main policy of the of the bush administration this policy of alienating the shiites in the middle east has effectively led to a certain radicalization of the shiites in iraq. as we know nobody in maliki was to a certain extent standing up to iran and so i would not agree with the. you know saying that the shiites in iraq are somewhat more shiite than they are arabs because as we know you know there is they do have a history of being having fought you know the main rank and file of the iraqi army during the the the war with iran was basically a shiite army and this is also true today so while there is a certain affinity towards iran in iraq today. iraqis were and were to a certain extent more willing to compromise with the americans and with the worst but this this policy by the u.s. has effectively caused the shiites in throughout the middle east to become alienated and to join the certain axis of resistance to western interests and what do you think about that axis against western interests. why one blame the united states for the sectarian divisions they've existed in the middle east

not only american, but very visible presence in the middle east. there is no more high-profile example of america's involvement in the region in the presence of uav. >> this american university put in beirut on purpose? back in 1850s, what was beirut like? >> a ruthless and still is a multicultural cosmopolitan international city, were east meets west. then and now, muslims and christians on mexico exist to a different degree and the american missionary presence in the middle east was significant in beirut and it became sort of launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region because of this action. >> at the university happened but in another middle eastern city and survived? >> perhaps, but the american presence was no greater anywhere else in addition to being ambition is an visionary and practical and compassionate come was very picchu radically american. he wanted to create a school that was not going to be controlled by other nationalities or other interests. he wanted a score that represented the american model of

east six months. >> if you are.horn ale or the wind as it how what does that impact? with -- and drinking wine. >> the reason why san francisco is so diverse and it represents the people they really enjoy their food and the want to know where it comes from. because the wine's the aging is just as important as the cheese. you can light up your palate. included cheese has a clean finish. no aftertaste that is what a judge is looking for. >> let us stop teasing us and let us do some sampling. >> the cheese is perfectly fine, you can even eat with your fingers. >> a nice bite. i did not twist anybody's arm. >> it is definitely sharp, try which means that you need to every nice wine with it. >> i was at a the wine steward recommended that the quarry because it a soft tannins which undercuts the strength of the cheese. the 'decoy'...wine is itthe name of the wine and cheese and beer is made with barley with old fog and cabot.com for more. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm g

university of oklahoma in dubai we have moved to jabber he is an expert with the center for middle east studies and public relations and in washington we cross to our resident nader he is a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want josh if i can go to you but the security and difference here between the sunni and the shia have been around as long as islam itself virtually but how is it different in the arab spring and what events being played out in the region and we can't forget about iran. well it's become very politicized ever since the iranian revolution nine hundred seventy nine america was boosted was kicked out of iran and went to saudi arabia to build up its major center of power and to keep its hands on gulf oil saudi arabia has become the armored base of the united states and increasingly the u.s. has has sided with the sunnis now that the other big factor was going into iraq when the united states actually sided with the shiites thinking that they would be more arab than s

the worst but this this policy by the us has effectively caused the shiites throughout the middle east to become alienated and to join the certain axis of resistance to western interests and what do you think about that axis against western interests. while one blame the united states for the sectarian divisions they have existed in the middle east for hundreds of years and they were exacerbated by the iranian revolution you have a theocracy in iran that has tried to shape the region according to its own interests and a lot of the sunni states resent this and of course the united states is allied with a lot of them including saudi arabia but that's different than just saying the u.s. created this situation there are alliances the u.s. remains committed to preventing a nuclear armed iran and this is a regional and global issue such as not so black and white ok josh could use a good idea for the united states to be so closely aligned with saudi arabia as events unfold in the region. well it's not it's a rather. it's a very it's a confusing alliance and i think it's confusing for many ame

jewish nation in the middle east. not because of the lens we so-called occupied. it is the value we are working upon them in israel and the values of our democracy following very carefully their election here in the united states and beginning to be interesting. but we do father and we do to the american people and the american values. sometimes too much. for example today of independence in israel, a big celebration you'll find people in the israeli flag and the american flag. i don't like it. i put on my car only the israeli flag. why do people do with? to democracy and values of the american people. one of my main point in my book is israel is not america. even though we love america, we are not america and we cannot make mistakes because if you make a mistake, you pay a price, but you are able to correct it. if israel makes the mistake, we cannot correct it. we saw in the past. the main point of my book that israel must make decisions according to israel. we do not have to think or to try to satisfy anyone. even i

things are starting to deteriorate into the east bay as this band moves from the west to the east. rainfall totals so far today, up and over an inch for san rafael. san francisco, close to an inch. a lot of places with .50. more is on the way for this evening and for tomorrow. here's a live view, san mateo bridge. as i was showing you on the radar, this is how it looks out there. we have a downpour on the span with a lot of heavy traffic by the way. now, for tonight at midnight, periods of rain continuing. off and on. we'll see the showers for tomorrow morning and some clearing as we get into the afternoon. future cast 10:00 p.m. shows scattered rain showers through the evening that will continue for the overnight after midnight into tomorrow morning. we could see some breaks of sunshine for the day tomorrow. a few breaks in the morning and then increasing sunshine for the afternoon. as far as the showers go at 6:00 a.m., scattered showers and they will begin to decrease as we approach noon and go into the afternoon. the white here shows the cloud cover. it begins to thin out and b

a bit of snow falling in the higher elevations initially east of sandals say heading to the east bay,ublin, pleasanton, 680 you are looking at light showers. san ramon as well. berkeley, walnut creek are dry now. scott conditions for the north bay. novato looking for light rain. a decent sail producing moderate--cell producing rain fall. >> we will see the sun coming out. for tomorrow we are looking for more sunshine dry unpleasant beyond that shower. showers possible again on friday and potentially to the week in. we also see moderate conditions coming this way after that. >> temperatures now off on wednesday morning 51 in oakland. lower 50s in san francisco. 54 have moon bay. the rest of us are generally in the 40. 464 vallejo. 45 and concord. redwood city at 48 degrees. >> satellite and radar picture shows we have the heavy stuff went through last night. >> if you have plans to skiing today, tomorrow it will be the ideal time fresh powder. >> futurecast 4 shows us this morning at 8:00 we have scattered showers in the forecast. some showers could produce and it is a moderate rain. n

back over to alameda and over to the east bay. but the heaviest rain no doubt about it marin coast, san francisco then down toward the peninsula. san mateo coast along skyline. some of the rain totals santa rosa almost an inch of rain. inch and a third -- napa half inch of rain. kentfield two bits. i think that will pick up pretty rapidly here as that system enhances off san francisco marin and san mateo coast. cloudy north, cloudy south. that rain moving south and east some of it is drizzle. very mild. 60s on the temps. this is our last system in this pattern and then things will change. fog will be a huge issue thursday and friday. weekend looks dry. >>> time now 6:39. happening right now nancy pelosi holding a news conference with other congressional leaders. let's listen in. >> and our ranking members imparticular are portrait of diversity, bold leadership, and a firm commitment to america's middle class. the first caucus where the majority are women minorities, etc.. >> that is nancy pelosi, maxine waters, henry waxman to the

that will continue to push south and east. as we turn our attention to the east bay piedmont, oakland, emeryville getting heavy rain. for lasalle park will bart and for those of you driving along broadway. in the south bay is not to bad for sunnyvale and santa clara. san jose, cupertino, and los gatos is where we are seeing him rain. that is not as bad as interstate 280 you may want to consider 101 if you can this morning. looking at your day planner mostly cloudy conditions and some off and on showers as we head into the afternoon. tomorrow looks to be a dry one. a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures in the '60s. over all quiet weather as we head into the weekend. we have changes to talk about including a warm up full details on what to expect the head coming up in my next report. >> thank you erica. the time now is 6:35. the vote on whether to shut down four fire stations and koch costa county is delayed. fire station no. 12 in martinez is one of the four stations on the chopping block. the fire chief says closing the sta

. >>> let's star in the east bay around concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek, lafayette whole highway 24 corridor, moderate to heavy rain in stretches back to berkeley, oakland, alameda down to san leandro, golf links road getting wet, as you head towards broadway terrace getting wetback to san francisco better radar returns around castro street and delores and mission streets to the ocean and then off the ocean that's where that wave is that we talked about yesterday, now developing and what concerns me about in wave it is slowing the forward progress of this cold front and starting to train echoes that means we are having waves of moderate to heavy rain roll over the same areas two or three or four times now and that's going to create flooding. good news the winds are very light now so hopefully the trees can hold on. the rain is heaviest during the morning, then scattered showers for the afternoon. you are going to deal with the worst of it now through 9:00. >>> roads are slick, wet, a lot of accidents, east shore freeway, earlier accident in the westbound direction past golden gat

welcome to the middle east. the israeli commander of the paratroopers, the founder of the paratroopers, who parachuted into the pass was none other than ariel sharon. to this day, there is a controversy over whether sharon moved his troops, exceeded his orders by moving them into the pass and engaging a far superior egyptian force and in the process incurred a great number of casualties, the greatest number of casualties in the entire war were from that operation. to this day, it's a form of controversy. >> how old would he have been? >> he was a young man. early 30's. >> some of the other personalities involved. yitzhak rabin, where was he in 1956, leading to the 1967 war? >> he was a commander in the northern district. wasn't involved in the war. >> where was moshe dayan? >> he was the chief of staff. >> where was myere? >> she was the foreign minister. >> lebeshkov? >> a finance minister. >> who were some of the other leaders? >> we had a dual capacity as the ambassador to the u.n. and united states. >> was h

we know that this is a time of revolution in the middle east. it started with a fruit sell seller in tunisia and toppled a 230-year dictator that spread to egypt and the egyptian revolution was concern to the united states. egypt has long held incredible importance to u.s. policy in the middle east. the u.s. reaction to that revolution was unclear. there were some that said this was a good thing that this would only lead to democracy. there were others who insisted that mubarak was not a dictator, which might be an insult to dictators if he spent 30 years securing that grip on power. the revolution in egypt has taken many turns. the muslim brotherhood has come to power through the ballot box but has been marred thanks to edicts by morsi. earning him the title of morsilini. or mubarak with a beard. revolution is going. syria is teetering, jordan is burning and the future is yet to be written. the question, will there be elections, will islamists win, will it be one man one vote or one man, one vote, one time. with that, we are going to debate the

here is a look at the east bay. right in between, we're looking at the light rain and heavier rain up in the north bay. let's take a look at live doppler. delta through vallejo, lucas valley road and very heavy rain into the south bay. right now. heart of the system bringing gusty winds from 20-50 miles an hour. with some of this heavy rain, looking at the lightning a, as well. authorities of sonoma, east of napa, american canyon out to vacaville, it's a nasty time of it. a little brit of break in san francisco and down through 280 and 101, you have nothing but light to moderate rain and into the east bay from walnut creek and heavier cell right here pushing out of richmond. watch out 580, you are looking at heavy rain right there. take a look at south bay, blossom hill road, san jose,

the central bay and into the east bay. it's really moderate to heavy in the santa cruz mountains through most of the morning. 2:00 the front clears the north bay. still moderate rain in the east bay and by the later afternoon hours for breaking out to partly cloudy skies and conditions really quite improved by the later afternoon hours. inch to inch and a half in the east bay and south bay along the peninsula. up to 3 inches the north bay mountains, 4 inches the santa cruz mountains. monday the winter storm works continues until. moderate to heavy rain throughout the morning hours. it will take until about 2:00, 3:00 until we see clearing there. dry tomorrow. about 4:00 p.m. san francisco i think we could see some light rain on christmas day. it's not a big system. maybe a quarter to a third of an inch. and then just showers the rest of the day on wednesday. and it's looking pretty nice the rest of the work week. even though we have rain on the windows,ing in like the next 45 hours. >> all right. you have been warned. than

vallejo and into the east bay.n now from concord and 580 and walnut creek looking at some pretty good moderate rain and also with the breezy winds down through san francisco. you can see it has lightened up, and this is the back edge of the system. at times whoa have seen half inch rain rates per hour, but now it is beginning to lighten up in parts of southern marin. flooding is going on here in parts of the south bay. santa cruz, you are looking at very heavy rain as well as san jose, sunnyvale right now. sunnyvale, some lighter rain. the rain is getting enhanced. that's as it is pushed up throw the santa cruz mountains. look at the winds behind the front. seven miles an hour in napa. for our friends in the east bay it is gusting to 30. 35 miles an hour. and sfo, 49 mile an hour wind gusts. look at the temperature drop with the passage of the cold front. mid50s san rafael and 64 in mountain view. here is a visible image. this is where the heaviest rain is and the clearing behind it, the winds out of the west and l

is just light ran for the east.'re starting to dry things out and the san ramon valley. last check there were heavy rain but it continues to push its way east. i quickly want to show you the rainfall totals. maybe to tens of an inch an hour. you should dry with extra caution if you are heading out of the tracy area. >> as we take a look is surface streets you may run into some flooding and there may also be accidents because it is pretty messy. the worst is behind us. future cast 4 shows that a letter of tonight it will be dry conditions for everyone else. due to the highway ens fso average weight is up to one hour. you should be aware of this and call ahead and check with your carrier. >> we are in the '50s and woman to the '60s. we are tapping into some tropical moisture spirit it will not be too cold outside. we do have possibilities to see partial clearing. your kron 47 day around the bay state said dry weather will be for our weekend. if you are heading to tahoe you will want to take a look at the ski report. >

falling early friday morning in the east bay. this is video from highway 24. near the caldecott tunnel. further east along highway no. 4/oakley there were two cars that collided around 1:00 p.m. in the rainfall. that a young boy was ejected he might not have been wearing his seat belt he was flown to a children's hospital. no word on his condition. his mother was also transported to hospital. clearing skies but it returned with rainfall. >> here, we can see that the rainfall is causing issues with haazig madyun"it's plugged with something" >> this contra costa county public works crew is trying to clear this storm drain here on meadow road in walnut creek before the water completely oveflows onto this two lane roadway the danger here is for standing water to collect roadcreating a hazard for drivers as it is difficult for motorists to detect there is additional concern for pedestrians who could loose their balance thinking that the road is solid hereand step into the drain you can see how the water is beginning to back up into cu

bay, 23 miles an hour. 28 mile-an-hour wind gusts in the east bay.s line will slide along the peninsula into the south bay. we're going to start to the north where we've got heavy rain from vallejo, highway 121, american canyon, back to novato, 101, pouring rain, up to benicia the rain line ends around jenner and rain beginning to scatter on out. gusty winds, up to 30 and 40 miles an hour with the thunderstorms and light to moderate rain through the peninsula into the east bay, union city, south bay, you've had thunderstorms rolling through san mateo. also mountain view. you can see heavier cell from davenport, pescadero, lighter rain around the blossom hill road but east bay, 580, san ramon. moraga, heavier cell. put off the christmas shopping that would be the best bet. by the afternoon more scattered showers, unfortunately we're going to do this all over again tomorrow for very heavy rain. more details coming up. >> katie: the winter storm is expected to drop about five feet of snow on sierra ski resorts. this morning, chains are required to get u

from sutro tower towards some of the thicker clouds over the east bay hills and east bay now up in theterry, i put a red dot where 121 and 12 come together, quiet now. that rain over cotati and heading southeast that will rain on terry in about few minutes and also petaluma eventually novato and san rafael to sausalito. showers still scattered, out there, around alum rock, clayton road, east capital destroy, tully road, ruby avenue gettingl?ç: -- fremont, sunol grade, mission boulevard, 80 and 680 where+a they get close to meeting, towards mountain view about to get wet. fruitvale avenue, redwood dive, high street, foothill boulevard all that around oakland heading towards san leandro getting wet, the movement of this more stuff developing to the northwest and sliding to the southeast, start and stop, waves of showers today. 39 santa rosa, 50 half moon bay, most of us in the mid to upper 40s. 50 monterey. light to moderate showers today. not an all day rain, showers, off and on, brief break tomorrow wet weather friday afternoon into saturday yesterday we had thehyc warm front go th

really going to be pumping lots of warm air along the east. in chicago, you're seeing about a 10-degree spike while with that that's going to interact with this system, bring some heavy rainfall. a messy scenario across the great lakes and moving into new england on your saturday and sunday. but here's where the temperatures will be looking like on your friday. chicago, the high of 9. once again, that's going to be going up to 18 degrees here going into your saturday. similar situation down in oklahoma city. getting up there into the low 20s. enjoy the warmup. but some rainfall is going to be accompanying here throughout your weekend. now into europe, we have a low pressure area pushing in across the british aisles into the iberian peninsula. as that continues to track to the east, gusty winds are coming out of this one. all these lines are close together. that is indicating sustained winds possibly. gusting winds up to 110 kilometers per hour at this time. massive storm system already causing traffic delays into the airports around berlin ove

there is no traffic to report, look at the east shore freeway and east shore freeway is moving well as you make your way to the mcarthur maze. >>> lorraine blanco is live with a power outage and any details with that, good morning lorraine. >> reporter: you can see there is no power in this neighborhood and pg&e is hard at work trying to restore power to as many customers as they can. a few hundred customers are without power off the 580 east in oakland and they say the power started as they crashed into a power pole right there. let's look at what we saw when we got closer to that crash. the driver of the nissan altima was going left when she crashed. she kept going yet crashed into another vehicle. she spun out, hit that power pole splashed it in half and knocked out power to 6,000 customers. that driver left the scene and police are looking for her this morning. pg&e will try to get power to a couple hundred customers in the next 30 minutes so it will be just a few dozen without power but those people will be without power until the late morning hours so it is going to be a very dar

the east shore freeway is starting to slow that 13 to 60 minutes drive times for the upper 2 lower east shore freeway. that is a hercules to berkeley commute. west 24 still looks good is out as the ride to the san ramon valley where we are problem free. the celebrated all my past is still a typical commute there. wider than usual. we have a problem and palo alto was flooding along sand hill road because of a broken hydrant. it is close at el camino. the north bay ride is still under 25 minutes from the bottle to the golden gate bridge. >> two boys, at 1213 year old and a 12 year old and of arrested for allegedly breaking into a vallejo, instilling a gun. yesterday afternoon police got a call led to weiser's by running across columbus park will carry a rifle case. officers chased them down. if on a 22 caliber rifle and some bullets. lee said it was robin's mom on are being drive and were on the way to shoot at them all. there were taken to juvenile hall. it is is the head man is in custody this morning accuse the pose a are my comments that police consider criminal threats. 18 year- old

$wn >>> east bay valleys where we are seeing most now the reason why can't make a blanket statement say it is colder everywhere the conditions are y$c% starting to roll in radar picking up moisture in thoseuñ(0 clouds not falling to the ground that is later during the afternoon and evening. winds also a factor in how cold it gets, we have more window this morning than we did yesterday that is helping keep temperatures up also. some areas slightly colder than yesterday, most areas not as cold. 32 inland for a median temperature at 7:00 for the bay 40 for the coast 43 mainlyo sunny start clouds move in during the morning, low to mid 50s by noon clouds on the increase and breezes also through the afternoon low to north bay after the sunsets at 4:55 today. friday wet, windy, tricky no matter where you go snow in the sierra, wet weather and breezy saturday and sunday. >>> bay brs morning no problems, no metering lights traffic at the limit into san francisco first look at san mateo bridge fine on the flat section over towards foster city'wó eastbound good 14 minutes between east bay and

and for the evening, some southern portions of the east bay shore in the east bay valley. pretty nice start with vallejo, half moon bay. 56 in the sunnyvale. we will still be dealing with widespread 50s. but by noon, the 60s will be indicated by the rain. that is where the afternoon highs are headed. it will still be widespread 50s. taking a look if the afternoon highs. low 60s and the east bay and in the valleys. upper 50s for half moon bay. and upper 50s for downtown san francisco, richmond, san rafael. and with your your kron 4 7 day around the bay we will continue to stay dry. >> is the perfect time to leave the house. we are hot spot to free. more cars on the road to a special from the east shore freeway. still, no wait but we are still saying top speeds across the upper deck. at the golden gate, southbound 1 0 1 of the lanes are reconfigured for the southbound of drive. and if the traffic showing cellphone 1 0 1 approaching 92. southbound -- 101. however, interstate 280 looking decent. with no accidents reported fiord from novato to the city just 22 minutes. >>this j

you can see, look at that moderate to heavy from the east bay hills contra costa county out to the eastbay shore down to alameda across the bay bridge into san francisco down to daly city and colma now heaviest of the rain knocking on our beaches now going to who have across the bay area over the next hour the heart of the bay is going to get very wet some in the south bay lighter but you are going to get your rain. stepping out in the mid 50s to low 60s around the bay and mid 50s around the monterey bay and inland very mild morning another storm comes at us from the west it is going to be rainy during the morning hours, showers for the afternoon, foggy the next couple of nights, brighter and drier days ahead, through the end of the forecast. here's that wave we talked about yesterday, coming in and energizing the system in the heart of the morning rush hour which is the next hour or to hour and a half. yellows and oranges, even some of that passes into the south bay during the latter parts of the morning. by noon, scattered showers, those will continue during the afternoon and early ev

ly fog to the east bay valleys.ield quarter mile, concord same deal with less than that in here. and a pretty good visibility from the east bay to mountain view. you could see some fog throughout the later morning hours, say in the next hour or two around hayward. otherwise high temperatures today ranking from 63 oakland, 60 haver moon bay, 69 clear lake. and milder numbers here, 64. hollister 65 and salinas and even milder tomorrow, monday. tuesday cooler and the only chance of rain next week is wednesday and it's not a great chance. >> manageable. thank you, lisa. thank you, everyone, for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. abc news continues at 8:00 a.m. you asked for it. now the exclusive alarm clock app is available for your android phone or tablet. thanks for staying with us. we will se >>> good morning, america. this morning, the royal hoax. why is the boss of the deejays behind that prank call to the hospital where kate was staying now defending them? >> this is a tragic event. these people aren't

twa warm air up the east coast. all the cold air has been stored up towards alaska, fairbanks, all the way up towards central canada. the door has now been opened. the cold blast has made it down to texas. there's snow flurries not far away from areas like dallas this morning. as far as new england this goes, if you're traveling in the state of maine right now you have to deal with snow and freezing rain. that's the only spot where the cold air is holding on. it's turned to rain in portland and even rain in upstate, new york. it's plenty warm. it will be wet for yourself this morning. as far as the green bay area goes, minneapolis, just some light snow flurries this morning. we're not worried about that. further to the south, there is some rain out there pittsburgh south wrds. charleston, west virginia, you're dealing with rain. further to the south we have thunderstorms even to tennessee. we'll watch that. the east coast is not going to have problems like the midwest had where it's frigid. veronica, areas on the ea

down further south heavier rain for sierra road east of milpitas. of the peninsula from redwood city and middle field road and east palo alto looking at heavier rain now. lawrence expressway, santa clara looking very wet. the santa cruz mountains with the gusty winds as well. 50 miles per hour. 1:00 north bay and 3:00 the rest of the bay try to stay dry if you can. thank you for joining us on the abc 7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa. stay with abc 7 news for storm watch updates every hour and all day long. check live doppler 7hd any time >> welcome to the national constitution center the people on independence mall. we are here for the presentation of the 2012 liberty medal celebrating the 225th anniversary of the us constitution and honoring boxing

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nick smith, east.begin with sandhya patel tracking the system on live doppler 7 hd. >> you can see we do have showers. very scattered in nature across the region. taking you in closer here around the north bay. light showers santa rosa, yontville area. i'm going to show you where we're getting wet pavement. yontville, nappa, showers at this hour around

the east shore freeway down to richmond.ou may encounter a mist a heavy drizzle approaching berkeley emeryville and eventually towards the bay bridge toll plaza. off the green on your screen around san paolo and high rat highway 4. approaching the caldecott tunnel not to bad approaching coming off the altamonte pass. it is not raining at the beach but we are seeing light rain downtown, for truro hill, as well as the sunset district. it is like the green indicating it is light in nature. the rain has not reached the south bay is currently dry. we have mostly cloudy conditions but the rain will pick up later today. let us take a look at the wider view satellite and radar shows how big the system is. it is relatively weak compared to what we experienced last week. some of our north bay spots higher elevations received about 1 in. of rain overnight. trace amount everywhere else we did not pick up a lot for the rest of the bay area. futurecast 4 you can see by 7:00 a.m. yellow on the screen indicates moderate rain. in fact we are

from the middle east. but you really cannot. that is the challenge with the pivot. >> talk about geographic divides, you make reference to the u.s. and mexico. what about transnational criminal organizations, to influence of radical extremist, iran into venezuela, and a large border that is flat? >> guest: i and my book talking about mexico. natalie china and the middle east but mexico is on the same level of importance. latin history is moving north demographically. and the average honduran is 20 also mexican, the american is 37. the young deer population is growing faster and we have more latin speaking people in our society. back of a 20th-century it was wrote with the artificial border come as our border is between highly developed society and an economically less developed, the border does not stayed stable but moose toward the less developed society to overcome the more developed side. mexico has seen 50,000 deaths since 2006, a 2.5 times the death of syria over six years. most of those was the northern third of the countr

it is in the forecast from east texas to north florida. vain expected throughout oklahoma anarch saw and blizzard warning is also warned in kentucky. you can receive weather alerts by signing up for mobile ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> two people were arrested after their church service was interrupted by gunfire. it happened on 82nd avenue. a 17-year-old and 40-year-old woman was shot. a bullet was found in a baby stroller. those people were rushed to the hospital. >>> it happened on silver creek road. the woman was pronounced dead at the hospital. the other involved a man who was treated for minor injuries but the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> thousands are expected this morning at a christmas breakfast in san francisco. reporter alex savage is where the neediest are celebrating the holidays, good morning. >> reporter: yes, they expect to serve up some 5,000 meals and these are folks who would not be able to get a meal anywhere else. they have the carving stations and volunteers will be arriving in mascara offi

little across the bay into fremont in the south bay san jose reporting light rain through highway 101 east of gilroy around hollister. so far, we are not too impressed with the amounts, still rain out there the numbers are going to be chilly see the air. we'll talk more in detail coming up. first our commute. >>> good morning. we have chain requirements in the tahoe area highway 50 and 80 if you are traveling, keep changes handy live look at golden gate bridge, roadway is wet, no significant puddling or major flooding, you will find some wet roads which means slick driving conditions very light at the golden gate bridge. eastbound highway 4 roadwork loveridge to somersville until 5:30 this morning. grand avenue on-ramp to eastbound 580 shutdown due to injury accident. >>> people in sausalito bracing for what is expected to be the highest tide over the next couple of days they are called king tides only happen once a year rain could make the situation worse. high water flooded the streets yesterday forcing closure of highway 1 off-ramp on northbound 101 it also flooded a parking lot above r

80 and the east shore freeway.for a brief time a stall around gilman westbound on interstate 80. it has backed up the ride a little and the drive time is up to 17 minutes. it has already been cleared so it should not be a big problem for the east shore freeway. we will be keeping a closer than usual eye on it. other than that the bay ride looks good. highway four as well as interstate 580 and the westbound direction is a little slow. there is also slowing at the dublin interchange. drive times in the south they are still pretty good. light traffic in quick drive time still. the north bay drive is still under 23 minutes heading down from about zero. they bridge westbound, the fog is building up a bit. we are still hopeful that we may be seeing the beginning of a somewhat wider pattern. the san mateo bridge is problem free of 11 minutes eastbound and westbound. the golden gate bridge has a wet deck but slow traffic in both directions. >> peter jackson's about how that led weekend box office with an opening of more th

as you can see this is the beginning of it drifting to the south and east and also to the south and east out towards san leandro and out towards alameda as well and rain showers and increasing rainfall rates are counted. as you can see some scattered rain pour amounts but still some activity to report in the south bay. current numbers to report and san jose currently checking in at 44 degrees. for this morning occasional showers and those could be heavy at times and possibly hail. here is yesterday's storm moving across the bay area with that cold unstable air and the source is here for your wednesday. this kicks out to the east and we will have a break-in the action for tomorrow. out in the sierra, a winter storm warning is in -- warning is in place and we are on the order for 4 to 8 inches. we have a break-in the region and we have off and on showers throughout the day. forecast highs on the cool side only, maxing out to low-to-mid 50s so keep your jacket nearby and you will experience some showers could be heavy at times. chance of a shower especially by friday night. >>> this morning

really going to be pumping lots of warm air along the east. in chicago, you're seeing about a 10-degree spike while with that that's going to interact with this system, bring some heavy rainfall. a messy scenario across the great lakes and moving into new england on your saturday and sunday. but here's where the temperatures will be looking like on your friday. chicago, the high of 9. once again, that's going to be going up to 18 degrees here going into your saturday. similar situation down in oklahoma city. getting up there into the low 20s. enjoy the warmup. but some rainfall is going to be accompanying here throughout your weekend. now into europe, we have a low pressure area pushing in across the british aisles into the iberian peninsula. as that continues to track to the east, gusty winds are coming out of this one. all these lines are close together. that is indicating sustained winds possibly. gusting winds up to 110 kilometers per hour at this time. massive storm system already causing traffic delays into the airports around berlin ove

east bay about 635 people don't have power.n the south bay nearly 600 people don't have electric service. in santa cruz county, about 250 people customers are without service. at the peak of the storm around 10 yesterday morning 125,000 customers didn't have electric service system wide. >>> port of oakland continues to get extra business as the result of the continuing strike in los angeles and long beach. kell workers began their strike last -- clerical workers began their strike last tuesday, they've managed to shutdown most of the terminals at two southern california pores. latest numbers in, the strike is -- creating losses estimated at a billion dollars a day. >>> white house waiting for the next move from congressional republicans on a solution to averting the so-called fiscal cliff, whether it is political negotiating or posturing, every american stands to lose if top politicians can come up with a plan before the end of the year deadline. tahman bradley has latest from washington. >> reporter: fiscal cliff talks have h

on the east bloc and cost quite a few east marks, but everyone living in east dreamed of having oneike it. that is why the affinity for it is so great now. >> today, the lada is simply cool. during the cold war, who would have dreamed that two germans would be posing with one in front of big ben? >> the lada is innovating london. that is it for "european journal" for another week. hope you enjoyed the program. remember, you can sign up for our facebook page or send us an e-mail with any thoughts on any of our programs. for now, for me and all the team here in brussels, goodbye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

fast-moving storms from the west toward the east here. throughout your day on your wednesday evening, even into thursday as well. and coming by very gusty winds and heavy rainfall. the good news, doesn't look like the storms will be severe enough for tornadoes. take a look at this area. a little bit out of place. indicating dry weather. over here, moisture out of the gulf of mexico. here, out of the desert. that's creating fire weather conditions. if you have flammable items, you want to be very careful with that. there into western texas, off toward new mexico. watch the storm going into the weekend, though. the northeast, travel plans, especially coming up with the holidays there on monday and tuesday, going to be watch out. airport delays very well likely across much of the northeast. even southeastern canada here. as far as temperatures, winnipeg, a high of minus 12. denver, minus 4 for the high. warmup toward the south and east of oklahoma city. 18 in the mid part of your week. as we take a look over toward europe, the balkans, watch

to breakthrough, and shove this off to the east.ause this is stronger now, i think the front is going to stay out over the ocean for the better part of the morning hours. by noon, sprinkles, especially in the north bay, as we head towards 5:00, light rain starting to move in. moderate to possibly heavy rain out over the ocean near the coast by 10:00, then you can see low rotating to our south overnight with scattered showers snow level 3,000, possibly 2500 feet, snow on hamilton tomorrow, scattered showers through noon, gone by saturday afternoon near the coast or san francisco up to a half to 3/4 of an inch the farther you are inland less likely you will get decent rain. tomorrow the coolest day in the forecast, low 50s, mid 50s with drying trend sunday through tuesday, next chance of rain wednesday and thursday. >>> live look at golden gate bridge crews picking up roadwork, trucks headed northbound, still down to one lane southbound and one lane northbound concrete barriers are being picked up, i don't see too much traffic now. be

and the bulk of the significant rain is out to the east. we will have a few light showers focused in the bay area itself. that is for the next few hours. it is around the central portions of the bay and closer to the san mateo bridge and out towards the livermore area. check out towards the south bay, can you see coverage. it is backing down a bit in the santa cruz mountains. the weather pattern begins to change. one possible hazard as we are headed to thursday. i will also let you know if the weekend forecast remains dry. >> thank you, mark. it is 12:05. they approved a million dollars to make sinkhole repairs on the drive. it is 15 feet deep and opened up sunday. first they estimated repairs would take until spring. they hope to find ways to move the project faster. >> i don't want to raise anybody's hopes so i am still concerned that this had could take some time. if we can do it faster than that, it would be good for everybody. >> they are lucky no one is without utilities and no homes are threatened. ktvu has used bay area storms inter

just south and east of novato the yellow cell . >> looking at light rain this morning. >> the east bayey, emeryville, at oakland are getting heavier cells going through. >> the alameda, san leandro, hayward, union city also getting rain. the green is a light rain if you head for south scattered showers for the south bay into parts of san jose. >> expecting showers to stick around this morning also gusty winds. the showers will decrease and some clearing and tonight the skies will clear out. >> we could see dense fog from morning. >> richmond bottle temperatures in the 40's. 34 napa and santa rosa. everyone else in the '40's. >> richmond, novato >> the blue is a snow in lake tahoe we have the winter storm warning in effect until 11:00 p.m.. >> 3 in. of new snow possible today. storm totals one to 2 ft.. dress in layers. >> future cash shows us the showers for this morning will be scattered not widespread nothing compared to yesterday's. all suit see gusty conditions. 2:00 this afternoon may be scattered showers overall a lot of us will start to dry out. the clouds will start to break up

said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from a middle east correspondent paula sleep in. that's happening in an area known as anyone man what it effectively means is that the voice that income will be cut off instrumental in this announcement is widely perceived as punishment against the palestinians for number one going to the un was with this by the number two winning it essentially winning a bird that sees the palestinian state being recognized within one hundred sixty seven borders and given non observer nonmember observer status at the united nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats warning that he wouldn't come up with certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed and in most fatal blow to the remaining chances of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is well complex on b

it's where the yellow is in the east bay through hey ward and this is moving to the east pretty quicklyso we will start to see this rain taper off in the next few hours but in the meantime we're under the gun. danville, dublin getting moderate to heavy rain currently. also in toward heyward on the other side of the bay, san bruno, pacifica this is where we're getting the downpours pond tong roadway. it's relatively light. notice off to the west t blue, that's the ocean and dry weather. that's about 30 miles offshore and with this system moving about 30 miles per hour we'll start to see the drying take place, at least the rain will let up a little bit as we get into the late evening hours for tonight after about 8:00 p.m. look for the steady heavy rain this evening. areas of flooding possible on streets and highways along with gusty winds. i'll let you know when we're going to see sunshine coming up. >> one of the most inspirational celebrations of christmas happens at the memorial church. each year he introduces the singers. jeff pierce brings us the sites and sounds of this year's cele

it will sweep south and east later in the day. could be a very, very wet christmas afternoon and evenin evening. i'll give you a closer look at the animation and the arrival of tomorrow rain and areas hardest hit a little bit later. >> okay spencer thanks see you shortly. >> are authorities in nevada county still not identified a snow border killed in an avalanche. avalanche happened at 9:30 this morning at donner ski ranch in the small town of nor depp before noon a snowboarder didn't return from a run. the area was combed and missing man come pan i don't know. >> his friends the other friends that were going to be at our group were looking for him and probing around but didn't find him and he was at the bottom of the cliff. >>reporter: the man was found under several feat of snow from what we understand. he's described as a 50-year-old man from the truckee area. again his name has not been publicly released. >>> some east palo alto residents spent date mopping up after a creek jumped the banks. it's happening along a creek conne

here's a look from our east bay emeryville camera where some neighbors in our east bay have visibility reduced to a quarter of a mile. so we will talk about that and how long the sunny, mild weather is going to hang around. that's coming up. >> thank you, lisa. veterans with the gift of wheels. meet two troops who earned recycled rides. >> out traditions are for them to carry forward. >> and using music to bring the past to today's youth. the special award that bay area artist received and how he is >> good morning. you are looking live at the golden gate bridge. average today, or i should say it's going to be in the low 60s in san francisco today so that's a little bit above average. but get this, right now it's 41. we are looking for a 20-degrees spike in temperatures as the morning continues. lisa argen, of course, will have your full forecast coming up. >>> this morning a marine and a young navy veteran are enjoying some generous gifts. businesses in san francisco worked together to be able to offer the tokens of appreciation. tokens with four tires and an engine. [engine revving]