$ ♪ we've lost everything, we have nothing, but we will be okay. the desperate search to find people alive, president barack obama will address the nation in just 60 minutes. life in san francisco where workers are expected to go -- we are live in san francisco where workers are expected to go on strike. a teenage boy was shot and killed and the drastic action that was taken. we will have a complete break down how the morning news will go. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is tuesday may

21st, i am pam cook. >> some people may want to take a jacket. >> i would say so. it's going to be a 15 to 20- degree drop and they are talking about snow and this is a really strong sent and the highs will be in the 60s and 70s. am. good morning, highway 4 has slowed traffic at antioch by the time you reach bay point and we have a video of a fire in is a van before firefighters were able to put water on the van. it is between water street and

others and 6:01 let's go back to the desk. we continue developing news out of oklahoma this morning. we know 51 people are confirmed dead in that devastating tornado. many of those killed are children and the city suburb of moore they continue to search for anybody who may have survived. alex savage is tracking the latest and joins us in the newsroom. alex? one of them has 75 students as paths raced to that school trying to find their children. [ crying parents ] >> reporter: there were a lot of tearful reunions but at the

same time parents were waiting to see their parents in the town -- parents were waiting to see their children, this was the scene as the tornado touched down at 3:00 in the afternoon. first sponsors helped to pull survivors from the debris and a seven-year-old girl described what she did as the tornado closed in. >> the tornado went in and i was so afraid i was hanging on to one of the desks and i fell back and all of the dirt went into my eyes and my clothes. >> , all the members of the national guard in moore they are hoping to find students whom are still missing. they are trying to so much

flat -- plat ended homes. 51 people were killed by yesterday's tornado and that includes 21 children and that number will rise as we did go throughout the day. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. we have a picture of the white house with president barack obama on the phone, and the president has declared a major disaster and has ordered aid and the president is expected in about just 'sure. it is not the first time they have been devastated and one even more powerful than this one tore through that same area. what tom found when he covered the aftermath of that tornado 14 years ago. it is happening right now, bay area hospital workers are

going on strike at 5 university medical centers. tara moriarty is live outside u cfs where people are starting to arrive. >> well today and tomorrow we will not be able to do that in speaking with union rep tis, they say -- representatives they say it is a scare tactic that a judge ordered staffing procedures for all medical procedures to get done. police are in place and striking worsers showed up right around 6:00 and they are part of a group of nearly 14,000 workers and the just

issued sit innings and now they -- sit ins and they are worried and they say their refusal to make recessions is hurting patient care. >> it means long shifts and means no breaks and these are very dedicated people, they want to do everything they can for their patients and they are not going to back down and they end up working themselves to the bone and still at the end of the day they can't keep up with the workload >> the two day strike will cost $20 million for the university and 150 surgeries had to be canceled and they are not expecting the surgery to be ready but workers stabled a sit in and we will also keep you posted on traffic and i would stay away from this area at all costs at least for today and

tomorrow. live in the area, back to you. a search for a missing patient. delta called 911 and they say the patient ran out of the hospital and jumped into the contra costa canal. some ran into after him trying to rescue him but they could not. firefighters searched downstream with a helicopter and they could not find him but it is presumed he is dead. a crime order takes affect in response to the reason gun violence. he was shot and killed sunday night while sitting in a car. two other teens, ages 15 and 16 were hurt and since january there have been firearms. much of the violence is ranked

to one game and they will limit other days for officers. the super bowl count is now down to its final hours and we will find out if super bowl 50 will be played right here in the bay area, good morning janeane. >> reporter: they are looking to see if they will host the super bowl and the last time they hosted the super bowl was back at the old sanford stadium so a lot of the people are saying, it is our turn. at 9:00 a.m. the super bowl bid communities and they will make their pitches to why their city should host the super bowl. at 10:00 a.m. they will host for -- and vote for super bowl 50 and then they

will host and vote for super bowl 51. san francisco is the favorite and has 0 out leaned everything the bay area has to offer. they hope that the financial backings of tech companies will also help to sway the owners. >> it is regional because the game will be played in santa clara, and we also think hotels between san jose and san francisco will be filled. >> san francisco has raised $30 million for its bid which is less than 36.5 million raised by florida. but san francisco failed to approve renovating and again we are continuing developments on

this story and of the fsf santa clara committee. >> joe is in boston and is keeping a close eye on the nfl's meetings and we will have live reports on the announcement as it happens right here on ktvu and we will alert you on our mobile apps as well as on facebook and twitter. a crash in fremont? sal? it is the same one we were talking about last time but southbound, it is closer to stevenson and it is now on the shoulder and i want to mention traffic will be busy as you drive through and the medics are on the soldier and follow the department traffic is

moderately heavy and no major problems onto the bay area bridges right now. and in north san francisco, southbound 101. .. >> it says radar, my goodness, where were you january february and march. >> it will not give us any rain and carrying to thursday and things will light up and we will not see temperatures like that again for a while. cooling begins today dramatic cooling and this is a very strong system but we will go from hot to way below average temperatures to way below today and today is a transition day. 63 today, napa 90 and we will go 75, livermore 75 to 82,

yesterday to 74 today. we will pencil in a lot of those inland temperatures and 73 to pittsburgh, andian jobbing. here comes some of that and the winds have cranked an "f" s o at 26. it tells you everything we need to know anthems are really cranking up and look at that. that is a relapse and very low snow levels in parts ever oregon. partly cloudy in the morning, 50 to 20 degrees drops on the temperatures and in fact tomorrow some of these areas at gilroy and antioch, it will be 71. windy and cooler tomorrow and we will keep it there and a series of systems will keep temperatures below average into

the weekend. more evidence are being made public the i am mans are set to be released later today. we will have tough questions for apple executives in the bay area and they have avoided tough questions and we will have more in just a few minutes. pulling the plug on certain performances in san francisco, the plan to quiet down union square.

. all right, we want to continue our coverage for what is going on in oklahoma this morning and the search continues, time now 6:15 and also this is not the first tornado of moore oklahoma and it was devastated by a powerful tornado before. it killed more than 40 people and caused more than 40 billion in damage. it had winds up to 40 miles per hour. and they covered that storm 14 years ago and here is what he found >> reporter: people on this house say they own this truck but they say they have no idea who owns this truck but they are sure it came from the sky. >> it is unusual for a tornado

to track the same path but look at the five deadliest tornadoes in u.s. history and the most destructive happened on 1925 stretched into illinois and missouri and new york and that killed 695 people. and then 317 people died in mississippi and in may of 1896, 255 people were killed. now the 4th and 5th deadliest tornado happened one day apart in april in 1956 and in tupelo, the next one in gainesville georgia and the 6th deadliest happened in oklahoma back in 1947. happening right now, we want to take you live this is a

live look at those deadly tornadoes and this is moore oklahoma and crews are still searching for the people who survived that horrible storm and that includes 20 children. president barack obama has included a major disaster in oklahoma and the president also is expected to speak about the tornadoes just about 45 minutes from now and we are going to bring you his speech live. our time is 618 and apple is accused of using a loophole to avoid taxes and from our washington d.c. newsroom, apple will be testifying before congress. >> reporter: apple ceo tim cook will have to answer questions

on tough practices. they say apple uses a number of unusual accounting tactics and they have a number off shore a -- number of offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes. >> they don't exist anywhere for tax purposes and that's tax creativity. the. >> irish law says they are controlled by the company in the u.s. and they pay their fair share of taxes and they believe they should be $9 billion higher. we will hear when that testimony gets underway and we will have the latest for you in our next hour. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. the latest information

about the tucson shooting from two years ago. they are expected to release more than 300 photos taken after the shooting. 13 people were wounded including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. -- former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. jared loughner was sentenced to consecutive life sentences after being convicted in the case. they are loud performances being considered and several hotels and stores in the area have complained about street performers and if approved they would still get a permit and it will respect how long they can -- it will restrict how long they can perform in addition to the noise level.

>> let's go out and take a look at highway 4 westbound and traffic is doing well on highway 4 in bay point and we have slow traffic in antioch and pittsburgh and 680, nothing out of the ordinary, you are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and it is a 20 minute delay before you get into san francisco from the the crash is on is the shoulder. wow, what a change compared to yesterday. and they are northwest in some of the higher elevations and clouds are getting pushed in for this very strong system this time of year and we could have used that a few months ago

and it is a much cooler windy pattern and sonoma county airports are already 46 degrees and winds are out of the west, fso west at 26 and up know there are some gusts stronger and severe weather is just blowing up. the line is keeping an eye on us and this is painted and watch for the next fume and this low is really pumping in some snow and rain and we get the partly cooler temperatures and we get 60s and 70s and no 80s for about five to seven days and temperatures stay very cool all the way to the upcoming weekend.

all right, thank you steve, 6:22 is the time and new claims about a union city teacher molesting students and what investigators are saying about a list and how reportedly it was used. one of the giant -- one of the giant stars, how long will he be out.

. welcome back, 6:25, disturbing new details about a union city teacher molesting his students. earlier this month they arrested michael howie and contra costa times reports, howie had acutest girl list. he used arts and crafts practice being projects to keep the girls inside and he inappropriately -- inappropriately touched them. he will have surgery to repair his broken pitching hand. he was injured at bat last night in the win over the nationals. the pitch fractured his right pinky in two places and

dislocated his knuckle. very gallonhad pitch -- he had pitched well now his best game this year and now he is out four to six weeks. let's check in with sal. traffic will be busy around the bay area and between 7:30 and we still have a dean commute -- a decent commute up to highway 17 and out of pleasant on it and -- pleasanton and fremont, it is partly cooler and breezy for this time of year and higher clouds will be here with the cooler windy pattern and it has already started for some, 60s and 70s, pam. we are getting some new

information from oklahoma now after those deadly tornadoes. we have live pictures from one of the hardest hit areas, we will have more on the search for survivors. live in ocean beach where the search continues and he ran the bay to breakers race and we will tell you about the clues that might help fine him. [ engine revs ] [ female announcer ] small... [ engine revs ] wicked... ♪ and now... ♪ topless. ♪ the fiat 500 abarth cabrio. ♪

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, ringing the opening bell, looking at a picture of the nasdaq, futures were mixed early on, markets across europe, there are some profit sharing going on and we added the u.s. federal reserve and we will continue to watch the markets and we have all of the business news coming up. we will say orni m,

it is tuesday, may 21st, i am dave clark. thank you for joining us, it is now 6:30, we just got out of a major development involving tornadoes and the medical examiner has brought the death toll down and at least 40 people are known to be dead. earlier this morning there was at least 50 people an elementary school was right in the path of that tornado and a lot of the dead are children. one man talked about what he saw as a tornado hit his house. >> i could hear the roof going and others were talking about installation falling on me and i could see the swirl of the tornado as it goes by. >> they declared a major disaster and right now the

president is due to address the nation about the oklahoma tornadoes. coming up, we will take you live to oklahoma and get the very latest on the tinge search for is your -- continuing search for survivors. a man went missing in the bay to breakers' race and there is more on the search, my and? >> and this is where beau was last seen and go ahead and take a look. >> reporter: this is one of 5 missing flyers for helping in the search. it is believed he may have gone swimming in the ocean after the bay to breakers race and they are here to help find him. after the race around noon that day, he decided to break off

from his friends and decided to go swimming. there were a few things to watch out for and the second was that he didn't show up and he works for a renewable energy company in san ramon moan and as the -- san ramon and his friends and family is just looking for answers. >> i know he just got a promotion and he is very reliable and that's why we are so concerned we have not heard anything because it is so totally out of character. >> he is 295 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen in a football jersey and they have checked local hospitals and jails and nobody

has come up with anything and coming from portland oregon, coming up on mornings on 2, we will bring you the latest on this investigation, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. one person was hit and killed last night and it happened shortly before 930 near james high school. police say the man was crossing in or near close to the crosswalk when he was hit the. he died at the scene and police believe he was in his 60s and police say the driver is cooperating with the investigation. a san pablo woman could face charges after the woman was driving a an had an accident. the suv rolled over after the woman swerved to avoid another car and she was ejected and

later died but the little girl was not burkeeled in. >> just after that, something happened and it was not a huge crash in fact we have highway 4 to show you and i guess we don't have that camera but traffic will be bliss i all the way up to the bay point and it is no maim problems as traffic continues to move along nicely. i just want to mention that crash is -- mention that crash is gone but you will see slow traffic in this area.

boy, the wind is picking up in some areas and we are seeing gusts up to 30 to 50 miles per hour in parts of the coast because this low is dropping in and we will not be getting any rain or anything but we get the cool and the end wind making for a nice sunrise but not today. 75 today, livermore 75 and 50s and 40s that cool air is beginning to work its wail to santa rosa and out to travis 20 - 30 and things are picking up mostly sunny to partly cloudy today and much more windy and we have a 20 - 30-degree temperatures and we had a lot

of 60s and #0s. with -- 7. >> s, we will level it off -- 70s and we will level it off for the holiday weekend. we want to take you back to the top story, the continuing search for survivors in oklahoma. in moore oklahoma, he is there to show us what is happening out there right now. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: crews are still going through the debris piles and looking for people end neath they said 51 and 51 is revived an they may have counted it and as of now this e.f 4 tornado is the preliminary size and it has set up a 20-mile path of

destruction. a massive tornado at times raised oklahoma and the storm raised two schools were in the twister's path including towers in the city of moore. resident crew crews worked to pull survivors from the debris. one seven-year-old describe is the moment the storm hit. >> i was hanging on to one of the desks, and i fell back and all of the dirt was getting in my eyes on my close. >> he is accepting that to rescue. >> search and rescue efforts went throughout the night to find if anybody was buried

underneath the debris by the school. at least 21 children have died. >> they were supposed to be there during the tornado drill and the roofed collapsed on top of them and they suspect water lines went out and they suspect they drowned because they could not get out from underneath the debris. >> you probably saw ariels and a two story hospital with that second story and everybody out of that hospital was able to make it out alive. let me show you this tent. basically people lost everything and he put out attend outside what is left of his house because at this point he doesn't know what to do, he is waiting on insurance adjustors, everything is up in the air not knowing what the

next step is and that's the thought process which is playing out across moore, the city of 4 5,who is still basically in shock. the in the meantime, if you want to help them, the red cross and salvation army have established tornado relief funds and you can call or text your donations. on our facebook wall, they are showing support for your tornado victims. the big announcement nfl owners will decide if the city will be hosting super bowl 50. the bay area peers -- appears to be the front-runner, it is amazing to see that is looking

like a stadium behind you, janeane. >> reporter: i know, each week when i come back i get more impressed and it is going up pretty quickly, it will be the newest in the country and that's one of the biggest selling points. now at 9:00 a.m. standard pacific time, they will each get 15 minutes to tell the nfl owners why their city should 0 host the super bowl and at 2030 they will move and then the looser interest of that they will vote for hue stop. san francisco is widely believed to have the advantage over miami and they submitted their plan and the plans

outline hotels and everything thatels unique to the bay area -- and everything that is unique to the bay area. san francisco is optimistic and san francisco will win. >> nfl experience will take place at the moss scone any -- at the convention center. we have the largest number of hotel rooms first class and we expect a lot of them will come through san francisco and that's less than what is raised by florida. they don't have a sales measure to approve the abling stadium and we will continue to -- the aging stadium and we will continue to monitor it and bring it to you. reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news.

>> we have janeane in santa clara and we have joe keeping an eye on the owner's meeting coming up on mornings on two. we will have live reports and we will a all right you as well as twitter and facebook. get on there, it is i love my ktvu channel 2 news app. >> they were kicked and badly beaten. >> the call for help after a 10- month-old puppy is left clinging to life. live in san francisco, where uc. if workers are -- uc. if workers are saying they are not getting what they want. we will have more about the

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. good morning, very, very, strong system dropping down this time of year, cooling trend plus windy conditions 60s and 70s. steve, good morning, here is a quick look at some of the

top stories we are following in the past 30 minutes. oklahoma lowered the death toll and now they are saying at least 24 people were killed not 51. they believe some of the victims were counted twice in all of the chaos and president barack obama is due to address the nation on how the government will help those tornado victims and ktvu channel 2 morning news will bring it to you live. tim cook is on capitol hill testifying about apple's taxes and apple is avoiding paying billions in taxes. also we will be finding out if the bay area or miami florida will host super bowl 50. the stadium in santa clara

looks like the clear front- runner. happening right now, hospital workers are on strike at five uc medical center. tara moriarty joins us from outside ucf and they are looking into the affects of the strikes on patients. >> reporter: ucf officials say children are not able to get their heart surgery for today and tomorrow because of this strike and speaking about union executives says a judge ordered enough staffing so medical procedures could go on as planned. you can see many are striking there and they are going strong and police are standing by right here in front of ucf. they are expecting to walk off the job and the judge did issue an injunction and are declaring

400 units. they have been in yarn nations for more than a year. they say ucf is not needing to cut jobs. >> right across the street, they are making 1.2 million dollars and they are getting a retention bonus yet he eliminated 300 jobs last month. that is disgusting. shame on him. >> reporter: now we are here in front of ucf. and we don't know if strikers are planning ongoing in the middle of street as they have in times passed, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> the city is day 5 in the

east bay and nurses and medical tech knicks are talking about time off and they are talking about summit and berkeley and oakland, medical centers in caster valley and sutton in antioch. it is a horrific case of animal abuse in san francisco and it has left a 10 month old puppy blind. they have released his photo and he is the owner of a pushing mix -- pug mix. then say the extent of the because is alarming. >> she is one of many and we are seeing a lot and it is concerning. >> reporter: animal control said she is the latest of a handful of extreme animal abuse

in reason weeks. this is scrappy a year and a half old terroir who was thrown to the ground and they are hoping somebody can nurse them back to help and find them a good home. they are looking for a 10 year luxury and this includes the control tour and if it is -- tower and if it is approved construction can start next year and it is expected to add 30,000 jobs to the local economy. sal is looking at the commute, any problems, sal? we have slow traffic which is becoming more severe in certain areas, let's look at our pictures. now 880 is approaching

treatment because of earlier problems and also, it is back up for the delay. remember this was 'earlier one. 551 -- 6:51 let's go to steve. i have seen 30 to 50 mile- per-hour winds and 79 warm degrees and today we will have 63. am i still on? i don't know. all right, all right, i will keep talking. pretty price i in the nationels' capital and it's breezy here too and in fact we are seeing gusts up to 54 miles per hour. i will just talk, i will talk my way through this. 63 for the high today, a lot of high mid-level clouds and also

the wind is cranking up, warm to hot, cool begins today and windy pattern takes us to tomorrow, 52 in san francisco and temperatures continue to be on the cooler side not only with the higher clouds but the lower clouds and the winds will be a big factor. winds and a 50 to 20-degree drop on those temperatures and areas that are in the upper 70s will be in the lower 70s tomorrow. for the next couple of days it will take us to the end of the week. >> will you be able to bring your jar -- garlic fries to the park? there is a dispute, stay tuned

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. happening right now, president barack obama has scheduled some time to talk about the deadly tornado in oklahoma and we are looking live at the podium where the president will be speaking and we are watching this in our newsroom and we will bring you the president's speech live as it happens. we know president barack obama

signed a disaster declaration and he is making funding available for recovery efforts. food vendors are threatening to go on strike. 90% who work for center plate say they are ready to strike and contract talks have stalled. they say their managers will serve hot dogs and garlic fries if the workers walk out and they will decide to bring their own food. still no word on when a strike could start. san jose sharks are looking for a come back as they head to game 4 against the l.a. kings. now the sharks took a big win. logan was expected back on ice which by the way will start at

7:00. we are getting closer to our 7:00 hour, let's start with the commute with sal. westbound the traffic is backed up for about a 15 to 20 minute delay, may be more than that. but also looking at the commute on san jose 101 is getting busier approaching the 880 split, let's go to steve. it is cooler and windy at times dropping in a system which is pumping in a lot of the high clouds and 60s and 70s. that's it. coming up, more coverage of the tornado disaster, just moments ago we got new information about the death toll. we are about to learn if the bay area will host 2016 super bowl, stay with us.

one of many heartbreaking scenes in oklahoma after one of the worse tornadoes in u.s. history. we have new information now about the death toll, and president obama is about to >>dress the nation.