. >>> at least two terminals in the port of oakland shutdown over safety concerns by longshoremen. these pictures taken by longshoremen in rest show one of five refrigerated containers that closed at a pore last friday three were killed, 16 injured. -- there's a list of containers serviced in vietnam with and you stable form of freeon according to the longshoreman's union. they say that's why there was an ex-explosion. >> there are poe tobacco ali -- thousands of containers shipped around the world some have ended up on the docks in oakland that potentially lethal. these could be killer containers. >> there are reports of refrigerated containers exploded in china and brazil since thursday. hundreds of longshoremen have refused to load ships until those badly serviced in vietnam are taken out of service. >>> new company in charge of ambulance service in alameda county. paramedics short on staff firefighters are staffing 10 ambulances this morning. the county is rolling out new technology that will let it track ambulances to determine which ones can respond faster to an emergency. th

she's as lost wages for longshoremen are justified. >> and. this is one day out of the year. it's an extraordinary moment. and, the violence to speak out in support of the occupy in the mid. >> sometimes suffering has to happen for the greater good. >> but the oakland chamber of commerce sometimes backfires. >> did bring 100 jobs at the city of oakland and they backed out exclusively because of the opportunity for occupy protest. >> and more than 200 longshoremen were scheduled to work tonight and all of them were told to go home. it's unclear if they will still to sofia paycheck. and tonight the port officials say the sport which is the largest in the country generates $85 billion that day to the local economy. so you do the math. >> we are a lot sure about although sure, today. >> despite what was going on in the downtown area, it was business as usual across much of oakland today. in many areas of shops and restaurants were not just opened, they were busy. the people we spoke with said they were sympathetic to the occupy message but it did not keep them from going to work.

longshoremen said they will not be back to work until they are satisfied it's safe. live in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jean. are you looking for an electromicroscope, walk in oven or miles and miles of copper wire? some of the thousands of items up for grab as solyndra is sold off. it is generating the wrong kind of heat for the company. since taxpayers dollster it they won't get a dime of money back. it is in fremont where it will be going, going, gone. >> that's right. on wednesday is when it starts. business owners are looking for computers and furniture and are happy about it, but not taxpayers. they won't be seeing a penny of anything raised. much of what's inside is now for sale. they won't learn anything. >> i am very disappointed in that. a half million of tax money in a black hole that we will never see. i don't think we will see it back. >> it's a situation right now. >> the first $75 million in assets are guaranteed to private investor who is brought in by the u.s. differently energy, hoping to keep them afloat. they were guaranteed in the e

the shift change was at 7:00 p.m., several hundred longshoremen came here trying to work. the union says they were not able to get in here because the port was shut down. they turned around and left. a lot of the crowd has dissipated and some have moved further into the port. many are situated in front of the other terminals. other protesters are further down in front of those terminals making sure that no trucks leave or command. >>grant: there are protesters blocking all around the port of oakland. just a short distance away, in downtown oakland, people are walking the streets there as well. we just learned that a pedestrian was struck at the intersection of 11th and broadway. we are told a group of protestors was headed down broadway, away from the plaza at the intersection of 11th and the broadway and a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. we have a video from the scene. there is a fire truck and ambulances. the pedestrian is being attended to by emergency personnel. we are told the driver of the car was frustrated when protesters were blocking the intersection. the dri

hundreds of longshoremen have refused to load or move containers until the badly services in vietnamnew company in charge of ambulance service in alameda county. according to california watch a unit for investigative reporting paramedics plus is short on staff. that means up to 10 firefighters who are cross trained as paramedics are staffing 10 of the ambulances this morning. the county is rolling out new technology that will let it track -- to determine which can be spoken faster to an emergency. the ambulances will carry new lifesaving equipment. >> electro cardiac monitoring hartmon as well as cardio pulmonary resuscitation devices will allow us to today dice critical and increase potential for saving those in cardiac arrest. -- >> more than 90% of paramedic plus employees were fire hired from the previous company. >> last night trick-or-treating wonderful warm and dry. and now you are changing things up you did taste test the kid's candy? >> all of it. >> you have to do that. >> you're a dad. >>> i did snatch a bag of peanut m & m's thankfully he dent like those good kid. looking

the longshoremen and the truckers are a part of the 99%. i am wondering what that exchanges like between them. if >>craig: i saw a truck driver and protester talking deaths at length. the truck driver was waiting at them, almost like they were getting along. there is some sympathy there even of the truck drivers are inconvenienced. i do not see a lot of anger, argue or shouting. >>mark: onto bay area weather. in san francisco, clear skies. james fletcher has more on the forecast. >>james: it is clear and cold. as we transition you will see how " we're talking about. temperatures are pretty chilly this morning. half monday in the list at 22 degrees cooler this morning and yesterday. we are dealing with a cold start to. it is one degree above freezing in santa rosa. in the rain is not here yet. 10:00 a.m., future cast 4 has the rain north of santa rosa. the front will progress to the center of the bay by 2:00 p.m.. hopefully you'll have a dry evening commute. expect on and off again showers throughout the evening. when you with the tomorrow y

they argued that the 1 percent are disrupting the lives of longshoremen. >>darya: the head of the ec system is promising to launch a probe after this. ha the uc-davis chair for has praised b-2 and vodka and administrative leave. members of that group want the chancellor to step down. this comes after a silent protest saturday night. there is the chancellor and her chief of police, if they remained inside for hours, finally the two emerged to head home for the night. >>mark: a man accused of plotting to bomb government buildings in new york city is in police custody after his arraignment on terrorism related charges. authorities say that he had a pipe bomb when he was arrested. he was described as an al-qaeda sympathizer and is accused of trying to bomb police stations in post offices. >>mark: he is a u.s. citizen born in the dominican republic who converted to islam. >>darya: we're back with more in just a couple of this. >>mark: we are waiting for the opening bell. the markets will be opening in about 20 minutes. friday the dow was up 25. for the week the

. >>> longshoremen refusing to go to work after finding out their lives may be in danger.tie smith is live where longshoremen say they will not go back to work until they're safe from shipping con tearers. >> reporter: good morning. some of the truck drivers behind me are leaving. some are waiting for new assignments. others aren't sure what tood. it's not what they wanted to hear, that the terminal won't be opening. this is the second day. yesterday it was at least two terminals that didn't open. longshoreman's unit showed us a picture of a refrigerated shipping container that blew up in brazil. the issue, they're saying, is seven fold. it has to do with servicing going on in vietnam. they're exploding the containers overseas and they're saying that at least 8,000 of these conta containers may be out there. some hazardous. that could be in the port. could be on trucks. the union says most companies are handing over records. the unions can make the decision whether the terminals are safe. they're saying the two did not hand over the paperwork. the reunion is refusing to wo

. >> reporter: 8:00 this morning the president of the local chapter of the longshoremen's union told protesters they made their point. >> let's open the port and allow truckers and the other working people to go to work. >> reporter: a short time later the blockade came down as quickly as it had gone up. protesters joined the union president for breakfast and discussed what had been accomplished. one thing for certain, it left with a lasting impression. the port of oakland still dealing with the after affects of questioned's protest. they are slowly getting back to normal. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> it remains unclear if a driver will faceç kh@rges after witnesses say he intentionally rammed his car into at least two protester. they within to e hospital after the car hit them -- they went to the hospital after the car hit them last night. bart police handled the initial investigation. officers questioned the driver and then allowed him to leave. you can see in this home video one protester pounded on the hood of the car. it appears the driver gunned the engine and hit the man.

schools instead of the banks >> if we could shut down businesses, stop the banks, and get the #13wr8 longshoremen to not take the imports or exhorts for 1 day, i think that's -- exports for 1 day, that's a great message. >> reporter: drivers could not enter or leave the port as protestors continued filling the streets. some even climbed on top of the big rigs >> i'm actually getting more money because they're paying me for the waiting time. there's no problem for me. >> reporter: it's still not known when the port will reopen am live in oakland, reggie kum-- kumar. >>> and we take you back to frank ogawa plaza >> reporter: there is still a large crowd of protestors in the area. i'm seeing a lot of people either standing around or lots of little cliques, some of theme are dancing. i'm not hearing any type of shouting or chanting. there was a white van that tried to make its way through right here, broadway. but there's another protestor, you see right there, just walking by. most of the streets around here have been blocked off am we are looking at trash cans on the floor tip over to block car com

solder >> the president of block will longshoremen union that they would not be participating because they do not have enough time to slip this to evoke. we did reach out to the port but we did not receive a response. haaziq madyun has also been following this story and he has more details about what is happening on wednesday. >>haaziq: the occupy oakland general strike will begin at 9:00 a.m. in downtown oakland at the corner of 14th and broadway. according to the occupy oakland web sites, banks and court races should set down--the banks and corporations should shut down or they will seek protesters. they say that mom and pop businesses should not worry. >> we know you have to take care of your families. this is not for you guys. this is for the banks in the big corporations. take a day off. >>haaziq: there'll be another rally at noon, another in the evening followed by a march to the court. the city of oakland will be open for business during wednesday's general strike and city leaders are not urging businesses to close the doors. instead, the city of oakland is advising shop owners

. >> reporter: 8:00 this morning the president of the local chapter of the longshoremen's union told protesters they made their point. >> let's open the port and allow truckers and the other working people to go to work. >> reporter: a short time later the blockade came down as quickly as it had gone up. protesters joined the union president for breakfast and discussed what had been accomplished. one thing for certain, it left with a lasting impression. the port of oakland still dealing with the after affects of questioned's protest. they are slowly getting back to normal. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> it remains unclear if a driver will faceç kh@rges after witnesses say he intentionally rammed his car into at least two protester. they within to the hospital after the car hit them -- they went to the hospital after the car hit them last night. bart police handled the initial investigation. officers questioned the driver and then allowed him to leave. you can see in this home video one protester pounded on the hood of the car. it appears the driver gunned the engine and hit the man

we did talk to a longshoremen union representative who says they have workers trying to get in but are unable to. >> they are ordering us to go to work in the foot as in harm's way. we are ready to go to work, we are ready for them to tell us if it is needed or not furious >>craig: they said they are not hearing anything from the port of oakland. at this side of the intersection, one of the protesters got their head injuries when a car kusch its way through. there could be some serious problems potentially, but they are lucky that has not happened at this point. >>mark: the port of oakland is the fifth busiest port in the united states. we will wait to see what happens in the see of business will resume. fifth >>erica: this is a hot topic on our facebook fan page. i asked be worse off if is a general strike was an overall success. we are getting some mixed comments. here is what dallas said. here is what nicole said. those are just some of the comments. if you would like to participate in the discussion, check us out on our facebook fan page. fo an >>justine: , i am keeping my eyes on

they are not allowed to unionize so we have had a lot of support from the longshoremen, teamsters, af truckers don't have that option. so yeah, they're pissed. they want get to work and make money. we understand that. >> reporter: the port of oakland is the fifth largest in the nation and it generates about $8 million a day. >>> meanwhile two people are recovering after being hit by a car during the protests in downtown oakland last night. we have some cell phone video that shows a protestor banking on the heed of a silver mercedes in an intersection and then speeded up on broadway and 11th streets, when witnesses say the driver hit a man and a woman. now, our cbs 5 camera was there moments later. and you can see the man on the ground. the mercedes finally did stop because of a crowd, an angry crowd of 100 or so people gathered around it screaming at the driver. they wren raged also at the -- were enraged also at the bart police officers who questioned the driver who then let him go. oakland police are investigating. >>> amid today's chaos, "occupy" protestors are already gearing up

they are headed straight for the port to shut down the night shift and longshoremen are on board. >> this could represent the dry run of what it will take to build for a general strike. >> reporter: demonstrators say it goes beyond the port, angry that many oakland homeowners have been forced out by foreclosure, they'll shut down bank branches, b of a, wells fargo and others say be aware. >> reporter: so will the city offer protection to banks. >> interview: we'll have law 230-6789 out. >> reporter: the cops will be out but almost every other city worker won't. according to their union, feiu. >> interview: they can apply for a furlough day or a sick day, the city won't deny that. >> reporter: and while educators normally encouraged attendance. >> interview: i will not be working on wednesday, i will be working in my community. >> reporter: on wednesday they want kids to walk out and it seems oakland's superintendent is on board. >> interview: so much of what is happening in terms of the occupy movement is i think right on point and to have the oakland education association supporting

after someone from longshoremen's union got involved furious the economic impact of yesterday's action will not be known until sometime next week. maureen kelly spoke to small business owners who depend on business and they say they already know they were hurt by yesterday's protests. >>maureen: this was one of the drivers stuck in his big rig during the port shutdown. today he is one of the independent truckers tried to make up for lost time. >> it costs a lot of money to operate these trucks. it is just another loss. third >>maureen: businesses had to shorten hours or close and could not open until late on thursday because of the small handful of protesters that kept streets closed. >> my business is like most businesses right now. we are still trying to hang in there. having to shut down costs money. >>maureen: base support the general idea, >> i support what the protesters are about, but i have a small business and they cannot afford to be shut down. >> we are a part of the 99%. >>robin: light showers and cooler temperatures through the bay area. this system is bringing us cooler w

we're trying to stand in solidarity with the longshoremen. >> reporter: that union president we just heard from even offered the few protests are who are here to take them out for breakfast as a show of support and solidarity. seems like a lot of them refused because, frankly, they wanted to go home and get some shut eye. it was his impression it would take at least a day if not longer for the port to run through the backup cargo backed up during yesterday's shutdown before they get back up and running to normal. >> a lot to cover for us. thank you bob. >>> oakland city council's rules committee set to meet today and the protests not i an surprise here at the top of that agenda. the special session starts at 30 this evening at oakland's city hall. we'll continue to update you on the occupy movement this evening on nbc bay area "news at 5":00 and 6:00 and all day long online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> our other big story today, house republicans are putting the pressure on the white house over the solyndra controversy. the energy and commerce committee just voted to issue two subpoenas de

actually honor the strike would be illegal so what they are saying now, tonight, is that some of the longshoremen don't want to cross these lines not to be sympathetic with the strike but because they say there are safety issues. so it will be interesting to see if workers actually go into work for the night shift. these folks left frank ogawa plaza around 4:15. they are on the march here. what i want to tell you in terms of this picket line is that whereas -- it's not exactly like one big line that will surround the port. [ loud horns ] >> reporter: the concept is to form a line that is, you know, actually there are people here but it would be sort of an imaginary line that, you know, they are encouraging these union workers not to cross. the port as robert mentioned says that some of their workers were sent home a little early around 3:30 this afternoon. they are urging calm right now. they are saying they want everyone to be calm and to show respect and to focus on everyone's safety. these folks here behind me told me they plan on being peaceful. that's what we have seen for most of the day, a

some longshoremen have made it known that they will join the strike, but truck drivers say they will have to wait and see tomorrow. live in oakland, i'm cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >>> the last major protest at the port of oakland and it ended in violence. police opened fire on war demonstrators in 2003 when they blocked the gates and refused to dispurse. they did not use bullets, but they used concussion grenades. the council paid more than $150,000 to 24 people who were hurt in that incidence. >> the impact will be felt outside of oakland through parts of the bay area that mean that's that commuters are facing an uncertain day. will bart service be interrupted? jean ely is live in san francisco and they are not taking a chance. so many protests that have disrupted the plan. i bet they are making alternate plans tonight. >> reporter: some are. thousands of commuters who travel through oakland on bart are not sure what's going to happen material. they are preparing for possible delays. some say they are going to stay home in case and others will grin and bear whatever protesters

after the president from the longshoremen's union got involved.n there has been a steady stream of trucks moving car go in and out of the dock area. a spokesperson says that they're now fully operational and slowly getting back to normal. the city will not know the economic impact of wednesday's action until sometime next week. a >>reporter: ramon anderson was one of the drivers stuck in his big rig during wednesday's court shut down. today he is one of the many independent truckers trying to make up for lost time. >> this is like a today set back because a lot of money to operate these trucks and you know for us it is a another loss. >>reporter: truckdrivers were not the only ones getting squeezed, this a soul food and are right next to the port had to shorten their hours and close on wednesday and the owner could not open up until late thursday afternoon because of the small handful protesters that kept the street closed when the morning shift showed up for work. >> this is a small business in we are our most businesses right now we're trying to

difficult to say i think the general strike is is wonderful i hope it can work i know that the longshoremen are supporting it and it's a big port town oakland is primarily what it what it was and it's as a as it rose as a city and there's going to be solidarity all around the country i know that in zuccotti park there's going to be a big march and a big rally in support of our brothers and sisters in oakland so best of luck to them indeed just a half a minute what's the next step for for as a crowded parking for the occupy movement well to consolidate our organization right we've got the attention of the public we've got their sympathies and now it's time to really really organize and the general assembly just passed a spokes council which i urge everybody to go online and look up it's a brand new addition to the structure of occupy wall street and hopefully it will ease our communication and coordination and lead to some really impressive political organizing on the part of the occupy wall street movement jay myers thanks so much for being with islam. thank you tony yesterday we saw more e

longshoremen are worried about what is going to happen to the containers. who is going to transport them and where. >> coming up next, several earthquakes jolt oklahoma causing damage and rattling the nerves of people that are used to dealing with tornadoes. herman cain faced off with newt gingrich last night but the real fireworks came afterwards when cain took questions from the media.8t8t8t8t8t8t8t8t8t8t Ñ Ñxp >>> things are still shaking in central oklahoma where there has been a magnitude 4 onto 0 quake following yesterday's 5.6 tremblor. it was felt as far away in tennessee. you can see some damage near the epicenter, 40 miles northeast of oklahoma city. you can see cracks in walls. one man's ceiling caved in. highways cracked but no buildings collapsed and no serious injuries. the series of quakes begin yesterday morning with a magnitude 5.2 shaker that woke people up. >> let's turn to politics. what was supposed to be a debate between two top republican candidates turned into a rather remarkable showdown between herman cain and news reporters. plus,

work as independent contractors not allowed to unionize so we have had a lot of support from the longshoremen, the teamsters, a lot of the truckers don't have that option. they want to get to work. they want to make money. we understand that. >> the "l.a. times" reports the protestors left the entrance this morning when the president of the union invited them out to breakfast for a conversation. >>> two people were hit by a car during last night's protest. cell phone video shows a man banging on the hood of a mercedes at broadway and 11th. the driver tried to escape. he hit two people. bart police questioned the driver and let him go. oakland police are investigating. >>> tonight a new challenge for "occupy oakland" protestors, the weather. some light rain fell on the encampment in oakland this afternoon. showers cold temperatures are in the forecast tonight. tomorrow, it's going to be colder, as well. we'll have to see how the weather impacts the "occupy" movement. >>> one of the most closely watched initial public offerings this year could be pricier than originally thought. groupon said to

protesters will have to try to shut down the port of oakland without the help of the longshoremen's union. he told me by phone that while they support the 99% movement and denounce police brutality however he said there is just no time to put the matter to a vote for union members. however, that does not mean that the fifth busiest port in the country cannot be shut down without participation. in fact protesters can create an unsafe environment at the port and then president of the union said the daytime they may have to stop working until the conditions return to being safe. >>pam: protesters are employing themselves to keep their encampment say from thieves and from the police. will tran shows us the situation. >>reporter: the tents are back and the place is full, even though the city promised minimal police presence out and i see any police officers around here, i talk with the security at the plaza it is made up a protesters running around and their bicycles as well as doing foot patrol. they tell me they have not seen a police officer around here as well. >> we are trying to make sur

but at 9:00 in the morning, a retired dock worker said the members of the international longshoremen's warehouse union had stopped work on their own. >> the trucks with containers are backed up for at least a mile. cargo is not being worked effectively. none of the cranes are moving. members of the union did this on their own. the leaders of the union wanted them to work today, but by and large, they are not working the port. the port is down. they did this on their own. >> reporter: the general strike was supported by some unions, including hundreds of teachers who came out to support the the service employees union, which represents city workers was there as well. dwight mcelroy is president of the oakland chapter. >> we support the core principles and morals of the occupy oakland; the unions are not calling it a strike; but unions all calling it a day of action, and a day to stand in sympathy with the principles and the courage of the occupy oakland people. >> reporter: but at the same time, some union spokesmen said they had contracts with companies that forbade striking. and at le

protesters are arguing that the 1 percent have disrupted the lives of longshoremen and truck drivers.it is impossible thanksgiving rain. >>james: here is a live look from the san mateo bridge. we have cold temperatures this morning and a lack of cloud cover for causing temperatures to drop this month. let's talk about what we are expecting weather wise. no bottle is the cold spot this morning at 37. do not be surprised if we see upper 30s in napa before the end of the morning. in san francisco, currently 47 degrees. that is the same temperature and into out in the livermore. fat across the bay area that is cold and it was yesterday here has 11 degrees colder this morning a whole hours ago. there is a definite hornets in the year the will be dealing with. from this afternoon will keep things cool. across the north a it will be cold. mid-50s and generally warming to maybe 59 years fairfield. for the most part 55 of the. soft talked at >>james: it will be wet wednesday and thursday. on friday, the first half could be well as we say goodbye to the last fifth of that system. >>george: the

after the president of the longshoremen's union got involved. since then there have been a steady stream of trucks moving cargo in and out of the docks as you can see on the right here the exact impact of wednesday's actions cannot be known until next week. maureen kelly spoke with the small business owners who depend on shore business and a city already know that there were hurt by those protests. >> i was blocked in about three hours. >>reporter: this is one of the drivers stuck during the port shutdown. >> this puts us back another day it cost us a lot of money, it costs a lot of money to operate these trucks and for us it is just another loss. >>reporter: truckdrivers were not the only ones getting squeezed. the soulful restaurant right next to the port had to shorten their hours and close on wednesday and the owner could not open until late thursday afternoon because of the small hand a protesters that kept the streak the her restaurant is on closed when the morning shift show up for work. >> our business is like moses--is like most busines

protesters are arguing that the one person have disrupted the lives of longshoremen and truckers. the resolution has already been cast 44 action at l.a.. he will be right back as the kron4 news continues. on wall street in this drop the dow jones. down 3 1/8 to 11,004 mid-70s 7. her heart favela off for thought meet the >> director of the fbi is investigating who knew what against jerry sandusky. the new lawyer promised a thorough, independent investigation cost of everything related to these child sex abuse allegations periods the mouth this examination will include the areas or down from the communities all the dust-in the university's organization that might have of what this conduct occurred, go undetected and not be reported and addressed promptly. >>justine: activities will be examined back to the mid- 1970s. sandusky has denied sexual contact with children but did acknowledge showering with boys in the bruising them.--and embracing them. >>darya: we will be right back on this call monday morning fury of sunshine but it is dry at the golden gate bridge. we will be right back

last the longshoremen in as guy told me that there were 42 or at 8:00 a.m. cause and and and and and put the but they say that it will take a date or to to bring the court to back up to speed. it has less impact. protesters are looking to make their point. i have not seen any police. looks like there point is being made. >>mark: this started with a march to the port of oakland yesterday. yesterday, a call for a general strike that started at frank ogawa plaza. 7000 people marched to the meat import to entrance, shedding things down. all the talk right you can see some of the damage that was done in downtown oakland as businesses were vandalized. at the bottom right, there were two demonstrators hit by a mercedes. they went to a hospital with broken and lower extremities. the victim is in the hospital. the driver was not arrested. the police are taking a hands-off approach. >>erica: we're getting several hundred comments on our facebook fan page. i have been asking viewers if they thought this strike was a success. we have posted some pictures on our facebook

longshoremen are refusing to unload containers that they say are dangerous. reportedly some of those containers have exploded. >> the issues caused explosions. one person died. one person was burned very badly. we learned that somebody had -- [ inaudible ] >> the dock workers want to know which containers were serviced in vietnam so they can take action. negotiations continue between the union, the coast guard around the port in trying to solve this issue. >>> 7:33. the san francisco sheriff's department very concerned about the safety of one of their deputies. that deputy took part in the raid on the "occupy oakland" camp a week ago. several websites are blaming him for injuring scott olsen, the iraq war veteran, who suffered a fractured skull. the websites include the deputy's name and his picture. some even include the deputy's home address and phone number. the sheriff's department says there's no proof the deputy had anything to do with the war veteran's injury. >>> well, there's a growing number of people who are tired of the people occupying local citi

also we've just learned longshoremen have stopped working ahead of today amarch. it does include a number of 0 -- today's march. it includes a number of union members and teachers and others have indicated they will be joining this. it is supposed to be starting shortly and ending with a rally at the port of oakland. >>> we'll be following this today. and let's quickly go to sal? >> we're just gonna check out the -- check out the toll plaza. traffic will be busy there. give yourself plenty of time to navigate through that. >>> sunshine, mild to warm today. that will be the last time i say "warm" for a while because we have big changes, red flag warnings should end here in a couple of minutes. still high fire danger for another couple of hours. then tomorrow rain moves in tomorrow evening and then turning much colder. >> much colder. >> that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and we've just heard that 14th and broadway is lessed because of the -- is closed because of the protesters.

the strongest unions we have today are the longshoremen. the: let's go to college on republican line from new jersey -- colleen. caller: hello? good morning. i have two questions. a caller mentioned that a representative who is either sitting in prison or charged with felonies still collects a full-blown pension, and the sapper and had no problem with that. that means a person in new jersey working at mcdonald's is paying for that representative to sit back and collect a pension and you found nothing wrong with that. i'm sure you're fully aware of what new jersey taxpayers pay. we pay an average of $850 to $1,000 per month all because of corzine. do you think that is a sustainable? great.colleen, we admire your county. essex and union, we have seen a lot of growth. you must have misunderstood me. i hope the other listeners -- i did not say i was comfortable with that. i said everybody should have the same right that we have. people should have the right to negotiate their salary and their wages. it is deplorable a person can get a penchant

wilmington brings four million tons of goods through delaware each year providing jobs to the longshoremen and the communities around our port that rely so much on its vital link to the global economy. railways allow amtrak to connect business women and men from new york to our legal and banking community in wilmington and it's one of the busiest railroad stations in america and i-95 that east coast corridor connects truckers and corridors up andrea down the east coast to our little state. as folks have known far too long, one of the buoys choke points on i-95 was in our state. i used to get calls all the time, madam president, in my role as county executive because folks mistakenly thought it was somehow my role to modernize this highway. it was john f. kennedy who cut the ribbon on this modern interstate highway and we frankly have failed to invest in keeping up with the times, in keeping up with the growth in traffic, in keeping up with the tempo of global commerce since then. delaware has finally solved these problems, madam president, with the leadership of the obama administration an