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. they are trying to end caltrans -- to try to end their battle with royal. and speeds are going up to 100 miles per hour and they have several east bay cities. the ntsb has almost 12 hours of testimony at fso and we have new video showing the moment of impact. believe it or not another spare the air alert, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. thank you and welcome back, thank you for joining us, we are outside in oakland this morning because that is where bart and most will be meeting

and we have tom out there getting the information about this contentious issue that will be discussed today and we will check in with tom in just a moment. thursday december 12, i am tom cook. >> what is that about? >> let's check weather and music steve is there. >> that was an accident. >> just go with it. oop sunshine, breezy for some, it is cold for the north bay, maybe cooler slight westerly breeze and they extended the weekend and on the computer models, it is warm and dry, still cold and we have been looking around, confined plenty of them. battle palopalo alto, 26

fairfield, a little breeze has kicked in, napa airport for some, now down to 32, free warning and you may as well include the east bay, maybe tonight and tomorrow for the east pay, also toward santa cruz, here is sal. good morning, steve, we are looking being at a crowd that is beginning to show some slow downs in some of these places that you would expect such as the bay bridge toll plaza and that's about a 5 to 10 minute delay here. the drive time on the bridge itself is 8 to 10 minutes as you get into san francisco. we are looking at a commute.

this team. it is about 11 minutes here. we have some slowed traffic as you drive through and i can see traffic is slowed. it reopened on 880 after a big- rig driver was unable to stop after several cars collided sending a honda spinning across the freeway. it took two hours to put out the fire and the driver has only minor injuries. bart and its unions are going back over it and two sides will be meeting with a federal mediator once again, tom? >> it will happen once again in a caltrans conference room and the question comes up, will

they work out bart deal number 2 or will the ongoing animosity become bart's strike number 3. it is not clear if the parties will meet face to face or communicate through the referee on the six week family leave clause that bart manager is working out. am third strikes is very much a possibility. >> i vote against bart taxes and i voted against caltrans because i will not vote because why will i vote if they will get shut down anyway. >> personally, i think that they -- i find it hard to believe they couldn't read the fine print when they had as much time as they did to go

over all much this. >> there is a lot of politics at play and the unions will have to decide future forward. bart manage management at some point will have to be reached for suing overup fair practice practices. a police officer was hit by a car. it happened during a traffic stop and police said a suspect hit an officer with his car and led police on a high speed pursuit at times going more than 100 miles per hour, it went through antioch, bay point and concord. the driver now faces charges of

assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and felony invasion and the police officer was not hurt. from the ntsb, and it indicate the pilot the knew with increased speeds hitting the wall and crashing. also, he acknowledged two fire trucks ran over the girl who survived the plane crash but the fire chief said three different firefighters thought she was dead. >> we definitely regret the additional insult to the deceased and i am attest, every life -- i can attest every life to us is critical.

>> they are willing to make several recommendationels to prevent this type of tragedy from ever hatching dash happening again. -- happening again. pilots have to be able to fly manually in all kinds of situations. >> it is a mixed blessing and it is helping aviation much safer but in certain ways has introduced new risks especially during the complexity of these new technological systems have increased. >> you can see photos of the ntsb hearing on our website and there is also a special section right on the home page.

los angeles based company is the only tour shut down. they are including a crash back in august near los angeles where 50 people were hurt. that bus company has been cited for a poor safety record but was not shut down. would you believe, there was a 5th spare the day air? now quality officials say they are trapping pollution unless it is the only heat you have for your home. if caught violating it, you you would have to take it because of the cold and because it is senseless. this crowd gathered for a vigil outside of the encampment where

two victims died. they said prayers and lit candles and they brought warm soup and clothing and blankets to help the victims stay warm. >> let's save lives because this is preventible. >> the homeless shelters in san jose just don't have enough beds for all of the homes. it could destroy the disease and sit stress trees may already be inn expected. and it happened at a los angeles county home. trees that are infected produce bitter fruit and now they will work more closely with state and county officials as well as citrus farmers. a teen who admitting to a

deadly crash, how his family was add mid-ed to salvation and we will hear this morning on that hot but top issue. good morning, highway 4 here in bay point looks good but just down the road we have a slow spot and we will tell you about that. areas near the coast, maybe not over the last couple of mornings but can we find any rain? i will have all the details coming up.

. welcome back, a teen admitted to crashing and killing four people will not have to spend any time in jail because he is a victim of well, the. he doesn't have -- wealth. his parents taught him wealth buys private sector land and end was sentenced to 10 years probation. a man who lost his wife and daughter in the crash says it does not give victims' families what they need. >> i am back to weak one and my healing process is out the

window. >> he had a blood alcohol level three times the normal limit at the crash. a man is fighting for his life in the mission district and police tell us the man was shot in the upper body at 8:00 last night. his friends took him to nearby san francisco general hospital and right now we have no information about a possible suspect. they are giving up the latest into a year old homicide case. 711 clerk was shot and -- 7 eleven clerk released these imageels three gunmen confronting a -- confronting a clerk. and ktvu channel 2 morning news and www.ktvu.com will have all

of the best news. the city's law will treat the cigarettes just leak the normal kind and they required buyers to show i.d. and they asked the city for help. >> what we are concerned about is on on the other end, smoking which may find a gateway into smoking. supporters say the idea is misguided and they claim it is a healthier way to get it fixed and that e.cigarettes can stop helping them use tobacco all together. republican house speaker house speaker john boehner is now throwing his support behind them which is due for a support today. they have criticized that deal and it was announced earlier this week. paul ryan and democratic senator murray said it would

ease planned cuts and domestic spending over the next few years without raising taxes but if it passes if will a void that. -- avoid that over the death of a worker. levy white died after the counterweight of a freight elevator and the investigation was reopened after the death of another stadium worker in october. major league baseball has voted to ban home plate collisions like this one which severely affected buster posey. mlb expects to be able to

enforce it next season. >> time now 5:17, you are watching roads bridges and everything else. >> it is kind of like -- you know, good morning everybody, you know the commute, dave is absolutely right, it is getting slow in many areas especially on highway 4 where people have the long commutes if that is your commute you know what you are facing and it is already slow through the construction zone. 580 is slow coming up and i will show you that. also westbound bay bridge, that came up with a 10 to 15 minute delay, drive time from the time you get on to the bridge into san francisco is 8 to 10 minutes which is not out of the ordinary. and now we are getting some

slowed traffic as well through the livermore valley. a very cold morning for everyone, i only found a few, the rest are in the 40s. they improved them by the coast, it is mild to warm, and there is a little component with that easterly breeze and it is still very cold for many. looking around, i still change this, alamo pleasant hill, alamo 27, palo alto, brentwood, all much 28, and there is a bunch out there, walnut creek is 29, fairfield is close and 33, santa rosa, 25 right now, half-moon bay right now, san jose, and i think it is a little bit colder. but if you want to include parts of santa cruz mountains

but it is fine by me. 25 in ukiah, get used to this because this is the way it will look for a long time. up to december 28th, there is nothing in the way of rain for us. it could change but there is bitterly cold temperatures into the northern plains and back in caldwell new jersey we set 4 inches of snow on new jersey and they are already out and it's going to be a white christmas for many. back into texas and into new mexico, you have two streams of active weather nothing here in california and a weak system bringing us some high clouds and a westerly breeze. clear and cold, but it is cold for everybody, a little bit warmer for everybody, about the same as yesterday, and a few down to santa cruz, capitoa, a

lot of 60s, especially towards the east bay, that east wind doesn't help anybody, sol alito, danville, oakland 58, san leandro 58 so it is warmer by the bay. morgan hill, cupertino is in there and sunnyvale is in there as well and a lot of upper 50s including san bruno. woodside is a lot further after they pick up those temperatures which mean they have a lot of daylight. warmer weather sunday and monday. labor department announced new jobless claims and they filed for first time unemployment benefits up from the week before and it's the biggest surge in more than a

year. that would be troubling if it lasts after the thanksgiving holiday and fidelity is using a virtual currency. they put money into the big coin investment trust and only certain investors qualify, they have only $62 million in assets. time now 6:22 the response and anger about a man convicted of child molestation in the north bay. the legal technicality could allow a sexual predator to get out of prison early. >> dollarss of teens broke in and ransacked the place and i will tell you how they were caught. ♪ wait a minute, now i see ♪ my gifts are above me

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. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. mayor ed lee wants to improve emergency systems for when an earthquake hits. mayor lee wants to put the idea before the voters for their approval in june and they need 8 city supervisors before it

can be put on the ballot. more than a dozen southern california teens are facing burglary charges after a ghost party. it is when a party is organized on a whim not belonging to the host and the owner was out of the country. about 100 guests paid to get into the party in the backyard but at one point the party really got out of hand. >> somebody broke into the house which caused a looting frenzy and while in the house they had lots of thefts. police were able to recover the stolen items in part because the suspects took photos of them and posted it on social media. they came ashore with quite a catch. take a look, he halled in an 18-

pound lobster in hunting on it beach. he said it was not easy but the giant lobster put up a fight and he suffered cuts while capturing it. they can be legally caught by hoop nets or hand but they must be able to report it to wildlife officials. the sign language interpreter at nelson mandella's services has been called a fraud. what he says was really going on. plus an antioch suspect is accused of hitting a police officer with a car. traffic is doing well in many areas as you see highway 4 is a little bit slow, i will tell you what else is making it slow going on in contra costa county. and we are at the freeze warning which only applies to one area, plus can we continue

to warm up those afternoon highs and is there any rain in the extended outlook?

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, ringing the opening bell right on time over on the nasdaq, and that is san diego and they are doing monitoring systems and we have big news from the new york stock exchange and hilton is checking back in to the exchange. and "i" p o going public $20 a share and we will keep an eye on that stock, they are ringing

the opening bell and we will smile. it is thursday december , it is 6:30 friday eave, steve, it looks like it is getting warmer over the weekend. >> that is correct, it looks leak you have been listening. >> i have. >> well, it is definitely cooler than yesterday but everything says sunshine and warm eastern temperatures not only into the weekend but i try and update this every hour. loss at -- los altos, i am freezing and yes, it is freezing on the coast. fairfield 29, 25 concord, santa rosa, there is a bunch of 25s

there and 32 san jose officially and 36 half-moon bay which is in sink with other areas. you find 20s in the santa cruz mountains and palo alto, menlo park, it will be sunny today and we will have a cool down with a few high clouds. 60s for a few high clouds and for some you don't get it, here is sal. we do have trashes and let's take a look at some of these -- some of these pictures. once you get on the drive team is 8 to 10 minutes and it is not too bad, nothing out of the ordinary, once you are driving

along, we can look at the 880 oakland freeway which is moving in the area, we have traffic that is very slow, also on 880, we are beginning to get slowed traffic on 880 as you pass 238 and as you pass 232, let's go back to the desk. two major unions will sit back at the federal union members where they hope to have 9 months and two days ago. failure here is still an option on a contract that has seen some of the worst in

decades. they keep needing billions of dollars to ride into the future and riders we met, i blame both sides. >> i don't think it's right to make more than 400,000 people unhappy and they gave good pay number one and two, they should think about us. >> it is nuts for them to go on strike and i vote against bart taxes because why am i doing this to shut them down any. and we should take it out of the happened of the union and say this is what we are going

to do. >> it was left in the final version of the contract but make no mistakes, a third strike is very much a possibility if they don't reach an agreement and soon. reporting live, nbc news. a man facing several charges after he hit a police officer with his car before a high-speed chase. tara moriarty is telling us what what 2 2 took. it ended here up to hundred miles per hour. [ sirens ] >> reporter: they started at 7:00 last night when officers initiate add traffic stop near the elementary school.

the suspect vehicle struck a police officer as he tried to get away from officers and the suspect led officers on a high- speed chase through pittsburgh concord and back to antioch for more than an hour. spike trips let it all out -- all out in the intersection. a 36-year-old map tried to run but was caught by a police dog. he was caught on felony evasions and his identity has not been released and he was booked into jail and this chase involves several fbi acts and we will tell you why coming up in the next half hour.

more alleged sexual abuse victims are coming forward. andrew has been already charged with 65 counts of child molestation after two boys at the grip junior golf academy accused him of sexual abuse. now a third boy has come forward and they plan on filing extra charges in the case. police are also investigating police whether there may be other victims, where he worked as a teacher and the lawyer says his client's prison sentence has been cut in half because of a legal technicality. he was sentenced less pause he video trained in santa rosa. some of the neighbors are angry

he may get out early. >> any time we can keep society safe or people who are dangerous to society, all the better. >> they listed the wrong drug offense and that conviction was tossed out and as a result he could be released as early as 2015. the commission could face some tough questioning at a tough congressional hearing to allow cell phones. he wants to give airlines, two passengers and some are saying they don't want to be forced to liz on it others' telephone conversations. >> i will be on the plane for

26 hours and it used to be a very safe refuge. >> many business travelers are in favor of allowing this but it's but it is yet to be fixed. they stayed for a second day in the capital and this lady is overwhelmed at the moment. people waiting in line sometimes for hours for a chance to say goodbye to a man they called his country and he will be buried on sunday. we are finding out for those accused of using random hand motions without any meaning. the man on the right here says he is a qualified sign language

interpreter but that he suffered a skits friend nick episode and saw angels. >> i am not in position of understanding at times. and i cannot understand. >> there are also questions raised about whether that interpreter may have been a security risk. end was inches away on other world leaders whom are there. which films will take home

globe ball, we will tell you how people in the bay area are responding to this record. and good morning, we are looking at the san francisco commute right now. we are getting some slowed traffic and we have some other commutes and we will tell you about that. joslin and steve, it feels colder and i would agree, we'll see if those lows continue to warm up and my goodness will we find any rain at all?

. welcome back to the morning news, they pulled an all nighter which started yesterday afternoon. they are protesting the nuclear option which was put in place by democrats to allow presidential nominees to approve a simple vote. now they are actually voting right now on one of those nominations. they can't stop the voting but they can refuse to give up debate time after wanting action this week. now this means the senate will be in continuous session this saturday. and a big robbery ended with an officer involved shooting. now the person shot is a

serious bank robber known as the cotton ball bandit. it happened on grant avenue, a deputy opened fire after a suspect crashed his car and point add gun at deputies. >> he dropped, didn't move or anything and then officer surrounded him. >> the suspect is expected to survive. police are investigating whether he made be the cotton ball bandit who robbed more than seven banks while wearing a beanie with a cotton ball. believe it or not, we have a 5th straight spare the air day day. >> today's new day, it as record. it is live in the oakland hills and how are people taking this brian? >> reporter: always cool and cold this morning.

it is definitely a mixed reaction for those who are depending on the wood to keep them warm but as we mentioned, the 5th day in a row, the season lasts up to november 22 november 22nd 22nd but what it does, it allow is the burning of wood in fireplaces or stoves. those who issued the alert is keeping the air sag knap and other other pollutants is for people who depend on wood, let's see what others are saying about this record- setting alert. >> yesterday morning, you smelled that and i could smell it from the concord.

>> it makes a difference. during the traffic jam, i think it is a major contributor to what we have there now. >> it is reported that air quality will be affected throughout the day today and residents who burn wood could face a $100 ticket or take an awareness class except for those whose only source of heat is wood burping services. live in the oakland hills, and they had announce had a little wheat ago bright and dangerous. all great movies and they

lead in the film categories and they had 7 nominations each. it is considered a top indicater of who will win the oscars. now fox's brooklyn 99 was nominated for best comedy series. a notable snub, claire banes. let's look at what is coming up on mornings on 2. coming up in minutes, what better, but not great. that is the assessment of the working conditions, making it what has to be done. the seek iest man a live, they are being asked what to do to

help observe care. and christmas dreams do come true, how the west jet in canada was able to find out what passengers wanted for the holidays and then made those wishes come true, and some of the expressions on that video are just priceless. now back to you on the morning news. time now 6:48, we have breaking news in oakland, what is happening? >> that's right, we have a structure fire at 24th and market and i just got some of the addresses here on 24th street and i want to take you right to the map we have of this incident if you can bring it up. it is market and 24th, and it is on that. the smoke is trying to

help us move. now we have more drive times between san jose and san francisco and 6:49 let's go to steve. we have a very cold morning clear and cold and we have a lot of 20s and 30s, the breeze has peeled off for most, mild to warm and some areas are tough to warm up in this environment and we are getting that easterly breeze, south san jose is 28, men low park sap hose, 20s in there, walnut cream is closed and it's still

cold even 39 and 4s, the freeze warning is still up in the valley and out to the east bay and on to the peninsular. 9 in reno, 25 in ukiah, and in upper lake county, 20s mainly, clear skies and a little cool down a weak system coming into the north with a few high clouds and today clear and cold and that freeze warning ends at 9:00, we have had the freeze warning all morning long, clark until other locations it will be a slight warm up and we will folk focus on that. 50s on many, concord pleasant hill, and yet, it is a little cooler, it is a little tough with that east breeze, and 60

for san jose, cupertino, morgan hill, it will be close for others and temperatures are about the same, coast and bay, and for much of the peninsular, 59 around 59 degrees a few high clouds, maybe some patchy low clouds and warmer temperatures especially on sunday and monday. 6:59 it is a story that could get you some food diddies why they must wait a mop. >> business is great up with target giveaway, go to your facebook page to enter. omg, jack. have you ever checked out these new product ideas people post on your page?

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. 6:55 is the time, economic companies are going public, but unfortunately that news is offset from disappointing numbers from the job market, dow jones industrial average down 73 and s&p 500 is down as well over a budget deal which is also weighing heavily on

wall street. and since last summer shoppers bought more appliances and cars and all americans are feeling more confident about the economy. that could mean more and americans are shifting more to spending online and category re- - catalog retailers and that's the biggest gain in more than a year. the lottery is living up to its name and nobody has won a jackpot since october 1st and now there is a $400 million payout. businesses say they are seeing a lot more than usual customers who have visions of a christmas bonus dancing in their heads. and the southern company makes a very popular hot sauce, well they are being forced to delay shipping out the product. they are requiring a 30-day holding period and some restaurant markets will have to

wait until the middle of january to restock. now it was sued by the city of erwin dale because of air quality issues. and they are bringing retail stores and housing to a disputed plot of land and the issue was an issue of the guild trap. the albany planning commission approved the development project last night which includes farmer's project and the senior housing complex. they say senior housing is needed for this area and they say the units are too expensive for most people. they are trying to keep a crematorium from opening up. they improperly issued a permit for a crematorium. they claim that the permit should not have been issued

without a public hearing and they are concerned about mercury and other together sinces -- objection to sinces and they are -- together sinces. also a fiery crash shut down a bay area freeway, what led it to burst into flames on interstate 880, stay with us.

will a referee craft bart deal number two? a big rig you crash blocking a fire on interstate 80 in pinal. how long it took firefighters to clear the road for the morning commute. we are live in anitoch where police chased a suspect through several cities at speeds up to 100 miles an hour. we will tell you what set off the chase and if anyone was hurt. a weather record set it had. a live look outside on this fifth straight day. which area of the bay is mo