. light rain is giving way to very windy conditions, we will have an update on very windy weather. president shimon peres is coming to silicone valley, why he is giving the social networking site a thumb's up. president barack obama plans on stealing part of the republican spotlight. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is tuesday march

6th. >> steve, do we need an umbrella today? >> no, just extra hold on the hair spray because the wind is strong, gusts up to 48 miles per hour. also parts of marin counties are seeing gusts around 1,500 feet. things whipping up and we had some early morning drizzle, today much, much cooler, here is tall a. -- here is tara. here is san rafael where the chp has just added the richmond san rafael bridges also make sure you drive slowly on the venetia dumbarton. no high wind advisories still hard on the roadways as you make your way to san francisco. let's go back to the desk. topping our news, it was a violent night on the streets of oakland. police now investigating

several shootings including deadly accidents that led to a car crash in oakland. >> reporter: good morning dave, it has been an all too familiar situation. children up in the hospital in oakland. it happened just before 6:30 monday evening police responded to a call of shots fired in east oakland. once arriving at the 8600 block of bancroft avenue they found several cars involved in an accident. the car had been shot about a block and a half away as he tried to get away his car crashed into multiple vehicles including this vehicle which had a mother two children and another adult inside. >> we believe they were attempting to make a turn and were struck head-on by the

victim's vehicle. >> reporter: now firefighters had to get the jaws of life to remove the people inside that monte carlo. they were taken to the hospital and two children were transported with minor injuries and the driver the bentley was taken to the hospital where he later died. luckily in this situation the two children did not die but last year three children died as a result of shootings in oakland. a lot of people are outraged, and we will stay on top of this situation as it develops. police responded to a shooting in west oakland. two people were injured in the attack at 14th and peralta. officers left the scene of another shooting near the intersection of bancroft where one man was shot in the chest. we have no update on his condition. police are still trying to determine if that final

shooting of the night is connected to the earlier gun violence. police found this man here, on 48th avenue. the young victim refused to answer any questions about how he was wounded. he is being treated at hyland hospital. happening right now, republican presidential candidate rick santorum is speaking to a pro israel lobbying group in washington d.c. there he is right there, three of the four republican candidates will address the public affairs committee. rick santorum will be followed by newt gingrich who will speak to them via satellite. the pools are now open holding super tuesday primaries caucuses coming up at 6:15 we will have a live report for

what is at stake today. the big state where rick santorum are running neck and neck in the poles. they will hold his first news conference of the year. the white house insists it is just a coincidence. the republican candidates are facing off in ten states. they are expected to face a lot of questions about the pace of the economic recovery and all the troubles in iran and syria. the ktvu channel 2 morning news will carry the presidential news conference, bring it to you live at 10:15 this morning. they are getting ready for a tech tour and joining us, we will talk about the silicone company, hosting the international leader. president shimon peres is scheduled to meet with ceo mark

zuckerberg of facebook. they will launch the personal facebook page. now the israeli president already has a fan book on facebook but president shimon peres explains he wants to use facebook more often and use it interactively with facebook users, particularly with people from arab countries, people who don't have diplomatic ties with israel. now after they launched it, president shimon peres will take questions from users from the chief operating officer and that discussion will be done live. president shimon peres had high prize for social met working and its control >> he has an idea, that's it. >> this is the second day of the tour of silicone valley and

he was at the research lab. he is trying to strengthen his economic ties with silicone valley and he said money does not make money, science makes money touting the value of technology. tonight, the president will speak at temple emanuel in front of 6,000 people. ktvu channel 2 morning news. they were taken to jail after they refused to leave the state capital building... [crowd noise] >> now the police moved in 7:30 last night and one by one they were handcuffed and removed. these are protests after cuts to higher education. >> i think today was an amazing

day. we came with clear demands. we had a lot of people come and our demands was to have the state government support the millionaire's tax. >> governor brown said he needs to increase taxes for the november ballot. they will formally block the release on a new report on a controversial pepper spray incident. police pepper sprayed students back in november and they set up a at it task force -- a task force and found out the union wanted the report blocked. another report is under review also back in november uc berkeley officers used bat tons on students and professors during a campus demonstration.

now the chronicle says the police review board held a meeting to look over protests. they are expected to review their only on how they should handle future protests. >> let's check in with the commute. have you been able to check on them. >> the hair spray, it is a good one. there is a bunch of little exclamation points and that's because of the wind, a high winds advisory for the richmond san rafael bridge and this is the latest. at the bay bridge, same story, that advisory in effect. you can see the backup starting give yourself some extra time and drive slowly. finally, a live look at the bridge, very windy, this span is under advisory after the dumbarton and the venetia

bridges. gusts were up to 48 miles per hour. >> that is correct tara. we have blustery conditions and it cleared rapidly. we did have very light rain. most of it blew out of the pictures fast. some of the wind out of the west, northwest in san jose, the gusts are stronger than this. santa rosa northwest, west at fairfield, west at san jose 21 everything is setting up for a windy day. 48 miles per hour near lucas valley ranch, wood acre around 1400 feet, marin county fso 37 also highway 92 heading over from crystal springs reservoir, i have seen 35 miles per hour as well. santa rosa 29, east bay hills 37 miles per hour.

the big news along with the winds will be the cooler temperatures out of the 70s, a lot of 50s today. the city might actually warm up and lose the fog. they may bump undue to sunshine. our system is already gone but temperatures are 44 santa rosa, a lot of 46s and 47s. one system moves out, cold air moving rapidly behind that. it will still be mostly sunny below that. we will be caught in between and it means a much cooler day with temperatures. weather advisory in the sierra at 4:00 above the lake level from 2:00 to 4:00. mostly sunny today, it just will not be very warm. mid-50s closer to the coast, temperatures have crashed. colder and sunnyside up and warmer taking us to cooler days

pam ? >> plus, a fight in a courtroom, two emotional family members could not hold it in any longer.

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. it happened in springfield, officers had to keep the father and uncle back that the suspect is accused of killing. now the primaries or caucuses are held in 10 states up for grabs, most of the states did i have have id them up proportionately, meaning each candidate stands to win. recent polls for mitt romney, that gives him a 12 point lead over rick santorum. allison burns has what is at stake for each of the candidates, allison? >> reporter: dave with more

than 400 delegates up for grabs, that is 20% at the national republican convention. it is something mitt romney wants to show he has the momentum to win. >> it is our 5th state in a row with washington state. this is good news. >> reporter: their biggest fight is in ohio where poles show they are running neck and neck. >> i know it is lining up behind the guy with the most money, but we have some courageous people in ohio who have stood by us. >> ktvu channel 2 morning news is looking for southern wins but rick santorum is narrowing the gap in tennessee, and a national pole out this morning shows who most americans belief will be the -- believe will be

the next gop winner, i will have that in my next half hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> we will have all the election results from the 10 state contests as they start coming in of course tonight and on ktvu channel 2 morning news. john mccain is calling for air strikes on syria and he wants the u.s. to lead the attack on the leader >> we should be establishing safe havens especially in the north where opposition forces can plan activities against him. >> defense secretary leon panetta is reportedly concerned that u.s. military could make the problems in syria even

worse. at least 7500 people have died in his crackdown on people who oppose his regime. a candy from pakistan is being recalled. customers are being called to return any containsers of chef's pride because it has high levels of led. it is a chewy sweet sesame seed candy. we are told it can cause health problems, especially for infants children and pregnant women. they are taking steps to ban plastic food containers. the city voted to move ahead with the ban. they also required customers to pay a nickle for paper bags. they say such a ban will have to withstand a lengthy review before it can be put into place. opening statements are now underway for four alleged gang

members in sonoma county. they are accused of the killing of dewey tucker he was shot to death as he drove on interstate 808 near the bridge. he was mistaken for arrival -- a rival gang member. he will talk about several ways he may raise fares. bart wants to know which idea is most acceptable to the public. some ideas include raising all tickets by 5 centss and any one that goes under. it starts at 6:30 and will be held at the national transportation commission's office in oakland. after 6:00, i guess we are mostly talking about wind this morning. >> you have to be careful because gusts can sneak up on you and blow you into the other lane and we have been knows

toying -- noticing a lot of debris like garbage cans and other trash. high winds advisories on the bridges and also on the richmond san rafael and venetia bridges. out past the livermore area, a two car collision and on 580 westbound grand road another two car crash, both accidents had to be moved to the shoulder but there is some slowed traffic happening there. it is windy but no delays to speak of. thank you very much. mostly clear, we have some very light drizzle come by, but man is it cold, some reports coming in up in men seen know, cold and windy, temperatures 30s, low 30s for some, it will be a much cooler day and this system is falling apart but leaving

its mark with wind. near lucas valley ranch, about 40 as well, up around 1400 feet. 4:00 a.m. now 37. santa rosa in the last hour, 40s on the temperatures and they are dropping as you might imagine. they are even colder, a lot of 30s up there. the system is continuing to produce know and change on baxter, one mile east 3800 feet, for us it will be mostly sunny and just a cool, cool day. mostly sunny but breezy to windy and temperatures drop off. bridges hills a long the coast you name it. that wind advisory kicks in later. very low 60s and it will be cold in went protected areas

and the warmup looks good until sunday. we will cool down with some clouds, pam? ford ceo said instead of forming alliances they will continue to match production with real demand in europe. earlier ford said it was likely not to. they announced they are partnering up with france. it is a problem that could keep airbags from working correctly in the event of an accident. it includes s-60 s-80 and s-70 vehicles. volvo will start notifying car owners and you can take your vehicle to the shop for repairs. a fiery crash seriously

injured a driver, how he was saved from this, trapped inside of a burning car. it was two earthquakes that jolted the bay area, the prediction seismologists are making. we will tell you about some bay area bridges you should be concerned about this morning. a

. a high wind advisory on the venetia bay, san mateo and dumbarton bridges, make sure you drive safely this morning. let's head back to the desk. two americans saved a man from this burning car. he reportedly was swerving to avoid hitting a dog on the avenue. he ended up smashing into a tree and then his car burst into flames. a witness says the man was frantically trying to get out of that burning car when two people ran up to help. luckily nobody was hurt. what tornado survivors are trying to clean up and move on, but they sure have a lot of work ahead of them.

the devastation is overwhelming. 40 people are confirmed dead, in terms of harrisberg and illinois, debris is everywhere, you cannot avoid it. volunteers are determined to rebuild. fema is trying to determine which areas are eligible for federal help. seismologists are calling the back to back quakes a wakeup call for the bick one. it hit in el cerrito. the first measured 3.5, the second larger was came in at 4.0. the hayward fault runs right beneath. and one says, looser rocks are on the east side, more solid rocks are on the west. there is a 62% chance of the big one hitting the bay area in the next 30 years.

we have information on our website with tools on how to protect yourself. go to www.ktvu.com. outside a home in pinole, what firefighters are saying about the cause. a shooting leaves two children in the hospital, i will have that coming up. pam will have your early numbers on wall street. stay tuned. sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay.

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internet protocol apps. they are waiving, say good morning dave clark. >> hi . >> dow jones industrial average is headed lower aspected, i will tell you why in just a bit. good morning, it is a tuesday march 6th, good morning time now is 6:30. we have overnight news, it has been a violent night on the streets of oakland. police are now investigating several shootings including deadly fire in east oakland that led to a car crash involving children. here is more on the crazy details, paul? >> reporter: there are very few details, we know there was a shooting which ended up with two children taken to the hospital last night. police uponned to a call of

shots fired in east oakland. police say the driver of a benly had been shot a block away. as he tried to get away his car crashed into a vehicle which had a mother two children and an adult inside. >> we believe the other vehicle was attempting to make a turn northbound on 86th avenue and was struck head-on. >> firefighters had to use the jaws of life. he was taken to an area hospital and the two children were taken to children's hospital with minor injuries and the drivers was taken to benly where he later died. we have tried to contact police and we are waiting for more details and as soon as we get it, we will facility on to you.

as soon as we get it, we will pass it on to you. >> police responded to a shooting in west oakland. both children are expected to survive. officers just left the scene of another shooting where one man was shot in the chest, no word on his condition. meantime police are trying to determine if a final shooting of the night is leading to other gun violence. officers found another victim who refused to answer questions about how he was injured and he is now being treated at hyland hospital. >> san francisco police are accused of failing accuracy checks on their preliminary alcohol screening devices. coming up in about five minutes, how long this problem

may have been happening. and coming up, sheriff ross mirkarimi's trial continues this morning and this follows two developments in the courtroom, the judge ruled one of sheriff ross mirkarimi's former girlfriends can take the witness stand. christina flores claims sheriff ross mirkarimi abused her four years ago. also sheriff ross mirkarimi's defense lawyer has asked a judge to move the trial out of san francisco. all the extensive media coverage has made it impossible to find a partial jury. they are now considering that change of venue request. it is stemming from an alledged fight he had with his wife. alex savage is on the scene, he will show us the damage and tell us what

firefighters are saying, here is more. this is a possible marijuana growingp 0 racing, -- operation, this one is across the street and it was discovered after a fire broke out. firefighters were inside, they knocked down those flames and that's when they found equipment used to grow marijuana plants. nobody was hurt at the time either. at this point they are not even show if anybody listed this house. right now police are waiting for an investigator to come secure the scene. they will go and take over the scene. they will do a full investigation into a possible marijuana growing operation. live in pinole ktvu channel 2 morning news. a new carpool lane may have to pay a rip it up or move it.

they are talking 580 between pleasanton and livermore. according to the bay citizens, the current plan for carpool lanes on both sides of 580 will have to go to platforms down the median. they are still not clear when that will happen. tara is watching everything, do we want to be on the bay bridge toll plaza? >> well, you are looking at a 15 minute backup, a high wind advisory is in effect if you can take a look at it here. also high winds on the venetia, san rafael, dumbarton and san mateo bridge. if you look you can see our camera has been bouncing around all morning long. you can take it slowly out there and those wind gusts are

really high. steve was reporting you will not have to be aware of that as well. down in milpitas, westbound as you make your way towards sunny veil. let's check in with steve. we have wind advisories out, very blustery conditions, it is cold out there and this system did produce some light rain, it is already flowing down and is still falling apart. still some wrap around and the pass, right above wood acre, san rafael 29 -- santa rosa 29, 40 some of the east bay hills, some things cranking up and it will be a much colder day. those were gusts these were

sustained west at 18 so it is a breezy blustery day for some. the fog they dropped big time and it may even be slightly warmer than that. dropping into the upper 50s from the 60s and 70s yesterday. the temperatures have been going down, a lot of 40s and the system is continuing to wrap itself up and go into southern california and as it does high pressure builds to the north and that will give us a cold did i windy pattern. mostly sunday, temperatures go much cooler, wind advisories change out on baxter, at least 100 feet, 4:00 that weather advisory goes 4 to 6 inches. mostly sunny windy and colder, highs today bundle up, upper

50s for others very low 60s as temperatures have taken a tumble. really cold wednesday morning in wind protected areas and thursday and friday mostly sunny and cooler on sunday. our time is now 6:38. for the republican candidates, it is super tuesday, 498 delegates at -- delegates at stake, the biggest prize, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, pam, yes voting is underway here in cobb county georgia at this hour and it is a huge day, super tuesday, we are talking about more than 400 delegates up for grabs and when you consider all of the other contests combined this still is way more than other delegates

which means it is a usual day for all of the candidates. >> reporter: mitt romney has momentum going into super tuesday. victories in arizona and michigan one week ago and in washington state saturday, mitt romney is hoping to break away from his rivals tonight. he has racked up endorsements including house majority leader eric cater which should boost him. >> he can get this economy back on track. >> reporter: rick santorum who has not had a win in nearly a month he believes he has a chance in one of the most important contests, ohio. >> i know it is lining up behind the guy with the most money but we have some courage

kraus people. >> it -- courageous. >> reporter: the south will also be a major test for mitt romney tonight and newt gingrich is expected to score a win in his home state of georgia but if mitt romney does well in tennessee, it will be a sign he can rally conservatives to his side and has the chance to take on president barack obama in november. okay well virginia is one of the 10 super tuesday states, but here is the thing, rick santorum and newt gingrich, their names will not be on the ballots there. they failed to collect the necessary signatures. back to you. time now 64 is how this overnight incident has led to a police search early this morning.

>> he said one bay area company will play a big role in diplomacy. and here is a look at highway 24 through lafayette. the wind is a big issue and we will look at an accident in the east bay coming up. @

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. heads-up for you drivers this morning, it is windy this morning, look at that picture, chp has strong wind gusts for the bay area expected all day long. it will last until midnight. and deadly gunfire in oakland led to a car crash which involved children. the man died after he was shot driving his car through the streets of east oakland last night. the driver then crashed head-on injuring a family of four including two children. and it is super tuesday and the voting is underway in 10 states. there is a lot of voting underway and a total of 419 delegates are up for grabs. ktvu channel 2 morning news' allie rasmus is joining us from the park with details on today's visit and what else

does president shimon peres have planned? >> reporter: that's right, president shimon peres is scheduled to meet with ceo mark zuckerberg this morning and he will be meeting right here behind us. he will officially launch his personal facebook page while at the company. the president already has a fan page. this is what it looks like. he wants to use the facebook to interact and engage in a dialog, especially with countries who don't have diplomatic ties. he has done a lot to encourage social movements and revolutions in the middle east. >> this is just the beginning and i do not believe the young generation -- [inaudible] to the poverty, to the tyranny and some of them are

sacrificing... >> now -- >> reporter: now this is the second day of his tour. he visited a research lab yesterday. he is trying to strengthen ties and after he launches his facebook page, the israeli president will take questions from facebook users and will sit down with the ceo. that discussion will be streamed live. after the facebook visit, he will have lunch with the venture capitalists and this evening he is scheduled to speak with 2000 people. live in the park, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 morning news. it led to a crash and injured somebody. witnesses say police were going after two men when the suspects crashed into another car and the driver was hurt. we have no word on his

condition. police did arrest one suspect near the crash scene and they are still out there searching for the other man. as many as 1,000 drunk driving convictions are now under question. they say the police department failed to conduct proper accuracy checks on alcohol screening devices. now it shows the same result over and over again. he believes the problem began over six years ago. the public defender's office is trying to identify cases that could be thrown out. tara says there is a new crash in the east bay, what happened? >> well it happened near the pass where steve was telling us earlier there are wind gusts up to 48 miles per hour. we can show you this injury accident at grant line road,

out passed tracy. one person is trapped so the ambulance and fire department is on the way. your traffic is not too bad in either direction. we have a high winds advisory in effect high winds as well on the dumb bar, -- dumbarton san rafael and venetia. it is very windy and it's colder out there, in fact the wind gusts are coming up, steve bridges up in the keys south lake tahoe, blowing snow and also very windy conditions so if you are driving up there, chances are around baxter, the weather advisory goes around 4:00 p.m. today we had that system go up, there was some light rain on my way this morning. it will be a cooler colder afternoon more 50s.

breezy, just some of the higher elevations i was looking at. some of the stronger ones have been closer to fso, 43 miles per hour atlas peak and 32 oakland hills anywhere from 20 to 32 and here in mt. diablo, near crystal springs reservior near half-moon bay pretty good gusts as well. so northwest 28 at fso, patrick and redwood shores, the winds woke up him. it is going to be a win day dated today. that system -- if it was not for the system it would be each colder. high pressure will give us a northerly wind but still mostly

sunny breezy windy, wind advisory talking about the snow advisory until 4:00 and 4 to 6, lesser amounts, snow level around 3500 feet. windy and colder out there, 50s on the temperatures, upper 50s, very low 60s. cold tomorrow morning, sunnyside up, looks good, cooler with clouds on sunday, pam, dave? today a verizon system says the service will work in areas that can't get cable. call it home fusion. customers will have to pay a $200 fee and then monthly service starts at $60. birmingham will be the first to get the new service. wall street is down 5 5% according to a new york city

watchdog group. bonuses will drop at much as 40% but the decline is steep enough to hurt the declines and monitors are also forecasting, could lose 4300 jobs this year. time now 361, the future of santa clara heads to court, what the judge said about a complaint and what that means for the beginning of construction. also coyotes in the big city, how san francisco is responding. through the pittsburgh bay area, we will tell you where to watch out for the wind coming up.

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. do you is down 143 point and a there is still concern about what is happening in china and the gross numbers there. there is a reward leading to the information to an arrest. last month somebody smashed out the windows at the elementary school. the damage could take half a

million dollars to repair. the board is recommending they offer a $10,000 reward offer and that could bring the total to $20,000. construction in santa clara can start as early as the spring. the supreme court judge ruled they cannot hold a referendum on the stadium project. they learned the project included an $850 million bank loan but the judge ruled the loan amounts to an administrative act and they have one shot to direct policy. the city council will talk about putting a tax measure before voters in june. one would increase the city's sales tax to 9-cents up to 8.5 cents and an additional 1% to

the utilities tax. both options would expire after four years. the city manager says the general fund faces a $1.5 million budget deficit. it is not usually associated with a big city. the city is devising a plan to deal with the growing number of coyotes. they have tips on how to co- exist. coyotes sightings are on the rise. >> i always get nervous if you see them. >> definitely if you have small pets. so yes, it is concerning. coming up, the wind may affect your commute. >> yes, it is creating gusts that make it tough for you to drive in your own lane. the good news is, it is not affecting flights out of fso just yet. we have a behind wind advisory

out of dumbarton, richmond san rafael and venetia bridges. metering lights are on so give yourself extra time. it is looking like a clear day, no delays to speak of, let's check in with steve. mostly sunny after some early drizzle light rain, but it is windy and colder, temperatures today will be in the upper 50s. we will talk about how this could be a cold morning coming up on mornings on 2. also on mornings on 2, on the streets of oakland, two children are among the victims. also, developing crews are on the scene of an early morning house fire, stay right here with us. longest lastings of any full-line automaker. plus, every new toyota comes with the peace-of-mind of toyota care, a complimentary maintenance plan with roadside assistance. so from camry to tundra, this is your chance to save big on our most popular models.

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