this is channel 2 news at noon. >> woo. >> woo. >> the space shuttle endeavour would yous the bay area as it completed its final voyage before retirement. good afternoon, i am tori

campbell, the shuttle cruised through blue skyed strapped to the jet. thousands cheered it watching from rooftops, beaches and office windows. we have live team coverage today starting with tara moriarty, live at the golden gate bridge. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. you know the crowds have now dissipated but less than two hours ago they got the thrill of a lifetime. two pieces of american history never before seen together. >> woo hoo. >> it was a spine tingling moment. >> woo. >> oh, this is amazing. >> the golden gate bridge, e i mean this doesn't get any better than this. >> bittersweet for them. >> for me it is spectacular, it is exciting. >> just being able to see it for real and tell it goodbye. >> around 10:20 this morning space shuttle endeavour circled twice around the golden gate bridge. >> yeah, this is like the one and only chance.

>> tripods and tele telephoto lenses dotted the shoreline, many woke up at 3:00 in the morning, one clearly awe struck. >> the power of the human mind. it is quite an accomplishment what they did. >> the endeavour is one of the retired orbiters of the program created to replace the challenger. >> first the horror of it all, traumatic for everybody, so it is kind of sad to see you know where the program started out and where it went and then where it is now. >> many said they were sad to see it go. >> because i think it is american, pause i because i think we have been first and have always been the best and the brightest. >> the end of an era. >> and others say. >> on to bigger and better things with the landrover on

mars and kind of exciting to see that too and be a part of it all. >> after san francisco the endeavour headed to moffett field and monterrey and there where it will be put in a museum. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> it made a low fly over there in the south bay. ann ruben is live there with the crowd's reaction and why this was a thrilling moment for people who work there. >> reporter: that's right. the place actually cleared out quickly here. there are estimates ther were close to 20,000 people all craning their necks to get a glimpse of endeavour. their cameras out, their eyes on the sky thousands gathered to catch a glimpse of endeavour, off to the side flying at 1500 feet. >> it was really cool.

it wayne wasn't that loud. i expected it to be louder and i was surprised about how low it flew. that was really cool. >> the trip was in many ways an honor for the men and woman who made it possible. >> it is choking me up. it is paying tribute to the thousands of people would worked on the program. >> the shuttle tiles were invented here and the shuttle flight simulator is here too. every shuttle pilot has trained on it, including stephen robinson. >> the fact it worked even once is amazing. and the fact we put together an entire space station with the shuttle, never had to bring a part back is miracle upon miracle so there is pride and sadness. >> when the shuttle arrived there were gasps from the crowd many of whom came to witness history. >> it is a very meaningful day. erthwill be a lot of people that will never forget this and i will be one of them.

>> of course as the shuttle headed south toward its final resting place in l.a. one man vowed it would not be last. we scan can go down south and see her in stead of doing that there. >> we have heard it was cleared for another pass but that didn't happen but people said it was well worth the wait. >> before flying over the bay area the piggyback space shuttle soared over the seat capitol at 9:45 this morning in sacramento and flew over there over sunny and hazy skies. it made a swooping uturn to give the capitol another view of it. the shuttle is now over southern california and is expected to touchdown at los angeles airport in 45, the

shuttle and the carrier are putting on a show for the area, swooping over the hollywood hills signs and other landmarks, again it is scheduled to land there and that will mark the final end of the shuttle's mission and the program. endeavour will stay at lax for a few weeks then next month take a 12 mile road trip to the california science center right next to the l.a. coliseum. nearly 400 trees are being cut down along the route to make room for the 78 foot wide shuttle. the museum is promising to replant a thousand trees. we have a few more details now on endeavour's last flight. the shuttle and its 747 carrier took off at 8:15 this morning from edwards airforce base in the mojave desert. the combined weight is 4 75,000

pounds but less than a commercial jet filled with passengers and luggage. the estimated cost of moving the shuttle from florida to california, including today's spectacular flyovers is about 28 million dollars. but the california science center is footing the bill, not taxpayers. send us your photos of the endeavour flyover. e-mail them to us at photos at ktvu.com. make sure to tell us your name and where you were when you took the picture. you can post them directly to our facebook page, look for ktvu channel 2. san francisco police are keeping close watch on one of their station houses after it was vandalized during a protest. today a city worker cleaned up graffiti from the mission police station. vandals spray painted the word killer on the front door. last night several dozen protesters marched through the mission district angry over a none fatal police shooting

earlier. they confronted officers standing guard at the station. >> you should not let your fears stand in the way of what you know is right and when you do something like that -- >> -- breaking up -- >> the protest was triggered by a police shooting last night. police say a plain clothed officer was chasing a suspected gang member. police say the man pointed a pistol at the officer and refused to drop it. an officer then shot the man but he is expected to survive. two men shot overnight in east san jose are expected to survive. police were called to the scene of a heated argument at flanagan drive around 10:20 and found two men, aged 39 and 24 with gunshot wounds, one of them shot in the chest. officers tell ktvu they are not sure how the men knew each other but they don't think the shootings were gang related. an investigation is underway into a shooting in

rodeo. few details from the sheriff's office. but the shooting victim was in grave condition when airlifted to the hospital. it happened around 10:00 last night. the area was sealed off during the search for the gunman. san francisco police are investigating a deadly overnight accident. around 1:00 a woman driving on bayshore hit a pedestrian walking in the street. the driver is cooperating with police. the bayshore off-ramp to southbound highway 101 was closed for several hours during the investigation. if you have any information you are asked to call san francisco police. a 78-year-old woman in san rav san rafael is recovering after that. it happened on 4th street during the farmer's market. police say the suv jumped a curve and crashed into the restaurant, hitting the woman walking by. >> this is a real popular

restaurant. today are lucky it closes at 3:00 or there would have been 20 people that got struck. >> 4th street was closed for several hours during the investigation of the the woman was taken to the hospital with major injuries. police are investigating to see what caused the driver to lose control of the suv. it is finally here, the new apple iphone 5. plenty of bay area fans were ready and waiting to snap it up this morning. [ applause ] >> these people poured into an oakland apple store when the doors opened. employees greeted them with cheers and music and a bank of ready cash registers, customers had many reasons for jumping on the new iphone. >> i have not upgraded since the 3g, so i am far behind and my phone sucks and i am excited. >> we are going to buy it and make money, just like jordan. >> that man will have

competition, soon after today went on sale many were on ebay starting at 900 dollars. americans were not the only ones that did that. this was the scene today in tokyo. apple fans carried umbrellas to keep rain after their goomg gadgets. the company could sell between 6 and 10 million eye iphones this weekend. congress is set to take an early recess before the election but first there are key issues to resolve. also rosemary will have your forecast, a look at the first day of fall and the weekend ahead. new information on deadly protests in pakistan over that controversial anti-islamic video made in southern california. on your prepaid card?

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lawmakers are about to leave washington and will not return until after the november election even though there is a mountain of unfinished business. alison burns reports in the last hour nancy pelosi is calling on congress to stay in session. >> reporter: pelosi says this is the earliest congress has left washington before an election since the 1960s. show and other democrats walked down the capitol steps 40 minutes ago to call on speaker

boehner to keep the house in session. she says they have not gotten enough done since they returned from august break. >> we will have been in session only 8 days that is just not right. democrats are prepared to stay until we get the job done. that is what we were elected to do. >> the finger pointing is intensifying over the big issues left undone like dealing with tax increases and spending cuts that kicking at the end of the year, aid to farmers and more, republicans insist many of the proposals put forward by the democrats will do more harm than good and it is time for new leadership. >> the president has played his scareds cards, they have failed. >> they may have to work through then. they still have not agreed on a deal to keep the government running.

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> just in the past hour republican candidate for president mitt romney released his 2011 tax returns. critics have been calling for him to release more than just the two years of tax returns he released earlier this summer. last year romney paid 1.9 million in taxes. that was on 13.7 million in income. so when you do the math, 14.1%. his campaign earlier estimated he would pay 3.2 million. he will be here later today to raise cash. he will attend an afternoon fundraiser at the strawberry hill estate in hillsborough. news chopper 2 flew over it yesterday. tickets are 50,000 dollars a person for the event which begins at 4:45. closed to the media. the campaign says that is because it is a private home. president obama will be back in san francisco for a

fundraiser on monday, october 8th. this morning he was in virginia. there he challenged mitt romney on his promise to change things in washington, d.c. >> one thing i have learned is their is that you can't change washington just from the inside, you change it from the outside. you change it because people are mobilized. you change it with the help of ordinary americans. >> we have added years -- >> mr. obama also spoke by satellite to the senior lobbying group aarp in new orleans. the president defended his plan for medicare and social security. when it comes to campaign finances, president obama has about 88 million dollars available to spend in the six and a half weeks before the november election. romney has 50 million on hand but also needs to repay 15 million dollars he borrowed on a campaign loan. anti-american protests grew violent today in pakistan. police fired tear gas and

bullets at protesters in islamabad. at least 19 people have died in protests across pakistan. as we report it is one of several countries were demonstrations continue in response to that film many see as anti-muslim. >> reporter: outrage continues in a number of muslim countries after a video was released on the internet. now the u.s. government has released a video of its own. >> since our founding the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> the ad has debuted on 7 pakistani networks potentially reaching an add audience of million, also appearing is hillary clinton. >> the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. >> officials hope the psa denouncing the movie will quell some of the tension. friday is also the main muslim

day of prayer and religious fervor runs high. anticipating violence the state department has announced u.s. diplomatic missions in some countries will be closed. >> the decision by the united states government to close temporarily its embassies and kun sul down consulate was made by that. >> they may have tied to them. >> the prime minister of libya says he thinks the attack that killed him was planned ahead of time. >> i think it is. i think it is, because the way it has taken place, the way they have done it clearly this crew has planned it, so it is

not -- it is not a -- a spontaneous thing. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is forming a panel to investigate the attack there which killed stephens and three other americans. ♪ [ music ] >> it is the final day of summer 2012 and our temperatures right where they should be. slightly warmer than where we were yesterday and we will continue that trend for the first start of the weekend. giving you a view there patchy low clouds that continue off the coastline. a few high clouds of the area. giving you a look at the numbers, 71 in santa rosa. 73 right now in concord, 80 degrees antioch, this is the warm spot, 70s inland. areas around fairfield, livermore, 69 san jose, 60s around the bay and along the coast. temperatures will continue to warm into the afternoon. we will be anywhere from three to six degrees warmer than what we felt yesterday afternoon in

and around the inland spots. a look at the pacific satellite view, a few high clouds off the pacific, a trough off the coastline helping to bring that in. the onshore breeze weak. we will see an afternoon sea breeze weaker than yesterday as well. so overall the pattern not shifting as we start the weekend. cool to start the morning. patchy fog remaining at the coast. temperatures right about the seasonal average. an onshore breeze will be with us for the afternoon. a trough off the coast is going to begin to impact us by sunday. right now and for today looking at temperatures again right about where we should be, unnapa, 80 degrees navato, 77 san rafael, 86 livermore, into the south bay 78 san jose and

71 redwood city, mid-60s san francisco, giants in town, a 7:15 game time, 60 degrees and a westerly breeze to 10 miles per hour. your extended forecast shows you the first day of fall will actually be warmer than the last day of summer. fall arrives tomorrow morning at 7:49. by sunday though a bit off a cooling trefned trend and temperatures low 80s by tuesday, 60s perhaps 70 along the coast. >> wow, all right, can't complain. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> if you have to fly in or out of the airport this weekend and next weekend expect delays. the airport will once again close down one of its main runways. this time crews will install new runway lights and work on a new taxiway. the work starts tonight at 10:00 and will continue until monday at 8:00 a.m. a former san francisco human rights commissioner is back behind bars this morning on child porn charges, 66-year-

old larry brinken was arrested yesterday after they found photos on his computer. he was first arrested then but they did not file charges saying they needed more time to investigate. he retired from his city post in 2010. just ahead a check on stocks and an unusual protest by some concord city workers. plus the high speed rail announcement that is good news on the jobs front.

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stocks trading higher including some companies reporting higher profits, apple propelled by the frenzy around this iphone 5 is up right now, the dow currentlyup 17, nasdaq up 8, s&p up two. some concord city workers are holding an unusual protest today by reporting to their jobs. today is one of 13 mandatory furlough days for many city workers. the employs say the furloughs are illegal so they plan to go to work. city leaders though are not commenting so far but they have said they will discipline any worker who attempts to provide public services on furlough days. the white house today announced it is putting california's high speed rail project on the fast track in an effort to put people to work. president obama's plan calls for a faster permit and review process for building the fresno

to bakersfield stretch. the project received 3 billion dollars in federal funding. the white house also announced plans to speed up the permit and review process for the downtown san francisco ferry terminal expansion. today on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 did you see it? or perhaps you would like to see it again. breathtaking views all over the bay area as the endeavour made its final flight passing over the golden gate bridge on its way to southern california. more on these incredible pictures, thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we will see you next time news breaks and we are always here for you at ktvu.com. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. lots of prepaid cards

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