. preparing for a day of mourning as two veteran officers are killed in the line of duty. one officer managed to track down a suspect. the goal is to become a zoo keeper and work with big cats.

>> we are hearing from the father of the woman whose animal took her life. good morning it is thursday march 7th, i am braman bryan flores. mark is in -- good morning i i am brian flores. we have a dry weather was the earn over the -- pattern and we have storm tracker 2 and this will be the source of some more rain showers and a possibly a few more thunderstorms but sal has an update on traffic. good morning. it is dry which is better than yesterday, we don't have any

major problems. westbound 24, that traffic is moving along nicely as you drive through to the caldecott tunnel. also 880 is looking good approaching 101 let's go to the desk. two san jose officers are laid to rest in a huge public memorial. they were killed in the line of duty last week. baker was getting ready to retire and deceive butler was a 10 year veteran who worked as a patrol officer and hostage negotiator wong wong has more -- dean has more. -- claudine has more. >> reporter: you can see the tent and tables that are set up and we are right on the corner of the boardwalk and you can

see the rollercoasters in front of the street. this will be lined with vehicles of families members and the closest place big enough to accommodate the thousands of mourners spented to attend. the process has begun for saying goodbye and hundreds came to say goodbye at the cruz memorial home. it is a private viewing for family members and officers. >> in my heart i knew i had to be here and tell them goodbye and that they are my heroes. >> i am walking out with such an overwhelming feeling it is to have two great human being's

lives taken. >> reporter: there were tens of thousands expected to come today and we know there have been long preparations underway and it is actually scheduled to begin at 8:45 this morning. that procession will be 33 miles and it will take a few hours sometime after 10:00. the chp is not allowing them to pass through and i can tell you we came through beach street and we saw other officers already there and we expect that number to only grow. again this become is the staging area to san jose. we know that from san jose firefighters they plan to have every overpass here to chp's pavilion with a fire truck as

everyone honors the lives of these two officers. claudine wong channel 2 news. >> we have more on leon panetta and pamela harris are both expected to speak at the memorial today and they will sing arms wide open by the group creed. governor jerry brown is expected to attend but will not be making comments. mornings on 2 will have more beginning at 8 5:00 and the public am memorial starts at 11:00 with that memorial service at noon. a major hit-and-run

happened on 101 north of the great parkway. they rear-ended a pickup truck and the truck driver suffered major head trauma. the suspect took off and a santa clara police officer was able to tracker down. she now faces dui charges. diana was killed at a cat haven, five miles east of fresno. she was found inside the lion enclosure 12:30 afternoon. she had been attacked and she was volunteering at the park. yesterday we spoke to her father at the phone and he said his daughter gave him a tour of the park new year's day.

>> i got to meet him and that place said you couldn't go into the i can't and she was pretty disappointed. >> couse couse was investigating and they are investigating why she was in there. >> the victim's body was found in guadeloupe park and he had been stabbed several times. neighbors no longer feel safe in their homes. >> we go down to that park all the time, we walk in there and there is a murdered person, a murdered young man in there, police don't have a motive or suspects at this time, this is the 7th homicide of the year. >> the price police consultant speaks out about how to reduce

crime. chief william bratton says he has recommendations to curbing crime and who he blames for many of the problems in the city. they are charged with killing a pedestrian in the castro district. he is charged with the death of a man in march. multiple witnesses testified he was speeding and ran a red light before that collision. defense attorneys argue pedestrians including the victim ignore a don't walk sign. north korea is threatening to launch a preemptive strike against the u.s. it comes at the un and they blamed the u.s. to enact new sanctions. earlier they threatened them to stop the cease-fire that ended

the war. >> the filibusterer ended cia director nearly 13 hours after he began. he started speaking 11:45 stopped at 12:40 and 12 senators and one democrat joined in the filibuster and they say drones will not be used to tell terrorists who are u.s. citizens. president barack obama is calling paul ryan to the white house and they have a together state tores just a few blocks from the white house. john mccain was one of those invited and said it was fine. according to the white house, john mccain paid for his own dinner out of his own pocket. we will talk about it later

on and it may affect traffic as well, sal, what is it looking like out there? >> you are absolutely right, it look good now as we are watching people head to the hp pavilion for the memorial. it will remain there and the truck is loaded down with pet food and the chp says it appears the driver fell asleep and the truck went 40 feet down the embankment. 4:38 this is a look at traffic as we look to the macarthur, the bay bridge toll plaza is nice and it is a nice looking drive so far. 280 traffic is off to a good start. most of the bay area is

starting out on the dry side. it is just outside the bay area to the south and our next system is offshore at closer inspection, they are moving on, this is the bulk of the rainfall that will be moving onto the region. as far as current temperatures we have a cold start and temperatures are dropping back to the 30s . downtown santa rosa and san jose 42 degrees, this is the area of low pressure we have been watching and it is basically not of ming across the the bay area but boost being our showers for this afternoon and we are closer to bringing that thunderstorms. we are bringing snow levels

down to 3,000 feet. there is a chance of a shower and we bump up those chances for the second half of the region beginning to scale back those clouds but then there is a system that could produce some sprees are sprinkles in the north bay and this morning 30s and 40s showers are developing and we have a chance of a thunderstorm and temperatures are mainly in the upper 50s 58 degrees. we clear out the clouds and temperatures are warming up especially by sunday. this is a live look at interstate 880 in chuck e.

people heading to the mountains faced some tough ice and snow. and if you are headed up to enjoy they can expect clear skies. >> how nice for those people. police say they shot and killed the wrong man. who investigators are thinking. >> the teen has been missing for a few weeks, they believe bullying has played a part in his disappearance. we will tell you about your morning commute and how you can better get around. stay tuned.

. the bay area is describe right now we have a possibility of a few thunderstorms and i

will have more coming up. parts of new england could get -- new england could get seven inches of new snow. right now more than 250 people are without power. in just a few hours they will report on what they have discovered so far on board a 747. the report will not conclusion what caused january's fire and it will not have recommendations on how to prevent future fires. they have submitted itto the faa. the last card will have two meetings, one this morning and one this evening. the purpose is to address the

main issues facing the catholic church. new this morning, the guard said venezuela president hugo chavez died of a massive heart attack after a. he was also suffering from -- he died of a massive heart attack and was also suffering from cancer. it is how you apply them at different times. >> from los angeles and new york city police chief. a quart turf a million dollar, we have increased stops for

stop and frisk and most crimes are committed by a small group of criminals. officers were firing at a car that slammed into a police cruiser and they will seek charges against the driver of that car. they say the suspect's actions led to the shooting. family members say a martinez team say he was missing for a reason he was just three months away from graduating high school but family members said he left a note saying he did ecould not take the bullying at his school any more. he said he was tired of bullying and he was done with

everything. they said he has become -- they said they are hoping he will hear about all of his support. they got stuck in the water and he said the boat belonged to a friend. >> he called and said he had a key. >> prosecutors have charged him with grand theft and it appears his passengers did not know the boat was stolen. they are invited to hear what think think of delaying that for the service. plus they want to put a fee on the san francisco's website. they want to put it on the

administration building. the bay bridge toll a authority -- authority considers a fee and they are now dropping that proposal. the grand opening celebration is considering competitive runs and 150,000 people are expected to attend. >> that is good news. >> absolutely. >> 448 is the time, let's check in with sal, how are the bridges this morning? >> , we are off to a doesn't start, it is not as bad as it was wed when it was raining and traffic looks good headed out to the mcarthur maze with no major problems and no major problems there and traffic continues to move along nicely, if you are driving on 280 going to highway 17, that traffic

looks good. we have dry conditions and cool temperatures and we have a chance of showers and the main action moves in later dated with a chance of thunderstorms. keys becoming barclay cloudy and in fact temperatures are warming back up to the mid-to- upper 60s. right now on storm tracker, this is remaining and it does approach our coastline, right now we just have clear skies and what you will notice yesterday especially at this time we had a much cooler start, downtown san francisco 47 and san jose 42 degrees. this area of low pressure is moving parallel to our coastline and as it toes we

will bump up a chance of snow levels to 3,000 feet. the main impact will be east so as a result. they have a winter weather and that includes lower temperatures. we bump up showers chances tonight and tomorrow morning we scald back on clouds -- scale back on clouds. today is one of the coolest days of the week and we begin to warm things up with friday with the weekend always in view by sunday, don't forget to spring forward as we change the clock early sunday morning. the last ditch effort by the community to try to keep a person away. and a new look for facebook

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just a quarter mile away from an elementary school. hundreds of children walk near that cottage to get to a convenience store. >> the district attorney has asked for an emergency stay until an appeal can be heard. if the stay is not granted he could move into the neighborhood by next week. we have new information on the nurse who refused to perform cpr. criminal charges will not be filed. they have closing investigations and she collapsed in the dining hall after a care worker would not perform cpr. first responders said she had a do not resuscitate order at home. analysts expect it will include some now features for

mobile howers. -- users. we will get our first look at 10:00 this morning. somebody in the bay area may be the lucky winner of a lottery ticket worth $33 million. somebody bought it in walnut creek. the drawing was the last night. the numbers are 1, 2, 3, 22, 34, meganumber is 8. did you dig in your wallet? >> i never choose one, two, three. it is not like i play all the time. >> i would never say but i would have a whole different attitude. traffic is moving around san francisco and 101 looks

good approaching the 880 split, this is a look at 880 and that traffic looks good and on the dumbarton it looks good and the winds are not as gusty as they were yesterday. overall we are off to a better start. here is my man, mark. >> remember yesterday, we had rain and strong winds, not the case today, this will be the key factor as we head into the morning. current temperatures you may want to bundle up, inland temperatures starting off thousand. livermore 37 degrees. if you figure out the circulation this will be the source of a few more rain showers and a chance of a few

more thunderstorms. look what happens into the afternoon hours as we bump up the it. not everybody is picking up the showers and later we scale back. as far as the longer range, there is one area up in the north bay, maybe a few sprinkles up in the northern portions of napa counties. this afternoon, we have a look at your five-day forecast, lots of clouds cover for friday morning becoming cloudy and by monday warmest locations could be hovering. we are getting late word of a vit