. tense moments between the arizona governor and president barack obama. complete bay area news coverage continues, this is channel 2 morning news. good evening, it is thursday, thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> thank you pam and dave, we have a lot of fog and the fog horns are going crazy, there is some local drizzle to the north, it will be a partly cloudy morning and this afternoon highs will be upper mid-50s to low 60s, here is sal. when you get to the southern part of the county you are dealing with fog and morning commute will be cloudy and here is a clear lack at highway 40 as you go back to dave and pam. ross mirkarimi is due in

court today. tara moriarty is in san francisco with new developments in this domestic violence case, tara? >> reporter: nobody knows why ross mirkarimi and his attorney parted ways did it end badly, we will never know the answers but one thing is for sure, ross mirkarimi cannot look back because he is due in court and he is trying to get a judge to modify or lift a stay away order one that prevents him from seeing his wife and son. robert wagner is off the case and the sheriff's' new attorney said she will not try this case in the media but rather the court. she writes we are confident ross mirkarimi will be i will life waited from -- will be exonerated from these accusations for this dice bought with his -- distribute

with his wife on new year's eve. they released the 24th trial and topping the list she has refused to cooperate. christina flores claims the sheriff abused her. his guns were forced to be turned over and because he is such a vocal advocate of gun control many are surprised about this. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. bart police are asking riders to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. stealing copper is expensive and one thing police need help fighting. from the bart tracks in oakland with the message from riders, here is more. >> reporter: bart police want people to keep their eyes on

tracks like these, tracks that are protected by gates and these are locks and there is bashed wire -- barbed wire on top and signs warning people they could get elect cuted if they pass and these are messages that don't affect bart. they are asking anybody to be there and basically anything that does not look right they want to know about. riders have no problem saying something if they ever saw something. >> i would think it must be happening during the middle of the night when trains aren't running. >> do you think passengers can do anything about that? >> i don't think so, no. >> the other part of the message convinces people it does affect them. bart police held a meeting after a string of copper thefts and they say it added up to $90,000 in losses last year so they are reminding people bart

is supported in their funds because these are costing you money. in those cases, it was at least one person believed to be responsible and authorities are hoping the public will join that effort live in oakland claudine wong. 45-year-old charles hill was shot to death last july on the civic center platform. bart police say he had a knife and threatened officers. security shows two officers getting off a train drawing their guns and at one point you can see a knife sliding across the platform. the family claims he was no threat to the officers or anybody else but the officers

are seeking unsped paid to damages. >> listen to it boiling overnight. hundreds are joining occupied demonstrators to vent their anger. mayor jean quan must cut $20 million from the budget to offset losses from the state redevelopment funds and several workers will lose their jobs. >> your message to your workers is that they are so unimportant that this is how you treat them. don't be surprised when you discover moral has been shattered and productivity has fallen. >> your unions agreed to the elimination of redevelopment. one group has been pitted against another and here in the city we've got to stop being pitted against each other. >> while there were no arrests, occupiers forced about a half

hour recess and mayor jean quan was then escorted out of the chamber as a precaution. president barack obama continues his post state of the union tour. take a look at the video, this is the president and will be flying to an air force base in colorado. he will be pushing for increased domestic oil production. but there were some tense moments when he arrived in phoenix arizona. coming up, we will hear about the complaints from the president that led to this finger pointing encounter with the governor of arizona. a preschool arizona lake county is scheduled to reopen following a health scare. they shut down the preschool after one student was diagnosed

with meningitis. they have given antibiotics to dozens of adults and children and they have disinfected the preschool grounds. can you just push me to the bridge? >> take it to the bridge. i love that. it is thursday and some people call this friday eave. it is coming up to the westbound and the slowest traffic is in antioch and it's better by the time we get to bay point. backed up all the way out in the cash lanes, and it is backed up for about a five minute wait. they turned on metering lights,

livermore it has been a nice drive. san mateo and dumbarton is looking okay and it is especially prevalent in parts of the marin county and parts of the peninsular. thank you sal. we have a lot of low clouds and fog and some of that fog is getting thicker and reducing visibility. it is also along the coast, and fog horns are going off, it is a cloudy foggy morning, local visibility, the air is saturated. i just heard from brent, why is it so dew point month -- low clouds fog or sun by noon and mostly sunny, this is our fog product right here and you can

see how the low clouds continue to hang in there and they are not really burning off. there will be a few clouds by noon and then finally things start to burn off and we are sitting around 55 degrees and we will get into the lower 60s. everything as far as the man core of the jet, napa fairfield, hayward, mountain view, santa rosa is the coolest as 52, we have a northwesterly breeze and coastal breeze is coming in also and you may get a little mr. drizzle. it will be sunny but a little later. some local drizzle possible, upper 50s to lower 60s when you are already sitting at 55.

tonight, tomorrow, it burps off much super and mornings will be cooler. >> thank you, steve. coming up, the human cost of 'i-pad, the conditions facing foreign workers. >> i take full responsibility, i have apologized profusely. >> civil rights groups asked a local mayor to resign. what he said about tacos that landed him in trouble. and making a final push in florida, we will have a final update on who is leading the raise for the gop nomination.

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. what are you doing today? >> i might have tacos tonight i'm not sure. >> now the mayor has apologized and he said the current situation is stressful. his city is coming under fire for racial profiling. >> to say he is going out to get a taco, to me that is unforgivable. >> he said he is committed to

helping latinos however one police officer is accused of targeting latino drivers in almost half of his traffic stops. they are targeting jobs at a ups area. but it was his stop in arizona that is generating all the buzz this morning. allison? >> reporter: the white house want to move on but everyone wants to know what really happened between president barack obama and governor janet brewer. let's look at the president's arrival in phoenix yesterday. governor brewer was there and presented him with a letter to meet him when the conversation got heated and she wagged her finger at him. she had inaccurately described her last meeting in her book. she said president barack obama was being thin skinned and here is what she said about pointing

her finger at him. >> i have always said a picture is what it is but i was not hostile, i respect the office of the president and i would never be disrespectful in that manner. >> the two are at odds over immigration issues and governor brewer was in the middle of a sentence when the president walked away. >> allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, rick santorum is holding a faith freedom town hall meeting in florida and three other republican candidates are campaigning hard and here is a live look at that town hall going on right now. rick santorum came in first in the iowa caucuses but his campaign has struggled to gain

points ahead since then. and hispanic leadership network they are expecting front runners, newt gingrich and mitt romney will dominate launching attacks at each other while rand paul and rick santorum will try to get some attention to their campaign. newt gingrich and mitt romney are heading the race. 32% are for mitt romney and 34% are for newt gingrich. 11% are for rick santorum and 9% are for rand paul. apple is accused of endangering the lives of workers. they reported a factory in china killed four people injuring 18 others. laborer agents said they -- activists say they work seven days a week live in crowded

dorms and are exposed to dangerous chemicals. apple has um proved live -- has improved living conditions and have instituted a code of conduct as well as safety productions. thousands are expected to be at a public memorial for joe paterno at the penn state campus today. a funeral and burial service for the hall of fame coach took place yesterday, we are looking at some of the pictures lining the streets during this funeral procession. he died last week at the age of 85 and his career ended abruptly in november when he was fired over his handling of child abuse claims over a former assistant coach. a redwood city high school student is accused of attempting to rape his teacher. it happened monday night in the garage of summit preparatory

high school. david vasquez tried to force his former teacher into a car at gunment -- knifepoint. he is charged with four felonies including intent to commit assault and rape. the daily review reports this will be the 5th straight year of budget cuts of the san leandro school district. four employees will be eliminated. class sizes may jump 20 students per teacher to 32 students per teacher next year. back over to sal to check in on the commute, sal? things are beginning to get more crowded as we get to part of the commute between now and 7:30 and that would be what i estimate to be the heart of the morning commute and we are seeing some filling in on 24 driving over to the coddle and

you will hit the breaks a few times. the far left lanes appear to have awaiting lane for cash pairs and not so much for fast track as metering lights have gone on, this is a look at 580 to the pass and valley, if you are driving on 880 it looks good getting to the south bay and i don't see a lot of slowed traffic on 880 and 580 which means you still have a chance to get to the valley before it gets too full. let's go to steve. good morning. if you are getting ready to leave the house, fog is thickening up and fog horns are going crazy in the city, there is a quarter mile visibility and we have a foggy forecast this morning and very warm, a lot of warmth and temperatures

are in the 50s. combination some sun, low fog and clouds and it will be gone later this afternoon and we will have mostly sunny skies and it will not take much to get up into the 60s. 55 fairfield, 55 oakland, san jose is there, it is a warm baum my start but as far as rain goes, cloudy, a little drizzle and i think the fog will last longer today. still mid-60s and temperatures up in the lower 50s and 60s. with your weekend always in view, it will be cooler and warmer as well. thank you steve, foreclosure sales declined and foreclosures represent 20% of all homes sold in the july through september period. that is 4 times more than the height of the housing boom. the pace of foreclosures are expected to pick up again when

new rules for lenders are in place. taco bell is talking breakfast. today the chain is introducing 800 of its new restaurants, items include breakfast beurre right toes and -- better right toes and -- burglar right toes and all -- beurre right toes. it has been a mystery for a long time and latest on the research into a skin disease that is behalf willing the -- baffling the experts. plus parking in san francisco has some people fighting back. traffic looks good heading out to the peninsular, we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather.

. good morning, it is getting more crowded, over the last few minutes, this is the time you will see more people showing up to the bay bridge, we will show you more coming up. time now is 6:25 a mystery skin disease did not fine an answer to the cause. studies for prevention released a report on the strange

condition known as more jellens. it is open source and strange objects poking out of the skin. the study concluded this is in a patient's mind and they found no infectious cause. the toddler who was killed in across walk, they dropped the lawsuit. the student ran over the toddler while the toddler was crossing the street with her mother. the people say it's time to move on and they have decided not to file a civil lawsuit against the young driver. caitlin done way. she was texting a friend at the time of that crash. a plan to do parking meters has been put on hold for now. they want to install parking

meters in the northeast mission district. under the plan some people will have to pay to park outside their own home and that idea is not sitting well. >> i just done think it will help in fact i think it will hurt us. people use the area to park all day every day and what we want to do is make sure parking is available for everyone. >> now the agency decided to hold off on the vote in part because there will be backlash for people who live in those neighborhoods. lotto officials say somebody bought a winning fantasy ticket ativan necessary and pine. -- at van nice and pine. the winner has 180 days to claim the prize. major new developments in the sheriff mirkarimi case and

he has new legal help as he gets ready for an important hearing ahead of next month's trial. hundreds of downtown berkeley residents are forced to flee their high-rise homes after a fire, we will show you the damage and tell you what happened. plus the opening bell will ring on wall street and pam will have the early stock numbers.

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changed their pricing. but 75% of those customers are back. $125 a share and right now it is at 95. a whole lot of business news is coming up. good morning to you, it is thursday, i am dave clark. >> good morning i am pam cook, time now 6:30. an overnight fire damaged two downtown berkley restaurants and lorraine blanco joins us with a look at the damage and how that fire affected hundreds of neighbors, lorraine? >> reporter: well it is hard to tell whether these restaurants will be able to reopen today and just inside the restaurant, it looks like business as usual. you can see a table right there ready to go but if you shine a light to the back of the restaurant you can see extensive damage to the back ceiling. it prompted a response around

230 wednesday night. great china restaurant an organic kitchen. they closed down in the mediate area while firefighters fought the flames. they also evacuated a next door apartment building and hundreds of residents fled the flames. >> it looked electrical, that is when i came down here and i didn't see any smoke. >> reporter: firefighters caught the flames and many didn't even catch a glimpse of the smoke. there were no serious injuries and i just got off the phone with the fire department and they will give us specific information coming up later in the news. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. ross mirkarimi has a new lawyer as he gets ready for his

next court appearance. we have new developments in this new domestic violence case. >> reporter: this is a story that keeps changing by the day. two weeks ago we learned there was another woman coming forward with allegations of physical abuse and another girlfriend filed a report. mirkarimi has always been a vocal advocate on gun control and if convicted, he would not be able to carry a gun as sheriff. and his new lawyer is lydia from berkeley and she will be here for today's hearing where ross mirkarimi is supposed to ask the judge to lift the stay away order which currently bans

him from meeting with his wife and son. mirkarimi faces charges stemming from an alleged dispute with his wife. yesterday prosecutors released their witness list and also his ex-girlfriend claims he abused her several years ago. a neighbor called police to report the alleged incident with lopez. now an hour and a half before ther whatting a bump much of supporters are supposed to be there to support mirkarimi including his wife. right now republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich is attending a tea party meeting. newt gingrich has tonight's gop debate in a virtual tie with mitt romney.

our four candidates are campaigning in florida. a meeting against the police department is expected to conclude next month. he claims he was routinely bypassed for a promotion because he was african- american. the city denies that misconduct. they are expected to take the stand and the suit seeks unspecified damages. they are threatening unless they quickly comply with changes from nine years ago. oakland police chief howard jordan must consult with the monitor before disciplining officers. both major -- mayor jean quan said a take over may not be necessary because they intend to comply with the reform. he beat a man in his 60s at

stamford shopping center. it happened near the macy's men's store. he attacked and robbed a man as he was putting jewelry in the trunk of his car. he was later treated and released and one of the attackers had a gun and that armed suspect described as a latino man in his 30s had a goatee, was dressed all in black and witnesses saw all of the robbers escape in a black dodge minivan. if you have any information call palo alto police. well they will be focusing on pipeline safety and the forum is for 2010 and last year's explosion in cupertino, assembly men in those districts will include speakers from the california public utilities program as well as executives.

the meeting will be held at palo alto. the airport projects that could cause flight delays for the next three years, coming up at 6:00. we will take you live to the center, the convention center where the mac world is now also the i-world and it kicks off later this morning. the convention is pretty much like a toy store and there will be special presentations on software and of course iphone apps. we have 300 exhibiters, we have all of these cultural elementings, we have a -- elements, we have a film for them. >> critics call it analyzing

your sleep pat answer and turning your mac into a pc without buying windows. you are also getting people out the door and getting them where they need to do? >> that is right. we are looking at traffic getting more crowded especially on highway four, not just here but antioch and pittsburgh and by the time we reach this area, it is evened out by the time we get to the willow pass grade. it looks good coming to the bay bridge toll plaza and it is crowded there. the morning drive on 280 and san jose, steve has been saying how the clouds and low fog will be an issue. let's go to steve. this is a couple of little breaks and almost all observations are staying cloud did you and the amount of moisture in the air is very

high. all it takes is for the temperatures to get to 55 and boom, there is the clouds which is why it is so mild. it looks like there is rain and that does not really count. we had three systems, that's it. storm door opened up and it does not look like anymore rain at least until the end of this month. the back of the pattern, there is some low clouds and fog and still mostly sunny and it is a dry pattern and the rain line continues to move. yes, there is so much moisture especially up the minute 60s, 70s and 80s coast and low fog and sun by noon, it will burn off some of that cloud deck,

there will be a few high clouds on the north bay and it wants to hang around until the noon hour and it kicks off by the afternoon, it will be cooler by the afternoon when temperatures did warmup. here is your temperatures, redwood city 56 and santa rosa the coolest while everybody is in the 50s. 52 to 56 covers the spread and look what is coming up from the hawaiian islands. cloudy with local drizzle and it will be a shade cooler on some of those highs with a lot of upper 50s and lower 60s. 67 document at the cruiser. 65 redwood city and san jose. week condition and mornings will be cooler but the days

will be nice and warmer. >> thank you steve. companies have not repaid from the bailout. stealing copper from bart, what thieves are taking, how it affects the commute and what police are now asking the public to do. good morning, 24 once again getting busier on the tunnel.

. here is a quick look at some of the top stories. sheriff mirkarimi has a new attorney. late yesterday, robert wagner announced he is parting ways with mirkarimi and he has a new lawyer taking over. they vented anger over impending layoffs, ranging from union workers to occupied demonstrators. the city of oakland has to cut $28 million from the budget to offset losing redevelopment money. president barack obama and arizona governor janet brewer had some tense moments when the president arrived in phoenix and they got into a heated

discussion right there. he said he was not happy with governor brewer and how she described an earlier meeting between the two in her book. now police just issued a statement trying to get riders and the community involved. it says thieves are stealing your property and costing you money. ktvu channel 2 news claudine wong is in oakland right now where one took place. claudine? the man dozen remember when bart responded after the theft was spotted. you can see there is barbed wire on the fence and there are signs warning people about the dangers of electrocution and this problem is not going away so bart police have issued a statement asking for the

public's help. the statement asks riders to keep their eyes open for anyone who may be in and around these tracks and if they see something even slightly suspicious they should give them a call. it could be people taking pictures of the track. they want to know about all of it, we spoke to a man who works in this area and he said it does not surprise him. >> they hook a car up to the wires and yang it out of the gutters if it is empty like an industrial building, so it is nothing new and they steel katrina lit particular -- catholic particular converters. so apparently it makes it

worthwhile. service being electrocution. >> reporter: bart gave us a better look at what is being stolen, it is up to 1,000 volts and it could run efficiently and slower, something a computer does not want to hear so what do riders think about this request? why some say they are happy to help, they are just not sure if they can. claudine wong channel 2 news. one of the most famous spots will get a makeover. they have all agreed to upgrade jefferson street. coming up, a breakdown of the improvements, how much they will cost and the big international event that is fueling the face-lift. time now 647, it could mean more flight delays over the next few years. they are set to begin after

four runways and of this one of the worst records in the nation. but that construction job could make the problem worse. they are trying to avoid delays at fso during peak travel times and the delay is expected to last until 2015. there is another change coming at fso and it will allow you to breathe and relax before your flight like pam does and it is yoga. a yoga room, a first for any in the u.s. passengers can enter the zen room, free of charge and they have yoga mats available. also free. >> after going through airport security, it might be a nice thing to do. 6:48 is the time, back to

the commute. you may need yoga, this will bring stress levels up, i want to show you pictures of 80 westbound, it is not nearly as bad as it was yesterday and we had that horrible crash in richmond and it was slow but all these people are actually getting through to the bay bridge toll plaza and people were stuck there. everyone talks about the toll plaza. steve has been mentioning some fog and low clouds over the bay area and also looking relatively good on interstate 880 heading south from hayward to union city and fremont. >> all of them go to san jose, all the visibility dropping at fso and you can see from the

webcam, from the state meteorology department is showing a foggy view. we start off with foggy conditions, very mild, a lot of 50s and temperatures -- they are not going to cool off any so we are sitting between 52 and 56 he isel specially along the coast and you will hear fog horns and i know i have heard a couple of reports. we are go thing nothing significant as far as rain is delivered. very foggy conditions but it is a dry week ahead so 50 to 57 on the lows and by noon, some sun, some fog, 54 to 60 with a mild pattern and 57 to 67 degrees and probably a lot of mid-60s because lows are all in the mid- 50s and it's taking a little

bit of supplement and everything continues to ride up and over. look at the sources, it is coming up from the hawaiian island and foggy and sun and cloudy mornings, some upper drizzle, some of that fog might age on and it did go across the board. east bay, pleasanton, los gatos, santa cruz 67, it seems to be one of the warmer patterns, a little less fog and it will warmup over the weekend being pam and dave. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits is up. in the past hour, the labor department reported an increase from the week before however economists are looking at the overall trend and it shows jobless trends are on the

decline. a government watchdog says billions are owed -- billions are owed and they say some money will never be recovered. they payed out some money so far and so far 318 million has been repaid. they are going crazy for the brand-new television show alcatraz, what they are doing to keeping fans on the real rock on their toes. new rules are going into effect today and it could also help some car makers. commute is go thing a little bit slow, -- is getting a little bit slow, find out what else you have to deal with as you head out the door. first you gotta start with the good stuff.

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. the california resources board is expected to require 15% of new cars sold by 2025 have to run on electricity, hydrogen that produce little or no smog. the goal is to have zero emissions by 2015. they will eliminate high speed rail project and they gave the projects opponents the

go ahead to start putting signatures on the november ballot. the project would connect northern and southern california. the ballot measure would eliminate the measure an effectively kill the project. oakland police are concerned about a rash of cell phone robberies. now officers are urging people to stay vigilant not to be distracted by walking and talking. the city of lafayette is holding off on more cell towers and contra cost terrible reports a four or five day moratorium and gives them time to draft something. they have a location in design of cell towers. the new television show alcatraz is apparently causing problems for tour guides on the rock. tourists are starting to stray

away from the tour and they are looking for the secret underground control room. they are posting signs on the real alcatraz saying hey, it is a television show and that is not real. and stance on keeping interest rates low and some good earnings, helping the markets just to give you an idea of dow jones industrial average and nasdaq and s&p 500 is all down about a half of a percent. we are having more crowding and traffic is going to be busy if you are having problems on the bay bridge, it is backed up for a 15 minute delay and also the morning commute looks good and it is crowded. if you are driving on the i am in myths free -- him mets free

-- them myths freeway heading south it is a bit crowded. and we will have low-to-mid 60s. coming up, getting ready for a crucial hearing ahead of his domestic violence trial, sheriff mirkarimi has new legal help as he fights the charges. investigators are still looking for the answers, stay right here with us. there's no charge for the bag.

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