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. breaking news, an emergency at san jose's manetta airport. it happened moments ago. we're going to talk live to an airport spokesperson. the discovery of a body found at a san jose taco shop. and there are concerns about whether or not a strike could happen again after a glitch in the contract. you'll hear from both sides this morning. and in just hours, it is bat kid to the rescue. the preparations underway right now in san francisco for the make a wish event that has captivated the world. mornings on 2 starts now. complete bay area news coverage, starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. and good morning, live pictures right now of the san jose manett airport where a commercial airliner made an
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emergency landing. this was about 15 minutes ago. the plane did land safely, but we will be talking to the airport spokesperson in just a moment to find out more information and exactly what the emergency involved. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve has your forecast. >> i do indeed. the big message today and all the twitter responses coming in. oh, my gosh it's cooler out there. the highs 58 to 60. lows in the 40s. it feels colder than that to me. a system that's clipping the sierra nevada is responsible or you can blame it, thank it whatever you want to do. there's a hint of fog, but most of it i think is going to get wiped out pretty fast. 34 at the napa airport. a little breeze. there are a lot of 40s and you throw the breeze in, oh, my goodness, that's cutting through me. san francisco will start at 50. i've seen upper 40s. and a high of 62 in san jose.
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to 44 degrees. only a high of 65. the highs coming down from the seasonally warm temps we had a couple days ago with mid- to upper 70s. it it will be sunny. it will be breezy and it's going to be cool as well. temperatures, only patchy fog in the morning. i don't think it will last very long. a lot of 60s. mainly mid-60s or upper 60s. i don't think they'll feel warm. good morning, traffic is going to be a little bit slow in some areas. watch for slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. you will see that traffic is backed up now all the way out to the mcarthur maze. metering lights are on about a 20 minute delay before you get on the span. westbound 92, a live picture of that. you can see traffic slow getting to the bridge. once you're on the span, it's good. you look at the east bay 88 o 0 southbound to 8th street down to -- 880, southbound to 8th 8th street. it's a little better than
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normal. at 7:02 let's go back to the desk: we begin with breaking news from the south bay. an american air lains jet has made an emergency landing at san jose's international airport. it happened just a few minutes ago on a jet that was headed to dallas. the jet was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing. joining us now on the phone is airport spokeswoman rose mary barnes. what can you tell us. >> good morning, i can tell you american airlines flight 1118 did depart our airport at 6:20 this morning. returned for landing. i am told the nature of the emergency was a bird strike that likely caused engine failure. the aircraft did land safely. i'm told there are no injuries. airport firefighters and other airport personnel responded. again i'm happy to report the aircraft did land safely and was able to taxi to the gate. >> and the video we were just
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watching for our viewers. that was flight 1118 that did make the safe landing after a bird strike. any word on how many people were on board? >> i don't have that information. at this time. >> okay. and so with a bird strike, i assume that it was one engine that was out but these planes can usually still fly without one engine; correct? >> correct. it is an md80, a two engine aircraft. the number one is the one that sustained the bird strike and we will be working with the airline to investigate the situation and the airline will be working closely with its customers to get them to their destination as efficiently as possible today. >> obviously the important thing was no one was hurt. one more quick question. i know bird strikes happen. is this kind of a common problem or is this rather unusual. >> bird strikes are a situation that all airports across the u.s. deal with. and certainly we have a very aggressive program in
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mitigating all means of wildlife strikes on our airport. we work with the usda on our airfield. we have a number of tactics in order to reduce the number of wildlife strikes on our airport. this is a time of year where we see a large numbers of birds in the area. they're migrating and finding our open fields, like other airports in the country are a great place to stop while they're continuing for their winter migration. but again, we are stepping up our efforts, especially this time of year as a result of that situation. >> all right. rose mary barnes, spokesperson, tells us that a plane on american flight had to make an emergency landing after a bird strike. everyone's okay. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you more information. thank you for your time. >> time now 7:05. right now, santa clara county
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sheriff's deputies are at the scene of a deadly shooting at a restaurant. it happened on white road near wood haven drive. this is unincorporated part of east san jose. deputies found a man's body in the parking lot of the santa fe taco ria. he was shot at least once. he was unconscious. he died at the scene. the coroner removed the body an hour ago. at this point, there are no suspects in this crime. >> so currently don't have anyone in custody right now. we're still working on trying to obtain suspect information and as soon as we have that, we'll did he feel be passing it forward. >> since white road is heavily traveled, the deputies hope someone may have seen something. still not clear if the victim was a customer of the restaurant or a nearby market. it's 7:06. police in petaluma are investigating a shooting outside a 7/11 store. it happened late in the store parking lot on the corner of
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north mcdowell boulevard and old redwood highway. investigators say a man was shot once in the back. he's being treated at santa rosa memorial hospital and is expected to survive. police are following several leads but have not made any arrests and it's not clear what led up to the gunfire. latino leaders in sonoma county are expressing their growing concern over the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old boy in santa rosa. they met with local law enforcement leaders to discuss the many questions surrounding the death of andy lopez. last month, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the boy after mistaking his bibi style gun for a real assault rifle. latino leaders urged for change in police culture which has officers viewing neighborhoods as war zones. time 7:07. happening today, boy, the long wait is just about over for you highway 24 commuters. the ribbon will be cut in the
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ceremony at the caldecott tunnel this afternoon for the 4th 4th bore of the call decot tunnel. the u.s. secretary of transportation will be among the dignitaries there. it marked the end of $417 million project. the new bore is scheduled to open this weekend. but you drivers going between oakland and orinda on highway 24, expect delays during the final hours of the project. just when you thought the b.a.r.t. contract talks between management and the unions were over, there's word of a glitch this morning that may derail things and there are fears of a new transit dispute. ktvu's brian flores live in west oakland. people are getting nervous about that and what are the unions saying about this, brian. the unions saying they are not budgeting, but there is concern as you mentioned from commuters this morning that it may lead to a strike. we just so don't know at this point. that's what one b.a.r.t.
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board member told me here in west oakland. commuters glad the trains are running and frustrated the contract has not been ratified by all sides, including b.a.r.t. management. it was ratified by both sides but there was language about paid family leave that they say they didn't agree to. a glitch if you will. the issue resolves around how much paid family leave they are to receive under the contract. reportedly the contract would have given the workers 6 weeks, and prior language was to use sick leave and vacation time first. we spoke with the unions, in any case as we should say b.a.r.t. board members say they are investigating how this happened. the union says they are not budging and this was clearly not a clerical error since both sides had copies of the agreement to begin with. >> they voted on what was presented bit district. the district had the same practice that we had.
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it's complete agreement and we expect the board of directors to honor that. >> reporter: it's under investigation how it ended up in the contract, whether it be an administrative error or otherwise. we do not know the cause at this time. now, b.a.r.t. unions, again, overwhelmingly ratified the agreement. the board of directors they were set to do the same thing at the november 21st meeting. at this point it's unclear whether that will happen. in any case, a special session closed door meeting scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon to talk about the very topic. live in west oakland. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. time 7:10. new reports of a strike at oakland airport by retail and fast food workers who say it will happen during the upcoming holiday season. union workers are protesting what they call unfair labor practices narrow employer. host international. the two -- their employer. host international. the two sides have been negotiating for the past year. union workers say the workers
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will walk off the job sometime during the busy thanksgiving to christmas holiday travel season. it is 7:10. one week after the typhoon hit the philippines, there are new fears now for the survivors and the threat of famine and disease is rising. hospitals and clinics throughout the philippines are overwhelmed. the test toll is -- death toll is 3621. 300,000 people are homeless. electricity remains out. relief supplies are arriving though quite slowly. the philippine government defends its response to the crisis. bay area children are responding to the typhoon crisis. some are packing supplies in san francisco and sending them to the philippines. all week, people have been dropping off canned food and medical supplies at the west bay filipino multiservices center. time is 7:11. new crime fighting gear may be coming to the palo alto police department. next month, according to the
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palo alto weekly, the city council is expected to approve a camera system police officers can wear on the uniform. the $300,000 contract will upgrade cameras. it will improve officer training, evidence collection, officer safety as well as their accountability. it is 7:11. ktvu has uncovered a thriving black market in plain view in san francisco. >> the question that those phones are stolen. >> i believe so. it's not no question that they're stolen. they are stolen. >> the steps now being taken that are having some impact on the problem. plus a very important meeting happening right now. these are live pictures from toronto canada. this involves the city's controversial mayor who admitted to smoking crack cocaine. now he plans to profit from his actions. good morning, right now we are still looking at traffic that's busy all over the place,
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trying to get into san francisco for example, running down the morning commute and a look at the nice golden gate bridge, that traffic is moving well. the stage is set for a nice sunny day. nice and cold and breezy, too. and that wind is picking up and everybody reporting in saying oh, my gosh it's cooler. we'll have your cool friday forecast coming up. available to those who qualify. and this degree can make a difference. in 2012, 90% of devry university grads actively seeking employment had careers in their field within 6 months. now is your time. apply by january 6th and find your career success in the bay area. visit devry.edu.
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7:156789 happening now -- 7:15. happening now, toronto city council is meeting to discuss a plan to strip the mayor of many powers. the meeting comes after rob ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine during a quote drunken bing. now there's more trouble for ford. he's apologizing for a lewd remark he made after being accused of making sexual advances to a staffer. ford has denied making those advances and bringing an escort
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to his office. women's group are calling for him to resign. >> i would never do that. i'm happily married. >> toronto city council has asked ford to take a leave of absence. he has refused to do so. he started a new reality show that he plans to start on monday. i'm not a perfect man and i will not be a perfect president. my pledge to the american people is we're going to solve the problems that are there. we're going to get it right and the affordable care act is going to work for the american people. >> well, the president announced a fix to the affordable care act yesterday. house republicans say it doesn't go far enough. as ktvu's kyla campbell reported from the washington d.c. news room, the house will vote on its own fix today. >> dave, like the president's plan, the house bill would allow providers to offer current policies next year. we're taking a live look at the house floor. they'll vote in about 2 1/2 hours, but the republican bill
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has two glaring differences from the president's offer. it would allow new enrollees in those plans that don't meet obama care standards and it does not require insurance companies to inform consumers about potentially better plans being offered in the federal and state marketplaces. that has president obama threatening to veto the bill. some republicans say president obama ignoring the law for the next year and encouraging insurance companies to do the same one republican said if a law is bad, we'd change the law. we don't ignore it. some insurance companies say they won't be able to extend current policies because it's too much change with only six weeks to go before the new year. bay area congresswoman nancy pelosi spoke just a few moments ago and she said the republican plan is poisonous for the health of americans. i'll watch the house floor live and have her reactions and
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others at 8:15. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. new york times says the cia is collecting, money transfers handled by western union. the cia is collecting the info under the same law the national security agency uses for its data base of phone records. a cia spokesperson didn't confirm the existence of the program but he said the cia conducts lawful intelligence collection targeting foreign, not domestic activities and that it is subject to extensive oversight. google says government requests for data on its users have more than tripled over the last four years. in its latest transparency report, google says in the second half of 2009 there were 3500 government requests for information. while the first half of this year, that number had risen to 10,000. for the first time google is offering a detailed break down
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for the kind of requests it gets. the company lists wiretaps, subpoenas and search warrants, along with microsoft, google is suing the government over restrictions on further disclosures about those data requests. it is 7:18. want to check with sal, see what's happening on the o -- roads and smooth sailing finish everyone. for sure in some areas, not in others. it's hit and miss. let's look at the bay bridge. i would say it's smooth only because we don't have any problems on the span. it's a normal delay of about 20 minutes before you make it onto the bridge. also, this morning, we're looking at san francisco north and southbound 101. a little bit heavy near the 80 split. again, i would still classify it as smooth. if you're driving on 580 we have stop and go traffic through livermore. as u you drive on 880 southbound near hayward to union city. we have stop and go traffic. 7:19 let's go to steve. lots of sunshine over the
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big city. sunny, breezy and cooler today. 60s on the highs. i had a pleasure speaking yesterday to doherty elementary school in dublin. i want to thank irene for setting this up. 100, 3rd graders, they were awesome. great questions. thank you to everyone at the doherty elementary school. and cheryl in the office said steve, i'll be watching, can you give me a wink. no, cheryl, i can't do that. lots of fun. thanks again. and clear skies, a little bit of fog holding on. partly cloudy south toward the peninsula. and it's losing out to that northerly breeze. gusty winds developing already last night. not as bad. some areas are picking up again. that will be the theme. 50s and 60s on the temps. it's going to be noticeably cooler. we'll see temperatures starting off here in the 30s and 40s. napa is taking the cake here as far as the cold here.
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north napa is 36 and napa airport is 34 with a breeze, so not too bad for some, but lots of 30s around. ukiah has dipped to 39. a little system zipping by, leaving partly cloudy up in the tahoe area. the damage is done as foreigners think. to set the stage for the cool breezy day. there's going to be low to mid- 60s. if you touch that 67 or 68, it won't last long. 66 santa clara. low 60s, upper 50s for some a. cool, breezy day. and once the wind stops, saturday morning or sunday morning, i'm guessing sunday morning here, because i think that's when the wind will tail off. we're going to see widespread 30s. 40s around the way, and near 60 on the high. time now 7:21. caught on camera, a big fight at hercules high school. >> why this fight between four students is now being
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investigated as a hate crime. uncovering radiation at a popular trail in richmond, why residents say they are already suffering the consequences. and live pictures, we're still following a developing news story that we told you at the top of the hour, an emergency landing just 30 minutes ago, benetta san jose international airport, blamed on a bird strike. all the details coming up. we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl.
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. 7:24. police in lafayette are asking for the public's help identifying a bank robbery suspect. take a look. the robbery at the west america bank prompted police to lock down several schools in the area as a precaution yesterday morning. the suspect got away. he's described as 5-foot 11. 160 pounds with short hair and clean shaven. he was last seen wearing a navy polo shoot, black jeans, gray
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tennis shoe. and a baseball hit. police have identified a man shot and killed outside a hotel. he had one gunshot wound, he was taken to the hospital where he died. no suspect information has been released and the shooting is still under investigation: time now 7:24. the bay trail in richmond, very popular with people who live and work nearby but now there's new concern about its safety because of a contaminated site. a lot of people using the trail told ktvu they had no idea of a problem nearby. neighbors say soil samples show high levels of radio active material. reportedly one hundred times the normal. the 5-acre site is fenced off. a neighbor say suspects a form former chemical plant used it as a dump site. >> is it dangerous, not dangerous, what does it mean living, working walking right next to this.
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>> some asked which radio active materials are on the site and if signs should be posted. state officials don't know if warning signs will be posted until they get back the results of tests done in the area. some of the neighbors are planning to call on lawmakers to hold up a hearing about cleaning up that site. 7:25. berkeley's director of parks says the city's popular open spaces face major problems if their budget is not increased. maintenance is mostly paid for by a specific tax that generates about $10 million a year. but parks director scott ferris says that's not just not going to be enough to take care of basketball courts, sports fields, community builds and street trees in the next few years. a popular holiday tradition returns to walnut creek today. the walnut creek on ice rink opens at noon, in civic park. it will feature public skating, group skating lessons and will
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be available for private parties. tomorrow is the children's winter festival. there will be free ice time. skating lessons, entertainment, a balloon artist and refreshments between the hours of 11 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. 7:26. developing news from the south bay, we first reported at the top of mornings on 2 what forced an emergency landing at san jose airport just a short time ago. and in just hours, a transformation takes place and thousands of people will be taking part as san francisco becomes bother am, to make a little -- gotham to make a little boy's wish come true. as you can see highway 24 between walnut creek and oakland, a little bit of slowing in lafayette. lots of sunshine today, a much cooler air mass in place. your highs are coming down. we'll show them to you coming right up.
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good morning, live pictures of san jose, international airport. a commercial airliner, made an emergency landing 45 minutes ago. one engine failed on the american jet after hitting a bird, which we've just learned can be more common this time of year. our crew just radar at the airport minutes ago and they're
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-- arrived at the airport minutes ago and they're going to be talking with the passengers on the flight, coming from dallas. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic now. steve is right over there. >> i am indeed. we have lots of sunshine but it's much much cooler and breezy. i'll tell you, there are cold readings for a few that are in wind protected areas. a lot of 30s in napa county near santa rosa. they're losing out, northerly breeze, 30s, 40s, a few 50s. any breeze is holding your temp up. that breeze dies off, saturday or sunday morning, we'll see temperatures settle down into 30s. a few clouds, cooler, breezy, and sunny, cooler for all today. san francisco starting off and a couple upper 40s in the city. 50 degrees. officially. we'll go for a high cool 62. san jose 45. only 65 on their high. lots of sunshine after morning clouds. most is gone by now south and out of the area.
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the system up in the sierra nevada. sunny and breezy today, only a few patchy low clouds to the south. much much cooler temps out of those mid and upper 70s. way above average for this time of year. getting closer to it to slightly below, here's sal. >> steve, good morning, we are looking at traffic that is busy now. this is the peek of the morning commute and you'll see traffic that is slow on highway 24 in several spots between walnut creek and the tunnel, and to oakland. you also see traffic on 680 getting slow through pleasant hill as you drive out of concord. the morning commute is backed up at the bay bridge toll plaza for a 15 to 20 minute delay. if you're driving on 880 southbound, see some slow traffic there heading south. b.a.r.t., caltrain and muni not reporting major delays. 7:32. let's go back to the desk. developing news from the south bay, an hour ago, an american aligns jet made emergency landing at mineta san
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jose international airport. it happened on a jet headed to dallas. rose mary barnes tells us a bird strike forced the jet to turn around and head back to san jose. >> the aircraft did land safely. i'm told there are no injuries. airport firefighters and other personnel responded. >> now, bird strikes are pretty common this time of the year as birds start migrating. the ktvu's janine de la vega is at the airport, talking to passengers, she'll have a live report on everything in just a couple of minutes. 7:33. happening today, everyone's favorite story of the day. it's a dream that's come true for a young leukemia patient. the 5-year-old boy will be bat kit bat -- kid for day with the help of thousands of volunteers. ktvu claudine wong is live with how san francisco is being transformed into gotham city. such a cool story. >> reporter: it is.
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i have to admit. i'm super excited. i cannot wait for this all to start. and it starts in 2 1/2 hours. it will start here at the grand hyatt in union square right behind me. this is where the bat mobile will be driving up. thousands will fill union square today and these events will take us through the day. why is this happening, it's happening because a little boy named miles just 5 years old in kindergarten has pretty much stolen the hearts of everyone across the bay area and really across the country as we all watch his dream come true today. his dream pretty simple, he wants to be a super hero. he gets to be a superhero today. he has learned what it's like to fight. he has fought leukemia since 1 years old. he's in remission and doing great. he loaves super heroes, batman is at the top of the list and we found out maybe why from the
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man himself. >> batman doesn't have super powers, he's just really smart and calm and knows how to handle ridiculously crazy situations and uses technology in really impractical ways. that's the dream. >> reporter: and that dream comes true today and it's kind of a dream that everyone's really latched onto. social media on fire today. someone just tweeted from hawaii that they will be following sf bat kid all throughout the day as he makes lots of rescues and makes this city just a little safer. >> we as the police department do the best we can. we'll take a super hero's helper two any day. >> reporter: let's take you through his day. at 10:00 this morning from where we are, the bat kid is going to take off in the bat mobile, answering, of course a call for help. there will be a damsel in distress a few blocks away on a cable car. this is san francisco of
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course. and then the riddler will try to take over a spot on montgomery street. the bat kid will head down there. then it's lunchtime because even super heroes get hungry. then there will be a flash mob and we're talking thousands up wards of 10,000 people have signed up to be a part of this, all in union square. and then the penguin takes over, lucille's in trouble, and the bat kid will end at at&t park, heading over to sink center plaza to meet the mayor and he will get a key to the city and that is just fantastic. something that we'll see all across the city today as basically the city shuts down to make this little boy's wish come true. we can't find anyone complaining about this, because this is a dream that i think everyone can kind of understand. today we all get to be 5 years old. today we all get to be super heroes and today the good guys win. live here in san francisco, also known as gotham city.
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claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. and it's a cool gotham city. >> meantime, the san francisco chronicle is getting in on the bat kid fun, check this out. it's a special edition of the gotham city chronicle with the headline, bat kid saves city. the news features articles by clark kent and lois lane. people from all over the world are following the action of bat kid can, thanks to social media. we heard claudine talk about someone in hawaii, and pam cook has heard from the penguin. i'm worried. i hope she's going to be okay and some of the people jumping in to help bat kid save gotham city. 90 minutes from right now, the oakland teenager facing hate crime charges is due back in court. 16-year-old suspect richard thomas is accused of setting sasha fleischman's skirt on fire last week while they were on a bus in oakland. police investigators say thomas
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admitted to being homophobic. meantime, last night hundreds of people marched through the streets of oakland in a show of support for sasha fleischman. family members, friends, students, teachers, marched along mcarthur boulevard hanging rainbow ribbons and they stopped at the exact spot where sasha fleischman's skirt was set on fire. sasha's father was among the marchers. doctors are treating second and third degree burns on his leg. more about a school fight this week involving a transgender student at hercules high. it's being investigateed as a hate crime. officials say the fight on wednesday afternoon was between three girls and a transgender student who reported being bullied before the fight. >> there was lots of hair pulling. hitting. slapping, it was a pretty bad
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fight. >> school district officials are interviewing the four students involved and say they could be expended or sis -- expelled. they have an aggressive anti- bullying exchange. two stolen cell phones being sold in plain sight in san francisco. the corner of 7th and market is known as a place to buy and sell stolen goods, especially smart phones. ktvu cameras caught several transactions last night, and community leaders say cell phone sales are a growing problem. >> that's exactly what goes on around here. this is where they come sell their phones. >> police say a public awareness campaign and special patrols are having at least some impact on the problem time is 7:39. the coast guard wants boaters to watch out for suspicious
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activity in the betters off the northern california coast. a growing number of drug smugglers from mexico are heading north, closer and closer to here in the bay area. in late september, a boat from mexico with 80 pounds of pot capsized near santa santa cruz and this week another boat from mexico, believed to be used for drug smuggling was found adrift in the caramel baby the monterey county coast. crab season underway in the bay area this morning. a lot of skippers set their crab pods off the coast last night. the crab season kicked off just after midnight. this is the first season of a new state mandated crab pot limit. there are now 7 permitting tiers that a fisherman qualifies for based on the pounds of fish they caught between 2002 and 2008 -- 2003 and 2008. the most they can throw out, 500, they are expected to be in local stores by tomorrow.
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now, about a hundred fishermen are casting off each day from pillar point. this year, they're heading out into really rough conditions. that's because a weather buoy 20 miles west of the harbor has been malfunctioning. harbor employees say it's been a problem for several months. it is 20 minutes before 8:00. how did this happen, the mistake in b.a.r.t.'s labor contract that's raising concerns about another strike. we'll have a live report at the top of the hour, to explain why one clause has created a huge headache for the transit agency. new questions about the death of a tsa agent at lax. why it took over half an hour for paramedics to reach him even though the shooter was apprehended in five minutes. good morning, right now, traffic is at its peek. we see a lot f of slow traffic everywhere including on highway 4 on the way to concord. don't have to worry about the fog that we had yesterday. it's clear for most.
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the running of the bulls on wall street continues, major indexes rose to all time highs for the second day in a arrayed. but investors are won -- in a row yesterday. but invert ors are wondering -- investors are wondering how long it can go on. taking a live look at the big board, the dow up 36. the nasdaq is up 1, and the s&p up 2. 7:44. joseph a bank is dropping its plan to buy the men's warehouse. it had offered to buy men's
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warehouse last month for $2.3 billion. they called the offer inadequate. they said it could try again but only if the men's wear house board of directors proposes a new deal. apple is following the orders of a federal judge in the samsung damages retrial. judge lucy co said the retrial should contain nothing new. and apple's attorney stuck to the same script used last year. jurors saw the same video clip of o steve jobs introducing the iphone in 2007 and heard the same samsung internal e-mails used in the first patent infringement trial. it's expected to wrap up next week. time 7:45. disturbing new information about the lax airport shooting ram rampage on november 1st. two officers who watched the video say tsa security guard gerardo hernandez who was shot
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and killed was bleeding for 33 minutes before paramedics wheeled him out and took him to a hospital. police had not yet declared the terminal was safe to go in. however, officers shot the suspect, paul ciancia and took him to the hospital under police custody five minutes after the attack began. investigators say a recent outbreak of stomach illness at stanford university was probably the norovirus. tests haven't confirmed that stomach virus yet, but health officials say it's probably the likely cause of the outbreak. at least 62 students say they became sick after eating at a campus residence hall between october 29th and november 5 november 5th. that hall reportedly has been sanitized. 7:46. miami dolphins lineman jonathan martin has arrived at the office of the nfl lawyer investigating the team's bullying scandal. the offensive lineman smiled but did not respond to
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questions from reporters when he entered the building this morning. martin has not spoken publicly since leaving the team october 28th. but according to reports, he is being treated for post- traumatic stress disorder and depression. martin's suspended teammate ritchie incognito has filed a grievance after being suspended from the team. incognito is challenging his suspension and is seeking expedited appeal. his conduct toward martin was just normal locker room behavior he says. time now 7:47. bat kid is about to start his crusade to save gotham city. as pam cook reporting from our news room, people all over the world are getting into this and the excitement of it, too. >> yes, they are. twitter and facebook filled with people talking about bat kid and i heard from the penguin this morning. he tweeted me a bit of a threat, telling me he has a thing for anchor women.
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be careful, people jumped in to warn the penguin to be aware of bat kid. people from as far away as egypt have posted signs of encouragement on facebook. thousands of twee toes going out this morning, even surprising a make -- tweets going out this morning, even surprising the make a wish people. >> not in my wildest dreams did i think san francisco would respond this way. >> the harlem globetrotters sent a tweet, and everyone is watching and rooting for bat kid. that is the amazing thing about twitter and facebook. we can all feel connected to this very special little boy. bat kid has not tweeted yet this morning. i think he's busy making sure gotham city is safe. reporting live in the news room, pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. time now 7:48. 2 investigates, thousands of dollars of food meant for needy families up for sale at a bay area flee market. an investigation found extra virgin olive oil donated for
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sale at the laney college flee market. it was donated by mazetta foods. >> i was disappointed to hear that our o product would -- our product would be at a flea market. >> the company has no idea how the olive oil ended up at a flea market and the food bank is investigating. it can be a violation of irs. it's adding a third window to many restaurants. customers will pay at the first window and then have two windows where people can pick up their food. the third windows will start showing up next year. the change is in response to customer complaints about slow service in the drive through lanes. hard core video gamers may not be at work today.
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after they're able to get their hands on the new sony play station four. very early this morning. people lined up outside stores around the country including 500 people at the game stop on san francisco's market street. sony says everyone who was in line was able to get a consul. but they expect to sell out of all available stock today. some consuls are for sale at a higher price guess where, on ebay. >> you knew it was going to happen. time is 7:50. let's check in with sal. everybody behaving for you this friday morning. sort of. it's not completely light dave and tory. we see a better commute on fridays normally and today is no different. a little bit better commute. let's take a look at what we have. 880 is a little bit slow as you pass the coliseum and head to downtown oakland. 580 is the better bet if you're looking for an alternate route. bay bridge toll plaza westbound
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that traffic is backed up for a 15 to 20 minute delay with no major problems. we have been looking at 80 and 580. traffic on 880 southbound is slow from 237 and i just got a text from a reliable source here, southbound 101 just before the san antonio road exit is report of a crash. and this one just came in, so we'll pass that on and do some follow up. 7:50. let's go to steve. very happy friday morning, under mostly clear skies. a few clouds south, i don't think they'll last too much longer. it's clear, and much much cooler out there. a system that is just clipping the sierra nevada leaving partly to mostly cloudy skies responsible for cranking up the wind, keeping it breezy and that's going to translate to cooler highs. and also on the coast, a cooler forecast. there will be another system moving in on saturday that might have more ump that will
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continue the pattern. thanks for mark for checking in on twitter. high temperatures may not last long. there's a little chill in the pattern as the systems drop in. 34 napa airport. half-moon bay 50. 42 walnut creek. 44 livermore concord, even fairfield. 40s around. 35 in tahoe. 39 ukiah and 38 in eureka. just missed reno, a little bit of precip, moved out fast, and still some partly cloudy skies there to mostly cloudy today. sunny and breezy for us. only patchy fog or low clouds. cooler temps for the high temps, 60s. for almost everybody. a few upper 50s. if you are heading to lake tahoe, one more system. could be snow showers on saturday. cloudy, windy, and clearing out. we'll see some teens toward truckee and 20s for everyone
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else. 60s on the temps. everybody coast, bay, inland, low mid- to upper or upper 50s. this is going to a big drop from a couple days ago. mid- to upper 70s. cold mornings, especially wind protected areas temperatures staying near 60 degrees on the high side, increasing clouds tuesday. thank you, steve, it is 8 minutes before 8:00. new developments in the scandal surrounding toronto's mayor. we were showing you pictures earlier of a city council meeting. the city made by toronto city council and why the meeting erupted in laughter. how do you go to sleep after this, the buzzer beater victory for the warriors last night, that was worth staying up late for. would you rather have spoons for hands or elbows for ears?
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welcome bark, time 7:55. thieves are stealing from one of the bay area's biggest charity, just ahead of the busy
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holiday season. second harvest food bank says they cut the diesel lines at the san carlos facility, they stole about 90-gallons of fuel. they left behind two disabled trucks. they were filled with food, and on top of that, the food bank says the thieves caused about $17,000 in damage. the san mateo county sheriff's office says so far there are no suspects. they're asking for the public's help. they were tied up and terrorized in their own home in santa rosa. a pregnant mother and her two small children cold ktvu what happened during a frightening home invasion. yesterday morning, the family was asleep when three gunmen wearing masks smashed down the back door demanding money and marijuana. they tied up the wrists and the ankle of the mother. she's 6 months pregnant and her two kids. her 13-year-old son and her 7- year-old daughter. >> you opened your eyes and you see what. >> a guy pointing a gun at my head, like pointing at me.
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>> reportedly the robbers miss took their house for an illegal pot operation. after stealing some valuables and the boy's toy gun, the suspects escaped with a 4th 4th person in a white sedan. their father, who was away at work at the time, he's installed some new security at their home. it is 7:56. in other news this morning, a big win last night for the golden state warriors after blowing a 14 point lead in the final period came down to the final shot at the buzzer. >> here it comes, he got it. the warriors have won. >> and the crowd goes crazy. with time running out, andre iguodala hit a turn around jumper, and the warriors beat the oklahoma city thunder, 116- 115. undefeated. tomorrow night they play the jazz. i have to see the shot again. that was just phenomenal.
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>> nothing but net. >> i have a couple friends at the game, i'm sure they lost their voice. time is 7:57. still ahead, president obama offering a fix for his health care law, but some republicans say that's not good enough. the vote expected on capitol hill this morning on a different solution. we're live at the san jose international airport where an american airlines jet made an emergency landing after a bird struck the engine, you'll hear from passengers. good morning, right now, traffic is doing pretty well around the bay, and there are no major problems, but it's a little bit slow on 280 getting up to highway 17. lots of sunshine, that's the good news, but it's noticeably cooler and breezy today. temperatures i'll tell you over the weekend and lows will be really cool. i'll show them to you coming up.
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it is 8:00. good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. these are live pictures. news chopper 2 at the san jose mineta international airport, you're looking at a commercial plane that just made an emergency landing about an hour ago. one of the engines failed after a bird strike, a bird hit it. ktvu's janine de la vega just talked with some of the
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passengers on that plane. you're going to hear what they described, what they saw, what they heard. that's coming up in a live report in a couple of minutes. it is friday, november 15 november 15th. and i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm tori campbell, a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, a little chilly outside. it's bright green outside. >> not st. patrick's day. cool and breezy day. 58 to 68 degrees. never mind that man behind the curtain. clear skies, except for a few clouds down to the south, and they'll wipe out pretty fast here. 30s, 40s and 50s. napa airport was 34, now they're 316789 we're 316789 -- 31. it's going to be a cooler day. patchy fog to the south. that's not going to last long. the big news will be the breezy, cooler conditions, upper 50s or low 60s. the system in the sierra,
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that's it. that's all it takes to pick up. a lot of leaves around the area, and sunny and breezy, not as windy. higher elevations at the coast, cooler temps and the overnight lows over the weekend, wind protected areas will be going down. here's sal. steve, we have a look at a new crash on the peninsula, southbound 101 at san antonio road. this crash reported to chp. it's blocking one of the lanes there and traffic coming down the palo alto and mountain view is slow in both directions as you drive through. on the other side of the bay, 880 southbound between hayward and fremont up to its old tricks again, pretty slow and we're not getting a break on friday like we hoped we would. 580 as you drive from san leandro to oakland, good long line of slow traffic there. there was a crash eastbound 580 at keller. didn't really cause any of this. just a lot of slow traffic until you get to the lake shore area and then it gets better. let's go to live pictures, bay bridge, improved quite a bit.
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a 5 delay before you make it -- 5 minute delay before you make it onto the bridge. let's go back to the desk at 8:02. we are following developing news at san jose's mineta airport where birds flew into a jet forcing an emergency landing. janine de la vega is at the airport where you just spoke so some passengers, i imagine they're relieved to be back on the ground safely. >> reporter: they are, they are. we can't see this american aligns jets from where we're standing but from news chopper it, it's hovering above the average and you can see that that american airlines plane is still there at the gate. what we encountered, though, inside is all the passengers who were on board. everybody is safe. there are no injuries. but they were definitely shaken up. now, here's some video from our rooftop camera in san jose of the american airlines jet. it was an md80 making that
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emergency landing at around 6:45 this morning at the san jose airport. it was flight 1118. the plane was headed to dallas and left the airport at 6:20 in the morning. it had to turn back around because birds struck the engine. now, the plane landed safely about 15 minutes later, but fire trucks were waiting on the tarmac just as a precaution. now, here's what passengers on board told us. >> i heard a pop. seen a flash. and then airplane slowed down a little bit. but then it kept going. it felt a little bit, you know, you slow down on purpose. it was a little bit disconcerting. i'm an experienced flier, so once we kept moving, i thought, okay we're going to get back. >> passengers are frustrated now as they wait in line to get put on another flight in american airlines. it hasn't been a smooth process. many say dealing with that inconvenience was actually worse than what happened in the air because in the air
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everybody stayed pretty much calm and they're praising the pilot for informing them and landing the plane safely. they pointed out that the pilot did say that he trained to deal with the situation even though it doesn't happen every day. they are grateful they are safe and an airport spokesperson that we talked to a short while ago said that they do have a plan in place here at the airport to deal with bird strikes and sort of have different tactics to deal with birds because right now is the time that they're migrating, there are a lot of birds in the air. we plan on talking to her more later on this morning. reporting live from the san jose airport, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. sheriff's deputies are looking for the gunman responsible for a deadly shooting outside a restaurant. it happened just before 10:00 last night on white road near wood haven drive in an unincorporated area of east san jose. deputies found the male victim in the parking lot of the santa
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fe taco ria. he had been shot at least once. he was unconscious and diaz at the scene. the coroner took the body an hour ago and there are no suspects at this time. >> we currently don't have anyone in custody. we are working on obtaining suspect information and as soon as we have that we'll be passing it forward. >> since white road is a heavily traveled area, deputies hope someone may have seen something and come forward. it's unclear if the victim was a customer of the restaurant or a nearby market. this morning, police in petaluma are investigating a shooting outside a 7/11 store. it happened late yesterday in the parking lot at the corner of mcdowell boulevard and old redwood highway. a man was shot once in the back. he's being treated at the hospital and is expected to survive. police are following several leads but have not made any arrests and it's still not clear what led up to the gunfire. latino leaders in sonoma county are expressing growing
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concern over the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old boy in santa rosa. they met with local law enforcement leaders to discuss the many questions surrounding the death of andy lopez. last month, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the boy after mistaking his bibi style gun for a real assault rifle. latino leaders urged for a change in police culture which it say many officers viewing latino neighborhoods as quoting here, war zones. 8:07. happening today, the long wait just about over for you commuters on highway 24 in the east way. the ribbon will be cut this afternoon for the long awaited 4 4th bore of the call decot tunnel. u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox will be among the dignitaries on hand. that ceremony marks the end of a 4 year, $417 million project. the new bore is scheduled to open this weekend. but if you'll be driving between oakland and orinda on highway 24, you should expect delays during the final hours
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of that project. although b.a.r.t. unions signed and agreed with the contract that ended the b.a.r.t. strike, there are new concerns about whether another strike is possible. ktvu's brian flores live in west oakland now to tell us what both sides are saying this morning. brian. >> reporter: hi, dave, well, we have both sides as well as frustrated commuters as well this morning. here in west oakland, commuters are glad that the trains are running but frustrated that this contract, this tentative contract has yet to the ratified by all sides. the tentative contract agreement was signed and ratified by both unions in late october that ended the strike. but when they saw it there was language concerning paid family leave that management says they didn't agree to. it's being reported that the issue resolves around how much paid family leave workers are to receive the reportedly the contract would have given workers six weeks of paid family leave. the language was reportedly to use sick leave and vacation
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time first. in any case, b.a.r.t. board members say they are investigating how this happened, whether it was bad clerical error or not. the union says they're not budging and this is not a clerical error since both sides had copies of the agreement that were agreed to. b.a.r.t. commuters are hoping this doesn't lead to trains stopping. >> we continue to pay all these high b.a.r.t. fares and raising the prices to park and we have to go through this. it's very frustrating. >> i would hope they would come to some type of resolution. it's a lot of people it's affecting, thousands of millions of people a day, so it's like, i would hope that they would be able to come to some type of agreement. >> reporter: now, board members say they knew about this contract issue since last friday and that the board members knew about this on tuesday. before this, the b.a.r.t. board of directors was set to ratify the contract during next thursday's meeting but from what we understand at this point, b.a.r.t. told the ap that they are
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currently costing the impact and it will factor into weather the board will ratify the contract. in any day, a special closed door session is scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon in oakland o. before that, there will be a public comments section and b.a.r.t. union members say they will be attending that. we're live here in west oakland. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. brian, meantime, fast food workers and retail workers at oakland o international airport, they plan to go on strike during the upcoming holiday season they're protesting what they call unfair labor practices by their employer, host international. they have been in negotiations for the past year. wages and health benefits are the big issues. the workers plan to walk off the job sometime during the busy thanksgiving tomas to christmas holiday season -- thanksgiving to christmas season. the philippine government raised the death toll to 3621. just a few days ago, the
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country's president announced it would be closer to 2500. the new number comes from all the provinces hit by the storm. the red cross estimates there could be 22,000 people missing. as for survivors, they're finding shelter anywhere they can get it. some are sleeping on the court and in the seats of a basketball arena. today the philippine consulate in san francisco is inviting the public to join in a holy mass to pray for typhoon victims. the service will be held at 5 this evening at the philippine center gallery on 447 sutter street. there will also be prayers for victims of an earthquake that hit the philippines in october that damaged or destroyed more than 75,000 homes or businesses. time is 8:11. an east palo alto man says he doesn't want his city to become a dumping ground for stray cats and he should be paid thousands of dollars for what he's doing about it. however, the daily news reports the san mateo board of supervisors rejected his claim
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for $20,000. he says he deserves the money because he has trapped more than a hundred stray cats over the past decades. those cats we're told were taken to the peninsula humane society. crime fighting up grades coming soon to the palo alto police department. next month, according to the palo alto weekly, the city council may approve a camera system that police officers can can wear. the 3,300,000-dollar grant also will upgrade cameras in police cars, it would be to improve officer training, collecting evidence, officer safety as well as accountability. it's 8:12. it's a really big day for bat kid as san francisco turns into gotham city. how a dream is coming true for a young leukemia patient who has captured the hearts of people around the world. and a big decision that was made moments ago from the toronto city council about the fate of their troubled mayor.
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well, it's sunny out there. and it may not be very warm, especially those in the shade, oh, my goodness, it's cold in the sun won't be too bad. the overnight lows over the weekend are going to be very november like. we'll have e the details. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now.
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time now 8:15. new this morning, toronto city council voted overwhelmly to strip mayor rob ford of most of his powers that came after a contentious heroes where council members openly laughed
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at mayor ford. >> that's up to the clerks, i just want to clarify. >> now, this vote today will transfer many of mayor ford's powers to the city's deputy mayor. the city council does not have the power to remove mayor ford from office. therefore, he admitted to smoking crack cocaine but he has denied making sexual advances to staffers and claims that he brought an escort back to his office. >> well, a federal judge has ordered the fbi to respond to accusations by southern california state senator ron calderon that he's a victim of retaliation. a leaked fbi affidavit accuses him of taking $88,000 in bribes to influence legislation from an undercover agent posing as a movie producer. on wednesday, calderon filed a lawsuit accusing the fbi of leaking the affidavit to retaliate after calderon says
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he refused an fbi request to use a hidden microphone to record conversations with senate leader daryl steinberg and another senator. the judge order od federal authority -- ordered federal authorities and calderon to resolve through settlement talks. i'm not a perfect man and i will not be a perfect president. my pledge to the american people is we're going to solve the problems that are there. we're going to get it right and the afford affordable care act is going to work for the american people. the president announced a fix to the affordable care act yesterday but house republicans say it does not go far enough. as ktvu channel 2 reporter kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. news room, the house will report on its own fix. >> california republican tom mcclinton called president obama's offer a constitutional
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abomination. >> he has not changed the law, he says he will ignore the law and invites health insurers to do the same. . >> reporter: they have a republican bill that differs from the president's plan in two ways. it would allow insurance companies to offer plans that don't meet obamacare standards to new enrollees and it would not require insurance companies to educate consumers about other options available through the federal and state narcotic -- marketplaces. now house minority leader wants democrats to offer legislation that nears president obama's plan. so new enrollees don't get sub par coverage. >> insurance companies would be obliged to tell people what their options are. what their options are under the affordable care act. >> reporter: president obama has threatened to veto the house republican bill if it passes. live in washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. 8:18, the new york times
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says the cia is secretically collecting the record records -- secretly collecting the records, under the same law that the national security agency uses for its data base of phone records. a cia spokesperson did not confirm the existence of the program to the paper but he said the cia does conduct lawful intelligence collection targeting foreign, not domestic activities and that it is subject to extensive oversight. time is 8:19. the santa clara county sheriff's office released a sketch of the person they say is responsible for a sexual assault at de anza college in cupertino. he's described in his early 20s with shoulder length, dark brown hair and a lot of acne on his chin. a student says she was raped in the bathroom of the media and learning center on november. the victim told investigators she believed the attacker is a
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de anza student named johnny. over the next few days, people driving in santa cruz county could expect delays up to a half hour. road crews are working on highway 17 near glenwood drive in scotts valley. caltrans is warning of alternate lane closures between tomorrow and tuesday. crews are lowering the slope of the road so it fits better with the retaining wall that's under construction. the project is meant to improve drainage in the area. time now is 8:20. sal's watching the entire commute. you're watching highway 24 for a lot f of reasons today. this is one of the freeways that actually starts getting first and we're going to look at it now to see how it's doing. it's getting better through lafayette as you drive through the tunnel. no major problems on 60. it's been nice and quiet on 680. looking at the toll plaza, that's improved quite a bit westbound coming into the city.
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not a big delay at all. don't have to worry about the traffic on the bridge either. oakland, though, 880 northbound, slow out of san leandro to oakland, and 580 is still slow as you drive into the lake shore area. it's 8:o 20. let's go back to steve. -- it's 8:20. let's go back to steve. a cool and breezy forecast, a few patchy clouds, not much. mainly the cooler air is working in. temperatures will struggle to get into the mid- to upper 60s. little system dragging along. the spine of the sierra nevada. there will be another one dropping down on saturday. that one will have a little bit more punch and keep the theme of a cooler breezy pattern. gusty winds developed last night. breezy today. higher elevations the coast, any breeze and 40-degree temps and you feel it. central san rafael, 43. high of 66. it will be sunny. that's the good news. temperatures are not very warm. temperatures will continue to
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stay in range. they'll cool down as we head toward sunday and that next system comes in on saturday. 40s now. we did have 30s. 40s and 50s. the breeze held things up a little bit. reno looks like a little bit of precip. it zipped out of there fast, and there it goes. watch quick right there. that was, you know, about 4:00 this morning. after that forecast, does call for clearing today. partly cloudy there. and cloudy, windy, could be some snow showers on saturday. clearing out sunday. the morning lows will be in the teens in truckee, and 20s give way to 40s. sunny and breeze for us. only a few low clouds or patchy fog. the breed will take care of most of that. and temperatures will be in the 60s. low, mid-to maybe a few upper. everyone's close here, about 62, 67. should cover the spread. 65 san jose. also for also in the peninsula. partly cloudy on saturday.
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clear and cold sunday. 30s for the interior valley. and 60s on the high. low 60s. 8:22. thousands to have dollars of food that was supposed to help feed the needy ended up at flea markets. >> do you know how the olive oil got here? should i answer that? >> i'm asking you if you know how the olive oil got here? >> i won't tell you anything about that. >> well, apparently it's not a crime, but find out who is investigating this issue. the story we've uncovered in a special 2 investigates report. plus, a military veteran punished on his job because of the way he signs his e-mails, three words that got him into trouble. people go to a mattress store and essentially they just get sold something.
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it's 8:25. a military veteran in stockton claims he got in trouble on his job for using the words god bless america. boots hawk says he has been working at a hospital in stockton for ten years. before that he served 20 years in the army. hawks uses the words god bless america in his e-mail signature but now he has company is asking him to remove it. >> i believe in america and i believe in god so strongly and i believe america needs the blessing. >> hawk says he was accused of insubordination and put on
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administrative leave for three days a. legal group says that may be discriminatory. the hospital has not commented. today at noon, walnut creek's popular downtown ice rink will open for business. and tomorrow it will be hosting the children's winter festival between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. there will be free ice time, skating lessons, entertainment, a balloon artists and refreshments as well. caught on camera, a fight at hercules high school. why what you're seeing here is being investigated as a hate crime. and today, a little boy's dream comes true as he gets to be batman for a day. we'll tell you about the thousands who have coming together to make this one little boy's wish come true. it's getting a little better out there. you still see some slowing here and there. on 237, for example, slow as
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you approach zanker road. we'll have a wrap up of the commute coming up. and the lows are terrific. they brisk. -- are brisk. they will be that way over the weekend, but how cold. ♪ ♪
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back. good morning to you. news chopper 2 at mineta san jose. an emergency landing of an american airlines j 6:45 this morning. one of the engines failed after hitting a bird. janine de la vega just talked with some of the passengers on that plane, what they saw, that's coming up in a live report in 15 minutes. it's friday november 15th.
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i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. it looks sunny, that's for sure. cool and breezy. weak system. weak for us, but it did pick up the breeze, clear out the fog and pushing everything else south. a lot of sunshine today. not very warm. a lot of 60s. temperatures coming down 10 degrees from wednesday and they'll continue to come down over the weekend. a few 30s a lot more over the weekend in inland areas. 40s and low 50s right now. sunny today, but it's going to move to the north and east. that will be with us on saturday. might give clouds or snow showers in the sierra nevada. cooler and breezy. highs in the mid-60s or upper 60s. on saturday and sunday, that temperature comes down, maybe even only low 60s by some. we are looking at the commute, and it's getting much better. we are looking at the bay bridge, you can see how nice it is here. if you're trying to get into the city, you can go ahead and
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do it now before something happens. the morning commute is moving along nicely in san francisco. a little bit of slowing approaching the 80 split but that's not major. and then if you are driving in oakland, 880 and 580, both those freeways are very slow. let's go back to the desk. time 8:31. happening today, a 5-year-old leukemia patient from northern california gets a chance today to be a super hero in san francisco. claudine wong joining us live with the story of this little boy who has captured the hearts of people all over the world. that's right, dave, you know, he's already a super hero at 5 years old. he's been fighting cancer since he was just one and he's already been amazing. but he's 5 and he wants to be a super hero. today, san francisco is going to help make that wish come true. we're at the grand hyatt this morning because this is where it's all going to start in just about 90 minutes from now. 10:00. the bat mobile will be arriving
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here in union square. i want to tell you about miles, though, because u it's his story and his wish that's really captured the hearts of so many people around the world. he's 5. he got diagnosed with leukemia when he was 1. he is now in remission, which is fantastic news, and he is in kindergarten. but he's here. he made a wish to the make a wish foundation to be a super hero for the day, and he loaves batman and so today, san francisco becomes gotham city and there will be a few surprises for him. >> what we've done is to build things that aren't just props. so, this, for example is a brand new device that i actually have access to a secret laboratory in san francisco. there are a lot of them. and so this is something that we're going to use during the day. it's a mystery what exactly it
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does. >> reporter: so we've seen people posting pictures of themselves wearing batman for the shirts and batman signals in their windows. just people saying that's a bat kid, we are behind you. even san francisco's top cop is getting into the spirit. >> as you all know as well as anybody, i wear a costume daily. so i will be tired as i am right now, i'll have my bat watch in the spirit of the day and i'll be there to thank batman and bat kid for assisting san francisco law enforcement and keeping the city safe. >> reporter: let's put on your screen where all this stuff is happening. it's all in and around union square. it's going to start off at the hyatt as we have told you, the bat mobile comes and picks the bat kid up. then they're going to head over to montgomery where he's going to, actually i should say he's going up to hyatt street
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because he has to rescue a damsel in disstress from a cable car and he's going to tango with the riddler and come out victorious, and he's going back to union square. he'll have lunch. there's going to be a flash mob there. thousands have signed up. people have been turned away. and he's going to have to head over to at&t park. lucille is going to be in a little bit of trouble, thanks to the penguin. where does this end, at city hall. after a day like that, which goes until about 2:00 this afternoon. he needs to meet with the mayor of the city, because the mayor needs to thank him for helping keep the city of gotham safe and he will get a very special key to the city. it all gets underway in just about 90 minutes, and it will be a very big day for this little boy, but very very special one, and we are certainly excited to see it. live in san francisco, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. in the meantime, the san francisco chronicle is getting in on this. look, a special edition of the gotham city chronicle, the headline, bat kid saves the
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city. and the newspaper features articles by clark kent and lois lane. 8:35. happening today, in just 30 minutes, the oakland teenager facing hate crime in a horrifying attack on an ac transit bus is due back in sort. richard thomas is accused of setting sasha fleischman's skirt on while the two were on a bus in oakland. police investigating the attack say thomas has admitted to being homophobic. last night hundreds of people marched through the streets of oakland in a show of support for sasha fleischman. family members, friends, students and teachers marched along mcarthur boulevard hanging rainbow ribbons on light poles. the crowd stopped at the exact spot along the 57 bus line where sasha fleischman's skirt was set on fire. sasha's father is among the
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marchers. >> sasha is doing great and is very buoyed by the support that people have shown, friends and strangers alike. >> sasha remains in the hospital as doctors treat serious leg burns. time is 8:36: more about a school fight involving a transgender student at hercules high. it's being investigated as a hate crime. officials say the fight on wednesday afternoon was between three girls and a transgender student who reported being bullied before the fight. >> the transgender student walked over to the other girl and as far as we can tell slapped the other girl. >> school district officials are interviewing the four students involved in that fight. they say they could be suspended or o i said felled. health care -- suspended or expelled. they have an aggressive anti- bullying campaign. students are encouraged to go to counselors and the health department for help.
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the u.s. coast guard is asking boaters to keep an eye out for suspicious activity off the california cost. there are drug smuggers from medical examiner heading north -- mexico heading north closer and closer to the bay area. and just this week, another boat from mexico believed to be used for drug smuggling was found adrift in the caramel bay on the monterey county coast. time is is 8:38. the commercial crab season is underway in the bay area this morning. a lot of skippers set their crab pods off the coast last night. the crab season kicked off just after midnight and this is the first season of a new state mandated crab pot limit. there are now 7 permitting tiers that a fisherman qualifies for based on the pounds of fish they caught
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caught between 2002 and 2008. about a hundred fishermen are casting off each day from pillar point. this year they're heading out into rough conditions because a weather buoy, 20 miles west of the harbor hasn't been working. they're unable to get basic sea condition information. harbor employees say this has been a problem out there for months. it is 8:38. pay more to cross the golden gate bridge. at a meeting today, the bridge board will consider five options for raising the toll to close a $142 million budget deficit. tolls could rise to $8 by 2018 for drivers. a funny decision is not expected until next year. and it could soon cost you to park at the ferry terminal. up until now, parking has been free, but today, the golden gate bridge committee is set to approve a plan that could channel drivers $2 a day
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starting in january. weekends and holidays would be free. the district plans to offer monthly parking passes that would bring the cost down to a dollar a day. the move is expected to generate about $400,000 a year. new this morning, word that china is loosening its one child policy and also abolishing the labor camp system. now, under new rules announced by the ruling communist party this morning, couples can have two children if one of the parents is an only child. the labor camps also known as reeducation camps were set up in the 1950s to punish any critics of the communist party. chinese authorities could detain people in the labor camps for years without a trial. it is 20 minutes before 9:00. taken 4 years and 400 plus million dollars, the long awaited 4th boar of the call decot tunnel is opening any day now -- of the cardecot tunnel.
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a plane makes an emergency landing because of a bird strike. you'll hear from passengers on board. and we have nice surprises for you and something is going on blocking the lanes on the golden gate bridge and we're on that too. lots of sunshine on this friday compared to yesterday, when we had the clouds low and high. those are gone. the temperatures noticeably cooler will that continue into the weekend. good morning nelly! woah.
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the dow and s&p 500 climbing to fresh highs in the wake of reassuring remarks by the federal reserve chair nominee, that the central banks accommodated policies would continue, taking a live look at the big board, the dow up 46 at 15922. the nasdaq is at a 13 year high, up by 3. and the s&p closing in at 1800, up 2. time is 8:44. let's bring you up to date on other top stories we're following. investigators in east san jose still gathering evidence at the scene of the a deadly shooting late last night. it happened in the parking lot of the santa fe taco ria on
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white road. no o want is. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors will meet today about a glitch in a tentative agreement, the one that ended the b.a.r.t. strike. union members already ratified the agreement but b.a.r.t. says a family leave provision it did not agree to was mistakenly left in that agreement. that provision would give workers six weeks of paid leave a year. in the past language required workers to first use up sick leave and vacation time. and this morning, news chopper 2 was over an american airlines jet. that one right there. it was forced to make an emergency landing a mineta san jose airport. it was hit by a flock of birds flying south for the winter. knocking out an engine. janine de la vega is at the airport now. you have talked to passengers who were happy they were safely able to land. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're here at the american airlines terminal where passengers who were on board that flight are now inside trying to get rerouted on
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another flight. now, we know that there was 136 people on board. they are all safe and they are now praising the pilot for keeping everybody calm. this is video from our rooftop camera in san jose of the american airlines md80 making that emergency landing. at around 6:45 this morning. flight 1118 departed from san jose at 6:20 headed for dallas. passengers say about 5 minutes into the flight and heard a boom. and pilot announced birds had struck one of the engines. the plane turned around and landed safely, but fire trucks were waiting on the tarmac as a precaution. here's what one passenger told us. >> we were going fine and then all of a sudden a dig big deceleration, you could feel the engine running down, stopping, a little bit heroing, really. i fly a lot, but that got to
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me. because you knew it was something different. >> the plane taxied to the gate and is being inspected by engineers. this incident will be investigated. passengers tell us while they're glad it all turned out to be okay, they're frustrated because they say there's not o -- enough people at the ticket counter to help them get on another flight to the dallas. a spokesperson says this is the time of year birds are migrating. it's not unexpected and the airport does have several tactics they use to deal with the birds in the area. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:47. happening now, miami dolphins lineman jonathan martin is meeting with the naval lawyer for the bullying scandal. he has not spoken publicly since leaving the team october 28th. according to reports he is being treated for post- traumatic stress disorder as well as depression. jonathan martin suspended
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teammate ritchie incognito has filed a grievance against the dolphins. nfl player's association says incognito is challenging his suspension and is seeking an expea dieted appeal. he say -- expedited appeal. time is 8:47. 2 investigates thousands of dollars of food meant for needy families up for sale at a bay area flea market. an investigation found extra vir begin olive oil donated for sale in oakland. the olive oil was donated by mezetta foods, loaded onto trucks in its warehouse at american canyon. >> with the number we gave them, at $8 a bolt, over $30,000. >> the company says it has no idea how the olive oil ended up at a flea market and the food bank is investigating. the selling donating food is not illegal but it can be a
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violation of irs regulations. 8:48. expect delays. that is the warning on the caldecott web site. pam cook is in the news room with the update on the long awaited fourth bore. before the good news we have to get through bad news. >> a little bit more. the ribbon cutting will be this afternoon. the construction will continue for r a little bit longer on the fourth bore of the o -- caldecott tunnel. you should expect delays between 8:30 tonight and 10:30 tomorrow morning. crews are putting the final touches on the tunnel. anthony fox will be among the dignitaries at the ribbon cutting today. commuters will be the happiest. both the commute and noncommute directions of traffic will have two tunnels open all the time. friday nights in particular heading to the city or a's game or warriors game will be better with that extra tunnel.
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no exact time has been given for the fourth bore to be open to traffic. but caltrans does hope to have all the final testing and prep work done over the weekend just in time for the monday morning commute. reporting live in the news room. pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. thanks pam and obviously we'll be on top of this throughout the weekend on ktvu and you can get updates on the web site and facebook and twitter. >> we're happy about it. sal is watching the golden gate bridge. what just happened. well, there's a crash there. southbound near mid stan. for a bit they weren't letting traffic through southbound, and it looks like traffic flow is restricted southbound, and you can see over on the northbound side, there is a big back up here, so this is a crash in the middle of the bridge. we're not sure if it's head on or not, but the paramedics is and fire department are there on the scene of the crash at the bay. bay bridge, traffic is light coming into san francisco. richmond, san rafael bridge, there's a crash eastbound heading away from marin over to the east bay.
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so if you're going that way, please give yourself extra time. that crash is mid span. thank you, and a good, clear morning. colder, no doubt about it, the wind cranked up yesterday, 40 miles per hour. still higher elevations, but that cool air, that cold air continues to filter in from that system right there. there will be a second one right up there moving into the picture which will not sweep over. some of the clouds will. it will stay mainly north and east. it will continue to usher in cooler daytime highs. in fact they're coming down, down, down, maybe even low 60s. i have seen projections of upper 50s. clouds left to the south, a little breezy. blustery at times, a cooler forecast after just very warm week. let's face it, mid- to upper 70s for some on wednesday. highs, upper 50s and low to mid- 60s here for a lot today. the conditions will be clear tonight and wind protected areas will be cold. we had a couple 30s. napa airport made it to 34. and west santa rosa, that will
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be the theme over the weekend inland areas with 40s around the bay. 38 in tahoe. 39 in reno. 31 in ukiah. and a little system right there, a little precip near reno. things are clearing out. partly cloudy, mostly sunny later on. lake tahoe forecast, cooler, breezy, more windy than anything else. isolated show showers. sunday looks good. 40s upper 40s. patchy low clouds to the south, sunny, breezy, more out of the north or northwest here on this breeze and temperatures today, a lot of 60s. not really that warm. so low, mid-to a few upper, but 66, 67. or o 68 should cover it for inland areas. low mid-60s. 60 to 65 around the bay want. cupertino, 64, half-moon bay, 61. woodside 64 and tonight will be a cold one. get clouds on saturday and they'll clear out.
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upper 50s or low 60s monday on the highs and 30s and 40s on the lows. thank you steve. 8:52. we're tomming breaking news out of san leandro. news chopper 2 is is over the scene where police have found the body of a man not far from the san leandro marina. you can see the police officers are just in this little strip roadway with water on either side. at this point, there is no word on the cause of death or any other circumstances, but police got a report, a phone call this morning about a male body found near the san leandro marina. we'll have more information coming on ktvu news at noon, and obviously again on our web site, and social media. >> all right. time is 8:53. still ahead, a really unique way to elect a mayor. why the decision over who will run the mid western city is no longer up in the air. i love watching tv outside.
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hang happening right now, one of the first signs of the holidays is in jack lemon square, a live picture of a 55-foot tall fur tree being unloaded. it's the center piece of jack lemon scares holiday decorations. the official tree lighting takes place on friday, december 6th december 6th and santa is going to arrive by water to that ceremony. it's a mayor's race.
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and you can flip over. the race for mayor ended in a tie. the mayor don bow den received 60 votes, so did his challenger davis, and you decide by a coin toss. the luck of the draw, the incumbent called the flip. he picked tails. >> i'm relieved that we've finally done it, and i would have been good with it either way, you know, but so, yeah, it's historic. >> and guess what, the coin ended up tails, so the incumbent mayor won another term. 8:57. let's go back to sal. how is the situation on the golden gate bridge! it's still there and the traffic is going to be a little bit slow on the span, and as a matter of fact, i think i put the wrong lineup in. if we can bring up the golden gate bridge, southbound 101 traffic, slow out of marin, as you head down. i think we may have lost that shot. here we go. maybe not. northbound 101 approaching the
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80 split, that's looking good. the richmond bring, that traffic is slow. let's go to steve. thank you sir. you know, we have clear skies, it will be breezy, sunny, but cooler, the overnight lows cool over the weekend. 60, 61,. >> thanks steve. and that's the report for this morning, thanks if for making ktvu your choice for news. bat kid day in san francisco. follow on ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thanks for joining us. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight,
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