house. good morning to you, welcome to a brand-new day, it is tuesday july 4th, i am dave clark. and i am pam cook, steve, you have the temperatures? and we continue that theme, 60s and 70s and 80s. will the cooling continue or will we have warmer weather, here is sal. >> the morning commute looks good if you are driving in san francisco a long northbound 101. 601 -- let's go back to the desk. fire crews at the scene of a deadly apartment fire. we want to take you live and

this is where firefighters say they found the bodies of two people. this fire is also displaced. 60 more people and red cross is trying to help them with temporary housing. the alarms went off and they could smell smoke, it woke them up and they went outside because the flames were shooting high in the air. >> there was so much smoke and it was just a huge flame, huge fireball. >> so far we have no word on what started the fire and at least two people are known to be dead. following overnight news from richmond. police cleared the scene of an overnight shooting. paul chambers joins us from headquarters with what he has learned about it, paul? >> reporter: we can take a look at some video now.

police say about 5:45 there was a person shot in the 2100 block of neveen avenue. right now we do not know of a motive or if anybody is in custody in that shooting but we can tell you, where that morning shooting occurred is where the college student was shot and killed back in january when he was sitting in a parked car with his sister. we know one person was shot taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive. we will talk about the gun violence and we will have additional information and bring it to you. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 morning news. and a standoff, it came to an end a few hours ago. police arrested one suspect wanted for shooting at a chp patrol car after a standoff in

an east oakland home. s.w.a.t. teams first surrounded them and the arrest came 12 hours later. safety was the top priority. >> safety is the most concern, safety of the personnel and safety of the residents in this area, we don't want anybody getting injured. and there was a shooting on interstate 880 and the window of a chp patrol car was shot out, but nobody was hurt. now an eight-year-old boy is in the hospital. jeanine della vega is there and she can tell us what happened, jeanine? >> reporter: that's right, dave, i just spoke with the nursing supervisor and she tells me the boy remains unchanged. he is in serious condition.

you can see the pool is still locked and it is located in the community of manufactured homes in san jose. the eighth-year-old boy -- eight-year-old boy nearly drowned and we were told a teen began cpr on him. two witnesses said the child and others in the pool were playing who can hold their breath under the water the longest. emergency crews responded and helped the boy. >> as always, there is always a bunch of little kids and my mom is so upset about little kids just jumping into the roof and into the hot top and she is just like i realize want a life guard here. >> the pool rules and it says children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult

if you are going to be here in the pool and it's unknown who was all around. we know children were around and we are not sure if any other adults were around. we are still trying to find out that information but the boy remains in serious condition at the hospital, jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. the fight for your right to privacy really heats up in congress. coming up, the restrictions of how online companies want to use your personal information. president barack obama will fly out of the area this morning and he has another successful fundraising for his reelection campaign. the president received a rock star election from the fox theater last night. he told them their are no easy solutions facing the country but he has no doubt americans

have the capacity to meet those challenges. >> we have the greatest annuity from every corner of the globe and you can see it here in oakland. no matter what the nay sayers tell us... >> now this morning the president is headed to portland. time now 6:06 mitt romney is shifting his focus to foreign policy. today he heads to reno. he will be speaking at the veterans of foreign affairs. it comes after a discussion where he criticized president barack obama's handling of the economy. >> the president has a job's council as well and this consists of leaders of various industry to offer advice to the president and he has not been able to find time in the last six months to meet with them.

>> now after that speech mitt romney will head to europe and plans to be at the olympics trip before visiting israel and poland. now our channel 2 website, you can find out more about his upcoming trip, it is labeled on news just click on politics. >> absolutely you don't want anything too severe out there. we will ease into tuesday and let's go out and look at the commute. traffic tips to look good at the bay bridge toll plaza and we give it 15 to 20 minutes and see what it looks like after those metering lights go on. northbound on the right you can see traffic looks good as you

drive towards downtown and traffic looks good here, 101 is a little bit slow, 101 and 280, we are keeping an eye on fso and we will let you know if there are any other major delays because of the overcast. a very good morning, bigger fog bank, tropical clouds gave us a lightning show and there is a little bit left, most of it is on the bayside, a little bit and cooling continues. westerly breeze even well inland and low pressure said we will setting in on the west coast. if we don't bottom out wednesday we will bottom out thursday and keep it there with a slight warmup on the weekend and 50s on the temperatures,

they have not gone anywhere and everybody is really close. it is moving east as the high pressure system takes it with it and it is hard to see but it is such weak low pressure and it will be setelling on in. fog along the coast and it looks rather solid so 60s and 70s and 80s walnut creek, still 88 in antioch and out of those 90s, cupertino, 6 , santa cruz and san mateo palo alto, 78 and it wants to ramp up even further, slight warm up but nothing too outrageous as we get to your weekend. ten minutes after 6:00, a warning why they will not reflect the true profit. plus colorado is affecting

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the news of the world. the tab lloyd is known -- tab lloyd is known as a result of that phone hacking scandal. they are giving them a do not track option by the end of this year but privacy groups are not satisfied with the progress. >> reporter: , pam, the bottom line is, companies like yahoo and google does not want to stop collecting information because they use it for advertising. they called on the internet industry because they give customers a do not act option. writers report this morning, both sides are so far apart they cannot agree on what do not track looks like. they want to collect information but allow customers to opt out of targeted

advertising. privacy groups want it opted out all together. >> i think they will get the message, it is okay to advertise, just done take so much personal data. >> they are threatening to enact strict new rules, what pressure could mean and why it could spur congress to act in my next update in about an hour. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:14, well gun sales are up after the movie massacre on friday that left 12 people dead. they approved background checks for more than 2800 people who wanted to buy guns. that is up 45% from a week before the shooting. the basic firearms classes are booked for the next three

weeks. in the meantime the senator identified ann finestein wrote the original weapons ban but the law expired in 2004 during the bush administration. senator finestein will be joined by three fellow members of the company during a news conference in washington d.c. san francisco mayor ed lee is standing on his stop and frisk policy. he has strengthened his commitment to that policy. it calls for officers who stop and search people they deem suspicious in an effort to get illegal guns off the streets. it has been linked to racial profiling. oakland police are still experiencing radio problems. they suddenly fall into dead

zones. they also can't broadcast in, including the basement of their own headquarters, they are in the process of moving to a new regional radio system and oakland is deciding whether to join that or spend more money on its own fixes for a new digital system. a state park scandal may end up hurting governor brown's initiative to raise taxes. they called for an audit for special funds in the wake of that scandal. this after the park's department hid almost $54 million in surplus funding for years. even as state parks were closed. >> we were shocked. we've worked with the state for a long time and clearly this point in could have been used for the crisis that is facing the state park system. >> now the legislature will decide what happens next with that surplus money but most expect it to keep the parks

open. the state attorney general's office is investigating what happened with that money. water temperatures are affecting brown pelicans. they are now traveling east searching for food in unprecedented numbers. schools of fish are moving away from the shoreline and that's causing pelicans to go after them moving inland to find food. state officials say don't feed the birds if you happen to find them in your area. any troubled spots, sal? some people think it is a troubled spot trying to get into the city and you can see a little bit of slowing coming up on the bay bridge. let's go to the east shore freeway and we had an accident on san pablo low which is affecting the westbound commute. moving along and taking a look

at the toll plaza, some of the lanes are getting a slow down but this is better and we hope it stays this way but usually we have more of a backup and we'll see what happens just a little bit. 101 and 280 heading down to the south bay, 101, a little bit of slowing as you approach the 880 interchange, let's go to steve. plenty of fog to go around and it continues to push locally, it is mostly gone, but 90% is here. 50s on the temperatures, concord fairfield san rafael and santa rosa, san jose, moving east and it takes that tropical cloud out of the picture. no rain in the forecast but low

clouds will peel off. a little bit of sun there, watch how they come roaring back into tomorrow and they will thicken up. fog is not going anywhere, front and center, fog along the coast, there are always a few breaks. nice mild to warm. 60s and 70s and 80s, and out of ukiah, we will take that into thursday, slight warmup, no big deal as we head towards the weekend. apple will release its quarterly earnings report, but the company's profits will be higher if they didn't see them in overseas accounts. they will never pay and they can easily eliminate from the past three years by as much as $10.5 billion. well the german company that is buying coffee, they say the

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. all right, steve time now 6:24, new alleged new evidence, city officials claim mayor ed lee may have committed perjury before the ethics commission. this text backs up his claim that a friend of mayor lee's asked him to offer suspended

sheriff ross mirkarimi a job if he resigned. he said he wants me to tell you no matter what the negotiations he appreciates your help. now the ethic's commission say any perjury will be the responsibility of george gas cone. funeral arrangements are being made for a man mountain climbing. he was starting to come down in the national park as a group of hikers saw him suddenly fall off the side of the mountain. his body was found below the summit. he was earning his certification in emergency rescue. they are pledging millions of dollars to stop the spread of aides. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton said they are

donating $80 million towards the cause. singer elton john also attended the event. >> aides is fueled by hate, by inn did i have reference and -- indifferents. >> 2 million people were infected by aides just last year. they will have their say on the proposed sugary drinks in restaurants and movie theaters. now the ban only needs the approval of the new york city health department. mayor bloomberg said it is needed to fight the obesity epidemic. and the associated press investigation found at least 270 cases where valves could

have prevented an explosion in the last 44 years. the valves are unreliable and cost too much. they cost between 10:00 and $15 -- 10 and $15. they are considering regulated rules to require them on pipelines. sal, what is happening on the roads? san francisco has a problem and it's not going through san jose and ocean because of an injury accident and they are turning around in glenn park and hopefully they will get this crash out of the way. muni is not involved in the crash. but it is being blocked by the crash. this is 280 northbound and that traffic looks good if you are driving through the area. also traffic looks good on the sunole grade and 880, let's go back to the desk. more shooting survivors are

back home this morning but the recovery continues for many more. we are telling you how warner brother studios is reaching out to the victims. and they are talking about an early morning fire, what state officials are saying about whether their smoke alarms were working or not. and pam will have your early morning stock numbers.

. opening bell, live in new york, looking like a much better day, the dow jones industrial average is up 200 points and we have a bunch of earnings that will certainly affect things today. at&t and ups missed those revenues and we have a bunch of others to talk about coming up

in business news. we will go ahead and smile and say good morning, thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is a tuesday july 24th, i am dave clark. time now 6:30 we are on the scene of breaking news where we know two people were killed in an apartment fire. tara moriarty joins us with new information about the victims, tara? >> reporter: we learned that the couple were boyfriend and girlfriend in their 30s. initially they said they were elderly but they were in their 30s and they were smokers. the investigator is here to try to piece it together. we are told where the couple lived it was heavily damaged. flames shot 20 - 30 feet into the air. one neighbor shot this picture off your cell phone. two people ran out when they is heard their smoke alarm this morning.

they said the fire had been cooking for at least a half hour. >> if there were no smoke alarms it would be easy for a fire to progress to the point where people were not able to get out. >> i have never seen anything like this. it is like the biggest barn fire magnified. >> reporter: the red cross is working on temporary housing and the couple who called 911 ran back inside the building and the chief told them to get out. >> you never know what is happening and the fire could be above your head and collapse on you at any time. we understand people go back for all the precious stuff we all have mementos and stuff but we need to recognize this is a precious situation. >> reporter: the couple had two cats and a dog and at least one of those cats died, we will

keep you posted on any new information that comes in. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. 2:00 a.m. neighbors noticed a fire burning on 35th avenue and began spraying it with hoses. they say the house has been empty for about a month and they also say they have seen squatters going in and out. there is no fire going to the house and they are investigating how the fire started. and an eight-year-old boy is in the hospital after almost drowning. live in san jose to tell us how a neighbor rescued this child. >> reporter: the boy is listed in serious condition at the children's hospital and this is the pool where the near drowning happened. you can see the pool is five feet deep and it is located in the center of a community of manufactured homes in north san

jose. police say just after 7:00 p.m. the eighth-year-old boy nearly drowned in the housing complex onyxel son lane -- on nicolson lane. two others in the pool had been playing a game of who could hold their breath under the water the longest. we spoke with one parent who lives here this morning and said it serves as a wakeup call to never take your eyes off your children while at the pool. >> i am always watching out for the kids, i don't see the kids but we are the parents and it is scary cause something could happen. >> reporter: there is a sign posted at the pool which says children under the age of 14 must be accompanied at the pool and it is unclear when this near drowning happened. just to let you know, there are

are signs that -- are signs that say no lifeguard is on duty and some neighbors expressed concern about that. they got a suspicious envelope in the mail and they saw the envelope yesterday and recognized it as similar to the ones with white powder inside. it was immediately isolated and taken outside. six other local police departments received envelopes like that on friday and saturday. the powders inside deemed to be harmless and the fbi is investigating. he was shot and killed after an argument with his son. it happened at 7:00 p.m. at 30 court. seven people were in the home when james morris and his son got into an argument.

they struggled over a gun and during the confrontation morris was hit and died at the scene. two others at the shooting spree are now recovering at home. the university of colorado and aurora each released information. several of those patients are said to be in critical condition. >> he was in home he seen seemed to dose off and some of the victim's family members were there in court. for how much hurt he has done to this state, this whole nation, i mean, i don't think he is hurting yet and i think he needs to. >> holmes is expected to be

formally charged next week monday to be exact. they will talk about the death penalty option with the victim's family before they make a decision. one man said he took a loaded gun into the theater, coming up, the similar crimes police say that were committed miles apart. warner brother said they will make a substantial donation to victims of the colorado shooting. the dark knight rises also pulled a trailer for its come uupcoming film and they fired automatic weapons into the audience and the scene may also be cut from the movie. the new batman movie did earn $160 million making it the biggest 2-d opening ever. stay with us for continuing coverage and we will bring you the very latest on the colorado

shooting during the newscast and also online on our website www.ktvu.com. and it looks good at the plaza? >> it looks good, there are no crashes but there is more of a crowd at the toll plaza and we will show you that in just a moment but we are not going to start there, we will start at the corner of san francisco and ocean avenue and san jose avenue, the jay church line is blocked and they are trying to get the crash out of the way and they are coming up to glenn park and turning around up there. people in the neighborhoods will take a shuttle bus and northbound 280 traffic is moving along well as you drive through san jose and if you are driving along the peninsular traffic is moving along pretty

well. no major problems getting into the city and if you are driving northbound traffic looks good getting up to highway 17. i just want to mention something i got in the newsroom. firefighters are mentioning smoke coming from the roof of the 600 block of white road. there could be some traffic in that area and we will let you know more information as our newsroom works on it, let's go to steve. we have a stronger push inland as this fog lists and -- lifts and held in check, yesterday we had the tropical clouds and they are mainly focusing sunny inland but cooler and it is a solid fog bank and it will peel off for some. santa rosa, 75, fso, livermore

80 to 90 degrees. you can see tropical clouds and most of that is starting to go east of tahoe and chuck e. and san jose santa clara, reid hill is warmer than morgan hill and gilroy but it has been cut in half. 50s on the temperatures and most locations say cloudy to mostly cloudy and the high pressure system is moving and low pressure is hanging out by the west coast and it means the cooling continues and following the coast on and over the bay it will fuel back and 60s and 70s and 80s, still holding a couple of 90s in ukiah. and now into the 80s, 60s and 70s in the bay. we will hold onto some 80s in

ukiah. san bruno brisbane redwood city palo alto and mountain view. it takes us right to friday and with your weekend always in view maybe a slight warm up and you can get more information on www.ktvu.com. pam? dave? the decision the british government made during the game. and early morning, what we learned in the same neighborhood just a few moments ago. san mateo looks good, the fog may be an issue find out where it could affect your commute.

. we are keeping an eye on the president. he is about to fly out of the area and a live picture is zooming in on air force one. we want to take you right there. now the president had a busy time in the bay area and

appeared at three fundraisers. the president is on the move again and it includes stops in portland organ and seattle washington. in other news, the oakland standoff began in oakland and it came to an end just hours ago. police arrested one suspect, wanted for firing shots at a chp patrol car and that arrest followed a 12 hour standoff at a home in east oakland. also this morning, 2 people have just died in an early morning apartment fire in pleasantville. 60 more people have been displaced. we are trying to help them with temporary shelter. flames shot 20 feet in the air and you can see it for miles. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. following overnight news from richmond. police are looking into clues from an early morning shooting.

you can see near the gate, the second one happened earlier back in january, you can see there is actually notes written to that person and his name was edwin and i will have more on that in a second. this is what we know about this morning's shooting and we have very limited information and a person was shot in the 2100 block. that person had to be airlifted and is expected to survive. right now we do not know of a motive or if anybody is in connection with that shooting. i can tell you if it is also where the college student edwin martinez was shot back in january. he was sitting in a parked car with his sister. he first began shooting after

he ran after another car. the gunman opened fire on martinez and his sister who was not hurt. coming back out, there are some notes that are written by, it appears edwin's girlfriend saying i love you rest in peace and those things but of course we will stay on top of this current shooting and bridge it to you -- bring it to you as soon as we find out more about it. live in richmond ktvu channel 2 morning news. a man is in custody after telling police in maine he took a loaded gun into a showing of the dark knight rises he was driving 112 miles per hour. now in his car they found an arsenal of guns and four handguns. he told police he had brought a gun to a saturday night showing of the batman movie. he also said at the time of his arrest he was driving to new hampshire to shoot a former

employer. in southern california, clark was arrested during the dark knight rises and started yelling when the movie did not start on time. he shouted quote, i should go off like in colorado and does nineveh gun? he was not armed. time now 6:47 new video from state college pennsylvania, they just tore down the walls that stood behind joe paterno in the football stadium. the plaques were removed and put into storage. university decided to take down the joe paterno statue after the investigation found joe paterno and penn state administrators hid sexual abuse claims against jerry sandusky. they are deploying 12,000 extra troops to protect the

olympic venues. it comes after a key security contractor failed to supply enough security guards. more than 18,000 are now involved in making sure the london games are safe. the opening ceremonies are coming up friday. he had been in this country for a month before the attack. the bombing killed five israelis and a bulgarian bus driver. those involved used leased vehicles and moved in different cities. they are not back up the claim hezbollah are responsible. they are investigating an unusual burglary are you in headquarters. they are baffled by what the suspect took and by what the suspect left behind. >> really? >> time now 6:49, anything

baffling about the toll plaza? >> not really, although we are seeing a big crowd coming up to the toll plaza. although one of the things we have noticed, it is improving already and it was a bigger crowd just ten minutes ago and now it seems to be leveling out. no problems on the upper deck and if this trend continues we might see more coming up. let's move along, 237 is slow here, it is not all that deep as you drive over to sunny veil but does get better as you reach the lawrence expressway. i want to mention there could be some air delays so if you are taking a flight there, you should check with your carrier. this is because of the fog and it is not quite the same as when it's clear. let's go to steve. lots of low clouds, some sun breaks but there is a pretty good fog bank, it is

being helped along by a weak area of a couple of low pressure systems and now that that has moved out, it is giving us a more of a westerly breeze, still 80s and also 90s. it is a bigger fog bank and cooling continues for most. i will tell you why in just a second. now the west wind is in place. and now to the delta, there will be a couple of locations still in the 90s. and something unusual happened. they were warmer than gilroy and san martinez and morgan hill. 91 and san jose 88 and san jose state and santa clara 88 and they all beat san martinez which is nothing something that happens often.

it is mild conditions for the santa clara valley and most conditions continue that cooling pattern because low pressure is moving in and high pressure is on its way out of here. so fog along the coast, once it hits it will be sunny, breezy and cool for some, novato 77, 79 walnut cream, 69 alameda. kept right in touch with morgan hill and saratoga go los gatos. 60s and 70s on the coast. over the next few days temperatures settle and we will keep it there and will be in view for the weekend. another round of layoffs, they plan to get 1,300 jobs with a move to streamline operations. the company did not say how many of those cuts would be here in the bay area last year the company cut 10,000 jobs to save a billion dollars. all right, let's check in on

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. tonight they will be out spraying for mosquitoes. so far there are four human cases in the state. they are spraying between sellers avenue and brentwood boulevard and will start 8:30 tonight. and in san mateo county they are setting up traps after a squirrel tested positive for west mile virus. they show a chronic level which could be a sign it was infected

last year. well the second suspect in the killing of a san francisco father and two sons is due back in court 9:00 a.m. this morning. they are expected to file former charges against wilfredo reyeye he was in the car during the 2008 shooting that killed tony balogna and his sons michael and matthew bologna. and another gang member is doing life for his motives in the killings. now the trial could begin in just a few weeks. last months sanchez and norwood pled not guilty after the brutal attacks outside dodgers' stadium. bryan stow suffered severe brain injuries. and a dvd is being released to benefit the bryan stow

foundation. it includes 72 performances by many and they are holding benefit concerts. a dvd release ceremony will be held at at&t park for tonight's game against the padres. >> what do you see out there, sal? the toll plaza will be watching closely for mornings on 2 and we are noticing some improvement on the peninsular. it looks good, let's go to steve. if you like weather, most of the 90s are disappearing and 60s and 70s. thank you steve, coming up -- steve, coming up on mornings on 2, a tragic story, what we have learned about a deadly fire in contra coster county. president barack obama wakes up here in oakland as

commander and chief. stay right here with us.