. she came from san francisco to help her husband what eliana lopez had to say about sheriff ross mirkarimi. and live in the south bay we will tell you about the ultimatum given to homeless people living along a san jose creek. and to the south we have tropical clouds and some rain

and will some of that make it here, time now for the second hour of the ktvu channel 2 morning news. complete bay area coverage starts now this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, it is 6:00 on this thursday, july 19th, i am in for pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, steve is over here, let's check weather, how do you dress for a day like this? well it will be warm inland and there will be tropical like clouds south bay and east bay so a higher humidity factor, 60s and 70s and 80s, here is sal. getting up to 880 and 17 it is a nice looking drive no major problems and also driving south from pleasanton you want to drive down 880, traffic is looking good let's go back to the desk. the wife of suspended

sheriff ross mirkarimi return to the witness stand. last night eliana lopez began her testimony about the alleged domestic violence abuse incident. allie rasmus tells us why eliana lopez was smiling as she entered the hearing room. she may have been smiling because it was the first time she had seen her husband suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi and a protective order kept the couple apart and since march she has been with her young son in venezuela. but in the room she made icon tact and they both smiled and she was polite and charming when a deputy city attorney started questioning her. >> reporter: at issue is whether sheriff ross mirkarimi can keep his job as sheriff. he pled guilty to a false imprisonment charge stemming from a bruise on his wife's arm.

he testified -- she testified despite the disagreements, neither of them considered divorce. >> you have in the past considered divorcing your husband? >> you have never considered divorcing your husband? >> no, really serious but we had been talking about it but we never make any decisions. >> now later in the hearing eliana lopez said she did go to her neighbor for legal advice. >> reporter: she wanted to know who would gain custody if she and her husband separated. she showed this bruise and her husband said he is a powerful man and can use his position to gain custody of their son if they had a divorce but she said some of her statements had been misinterpreted. ktvu channel 2 morning news. and here is a timeline of

the sheriff ross mirkarimi case, on new year's eve he had an an argument. he was sworn in on january 8th and five days later he was charged with three criminal counts. then he pled to false imprisonment and march 28th mayor ed lee suspended him. the ethics committee will make a critical decision directly tied to this case. they will decide whether sheriff ross mirkarimi's lawyers will be allowed to pursue perjury allegations against mayor ed lee. they want to subpoena four people they might be able to show the mayor lied under oath twice when he testified before the panel. mayor lee strongly denies those allegations. just go to www.ktvu.com and click on the sheriff ross

mirkarimi tab. the hearing begins at 5:00. time now 6:04 only on 2 a car burst into flames just hours ago and right now an arson investigation is underway. look at these pictures. this is a car port on 29th street -- 39th street. you can imagine it scared everyone nearby. a woman woke up to find her car was damaged because it was parked next to the car that had caught fire. >> when i came out, i saw it was on fire right next to my car. >> reporter: fire officials say ktvu channel 2 morning news on the passenger's side of the car, they started on the engine which is considered suspicious. and above that car port, luckily it did not spread inside. and a police chase ended in

a crash that sent a couple to the hospital. they saw a vehicle driving erratically in the south of market neighborhood. the suspect sped away when a patrol car tried to pull him over. the man kept driving away and soon rammed into another car. you see it there, the two people who had to be taken out suffered serious injuries and officers tracked the suspect a block away. just until now a san jose neighborhood is clearing out and allie rasmus is telling us -- tara moriarty will tell us what will be done to help the people who are displaced. >> reporter: they are getting information for city containers homeless people can store their belongings in. they let the people know it was time to get out. some have left but police believe there are still a dozen

or so folks still lifing by coyote creek. police will be eaching an 0 eye out and they will have to see. for santa tare reasons, they didn't want them to do that and people living in nearby apartment complex say there is too much trash trash and they don't feel safe. one man said he has experienced fires, drug activity near his campsite although they don't see a lot of homeless crimes here. now back near the encampments, many residents feel relieved that the homeless will soon be gone. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news.

and they are aimed at stopping the violence and yesterday they aimed at four high ranking government officials. in just a few hours they will go president barack obama calling for the leaders to step down. and in the syrian situation, he was relieved to talk to his 84- year-old father who lives just a few blocks from where yesterday's bombing occurred in damascus. >> joining my children, people are going to defend thing selves and we hope it does not and up in a still war. he believes it is cracking and will eventually topple. sal, are you watching the toll plaza? >> we are watching the toll

plaza dave antigen in, and -- and jenna and it is not all that heavy but it will show signs of slow downs at the toll plaza and there it is, the left lane is a bigger crowd and over to the right it's not all that bad. also this morning we are looking at interstate 880 and the road work we had caused traffic, and coming through the area of antioch and pittsburgh and bay point still looks good and from tracy to livermore you will see most of that slowed traffic and if you are driving into santa clara valley, northbound 101, that traffic looks good and so do 880 and 205. and also cloudy and muggy towards san jose, most of us

sustained east bay and south bay. he is moving before it kicks out tomorrow and it is held in check and also some drizzle on the coast. lots of low clouds and fog. and i mean it was way up there and starting to come down, more in the way of low clouds but there is a pretty good push on it today. once it burns off, we will have muggy conditions and partly sunny, but that low cloud deck keeps the coast, 50s on the temperatures, almost 60s and san jose state both checking in at 90 degrees. and we are 60 degrees in tahoe as well. and modesto, freest know and it is right on the when edge of

that but the cloud cover keeps it from continuing. a chance of possibility of an opportunity for water. once we get rid of the lee today just a tiny bit warmer inland around the bay inland, inland 7 sos to very low 80s and 3 or 4 from yesterday and high cloud cover could put an edge on that and tomorrow we will warmup upper #0s inland and 60s on the coast 70s around the bay and we'll see low 90s when we get to the bay. well in just minute ago. the unusual step the company is

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of indecent exposure. he protested invasive airport security measures and a judge ruled it was a protest and therefore protected by free speech. he was planning on flying to san jose for a business trip. and the accountability office found a glaring loophole in national security. some people who are banned from flying were not banned from attending flight schools. they found some had already completed flight school without a full background check. new security procedures are underway because of this discovery. and because of that crisis in syria after yesterday's deadly bomb attack, there are big new questions about who is running the government. live in our washington d.c. newsroom, it looks like time is running out from bashar assad.

>> he said it seems to be fight or flight for syria's president after his deadly strike on his upper circle. in one fell swoop, four of the top security people were killed. including the defense minister and his brother-in-law. the person they have not seen in days is former president bashar assad. they said anything can happen at this point. >> he can visit my country today or tomorrow and he might be assassinated, he might be subject even from his own brother. >> the council was set to vote against the syrian regime today but koki annan has requested a delay in light of the latest developments. ktvu channel 2 morning news

allison burns. brendan hurley said he found a blue object right there with japanese lettering at the rio delmar beach. it was attached to some frayed rope. it is the second unconfirmed piece of debris and another piece was found who have come in march. >> this tree toppled over in new york state and it's part of the damage left behind by a massive storm that swept through the northeast. it knocked out a power line and knocked out power to dozens of customers and it caused a lot of flooding on roadways. police released photographs of the shop lifting suspects in two security stores. it happened at a kohl's

department store and safe way store on lincoln road. the female suspender sprayed both guards at potential locations who try to detainer. and data quick reports historic lows. the realty tracking has low inventory creating bidding wars among would be buyers. they are offering time share vacations and home prices are up almost 6-point 5% in the last year. well, today bay area law enforcement officers are spend a day. they will be honoring a man killed in the line of duty exactly one year ago. the officers will be in-house at the new jim mathieson training room.

he was shot and killed as he intervened in a domestic violence dispute for a friend of his. he was off-duty at the time. we are looking at the east shore and westbound interstate 880 and that looks good getting out to the maze and there is some traffic joining you and the westbound traffic will get slowerrer and there are a couple of stalls on the upper deck of the bay bridge and they are cleared in short order and there is nothing unusual at the toll plaza. looking at slowing out of the livermore valley at the tracy triangle and in livermore it looks good but if you are drive inginto santa clara valley it

looks good and northbound 280 and 101 is doing well but 101 is beginning to show signs of getting crowded and before long we will see traffic getting into sunny dale. and traffic along the coast and sprinkles to the east so there is pretty of going on. and we have hurricane fabio and temperatures are a few degrees warmer and this is downtown santa rosa, 76 and a lot of low clouds yesterday. palo alto 75, concord 77, and pump it up a lit 76, and 50s to almost 60s on the temperatures, there is a lost humidity but it

is so close i will mention it. and once the low kicks out and thunderstorms activity and tropical clouds move off to the east, that will be more of friday and not so much to coast and bay and the extented outlook looks good as we head to the weekend. a few minutes ago, ford told many people to stop driving vehicles. ford is recalling 11500 of the smaller suvs because their fuel lines can crack and leak causing a fire. only those with 4.7 and they are looking into picking up those cars and providing them with better cars. 48 defective cars were sold and

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. early morning house fire in sonoma. it started early this morning in windsor. there were people inside the -- people inside the house but everyone made it out okay. one firefighter went to the hospital but we do not know his condition. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. progress is reported on finding several wildfires in california. they are in the mendocino and trinity counties are now fully surrounded. the robber's fire is now 70%

contained. it has destroyed one home and four out buildings and full containment is expected saturday. a man who shot and killed trayvon martin says he is sorry about what happened but would not do anything differently. >> i feel it was all god's plan and for me to second guess it or judge it -- >> that was george zimmerman talking to fox news, shawn handy for the first time in and on camera interview. he told him he is not a racist or murderer and also apologized to trayvon martin's family. >> i love my children even though they are not born yet and i'm sorry that they buried their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like and i pray for them daily. >> now the father responded saying if the shooting was part

of god's plan, we must worship a different god. the trial date has not yet been set. and in walnut creek, they are on the list of top hospitals in the u.s. and it is the 6th straight year they have ranked high on reports of best hospitals in america. they ranked in the top 50 and both concord medical centers ranked in the top 3 in the bay area and top 20 in the state. let's send it over to sal who is looking at the roads out there, how is it out there, sal? actually, we have a new crash, talking about this, it would be in the south bay, south 85 near el comino royal. i have medical teams and the fire department and this could mean slow traffic on the way to cupertino and again it is

southbound, not northbound. it is kind of a work horse freeway and you may expect some slow downs in the mountain view area. that is backed up for at least a 20-minute wait and coming up, we will look at all the roads lead together bay bridge and how chevy that is -- heavy that is getting. the testimony everybody was waiting for and sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife was testifying for the ethic's committee. two innocent people were at the hospital. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

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average was with uniseller and a website has $5 or below and a lot of people will be looking at unemployment numbers and seeing how they affect the markets today. good morning, thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is thursday july 19th and i am in for pam cook. >> good morning, our time is now 6:30. we have a brief police chase which ended with the suspect's car crashing into innocent people. she is here with the details of what happened. kara? well, this is where all that is left where two cars crashed right before the 280 on ramp on 6th street. it happened near the south of market neighborhood and you can see an suv crashed into another car police telling us two people had to be extricated and they were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. as for what led up to this,

sources tell ktvu channel 2 morning news, the uncover -- undercover violence team had been involved in a murder in contra coster county. they tried to pull the driver over but the driver took off. police began a brief pursuit but quickly called it off for safety reasons. the man got out of the car and ran on foot and officers caught up with him a block away. police conducted an investigation saying crews cleaned up the mess and as you can see the roads are back open ktvu channel 2 morning news. three cars burned in a fire on belmont. it happened near sterling view avenue along the cal train tracks. they found two cars on fire and flames 20 feet high spread to a

van at a flooring business next door. we had some heavy overhead power lines and we were concerned the flames were contacting those power lines. >> they kept the fire from spreading to the buildings and they are trying to figure out just how that fire started. overnight a 23-year-old man was -- 23-year-old man was shot on fairfield. he was standing in front of an apartment building when somebody shot him last night. he was wounded in the torso and rushed to the hospital. we are told he is in stable condition. back in september three people were injured on that very same block. and the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi returned to the witness stand to return to her husband's conduct hearing. they are hearing how eliana lopez was trying to save her husband's political career.

this outcome tells us how they get to keep -- he gets it keep his job around the time that eliana lopez took their young son to live with her in venezuela. she came back for the first time since march and pulled up to city hall and came to testify at her husband's misconduct hearing and he is talking about the suspended charges. she and the couple's young son is working and living in venezuela and is starting a movie project next week. since they have been suspended without pay the couple faced financial difficulties. she had a bruise on her arm showing her neighbor and sheriff ross mirkarimi told him he was a powerful man and his

position will allow him custody of their son if they ever divorced. but she denied saying that and said his statement was misinterpreted. >> you are asking me if he say that more than once? >> no. actually he never said that, actually that was my conclusion of our conversation. he never said i am a powerful man. >> now coming up at our next report, how eliana lopez described the argument that started all of this, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 morning news. today the oath things committee will make a critical -- ethic's committee will decide and they will decide whether they will pursue perjury allegations. they want to subpoena four people that attorneys may be able to show the mayor lied

under oath twice when he testified before the panel. mayor ed lee strongly denies those allegations. >> just go to www.ktvu.com and click on the hearing tab. new for you this morning of a alleged bomber. he wandered in and out of this bus terminal. he was wearing shorts and a t- shirt and a baseball cap over his long hair. six israelis were killed in that attack along with the bus driver and suspended bomber. the bomber had a fake michigan drivers' license but his name and nationality, that is still unknown. in the meantime, u.s. department issued safety caution to american citizens living and traveling a broad.

terrorist groups continue to plot against american interests. clubs and restaurant. they are urged to seen up to a smart travel he leaks. mitt romney comes close to picking a vice-presidential candidate. he will hold a strategy session at his boston headquarters today. aides say he could choose a running mate in the next few days. president barack obama will talk to military vets in florida and seniors and continue pressuring mitt romney to release more financial records. it is a matter of weeks before and burn burn and the actions that may soon be following suit.

the emmy awards were announced just about an hour ago for the primetime emmys. >> the lead actress in a comedy series, joey dish nhl. >> i like do which. also nominated madmen and american who are record. now madmen can be on its way to a new record for the emmys and that's best drama four times picked up its 4th nomination this morning. other nominees include downtown abby and hb0s girls. >> i have to say i am a fan. mountain abby, it is a pbs special all about the effort down there. and sal, what is traffic

like? i was looking at the accident list and checking on this crash in mountain view so i missed all that emmy stuff this time anyway. southbound 85 and i still got the latest word, it is an overturned vick and you will see slow slowly developing. there were some injuries but people are expected to survive. nevertheless watch for some slow traffic in mountain view and i want to move the maps and take a look at contra coster county. 680 looks good, walnut creek over to oakland, that is not too bad here so if you are driving that way and if you are over to the east shore freeway, that is not that bad. we checked out the bay bridge toll plaza and it is quite a big back up.

about 20 and it is northbound and out bound 101 look good as well. let's go to steve. we have a picture from tracy, jacqueline, sprinkles, some sprinkles how about that tropical moisture coming up, remains of hurricane fabio, a couple, oh, look at that, all the way up to sierrnevada it is 60 degrees, very warm, i will mention higher humidity and a couple of garden valley. we continue to keep close and 76, palo alto, 75, up about 3 and 80 and san jose, although the higher clouds can put a lid

on this once they clear. they show plenty out there most of it not reaching the ground and it is very light, look how close it is right in the middle of the state. that will allow temperatures to warm up and we will lose those higher clouds tomorrow. a lot of clouds drizzle, 60s and 70s, 82 in san leandro, 84 gilroy, cupertino 70, 75 woodside and it will have more, water temperatures inland as we head to weekend. look to the left of your screen, a man grabs a little girl in broad daylight. what happens next and will that child be able to get away. we are live in san jose and

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. a few sprinkles out towards tracy, a lot of fog and drizzle and it will be 60s and 70s and lower 80s. here is a quick look at some of the top stories at 6:44. a couple is in the hospital after very serious injuries. early last night they were hit by a suspect trying to escape from san francisco police. police actually called off the chase, worried that chase could lead to a crash just like that. fire suddenly broke out in a car that was underneath an apartment in oakland. just hours ago, you can see the fire almost spread to the car port and the apartments above. investigators are still checking to see if this was an arson fire. also later on today, the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi goes on the witness stand at her husband misconduct

hearing. last night eliana lopez began her highly anticipated meeting and she quickly made icon tact with her husband -- eye contact with her husband and smiled. tara moriarty joins us live from san jose with the park clean up which is set to begin in just a couple of hours, right tara? >> reporter: we have discovered within the last 15 minutes or so, clean up should begin at 7:00 this morning and we spoke to a man who lives inside the homeless encampment and he is happy they are stepping in to help. they have handed out motel vouchers and homeless people can store their belongings in. he was leaving along with six other friends and he said the group lived there and had no complaints but when recent

fires cropped up, he was told to leave and he said he has no place else to go. >> i have no choice and only in two days i make $100 and i pay my food and my day pass and my clothes, i can't afford 300 or $400 you know. >> he is talking about rent and he does not have any family he can stay with. work is hard to come by, he admits to having alcohol problems. today is the dead line for them to leave and police will be keeping an eye on things during today's clean up which is being handled by the water district and officials don't want folks living in this area and neighbors around here are saying, it is about time. ktvu channel 2 morning news. tara, thanks for the update. this is startling surveillance video, you can see on the top left side of the

screen, the girl was walking with her brother when a man comes and picks her up off the ground. she started kicking and screaming and eventually the man drops her and runs away. the girl's father said she is still shaken up. police are looking for a suspect and they are offering a $10,000 reward in the case. he has been placed on administrative leave and the suspect stabbed a co-worker at the new american chocolate factory at pier 17. authorities say it was an unprovoked attack. he used a box cutter and police chased him to the financial district which is where a police officer confronted him and the suspect lunged at the police officer with the box cutter. the female police officer shot him twice in the chest.

>> it was gross leaking out to the street, i was shaken up for about a half hour. >> the police firsthand cuffed the suspect and then they released him after they performed cpr after he had been wounded. he died at the hospital and that suspect is eye didn't paid to as a 30-year-old man from cambodia and the victim of the stabbing had minor injuries. san bernardino is heading straight to bankruptcy court after the city council voted to declare a fiscal emergency. they are avoiding a long process and they will not be able to pay workers next month. and 50 miles east of los angeles airport, they are also close to running out of money. compton may not be able to pay its bills by the end of the summer but they have not voted on a bankruptcy proposal. they would be the 4th in the

state to file protection in the month. it is a deal just too good to be true, two homes for sale in berkeley for 1 dollar a piece. coming up for mornings on 2, the special strings that are attached to this downtown bargain. >> interesting. we will send it over to sal who is looking at some accidents and hopefully those are all cleared sal? we still have some jenna and day of, you can see coming into the bay bridge corridor, it was heavier than it was a few moments ago and we have about a 20 minute delay getting into the city although it is not unusual and we are looking at the commute as we move the maps down, i can see southbound 85 on el comino royal is still in one of the lanes. let's go to steve. remains of a tropical

system what was once hurricane fabio and even some local drizzle, there is plenty going on and the humidity factor is very, very high. so, close, the rain is to the east of us and the mugginess is up and it continues to dominate the coast. live storm tracker is lifting up towards modesto fresno, sacramento more in line for shower activity and coast and fog, temperatures with a push 60s and 70s a slight warm up if you get that sun and if you don't it will be warmer and it is cooler by the coast with night morning fog. thanks steve. >> back to school spending is lightly -- likely to increase despite sales. forecasts total spending for students between kindergarten and high school will jump to

more than $30 billion this year. they will spend an average per student and they are up $600 from last year. but some of that might come after school starts but some say they will wait for sales. 3el 6 -- 38 6,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits and that's 30,000 more than the week before. labor analysts are temporary shutting down plants and that makes this especially volatile. and a look at the live board, the dow jones industrial average up 37 points and up 9047. and they are world champions but to say they feel like second class citizens and like rodney dangerfield, they want a little respect.

he could have been a national hero, hear about a navy seal's shocking crime.

. welcome back, a former u.s. navy seal has been arrested for smuggling machine guns into the u.s. from iraq.

he was booked on 14 federal conspiracy gun tracking charges. now he shipped the guns the ammunition home from iraq inside military foot lockers that had false bottoms. and they have identified a 4th suspect in a failed robbery back on may 30th that turned deadly. michael porter tried to rob a jewelry store along with three other men. they allegedly barged -- allegedly barged into a store and the owner shot and killed one of the suspects. two others have now been arrested and they are now charged with murder. they are being held responsible for his death. they won the world cup but the japanese soccer team may not have felt like champions. they proceeded on a flight and the less successful went as well but in they were lower

class flights. they will consider upgrading return home flights. they will be out flogging and that's 8:30 when crews start planning to spray the area independence street, guthrie lane and brent boulevard. the district has seen a high number of mosquitoes and has detected west nile virus in brentwood. >> how about that. how is that face. 46 dogs confiscated from a home in san jose will be available for adoption. they were taken from a home where people were arrested for mentally abusing -- for abusing

mentally disabled patients. let's go to sal for traffic conditions. it is not that bad and we are looking at some of these commute and at the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see slowed traffic which is typically a 20 minute delay. also this morning's commute it will be slow in antioch as you go to highway 4. let's go to steve. very high level clouds, remains of a former hurricane coming from kabul producing rain and also giving us lots of rain and definitely a tropical feel today. sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife will testify before the san francisco ethic's commission and we will tell you why she was smiling last night. an early morning fire gives residents quite a scare. an arson may be on the loose. stay with us. demi mi