little bit of a slow down because of an earlier crash on the shoulder. now the traffic is moving well. move along to another picture here. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. it is 6:00. let's go back to the desk. >> topping our news this morning, it is a critical day for suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. the ethic's commission will decide whether he is fit to be sheriff. >> reporter: in three hours, the ethic's commission is going to be making a final decision on this issue. weather he should keep his job as sheriff. the debate should get pretty firey. we're going to have opponents and supporters who are going to be allowed to weigh in. he was convicted of a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge. his attorneys and city attorneys will each get 45 minutes for

closing arguments. the commission will then get the chance to question both sides and then the public will have its say. >> democracy is not very neat. it's kind of messy and all out there. and that's going to happen in this case. >> reporter: antiviolence groups have spoken out. his advocates believe this has been a politically charged witch hunt. deliberate in open session and announce decision. then the board has 30 days to make its decision. 9 out of 11 to remove him from office. legal analyst jim hammer predicted that the commission will recommend removing him from office. but of course, we will be here live throughout the morning and on our news to figure out what happens. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news >> now to our breaking news in afghanistan. a taliban spokesman says it shot down an

nato helicopter. 11 people were killed including 7 american service members. that helicopter was a blackhawk helicopter. coming up at 6:14 we're going to go to our washington d.c. news room on the very latest. >> time now is 6:02. a man is facing charges on suspicion of sexually abusing children at his wife's day care. 49-year-old don elliot was arrested yesterday at the lots of tots in home day care. he's accused of abusing two of the children. sheriffs deputies say the license of the center will be revoked. >> parents are questioning whether they should allow their children to fly as unaccompanied minor. after a 10 year old girl from san francisco was stranded at one of the world's busiest airports. scheduled to fly from sfo to michigan with a stop in

chicago in june. but she missed her connection when a company that united paid to meet her in chicago never showed up. analysts say that incident is shining the light on many airlines practice of hiring outside companies to escort unaccompanied minors. the first north bay team to make it to the little league world series of baseball will make its debut today. the petaluma nationals is the team. they play noontime and it's on national tv. alex live right now in petaluma. i would assume you can feel the excitement out there. >> reporter: this town certainly is buzzing about their baseball team this morning as they get set to play the first game later on today. the game will be played in williams port, pennsylvania. but hundreds of people will be getting together here at the movie theater where they will be showing that game on the big screen.

>> and it's out and it's over. >> reporter: they won the west region beating hawaii. the little league team the first northern california team to make it to the world series since 2002. the team is made up of 12 and 13-year-old boys and most of them go to petaluma junior high school. yesterday they got to do something that was a dream come true for them take part in the world series parade. this is something they've waited a long time to do. and back home people are certainly pulling for them. >> it's good for the town. it really is. so i just hope they make it all the way. >> the baseball team is getting big league support. both the a's and giants teamed up to make a $15,000 donation so the team could pay for travel expenses. they now have their work cut out for them. enter 16 team double

elimination tournament. they will be playing the team from fairfield, connecticut at noontime today. and that game will be shown here at the boulevard theater downtown petaluma. and happening at noon today. expecting hundreds of people to come down here. we're live this morning in downtown petaluma, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that is pretty exciting. nice to have good news like that? someone to root for there. young kids. >> i would say so. let's hope that they do very well in this tournament so we can keep talking about them. good morning. let's take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along well on 80 westbound. looks like there's a stalled truck or something on the side of the road. west 80 just past university on the right-hand side. not sure what's going on there. may slow traffic a little bit. we'll get to the bottom of that for you. hopefully it will be gone from the road pretty soon.

the traffic looks pretty good here at the toll plaza. no major problems coming into the toll plaza area. and if you are driving this morning into south bay, we're off to a good start. northbound 101 looking good. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. and today warmer than yesterday's highs. we still have the low clouds and fog floating around the coast. increase nothing coverage over the past hour or so. san jose checking in. 61. oakland in the upper 50s. 54 degrees. and we have a bit of a breeze out there. winds gusting to 24 miles an hour. on shore breeze and fairfield right around 25 miles an hour. so the winds kind of favoring that small area over the past hour or so. for today we have this morning fog. temperatures do warmup inland. tomorrow partly sunny skies. high clouds and this weekend high clouds and

drop off our temperatures. high pressure returns for today and as a result temperatures do warmup a little bit. we're still going to have the cool extreme near the coastline. and interesting weather pattern developing. the cloud cover the flow we've illustrated here moving up to friday and saturday. with that, high clouds. it will feel muggy out there. and a slight chance of isolated thunder storm favoring the high terrain. friday night and saturday. the chances have been fading. with all the fires out there one lightning strike is not good news. the potential for quite a bit. so be watching out for that into the weekend. for the bay, mostly sunny skies this afternoon. low 70s to lower 80s. right around 90 to 93. these numbers up about 3 to 5 degrees from yesterday's readings. and a look ahead five day forecast with weekend always in view. high clouds. gradual cooling by sunday into monday.

>> happening now, firefighter rz battling 70 fires burning west of the mississippi. take a look. you can see on the map there almost a dozen major wildfires are burning in california including that fire we've been covering. it is still threatening more than 900 homes. one of the largest fires burning on the west coast is the tailor bridge fire in washington state. and joins us now, rick price. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are a little cooler. not so windy. good for the firefighters. i want to talk to you about what's down the road. it's the taylor bridge. that bridge is the focus of the investigation into what caused this fire. investigators say they've tracked the fire to point of origin. and that point is the construction project

rebuilding the taylor bridge on highway 10. last night a number of people demanded to know exactly who started the fire. the state department of transportation says people who were there don't know that yesterday. but he insists the general contractor has fulfilled all the state's requirements that they are licensed bonded and insured under the terms of all the state's contract. notified its insurance company and working through the claim's process and working with dnr on the investigation. there's a lot at stake here with dozens of homes and out buildings destroyed. the damage is running into the millions. but again, they still need to pin down what happened here exactly. where the responsibility for all of this lies. we may learn more later this morning as officials hold a little bit of a briefing letting us know the latest on the fire and possibly the investigation. >> rick price there near washington. that's near one of

the biggest fires. >> 6:10. back here at home, stopping crimes before they happen. the debate in the california legislature about protecting victims of domestic violence. >> the reason a trucking company could face major penalties after an accident on interstate 80. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas.

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organization. suspect floyd lee corkins is accused of walking in and opening fire. security guard was injured but still able to wrestle the gun man to the ground. witnesses heard him criticize the group before firing his gun. the guard is expected to recover from his injuries. the group has been vocal in supporting chick fil a's stance against same sex marriage. make it harder for domestic violence offenders to own guns. checked firearms databases. the state senate has passed the bill which is now pending in the assembly appropriations committee. >> breaking news coming in from afghanistan. 7 american service members have been killed along with 4 afghans after their

helicopter crashed. jacqueline live in our washington d.c. news room to tell us who is claiming responsibility for that crash. >> reporter: a taliban spokesman is claiming insurgeance shot down that helicopter. the crash happened in southern afghanistan. 11 people were killed. 7 of them were american troops. the coalition is investigating the crash but not yet commented on the taliban taking credit. the bloodshed really has not been a topic on the campaign trail. president obama is here in washington today. reporting live in washington ktvu channel 2 news. >> time is 6:15. back here at home a san jose man who was wounded has now died from his injuries. police say 21-year-old victor mendoza was gunned down monday afternoon. investigators say the shooter fired the shots from a passing

car. the police investigation continues. a trucking company could face steep fines for an accident that caused westbound lanes on interstate 80 to be shut down for more than 8 hours. san josey news reports pios trucking may have failed to obtain the proper permits to carry a crane that clipped an overpass. the crane smashed a traffic signal and a light poll. and tore concrete from a pedestrian overpass. if the company didn't get the proper permits, could be forced to pay the cost of the repairs and pay additional fines. >> 16 minutes after 6:00. if you are getting ready to head out the door, sal has everything you need to know. >> that's right. good morning once again . we don't have too bad of a commute. we're going to start with a look at the maps here on 280. let's go to

hayward. union city traffic looks good. no major problems down south. and i can move the maps down to the south bay. 280 in a moment. northbound 101 traffic is moving well. i want to look at the toll plaza. the traffic here still is not very heavy coming into san francisco. usually now we have a crowd but it's lighter. i'm going to show you 280 here. that's not a bad drive right through downtown. steve has the day off. hello mark. >> good morning, to you. we are waking up to clear skies and some fog overcast and making a come back pushing back into the bay. overcast right around oakland and kind of cool out there. mainly in the mid 50s to lower 60s. the clouds as you would expect hugging the coastline and overcast. even santa rosa reporting mostly cloudy skies.

forecast headlines for today, we have this, with some clouds this morning. warm inland. warmer than yesterday. for tomorrow, partly sunny skies. thicken up the high clouds and gradually cool things off over the weekend. as far as temperatures right now they are mainly in the 50s to around 60 degrees. san jose at 61. fairfield a bit of a breeze there. and santa rosa checking in 54 degrees. here's the bigger perspective. there is a circulation right about here. we're watching out for this and moisture to our south down towards southern california. you can see it's approaching central california. that will be the source of a few extra high clouds into thursday into friday i should say. for today, clouds pulling back to the shore line. look what happens on a friday afternoon. big batch of clouds. there is a slight chance of isolated thunder storm favoring higher terrain. that will be friday night into saturday morning. definitely clouds and muggy out

there. thunder storm potential even a chance that increases the fire danger. we will be on the look out for that. temperatures this afternoon a touch warmer than yesterday's highs. san jose around 82. fremont at 80. the clouds becoming sunny into the afternoon hours. look ahead we do thicken up cloud cover. cooling over the weekend. >> all right. thank you. new construction slipped in july. the government reports construction of new single family homes fell by 6.5%. however, that was offset by 12% increase in new construction on large apartment buildings. bay area home prices are bouncing back. houses in the bay area sold for 12.6% more last month than july of last year. that puts the median price at $421,000. home sales also jumped 23% during that same time. the increase is because of more demand for immediate

yaum and high priced -- medium and high priced home. >> the budget crisis is threatening the future of city college of san francisco. why is the school spending thousands of dollars on the interim chancellor. the expense reports obtained. >> hardball for baseball umpire. the play that nearly knocked him out.

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time now 6:22. park rangers say the 15th annual apple picking event was a big success. campers and other visitors are invited to help pick apples for the orchard. those sweet apples can attract bears into areas where people spend a lot of time. that can lead to very dangerous confrontations. >> the park used to have to euthanize bears before we have the program we have now. >> there were almost 400 encounters a year between bears and people before this campaign to keep any food away from bears started about 15 years ago. so far this year there have been 38. the rangers add there's never been a case of a bear

killing a person. although 13 bears have been hit by cars just this year. santa clara county is hosting a job fair today with emphasis on jobs for former and current clients of cal works. the job fair will be held at the agency's office at 1879 center road in san jose. run from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00 this afternoon. some of the participating employers include sears, vta, ryan security, wells fargo and edible arrangements. the job fair is open to everyone in santa clara county. >> faces serious financial problems. ktvu news has uncovered. chancellor has been on the job since may. she commutes from her home in montana. expense reports shows city college pays for airfare, taxi's, meals and rent which is

more than $5,000 a month. she's also paid a salary of $276,000 a year. >> there needs to be a reevaluation of how the administration chooses to spend its money whether it's on the students or themselves. >> the accrediting commission found city college spends 92% of budget on salaries and benefits. the school has 8 months to clean up financial and administrative problems or accreditation could be yanked. fisher was not available for comment. >> 6:25. giant's pitcher matt cane and dallas brayden may have new company in their very exclusive club. >> 2-2 delivery. >> can you believe that? yesterday felix hernandez threw

a perfect game. 27 batters up, 27 batters down. there have been only been 23 perfect games in major league baseball history. then it was this. last night's game between the la angels and cleave land indians. angel's player trying to score accidentally kicked the umpire in the head. he's out. his spikes caused a gash across the face. eventually he did leave the field on his own power. 6:26. let's check in with sal. things happening in our commute this morning. >> right now we have traffic getting busier around the bay area. right now we're going to look at the 280 freeway northbound getting up to highway 17. that traffic looks good as you can see. not a major picture here of slow traffic. this is a look now at 680 southbound as you drive from pleasant ton to fremont to san

jose. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. the clouds back with us this morning coast side and around the bay will be warmer than yesterday's readings. more low 90s inland. san jose around 82 . clouds this morning pull back to near the shore lines. five day forecast with weekend always in view. we thicken up the high clouds by friday afternoon. there is a slight chance of isolated thunder storm for the by area hills friday night and saturday. those chances have been fading. cooler temperatures in the forecast. coming up we will take a look at the tahoe forecast. >> 6:27. all starts today. and includes kids from the bay area. more about the little league world series and how community support helped a team from petaluma get there. >> reporter: live at san francisco city hall where we're expecting more drama in the case

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are ringing the opening bell this morning. they are over on the nasdaq this morning. member of the united states olympic swimming team has got his gold medal there. little bit taller than the rest of the folks there. there's the opening bell live. they've been welcoming some of the olympians all week long at the new york and nasdaq stock exchange. he was the olympic record to win the men's 100 meter backstroke. if you didn't see that. we'll get you all the business news coming up. >> we'll smile and say good morning. thank you for joining

us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's thursday august 16th. >> a lot to talk about this morning. couple hours from now in san francisco the final ethic's hearing will continue. tara is in san francisco to tell us what today's decision could mean. >> reporter: this was very critical day because essentially the ethic's commission will be laying out to the board of supervisors what it believes should happen. promises to be a lot of drama. in the past we've had out bursts from the audience during previous hearings. you have supporters which say this is a witch hunt who don't want him as sheriff. and antiviolence advocates who say he was convicted of a charge related to a misdemeanor charge. >> we want the commission, the

board of super advisors to know we are paying attention. and this is a very important issue to us. and that we're listening. >> reporter: this whole ordeal stems from a new year's eve argument with his wife where he ended up bruising her arm. each get 45 minutes for closing arguments. then get the chance to ask questions. the public will weigh in and the commission will deliberate an open session before rendering its opinion. in 3 to 4 weeks all of the paperwork gets turned over to the board. and supervisors have 30 days to make their decision. 9 of the 11 supervisors to oust him from his job. ktvu channel 2 news. >> family and friends of a south bay marine killed in after fan stan gathered together to bring

him home for the last time. arrived at sfo last night. you are seeing video of police patriot guard riders, family members and comrads escorting his body to the funeral home. before his arrival they gathered to remember him with pride. >> he really liked the iraqis. he made it a point to understand the culture. he read books like crazy. he could tell you intricacies about law. >> he was killed last week on his 4th tour of duty. he was scheduled to come home in december. the funeral will be held saturday afternoon. police in redwood city search for a suspect in five armed robbies in one week's time. coming up at 6:45 why officers believe the same suspect may be responsible for all of the robbies.

>> accused serial killer needs a new legal advisor. he's accused of murdering four women between 1977 and 1994. yesterday in a courtroom he announced he fired his legal advisor after four months. he wants the county to pay for a new legal advisor. but the public defender's office says he is a millionaire and doesn't qualify. his trial is scheduled to begin in november. san francisco police have now identified three quote persons of interest in the sexual assault allegations of what allegedly happened at the outside lands music festival. three young women were sexually assaulted on the grounds in golden gate park between saturday and early sunday morning. investigators with the special victim's unit say alcohol and drugs were involved. >> we believe our victims weren't in the state of mind to give consent to have any type of sexual intercourse. >> investigators have asked for dna and other evidence from the persons of interest as well as the victims.

next in the investigation they'll be contacting the concert's organizers. >> the first lawsuit has been filed in connection with the chevron refinery fire. civil rights attorney says the suit was filed on behalf of 8 people who claimed they suffered serious health problems related to the fire. more than 1,000 people have contacted his office. and he is heading a group of attorneys to prepare a class action lawsuit. >> time is now 6:34. national little leaguers will be playing first game today. starts at noontime. alex is in downtown petaluma where big viewing party is planned today. good morning. >> reporter: certainly pumped up about baseball team this morning. they are getting set to play first game in little league world series. the game will be played in williamsport, pennsylvania. folks will be coming down here to watch the

game later on today and the proceeds from this event going to help the players families travel to pennsylvania. >> the people have been cheering on their team with what has been an incredible run. they beat hawaii to win the west region and headed to the world series. made up of 12 and 13-year-old boys. most of them go to petaluma junior high school. first northern california team to make it to the world series since 2002. yesterday they were able to take part in the world series parade in pennsylvania. and here back home they seem to have all of petaluma behind them. >> it's pretty exciting. i have a kid that lives close to me on the team. and yeah it's getting pretty exciting. i hope

they make it. i played baseball for a long time. it's good for the town. it really is. i hope they make it all the way. >> reporter: now the team has their work cut out for them. they enter into a 16 team double elimination tournament. later on today at noon they will be playing the team from connecticut and again as we come back out here live, this theater will be jam packed with people. 500 people expected to be on hand here in downtown petaluma to watch that game and cheer on the home town baseball team. live this morning. >> the giants will have to play the rest of the season without one of their biggest stars. out fielder melky cabrera has been suspended without pay after testing positive for testosterone. leads the league in hits and second in batting average. now his teammates must

move forward without him. >> we've been through this before and know what we have to do. like i said, we really do believe in ourselves and our team. >> there are 44 games left in the giant's regular season. could be back if the team makes a deep post season run. the question is can the giants make the playoffs without his big bat? he apologized for his actions. he released this statement saying, quote, my positive test was the use -- i apologize to the organization and to the fans for letting them down. we have posted more articles about him and the suspension at our web site ktvu.com. there's the complete story plus slide shows of cabrera and other major leaguers who have tested positive. >> that's a big story.

6:38. sal you've had big things happening this morning. >> unfortunately, things are getting a little better. we have a little more of a calm commute now. let's take a look and crowded. minor crash. that cleared away. maybe even been a stall. it was something and you can see traffic is busy. as you get to the toll plaza, there is a crowd building now. the lights are on and traffic is backed up beyond the 880 over crossing. you will be waiting there for a bit. san jose northbound 101 and 280 still look good with a couple slow spots. 17 is crowded coming in from the mountains. but no major problems there. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. starting out with clear skies inland and fog doing its thing. a beautiful scene with trace

amounts of patchy fog out there. inland spots will be on track to reach the upper 80s lower 90s. it will be warmer than yesterday's highs by just a little bit. the clouds hugging the coast and pushing back into the bay out toward oakland, hayward fremont and san jose reporting cloudy skies. forecast headlines for today, warm temperatures inland. thicken up the high clouds and more cloud cover into saturday. and we do cool things off over the weekend. you can see mainly 50s and lower 60s. san jose checking in 61. and napa in the mid 50s. we have a bit of a breeze toward fairfield. winds topping 20 miles an hour. high pressure returns today and warm things up. just a slight bump in the numbers. we have tropical moisture, this is left over moisture from what was once a storm. and as you can see the

track this does track closer to the state for friday into saturday. bring a few high clouds to the bay area and could trigger thunder storms. scattered clouds for saturday and sunday, partly sunny skies. there is a slight chance of isolated thunder storm and that would be for friday night into saturday morning. watching out for that. temperatures this afternoon a little warmer than yesterday's highs. san jose 82. morgan hill 8 #1 91. gradual cooling over the weekend. >> wikileaks founder has just been granted asylum. why the government says that won't stop them from seeking justice. >> police need help finding a person that's responsible just ahead. >> good morning southbound 680 traffic looks good heading down to the south bay on 680. more about the morning commute and

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good thursday morning. time now 6:44. we have fog this morning right around the coast and parts of the bay clearing back near the shore line. today warmer than yesterday. >> welcome back. good morning to you. quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now at 6:44.

7 american soldiers were killed today when their blackhawk helicopter crash. the tell ban is claiming it shot down the helicopter in kandahar. nato will only confirm 11 people were killed. 7 americans, one civilian interpreter. >> back here at home a man is facing charges on suspicion of abusing children at his wife's day care. don elliot is accused of abusing two children at the lots of tots in home day care. and happening now, firefighters are still battling at least 70 fires burning west of the mississippi. look at this map. see almost a dozen major wildfires are burning in california. including a big fire in the national forest. threatening more than 900 homes. one of the biggest fires is the

taylor bridge fire. redwood city police search for a suspect in just one week. paul chambers is at the scene of one of the holdups to sprain what police are learning about the case. >> reporter: you can clearly and plainly see the suspect in each case. as you said we're live outside one of the places right here across the street. we can go down the street to the right i'll be able to show you another place that was also where another one was believed to have occurred. close look for yourself in this video, this is the man police believe is responsible for at least five armed robbies since august 7th. here he's wearing new york yankees hat. this is where the most recent robbery occurs on tuesday. all of these robberies took place in a two mile radius.

also believed he held up a restaurant and gas station. all the robbies have been in redwood city. investigators say in each case the robber was armed with a handgun and unclear how much he's gotten away with. he's considered armed and dangerous. police want your help to take a look at your surveillance video. if you know anything about these cases or recognize this man, call redwood city police. paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. >> time now 6:47. new this morning, eq uador made a decision. they will grant asylum to wikileaks founder. extradite him to sweden so he can be questioned about sexual assault allegations. but britain may not let him travel. has a legal obligation to extradite the founder to sweden. he is fearing if essex traffic

dieted, sweden will turn him over to the united states and he thinks the u.s. would punish him. >> cal fire says the two wildfires burning are 70% contained. the fires have burned 7900 acres so far since sunday. two homes and out building have been destroyed. two other homes are damaged. no word on what may have started the fire. full containment is expected by monday. >> 6:47. high winds force the cancellation of plans to fog a part of antiock last night. scheduled to be sprayed in antioch, east 18th street and hill crest avenue. now officials say they are going to focus on treating storm drains after samples and 14 dead birds tested positive. >> if you are in pala alto, pg&e

pipeline repairs are expected to cause jams. will be clogged with construction equipment and parents and buses will be taking kids to school. jammed for the next two weeks. replacing a gas line in the wake of the deadly san bruno blast. >> let's get you going. >> it's getting busier unfortunately. we don't have any major problems in berkeley right now. let's take a look at it. it is improving a little bit from the last time we saw it which is a little bit slow. and you can see at the top of the screen there certainly is a jam driving past the golden gate fields racetrack and heading out. at the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up to the middle of that parking lot. that's improved a little bit here. it was backed up beyond 880.

seeing improvement getting into the city. watch the south bay closely in the santa clara valley and haven't had a lot to talk about. just a couple minor things. getting slow from 280. pockets of slow traffic . let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. once again starting out with mostly cloudy skies. cloud cover is increasing since 4:30 this morning. overcast right over the bay itself and even a few patches sneaking up into parts of south bay an jose -- san jose and mountain view. san francisco 56. oakland, 58. and san jose checking in 61 degrees. high pressure strengthens a little for today. that means more low 90s inland. keep the coast and the beaches on the cool side in the low 60s. there is a tropical depression hector and we're watching this moisture to our south. it is developing and the key here is the flow is going to transport some of that

moisture closer to the state. for friday and saturday thicken up the high clouds. it will feel muggy. and do bring in a big batch of high clouds and chance of isolated thunder storm for friday night and saturday. clouds clear back near the shore line. the clock ticking away. and here we go into friday. this is when we could have isolated thunder storm kick off. the model is backing of on those chances but something we keep an eye on into saturday morning. the sierra does pick up a chance of thunder storms. definitely bundle up today, temperatures in upper 50s to lower 60s. around the bay, increase of sunshine and temperatures on average 3 to 5 degrees warmer. warmest locations on track to reach the low to mid 90s. antioch 93. fremont around 80. and five day forecast, a few extra high

clouds for friday and saturday. cooling over the weekend. >> the world's largest retailer reports 6% jump in second quarter profits. wal-mart earned more than $4 billion between may and july. $220 million more than the same time last year. wal-mart credits lower prices and a wider variety than its competitors. >> all right. time is now 6:51. i was thinking about what the governor of arizona did to take a stand against the program. people in arizona are fighting back. >> what we'll learn today about the construction on the bay bridge. ♪

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 271 million shares of facebook could hit the market today as the insider lockup period expires. facebook stock down $1 a share. the dow is up about 2. >> time now 6:55. illegal immigrants all over the bay area are lining up applying for federal program that would allow them to get work permits. about 1600 people were at this employment center to see if they qualify for the program. in order to qualify, the immigrants must have come to the u.s.

before the age of 16. also have to be in school or have to join the military and have no serious criminal records. >> people have been protesting in arizona over executive order against president obama's immigration plans. orz orz governor issued executive order yesterday and didn't take long for people to march against it. she ordered state agencies to deny benefits to illegal immigrants under that new federal immigration program. >> they are here illegally and unlawfully in the state of arizona. and it's already been determined that you are not allowed to have a driver's license if you are here illegally. >> as many as 80,000 people in arizona could be eligible to apply for the new program. >> happening right now, republican vice president candidate paul ryan is about to speak at this rally in ohio. these are live pictures you are looking at. this is at walsh university.

he's not speaking yet. this is a free event open to the public. a lot of people jam packed in there. also want to mention former republican senator rick santorum will be in ohio. he he is campaigning. more details on this later on. >> later this morning, firsthand look at what will be used to hold together the new eastern span of the bay bridge. construction teams will be lifting 35,000 tons of steal. transportation officials are going to give a presentation on how this process will work. >> let's check in with sal. everybody behaving at the toll plaza? >> they are. it's improved which is usual. started off slower than this. now it's backed up. only backed up to the beginning of that parking lot there or the end, whichever way you want to look at it. the traffic is not all that bad before you get on to the bridge.

getting into dublin. there's report of a new crash. follow up on that. and then we're looking at 280 now northbound off to a good start. >> hi there. good morning to you. the clouds back with us this morning. not everywhere but near the coast. and today will be warmer than yesterday as the clouds clear back near the shore line. 90s inland out toward livermore, fairfield and antioch. high clouds and cooling over the weekend. coming up we'll take a look at thunder storm chances developing. >> coming up next here on mornings on 2. the big day has arrived for suspended sheriff. the critical decision that's expected in just a few hours. >> this is world series day for one bay area little league team. live coverage hours ahead of the big game. stay right here with us.

. we're live at san francisco city hall where we're expecting more fireworks involving sheriff mirkarimi. breaking news this morning. seven americans killed in afghanistan. find out who is claiming responsibility. also, the search for an