about how to cut back pollution emissions. >> when he comes back out of the car he came with his brass knuckles. >> new details are emerging in the hit and run case. the driver who accused of chris culliver of threatening his family is now speaking out. the ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. >> we are live near the fairmont hotel in san jose. it looks like it's a beautiful start to the day. we are being kept pretty far back this morning. that is where the president slept last night and coming up in just about two minutes, ktvu tara moriarty is down there this morning. he'll have more on the president's visit and actions he is taking this morning at a

local walmart. it is friday, may 9th i'm pam cook. >> good morning i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. pam had sunshine today? >> will indeed. there is a lot of low clouds and fog right now. postally cloudy skies. i know the fog horns were sounding last night. and christie says it's foggy in the interrichmond. we have fog to deal with. there will be a lot of cloud cover here and humid. i almost had to put a quarter in the machine to get that graphic to go. mostly cloudy in the morning. mostly sunny by this afternoon. speaking of san francisco starting off kind of mild. 53. we will go 65 for a high.

african sunshine 50s and 60s coast and bay. here is sal. all right we are looking at commute here that is going to be a little tough in some areas. we will start with 237. it is nice. you may want to take advantage of this commute and get up there before the big crowd is. it looks like northbound 101 as we look at the east bay getting into the east bay, there are no major problems driving there. and 680 to danville also a nice looking drive. as we look at the east shore freeway the traffic here is only 19 minutes. and then at the bay bridge toll

plaza the metering lights have gone on. let's go back to the desk. hello california. i love you back. >> california welcomes back president obama. he is in the bay area to continue his push for solar energy. now this issue has become a major point of his presidency. and today he will visit a south bay walmart. tara moriarty is live at the fairmont hotel where the president is waking up this morning. tara has learned new details about what the president is going to talk about. >> >> reporter: we just spoke to a police officer that said this road needs to be cleared by 9:00. the president will speak shortly before 10:00 at a mountain view walmart. the big announcement he is expected to make today is that solar panels have been

installed at the white house. it comes after a fund raising blitz. the president is making his announcement at walmart because it's one of several companies has agreed to boost its use of solar power. and he will be talking about new executive actions that will slash energy bills. >> in all that we are doing with climate change. we know we have more work to do. >> with little hope of push any major legislation through a divided congress, the president is using his pen and phone strategy leading to several new climate initiatives including regulations for curbing emissions at existing power plants. that is due out in june. it is expected to create major

new market now there are expected to be protestors at the walmart rallying for minimum wage. they are angry the president chose walmart as his platform. live in san jose i'm tara moriarty. >> the president's trip to the bay area is drawing both supporters and protestors. some parents brought their children along to witness what they say is history. >> i think he is a brave, courageous man that has a difficult job. our first african american president. i love his wife. >> this political, economic system that we have in place right now is a major machine and it will take a lot to change its direction and it

needs to change now. >> several dozen protestors demonstrated outside of president obama's fundraiser last night. they want the president to reject the controversial keystone pipeline which would transport crude oil from canada to the u.s. gulf coast. we will be live streaming president obama's entire speech this morning. it is scheduled to get started at 9:55 but we'll have coverage before that. you can access that live stream from our at ktvu.com. you can also follow us on twitter and facebook. when firefighters got there the roof was fully engulfed in flames. welcomely to one was all right.

he says the teacher slapped his son. >> grabbed me by my chin like this and slapped me two times in the face. >> fred burg of patterson elementary has been on leave since april 28th. the boy's father claims the teacher slapped the boy because he put a december city mill sign where it should not have been.

we are following a new development involving chris culliver. brian flores is covering the story for us in the newsroom. >> reporter: culliver a defensive player on the field is now on the legal defense off the field. not only facing those hit and run criminal charges but now more trouble faces the 49ers player and character. a family has filed a civil lawsuit claiming culliver threatened them after he followed them from the crash scene. mark santos says he took photos of the confrontation in san jose. santos says his white mustang sideswiped his family black suv after culliver hit the cyclist. he used his suv to block culliver's car in a dead end street. santos' attorney says they talk about high profile athletes should be in a higher standard. >> i think the nfl needs to

take a hard look at the personalities of their players and the people that are associated with the nfl. you've got professional athletes that think they can get away with anything. and really this lawsuit is about accountability. >> santos tells ktvu news that culliver kept threatening his family. back in 2013 before the 49ers were in the super bowl, culliver made homophobic comments but then soon apologized. he not responded to this current lawsuit. in the newsroom brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. a new accident raising new safety concerns that many call one of san francisco's most dangerous intersections. it happened late yesterday afternoon at sunset boulevard in the sunset district. police say a car hit a 21-year- old woman as she crossed the

street. investigators say the driver told police she didn't see the young woman or flashing yellow lights that are supposed to bring traffic to a stop. >> so how does a driver not see the yellow lights flashing? >> i don't know. if they are looking forward to not paying attention. >> the young woman who was injured is expected to survive. three people have been hit while crossing this intersection this year alone. that is leading to demands for safety improvements. now the city has responded. they plan to put up a stoplight sometime next year. a fugitive firefighterrer could be hiding in the santa cruz mountains. coming up the reason he was fired. >> an important new warning for parents the food that could effect the behavior of your children. >> good morning. right now we are still looking at a commute that is very nice in many areas. friday light. but some areas are getting

slow. we'll tell you where that is happening. >> a little bit of a break or two in some of that sun. a lot of fog and clouds means upper 50s to near 60s. we'll take a look at the lows as well as high temps forecasted for this weekend. dog: oh, boy! mattress discounters oh, boy! mattress discounters memorial day sale. what's this? a queen size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497? mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one "roof." comforpedic, icomfort, optimum, and, wow, four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection? don't miss the memorial day sale. ♪ mattress discounters

time is 6:13. two people hurt near los angeles. a car smashed into a bank. the 69-year-old driver lost control of her car yesterday

afternoon in the parking lot of a u.s. bank branch. the car jumped the curb and then smashed right through a glass wall. both the driver and a bank employee were hurt. police say the driver may have had a medical emergency just before that crash. back here at home the civil trial over access to a beloved beach surround way now. martin's beach is part of a 53- acre piece of land about six miles south of half-moon bay. it was a favorite spot for families and surfers for decades but all of that stopped four years ago when the landowner blocked access to the beach by closing the only road leading to the beach because it was on his private property. there had been a lot of lawsuits after that. surfers argue it was a violation of the california coastal act. the landowner has been ordered to testify next week. >> the spca is caring for more than a dozen pets rescued from a filthy house in monterey

county. 16 dogs including four puppies along with two cats were rescued on monday. police say the house wreaked of feces, urine, clothing, and garbage. the animals were covered in flees and had a variety of health problems. on our website at ktvu.com we posted additional photos of the animals and the adoption information so hopefully they will all get a good home. time is 6:15. you heard trix, skittles, kraft macaroni and cheese. all of those have one thing in common. too much food dye. the dye found in foods kids eat could cause problems like hyper activity and attention

disorders. just how much chemicals are in the food is still to be determined. >> we don't know the risks of it. we don't know the long-term research. >> now as much as 41-milligrams can be found in many cereals. you can read the full report for yourself. you can learn more about these foods that made the list. just go to ktvu.com and click on the web links. it is a story that grabbed headlines around the world after a california couple found more than $10 million worth of gold coins buried in their backyard. now the coins will be on display this weekend at the nevada county fairgrounds. the rare coins where are found earlier this year. even though they were buried in the dirt for more than 100 years organizers say they are

in great condition. armed guards will be on hand because of their rare value. so far not bad. i would say i think we are doing okay. i think we are definitely seeing a little bit of a better commute on this friday. let's take a look at for example some of these -- in fact i'm going to get back to where i need to be now. it's not going. let's just go to the maps. traffic in the south bay is doing pretty well. there are no major problems. i'm not sure why it's not going back to where i want it to go. that is just life sometimes. the traffic is moving along very nicely and there are no major problems as with look at the east bay commute. there we go. the east shore freeway carquinez bridge the mccarthur maze traffic is still at 18 minutes. live drive time traffic -- there is the east shore. traffic is looking good. toll plaza is a 20 minute delay. you have a little bit of this

and a little bit of that. i would say it's not completely light but it's better than it was. >> say again, sal. >> it's slightly better than it normally is. >> sounds good to me. a couple great pictures coming in. santa rosa says clear. most locations have fog. the twitter handle we built this city. looking forward san bruno mountain. other locations up in the santa cruz mountains. also a wet fog. clearing is taking place to the north and that is eventually going to win out. morning fog and afternoon sun sun. partly cloudy to mostly sunny. the breeze will pick up though. high pressure will build in on sunday. saturday is kind of transition day. oakland starting off mostly cloudy. 56. we will go 67 for a high today.

everrest herbal -- there is a let bit there -- 40s -- so most are really mild and humidity is way up there. there is not an outrageous breeze or anything but san jose just 53 ukiah. 56 sacramento. there goes our system. high pressure set to build because this system is going to dig. as it does that will fire up the ridge of high pressure. it has to wait until that low does one of these. that almost give us a breezy saturday -- that will give us a breezy saturday. next week is looking hot. today low clouds, drizzle, probably gone. patchy low clouds and fog will give way to sunshine and warmer

temps. especially by sunday. partly sunny, morning clouds, fog. there are a few break there is. temperatures 60s and 70s. again haven't changed much all week. it's been very cold. brentwood, oakley, antioch and warmer.  breezy an saturday and warmer temps monday and tuesday. we have big news from apple. could be on the verge of making its biggest deal ever. there are reports it's buying beats electronics for $3.2 billion. rapper dr. dre and jimmy ivan found beats in 2006 after saying the sound quality was getting worse because of apple ipods. neither company commenting on the report. if you were not hungry

already there are 76 best pizzas ifs. they include 16 restaurants in both san francisco and oakland's rock ridge neighborhood. along with napoletana. >> i'll investigate for us. >> yeah we need to do research. plans to explan the uc berkeley lab. the fears some have over how this will effect the community. >> a u.s. military team due in nigeria today to help find hundreds of girls kidnapped by a terror group.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. time is 6:24. in a few hours the napa mother charged in last year's brutal killing of her three-year-old daughter is said to return to court. she will ask a judge to release her on $1 million bail. prosecutors will be in court to

fight that motion. they are accused of killing three-year-old kailey in their napa apartment and hiding the little girl's body in a freezer. the united states sending help now to nigeria to find more than 300 girls kiddalled by a -- kidnapped by a terrorist growl. the search will be hard because it's believed the kidnappers have broken the girls into small groups. however a few girls did escape the mass kidnappings. cnn obtained vell phone video. the escaped girls say the militants rounded them up and told them nothing is wrong. >> we talked to an immigrant that moved here as a grad

student. she has talked to relatives in nie goo yeah that describe a very nervous atmosphere between the kidnappings and deadly bombings. >> i have four girls. so every day that i go to sleep i wonder how those moms and dads sleep. >> now women's organizations in nigeria have been pushing for government action since the girls were kidnapped. global fund for women have been sending money to the region as part of a relief effort. protest march is scheduled for tomorrow in san francisco. there is another one planned on monday in palo alto. we have all the details for you under hot topics at ktvu.com. >> i got chills looking at that. storming tomorrow you safely lean off the edge of an 1100-foot tall chicago skyscraper. it's called tilt and it's on the 94th floor of the john hancock center. take a look at that.

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good morning to you. welcome back. we are live in san jose. straight ahead there president obama stayed over night right there at the fairmont hotel. soon president obama will head to a walmart in mountain view. coming up ktvu tara moriarty is out there right now. she will tell us about the big announcement the president is due to make in a couple hours from right now. good morning. thank you for joining us here ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's pam cook day. it's friday, may 9th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. i love being here with all of you, but i do like to sleep in as well. >> every day is pam cook day.

>> awe. >> pamela, this is for you. >> i love that shot. i recognize that shot. >> we're in? >> the hills of tiburon. >> thank you. by the way if you are right there you can come out of your deck and wave at us. there is somebody right there. [ laughter ] we have some clearing taking place. a few breaks in the clouds. last nights light rain and drizzle left behind a lot of low clouds and fog. many reports of fog. now again some areas to the north are starting to clear. mostly sunny by this afternoon. the breeze will pick up there it's still there but it's not that strong. temperatures starting off in the 50s to near 60s. san jose we will go 70 degrees for a high side today. three days in a row they have been 70 degrees. a little bit of rain up in the sierra nevada. there is 49 at the airport. again there is a little bit of a breeze and i expect that when the clouds burn off. i think that is a sign of

things to come here. it's cold and foggy for some i know in daly city we've had reports of that. and also in san francisco many reports of fog. partly sunny. morning clouds, fog and then afternoon sun. temperatures again are really stuck until sunday. and then they will begin to warm up. today 60s and again mostly low 70s. here is sal. born. right now traffic is moving along pretty well in many areas. and slow in others. here's a look at the bay bridge. you can see traffic is backed up for about a 25 minute drive time into san francisco. no major problems on the bridge baa you will be waiting for awhile at the toll plaza. san mateo bridge perhaps you want to use that. that looks pretty good. sometimes later in the morning that gets clogged up. but right thousand we don't have any of that. i all put that on the map. southbound 880 reporting a crash or there was some sort of that is not a crash, but some

sort of a stalled vehicle off to the shoulder. now we heard it's on the shoulder so not a big deal. we look at the san jose area northbound 101 and 280 are still doing very well. drive times 24 still looks good. 880 slowing down from san lorenzo to fremont. now let's go back to the desk. time is 6:33. happening today president obama is here in the bay area. he's talking about renewable energy. he will be going to a store belonging to the biggest retailer in the nation. this morning the president is waking up at the san jose fairmont hotel. tara moriarty is out there as well. she is telling what the president plans to announce. >> reporter: the president plans to announce that solar panels have been imstalled in the white house. last summer crews went in and they were having complications.

and officials won't say exactly how much these panels cost. they only say that the project will pay itself off within the next eight years. the panels were first installed during the jimmy carter administration. president reagan took them down in 1986. oakland based sun jevity is part of business and environmental groups that petition the obama administration to bring solar panel back. >> we have this incredible opportunity to develop a clean energy economy. even as traditional source of energy we've got more than most advance countries. we had this incredible vibrancy that is on display right here in this community. >> now the reveal comes at the end of a fund raising blitz. he is making his announcement at walmart in mountain view. it's one of several companies that has agree to boost its

source of solar power. we will be headed over to the walmart in mountain view. we will be talking to those workers a little bit later this morning and the president is scheduled to make his remarks just before 10:00 this morning. live in san jose i'm tara moriarty. >> we will be live streaming president obama's entire speech this morning. it's due to start at 9:55 but we'll have coverage before that. you can access the live stream from our channel 2 website at ktvu.com and with our ktvu app. police in the east contra costa city of oakley are trying to figure out what led to a fight between two men. one of them is dead. officers responded to life-

supports of a fight just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they found a man dead outside of his home. the victim's name has not been released. investigators have not said how he died but that it was during a fight with another man. police detained the other man involved in that fight. time is 6:36. fugitive firefighter suspected of killing his girlfriend has fecially been relieved of his duties. the cal fire office says fleming has not showed up for work since the killing last week. the official reason he's being let two is for his failure to report to work for five straight days. fleming is still on the run right now accused of killing 26- year-old sarah douglas in a home that the two of them shared in sacramento. investigators say fleming is an avid outdoorsman. he may be hiding in the santa cruz mountains. fremont father is is outraged and plans to protest outside of his son's elementary

school. ktvu alex savidge is live with the punishment and reaction. alex. >> reporter: pam, good morning to you. after a week long suspension, this teacher has been cleared to return to class later today here at patterson elementary school but the boy's father says he will be here as well to protest that decision. he believes what happened here was unacceptable. this third grade student was left in tears after he got a question wrong on a math test. >> he dropped my paper on my desk. grabbed me by my chin and slapped me woman times in the face. >> this all happened monday april 28th last week. there was a report filed. the school district also did its own investigations. those findings haven't been released. nine-year-old julian riviera says he handed in his math test to his teacher fred burg and he was told one question was incorrect. he misplaced a december decimal

point. district administrators still say they feel come tortable with burg returning to the classrooms. >> the nature of the investigation is confidential but there was conformation that an incident did occur. appropriate action was taken. >> reporter: and the district says burg did apologize to his actions. still according to one report julian's family is planning to file a legal claim. and julian's father says his son won't be coming back to class today and he is planning to protest the decision to allow the teacher to return to the school. he plans to be out here as students begin to alive just after 8:00 this morning. we do hope to talk with julian's father later this morning. we'll have more of that on mornings on 2. live in fremont alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news.

just to give you more details. california law does authority allow teachers to -- does not allow teachers to physically discipline students. but some states do. time 16:39. a bill to require kill switches on cell phones in california is on the way to the state assembly. the kill switch would let people remotely lock a smart phone if it's lost or stolen. san francisco senator mark leno changed it to exclude tablets. he also delayed the requirement until july of next year. plans to expand a uc berkeley research lab in the bay area are drawing mixed reviews from people who live near the site. uc berkeley wants to double the size of its field station that sits on 100-acres in richmond. now the school wants to add

another 133-acres to the lawns berkeley lab facility. residents call that a beacon of hope. >> something that our children can you know prepare for right now in school. that they can have the right education and the right tools and jobs to be able to work there one day. >> but there are also some concerns about how the project will benefit the community. people who live in richmond say they would like to make sure local residents get the new jobs that would come with the expansion. a very important new warning about a highly contagious infection. the letter going out today to bay area parents. >> and we're learning new details of a lawsuit against a san francisco 49er. how a man says chris culliver threatened him and his family when they tried to stop the player from leaving a scene of a crash. >> right now we are still looking at a commute that is pretty good but some areas are getting busier.

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we are following a new development involving chris

culliver. he is facing more trouble from a civil lawsuit filed in the south bay. brian flores is in our newsroom with more on pretty scary story a couple is telling. >> reporter: you are exactly right. culliver plays defense on the field but he will have to be on the defense off the field. the fat almost i mark santos claims culliver threatened them. santos says he took photos of the confrontation in san jose back on march 28th. santos says culliver's white mustang sideswiped his family's black suv. he also says he used his suv to block culliver's car in a dead end street. >> he kept telling me to get out of the way. that he has something for us. one of us are going to get hurt if we don't get out of his way.

when he got back out of the car he came back with his brass knuckles. >> santos' attorney says this case talks about high profile athletes in the nfl should be at a higher standard for their conduct and the lawsuit would still haven't been filed even if it didn't involve a celebrity or athlete. back in well before the 49ers were in the super bowl culliver made a homophobic comment but later apologized. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. line backer from the university of buffalo. the raiders selected kaleel mack. the raiders have been looking at three players for that pick but they wanted mack the most. today the raiders will pick fourth in the second round.

with the 30th pick in the first round the raiders pick jimmy ward. that surprised a lot of the experts. they considered ward a second round pick. the 49ers have five picks in today's second and third rounds. uc berkeley could host one of the most famous athlete. they will announce what they are calling a major international sporting event at the renovated memorial stadium. there is speculation the event will be a soccer match at the end of july involving the spanish team real madrid. let's check in with tori campbell and find out what is camming up on mornings on 2. >> coming up in minutes left behind while most of the bay

area is enjoying a robust housing recovery, several communities are among the top in the nation when it comes to under water mortgages. also this morning the new list of most popular baby names was just released and what is interesting is that even the top names are nowhere near as popular as they used to be. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you. i think people want more unique names. when they are picking a name. >> there must have been a time when baby names were very popular. like justin. a lot of justin's out there. good morning. one or two of them are my friends. traffic is moving along pretty well this morning. it will be slowing down at the toll plaza. about a 25 minute delay though. but if you look on the left

there the 880 ramp people complain about that. it has been noticeably slower in the last few weeks. just a lot of people have discovered that was a good little shortcut people didn't know about. let's go to the 880 commute here in oakland. traffic here is moving well. 880-238, 19 minutes. this is pretty good. 580 grant line road to 680 only 24 minute. that is pretty good for this time of morning. now let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we have mostly cloudy skies. a lot of fog around after last nights rain. i tell you last night that drizzle, light rain picked up a

quarter inch. two bits. we have a lot of low clouds. more sun by noon and mostly sunny cheer. 50s and 60s and 70s. next week is looking sunny and warm to shot. just giving you a fair warning. it doesn't look like it will last too long. 65. clearing is gaining to take place. 65 we'll go for a high in san francisco today. the clearing taking place to the north. 58 livermore. there is the 49. you can see that cooler air to

the north. kind of mild. humidity factor is way up there. southwest 20 fairfield gusting to 25. that is a pretty good sign it will be breezy. oakland west at 12. there will be a little bit of a breezy pattern. you can see most of that is flight out of the picture fast. 43 and light rain in tahoe. there goes our system. now this system will deepen. that low has to move in to the north. that will be on saturday. after that sunday high pressure begins to build in and it will really flex its muscles. monday through thursday look warm to hot inland. low clouds, some fog out there as well. that will give way to mostly sunny skies. not much of a jump on saturday. partly sunny after the morning fog. afternoon sun. the humidity is way up there. if you do anything in the morning, you will feel it. temperatures 60s and 70s.

again it had been a very quiet week as far as temperatures go. not much change expect breezy on saturday. and than warmer temps monday and tuesday. >> ready for another iphone? reports say the next one will be released in august. a the information comes from one of apple suppliers in china. the new iphone expected to have a slightly larger 4.7-inch screen. another version with a larger 5.5-inch screen will be available in september. radio shack says it will close fewer stores than it was announced. the retailer said it would close 1100 stores because of declining sales. it was a home with a very filthy secret. coming up in 20 minutes the shocking conditions inside and what happened to the 18 animals

that were rescued. east bay school playground damaged in a fire. the investigation into what caused it and the reason why it's not only students feeling the loss. don't miss the memorial day sale.

democrats in the house of representatives plans to meet

this morning and decide whether to boycott an investigation into the attack on -- that killed four americans including chris stephs. democrats accused republicans of using the issue as a political ploy ahead of the november election. if they decide to participate, democrats would have five seats on the committee, republicans seven. time is 6:55. a former u.s. marine accused of kidnapping and raping two teenagers is in jail thanks to the same technology he used to meet his alleged victims. 37-year-old nicholas used facebook to build a relationship with runaways. and then lure them on a weekend road trip to nevada. police contacted facebook and asked for the ip addresses of where all three last logged in. that led authorities to sparks

nevada on tuesday where they arrested wetsell. the two teenagers were taken to a juvenile detention center. >> no buildings were burned but part of the playground was badly damaged. the head of the pta that donated the structure says it's a loss the entire community will feel. >> i know people come on the weekends and use the playground. there is a baseball league that uses marshal fields. the ymca they use the playgrounds. >> the good news is that the school district does have insurance on that structure. district leaders hope to have it replaced in time for the next school year. ktvu news has learned that nearly half of all the students at two danville schools stayed home yesterday after threatening mess annals were found near their campuses. attendance was down despite an increased police presence. a threat to kill people on may

8th was found spray painted near charlotte wood liassic. and two copy cat messages were found near baldwin. a boy behind the messages were cited and released to his parents. a famous san francisco bookstore has given up its fight to stay open in san francisco. marcus books known around the nation as a black owned operated bookstore is out of business. the building where he rented the space was sold 18 months ago. he didn't pay rent for two months. people we talk to say this is very sad news. >> i love this bookstore. everything i learned about africanish or of who i am was from this bookstore.

>> now some of the customers hope the growing support will help it reopen in a new location. >> hopefully they can. coming up next on mornings on 2 president obama is in silicon valley getting ready for a big speech if a few hours. why the president has chosen a walmart store as his platform. >> a bay area teacher accused of slapping a student. what is happening this morning that has out raged a lot of parents. stay right here with us.

>> reporter: we're live in san jose where the president is staying at the fairmont hotel. he's about to come through here in a couple of hours and make a major announcement at a walmart store. we'll tell you how it's connected to solar energy and the white house. and a student at this fremont elementary school accuses his teacher of slapping him for getting a question wrong on a math test. that teacher today will return from his suspension. we'll tell you why the boy's father will be protesting. new troubles for a troubled 49er. the civil suit tied to his hit- and-run arrest. "mornings on 2"