. the storm known as isaac is moving closer and closer to the new orleans area, president barack obama is expected to talk about this in the next hour. and the rain is over as the republican national convention -- republican national convention kicks into high gear. complete coverage starts right now this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for

joining us, august 28th, i am pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic, steve, pam is right there. >> and i am ready for weather. it didn't take long compared to sunday, not much in the way of any fog, 60s and 70s, here is sal. highway 4, it is getting crowded in antioch, we will be watching that for you and also at the bay bridge toll plaza, there are no problems in marin county on southbound 101, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. we have information about a deadly shooting in antioch. there at the scene to tell us how it started and why the police opened fire, alex? >> yes, this morning police led

themon a deadly pursuit slamming into two cars and he did it all the way with a child with him and that child is safe. this is where the chase ended near contra loma boulevard and police opened fire at him killing him. he opened fire on the officers and this started at a domestic violence call at the man's house. he led police on a pursuit and eventually bailed out a few blocks away. he had a car seat inside of it, left the child in the car and began running through yards and eventually he was spotted by a chp helicopter heighting on the roof of a -- hiding on the roof of a house. the man woke up to the sound of gunfire. >> i heard gunshots and everything. it sounded like clapping noises

like, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: a sergeant tell he is me he did have to leave as the investigation took place and they were being assisted by the red cross. investigators will be at this scene throughout the area for several hours and we are hoping to speak to somebody to find out more information about this man again who was shot to death overnight by antioch police. live this morning in antioch, all level savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. and a south bay gang group is being charged with graffiti and prosecutors are hoping it will bring a tagging spree to an end, lorraine? >> reporter: prosecutors are now using a gang enhancement for the first time and you can see the graffiti here. this could get a non violent

tagger prison time. they will be seen in court to make a plea deal. san jose police say they are responsible for more than $60,000 worth of damage. the county said they are tired of this graffiti so from now on they will charge nonviolent tagging crews. it is any group of 3 or more people doing that. and they will serve 6 to 8 months, do community service, pay fines and get probation but even with this, their convictions will get a strike on their record and if they violate that probation they will face 3:00 to 11:00 years in prison. they did speak off camera with us and this plumbing business says they have been hit several times and it is costly for

their business and they are very happy this new enhancement will start live, channel 2 news. and now 604, tropical storm ice zack is expected to grow today. this is in pens cola. it could make landfall tonight in new orleans sometime tonight on othe next hour. you know it failed seven years ago when hurricane katrina hit. >> we should be relatively okay. i am not kidding myself i know we will have wind and water but as far as katrina's destruction, i am knocking on wood. >> now the mayor of new orleans said since katrina more than

$10 billion in improvements have been made in parts of mississippi, northwest florida and texas and they are all preparing for isaac. well the republican national convention its underway because of concerns avenue isaac. coming up we will have a >> i have -- over isaac and we will have more coming up on why there could be more changes to the schedule in days to come. hernandez is not guilty of driving under the influence. hernandez was arrested in concord after being pulled avenue for erratic driving. police say his blood alcohol level was .08 and it was a contra costa district attorney who will announce whether or not they will retry hernandez

on that charge. the bishop apologized for drunk driving over the weekend. he was one of 11 people caught by a dui check point and he as he was driving his mother home after the arrest. >> i blame myself for that. i blame myself. he was driving well, until we went through that checkpoint. >> and he is serving as the bishop of oakland and he will be installed on october 4th, that is five-days before he is due in court. right now 6:07 we will check in on the commute, sal? pam, so far so good, we have not had a lot going on and we hope to keep it that way, sometimes i am very optimistic, let's go out and take a look at what we have with highway 4 and it is still a little bit slow

here on antioch but it is okay as you get to bay point and this is a little section we are looking at and you will see crowded conditions as you drive on by, you can see it is getting more crowded. pretty and to they do it about 6:15 and we'll see when that happens. we talked about contra costa but if i move the maps over to the right we do have some slowing on 580 coming west out of the tracy area into livermore, let's go to steve. skies are clear, except for some patchy fog, that is not the case today so it will not take long to warm up. especially inland to near 90

degrees, it is very similar and yes still a tropical storm just inches towards new orleans and all signs point towards it 100 miles per hour south and storm surge will be big and heavy rain about a foot of rain, northwest 12, let's hope it does not stall or slow down but the main impact will be tonight into tomorrow it looks like. upper 60s for some and upper 50s for others, hardly any breeze, yesterday it collapsed and they went from 16 to calm and that's why temperatures are skyrocketing up there and about 15 degrees. this low will make a move, lots of sun warm to hot, patchy fog, only light breeze, strong to the dealt tax 60s and 70s, 80

and 90s. walnut craze, gilroy 90 woodside daily city and in anticipation of that weather we will have another cool down. and bazaar deaths involving big foot, the prank that ended with one man dead. you know how your parents said it would kill your brain cells? well a new study about teens and marijuana. and this plot led them to kill two people, stay tuned we will explain.

. it happened last night in the eastern part of afghanistan, officials are saying nobody was hurt, however the taliban released a statement claiming they shot down the helicopter killing everybody on board. the first report said the helicopter did not appear to have been hit by enemy fire. a disturbing plot, soldiers accused of the exhibiting murder in order to keep their

militia a secret. they are accused of killing another soldier and his girlfriend because they were afraid of being betrayed. they are members of a group called fear which stands for ever enduring always ready. he took a plea deal to prosecute cute the other three. [inaudible] >> prosecutors say the ultimate goal was to overthrow the government and assassinate the president. and the republican national convention is in full swing in tampa,florida after tropical storm isaac forced a delay. we have more with today's convention highlights, good morning. >> reporter: we witnessed it

firsthand and security has ramped up quite a bit all of this ahead of mitt romney's arrival in tampa and two very key speeches later tonight. tuesday night, mitt romney's most affective weapon, his wife will be up in front of a friendly crowd. some are not sold on the candidate, and romneys spend time in their home town on their potential make or break speeches. >> i like my speech. >> reporter: also taking the same, new jersey chris christie. but as they talk up mitt romney's high points, it is a massive storm barreling towards the high coast. >> call to order. republicans say the show will go on tuesday, they admit they

are not sure how they will handle isaac. >> if they have to do anything to incorporate some of the occurrences around us into our schedule and program and what that means, i don't know. >> well, also expected to arrive today, mitt romney's running mate, paul ryan, back to you pam. and thank you renee, new on president barack obama's schedule, the president will deliver a statement on tropical storm isaac, just about 45 minutes from now at the white house. the president heads off to iowa and colorado and we will bring you the president's comment on tropical storm isaac as soon as he starts speaking this morning, stay with with us. a new study claiming teens who regularly smoke marijuana could be severely damaging their brain. soldiers at king university and kings college looked at information for more than 1,000 people in new zealand.

they tested i.q.s twice. they found a drop in the i.q. before they were at the age of 18. they are more likely to have attention and memory problems later in life. they are investigating a fire that burned two buildings. that fire started just after 2:30 yesterday afternoon. the flames spread to a second building and it took firefighters nearly an hour to put out that fire but nobody was hurt. contra costa counties are on the move trying to keep the mosquito population under control. crews say they will be fogging an area and the fogging is surrounded by perimeter island road. the fogging takes place between 745 and 11:00 tonight. now the control district says the large number of mosquitoes

carrying the west nile virus have been found in that area. it happened last night in montana, 44-year-old randy lee was standing in the right hand lane apparently trying to scare drivers when he was hit by two cars. he was wearing a military style suit like the one shown on the screen and he was hoping people would call in a as watch see -- a sighting. don't worry, you can still get a decent commute and let's look at the toll plaza, it is not all that bad coming into san francisco, and i do want to mention traffic is moving along nicely once on the bridge and it really is not that bad. we are getting closer to the holiday and some people are

trying to take some time off during the week and also during next week. this is a look at the san mateo bridge and one thing we look at, many days we look across and can't see the hills and today it's clear. that means the flights at fso will not have any real problems getting into and out of the fso airport. this is a look at highway 4, it is a little bit slow, but 680 still looks good. it didn't last long, patchy at best, i mean temperatures, they warmed up yesterday and there is a low which stays offshore and starts to move in. it is not really that cool where you get a few upper 40s and 50s and yesterday we jumped up a good 10 to 15 degrees and we will start a cool down

tomorrow. upper 50s for some, lower 50s for others, also down towards parts of coast and the coast is clear, west southwest went from 16 to calm and that was assure sign it was warming up, there is still a component and it looks like high pressure wins out and it begins tomorrow and will usher in a cooler pattern and today lots of sun. warmer temperatures, 60s and 70s and a few low 90s, it looks cooler, friday could be a slight warmup, nothing great but with your weekend always in view, it sets up shop on the california coast. alyssa meyers is making changes, she hired her new marketing director and they will start working at yahoo by the middle of next month.

is its an -- it is an online company and before that she worked for other companies. and vw and audi won 5 of the categories. ford won 3 and they are based on overall quality as well as consumer views as well as styling. they did not earn a single top ranking. we have developing news coming in from walnut creek, why an apartment building was evacuated in just the last hour. coyotes in one san jose neighborhood, you can and -- what you can and can not do to protect your pets. what a school shooting is saying about a possible motive.

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. developing news coming out of walnut creek, they were evacuated less than an hour ago after a fire broke out. officials say it started 530

this morning. no injuries have been reported and the fire is still under investigation. also this morning, the fire of a 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire on another student, he says his son was bullied before the shooting. it happened in baltimore maryland. the student who was shot is in critical condition. the condition could have been worse had guidance counselors not intervened. they pinned him against something to keep him from shooting anybody else. and they will collect data about radiation levels. local leaders have information for comparison in the event of a disaster. the helicopter is flying just three feet above young. >> my mom said it flew over

five or six times. we thought they were looking for somebody and i was a little bit nervous. >> and they mapped radiation levels in washington d.c. seattle and los vegas. 6:26, one neighborhood is keeping their pets inside. three dead cats were found in recent weeks. wildlife officials say it appears to be the work of coyotes and as an mall owners, you should take precautions. >> this is harming domestic animals and are we going to wait for a toddler to be harmed? >> they are recommending you bring pet food inside and don't leave garbage out overnight. coyotes cannot be trapped or relocated unless they are either sick injured or

orphaned. and i want to update a fire on calistoga at myrtle. this is 1250 along the main drag and although they have opened up the road this was a fire at the calistoga and it was blocking the main road here. people inside the hotel were evacuated but now we have found out nobody was seriously injured although the fire department is still very much on the scene. we have information from the call fire, i assume they had gotten into the area but not much. the sunole grade looks good, let's go to steve. at best patchy fog, temperatures begin to warm up and we have cool to mild for

the overnight lows, by the coast, still nice, inland warm to hot with 80s to 90s, dave? >> the big storm known to isaac, how this could affect the price you are paying right here in the bay area. and a deadly police shooting in antioch, the dangerous pursuit that led to this confrontation and how a child was involved in all of this. , and the bell is opening on wall street, pam will have the opening numbers.

. welcome back, you recognize the guy on the new york stock exchange, ernie, he is there helping to ring the bell for

the dutch bank opening this weekend so they are there and a lot of business news coming up, we will tell you why there is a big drop overnight and going on in europe this morning that could affect us. we will smile and thank you for joining us, it is a tuesday august it 8th, -- 28th, i am dave clark. investigators at the scene of antioch, alex savage has been on this since 4:30 telling us why this incident was so dangerous, alex? >> well, good morning,. >> reporter: antioch police were chasing a man who had a young child with him and that toddler is safe this morning. and in contra boulevard in antioch, this is where antioch police officers opened fire on

that man. he died here at the scene. he was actually on the roof of somebody's house and pointing a gun at officers. it happened with a domestic violence call at a nearby home which led police on this pursuit. he eventually -- he eventually bailed and that's where we saw the child in the car seat and he began to run through yards in this area. officer found him with the use of a helicopter and he was hiding on a rooftop and that's when they heard gunfire. >> shots -- i heard shots go out and it sounded like firecrackers but i knew it wasn't. it was like, yeah bang, bang, bang several shots. >> and a sergeant out here told me the family who lives in that house where the shooting took place had to leave while the

investigation continues and investigators do plan to be out here and they have not released anymore information the name or the age of man who was shot dead. but the child who was involved in this early morning pursuit was checked out at the hospital and is doing well this morning. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. firefighters are looking into the cause of a fire that forced guests to have to evacuate. that fire started 3:15 and here is a live picture at the calistoga inn. we understand they were blocked off for hours due to the response of the fire and they are scheduled to reopen at this hour. we will continue to have more information on that as well. a shooting in west oakland has killed one man, police say

he was shot in the chest at 9:00 at 8th and add line streets, he died at the hospital. police have not released any information and the victim's identity has not yet been released. >> let's get you moving, sal you are watching the san mateo bridge, right? >> yes, i want to remind you over the weekend coming up, it seems like it is far away but yet, you have to start planning not to use the dumbarton it will be closed until tuesday i should say, so from friday evening, until ties tuesday morning, it is a nice drive barring any major problems. also looking at the bay bridge, we have the metering lights on, and we have a backup passing 880. if you are driving on highway 4, we have slowed traffic

through antioch but it gets better in bay point and pittsburgh. skies are clear, and temperatures are cool to mild but some locations are in the 60-degree range and it will be another warm day inland, nice breezy by the coast, mild to warm, inland warm to hot, temperatures to upper near 90 degrees and the low sitting there stays offshore for one more day and mainly clear, could be a little bit of patchy fog but not too much. upper 80s for some, it looks like cooler weather will kick in and still a tropical storm, we need to get to 74 but it is inching closer, all signs moving northwest at 12, let's hope it keeps moving and tonight slow down.

it continues to track up towards new orleans and once it moves inland we will start the weekend but it will start a strong storm surge. 60s for some and 50s for others, overnight lows are definitely warmer and some of the temperatures in the upper 2000 feet are very warm compared to yesterday, so it looks like patchy fog, maybe stronger, and going to the delta overall, 80s in between 60s and 70s closer to coast and bay. antioch and caster valley 78, 83 san jose, santa cruz near 0 there -- near 80 there. and it looks cooler wednesday and thursday, another cooling trend looks good with your

weekend always in few. tropical storm isaac is expected to cause problems. joining us george what is the biggest danger where you are? >> reporter: well, pam we are in what will be the northeast quadrant so we could see the potential of the strong storm surge and flooding and wind gusts, they are picking up as the storm moves in closer. we are expecting wind gusts as the storm makes landfall and at this point, we are expecting it to be a category 1 hurricane. >> and george, tell us where with your, give us an idea, there are a lot of houses in that area, i know sometimes it is along that area, they are

already physically prepared for a strong storm surge, what is it like where you are? >> well, right here, there are some homes when the storm surge comes up, these homes are in danger and there were several in several counties, you will find some seeking higher ground and as you mentioned some people have left town all together and i saw a few people jogging. a few people who the storm out, people i spoke with, they have been watching the storm closely and they have been taking it seriously whether they stay here or leave town, they seem to have a plan ready as it comes in. >> i know we saw some people sort of wake boarding as well so it is interesting, the ditch reaction. live there in mississippi, thank are for that update we will continue to watch isaac as

it comes into the coast. and the price of gassing up your car is going up. tara moriarty will shows us where gas prices are now and how high they are go, tara? >> reporter: in the castro district, where if you take a look behind me, you can see it is $4.39 for a gallon of regular unled and it could be even higher. here is what is happening in anticipation of tropical storm isaac. nearly 350 oil and gas platforms have been evacuated and that has halted production typically coming out of there. they produce nearly half of the nation's oil supply and a refinery explosion is also taking its toll and the chevron refinery fire is creating what some are calling a triple threat. and today's average price

is $3.75 per gallon. it is the highest we have ever seen in history. >> it is the highest during labor day weekend weekend and here in california, the average price is $4.13 per gallon and here in san francisco, 421 and expert say it could jump which could be devastating to the economy. it is $4.15 in the wake of katrina just to give you an idea. and higher gas prices, smog producing hydrocarbons in the refinery fire but today that leak could finally be stopped. that was one of many reports and chevron could face fines up to $25,000 each day if pollution standards are violated. the exact size of the leak has

not been determined which has many concerned about their health. >> my main goal is to find out. >> we are sick and dying every day because of daily emissions according to the guidelines and how can we change them so we can breathe. >> an investigation into the air can take more than a year to complete. they will meet to consider any other actions to take. republicans have making up for last time and we have the two speakers who will get the most attention to today. should none taggers get life in prison in the south bay. we will tell you when and why. and traffic is slow getting to the willow pass grade, we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay

area weather.

. here is a quick look, a man is dead after being shot and kill by police in antioch overnight. police say it started as a

domestic dispute call involving a gun. a suspect drove off with a child in his car. during that chase, the suspect rammed two police cars and the man was shot and killed while hiding on the roof of a house. they have been on this and will bring you the latest coming up at 7:00. firefighters are investigating the cause that forced residents to be evacuated at calistoga hotel. we are told the fire started at about 3:15 this morning. now both directions in calistoga were blocked off as firefighters rushed to the scene. now tropical storm isaac is close to becoming a hurricane as it closes in on the gulf

coast. we are expecting to hear from president barack obama in just about 15 minutes and a briefing is set for 7:00 this morning. they declared a state of emergency freeing up federal help. and santa clara prosecutors are hoping the prospect will stop a san jose street crew from tagging, lorraine blanco would like to explain how long members of the that crew could spend behind bars, pam? >> reporter: we spoke with them and they say, it is a challenge keeping up with taggers and it is very costly to businesses here and will now cost taggers their freedom. they will be in court and they are responsible for more than 60,000 for businesses and they say they are tired of this graffiti and for now they will

consider a gang enhancement to charge them just like street crews. it is 3 or more people committing crimes and a judge will hear the plea deal at the hall of justice, they will serve from 6 to 8 months, do community service, pay fines and get probation for five years. if they violate that, they face 3 to 11 years and with this plea deal, they will still get a strike on their record which could vend well wally lead to a life sentence. >> time now 6:47, mitt romney arrives today in tampa,florida for the republican national convention. and in our washington d.c. newsroom, the jam packed schedule will force them to be

there, here is more. >> reporter: there is some speculation mitt romney might join his wife after her speech and they will try to present a better side of mitt romney and try to make him more likable. they will be laying out the differences between mitt romney and president barack obama and the worry has over shadowed much of the convention and the talk show host blames the media. >> the media is now out there saying that hurricane katrina is hanging like a pole over the republican convention so this whole thing has been politicized. >> reporter: rookie gill had been scheduled to deliver his brief convention speech yesterday, but after the weather delays, it has been pushed to today. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. make sure you stay right here with us for more coverage

of the republican national convention and we will bring you another live report from tampa coming up in just about an hour. right now, it is 6:48 we want to check in with sal for another look at your traffic. right now at the toll plaza, we have traffic that is getting slow coming into san francisco and you can see it is backed up beyond the maze. this is a look at 8:80 as you may have guessed traffic is moving a long well passed the coliseum and no problems towards the oakland exit. and that traffic looks good, we are looking at a big delay getting into the livermore valley, look at all that slowed traffic so if you are coming in, you drive through that area please give yourself extra time, you will need it this morning. let's go to steve. we just heard from cassie, she is usually in grenada, it

is clear, can you believe it? >> yes, i do believe it today. in fact i just put that in there and so far it is clear and it will be a warm day for many. yesterday we warmed up fast, a good 17 degrees and temperatures have jumped up and warm to hot inland compared to sunday. the low that gives us a big cool down and it's retrograded, it looks like it will make a move tomorrow. skies start off clear, high pressure says i am in charge today and temperatures inland warm up and they are about the same, i think they will start that cool down. tropical storm isaac continues to make its move and it is only a tropical storm, it might reach hurricane strength moving northwest at about 12 miles per hour let's hope it doesn't stall out because it is a big,

big system. in fact some of the rain bands will move on shore soon, it is surge and as they say copious amounts of rain begin to move inland into tonight and tomorrow morning. back here, 50s for some, southwest at travis, yesterday that is when it trailed off off and we'll see if it goes under 10. if it goes under 10, this logo looks like it will start a cool down but today lots of sun. temperatures on their way up and 60s and 70s and 90s, concord 98, antioch 98 and 74 for livermore and pleasanton, morgan hill, los gatos, nice and warm towards santa cruz, and woodside 80 and 81 and mountain view. it is cooler wednesday and thursday, could be a slight

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. the dow jones industrial average, s&p 500 is up whether 12% but they are talking about an election year, we could see a sell off before the election year in november. a second visitor now, the yosemite visitor at the park

has died from the rare hunter virus. it is spread by deer mice. all four visitors stayed in the signature tent cab bins over a one week period in june. now if you stayed in the cab bins, you are advised to stay there if you developed fever or muscle aches. you are expecting to hear from some of the victims who were killed in that colorado movie theater massacre. a spokesperson would only say family members were talking about behind the scenes events. 12 people were killed, 58 others were wounded on july 20thth when a gunman opened fire for the new movie dark knight rises. james holmes has been charged in that case. a notorious killer was briefly released from prison. he was taken from san gwen tonight to the town of linden

to search for the remains of his murder victims. he marked four new locations near flood road. he is on death row for killing many and they believe he and his accomplice loren joseph herzog killed about 20 people. they spelled out the latest alcohol concerns at cal. they uncovered alcohol-related illnesses that put people in the hospital since august first. 12 incidents happened beginning august 17th and 12 reports involve people under the age of 21. last august there were 11 cases all month. and the team is being called the pride of petaluma is back home. the petaluma national upon returning home yesterday estimated 1,500 people greeted them at the fairgrounds and

it's beginning and ending at walnut park and they just got to go back to school. >> sal, what is happening in the south bay? >> well, we are starting off with some slow traffic dave and pam on some of the major freeways, so is 280 and 85 is slowing near 17. we want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza, that is clearly backed up, let's go to steve. skies are clear and temperatures will start off cool, nice to warm to upper, very warm to hot with 80s and 90s. coming up, tropical storm isaac is moving closer to the new orleans area and president barack obama is expected to speak within just a few minutes. >> also a deadly overnight shooting in antioch, stay right here with us.