caleb johnson. >> what you would like to tell america now? much for joining me on this crazy, insane ride. i cannot wait to make my record, cannot wait to promote it and play at new shows. it will be amazing. >> he is the first heavy metal punk rocker to win "american idol." >> third time is the charm. good for him getting back out there again. >> good description, a young meat loaf. you also met other folks? >> i did. this was my first time working idol and we worked the red carpet behind the stage a little bit. we were interviewing keith urban. one of the great things i discovered was anything can happen here. we were in the middle of interviewing keith urban, and this just happened. >> how would you rate this [inaudible] >> this is the real deal right here. this is the real deal right here. >> keith urban, international star. country music? we can say country music? >> no. >> star man! >> let's not narrow this to country music. this is the real deal. this is international music. >> do you remember when you were in kiss? it was awesome. sor

the real guy's name caleb johnson, 23-years-old. that's really his name.gratulations. [ cheers and applause ] caleb johnson. good for him. he's talented. here's some good news, you guys. the organizing committee for the 2016 olympics in rio just announced that 38% of the venues are completed. [ applause ] when asked if they'd be done in time for the summer games, rio said, "wait. summer games?" [ laughter ] "how are we going to do with those ski jumps? it's vertical soccer here and we're in the third --" listen to this. in a new interview, angelina jolie said she's considering running for office. [ audience oohs ] pretty serious. she spent all week shaking hands and taking babies -- kissing babies. sorry. [ laughter ] kissing babies. shaking hands. [ applause ] kissing them. and then she took them. did you hear -- you guys love "price is right"? [ cheers and applause ] i love "price is right." one of his "price is right" fans got angry at president obama yesterday because a speech he was interrupted the show. so, let me fill them in what you they missed. t

caleb johnson. the 23-year-old rocker beat out runner-up gina irene. can idol winner from north carolina. give me a note. >>> a los angeles judge has ordered casey kasem's wife to allow the radio icon's daughter to see him. the judge granted the daughter the right to make medical decisions on kasem's behalf. the growing rift between his children and wife had culminated in his temporary disappearance earlier. can i say that? >>> x-men days of future past drops tonight. the film is expected to become the highest grossing movie this year, topping $100 million. >>> the superman and batman crossover movie has an official title and logo. it is called batman v. superman, dawn of justice. the bat signal packed on a few pounds since the dark knight trilogy. a little chubbier, huh? >> superman needs a good movie. it has been a while. >> it has been a while. you always got to like superman. >>> calling all jedis. one lucky fan will win a role on star wars episode 7. j.j. abrams creating force for change. for as little as $10 in donations to unicef, you'll be enter

the top two standing are gene irene and caleb johnson. they will perform with some of their own idols including kiss. you can watch it right here on ktvu news right here at 8:00. >>> i'm surprised sal didn't try out. he sounds like an angel. [ laughter ] >> okay. all right. it's wednesday, hump day. let's take a look at the commute. yeah i will be that guy in the office reminding everyone. traffic is moving along well on the carquinez bridge. speeds are up. traffic is looking good. i want to mention that there is an auto-pedestrian accident reported in hayward. near i-880. this traffic here is going to be a little bit slow in that area because of eighth street approaching the freeway. we are trying to figure out what is going on. right now the freeway is not effected according to chp. moving along to the bay bridge toll plaza is it is light with no major problems. the traffic continues to move along very nicely. if you are driving from livermore to san ramon, the traffic there is also looking good on the interstate 580. let's go to steve.

viewers voted off alex preston, sending caleb johnson and jena irene to the final round next week. >> thought late actor philip seymour hoffman would be re-created with cgi to finish final scenes in the hunger games mocking jay. now the film's director says only real footage will be used to create unfinished scenes. hoffman died of an overdose in february. >>> jay-z, solange and beyonce, the latest chapter here for you. they responded to the leaked surveillance video that shows solange here assaulting jay-z. in a joint statement, the three saying our family has worked through it and jay-z and solange have apologized to each other. statement gave no insight into what caused the brawl, but who knows what will happen next. >> i want to hear from the bodyguard. >> jj abrams production company tweeted this image. filming of the long awaited movie is now under way. we cannot wait. i love star wars. goes back to the 1980s. >> buildup will be so huge like the last time. you hope it lives up to it. >> i think it will. i'll keep my expectations lower. i'm richard lui with bill karins. thank you

the top two standing are gina irene and caleb johnson.ll perform with some of their own idols. you can watch 9 idol finale right here on ktvu channel 2. it begins at 8:00 tonight. >>> time is 5:47. we have bad news. a crash near the caldecott tunnel. >> yeah it's on highway 24 dave and pam. westbound. it's just near highway 13 which is less than a quarter of a mile away from the caldecott. and it's blocking lanes and it's a motorcycle that went down and witnesses are telling chp that this motorcycle was seen weaving and driving erratically before it went down. although now it sounds like the injuries are not that serious. several people pulled over to see if this driver was okay. westbound 24 near highway 13 watch for slow traffic in that area as you drive through. you will also see other commutes beginning to get busy. westbound 580 is slow in dublin as you drive up to the 580, 680 interchange. let's take a look at the south bay here. northbound 101 already getting a little bit slower approaching 880. if you are drivingen 85 or 280 you a

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third time is a charm for 23-year-old caleb johnson from asheville, north carolina. rourke, heavy metalist, the first ever to win this contest. meet your new "american idol," guys. >> what would you like to tell america right now? >> thank you so much for joining me on this crazy, wild, insane ride and cannot wait to release my record. i cannot wait to promote it and play out for you guys and do shows. it's going to be absolutely amazing. >> up with of the great things about covering "american idol" is you just never know what's going to happen. we were on the carpet last night interviewing "american idol" judge keith urban and this just happened. how are you rate this who season overall? >> it's hard when -- this is the real deal right here. >> whole family. >> this is keith urban, international star, country music. we can say country music. >> come on! >> they were his idol. celebrating their 40th anniversary, their tour kicks off on june 23. so it was an exciting night here last night. auditions kick off, brian, on june 18 in minneapolis. i know you're very busy.

. >> the person who won, joel says is caleb johnson, who if you were watching, kind of looks like a youngeat loaf. >> you ever have aged meat loaf? catsup on top of it? >> that was a wrong funny by jimmy. >> goes to show you how "american idol" once upon a time everybody in the world watched it. thanks very much for joining us on this very busy and tpas alternative friday. -- and festive friday. we've got sarah evans today. we've got cooking out front. we've got fleet week and we start with unbelievable videos. >> think about how you get a new car and it takes some time getting used to. that happened to one lady and she almost lost her life but she is okay. a woman inches from death as a train barrels down on her car. look at this. well, that brand-new video just released and it shows the exact moment that a woman managed to escape from her car before it is smashed to pieces by a train. she opens the door and she dives out just seconds before impact. this happened in maitland, florida. it turns out she just bought that car and was still getting used to the stick shift. oh boy. it was a 14