. i am not going to let you down, i am going to get this nomination. new final results are affecting mitt romney's bid for election. they could move the entire case for sheriff ross mirkarimi out of san francisco. and in san francisco, everyone is buzzing about the

introduction of the i-pad we will have how the market will react. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, good morning to you, welcome to a brand-new day, it is march 7th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, thank you for waking up with us, we have steve paulson, it is not as windy as yesterday? there are still gusts over 30 in some of the higher elevations there is not a cloud for a long, long way and temperatures will start to come up as the winds start to turn easterly and mid-60s after a cold morning. coming up to the willow pass grade, no major problems although it is slow in antioch going west. 80 westbound trying to get to the bay bridge there is already a backup there, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. police in sunnyville are

investigating a shooting. officers found the bodies of two people inside a home in a usually quiet neighborhood. tara moriarty is in sunnyville with more on the investigation, tara? >> reporter: police are trying unravel exactly what happened inside the house last night. investigators are not releasing too much information but they are looking into the possibility of whether this could be a murder/suicide. two people were shot and killed off the home of next reason avenue -- necker reason avenue. the victims were both adults. it is unclear what their relationship was and we don't know if police found a gun at the scene. we do know a couple and their teenage son lived at that house. it is unclear if the individuals were home when the shootings took place. officials have not responded to the home for any sort of

disturbances earlier in the night and again two people are dead, not sure how they died and the last time they commended was 11:00 last night. we will head over to the neighborhood and we will try to get some reaction from neighbors and try to find out more from this family. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. concord police are searching for a gunman responsible for a violent take over robbery. it happened at the super liquor food store on monument boulevard. an armed man beat up a cashier and robbed several customers before taking off with an undisclosed amount of cash. right now police only have a vague description of the armed robber. sheriff ross mirkarimi's trial is proving to be a very difficult task. another 150 potential jurors are expected to be added to the

jury pool today. more than 200 have been dismissed in the past three days. defense are trying to find an impartial jury roy in a city that -- jury in a city that just elected sheriff ross mirkarimi sheriff four months ago. >> the jurors have been somewhat tainted and they do have opinions about the case. >> the jury is considering a request to move the trial outside the county, however moving it is extremely rare. for republican presidential candidate mitt romney hits the trail again with super tuesday grabbing rights. now you can see them on this map in the orangeburg there is virginia and alaska.

if rick santorum wouldn't it will be newt gingrich's home state and rand paul failed to win -- win any state. coming up at 6:15 we will have a live report from our washington d.c. room on why the other candidates still have a chance. they are not letting the republicans have all the spotlight this week. the president scheduled his first conference and this morning the president heads to north carolina to talk about jobs. daimler in north carolina, the white house said they will highlight fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. there are reports that later this morning in a couple

of hours apple will unveil the i-pad 3. claudine wong has more on how this big announcement could affect the stock market later on this morning, claudine wong? >> reporter: it was volatile ahead of yesterday's announcement we will have to see how people respond. 10:00 a.m. is go time. you can see the apple logo already up and going and lots of media attention going around and always lots of secrecy surrounding these events but details about what the i-pad 3 will actually be? that has the rumor mill buzzing. we will be looking at improved resolution and some speculate it will have a best retaliate in display -- a better display.

all of this is shrouded with secrecy. things will drop before they actually rise. stock prices dropped 1.3% when the iphone 4 was announced. when the first iphone 4 was announced they dropped 1%. >> when the iphone comes out, that is when people take their profits and get out. >> reporter: keep in mind, this is apple so give those stocks a week and they always come back up. it will be at 10:00 and how long it will last, that is unclear. if you look you can see some people and there is an apple representative but he is out here and he is not answering any questions he can't tell us how long it will last or how many people will be inside.

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. san francisco bus riders could spend less time getting from one place to another. san francisco's muni says parking restrictions making lane modifications and he eliminating bus -- and eliminating bus stops could help and that includes bay shore express and fillimore lines. muni said they will not make anymore changes until they hold public meetings on the changes. we have sal back, so sal, welcome back and i would be thankful if you could just take me to the bridge. >> i'll take you to the bridge and pam is a business junky, the stock price is at 6-cents, it looks like it will go up $6. >> we will be watching. >> i love having my crew with me.

i am part of their crew, i guess. let's look at highway 4, i don't want to put that cart ahead of the horse. highway 4 coming up to antioch. looking slow but bay point let's good. it is lighter so it feels later, you have time to jump ahead, if you are driving across the bay, livermore, we've had a couple of problems there, if you are driving from tracy, once you get passed that it looks good to caster valley. let's go to my main man, steve? thank you sal. it is clear, clear, clear, it is going to be a sunny day, wall to wall sunshine and you can see everything being pushed out to sea and it looks good

today, tomorrow and probably friday as well. still not as bad as yesterday but mt. diablo leader of the pack. if you go to the college it could be breezy blustery there. it looks like it is going down to 25, oakland hills right above the zoo. santa rosa 22, livermore 22 miles per hour, although some areas are decreasing. 18 at f-s-o- and northfield, 30s for some. there will be reports from lakeport. ukiah 21. sonoma is outside the plaza. danville now checking in at 39 and the air mass is dry and starting to drop so it's cold out there so even if you don't

have a breeze it will be sunny. cold clear skies, breezy windy morning for some. trends take it to tomorrow and we will level off. it will be a little warmer, winds will decrease and that will help us warming up so bundle up, don't worry about your hair, pass on the hair day. >> are you saying put it in a ponytail? >> that will help. starting to take shape next week, maybe some rain and lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures. our time now 6:11, winds knocked down a huge oak tree in stockton, two cars and a pickup try were damaged by it. a tree knocked down a pickup.

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. new this morning, firefighters just put out a dumpster, it started 4:30 right behind the office depot. firefighters say it was a tough fire to put out. they had to bring in special equipment to knock it down. the fire was contained to that dumpster and we are told no major damage was reported. san francisco police are trying to identify a woman whose body was found floating in fisherman's wharf. two people identified her, it is still unclear what happened but there is no obvious sign of foul play. they are investigating the murder of a young girl. the body of jessica was found yesterday morning right next to her school. investigators have not released

the cause of death but say she suffered trauma. she was last seen by her family members monday evening. mitt romney wakes up this morning way ahead of his rivals after his opportunitier tuesday wins. and here to tell us if any of his rivals are rear to call it quits, allison? they are asking for a money bomb of campaign donations. including the marquise matchup, his opponents are not showing signs of bug out. newt gingrich took georgia. >> we have won the midwest, the west and the south and we are ready to win across this country. >> i am the tortous.

>> mitt romney has campaigns for the rest of this week. here is the latest count, mitt romney has 415 needed to win the delegates for the nomination. newt gingrich 105, rand paul 47 and the economist was their top issue. what mitt romney is saying about his chances during my next update in about an hour. allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. for more go to our website www.ktvu.com. just click the link which has results from all ten of the states. britain says six of their troops are missing or resumed dead. they were in southern afghanistan at the time of the blast. so far 60 troops have been

killed including 38 from the -- 600 troops have been killed including 38 from the u.s. yesterday president barack obama said sanctions are starting to have a significant affect inside iran and he urged patience. >> this notion that we somehow have a week or two weeks or a month or two months is not born out by the facts. >> now, iran has offered to allow international nuclear inspectors to visit a key military base which is thought to be in nuclear weapons program iran says they are not building a nuclear weapon. the bomb squad had to be called in and somebody spotted a suspicious item in the tree

instead it was a rolled up piece of paper with what police called a spiritual message. it turns out a man put the message there to encourage a local spiritual team that was found in southern california for a national cheerleading competition. >> well if you are in the area of bunker elementary school you will see an unusual site this morning. a coast guard helicopter will be circling and it will land on the campus of smith street. at the same time they will have very important tips from the coast guard about water safety. more people are coming to the bridge and this is not unusual but you should know about it, traffic is backing up a little bit and it is absolutely clear and beautiful, done let the view distract you.

wind signs are still up at the bridge and steve -- steve has said and i don't want to take the air out of steve's balloon but driving this afternoon will be better windswise. i will let steve elaborate on that in just a moment. let's look at interstate 880, it is still windy, as you can sow traffic is -- as you can see traffic is moderate but it is shaking the camera because it's on top of a tall building. there were a couple of incidents however livermore is looking good >> >> still breezy, some of the higher elevations are getting gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour. things look to be closer to the surface, it will be crystal clear today, temperatures will rebound, cold up to the north, especially mendocino county,

30s to the north bay, northwest at fso, it is still breeze i i and blustery. 40s for many, tonight is going to be really cold into tomorrow because the system responsible for the breeze is marching eastward and that allows things to calm down. sunny breezy, cold morning and by this afternoon temperatures should rebound into the 60s. sunny and warmer weather takes us thursday into friday and a cool down starts thursday and friday. it looks like northern sonoma could be in line for some rain, david? >> sorry steve. a new report says companies hired 2 16,000 new workers last month. most of the gross was in the

service industries businesses. now the labor report comes out on friday. citigroup is coming out with its own cards and it is the latest push to attract asian customers. they are teaming up with a chinese bank to offer credit cards but they are not telling us when those cards will be available. time now 6:21 honoring two police officers who saved a driver from that burning car. what president shimon peres said about his relationship with america and the tense situation in iran. good morning, san mateo bridge and all the bridges you may have to deal with gusty winds and we will update that commute and the rest around the bay. it's getting crowded

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officers had to climb into the burning car to rescue that driver. both officers say they are happy to be recognized buts they were just doing their job. we now know the amount of damage after a weekend fire. that happened at 'empty building. now the fire quickly spread. they say it caused more than $2 million. the cause of that fire remains under investigation. the president continues his bay area visit after delivering ahistoric speech in san francisco last night and part of it focused on iran. >> it is a corrupt phenomena in our time. >> president shimon peres spoke before a crowd of about 2000 attempt spell emanuel. he stressed his worries about

whether iran a choir nuclear -- acquires nuclear weapons. >> without the united states i can hardly see how we are going to meet the greatest danger of our time. >> now they were dueling demonstrations between pro israeli and palestinians supporters. >> britain's prince harry has not been afraid to show off his dance moves in jamaica. he joined a group of kids dancing to bob marlie. his visit is part of a tour to celebrate queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee.

time now 6:27 police are looking for answers following a grim discovery inside a sunnyville home. customers are ordered to lay down inside at a concord convenience store. apple is set to unveil a big announcement, a live look at the traysers next. u ] yeah. it's electric. i don't think so. it's got a gas tank right here. electric tank, right over here. an electric tank? really, stu? is that what you pour the electricity in? it's actually both, guys. i can plug in and go 35 miles gas free, or i can fill up and go a whole lot farther. is that my burger? oh. i just got bun. i didn't even bite any burger.

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the show. apple is set to steal the show, they have more than $6 a share on the up side and we will get you all the business news in just a moment. >> we will smile and say good morning to you, already the middle of the week, it is wednesday march 7th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30. concord police are searching for an armed robbery suspect this morning. lorraine blanco is outside of a convenience store that was the scene of a violent robbery, lorraine? >> reporter: she said she was so scared this morning to come in that she could not sleep at all last night. it was a big deal for the people in there at 7:30, we were told one person pistol whipped someone on the ground while he stole their valuables.

it happened at the super monument video this morning. he was taken to the hospital but he is going to be okay. concord police are looking for two male suspects, that is ditch from what we heard -- different from what we heard earlier this morning. they will not give us specifics but the clerk we just spoke to said they were two men wearing hoodies. we will talk to the lady and we will have more coming up in our next update, lauren blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in sunny veil are investigating, officers found two people inside home in a usually quiet neighborhood. tara moriarty is there and just spoke to a neighbor. >> reporter: well being what happened inside the house is still a mystery to many people.

nabs are shocked because it is so quiet around here. they have had some robberies in the past. they discovered two shot and killed inside the home off the avenue. investigators have not identified the bodies but say they were both adults. it is unclear what the relationship is but we do know a couple in their 50s and their teenage son live in this home. >> that is when it happened, it is very hard to see this kind of thing happen to such wonderful people who have always smiled, hello a good word, it is just hard. >> police are not saying who that person was and they are not saying if that individual was home when the shootings

took place. police have not responded to any sort of disturbances earlier in the night. we will learn more as the evening progresses. we will learn more about the family including the son coming up in our next update. hercules will decide whether to approve a half cent sales tax hike and if it is approved it will bring $5,000 more a year. 12 city employees received layoff packets including three police officers. they will be out of a job next month look leaving the department with 20 police officers. >> this is something, the fact that we have less officers on the street and we can't be as proactive as we would like to

be. >> hercules is macing a budget shortfall but say it probably will not pass. it is after an 8-3 vote by the city council. if it is approved they will approve retirement contributions and limited benefits for new employees 'reformed disability retirements and they will suspect retiree cost of living benefits during a fiscal emergency. a san francisco businessman will be honored at the white house for his volunteer workmen toring entrepreneurs. he is a among 11 people being recognized as a champion of change. he is a founder and ceo of a company called proven. he volunteers his time with a

non-profit organization. well the fallout of rush limbaugh's comments continues. another radio station has pulled taken their business elsewhere. rush limbaugh has issued two apologies. now they say they were all victims of various sexual crimes. coming up at 6:45 the charges being listed and the big names mentioned in that lawsuit. a man riding his bike is now in the hospital after being hit by immune -- by a muni bus. the unidentified man was riding next to the bus when one of his wheels got caught on the muni track.

he was pulled under the bus and run over. he was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. a hayward man accused of a day.$♪ crash an injured a nine- year-old -- accused of a dwi crash an injured a nine-year- old, we have learned andrew varges the man accused will plead guilty as part of a plea deal. he could be sentenced to a year in county jail with time already served since last august. san francisco is one step closer to being bike friendly. they just approved an ordinance requiring office buildings. under the plan they will be allowed to bring bikes into the building. the board will take a final vote next week. >> there you are.

>> i was looking at that bike video. here we are and traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive out to the bay bridge. it is moving as it normally does. traffic on the bridge is moderate, gusty on the bridge incase you are just joining us. the wind will be with us and should get better by this afternoon. if the wind bothers you, there is some relief in site. let's go if you are trying to get to the airport, 101 looks good down the peninsular. and in the livermore valley, the commute on westbound 580 is slower because of other incidents and you can see where the circled area is. 880 from hayward is looking good moving from the south. >> the wind bothers people the most. >> ye is,does.

>> that is the most comments i get. we have breezy blustery conditions, skies are clear and it is going to be a gorgeous day, lots of sunshine once we get cranked up. we are seeing a northerly breeze and will turn northeasterly. mt. diablo, still there and right now even fso had gusts of 44. santa rosa, north 17 in fairfield, still breezy conditions and it's cold lots of 20s and 30s to the north, morning cold breeze, the winds will tail off and decrease for some. 40s for everybody else it will be really cold into tomorrow.

lakeport 26, ukiah 29, fairfax 39, danville, walnut creek 39. the high pressure will hang and give us some warmer temperatures. sunny and breezy but it is chilly cold out there. it will be warmer this afternoon. highs will be in the 60s low 60s coast and bay and mid-60s inland and send use it to santa rosa -- and temperatures to santa rosa, a cool down starts saturday and clouds roll in on sunday, dave and pam. special recognition for a special group of east bay firefighters. >> i got him right here... >> how they risked their lives battling this house fire. and just a couple of hours, apple is making a big announcement, we'll tell you

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tuesday victories. mitt romney won 6 of the super tuesday states. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia and rand paul failed to winnie states. police in sunny veil are investigating a deadly shooting. last night police found the bodies of two people near highway 85. so far no arrests have been made and it is still not clear if this was a case of murder/suicide. they are searching for two men in a violent take over -- rye lend -- violent take over robbery. witnesses say the suspects beat a cashier and ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash. the event will take place in san francisco at 10:00 but

it is shrouded in secrecy, claudine wong joins us with all the rumors and what we think could happen. >> reporter: they are very good at keeping us guessing. it is busy this morning here on mission street, you can see folks gathering in front of the building and obviously they have the apple logo and you have all these satellite crews, media trucks, everyone is talking about this i-pad three and that is what everybody thinks will be announced. the i-pad generation is supposed to have better resolution, that seems to be the big component everybody is expected and some people are saying it will be called the i- pad h-d. also looking at a better camera on it, video conferences need to be better and they need to do that front

camera which may get an upgrade as will the processor. some say it will be heavier because it has so much technology packed into it. as for the official word, there is an apple representative here but he is not talking about the i-pad three. he is not talking about how many people will be in this event, what we can expect in terms of logistics and he can't tell you anything this morning except that there is an event and you will see people coming in a little later today. >> at 10:00, they have an invitation so we will be there to tell you how this will all shape down but again a lot of secrecy, they like it that way they like to keep us guessing and they like to keep us watching and in tune. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 morning news. we were asking what you think about today's announcement and whether or not

you will buy an, pad 3. evelyn writes, i have been waiting for this feature today beau. i will consider purchasing it, i am excited to see it unveiled. we want to know what you think, just follow us on facebook and we will share some of your comments coming up on mornings on 2. the city of concord will honor three firefighters with the fire protection district. >> i got him right here... >> those firefighters helped rescue two people from this burning home last year. the camera was rolling capturing incidents from that fire. they will be honored following next tuesday's meeting. the services committee is holding a hearing on the situation in syria. you can see john mccain and defense secretary leon panetta

and joint general chiefs of staff martin dempsey are among those testifying. now dempsey told the committee the u.s. armed forces would be ready if called upon to get involved in syria but he said any involvement needs to be based and whether the u.s. could accomplish its mission. the hearing comes three days after hearings. panel led by senator john mccain called for u.s. air strikes against the syrian government. eight women say they were all victims of sexual crimes during their service. the lawsuit includes charges of rain assault and -- rape assault and harassment. >> there are no circumstances where women are brave enough to stand up and defend this nation should have to be subjected to

being called slut, h-o- r-e, walking mattress. >> the secretary defense department cannot comment on lawsuits but they have a zero tolerance for sexual assault. oakland city leaders say the game is far from over as they fight to keep oakland's three major league sports teams right here in the city of oakland. they are pushing ahead to stop the oakland a's, the raiders and warriors from packing up and moving to another city. we will bring you much more on the center of this plan and that's coming up at 7:07 this morning. don't miss it. >> don't miss sal's traffic report because he has everything we need to know. northbound #0 1 coming up through -- northbound 101 coming up no problems, downtown san francisco it is best to

avoid the area, there is a small fire, and blocking muni on 5th so if you take those buses there there may be a small delay and it is a bad spot for any sort of blockage near the 5th and mission. bay bridge is blocked for a 15 minute wait coming into the city. and we have had a truck fire on the pass, from tracy to livermore you need more time, people are delayed and you can jump ahead of the crowd and go to caster valley. it is nice out there, not as bad as yesterday, the winds showing signs of decreasing but there are still pretty good gusts. we can't find the clouds, it will be crystal clear here. temperatures are cold, breezy

cold here this morning. sunny and breezy, winds are tailing off and system that is responsible is moving north -- moving north fast. crystal springs reservior, this is at the southern edge of crystal springs reservior north of woodside 31 miles per hour. livermore san carlos, oakland airport all at 20 miles per hour. still a northwest 23 at fso, so northerly, nothing compared to what we had yesterday. 30s and 40s on the temperatures he is specially in mendocino lake county, danville, walnut creek also in at 39 degrees. the system as it moves east things will relax and we will have sunshine and clear skies, no doubt about it, clear windy

breezy morning temperatures are going up into tomorrow, upper 60s to near 70 tomorrow. afternoon highs are looking good, warming up here. mid-60s now and temperatures from north bay, peninsular south bay east coast, not a big difference, we'll see a lot of 64s and 65s. sunny and warmer, cool down, maybe some rain to the north dave and pam. well, there are reports net flicks can become premium channels. they will have five original streaming and that could put it into net flicks' ceo. they say it is a natural extension from its computer business. and wrapping it up. they announced a 3d version.

it will allow one gamer digital city to affect neighboring towns created by other players. the original sin city was released 23 years ago and spawned dozens of sequels. an arrest has been made, the helpless dog was stomped to death, now we may know the reason for that attack. and the official announcement is now hours away, quarterback payton manning is moving on. no she doesn't. here we go. nice and loose. ohhh. those are loose, but i actually just ordered three pairs of this kind. ooooohhhh. oh. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay.

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. all right, welcome back to the morning news, a live look at the big board, nasdaq and s&p 500 is also up. >> time now 6:55 palo alto kids accused of a vicious attack with a stapler. one is accused of stealing his cell phone. sanchez reportedly picked up a stapler and beat the victim until he was unconscious. a second person was hit with that stapler when sanchez threw it. and three teens are accused of stomping a yorkshire terrier to death as the dog was trying

protect his owner -- protect his owner from being attacked. two gang member attacked the owner because they thought he was a member of a rival gang. >> mayor johnson. last night they approved a $390 million sports downtown arena in sacramento. it it will become the home of the team and they begin next summer. indianapolis with payton manning, the colts have made a news conference, they end their 14 year career which includes 14 years and this clears the way for andrew luck.

time now 658, what do you see on the roads? >> we have streets blocked in san francisco. better monitor it because of this 1 alarm fire in a building nearby but 5th is closed between mission and market causing a packet. there is not a big fire but a big closure. let's go to the bay bridge and traffic is backed up for a 15 minute wait. a chance of sunshine for everybody, temperatures starting off cold, decreasing wind and temperatures will warmup, we'll see mid-60s for most locations. coming up, a grim discovery in a quiet south bay neighborhood, what we learned in the last 30 minutes. >> stay with us.

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