. now at noon embattled leyland yee is facing charges of gun trafficking and bribing. there are other co-defendants who also appeared in court. and we are tracking possible thunderstorms and how much rain we can get. plus new details about the plane that crashed back in july. what the ntsb is saying about

the plane's warning system. >> complete news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news. good afternoon, i am torii campbell. suspended leyland yee charged with accepting bribes and a cash for guns scheme and dealing with one of the most notorious gang leaders. here is what the senates attorney had to said. >> reporter: he made a brief court appearance roughly around 9:30 a.m. and he did not enter a plea and was told to return to court later next week. this is leyland yee leaving the courthouse into an awaiting car. the state senator deferred all comments through his attorney and he remains free on a

$500,000 bond and there was a plea and he secured the money to back the bond and that money agreed on both sides would come from leyland yee's property. he would not comment on how his client is holding up. >> it calls into question what took so long if they thought there was wrongdoing on his part, why did it take three years it calls into question federal law enforcement resources it raises a question about this and is it fair to the public? >> leyland yee faces bribes for

cash and the 137 affidavit met with undercover fbi agents trying to secure for medical marijuana advocates and it all started back in 2011. he briefly touched upon his defense for his client. >> it is always a defense we have to consider and we have to look at the evidence before we can comment on that. >> another key player is raymond ciao and his hearing was postponed until wednesday. now as for leyland yee he will return to court and he will expect them to render an indictment and he is expected to plead not guilty and he rendered some come minutes all state senators that are involved should step down and he made those comments

recently. live, brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. new details about the crash the airline now claims that the boeing triple 7 did not have adequate systems to warn them about their air speed. it came with a filing of the ntsb and they admitted their air crew failed to monitor it just before it hit a sea wall. after a short break, the wet weather has returned and you can see from our live camera out towards the bay bridge, steve paulson is tracking the rain and something else, a possible thunderstorms, steve. yes, marin county and back to sonoma, there is a line off san mateo coast, it started raining in danville and our system is raining on shore and we will get the front and the low coming in later tonight into tuesday and early wednesday and you can see right

there north, stretching about to the west of santa rosa, it is starting to rain and that line that is forming, you can see it is almost about the marin headlines and right off the coast, that is going to swing in and that will be very intense and i will not be surprised if i get more lighting. there are some pockets where i am getting some moderate rain even to the north, this is a cold system so there can be some low snow levels and we are talking about rain totals and we'll see how long this will last. you can track the rain with our weather app. just get it right on your smart phone or tablet. despite that, there are still more threats over the heightened fire danger and that is cal fire beating the ranges

and starting today they will hire many new firefighters in its sonoma and napa fire unit. hiring typically begins in mid- may and since they have increased the fire risks officials want to be prepared. theythey will be paid for by the state's emergency fund. governor jerry brown is here to discuss the key note address and in the state's meeting of of that area. >> reporter: we spoke with governor brown about how we need to change our ways when it comes to the environment. he was there talking to about 100 people most of them from all over the nation, west virginia missouri texas and just again as soon as the

spring meeting, last year they drove 332 billion miles and it is 93 million to the sun. we need to lower our greenhouse gases not just here in the states but globally. >> all of the major scientist if i can bodies are telling us we are taking grave and catastrophic risks in the way we are doing things. we are checking the weather but we will not be able to change our mind and say okay we can do just that. we are setting in motion the presence of greenhouse gases that will be around for hundreds of years. other than that, i hope you are having a good day. >> a lot of laughs from the crowd there and one of the other big topics was the call fond why, drought -- california drought and people need to

protect the water and it's $100 billion toll rich entry. the goal is tow reduce green how the -- goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. live ktvu channel 2 news. the crash ended inside the building and police said this nissan altima rear-end had a car and hit a car on 17th and telegraph avenue before a crashing into the dog wood bar. five people in the nissan, two women and three men left brody hand prints. another hit-and-run crash left serious damage in the mission district and it

happened around 2:30 on 24th and -- 21 art and folsom. then the driver ran up and ran away while building up expecters work in martinez but now according to martin, it a -- march martinez it appears to be an accident. the two cars were badly damaged but it does not appear to be or some and there is no word on how it started. now continuing coverage on the missing malaysia flight missing flight 307, he refuses to put a time limit on it with search and without luck, it

turned out to be fishing gear. >> we owe it to the families and we owe it to everybody who travels and we owe it to the countries who had citizens on that aircraft and we open it to everybody as they head to perth and they are designed to fly landings. a man reported a mccallum probably -- mccann call probably -- mccalling problem l- - mechanical problem on approach. you can see the emergency vehicles trailing behind it. three people were on board, nobody was injured and people

are trying to beat the dead line foreseeing up for the program -- for signing up for the program and what you still need to know. >> what do you need to sign up this and we will have more on this.

. we are breaking news where a tree limb has fallen an injured somebody. the ranger walls cutting trees when a limb came down and hit him in the head. fire and medics responded to the scene and the extent of the rangers' injuries are not flown as this -- at this time. many last minute enrollees are facing problems trying to enroll. here is more advice to make the end roll. deadline. >> reporter: in the last 30 minutes, california tweeted out they do know their website is slow because so many people are enrolling and the website has actually crashed and they can't get through to talk to an agent

for help. >> hello, i am lebron james, i know how important it is... >> reporter: you may have seen these commercials but so many have seen it and are procrastinating on enrolling. keith winslow is one of them. >> i went through 10:00 a.m. and went through 10:00 p.m. at night and kept getting something saying call back later and it never worked out. >> he wanted to see if insurance was cheaper so he tried again through the website. >> last night i was on for an hour and a half and the system crashed and threw me out 20 times and i kept working it and i am not 100% sure i am in. >> reporter: he and several others showed up to a place to get out. an outreach worker was not

there but was able to answer question. >> which program to look for, what are their deductibles and what amount do they have to reach. >> outreach workers say to keep trying the website and at the least create an online account and fill out the required information paint. if you can't remember that, you must return to the online account or 1% of your household income, whichever is greater ktvu channel 2 morning ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. they continue to remind patients to get tested. the hospital has nearly 200 patients to get tested for hiv, hepatitis and other blood born

diseases and the house equipment is notster liced and is offering it as a precaution. meanwhile, he is on the way to enter the lives of two people killed in the line of duty and fire district engineer left fso early this morning to hold a flag on behalf of bay area firefighters while fight ago 59 alarm building fire and in 2007, boston came here to on in the -- honor the bay area to honor two firefighters who lost in a battle in san pablo. >> i want to show the firefighters of that region our support. >> one 69 boston firefighters

is scheduled for thursday. a crew had to be swept overboard and he was not cited until almost an hour later. the yacht is headed for san francisco in arrays which began 14 days ago off the coast of china. they announced their rearview technology in most vehicles, they will enable drivers to see behind the vehicle to reduce death and injuries resulting from incidents.

>> boy is it cold and windy and we are picking up 30 to 35 and rain is inching closer and there is a good line off the san mateo coast. march has gone out like a big kitty. we had one saturday and we get a good one today and we will take that to april 1st and april 2. up in this area, they are having a line of thunderstorms and they are higher elevations by the coast and that snow level will be taking a big plunge. right off the san mateo coast, right off santa cruz and that might be a little enhanced and you can see the lines from that lightning detection and from

santa maureen county and up on the guysers, this will be a really cold pattern, nothing too heavy but i did see it lighting up around parts of napa county and the overall rain once it starts it can be really steady and when you get the read thats a possibility of thunder showers activity and that stretches southwest of san francisco right off the san mateo santa cruz coast and the front is moving on shore, nothing too heavy for the east bay but it is starting to fill in and i am expecting that to fill in really fast. it's going to be a cold day for some not too much in the way of cloud cover and oakland airport, south/southeast and in advance of that system down towards san jose and southeast, everybody is in the same evening and it will be a blustery day and it should

light up. this will observing cuss our attention on the air that comes in and another possibility of thunder showers. rain to fall will be really good up to two inches or an hour and a half or so. there is going to be feed measured to some of the peaks and it is really windy over some of the passes. you will not get a break and then the second part of it, plenty to look forward to. there one did i. we thought we night -- windy, we thought we might have topped out on some of these temperatures especially up towards points of mendocino county. it is a cold day and after that

it looks sunny and warmer. can ideaings be at it patented over tech giants around using -- arguing patents for apps.

are. traders have been encouraged by janet today and she believes the u.s. job market should be supported by others and the dow jones industrial average is up 138 and nasdaq up 147 and the s&p 500 is up 114. facebook and twitter are arguing a case and it could have a huge impact on the u.s. patent system. they are all friends in the case of alex versus c ls bank international. and it is a question whether the government should issue patents for software where it has not actually been developed. they argue there is a plague of software patents that are overly vague. >> there are hundreds of

thousands of patents of innovative break throughs each year. >> it is protecting jobs and a decision is expected in june. samsung is facing off as apple accused them of technology. samsung infringed on some of their galaxy smart phones. they said apple stole a few of its ideas. coliseum workers are prepare willing for tonight's home opener. it is 75 weather permitting. sunny gray is slated to be the starting pitcher and the first few fans will receive a gold towel. and the giants fans can still attend a free viewing

party at at&t park. we will looking at what dent if any we will get and we are looking at the ones that are still far below average at 5:00. thank up for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for ktvu channel 2 news and weather, you can find us also on facebook. have a great day.

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