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. now at noon, jahi mcmath has been safely transferred to a new facility, the new details we just learned about the transfer after undergoing a procedure about a month ago. and they are investigating the first homicide of the year after a deadly stabbing. the clues they are using to help them solve the case. dozens of canceled flights,
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because of the weather, we will show you what is going on, on bay area flights. . good afternoon, we begin with breaking news where the fbi just announced an arrest at the chinese consulate. the fbi made the arrest less than 15 minutes ago. he is 39-year-old fang, but there is no motive behind the attack. the fbi says a device fueled by gas was detonated at the consulate and nobody was hurt in the fire and the lobby was damaged. jahi mcmath has been declared brain dead and here is more on her transfer. we just heard from the mcmath
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family attorney, good afternoon brian. we just heard from the attorney as well as jahi mcmath's uncle. they say jahi mcmath was successfully transferred from children's hospital to this new care facility and they are relieved she made it. this is video of a large group of cars. jahi mcmath left and was attached to a ventilator and not a feeding tube but jahi mcmath has been taken to a facility where she is being treated and the transition to this new facility was tense. >> she is being given antibiotics that were growing in her while laying in the bed and she is being given
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nutritional support and essential supplements such as potassium and minerals to help balance out her blood which that have been off when they would not help her. >> reporter: she was transferred to a facility where she will get the care she needs and a plane that had been available to them was not used. she was transferred by car only. her uncle said, jahi mcmath's mother is with jahi mcmath right now and the family has been welcome with open arms at this new facility and there is obviously more to this story including that they have received several threats from people and we will have more on her condition, coming up at 5:00 and 6:00.
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ktvu channel 2 morning news. this heartbreaking case began when she went in for surgery. she suffered serious complications and doctors declared her brain dead. a judge issued a restraining order to keep the hospital from taking her over the ventilator. they also extended that to help the family move her to a new facility. she has been transferred from the coroner to the care of her mother. tara moriarty tells us what clues investigators have to go on. >> police found a man in his 20s stabbed to death in the lobby of this apartment building building, and officers conducted a cold show, simply
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to a bring of possible suspects they even noticed it putting in a string of witnesses with a parked police car. >> they noticed there was some information and that's why we are doing it. >> the building was on lockdown until this morning. police steeled off every exit and combed hallways for evidence. no word on whether police took evidence into custody. there isthere is a surprising new development in the case of the girl who committed suicide after an alleged sexual assault after three teenage boys. now one of the boy's defendants 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
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response from audrey potato's parents. and a crash, it happened just far from the east mount area, two were arrested and found inside and the people who live there say it was quite a shock. >> i was asleep and all of a sudden i have heard a big bang. i don't know if it was an earthquake or if jesus was coming back but it really took me up and shook the whole house up. >> reporter: for the second time in this -- for the second time this has happened. police tried to pull a car over for speeding on eastbound near the orinda exit around 3:00 a.m. the driver led them before
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crashing a car into the light pole. the san francisco police department and others are joining forces to enforce the symposium. today's theme focused on domestic violence and mayor ed lee and district attorney george gascon is there. >> we are now into the 40th, month and we announce we want to turn this from 400 months to hold 14 month. it didn't quite take a turn, it happened on the intersection of castro street. the truck appeared to have --
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have more to it than they saw. and efforts to cut back on school spending is a false economy that will actually end up costing the nation more in the long run. >> nothing brings more money to the treasury, the public treasury than the education of the american people. >> pelosi's visit comes as they fight for accreditation amidst a lot of problems and they gave them a preliminary injunction until they came through. and people signed up for california's health exchange to pay their first premium and now that deadline has been extended. they are he can ten being and
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in the last of it, they increased now and since it is taking longer and the deepak kalpoe decision will hold and republicans are willing to extend the benefits but they want to offset the cuts elsewhere and democrats reject that. >> are you looking for a way to offset the unemployment benefits? >> we have never offset emergency spending. it is foolishness. >> what i have hallways said, it is a need to create something new to create job and the question is on the table
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whether or not to extend jobless benefits. they are addressing the problem surrounding private shuttle buses using bus stops. google and antigen net technical -- janet knicks, -- general genetics, now they are requiring them to pay and it may require restricted hours. a man feels betrayed after he used his best buy credit card there it was declined when he tried to use it and charges showed up on his bill for items he did not buy. he complained to the store's general manager and he was told he was not the only victim.
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>> he snows and there are several other cases pending the same associate. >> a personal employee stole information from him and they released a statement saying quote, we are working with local law enforcement and we and we are working with this ongoing and how the freezing storm is affecting in testify of the pay area. meanwhile bay area's strike teams are helping to fight a major fire and where else officials are warning about heightened fire dangers today.
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. the nation is in a deep freeze with forecasters saying it will be below in chicago and they are expected to be minus 13 with windchills up to minus 50. minneapolis and many other cities have similar forecasts and schools are closed and people have been told to stay home from work. they have dough employed the national guard.
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>> this continues to be a dangerous winter storm and hop just need to it be there for people to stay home tad such the first time. the may have of up yap has declared it illegal to drive before noon for emergency purposes. those trying to fly cans lakes are -- cancellations are widespread and having an impact in the bay area. joining us live, janine will let us know what is happening. >> reporter: all three bay area cancellations and here. let's go go to the latest numbers. ever 0 depart being flights,
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there have why 50 delays. >> reporter: all over they were filled with weary travelers. >> my granddaughter is trying to get to washington d.c. >> we need to get to little rock by tuesday. >> but they are connect being flights, and they were canceled this morning because today oh they are trying to get home. >> we are tired of being here so the kid are really unhappy. >> reporter: there has been more than 3500 cans sended flights -- canceled flights nationwide. flights had no other choice but to wait to see if they could be rebooked. >> it has been inconvenient.
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and indianapolis, boston and jam f k. some thought delayed passengers would be better. >> yesterday he was there for an hour and they canceled the flight and told him to come here to get this flight this morning and he was canceled again. >> reporter: many trying to get to the midwest were stranded for another day. >> he is going from dallas to miami. >> cans lakes are varied but numbers, january -- janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. we have our meteorologist with bay area temperatures which are likely to stay warm
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and dry through the middle of the month. it is the dryest for middle of the year and there is not the hard to time and the drought in 1 the 7 -- 1977 produced one of the most severe droughts in history. >> however it is not proof of global warming but this is behavior indicative of it. >> there was a powerful storm from hawaii hitting the bay area and he said it could still happen during the strike team and they actually borned about 350 acres and it is 40% contained and the strike leader says it is rare to be fighting
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fires this time of year. and thereand there is a warning of an onslaught of gusty conditions and he is warning of red flag warnings. the national weather service is predicting hire winds and there are extra resources for a bus there. we have record highs from the count trip yesterday and we had our nose buried with some of the observations in illinois and chicago took off, it is 12 below and we have a lot of high cloud oh us. high high clouds, i think just
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imagine, these are current temperatures, not lows. 15 below windchills, 42 below in green bay and those are current 2:00 temperatures and it is just amazing anywhere from 15 to about 50 below so i mean just record-setting and the rain is falling on top of the snow and boston is about to handle it and it is colder air and they are looking for 14 and you can see the surge of arctic air right there. they are beginning to work its way in for the last 7 to 10 days. 40s moot tip the break through and it is underneath the ridge of high pressure and forecast models are not showing that now. they have been doing that for the last four months.
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high clouds, mostly cloudy, a few high clouds and systems are moving into the north. it will be cooler this week and that offshore breeze, a lot of 60s, it is eastly and highs will come town and when it is 72 is january and the rest of the week and there is no seen of any -- sign of any rain. >> the current temperatures are 10 and 12 below. and now there is an exciting last second win over the green bay packers. it is good. san francisco moves on and it is a win here. >> still with a kickback, get
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that 33-yard field goal and they won 23-20, ice-cold game with no sleeves in this he can eitherring play over game. >> collin kaepernick, we can all agree this is not his first time doing this. >> it got colder and colder as the game went on. next sunday, 49ers will have much warmer weather when they head to play the panthers and they can watch and it is live for you, kickoff is at 10:00 and we will have game -- and a mysterious crop circle, we are
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today the men's warehouse is based in fremont, they raised their offer to buy bank clothessers. they were made directly to shareholders and the new offer is more than the last offer and is set to expire on march 28th march 28th. the new bid signals a new stage in the take over battle that began last year. the mystery of an unusual crop circle that appeared in monterey county has been solved. the circle resembles a computer chip and now they admit it was a publicity stunt. inside, it was writ then braille and that's because the new chip for tablets in smart phones contains graphic applications and video unfailed it and the information is now in loss veiling gas.
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an arrest in a fire intentionally set last week outside san francisco's chinese consulate. we are working to learn more about the suspect and we will have the very latest for you at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thanks for watching and have a great day.
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