>> reporter: we're live in san francisco where police may now have a better idea of who stabbed a man and killed him inside an apartment building. we'll tell you who they are looking at. >> reporter: more than three weeks after she was declared brain dead by doctors, jahi mcmath has left children's hospital oakland. where the girl is headed now. there are freezing temperatures this morning across most of the nation. how that bad weather is affecting bay area airports this morning. [ cheers ] it is good!

san francisco moves on. >> 49ers pull off a thrilling last-second victory in the bitter cold in green bay. they now have carolina on their mindings. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." our top story -- a deadly stabbing in san francisco. these are live pictures from market street and octavia. you can see police tape and officers on the scene. ktvu was first on the scene at 4:30 this morning. we'll have another live report coming up. good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve, a little different today? >> more high clouds today. that's for sure. mostly cloudy. should be a nice sunrise. temperatures way above average over the weekend. they will still be above today but will settle in to near average by tuesday and wednesday. we had the offshore push and

that sent temperatures up, up, up. a lot of record highs since january 1st. 30s, 40s to 50. everything continues to be in the middle of the country. windchill advisories go down to texas. for us, it will be cooler. as we look at temperatures in the mountains, teents, 20 in reno. a lot of cloud cover spilling in here this week. highs today, low to mid-60s. a few pushth the upper 60s. here's sal. we've had a little bit of trouble on the 580 commute in the livermore valley. not only 580. but also 84. 580 is slow but i might recommend that you stay on it, right through the dublin area. there's a problem on 580 near -- actually, it's on 84 near vinehill. this is a head-on crash. a lot of people use 84 as an alternate to 580 this morning. i would recommend staying on

580. this head-on collision near vinehill is going to be affecting a lot of the traffic on 84 heading on south. i would recommend staying on 580 and using 680. it will be a tough one. 680 is tough heading down out of sunol or pleasanton to su-- sunol. let's take a look at the hayward commute. southbound 880 is moderate. live pictures. i want to show you the traffic at the toll plaza is backed you for a 15-minute -- backed up for a 15-minute delay. more extensive last week but nothing major. 237, the old tried and true, it will be stop and go as you drive westbound towards the santa clara valley. let's go back to the desk. developing news in san francisco where a man was found stabbed to death just hours ago. police rushed to an apartment building at market street and octavia just before 3:30 this

morning. ktvu's tara moriarty says the police appear to be narrowing the search for a suspect. tara? >> reporter: well, a half-hour ago, officers wrapped under what's called a cold show in a nearby alley. that's where a witness will sit in a patrol car and a roid out suspects one by one -- parade out suspects one by one. we saw them bring out one latinawoman and two latino males and held up a red jersey to help identify. so the person responsible never left the building. there were a dozen patrol cars. police fielded off every exit. this unfolding before 3:30 this morning in an apartment building off market and okay tavgia streets. >> a 911 caller -- octavia streets. >> a 911 caller said there was a body in the lobby of the hallway and we responded and found a person stabbed to

death. >> reporter: the coroner has removed the body. we're not sure how many times he was stabbed but there's obviously a lot of blood in side. the victim is from san francisco. we're not sure if he lives here but the police are trying to get ahold of his family before they release his name. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, in oakland, several gas lines at an oakland duplex were ruptured a car smashed through a fence and hit the side of that building. this happened boulevard 1:00 a.m. near ney and ritchie streets in oakland. police evacuated the surrounding area. once the gas leak was capped off, people were allowed to go back home. police are telling us here at ktvu news the driver of that car fled the scene. pg&e should be on the scene this morning to repair those broken gas lines. 7:05. later today, we'll learn more about the major new development involving the oakland girl who was declared brain dead last month. jahi mcmath has been quietly

released from children's hospital in oakland. alex savidge joins us live now to tell us why there is so much secrecy about her new location. good morning, alex. >> reporter: well, good morning doing -- good morning to you. the family won't say where she is. but she will go to a long-term facility. in all likelihood, it's a place in new york that said it is willing to accept her. there's concerns about safety and security for jahi and other patients at the facility. that's why the family does not want to confirm the location of where she will be headed. it's been more than three weeks since she was declared brain dead. last night she left children's hospital here in oakland. she remained on a ventilator as she was taken from the hospital in a private ambulance before 8:00. this is video provided to us by jahi's family. you can see a caravan of cars leaving the hospital. she suffered cardiac arrest after a complication from a

tonsillectomy. because she was declared legally dead, children's hospital had to release jahi to the custody of the coroner's office and the coroner in turn gave the girl to her family. the family's attorney wouldn't talk specifically about where jahi was taken after leaving the hospital. but he says the teenager is having permanent breathing and feeding tubes inserted. they are needed to transport her to that long-term care center. doctors here would not perform those prosecutors on a person declared legally dead. >> jahi's fragile. while we're happy, she's out. she's not out of the woods in terms of her own health because right now, she's in transit. so we ask that people still keep her in her thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: jahi's family won't name the facility where she's going but one possible option is new beginnings community center in medford new york. that's where the director said

she's had discussions about the family moving there. they say they help patients recover from traumatic brain injuries. the director said she's looking forward to treating jahi. >> she can come through this. we need to -- she deserves and she needs to have the chance that all of us here at new beginnings have had. >> reporter: in a statement children's hospital oakland said "our hearts go out to the family as they grieve for this sad situation and we wish them closure and peace." the attorney representing the jahi family said she will be ready for transport later on this morning with those permanent breathing and feeding tubes insert. but the family's attorney will not say when and how she will be transported to that long- term care facility. live this morning in oakland. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. this heartbreaking case began on deas 9th when jahi mcmath went into the hospital.

she suffered serious complications that lead to a heart attack. on december 12th she was declared brain dead. december 20th, there was a restraining order to keep her on the ventilator. your time is 7:08. firefighters in pinole telling people make sure your chimneys and wood stoves are inspected and cleaned this, this afternoon a smoke explosion severely damaged a house on pinole family road. the family saw smoke coming from an electrical outlet on the second floor. shortly after that, the explosion happened. it blew out the second-story windows, the back wall and damaged the roof. everyone inside the house escaped injuries. the fire was caused by a leaking pipe on the family's wood stove.

the cause of that smoke explosion is still under investigation. freezing weather is moving across much of the nation. temperatures are the coldest they've been in almost 20 years. by wednesday, 140 million people are expected to be shivering in zero-degree weather or even colder. today, nashville, tennessee and atlanta, georgia will be colder than anchorage, alaska. >> this jacket, the ski mask, hat, gloves. i'm still cold. >> the chicago transit authority is handing out fare cars to ride buses and trains to the homeless to stay warm. the town of embarrass, could set a new record. in 1966, the temperatures there hit 64 degrees below zero. the freezing weather means schools are closed in chicago,

st. louis, minnesota. everybody is being advised to stay inside. the weather is causing problems for bay area travelers. coming up at 7:30, we'll check in with our local airports for any more flight delays and cancellations. and we'll talk to passengers about how they are hope copes. it was cold in green bay. the 49ers are getting ready for the next round of the nfl playoffs. after yesterday's exciting last- second win over the green bay packers. >> it is good! san francisco moves on. >> did you see how close they came to blocking that? >> yes. right between his hands. >> phil dawson kicked that 33- yard field goal. no time left. the 49ers won, 23-20 in the ice cold, nfc, game. colin kaepernick ran for 98 yards more in this very

exciting playoff game. >> colin kaepernick is a clutch performer. not his first time doing this. >> at kickoff the temperature was 5 degrees. it got colder and colder as the game went on. next sunday, the 49ers will have warmer weather. they will be playing the carolina panthers. [ cheers ] >> 49ers! >> they were ready. die-hard fans endured green bay's frigid temperatures. they traveled to see the game against the packers. we saw plenty of 49er stans in the stands at lambeau field. they were bundled up in several layers of red and gold. the 49ers head to north carolina for next sunday's game. you can watch it right here on ktvu channel 2. kickoff, 10:00 a.m. new this morning there is ner move in the battle between two clothing companies this

morning men's warehouse raised their offer. the over is being made directly to shareholders. men's warehouse says the new bid will expire on march 28th. $1.61billion offer. maybe they can get some sleems for colin kaepernick -- sleeves for colin kaepernick. he was out there with no sleeves on. there was a police chase in la fayette. what prompted police to start chasing a car on highway 24 early this morning and who the police are still looking for. a plane burst into flames in aspenn, colorado -- aspen, colorado. what happened to explain what went wrong. we're still working at conditions worse than last week. there's a problem in san francisco on southbound 101. we'll ginn up the -- give you the alternate to avoid. a weekend of record high

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7:15. the aspen, colorado airport remains closed after a plane crashed there that killed one person. it happened when the small plane was trying to land yesterday afternoon. according to the air traffic control report, the pilot was reporting high winds while coming into land. he circled and attempted to land three times before the crash happened. witnesses say the plane flipped over and burst into flames. >> they were able to put the flames out very quickly, quick enough so the fire did not make it inside the cabin. >> the plane's co pilot was killed. two other people were injured. the airport will stay closed while the ntsb investigates. a skiing accident has put

the leader of germany on the sidelines for the next few weeks. angela merkel suffered a pelvic injury while skiing in switzerland. the injury was pan incomplete bone fracture that will require her to rest for three weeks. it's unclear if anyone else was involved in thezying accident -- in the skiing accident. a republican senator from wisconsin says he will file a lawsuit today over the government policy that lets members of congress and their staffs get subsidies as part of the affordable care act. senator ron johnson will argue the policy forces him to comply with a rule el thinks is illegal -- he thinks is illegal. he also believes the policy hurts his relationship with constituents because it gives him and other congressional employees special treatment. today was supposed to be the deadline for people who signed up on california's health exchange to pay their first premium. now the deadline has been extended. covered california is extending the deadline to january 15th.

now, in the last two weeks of december, the volume of enrollment applications increased a lot for the exchange. and the insurance companies since it is taking longer for them to process the applications, the decision was made to extend the deadline the premiums have to be paid. 7:17. lawmakers in washington, d.c. get back to work today with some unfinished business, including whether to extend benefits for 1.3 million long- term unemployed americans. democrats want to extend the emergency unemployment benefits which expired december 28th. but republicans say they want to explore other options including new job training initiative. >> are you willing to work with republicans to find a way to offset the unemployment benefit? >> we've never offset emergency spending. foolishness. >> i've always said it needs to be paid for but we also need to do something for long-term unemployed people. we need to create something new

that would create scrobs. president obama back at the white house, has urged congress to pass the benefits extension. the senate will take a test vote on a measure that would provide a three-month extension of benefits but the real test is whether it can pass the house. >> that's right. let's check in with sal. you are watching highway 101. >> that's right. san francisco, southbound 101, cesar chavez, clearing a crash that was blocking one lane in san francisco. i want to go to the live picture and show you that southbound 101 is not doing well at all because of that crash. now the best way for you to get around it, the alternate route is to go down to 6th street and get on 280, 280 will take you past it. you can rejoin 101 at the 280 interchange. you will save yourself a lot of time by doing that or you can use propotrero avenue -- potrero avenue. you don't want to get on the

freeway south of market onle 0 that chance -- on 80. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, that's a moderate delay. five to ten minutes, it's more than we had last week. things like -- it looks like we're easing into a monday. no major problems, southbound 880 now, as you can see from -- there's a little bit of slow traffic here right from 280 until about union city and then it gets a little bit better than that. it's not quite full strength but you will see slow traffic back to the desk. >> what? you forget me already. >> oh, steve! a lot of high clouds. not as nice as yesterday when we had a beautiful weekend. record high temperatures. should be a beautiful sunrise. a lot of high clouds associated with a dying system. won't do much. 30s 40s to 50 in san francisco.

temperatures yesterday on the coast, very, very warm. we had records in oakland, sfo, 68 el granada, half moon bay. it's amazingly cold. these are the current temperatures. chicago is 15 below. twitter has been great of sending pictures. we have warnings and watches in 34 states. the windchill also will be the big factor from the great lakes to the deep south and ohio valley. minnesota, 50, 55 below on their windshield. some of the rain is falling over the very heavy snow they had last week in boston. that caused us fog issues but the arctic front has -- you can see where it is, some of that rain is turning to snow on the back side, pennsylvania into west virginia. this is where the cold air is plunging in. 17 for tahoe. 20 in reno. i know it's still cold in other parts of the country, not that

cold. weekend systems will move in which will allow temperatures for us to come down. they've been so far above, it would take sense we'll get near average, upper 50s, lower 60s. a lot of high clouds. hazy skies. a stronger system comes in thursday. but i don't think it will do anything here. it looks like a cooler week. 60s, low, mid, upper for everybody. alameda is in there. brentwood is in there at 62. a little warmer, santa clara valley. a few less high clouds there. more to the north bay. 60s, low 60s. there is a puff of an easterly breeze for some. a few locations. brandon said it was a breezy day. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. thursday does look cooler to cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. not much change. just near average temperatures. 7:22. a big announcement from stanford. the grant the university is getting that could help change cancer therapy. how the bitter cold weather helped reunite a missing man

and his parents.

pope francis has made another gesture to catholics who may have lost the faith. ♪ >> earlier today, the pope told them god is waiting for them and he hopes they will come back to the roman catholic church. pope francis said that during a mass in vatican city celebrating a catholic feast day. in the meantime, the vatican announced pope francis will go to the middle east this spring. he will deliver a message of peace and cooperation in that troubled part of the world. the pope will visit jordan and israel during a three-day trip in may. he plans to meet with both palestinian and israeli leaders. dennis rodman is on his way to north korea for an exhibition game. rodman was -- has rounded up a squad of a dozen former nba players including baker,

anderson, robinson and charles smith. he says he wants to show the world that north korea is not a bad place. >> i'm not a president. i'm not a politician. i'm not an ambassador. i'm an athlete, individual who wants to go over there. >> the u.s. players will compete against the north korean team on wednesday as part of a celebration for kim jung un's birthday. the bitter east cold weather has helped parents back east find their missing on. 20 -- son. 20-year-old nicholas simmons vanished from the home on new year's day. his disappearance caused a lot of concern. he left behind his cell phone and wallet. on saturday, an a.p. photographer looking for away to illustrate the weather took this photo of him in a freezing washington, d.c. area. that lead to a reunion between

worried parents and their missing son. cracking down on google buses. the new plan san francisco's mayor will announce to regulate shuttle buses to the silicon valley. >> reporter: all three airports are being affected by the snow and ice in the midwest. we'll tell you what the cancellations and delays look like at all of them. good morning. westbound 24 off to a good start but there's one freeway in the bay area that is not doing well and we'll tell you more about that straight ahead. after a week of sunshine, warm temperatures, record- setting warm, changes are developing today in the form of some cloud. we'll see if they will continue or if more warm weather is on the way.

good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. we get to talk about weather this morning. steve paulson is tracking several things, especially what you will be dealing with today. good morning, steve. >> good morning the we do have a lot of -- good morning. we do have a lot of high clouds returning. we will have a mostly cloudy day. above-average temperature, way above over the weekend as you might imagine. upper 60s low 70s. high-pressure system weakened a little bit. still a slight component for an offshore breeze. nothing like the weekend.

40s, 50s, 60s on the temperature. warmer on the coast, the city. you get the offshore push a little bit. 30s for the interior. sacramento, ukiah, lake county. for us, a lot of high clouds and that's it. highs today, low to mid-60s. more mid-60s than the upper os and low -- 60s and low 70s. here's sal. last week we had good commutes people were off. i think a lot of people are off. we have slow traffic all over the place. southbound 101 has recovered after an earlier crash at cesar chavez. it's been cleared. feel free to take 101 again. it's better than it was just a little bit slow. but i couldn't refrain from taking it at this point to get out of the city and head down the peninsula. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you are at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's about a 10, 15-minute delay. it's not full strength. but definitely more than it was last week. 580 has been slow all the way through livermore into dublin. 680 coming out of pleasanton. it does finally get better by

the time you reach the livermore valley. we had an earlier accident near vineyard. that's in the clearing stages. we also have traffic on 880 southbound as you drive to hayward. a little bit slow. some drive times. nine minutes from -- on 24 from pleasant hill road to the tunnel and on 880, 238 to fremont, about 19 minutes' drive time. 7:31 -- 7:32. let's go back to the desk. >> all right. thank you, sal. continuing coverage of the arctic temperatures affecting much of the country. weather like this in the northern midwest is causing some problems at home. travelers dealt with flight delays all weekend long and that continues, in fact, today. ktvu's janine de la vega is live at mineta san jose airport with a look at the conditions right now. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. well, there's been cancellations at all three airports, including here at san jose.

now, a flight to chicago where there's snow and ice, there's cancellations on american airlines. there are a lot of frustrated passengers inside. look at this line of passengers to chicago. they are all waiting hoping to rebook their flight. this same scenario is playing out at sfo where more flights have been canceled. more than 40. on flightaware.com, there's been 3100 flights that have been canceled today in the u.s. now the problems all started when the storm hit back east last thursday and friday and over the weekend, there was snow in the midwest, that worsened the conditions. passengers have been trying to rebook flights. those who are trying to fly out of san jose who had their flights canceled today are not happy. >> tired of standing here. they want to see their dad. they are really unhappy. >> reporter: did you anticipate

this? >> no, i didn't even know. i just got -- here -- i just got here and i saw this big line. we have to wait. >> reporter: the hardest-hit airports are chicago, cleveland, la guardia, j.f.k. and boston. cancellations and delays vary by airline. passengers report they are having a diflt time trying -- difficult time trying to get ahold of the airlines because it's been so busy. i want to go to the latest numbers. sfo is reporting 41 cancellations today. that's departing and arriving flights. san jose has eight and oakland has six cancellations. and back out here live, there's sort of a lull in traffic. it was a little busier earlier. but we did notice, there was some people loading their suitcases back into taxi cakes. those people on the chicago flight, we spoke to a couple and they couldn't rebook their flight today. they will have to spend another

night in san jose. we're suspecting that's the case with a lot of the passengers still waiting in line inside. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:34. new this morning, a stolen car was recovered after a short police chase in la fayette. police tried to pull the car over for speeding on eastbound highway 24 near the orinda exit. this was about 3:00 this morning. the driver then led police on a short chase to the mt. diablo boulevard exit before crashing into a light pole. the driver was taken into custody. two other people inside that car got away. 7:35. we're learning more this morning about the bomb scare that diverted a plane that left sfo bound for new york. these are exclusive pictures sent to us by a passenger from inside a secure waiting area at the kansas city airport. that's where american airlines flight 24 was diverted to yesterday after someone found what looked like a flash drive taped to the wall of one of the

bathrooms. we're now hearing that the devis was a small camera disguised to look like a flash drive. the case is still being investigated. 7:35. the 49ers, they are moving on to the next round of the nfl playoffs. that's after a tremendous last- second win over the green bay packers. >> it is good! san francisco moves on! >> was that a game? phil dawson kicked that 33-yard field goal. 49ers won, 23-20 in the ice cold, nfc wild card game. the packers were great, too. brian flores is live from san francisco now. brian, how are the fans reacting this morning? you were screaming, too. >> reporter: of course, i was. i had two reasons to scream yesterday. we were talking about the gamed

yesterday. the -- game yesterday. san francisco came away with the win. talk about fan reaction. man, are they excited and exhausted as the 49ers squeak out a win at the frozen tundra of lambeau field as they like to say. they call it frozen for a reason. fans, many of them from the bay area actually went out there to go see the game live at lambeau field, temperatures were well below zero yesterday during the game. many 49ers fans got great deals to hotels. ticket packages as well as they are trying to get fans to the games. it wasn't even a sellout until late friday afternoon. many were excited after the game. we spoke to some here at the pub. they were excited to see the 49ers move on into the playoffs. we spoke to murph and mac. here's their take on yesterday's game and what's ahead as they face carolina next week. >> we won't see jim hare bra with 50 layers or colin

kaepernick going sleeveless. carolina's defense is defensive. green bay's is not that bad. >> reporter: murph says it will be a tighter game. he predicted the score somewhere and 15-10. colin kaepernick will be the key to this game as he has been the whole season. as we take it back out here live. we did speak to knbr, they are talking about 49ers and about the wild card playoff weekend. mum on "mornings on 2," we want to hear from the fans -- coming up on "mornings on 2," we want to hear from the fans, hear what you have to say and how you guys are thinking about the game next week. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. the 49ers now play the panthers in north carolina next sunday. you can, of course, watch it right here on ktvu channel 2. kickoff, 10:00 a.m. 7:38. firefighters in oakland are still looking for the cause of a weekend fire at an abandoned

warehouse. >> get out. >> this video is expected to help in that investigation. the fire started yesterday morning near embarcadero and oak street. ktvu news spoke to a man who captured the flames on this cell phone moments -- on his cell phone moments after the fire started. >> i was documenting it and i heard a noise. i heard somebody talking. and when i looked over i noticed the flames. >> there's still no official word on the cause of the fire. but investigators say homeless people have been sleeping inside that abandoned warehouse. 7:39. a 5-year parcel tax will be debated today at a supervisors' meeting today in east contra costa county. the fire district needs funding to keep five fire stations open. they will recommend a vam id measure for a tax that starting at $98 a year and grows 3% every year. that meeting by the way begins

at 6:30 this evening in oakland. 16 members of a marin county strike team are in humboldt county fighting a major fire. this one is burning 40 miles east. it's burned 350 acres. it's 40% contained. the strike team leader say it's rare to be fighting a wildfire this time of the year. but again, it's also the driest year we've seen in decades. 7:40. today, hundreds are expected to pay their final respects to a popular northern california catholic priest. a funeral is set to take place later this morning aing at the sacred heart church in eureka. yesterday dozens gathered in honor of father eric freed. his body was discovered in the rectory new year's day. 43-year-old gary lee bullock was arrested in connection with the father's death. police are now trying to figure out a motive.

tomorrow, san francisco supervisors will honor an 84- year-old activist hit by a car fatally last month in chinatown. the death of isabel on jackson street, it's renewing safety concerns about the streets of chinatown. the recent city report found that chinatown has the highest  rate of pedestrian injuries in san francisco. coming up on 7:41. a bay area man feels betrayed by his favorite store after his credit card information was stolen. jessie diaz says his best buy credit card was declined when he recently tried to use it. charges totaling $1500, though, showed up on his bill for items he did not buy. he says he complained to the store's general manager and was told he is not the only victim. >> he informed me that i was not the only case. he says, there's several other cases. >> he says the manager told him a store employee stole personal

information from diaz and other customers. officially, though, best buy only released a statement saying "we're working with local law enforcement. we cannot comment further given that there is an onhaving investigation." people living in a pacific mobile home park, they are fighting a rent increase that could double their rent. a dozen people at the pacific skies estate mobile home park say they received notices their rent could go up from $800 to $1900 a month. the mobile home park says that increase is needed to pay for $1.5 million in improvements. this whole issue goes before the city council this morning. house my tortie lead -- minority leader nancy pelosi is scheduled to speak at san francisco city. the judge granted a partial injunction allowing accreditation to be kept until a trial could be held.

the school was scheduled to lose it in july due to financial mismanagement. a loss could force the school to close. stanford announced it's one of six schools to split a huge research grant. they will use their $90 million share to study some types of cancer that may occur because of cancer stem cells. if the theory proves true, it could change cancer therapies and radically improve survival rates for certain breast cancer patients. jahi mcmath is moved out of oakland children's hospital. coming up at 8:00, why it's a move surrounded by secrecy. and mystery solved. we now know who is behind this creative design in a california barley field. good morning. we're still looking at slow traffic around the bay. it's different from what it was last week. that's a look at 237. we see some stop-and-go traffic. coming up we'll give you some

traffic times of the busiest commute. the weather has been so boring, i made the crop circles. there's nothing going on for us. but there's a lot going on for the rest of the country. we'll have details.

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s. stocks are mixed at the start of the first full week of trading of the year. in a couple of economic reports out this morning, u.s. factory orders climbed in november while u.s. service companies, spanded at a steady but slightly slower pace. new orders plunged to a four- year low. the dow is up 4. the nasdaq is down 16.

s&p down 1. the international consumer electronics show kicks off the in las vegas today. 20,000 products are on display and wearable technology is a huge sector. that includes everything from health and fitness smart watches to a headband embedded with tiny speakers that claim to improve sleeping and exercising. 3-d printing, tiny drones and ultrahd tvs are expected to draw attention. time is now 7:47. we're following breaking news coming in just a couple of minutes ago. u.s. supreme court ruled they will put same-sex marriage on

hold in utah. same-sex couples started getting married in utah at the end of last month after a federal judge ruled that the ban violated the right to equal protection under the constitution. the state attorney general wanted the marriages stopped while the state appeals that ruling but again, the u.s. supreme court is putting these same-sex marriages in utah on hold for now. we'll have more details as they are available. 7:47. cracking down on the commute to silicon valley. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom now, telling us about the fight, pam, over those google buses. >> that's right. ktvu has learned that san francisco mayor ed lee will announce a pilot program today to address the problems surrounding private shuttle buses at public bus stops. now, google, yahoo!, genentic, many other silicon valley companies have private shuttles to take employees to work. you are looking at a protest over those buses. people who drive on the freeways appreciate that there are fewer cars on the road but

people sliferping in san francisco, especially in the mission district area, are not happy about those buses. this is a protest from last month. the protesters say that the shuttle buses not only disrupt regular public bus service by using those muni bus stops but they are not paying as well. ktvu news has learned that a new pilot program will be announced today by mayor ed lee. that will require the shuttle operators to pay to use the muni bus stops and it may also include restricted hours to drop off and pick up the passengers. i just spoke to someone who lives in the neighborhood where the shuttle buses pick up and drop off passengerses. she says cars that stop to pick someone up can be fined $271. we'll try to get comments next hour. if you want to weigh in, send me a note on facebook or twitter. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. the mystery of an unusual crop circle that appeared in

monterey county has been solved. the circle resembles a computer chip and now exipmaker nvidia -- and now chipmaker nvidias it. nvidia says the new chip takes the tablet more powerful than a gaming conconsul -- consul. sal? >> back to work for a lot of people. you can certainly tell. it seems like a small -- small percentage are not going with the same volume we we had before the holiday. the bay bridge toll plaza is lighter than it normally would be as we approach the 8:00 hour. that's good news. i think most of us have to go to work. westbound bay bridge is tracking up for about a five- minute dray in some of those lanes. i think it's a pretty decent

drive so far. let's move along and take a look at the commute on the san mateo bridge. that looks good. 580 has been really one of the spots of my morning commute. look at all of this slow traffic right through dublin. that's been one of the slowest commutes in the bay area right through there. we had some earlier problems. 680 is backed up as well heading out the pleasanton. that's one of the worst commutes we have. also looking at 880 traffic here along this coroner has become slower. i want to show you some traffic times on highway 24 from prnt -- pleasant hill road to the caldecott, ten minutes. 880, to fremont, 21 minutes. let's go to steve. beautiful sunrise pictures coming in on twitter. sp weather if you want to send me some from alameda, santa rosa. you name it. we had shots. mike who keeps wonderful records but he's also a weather

fanatic sent me information, there are areas in boston right now, boston harbor where there's a severe thunderstorm warning. two feet of snow. i mean, somebody is getting active weather. we're just getting record highs. we had those yesterday. san rafael, 66. sfo, 66. also record highs for oakland downtown and oakland airport, 68 and 72. if you thought it was warm, alameda on saturday, it feet like 72. offshore breeze. we have a lot of high cloud. that will take the edge of some of the temperatures. 30s, 40s. some pictures coming in from the midwest, it's 15 below. some areas the windchills are 30 to 50 below. there are advisories all the way down to texas and even florida for -- that's how cold it is. it's warmer in fairbanks, alaska than lubbock, texas. this arctic air is moving

rapidly, moving into pennsylvania. you can see where the rain is in new york. rain, 55, 56. they will be 14 tomorrow. here's the line forming. you can see the front beginning to push in. boy, is that cold air, it's dropping fast. for us it's cool or cold, depending upon how you look at it. 37 sacramento. fresno, a lot of high clouds. a couple of systems will take aim at northern california near the oregon border over the next few days that. will allow a cooler pattern. some higher clouds. more upper 50s, lower 60s. more clouds, a cooler week and kind of a westerly breeze. highs today, 60s for some. mid- to upper 60s. beautiful sunrise from chloe up in lake county in clearlake. 62 for antioch. 68 morgan hill. 70 gilroy. santa cruz, saratoga, 67. things probably will be cooling off gradually. we'll say goodbye to the upper 60s, 70s. no rain unless you are up in

northern california. it just looks like a quiet week but cooler. sad news for sports fans. it involves a former new york yoke who became a -- yankee who became a hall of famer in the booth.

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died she was given an overdose of sedatives and went into cardiac arrest. finley suffered severe brain damage and slipped into a coma. she died over the weekend. 7:56. a pennsylvania woman who called herself jihad jane and helped suspected terrorists overseas faces the possibility of life in prison at her sentencing this week. a federal judge will decide if 50-year-old colleen la rose presented a real threat to the u.s. or was just easy prey for extremists seeking followers with u.s. passports. la rose admitted she plotted to kill a swedish artist over a cartoon that offended muslims. since surrendering in 2009, she's been cooperating with authorities providing valuable information on extremist groups. andrew cuomo is set to announce mel marijuana is coming to new york state but there would be several major restrictions under the governor's plan.

it would only make medical marijuana available in 20 hospitals throughout the day and 0 only be available -- only be available for very sick patients. the governor is expected to make his announcement during his state of the state speech wednesday night. 7:57. there is a new development in a tragic bay area case that involves the wrongful death lawsuit connected to the suicide of a south bay teenager. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco, where a building that was on lockdown because of a deadly stabbing is now clear. we'll tell you why police had everyone stay inside. good morning. right now, traffic is getting a little bit slower in some areas but ill proving in other air -- improving in others. i will tell you the good news and the bad news. record-setting temperatures over the weekend. nice sunrise. to these clouds mean anything other than high clouds?

good morning. it's 8:00. the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery has been taken out of oakland children's hospital. we have the very latest on where zwrawm may -- jahi mcmath may be headed now. it's monday, january 6th. i'm dave clark.

>> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. not much has changed. >> not much. a hot lot of high clouds moving in. that will give us mostly cloudy skies. temperatures have been above average for the longest team. it's colder east of us. mild pattern. high clouds. this looks like a gradual cooling trend. 40s, 50s in san francisco. i think santa rosa bottomed out at 31. these are current temperatures, not windchills. anywhere from 4 degrees grand rapids, 15 below in chicago to temperatures that are 25 below and windchills for 50 for some. it's really cold for many. for us, it's chilly but it will be mostly sunny/partly cloudy today. there might be a back edge of clouds coming in. a lot of 60s. a little bit cooler than we had over the weekend. here's sal. right now we're looking at a commute that looks pretty good in many areas. let's go to highway 4. it's

recovered nicely on bay point. still a little bit slow in some areas near the highway 4 construction zone but for the most part, it has been nice. we also have been looking at the commute on the bay bridge and the traffic is moving along pretty well. someone tweeted saying a lot of people are at ces. that may be the reason why a lot of people are not here in the bay area. i would say that's a good guess here. certainly people being somewhere else other than here. westbound 580 we still have slow traffic. livermore to dublin, 680 is still backed up up coming out of partly sunny tonight. this morning, police are investigating a deadly stabbing reported just before 3:30 this morning and it was in the lobby of an apartment building. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is there and she says people who live in the building were not allowed to leave during this police

investigation. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning. yes, this building was on lockdown pretty much all morning. just after 7:00 residents were allowed out. many said they were late for work. it's because officers wouldn't let anyone leave. they sealed off every exit and fire escape. behind me is the lobby where the body of the person stabbed was found. the large police presence here happened all morning long on the -- at the apartment building on market and octavia. the 911 call coming in just before 3:30. investigators then conducted a cold show same peculiar to a lineup but in the street -- similar to a lineup but in the street. officers paraded a string of spbing. we saw a latina woman and two latino women. police showed a red jersey to a witness sitting in a parked police car. >> to see if the person looked familiar to anybody that obviously they had some information. that's why we're doing it.

the coroner has removed the body. that happened earlier. we're not sure how many times he was stabbed. one individual said once. there's a lot of blood inside. the victim is in from san francisco. we're not sure if he lived here but police are trying to get ahold of his family before they release his identity. live from san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. there's the surprising new development in the tragic case of you a dray pott. she's the -- audrey pott. she's the girl who committed suicide in 2012 after an alleged sexual assault by three teenaged girls. now a lawyer for one of the teenaged defendants in the wrongful death lawsuit has filed new legal papers. he claims one of the late teen's parents cannot sue because he is not her biological father. so far, there has been no response from audrey potts's parents. a major new development involving jahi mcmath, the

oakland girl declared brain dead. she's been quietly released from children's hospital in oakland. ktvu's alex savidge joining us live with reaction from the head of the medical facility in new york that's stepped forward to help. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. at this point, jahi's family won't say exactly where she is or exactly where she's going. they say that's for safety reasons. we know the family is intending to send her to a long-term care facility. in all likelihood, it's a facility in new york that said it is ready and willing to accept jahi. three weeks ago, she was declared brain dead by doctors. last night just before 8:00 she was taken away from children's hospital in a private ambulance. the girl remained on a ventilator. this is video provided by jahi's family, you can see a caravan of cars. because she was legally declared dead, they had to release her to the custody of the coroner's office and the

coroner gave the girl to the family. they would not talk about where she was taken after she left the hospital. but the director of the new beginning center in bedford, new york says her facility is ready to care for jahi. >> the team that i've been working with, you know, we put an affidavit into the court saying that i was willing to help jahi in any way we could. so she got the extra eight days and we're so happy to see she will have a chance now. >> reporter: jahi suffered cardiac arrest following complications from tonsil surgery performed on december 9th to cure her sleep apnea. jahi's family won't name the facility she's going to. sheas for the security and -- that's for the security and privacy and safety of patients there. the teenager is having permanent breathing and ed fooing tubes inserted. they -- and feeding tubes inserted. they are needed to transport her. doctors here at children's

hospital would not perform that surgery on someone legally dead. >> jaly is getting a place where she can have the procedures done. it's a much more difficult time than it would have been had children's found it in its heart to give her a feeding tube and breathing tube. >> reporter: in a statement about last night's transfer, children's hospital oakland said "our hearts go out to the family as they grieve for this sad situation. we wish them closure and peace." the attorney for jahi's fame said she will be ready for transport sometime later this morning with the tubes inserted. but the attorney will not say how and when she will be taken to a long-term facility. live in oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> this case started on december 9 wheth when jahi went into the hospital for tonsil surgery. she suffered -- serious

complications. on december 12th, she was declared brain tead. on december 20th, a judge issued a restraining order to keep children's hospital from taking jahi off the ventilator. on december 30th, the order was extended until january 7th, tomorrow, to give the time family to move jahi. last night, jahi mcmath was qi ruttily released -- quietly released to her mother. several gas lines at a duplex in oakland were severed after a car drove through a fence and into the side of a building. it happened before 1:00 a.m. near ney and ritchie streets in oakland. police evacuated the surrounding area. once the gas leak was capped people were allowed to return to their homes. officers tell us here at ktvu news that the driver fled the scene. pg&e is expected in the area this morning to repair the broken lines. firefighters in pinole want people to clean and inspect their chimneys and wood stoves after a fire and smoke

explosion severely damaged a home. last night, fire crews were called to this home on pin nome valley road after the family saw smoke -- pinole valley road after the family saw smoke. shortly after that an explosion blew out the secondf story window, the black wall and dankged the roof. everyone inside escaped harm. the fire was caused by a leaking pipe on a wood stove. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. 8:09. police in petaluma still searching for the person who stabbed a man in a denny's parking lot yesterday morning. it happened at the denny's on petaluma boulevard north. police say a man was -- was stabbed after another man came up to the parked arcar -- parked car and starting yelling at him. freezing weather is moving across the nation. temperatures are the coldest they've been in almost 20 years. by wednesday 140 million people are expected to be shivering in

zero-degree weather or even colder. today, nashville, tennessee and atlanta, georgia will be colder than anchorage, alaska. >> this jacket here, the ski mask, my hat, gloves. i'm still cold. >> in some cities temperatures could drop to 50 below zero. the town of em, minnesota -- embarrass, minnesota could set a record. in 1966, temperatures hit 64 degrees below zero. the freezing weather means schools are closed in cities like chicago, st. louis and milwaukee. it's life-threatening weather. everyone is being advised to stay inside. in chicago where it's 15 degrees below zero, the transit authority is handing out fare cars to ride buses and trains to stay warm. the weather is causing problems for bay area travelers. we'll check in with the local airports for more flight delays

and cancellations. we'll talk to passengers to find out how they are coping. lawmakers in washington, d.c. get back to work. that includes whether to extend benefits for 1.3 million long- term unemployed americans. democrats want to extend the emergency unemployment benefits which ended december 28th. republicans want to look at other options, including new job training initiatives. the senate will take a test vote today on a measure that would provide a three-month extension of the benefits. 8:11. new this morning, the men's warehouse is changing tactics in the bids to acquire joseph a. bank clothiers. the clothing store is going directly to shareholders of joseph a. bank and has increased the offer by $2.50 a share. but it warns the new price is good only until march 28th. all right. 8:11. an amazing story. this one is connected to the bitter-cold temperatures back east. how the bad weather helped

reunite with a missing man and his parents. a plane crash in colorado kills one person. the problems the pilot was reporting minutes before it happened. good morning. traffic is getting better in some areas around the bay. as you can see, highway 4, but there's some areas that are still not out of the woods when it comes to slow traffic. a lot of high clouds over us. a little hint of a change. it won't be that big of a one. it will impact the temperatures. we'll talk about that and the cold temperatures.

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welcome back. 8:14. baseball fans all over the country mourning the death of a hall of fame sports broadcaster who was also a bay area native and a war hero. 89-year-old jerry coleman died after a brief illness. he was born in san jose. he grew up in san francisco. he was once a second baseman for the new york yankees but he interrupted his pro career to fly as a u.s. pilot in both world war ii and korea. coleman later spent more than four dick aids as a broadcaster -- decades as a broadcaster for the san diego padres. 8:15. the aspen, colorado airport remains closed after a plane crashed there killed one person. it happened when the small plane was trying to land yesterday afternoon. according to the air traffic control recording, the pilot was reporting high winds while

coming in toland. he circled and attempted to land three times before the crash happened. witnesses say the plane flipped over and burst into flames. they were able to put the flames out very quickly. quick enough so the fire did not make it inside the cabin. >> the plane's copilot was killed. twor other people on board were injured. the airport will remain closed while the ntsb investigates. a skiing accident has put germany on the sidelines -- has put the chancellor of germany on the sidelines. angela merkel suffered an injury. the injury was an incomplete broen fracture. she will -- bone fracture. she will need to rest for three weeks. not clear if anyone else was involved in the skiing accident. a republican senator from wisconsin says he will file a lawsuit today over the government policy that lets members of congress and their staff get subsidies as part of the affordable care act.

senator ron johnson will argue that the policy forces him to comply with a rule he believes is illegal. he also believes the policy harms his relationship with constituents because it gives him and the other congressional employees special treatment. well, today was supposed to be the deadline for people who signed up on california's health exchange to pay their first premium. now the deadline has been extended. covered california is extending the deadline to january 15th. in the last two weeks of december, the volume of enrollment applications increased substantially for the exchange and the insurance companies. since it is taking longer for them to process the application, the decision was made to extend the deadline to pay the premium. 8:17. sal you are watching san francisco still, right? >> we're watching that, dave and tori. good morning to you. we're seeing traffic conditions improve in san francisco and the drive to it.

but we're also looking at san jose. you can see we found some slow traffic on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. this is kind of something i saw that i don't see any major reason for this delay. trying to figure out what's going on. i don't see any crashes in the area. but there could be something there that's making this traffic slow. it could be slow traffic for the morning commute. we haven't seen it in such a long time it may take getting used to. westbound bay bridge. we talked about getting into san francisco. it's light. that's a nice-looking commute. also looking at 680. we had a couple of different crashes. one 680 at 242, one at north main maine those -- north maine. there's slow traffic in walnut creek in both directions of 680. let's go to steve. sal? >> yes. >> ces, las vegas. >> yes. >> a lot of people are in las vegas this week. that's correct. lows 30s, highs 60s. a lot of high clouds over us.

beautiful sunrise pictures coming in be it facebook or twitter. thank you for that. posted some on there. spectacular. it will be cooler today. those above average temperatures. hardly anyone else can say that exeam us right here, right here in -- except us right here in california. i mean, january, really? it's a mild pattern. high cloud. we had record highs yesterday. i don't think we'll see that today. although there's still an easterly breeze coming out of many of the east bay hills. it's made it in parts of san francisco where it's 50 degrees. half moon bay 45. it's the temperatures that are the coldest since february of 1966. 15 below chicago. 25, 30 below. windchills anywhere from about 25 to 55 below. the dangerous windchills are pushing. crazy weather throughout the east. they had a foot of snow.

now they have rain and thunderstorm warnings in the boston harbor. that turn back into bitterly- cold temperatures. all of that pushing is the arctic front moving through. very active weather, incredible. but here things are quiet. 30s for some in the interior. 17 up in tahoe. a lot of high and mid-level clouds. series of two systems will impact california. won't do much. a lot of high clouds. just bring temperatures back. we get more of a westerly breeze. i think starting tomorrow. a cooler week and temperatures upper 50s and low 60s instead of the other way around which has been upper 50s and low 70s. a lot of these higher clouds will take a few degrees off some of those high temperatures that we had over the weekend. still went with 70. gilroy and santa cruz. but i don't think after today we'll see that for a little bit. we'll see high and mid-level cloud. thursday looks like a cloudy day.

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time is 8:23. pope francis has made another gesture to catholics who may have lost the faith.

♪ >> early today, the pope told them god is waiting for them and he hopes they will come to the roman catholic church. pope francis made the comments during a mass in vatican city brating the fact -- a catholic feast day. 8:24. diplomats from china and japan are feuding over a world war ii shine and now they are using references from harry potter to prove their points. china says the shrine in tokyo honors the people killed in world war ii glorifies japan's military past. china's ambassador to britain says milterrization. to baltimore. by letting loose the evil of an arms race and an escalation of

tension. dennis rodman is on his way to north korea for an exhibition game. he has rounded up a squad of a dozen former nba players including vin baker, kenny anderson, cliff robinson and charles smith. rodman says he wants to show the world that korea is not that bad a place. the u.s., though, remains at odds with north korea over their nuclear weapons program. >> i'm not a president. i'm not a politician. i'm not an ambassador. i'm an athlete who wants to go over there. >> the u.s. players will compete against the north korean team on wednesday as part of a celebration for kim jung un's birthday. the northeast and the midwest, as you know, are suffering from severe cold but some say our warm weather here, that's another sign of global warming. steve paulson and other forecasters say the bay area weather will probably stay warm and dry through the middle of the month. that follows the driest year on

record. now, a san francisco state meteorology professor compares this to 1977's weather patterns. one of the most severe droughts in california history. >> while we expect with global warming is for the patterns like this to occur more frequently. however, it's not proof of global warming. >> now, professor points out last week, the forecast said there was a chance of a powerful storm from hawaii hitting the bay area. he says that could still happen this winter but don't count on it. >> the bitter east coast cold weather has helped some parents find their missing son. nicholas vanished from their home on new year's day. his dispeerbs caused a great deal of -- disappearance caused a great deal of concern since he left behind his cell phone and wallet. on saturday an a.p. photographer took this photo of him hovering around a vent in

washington, d.c. that photo was published in "usa today" and led to a reunion between the worried parents and their missing son. a suspicious device found on a plane that took off from sfo bound for new york. the new details we found out this morning about what that device really was. and we're live in san francisco, talking to excited 49ers' fans as the team squeaks away a win from green bay. looking ahead to next week, will it be a blowout? hear what fans and experts are saying -- coming up. and things are seemingly getting better around the prayer when it comes to the commute as you look at the san mateo bridge. it looks good, heading up to the high rise. we'll tell you where it is still slow on a major bay area freeway. a lot of high clouds streaming over us today. they will take some of the high temperatures down compared to the record-setting numbers we had last week. we'll see how long it lasts.

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find yoplait original and light yogurt cups on sale now at your local safeway store. we're at min net saw san jose airport. people are going -- mineta san jose airport. people are going about their business. some flights have been delayed or canceled due to the arctic cold temperatures in other parts of the nation. stay tuned. we'll have a live update on what's happening with the weather in a few minutes. i'm dave clark. steve, we're talking weather here, you and i. >> a lot of weather. [laughter] temperatures continue to be way above average. but they are coming down. today will be the last kind of mild day or above-average temp.

we have an early breeze. as long as that is in place there's a possibility of record setting highs. 30s, 40s to 50 again. everything continues to be the cold temperatures in the middle of the country. here, though, highs in the 60s. here's sal. >> we have a look at the commute today. it's more than it was last week. we still don't have huge backups which is good. we're he'sing into it. highway 24 la fayette, the traffic has been looking good between walnut creek and oakland all the way through the caldecott tunnel. we've been looking at the bay bridge. that's a very nice drive. not typical. it's lighter than usual. on the peninsula, southbound, slow from about poplar as you head towards the hillsdale area. 280 is better. we see slow traffic on 280s you a drive through -- 280 as you drive through redwood city. no problems on the san mateo bridge. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal.

right now, an arctic blast is blasting parts of the nation, dropping temperatures below freezing in a lot of areas and causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays. janine de la vega is at mineta san jose airport and some passengers are dealing with problems out there. >> reporter: yeah, dave. there is a lot of passengers inside who are frustrated because they had their flight to chicago, o'hare canceled. that airport has been hit hard more than 1500 flights in and out of o'hare have been canceled. that's affecting a lot of travelers here in the bay area. inside terminal a, the san jose airport, there is a long line of those passengers waiting, hoping to rebook their flights. passengers are telling us that a flight isn't available until tomorrow at sfo, the weather in the midwest is also affecting flights. more than 40 have been canceled. one woman we spoke to told us this is the second time her son's flight got canceled.

>> yesterday, we were in san francisco and he was there for an hour and they canceled the flight. told him to come here to get this flight this morning and he -- and it to the canceled again. now we don't know. >> reporter: on flightaware.com, a website that tracks delays and cancellations, there's been more than 3200 flights that have been canceled today in the u.s. now the problems started when the storm hit back east last thursday and friday and then over the weekend, snow in the midwest, worsened all of the conditions. the hardest hit airports are chicago, cleveland, la guardia, j.f.k. and boston. and that has some travelers in the bay area out of luck until tomorrow. >> tray to go back to miami. we go through -- try to go back to miami. try to go through chicago, the plane is canceled. and we will rebook tomorrow to go to dallas to miami instead. >> reporter: and here's the

latest numbers for bay area airports. sfo is reporting 46 cancellations today. san jose has 8 and oakland has 8. so again, you heard the worse is in san francisco. but nothing compared to the problems that they are facing back in the midwest and on the east coast. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:33. we now know more about yesterday's bomb scare that caused a plane to be diverted after leaving sfo bound for new york. here's exclusive pictures sent to us. it came from a passenger from inside a secure waiting area at the kansas city airport. that's where american airlines flight 24 was diverted to yesterday. someone found what looked like a flash drive taped to the walls of one of the bathrooms. we're hearing that device was really a small camera disguised to look like a flash drive. that case is under investigation.

8:34. the 49ers moving on to the next round of the nfl playoffs after a dramatic win over the green bay packers. [ cheers ] >> it is good! [ cheers ] >> san francisco moves on as they win here. >> phil dawson kicked the 33- yard field goal on the last play. the 49ers won, 23-20. brian flores joins us live from san francisco with reaction from fans. i bet they are all very excited, brian. >> reporter: they are and they are pretty exhausted from all of the screaming that happened. but isn't playoff football just fantastic? we've seen excitement, predictions, failures, freezing weather. what a way to squeak out a win against green bay. [ cheers ] >> reporter: those are fans at the pub in san francisco after phil dawson kicked the field goal.

the ball came close to being foked down by the green bay defender. as many fans enjoyed the game from the comforts at home, others went to wisconsin, braving the subzero temperatures. some fans we spoke with headed out there wore seven players of clothing and the packers handed out close to 70,000 packets of hand warmers out there. the 9ers escape with the win. we're looking ahead to a much tougher carolina team in carolina. will the 9ers come out with a win? >> 24-17. >> reporter: 24-17? >> yes, 9ers. >> reporter: what's the reason? >> i don't know. it's hard to tell on playoff games. you know, just depends on which teams show up that day and how they do. i think the 9ers are on a roll. >> reporter: a lot of resolve -- >> a lot of resolve, i think that win will serve them well going forward. winning in subzero temperatures when most people don't think you have a chance to survive. i think that will serve them

well in carolina. [ cheers ] >> reporter: we shall see that was paul mc-- mccaffrey. it won'ting as cold -- won't be as cold. for 9ers fans enjoy the win this week. gear up for next week. it will be an early game, 10:00 in the morning our time. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, brian. 9ers now head to north carolina for next sunday's game. you can watch it right here on ktvu channel 2 and as brian mentioned, it's early. kickoff is at 10:00 a.m. happening now, san francisco mayor ed lee is addressing the university of san francisco's annual law enforcement leadership symposium. here's some video from last

year's event. the event co-hosted by the san francisco police department focuses on ethical leadership strategies. the theme this year, a conterm po rarely look into -- contemporary look into violence against women. firefighters are investigating a weekend fire at an abandoned warehouse. >> anybody in here? time to get out? >> this video is excepted to help in the -- expected to help in the investigation. ktvu news spoke to a man who captured the flames on his cell phone moments after the fire started. >> i was documenting it and i heard a noise. i heard somebody talking. when i looked over, i noticed the flames. >> there's still no official word on the cause of the fire. but investigators homeless people had been sleeping inside that abandoned warehouse. 8:38. today in eureka. hundreds are expected to pay final rs to a popular northern california catholic priest.

a funeral for eric freed will be held at the sacred heart in eureka. the father's body was found in the rectory new year's day after he failed to show up for morning mass. gary lee bullock was arrested in connection with his death. police are still trying to determine a possible motive. a best buy customer is warning other customers. his credit card information was stolen when he bought a new cell phone at the vallejo store. jessie diaz says he found out when he tried to use his card at the store. it was declined. someone charged more than $1500 to his card and the manager says the thief was actually the worker who sold diaz his phone. diaz says he now feels betrayed. >> i love the store. when i go in there, i'm gonna trust them. i figure when i go in there, my information is safe and that's not the case. >> best buy will only say

"we're working with local law enforcement. we cannot comment further given this there's an ongoing investigation." investigators say they need the store to come forward with more information. nancy pelosi is scheduled to speak at san francisco's city college today as the school fights to stay open. nancy pelosi's visit comes after a judge bragetted a partial injunction allowing the school to keep its accreditation until a trial can be held. the school was scheduled to lose accreditation in july. a loss of accreditation could force the school to close affecting thousands of students. 8:40. cracking down on google buses the a new plan -- buses. a new plan announced to regulate shuttle buses to silicon valley companies. >> reporter: and jahi mcmath is no longer at children's hospital in oakland. this is where the brain dead teen has spent more than three

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investors are waiting to scrutinize the minutes of the federal reserve's december meeting amid expectations it might accelerate the pace of reducing its monetary stimulus on the back of rising economic momentum. meanwhile, the senate is expected today to confirm janet yellen as head of the federal reserve. she would replace ben bernanke on february 1st. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 46. the nasdaq is down 16. s&p down 2. 78:44. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories -- san francisco police investigating a deadly stabbing. it happened just before 3:30 this morning in the lobby of an apartment building at market and okay tashia boulevard -- octavia boulevard. police sealed off the building during their investigation and questioned witnesses. no word on a possible suspect into also right now, an arctic blast of air is settling in parts of the midwest. places like ohio, wisconsin,

they are dealing with temperatures well below freezing. the cold weather causing thousands of flight delays around the country including here in the bay area. sfo is reporting 46 canceled flights. oakland and san jose airports both have -- have 8. we're fogging a major new development involving the 13-year-old oakland girl declared brain dead last month. jahi mcmath has quietly been released from children's hospital in oakland. alex savidge joining us live now getting us reaction from the head of a medical facility in new york that's stepped forward to help out. good morning, alex. >> reporter: well, the family is ultimately planning to move jahi to a long-term care facility. in all likelihood, it's a place in new york that has said it's willing to accept jahi. doctors declared her brain dead more than three weeks ago. she's remained on a ventilator ever since that time. last night just before 8:00 she was taken from children's

hospital here in oakland by private ambulance. this is video provided to us by jahi's family. you can see a caravan of cars leaving the hospital. because she was legally declared dead, children's hospital had to release jahi to the custody of the coroner's office and the coroner gave the girl to her family. the family's attorney wouldn't talk specifically about where jahi was taken after leaving. who. but the director of the new beginnings center in bedford, new york, says her facility is ready to care for jahi. it's a facility that treats children with traumatic brain injuries and the director says these understands what jahi's family is going through. >> basically he was on full life support and he was in a coma. at one point they talked about taking him off. he would have no quality of life and we believed that he was in there and he did come out of his coma. but it takes time. >> reporter: jahi suffered cardiac arrest following

consill surgery to cure -- consill surgery to cure sleep apnea. they won't name the facility she's going to. the teenager is now having permanent breathing and feeding tubes inserted. those are necessary to take her to a long-term care center and doctors here at children's hospital wouldn't perform that surgery on someone who is legally dead. jahi's uncle says moving the girl out of the hospital is a huge step. >> we're very grateful, very proud, we want to thank everyone that supported us. everyone that stood in our corner. everyone that prayed for us. everyone that helped donate to help make this possible. >> reporter: in a statement, children's hospital oakland said "our hearts go out to the family as they grieve for this sad situation and we wish them closure and peace." even though a number of doctors here declared jahi brain dead, her family believes once she's at a long-term care center, she

can make a full recovery. live this morning in oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:47. at this hour, a man ploo pleaded guilty to slapping a toddler who was crying is due in court. joe hundley pleaded guilty in october after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. he now faces a year in jail and $100,000 fine for the incident that happened a year ago. and prosecutors say hundley used a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old boy who is african-american. they say hundley hit the child in the eye during a flight from minneapolis to atlanta. 8:48. they have to pay or they have to go. that's a very emotional message people are sending san francisco's mayor over corporate shuttle buses. pam cook is in the newsroom with more on the flight over the -- fight over the commute in the silicon valley. >> ktvu has learned that ed lee

will announce a pilot program today to address the problems surrounding private shuttle buses using public bus stops. now, google, yahoo!, genentic and other companies have private shuttles to take employees from where they live in san francisco to where they work in silicon valley. people who drive on the freeways, appreciate there are fewer cars on the road. people living in san francisco, especially in the mission district and the marina, they are not happy about the buses. they say the shuttle buses disrupt regular public service by using muni stops and they also point out that drivers of regular passenger cars can be fined $271 for stopping at a bus stop but the shuttles are using them for free. now, on my facebook page, i just heard from one person who lives in the maria. she says she would like to see improvements in the relationship between the shuttle operators in the city. she would like them to work together ba -- but she states in addition to the muni stop, some of the shuttles often

create their own stops on very small streets that are not designed for shuttles and buses. now, again, ktvu news has learned a new pilot program will be announced today by mayor ed lee. that will require the shuttle operators to pay to use the muni bus stops. it may also include restricted hours to drop off and pick up passengers. we'll be following that story throughout the day. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, pam. ten minutes before 9:00. speaking of commuting, trying to get to work. let's check in with sal. see if there are trouble spots on the road. the sunol grade at the bottom, there's still slow traffic getting there. it's not as bad as the traffic on 880. i j -- i just spotted this. northbound 880 is pretty slow past the oakland coliseum. i think we have a live picture of this. i think it's there. northbound 880. slow traffic as you come up towards high street. let's go to steve. all right, stall. a lot of high clouds over us, made for a great sunrise and

temperatures, still easterly breeze for some, especially in san francisco. they've been in the upper 40s, 50. some areases had the 30s. for us it's a lot of high and mid-level clouds. a good ban right there will give us -- give us cloudy skies for a while. that will hold temperatures down a little bit. not as warm as yesterday even with the offshore breeze. 30s, 40s to 51. the -- just literally cold temperatures. these are current temperatures. 15 below chicago i mean really, really cold, windchills 30 to 50. there are windchill advisories for i think 27, 34 states flirting with them. it's just amazing, 20, 30, 40. there were 60 below for a few locations in minnesota. rain on top of snow for part of the northeast, that will turn back to snow. the arctic pront front is pushing in -- front is pushing in. a lot of that is snow to the east of york and boston. 50 in monterey. just saw a tweet from somebody

who said it's the best morning in pacific grove i've had in a long time. a lot of high and mid-level clouds. we'll see partly sunny, hazy skies. a couple of systems moving into the north of us. end result will be a few more clouds. a cooler week and more of a westerly breeze after today instead of the easterly breeze we're getting right now. 60s, low, mid, upper. i think the higher clouds will hold back 3, 5 degrees. if not, we'll be setting records. low 60s, mid-60s for many. this will probably be the warmest day of the week. we'll see a cooler pattern on tuesday. mostly sunny, partly cloudy. thursday looks cloudy. system to the north. a little cooler but still dry as we go into the weekend. forery, we may see his -- toeshry, we may see history made today.

the investigation continues into the cause of a deadly high rise fire in new york city. one person was killed. several others injured. midtown manhattan yesterday morning. several firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation after battling the flames. investigators will be on the scene all day -- all day trying to determine the cause. andrew cuomo will announce this week that medical marijuana is coming to new york state. but several major restrictions will be included.

only 20 new york hospitals would have medical marijuana throughout the state. and it would be only for very ill patients. lawmakers in washington, d.c. get back to work today with some unfinished business. the senate is set to vote today on president obama's pick to head the federal reserve. 67-year-old janet yellen is currently the vis chair. she was president of the san francisco federal reserve bank from 2004 to 2010. yellen will be the first woman to chair the bank. she's set to replace ben bernanke at the end of the month. 8:56. the tv ratings are in now and you watched the 49ers yesterday, yesterday's playoff game in green bay had the highest rating in history for an nfc wild card game. that's according to dan bell. he's the vice president of communications for fox sports. the 49ers/packsers showdown --

packers show had a 44 share nationwide. the ratings for the bay area have not come out. that game was right here on channel 2. we know it was huge. >> down sot last second. >> yeah. let's check in with sal one more time. i'm getting you were watching the 9ers yesterday. just a guess. >> no. i was at my book club there, tori. [laughter] >> no, i was. i was watching. sorry. my voice is still kind of gone. let's take a look at what we have. traffic will be busy at this late hour on 880 northbound, you can still see some slow traffic approaching high street. it gets better after 23rd. i want to mention the bay bridge toll plaza is light. i want to mention we go to the oakland city streets at 73rd and garfield in east oakland there is a crash after a pursuit by oakland police. it's a good area to avoid. 73rd and garfield. there may be one suspect

outstanding in the area. it's a good area to avoid. let's go to steve. a lot of high cloud. i think we'll see cloudy to mostly cloudy in the morning and then partly sunny by the afternoon. a little cooler but still mild monday, tuesday. no rain. back to near normal on the temperatures as we look ahead to the end of the week and the upcoming weekend. >> it is what it is. >> that's right. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to watch us at noon for more on the developments in the jahi mcmath case. we're always here for you at ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us. have a great day.

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