durand bridge. back to you. >> 6:37.ming up a suspect wanted for mass killing in mexico turns up in sacramento. how investigators tracked him down. >> and look at that. what a beautiful sunrise this morning over the bay area. the heat of that sun not helping us out much. freezing temperatures across the bay area. we'll have continuing looks at the forecast this morning. ♪ yeah her gift ♪ i picked it out in a snap ♪ what made it genius ♪ was my camouflage wrap ♪ that's my kind of holiday >>. >> welcome back everyone. it's 6:40. whoever stole radioactive material and removed it from its container may not have long to live. scientists in mexico say people who come into contact with cobalt 60 can only survive between one and three days. thieves stole the substance along with a truck at a gas station earlier this week. the missing truck was found in central mexico yesterday. the truck driver told investigators he was sleeping in the truck when two men with a gun approached him and made him get out. investigators say the thiev

there is the durand bridge to get you related to the rest of the commute. an easy drive now and no problems for the ice so far. bottom of the screen, fifth avenue off ramp north 880 is closed because of a crash. cleanup until possibly 6:30. reports of maybe black ice east 24, first reported and now westbound as well, likely the slow lane in either direction. east of the caldecott tunnel. a word of caution. and the bay bridge toll plaza, here it is, a light flow, a couple cars at the toll plaza. end with this shot and a chilly but smooth drive down the east shore freeway. >> thank you very much. 5:17. want to give you a live look this morning. air force one, the president and first lady have just boarded air force one. they will be taking off in a short time for south africa to attend the funeral for nelson mandela that is happening this weekend. something we're keeping an eye on. also new this morning defense secretary chuck hagel is in pakistan meeting with senior officials. haguele is meeting with the new army chief. relations between washington and islam

all lanes cleared north 280 across the durand bridge.ounds like the sanding brutruc were able to cross. be careful. again, black ice reported as you travel over that open roadway over that bridge. it's raised into the air and it's colder than the rest of the freeway through that peninsula drive. a slower drive northbound routes for 85, 101, 87 also into downtown continues with the speeds coming down below 50s into the 40s now in spots north of capital expressway. slowing for 28 toward the 87/17 interchange. a crash north 880 toward thornton. reports in lanes now. we see a little slowing into union city. that may be as a result of the crash. with nothing dramatic. we're tracking that. southbound side that sees the volume building so 238 down past 92 in toward union city and fremont. the nimitz starts to slow as well. a pretty typical drive through the castro valley. no incidents. 580, smoothly, slowing for pleasanton toward 84. and the tri-valley your standard flow. a look at the toll plaza. the backups in all of the lanes to the right. w

with these headlights reminder in san mateo we heard of reports of ice and spin will outs on the durand bridge. likely the same case through parts of this morning. >> conditions on the roads here really nothing compared to the sierra right now. this is a look at highway 50 at meyer. if you plan to head to tahoe this weekend, here's what you need to know. a winter storm warning will be in effect from tonight through tomorrow morning. higher elevations could see up to one foot of fresh powder over the weekend. no chains are required but it's likely to change as snow starts to fall later today. of course we'll continue to follow the freezing temperatures all morning long on "today in the bay" and nbcbayarea.com. cold weather photos. >> people around the world remembering nelson mandela. he will go down as one of the great crusaders for human rights. mandela died yesterday in south africa at 95. danielle leigh has more on how people across the world are honoring his legacy. ♪ >> reporter: in south africa the country is celebrating a man who led them to freedom from apartheid. today there ar

david durand who is the chief of pediatrics.statement on this case it we will bring you a complete report from both sides coming up on our newscast tonight at 8:00 p.m. we will be right back. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then drive. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today get 3 yeaon brand nameree financingmattress sets. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah,

we'll continue to track spots like the durand bridge. more coming up. >> thanks. the cold proves costly for california's agriculture industry. in the central valley some farmers lost 20% to 30% of their harvest. in the bay area most of the wineries like in livermore have finished for the season. not threatened by the recent freeze. experts say freezing temperatures closer to spring are more dangerous for wineries when the vines are beginning to bud. >> the sierra saw its first major snow this weekend. there is ski run boulevard in south lake tahoe at the base of heavily valley. the roads are clear but the temperature minus 5 degrees. temperatures won't keep skiers from hitting the slopes. this is from kirkwood where officials reported three feet of fresh powder, the most of any resort. others need a little more snow. whoa, take it easy, to make it fully operational. >> the weather not just a big deal in the bay area. millions are dealing with what's called a historic ice event. the storm is bearing down on the northeast after spreading snow, sleet and ice across m

david durand, chief of pediatrics, released the following statement. quote, we understand the intense grief of the mother who has lost a child. we are committed to fully investigating what caused this catastrophic outcome from this complicated surgery. jahi went to children's hospital on december the 9th to have her con sills removed. the hospital's lawyer says the girl suffered complications and was declared brain dead just three days later. a judge ordered the hospital to keep mcmath on life support until at least tomorrow when another physician will have the opportunity to further evaluate her. >>> new this morning, police are looking for an elderly tourist who they say may have gotten lost in walnut creek. this is terrence campbell. he's described as a white man standing 5'3" tall. he was last seen yesterday afternoon in the buckingham court area of walnut creek wearing a dark jacket and dark pants. he's from australia and here visiting family. police say he was taking a walk and he may have gotten confused or lost. >>> south bay police still searc

because there is a chance of that freeze watch again the bridge, durand bridge north of 92 on 280.ooking at the water as well as the dumbarton bridge from the east bay, oakland 880. a niz easy drive through downtown and toward the toll plaza. a mild backup for this tuesday. a little lighter than a typical traffic tuesday. we'll see how it shapes up. >> we'll keep checking. president obama among the dozens of world leaders to honor the heg gassy of nelson mandela. we'll have a live report next. >> plus the san jose police department getting a new leader. the change made official today. >>> the world coming together to remember nelson mandela. four u.s. presidents and dozens of world leaders to honor mandela's legacy. tracie potts is live with a look at the day of remembrance. good morning. >> reporter: hi, laura. good morning. there are said to be 100,000 people expected at this stadium today and it's interesting because as we await those crowd estimates, the rain keeps coming down, but it seemed to have little effect at all. ♪ despite the rain thousands of south africans waited out

durand said he couldn't comment but he did say because of a complex surgery. even more complicated than tonsillectomy. we asked what he meant by that, and he wouldn't elaborate. >> live for us at children's hospital. thank you. >>> family trying to find another hospital to better accommodate, but they say it could take time because of the holidays. >> the federal government has announced a one day grace period for americans shopping for health care. coverage california says it has no plans to extend the deadline. that means uninsured californians still have until midnight tonight to sign up for health insurance that would start on january 1st. >> reporter: for the tens of thousands of californians waiting for health coverage, the holy grail is a little more than a week away, but you have to sign up by the end of today for it to kick in by january 1st. >> do it online. go to our local insurance agent. that is the best way to do it. >> you can also call covered california's phone center, but there can be more than a half- hour wait, and it's likely to get longer

david durand/hospital de ninos de oakland sentimos mucho las complicaciones que llevaron a la muertede yajai, nuestro sentido pesame a la familia, esperamos ansiosamente la revision que haga el doctor fisher. yajai llego al hospital por una operacion rutinaria de remocion de amigdalas pero sufrio complicacione s que llevaron a que el pasado 12 de diciembre le declararan muerte cerebral.....por ahora una orden de la corte impide que la nina sea desconectada hasta el dia de manana. que los hospitales los doctores empiecen a tener un poquito de compasion y no piensen tanto en el dinero lo que les esta costando tener a esta nina viva por unos dias mas cada noche realmente no puedo ni dormir, ni comer pensando, dios mio, sera hoy el dia en que me van a desconectar a mi nina, no es un buen sentimiento el departamento de salud del estado ya ha inciado una investigacion asi como el hospital sobre el terrible desenlace...en un comunicado el hospital explico que el respirador artificial no puede dar reversa al dano cerebral y que seria erroneo dar falsas esperanzas a la familia de que la nina

david durand, the chief of paid yatices, said, quote, as medical professionals, it's our responsibilityo ensure we don't create hope where there is none. when one's brain ceases to function, it will not restart. the only thing maintaining this child is a ventilator machine, and it would be unfair to give false hope that jahi will come back to life. back here outside the hospital, this march, this protest continues because they, of course, want to keep jahi alive longer. the next steps are that dr. fischer from stanford medicine will examine jahi this afternoon. he will report back to the court tomorrow. the judge also said that he want wants the two other doctors who have examined this girl in court tomorrow morning. that's when the judge will make his next decision. the family's attorney has said if the judge ends this order to keep the girl on life support, the family attorney will immediately file a request to at least keep this girl u)áñalive through christmas. we'll have much more later today at 5:00 and 6:00. for now, we're live here outside children's hospital in oakland. >> all

durand, the chief of the pediatrics, he said she's dead, dead, dead, dead. again, can we bring in an independent physician, we have a few that we have in mind, and he said well, that's an unusual request, maybe yes, maybe no. >> this absolutely ridiculous is that this hospital says to them, you cannot have an independent doctor come in and see her, and examine her. and you cannot have her medical records to take them to an independent doctor, but we need to take her off that vept later -- ventilator quickly, quickly, quickly because she's dead, dead, dead. those are the words that are used. how are they supposed to struft that when -- trust that when can he can't get someone in to verify? >>reporter: how long she will be kept alive is unclear, that's why family members and their lawyer will be taking the matter to the courts tomorrow. reporting live in oakland, j. r. >> stay with kron4 as we continue to follow this story, also on kron4.com, as well as our facebook and twitter pages. we're going to shift gears a bit here. >>> talk about a chapter of san franc

we like to point out we had ice across the durand bridge, so that may be the case again though it's a tad bit warmer and a shift that subtle could mean no black ice. the smooth drive to the bay, let's pick out some live shots. fremont southbound past the truck scales no problem. the volume in both directions an easy live. continuing as the limit through oakland and the bay bridge where we showed you the maze. we're starting to see a few cars off the berkeley curve. the seech shore freeway moves freely. an easy drive into san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. the person officials say the responsible for the destructive rim fire could face federal charges today. the district attorney declared their intention to prosecute the hunter they think set an illegal fire that got out of control. the rim fire was one of the largest on record in california, caused 54 merchandi$54 million . >> a scheme to send stolen cars to asia, eugenea clen reportedly used their car business to fraudulently lease luxury vehicle, then abroad. they had their friends lease cars on their behalf promising to make

the only one we heard of yesterday and the only one from any major roadway is 280 over durand bridge. that's the only one i heard waive ice in the bay area at least in recent years. we have the traffic flow over the open air bridge, that's what causes that to be an issue. north past the airport we have a stall that cleared. here across the san mateo bridge there is a high rise that chase was talking about. watch it over the water. back to you. >> thank you. earlier this year the new lights on the bay brej debuted. caltrans ready to show off the lights on the eastern span. 7800 l.e.d. lights are along the bridge suspension according to the chronicle. most of them are in place and the rest will be ready at the end of the month. the display was designed by the same man who set up the lights for the statue of liberty. >> a new recall this morning involving a baby toy. >> plus, reports of a major deal that could send apple stock sky rocketing. >>> welcome back a. good thursday morning to you. a major recall this morning involving baby rattles, recalling 12,000 rattles sold under the name q

watch the durand bridge for 280. back to you. >> time 6:07. still ahead on "today in the bay." tech rivals teaming up. why google, apple, microsoft and others are building one website as a team. >> wall street loved the latest jobs report. good news about the economy. we'll take a look coming up. >> and a fixer upper. definitely an understatement. we'll tell you why a burned out home is selling for nearly $400,000 in the south bay. >> where it is cold this morning. you can't tell from that picture but believe me it's cold. this is san jose. lights twinkling and mighty cold. 22 degrees in parts of the bay area. much more on that and your news coming up after the break. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples for homemade. you need safeway sugar for just a buck eighty-eight. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another only two ninety-nine for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday.

we've seen ice reports of ice and spin-ups on the durand bridge north 280 north of 92, as you head over the open space at crystal springs road. reservoir is to the west. that's where we've had ice the last few days. no reports this morning but use caution through the area. south 880 at marina boulevard reports of debris, a big rig reported hitting it but the cars reporting they have flat tires so watch for slowing out of downtown oakland no. problems in the commute direction as well. a look to the tri-valley, the build is on for 580 through the tri-valley. and san jose, we'll end with this shot of 101 northbound at 680. back to you. >> thanks so much. still ahead on "today in the bay." new video as flames burst through the sidewalk in dallas. how it happened and how firefighters got a handle on the fire. >> and severe weather is spreading throughout the midwest and the south. we'll tell you which states now declaring a state of real emergency. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you

and ice reported across the durand bridge, now southbound 280 shows slowing. >> thank you very much.'ll have another update bat 7:55 or so. ♪ >>> 7:30 on a tuesday morning, tenth day of december, 2013. snow falling on the roads in potomac maryland, as the big winter storm makes its way through the east coast this morning. getting hammered by another storm. i'm matt lauer along with savanna guthrie and mr. willie geist joining us as well. here's a look at headlines, scores of dignitaries, celebrities and south african faithful remembering nelson mandela at a memorial service. president obama delivered a moving speech calling mandela the last great liberator of the 20th century. >> and the documents leaked by edward snoeden, u.s. and british intelligence operations have agents monitoring online gaming. >> and olympic skier body miller reached a agreement on the custody fight. >> also coming up the survivor depicted in the mark wahlberg movie. he opens up to one of the deadliest days in afghanistan. plus helping the afghan man who ultimately saved his life. >>> and evan lysacek cap towa

jackson drives what we call a high percentage shot and second half more of the same and westbrook from durandn the game thunder pulling away and durant another 3 and four or 4 and 107-95 and 8 in a row for okc and the only unbeaten team 13-0. duke's parker began the season as one of the nation's most talented freshman and only improved the status in the early going. blue devil's under bright lights at madison square garden facing ucla and gives duke a lift from 3 from the top of the heat and duke down one and parker another triple to make it 40-37 and duke would not trail again. and which was an ongoing theme. parker will hit another three from the corner putting duke up six in the second half and had four threes, this is pretty, parker connecting from the outside and now he is just having fun and will trail the play for the slam dunk and leads the scores 23, duke rips the bruins 83-# 0 and that is a wrap for sports this hour. >> reporter: thanks so much. it's not often we get a look at the m comreks culture and society of iran and back in 2011 iran director osc ashgs rshar-f buzz and we sat

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