. good morning, major traffic trouble, why getting through highway 4 will be a major problem. breaking news from san francisco, we have been on this since 4:30 a.m. and police move in on major protesters. a manhasset been stabbed to -- a man has been stabbed to death and we just learned more about the victim and what he was doing there.

workers returned to the job site for the first time since the deadly tragedy, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. well good morning to you welcome to a brand up in day, i am dave clark. we want to start with breaking news and sal, they have breaking coverage on westbound 24, sal? >> reporter: this happened when somebody first noticed flames coming from underneath the truck and it was not long until the cars were on fire as well and southbound through walnut creek, let's go to brian flores who is on the scene, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, traffic on

westbound 24 is an absolute mess but fire crews are still taking care of the smoke from this car carrier which caught fire at 449 and those are about nine chrysler cars headed towards the peninsular and i spoke to the driver who did not want to speak on cameras but roughly around 4:49 he heard a loud boom and then there was a fire immediately after that. he said traffic is pretty much a mess after that. westbound 24 reaching all the way randy thanks for joining us. what is the very latest on what happened here this morning? >> well, they got a call on a vehicle fire fully engulfed car carrier with nine cars as you said and we arrived on the scene ten minutes later and it

was indeed fully engulfed and we got the same information you did. >> we understand there was a small fire and when fire showed up, there was traveling just to the north of the roadway. >> a major question for everybody trying to get on the area, do we have an et a on that. >> reporter: there is fuel in the surrounding area and it could vary between an hour and a couple of hours. >> reporter: westbound 24, we are east of the central exit and sal will have more information and talking with the chp officers, if you could go to highway 4 through central

lafayette. i am brian flores. >> thank you brian. we are following breaking news in san francisco where 7 protesters have been arrested after police raided the valley farm. some were hiding in trees but have since been removed and they want the site reserved as an urban farm. >> this is an orchestrated thing with lighting and cherry pickers and up feel it is warned -- warren -- warranted. police are out there searching for suspects in a deadly early morning stabbing and it happened at 12:30 on east san jose.

you are back there with new information about the victim. janine? >> i just learned they did live in this neighborhood and police sources are telling me he is a 50 and 60-year-old asianian man. they still have allan rock. police received a call that a man had been stabbed and when officers arrived they found him with multiple stab wounds and was rushed to the hospital where he died an hour later. officer arrived to talk with potential witnesses and gather evidence and the neighborhood has been blocked with tape and it is blocking residents from getting into their homes and one of the neighbors said he has lots of questions. >> this neighborhood is nice i

guess. i mean i am always outside but nothing has happened ever. >> we learned they are going over this and discussing the cause of death. there is know information and they are still being investigated and this does not appear to be gang related and that could change and again more questions we are hoping we can get answered as the morning news continues. this is the city's 24th homicide of the year, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:06 new this morning, two top safety experts, say nothing should stop them and they are

trying to review them compared to the new bridge and the new bridge is a lot safer than the ones drivers are using today. the announcement on when the bridge will open is expected on july 10th. and construction continues at the new stadium and crews are continuing to work after a worker was killed. they are there by the stadium to let us know more. good morning, tara. >>reporter: we have seen hundreds of people power into levi stadium, obviously, this is a video and they are still grieving and that's because he

was killed in an elevator shaft and they have been home for the past two days. >> this is the first time this ever happened and the job i am working on, this is the first time it ever happened. i don't know how i am going to handle this today. it is going to be a lot of sadness today, i believe. you know. >> reporter: 63-year-old donald white was standing on a latter when he was struck and killed by a counter weight and that's according to cal osha as well as santa clara police, and two contractors, construction police say they were not rushing to make it there and a press conference will be held after 8:00 this morning and we will of course let you know what they have to say about

what they found. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. two lanes have been open at the scene of this car carrier fire westbound 24 and at one point it was down to one lane but we are skiing down to two and it was a ezequiel carrera- year-old which -- it was a car carrier which caught fire and the truck was seriously damaged and many of those cars were chrysler sebrings and this is going to be a major traffic trouble spot as chp is directing traffic. let's get a live look at the camera, 24 is slow coming away and it is slow into walnut creek and pleasant hill. allan rock, motorcyclist crash will be slow through 101609

let's go to steve. there is -- through 101, 6:09 let's go to steve. travis half-moon bay, 15 to 20 mile-per-hour winds and it is patchy fog, one upper level low is punching up towards oregon and napa, another cool morning santa rosa 46 and whatever moon bay was also 43 and today they have more of a breeze, u.s. open. there is severe weather and it is a big system in the northeast. it is not that strong and it is kind of weak temperatures in the mountains and mornings do get chilly but the nights are

very short and the days are getting longer and we are six days a week and morgan hill and another low drops in to the north and cooler sunday monday and tuesday. how he could have played a role in pope benedict xvi's resignation. and the shooter was able to get around california gun laws. westbound 24, we still have two right lanes closed and now 3 lanes are getting by on the way to the tunnel and we will tell you more about this

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$ ♪ good morning, you can see traffic report is going to be improving and this is a picture of the car carrier that caught fire about an hour and 15 minutes ago and 6 of those cars were completely end gum offed -- engulfed in flames.

i want to show you a picture of daryl lee and it shows a picture of the car carrier in flames and the driver was able to get out without being injured and this is causing a huge problem. let's go back to the desk. on board surveillance cameras they are trying to figure out what caused a crash including school children and they rear-ended a 9 san bruno bus and we brought you these live pictures at noon yesterday. the injuries were relatively minor from bruises to headaches and a group was bringing it to a field museum. >> when i came out they were crying and trauma advertised. >> the children who were not

visiting had a chance to visit a nearby art museum but investigators say the collision was low speed about 10 miles per hour and the driver as standard procedure will be tested for drugs and alcohol. they surveyed the building before it collapsed, he has just committed suicide. the inspector's body was found and he inspected the body on may 14th. the building was being inspected when it collapsed, two employees were killed, four customers were killed as well. the semiautomatic weapon

used various laws restricting gun laws and those weapons. john used an "a" r15 style rifle and that -- an ar 15 style rifle and that ri ban in california and he is expected of killing 15 people purchase he was killed by police. as ktvu's kyla campbell reports, president barack obama announced 23 actions earlier this year, kyla? >> reporter: he is focus ugg on background checks -- he is focusing on background checks and mental health. he also wants to do privacy law yous. he wants to provide proper training for active shooter

situations. this as new town parents are there. >> this life sentence i have is not going to go away and nobody should ever bear this burden. >> reporter: some say they are over reacngand trying to bypass congress. we will take a closer look at his 23 executive orders when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. in pope, and roam, many said -- rome, main say it is an open secret. he said it in a group and it becomes informed after a gay priest in the vatican used black male to gain influence in

the vatican. the vatican has made no comment. they are looking to see if today is the day and they are handing down the ruling on the ban on same sex marriage begin being at seven. they send a memo to city officials yesterday telling them to be prepared to issue licenses to same-sex marriage couples if the court strikes down proposition 8. they are accusing a silicone valley giant of dodging his taxes. andand records show goingel took in 1 billion in the united

states -- google took in 1 billion in the united kingdom and a quarter went back to the british government. we had a mess on highway 24, sal, what is it like now? i can weare seeing some improvement and we are on it immeeland we were fortunate so right after the truck caught fire and it is still not the usual number and we have a big traffic jam. let's see, and you may want to take advantage of the break we have and we have ash coming in and normally it would be at the bay bridge toll plaza.

the crash on allan rock is the only thing we have going there and your alternate to 101 would be 85 or 87 and those are all good alternates. >> i would avoid it, 6:12 and it is mainly clear, lots of sunshine today if you enjoyed yesterday, well i did and then you will like today. 60s and 70s and 80s, and it might bump up a tiny bit. 40s on some of the temperatures, santa rosa smart 46, san hose and 5 livermore

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. good morning, westbound 24, still a problem, two lanes are closed because of an earlier car carrier that caught fire and unfortunately some of them caught fire with some of the trees nearby and they still have to get that vehicle out of the way and two lanes are closed and this is the wide view, this having an affect not

only on 24 but on 208. an oakland a's fan threw out the pitch from 1800 miles away. >> here it is a really beautiful moment for nick la grange. >> he threw out the virtual first pitch, especially the robot life streaming he threw it out in kansas city and the little leaguer has a rare bloodies cease which no longer allows him to attend games. it was set up near his home and the al1sl0 ended up winning the yankees. >> all right, torii, well, bart has the oldest fleet of cars in the country and only on 2, some of the common problems found,

plus we will give you a look at some of the design of bart's new vehicles. near 24, a ezequiel carrera- year-old catches on fire and damaging the truck as well as several cars, we will giver you an update on their condition. and we are watching nasdaq, torii will have the early stock numbers for you.

. u.s. stock futures, well they were down and europe and asia and retail sales, we will keep an eye on the markets and see which direction they go once trading begins. >> we will smile and say good morning to you, it is thursday june 13th, i am dave clark.

>> pam cook has the morning off. it is 6:30 if you are just joining us. it is still causing massive delays and it happened about an hour and a half ago. ktvu channel 2 morning news brian flores, he just spoke and how long could the cleanup take, brian? >> it could be a mess and it could take hours before all of this is cleaned up, that is the ezequiel carrera-year-old and it is 29 chrysler cars and they are rental cars. the driver said he was driving westbound 24 when he heard a loud boom and saw flames coming from the under carriage. traffic is moving better this

morning and the two left lanes were closed and the left three lanes are now open. as you mentioned, the damage is already done. this was at 4:49 and were you seeing huge flames coming from the ezequiel carrera-year-old and the driver said he heard a loud boom and then he is calling chp and they were the first to respond and shortly there after the fire department also arrived and the cars are damaged and tow truck driver are here and they will be loading some of those cars and getting the truck out of here as well but here is more on what chp says in terms of the investigation. at 4:49 highway patrol got a call of a vehicle fire fully engulfed car carrier with nine cars as you said. we arrived on scene ten minutes

later and it was indeed fully engulfed and we spoke with the driver and got the same information you did. >> what it caused, we still don't know at this point but in terms of traffic, the tow-truck driver arrived 20 minutes ago and they have a lot of work to do not only taking it away but unloading those and at least 7 are damaged and they are moving traffic very nicely but i would not say nicely about a half hour ago. chp alternatives say they can take highway 4 or some of the side streets and that would be your best route, it will take some time before it is cleaned up and that would be your best route. >> sal will join us with the rest of the morning commute and if you are not in front of the television you can always get

your latest traffic news go to www.ktvu.com and click on the traffic tab. we are getting breaking news in san francisco and katie has been there and has been out there since 4:30 this morning, are there still protesters in those trees, katie? >> no, one fell and received minor first h of course police say that is not the case. you can see the man fall from a t.a.r.p. tree -- a tarp tree stand and it is unclear if he landed on bumpers placed on the ground, those safety bumpers or not. >> if a person might have fallen out of a tree, it was totally on accident. >> you can see police are moving this tree sitter and he

dangled from the cherry picker as they quickly brought him to the ground and he is a veteran. police gave notice that they were stress passing so and they are looking closer at the removal of a tree sitter and protesters say today's actions brought the intention they wanted. >> they are sparking with these developers who have no interest in the commonwealth of the city and it is slated to be developed and the people they arrested were charged with

trespassing and disturbing the peace. all three lanes on fell are back open and there is heavy equipment around and police are still you can whatting around and you will want to keep that in mind, it is congested here. ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:35 police are investigating a double early morning homicide. they found two people shot and the victims were 22 and 24 years old, both were shot two or three times. investigators are now searching for three suspects that were scene escaping in a white truck. police in san jose are searching for suspects in a deadly early morning accident, here is new information about the homicide victim. good morning, janine.

>>reporter: good morning, my sources tell me he was actually found stabbed in front of the home where he lived and you can see they have this home roped off. police are conducting their investigation still and they received a 911 call about the stabbing and when they arrived they found a 56-year-old man suffering from multiple stab wounds in front of his home. he was taken to a reasonable person. one man could not get into his hose. >> i just hope it is okay and we know people here. >> are you worried? >> a little bit. but i can't do anything, i

can't see what happened. >> and nobody is entering your house? >> yeah, nobody is entering. >> reporter: no suspects have been found and the at this point we are hearing from police it does not appear to be gang related and the victim's identity is not being released pending notification and all we know is he had -- know he -- know they will be okay. a recent study shows bart has the oldest fleet in the country and the average car is more than 30 years old and two thirds of the cars date back to 1972 when bart first began.

maintenance workers say propulsion communications and monitoring systems are outdated. >> the average age and the transit has order ordered 410 new cars and we have obtained renditions of the car and there are bike racks, digital signs and better p.a. cooling systems. they are recalling out contracts for safety workers and in the meantime a bizarre video involving a naked man is putting a spotlight on the bizarre things bart employees deal with. take a look at this, bart's plan on dealing with that naked

suspect, also the rash of violent crimes happening in other bay area transit systems. and let's check in with sal and see what is happening on 24, do what you have been doing and still two right lanes are closed and there is a big traffic report jam and cars are trying to get by and one thing i want to mention, people have not been getting through as far as the toll plaza and there is still a little bit of a backup and i don't know if you can tell because of the sun's angle and it is the middle of that packing lot. this is and i think the other freeways are a better bet than 101 and fremont is still

looking good heading on south, let's go to steve. very good morning, kind of a quiet morning, bodega bay, south wind 23 miles per hour. clear skies, we get a day like today in the morning and it makes it that much spectacular on the coast and you can see a few patches of fog. 379 in graden and outside of santa rosa, i saw some 40s and loss altos i saw some sun there. signature is a low moving. and not until saturday and sunday. and maybe a slight bump up and

inland temperatures not that much and yesterday you will like it today and if it is still warmer and warmer on friday and it is looking to be below average to average day sunday monday and tuesday. what the leaker said the american government has been doing to china for years. we are at the new 49er stadium where the construction worker heads back and we will tell you what some of them had to say. >> we have big traffic troubles and we will tell you how long the backup is, coming up

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all right, welcome back, here is a quick look at some stories we are following. major highway 24, fully loaded

car carrier caught fire this morning and clean up crews are cleaning up and they may be out there for a few more hours. traffic is backed up all the way to 680 in walnut strike. they raid add camp at the former haze valley farm and some protesters were in the trees but have since been removed. one protester has fallen out of the tree. and in santa clara, they are going back to work this morning but they have heavy hearts. and they still mourn the loss of one of their co-workers. live in santa clara, construction workers are trying to move forward tara. >> reporter: as you mentioned,

they have heavy hearts and they are being handed these stickers to put on their helmet, it is the initials of dw and the man who was killed early tuesday morning. a lot of them are -- a lot of them are grieve stricken and that's because a veteran mechanic with more than 0 years experience was -- 40 years experience was killed in an elevator shaft and has been home for the past two days. this is what we do all the time. things happen and it only takes one split second for things to happen, you know. sometimes things you do wrong, sometimes things other people do wrong, you never know, it is a big project. >> it is a risky job. >> well, yes, somebody has to do it. >> donald white was standing on

a ladder when he was struck and killed by a counterweight. osha is here as well as the two contractors and they say at the time of the accident laborers were not working overtime or in a rush to make up for lot of time because they were slightly ahead of schedule. the elevator company will be holding a press conference and we will be attending that and of course we will let you know what they have to say. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. thank you, tara. 6:48 google has discovered and stopped a of attempts to hack into the accounts of tens of thousands of use hers in iran ahead of the country's election tomorrow. they say the e-mail based attacks originated from within iran. he says the timing and targeting of the tacks suggest

they are politically motivated. edward snow, whistleblower says the u.s. government has been hacking chinese computer networks for years. they reportedly show the post documents evidence of the hacking computers and on the mainland since 2009. time now the 629 cell phone works letters meet with police and other officials. george jazz cone is asked to cut down and make smart phone robberies a big thing but they want to put a killswitch on

those phones. it happened in four states including colorado where three fires are burning out of control. look at the smoke. this is in colorado springs, colorado. the flames burned 92 homes for 7,000 people to evacuate. and it has destroyed many to evacuate from there. wildfires are burning in new mexico and california and madera counties. questions are being raised about mass transit in the area after a rash of recent crimes. the one receiving the -- the most attention. you should see he push add woman to the ground and this

happened at the 16th street bart station. >> you have to definitely walk with somebody to feel safe on the streets because now a days you never know what is oop and two teenage girls passed them in front of san francisco's general hospital. they had found that it drained their equipment quickly. and we have a big traffic story of the day and we had some major traffic problems on 24 as they cleaned up a major car carrier as it caught fire this morning. here we are coming up on 7:00 and we have been on this for about two and a half hours,

less than that. as a result they come in to get into the stay and 5,000 customers were without power and you just got word from mound taken view police since it was out on twitter that their information has been out there and the good news is that the power is back. and fog will give way to sunshine so 40s on the temperatures, walnut creek, half-moon bay they were down to 42 but today a little more of a

breeze. and you can see it is receiver and sacramento. >> a cool 51 and only some match can't chi fog 6 fremont f-78 san jose, 73 and another low drop in and it will keep our temperatures accept to and we will tell you what a woman found in her cheese hamburger at a northern california fast food store and how it got there. and the signs that say fake or

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happening in downtown sacramento. hundreds of bats have moved in. their make-shift cave is necessaryeled between two buildings and it looks or resembles a cave. don't touch any of those bats because they could probably be carrying rabies. and this morning a woman really found a razor blade and they kept them in the same area where food was prepared and it ended up in a hamburger. fortunately the woman noticed the blade and was not hurt. two lanes are closed and car fire and 608 coming up on

mornings on two, we will have a live report including pictures. 101, looking good, let's go to steve. >> it will be sunny and nice, 60s and 70s and 80s. coming up on mornings on 2, we will continue our coverage on the big freeway fire on westbound 24, the lafayette problems are far from over. and we were there during an early morning showdown between police and protesters stay right here with us. h2 s

good morning. if you are headed towards westbound 24, be warned, it is a mess after a car carrier catches on fire. the dramatic picture and when all lanes will clear up. >> reporter: protestors say a tree sitter was pushed out of a tree. i'll have the video so you can decide. >> it takes one split second for things to happen. >> construction crews now heading back to work for the first time since this week's deadly tragedy. >> reporter: we're live in san