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breezy but mild, temperatures below average and only subtle changes and maybe a little bit warmer, it looks like a benign pattern and they have stacked um along -- up along the coast. this one picked up that fog bank and it has definitely pushed it well inland. they have not budged all morning long and i don't expect it to. 57 in san ramon and 62 in orinda. if you don't have the low cloud deck it is actually in the cool category and even a couple of 40s. some low 80s, and mid-60s closer to the water. and if you are traveling to the santa cruz mountains, we will tell you about a multiple
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car accident which is traveling in both directions. i have the maps up here and this is the santa cruz mountains, just north of laurel drive. you can see multiple car accidents affecting highway 35 and we are hearing up to 9 cars are affected. we just got off the phone which is in route and as you can see it is affecting traffic in both directions this morning mainly northbound on highway 17. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is starting to pick up and metering lights picked up starting into the back of the mace getting you across the span this morning. and not looking too bad on 680 heading to the concord area, 601 let's go back to the desk. and this morning from estonia, president barack obama
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made comments about another brutal execution about an american journalist. >> reporter: he describe is the journalist as a devoted journalist and he cannot imagine the agony that everybody who loves him right now he also promised justice. >> those who make the mistake of harming americans will know that justice will be served. >> reporter: the video of his ex-execution was released and overnight, they confirmed the authenticity. this comes after they posted the execution of james foley and it appears both men were killed by the same man who has a british accent and who again said it was retaliate contribution on isis targets in iraq. he was captured while reporting on the conflict in syria. he said the executions will not
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intimidate the u.s. >> whatever they think they will achieve by killing innocent americans like steven, they have already failed. they have failed because people around the world americans are repulsed by their barbarianism and we will not be intimidated. >> the president went on to say they will continue to lead an international move against the barbaric move. he is confident it will be done and there was another video showing they have more captives than man be at risk. here is more on what we are learning about him. reporting live in the newsroom, ktvu channel 2 morning news.
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eric is trying to put together a coalition to join the fight against isis. he told us it will take a group effort to battle the well organized terror group. >> the history of terrorism on our earth, no group has grown faster in such a short period of time and that should worry people. >> now he said king abdul said they told him they are willing to join a coalition to fight the militants. more troops are headed to iraq deploying another 350 service members who will protect those in the baghdad embassy. the state department requested the extra troops to handle the extra troops marking the second anniversary of the tack on benghazi and libya.
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they estimate troops are up to now more than 1,000. and they sparked an early morning fire. flames broke outright near bell mine prep. they believe natural gas leaked into the air but they put them out before they can spread to the rest of the building. they are hoping to track down the driver. joining us live in the east bay, here are those images police want you to see. good morning, alex. >> reporter: we are here a long mountain avenue and this is where he jumped the curb and hit a woman while pushing a cart on the sidewalk.
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the surveillance video shows the deadly crash. this has been showed down -- slowed down and he took out a light pole before hitting the victim. michelle brass lived just a few blocks away and her family is heart broken and holding out hope for an arrest. we are hoping to identify the man driving this 2001 or 2002 chevy silverado with aside step on it. -- a sidestep on it. andand it will have damage because of the collision with the light pole. you know the man who was driving -- if you know the man driving it, put in a call to pittsburgh police. alex savage ktvu channel 2
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morning news. police tell ktvu channel 2 morning news that he came home late last night after issuing a bulletin. at this point, there is no information on where he went. >> now time now 6:07 they fear the attacker will come back. there have been at least two burglaries and two home invasionels just since july. a 65-year-old woman somehow got into the front door of her apartment building and went in and put a butcher knife to her neck. >> well we need to fight back and we need to be alert and fight together on this. >> take a look at the sketch, the suspect is described as an african-american man, he is balding, 5-foot 5 inches tall,
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weighing 145 pounds. and they were remembered in oakland... [ music ] >> friends and family held a vigil at lake merit. they lit candles and sang songs. police have not identified the shooter and they say the weapon used in the killing has not been recovered. 6:08 some typos have marched it, three mistakes on the new rainbow walk and what organizers say will be done to fix them. they call him by a certain name and they are accusing a
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. conflicting reports about a possible cease-fire agreement between ukraine and russia. the statement says he and russian president vladimir puntin said they reached a cease-fire and however vladimir puntin said that is not accurate because russia is not a party to the conflict and can not agree to a cease-fire and what was agreed to was steps that would lead to a cease- fire. the victim 21-year-old max wine rob who was shot at the hotel. he met some people and talked about buying marijuana. his family is now offering money for a reward leading to an arrest. grounds are still shaking
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after that 6.0 earthquake. temperature was an after shock measuring 2. 7 and hit the napa area, so far there is no word of any damage. there are 129 red tagged buildings deemed unsafe following the latest inspections inspections. they will declare the disaster. and economic nick impacts -- economic impacts will be extensive causing major damage throughout the region. they will trigger the release of funding for recovery efforts. they are clearing the way for additional financial help for those who need it. today uc berkeley is doing a conference on the early warning systems h it was set 10
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sends before the napa earthquake hit. the goal is to develop a statewide system which will give them critical seconds to shut down public transportation. scientists have trying to get information from the san andre's fault which could help predict earthquakes. they have already drilled two miles into the fault and installed instruments. they need $10 million more for a key experiments. the foundation said they could give that money to another project. >> my goal was to get inside of an earthquake and understand how it happens. >> scientists can keep their lab returning -- running without that money but they
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will find out whether or not they will get that $10 million to continue their research. and taking a look at the latest photo, he was at a costco store. police say he stole electronics three times from the store and reportedly tried. if you wrecking nice, they will give it to them. that petition said it will be signed by the chief of police. and the san jose mercury news says they are getting a lot of calls from people who are reporting water waist. they received 240 complaints in
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august alone and that's four times the number reported earlier this year. they are back open to swimmers and water quality has improved after potentially hazardous toxins while an algae bloom was detected and park rangers will continue to monitor the water. hey, buy and we have some probing pleasant. >> yes we do, i want to start off in the livermore valley which dome get better until you hit 680 and it is busy as you reach the sunole grade. taking a look at the emoryville area, traffic is starting to pick up there especially on the
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east shore freeway and traffic northbound #0 1 from story on to mckey and highway 17. it is a bad accident and it is highway 17 in the laurel curled area so be aware there. traffic is backed up heavy in that area. >> okay, now go to san mateo bridge, traffic is starting to pick up as you approach high- rise into foster city. here is steve. >> the room i am doing that, i have to give some shout outs.
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jammal from oakland and what do they have in common, they all work for the walnut creek dmv. they were listed as nice as can be. i don't think they were supposed to take photos with me but i tell you that place was packed and it was a lot of fun . not for me low clouds and temperatures will be well above monday and it came across on twitter. we are having wild weather here and that's where the main core is and the tail end was strong enough that it dropped across and ramped up that westerly breeze. the remains of earn marie is still sitting here and it is not moving much, if you have low clouds you would never see those, 50s and 60s, i did see that and i can't find that on
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the upper peninsular. foster city, belmont, menlo park, lost altos, 56 degrees and 47 up in eureka. 71 to los angeles, monterey, it will be slow to burn off and kind of a cool breezy pattern, late sun coast and bay, and down the coast, i just can't get back into the 80s, so 90s there. novato 77, bermudaly 0, and then brentwood 83, 77 downtown 87 and redwood city 78 and woodside 78. it looks like a very quiet
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pattern but overall no big changes. >> starting today, the second largest drug store chain will not spell tab back products. they are pulling tobacco products off the shelves and tobacco is not in line with the healthcare mission. retailers report no company is growing faster than amazon. sales are up more than 70% and first family dollar hearings and searching for witnesses to a beating at a bay area park. coming up, the cell phone video of an incident, this may involve vigilante justice. and people who have their cars stolen, they push to get
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it resulted on very targeted attacks and some of the accounts in question belonged to actress jennifer lawrence around kate upton. they are advising them to make sure they have strong passwords which are hard to crack. and plans for a high speed rail system, they are paying which conducts for the past 100 years. now they are asking them to stop bonds from being sold and there is no time on when they decide to hear the case but the $16 billion project has already started. 5700 cars were already stolen, now they want to make sure car owners don't feel they are being victimized a second time. the auto return may take stolen cars and when owners go to
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claim them, they have to pay hundreds of thousands of fees. while the city administrative cost is normally waved, storage expenses can range from 56 to 6 $5 a day. >> we should have a reduced storage fee for people whose cars have been stolen and they should not be treated the same as people who parked illegally. he wants to see a reduction in the fees before he signs a company contract. they will follow any policy the city comes up with. reunited and it feels so good after seeing his prized car after 33 years. he paid for a ford thunderbird back in 1981 and it was a gift to himself the night his 10
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year marriage ended. fast forward 33 years, he told him his long lost car was found more than 750 miles away in the state of washington. it looks like they are getting ready to register and put them on the road. >> not as much has changed, still in great didn't with the exception of a few bumps and bruises. it is now 626, we have new information about ray mcdonald. what san jose are saying, how his teammates antigen roll manager are responding. . we will give you an update on highway 17 this morning. we are also keeping an eye on
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. well, good morning to you, live in san francisco this morning, as the camera looks around, there are a new errors in the castro. take a look, tara moriarty is out there getting reaction to this now, we will hear that coming up, we will hear what organizers plan to fix mistakes. stay tuned. thank you for joining us thank you for joining us it is
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wednesday september third, i am dave clark. >> what is the weather like out there. >> mostly cloudy down towards san jose, there is plenty of gray which a cooler pat. kicked in. for monday's very hot temperatures looks like they will settle into a small range some high clouds will spinoff from this little low and this system didn't dig deep enough and that's carrying over into wednesday. a little bit of a breeze behind that as well. 59 fremont, state university, cooler air aloft and it has draft 20 degrees, gilroy 59 fog will burn back, some late sun for parts of the coast and bay, 60s and 70s, coast and bay.
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here is sal. and good morning everybody, it is 6:30 and if you are headed out, we want you to be aware of the multiple sig alert. there is the accident icon north of scott valley. we have up to 9 cars involved in this accident, chp says ambulance is on the way it is unclear whether there are any injuries. crews get the cars in the northbound direction and as you can see it is affecting southbound as well, it really does not look better when you get to lexington hills. traffic is looking good. we do want to tell you on highway 12 westbound in santa rosa the stalled vehicle is there whether you expect delays. traffic is backed underway passed the maze as well as east shore freeway getting you
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across the span, let's go back to the desk. we have new developments with a story we have been following just hours ago. president barack obama made his first comments about the execution of steven and had strong words for the isis militants. joining us on what the president said, good morning. in this morning's comments, he addressed the death of steven and he promised justice against his killers. his death was horrific and also said the u.s. will not be intimidated. >> they failed because like people around the world, they are repullsed about their barerrism, we will not be intimidated and they only unite us. >> the video was released and came two weeks after the be heading of james foley.
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it appears both he can usings were committed by the same man who has a british accent and it appears isis is promising more. and another daptive was brought out wearing the same orange jumpsuit. hains is reportedly a security expert who had worked as a consultant. he was abducted last year in syria. this morning, they say the fight against isis, we will continue to lead against the type of barbaric and ultimately empty vision that isis represents. >> the president made his comments from estonia and he is scheduled to have a summit in ukraine. we will have more on why he call is the claims of isis
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militants absurd and that's coming up on mornings on 2 with claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> and ktvu -- and pg&e has been hit with a deadly fine. they made that ruling yesterday four years after the pipeline disaster which killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes the ones you see hangerred many leaders and decided a substantial amount will go to the general fun. >> it reflects a pay day for governor jerry brown when it should be directed to a safer pipeline system. and they have been compromised as somebody hacked into the network of home depot.
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joining us from san jose with more on what customers need to know janine? >> they told us all staff has been told about this security beach. they are seeing evidence from home depot which might have been stolen in late april to early may. it to involved more than 2,200 and if that is the case it may be larger where they have 42 million. at this point, i can't confirm we are looking into some unusual activity and we and we are working to investigate. if we confirm a breach has occurred, we will make sure
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customers are notified immediately. >> our debit cards, nothing is safe so it's scary to do anything online anymore. >> they noted batches of stolen cards went up for sale online in underground markets. the u.s. has not implemented a chip and pin to make cards more secure and and we will stay on top of it as the morning news continues. they are sparking agreeing controversy. for the past ten years they have been building a creek side memorial cemetery on an agricultural area of land.
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240 acres would make it the largest cemetery in the bay area with the capacity of more than 100,000 graves. they are concerned about the amount of water it will use. the planning commission is expected to decide on the plans this fall. several special plaques, they were unveiled and some have pointed out what they are calling glaring mistakes and a few of them. joining us live in castro street to show us of the problem, good morning, tara. there are three plaques that are questionable. this one has sylvester and this should say recording artest but
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it says record singer. she was the first american to publicly announce her transgender way of life. >> especially this is supposed to be representative of our community and it is not the end of the world but at the same time could they have spent more than 10 so dollars on a copy editor. organizers david perry will reinstall and correct the pack before the opening of the street scape project.
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eventually they will extent all the way down to market street ktvu channel 2 morning news. this team they will be roll allow but until now the largest st. patrick's' day parade had been prohibited identifying them as gay. last time they dropped the sponsorship because of that ban. >> some members are breaking their silence. he was arrested at his san jose home and he a used of domestic violence. while he was not available to the media, some of the other players addressed the situation. >> i know is he a great guy.
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this is certainly something that hits home for me. i have two daughters and it is certainly domestic violence which is unacceptable and certainly will not be tolerated. >> san jose has a visual is a salt and they have not made a decision on whether they will have him play against the dallas cowboys. the board of directors of center plate announced desmond hague's departure yesterday. he runs the food service at at&t park and levi stadium. it was recorded in vancouver.
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now hague to be seen kicking a dog in that video. more than 8 5,000 people signed a petition demanding the company fire him. time now 6:40 and a burglary has people living on age. here is more on how people in chinatown are trying to protect themselves. and in pittsburgh, a hit- and-run driver strikes and kills a woman. we will give you an update on santa cruz mountains. a pretty good fog bank temperatures dropped considerably, we'll see if that trend continues in the extended forecast.
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. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news at 6:44, police are releasing syringes video -- surveillance video in hopes of tracking down the driver of a deadly hit-and-run, these are the images police want you to see. >> reporter: police are hoping this surveillance video will be key to finding the driver.
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he was behind the wheel of a pickup truck and slammed into a woman as she was pushing a cart along the sidewalk. here is newly released surveillance video which shows this crash which happened on sunday night. this video has been slowed down and you can see the pickup truck veered off the road and at first it takes out a light pole. 50-year-old michelle brass was found dead at the scene. the wife and mother who lives just a few blocks away, her mother is sad ended and they are hoping to eye again few the man who drives this chevy silverado 1,500 with aside step on it. that truck in all likelihood will have severe damage to the front end and also they believe they will have damage to the front end because of the collision with the light pole. by the way that light pole was
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dragged several blocks and if you recognize the truck from that surveillance video or if you think you know who was behind the wheel, give a call to the police. live in pittsburgh ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> witnesses to an attack which happened inside of a man's restroom. ktvu channel 2 morning news obtainededthis cell phone video. a man who is a father beats up an older man he accuses of exposing himself to his son. we spoke to somebody who visit is the park a lot and think is the attack may have gone too far. >> there is a lot of miscommunication of different
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cultures because if you heard something like that but i don't think they understood the idea, it is possible for him to not know what is going on. >> reporter: they have questioned that older man who speaks limited english and they are talking to others to determine exactly what happened. here is a look at the stories we are working on for mornings on 2. it was once owned by princess harry. a technical glitch has some football games mad, others upset but here is what they are saying about this depiction of him. brian flores. are you taking care of your commute like highway 4? >> i am trying to.
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they are still laughing. sorry about that. anyways, we are keeping an eye on the south bay commute highway 82 is busy through santa clara as you pass through the montague expressway. moving quickly to northbound 101, i want to drag the maps down here to highway 17 and this is the multiple car accident we have been telling you about. 9 cars are involved and they are trying to clear the cars to the side. at least one lane is open and it does not get better until you get to lexington hills. and as normal, starting to pick up as you approach to the wal- mart creek area. southbound 680 before gary,
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left lanes are blocked. san mateo is slow and go traffic as you approach the high-rise into foster city. here is steve. lots of gray hero clouds, a system to the north, there are some breaks in it and it's mostly cloudy unless you are far enough inland and you have some cooler overnight lows. the system that did the crick, it is moving east but the tail end of that increased the on have -- on shore push which didn't dig long enough to pull that in. it may spinoff of that and it does not look like anything is strong enough, 50s and 60s, fairfield, there are a few breaks, huge difference cooler
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air aloft, and they are all close to each other but cooler for some. 53 ukiah, our reek a chill there and nationally the heat and humidity has finally arrived in the northeast. they send some information from baltimore maryland. they have hot and humid conditions for the all. open and -- they have hot and humid conditions for the u.s. open and the key with the 6 to 10 day outlook drop a very cool pattern into montana and missouri valley and look what they put on the west coast. that has not changed in unfortunately a long time. there is a little bit of a sea
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breeze, 60s and 70s except up towards clear lake and they will be warmer. here is a few areas coast and bay and this is up in clear lake petaluma what 75 for sonoma and 86 pleasanton, 73 haywood saratoga los gatos, 68 san bruno menlo park, not much just day-to-day changes as we go into the weekend. time is now 657, the ground is shaking in napa. coming up, we will tell you about another after shock plus help being people recover from the quake, plus free lunches. this is one way to attract top talent and up next why perks
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carmichael home. her daughter was sound asleep and thought the kidnapper was her father. >> she didn't realize what was happening until she was practically out the door. the bad guy took her out in the green belt whatever that is out there and said okay you can go. >> the little girl then returned home without any physical injuries. investigators are not sure of the motive or why he decided to let the child go. police were called to the san ramon moan high school -- san ramon high school. a who-year-old man was stealing copper wire from the field's lighting system. the lights are damaged and the school does not know if they can be repaired in time for the freshman football game. if repaired they could be repaired instead of at night. thousands of bay area
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workers are enjoying free meals provided by their employees but now they are they are looking into whether they should be attackable -- a taxable network. it may cost them $15 the meal will include a sandwich option. they are benefits like a company car or jim membership, but it could take two years before there is a final
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decision. >> right now it looks like it will open up a dollar a share but it is in the palo alto based car maker at a record of 284 they set a price ticket, he says they have a sizable style which 89% this year. netflix scored one of the most anticipated new dramas. they agreed to show gotham city in the early days of batman and industry analysts say it will compliment the roster of the original programming. the child of a life- threatening peanut butter algae wants to set up new rules for people with severe food
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allergies. it may help prevent bringing certain foods three rose in front of and behind somebody with an algae. they also called to be able to board early so they can clean their seating area. more than 17,000 people have signed an online petition. coming up, just hours ago, president barack obama made his first public comments on the be heading of a second journalist. and they may have found a new target, this involves a retail giant, stay right here with us.
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