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to comment. he had been arrested 7:00 a.m. he lost his job with the chicago bears a few hours later. they had to prepare to take a chance on m but not anymore. the incident happened at 3:45 a.m. this morning. police officers were culled to a disturb -- called to a disturbance at -- [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: he fled the scene by the time they arrived. he was picked up later in san jose at the home of a former 49er, justin smith. he was arrested for domestic violence in august. those charges were not filed. he was also involved in a incident in december where a woman claimed sexual assault and in december the 49ers released him siting a pattern of poor decision makers. the bears released him today.
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again he was just released from jail. he posted $15,000 bail. we just saw him walking again. he told us he did not want to comment. back to you. >> do you know when his first court appearance is? >> reporter: i don't know. all this is just unfolding. he just walked out. we don't know more about court dates. he just posted bail. >> ann rubin, thank you. rahm emanuel had several -- ray mcdonald had several run ins. in december a woman accused him of sexual assault. san jose police have not charged or cleared him in that case. august 31 while celebrating his birthday rahm -- ray mcdonald was arrested for domestic violence in an incident that involved his pregnant fiance but he was not charged. 2010 he was arrested on
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suspicion of driving under the influence after being pulled over for driving more than 90 miles per hour. a man hunt is underway in oakland for a gunman wanted in connection with a deadly shooting after 8:00 p.m. last night near 99th. police say the gunman shot two men. one who died. investigators say it was an argument about a marijuana grow in a nearby home that may have been the motive for the shooting. it was witnesses and neighbors who led them to the house. >> we had help from the president. people cared. >> police thought the gunman might be inside and the home was surrounded by officers for 9 hours. no one was there. the second shooting victim is hospitalized in stable condition tonight. police released more information about three men killed over the weekend in oakland. he is accused of killing his
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father and two men saturday night in a home on 54th street near market. he didn't live at the home and there is no word on a motive for the shooting. keep protesters aoff the streets of oakland -- off the streets of oakland at night to prevent potential violence that happens when the sun goes down. protesters are calling the move illegal but the mayor says she is trying to keep the people safe. ktvu's cristina rendon with more from the mayer and what protesters are planning to do in response. >> the city is using the approach to reduce violence and keep protesters and the public safe. the protesters say that distracts from their message. over the weekend there were multiple protests that were held in downtown oakland. the first happened on thursday, organized by women and children and they were focusing on police violence against women.
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two more protests followed on saturday and sunday after police officers used the new approach to keep protesters off the streets and on sidewalks at night if they don't have a permit. the mayor says this is born out of an existing policy and should be a safer one to allow the focus to be on the protesters. >> we are trying to do our best to do a better job of ensuring the safety of demonstrators, mostrists, bystanders. -- motorists, bystanders. >> the president of the national lawyer's guild says she co-authored the policy. she feels this can back fire and lead to injuries, wrongful arrests and liability. >> the police have just been creating their own confrontation and much more disruption to traffic than
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would otherwise occur. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the mayor says they have spent a lot of time analyzing the crowd control policy and they believe they are within the law. over the weekend there were several arrests but no property was damaged. it is possible they could protest again tonight. >> cristina rendon, thank you. on this memorial day people in the bay area joined all those around the country in remembering those service men and women who gave their lives defending our freedom. [ singing ] [ music ] >> in oakland people gathered
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for the 94th annual memorial day commemoration. there were several speakers who spoke of their fallen comrades as mebs of one big mill -- members of one big military family. >> we are surrounded by my sisters and brothers in arm whose gave the ultimate sacrifice and are now beneath tomb stones. >> the ceremony was held by friends of mountain view cemetery. started at 10:00 a.m. this morning. one of the largest memorial day ceremonies took place at the san francisco national cemetery. ktvu's rob roth arrived early to find people paying visits to the grave sites of family members killed serving the country. >> reporter: on this cold, gray memorial day some people came
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early in to national cemetery to remember loved ones who fought and died. he lost his brother. >> first marine ever buried in the presidio in the vietnam era. i miss him tremendously. yes. he was -- he was my hero. >> at this grave site, she visited the veteran she was named after. >> my grandfather served in the navy. >> reporter: the more than 2,000 people who gave outlet for the -- out for the ceremony, many saw combat. >> every time i talk about it i start crying because he died in my arms. >> reporter: this memorial day marks the 50th anniversary marks troop deployment to vietnam.
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>> it is my hope on this memorial day and every memorial day that this not just be a fleeting moment of reflection on a monday in may, but that we carry it with us throughout the year. >> reporter: in the distance a 21 gun salute in honor of each of the million americans killed in all wars. [ music ] >> each grave stone, they left behind a family for serving their country. [ music ] >> reporter: at san francisco national cemetery, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. [ taps ] >> we will have more on memorial day ceremonies later on in the newscast.
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tonight could be the night for the golden state warriors. if they neat rockets tonight they will advance to the nba finals for the first time in 40 years. mark eler is here -- mark sports director mark ibanez is here now -- sports director mark ibanez is here now. >> never in the history has a team come from 3-0 down and that is the thing that is facing atlanta. we still hadn't sthenwarriors play their best basketball -- seen the warriors play their best basketball. saturday night, 35-point romp. coming off the game they are anxious to polish the rockets off tonight. we have joe fonziige houston. he has been -- joe fonzi in houston. he has been there all weekend. they need to put an end to this thing. put the rockets out of their
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misery. >> reporter: it is not a matter of if but when the warriors wrap things up. no team in the history of the nba playoffs come back from a 3- 0 deficit but the warriors would like the get it done tonight. the big question for the rockets continues to be -- continues to be what do you do about stephen curry. game three, we thought that he canceled bout james harden but gnats -- out james harden but that is not the way it worked out. he had 40 points. 7-9 from 3 point shooting and he is able to make baskets from all oover the -- from all over the court. we know about the support guys. when was the last time you saw the warriors get 22 points from the center position? andrew bockt with 12 -- bogut
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with 12. when you can get that production from the center, it makes the warriors all that much tougher. they also know the rockets have a history of come backs. they came back against the clippers. so they just asune get it -- just asoon get it done -- just rather get it done tonight. . >> get it done now. the whole series can change. do what you have to do tonight and play with that desperation, same mentality as game three. >> the sense of urgency. seen what they did last series. and, you know, they are never out of it. we have to push each other to be great. i think this is a step forward. trying to figure out new
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challenges for the team. >> reporter: you know what you can't help noticing, we were here for game three on saturday and the arena was charged. there was a party gog on. -- going on. we saw how that turned out. they are putting their best face forward but the warriors expect to wrap things up tonight and i expect them to as well. we will be live at 10:00 p.m. see you then as the warriors try to get in the nba finals for the first time since 1975. joe fonzi, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, joe. we will look forward to your report. in the event the warriors do not win and wrap it up they will play at oracle on wednesday, 6:00 p.m. start. and of course they don't want that to happen. >> saturday night, talk about a back breaker for the rockets. >> yeah. they weren't just beaten, they
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were demolished from start to finish. houston, they have to realize this is it. you have seen teams show character and pull one out. put a stamp on it but i don't see it going more than two more games than tonight. highlights later on. >> thank you. 6:00 p.m. see you then. 40 years ago today the warriors won the nba championship afterthey swept the -- after they swept the washington bullets. >> the ball game is over. golden state warriors champions of the world. the unbelievable champions of the world. >> i remember that. 11th grade. today the coach talked about how they surprised a lot of people when they won that championship. >> very few people thought we would accomplish what we did. an organization who felt that we could get it done and we did. we did it in four games.
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i think people still don't believe we did it. >> that title is the lone bay area championship. if the warriors win tonight they will advance to the people toes and likely play lebron james and the clav leer whose are up -- cavaliers who are up 3-0 over the hawks. what is driving the deals. >> deadly storms pound texas and mexico. a look at the damage and the search underway right now for the missing. >> up next the ceremonies at the national's capital honoring american's fallen service men and women. >> tracking a warm up. got to get warmer sooner or later. i will let you know when that happens and how warm it is going to get.
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♪chicken in the bucket♪ ♪chicken in the beans♪ ♪chicken in the bucket♪ ♪chicken in the beans♪ ♪chicken in the bucket♪ ♪chicken in the beans♪ and if i could i'd put chicken in the lemonade. it's finger lickin' good.
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president obama today paused on memorial day to pay tribute to all the men and women who died fighting for our country. that includes the 625,000 americans killed in the civil war. the 116,000 americans killed in world war i. the 405,000 americans killed in world war ii. the 36,000 americans killed in the korean war. the 58,000 americans killed in the vietnam war. the 200200 americans killed in the afghanistan war and the 4500 americans killed in the iraq war. the report now from washington. >> reporter: president obama among those paying tribute it american troop whose made the ultimate sacrifice this memorial day. the president layed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier
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at arlington national cemetery. >> the americans who rest beneath these beautiful hills and in saccharide ground around the world -- sake railroad county around the world they are why our national endures. >> the vietnam memorial and world war ii veterans layed wreaths. more than 400,000 americans died in that conflict. >> in a special way we remember how 70 years ago the world witnessed the end of the second world war, humanity's darkest hour. >> reporter: memorial day services extended over seas with a ceremony in afghanistan. >> we honor all of our fallen of this war. we remember the 2300 american soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines killed in action during the last 14 years. >> reporter: in the president's remarks he noted this was the
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first memorial day in 14 years that u.s. ground troops were not involved in a major conflict over seas but he stayed away from the conflict and threat from isis in iraq. in washington, fox news. memorial day weekend on the santa barbara coast is more about clean up than ceremonies. a week since a pipeline spilled 100,000 gallons of crude into the pacific. the beaches are closed. demonstrators protested against fracking. the company responsible for the spill pledged to do everything to restore the environment. plains all american pipeline lowered its estimate of the damage today 101,000 gallons. 4200 gallons fewer than previously believed. it is now 10 square miles. the beaches will be closed through june 4. the coast guard said today the spill killed one
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sea lions, 9 pelicans and fish. a rescue effort saved three sea lions. a fourth did not make it. crews rescued two elephant s.e.a.l.s -- seals. the oil is toxic and it is difficult work when humans see animals in pain. >> the emotion starts to come in. we will say -- talking about it, we will start tearing up when we are having the conversation. >> saving animals isn't just a job for her. it is a passion. >> just so horrible to see the damage the oil can do to them. our chief meteorologist now, later we will talk about the deadly flooding in texas. i couldn't help but think here they have all this water. too much water. and here we don't have anything. >> right. it is historic flooding.
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severe weather in the plains. when our storms, this one now, that is cooling us off, as it translates into the plains it will explode and they will have severe weather and heavy rain. we talk about different ways to combat the drought, one of the solutions, we can pump oil from alaska down here, you can pump water if you had to. right? there is always an answer. we will see how it goes. in the meantime, no showers, just cloud cover. there you are. cloudy bridge shot there. you can see low clouds and fog that will continue a be part of our day, the next couple days. until 36 hours out it will warm. it warmed this weekend. it was gloomy in a lot of cities. sun came out yesterday. especially in san francisco and marin. but it took a while. a weak weather system. lake tahoe area, showers,
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drizzly and wet up there is. here is the cloud cover tomorrow. see how it is -- the fog is contoured to the coast line, the land mass, mount tam. it is happening. when i see that, means there is a high pressure pressuring down, forcing it to contour. right? more of a high pressure building. based on that, you can see that, that means warmer tomorrow. gusting now 33 in fairfield. windy outside. breezy. cool. fire danger is low. wouldn't normally be low this time of year. but it is low because of this cool, moist pattern. 71 fairfield right now. right? look how cool it is around the bay. tomorrow's temperatures will be warmer by a good, gosh, we will see mid-70s. low 70s tomorrow. there is the fog in the
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morning. highs -- there is the 80s. that looks typical. yeah. doesn't it? more sunshine tomorrow. should be resulting in warmer day time highs. i will skip through graphics. the five-day forecast. what i want you to notice, tomorrow is like today but warmer. warmer on wednesday. with more sun and this period here, we will talk about that later, thursday and friday, we may be talking about fire danger friday. not a fire danger wind event. 88 degrees will feel hot after 68 degrees. >> we had couple fires over the weekend in the south bay. >> yeah. yeah. as soon as it gets hot it will go. >> thank you. the san mateo bridge reopened this morning after being closed all weekend. traffic was moving in won't directions before 5:00 a.m. this -- both directions before 5:00 a.m. this morning. they removed the original
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surface. drivers will notice temporary markers. permit striping will be added later. u.s. military jets scramble to escort a jet. and why that wasn't the only scare in the air today. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, for the 8th time in the past two months a whale watch is ashore on a bay area beach -- washes ashore on a bay area beach. coming up at 6:00 p.m. what biologist plan to do with the dead while and why they think so many washed ashore in recent weeks. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.
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u.s. military jets escorted a flight into new york affa phone call -- after a phone called claimed a concealed weapon was on board. there were three other threats today made against american, united and saudi arabia airlines flights heading to jfk and newark. the calls could be the work of the same person. the threats didn't appear to be credible. taliban fighters in afghanistan killed 26 police officers and afghan soldiers. officials say the attack started before dawn. a taliban stronghold due to the
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profitableopian that is grown -- profitableope yum that is grown there. former israeli prime minister ordered to serve 8 months in prison. he was found guilty of illegally accepting money from u.s. supporter. the decision caps a down fall of the man who hoped to work out a peace agreement a few years ago. it comes in addition to a six year prissant sentence last year -- prison sentence last year. business is taking its local flavor across the pacific. blue bottle coffee opened in japan. the first store outside the united states and it has been a big success. in some cases people are actually waiting in -- actually waiting in four hour lines. they operate 17 cafes in the bay area, new york and los angeles. last year they raised $26 million to expand outside the
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united states. detectives in las vegas are investigating the death of b.b. king after family members accused business associates of killing him. he died after years of suffering from diabetes. according to the lawyer two of his daughter claim his manager and assistant poisoned king. an autopsy has been performed but the results won't be able for weeks. cars selling like hot cakes. why tonight today could be the most lucrative day for dealerships in 10 years. >> we heard the captain say -- >> world war ii is over. >> we will hear more of the story behind a real ban of brothers working to reopen a war memorial that has been closed for decades. >> and what the first lady told
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graduates today and who stood on that same stage 50 years ago.
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dealerships pulled out all the stops this memorial day. one dealer sold 70 cars this weekend. ktvu's tom vacar tells us why
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they are selling like hot cakes. >> reporter: car ads, dealers don't spent this -- spend this kind of money unless they expect a return and that is what we saw in walnut creek this afternoon. >> memorial day, los angeles -- labor day are our biggest sales of the year. >> reporter: they sold 70 cars this weekend. >> before summer. people are cleaning out their garages. wanting to get into something new. spring just ended. i think it is a positive time of the year. >> great prices. especially opportunities with the dealers. >> reporter: advantages. zero-2% financing available on up to six years of financing. factory incentives on many cars and the used car market, dealers are willing to pay more for decent used cars.
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>> hard to find quality preowned cars right now. dealerships are paying top dollar. more so than before. >> reporter: u.s. car dealers in may have sold 50,000 cars every day. if that goes on for the next six days this will be the best month in 11 years. >> you can have a average credit score and drive a pre- owned luxury car. >> reporter: an improving economy, more confident consumers and gas prices that remain moderate, below last year at this time. people seem not to be reluctant to commit. >> not worried about it. [ indiscernible ] >> my work is busy. i feel good about it. >> reporter: the u.s. is heading for one of its best years ever.
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tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. officials say dna results established the identities of human remains. he was 49 or 50 when he went missing from an assisted living facility in 2010. 2013 a man walking with his children founds a human skeleton in a creek bed. last week dna identified the remains. no cause of death has been leased. swimming spot in the east bay is off limits this memorial day due to health concerns. no swimming is allowed right now at quarry lakes in fremont due to a dangerous blue algae. it can cause skin rashes, pain and other allergic reactions. it is also harmful to dogs. visitors can enjoy the park and go pshing but -- fishing but they are advised to wash whatever they catch. they do not expect to lift the
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ban till wednesday. officials in santa rosa identified a man who died while scuba diving over the weekend as a chp lieutenant. he died sunday afternoon in the waters. he was diving with three fends who found him -- friends who found him in the water. no word on a cause of death. a court hearing to discuss the mental health of gypsy hill murder suspect. he is suspected of killing three young women who were found dead in noc can reno in -- northern california and and reno in 1976. he hasn't entered a plea but says she innocent. on this memorial day a group of world war ii veterans
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in new york is working to reopen a war memorial that has been closed for 30 years now. why it is closed and what is being done to get it back open again. [ music ] >> reporter: meet the real life brothers. one by one they each went to serve their country and fight in world war ii. >> i knew i was going to go in the navy. >> doing our duty. >> we 3rd captain -- we heard the captain say -- world war ii is over. >> the war was over and construction began on this. the brooklyn war memmier ol. -- memorial. 300,000 men and women of brooklyn who fought for liberty in the second world war. since 1995 the doors have been locked. locked to the public and more
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importantly locked to our nation's hireose. -- heroes. every memorial day they dreckerate the memorial with the -- decorate the memorial with american flags. >> needs a full renovation that will cost $70 million. what we are looking at right now is all the public has access to. inside is a treasure-trove. 12,000 names of those who lost their lives. >> we would like to get it open so people can look at all the names on the wall. [ indiscernible ] >> i can still see their faces, i can still see their faces, this is my neighbor. he went into the marines.
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i went into the navy. i still think about him when i see a marine. he got killed on the beach. >> you want to get the memorial open for so many like him. >> that is what i want to do. >> a go fund me page has been set up for the renovations. it raised $3,000 towards a goal of $1.5 million. ahead this evening, an earthquake near tokyo and a sad ending to a missing couple in southern california and search and rescue following severe storms in texas and northern mexico and a severe heat wave in india leaves hundreds dead. the temperatures there are staggering.
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my new summer meal's got eight pieces of chicken, a large coleslaw baked beans with pulled chicken, 4 biscuits and a half gallon of dole classic lemonade. you see what i'm talkin' about? it's still finger lickin' good.
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a earthquake rattled japan today causing disruptions. the 5.3 earthquake was centered in tokyo. officials closed down runways at run airport. no serious danger -- runways. no serious damage. a heat wave in india killed 500 people. temperatures rose 122 degrees in some places. you see they covered their
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faces with scarfs to protect themselves. children are spending time in the pool trying to keep cool. animals are getting hosed down. a monsoon is expected to hit next sunday and that should bring relief from the high temperatures. a couple missing for two weeks have been found in san diego county. unfortunately only one was alive. the couple were discovered yesterday near a boy scout camp. he did not survive. his body was found near a car. she was inside the car, she is dehydrated and in serious condition. authorities say the couple got lost leaving the valley view casino may 10. they were trying to take short cut to their son's house. first lady michelle obama spoke to graduates in ohio today and urged them to run to
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and not from the noise. she was that same podium as martin luther king, jr. did 50 years ago. she said history isn't just something in the past but something happening right now. >> today i want to urge you to actively seek out the most polarized grid lock places you can find because so often throughout our history those have been the places where progress really happens. >> she told students that climate change, human rights and criminal justice are revolutions they are facing and that they have the power to make a difference. in 1935 they adopted a policy to admit african americans. it was a first u.s. college to do so. anne meara has died. anne meara and her husband
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formed a comedy team in the 1960s. they are known for appearances on variety shows and they are parents of ben stiller. anne meara starred in several television shows and continued working on stage and screen till recently. another ban of severe weather turnsdiedly. >> we -- turns deadly. >> we urge citizens to get out of harm's way. >> the operation to find the missing. >> coming home from military service to find there is no home. the struggles faced by so many veterans in san francisco. >> the warm up around here. should get warmer this week. how much warmer after the break.
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several people are feared dead after severe storms in texas. the same system killed a dozen people in a mexican boarder town. the details now from dallas. >> reporter: texas governor declared a state of emergency in 24 counties after wicked weather pounds the lone star state. >> we learn all citizens to get out of -- urge all citizens to get out of harm's way. >> reporter: massive flooding in some areas.
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the water destroyed homes between austin and san antonio as a search is underway there to locate a number of people believed to have been washed away. >> we have confirmed a person count of 12 that we are searching for as missing individuals. >> reporter: several more inches of rain is expected on this memorial day but officials say it will not hamper their efforts. >> there are still rescue operations in play. >> reporter: in dallas, recovery efforts underway after a pair of ef-1 tornadoes rip loud the area. -- ripped through the area. wreckage, uprooted trees, blew out windows and damaged buildings. >> every tornado watch and warning has to be taken seriously. >> reporter: south, a number of fatalities have been reported after a tornado rip loud the mexico -- ripped through the mexico boarder city. 180 people were injured in the storm that left hundreds of homes, vehicles and other
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structures damaged. severe weather watches and warnings remain in effect throughout much of memorial day fearing that only additional rain could increase the problems on the ground. the latest from dallas, fox news. here we are in the bay area without a drop rain. we were talking a second ago, the warning you get when it is severe weather, people get hours of warnings. not everyone heeds it warning. >> even days of warnings. they will issue the warning -- we will do that too. we will issue it for counties and people go, that is not going to happen and that is when they get caught. especially with this pattern of the severe storms, texas area, they have had a lot of warnings. as this system now opens up into the plains it explodes. this pattern -- we are like
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this, you can guarantee they will be like that. severe weather, tornadoes. we are like this. they will be like that. things change for us as we head towards wednesday and thursday. as that happens the pattern shifts. as our gloomy weather -- all tied together. as our gloomy weather remains like this, which it has been, their severe weather remains. this changes. changes in a couple days. tomorrow will be warmer than today. today, not that warm but warmer than it was yesterday. well -- about the same. warmer each day. see this system? not typical to have showers in the lake tahoe area. drops into the great basin. pulls moisture from the gulf.
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cool air from the north. explosive combination. severe weather. as long as our pattern stays like this, their pattern stays dangerous. cloud cover for us right now. the fog is restricted to the coast. the winds are out there. temperatures right now, 60s. low 70s in the warmest spots. 74 fairfield. 68 livermore. the forecast for tomorrow, just like today. but warmer. there is the low. it slides impulses through. as that translates out in & -- out and the high builds in our weather warms up, especially wednesday, thursday and friday. low 90s on friday. this high will nudge that pattern down towards the texas area and give them a break. they are having historic rainfall rates down there. records. fog for the morning. fog forecast. 80s. that is an indication the high
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is taking charge. san francisco tomorrow, 61 degrees. starts off cloudy in oakland as well. 64 degrees in oakland. san jose you will be one of the warmer -- big cities. 73 degrees. that is tuesday. wednesday going to be warmer than that. there is the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. it is fascinating how the weather is connected. if this is happening, this is happening. >> thank you. more than 10% of the homeless are military veterans. coming up, we talk to a homeless veteran about his struggles on this memorial day. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> a young gray whale washed ashore, it is the 8th dead whale found in bay area in two months. why so many whales are washing
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ashore and what they plan to do with this latest whale. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.
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we showed these kids some items from a nearby store, whoa! but they didn't know they were all tobacco products. ooh this is cool. it smells like gum. yummy. this smells like strawberry. ooh, are these mints? with colorful packaging and fruit and candy flavors that kids love, who do you think tobacco companies are targeting? do we get to keep any?
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in the middle east a organization is pushing back. the group works to expose young people to different cultures and -- cultures and offering them an alternative path.
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>> reporter: terrorist groups in the middle east are living with young recruits. to diminish the allure for many young people he established a foundation called saving the next generation. to do just that here and in lebanon. >> we go to the young men at early stage and offer them an alternative path, science, education, life instead of the path they offer which is based on blood, violence and hate. [ music ] >> reporter: the found runs summer camps and sends students to the united states to study. the idea is to expose people to american values and help them spread democracy and tolerance instead of extremist beliefs. >> saved my life. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: he is from
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lebanon. saving the next generation gave him a scholarship to new york. he says the foundation is key to fighting terrorism. >> go a the root of extremism, the poor villages and the poor young people who don't have education and try to improve them to have a better future. >> reporter: he is one of 1500 young people the group helped so far. >> people are open minded. they are tolerant. they -- they accept other religions, other opinions. that is what i am going to take with me to lebanon. >> if they didn't take them and put them under its umbrella some would become terrorists because they have no other option in life. so our biggest challenge is to grow the numbers. we want these numbers to grow rapidly and we are able but we
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need people in the u.s. it understand what we are doing, the importance of our work and to help us. >> reporter: saving the next generation does not receive u.s. government funds. he says he will not stop in his words changing the kids from darkness oo brightness -- to brightness. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> ray mcdonald -- former 49ers defensive lineman ray mcdonald arrested again on suspicion of domestic violence and child endangerment today. good evening. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> the arrest come this morning and by this afternoon he was cut by the chicago bears. just months after they took a chance and signed him. ktvu's ann rubin was there as ray mcdonald left the jail. did he say anything? >> reporter: no.
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he left out a side door and ducked into the police station. he says he has no comment about what happened. >> reporter: this was how ray mcdonald left the jail. he posted bail 4:45 p.m. but he did not want to talk. >> no comment. >> reporter: he had several bushes with the law. this time police say they responded to a disturbance at his home about 3:45 a.m. this morning 467 467 -- morning. >> he fled. >> reporter: he was later picked up in san jose that home of former teammate justin smith. police say he is facing charges of domestic assault and child endangerment. >> what i can say while the victim was assaulted she was holding a child. >> reporter: his lawyer disputes this. he identified the victim

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