now at noon com sparing homosexuality to alcoholism, now gay area republicans are speaking out about the comments made by texas governor rick perry last night in san francisco. more action at stanford university in support of a student who says she was sexually assaulted by another student, what they plan to do today. and the controversial plan by bart put on hold, why some

say it is discriminating against the disabled community. good afternoon, i am noel walker in for tori campbell, texas governor rick perry is under fire for comments he made comparing homosexuality to alcoholism in a speech he made in san francisco last night and tara moriarty has this report. >> reporter: yeah, texas governor rick perry was responding to a question and he said that alcoholism is similar

to being homosexual and last night he said that. >> now i may not be able to cure that but i can control that. >> and he came under fire for those comments he made in san francisco last night and we spoke to him and he said he was saddened by it. >> but sexually orientation cannot be compared to alcoholism, i think it is a sad thing, it can not be compared to that. >> and governor rick perry went on to say though he didn't understand the gay lifestyle he doesn't need to to have an opinion on it and they will have more on that later.

tara moriarty, ktvu news, back to you. >> thank you. and police officers had a stand off with a man there for hours, they thought his children were in the house with him, this stand off started there and final finally around 7:00 this morning the man surrounded to swat officers and his two children were found safe in the home. >> the concern would be if we rush in that somebody is harmed, whether it be the suspect or whether it be anybody else in the home or the officers themselves so we really try to kind of wait it out. >> the man taken into custody was wanted for firing shots imrin side inside a nearby home last night, no one was hit, police describe it as a domestic violence situation. right now bart is getting ready

to make a major decision about the new train, and sal castaneda has been monitoring the meeting and explains why some people are asking them to hold off on that vote, sal. >> reporter: well noel, these are not cheap, and they wail cost more than 20 million dollars by the year 2016 but wait a minute, some people said they discriminate against people with wheelchairs and others came to advocate for the bike racks. >> and we need to keep the new bike racks and it provides twice as much space as we have now in each car, that is half the footprint but now we have

three bikes in a more compact space per by cycle when you have more bikes. >> now the new sticking point is the polls, the new buses have polls there the doors, which you are supposed to hold on to when the buses are full and some say the poles will not allow access by people in wheel chairs and they are saying they want bart to consider continuing the conversation right now. >> we really need to consider continuing the conversation, i really think that the poles are a major distraction to a person like myself with a major disability and when i was trying to go in and out and everybody was going slowly, and that is not the reality, when you are trying to get to and

from work, people are not going slowly and spoom people are not going in slowly and people are not coming out slowly and people don't do that, and it is the poll that i think is the problem. >> and so it is apparently the pole that is the problem and they will have to raise the cost of bus rides to pay for it and that is set to go up and my partner john sasaki will continue to talk about that tonight, over to you. >> thank you. and the companies that

offer rides in the airports are upset because people are doing business there that are not licensed and they say they will conduct audits of the companies. and an update on an incident inmiami involving the san francisco quarterback collin kaepernick. the police say there will be no charges against anyone in the hotel room there, they say there was no evidence the woman was sexually assaulted or anyone else was hurt. and students there continue to show their support for a student who says she was sexually assaulted by another student. and janine de la vega has the report from there. well, noel, the alleged assailant was going to be suspended for 7 quarters starting then, but now the

university has changed his punishment, instead his degree is going to be withheld for two years, the victim is leah francis junior and she is a student there at school and she said she is still unhappy because he is still on campus and he could still do that and she said when she reported it to campus police they made fun of her and they want the stanford university to provide more protection for students and also change the policy for the universities and also they want the university to change the way they handle sexual assaults. >> and mine took 7 days so it

was dragged out and another thing is once my assailant was found guilty of sexual assault, he was still allowed on campus for two weeks. >> and the university says they will look at revising their policy and will work with students this summer on that, francis says this afternoon's rally is just the beginning, they will be releasing you tube videos and a social media campaign in the coming months, we are being told that at least 100 students will attend this rally, it all begins at 2:00 there, reporting live from san diego, ktvu channel 2 news, janine de la vega. >> than thank you for that report, janine. and police arrested this

man who was accused of sexual assaulting a woman there at a pharmacy, this video shows him driving the suv there last sunday, that was after he had punched her and stolen her purse and they said there have been three incidents with a description matching that man since december. and the situation is serious in iraq as the rebels continue their march toward the capitol. fighters have taken control of two sunni dominated cities this week and are said to be on their way to baghdad. we have this report from there. >> now the most violent of the sunni groups have grabbed ahold of the situation and are on a

march to baghdad and this could be devastating. >> feinstein would not comment on requests for military support after they attacked them. and we will tell you about the gas situation here over the weekend and mark tamayo will have your forecast for the weekend and we will also have a report on what that means for you and other parts of the bay area.

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it was a terrifying scene, an incredible rescue at a gas station just outside of new york city, police in white plains say a man driving into the station blacked out, sending his car slamming into a gas pump which then burst into flames as you can see right there, luckily a good samaritan who happened to be an off duty police officer ran to the rescue, you see him pulling the man there out of the car and saved his life, he said getting

the man out of the car was not easy. >> you could see his legs were tucked under the seat, his seat belt was on, he was pretty much helpless. >> the driver is expected to make a full recovery. thousands of students are breathing a sigh of relief after the college got its accreditation approved, and they almost lost it due to that and many say they want it to say open. >> we are really valuable to the community in that we serve people who really need us. >> the mayor is also applauding

the temporary reprieve, and he said the community needs the college and if it is found it is available it could take two years to get the reaccreditation process done. and the company that owned that has finally gone out of business and they said it is sad. >> and it is not about the money, it is about getting out and seeing the arts and supporting them. >> it is not about the money, we have the money, but we need to get something done. >> and we have a report on that later. and we also have a report

on the owls at the golf course there, we had a report on that earlier and some were found dead and someone shoved a bottle in their hole like you see that 1 there and the owls died of affixation and malnutrition and the golf course has asked even to stay away from the owls, no matter what. >> and i thought it was sad that they died and i think it is wonderful that we are stepping up and helping them around i think it will be help. >> and the wildlife service estimates there are less than

200 owls alive in the area. and we are also following this report on the cancer rates of people around the bay area and they said the number of people polled was small and that may have affected the results of the study, the area is small and they are worried it may have been contaminated by the soil there. and there is a fire that broke out there this morning and is burning out of control and authorities don't know what sparked that fire and we will continue to follow that fire and bring you more developments as soon as we get more information. and livermore authorities are continuing to look for a firebug after two more fires

were set there, the first fire started before 2:00 in the afternoon and the second before 5:00. >> the two fires actually got within 30 feet of each other. >> wow, and do you know how either 1 started. >> we don't. we checked and we did not find any suspicious devices or incendiary devices. >> they questioned a boy last week and he admitted he set at least one of the officials in livermore and he also admitted he set some last month. >> well, we still have a few clouds hanging out over the east bay and a little bit of a breeze as well, 5 to 10 miles an hour and a little bit of a chop on the waters, and you can see the fog hugging the bay

there and parts of san francisco we just showed you some of the patchy fog hung up there and oakland as well so patchy fog near the coast and the bay as well, 77 degrees for santa rosa and half moon bay and santa ray checking in at 77 and fairfield 77 as well, a bit of a breeze, wents sustained 23 miles an hour, that is the most recent gust of up to 29 miles an hour, santa rosa, some calm winds and more wind reports for you out at sfo, winds gusting to 24 miles an hour and livermore winds out of the west sustained at 15 miles an hour, so the wind overall direction, the wins coming in off the west off of the cool ocean waterings, for today patchy fog, cool and mild and tomorrow be will warm things up a little bit and the weekend the warming trend will continue, in fact i think we are going to see some more mid-, possible write upper 80s well inland but for major heat in the forecast at least in the short-term. this major weather system

moving two northern california today so of course, with had the clouds this morning and the winds picking up and that will be basically a constant in the afternoon hours, especially around the bay and the area there and so it looks like your weekend will be a nice one with upper 70s and low humidity and it looks like it will be a nice day saturday and sunday. and some more neighborhoods for you, san mateo low 70s and half moon bay 66 and there 67 degrees, and here is your five- day-forecast, nothing changes, that warming trend will continue into saturday and sunday and by that timeframe most locations back up to the mid to upper 80s so noel great news for the dads out there on sunday, just the perfect weather for you to be outside and do whatever you like.

>> but not like the sauna we had earlier this week. >> no, not like that. >> not even for me and i like hot weather. thanks, mark. >> all right. >> acclaimed actress and activist ruby dee died yesterday at the age of 91, we are now getting board she passed away at home last night, according to her husband, she frequently appeared beside her husband ozzie davis and her roll for that brought her the oscar for best supporting actress in that role. and the former president george w president celebrated his 90th birthday and we will show you how he celebrated and how it caused a little bit of concern.

stocks are lower in afternoon trading as lackluster news about the economy declined in airline stocks weigh on the mark, this is a live look at the big board right now as you can see the dow is down right now by 114 points. it. it appears google may be getting into the u.s. power market, according to bloomberg news google is in the early stages of building power lines for a software power grid and

google is hopeful they will make them long term investors and google has always been a big player in that. and former president george w. bush jumped out of a airplane with a parachute to celebrate his 90th birthday and he did cause quite a controversy especially because he had a little trouble, and this is not a first for the president, he has skydived on his 80th, his 85th and now his 90th birthdays. one of the biggest events in the world gets underway in about half an hour, the world cup, they will play them in half an hour, the u.s. plays its first match on monday and that is against ghana.

a prank but not everyone thought it was funny, somebody sprayed peanut butter on the school door handles at school, but not everyone thought it was funny, especially those who had allergies, and we will have more on that story for you tonight and on ktvu.com, and thanks for making us your choice for news at midday, and our next newscast is today at 5. have a great day. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.

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