. >> reporter: residents say they heard yelling and gunfire at 1:30 in the morning. police say what they heard was gun battle. another story of a man buried while working but this time he survived. >> reporter: why -- why uc berkeley students should be concerned about sickness. .

will, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's thursday, february 2nd. in overnight news, a gun battle on the streets of oakland has both the victim and a suspect in the hospital. police say two men tried to rob a taco truck worker but the victim was armed and fought back. ktvu's claudine wong has been on the scene and i understand you've been talking to residents who heard all of this going on. >> reporter: that's right. it all happened at this taco truck. one woman said she heard fighting and yelling right around the time this all happened. another man just told us he heard the gunshot. >> about 1:00, 1:30 in the morning, and i heard about five, six real loud gunshots. i didn't -- i didn't go out -- see, my back porch is out there. you can stand on the porch. i didn't go out there to see

what was going on because i knew -- i knew. there's always shooting in this neighborhood. >> reporter: it was a gun battle. police say what he heard was a gun battle taking place between two would-be robbers and a manworking at a taco truck. here's what police think happened. >> it appears that a robbery occurred at the taco truck and that multiple people were injured, to include the operator or the worker here at the taco truck tonight. there are a couple of people, two people at local hospitals in stable condition with gunshot wounds. >> reporter: so one suspect being treated but will be facing charges in connection with this attempted robbery. the search is on for anyone else involved. we do believe there's at least one more person.

as far as the victim, his brother was out here earlier to secure the truck and he told us the 32-year-old man always works overnight and had a bulletproof vest and a gun. he says his family has owned this truck for 30 years. i asked him if he was surprised his brother fought back he said no. one resident said he had heard the victim carried a gun with him and said as far as he's concerned he's glad the victim fought back and said he would have done the same thing. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:03. this morning, a 50-year-old oakland man is in stable condition after he was trapped in a trench that collapsed. he was pulled to safety after three hours and now his pain -- and has pain in his chest, hip and legs. he was helping with a septic line when piles of mud fell on top of him. he was buried up to his neck.

rescuers dog with his hands. then around 8:30 last night straps were placed under the shoulders and a fire truck lifted him out of the deep trench. cal/osha is being called out to investigate. an inspector could check out the scene as soon as today. several robberies and attempted robberies on the uc berkeley campus are under investigation this morning. tara moriarty is there to tell us what campus police are telling us they are doing to make sure there's safety. >> reporter: they say they are adding plain clothes officers and also beefing up patrols around campus. we did speak to officers who say this is a great reminder to folks to tell them they are aware of the surroundings. if we fake a look at the daily californian, there's a map of where these robberies are

happening. it's in south side. this is berkeley in the yellow. and all of these boxes right here are robberies. three of them look like they are armed robberies. so again, campus police are saying that they want you to make sure of your surroundings. if we take a look at the map of the south side, this is the streets we've been talking about. >> reporter: six of these incidents happened, stretching from atherton street to the west past the residents hall to piedmont avenue. there were also three robberies north of the campus before the classes began. police say they cannot explain this rash of robberies but it could be due to an increase in students back. one woman was snatched of her iphone. again, this is important because last january there was only one robbery -- robbery reported. police want to make sure you are vigilant.

do not walk alone and do not walk after dark by yourself. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. in the next hour, a court hearing is due to begin for a san jose woman accused of dropping her son from a building. she faces charges, including one count of endangering the health of a child. the child did survive. investigators say ms. cortez is dealing with severe mental problem. today's court proceeding is to set bail and a date for a preliminary hearing. in the last couple of minutes, we got word that a distinguished high school teacher from petaluma has died. 51-year-old sara wadsworth suffered a stroke. she was declared brain dead. she was taken off life support yesterday. she taught french at petaluma high school for 26 years. she was also a tennis coach and

was last year's teacher of the year. it is 7:06. this morning a federal appeals court in san francisco will decide whether to release a videotape of the landmark proposition 8 trial. in that 2010 trial, a federal judge declared california's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. lawyers for the couples who challenge the van say the video should be made public. but opponents of same-sex marriage worry that trial witnesses could experience backlash if the video is released. >> 28 nays -- [ cheers ] >> the bill is expected to pass next week.

leon panetta announced a change in the time line for american combat troops in afghanistan. the obama administration now wants aftergan forces to take the lead by the middle of 2013. now, coming up for you at 7:15, we'll tell you about the backlash now coming from republicans. the government's new list of suspected terrorists who were planned -- who were banned from flying to and within the u.s. has doubled in the past year. the no-fly list has gone from 10,000 to 20,000 names. previously, a person had to be considered a threat to aviation. now you can be put on the list if you are a threat to domestic or international security or if you have attended a terror training camp. 7:0. we want to economic in with

sal, see how things are moving, especially at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> yeah, we watched that closely because we want to see what it is like on a -- on an eferred basis. i want to show you that traffic is backed up -- is bark -- is backed up. no major problems on the bridge. we haven't had any stalled vehicles. hopefully it will stay this way for the rest of the morning commute. the moving drive looks pretty good this morning in san francisco along northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. if you are driving on 80 westbound at the truck scales, there was an earlier crash. 80 is getting a little bit more crowded in richmond. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning to you all. remember yesterday if was yucky? today it's cooler, temperatures more 30s. the higher clouds just smelling over the building ridge of high

pressure. so they will be here for a while. they are starting to head offshore. we'll have sunshine. it's a try pattern until next tuesday it looks like. next tuesday the models, 60s. we get a northerly breeze. that's in place. fair, chilly. mostly sunny and then i think by this afternoon, all of the higher clouds are gone. walnut creek is in there. montgomery village, santa rosa, 37. bill roy/los gat tease, 38 -- gilroy/los gatos, 38. napa airport, go down to the 30s. concord is in there. livermore as -- as well.

mostly sunny, colder morning but a few high clouds. other than that, that's the only fly in the ointment. we'll settle in upper 60s, mid- 60s. the north wind certainly helps santa rosa and other locations. but a lot of 64s, 65s, concord, brentwood, nevada. should be a beautiful day along the coast, especially santa cruz to monny -- monterey. mid-60s. a few upper 60s. it shows dry weather, maybe a few high clouds and increasing clouds on monday. looks like rain on tuesday. tori? dave? >> thank you, steve. fast and furious under fire. we'll go live to a house

committee hearing where the attorney general could face charges for this controversial dpun sting operation. operation -- sting operation.

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. it's colder this morning. we're seeing a few 30s. it will be mostly sunny, mild, warm. temperatures, beautiful sunrise over the city. we don't have the fog and drizzle. enjoy the sunshine and warmer temperatures. mid-60s for many today. in france, the flower was flying during the presidential front-runner. he was campaigning in paris when a woman ran are on stage

and threw a bag of flour on him. the candidate was about to sign a social contract in favor of housing for all. the woman said she had no money left because housing laws were not pree being applied -- were not being applied fairly in france. carol han is in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain about the troops. >> reporter: right now, it's too soon to say whether the troops serving in afghanistan will return home sooner than scheduled. leon panetta says he wants the end to come next year and then move the troops to a training

facility. wesley clark said with the death of osama bin laden, it's time for america to ease out of afghanistan. >> we're trying to train the local people to take care of their own security problems. so it was never the intent the united states would make there and make this the 51 sph 51 -- make this the 51st state. >> reporter: a report details a strong drive to retake afghanistan once coalition forces leave. live in washington, carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. a northern california marine is being remembered in a special way this morning. sergeant william spacecy was killed tuesday. a roadside bomb blew up while he was that -- while he was patrolling the province. he was 23. he joined the marines five years ago. his friends say he was smart, care ras tattic -- charismatic

and wise. >> happening right now, a house committee is holding a hearing looking into the controversial fast and furious gun sting program. these are live pictures of that hearing. attorney general eric holder is testifying about the program. federal a -- agents were supposed to keep track of the guns. but they lost track of the weapons and they ended up in the hands of mexican drug cartels. the family of a murdered u.s. border agent is demanding $25 million from the bureau of alcohol and firearms. that's because two of the guns involved in the fast and furious program were involved in the deadly shooting of agent brian terry two years eafg. his family claims the government's failed program

lead to his death. 7:17. there's a new report that shows the opportunity that separates african-americans and latinos from white americans is the greatest in the midwest and northeast. the urban institute reports opportunities and challenges very widely from one metropolitan area to another. 7:18. police now investigating a possible link between two deadly shootings here in the bay area. a 35-year-old barber shot was several times after leaving work last thursday in berkeley. kenneth warren may have known or was related to another shooting victim, 38-year-old dorian wells. now, wells was reportedly

holding his 1-year-old daughter when he was gunned down tuesday night in vallejo. 24 morning, rich -- this morning richmond police are sitching for a driver who had a -- who shot a man in his back. the wounded man was treated and released. 7:19. a poickist accused of fatally striking an arrest m san francisco could enter a plea in court today. ran tom ainge ran a red light when he hit the 68-year-old ped along the embarcadero back in -- pedestrian along the em parka der row back last year -- embarcadero back last year.

7:19. a facebook movement is underway to rename a walnut creek skate park after a young date boarder -- skateboarder died over the weekend. his friends want to honor his memory by renaming the walnut creek state park after him -- skate park after him. so far facebook page has 1800 supporters. airlines and -- the f. anklth a. finalized rules yesterday. pilots must have a rest after eight or nine hours. they also have to have at least eight hours of uninterrupted

sleep during a full rest period. the full rules date back to the 1960s. 7:20. a florida billionaire about to go on trial for a fatal drunk driving accident has ignited a legal controversy. john goodman has taken out papers to really adopt his 42- year-old girlfriend. it's a move that could shield much of his fortune from a wrongful death lawsuit. police say he was drinking before he ran a stop sign and killed a college student. 7:21. we're having a pretty good day today. we're expecting sunshine. steve been talking about it --

steve's been talking about it. he is coming back and will have your complete forecast -- next.

. police have released disturbing video of saturday night's riot in downtown oakland. the video shows occupy protesters burning flags outside the steps of city hall. you can also see demonstrators breaking into city hall to commit several acts of vandalism. the violence led to the largest mass arrest in alameda county in 30 years. >> if they are intent on causing damages and breaking out windows, then our job is to

respond to those things. >> police arrested more than 400 protesters and there were several injuries. occupy protesters say police started all of the trouble and they plan to sue both the city of oakland and the county of alameda. 7:24. let's get you going. sal, how is it looking out there? >> it's getting busier. 80 westbound at cordelia junction, we had an earlier crash. now we have a couple of fender- benders in the area. also, 80 westbound getting a little bit more slow from pinole to richmond. some live pictures now. i will show you the 880 freeway here. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's light. this is a look at the east shore getting up to the maze and traffic is moderately heavy. >> let's go to steve. well everything we have a

little bit of patchy fog -- well, we have a little bit of patchy fog out there. it will clear out fast. temperatures a little warmer. it's a little colder. a lot of 30s. you can see the higher clouds. right now they are kind of hanging out in the north bay. forecast headlines do call for a mostly sunny day. a little chill in the morning air. 30s and 40s. you can see this system is running into a mountain of high pressure. that system has nothing to do but fall a -- but fall apart. so low 60s, mid, maybe a few upper 60s. just a little warmer. i think we'll top out today. but the extended forecast has a dry pattern into the weekend. if you are heading to the

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. 7:29. as soon as today, cal/osha could send an investigator to check out a construction accident in brentwood. a man helping repair a septic line was buried up to his chest for more than three hours. ktvu's christien kafton is outside of the home where a trench suddenly collapsed. >> reporter: good morning. we're expecting a cal/osha inspector out here. the scene has been frozen. there's tennis shoes, some items left over from the rescue. over to the right, that's where the trench was. that trench is now covered up with plywood. you can see some signs on it. they are advising people not to step on the plywood. the clps happened around 5:30

yesterday afternoon, trapping him up to his chest under hundreds of pounds of wet clay- like mud. firefighters did arrive on the scene. they were able to get water via the man. he was talking at the time. it did take firefighters three hours of removing the mud by hand. finally, he was pulled to free. [ cheers ] >> he was stable, conscious, alert, answering questions. he was complaining of leg pain and some pain to his chest area. >> reporter: that man was thrown out to john muir medical center to be checked out. you can see the mud is thick and dense. if that gets packed around you, it would be very difficult to get out.

again, the scene being preserved for cal/osha. it's not clear if the man was hired by a contractor or the homeowner. that's something that cal -- that -- that's something that cal/osha has to answer. >> and state inspectors say it could take three months to complete their report into a separate cave-in. a 12-inch trench collapsed killing raul zepada. no permit was pulled to dig the deep trench. 7:32. well, classes are now canceled for the rest of this week at the san francisco high school where hundreds of students

became sick. saint ignatius high school is being disinfected. that special cleaning will continue today. more than 300 students were sickened by a stomach bug that was possibly caused by the highly contagious, norovirus. security will be tight in the murder trial of a suspected gang member. the cousin of murder suspect edwin ramos is scheduled to testify for the prosecution. he's expected to provide some damaging testimony. ramos is expected -- is suspected of killing tony bologna while they were driving home from a picnic. researchers at ucsf say sugar is toxic, atickettive and -- addictive and should be regulated. according to their report, sugar contributes to 35 million deaths a year. the report suggests sugar is just as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco and should be

controlled. coming up at 7:45, pam cook will tell us what critics are saying about the report. :33. well, the california department of health has given a daily city nursing home. the $100,000 fine came after an investigation revealed a residents direct was direct -- ware -- residents care was affected by care. the usually mileage rewards are not taxable because they are r considered a rebate on the cost of a purchase. but these were given as a gift which could make them taxable. the irs has not commented on how it's gonna treat those airline rewards. 7:34. a man accused of leading san jose police on a clays that injured several officers is due

in court today for a plea hearing. police say 27-year-old alejandro gonzalez carjacked a vehicle. police say he rammed the vehicle into four police officers before the chase was ended. six others were hurt. authorities say he had a warnt stemming from a petty theft conviction. a woman who was criticallily injured in an apartment fire on monday has deid. police say 34-year-old -- died. no one else was injured but several other apartments were damaged. 7:35. a san francisco woman listed the city's homeless in her will. s.f. date.com reporting that she died at the age of 84. she didn't have any family. so the retired nurse wanted her

condo to be used for the homeless. if that's not feasible, the city would find more places. the city of menlo park -- the city of menlo park, they are looking for financial help in a plan nearby would indicate the need for a new wall. city leaders plan to choose their priorities at a meeting later this month. the public is getting its first look at facebook's financial condition. >> coming up, what we find out and how to decide what investors have to say about

owning shares of the social networking giants. a new $28 million amendmentary school in santa rosa may not be able to open as scheduled in the fall. the reason -- there's no money to build sidewalks at the school. the money for a sidewalk along bur bank avenue was supposed to -- burbank avenue was supposed to come with an agency. but that agency was eliminated because of the state route budget. the america's cup yacht race begins in 18 months. the san francisco supervisor behind supervisor he's -- supervisor's wants to force race organizers to hire workers from san francisco for most of the its construction jobs. the recently requiring

contractors to fire -- . just for tori campbell, the oakland zoo is about to introduce its latest edition to the public today. it's maggie right in the middle there. maggie, the jifer ralph, born -- giraffe. later today, will go on display soon. >> just adorable. we want to check in with sal. see what's happening on the road. how is it going? >> well, you know, things are going okay so far.

we're looking at some of the roads that are becoming a almost bit more crowded on 80 westbound coming up to the mack car ter maze. no major problem -- macarthur maze. no major problems. the commute is not all that bad when it comes to the wait time, maybe 15 minutes. 85 is already getting thick as you approach los gatos. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a very good morning to everyone. well, i know this. you go right by the alameda oakland estuary and -- they are big. they are really big. i've been -- i've been told it takes eight days to go across the pacific when any load them up with these containers. for the most part, patchy fog

higher clouds. the low that dives down to the south and the high pressure, that gives as you little northerly component on the breeze. it's a -- gives you a little northerly component on the breeze. fair, chilly, cold. mostly sunny by noon. sunny and warmer this afternoon. temperatures rebound from yesterday. a lot of 30s here this morning. that's not the case. well, kenwood, ukiah, montgomery village and rankin, santa rosa, 37 degrees. mill valley, 39. palo alto, menlo park. clayton pleasant hill. livermore is in there. 12345eu was 416789 blue -- san jose was 41, now they are 46.

a north wind at santa rosa. that bodes well for warmer temperatures mild to warm winds in healdsburg. this system puts on the brake and it -- when you see that that tells you that nothing is left. there are signs coming across next monday night tuesday. it looks like a bit good of rain to come in. patchy fog, cooler morning. and that system yesterday left behind a cooler air mass. so a lot of mid-60s now instead of the upper 50s or roar 60s -- lower 60s. overall it will be sunny, for everyone warmer, almost settling in. 64, 65. the extended forecast has a dry pattern. increasing clouds on monday and it looks like rain on tuesday. thank you, steve. the susan g. komen cancer

foundation is under fire after it cutting it. under fire, jackie speier. >> i've been a big booster of the komen foundation but not anymore. >> komen says the new policy goes to the house. planned parenthood says komen's decision hurts. >> this money went to help young women getting a mammogram. the foundation says --

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. the labor department reported the number of people filing initial unemployment claims continues to fall. 367,000 people filed for first- time benefits last week. that's down 12,000 from the week before. that level signals a steadily improving job market. the report came out one day before the government is expected to mark january as a solid month of hiring. the dow is down 2. nasdaq is down 13. s&p is up 2. 7:46. sugar is it as bad as alcohol? pam cook has more. >> researchers say sugar is toxic, and could be -- should be regulated. the report suggests that sugar

is just as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco. people we speak to in san francisco this morning are not arguing -- to. >> i tried to take it out my -- take it out of my life. the longer i am away from it, the easier it gets. so that proves i'm addicted. >> we have to get sugar out of our diet. >> now, a pediatrician says the only way to deal with this is a public health intervention. he says counting on people to take responsibility on an addictive substance is not enough. now the food and beverage

industry -- tell us what you think. just go to ktvu channel 2's morning team on facebook. share some comments. we'll read some during the 8:00 hour. get out of the car! come on! get out of the car now! open your door! >> monday night, two police officers rushed to the driveway of a home in new jersey. a car was engulfed in flames. the officers didn't know if anyone was inside. eventually through the thick smoke and intense fire they opened one. cars and pulled the driver to safety. we were able to stand him up and get him out without men

getting burned. >> the 56-year-old driver had fallen asleep in the car. it's still unclear how it caught fire. the driver said he remembers stepping in his -- sitting in his vehicle listening to johnny cash and then he was pulled out of the burning car. an air charter service took charters from overhead. we know now more than 200 survivors were rescued from the sea. crews from nearby australia still out there looking for possible survivors. helicopters have been dropping life rafts to those in the water still. egypt has now declared three days of national mourning after a day of watching soccer. earlier this morning, egypt's prime minister dissolved the

entire soccer federation board and referred to each member for questioning by prosecutors. one. police chiefs there has already resigned. it is 7:49. owners of the gold dust lounge in san francisco want to make it an historic landmark in order to save it from slowing -- from closing. a southern california woman has won her legal fight against honda in small claims court. heather peters said the japanese carmaker misrepresented mileage claims in its ad. she opted out of a class-action lawsuit. she was abarded -- awarded

nearly 10,000 in small claims courts. people in oklahoma and texas got a shock. look at this police dash-cam camera. look at this bright bulb moving across the sky. the faa got a lot of calls about this. the faa says it was probably a meteor. great shot. >> yeah. all right. ten minutes before 8:00. the reason california's payroll for state workers has gone up by millions of dollars. also, what facebook's ip po. filing revealed about facebook's eafernings. -- ipo filing revealed about facebook's offerings.

. there is a new survey that shows emotional reliance on the internet is a growing problem for children and teenagers. a new study shows 12% of teenagers are addicted to being online. that means they would rather be

on the internet than spend time with family and friends doing home work or even going to sleep. researchers say parents can curb that problem by just restricting the amount of time that the kids spend online. 7:53. facebook has friended wall street and filed the paperwork for its initial public offering the stock. by doing that the menlo park- based social network had to open its books to the public. it revealed earnings of $668 million on revenue of 3.7 billion. both figures are nearly double the numbers for 2010. now facebook has to find out how interested investors are in it so it can get an initial stock price. >> the real problem they have now is deciding exactly what price to offer the shares at. that will depend on the action -- on the reaction they get on the road show from investors. >> depending upon how long it takes for the review, the first stock offering could come

around the founder's 28th birthday in may. when it goes public, he's expected to earn a spot on the top ten richest americans. and state lawmakers are excited. mark zuckerberg and others will become new millionaires. they hope that will encourage people to spend money which will put more tax revenue in the state budget. one leader warns it's not clear how long it will take to start collecting the taxes. so the state should not count on that money being in the treasury.

. let's call sal back. what's happening on the roads? >> right now, traffic is doing pretty well around the bay. if you are driving in many areas for the -- for this time of the morning commute, this time is good. of course, there will be the care actris tick slow traffic. some of the fog has moved into the south bay. which was clear and now it's moved in. we'll talk to steve about that. this is a look at 880, some slow traffic here as you drive up to hyde street. we do have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza of that's about a 10 to 15-minute minute delay. let's go to steve. >> sal, you are correct, especially the web camera from the from the state says can't see anything. it's already sunny. we'll get rid of that fog pretty fast.

nothing compared to yesterday. temperatures much cooler. a lot of 30s are you a over the place. mostly sunny after some patchy fog and a little northerly breeze. highs warm up a little bit. low, mid-60s. santa rosa to morgan hill, and maybe down to hill guy and over to santa cruz. looks good into the weekend. increasing clouds monday. tuesday looks like rain. >> thank you, steve. 7:57. a new lead in the child kidnapping case from nearly 25 years ago. it comes from an inmate on san again fin's death row.

. police say this shooting happened around 1:30. the victim had just closed up and was cleaning up the family ta doe truck. he was armed, however. pulled out his gun, started shooting. the suspects also fired. one man who lives nearby told us he heard at least five shot. we saw the victim's brother this morning. he had come here to secure the truck. he told us the victim who is a 32-year-old oakland resident had a bulletproof vest with him.

good to go. good visibility. highs will be in the mid-60s. >> thank you, steve. 8:14. ben bernanke is testifying before a house budget committee. right now, he recognizes that huge budget deficits represent a serious threat to the economy. but his warn -- he's warning lawmakers not to cut the deficit too fast because it could derail the fragile economic recovery. he also warned republicans that

blocking in borrowing could also hurt the economy. an end is in sight for the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta says the plan is to wind down fighting there as soon as next year. carol hahn is in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain what this means for u.s. troops. carol? >> reporter: the goal is for afghans to take the lead from u.s. and nato troops by next year, sooner than expected. defense secretary leon panetta says u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan until 2014, as originally planned but in a training capacity. republicans are calling the move premature saying there's no evidence showing afghan forces are able to maintain stability in their country. but this morning, wesley clark explained why it's the right move. >> remember, why we went into

afghanistan. we went in there because of osama bin laden. we got osama bin laden. al qaeda's much weaker and much different today. so it's time to transition away from this mission. >> reporter: right now, it's too soon to tell if troops from californiaer is ferping in afghanistan will be heading home earlier than scheduled. live in washington, d.c., carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. a northern california marine killed in afghanistan is being remembered this morning. sergeant william stacy died on tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded when he was patrolling the helman province in afghanistan. stacy joined the marines five years ago. friends say he was smart charismatic and wise beyond his years. president obama's reelection campaign is just pouncing on a comment by republican presidential candidate, mitt romney that he's not concerned about the very poor. romney made that comment in a

tv interview yesterday. president obama's campaign manager jim messina tweeted," so much for all we're all in this together." mitt romney tried to clarify what he meant. >> i focus my concern, my -- my energy is gonna be devoted to helping the middle-income people. all right. if there are homes in the system, i will work to repair that. >> he says there are food stamps and other housing programs to help the poor. he says middle-income americans who don't qualify for the government programs are struggling. 8:17. we've now hearing that donald trump will endorse nit for president. trump beeted that he would make a major announcement about the presidential race at 12:30 at his hotel in las vegas. gingrich met with trump back in december and gingrich was only one of the republican

candidates who agreed to appear in a debate that trump wanted to host. trump had to cancel the debate, when none of the other candidates refused to join in. p stay with us for continuing coverage. ken prich art is heading to nevada. we'll have live coverage right here on ktvu news. 8:17. happening right now, congressional committee is holding a hearing on the controversial fast and furious gun sting program. you are watching t these are live pictures inside the hearing room right now. now, eric holder is testifying about this -- about that controversial program. federal agent the -- federal agents were supposed to -- to keep track of guns. investigators apparently lost track of hundreds of the weapons and they ended up in the hands of mexican drug cartels. now, republicans accuse the justice department of engaging in a coverup, failing to

turnover documents pertaining to the program. the hear something happening as we speak. we'll keep an eye on this fast and furious hearing. >> in the meantime, the family of a murdered u.s. border patrol agent is demanding $25 million from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in a wrongful death lawsuit. that's because two of the guns involved in the fast and furious program were involved in the deadly shooting of agent pine terry two years ago. his family claims the government's failed program led to his death. 8:19. the man who helped to shape the -- shape the careers of some of the bickest names in boxing has died. he died at his home in tampa, florida. he trained muhammed ali for some of his greatest fights and recently alended at li's birthday party. he tanged sugar ray leonard and george foreman. he was in his 90s and was working out just weeks before

he died. ♪ soul train! >> as we reported on "mornings on 2" yesterday, the creator of the hit show "soul train" don cornelius died at his los angeles home at the age of 75. last night hundreds of people went to the scottish rights theater to celebrate black history month. >> when i first moved to california and i met don cornelius, i mean, i can only think maybe michael jackson was -- when i met him was i more star truck. >> they say don cornelius died from a shelf inflicted gunshot wound. he was a pioneer who inspired a young generation of -- a generation of young people by showcasing talent not seen anywhere else on television.

organizers already sold 40,000 tickets during two rounds of lotteries. 10,000 more tickets go on sale for march and the tickets are $390 apiece. the show runs late ther year from august 27th to ept september 3rd in nevada's black rock desert. 8:20 is the time. we want to let you know it's stale few weeks before spring training starts for pitchers and catchers. there will be plenty of action at at&t park.

. two players at stanford were introduced yesterday. shaw says this will form the foundation to another excellent team. at&t park is getting ready for another season of giants' baseball. many fans will be heading to the computer in a few hours. fans using visa cards will get a chance to buy regular season game tickets at 10:00 a.m. and on saturday. thousands of fans will get a full day of fun at at&t park

during the -- during the annual giants' fan fest. several star players will be available for autographs. they've expanded a little bit because last year it was so crowded. so it will be hopefully less crowded. a little more room. sal's seat is reserved. >> last year it was so crowded, they started turning people away at the fan fest. but remember, the last year they had just wop the world series. >> right, true. good morning, everybody. let's go out and take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along relatively well for this time of the morning. san jose has been slow. it's not unusual. the overcast has come in as steve and i have been noticing. it's clear. the fog may affect lights at san jose airport. but you may -- it's not really affecting the driving so much. let's move our camera network. 880 northbound. stop and go traffic, typical here in oakland driving past

the coliseum. getting up to hyde street before it gets better -- better on the brimming. northbound 17, north of 85, there a new crash. 85 is still slow in cupertino. as we move the maps i want to move them to fairfield. somewhat of a rough one coming into fairfield this morning because of earlier crashes near highway 12. let's go to steve. some low clouds. down towards san jose, also parts of the peninsula. other than that, i think we'll start to see mostly sunny skies. most locations already have that. it's a tine of -- sign of things to come. just a few clouds. they are lifting northward and thinning out. so even though it was cool this morning. very cool. we had 30s. a lot of 30s. 40s for many. we'll end up with 50 to 60 by noon and then sunny and warmer later on today. livermore checking in at 38. that's about 25, 26. they are probably warmer than that. low to mid.

our system says --vy nowhere to go. except north. that means nothing for us. except maybe a few high clouds. machine -- mostly sunny. a northerly breeze should take care of most of it. probably the warmest terps as santa rosa, napa, maybe up to healdsburg. sunny, mild, warm weather will take us into the weekend. increasing clouds monday. it does look like rain may visit us on tuesday. >> all right, steve. turning 8:27. a possible connection between two deadly bay area shootings in the past -- in the past week. what investigators are focusing on and the reason why. >> reporter: we're learning more about the relationship about the man trapped in a trench and the home's owner. plus -- a court hear something about to start in minutes for a bay area mother accused of a horrible crime. [ male announcer ] southwest makes the call. man: please swipe credit card.

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. good morning. a 50-year-old oakland man still recovering this morning after peaking buried alive. he was hoping to repair a septic line when a 10-foot deep trench caved in. kristin kafton is outside the home in brentwood where the scene is being protected so safety inspectors can come out and see what's wrong. >> reporter: they've frozen the scene. they now have plywood over that trench to make sure nobody else falls in. there's also some evidence over here off to the left of all of the hard work that was undertaken to rescue that man and perform that long and difficult rescue. that collapse happened at about 5:30 yesterday morning. the oakland man was working on

a september tick line when the side of the trench collapsed in on him. neighbors say the work was trapped under hundreds of pounds of wet, clay-like mud. >> we could not see his whole body. we just see his head. they have to give him oxygen tanks to keep him alive. >> reporter: by the time rescuers pulled him free, a crowd formed around him. that victim was taken to john muir medical center. coming out to the live shot, we have a closeup of some of the mud. you can just see how thick and how hard it would be if you were trapped under it. another neighbor told us that the homeowner knew the worker out here well and considered that worker and uncle. we're hearing that the homeowner was devastated by that accident. we are hearing again that cal/osha is due to come out here later on to figure out exactly what went wrong. we'll continue to follow up on the story to bring you the

latest details. we're live in brentwood, back to you. >> thank you. 8:31. in a separate deadly cave-in in milpitas. ners say it may take three to four months to finish their investigation while building a home in milpitas, saturday morning a 12-foot deep trench collapsed and -- trapsed and -- collapsed and killed a carpenter. cal/osha said no permit was issued to dig that deep trench. construction was ordered to stop because of concerns of the rain-soaked hillside. so far, no fines or charges have been filed against the contractor. it is 8:32. classes are canceled for the rest of the week at the san francisco high school where hundreds of high schools have become sick. s.i. is being disinfected. that special cleaning will continue today. more than 300 students were sickened by a stomach bug. it was possible it was the

norovirus. security will be extremely tight in the murder trial of a gang member. edwin ramos is accused of killing anthony bow lonia -- bologna and his two sons. a court hear something scheduled for a san jose woman for dropping her 2-year-old out -- her 22-year-old son christmas morning. investigators say the mother is dealing with severe mental problems. 8:33. oakland police released some

very disturbing surveillance video from a riot in downtown oakland saturday night. this video shows occupy protesters burning flags on the steps of city hall. you can also see demonstrators breaking into and vandalizing city hall. more than 400 arrests were made and several people were hurt. >> if they are causing damage and hursting people, our -- hurting people people, our job is to arrest them. >> i was arrested saturday evenge and i was -- saturday evening and i saw many acts of cruelty by what appeared to be monster like people. >> the occupiers say they plan to sue the city of oakland and the county of alameda. 8:34. police are now investigating a possible link between two deadly sheetings in the bay area. a 35-year-old barber was shot several times after leaving work last thursday in berkeley.

according to the "times herald" kenneth warren may have known or was related to another shooting victim, 38-year-old dorian wells. wells was reportedly holding his 1-year-old daughter when he was gunned down tuesday night in vallejo. this moving, richmond police are searching for suspects in a shooting that left the driver with a bullet wound in his back. it happened yesterday afternoon on hilltop mall road. the victim said he was driving alone when he was shot by someone in another car. the wounded man was treated at the hospital and released. police are calling on witnesses to step forward. a san francisco woman listed the city's homeless in her will. sfgate.com reports that the woman died last september at the age of 84. without any family, the retired nurse wanted her condo to be used as a shelter for the homeless. if that wasn't feasible, the city would decide how to best use the property. next week, the board of supervisors will consider a

proposal to sell the condo for $400,000 with the money going to the mayor's fund for the homeless. 8:35. the new $28 million elementary school in santa rosa may not be able to open as scheduled in the fall. there's no money to build sidewalks to the school. the money for a sidewalk along burbank avenue was supposed to come from santa rosa's redevelopment agency. but that agency along with every other redevelopment agency in california was eliminated because of california's budget deficit. without a safe route for children to walk to and from the school, the city won't allow the new school to open. >> the america's caught yacht race begins in 18 months and the san francisco supervisor behind the ground breaking hiring law is getting involved. john avalos wants to force the race organize esto hire workers from san francisco -- orkers to hire workers for -- organizers

to hire workers. >> it is 8:36. we want to check in again with sal. see what's happening on the roads. everything still busy at the toll plaza. it is still busy. and busy in other spots as well. we've been looking at the south bay, too. we've had traffic on 101 and 280. let's take a look at the toll plaza. it has 23409 been a really bad day. it's been barked up for about a 15-minute wait for most of the morning. want you -- this morning's commute on interstate 808 has been slow. this is always a slowdown that you see later in the morning especially right through the high street area. after that it does clear up. the morning commute has been tough on 80 westbound, kind of unusually tough coming out of fairfield and ha -- and heading out to the core dealial junction. and slow -- core deal -- cordelia junction.

we have a little bit of took -- of fog in san jose, a 16th of a mile. we do have a little bit of fog there. it was late to the party. otherwise it's gonna be mostly sunny. we had a few high cloud. but those are clearing out pretty fast. today, mostly sunny, although the morning what -- morning was cool. sunny and mimed -- mild. the weekend looks good. maybe -- other than that chilly morning. still a couple of 30s holding on but a lot of 40s. high pressure, though, says i think i will come in here and hang around until monday. as it does, it just sends everything way north and farther north. it just kinds the -- wipes the systems out. accept for a few high clouds. now, most of that will clear out pretty fast. we do have a northerly breeze. the end result is more sunshine, a little bit warmer

days. 60s for temperatures here today. temperatures, low, mid. maybe a few upper. we'll go with that with santa rosa. and then also down towards morgan hill, gilroy, it looks like a beautiful day. santa cruz, capitola. weekend looks good. increasing clouds on monday. rain on tuesday. it is 8:38. the government's list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to and within the u.s. has doubled in the past year. the no-fly list has grown from 10,000 to 21,000 names over the past year. that's largely because of changes and what causes a person's name to be added to the no-fly list. previously a person needed to be considered a threat to aviation. but now people can be -- can be put on the list if they c considered a threat to domestic or international security or if they have attended a terror training camp. new this morning, we're hearing reports that donald trump will endorse mitt romney

for president in las vegas today -- not newt gingrich, as has been rumored. donald trump tweet ed are -- he will make a big announcement at 12:30 today from his hotel in las vegas. earlier it was rumored he would endorse newt gingrich. now it's reported that mitt romney will get the donald endorsement. we'll find out when trumpp makes his announcement official. ken pritchett is heading to nevada for saturday's caucuses. ken will have live reports here on ktvu news. 20 minutes before 9:00. republican mitt romney is finding plenty of ways to make news. his big surprise at a campaign stop in minnesota. also, can sugar hurt you?

. right know, the dow is down 17. nasdaq is up 10. s&p is flat. a computer glitch caused problems on a tokyo stock exchange this morning. there was no trade for 240 exchange-traded fund, real estate investment trusts and companies including sony. it was the first serious problem in that exchange in six years. it was fixed before the afternoon session. market officials are investigating the problem but say they've ruled out cyber terrorism at the cause. 8:44. the scene around a trench is being protected and preserved. state investigators want to

know what caused an accident there and if anybody is at fault. yesterday even, piles of clay- like mud fell on top of a mud helping to fix a septic line. he was pulled out after being trapped for more than three hours. he has pain in his chest, hips and legs and is in the hospital. uc berkeley police are investigating several robberies and robbery attempts nee the south side of the -- near the south side of the campus. police say they will patrol and use plain-clothes officers to help protect students on campus. and police in oakland investigating an attempted robbery early this morning turned into a gun battle at an oakland treat kosher. two people are in the hospital and the search continues for more suspecting. claudine wong is back now, been at the scene that has exclusive video and reaction to what

happened. >> we know the son comes to work armed and with a bulletproof vest. these two suspects did not know that. fighting back, however, did come at a price. he was hit by gunfire. three shots, one to his arm, one to his back, one to his neck. you are looking at exclusive video as he was taken away from the hospital. he actually called 911 himself after all of this happened. he is in stable condition. residents out here told us they heard fighting, yelling and then shots. >> about 1:00, 1:30 in the morning. i heard about five, six real loud gunshots and i didn't go -- i didn't -- my back porch is out there. you can stand on the porch. i didn't go out there to see what was going on because i knew. i knew there's always shooting in the neighborhood. police on the scene this moving told us at least one suspect was also hit by gunfire. he was actually dropped off at the hospital by an unknown person. but he is also now facing

charges. police spent about four hours out here collecting evidence and putting together what happened. >> a criminal investigation members have been called out now. they are trying to interview potential suspects, witnesses. >> the victim's brother was also out here. he didn't really want to talk. you can see him taking his brother's bulletproof vest with him. the man told us he's not surprised that his brother fought back when i asked how he was doing, he said he's doing fine. live here in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:47. a fatal shooting in fairfield is under investigation. police were called to the area of utah and haynes streets just before midnight. they found a 29-year-old man unconscious in the front yard after house. he was taken to the hospital. that's where he -- of a house. he was taken to the hospital. that's where he died. investigators say no arrests have opinion made and they are still out there looking for

suspects. sugar is toxic, addictive and should be regulated. those are the findings of a new study done right here in san francisco. pam cook has the results of this new report. good morning, pam. >> good morning. the report by researchers says 40% of normal weight people, not obese, have metabolic problems that can lead to diabetes and heart disease. they contend that sugar is the cause. now, a pediatrician who led the study says excessive sugar alter's people pie yochemistry, making them more vulnerable to an illness. the question is should the government step in? >> i think it has to start at home, with the family. parents should be restrictive and the parents are a lot of the problem, too. >> i've heard that sugar is comparable to like a drug an it's addictive. i would like to see if maybe we

could remove some of that from prepared foods. i think it would all around be more healthy for us. >> the uc study says it's going to take more than will power and the government needs to step in. it finds meshes eat and drink about 22-teaspoons of sugar every day, that's triple what we consumed 30 years ago. they also say that a lot of that sneaks into our diet in things like bred. now the -- bread. now the study suggests the fda remove sugar from the list of foods that are generally regarded as safe because that means they can be used in unlimited quantity. tori? >> thank you, pam. we were asking viewers on facebook. if they think shoe arcould have similar regulations with alcohol and tobacco. larry wrote there's no public safety issue. i say no, this is a private safety matter. joel wrote i think people shue be allowed -- should be allowed to ingest what they like.

being said, many people are uneducated about the links between sugar and obesity and diabetes. tell us what you think on our football page and send us a message. mitt romney was glitter bombed. it happened at a campaign stop in minnesota. look at this. you can see the glitter thrown on romney. somebody in the proud did it. romney's security people immediately jumped on the young man and removed it. the group connected with the glitter thrower said it was a reaction to donations that rommy made to the mormon church and the stance he takes on gay marriage. >> i have glitter in my hair. that's not everything that's in there. i glue it on every morning, believe it or not. >> this is newt gingrich back in may. the young man who threw that

glitter bomb said he did it to stop the hate for the antigay politics. while u.s. presidential candidates deal with the glitter bombings. the now -- the flour was flying on a french presidential candidate. a woman ran on stage and threw a bag of flour on this politician. the poddy guards -- bodyguards moved in quickly. the candidate was about to sign a social contract in favor of housing for all. the woman said she had no money left because housing laws were not being allowed -- given fairly. the faa is addressing the pilot fatigue. pilots must have a rest after

eight or nine hours. pilot -- pilots must have eight or nine hours of inter-- of uninterrupted sleep. this follows a terrible crash in new york a few years ago. the pilots said that he had not slept in a while. there was violence after a soccer match. we'll tell you about thele fallout -- about the fallout. will it be six more weeks of winter?

. many shadows do i see, six more weeks of winter it must be! >> that's the predict shin from punxsutawney phil on this groundhog -- prediction from punxsutawney phil on this groundhog day. thousands of people braved the cold temperatures to see the famous groundhog. it's a tradition that dates back to the 1800s. that's why those gentlemen where those fancy outfits and

hats. however, new york has staten island chuck and this morning, the ground hug did not see his shadow. the event is a big deal in new york city with mayor michael bloomberg. he's handled chuck with heavy gloves. 8:55. as many as 100 people may have just died when a ferry boat sank. an air charter service took these photos you are looking at right now. more than 200 survivors were rescued from the sea. crews from nearby australia are still out there searching for possible survivors. helicopters have been dropping life rafts to people in the water. that ferry was ten miles from shore when it started sinking. in egypt, egypt has declared -- declared three days of mash mourning after this deadly riot at a soccer game -- of morning after this deadly riot at a soccer game. earlier this morning, egypt's

prime minister dissolved the entire soccer federation board and they will be investigated by prosecutors. the police chief has already resigned. mother nature is finally providing relief to rain- starved texas. the federal government announced today that for the first time since july, the dallas/fort worth area is not classified as in a drought. in fact, a major storm is predicted this weekend. water restrictions will likely be lifted. however, much of the rest of the state remains in the grips of the most severe drought in texas history. we're kind of starved for rain here in the bay area, too. i go to traffic first? steve is there. i got confused. sal is waiting to talk about traffic. >> dave, and here i thought we were friends. >> oh, sal! [ laughter ] >> let's take a look at the commute. >> the commute has been dry as well. we didn't have any waterer.

it's very busy at the toll plaza. if you are driving to san francisco, we have some slowing here from cesar chavez into the downtown area. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. had some fog this morning. some of it might still be talk stick around toward santa clara and san jose. it will clear pretty fast. it will be sunny and mostly sunny today. we'll take that into the weekend. maybe some fog. but nice mild days looks to be on tap for next tuesday. >> okay. thank you. that's our report this monning. we thank you for trusting ktvu for your news. more coverage at noon in the battle for same-sex marriage. thanks for watching. this new at&t 4g lte is fast.

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