we're here at the california academy of sciences chabot across the bay. they are looking at this s we. of course, we're talking about kepler, the observatory that's about 40 million miles from the earth right now. this was a spacecraft that was launched back in 2009 and it's basically out there looking at our milky way galaxy. and it's taking photographs and also images of areas of the sky where it's looking for planets. and it has found thousands of new planets. now they have developed a problem, a mechanical problem aboard kepler where two of the four rotating wheels, the wheels that allow it to get into specific positions so it can look into areas of space, have frozen up. they believe those are wheel bearing problems much like what you would have in your car if your wheel bearing froze up and developed a problem. well, they say that kepler has been put in safe mode. but it is not dead yet. and a lot of the astronomers here including ryan wyatt say kepler has provided a wealth of information to scientists. >> kepler has been an amazing instrument. it h

we are right near the chabot space and science center. this is a two alarm fire. at least two dozen firefighters were on the scene. the fire broke out around 1:00 this morning. it's not really too close to a road either. >> we arrived that close to 2:00 this morning. engines on scene found approximately an acre and a half burning at a slow rate of spread. about 500 feet off the skyline here. >> now there are trails and sometimes people will illegally camp we are told. we understand there is some evidence that campers were in the area. so that could be the source of the fire. we'll have to wait for the arson investigator to complete his investigation. now the wind not too bad right now. we can feel it. obviously it didn't help the situation. very hot weather. this is supposed to be the hottest day of the week. firefighters also had another challenge that they dealt with this morning. we'll tell you what it is coming up in our next hour. live from the oakland hills i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time right now 505. >> we are following developing news. fi

it started off skyline boulevard near the chabot space and science center. there are reports that people camping or hiking in the area may d that fire. >>> and tornadoes have left one person dead, 21 hurt and a lot of damage. the body of 79-year-old man was found in the rubble in oklahoma. state of emergency was declared for 16 oklahoma counties and more severe weather is expected in the midwest today. >>> this morning oakland police are offering a $10,000 reward for information in two deadly shootings. they happened just 14 hours apart. they found a man who had been shot to death at 6:30 last night on west street. they have not released information about a suspect or a motive. >>> oakland police also searching for the suspect that opened fire on a car. that happened at about 4:30 yesterday morning on 92nd avenue in international boulevard. police are offering a reward of $10,000 in each shooting for information that leads to an arrest. >>> we are learning new information about a big house fire in the hills above keptfield in marin county. it started early t

it started just before 1:00 this morning off skyline boulevard near the chabot space and center center in redwood regional park. one of our crews was there as the firefighters were rolling out the hoses. there were a lot of lem bers flying around. it -- a lot of embers flying around. it took them about an hour and a half to contain the names. fire crews they think illegal campers may be to blame. >> we don't do open bonfires, open pits. we have histories and we're susceptible to high fire danger. we always want to be cognizant of any type of flame or fire. >> reporter: the fire burned about three acres of threes, grass and rush -- trees, grass and brush. >>> california's top politician addressed political science graduates at their graduation this morning at uc berkeley. ♪ >> governor jerry brown yong greated from uc berkeley in 1961. his own father was governor at the time and handed jerry brown his diploma. today, the governor focused on the future and the power of democracy as well as the pour of individual people. >> but i do affirm based on my experience that people can exercise p

we're close to the chabot center.y that teenagers are known to frequent this area to hang out and party. now, we have exclusive video of the fire. we aive rooked as crews were pulling hoses around 1:45 -- we arrived as crews were pulling hoses around:45 this morning. we're on the 10000 block of skyline boulevard. crews are churning over the soil to put out hot spots over a three-acre plot of land. the fire started between poison oak between two popular trails, not close to any homes. the chief wants to remind the public that no flames are >> we don't do open pits and fire. we're susceptible of high fire danger. we always want to be cognizant of open flame and open fire. >> reporter: it took crews an hour and a half to contain the fire. this is expected to be the hottest day of the week with temperatures in the 80s. skyline boulevard is not shut down, not too many people frequent this area. behind me. you can see crews are beginning to wrap up here. it shouldn't be too much longer. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 new

. >>> we are live in the oakland hills where fire crews are battling flames near the chabot space and science center. >>> and fire tears through this large home in kentfield early this morning. we'll tell you how the family that lived in this place was able to make it out safely. >>> plus deadly tornadoes in the midwest. the horrifying scene caught on tape. all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us monday morning may 20th i'm pam cook. >> see you did it, pam. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve is right there. i'm starting to

if accurate the school and chabot as well as scholars, teachers, librarians.work we've done with 10 communities of this, including journalists can't, documentarians, filmmakers come to k-12 teachers mostly middle-school teachers, college professors and people who make open courseware for higher education. we worked with them in other groups to help them clarified how they can use their use to get their work done. and as they say, it's a relatively new problem in the world since before 1976 it was like a no-brainer to access other people's culture. >> would have been in 1976? >> the law was changed and as a result of the great enthusiasm the large corporate coffee holders to extend the government and extended the length of the copyright term and by making copyright default. in other words copyright in our world. >> if in this book you had written about mickey mouse and how he's drawn and put an image in here. but that it can? >> what i would've asked myself these two questions. this is what we discussed in the book. i would have to say, why am i referring to mi

. >> that was republican congressman steve chabot caution to tea partiers. he spoke at a southwest cincinnati town hall on the irs a short time ago, but the other speakers didn't exactly heed that warning, including fellow republican tea partier brad winstruck. >> these agencies like irs are following barack obama's lead. we have seen him target people, target groups. >> you didn't get the impression you might be the next one targeted by the irs. we have this thing called national health care, obama care, you may have heard of it. it is coming down the pike and being controlled by the irs. are you going to be denied care because of some of your political beliefs, for your religious beliefs? five years or ten years when my knees are so bad i need them replaced, am i going to get a letter from the irs saying where have you been in the past with that knee, where do you intend to go in the future with that knee? do you ever intend to use that knee to kneel in a church? >> what barack obama and the irs are doing to us with this plan is exactly the kind of tyranny

republicacongressman steve chabot ohio: >> i believe there has been a pattern by this administration in not taking responsibility for failures, avoiding blame, pointing the fingers in somebody else's direction. would you agree with that? >> uh, no. >> i thought you might say that. i think a lot of people do, including myself and i think a lot of members of this committee, we might be divided obviously. but these are very significant things which have occurred here and i would strongly encourage this administration to get out frnt, get all e fas out, let the chips fall where they may. i think that's in the best >> i would agree with that last... last part of your statement. it is one of the reasons why i ordered the investigation last friday. i can assure you and the american people that we will take a dispassionate view of this. this will not be about parties, this will not be about ideological persuasions, anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable. >> ifill: still, house republicans have frequently accused holder of stonewalling their investigations, even citing him fo

the chabot observatory in the east bay will be tracking it. >> 1998-qe 2. >> it's a long name. >> justls off the tongue, huh? >>> it is a mixed bag of news this morning regarding our nation's economy. live from new york, it's ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com. with more on a friday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. happy friday, everyone. wall street stocks ended higher on investor expectations that the fed will continue its efforts to bolster the economy. the dow was up 21 points at the close on wednesday while the nasdaq gained 23 points. >>> the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits rose 10,000 last week and the economy grew at a slightly slower pace than first estimated last quarter. those reports suggest the economy still needs more time to recover. >>> well, honda is the latest automaker trying to boost sluggish sales of its electric cars. next month the monthly lease of the honda fit will be cut by one-third. other incentives will be also offered. electric cars represent less than 1% of all car and truck sales. >>> mortgage rates are

plan moves forward, the trees would be removed from nearly a thousand acres stretching from lake chabotto richmond here in the north. the reason, fire safety. on october 20th 1991 the oakland hills fire charred more than 3,000 homes and killed 25 people. after the fire, a study by fema found that eucalyptus trees significantly contributed to the spread of the fire. since then east bay regional parks, the city of oakland, uc berkeley and other agencies developed the plan to remove the trees and they've been trying to get grants from the federal government to pay for the work. let's take a closer look at a couple of spots included in the plan. this a google earth view of the area just south of highway 24 near the caldecott tunnel. the trees would be removed from this area and you can see that just to the south over this ridge there are hundreds of homes that could be threatened by a wildfire. and finally, this is an campus in berkeley. to the northeast is strawberry canyon. under the plan, trees near the top of the canyon would be removed, that would include this grove of eucalyptus along

that was more breaking news as congressman steve chabot of ohio questions the attorney general who wasesponsible for the irs targeting conservative groups for years. dragging out their applications, seeking tax exempt status for months and months and months and in some cases for three years. that has a chilling effect. that doesn't inspire you to keep pressing for your tax exempt status and in fact it did chill a lot of organizations and led 63% of them to either abandon applications for sit and wait for months and months and months. the doj is now in charge of investigating this controversy at the irs but already we are hearing suggestions that this may need a special prosecutor because if there is a link to the white house or elsewhere, can we trust the attorney general to fairly investigate that dana perino former white house press secretary to president bush co-host of the five fnc. lots to talk about in that answer right there: there is a report from another network, not yet confirmed by fox, that the acting director of the irs is saying this is just two guys, it was two guys in c

it's just right across the street here near the corner of lake chabot road and somerset avenue.o, and back here live across the street we have a nurses strike that is happening, and the chp was taking statements from them. they were witnesses obviously he right here, and as you can see tow trucks getting ready to take this car away, the ac transit bus has been moved. so accident clearing up but i would try to avoid this area for the next 15 minutes or so. live near castro valley i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:56 now let's go right to sal. see what's happening in our commute. >>> all right. right now it looks pretty good coming into the city. it's backed up and to the middle of that parking lot had which is the best it's been all morning. if you are driving across san mateo or the dunbar ton bridge that's a decent commute. >>> mostly sunny, breezy, cool but nice. 60s and 70s, warmer weather kicks in for saturday. it will be a chilly saturday morning and wormer on sunday. bay to breakers looks good except for fog. good on monday and big changes start tuesday. >> gett

chabot, the gentlelady from texas ms. granger. the gentleman from washington state, mr. reichert. the gentleman from alabama, mr. rogers. the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi. the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn. the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the gentleman from new york, mr. israel. the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pascrell. the gentleman from california, mr. honda. the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu. the gentlewoman from alabama, ms. sewell. the gentleman from new york, ms. meng. >> the president of the senate at the direction of that body appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort her exlancey, park geun-hye, president of the republic of korea, into the house chamber. the senator from nevada, there reid. th

chabot, for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. attorney general, let me start with a term, tone at the top. this was a -- >> i'm sorry? >> tone at the top. this was a principal referred to in sarbanes-oxley and incorporated by ref frents in dodd-frank -- by reference in dodd-frank. do you believe the same rigorous standards of conduct and enforcement should be applied to public and private entities? in other words, in short, do you think the government should be hell accountable to a separate set of standards, weaker set of standards than corporations? or do you think the standards should be the same? >> i think the standards ought to be the same, although i would probably say when it comes to government given the public trust that is involved as opposed to private interest, that there are probably higher standards ought to apply to all levels of those of us who served in government. >> let me follow up with that. the person at the top in a business, i think it would probably apply to government as well. even if he or she didn't n