. >> claudine wong talked to lieutenant governor gavin newsom. he says legalizing the drug has to happen. >>> plus, we are keeping track of a couple of traffic issues around the bay area this morning. we will tell you about those. we will tell you about the commute in the east bay especially when we return. >>> a lot of low clouds and fog and many reports of drizzle. a lot of drizzle. we will see if that's going to play into the weekend as well. >>> welcome back to "mornings on 2". investigators in connecticut want to know why this house you're looking at exploded, injuring seven people, including four children. the police, fire, and rescue crews rushed to that home in hartford yesterday. three of the victims were outside when the rescuers arrived. the other four were in the rubble. crews dug through it to get them out. the seven who were hurt are expected to survive. >>> one of the issues being tackled by california voters this november will be marijuana. should it be legalized for recreational use? lieutenant governor gavin newsom says yes. he

gavin newsome is a outspoken proponent of gun regulation. that could be an issue that we can bring up today. >> we are going to pass that along. sitting down with the lieutenant governor on "the 4 at 2". i appreciate you using the hashtag #ktvuthe9. >>> steve paulson, you got -- i don't hear birds out there. i am sure they are chirping somewhere, steve. >> they are. >> what's that bright ball in the sky? >> i don't know what that is. >> i am going to give you a fire update in yolo county. christien is up there, i believe. i heard him say it was getting warm fast. i have an observer there with the lake barryessa news. he has been giving us great information. it's 80 degrees. 50% humidity. there is a little easterly breeze am he was saying a lot of the tankers dropped a lot of retardant on it last evening. that seemed to help. but a lot of that smoke is drifting towards vacaville and fairfield. so it's gonna be about 97 degrees there today. they have their work cut out. at least the wind is down for now. big cooling trend for us starts tomorro

joining us right now is somebody who has dyslexia, the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. >> thanks for having me. it's fun. >> thank you for being so open about this. >> yeah, no, it's interesting. the response has been interesting. i've always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. and actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing that's ever happened to me. >> except a lot of kids would hear that and go, "for me, it's the worst thing. >> it was, and it was terrible growing up. >> well, take me back. >> i think, for me, i think it was two things. one, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. school was a terrible and terrorizing experience. i'll just be candid with you. spelling, reading, writing, i had speech therapy, i went through -- and i just, interestingly, in prepar

a taped interview with lieutenant governor gavin newsom. it's ran on the 4. he talks about issues ranging from marijuana and gun control. >>> one of the biggest and richest pop stars in the world had what she calls a mortifying moment in the bay area. adele performed in san jose sunday night. before the show she said she tried to pick up a few things at h&m. when she went to pay for them, her credit card was declined. her dog clawed another dog during the shopping trip. she said it was embarrassing. >> that's great. >> we have all been there. >>> as we told you earlier, outside lands is in full swing in san francisco's golden gate park. but if you don't have tickets, that's a problem because it is sold out. there are other things, however, going on around the bay area this weekend. >> there are. our own rosemary orozco takes us through a number of festivals in this edition of weekend watch. >> into the first weekend of august here are events happening around the bay. in san francisco head to japan town for the 43rd annual street fair. asian pacific american l

. >>> gavin newsom is talking about pot. at 10:30, claudine wong one-on- one with the governor about his marijuana initiative going to voters in november. >>> i'm sick and tired of the rhetoric around the war on drugs. i want to do something about it. >> and in weather, a big-time cooldown across parts of the bay area. to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is i'm going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. it's awesome. amazing! what if i told you, you are eating a jack's brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. not this one. absolutely lying. and what if i told you... that i'm jack. whaaaat?!! no way! no! didn't see that coming, did you? porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. jack's new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. hey, where did jack go? he was just here. >>> former oakland a's superstar jose canseco back on the field, now making plays in the east bay city of pittsburgh. it has been 15 years since his major-league career ended. now he plays for the

if you ask gavin newsom, who is all pro prop 64, do you like marijuana, he is like, no, no, no.nti-prop 64 people, so you're against marijuana, they are like, no, no, no, no, no. we don't like the way this is written. we want time -- >> it's on either side. >> yeah. >> and you go into this very thoroughly during "bay area people." >> yes. "bay area people" this weekend. it's tomorrow. we will have that. and we talk about how it could affect the climate with environmentalists. businesses that come out of it. the oakland museum, interestingly, has this exhibit called the altered state. it's the only exhibit of its kind in california and they look at all the issues. if you are a voter and you are like, oh my gosh, i can't think of how to do this, it is educational from medicinal to spiritual to crime to all these other groups that -- >> yeah, it might be able to inform some voters. >> absolutely. >> all right. >>> this weekend an oakland parented and a local rapper are teaming up in hopes of drawing attention to gun violence by putting a face to the families of those who have lost

our question of the day is, what question do you want to ask gavin newsom? post a comment on our facebook page or tweet us with the hashtag #ktvu. ted will ask some of your questions to the lieutenant governor during his interview this afternoon. >>> let's take a peek at traffic. sal castaneda enjoying another day off. alex savidge doing a great job. busy today? >> you know, from the moment i walked in the door it's been busy all over the bay area with various issues. i will show you right now what we have at the bay bridge toll plaza because that is starting to pick up and you can see right there what you will face as you try to get into san francisco. backed up just about to the maze at this hour. now let me show you the san mateo bridge. once you get past the toll plaza there headed west towards the peninsula you will see slowing about halfway across the span and then it frees up just a bit. one of the issues we have been tracking, thankfully, was just cleared out of the way. there was a crash that was 85 northbound in the south bay in the cupertino area.

. >>> gavin newsome is running for governor. for governor. of the day, we solicited questions from facebook and twitter from you the viewer who. we're tackling four tough topics. the presidential election, gun control, legalizing marijuana. >> thanks for joining us here. let's start by talking guns. your ballot initiative has enough signatures. it will be on the ballot in november. ammunition is a big component. give us the ammunition factor and what this initiative will do to change the gun laws in the state? >> for prop 63, ammunition plays a role because we make the argument we should treat ammunition like we should guns. background checks is a raging debate. 80-90% of people support that background checks. in california, you can buy ammunition anywhere. there's no licensing requirements. day care centers could sell unlimited rounds of ammunition. we want to create a regulatory framework that operates precisely like regulations for guns. if you try to purchase a gun online, it has to be sent to a gun shop so you can get a background check.

. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom has become an an outspoken supporter of proposition 64 which would legalize sexual marijuana in california. we asked governor newsom why he thinks this november ballot measure is better than the current number laws. >> i would argue it's the best initiative that's ever been placed in front of the voters, to move away from prohibition as it relates to cannabis. it's much more restrictive in colorado and michigan, oregon and alaska. it allows for flexibility and for making after the voters approve it. >> some says he is a parent and hates marijuana, he does not wanted smoked in parks or around his four children but he believes the government can responsibly regulate it. critics of prop 64 included coalition of prosecutors, police and health groups. they fear legalizing marijuana will weep impaired drivers and not give existing regulations time to work. >> what are we take we take some time to see other medical relations that were just signed by the governor and agreed to by all sides, how that plays out in california. >> you can hear more on his argume

colorado and oregon have done just that. >> i sat down with california lieutenant governor gavin newsom for a one-on-one interview.>> i am a parent. i have four kids. i don't want to smell it or go to a park or playground. i do want to see the edibles targeting my kids. i want people driving under the influence of it any more than you do but the reality is it is ubiquitous. today every survey points this out, kids find it easier to get marijuana than they do alcohol.>> i am sick and tired of the rhetoric around the war on drugs and i want to do something about it. it has been a failure. it has been a war on poor people and a people of color. it is preposterous and outrageous. you have 1 million people behind bars that can't had their kids. it's an economic and racial justice issue and it's about morality. it's not about celebrating the drug or condoning drug abuse, quite the contrary. we can reduce consumption as we have done with tobacco. >> we are not necessarily against marijuana but we are -- we don't think this is the right way to do it. we want to see more. >> the status quo. >> h

. >>> governor gavin newsom has been an outspoken advocate of prop 64.in a one-on-one interview asked why this november ballot measure is so important to them. >> the >> i think it has been a failure over 40 years. it's been a war on people. have a million people behind bars right now in the country with this war on drugs that can't hug their kids. it's an economic issue and it's about morality. >> he says as a parent, he doesn't like marijuana, and he hates it. he doesn't want smoked in parks or around children. but, he believes opponents of prop 64 include a coalition of prosecutors, police and health groups. they believe legalizing pot should give legalization time to work. >> we need to see what medical regulations that were just put into place that were just agreed to by all sides, how that plays out in california. >> you could hear more from both sides this weekend on bay area people. me tomorrow at 6:30 a.m., and he talks about issues ranging from marijuana to gun control. >> our time is now 5:55 a.m. several homeless people in san jose are being

. >> the campaign has the support of the lieutenant governor gavin newsom and others, and pushing thecriminalization of it, the idea that people going to jail for pot should stop. they are not necessarily addressing the key issue on whether marijuana recreationally would be a good thing for society, and what will this dea report do that since they are saying it is not something soft and should stay off of the table? >> there is legitimate outrage across the country about the dea decision that miracle marijuana has no accepted medical use, flying in the face of science and medical at these and a slap in the face of the tens of thousands of medical patient that rely on medical marijuana for things like epilepsy and alzheimer's disease along with posttraumatic stress disorder in california. the medical system only works if there is also an adult view system. symptomatic patients can act as the medical system, and those that are responsible adults can access adult use. the safe system out of public view and away from the children, and that is what prop 64 will do. experts have evaluated t

. >>> today on "the 4 on 2", i will be sitting down with lieutenant governor gavin newsome to discuss the measure he is pushing for stricter gun control. we will talk marijuana and dovelet gun control. >>> boats carried the olympic flame to a naval base in rio this morning. the crew members handed the flame to the city's mayor. it arrived in brazil via a relay with a commercialrelay in greece. opening ceremonies are this friday. the competition in a few hours. the u.s. women's soccer team plays new zealand at 3:00 pacific time. former cal star alex morgan tweeted a photo of her and her teammates jumping for joy inside the stadium. the u.s. hopes to become the first country to win a women's world cup and olympic gold medals back to back. >>> safety experts say they are concerned about security at the games. more than 10,000 athletes and a half million tourists are expected to arrive in rio for the olympics as terrorists openly call for attacks. they have opened up a international police cooperation center. >> the center shows the importance of integration among the countries. the impor

lieutenant governor gavin newsom will also attend the conference aimed at developing strategies to coverhe cost. >>> and a bill to prevent children from being left behind on the school bus is headed to the governor's desk. it would require every school and youth bus to be equipped with an alarm that goes off whenever the engine is turned off. to turn it off, the driver would have to walk to the back of the bus and would presumably see any children who might still be onboard. >>> state lawmakers are set to vote tomorrow on the overtime pay hike for farm workers. agricultural workers only qualify if they work for more than 10 hours a day. the new bill would bring them even with other california workers who get time and a half after eight hours. supporters say it's all about equality that's long overdue. >> it would finally end in california the ugly and disgraceful 78-year exclusion of farm workers from the same eight-hour overtime protections that all other american workers have enjoyed since the 1930s. >> growers warn the change could force them to cut workers' hours. an earlier version

governor gavin newsom will speak. >> and mike, i know you and i both got our start at our local community colleges here. for launching to university. it worked for us, it the work for you all right. >>> thousands of additional student ins the san francisco unified school district will be able to eat breakfast and lunch for free this year thanks to a federal subsidy. the san francisco examiner reports the federal program will reimburse school district for $146,000 in meal costs at 54 schools. the paper as last year, only 16 schools qualified for the federal program. the subsidy will provide meals to 137,000 students. >>> bay area wholesale opened its doors to students around the area. >> they will be allowed to pick up a flower to make the first day extra special for their teachers. >> and alex savidge is helping out. >> reporter: absolutely. they are putting me to work here. this is just the sweetest way to show our appreciation for the teachers in our lives. let me show you what you have going on here. we are at fremont flowers. they are all lined up here waiting to get their hands on a

." >> catherine:among those retweeting the message, california lieutenant governor gavin newsom. >> vickiojevich's attorneys requested a five-year sentence after being found guilty of 17 charges, including trying to sell president obama's old senate seat. his wife spoke to reporters after the hearing this afternoon. >> will: >> vicki:"our point of view and from the point of view of thousands of people that have reached out to me over the last 4 years we find his sentence unusually cruel and heartless and unfair. " she went on to praise the couple's daughters, 20-year-old amy and 13-year-old annie, for making statements in court in support of their father. according to the bureau of prisons, blagojevich won't be released until 2024. >> vicki:the death of an infant who's mother traveled to latin america marks the first zika- related death in texas. public health officials say that the infant died a few weeks ago. the mother reportedly traveled to el salvador while she was pregnant. her baby was born with microcephaly the disease linked to zika. test results confirmed the death was connected

lieutenant governor va -- gavin newsom with be speaking. >>> and a man and woman are stealing people's using a postmaster chief. they have a cup of coffee, making look like they live there but they clean the mailboxes in a matter of minutes. those are videos of them at work. there is a security video of the suspects stealing mail three separate times just this months. >> these guys stole on thursday and on saturday, they charge like five grand in charges to local businesses. >> tenants have been told that thieves may have stolen a master key or bought it from a disgruntled postal employee. possessing that key is a federal crime. postal officials knew about the theft about ten days but replacing the locks could cost about $200,000. >>> and guards say they found ziploc bags in a visiting area where 47-year-old terry nichols had been meeting with a death row inmate. investigators say she later admitted to smuggling 18 cell phones and phone chargers and heroin into the prison. if convict, she could face four -- if convicted, she faces four years in prison. >>> a transgender man in sacramen

immigration we're talking about something it is so simple to put together because of institutionalized gavin newsom and your timing paid on that part in the naacp and the report says calls most of your marching black legal department we had the mechanism to work on it seems politics have been grabbing for we have to work as a tool for the adjudicators to come the out immigration i'm here appalled i have the politics where they put a tool like they demonstrating now in the naacp took a little bit out of the out immigration because listen my name is ace and i'm on the case i'm telling you the story by the here to say it is politics at it by itself you younger learn from this my name is ace and i'm on the case and thanks to the progressives and the moderates you'll have to pull this city together. >> thank you mr. washington. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is and terrance i've been living in san francisco for thirty years and the real, realtion what is going on across the country not only here we have a race issue it is unfortunately 2016 and still put together accountability, amendments so that

i'm a single mother and immigrant from gavin newsom it is uncomfortable to live with so many people with no privacy as with the promise neighborhood and a leader of women activists in the mission i've seen many families live no conditions not fit for raising children many families had to leave san francisco that creates problems for school and work many people are spending more income on transportation commissioners i ask you to approve this thing project that generates more affordable housing in the communities i also ask you rise only projects that rice luxury unit we can't afford to rent or buy and from dda i didn't good morning. i'm daisy me and my family came from honduras and we avoid living in a street we live in a garage and my daughter got on illness many families in san francisco live in a condition like this my family and many families need housing for this reason i'm here to say to you support this affordable housing project on fulsome thank you. >> good afternoon mission resident and working would the office of economic workforce development and those testimonies that was re

immigration we're talking about something it is so simple to put together because of institutionalized gavin newsomnd your timing paid on that part in the naacp and the report says calls most of your marching black legal department we had the mechanism to work on it seems politics have been grabbing for we have to work as a tool for the adjudicators to come the out immigration i'm here appalled i have the politics where they put a tool like they demonstrating now in the naacp took a little bit out of the out immigration because listen my name is ace and i'm on the case i'm telling you the story by the here to say it is politics at it by itself you younger learn from this my name is ace and i'm on the case and thanks to the progressives and the moderates you'll have to pull this city together. >> thank you mr. washington. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is and terrance i've been living in san francisco for thirty years and the real, realtion what is going on across the country not only here we have a race issue it is unfortunately 2016 and still put together accountability, amendments so that we

. >> director nolan i roles if so it is two minutes to 6 when i was appointed by gavin newsom it was around ten years. >> i didn't hear that you should have bet open that (laughter). >> i have a compassion for our fellow citizen and all her people that live in the 3 buildings that is terrible she has to sit through four and a half hours of meeting to express her concern i don't know but i hope the person that coordinated the project will remain in confusion with her so she can voice her concerns about enforcement and things like that and not shuffled off to some division by the same person have the continued conversation will be responsible for fielding her conversations i urge you to reach out to that person as far as the change i said the alternative location looked okay. i'll suggest that i can't make guarantees and a lot of factors to consider but as you reach out to ask about enforcement questions don't be afraid to document when is going on one of the buses is id e line take a video and send it to the staff no i'm sorry you can't but i'll i'll leave it at that please make sure

. >> director nolan i roles if so it is two minutes to 6 when i was appointed by gavin newsom it was around ten years. >> i didn't hear that you should have bet open that (laughter). >> i have a compassion for our fellow citizen and all her people that live in the 3 buildings that is terrible she has to sit through four and a half hours of meeting to express her concern i don't know but i hope the person that coordinated the project will remain in confusion with her so she can voice her concerns about enforcement and things like that and not shuffled off to some division by the same person have the continued conversation will be responsible for fielding her conversations i urge you to reach out to that person as far as the change i said the alternative location looked okay. i'll suggest that i can't make guarantees and a lot of factors to consider but as you reach out to ask about enforcement questions don't be afraid to document when is going on one of the buses is id e line take a video and send it to the staff no i'm sorry you can't but i'll i'll leave it at that please make sure

. >> gavin newsom the limitation on time we have here i'm going to read from the notes i skrabd on the way here this is my third appearance before you 3 full days of travel and presence a small investment given the impact of our decision not so much upon me as upon the many others you've heard and those not here they are two ill or disables this is the time in their lives the supplemental cola maybe the most crush of importance those are people with whom i worked in my or not for their efficiency and dedication to the city i have a friend that worked in the financial district at the time i worked at the hall of justice and put up his notes i will tell you not to trade with him for everything of anything i was fully aware of my responsibility and how my own efficiency rufktd upon the city your decision could diminish the prides of all all the people that worked for the city and feel they have worked for the city there are good employees despite what people say about government employees there will be a response to our decision i'm hoping a resounding thank you for your consideration. >>