whenever this happens, the shuttle buses are crowded. it's not a good morning for muni. 7:02. back to the desk. the is on for the driver who fired at an undercover police officer on san leandro

drive. alex savidge is live in san leandro. what led up to the shooting? >> reporter: there was an undercover narcotics investigation goes on -- going on. the shooting other -- shooter opened up fire. the police officer was not hurt. the shooting happened just after:00 last night on aloha drive. police say -- after 9:00 last night on aloha drive. investigators are trying to figure out what prompt the shooting. >> it was a verbal exchange. the suspect made a u-turn and

then proceeded back towards the officer from a distance about six feet away. fired multiple rounds at our sergeant. it's very fortunate that he did not get hurt. the lieutenant i talked to said this morning they are working on good leads and hope to make an arrest soon. we're live in san leandro, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:04. we've been following developing news for you. firefighters just finishing putting out a house fire in san jose. the fire started just after 5:00 a.m. look at this picture. a large single-family home on

norwood drive. firefighters say when they got there the attic and garage were fully engulfed in flames. you can see the damage. there was only one person inside. they did get out safely. still no word on what has been damaged. there was also a gun fire at an antiachigh school. police went to deer valley high yesterday afternoon. they got a call about a man allegedly having a gun. nobody was hurt or threatened. divers resumed the search for the 21 people still missing after that cruise disaster. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report out of italy to learn how the search effort is going. we'll have a report on what a

california law make wants to do to make -- lawmaker wants to do to make cruise ships safer. uc president mark yudof said he's considering eliminating the proposal to raise tuition. he says he's willing to talk about it. protest about tuition increases have plagued the university campus for the past two years. this is video from the september rally. now, here is the idea that students have laid out. they want the university to

drop the 12,192 tuition a year. and then they would pay back the tuition with the money from their new job. >> i think it would be fine. i don't know -- i mean, you have to crunch the numbers but i think in the end, it's a good proposal. the uc graduate salary, about $50,000 a year. unless you make less. you would still have to pay back that 5% which doubles what others are paying for in the end. the graduate we spoke to seemed to think berkeley grads would do it from others who stand for such a reputable regency.

back to you. >> thank you. we've been asking our viewers on facebook what they think -- what they think of the uc proposal. darcie wrote -- if you want to send us a message just follow the ktvu channel 2 morning news team and we'll share some of your comments in the -- in the 8:00 hour. sal's back. major commute mess. what's going on? >> well, we're looking at a lot of traffic. the major commute mess is the muni thing. we're getting new information. right now, we have our newschopper2 looking at another commute mess on 880 heading

south. southbound traffic is busy. it's not stop and go but it's busy. our muse chopper 2 heading new york. i would say -- newschopper2 heading north. i would say 20 knots. also, pretty slow at the bay bridge taupe. bridge-- bay bridge toll plaza there are now reports that the tracks may be damaged which would be bad news for people who count on the muni metro, the lines k, l, m, n. that all run underground. this is donna -- gonna be tee laid -- delayed. let's go to steve.

>> good morning. we are getting in the 30s and 40s. temperatures are finally going up. there a lot of rain on the north coast. jim in eureka says it's been raining like crazy. live stormtracker does show us -- >> 30s and 40s now. not the teens or 20s a few days ago. a lot of 30s and 40s to 49 in san francisco. if was 38 two days ago. a lot of moisture. but the first system to come

through, a very high storm system kind of acts as a push between the two. it's the second one that gets in. our computer model forecast does not bring the system -- does bring the system until tomorrow. next system should not be here until sunday my. today, we have cloudy skies in the rain coming in. san jose may not get up over this until 6:00. we'll see some off and on rain on friday. a break saturday. a break sunday and then sunday night/monday is the last system. a lot of -- a lot of

breaking news coming in from the presidential race. there's word one of the caucuses are about to step out. i feel so violated that you have no idea. >> why two elderly women not accepting an apology. and the truck power plant for the first time since that -- fukushima power plant for the first time since that day. %c1 %c1

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good morning. we have increasing clouds. there are some breaks in the clouds. rain won't be an issue. it will have to be this afternoon. for some it may -- it may not be until tonight. we'll have cloudy skies. upper 50s to low 60s with a south wind.

7:14. new this morning, in just the last hour, reports started coming in that texas governor rick perry is suspending his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. as you may recall, after not doing well in the iowa caucuses, perry had said he would reassess his campaign. then he said he would move forward to south carolina. in the last hour, a big about-face. the republican party of iowa announced the certified total at a vote just this news -- a news conference new this morning. and new tabulations show that rick santorum finished ahead by mitt romney by 34 votes.

a new poll of independent voters show president obama has vote to do if he hopes to win them over. this time only 34% of voters in the "new york times" poll is they have a positive feeling. 70% say they want more gop candidate options. divers in italy have resumed search efforts on that capsized cruise ship this morning. that was arthey had to -- after they had to suspend the search operation. greg burk is live in italy with the latest on the search

effort. greg? >> reporter: good morning, tori. you know, 24 story is -- this story is now almost a week -- a week old. there are new twists and turns. they are trying to take advantage of the calm seas for the search and rescue. they've been blasting more homes inside the -- holes inside the hull to try to rescue people. that other procedure will be pumping fuel out of the ship, they are hoping to start that part soon. after that, really a very, very long process for the overall salvage. what a mess the captain is coming in. the questions are coming out

that he admits he was guiding by site and -- not uing the nav gavial equipment -- navigation equipment. he said he was doing that because he had done it three, four times before. investigators also looking into a conversation between the -- before the ship owners. really there is a lot of document meantation they are piling up against the captain. the company always said this was one of the safest ships out there. it clearly shows that it all depends on who is behind the boat. >> thank you. %c1

>> reporter: sacramento congresswoman doris mastui tells us the industry needs more regulations. >> a hundred years ago, the tie tappic would go down. >> reporter: a rues law took effect last year to beef up crime-reporting requirements on ships. 41,000 people work in the industry in california alone. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:19. the tsa is apologizing to two elderly woman who say they were

strip-searched by airport security screeners. it hatched last november in november. the tsa now admits screeners violated procedures when they asked to see an 88-year-old woman a colostomy device. the tsa says there is were no strip searches. >> they lied. they lie. i don't know if the government is behind them. i don't know i have no idea. but i don't want it to happen again. >> homeland security officials say the screeners will have a specialized training course. there was an earthquake in

new zealand. two aftershocks followed. no reports of see -- of injuries. one of the reports of that japanese power plant, the reactor, it was one of three that melted the during the disaster. engineers between to marry up -- will marry up. got your umbrella? >> i do. searching for answers to a mysterious killing. it happened two years ago. what police are now doing to to to identify what verb shiesly

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san francisco police are stepping up their efforts to solve a mysterious homicide in the city's bayview district nearly two years ago. investigators say juan chen was beaten to death for no apparent reason. yesterday, homicide detectivessed returned to the -- detectives returned to the scene of the crime. they handed out fliers opening -- hoping to find more leads. >> i'm hoping that someone will have remembered something.

time now, 7:24. let's get right back to sal. major muni problems. >> that's right. all of the street cars that run underground market street the tunnel is right behind safeway. you can see the lrvs are usually going underground at this point -- well, this morning someone got the bright idea to run into the tunnel highway 24 near happy valley, right now near the b.a.r.t.

station, there a falled car, if you look up to the right how the traffic gets better. and traffic is slow. also, the morning commute is gonna be slow on 237, crossing 880 and heading out to milpitas and to san jose. we have some clouds overs us. nice tweet from jessica. no rain this morning. no rain this morning. our system is actually slowing down and there's some breaks in the clouds there. i'm not sold on this one. not at all we're getting thea. the north bay will be the first in line for anybody to get any

rain. maybe late morning, early afternoon before anything decent moves in. temperatures are going up. 45 in santa rosa. and 49 facility city. yet, 39 x oakland. there a lot out there. today, we'll set the table and get some rain out of it. it's more clouds than anything else. increasing clouds this morning. temperatures upper 50s, low 60s. -- upper 50s, low 60s. san francisco sherr -- san

francisco's sheriff heads to court to face domestic violence charges. how his wife is defending her embattled husband.

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several metro lines are shut down due to a wrong-bay driver. claudine wong is live in the castro district with more on the transit mess. when you look at the picture behind you, you wonder how did this driver get into the ton. >> that's right. everyone we talk to say, i don't get why this driver would go into this tunnel and how this driver would get so far. you can see the drews -- crews walking in the tunnel right now. this is at the castro safeway. this is at dubose and church. they are trying to figure out how to get this vehicle out. and from talking to them, they said their plan is to -- is to use the train right now and go into the tunnel as it is supposed to and use the power to pull that car out of there so they can get muni traffic back up and running.

this is gonna take a while. i want to take you on the other side of castro or church street. big crowds with people trying to figure out how they are gonna get to work today. they've been leading them up on these shuttle trains and buses. i have talked to people who say, well, it won't be our typical commute to work. you will have to be patient -- you will have to be patient. they have to squeeze in to get the doors closed because it's very difficult to get around. again, this is such a -- still a developing story. the mess that driver has left behind remains. if you are using muni, it will be a mess. sal has been following this all morning long. sal, it's going to be a long morning for many, many commuters? >> right.

a lot of people are gonna give up on this and watching it at home. you can take some other lines. if you go to the sfmta site, they have subway tiffs for you there. this has happened before where something has caused the -- has caused the trains not to run. they have a whole -- instead of going under the ground here, the trains cannot go underground. you might want to take the f- line or other services that will get you down to the embarcadero or you could take the shuttles but they are very crowded. this is a developing story. we'll get you more information as it comes out. san francisco's new sherr sitch due in court. ross mirkarimi is expected to plead not guilty to three misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic violence flight. both he and his wife strongly deny the charges. yesterday, his wife eleana

lopez gave an interview to a venezuela radio station defending her husband. >> i talked to her and told her that i had a disagreement on new year's with my husband that didn't involve yelling or anything like that. >> lopez also blames her political opponents for this reported scandal. it happened on cherry and mowry avenue. three burglary suspects were in a speeding car that slammed into another car. the innocent driver of the car dried there at the scene. this -- died sceer at the scene -- died at the scene. the suspect's car was spotted racing away at 80 miles an

hour. >> a short pursuit ensued because of the suspects' wreck -- suspect's wreck les driving, our -- reckless driving our officers called off the search. >> the three suspects here were arrested at the crash scene. all were 20. they live in the east bay and police say they have long criminal records. one suspect watkins was critically injured in that crash. a court hear something scheduled for a 14-year-old who is accused of sexually assaulting two women. it's unclear whether he will be tried as an adult or juvenile. police say he attacked two women who were both 28 years old in separate incidents, two weeks ago.

san francisco police say two women attacked during a home invasion robbery in the sunset district have been upgraded to stable condition. the suspect who broke into the 20th avenue home last week is still on the loose. police say he attacked a 76- year-old woman with a hammer and a knife. another woman who was delivering good to the house was also attacked. we have learned that $10,000 was stolen. the suspect is described as a cantonese asian male driving a beige sedan with taillights shaped like triangles. new information on the remains found by the hollywood sign in hollywood. bob decastro is live with more. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yeah, they are resuming their church now with daylight for a

third straight day as they look for more body parts. let me show you the seen. this is bronson canyon park. this is a very popular hiking area for people here in southern california. in fact, this is one. ways you can get really close to the hollywood scene. >> this was on tuesday that first a severed hand was found by a dog -- by a dog walker. she was talking the dog and the dog brought what appeared to be a head and it certainly was. the search crews came out. they found first through a cadaver dog a hand and then shrtly after that. and then late in the day, the coroner was out here as well, they found feed -- feet. the identity of that body -- body was not -- has not been

determined. they are trying to figure out the identifiy of the victim. they believe the person was killed elsewhere around the body killed here. the search, they are bringing in search and rescue teams so they can rappel down mountain sides and more officers on horse back as well as more than 100 peer. a helicopter in the air. this is one peck of -- one heck of a big search here in the hollywood hills. the 49ers' potential run to the super bowl could not come -- could not have come at a better time for the team. right now, the 9ers are selling season tickets and seat isn't license -- seat licenses for their new poached stadium. the paper reports the ticket sales could make up a major force for the 49er -- for the $49 billion stadium. exactly two weeks from now, the

nfl is scheduled to vote on whether to contribute $200 moifl to help finance. -- $200 moifl to conditions -- $200 to help finance. . odds are a peninsula new grow up a 49ers fan. coming up around 7:48, the father opens up about his son's birth and how the family won tickets to this weekend's game. here's the line lineup -- &&c1

. if you ride a bike in san francisco, there are new places to park your bike. 15 new bike co rales have been installed throughout the city -- corrals have been installed throughout the city. each corral can hold up to 15 bikes. 7:39. it might not be a bad option if you normally take muni. let's check back in with sal. >> this is a big fail of this driver. how -- how he drove his car into the munny -- muni ton. muni service is suspended on the muni metro for all of the lines accept for the t that runs

along street. as you can see our photographer looking back there and showing us the people that are getting off the -- getting off the street cars and getting on to shuttle bus us. those shuttles will eventually take you down to market street. kotd is there now. maybe -- claudine wong is there now. maybe she can find bought, what were you thinking, guy? the toll plaza is backed fowmp about a 20-minute delay. the commute will be slow in the south bay. 237, who 101. a little bit of slow traffic on 85 getting into the western valley. >> thank you. streets are wet near annapolis. things are starting to get

there. it's been a slow process. this system has put on the air brake as little bit. no pun intended. there is a lot of rain to the north. there's just not a lot of rain for us. i will show you our computer forecast. the system finally moves south and moves into sonoma, marin county. the next system coming in looks wet. we'll get a break saturday morning and then the next

system is on tap for sunday. the question is will it make it sunday night. as we get closer that system begins to move in. let's hope it comes in sunday night. live stormtracker2 shows rain starting to move its way. that's light stuff but at least it's finally making it. a lot of 30s here instead of those teens and 20s due to the cloud cover. the first system here will kind of set the -- set the stable for that one -- will sweep back again. increasing clouds. cloudy. rain to the north. starting very lightly and then picking up with the sowing wind there will be upper 50s to low 60s. very windy in the sierra.

keep that in my. -- keep that in mind. another record for mortgage rates. why it doesn't mean much.

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have been shut down. it's been since about 5:00 a.m. a driver drove his suv about a mile and a half into a muni tuble and effectively shut down the lrv for commute, if not a few thousand people works rely on this service. claudine wong is there. we'll have a live report from the scene -- coming up. but again, a lot of people are delayed here on the commute. checking sphoks. te are up slightly. rates on 30-year mortgages fall to 3.88%. it really couldn't mean -- 352,000 people filed for first-

time jobless benefits. that's the lowest elf -- lowest level since april of 2008. applications jumped two weeks ago because companies laid off thousandsing of temporary workers followed bier -- thousands of temporary workers hired for the holidays. another big announcement from apple this morning. as pam cook errors, it comes amid rumors, blogs, tweets about what the big news could be. the news is every --

everywhere. in the last half-hour, apple announced what it calls a new experience for the ipad. it is a much-anticipateed textbook solution. it's called aye books -- i- -books, 2 he says 1.5 million ipods are being used at schools or some sort of -- some sort of education. apple is joining courses to offer a student focused and educational experience. analysts say it just makes sense for apple. in the next

hour, i'm gonna tell you some of the specifics and the cool things that this new books -- new becks book will do. this was back over to may. >> fake is offering new apps, and they include everything from a share of what you had for dinner to what concert you bought tickets to. a mu development in the search for a -- a new development in the search for a head raider coach.

. there's a graup of wild -- a group of wild parrots in san diego county around the city of el cajon. the parrots are indigenous to mexico. new details about an ohio man who freed dozens of exotic animals from his farm before taking his own life there. a report by the local sheriff's office says terry thomas was upset that his wife left him. investigators say he received 56 ex-on thetic animals, including tigers, and then -- exotic animals, including

tigers, and then shot himself. mike mccoy canceled this week's scheduled interview with raiders' general manager. mccoy is almost cleared to be the head poach of the -- the head coach of the dolphins. the oakland as have made it clear they want to move out of town but they still have critical negotiations ahead. they are still deciding whether to approve the as request to san jose. that means that the as will be in san francisco a few more years. we want to check in with

sal. we're watching the commute from the east bay. that includes. 880 freeway, northbound and southbound. a lot of people use 880. it's not too crowded here or heafded south to hayward in case you are driving down to hayward. but we don't have any major problems there. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for about a 10 to 15 minute wait until you make it on the bridge into san francisco. san francisco we have a stall or a problem here. san francisco 101, right in front of the u.p.s. building. you can see it there blocking one of the right lanes. traffic is a little bit slow. triting to get off westbound 80 on the southbound 880. we'll let you know what happened. northbound 101 looks to be affected as well. >> we're getting reports of light rain, to about u kye jaw

-- ukiah, and also snoern sonoma county. at -- sonoma county. you can see those though for me to get in of the group -- you can see these, getting in the groove. san jose will have to wait until this evening to get anything out of this. turning cloudy, already there. cloudy skies, breezy, mile out of the south-southeast. so snow levels go -- will go up. rain comes in, spread otherert area, but it will be a cloudy day for many friday night. we get rain -- beering out.

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. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's thursday, january 19th. a developing story coming from san francisco. major problems for thousands of muni problems in san francisco this morning. an suv trove into a -- drove into a muni tunnel. we have no idea when the suv will be removed. muni -- or when the service can get back to schedule.

>> reporter: claudine wong is live with more. >> reporter: certainly a mess out here but we've just been told ha that he -- is that what they are waiting for if the train can come through safely. and then they will resume service. they have been doing repairs to signals. as far passion the car involved -- as far as the car involved in this, they were able to drive it away from the track. so they are hoping to get this commute back up and running. and then they will get the darr -- -- that tunnel. this driver came out and marked through the ton. , that's clearly marked is a train. muni said they called a stop

for all trains, off cussly concerned for the safety of everyone. that driver was taking away. we've been talking to people about this and they are not happy about this. you can see the crowds coming off this train right now. the people we've been talking to said this is extending my commute. i'm late for work. i don't know how long it will take me because you are taking a round-about route to get to work. we're looking for a train to come out of this tunnel. they said when we see that, that will be the first real sign that the commute will get underway. if you do not have the time to wait for that, sal castanedo is watching all of your old alternate routes.

>> i think one. best things to do is to use your computer and go to their alternate page. they have a whole list of buses that will get you around this. if you can stay on some -- there's too many for me to mention. you can take a shuttle was from west par dole to ail me ta. best place is no is that had new of -- enough of these melts. they've had enough of -- shuts to the west station to almeda.

last night on aloha drive, an accident. alex sav vich is live with more to explain what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: good morning, at last check that gunman is still on the loose. the shooter fired from close range but amazingly enough the officer was shoot yet -- the shooter was able too get away. the officer was chasing the car. the driver filed shoots into inside the -- inside. this morning befores are righting to figure out the --

officials are trying to figure out what caused this. >> she was 6 feet away. she suffered imagine year -- minor injuries. he was last seen driving eastbound on 580 near the highway 15 interchange. san leandro police are looking for a -- on a we're live in san leandro, alex sav vich of smoo we're -- dash san leandro, alex

savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. house is gonna explain -- the house is gonna explode. no doubt. we were very concerned. i have three children here. one firefighter suffered minor j. the fire reportedly started in the chimney. no word on what burn. but firefighters say the damage looks extensive. 8:04. we're expecting the bay area's rain storm of the new year and to areas prone to flooding -- flooding. it's a long time. in guerneville, the russian river flood level is 32 feet. right now, the river is just 5

15 feet high -- is just five feet high. >> nothing there really. >> the first rains will fall in the north bay and then we'll see rain all over the blair later on today -- over the bay area later on today. steve paulson will have the full weather forecast for you in just a few minutes. you can get weather sent to your home by signing up for mobilektvu.com. divers resumed the search today for 21 people still missing after that cruise ship disaster in italy. coming up at 8:015, more damaging -- 8:5, more damaging information is dumbing -- 8:15, more information on the search.

>> reporter: it's kind of a mixed bag but the important thing is that uc president mark yudof is seriously considering this student proposal to eliminate the tuition all together. protests have plagued the berkeley cam fows twor two -- campus for two years now. here is the idea students have -- they want the uc to drop the $12,000 a year tuition and students will submit 80 -- will submit on this. >> you do have to pay money in

the future. i figure it's better to pay now than later. >> it would be different than freddie mac and fannie mae, you don't have to pay that office. >> reporter: samry for a berkeley grad is about $50,000 a year. so students figure the university would break even thor dab cash would break even there -- would break even though. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. we've been asking you our viewers what you think about the uc tuition proposal. this sounds good on the surfaces about it -- sur surface but it raises a lot of questionles. we want to hear from you. if you want to send us a

message, go to the morning news team on facebook. we want to check in with sal. >> we do have good news. claudine, our reporter just told us a train with passengers was just allowed to go in. taking them out of market street and down the em bar ka der low. apparently they just moved the car -- embarcadero. apparently they just mod the -- moved the car. steve has been calling for rain. possible which this -- possibly this evening. 85 northbound, slow traffic as

you drive pass 17. it fets -- it gets slow. and then let's go to steve. >> there's cloudy mys to the north. i was just looking after the web camera at the meteorologist department. there's some clouds but also a few breaks. a few reports coming in from the north of heat mist. santa rosa said cloudy on their:00 observation and ukiah says cloydy really -- says cloudy. the system -- high pressure, so long that it is taking a to.

the pipe line is there had. if we could just get it funneled over us. there is a lot of moisture out here. these are warm temperatures. today will get the stage here. morning, cloudy, very light mist or rain. pie noon dlis fi everybody on tend -- and then it be -- you can say things are beginning to turn a little bit of green there. temperatures in the 40s now for almost everybody. i think that livermore is still about an hour ole. they -- they haven't gruch quaided. open hopefully -- they haven't changed. here comes the system right here. for us we're waiting for the next system.

it will be much more mulls. light rain to the north and spreading south. maybe a cloudy may with child testimony -- maybe a cloudy day. we're expecting the official announcement. another flame republican is dropping out of the race for president. a pop pie lar downthat bankrupted one man's ignited uproar. >> they are the see vie will -- a big celebration for them in san francisco today. look! here she comes!

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let's listen. >> any of us in our lives. i don't get confused -- i know we can't lose track of the ultimate objective in carrying out our mission. and that objective is not only to defeat president obama but to replace him with a conservative leader who will bring -- who will bring about real change. our country is hursting. make no -- hurting. plake no mistake about that.

13million people out of work. 15million of our citizens on food stamps. $15trillion national debt and growing. we need a leadership that will take on the entrenched interest and give the american people their country back. i've always believed the mission is greater than the man. as i've cont plated the future of this campaign, i've come to the conclusion that there is no viable path forward for me -- contemplated the future of this campaign, i've come to the conclusion, that there is no viable path for me in this campaign therefore, i'm -- campaign. therefore, i'm suspending my campaign and i'm endorsing newt gingrich. >> you just heard it. he's suspending his campaign and endorsing newt gingrich. perry, of course, did not do well in iowa in the caucuses in

the beginning of the month. he said he's gonna reassess his campaign and then -- but then he said he would stay in the game in south carolina where he was expected to do fairly well. but. he's still trailing badly in the polls. there is a debate tonight. john huntsman -- jon huntsman dropped out. mitt romney is still leading in south carolina but newt gingrich is starting to make um up some ground there. we'll continue to follow -- make up some ground there. we'll continue to follow this. >> new this morning, a big about-face in the iowa caucus results from january 3rd. the republican party announced the cert fifed totals. the new count shows rick santorum finished ahead of mitt romney by 34 votes. the vote count announced immediately after the caucuses indicated that mitt romney had

beaten santorum by eight votes. some more controversial information coming out this moving about the finances of mitt romney. romney is acknowledging some of his personal millions of dollars are invested in the cayman island. however, they say he never used that as a tax haven. earlier this week, romney's republican rivals jumped on his statement that he paid federal taxes at less than a rate than is paid by his rivals. two-hour interview with the second wife of knit gingrich -- of newt gingrich will be broadcast tonight. in previous interviews she's talked about an admission by gingrich that he had an affair

with the woman who is now his third wife before their divorce. his first two dah r -- daughters -- newt gingrich's daughters from his first marriage wrote a letter to the broadcast talks about divorce being an event with differing events. a congressal committee just announced it's -- congressional committee just announced it is launching -- launching an investigation of their own. here's more. >> reporter: the house transportation committee wants a full review of cruise ship operating standards and crew training. committee leaders say the tipping. ship was a preventable strategy. >> i know the cruise industry likes to present a cruise line vacation as just happy and

nothing ever goes wrong. >> yes, it's considered safe. i know that. >> reporter: a congressional hearing will likely be held next month. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:19. well, the earthquake damaged washington monument may possibly open sooner than expected, thanks to a generous location. it was damaged by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake back in august. inspectors found a lot of cracking in the top portioning of the washington monument well, today fill lan mow pist david ruben stein is expected to announce a $7.5 million donation expected to pay for

the remaining repairs -- philanthropist david rubenstein is expected to announce a $7.5 million donation expected to pay for the remaining -- remaining repairs. &&c1 george lucas says he's ready to retire from hollywood. he tells "the new york times" he wants to spend the rest of his life making small films. lucas' most recent film is about african-american airmen. but he's best known for "star

wars" and "indiana jones" franchises. 22 years ago today, the first sea lions arrived to pier 39 and they've been a must-see attracttion in the city ever sense. well, to mark the anniversary there will be free walking tours on pier 39. 8:21. he reached his boiling point before match point. the tennis player who lost his cool in front of hundreds of fans. we'll let you know if he won the patch or not. we're looking outside the window -- the window wipers there, too. yes, thank you, sid -- our meteorologist, steve paulson, will talk about the question everyone is asking this morning -- are we gonna get some rain? and this morning it's been very slow getting into the sal

on -- getting into the valley on 280 and 285. move on the commute -- coming up. dinner? candles?

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rackets. he -- racquets. his tennis tantrum lased about a -- lasted about a minute before he was back in the game. tennis.com and -- i just checked. he's been fined $800. a little like john mcen mcen -- john mcenroe. let's check in with sal. >> the trains are moving for the muni lrv. they are delayed. the trains are now moving again underground. quickly let's go to the toll plaza. there is a -- there is a small delay. we're looking at san francisco, northbound 101 looks good. the slowest freeway is 85. let's go to steve. increasing clouds, cloudy skies, some light rain has made it to the north. this system is coming in later than sooner.

some rain may not make it to san jose until this evening. the main front is still aways off. there's not much here yet. but there will be. 40s on the temperatures. almost everybody now starting to go up because of the cloud cover and the south wind. the system first comes in. this will open the door and give us two more systems. one on friday night, saturday. up fortunately, next week is looking dry. cloudy skies, breezy, mild. but for everyone else it's mainly a cloudy day. 50s near 60s. i friday night looks pretty good. sunday night. after that, things will quiet down. san francisco's sheriff heads to court. he faces domestic violence charges. how his wife is now defending her embattled husband. >> reporter: take a look at the train right there. it just came out of the affected tunnel. a sure sign that the commute is

back on. also -- the last-ditch effort to save a san francisco watering hole.

small 8:29. we're continuing with the developing news coming -- we're continuing with the developing news coming into san francisco. mun nip's service shut down since 6:00 this morning is now back in service. claudine wong is live explaining how a wrong-way driver caused all of this mess. >> reporter: let's show you this train here. the commuter trains are back up and running. it's been a very long morning.

this all started at 6:00 this morning, the car was going an estimated 40 miles an hour into the ton. made it two and a half blocks into the tunnel. the muni employees stopped trains. they've been able to push the car to the side so all of these trains can make their way through. and the commuters can try to get to where they need to go this moving. i want to show you this video. people are going how could this possibly have happened. as we're starting -- this car here, it tried to do the wrong thing. drive into the ton. he actually rolled down his window and asked, can i go down

here, to which we replied no. this is what people have had to do instead of taking the train. we've -- they've loaded on to these bus and shuttles as you try to ease the congestion. the people were waiting for multiple shuttles to come through here. you can cancel the shuttle service and things are coming back to normal. if we come back out here live. yet another train coming through here. bringing commuters to where they need to go this morning. coming out of the outbound tuble where all of these problems happened. it is beginning to clear up out here. that is good news but certainly it has been a slow going event for the folks trying to commute. a lot of people saying how could this have happened but muni we've talked to them they said it has happened before. and they will work to try to do what they can to try to prevent

it from happening again. as far -- as fares the -- as far as the driver, as far as we know, he's been arrested. back to you. >> thank you, claudine. san francisco's new sheriff due in court had morning. ross mirkarimi is expected to plead not guilty to three misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic violence complaint. both he and his wife strongly deny the charges and yesterday his wife went on radio defending her husband, discussing the scandal in an interview with a venezuela radio station. she appeared to join outside forces. >> there are many forces who will not forgive. >> ed lee issued a statement -- he may issue a statement after this afternoon's court hearing. the wet weather we's -- we

are expecting will be a big relief for california farmers. >> that's wheat trying to go. you can -- trying if grow -- trying to yo-- trying to grow. a lot of the farmers say some of those fields are a total loss. others may get some benefit if this storm we are expecting brings enough rain. >> very sad about rain. i would like to see an inch between now and monday. at least maybe more. i would be -- that would be very beneficial to us. ranchers are always very anxious to get some rain. no grass growing for the herd, and they've had to bring in hay. that is costing $200 a week for cattle and that doesn't the cattle having water to drink. people say they hope there are

several storms behind the one already heading our way. of course, steve paulson has all -- hat all of the information. he will go your -- he will have your forecast in a couple of minutes. you can always get information send to your mobile phone. big announcement from apple. it's certainly to capture the attention of everyone who owns an ipod. pam cook will tell us about the digital textbook at 8:45. there is a last-ditch effort to save a famous san francisco watering hole. a news conference is planned at 4:00 this afternoon at the gold dust lounge in union square. the bar is set to close. herb crane and jackie season attend -- herb cane and jackie

glee son frequented the bar. san francisco police are searching for -- for two boys who stole a 12-year-old boy's bike at gunpoint. the boy told police he was riding his bike when two teenagers stopped him and threatened him with guns. the teenagers stole the bike and the 12-year-old ran home. he was not hurt. oakland police have made a connection between a missing woman and a body found in the oakland estuary. the woman was found december 15th at the ferry landing near jack london square. police have identified her as 31-year-old yasmine von. 24 past saturday her family held a hal -- this past saturday her family held a rally to get the word out about her college. her family said she started worrying about her when she didn't show up for christmas dinner. police say there's no -- there was no sign of trauma. san francisco police are

investigating a violent robbery at a muni bus stop. it happened monday evening on 25th and connecticut street. the examiner reports a woman approached a 17-year-old girl and deep mannedded her bike -- demafnded her bike. -- demafnded her bike. she wanted money and she stole her purse and ran away. a victim hit in august was 23-year-old emily down. investigators say she was in the crosswalk when the muni bus hit and killed her. they say cameras were looking in his side view mirror and did not see down until its too late. the driver will be arraigned tomorrow. 8:37. let's check in with sal, you have everything under control

that's the taupe. >> we're trying to. gooferm. if you dash good morning. if you are driving into san francisco, you will see -- good morning. if you are driving into san francisco, you will see -- the traffic is going to be moderately heavy. it's getting much better. this morning's commute, looking pretty good if you are driving on interstate 80 in oakland -- 880 in oakland. >> after that it clears up. the commutes are getting better with 85 improving so is 280. let's go to steve. >> downtown larkspur getting some rain. we're getting there. it's getting closer. the cloud cover has been increasing unbelievable amounts up towards eureka, arkay dah,

crescent city -- akcadia, crescent city. our system that will give us a lot of cloud cover here, there's a lot out there. that's a very wet cap of moisture if we can just get it here. cloudy skies. it's thinning to the north. it might take until tonight. you can see some of that light move into mendocino county, lake county, northern sonoma. 30s and 40s, now to near 50 degrees for some on these

temperatures. by this evening, hopefully we can get some rain down by los gatos, san jose, santa cruz mountains. but probably not much is going to make it down there. tomorrow night into saturday morning. one more system and then sunday night into monday and then next week all signs say driver weather rushes. the 49 -- weather returns. the 49ers' potential run for the super bowl could not have come at a better time for  the team. right now, the team is selling things and could get $20 million for sel the stadium -- selling the stadium's naming -- naming rights.

opponents of the project hope to force the issue is another vote. the group, santa clara plays fair, smt submitted about 30,000 to the city manager. but. she was not told thegy has to carry up $8.35. by don't need a vote. san francisco lee and mayor bloomberg have agreed about the -- the meeting of the teams. if the giants win, mayor lee has agreed to send some of san francisco's sour-dow cake from

man. you that -- has agreed to send some of san francisco's sour- dough cake if his team win -- wins. after, our analysts will recap everything that happened during the game. i know when it's time to make a to tee just -- time to make a strategic retreat. also, today, president obama heads to disney world. but he will deliver a very serious message in the magic kingdom. >> reporter: a san leandro officer is thankful to be okay today.

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ebay and southwest airlines' stock, doing well. the dow is up 33. the nasdaq is up 23. s&p up 6. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now -- just 15 minutes ago, texas governor, rick perry, announced he's ending his run for the white house. >> therefore, today, i'm sus spending my campaign and en-- and endorsing newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> now, perry dropping out means there will only be four republican ditts on the stage for the debate tonight. the candidates' last debate in south carolina before the primary there last saturday. mark yudof promises he will consider a student proposal to eliminate college tuition -- tuition all together. under the plan students would not have to pay anything while they are in college. instead, they would pay 5% of their annual income for 20 years after they graduate.

this morning, the police search continues for a driver who birred several shots last night at close range at a san leandro company. . a shooting happened last night on aloha drive. that's where police say an undercover narcotics officer was following a suspicious car. that car turned around and without saying anything to the

officer, he fired several shots into that unmarked police car. the officer is grateful he survived this attack. >> he's feeling lucky. he has had a lot of adrenaline flowing. so now he -- i think everyone evyterng is setting in on him but he's doing great. >> reporter: the gunman pled police on a dangerous chase that reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. he eventually was able to escape. he was last scene driving eastbound near the highway 13 interchange. san leandro police say they morning they are looking for an acura sedan. did you -- but beyond that, they don't have a description. gunman himself. before his death, steve jobs promised it would happen. today it's underway. a replacement for the textbook.

here's pam cook. >> apple announced i-books ii. apple's executive made the announcement shortly after 7:00 this moving. he said there are learning apps already in place for the ipad, so it makes perfect sense. what i've been able to find out if the -- is the new i-books will be an interactive way to look at textbooks. this is also supposed to save students money. and we just found out that uc berkeley will join some of the big 10 schools in an experiment with electronic textbooks. the universities will pool their buying power and

negotiate discounted prices from the -- from the book companies to try out the e text. some students will get three -- get free i-books. i also think students would be very happy to carry around anipad instead of 50 or 60 pounds of books. i'm pam cook, let's go to tori. >> and my sun started to use the dictionary feature. >> fantastic. certainly if hear are updates -- if -- certainly if there are updates, they could do it. today, the president is going to disney world but it's not for fun. the president will use the magic kingdom as a backdrop to announce details to boost tourism. tourism is a make industry in

florida. vice president joe biden is -- said "-- said" the giants are on their way to the super bowl." after jeers, he corrected himself and said he's ussed to hearing about the giants in the super bowl. a peninsula couple won tickets to this weekend's nfc championship game. michelle gave birth to her baby last weekend. in between contractions from her hospital bad, michelle is who is -- who is a big 49ers fan was booting -- was rooting with the store i-- with her.

she told him to tell the story to jed york. they were asked to send a suite about -- sweet about why they had deserved this. >> i knew i was gonna get to the game without a cute. but being there was the most important. >> you do it -- you did it, dad. the mom, michelle, is gonna stay at home with their -- with their new-born son. we've been asking you to send us our yirnlts of this -- send us your thoughts of these photos. >> wow. >> in is the whole family and the five super bowl trophies. if you have a foe foe you want to chair with us, go to photos at ktvu.com. we just may show it on the air. 8:52. muni trains are finally rolling

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we're still following developing news from san francisco. muni rail cars are up and running again after underdownservice was stopped when a wrong-way driver drove into a muni tunnel. claudine wong is in san francisco with the very latest

on everything that's been happening and where we are now, claudine. >> reporter: well, things are moving back to normal right now but what a mess. the tunnel we're talking about is right here. in is at -- this is at did you pose and -- dubose street. this hatched at of á6:00 -- this happened at 6:00 this morning. these are pictures that we just got of the suv. about two and a half blocks is what's estimated in that tunnel. the muni manager who was here when this hatched when chasing after this driver. he also just talked to us about what he saw. >> i seen the car rolling in at about 40 miles an hour. he's booking. so we try to chase -- chase after him and he -- all of a sudden we don't see him anymore. so we go to see where he ended and he end -- where he ended up

and he ended up -- where he ended up. he was pretty eneen briated. >> he -- intoxicated. >> we've seen muni trains coming through. they still have some of the shuttles running. everything is so crowded. we tried to ride a train there. again, the morning commute getting back to normal. this is a very popular line. this is a line that a lot of trains have to run through. sal, i know you've been watching the traffic. it's been so and mesesy -- messy. >> it has been slow. we are looking at 880. it's pretty slow coming up to

downtown oakland. also at the at toll plaza, that's improved a lot. if you are driving on any of the other bridging around the bay, that will be okay. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. welling our much-needed rain -- rain, temperatures 50s and 60s. we will see some rain out of this system maybe tonight, the south bay might get a stronger system. friday night, saturday, saturday night, sun, one more. >> well, that's our report. we'll see you the next time that news breaks. we just got word that johnny otis has died, famous blues sicker -- singer. more on that at noon. thank you for joining us. &&c1 %c1