. winter storm is causing havoc for commuters, we will take you live from the toll plaza. what does it all mean for the morning hours? i will give you a him the, wind, but there is more as

well. it was a saddening for the 49 -- sad ending for the 49ers, a missed opportunity for the giants. >> complete bay area news coverage continues, this is channel 2 morning news. >> good morning, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's go right to steve paulsen. there is possible thunder showers, watch how the rotation goes from santa rosa, it wraps up right there and it is already starting to light up, and around the park, there is some intense rain, you can also get some thunder showers, we will continue to track that, it will be high in the 50s and here is sal. good morning, right now tough driving conditions

extending to every area including the east shore freeway and el cerrito but also for example antioch, pittsburgh and bay point, some tough driving there as well. it looks like a little bit of a delay starting in the cash lanes, let's go back to the desk. the rain is causing some problems for the morning commute. paul chambers joins us from the bay bridge toll plaza with more on how that looks, paul? >> reporter: actually as you can see before people start going to the toll things are running smoothly and the winter storm is causing problems at the toll plaza but the water has been causing problems. here is some flooding video from overnight on interstate 880 at the broadway off ramp

and give yourself some extra time in that area. now let's take a look at some video over here in berkley. this is interstate 880 westbound, there was an accident this morning and we are still trying to go the the details out but we know the accident happened in a car as rain pounded the area and two vehicles collided, a truck crashed into a concrete barrier where it will need to be repaired and replaced. that was cleared a few hours ago and you have to keep in mind, the roadways are very slick and very wet so give yourself some extra time. there are parts here where there is standing water which is happening here at the toll plaza and all throughout the bay area so give yourself some extra time as you head out this morning. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and we will talk with steve

in just a few minutes but we want to remind you, you can sign up for mobile ktvu channel 2 news. and we have developing news coming from oakland just a short time ago, a police s.w.a.t. team arrived at a standoff. lorraine blanco is close by as more and more streets are blocked off. good morning, lorraine. >> reporter: a half-dozen more police squad cars and trucks are arrived at brooks dale and oakland. you can see it right there and the standoff is a domestic disturbance. police tell us the man flagged down police around 3:00 a.m. and there are several dozen units including the s.w.a.t. team. earlier we heard police trying to negotiate with the man in

english and spanish and so far they have not been able to make any contact with him. they are not sure if he is armed or if he has any hostages and there are several blocks of roadblocked off on brook dale and a few more on cap. of course we will keep an eye on the situation and if there is anymore information, we will bring it to you. lorraine belongco channel 2 news. opening arguments charged with a fatal shooting of his san francisco sons. he is accused of killing a father and two sons. ramos admitted to driving the car but says he was not the gunman. ramos is an undocumented immigrant with an arrest record

but was never deported because of san francisco policies. 78-year-old accused serial killer joseph naso is on trial representing himself during the preliminary hearing in a marin county courtroom and is expected to enclosing statements this morning. naso is accused of killing four women with crimes dating back to the late 1970s. the dreams are over for the 49ers and it was a heartbreaking loss, giants jumped to the lead and outside tight end vernon davis, 9ers worked 14-10 in the 4th quarter and kyle williams knocked the punt allowing them to take a 17- 14 lead and tied it in and s the game into overtime. giants were able to kick field

goals. >> you know obviously, i was thinking about those two punt, punt returns for quite a while but for me it was the game and we lost the game across the board. it was not good enough. >> for me it was definitely a super bowl team we made it this far everyone wanted to win it, we wanted to go play the super bowl but we just couldn't get it. >> we all wanted that, i think. >> the 49ers end with a 14 and 4 record and the coach jim harbaugh is a favorite to win coach of the year. the new england patriots, indianapolis, he is looking to win his 4th championship. they beat them 23-20 when they missed the final field goal in the final second. and the presidential race moves to florida after newt

gingrich's victory in the south carolina primary. >> it is good to be back in florida, i need your help... >> coming up at 6:15 the mistake mitt romney says he made and how he says he is going to fix it. we go back over to sal and look at the problems on the roadways this morning. we had a lot much i just had a bunch of crashes, a few of them on 680 and 880 on thornton avenue and it looks like a new crash on devil's slide. let's look at what we have. highway 24 westbound as we come to the up until, it is going to be slow there and right there it looks moderate. watch out for some slowed traffic on contra costa county. also westbound bridge, so far there is a little bit of a

backup and they switched the metering lights on and we'll see what happens then. and we are looking now at the contra costa area, highway 4, a little bit of slowed traffic 680 looks okay and if you are driving to the peninsular, highway 101, it looks like a brand-new crash just reported now on highway 101 at woodside road southbound 101 at woodside road, watch out for slowed traffic to start developing. 608, let's go to steve. north bay counterclockwise directions and ahead of that you are getting a southeast wind and rotating back around, that is what is happening right there and it is intensifying and we could get some thunder and it is rotating along the north bay, contra costa county heading off to the east and

there is a wide variety with anything with this system as it begins to move and that's a good little guy right there and it is very intense as well. temperatures will be in the 50s and we are already in the 50s but it is a mild air mass and it is a third system in the series and it is the last one. high pressure will move back in and the second one will give us win and rain. very windy conditions being possible thunderstorms, partly sunny skies partly cloudy skies, santa rosa 48 fairfield 48, right there get a good look at it, bridges are up in the keys, 5 to 6 inches of very wet snow, it snowed all night, temperatures are 36 degrees at the tahoe airport and we will have additional amounts 4 to

10, above 7,000 feet there will be more than that. snow level is high right now. windy showers possible thunder showers, 50s to near 60 degrees and the extented outlook calls for calming down and it is going to get warm and there will be fog nights and mornings so upper 60s to 70s and it will cool down as we head towards the weekend. bird strikes at sacramento airport, they seem to be happening more and more and why there are more strikes this month. a series of thefts, the equipment that was targeted and how it could cause problems for firefighters. plus, you are looking live at the pictures and this is how the storm is bringing us rain and is dropping snow in the sierra. a live picture will take you there, coming up.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news, sacramento airport is seeing an increase in the number of bird strikes this month. the latest incident happened after a united airlines flight left for houston. they say there are typically more bird strikes than any other months and it is part of the migration route to mexico, some are not too worried about it. >> these are giant planes, so

the birds will not affect them. >> 34 bird strikes in sacramento airport compared to only 4 and 6 in the following months. time now 6:14, mitt romney is launching his toughest attacks on newt gingrich, live in washington d.c., allison will tell us how mitt romney will recover. >> reporter: mitt romney is calling newt gingrich a failed leader to had to resign in disgrace. he is focusing on housing issues here and will be face to face with newt gingrich, rick santorum rand paul in their first debate. newt gingrich raised a million dollars after his south carolina win and he is out for another win in south carolina next week. >> we have big problems and we

need big solutions and the people of florida know that as well as anybody else in the country. >> mitt romney has decided to release his tax information tomorrow and why he said it was a mistake not to get that information out sooner during my next update in about an hour. it is a sad day in santa rosa, city leaders are holding what could be their last meeting of the redevelopment agency. that he had land project back in 1958 and the state of california is now eliminating this agency and 400 others across california which is part of jerry brown's budget plan. this could mean more drone strikes after they were halted last year. u.s. held off on drone strikes in pakistan for nearly two

months after killing 24 pakistani soldiers a long checkpoints in afghanistan back in november. no word out of syria that the government is rejecting a new and rob lead -- arab league plan, this is video of the meeting and they call on the opposition to form a unity government within two weeks to lead the country through a transitional period in which elections would then be held but they are calling it interference in its internal affairs. union city teacher is accused of having sex with a female student is due in court at 9:00 a.m. he is scheduled to be charged with 3 felony counts including statutory rape. he was taken into custody earlier this month in hayward

after investigators say he was planning to meet with the teenage girl. they are looking for thieves who stole firefighter equipped. thea they discovered as many as 20 connectioners are missing. it is used to pump water into building sprinklers in the event of a fire. it is made of various cast medals and officials think they took them to recyclers and they are asking landlords and tenants to check for any missing or damaged equipment. a lot of rain and crashes and sal is all over it, sal? yes, i am and unfortunately accidents keep piling up and that's one of things, if you are going to be driving, you don't want to be getting into a crash on monday, take it easy out there, if necessary you may want to say you are running behind, i know that is tough, this is a look at interstate

880 and as steve mentioned, it will be windy later today but you can tell they are moving a around, not as bad as it has been doing later on. still some standing water in many places, let's move along and look at the westbound bay bridge, there are no major problems awe you make it to the bay bridge. i would go 280 but there are high winds a long 280 especially along crystal springs, let's go across the bay where 580 getting into livermore is heavy and we have had five fender-benders between livermore and cast tore valley, so use -- caster valley so use caution. some of the higher elevations the wind is also accompanied with rain and

possible thunderstorms are right there. this is live storm tracker 2 and you can see how it wrapped up, that is moderate to heavy rain, calistoga back to sonoma, napa heading southeast and southeast ahead of this system that will be calm are as it goes through and this is heading towards fairfield, it looks like american canyon, venetia, points east and southeast, you can get some thunder and lightning out of that and brief hail. 50s and 60s with a mild air mass as the system moves through, the first one that came by, the second one gave us a lot of heavy rain, 40s and 50s on the temperatures and santa rosa should start dropping and they will get the cooler air behind that and until then, they have windy showers possible showers mild temperatures and we will have sun and clouds and it will be a

blustery day. 50s to near 60 degrees on the high an extended outlook, this pattern is done as we go back to high pressure there will be night morning fog and the fog will be mild to warm, a little cooler as we head towards the weekend. >> time now 6:20 coming up, we will take you live to the sierra and we will look at the snow that is falling now. and a cliff side rescue, we will have video on the efforts to save the girl as it happened. and tomorrow morning, you can see how interstate 880 is crowded and it is a little bit windy and tough driving, we will have more on traffic and weather, stay tuned.

. bay area bridges, let's take a look, it is not going to be good driving across any of these bridges and there is a little bit of a backup coming up. this is an incredible story,

. she became trapped and we are taking a look at this rescue because deputies were wearing helmet cameras. they hoisted her to safety and she was shaken but not hurt. the stormy weather we are getting is causing trouble on a lot of bay area roads and crews are still working to fix crumbling roads in oakland hills. now it collapsed near wild current road and it caused a water-main break and cut off service to dozens of people. in part of highway 1 in monterey county is shut down because of a rock slide and it's closed 25 miles south of the area and they are monitoring the situation where they have no time for a

reopening. in massachusetts, there is a robot particular -- robotics contest and it will be used to write on the international space station. one team is from college prep and another team includes seven girls sponsored by girl scouts of northern california. muni's cable carolyn is back in service after shutting down service for repairs. it ran between vannesque and drum. it was closed for a few hours but was fixed just before 9:00 last night. also this morning some socially students will sociology if i students will hold a press conference to increase minimum wage in san jose from $8 to $10 per hour. after it is reviewed, students

will begin a petition drive to collect 19200 signatures to qualify the initiative for the november ballot. time now 6:26 violence at candle stick park, the incident that led police to use pepper spray on a fan. and we will tell you how the weather could affect your morning commute. and we will take you live to the new york stock exchange for the opening bell and we'll see how the stock markets look. introducing the new flip & fresh from air wick

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2 morning news, they are getting ready to ring the opening bell. and we are watching the new york cast, i don't know what you watch there but anyway, they are visiting this morning and they have some critters celebrating animal planet and it looks like we have some earnings, some stocks to watch and we will have all the business news coming up in just a few minutes. >> do you see the puppy there? >> yeah. we will say good morning to you and thank you for joining us on channel 2 morning news, it is january 23rd, i am dave clark. >> time now is 6:30 and we are on the storm watch, you heard the rain, pounding rain, strong winds causing major hazardous conditions and we have team coverage, of course steve paulsen is tracking the storm

and let's start first, christian captain you are at the san mateo bridge, what is it like out there. >> we just arrived about 20 minutes ago in dahly city, you may not see it too much but take a look on at approach to san mateo bridge, you can see the cars and there are some rooster tails out here and there are plenty of wet roadways in the bay area and commuters will need to know there is still plenty of wind to contend with. they have issued a wind advisory this morning and those winds combined with wet roadways could lead to a messy commute and chp is warning drivers to leave more time on their way to work. up in daily city, the rain caused all kind of problems including on the on ramp 280 north into san francisco chp

officers discovered a problem discovering two feet of standing water at the bottom of the want ramp. that officers cleared the drains and cal trans was called out and had to replace the asphalt and chp is telling drivers to watch out for similar problems elsewhere. >> it left the asphalt floating and when people kept driving over and over, it loosened it up and breaks it apart. >> reporter: the san mateo bridge, the wind advisory for high profile vehicles, be advised that women will buffet cars around -- wind advisory will buffet cars around. for now live at the san mateo bridge, christian captain ktvu channel 2 news.

>> paul chambers continues our storm watch, paul, you are at the bay bridge toll plaza, how is it there? >> reporter: you can see behind me, the bay bridge is backed up right now and it will last about 30 minutes and high winds and standing water has been a problem here. here is some flooding video at 880 at the broadway off ramp in oakland. storms hit the area and the heavy rains we had overnight into the morning caused the flooding so give yourself some extra time in that area. it is very likely over in berkeley and wet areas involved a big-rig truck this morning and the accident happened just before the university exit off of interstate 880. the truck crashed into a concrete barrier on the right shoulder which will need to be repaired and there is a lot of standing water and some occasional gusts of winds and

you might want to leave a little early. watch your speed, back out here live, it is backed up right now and i will tell you some people are driving so be careful because roadways are slick and you don't want to cause any major accidents this morning. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. there have been more than a few accidents. >> this is easily outpacing normal commute by at least three times so i want to add advise you again, leave the house early because you will have to wade through fender benders and flooding, then you get into pretty good territory, there is a wind advisory for the venetia bridge and also high winds on other bridges as well. if you are driving on 808 west

-- 880 westbound, it looks like a crash on the shoulder already and moving along to the east bay, 880 hayward, we have had a couple of fender benders, 880 near thornton, southbound near 101 northbound 280 right near the boulevard a crash there and on the peninsular 101 has been a little bit slow and i would suggest using 280 but watch out for some high winds there. the bay bridge is beginning to fill and those metering lights are going on as you get passed those. northbound 280 still looks good and again give yourself some extra time, there is a lot of flooding but with minor puddles an extra time is needed. monday morning, really intense for the north bay, that is giving us strong gusty

conditions, and also the lows going right over the north bay, over towards the delta and contra costa county, also in marin county and back to san francisco and we will have a look at this, watch how it wraps up. i would say it is in napa county, see the counterclockwise direction, that is a little system within the big system and that's giving us some very heavy rain. as it does, some possible thunderstorms and we have a northeast wind, a northerly breeze and watch the temperatures as they start to plunge and they are in the mid- 50s. rainfall totals, three inches of rain in the last 20 hours, 2.8 0, windy conditions there some downed trees and power lines, napa petaluma, after

that three quarters, oakland also, three quarters, mill valley, i have seen an inch plus, there are some decent totals and our totals, that's it, we had one last week and after that it looks like high pressure builds back in but this morning, possible thunder showers, very windy conditions, partly sunny skies and partly cloudy skies, mid-50s everywhere else, cooler air will start to come in once that goes through and winter storm warnings are out in the sierra snow is around 6,000 feet. 50s to 60s on the highs, temperatures, very blustery day mainly in the morning, sunny and breezy tuesday unless you have fog. wednesday through friday, there will be fog as we go into

sunday. 6:37 they are cord doning off -- cordenning off in the area, there is a standoff since 3:00 a.m. and going live at the scene you can see a number of officers and the s.w.a.t. team is there and coming up in just about eight minutes, the streets are blocked off and we will have more on the disturbance that led to the standoff. also this morning, a judge is expected to set a trial date for mirkarimi. that date is expected to be within the next few weeks. mirkarimi is pleading not guilty to abusing his wife and the sheriff will ask for a modification for the judge's order to stay away from his wife and two-year-old son. time now 6:38, a dream season ended in heartbreak.

trying recover from that heartbreaking loss to the new york giants and 9ers jumped out to an early lead. the touchdown to vernon davis, 9ers are up in the 4th quarter and that's when the nightmare started, he messed up the move that allowed them a 14 point lead and they tied the game went into overtime thans when williams turned the ball over again and giants then kicked the field goal and they won 20- 17 and giants face the new england patriots in super bowl 46. and an incident at candle stick park, they say one fan assaulted two police officers and they used pepper spray on the man. he was arrested and the officer

and another fan were inadvertently hit by the pepper spray. we don't have to remind you of the loss in the nfc championship game but they will get one when they see one of the famous cable cars. mayor ed lee promise ised to drape the cable cars for a day after the 9ers lost to new york. it is part of a friendly wager and he is also going to send him sourdough bread. time now 6:39 congresswoman gabrielle giffords is stepping way from her arizona congressional seat. >> i will step down this week. congresswoman gabrielle giffords' plans on what she is doing today before making her resignation official. a tense standoff between oakland police and a man

involved in a domestic violence disturbance, we will show you what is happening right now. traffic on the san mateo bridge, if you could look at your television screen for a moment, this is exactly what you will be dealing with, it is not pretty and we will have more on your morning commute. stay tuned for more.

. well, good morning to you, this morning's commute could be messy because of a messy wet weather and look at this, highway patrol had to have several -- had to deal with several crashes on many area roads. and coach jim harbaugh said it will take awhile to get over the crushing loss and they had many mistakes among the giants winning to 20-17 over the 49ers at candle stick park. they have their first debate in florida ahead of the primary with newt gingrich winning in south carolina, that means rick santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich each have one victory heading into florida. we are following developing news in oakland, several

streets including the section of the avenue is currently closed. lorraine blanco is close by as additional police units continue to arrive on the scene. lorraine? >> reporter: right now police are letting people out of the neighborhood to go to school but they are not letting anybody into the neighborhood. oakland police have cord ended off the area to where the standoff is taking place and it is a result of a domestic disturbance. police say a family member of the man flagged down police at 3:00 a.m. now there are several dozen units including a s.w.a.t. team and earl whyer we heard them trying to negotiate with this man in english and in spanish and so far they have not been able to make any contact with him. they are not sure if he is armed or if he has any hostages and of course we are bringing

you more information as it becomes available. several blocks are blocked off on brook dale and cap as the scene unfolds. reporting live in oakland, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. they have released a sketch of a woman wanted for a reason string of robberies. she is suspected of 8 hold ups since christmas. in each case a woman with short hair stopped with victims by asking them a question. she tells them she has a gun in her purse and demands money. there is the suspect's sketch and so far nobody has been hurt. time now 6:46 palo alto city council will appeal the wireless plan and they want to install a network of antennas to boost cell phone coverage in the area. the plan has already been

approved by the environment director, however city council will hear appeals from negative health impact as well as noise aspects. the battle continues over the sonic center in sin fran. they -- san francisco. they took them to court over plans to include more concerts and despite that opposition, they approved an operating agreement that some say could allow more events. they planned to appeal the planning commissions decision. one day after announcing her resignation from congress congresswoman gabrielle giffords will turn to the area of the deadly massacre. >> i don't remember much of that horrible day but i will never forget the trust you have

in me. >> reporter: she announced her resignation saying she still needs more time to recover and as part of her final act, today congresswoman gabrielle giffords will meet and greet at the tucson safe way store that was met with the tucson shooting. critics say the president approaches this state of the union speech without fulfilling several promises from several earlier annual addresses, they include eliminating several subsidies and reforming the tax system. now president barack obama's state of union speech will take place at 6:00 and they will carry it live on channel 2. right now it is 6:48 and we want to go back to sal to check in on the commute. it has been kind of a tough drive and make sure you slow it down, this morning even on my way in, i come in very early

and i already have a couple of fender-benders on side of the road but as we are getting closer to 7:00 you will see some traffic as a result of some crashes. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza and you can see traffic is going to be a little bit slow. they have not turned on those metering lights just yet, oh i'm sorry they have turned on the metering lights and the backup, on a day like today it could reach the mcarthur maze because of a slowing on the bridge. this is a look at interstate 880 in oakland and you can see traffic is going to be a little bit heavy and it's a little bit windy out there. let's go out to the peninsular and we have had a couple of different fender benders and earlier we were getting something new every minute and there is a couple of things

coming on and crashes seem to have subsided just a little bit. 6:49 let's go to steve. thank you, sir, a very intense system moving to the delta and it is producing pretty good wind gusts at 50 miles per hour and a possibility of thunder showers from this. this will be the last in the series and watch as it wraps itself up. it is decreasing rapidly and west of the petaluma, you can see drawing taking place there but that's a very intense system right on the back of napa county, venetia cordelia and heading off to parts of eastern contra costa county. and the wind is cranked up and some of that cold air will come behind that system. once it gets going to the east we will get rid of a lot of

that shower activity and the winds are dealing with us as the air is very windy and it doesn't matter anyway. on the win, sun clouds and showers things should start to calm down across the border but 50s to near 60 degrees with this mild air mass in place sunny breezy on tuesday we will get rid of most of the clouds, upper 60s and #0s, it will be -- 60s and 70s, it will be cooler especially on sunday. a new report suggests timing is everything and passengers can get the lowest airfares if they buy their tickets six weeks in advance. now the study looked at millions of transactions and paid the low of the price if they buy their tickets six weeks before the flight.

the dead came alive at the box office this morning, under world awakening $25 million to take first place and the 3d film takes the 4th installment as the franchise and second place went to red tail. it is followed by mark's contraband. >> great things about tails. things are changing, the latest on the stability of the wreckage with costa concordia and more on a possible fuel spill. a crackdown on students, they go to a whole new level.

. this is going to be a busy week on wall street and here is a live look at the big board, new york stock exchange, dow jones industrial average is quiet but a lot of companies are reporting apple boeing are moving along well this week. stay tuned. we heard that the crippled cruise ship costa concordia is now stable in the water. rescue crews could start pumping fuel out as early as tomorrow. they have been watching this

because it has been shifting in the waters off the italian coast raising fears that the fuel tank may rupture and cause a massive fuel spill. 19 people are still missing after the disaster from last week and rescue crews did recover another body yesterday and the death toll is now 13. they are going to discuss the shooting of a suspect, he forced an 11-year-old girl from her home at gunpoint. police tracked him down to an apartment where he was holding the girl hostage. he opened fire on officers before he was shot and killed and the girl was rescued and not hurt and according to the family he was the ex-boyfriend of the girl's mother. tomorrow the pleasanton school board voted on a plan to

use drug sniffing dogs in parking lots locker rooms but only when students are not present. they would provide the service and do it at no cost but student drug use and alcohol- related suspendings are on the rise at high schools in pleasanton. coming up at 7:00, we will go back to check in on how the commute is going this morning. we have a crash which is on one of our cameras, dave and pam, this is 280 southbound and traffic is at a dead standstill and multi- car accident, you can see everybody is at a standstill and i'm sure they will issue an alert any time for this really busy commute 280 and 880 and northbound is also affected. let's look at the san mateo bridge, tough driving, wet weather as you head to the other side. and this morning's commute at the bay bridge toll place is

moderate so far. we have very windy conditions and this low right there back over to fairfield near the delta, we have some lesser amounts going over the city towards the san mateo bridge and we will have more coming up on mornings on 2. we just heard there are two more bodies on that cruise ship, we will tell you more about that but coming up on mornings on 2, we continue team coverage with the pounding rain and high winds. more on developing winds, a standoff involving oakland's s.w.a.t., special weapons and tatics teams, and streets are closed, we will have more on that, stay tuned for more news weather and traffic. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt.

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