. a veteran officer is mistakenly shot to death, the operation they were both involved in. we are live in berkeley where several residence have been displaced, i just spoke to the bit tall beyond -- brat tall beyond -- battalion chief, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. complete bay area news continues. this good morning, and welcome -- good morning and

welcome back we are outside bart police headquarters and it is a some somber day as they mourn the death of police detectives, we have team coverage on this story yesterday morning, it is wednesday we have mostly cleaver skis each is it -- it is still above average but cooler than the last few days. 10:00 takes us to thursday afternoon and even fire concerns takes us to mendocino and walnut creek 4 5.5 moon bay 35 and it's cold and we will have hazy skies and sunny and warm again. just some patchy fog and we

have the santa cruz coast and we have no problem warming up, we have 70s, here is sal. we are looking at a commute which is slowly and he steady ramping up. now the drive time so far from 208 to the #0 submit. at the pay prim. we still have less than 15 minutes across the bridge right now. >> bart has 5 to 10 minute delays and 062, let's go back to the desk. new -- 6:02 let's go back to the desk. bart had an accidental shooting death. thomas smith is the first bart police officer killed on duty. he was a 20 year veteran and he was killed by a fellow officer during a probation search in

dublin and he leaves behind a wife who was also a police officer and daughter. he gains our -- begins our coverage where the deadly shooting happened alex? >> we are live in dublin, this is where that veteran officer was shot to death by one of his own partners and it all happened yesterday. it is a group of officers and all of them were searching a unit here in connection with a robbery case. and after they entered the apartment, one officer mistakenly fired that shot. tom smith was hit by the bullet and died a short time later art the hospital. the san francisco chronicle identified the officer who shot him. michael maze, a 10 year

officer and they are looking into whether he accidentally fired his gun or it many to go off, whatever the circumstances are, that officer is in an incredible amount of pain. >> he is devastated and this was certainly not his intent and you can only imagine the heartbreak he has at this time. >> the apartment those officers were searching yesterday belongs to a suspected robber who was in custody but officers were going to that apartment to search the place. if they entered and they were worried somebody may have been inside the unit. now yesterday, sergeant smith's body was taken and said

everybody connected, everybody is grieving the first on duty death of a police officer. live this morning in dublin, ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are grieving sergeant thomas smith, he was a well respected officer with 20 years experience and they are at bart headquarters this morning with more on what fellow officers are saying this morning. >> reporter: office remembers coming into work with heavy hearts and there are grieve counselors on hand to help them cope with the loss of their brother. this is you tube video from curly smith talking about 'investigation he was involved with. he has a young daughter and he said smith was a great father,

great uncle and great husband. he is married to another officer kelly smith and they are completely number with grieve. they described him as the nicest person with a gruff exterior but he had a gentle soul and a smile that would light up the room. he declined to answer any questions. >> we ask that every one give us a chance to catch up and allow -- catch up and allow us to grieve and we will being to an update. motorcycle officers led the caravan to the alameda coroner's office. we are told it includes the brother with the alameda sheriff's office and a brother

with the police department. they are expected to say more this morning, reporting live from oakland, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. and an independent auditor said, they have made significant improvements. they originally said the police department lacked sufficient training an had outdated policies and poor oversight. however a second audit praised him for comprehensive training. stay with us here on ktvu channel 2 morning news and also online for continuing coverage about the bart shooting. bart and the alameda sheriff's office is expected to hold a news conference later today and we will cover that and we have created a place on our facebook wall where you can post your

couldn't don't lapses. an early morning fire has posted something happened with that apartment building. people have been left out in the cold. >> reporter: you can see to my right some displaced residents and the red cross arrived to provide some food, blankets and some coffee after an early morning fire destroys one apartment and two others. they are mopping up as we like to say but the fire is out. i just stroke to the battalion chief who said the fire started on the 3rd floor and the battalion chief said the residents who called 911 said they noticed a television was on fire and now there are several residents evacuated. >> we got woken up by the

firefighters and they came out and we had seen flames coming out the door. >> reporter: now at this point berkeley said six people have been displaced and two other apartments to the side that were caught on fire were also damaged and luckily nobody else was hurt this morning, brian floor resident ktvu channel 2 morning news. they were crashed in this year's test. the insurance ins to you a, the chevy spark was rated acceptable and that's the highest grade by any subcontact, that is the highest rating. and it is expected today and the national highway safety

administration is likely to propose a requirement that children be protected from inside impact crashes and officials say most that are killed and hurt in accidents and stop like a stop sign or a traffic light. after 160 years, a school is going coed and some don't like it. they wore black to protest the change and they are calling for the campus to remain an all girl's school and some are saying going coed is necessary due to falling enrollment. some classes are already coed. the what they are saying the two coming from east oakland. details for the suspected

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. welcome back, disturbing new information about the response to last november's shooting rampage at lax. two police officers broke protocol when they took a break and left their post without telling a dispatcher. they were outside terminal three when the gunman went in and killed a tsa act. they show those who don't have guns fled the screening area without hitting the panic button and police were notified 90 minutes later. vladimir puntin is speaking by phone with president barack obama and u.s. is offering full help and there is concerns the games will be a target for terror attacks and they

received an e-mail writ then uggs and -- russian an english threatening the games. he threat of terrorism does not seem to be discouraging people from going to sochi. only one person canceled and that was because of emergency surgery. >> people who are going to the games are committed to be there. it's not a spur of the moment trip. they have planned ands pay thed and of correct anticipated and off -- anticipated and they are committed to going and they have heeded the warnings. >> they have warning americans who are going to the olympics to be cautious especially when using public transportation. and today, a santa clara supervisor is accused of misusing money and is due to

face a judge. george is charged with falls impress nation. the new charge he is come from a communist flag. they are serving a year after pleading guiling to miss misusing funds. and entering the race, he grew up in ohio and moved to california in 1998 and finally an arrow space engineer before becoming an inn crest. banker. he has never run for office before and he said his focus would be creating jobs and fixing schools. now at this point, the only other candidate is republican

assembly and no other didn't democrat is now on damage control. this is just moments before they beat them in the nfc championship game. and he hadand he regrets the age any -- angry words used. >> mostly i regret the storm afterwards, the way it was covered and the way it was perceived and the attention it took away from the fantastic performances of my teammates. >> erin andrews was holding the microphone and she said it was bizarre and highly entertaining. >> harbaugh sounded positive during his final news conference of the season and he said in the final drive on

sunday considering the defensive alignment, collin kaepernick called the right play when he called the back to crab -- called the back to crabtree in the end zone. >> i thought it was played superbly by the staff and it was a great year of football with a capital g. >> the cleveland browns wants to interview hit or have an increase to his $5 million deal. i want to talk traffic, thanks are thanks -- things are changing and now things are getting more business and you can see for yourself, the drive

times have gone up and it is still taking time and you will be waiting at the toll plaza for about 10 minutes and that will double your drive time for 10 minutes getting into the city unless you happen to be in the carpool lane and unless you are on highway 24, i want to check out the drive times and let's see, seven roads and it is quite particular, 101 and 208, dumbarton also look good on the way over to the valley, 6:19 i almost forgot, steve there is the interstate looking well getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. very good morning, we had some records here, 68, the old mark was 67, and salina further

south, we keep going south and it is 84 degrees our records, what about today, calm field will be close and right there, 67 only a couple of years ago, gilroy 72 and it would tie a record going back to 1989. it will not even be close, the record 76 last -- 67 last year that than is nor day of ten in a row and there will will be a heal change and that will be friday morning and we have some cloudy skies and then it is out of the picture and the weekend we start to warm up, tomorrow later tonight and tomorrow we focus on a red flag danger 20s

for some, 30s and 40s upper 40s in san francisco and it is bone chilly, well below zero, look at the national temperatures 30 in new york, 10 in washington and everybody is just really cold. our system is don't but another one is on the way and we are going over the west coast ridge more snow and more cold and for us temperatures are way above average, some patchy fog, afternoon temperatures 60s and 70s and probably upper 60s and 70s will cover most of the spread, that would tie a record, walnut creek brently, livermore, low 70s in the south bay, 73 degrees f-upper 70s and

nearly 68. thank you steve, more people are applying more mortgages and it dropped from 5 to% and that's down a 10th of a% since mid-november. it jumped from people and we have a quicken loan where quick will give a pill beyond dollars for any tournament game. there is no record anybody has ever done that and the odds are apparently 1 and 9 and they will give it out to the 20 contestants -- contestants who come closest. they will have to refinance or buy a home. >> pam, i want a million dollars. >> won that be nice? >> yes. >> a meant storm pounding the east coast this morning, how

much snow will some city fit. >> a warm welcome and hear from passengers who just reached dry land today. oñ

. welcome back, 6:25 is the time and they are expected to appear in federal court. it started and burned 9,000 acres. three people are accused of illegally setting a fire and could face up to five years in prison. those trapped in the icy water of antarctic are finally back at home. their rescue received worldwide attention and ships original went to rescue them, eventually they were placed on an awe stalian ice breaker. we were comfortable with a

wellee -- equipped ship and we were there longer than expected. meantime there were arguments about who would faye for the big rescue and the estimated price tag is as much as 2. $1 million. and charges a bus to use muni bus stops. those linked in from yahoo google and other tech companies pick up and drop off every day and right now they don't pay for bus stops but they are looking to charge them a dollar a day and they are looking to limit the amount they can use. they have six months to work out the details and an 18 month trial would start in july.

how happened and map we learned. an officer is mistakenly shot and killed by his own partner in the operation they were involved in.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. live in new york, city harvest ringing the bell in new york this morning and of course a lot of food banks and organizations are really in need of help especially this time of year and donations are down and we want to talk about the markets just for a second here, it looks like a good opening for the dow jones industrial average and it is already started up a little bit. a lot of talk about the federal reserve and their actions that might drive interest rates up and we will keep an eye on that. we will smile and say good morning to you, middle of the

week, wednesday january 22nd, i am dave clark. >> time now 6:30 and steve paulson has the weather and it is about the same. >> thank you pam and dave, it is cold out there, not too bad for others, and fire watch up, red flag warnings goes into thursday afternoon and we have a lot of low 30s and and after moon bay 35 and what is new, it is temperatures get warmer and we are allowed to settle for low 70s and again it does not amount too much and if you like it, you will like today as well. it is getting more crowded out there let's look at the drive time across the bridge which remains, you will be

waiting at the toll plaza for 15 and it's taking a half hour to complete the trip and it is taking some time between silver avenue, a little less than 5 minutes and if you are driving on the peninsular let's go pack to the desk. yesterday's accidental shooting where a bart police office was accidentally killed. they want to no why he shot and killed a fellow officer. details from bart are expected later today. 42-year-old sergeant thomas smith is the first bart police officer killed on duty. the 20 year police veteran leaves behind a wife who is also a police officer and a 6-

year-old daughter. alex savage has more on where this den shooting occur. >> we are trying to figure out how it happened involving several bart police officers they were all wearing bullet- proof vests in connection with a robbery case. they entered with their guns drawn and one officer mistakenly fired that fatal shot. 42-year-old thomas smith was hit and died a short time later. they identified the man who shot him as michael maze, a ten year veteran of the force they

are trying to figure out if he meant to fire his gun or if it somehow accidentally went off. >> well, that will be part of the investigation to find out if this was an accidental discharge or was this a target miss identification situation and we will try to figure out what happened and the circumstances that led up top it. >> sergeant's smiths body was escorteded pie police motorcade. >> it belongs to a suspected robber a man already in custody, still they entered with guns drawn after finding the front door unlocked and they feel he may have been hiding somewhere inside and they are offering some more details in yesterday's shooting which happened here in dublin

at some point. live in dub dublin. >> they say he was a well respected p.m. officer and husband. coming up, we will have much more about officer smith and the family he leaves behind. it was the second in the city in less than 24 hours. reporter tara moriarty is where it happened last night, tara? >> reporter: well, chp said they spotted a gun on the suspect which forced them to shoot. this started off as a routine traffic stop but things turned badly quickly. that the near chp and things he is call lasted when a passenger

got out of the suv and ran. police attacked the suspect and the suspect was armed and that's when officers were forced to pull out their guns and shoot. the driver sped away in a newer model red and white paper plates and we did speak to a neighbor who didn't want to appear on camera and he says he has noticed an increase in presence ever since they brought in an increase in chp. they are together their jock and pulling a lot of people over. >> reporter: earlier they shot and killed a testify a suspect. he was shot in the paw and the canine is expected to be making a full recovery.

we are waiting for another supplement date from oakland police. live in oakland, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. a federal monitor says oakland police are struggling to make needed reforms. they have regressed in reviewing use of force by officers and they are not making satisfactory increases. a federal monitor has been seeing mandated reforms in response to a scandal over police brutality. and they are finding out about more information about how they are affiliated with the san jose that. was ordered to rescue but he was ordered to cope after going through an appeal's

process after his conviction came up during a background check. >> i went through a legal process went down to l.a. and sat in with a meeting with them and they indicated it was okay and i was very forward about it because i have been forward through my whole process and i went straight to them first before anything came up. >> well, the that. come first and think of toughened their policy until complaints from a -- in response to complaints from parents. no official word on what information the governor will leave us while balancing the state budget while at the same time earning budget restraint.

now we will stream the governor's remarks live this morning on www.ktvu.com. hillsberg, now the first city to end act mandatory water restrictions and the city council declared a water shortage and intention is to cut water by 20%. they can only water every other day and people in hillsberg with not water their cars. more on the increases being considered and how you can make comments about it. we are live in oakland where we are at bart police headquarters where officers are mourning the loss of one of their own and we will tell you more about the fall leap officers killed in the line of duty. and a crash may be responsible for more than 2000

people now the without power in san rafael and we will update that situation coming up. plus they are dealing with 5 to 10 consecutive highs and we will have more coming up.

. welcome back time now 6:42,

shooting death of a police officer is the first time in history that an officer was killed in the line of duty. live outside bart headquarters, telling us how they remember their friend. >> it is going to be a difficult day, we are here near headquarters and we are just did see the police chief arrive just a short time ago and they asked the media to give them some time to grieve. we have detective sergeant thomas smith from early last year talking about an investigation he was involved in and smith's brother tells us he was 42 years old and has a young daughter. he was a great father and great officer and he is married to kelly smith, another bart officer and colleagues are in disbelief. smith was the nicest person and

he had a gruff exterior and a gentle soul and a smile that would light up the room. he made a brief statement but declined to answer questions. >> my condolences go out to the entire bart family and bart district. >> reporter: motorcycle officers led the car haven't transporting his body to the alameda coroner's office. smith comes from a family of law enforcement and a brother with newark police. bart police and the sheriff's department are expected to say more this morning and i do have a call into the bart's spokesperson to find out more information about what is planned. live from oakland, janine della

vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. we have more information where you can post your condolences. this is what drivers are dealing with in boston where 10 inches of snow are already on the ground. governors in delaware and new jersey, they have declared a plunk pushing the windchill below zero in some areas. you are already seeing foot of snow on the roads, parts of new york city have the 6 to 0-inch the and are now talking 5 inches for the 10 boroughs. >> many placeswere closed but schools a cross the east coast

are closed today. nationwide passengers are stranded across the count trip and today almost 900 flights are canceled including 128 on jet blue and more than 200 on american airlines. the storm also grounded flights at newark's la guardia airport where the snow fall broke records. if you are flying today, it is always a good idea to check ahead, several departing flights are canceled this morning. time now 6:46 despite the snow, thousands are expected to still take part in the march for life in washington d.c. and this year though there is as march and users who cap be in washington d.c. they can post a past march for life to show

support. the theme this year is adoption. and the golden gate bridge district is holding another meeting on the possibility of raising tolls. now the bridge district isp holding as high as 18. tonight 'meeting begins at the petaluma community center and begins in san francisco. higher tolls could go into effect as early as '. time now 647, sal, the roads hook heavy and we are going to the maps on southbound 101, the problem is the crash with one of the vehicles took out a power pole and an area here is without power about

2500 customers are without power in this area because of that crash, southbound 101, the drive times went the lane mockers and 57:84 -- 584 speak of blockage, they have almost doubled the commute. and total time getting into san francisco, interstate 880 looks good and now let's go to steve. >> thank you, we have clear skies, patchy fog, temperatures are starting often really cold, not that bad, san francisco upper 40s and you can take your drama mean. slow down, understanding right

where you need to see, it was very, very drive. i top see anything here where we don't get a tenth of an inch of rain but next week looks dry and right now it is extremely bad and we are in the extreme category and that tells you everything you need to know. there are the clouds and i am pushing them out of the way. they will have lows backtracking from nevada and sunny hazy today and then breezy and we pick up a north wind may be a little drizzle and a fire watch up into

mendocino county and a lot of 30s are around and it's just continuing no change here, brutally cold, not as cold as yesterday, there is another arctic blast on the way and look how far south, atlanta 18, new orleans 36, officially a foot of snow and newark airport all set records for snow fall, it is finally moving out and 12 to 18 fell and here comes the next system, it will 5:00 behind that. we have warm conversations. am temperatures are chose to where they have been, walnut creek, oakland, 66 alameda, 76

santa cruz, i think you get the idea, upper to lower mid-60s for some, temperatures are way above average, breezy thursday and cleared out by saturday, back to warm on sunday. >> thank you steve, 6:50 is the time, the mavericks have the next am one. what the mayor of top dash what the mayor of toronto did.

. welcome back, we want to take a look at the big board, the numbers are dropping once again, economic news, earnings and also interest rates, kind of concerning a lot of investors, dow jones industrial average down 33 points right now. target will droplets health insurance coverage starting april 1st. the discount retailer will pay $500 a year to people who are losing coverage and it will hire them to sign up for new plans under the affordable care act. trader joes has made similar plans. they have a trademark on

the word carry. condition tie crush has been down holded more than 3 billion times. back in hot water new video showing some bizarre behavior. brash [inaudible] you are trying to tell me -- >> this was posted on you tube, it shows mayor ford talking in a jamaican accent cursing ansleying his words and mayor ford admitted that video is of him and he said he did drink a little. he said he stopped drinking after admitting he used crack cocaine and he has refused to resign as mayor and will run

for re election. while he is is in tee c and the two mayors will mentor young people in a big brothers and young sills terrible's program -- scissors -- sisters program. now for a story you will only see on 2, oakland business leaders are opening up with a new ballpark for the oakland a's. it was a letter sent to the port of oakland and is signed by five prominent leaders including john knots and douglas boxer, the son of barbara boxers. they layed out plans for the oakland water front. >> this is is for disowning and

that zone -- zone is pretty far along. >> and the wolf said publicly that he is not a fan of this. oop the words pest surface, it indicates they are bick and going to be even bigger mixing up with the tides over the next couple of days. >> we are trying to tie it so that the biggest waves hit during the contest windows and that's the expectation the peak of the swells will hit as it is battling right now. >> it could be up to 40 feet

tall. spectators will not be allowed to watch on the beach or on the bluffs but you can watch from a nearby hotel. team coverage of the first on actuality death of the hiss trisurrounding this accidental shooting. we will have more news weather and traffic, stay right here with us.

a veteran b.a.r.t. police officer mistakenly shot to death by one of his partners during a search of an apartment here in dublin. we'll tell you what investigators say led up to this shooting. a story we've been following since 4:30 this morning. an early-morning fire in downtown berkeley forced dozens of people from their homes. the chp investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in oakland. the second in the city in less than 24 hours. and a power outage in marin county. find out what caused it and what it is doing to traffic nearby. "mornings on 2" starts