>> reporter: a deadly crash shuts down highway 4 in brentwood this morning. we'll tell you how this accident happened and how this pickup truck wound up dangling over the side rail. new information about the killings of two new york city police officers. what we've learned about the motive in this deadly attack. >> reporter: we're live in sausalito where two lanes of 101 southbound are shut down due to a rockslide. we'll tell you how long to expect delays. also, a holiday charity drive in the south bay coming up a little bit short. how you can help out this morning. "mornings on 2" starts now. 7:00. we're live in brentwood this morning where there's been a deadly crash on the highway 4

bypass. ktvu's alex savidge is there and coming up in minutes, he will tell us why rescue crews responding to the crash ended up facing their own emergency this morning. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." it's monday, december 22nd. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning,ve. i'm brian flores. dave clark has the week off. let's get your day started with rosemary orozco. still foggy? >> still foggy. >> a lot of fog there. >> for some, visibility a tough one. we'll take a look at what is happening out there this morning. visibility, down to even a quarter mile, eighth of a mile at times in and around oakland as well as hayward. oakland reporting half-mile. get into santa rosa, it's 10 miles at the moment but it's fluctuating. wasn't that long ago that santa rosa was less than two miles. napa reporting about two miles and as you get into concord an livermore, it's a little bit better. crossing the bridges, you may find it as well. highway 1 reporting fog at times. even a little bit of patchy

drizzle. a lot of residual in place. stable atmosphere and that stable atmosphere gonna bring us nicer weather and quieter weather for the afternoon. 57 in concord. low 50s in novato. this has been the chilly spot. santa rosa 47 for you, along the peninsula, 50s. 57 mountain view. we're looking at 57 sfo. if you are headed to sfo maybe picking somebody up, some of those arriving flights because of the low clouds and fog delayed by an hour. the afternoon today, under mostly cloudy skies. upper 60s for oakland, hayward, fremont. san jose you are checking in at 66. santa rosa you will get to 67. 63 at pacifica and again mostly sunny skies for the bay area. we're going to continue with this pattern, at least for a couple of days. i do see wet changes at least the possibility of wet changes coming our way by christmas eve. good morning, sal. good morning to you, rosemary. we're looking at a commute where traffic will be mostly normal this morning.

we have a couple of major incidents, though, that we'll get to that are going to be tying up traffic. but here at the bay bridge toll plaza, it looks like a normal commute with about a 20, 25- minute drive into san francisco. we've taken an informal poll and a lot of people are working monday and tuesday. some on wednesday. it looks like the dropoff will come later. this is a look at the san mateo bridge, the traffic here looks pretty good. as rosemary mentioned, the dense fog is out. you might see drizzle in some areas. in the south bay, we do have lighter than usual conditions here. 85280, 101 -- 85, 280, 101, all looking pretty good as you make your way there. workers there have the week off and so do schools. we're following developing news where a pickup truck is hanging off highway 4. alex savidge has the details on this collision. >> reporter: good morning to

you. the tow truck company has been working hard. they've pulled the pickup truck off the side rail. you can -- well, you actually can't see because the tow truck is in the way. to show you the force of this force, here is a tire from the truck that was involved in this early-morning accident and that pickup truck we can tell you has been successfully removed from the side rail where it was sort of dangling preteariously for quite sometime and they had to shut down fairview road here in this area for a time. this accident, let me show you the scene here. at about 4:30, the victim's white pickup truck, the one that was dangling on the side rail, it was headed east it for some reason drifted into oncoming lanes according to the chp and sideswiped a work truck coming in the opposite direction. the victim's pickup truck then rolled save times and -- save

several times and the woman with him, the passenger, unhurt. the driver of the work truck involved in the crash, he was unhurt. the chp is trying to figure out what caused the victim, the man who was driving that truck, to veer into oncoming traffic. >> we'll try to find the driver's background, possibly what he was doing in the last 24 hours. hopefully the passenger can add some information to that. his whereabouts, his activities and hopefully we can piece that together and put that out in our investigation. >> reporter: at this point, the chp can't say whether drugs or alcohol may have played a role or if speed was a factor. meantime, highway 4 remains closed down in both directions. we're right above fairview road. it's closed down at balfour road, if you know the area. we're told by the chp, tori, that this highway will remain shut down for about another half-hour. they are hoping to have it back

open before 8:00 this morning. >> we'll check back in for an update. thank you. 7:05. well, that's not the only traffic problem in the bay area. there's also a big rock and mudslide in marin county on highway 101. tara moriarty joins us live from sausalito to let us know how it's impacting the morning commute and when it should be cleared. >> reporter: well, the traffic is backed up for quite a distance all the way to tiburon boulevard. it will be until probably 10:00 that two lanes are still gonna be closed until that time. you can see the bulldozers are busy chipping away at this rockslide boulder by boulder. they picked the rocks up and hauled them down the hill. this slide happened at 2:-- 2:40. it knocked over a tree. the chp has shut down the two sloel lanes while caltrans crews worked to clear the

rocks. the crews are gonna take a better look to make sure there's no further danger to driveers. >> compared to a normal landslide, this is a rockslide. this is a portion of the hillside that fell away and came down. with it, it took away a large treate light pole. we have land we have to move, electrical and debris and trees we have to get out of here. it's pretty big. >> reporter: if you can take an alternate route into san francisco, the chp is advising you to do or leave after 10:00 when all lanes are expected to reopen because right now, it's bullpen from here all the way -- it's bumper to bumper from here all the way to the split. if you take a look over here, you can ethis is the rocky hillside. it's very sheer. engineers will have to make

sure this area is stable. there's quite a few trees. we have had rain recently. another thing to mention, when you finally get past this area, if you need to get into san francisco, make sure you go quickly as soon as you get by the rock slide. a lot of people are slowing down. they are taking a look. very aggating to people -- aggravating for people trying to get through. >> we call them rubberneckers. you mentioned the rains. do we know for sure the rains caused this slide? >> reporter: the chp didn't say definitely that was the case. it would seem likely. we've had a lot of rains lately. this rock is wet to my right. i remember last week or the week before, we had flooding close by. definitely the ground is saturated. as you know, when we have all of that rain, the trees tend to

topple. >> they sure do. thank you. the reservoirs in marin county are nearly full as a result of the recent storms. the county water district reports that due to the heavy rainfall in the past two weeks, the reservoirs are 99.8% of capacity. on average, marin county reservoirs are at about 69% exat capacity this time of year. the recent storms have put a dent in the drought but the water station in marin county is among the best in the state. this morning, investigators are taking a closer look into the social media posts of the man who shot and killed two new york police officers. police say ismaaiyl brinsley shot wenjian liu and rafael ramos while they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn. then he went into a nearby subway station and shot and killed himself. just before the shooting, he posted on instagram quoting here "i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours. let's take two of theirs."

he also made references to the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >> we're asking all new yorkers to turn this pain into purpose and to ensure that we sit -- send a clear and loud message, all lives matter. >> before killing the two police officers, brinsley also shot his ex-girlfriend inside her home in baltimore, maryland. she's expected to survive. investigators are waiting to question her when her condition improves. president obama and new york city leaders are condemning the shootings as a senseless act of murder. at the same time, it's adding fuel to an already tense situation between new york police officers and mayor bill deblasio. coming up in 25 minute, the gesture that shows how some officers feel about the mayor and how the city's governor is responding. police and firefighters in san francisco are investigating

the latest suspicious car fire. crews found a burning car early yesterday morning in the same area where four other cars went up in flames last week. we told but this on "mornings on 2." arson is suspected in all of those fires. investigators are still trying to determine if the same person is responsible. well, time now is 7:11. coming up, a south bay charity hoping to make the holidays happier for thousands of kids today. it's coming up short. how you can help spread some christmas cheer. north korea speaking out about the attack on sony pictures and making new threats as one mans plan a creative way to see if people in north korea can see the movie. there's some slow traffic and dense fog playing into this morning's commute. that fog, headlined this morning.

patchy drizzle to start the day. by the afternoon, mostly sunny and mild weather in the forecast for your monday. i will have a look at what you can expect and how long this pattern is going to last -- coming up.

welcome back, everybody. a 13-year-old boy from southern california is being called a hero after he saved his little sister from a would-be kidnapper. investigators say a man snatched the 4-year-old girl from her backyard in lancaster on saturday. the girl's brother saw what happened and ran after that man. he grabbed the man's arm and yelled for someone to call 911 which prompted the man to release the girl. >> he was definitely quick on his feet. he's very responsible for his family and obviously his 4-year- old sister. at this point he's our hero for today. >> deputies in the area tracked down the man and later arrested

him. investigators say he has a prior record of violent offenses. neither the girl nor her brother were hurt. north korea still insists it is not behind the attack on sony pictures and is threatening the u.s. government for accusing it of involvement. through the state-run media, north korea warns the retaliation against the u.s. will be much bigger than the hacking attack on sony. north korea accuses the u.s. government being behind the making of the movie "the interview." a north korean defector says if sony releases the movie on dvd, he will make sure copies of the movie get into north korea. he now lives in south korea and routinely sends dvds into north korea using giant balloons. he selects movies and music videos that show how the rest of the world views the north korean government. he says it's something people in north korea never get to see. and he says he will send "the interview" there if it ever

gets released. spaniards who bought lottery tickets in an upper class neighborhood in madrid have hit the jackpot. today is the annual lottery that distributes nearly $3 million in prizes to thousands of people. more than 100 winning ticket were told for the top prize, $490,000. 20 were purchased in another city. a handful were sold in other cities. there are smaller prize yazs. el gorda is the largest lottery and it lasted four hours. a smalltown that shares the name of one of santa's reindeers is getting a lot more mail. rudolph, wisconsin. it will get a special stamp.

>> if they can't physically drive here, we get cards and boxes and envelopes from all over the country. we even had one from china. >> well, the post office says they normally see 10,000 letters but this year so far 16,000 letters have come through. they attribute the increase, you see the boy working very hard there, they attribute the increase for a special postage stamp honoring the rudolph the red nosed reindeer special. >> i love that show. >> he -- i do too. sal, you were taking a poll about whether people were getting the whole week off. >> monday and tuesday is the most common answer. one lady working in retail works every day but christmas and i had a couple of teachers say they have until january 5th. it's kind of a mixed people. but most people that i got on the poll are working on monday and that's today.

let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge. it certainly looks like that. although schools are out. i know a lot of them are out but still people have to get into the city. it's backing up for a 20-minute delay with no mikor problems. san mateo bridge as we look at this is a little bit slow now as you drive out to the high rise. the fog is dense and we've been looking at something that could be on the span for a bit but the traffic or -- the chp is not reporting anything. but i think there's something on that span because you can see how slow it is. marin county, of course. we have the rockslide that we have been covering all morning long. i just wanted to show you the backup on the map here. southbound 101 is backed up from tiburon boulevard until you get past the two right lanes that are blocked at rodeo avenue. let's go to rosemary. very dense fog out there. it's very thick and can be very dangerous. take it easy. extra time if you can. giving you a live look here at the low clouds, just a blanket there and we have sunny skies

now as the sun rises in the next couple of minutes. we're looking at bright, sunny skies for the afternoon. we just need to have the clouds clear out of the way first. i think by midmorning we begin to see the clearing. the other item of note is the coastal flooding we're expecting for today. the next high tide comes in before 11:00 :00 this morning. it's widespread around monterey and the bay. our front along the east bay and the peninsula and our local marshes could experience some of this minor flooding. we have the sun, the moon and the earth all aligned and that gravitational pool is very strong. that will be the possibility today as well as tomorrow. we have a ridge of high pressure that continues to strengthen over the bay area for today. that is going to bring us the mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. that is going to bring us temperatures above the seasonal average and then we have changes coming by wednesday. so the best way to explain this to you is just to show it to

you. wednesday, the next possibility of wet weather coming our way. the models have changed up. we'll take it day by day. as we get into the afternoon, we're mostly sunny. even the coast. temperatures in the 60s. the rain line shifting to the north just a little bit. we get into tuesday, more of the same. we get into wednesday, and things start to change. notice the rain has moved back into the pacific northwest. northern california. earlier models have this system bypassing california bringing sierra snow but leaving us dry. well, that's changed a little bit because we're into christmas eve and during the evening hours close to the bay area. we're leaving in the responsibility of scattered showers for wednesday night and then it moves through and we are try again on thursday. this could change. we have a little ways to go. we'll be tracking it between now and then. but want to ror on the side of caution. 53 in napa. 47 in santa rosa. you've been stuck in the 40s

with fog. a 7 mountain view. 59 for livermore. for the afternoon today, a lot of 60s. 66 for novato as well as berkeley. mid-60s in san francisco. again, mostly sunny skies. i think by lunchtime we're looking good. 66 san jose, upper 60s for santa cruz as well as morgan hill. the extended forecast here, temperatures will be nice, mild, fairly warm as we get through tuesday. then temperatures begin to drop off. increase in clouds. moves out and by the weekend we're dry again. thursday, friday and the prayer. >> if the storm comes in on beadz, we're not expecting -- on weard on -- on wednesday dash. >> a few sprinkles. cool, cloudy and sierra snow for wednesday night. >> thank you. well, the final numbers are not in yet but retail analysts say supersaturday sales could be close to $10 billion. that would make it the busiest shopping day of the year. black friday, the day after thanksgiving, rang up $9

billion in sales. master card says it stands by its earlier forecast that holiday sales will be 5.5% liar than last year. that -- higher than last year. that number also includes holiday travel expenses. >> a lot of people are saying the lower gas prices -- it's almost like getting a rebate. >> the malls are packed. no major storm today. but some parts of the bay area still bracing for possible flooding. coming up in 25 minutes, the winter phenomenon cause the concern and the areas that could be impacted the most. but first seven people hurt when a lightning strike hits an nfl game in florida. what rescuers are calling a lucky break in a not-so-lucky situation. sweetie, i'd love a hazelnut.

mom? dad? big uncle wayne? hot chocolate. green tea. uh, decaf, cuz. wow. i'm dying for an herbal tea. the all new keurig 2.0. moviegoers stormed theater for one last chance to spend time in middle earth.

the final chantert of the lord of the ringstry lowgy made $90 million. the hobbit had the weakest opening of any of the adventures but it's still one of the biggest releases of the year. night of the museum, secret of the tomb which includes one of robin williams' final performances opened second. an nip and the hunger games round out the top -- andny and the hunger games round out the top five. seven people were hurt in a lightning strike in the buccaneers game. the lightning strike kicked up rocks and gravel and knocked down a few people. it also appeared to hit the top of a car. one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition. fortunately, firefighters, say, no one was hit directly by the lightning. the raiders knocked the buffalo bills out of playoff contention. they lead much of the game and

took the lead on this touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter. the bills answer with a touchdown to cut the lead to two but the onside kick was recovered by the raiders who got the 26-24 win. it's the raiders raid' -- raiders' third win in a row. many raider fans were filled with spirit arriving with new unwrapped toys for the u.s. marines toys for tots drive. marines were stationed in several locations selecting toys and cash donations. one marine says a raiders' game is a perfect place for this special holiday event. >> it's as american as you get. i'm -- i would like to believe that the spirit and the holiday -- the holiday spirit is within everybody right now. >> the toys collected at the oakland coliseum will be given to needy children all across alameda county. one oakland raider made this a special holiday for the family of a young girl suffering from a serious heart

condition. watson donated his game check to the family of 4-year-old ava orea. that's about $18,000 after taxes. ava and her family visited the raiders' team fit last week. she was born with half a heart and has had 14 surgeries. watson has a young daughter of his own and said it felt right to donate his check to go toward the little girl's medical expenses. 7:27. police departments in the bay area and across the country respond to the killing of two new york city police officers. what they are doing to honor the fallen policemen as we learn more about the gunman's motive. we are live in san jose and santa's workshop, all of these toys and bikes will be given out rate -- later today. we'll tell you why the charity is still concerned. we're looking at a commute

looking normallish. not a lot like a holiday. we'll run it down for you. very soupy out there. we'll talk about the low clouds and fog hanging over the bay area. how long i expect it to last and the pleasant weather in store for your afternoon -- coming up.

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we're live in san jose where the sacred heart community service charity is set to give away thousands of toys this morning to help families in need have a merry christmas this year. the charity is actually coming up short, though, despite all of these goodies. janine de la vega is there and coming up in minutes, she will tell us why one particular group of kids could be disappointed on christmas morning. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores. dave clark has the week off. is my microphone on? can you hear it? just checking. >> i can go to rosemary. [laughter] >> just want to make sure. live tv, i couldn't hear myself. you want to make sure. rosemary, what is the forecast? a nice one. sunny skies coming our way. temperatures above the seasonal norm for this time of year. but see wart with a look at the low cloud and the fog. this is a beautiful shot of the fog around the bay area. not this gulf everywhere. some of us having to drive through it. it's a bit of a tough one. but that golden gate bridge shot almost like it's sitting

on the pillow of fog and clouds. 52 degrees right now oakland. 59 in livermore. most of us in the 50s had a facebook message from paula martinez, 55 and foggy. 47 santa rosa. this area sort of stuck here for most of the morning. but for most of us, 50s in the forecast. 57 sfo and there are delays for some arriving flights to sfo this morning if you know somebody coming in, be prepared for that. the visibility is low. we're seeing it very thick through oakland and hayward. crossing over the bridges. highway 1 reporting thick thog, down to about a quarter mile. as we get into the second half of the morning, it will begin to clear away. i think by lunchtime we're mostly sunny. as we get into the afternoon, temperatures will warm in the 60s. mid- to upper 60s for some of us. when i come back, i will put numbers on the screen for you here. talk about how this -- how long this pattern will last and transition into the possibility of wet weather.

good morning sal. we're look at a commute that seems lighter than normal. but still, a lot of people going to work. at the toll plaza, it's backed up. it's kind of hard to see here because of the dense fog that rosemary mentioned. you might have trouble seeing very hard ahead of you. you might want to add extra time. highway 4 at the bypass continues to be closed because of a deadly crash. they've made some progress but it looks like it's still closed. some of the side roads are going to be affected. you can see the coroner is there trying to take the body away. they should be reopening it after too much longer. we do have a reporter on the scene. southbound 101 very slow coming down to sausalito because of a rock slide taking away two lanes near rodeo avenue. back to the desk. a lot of parents in the south bay will be smiling. they will be picking up toys for their children that they

could not afford to buy themselves. the holiday gift giveaway begins at a south bay charity. janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to tell us despite all of the donations, there still might not be enough for everyone. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's true. they still need 4200 toys. as you can see, inside of this room it looks like a toy store. they will provide everything from bikes to toys for toddlers. you can see some sporting equipment here and really one of the groups that they are strucking in getting donations with is teenagers. you can see here there is a lot of beauty products for teenaged girls and again sporting equipments, head phones but they still need more. parents are actually waiting outside right now. some have been there since midnight last night. they've already preregistered and have an equipment to select toys but they are concerned and wanted to be the first in line. sacred heart community service

will be providing 5800 children with gifts. the donations have been generous. but the nonprofit is short. many families signed up are looking for work or have low- paying jobs and are struggling to make their rent. they are grateful for their help. >> i'm a single mother. it's difficult to buy something for my daughter. >> reporter: the doors open at 10:00 a.m. each parent will be able to shop for free and choose two days and a book for their child. if the charity -- if the charity does not receive enough donations, the kids will not receive a gift. they have enough toys for today. you can go to ktvu.com for more

information or come by and drop off a toy at first street and alma. it will be greatly appreciated. >> i can't believe they still need 4200 toys. hopefully they will get them. st. anthony's in san francisco is continuing the holiday curbside hand donations this morning. according to st. anthony's facebook page, they collected 200 hams. that's well short of the goal of 5 homecoming. they are looking for other food items, hygiene items and socks. there are still two more days to donate. you can drop off your donations from 9:00 this morning 0 to 4:30. they are gocated on golden gate -- located on golden gate avenue. there is a memorial that's been set up in brooklyn where officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were killed. more details are coming out that the shooter had a criminal past. there are reports that he was mentally unstable and that his

own mother was afraid of him. kelly writhe has more from new york. >> reporter: police say ismaaiyl brinsley has been arrested 19 times in georgia and ohio for crimes including assault and robbery. and they say at the time of yesterday's shooting, he was angry at the police for the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. police describe the moments before the shooting when ismaaiyl brinsley speaks to two men on the street before making his move. >> he asked them to follow him on instagram and said watch what i'm gonna do. he walks northbound on thompson, circles back around and comes up behind the officers. >> reporter: police say brinsley shot the officers and -- in the -- officers in the head, while they were sitting in their patrol car killing them both and then he went to a subway station where he shot and killed himself. ramos's family is pleading for an end to the violence.

>> i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of life thav has occurred -- of life that has occurredee so we can move forward and find an amicable path to peace. >> reporter: meanwhile, some are calling on bill deblasio to take action and give police officers more support. >> we need you to work with the community and the police didn't. we don't need you to just go to one side. the police department needs you as well. >> reporter: the shooting is drawing attention to the entire country. president obama condemned the attack and expresses condolences. back to you. >> president obama is offering his full support and federal assistance to the new york city police department. it comes as tensions run high between officers and some city leaders. pam cook is live in the newsroom with more on the political fallout following this tragedy. good morning. >> good morning. the mayor of new york in particular is taking a lot of

heat from police officers. many believe he shares part of the blame for what happened. now, yesterday, this is how nypd officers expressed their anger. they turned their books on mayor deblasio and william bratton as they were walking through the new york hospital where the two officers were taken after being shot. members of the nypd have criticized mayor deblasio saying he failed to support the department following that grand decision not to indict the officer involved in the chokehold death of eric garner. now, police groups say the mayor has also shown strong support for ongoing demonstrations over police brutality. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. those that incited violence on this street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what new york city police officers did every day. >> in this time of pain and

hurt. >> during a vigil last night to honor the two new york city police officers many voiced support for law enforcement. the gunman who ambushed the officers claimed to be avenging the deaths of eric garner and michael brown, two unarmed black men called in confrontations with police. but yesterday's garner's relatives denounced the killings and expressed their support for the families of the two killed police officers. [inaudible] >> we want you to not use the names for violence. we're not about that. >> now, yesterday, police commissioner bratton layed a wreath at the scene of this weekend's shooting in brooklyn. new york governor andrew cuomo

visited the families of the two officers. now with rising tension in new york city, the mayor is planning to address his critics later today and talk about ways to strengthen ties between police and the community. tori and brian? >> all right. thank you, pam. 7:41. ours before shooting and killing those police officer, the shoot -- the shooter, ismaaiyl brinsley, reportedly shot his ex-girlfriend. she's been identified at 29- year-old shaneka nick cope thompson. she's in critical can. there are reports that ismaaiyl brinsley called her mother and apologized for shooting her daughter. support is continuing to pour in for friends and family of the officers killed. officer wenjian liu seen on the left of your screen got married two months ago. officer rafael ramos just celebrated his 40th birthday on

december 12th. ramos leaves behind a wife and 13-year-old son. yesterday his son jaden posted a heartbreaking message on facebook about what happened. he wrote, today i had to say bye to my father. he was there for me every day of my life. he was the best father i could ask for. it's horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a police officer. he said, people hate cops but they are the ones that people call for help. i love you. rest in peace, dad. in florida, a man is accused of shooting a police officer and then running him over. this is a picture of the suspect, marcus parilla. police say early yesterday morning, he was banging on people's doors looking for someone he believed reported him to police. when the officer approached,

charles kondek was approached, marcus parilla shot at him. 28-year-old brian tavara was shot on december 22nd, twix. a second officer returned and killed the suspect. the officer died at the hospital the next day. people can pay their respects at a community room at the taraval district police station. it will be open from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. denver -- it's 7:43. we'll all been there trapped on a flight with a crying baby. the create inway parents help make the skies friendlier for all of the passengers. and convicted terrorists come face to face with the people whose lives they've impacted. up next, the controversial new reality show in iraq and the

objective behind it. >> we're looking at traffic that seems pretty normal today. it's not much lighter than usual, as you can see, approaching the richmond bridge driving into marin county. you will see slow traffic and a lot of slowing in marin. a lot of fog to deal with. very thick. how much longer these clouds are going to last. what you can expect for the afternoon. tracking a nice, dry pattern for at least a couple of days and i will have a looked at extended forecast -- coming up. the breakthrough treatments discovered at st. jude children's research hospital

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7:46. happening today, high tides are expected to flood some low lying coastal areas this morning. the winter if he none none known as the king tide is --

phenomenon known as the king tide is expected to bring high tide through the coast and san francisco tomorrow. surfers are taking advantage of the big waves. in mill valley, the tides caused puddles and shut down the exit to stinson beach off highway 101. >> it's so close to the boulevard here. it's pretty incredible. >> you plan your day around when the high tide is. it's not good to go to certain areas when the tide is not too high. you can't get through the roads. >> a spokeswoman for san francisco bay keeper says king tide shows how vulnerable the coastline is by flooding caused by climate change. she says san francisco's bay level is expected to rise one foot by 2050. authorities in pakistan say they have made arrests in connection with the taliban attack last week on a school that killed 148 people. most of them children. the country's interior minister says several suspects who facilitated the attack have been taken into custody.

seven gunmen wearing belts full of explosives stormed the school. taliban banned hideouts near the afghan border and lifted a ban on the execution of convicted terrorists. over the weekend, six men were executed. and in iraq, victims of terror attacks can now have a face to face confrontation with terrorists. three controversial new real till -- a controversial new reality show details evidence that led to terrorists' arrests. the terrorists are also shown confessing their names and are brought face to face with their victims. the main obive of the show is -- objective of the show is to ease fears ofisis. >> very different from "house wifes of beverly hills." >> yes. let's go to sal. you've been very busy.

highway 4. has that scene been cleared? >> no, it has not i thought we would be lighter. we still have a lot of slow traffic. highway 4, we had a deadly crash on the bypass near an overpass where a pickup truck was involved in a deadly collision. one person died. they are still holding traffic here. it looks like they are making progress on highway 4 bypass near fairview near balfour, if you know the area. you might have to use walnut boulevard as an alternate. we'll let you know when this reopens. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up to foot of the macarthur maze and the metering lights are on. it's a normal day getting into san francisco. we've had some problems in marin because of that rockslide. two lanes taken away near rodeo. southbound 101 is backed up almost into corte madera as you head down to the golden

gate bridge. let's go to rosemary. we have a lot of low clouds. we want to start with a beautiful look. a mix of sun and clouds. by the afternoon, the sun is going to win out. we'll all have mostly sunny skies for the second half of the day. a lot of that residual moisture in place making it really easy for the fog to form. take it easy as you step out. i think by midmorning it will begin to burn off. let's take a look at the travel forecast. if you are getting out, the western edge finally beginning to see a break with the snow pulling in and through areas like aid hoe and montana, it will continue to -- idaho and montana, it will continue to shift through the dakotas, colorado, even texas. the eastern half of the nation was quiet. beginning to see changes. very active for the upper midwest stretching to the eastern seaboard down into the southeast as well. it looks like it could be stormy for christmas eve and part of christmas day for the eastern half of the country. here at home, we have a ridge of high pressure that's taking control of our weather pattern. this is bringing us dry

conditions. very stable conditions and that also contributing and helping out with that fog this morning. very thick. but you can see the arch beginning to shape over the pacific. that's pushing that storm track to the north of us and so we are going to be dry today as well as tomorrow before things start to change a little bit. we have the morning fog as well as a little bit of patchy drizzle. but for the afternoon, we'll be mostly sunny. we'll be dry. temperatures will range in the 60s even a few upper 60s in the forecast for today. by wednesday, the clouds do begin to increase and we may have a chance of showers coming our way. i will detail that for you coming up. for now, 57 degrees outside the door in condord. 52 in novato. thick fog reported along the east bayshore line, highway 101, the north valley locations as well. 58 for san jose. how about the afternoon? 68 for oakland today. 65 san rafael. 66 in redwood city. get into the south bay, you are going to 66 san jose. and into the east bay, 67 this

afternoon. for livermore. north bay you are looking good. 67 degrees expected for santa rosa. as we go day by day, temperatures will remain relatively warm as we get through monday, tuesday and the changes begin to move in. it's a slight chance, especially over the north bay for the evening hours on wednesday. by thursday, it begins to clear out. notice temperatures begin to fall as well. low 60s in the forecast for the second half of the week and into your bay area weekend, we do remain dry with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 60s. in addition to the possibility of getting a few sprinkles here, we may see snow in the sierra wednesday night as well. >> that's good news for the ski resorts and skiers and snowboarders. coming up, the giant el goreda lottery is setting a record. how this lottery is different from lotteries in the u.s. there's magic happening,

there's bubbles for snow. there's a working waterfall. >> up next, one of the most amazing christmas light displays in the bay area. the reason cost is not a big issue for the homeowner.

this video shows a man named cary. he was in east australian hand out candy and smelled smoke from a nearby house. they found a man unconscious. carie administered cpr before the ambulance arrive. that man is expected to recover. here at ktvu we've been searching the area to see who all is decked out for the holidays.

we asked you, our viewers, to help us. >> it wasn't my home. >> not mine either. >> one display in rohnert park called weavers wonderland, we sent a crew there. >> this is weavers wonderland. 20 years of labor of love. >> yes. that is a house even though it looks like disneyland. >> scott weaver transforms his home into a cast well almost 300 hand crafted characters that he designs and creates all free hand. he says the key to making it magical is paying attention to every detail. look at all of the design. it features a waterfall, a train and a bubble machine. >> weaver says he's hoping the pg&e bill comes in under $-- under $1500. he says the expense doesn't bother him. >> i do for the love of making kids happy. it's not about money. i am not good at accepting

money. i put a donation box. i never break even but i do it for the fun of doing it. >> that's the way to do it. he says thousands visit the home each night. >> and he says 95% of the neighbors are supportive of the display. i wonder who the other 5% are. and he designs features they can put in their own yard. for example, he's created 101 dalmatians. you see one there. but only 60 of them are in his yard. he hopes kids make a game out of trying to find and count them all throughout the neighborhood. >> looks like the family and i will be making a trip to rohnert park. >> yes, you certainly will. for the next couple of days we'll feature the top homes. come christmas, we'll reveal who wins. bragging rights of having the best holiday display. >> some amazing homes. you and i -- i just have a string of lights from the garage. >> i want to know when these these people get started. >> they usually start around september. >> september? >> yes.

they start early. 7:57, back to other news, a rockslide we've been telling you about snarling traffic in marin county. coming up, we're live to tell you how the debris is affecting highway one and when crews expect to have the mess cleared up. and one man is dead after an early-morning crash here in brentwood. you can see the mess left behind. this pickup truck was left dangling over the side of the freeway. we'll tell you what may have led up to this crash and what police are saying to us about the driver. we're looking at a commute where the traffic is still pretty busy in many areas. the dense fog is an issue on the golden gate bring. we'll tell you why getting to this spot may take you longer than expected. a nice day shaping up, at least for the afternoon. the picture showing you we do have fog. that's definitely a headline for some. some of us waking up with partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. we do have an enjoyable forecast in store for the afternoon. i will update the conditions

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we're live in brentwood at the scene of a deadly crash. you are looking at the highway 4 bypass near fairview where at one point there was a pickup dangling on the overpass. the truck has since been

removed and crews, you can right now working to reopen the highway. ktvu's alex savidge will join us in about two minutes with a look at the damage and when crews expect to have things cleared up. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores. let's get your day started with weather and traffic, as we normally do. in for steve is rosemary. we're expecting rain later this week. me may have the possibility -- we may have the possibility of rain. we have a beautiful day in for this afternoon. some of us waking up to gray skies, very thick fog. a mix of sun and clouds for some. what a beautiful view that is. we have low clouds there. we've got is sun up above. the other issue of topic, the flood advisory that lasts until tomorrow morning. it's for our coastline as well as our bay area shore line.

even our local marshes. the next high tide coming in before 11:00. we'll have another one after midnight and before 1:00. the next one coming tomorrow morning has to do with the king tide. they will with us through about tuesday afternoon. let's get back to the fog and low visibility. oakland stuck right about here for most of the morning. down to about .25 even eighth of a mile reported there. hayward reporting thick fog. i can see by the darker shade of gray getting through novato, petaluma. santa rosa reporting quarter- mile visibility. napa, too. san francisco, 7. you can expect delays at the airport. they are reporting delays for some arriving flights to about an hour. this will clear away. we'll be left with mostly sunny skies. here we are right about lunchtime. for the second half of the day, mostly sunny skies. temperatures in the 60s. 57 in concord. 50 in novato. 50 in redwood city. chilly spot, 45 in santa rosa. a cool one but again we're

going to begin to see the temperatures turn around. i will have a look at your afternoon highs. introduce the possibility of more rain in the extended forecast. good morning, sal. >> good morning. we're looking at some slow traffic in many areas and we're also looking at dense fog. let's go to the toll plaza -- actually, we're go going to 280. i do have good news in san jose. the santa clara valley commute seems to be very nice. it looks like many of the tech campuses are taking the next few weeks off. we haven't had a lot of traffic on 17 or 101. 101 is nice and light. it's not the same way everywhere. let's go to to the bay bridge toll plaza. there is about a 20-minute delay. of course, in marin county, southbound 101 we've had a big problem with the freeway there. it's backing up into corte madera because of a rockslide blocking two lanes. southbound 101, rodeo.

we'll have a report coming up. alex savidge is live where the chp has removed a pickup truck hanging over an overpass. >> reporter: yes, that mangled pickup truck involved in this early-morning crash sitting right here. you can see it on the tow truck and right now, as you can see, caltrans crews. they are sweeping up the debris from the accident trying to get highway 4 reopened to traffic as soon as possible. this pickup truck earlier this morning was dangling on that side rail you see there on the right side of your screen. this crash left one man dead e was at the wheel of this pickup truck, a white pickup heading east on highway 4 near fairview when it drifted into an oncoming lane according to the chp and collided with a work truck coming in the opposite direction. that pickup truck rolled several times. it came to rest on that side

rail and the driver was declared dead by first responders once they got here. the passenger, the woman in the passenger seat, was not injured here and the driver of the work truck involved in the crash, he was unhurt as well. of course, after the crash, you can tell that crews had their hands full trying to carefully remove this pickup truck. the chp was certainly worried about it falling down onto the road below. >> it came to rest on the k- rail with the rear end hanging out over fairview. as a result of that, we had to shut down the entire roadway here so that we could extricate that vehicle off the k rail. >> reporter: and again, the chp right now says they are unclear on exactly why the driver of that pickup veered into oncoming lanes this morning triggering this deadly crash. but they will be looking at a variety of factors trying to see if drugs or alcohol may have been involved and if speed may have been a factor in this case. as we speak right now, tori, highway 4 remains closed down

in both directions. but as you can see, they just had the crews come through to sweep up the roadway. we do anticipate they will get this highway reopened here in this area to traffic very shortly. back to you. >> thank you, alex. we're also following another major traffic problem in marin county. tara moriarty live in sausalito. she's been there all morning long where a rockslide is making for a slow commute there. tara? >> reporter: well, all lanes are supposed to reopen at 10:00 this morning but that may be delayed. that's because crews here have made a little bit of a discovery. one that is probably not good for the commuters. joining me live is officer andrew with the chp to explain exactly what we're looking at. there appears to be a large boulder part of the rockslide. >> this goes beyond a boulder. it's a large chunk of the hillside that came down. as the crews were clearing the debris out, they were able to

discover this massive block. majority on the shoulder. but our concern as the rocks tend to crumble if we leave it like this, it may crumble back in the lanes. they've called in additional equipment, an excavator with a large jack hammer and will hopefully come in and break it up and get it out of here. >> reporter: how has it been for the morning commute. i know you only have two lanes? >> right now we still only have two lanes open. as soon as we can get them reopened, we will. the commute has been tough. one update was 25 minutes for three miles. we're having a rough commute this morning. caltrans has been working hard nonstop to get this all cleared out. so as soon as we can and as soon as we deem this to be safe to reopen the lanes, we'll do so. >> reporter: it happened around 2:40. explain where we are for folks tuning in. >> we're southbound 101 south of alexander avenue.

we're in between alexander and spencer and sausalito. it's an area known as the waldo grade. it's a windy, curvy, hilly portion of the road as you go towards san francisco. for the time of night or early morning this happened, it was dark. we were very lucky nobody hit any of this. we're very thankful for that. >> reporter: speaking of luck, i feel like we're taking our chances. we're on the side of the road. as we look up, there's this sheer rock and any moment that can come crumbling down as well. have you been nervous? >> i'm definitely crossing my fingers this rock is solid. we'll do our best if we can see if it's safe and for right now working on getting what we can cleared and we'll go from there. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. again, we're -- like andrew was saying, we're on 101 southbound as you are making the drive into san francisco and traffic is backed up from this stage

right before the waldo tunnel all the way past tiburon boulevard. if you can avoid this area and take the richmond bridge, maybe instead to get into san francisco this morning or perhaps delay, you know, your time into work, leave later this morning, that might help you out. i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> ground certainly saturated. commuters need on a -- need to be aware. investigators are taking a closer look into social media posts into the man who shot and killed two new york city police officers. police say ismaaiyl brinsley shot wenjian liu and rafael ramos while they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn. then he went to a nearby subway station and shot and killed himself. just before the shooting, brinsley posted on instagram, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours. let's take two of theirs. he also made multiple references to the officer- involved deaths of michael brown and eric garner.

>> we are asking all new yorkers to turn this pain into purpose and to ensure that we send a very clear and loud message, all lives matter. >> before killing the two police officers, brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend inside her home in baltimore, maryland. she is expected to survive. investigators are planning to question her when her condition improves. president obama and new york city leaders are condemning the shooting as a senseless act of murder. at the same time, it's adding fuel to an already tense situation between new york's police officers and mayor bill deblasio. coming up in 20 minute, the gesture that shows how some officers feel about the mayor and how the state's governor is responding. 8:10. and as a record number of americans are set to hit the road for the holidays, a massive storm is threatening to disrupt travel plans for the

two-third of the country. starting tomorrow, the system that stretches from the midwest and up the east coast will bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds. the brunt of the storm is expected to hit on christmas eve. meantime, a smaller system will target the pacific northwest on wednesday. aaa predicts 98.6 million americans will travel 50 miles or more for christmas. well, san francisco airport restaurant workers are set to ratify a new labor contract today. the deal comes less than two weeks after a two-day walkout which led to the shutdown of many restaurants at the airport. workers wanted better job security protections. a new contract includes pay raises an more employer contributions to pensions. it's a lot of people's worst nightmare, a screaming baby on a flight. one family found a unique way to apologize in advance for their bundle of joy. the parents handed out a goodie bag on a flight this week. it was their child's first flight ever. it included a note, earplugs

and chocolate. the note head, hi stranger. i will be 1 on december 17th. this is my first flight. i will try to be on my best beaver but i would like to apologize in add vance if i lose my school, get scared or my ears hurt. he note has gone viral social media. >> i've gone through that several times. >> right. 8:12. coming up, a 9-year-old bay area girld left -- a 9-year- old bay area girl left paralyzed, how people are trying to make the holiday better for her. good morning. we are looking at a commute that is still pretty busy in many areas at the toll plaza. it's getting better but it's still very foggy. yes, it is.

the low clouds are clearing. for the afternoon, mostly sunny and mild. i will have a look at what you can expect. and in the extended forecast, the possibility of more rain coming our way. i will show you when -- coming up.

north korea is not behind the attack on sony pictures. it's threatening the u.s. government for just accusing it of involvement. north korea warns the retaliation against the u.s. will be much bigger than the hacking attack on sony.

north korea also accuses the u.s. government of being behind the making of the movie "the interview." on north korea -- a north korean defector says if sony releases the film on dvd he will make sure copies of the movie get into north korea. he now lives in south korea and routinely sends dvds into north korea by using this method here, giant balloons. he selects movies and music videos that show how the rest of the world views the north korean government. he says it's something that people in north korea never get to see. he says he will send the interview there, too, if it ever gets released. in the meantime, the sony hacking cases led to a class- action lawsuit. two former sony i.t. workers filed the suit in federal court in los angeles last week. it claims sony was negligent because it did not prepare for a massive cyberattack, in spite of warnings and previous security breaches. attorneys for the former employees say the hack exposed workers' social security

numbers, medical information, and even salary history. new this morning, pope francis delivered his annual coms message to the cardinal and bishops of the romeen catholic church. the pope expressed his hope for world peace at the vatican. last week, pope celebrated his 78th birthday on the same day the u.s. renewed ties with cuba. the pope played a critical behind the scenes role in the historic deal making personal pleas to leaders of both countries to normalize their relationship. thousands of people in spain are celebrating after winning the el goreda lottery. [singing] >> that's the way to announce the numbers, to sing. there's not just one winner. the $3 billion christmas jackpot is divided amongst thousands of ticketholders. in fact, more than 100 winning tickets were sold in madrid for

the top prize, 490,000. other winners were spread around the country. today's drawing lasted for four hours. >> everyone was glued to the tv. the final numbers aren't in jet but retail analysts say supersaturday sales could be close to $10 billion. that would make it the busiest shopping day of the year. black friday, the day after thanksgiving, rang up $9 billion in sales. master card says it stand by its earliest forecast that holiday sales totals will be 5.5% higher than last year. that number includes holiday travel expenses. i spend a lot of money at the grocery store. i have kids home from college. they are eating up a storm. one person who is always ahead of the game when it comes to shopping, sal castanedo. >> you know, actually, when i used to shop last minute, back in the day, good deals. but now the good deals have

been moved up. you know, the -- they had really great deals. we went shopping on saturday. big markdowns. >> i -- i'm told you are still shopping today. >> i have one more thing to buy. >> one more thing. >> good morning, everybody. brian, your present, i will get to it. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are trying to get in the city, it's kind of a normal day. i've been talking to people on twitter. they've been saying that most of them have to work today. some people said -- teachers have said i have the next two weeks off. most of the rest of the people say i have to work today, tomorrow. some people working on wednesday. not a lot of people working on thursday and friday. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge right now. it's foggy but the traffic has improved. the dense fog is there. rosemary mentioned it. i'm gonna mention it again. you can expect delays at san francisco airport if you are expecting your mother-in-law to arrive. she might be a little late. if you are driving on 5 -- on

580 westbound livermore, that traffic has cleared up nicely. this leads me to leave that we're beginning to see some of the clearup before christmas if you celebrate or whatever. people have the day off for the winter break. 8:19. let's go to rosemary. the fog is fairly widespread. you saw some of those shots from sal. now i'm going to give you one into walnut creek where the gray skies are here as well. this will burnoff as we get into the 9:00, 10:00 hour. i think by the afternoon, mostly sunny skies for all of us, but first we have to get through this. so the low clouds definitely becoming an issue, the thick fog reported over the north bay valley locations reported along the coast reported into the east bay. that's going to be with us. give yourself extra time. be prepared for that. you may come across it. we've got this ridge of high pressure in place. it will be strengthening over the next day or so. as it does, it will continue to warm our temperatures. it will bring us mostly sunny skies. with the stable air mass in place. it's also helping to contribute

to the fog in the area. we have a lot of residual moisture hanging around. that moisture helping to confine it to the ground. we'll be mild. we'll be dry. by the afternoon, even the possibility of a few scattered showers. i'm going to run you through the next few days. as we get through today, we get rid of the clouds later today. we have beautiful weather for the afternoon. tuesday afternoon the rain line is still well to the north. by wednesday, things start to change. the models have initially moving the system over california and dropping down on the back side. that was going to bring snowshowers to the sierra but was going to remain the bay area dry. not any longer. it looks like by wednesday evening, we now have the possibility of seeing some rain move into the bay area. it's not going to be a big event. but we may catch the tail end

of this. that means mostly cloudy skies on wednesday. cooler conditions. and scattered showers a possibility for wednesday night. it's going document a quick mover. by thursday, we're drying out, once again. temperatures outside the door right now, a chilly one in santa rosa. stuck at 45 degrees. the entire morning thus far and it's foggy there as well. 53 in oak. 50 in redwood city. the afternoon today, fabulous. 66 in napa. 66 in novato. mid-60s san francisco. upper 60s for the shore line. you are looking at 67 concord. 67 in livermore. and san jose you will go to 66. how about 68 for santa cruz with mostly sunny skies? the extended forecast here. so we're good this afternoon. tomorrow morning we wake up with fog. we're nice by the afternoon. things start to change on wednesday. sierra know a possibility come wednesday night as well. we dry out on thursday. your bay area weekend is partly cloudy. >> it's been so warm. this is the first full day of winter. >> yes. >> the days are starting to get

longer. >> a little bit. >> baby steps. >> exactly. thank you. 8:22. a reality tv show like you have never seen before. in 23 minutes. a 13-year-old boy hailed as a hero. up next, his quick action after a stranger tried to kidnap his younger sister. this holiday.

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a 13-year-old boy from southern california is being called a hero after he saved his little sister from a would- be kidnapper. a man snatched the girl from her backyard in lancaster on saturday. the girl's brother saw what happened and ran after that man. he grabbed the man's arm and yelled for someone to call 911 which prompted the man to release the girl. coming up, new details about the gunman who shot and killed two new york city police officers. coming up after the break, what we're learning about his motivation and the rising political tension that has followed the killings. good morning. we're looking at a commute where traffic is still a little bit slow in some areas and

improving in others. we'll tell you where it's improving. very soupy out there. but for the afternoon, we have pleasant weather taking shape. i will have a --ly have a look at your holiday weekend weather coming up.

good morning, everybody. welcome back to "mornings on 2." coming up on 8:30. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your day started with weather and traffic. rosemary is in for steve for the rest of this week. welcome aboard. it will be nice today but rainy in the next few days. >> let's start off by saying dry today. we'll take it in order. the headline this morning, the fog, we have it out there. it's very thick. let's step outside and take a

-- no, we're not gonna step outside. we're gonna go straight to the maps. and i'm gonna show you where the fog is. down to a quarter mile in areas around santa rosa. oakland, half-mile and for oakland, this is an improvement. down to about an eighth of a mile earlier this morning. chp reporting highway 1, thick with fog. san francisco is reporting 7 miles. as sfo we've been talking about it. if you are just joining us, some of those arriving flights about an hour delay because of the low clouds and the fog. temperaturewise in the 50s. we haven't moved much all morning lock. including santa rosa. chilly, a outside the door with mostly cloudy skies. 55 walnut creek. 55 in hayward. 55 sfo. as we get into the second half of the day, mostly sunny skies. widespread 60s in the forecast for today. 6en in concord. we have 65 in san mateo and 63 for pacifica. nice today dry tomorrow. as brian mentioned, maybe changes to wet weather once again by wednesday. i will detail that for you

coming up. good morning, sal. we're looking at traffic that is a little better than usual in some areas. still slow in others.  we'll start off with a look at the toll plaza. it's improving a little bit. the traffic is moving a little bit quicker than it was. that fog is beginning to pick up a little. also looking at 101 in san jose, that traffic continues to look very good if you are driving. traffic continues to look very good all the way through. i want to mention that traffic on 280 and also in san jose is looking good. on the peninsula, traffic on 101 and 280 also looking good. we still have the slowdown in marin county because of a rockslide as you head to southern marin. 8:31. let's go back to the desk. this morning, two new york city police officers are being remembered for their service after being gunned down and what is being called an assassination. this is video of a memorial set up in brooklyn where officers

were killed. more details are also coming out that the shooter had an extensive criminal past. there are reports that he was mentally unstable and that his own mother was afraid of him. kellry wright has more from new york. >> reporter: police say ismaaiyl brinsley has been arrested 19 times in georgia and ohio for crimes including assault and robbery. and they say at the time of yesterday's shooting, he was angry at the police for the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. police describe the moments before the shooting when ismaaiyl brinsley speaks to two men on the street before making his move. >> he asked them to follow him on instagram and said watch what i'm going to do. he walks northbound on thompkins, pat the two officers in the -- past the two officers in the car, circles around, and comes up behind the officers. >> reporter: police say ismaaiyl brinsley shot wenjian liu and rafael ramos in the head while they were sitting in their patrol car killing them

both and then he went to a subway station and shot and killed himself. ramos's family is pleading for an end to the violence. >> i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of life that has occurred so we can move forward and find an amicable past. a peaceful co existence. some community leaders are calling on bill deblasio to take action and give police officers more support. >> the police department need you as well. >> the shooting is drawing attention across the entire country. president obama condemned the attack and expressed his condolences. in new york, kelly wright, fox news. the deadly shoot something also creating a lot of political tension. ktvu's pam cook in our newsroom now with the action some officers took against the mayor of new york. pam, good morning. >> good morning. yeah, many new york city police officers have been highly

critical of mayor bill deblasio saying he shares some of the blame for the violence. officers turned their backs on the mayor and bill bratton as they were walking through the new york hospital where the two officers were shaken after being shot. members of the nypd have criticized the mayor, arguing that he failed to support the department following the grand jury's decision not to indict the officer involved in the chokehold death of eric garner. this morning, rudy giuliani also had harsh criticism for the way deblasio has handled the protest. >> there's rallies where people said kill the police, kill the police. police officers attacked. police officer attacked with an ax. there's been no significant action taken. [inaudible]

>> that was eric garner's mother. civil rights leaders worried that it fattal shooting of the police officers could detail the protest movement that's emerged around the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. 8:35. hundred of people gathered in oakland this weekend to show their support for a young girl whose life has changed forever by gun violence. ♪ >> festive holiday music was part of yesterday's fund-raiser at the academy to help the family of 9-year-old jackie. earlier this year, you will recall she was playing outside her home on 66th avenue when

she was hit by a stray bullet and paralyzed from the neck down. organizers say this tragic incident has brought the entire community together. i heard it on ktvu. as a father, i felt -- i felt compelled to do something. we always try to pitch extended family to our students, how important it is. >> an update on jackie's condition, doctors say she's making slow but steady progress since the tragic incident in may. the 9-year-old is able to move her right hand and has some feeling in her legs. 8:36. the south bay charity is opening its doors to parent bhos cannot afford present -- to parents who cannot afford presents. they are giving gifts but they don't have enough. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: good morning. we are standing right outside of sacred heart community services where you can see

parents are already lined up. some that i spoke to be who are at the front of the line said they have been here since midnight. now they have an appointment at 10:00 a.m. but they were just concerned about there being enough toys. let's take a look at what it looks like inside. it's been converted into a toy store where parents can shop for free and shoes two toys and a book for their child. sacred heart does this every year but this year the nonprofit is short. it still feeds 4200 more toys. families preregistered last month. there was an overwhelming response. if the charity does not receive enough donations, children will receive less. they have enough for today. it's tomorrow that they are worried about. >> what's gonna happen, we'll have not only less selection but not every child is gonnaen able to get -- gonna be able to get gifts. we're hopeful. sometimes i wait until the last minute to do shopping. so if people can remember the

kids this time of year, it would help out tremendously. >> reporter: the nonprofit is in need for gifts for teenaged boys and girls. that's a group that's often forgot about. organizers hope people will be able to dig deep and give financial donations online. you can go to ktvu.com scroll down on click on the web links for more information or you can drop off presents here at sacred heart community services located on south first street and alma. and in the distance you can see there are cars driving through. we've seen people dropping off gifts this morning. back to you in the studio. >> nice to see the community helping out there. thank you. 8:38. st. anthony's in san francisco is continuing its holiday curbside ham donations this morning. according to their facebook page, they collected 200 hams over the weekend. but that's well short of their goal of 500 hams.

they are looking for other food items, hygiene products an socksle -- and socks. there are still two days to donate. they are located on golden gate eafn avenue. high tides are expected to flood. the hing kind is expected to bring unusually high tides along the coast and in san francisco through tomorrow. surfers are taking advantage of the big waves. in mill valley, though, the tides caused large puddles and shut down the exist to stinson beach -- exit to stinson beach. >> it's pretty incredible. >> you kind of plan your day around when the high tide is. it's not good to go to certain areas. the highway will flood. go to stinson beach. >> a spokeswoman for san francisco bay keeper says king sideshow how vulnerable the coastline is to flooding caused

by climate change in the few churlt. she says san francisco's bay level is expected to rise one foot by the year 2050. 8:38. coming up, it's like a james bond gadget. it will soon become reality. the one-of-a-kind phone blackberry and boeing are working on and what sets this device apart from others. this astronaut needed a wrench in 16 minutes, the high- tech way the tool was sent to the international space station. right now we're looking at a commute where traffic is still slow in some areas but really getting lighter in areas. look at 237, the santa clara valley seems to have taken the week off. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. dry and mild for today, tomorrow and then the possibility of wet changes coming our way. i will detail what you can expect for your bay area monday and the possibility of another storm moving towards california

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authorities in pakistan have made arrests in connection with the taliban attack last week on a school that killed 148 people, most of them children. the country's interior minister said several suspects who

facilitated the attack have been taken into custody. seven gunmen wearing belts full of explosives stormed the school last tuesday in response, the government botched taliban hideouts along the afghan border and also lifted a man on the execution of convicted terrorists. over the weekend, six men were executed. in iraq, victims of terror attacks can now have a face-to- face confrontation with terrorists through a controversial new reality show. it's called in the grip of the law. the show follows convicted isis terrorists and details the evidence that led to their arrest. the terrorists are also shown confessing their crimes and are eventually brought face to face with their victims. the main objective of the show is to ease fears about isis and assure iraqis that security forces will try to bring terrorists to justice. and outspoken sheriff in arizona is going to court to try to block president obama's

actions on immigration reform. sheriff joe arpaio and his attorney plan to tell a judge that the system is not broken despite what president obama says. they say the president violated the constitution by going around congress to issue his executive orders. under prom's immigration reforms, nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants would be protected from deportation. young immigrants in arizona are celebrating a court ruling that allows them to apply for driver's licenses starting today. known as dream exers, they received -- dreamers, they received work permits. arizona gror jan brewer issued an order herself to keep them from getting driver's licenses. and then last thursday, a judge ordered arizona to stop denying driver's licenses to dreamers. 8:45. blackberry is working with boeing to develop a smartphone that will self-destruct if someone tampers with it.

the phone's tamper-proof covering will erase data if it's taken apart. the phone will be taken apart to security lines for communication. the phone will initially be marketed to governments but a similar device will be released to the public. not sure i -- >> i know. >> okay. sal, keeping an eye on traffic. how is it looking out there, bud? >> good in some areas. great in the santa clara. marin county has a problem. southbound 101 very slow out of san rafael all the way down to the southern marin area. can you believe that? a long line of slow traffic because of that rockslide blocking two lanes near rodeo on the waldo grade. avoid heading south. if you want to get out of marin, use the richmond bridge and put the trip off. they won't be finished cleaning this up for the next few hours. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's not too bad

getting into san francisco. there's a small delay there with no major issues. and if you are driving on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17, the santa clara valley looks very good. now let's go to rosemary in the weather center. our weather looking good especially as we get into the afternoon. mostly sunny skies around the bay area. temperatures will be in the 60s. giving you a live look into san francisco. you can see those clouds beginning to break up. this is happening slowly but surely. still fog out there in some areas. take it easy. the other item we've been talking about this morning, the king tides they are back. we do have a coastal flood advisory for the possibility of minor flooding lasting until tuesday afternoon i will give you a different perspective. from the north bay coastline town to the san mateo coast and into monterey, it also includes our bay area fronts and shores. also include our bay area marshes. this would be aware of. the next high tide coming in before 11:00 this morning.

ridge of high pressure building in. temperatures will be warming. widespread 60s in the forecast for today. we're going to remain this way. today, tomorrow, and then this ridge begins to break down. en and then we'll have the possibility of a few -- a few scattered showers. santa rosa one of the cooler spots. 48 degrees reported in your neighborhood with clouds and fog still reported there as well. 55 in san francisco. 50s in oakland. 57 in concord. san jose, you are checking in at 57. as we get into the afternoon, these numbers are looking quite nice. a bit above the seasonal average. you get closer to the bay. more of the same. 66 in redwood city. 68 for oakland. into the north bay. a cool start in santa rosa b but you have a nice afternoon coming your way. 67 expected for you. san jose you are checking in at 66. along the coastline, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies for today. i should say partly to mostly sunny skies. 63 expected in pacifica for the

afternoon. the extended forecast, day by day. tomorrow morning, i think we'll wake up with the pog. perhaps patchy drizzle. we have a lot of moisture lingering from the storms. as we get into the afternoon, mostly sunny skies. a near repeat. mid- to upper 60s in the forecast from the coast around the bay and inland. by wednesday afternoon an increase in the cloud cover moves our way. a slight chance for rain. it will be a weak system. we may catch just the tail end of one that's moving over northern california and into the sierra. with that said we may have sierra know come wednesday night as well. plan ahead if you are going to the sierra for your holiday. thursday we're dry. our little ones can get out and ride their new bikes. as we get into your bay area weekend, we're not as warm as we are today. but we're still partly cloudy. we still look mainly dry. >> all right. thank you. >> you are welcome. new this morning, fremont police are asking for the

public's help into a home- invasion robbery investigation. they have released a surveillance photo of the crime on the 3900 block of logan drive last week. you see the two suspects, a man and a woman who claim to be charity workers. police say they enter the victim's home, pointed a gun at her and then ran off with cash and val huals. anyone -- valuables. anyone with information is asked to contact fremont police right away. the reservoirs in marin county are nearly full as a result of the recent storms. the county district reports due to the heavy rainfall during the past two weeks, the reservoirs are now 99.8% of capacity. now, on average, marin county reservoirs are at 69% capacity. recent storms have put a big dent in the drought in every california county but the current water situation is among the best in the state. 8:50. seven people hurt when a lightning strike hits following an nfl game in florida.

after the break the reason it could have been worst. this is captain susan from san diego. i'm the director of nursing services here at the medical unit in kandahar, afghanistan. i want to say happy holidays to all of my family and friends, to david in san diego, my son, christopher, in san francisco, my sister in new jersey and my dad and all of the fantastic crew in san diego. happy holidays!

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welcome back. surviven people were hurt in a lightning strike after the tampa buccaneers game. it also appeared to hit the top of a car. it knocked a few people down. one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition. fire officials say fortunately nobody was hurt directly by the lightning. well, many raider fans were filled with the holiday spirit. >> that's right. they arrived with new unwrapped toys for the u.s. marines toys for to the the drive. marines were stationed in several locations collecting toys and cash donations. one marine says a raiders game is the perfect place for this special holiday event. >> it's as american as you get. i'm -- i would like to believe that the spirit and the holiday spirit is within everybody

right now. the toyes collected at the oakland coliseum will be given to needy children all across alameda county. >> great program. 40 kids in richmond received star treatment in the holiday shop with a cop program. >> they got to ride in a limousine or a police car at the hilltop mall where they were greeted by santa and each given $100 to spend any way they wanted. some bought things for themselves. others bought holiday gifts for family and friends. the point was also for the kids to make a friendly connection with police. >> my grandson, he was thrilled because he got -- he was able to ride in a cop car. with the sirens on. >> it's a fantastic community relations tool that we use to let richmond citizens and our youths know we care about them. >> officers also surprised each of the young shoppers with several gifts including a bicycle for every single child. >> that's awesome. >> bikes are so cool.

an astronaut aboard the international space stays, he needed a new wren -- space station, he needed a new wrench. >> so he had nasa e-mail hymn the design for a -- him the design for a ratcheting socket wrench and used the first 3-d printer in space to print one. he plans to use it for a while and send it to nasa and scientists can see if there's a difference between 3-printing in space and one on earth. 8:56. the last check at our traffic with sal keeping a on eye on things. how is it going? >> well. let's go out and see what we have at the bay bridge. still foggy there. if you are driving into san francisco, please give yourself a little extra time. now we've also had a look at the marin county commute. it's terrible heading south

from san rafael to the golden gate bridge because of a rockslide on the waldo grade taking away two lanes southbound. northbound is okay. southbound is not. westbound 237, we have light conditions here and all over the santa clara valley. it looks like a lot of the tech campuses have this week off. 8:57. back to rosemary in the studio. >> we have great weather coming our way for the afternoon. we'll be dry and mild. the story this morning, the fog. right now, visibility less than a quarter mile. in san francisco and in oakland. quite widespread at least crossing over the bridges and the bay area. take it easy. as we get into the afternoon today, mid- to upper 60s in the forecast around the bay area under mostly cloudy skies. we will wake up tomorrow morning with fog. mostly sunny skies for the afternoon and then changes coming our way by wednesday night into thursday. possibility of a few sprinkles. sierra snow in the forecast as well. whatever we see it's not going to last long. we're dry out for by thursday

morning and we remain dry as we get into your bay area weekend. tori will be gone for the rest of the week. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. are you ready? >> i have a few things to get. and i need to do the wrapping. >> good luck. >> thank you. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. be sure to watch the news at noon. we'll see you then. bye-bye. the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf.

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