it was a big day out of mavericks.when they break like this they register on the berkeley seismograph. it pounds the plate so hard, amazing. wow. big surf along the coast. it's going to be big again tomorrow but not quite this big. now we go to the parade. that's a big deal. the weather perfect. 70degrees in downtown san francisco market street. that's parade time, 11:00 a.m., it'll go 75, 77 degrees by 1:00 or 2:00. it's going to be a beautiful day for the rest of the state, the rest of the country to see our city. about daytime high tomorrow downtown, 75. 45 in napa, 46 in santa rosa. daytime highs tomorrow as i mentioned warmer. jet stream staying well to the north. that keeps us dry. keeps the rain going into the pacific northwest. but that changes toward the end of the week. like saturday night, sunday clouds move in. we'll see lots of 80s tomorrow in our forecast. cool overnight, daytime highs tomorrow up into the 80s in the warmest spots. you're going to see oranges fill in now. those are 80s and 70s. it's just

or more perhaps even higher here at the legendary surf maverick. surfers wasting no time taking advantage of the rug there right now i spoke to a couple of them earlier. >> there's probably 30 ft sense top to bottom the drop is part of the reef. it's the first time i've ever served here really i was pretty lucky to get the surf here it takes a lot of swell and the right conditions i was lucky enough to get out there and get a couple. >> 15 ft. with the bigger ones on the big size the clouds deck everyone wants peace to the traffic jam out there right now. everyone save know is getting hurt. >> everyone heading to the beach to take in the waves and the surfers just by the way it's the nearest beach to the brickyard maverick where a rogue wave washed ashore and injured several people during last year served tournament. where to the wise if you're heading to the pizzbeech proceed with caution. in half moon bay were all flatboat kron 4 news. >> were going to enjoy a nice weather through the week friday changes with cooler temperatures and increasing cl

the event is now called the jay at mavericks big wave invitational. the list was released today, they include surfers from north and southern california. look at that wave, hawaii, brazil and south africa. those pictures are amazing. >> they are huge. fred joins us now, mark is off tonight. we have basketball to talk about. >> yeah, remember the golden state warriors? they are starting off well. golden state is 4-0 at home for the first time in twenty years. this may shock you, they are doing it with defense and rebounding, two words never spoken at all last year. steph fan decides his ankle is good enough, 33% in the first half, thanks to heavy plays, darrelle wright controls it. there's your dunk. ells had 7 of the steals, ellis is an island. team high of 23 points. utah ties the games. curry scores 9 of his 20 points, what bad ankle? warriors outrebound utah 52- 26. look at david lee, lee scores 14 points and 15 rebounds, warriors win 85-78 and start a 5-game road trip. clear the pitching staff will remain intact, this year the world series champs

. >>> well, i will be doing some waiting because the maverick surfing contest -- who didn't plan to? more than a dozen people got hurt when some road waves swept over them last year. so organizers decided to push the crowd back. the contest could happen anytime now between wednesday and february 28th depending on the waves. >>> speaking of wave watch, that's going to be your job now until then. >> boy have we had a couple of good storms in here that have turned up some waves, but tonight we're out ice skating. the city of san francisco where people were out and about in layers tonight in the 40s. in factors let's take a look at some of these temperatures. 37 degrees, it's cold in sunnyvale. currently in the mid-40s to the north at the golden gate bridge. as you head out, it will be a frosty start. a chill will be in the air with lots of clear skies. we do have some rain to the north of us. this is a big area of low pressure. it's taking all its energy to british columbia. that tail end is swiping up against us. we will have some partly cloudy skies by tomorrow night, but until then,

he brought that maverick into the white house. he proposed energy conservation which many liberal democrats at the time did not like because of their effect on key constituencies. on foreign policy, again, carter refused to be pinned down by some of the cold war orthodoxes. while he sometimes pleased the left on issues like improving america, standing in central america, and human rights, he could also cause tensions by making tough remarks towards the soviet union. in contrast, senator kennedy of massachusetts represented the liberal wing of the democratic party. he remained committed to most of the policies and the ideas that had come out of the great society. at a time when some members of the party were backing away from lyndon johnson's legacy, kennedy defended issues like racial equality, voting rights, and antipoverty programs. yet kennedy was particularly dangerous to republicans because he was also a shrewd politician who knew how to round up the vote. he had seen some of the damage caused by the left wing during the 1960

expected to see the most action this is the nearest beach the legendary big wave break known as maverickside have one day. it's a lot of surfers already in the water here and a lot of spectators as well taking in the show. were expecting the 20 ft. maybe along the coast. it surfers say 25 to 30 feeder possible. this is the same beach were several people were injured by a wave during last year's search contest. bridge cores are reminded to proceed with caution career caused by an unusual strong storm system moving into canada up to rid high surf advisory will remain in effect in california until 3:00 wednesday afternoon. in half moon bay kron 4 news. >> what would you do with a moon bay kron 4 news. >> what would you do with a beard now. (cheering) of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. t, talk toe 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings. and discounts up to 40%. where else you gonna get discounts like that? call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. to choose the services that fit your life. who do

i worked for loud records, rca in the early 90s and for maverick records and madonna label. i recognized there was a shift in the theme of hip hop music from consciousness to more massagennistic and materialistic. >> there has to be a way for all of our brilliant hip hop artists to come up with brilliant lyrics that don't put women down and degrade women. let me go on record. if you are that smart come up with a way to uplift women. >> absolutely. and i'm a firm believer that the way we treat our women will determine how qualitative our experience is in society. >> yes. i think it was winston churchill who said the true mark of a civilization is how the women of that civilization are treated. >> once i saw that shift i recognized it was all about relationships. i dove into studying and readying and absorbing and starting to correct things i was doing in my own personal relationship. a a lot of times the perception of the clinician or psychologist you have a perfect relationship. i had to start with me. >> have you noticed that we are always teaching what we need to learn. >>

she makes a point by interfering closure with maverick whose 90% wolf and whose powell. in a flash they turned poppies, the big animals term puppy, going around nancy, playing with her, cuddling. the chemistry to in the three of them is magical but even with these, her favorites, nancy has wolves. she never lets them get in a position of of her head and she never please tug of war with them. i asked mazie how many animals have the potential to be free have it for family living. she looks up and fought for a minute, literally taking them off and said four of them. that's not good odds out of six dozen animals. the legal status of wolf dogs is murky. in north carolina, anyone can own a wolf dog but in some states they are banned outright. the classified wild life in pennsylvanians you need a permit to keep one on your property. in salem, pennsylvania she thought of her wolf dogs as pets, rather than exotic animals comes she blistered them as dogs and treated them like children. but a few weeks after she told one of her neighbors at her wolf dogs gave her, quote, unqualifie

. >> you know, john mccain was here to foresupposedly the maverick in american pop si but there's anotherccain household now. >> spokesmen for both say they have their disagreements and that's okay, but if he has to launch a filibuster, maybe she should stay in washington and not go home. more to come in the program, including they're still counting the write in ballots up in the state of alaska, we'll talk to lisa murkowski, a lot of drama there and when she comes back to washington. >>> and we'll talk to our richard quest because as we talk about the deaf silt in the country, they're already dealing with this across the pond in great britain where they say there's an age of austerity. and we'll close our show with our good friend pete dominic and play a little who said? but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve was proven to work better on pain than tylenol 8 hour. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? good, how are you? [ male announcer ] aleve. proven better on pain. my professor at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some alg

. >>> there will be no watching the surfers from the beach at the next mavericks competition. officials are hoping to avoid the problems that happened last february. as you can we are, a wave swept over the breakwater and hit spectators on the beach. 13 people were seriously hurt. the period for this year once from this wednesday until february 28th. surfers come on 24 hours' notice once the waves hit a peek. >>> that -- peak. >>> that will do it for us. the next news is at 5:00, the channel 2 news. thanks for watching have. have a great day.

the mavericks were up seven. wilkins had a good-looking ball over the middle and had it hit. eastern tech in its middletown next week. -- eastern tech dismal town next week. baltimore got a tough when from the winless bills. you have to keep your guard up. it is really a tough sell against the panthers. it interests all over the field for carolina and the coach has elected to go with brian saint pierre at quarterback. he was not invited to anyone's training camp. he has five career passes. that is that. even so, the ravens maintain the company line. >> you know that it is for to be and when -- be a win. if you go out and did not play well, you will lose. >> they held their own. madison square garden saw them needing to do more than compete. 28-23 in lionize. the new york kidd slammed home a, 40-36. he landed home three of his own. the freshman point guard had a team high 17. 80-76 with your final tonight. smith put together a nice team for minnesota. dexter stripling, rise and shine. he made all of his shots. there were five triples. 72-67 final. he is a threat at any time. 8

. >>> there are going to be changes for the next mavericks competition, changes that will affect people who want to watch that contest in person. >>> also ahead. >> for those of you worried about my lip, i should be okay. >> what president obama is saying about his recent basketball injury. >>> and it's cold out there now. it's going to be cold tomorrow morning and behind me you can see a little bit of rain on the stormtracker 2. i'll let you know when those showers will get here. >>> new at 6:00, chickens hanged at an east elementary school. we will reveal what happened to the helpless animals. >> they took a shoe lace and they tied the chickens up. >>> also prop 8 could rest in their hands. we are learning more about the judges who have just been assigned to the case. >>> plus a medical break- through. we are going to show you the new technology developed right here in the bay area that can tell if a tumor is present and how aggressive it is. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all

. >> celtics and mavericks. rondo, the alley-oop, celts up.oments later, dirk nowitzki with the fade away and he got it. dallas took the lead. 17 seconds to play. last chance for boston, but garnett's shot way off the mark. the mavs snap the celts' five-game win streak, 89-87. >>> finally, if you thought the trick play by the steelers was good, look at this one from corpus christi, texas. the quarterback pretended the ball was mismarked and was going to give it to the referee. and there he goes. he faked everyone out and bolted 67 yards for the score. forget about football. get that kid an acting gig. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, what johnny depp doesn't want you seeing him doing with angelina jolie. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, dogs of all shapes and sizes make their bid for hollywood stardom. only it was easier for some than others. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. it was windy night outside of los angeles, high wind warnings in some

where the mavericks have again revenge on the spurs for upsetting them during last year's playoffs twelve game winning streak halted and company rode through time the german having an extremely efficient night shooting the basketball as he piled up twenty six points the wicki making both attempts from beyond the arc only missing two out of fourteen field goals all night long tim duncan still playing at a high level. the spurs the veteran extending an early lead to forty nine forty three here. the mavs though holding their nerve in the back and forth real game jason terry silencing the spurs card in the fourth one hundred three ninety four dallas at the finish up only the second loss for san antonio in fifteen days. but novak djokovic is not only missing two in tennis matches against the best opposition in the world at the a.t.p. championships he's also entertaining the crowd while staring at the serb wearing a pirate like i pods for the start of his match against on the roddick progressing to the semifinals of its conclusion still there was no trouble in sight for their twenty three year

. >> our next bulls telecast already the bulls taking on mavericks at the american airlines center inlas. wgn viewer, tune in saturday. the bulls battle the kings in sacramento. join us at 9:00 right here on wgn tv. once again, your final score, the bulls 103. the washington wizards, 96. the wgn news is next. >>> this is wfn news at 9. >> i want to fight for a better future for all the people of chicago, and that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for mayor. >> rahm emanuel made it official today. he announced his candidacy for mayor of chicago at a north side elementary school gymnasium. while there were protesters outside. good evening, everyone. i'm robert jordan. >> and i'm jackie bang. randy belliso has tonight's top story. rahm emanuel says he loves the city, and he wants to lead it. his chicago roots and washington experience, the mayoral hopeful, he says, make him the most qualified candidate. >> only the 200 to help president obama as his chief of staff could have pride me away from chicago. only the 200 to to leave the city could have pride me away from the president's

now let's move stateside now where the mavericks where the bigger and better team in texas against the visiting seven to six is on friday dallas securing a ninety nine to ninety when despite main man dirk nowitzki being hampered by injury now jason katims made a legendary kariya out of spreading the ball around the dallas mass not you know he is eleven thousand area and sist here chipped in sixteen points despite a minor and called off with shawn marion adding just as many including the sponsor . those efforts helping the mabs nail down a fifty five pool to advantage at health time reserve j.j. barea have a bigger game down the established stars though nineteen points for him ninety nine to ninety the finals for dallas to an eighteen fairly old late twenty eight of their loss over the seventy six hours. the big boxing bout coming up later on saturday with w.b. a welterweight champion many by cal going up against antonino margarito for the vacant w.b.c. super welterweight crown the cowboys stadium with a big event schedule featuring this ballot and also the n.f.l. super bowl in the earl

david west of the hornets scored 17 points against the mavericks and stole the ball with two seconds left to preserve this 99-97 new orleans win. >>> in miami, chris bosh scored a season-high 35 points against phoenix and sat out the fourth quarter. lebron james added 20 as the heat overwhelmed the suns 123-96. >>> kobe bryant of the lakers also didn't play in the fourth. but, he scored 33 points against detroit. los angeles beat the pistons 103-90. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and electric cars steer into the spotlight at the los angeles auto show. nighttime nasal congestion meant, i couldn't breathe right. i couldn't sleep right. next day it took forever to get going. night after night, i sat up. sprayed up. took a shower... or took a pill. then i tried drug-free breathe right advanced. and instantly, i breathed better! i slept better. it felt...better. thank you, breathe right! [ male announcer ] breathe better, sleep better, feel better. now try new breathe right advanced for free... at breatheright.com. [ woman ] it's my right to breathe right. isn'

in dallas, jason cherry of the mavericks scored 26 points including the go-ahead jumper in the final minute against new orleans and dallas got the win 98-95 over the hornets, which had won their first eight games. >>> in college basketball. number 7 kansas was an easy winner. marcus morris had 22 points against valparaiso as the jaw hawks won their 61st straight home game. and twin brother added 12 points as kansas rolled to a 79-44 win. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and patriotic pedaler. a california boy who just wanted to fly the american flag gets plenty of backup. the american flag gets plenty of backup. ♪ yummy, yummy, yummy, i got love in my tummy ♪ ♪ and i feel like... [ female announcer ] kellogg's wants to make kids happy one tummy at a time. because 9 out of 10 kids don't get the fiber they need, that's why froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops have 3 grams of fiber in every yummy bowl. they're the cereals your kids love and the fiber their tummies love... which makes for a whole lotta happy. froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops, an oh-

mavericks handed the hornets the first loss in the season. nowitzki tied the game with a three.the jumper and lead, he had a game high 26. the mavs won 98-95. off to phoenix nuggets up by 15 when the suns rallied. steve nash, the lob to jason richardson. phoenix down 6 in the third. they grab the lead in the fourth. he do tur ka lu, off the glass, suns up 83-82. turk ka loo put it away. phoenix won it. great overtime finishes around the nhl. sabers and canucks, give away and myers jumped over it to score the gamers. sabers won. rangers and penguins off the turnover. a pretty move around the defenseman, then to callahan on the doorstep, rangers rally to beat the pens 3-2. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> for another quick look at the weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. i'm feeling extremely guilty because i hear your forecast multiple times throughout the morning and i still failed to bring an umbrella to work today. i don't understand. >> are you requesting like personalized text messages. >> maybe if you could ca

over the wizards the sauce beachside now with ten wins and losses for the year to date the dallas mavericks are cruising right along there are six consecutive victories coming over their fellow texans and houston milwaukee meanwhile were missing their two big man under drew gooden in a twenty one point loss to the jets. with winter well and truly upon us and europe biathlon off plates are busy warming up for the start of their season. sweden will host the first stage of the sports world cup on wed and stay on the head of the russian biathlon union spoke to us about the rapidly approaching event. the first stage of the world cup has always been a good early test for biathlon heavyweight nations china japan and the u.s. who have been training there in sweden for more than two weeks could be the surprise packages however them not our main rivals for us it will be a good warm up we can and praise how we prepared for the season and see the warka for new coaching stuff we shouldn't expect first prize here we have to understand how a team start out the season and how the athletes recover after the

that came monday night to the dallas mavericks. rematch here. late fourth quarter. paul, 20 points. hornets up by six. 13 seconds to go. mavs down by three. dirk nowitzki, game-high 29. mavs within one with eight seconds to go. hornets inbounding. jason kidd comes up with the steal. he calls time-out with six seconds to go. mavs with the ball, looking to win this game. nowitzki, oh. david west forces the turnover. the hornets win it 99-97. they are 9-1 on the year. >>> that will do it for me. i'm ducis rodgers. >>> it's been almost a year now since tiger woods' infamous car crash that eventually led to his, of course, stunning fall from grace. now, the golfer appears to be trying to repair his image. he's taken to tweeting fans. and will talk this morning on espn radio. >> and in a "newsweek" op-ed piece, he talks about how his life was out of balance and his priorities were out of order a year ago. he ends the piece by writing, quote, i'm not the same man i was a year ago. and that is a good thing. within his first tweet, 40,000 followers. and hour after hour, thousands more people

dirk nowitzki of the mavericks sporting a new short haircut scored 25 points, including the go-aheadss than 0 seconds to play. and dallas beat boston 89-87. >>> in memphis, zack randolph of the grizzlies had 23 points and 20 rebounds against the suns. those were season highs for randolph. nd memphis defeated phoenix. randolph. and memphis defeated phoenix. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories. and a peek inside camelot. never before published photos of john f. kennedy on his road to the white house. hey, babe. oh, hi, honey! so i went to the doctor today, then picked up a few extra things for the baby. oh, boy... i used our slate card with blueprint. we can design our own plan to avoid interest by paying off diapers and things each month. and for the bigger stuff, we can pay down our balance faster to save money on interest. bigger? bigger. slate from chase gives you extraordinary control over how you pay for life's surprises. trip...lets... slate customers pay down their balances twice as fast with blueprint. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not

. >>> eh the maverick surfing contest about to open. this year a big change.o spectators allowed on the beach. you remember last year? more than a dozen people got hurt when those rogue waves swept over the bystanders during last year's contest in february. you're going to have to stay farther back this year. they are going to enforce that. the contest could happen any time between wednesday and february 28th depending, of course, on the waves. >> yes. >> that's up to mother nature. >> and the storms. >> and the storms. >> which right now we have a storm door open. i have to admit this is a very complex week ahead as far as forecasting weather is concerned. i really believe it's going to be the next two computer runs that will nail down the timing of these systems but, right now, boy. >> look at that. >> can you beat that? official sundown was at 4:51, we're still picking up hints of the sunset compliments of our weather camera looking out towards the santa cruz mountains. we do have some cirrus crowds with an air of low pressure. i'll share that storm with yo

dirk nowitzki of the mavericks had 20 points against houston.las got out to a big lead in the fourth quarter and held on for a 101-91 victory. >>> lebron james and miami scored 30 points, and dwyane wade added 26 as the superstar teammates put on a show against washington. the heat 105-94 win over the wizards was only their second victory in the last six games. in oklahoma city russell westbrook of the thunder showed he could drive to the hoop and shoot from long range as he led a surge in the fourth quarter against the hornets. oklahoma city beat new orleans 95-89. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and retailers enjoy a holly jolly start to the holiday shopping season. now at sears, warm up the whole family with sweaters for $15 and under with crewnecks, turtlenecks and v-necks in every color, sweater season has never been so stylish! from argyles to stripes, tunics to cardigans, we've got a style for everyone on your list. hurry in, cause sweaters for $15 and under won't last long. plus get $15 in sears come ba

artie's are firth reporting there on a maverick russian anti drug activist who's been spared jail but let's take a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour greece has suspended all mail deliveries abroad for forty eight hours after a series of parcel bombs were sent to foreign embassies in athens three of them were addressed to germany's chancellor angela merkel italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and french president nicolas sarkozy some parts of athens have been closed off and security has been tightened at all foreign missions police have already charged two men and say the finger of blame is pointing towards greek far left extremist. a five point three magnitude earthquake has struck central serbia killing two and injuring dozens more local t.v. reports say the hardest hit area was around the town of cry of the quake caused damage to buildings and left parts of the town without electricity and water but tremors were felt across the country including the capital belgrade. dutch authorities have recalled number of plates which they can only carry deduction probabl

kyle bosserman. 7-6 mavericks. good looking ball over the middle. hit by nick nick.wins the 2-a north region. 7-6 is your final over city college. college hoops. madison square garden. williams taking on 16th ranked illinois in a constellation game of the 2-k sports classic. 28-23 alini. to pageant. well done. 40-36, illinois at the break. second half, mccarny. knocking down threes from all over the 20 points in the came. freshman out of arizona pausing. knocking down that three. he has a team-high of 17. the rally got no closer than two points. 80-76 your final. i'll see you back here tonight at 6:00. >> carm low -- carmelo anthony is helping put thanksgiving on the table this week. members of the nba all-star foundation handed out dinners. volunteers say the boxes included a turkey with all the trimmings. they prepared more than 350 turkeys. this is the 29th annual thanksgiving in honor of the woman who started it all. organizers expect to 10s of thousands of people. however, they say donations are exceptionally low this year. you are asked to drop off donations at

puts it through the uprights. 7-6 mavericks. wilkins. good looking ball.ech wins the 2-a north region. 7-6 your final. college hoops. gary williams taking on 16th ranked illinois. . to -- illinois at the break. knocking down threes from all over. illinois would lead by a dozen. freshman out of arizona pausing and knocking down that three. 87-6 your final on friday. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. >> carmelo anthony is helping put continue dinner on the table. people lined up inside the youth development center where members of the all-star foundation handed out dinners. >> inmates in hagerstown did their part to help deserving families this holiday. they prepared 350 turkeys which were delivered to the b. gatty center. this is the 20th annual thanksgiving dinner provided in the name of the woman that started it all. >> temperatures in the 50's to near 60. dry weather through monday. by thanksgiving rain chances go up. temperatures go up and down. next week at this time, wole be -- we'll be -- >> thanks. [captioning made possible by constellation

there will be no watching the surfers from the maverick competition. officials want to avoid what happened last year. thirteen people were seriously hurt. the waiting period runs from wednesday through f ebruary 28th. sufficienters come on 24 hours' notice once the waves hit a p eak. >> i'm not gonna be out there. >>> let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads, pretty slow on 880. right now we have some slowing as you drive north. i mean, it's not terrible. definitely gonna see some dro traffic and we're almost back to normal after the thanksgiving holiday. moving along and taking a look at the toll plaza it's been b acked under for the standard delay. maybe a little bit better. you don't see a lot of traffic coming in off 880. i'm gonna say it is just a touch normal of what it usually is. i would say that 280 is a better bed instead of 101. now, there is an accident westbound 92 at 101 which could be causing some delays. if you are in the south bay, look at 85. 85 is not your friend. it's backed up from 87 in san jose all the way up in

mavericks will break tomorrow, it'll break again on wednesday and maybe thursday as well. wednesday should be the biggest day for us. on land, mostly sunny and a warmer trend, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. beautiful bay area pattern. when you get to the parade, news chopper 2 is going to be out wednesday. lots of oranges out there, great visibility. i hope the rest of the country is watching because this is our city, outstanding weather for the parade. we have plenty of sun for you. i'm not worried about the air quality, maybe a few showers into the weekend. >> look at the weekend. >> outstanding, almost 80. >> fantastic, thank you bill. >> thank you, bill. >>> the coalition for justice for oscar grant held a peaceful demonstration outside the ktvu studios here at jack lindon squares this evening. the activists say they are upset because we broadcast a jailhouse interview with former bart police officer mehserle. they say they feel the interview created unwarranted sympathy for mehserle who is scheduled to be sentenced on friday for the shooting death of oscar grant. kt

. >> said he was not really acting on central staten island s orders semi he has became a maverick flying solo. >> with the intermediary between the first world war and the beginning and middle of the second the world war, the mi6 helped i guess have the early development what underscore that development? and a stand with german machines, the enigma of but other than that that they were sharing that with the americans, who would enable the british to organize the americans from basically being a scattered naval and military intelligence to centralized intelligence system? >> it is crucial and the crucial underpinning to which there is a special relationship of the second world war and then intelligence but what happens, the head of mi-6 in north america who is a canadian, stevenson is a troublesome character for the historian because he did wonderful and important things but spent his later years burnishing his reputation too such an extent it undermines its. it is a extraordinary greek tragedy. very, very difficult. it is quite difficult to detach from what he did from what he tried to g

. >>> the beach will be off limit during the maverick surf competition. a rogue wave swept over a break water and hit spectators on the beach. 13 people were seriously hurt. the waiting period for the next contest runs through wednesday until february 28th. opening ceremonies will be held this week. >>> let's go over to sal to check on the sunol grade and other things. >> traffic is moving well on interstate 680. most people driving down from pleasantton and san jose. that traffic is moving along very well. there is a stalled truck southbound 17 at redwood estates. it has been there for awhile. now let's go back to the desk. >>> a firefighter was injured in marin county overnight. why the quick actions of a neighbor may have presented a tragedy. >>> police shoot and kill a suicidal man but was he armed?

mavericks will break tomorrow, it'll break again on wednesday and maybe thursday as well. wednesday should be the biggest day for us. on land, mostly sunny and a warmer trend, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. beautiful bay area pattern. when you get to the parade, news chopper 2 is going to be out wednesday. lots of oranges out there, great visibility. i hope the rest of the country is watching because this is our city, outstanding weather for the parade. we have plenty of sun for you. i'm not worried about the air quality, maybe a few showers into the weekend. >> look at the weekend. >> outstanding, almost 80. >> fantastic, thank you bill. >> thank you, bill. >>> the coalition for justice for oscar grant held a peaceful demonstration outside the ktvu studios here at jack lindon squares this evening. the activists say they are upset because we broadcast a jailhouse interview with former bart police officer mehserle. they say they feel the interview created unwarranted sympathy for mehserle who is scheduled to be sentenced on friday for the shooting death of oscar grant. kt

the event is now called the jay at mavericks big wave invitational.the list was released today, they include surfers from north and southern california. look at that wave, hawaii, brazil and south africa. those pictures are amazing. >> they are huge. fred joins us now, mark is off tonight. we have basketball to talk about. >> yeah, remember the golden state warriors? they are starting off well. golden state is 4-0 at home for the first time in twenty years. this may shock you, they are doing it with defense and rebounding, two words never spoken at all last year. steph fan decides his ankle is good enough, 33% in the first half, thanks to heavy plays, darrelle wright controls it. there's your dunk. ells had 7 of the steals, ellis is an island. team high of 23 points. utah ties the games. curry scores 9 of his 20 points, what bad ankle? warriors outrebound utah 52- 26. look at david lee, lee scores 14 points and 15 rebounds, warriors win 85-78 and start a 5-game road trip. clear the pitching staff will remain intact, this year the world series champs w

mavericks is breaking today. the swells tomorrow won't be quite as big. these pictures taken today. wind got on a little bit. but you can see these big surfs. those boards about 10 feet long. that's a big wave out there. biggest wave we've seen all season. stay away from the coast because it's going to be big again tomorrow. not as big as today but big again tomorrow. a lot of rip currents. your forecast as this jet stream stays to the north. it's going to stay to the north. it's not moving until the end of the week. and when it does it's going to drop down here and cool us off and bring some moisture. that's not till the end of the week. for tomorrow mostly sunny. a warming trend continues. started really yesterday and warmed up today, it's going to warm up again tomorrow. overnight low as we mentioned mostly in the 40s. started off cool, ended up warm for your wednesday afternoon. watch out, you're going to see 80s popping in here. those are 80s. we're going to see low 80s in your forecast for wednesday. then things change around. thursday a little cooler. 77 in napa, 78 in fairfi

i guess she's not the maverick we thought she was. >>> all right, discount designer retailer loehman'san be incorporated filed for bankruptcy. they operate 45 stores across the country will stay opened while restructuring their debt. >>> and the search continues for an ohio mother, her 10-year-old boy and a family friend, all missing since thursday. the boy's sister, a 13-year-old sarah maynard found bound and gagged in a home 50 miles northeast of columbus. matthew hoffman who lived in the house was arrested for kidnapping. additional charges are expected. >>> closing arguments begin tomorrow in the chandra levy murder trial. juror also have two fewer counts to consider. one defendant won't face charges of attempted kidnapping and attempted robbery because the statute of limb expectations has expired. he still faces first-degree murder charges. >>> and sarah palin took a lot of flack for coining the word "refudiate." and the new oxford american dpix shun their has chosen "refudiate" as their 2010 word of the year and it will be entered as an actual word which makes me wonder when they

the maverick surf contest. they're here and coexist with nature. that's what we like to see.ig 25-foot wave, the big wave surfers are in town. the opening ceremonies this evening in half moon bay, more than 20 surfers from around the world waiting for that green light to go. >> awesome, dude. >> the reason everybody does this is because it's so fun. all the surfers share this special excitement going forward in the big waves. >> it's about being in tune with the ocean and sharing the spirit and the good vibes in the water. >> being in tune with the ocean. >> yes. good vibes. >> these guys really believe in it. that's how t it. do it. these big waves. >> i'm in tune with this commercial. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. at&t. rethink possible. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing cha

that's where the maverick surf contest is held north of half- moon bay. the tallest waves were 40 feet high. surf advisory continues through today. but if you're daring enough to try these waves, you better bring your wet suit. water temperature's only 55 degrees. >>> in oakland voters had to decide on two very important measures dealing with police funding. now they rejected measure x. that's the initiative that would have required homeowners to pay $360 parcel taxes to fund police services. that needed a two-thirds approval to pass. now measure bb on the other hand was approved. it restores $20 million in police funding by removing a requirement on the number of police officers the city must have. the city comes from a parcel tax approved in 2004. measure bb does not carry any new cost for the residents of oakland. >>> we want to remind you up to the minute results for all of the local races you can see them right there on the bottom of your television screen. and our complete bay area election coverage continues online at ktvu.com. for the results of m