the president offering his apologies after learning a a an u.s. air strike mistakenly killed and american being held by al qaeda. good afternoon, everyone. tori campbell has the afternoon off. president obama is expressing grief and coni do lenses for a -- condolences today for a drone strike that accidentally killed two hawts. dr. warren weinstein and another hostage, giovanni lo porto. he was captured in 2012.

both were kidnapped by al qaeda in pakistan. the drones targeted two hideouts along the border of pakistan and afghanistan. the president said intelligence excepts didn't know the -- experts didn't know they were hiding the hostages there. >> i take full responsibility for our counterterrorism omerations, including the ones that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovanni lo porto. i regret what happened. >> two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed in the attacks. one was an american who led al qaeda. because of the deaths of the hostages, president obama is calling for a full review of what happened. nancy pelosi says she wants to see all of the intelligence the president releases on the drone strikes. >> he took full responsibility as commander-in-chief, apologized to the family for

the tragedy. and i look forward to what he calls for the declassification of all of the information related to the strike so that the families will know the facts and so will the public. >> senator dianne feinstein says the senate intelligence committee is already investigating the drone strikes. the white house said this morning that two other americans who were members of al qaeda were killed in other u.s. anti-terror raids. 36-year-old adam gadan worked as an al qaeda translator and spokesman during his time with al qaeda. he posted propaganda video. at one time, the u.s. offered a million-dollar reward for his arrest. well, we're learning more about what prompted sonoma county sheriff deputies to open fire on a woman following a high-speed pursuit overnight. alex savidge mass more on -- has more on this. >> reporter: a violent end to a dangerous high-speed chase.

just after midnight, sonoma county sheriff deputies shot and critically injured a woman in this business park near sebastopol. investigators say that driver backed her car up into deputies knocking three of them to the ground. and that's when they evened fire -- opened fire. this pursuit started a ways away near windsor where deputies tried to stop the woman for driving backward on highway 101. she sped off and was seen going well over 100 miles an hour on the freeway. >> the high rate of speed, it poses a substantial risk to the public and the deputies and to her. we have no reason to understand why she wouldn't stop for them. >> reporter: santa rosa police were put in charge of this investigation which is standard procedure for the sonoma county sheriff's office whenever deputies are involved in a shooting. investigators tell us the driver who was shot is a white woman, they haven't said how old she is where or she's from.

this man works at a cabinet business and saw dozens of squad cars. >> i think it's a sad state of aware -- affairs when things like this happened. >> reporter: investigators have not said how many deputies fired their weapons here or how many times that woman was shot. at last check, she remains in the hospital with life- threatening injuries and santa rosa police expect to be out here at the scene gathering evidence well into the afternoon. near sebastopol, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. the highway patrol arrested a man overnight who led them on a high-speed chase for about 40 miles. it started in vallejo just before midnight. our traffic cameras here captured the chase as the suspect crossed the bay bridge. at times he got up to speeds up to 115 miles per hour from the bay bridge. the driver continued onto 101 and eventually stopped in daly city. the driver then got out of the vehicle and tried to run away

but was eventually captured. the chp says the car he was driving was stolen out of san bruno. pg&e says it is now safe for some antioch residents to leave their homes. a sheltner place order was lifted within the last hour. it went into effect at 8:45 after a gas leak in the area of buchanan and somerville roads. it happened after a construction crew hit a four- inch gas line. this order affected everyone at the chateau mobile home park. the two roads were closed while pg&e worked on stopping the leak. explosions and flames at a home in mountain view. investigators are at the scene trying to determine what sparked today's deadly fire. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega reports on the efforts made by efforts to save a man trapped inside. >> reporter: that popping is the sound of bullets heating up and exploding in the garage of this home on lola lane. the cell phone video was taken shortly after 3:00 this nobodying where you -- this morning where you can see

flames. inside a man was trapped. >> i thought about breaking the front door down. i knew where his bedroom was. i started to bang there and started to yell. i baked on it. the window broke. the smoke came billowing out, black economic -- black thick smoke. i knew there was no way i could go in there and have one break of air. >> reporter: firefighters arrived and started to immediately attack the fire and they found the man in the back bedroom where he was one deceased. they say he was in his 60s and not married. they've not officially identified him. >> he was -- yeah. it's heartbreaking to see this happen. >> reporter: neighbors say the reason why there was ammunition in the garage is because the man enjoyed target shooting. >> he would go do like national level competitions. he would shoot old style guns and fancy guns and shoot like

at 1,000 yards. >> reporter: fire officials don't believe the am knew nix was the cause of the fire -- ammunition was the cause of the fire. that's because the fire began in the rear of the home, not the garage. as investigators sifted through charred debris, they found the worst damage to the kitchen and back. they will send much of the day getting help from the county arson -- getting help from investigators. a groundbreaking vote on capitol hill. the unrelated legislation that held up the confirmation of the new u.s. attorney general. a foggy start to the day around parts of the bay area. there's also a pretty good chance of showers in the forecast. meteorologist mark tamayo is up next. >> >> reporter: can a brand-new playground pop up in less than

eight hours? it's -- that's exactly what's happening and find out how it will help kids in richmond.

the parents of michael brown filed a civil lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri. the suit claims that, an unarmed african-american teenager did not have to be shot and killed by officer

darren wilson. wilson who has since resigned from the police department has never been charged in the case. but brown's parents say they've never accepted wilson's story that the shooting was in self- defense. there's no word on how much compensation they are seeking. federal prosecutors have rested their case in the penalty phase of the federal trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. the prosecution rested after falling a man who lost a leg in the bombing. a trauma surgeon also testified about an 8-year-old boy who bled to death after the bombings. prosecutors say dzhokhar tsarnaev should be executed for his role in the attack. the defense arguing for life in prison is expected to begin presenting its case and calling witnesses on monday. in the last however, the republican-controlled senate voted to confirm loretta lynch as the u.s. next attorney general. the final vote was 56-43. political wrangling over an unrelated bill delayed the

confirmation process. joel waldman has more from washington. >> reporter: it's been the longest wave for an attorney general nominee since the reagan administration. now after more than five months -- >> the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: -- congress has confirmed lynch as the next head of the justice department. republicans had refused to bring her nomination up for a vote until democrats cut a deal on abortion language in unrelated human trafficking bill which passed last night by a vote of 99-0. >> we wanted to make it an early legislative priority. it was time to act and to finally give the victims of modern savely the help and hope they've long waited for. >> reporter: democrats say lynch, a federal prosecutor from new york city, who mass a long track record of convicting terrorists and other high- profile criminals should never have been caught in the middle of a political battle. >> republicans, this isn't -- about loretta lynch, it's about

president obama. because the republicans will do everything they can to make president obama's life more difficult. >> reporter: this comes at a time of deep distrust between some cities of police and the communities they serve. >> should i be confirmed as attorney general? my highest priorities will continue to ensure the safety of all of our citizens to protect the most vul anybody among us -- vulnerable among us against crime and abuse and to stable relationships between law enforcement and the communities they are entrusted to serve. >> she waited 1 66 days for confirmation. that's more than twice as long as the seven previous attorney generals combined. lynch will be the first african- american female u.s. attorney general. a 7-year-old boy is in critical condition this afternoon after getting shot in vallejo. he was part of a group of about 20 to 30 people that gathered at a home on the 800 block of fifth street to mourn the death of another family member who died. as the people gathered outside

of the house just after 5:20, several shots were fired and the boy was hit. when police arrived at the scene, they say the boy had already been take on a nearby hospital by his parent -- taken to a nearby hospital by his parent. obviously protection of life is our top priority. regardless of age, gender, whenever somebody gets shot. it's a tremendous heartache to the agency and community, especially when we're dealing with a 7-year-old child. we are sparing no resources in trying to get this resolved. police. police don't have a description of the gunman but they believe five or more people may be involved. witnesses say they drove away in a dark-colored vehicle. while children in one east bay city are getting a big gift, sal castanedo is live for us in the city of richmond where volunteers have been constructing a new playground for those kids. >> reporter: yeah, mike. i remember being a kid an loving these structures. let me show you something here.

you can see that is part of a play structure that's going to go up. in fact, there was a lot more of it earlier. these volunteers about00 of them woke upper -- about 200 of them woke up and it's for the kids to need this. >> it will take six hours to build it. we started at 8:30 a.m. we will finish at 2:30. ♪ >> reporter: volunteers danced to music as they worked to assemble a state-of-the-art playground here at the richmond family ymca. workers from kaboom, blueshield and the ymca are screwing together benches, pouring concrete and painting murals. many of the children who will play here got to design this playground at a special event in february. this new facility is at an area that lacks playgrounds or has run down play areas. many say this was important motivation to see the project through. >> i was thinking about when my

kids were young. we were fortunate to have a good playground. i know a lot of folks aren't that fortunate. i'm glad to help. >> when i was a kid, our playground was rundown, broken down. i spent more time running from gangs and bullets when i was a kid. so this is personal to give the kids a safe place to-- to play. when i grew up, i didn't have that opportunity. >> reporter: they make it look so easy. they are assembling benches. there will be a stage area. there is a deejay here. some of the volunteers have been here so they are having lunch. just around the corner, but the play area is being put together. this sunday. they are going to open the area to come -- to all kids. this sunday at 10:00 a.m., this sunday is when kids will be able to play and climb on things. i think it will be a fun day -- you are about 8 years old, 10

years old, to climb on this stuff that's brand new. >> i'm a father of two. you can still have a blast. hats off to the volunteers. that's impressive. six hours to complete. thank you. mark, they could have not picked a better day to do it since the rain is coming this weekend to build that playground today. >> that's right. beautiful weather. we had a few clouds out there. but then great to be outside with a lot of sunshine and showing up in the south bay. lingering patches of some fog around the bay. but you can see our san jose camera. a lot of sunshine. temperatures approaching the lower 70s. on the satellite, we had the fog from this morning. a few rain showers approaching the northwest tip in california. this is a storm developing. it will be approaching the bay area coastline as we head towards saturday morning. the distance locater on this still quiteaways yf shore centers over 1,000 miles. that will be approaching the shore line as we head towards

saturday morning. right now, we have patchy fog. probably just some false returns showing up on the radar. no rainfall expected for today. lingering cloud cover near the coast and parts of the south bay. san jose right now, 62 degrees. san francisco still in the 50s. 59. santa rosa reporting 59. forecast headlines for your thursday, partly cloudy. it will be a cooler friday and then we could be tracking some rain drops first thing saturday mourning. those rain chances have been going up. it won't be wet all day saturday. probably by saturday we should have clearing skies. another round of thunderstorms expected out to the sierra for today. as you can see for today and friday, we have the fog, and then the sun out there. sun/cloud mix. here is the approach of the frontal system as we head towards saturday. morning rain and then into the afternoon hours we'll have clearing out there. a bit of a breeze. i think saturday one of the cooler days of the few.

here's our forecast model -- at 5:00 this afternoon, putting out the thunderstorms, the rain showers out toward the sierra, not too much happening here in the bay area and then tomorrow morning starting out the day with lower clouds. a few higher clouds as well by 5:00. still increasing high clouds. look what happens saturday morning. 6:00 and 7:00. we could have wet roadways. by the afternoon, we'll pull back on the shower chances. it looks like the rest of the day on saturday. we'll keep an eye on the timing. i know we have a lot of outdoor events. the best bet is saturday between 5:00 and 9:00 saturday morning. temperatures for today, this afternoon, 60s and 70s. coming up, san jose, 71. san mateo 67 r santa cruz, 70 degrees. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast -- tomorrow cool things off with increasing clouds. there's that one rain cloud for saturday morning. once that system moves out we'll warm things up by sunday.

by monday, more 70s and 80s across the bay area. we're saying good news with the rain cloud but we'll have to keep an eye on the little league games. >> .25, .50 maybe? >> maybe .25. i think you are a good forecaster. >> i'm not a good forecaster. i'm a good guess -- good gesser. this is ash coming up from the volcano in chile. emergency frills say the evup -- officials say the eruption came as a spur price and caused quite a bit of panic. many people rushed to supermarkets and tried to take out money from atms. 500 people have been evacuated from three small communities nearby. new technology at san francisco international could let you board an international flight without even going to the ticket counter. we'll tell

all right. a lot of green on the board today. u.s. stocks trading near highs on this thursday as investors eyed a big day of earnings. the dow up a little over 68 points. despite the strong dollar, the lower oil price, companies reportedly delivering on expectations. international travelers now have a high-tech way to get through customs at sfo. the airplane is introducing new automated passport kiosks. the machines scan passports, take a photo of each passenger and give them a receipt to present to a customs agent. officials say the process should only take 90 seconds. they say this should help speed up the process with international traffic at sfo which grew more than 5.5% last year. warriors forward green finished second for the nba's defensive player of the year award. the winner spurs forward,

lenord. and tonight, the warriors face the pelicans in game 3 of their best of 7. the warriors are up 2-0. game 3 in na tleens starts at 6:30 our time -- new orleans starts at 6:30 our time. if they win both games, the series is over. if the pelicans win one game, the series comes back to oracle. the swinging skirts classic kicks off today. tara moriarty was at the lake merced golf club where a lot of players with bay area ties are competing. >> reporter: paula creamer teed off before 8:00 along with indy park and morgan presser. creamer started off on a rough patch losing her fall on the first hole. the event showcases michelle wie, julie ingster and cristina

kim. swinging skirts defending champ lydia coe is a favorite. we caught up with tiger woods's niece. >> i'm here in case anyone withdraws. i will be able to play. i'm hoping to play. ette a great event -- ibts a great event -- ibts a great event. it's a great event for women to get women involved in the game and kind of grow the game of golf worldwide. >> reporter: last week creamer tweeted i hope the masters will continue a masters women. she did not back down from that sentiment this week. >> i feel like there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to. it's 2015. i think that augusta and the masters and everybody, they want to grow the game. >> reporter: it's a sport that dee dee says is greeing

rapidly. >> i always thought golf would grow like gymnastics. they are world champions at 7, 8, 9. i think we'll continue to see younger girls that will get to that tour level when they are 18 years old. >> reporter: the pro instructor who happens to be my aunt even taught me how to putt. >> you are just gonna put your left hand on top and your right hand on the bottom. and you are gonna try to make a short stroke and keep the blade straight. >> that's unbelievable. >> reporter: pretty close, right? >> that was awesome. >> reporter: tickets are $25 a day. the event runs through sunday. in daly city, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. an update to a story of a cello stolen. why the crime has been partly solved and what we know about a mysterious handoff at a bar in san francisco at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at

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