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capitalism that much why did you support the bailout of wall street. on the hot seat, who took the most in last night republican debate. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is use it january 24th, i am pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic, here is steve. mostly cloudy areas of fog and that visibility could be lousy for a while and then partly sunny skies, upper 50s to low-to-mid 60s, here is my good friend sal castaneda. >> traffic is moving along well, there is a crash at mountain house, an accident with two cars and the left lane blocked. also the morning commute is looking good in san francisco,

6:01 let's go back to the desk. police are investigating an attack, it happened hours ago on a young tourist near fisherman's wharf. a female juvenile was attacked by a man in bushes along north point street. police officers who just happened to be driving by rescued that victim and they did arrest the suspect. both were taken to the hospital and the victim is from another country who somehow became separated from her group. we do have a "k" tv u story coming up at 6:30. they are investigating the death of a college student as the man and his sister were heading to class. christian captain has more on the story, chris attain?

-- christian? >> reporter: we have been on standby waiting for that update, we are here at the richmond police department and we are expecting that update a little later on this morning. at last check victims family has not been notified so we are not releasing his name but he is a student who appears to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. now we stopped by the scene at 22nd and at 330 we found a candle burning in memory of that victim and shattered auto glass. we did see evidence markers and clearly they have ballistic evidence. that shooting happened at 7:00 last night and the gunman was on foot, there was a running battle with that gunman shooting at a passing car. after the car passed through, the gunman turned to the man

and his sister and the gunman opened fire on them. the 22-year-old was hit and the sister sped away but it was too late and the young man died of his injuries. public information officers get on duty and we are waiting for them to arrive and give us more details. the hunt for the suspect and the name of that victim, as soon as we get that information, we will bring it to you. now we are getting a big crash down on telegraph hill, look at the pacific to your, ktvu channel 2 news' paul chambers is there to tell us what is happening as we speak, i am still looking over your shoulder there, paul. >> reporter: security has asked us to move out of the area for

our own safety which makes sense but all of these rocks came tumbling down and it dealt with all the winter weather. three of these units, see the building right here, 3 units inside which means residents have restricted use. geologists will be able to come here and to figure out a way to safely clean up the hillside here in telegraph hill. even though some residents say it happened, they are not too worried. >> people think the hill is a living breathing part of san francisco, sometimes it is dangerous. >> this is not unusual so it is a formal thing happened because of the rock. >> now yesterday's slide crushed a car that landed just a few feet from the building,

which is the same one that sued the city as part of a settlement. that money was used so we can come back out here live and in 20008 build -- 2008 building owners fulfilled the settlement and they are come out here to figure a way to sure up this hillside. the areas that came down are more than seven feet tall. when they come here, of course we will be here. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. the fremont intersection is back open this morning but that's after a fatal car crash. it happened on delaware drive. a seating month carlo hit the nearby creek and two passengers in the front seats died.

they started speeding away when the police officer made a u- turn to investigate the car's license plate. >> the vehicle was not pursued at all and in fact there was no attempt to make an enforcement stop. >> one year after a deadly plane crash, federal investigators want to make sure it doesn't happen again. a preliminary report said the plane collided with a weather tower and a new report calls on the towers to be marked so pilots can see them. president barack obama delivers his state of the union address and coming up, what the president's speech will focus on and away area man received a special invitation to be there. last night republican

presidential debate in florida mitt romney took his gloves off at newt gingrich. >> we have congressmen who say you came and lobbied them with regards to medicare part d at the same time your center was taking in contribution. >> i think it is clear to say i have never ever gone and done any lobbying... >> now the two other candidates rick santorum and rand paul found it difficult to get a word in edgewise and rand paul made it clear was in the race to stay. >> i make it clear to newt gingrich if you believed in the bailout why did you support the bailout of wall street? >> i am doing pretty darn well, i am winning that vote. >> they have one more debate

before the florida primary. >> as promise promised promised mitt romney he gave $12 million to charitable causes and the church and helped to reduce his tax rate which is lower than what most middle-class americans pay >> >> sal is ready to get you to where you need to go, how is it looking? today is much better than it was yesterday and let's go to highway 580 which looks okay and so does 880 interstate and we have information on another -- on another accident. let's go to interstate 880,

traffic is looking good there. already there is a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. here is steve. it looks like an area of dry weather. today is the day where we start to lift the jetstream north and today we have a cloudy day along with the fog. mostly cloudy and cloudy in the morning and the clouds will give way to partly sunny skies and it will be front and center and skies will clear so allow the fog to form but it will be sunny and warmer and high pressure will build in 5 to 10 days out shows dry weather returning and only daily changes, not much. it was good with those three systems but we are still below average. san francisco almost 50 and san jose, 33 and that tells us how

far low we were as we went into the system or systems. areas of fog lots of signs, santa rosa i know there has been some out towards fairfield and we have visibility at a quarter mile or less. mountain view, san jose cloudy, cloud deck at 50 degrees and clouds are breaking through the ridge before it establishes itself and rain line moves north and high pressure says you know i enjoyed myself over several weeks so i will be back. patchy clouds, filtered sun, a little bit of a westerly breeze, not much of a difference north bay east bay, but if you get to the santa

cruz valley, tomorrow that area will be even warmer. more sunshine wednesday thursday and friday, it looks cooler. president barack obama's state of the union speech follows an emotional meeting back home in arizona. a big solar storm since 2005, how satellites may be affected today, we will have more, stay tuned.

. stream a giant particles radio signals and cell phone communications and satel lights can also be damaged and even on rare occasions power lines can be affected but power grid are low -- grids are low. this by the way is the lowest since 2005. there was a 3.8 magnitude quake which hit just after 4:00 this morning, it hit southwest of clear lake oaks. and right now no word of any damage. a new study shows tokyo has 70% chance of being hit within

four years. warnings by university size moll gift is based on an increase in the tokyo area since the magnitude 9 quake along japan's northern coast last march. and in 1923 it killed 5 40,000 people. allison burns has a preview of what republicans are saying before the president delivers his speech. and they are making the rounds on morning television where president barack obama will deliver a blue print for getting the economy going again. here is a picture of the president working on his state of the union address. we are told he will push for new tax breaks out for the housing market and incentives for green energy but they are

already expressing scepticism that they will hear anything new. >> we will get our nation moving again, not under gender to divide, not under repackaging under the same ideas that have made our economy worse... >> reporter: dozens of lawmakers have agreed to sit next to members of the opposite party for the second week in a row of state of the union date night. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. we will carry the president's state of the union address and it is live at 6:00 tonight following ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. congresswoman congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be there for the state of the union address. she was invited to watch from the first lady's box. she finished the meeting from the morning she was shot and

she had a private congress on your corner. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is resigning from congress to focus on her recovery. the state department is moving to save locations in the capital city because of continuing political unrest. government security forces have forced people there to stay indoors. embassy staff and families are being moved to other neighborhoods to try to avoid that violence. and obama has announced another bank in iran, accusing it of helping iranian agencies in attempts to obtain uranium. this follows a ban that president barack obama put in plan last month to sees all

commerce -- cease all moratoriums. and another government report about the health risk of technologies. pg&e installed the smart meters after they approved the moratorium and they insist smart meters are safe but critic say the smart meters give off dangerous radiation levels. this can enact two rules for the city's plazas. they are located across the street from each other at 17th streets. among the proposed rules, ban on camping, smoking cooking and shopping carts. the full board will take up the issue next week. they are now a step closer to legalizing same sex

marriages. >> thief us said they just got the 25th vote, oh, my gosh. >> you can see so you porters -- supporters cheering after march ray margaret said she would cast the 25th vote in favor of gay marriages when it reaches the floor. they already have enough support to pass same sex legislation and the governor has publically endorsed it. they will become the 7th american state to allow same sex marriage. >> sal, it sounded like ahead on, 0 -- a head-on, on highway 4? >> not a head-on, but a hit-and- run and we are looking at some of the traffic there, the traffic is moving along relatively well but it is there on westbound 4 and we thought it was san rafael but it turned

out to be further west and is on the shoulder and fortunately one person involved in the accident took off and that's what they are investigating. looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of a delay and no major problems getting onto the bridge. all the southbound freeways look good so far. let's go to steve. a very good morning but we had our rain and look that, it is gone. we still have clouds and no precipitation, they are lifting north but we have a cloudy to mostly cloudy morning. they will be with us underneath that. so cloudy foggy filtered sun temperatures to the south will start to come up and santa rosa, i did see one out of

bethel island, there is a few 40s, mainly 40s, and the river air that brings us our rain, it said i have visited california and now i am back in washington and oregon. we will go back to a mostly sunny pattern. today mostly sunny but thick morning fog and clouds will thin out throughout the day. mid-60s capitoa morgan hill gilroy -- morgan hill, gilroy, east bay valleys may be socked in and we will have to deal with that. as it takes us into the weekend it is cooler. rupert murdock is watching a spanish television network in the united states. the new network will launch this fall and it's touted as a bold entry by top ranked

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. traffic is moving along well, back up is continuing to grow and we will continue to update you. a developing story is coming in from oakland. crews just contained an early morning house fire, it started about an hour ago on 90th avenue in east oakland.

the fire department department said nobody was hurt or living there at the time and it is still not clear how the fire started. >> bringing in the lunar new year with a bang, san francisco kicked off sell breaks with us thunderous displays in chinatown and it featured traditional lion dances. this is the year of the drag done and they are building floats for the parade. they comprised one of the largest celebrations in the world attracting 3 million spectators each year. >> of course we are part of that and you can see it, it is right here live beginning at 6:00 on channel 2. when you go to a concert, turn off your cell phone.

[ cell phone ringing ] [ violin music playing ] >> now it is funny it may look like a commercial that has gone viral, he was interrupted by a cell phone from the audience. instead of getting angry, he rolled with the punches and you heard him, he played part of the signature ring tone and bowed for the audience. an early morning attack, it happened at a popular tourist spot in san francisco, what police are saying about the victim and how police officers were able to quickly make an arrest. we are on standby about a shooting that claimed the life of a student here in richmond. stay tuned for more.

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. just rang the opening bell, glow point, listing on the new york stock exchange, a huge list of stocks to watch and we have verizon posting a $2 billion loss and they have to subsidize each phone, dupont better than expected and mcdonald's better than expected so we will get you all the business news just ahead. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news this tuesday january 24th, i am dave clark. well the news right now and new this morning, san francisco police are investigating an attack that happened on a young tourist right near fisherman's wharf. lorraine is back here and there is still a lot of police activity going on right now, right? >> reporter: there is a lot of police activity going on, dave

and police are collecting evidence behind these bushes and we just got off the phone with san francisco police public information officer and they got a report of the missing juvenile at 2:30 a.m. which is when they sent out extra patrols in fisherman's wharf area. they noticed a young woman being attacked in the bushes, police rescued the juvenile and arrested the suspect. both suspect and victim were transported to local hospitals and authorities are not releasing their conditions at this point. police tell us the young woman was a tourist from another country and she somehow got separated from her group early this morning. they are still trying to figure out where the woman was headed when the assault happened. we are sticking by and we were first on scene early this

morning. for now reporting live blank blank ktvu channel 2 news. well in overnight news, police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a college student. police are waiting tara moriarty details in this -- waiting for more details in this case, christian? >> reporter: now at last checked, the victim's family had not been notified so officials are not releasing his name. what we have is a 22-year-old contra costa student who appears to have been targeted by the gunman either out of frustration or because he was a potential witness. richmond police tell us the gunman was on foot and there was a running gun battle with a passing car. after the car got away, the gunman turned to their car and

the gunman opened fire on them as they were getting ready to go to class. the young man was shot and the sister sped away and the young man died at the scene. they found a candle burning in memory of the victim and lots of shattered auto glass. detectives have wrapped up their investigation at the scene and we have seen evidence markers but what they really need is a witness to come forward. we are at the police station and the public information officer is set to arrive here any minute now and when she arrives, we will get the latest details from you, ktvu channel 2 news. two senior care centers are under quarentine because of the norovirus outbreak. at least several people have

been sick, a total of 73 people were sick in corte madera. he plans on talking with ross mirkarimi about whether he should continue on with his job. new allegations of abuse came out from his ex-girlfriend. she claimed he once grabbed both her arms, shook her and pinned her against the wall. this claim is in addition to allegations of abuse by mirkarimi's wife. >> people will ask do we want this type of person being the sheriff of san francisco and if these two incidents are true, the answer is no we don't. >> mirkarimi will go to trial on the allegations involving his wife and the ex-girlfriend

said she is willing to testify in that case. they have arrested officials. most were alcohol related. 16 were inside the park, 16 were outside the park. police had to eject several people from the park and those wearing giants jerseys have not yet been released. threatening the life of kyle williams 49ers, how he is dealing with it and coming up people are coming to his defense. joe paterno's memorial will be held tomorrow. he died at the age of 85 on sunday less than three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. a public viewing will take place tomorrow and another one will take place before the

funeral. a public funeral will be held thursday at the basketball arena. they have recovered yet another body from the costa concordia. 16 people are still missing. also today, several preparations will remove from the fuel ship, it is already in place. however any actual truth remove is not expected to start until saturday. sal checks in on the bridge, how is it going? well this is the time it starts to get busy and it is starting to get busy and you can see stop-and-go traffic with no problems getting onto the bridge. northbound 101 looks good and as i mentioned bridge traffic looks good for san francisco. again we are watching contra

costa county especially in antioch. we had 7 weeks of dry weather, high pressure is coming back and i will show you some rain totals but it does look like the 5 to 7 outlook is dry. we had some fog and we have a lot of high clouds building in and that means the pat are is showing itself to be more of a dry one. filtered sun later on today. that will be a big issue, sunny and warm, i always clarify now things can change, the rain was good, 58% averages, santa rosa

should have more rain but they are still below. san francisco should have almost 12.5 and they are not close to that yet and san jose only 33% so that tells you how low we were. we are down around 20% so we made up a little bit but now we are putting on the breaks. and they are still long enough and temperatures are cold enough. if you don't have fog down on the ground there is a low cloud deck and fog is building in and it will really be here tomorrow but today we have to deal with some of these clouds and filtered sun. cloudy morning and then afternoon sun and a westerly breeze looks like it is in place and 50s and lower 60s so not much of a difference. southern end of the peninsular,

san jose, los gatos, sunny mild weather a little cooler as we head into the weekend and a little dryer. a series of tornadoes ripped through the deep south, so far two deaths more than 100 people injured and houses have been destroyed in tennessee mississippi and alabama. it was just months ago that another wave of tornados killed 24 eight people. it happened in washington state. >> we have a shovel. >> camera was rolling as snowmobilers dug their friend out after he was trapped in an

avalanche. telegraph hill at the rock site, i will tell you about the very latest coming up. . >> traffic is looking good, i will tell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather.

. well, good morning to you,

6:43 san francisco police are busy investigating an attack near fisherman's wharf, police tell ktvu channel 2 news a female juvenile was attacked before 4:00 a.m. along north point. police officers on patrol rescued the victim and they did arrest the suspect. police are investigating the shooting death of a college student. he was on his way to class with his sister last night when a gunman suddenly opened fire on their car. president barack obama will deliver his annual state of the union address tonight. the president will announce a new blue print for the economy. they will return to the scene of a huge look slide. it came crashing down on telegraph hill and paul claim letters -- paul chambers is out

there, paul? >> reporter: this building behind me, park telegraph, that is the building in collection and the rock slide happened behind it and it had bolders landing a few feet away from some of the entrance ways. the rock slide crushed and buried a car under some bolders and as a safety measure they tagged three units and still residents are not too worried. >> it happens every year and this year it is one of the largest ones, it is not unusual. >> i think people who live on the hill think of it is a living breathing part of san francisco and sometimes it is dangerous. it was built with money from telegraph. the complex received more than $41,000 but in 2000el building

-- 2008 building owners appealed for more help especially in the wake of yesterday's incident. nobody was injured yesterday and once again geologists and public works crews will be here to sure up that side. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. snowmobiler buried by an avalanche, his reece cue was -- rescue was caught on tape. they were taking advantage of some fresh powder when one of them triggered an avalanche. he was buried but his friends rushed to pull him to safety. all of the snowmobilers were wearing protective clothing. they rushed to get him out and he was otherwise okay. they rescued a lot of hiker. he used a cell phone called his

family after he got lost on the remote trail of the canyon area. they quickly found him with the help of night vision goggles. he was angry and cold and thankfully he was not hurt. kyle williams has been getting death threats. they gathered around him at the time facility and he was responsible for fumbling two punt at the championship game but some angry fans are posting a nasty message -- posting nasty messages on the internet including physical harm. >> we are in agreement that you stand up and take responsibility as a man and you move through it. >> kyle williams' father is a general manager of the chicago

white sox baseball team and kyle williams says his teammates are backing him and he can't wait for next season to prove himself. back over to saturday, check in on the commute, 12 minutes to pitchers and catchers. >> you have moved on to major league baseball? >> yes, i have moved on. traffic is moving along slowly, we had a crash on the highway and there was some police lights on the shoulder and people were slowing down but it is also slow through here and it is not like it is a great commute this time of the morning so give yourself time. also the morning commute, that is backed up for a 15 minute delay. also the drive in livermore, if you are driving walnut creek

traffic looks good and no major problems as we look at 180, let's go to steve. things are changing, change is good, yes, and no, we need the rain and it looks like 3 and out and now the 7 to 10 day outlook is looking dry. it looks like all or nothing so far and it will be mostly cloudy, some areas of fog as well and it is colder out there, with a chill. 30s, 40s, 50s partly cloudy by noon, fog is not going anywhere, you need wind to get rid of that, so inland areas, zero visibility a quarter mile or less. there is a lot of low clouds just hanging over us, 40s for

many of us even some upper 50s and temperatures are held in check because of that cloud cover. the jetstream is moving north and still we will have a very gray day until later this afternoon. filtered sun, thick fog upper 50s, and these are getting closer to average, no this is where numbers should be on the high side an extended outlook shows your weekend in view otherwise sunny mild and warm. if you have thick fog it will be cool otherwise it will be nice going into the weekend. they are blocking a licensing deal with jc pennys. macy's has an exclusive contract and they bought a steak in the company and announce they plan to open mini martha shops beginning next

year. the prize of orange juice is on the rice. function sides were found in joy samples but thousand town in on during a -- honduras, mexico are safe. this morning we will share the news we have all been waiting for. >> the oscar nominations have been announced just about an hour ago. >> plus jobs in jeopardy, the proposed new budget in oakland.

. welcome back, a live look at the big board dow jones industrial average down and some mixed earnings and they are likely to cut greece, a lot of concerns over europe and it is a affecting stock markets around the world. they are discussing a proposed budget and it calls for major budget cuts and layoffs for city employees. mayor jean quan is calling for layoffs, mayor jean quan said the city was able to reduce the number of job cuts by

restructuring the department and they are cutting city services and programs and that includes the aquatic center, the oakland zoo and children's ferry land -- fairy land. they are consider ways to preserve the future in pacifica. if a proposal is approved by the board, they could start to negotiate between the county and city and county of san francisco on how the course is handled. and the environmental group is home to a threatened species. they believe the land can be designed to keep the golf course open and allow that rare species to exist. they will also consider a proposed rate hike for garage. according to a county report, the 47% hike will increase

costs for garbage collecting due to employee raises, business cost increases as well as the equipment they use. the rate hike will raise the cost by almost $4. they are trying to find the gunman who shot and killed him as he arrived for work. it happened in rancho cordova. just ahead, the economic motive san francisco detectives are now focusing on. the film society said he passed away yesterday after suffering two strokes while attending the sun dance film festival in utah. he is survived by his wife and took over as director of the film society last november after his predecessor stepped down and died of cancer. the best in the movie world

will be honored at the academy awards and the nominations were announced just about an hour ago. >> martin hugo wins the pack. the best musical charged did i, the move are you -- comedy, the movie money ball was nominated for several awards, best actor for brad pitt and best supporting actress jonah hill. we will have a quick look at traffic. right now we have some slow traffic in many areas because it is the heart of the morning commute and westbound 24 and that traffic looks good coming up to the tuel, bay bridge toll plaza a backed up for a 10

minute delay and if you are driving in the east bay, that traffic still looks okay. cloudy in the morning and partly sunny skies in the afternoon, temperatures are up a few 60s south and we will talk more about your extended outlook on mornings on 2. here is more on developing news, an attack on san francisco's one of the most popular tourist spots. what investigaters are telling us this morning, stay right here with us. introducing the new flip & fresh from air wick

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