the east shore freeway and traffic looks good driving into richmond getting out to the mcarthur ranch mcarthur mcarthur maze and coming up to the toll plaza. if you are driving in fremont, south 80 does not look too bad and driving to san leandro is the same thing. >> hold on there sal. >> there is a big thing that says warm in front. >> well, that is not supposed to be there. it did not click, all right go ahead sal. >> hello steve it is 449. >>> there is hardly any breeze, yesterday we had that easterly breeze and santa cruz was 80. it will not be that warm today. pacific is moving in the northwest, high clouds in the morning and it will knock down the ridge of high pressure and a little cooler pattern and maybe friday. by saturday we'll see mostly saturday even warmer conditions. oakland downtown was 76, not today. very mild, 62, we will go for a high of 67 degrees and it is an already cloudy morning. there is a system on the pacific northwest and some are out in portland and it may make it down to oregon. 40s and 50s in san francisco. 57 at fso and ukiah sacramento. 39 in that area and the easterly

but mcarthur came back in '45 and liberated them from the japanese and mckarr mcarthur. >> his wife and shoe collection and all of that, but we have had recently and historically, a friendly relationship and we had a big naval base there and i think that's going to be coming back. >> we left because they wanted us out. >> but they want us back now. >> but we aught not to go back because why should we go back and undertake again the defense of these islands after they threw us out. you know, tell them -- >> because we're building a ring around china. >> how many philippine- americans are there today? >> there are third or fourth in terms of the numbers. >> i don't think so. >> i would say, sure. >> we'll have to turn that over to the research assistant. issue two, obama's fumble. >> we fumbled the rollout on this healthcare law. a whole bunch of things that are working really well, which people didn't notice. because they weren't controversial. i am very frustrated, but i'm also somebody who, if i fumbled the ball, i'm going to wait until i get the next plane and i'm going to run as hard

mcarthur higher high area. i am here with a chp officer good morning to you, what can you tell us about what happened, this is very unusual. >> yes, we received calls about a pedestrian in the mcarthur high area, we received a call about a collision here and what the driver said was that the pedestrian was in the number 2 lane and for some unknown reason decided to sprint in the path of his truck. he was unable to avoid her and she was killed on impact. >> why was she there will, what do we know about her if anything? >> we don't know much about anything, she was not on the freeway for any sort of emergency purpose, whether or not she was here because she thought it was a good idea to cross the freeway, we will find out we will make contact with the family and make sure we notify her next of kin. >> do you know when this will clear up? >> we will be out of here in the next 10 to 15 minutes. >> this is a little bit of a slow pace but the pace is starting to pick up again. we will be out here throughout the morning. the live here on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all a big day on wall street. twitter makes an initial public offering to $26 each. live at twitter headquarters with details of a protest that will happen as well. duty -- katie? >> the new york stock exchange is going to live twitter and that's because 30,000 users have twitter accounts and however the company has yet to turn a profit profit. >> as twitter users follow influential people around the world celebrities and their own friends, investors will be banging on the wide -- banking on the widespread popularity. twitter will be on the new york stock exchange this morning and 70 million shares are priced which is is above the targeted range and both are potentially happy. they depend on twitter growth and advertising as the company uses more ads to a piece its -- apiece its shareholders. >> san francisco rising is a housing advocacy group that is upset about twitter and other tech companies and the influx of millionaires coming to the bay area because of these ipos which have a strain on the city's already housing crisis and affordability issue. we have not seen any of those protests and according to their facebook page, that is when the official offering happens. >> there are concerns that twitter's a rifle could -- arrival could cause technical glitches, however the new york stock exchange completed a test run for the long awaited ipo and executives are confident that they can handle the extra volume and we will be waiting and watching for that. >>> a very relieved mother waiting to see her two-week-old baby after the baby was found with his father in mexico. last night the family surrounded patricia after she learned her baby henry was safe. he was abducted by his father after crossing into mexico through arizona. he was caught after mexican authorities turned them over at the lukeville arizona border crossing. >> they want to know how he was able to get into mexico despite a statewide amber alert. aboarder patrol said they should have been aware of that alert even though it came from california. >>> the campus is going to be storming with thousands of football fans on the west coast for sure. janine della vague? you can see the espn crew will have a live broadcast to be held at noon. i want to show you about the men to spend the night here sleeping and they want a good spot and the gates will open at 4:00 p.m. for the 6:00 stamford and the oregon ducks. many are expected to attend the highly anticipated game for the bcs standings which will determine who will vote for the game. and they are getting on the field while students are setting out merchandise and we are joined right now by one of those fans. steve mcbride at alumni. tell me, how do you feel about the game? >> i am really excited for the guys, they are smart students and they are seeking excellence in all parts of their life in their academics and they are happy they are going to dominate. >> have you taught your son anything? >> dominate? he can, he wants them to do well and i'm sure they will. >> reporter: the traffic situation is expected to be very congested and the huge turnout will cause a huge traffic back up and they are working with palo alto police. police are asking people who are not going to if the game and just so you no, i, the game is sold out and we are told parking will be $20 per vehicle. reporting live from stamford, janine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> new science plate readers will be up and running 38 cameras will be installed at 13 piedmont locations. the installation process started back in september. >>> car thefts are on the rise and they are up 14% from a year ago. they will be riding from the regional auto theft areas. and in the 1990s, acuras, hondas nissans and toyotas, they are easy to steal and their parts are easy to sell. >> somebody might steel a vehicle at a mall and might drive to the next city and abandon it. >> san leandro has been especially hard hit. they had 21 cars stolen in the last for areas. >> we have a list of stolen cars on our website. check it out under the east bay tab. >>> the gang rape that shocked the entire country, what the feds have uncovered about the school district four years after that horrifying crime. >>> also they are making it harder to turn a blind eye to crime on certain types of property. >>> and what is good in the morning may not be good tonight because of a huge sporting event may have a ripple affect. >> it is getting easier on the western front. >> it will be a little cooler here as we take a look at the typhoon bearing down on the philippines. 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several more years just to study them and get them ready tore display. >> we are just getting started on the staircase. we have a big san box to play in, about 1 million acres in fact. over the last four years they have gone 20% to that land. >>> well a bay area college student says she was sexually assaulted on campus and what she told police about the person who attacked her and how it could help. >>> and camp is for the highly anticipated game tonight against oregon. we will tell you what to expect here on campus as well as out there on the road. >>> and, oh look at that, right in the back, on twitter, the opening bell is about to ring and we will be right back. . >>> welcome back, it is very quiet, they are ready to ring the opening bell there on the new york stock exchange. you can see twitter and it is not going to trade right away. it is not over subscribed but basically a lot of people want the stock and institutional investors, primarily, the current ceo, cost tell low, oh, look they tweeted out, hash tag green with the opening bell. there is a lot of interesting -- actually i just tweeted out, but the first tweet ever was from jack dorsi who is a san francisco native whoco founded square and the first tweet just set up my twitter. the wt r which is their simple. >> we will follow and watch it. >>> we will smile and say good morning november 7th, i am dave clark. >> time now with brian flores, it is friday eve as they would say. >> a lot of high clouds over us and it is mostly sunny by this afternoon and it is a little cooler which open is the door for a westerly breeze. it is 57 and 58 on the embarcadero and it is very mild in the city. we will go a little cooler on the high side. 65 down from 4 yesterday, cooler to mild to warm, not that cool yesterday, we are almost on the back edge which they continue to mark their way through. they mix for a beautiful sunrise, calm conditions coast and bay. inland temperatures and low-to- mid 70s, here is sal. >>> we had an injury crash which turned into a fatal collision. brian flores was there shortly after it happened and we have been on it ever since. we have gotten news all of the lanes have just cleared near highway 13 and it did cause a bit of traffic and it will take a bit to unwind. tragically one person was killed in this crash on 580 near high street but again they just opened. this is a live picture and you can see a 10 to 15 minute wait at the toll plaza but no major problems and if you are driving, stanford and oregon, i understand not everyone is a college football fan but this will affect you if you have a job in the palo alto mountain view area. >>> it will make its highly anticipated public offering on the new york stock exchange and they just rang the opening bell. they went out to headquarters with more details and we'll see some excited employees out there. >> absolutely very exciting day for employees and users of twitter. we all used twitter for certain and it is very popular. twitter has revolutionized the media and it has some investors nervous and some say they are not going to invest right away. >> it is up to them to value those media companies and they don't have any tangible assets. >> it could mean more ads as the company tries to turn a profit for shareholders. here is the break down and as we said, they just went down and within an hour we should see some trading movement and it does take awhile. 70million shares are above the target range of 23 to $25 a share. they are cautiously optimistic and some of this is a bit unnerving for traditional investors. they invited media but twitter is trying to distance themselves and you can see across market street some protesters have gathered. things are heating up a bit and they are a local housing advocacy group and they are concerned with ipos making local investors millionaires and billionaires they are worried that will put more of a strain on the already strained housing situation in san francisco. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we want to look back at the other social media like facebook which opened and they are now $49 a share. the professional media opened at $48 and its price has rocketed and this morning they opened at $220 a share. all 200 companies. >>> they are looking for a patient found dead in a stairwell. lynn spalding was found and 17 days later her body was found. sheriff ross mirkarimi said his deputies failed to search the hospital. >> the staff was expected to search stairwells and only half of the stairwells were searched. >> sheriff ross mirkarimi also said when lynn spalding first went missing the hospital incorrectlyily identified her as being african-american. >> they say recommendations are expected between 30 and 90 days. also refresher training is being provided to sheriff's deputies assigned to the hospital and administrators are exploring whether to expand contracts to help fill in the gaps. >>> she said she was sexually assaulted in the women's restroom of the school's media center. she also told police she knows her attacker and campus police are now investigating. >>> it has now been four years since the infamous gang rape of a high school student. the report says quote, there was an environment much sexual harassment and assaults by students that administrators failed to address. however it is not clear if the rape opted an investigation. -- prompted an investigation. >>> a big thing going on in stamford. they are warning people come early or get ready for major traffic jams. they are telling us what it is like on the campus right now, good morning, janine. >>> we definitely heard, go stamford and you can see a couple of fans camped out from stamford and oregon and they are here in white plaza waiting for an area for a live broadcast. they are beginning at noon today and 51,000 people are expected between the stamford cardinal and the oregon ducks. they are ranked for the top 5 which difference who goes to the national championship game. they are now sitting on merchandise and they are getting the field ready for the game. >> it is going to be absolutely loud. we will have a hard time for sure. >> the huge fan turnout is expected to cause congestion. they can leave work early to investigate and they are directing police near the school and they are asking those who are not going starting at 2:30 this afternoon, even standing room tickets cost 90 to $100 and we are told it is $20 per week for parking. these guys were lucky enough to get tickets and they sure are excited. this place is expected to be packed, janine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> two crews are celebrating international competition. how they plan to marco olympic dark mark olympic history in space. >>> they showed up, why investigators believe it could be arson. >> good morning, why traffic is getting busier and they are busy coming up to the lafayette area. >>> the lows are warmer and the weekend, could we get 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fairly small, all it takes is one fire and somebody could lose a life. these fires have been happening over the past year and they have been cropping up on the 17th hundred block of almond road and last night around 6:00, a fire broke out in a grove of trees and just a half hour later another one sprung up close by. neighbors say there have been ten other fires this past month alone. >> we have had several fires over the past year and again they are suspicious circumstances and we have the sheriff's department along with the fire department investigating trying to find any witnesses in the area. >> or any of thes say -- arsonists say they are trying to access the back yards of homes on almond road and targeting them through proker which is on the backside of the area. live from caster valley, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a 16-year-old boy from oakland may be charged with setting a young man on fire on an "a" c transit -- on a transit bus. he is suspected of setting a young man on fire as he slept on the bus. the senior who also goes by the name of sasha was wearing a skirt at the time. investigators want to know if this was a hate crime. the online fundraiser has raised more than $20,000 for his medical bills. >>> it happened last night at a home in south almond avenue near west virginia street. they were engulfed in flames during an explosion and they may have been started by squatters. >>> they will hold a moment of silence for the tsa act at all lx -- al x. >> this was yesterday, bag types and an honored guard and many welcomed a plane carrying a flag used in 9/11. he was the first tsa officer killed in the line of duty. a moment of silence will be at 6:20 a.m. and the gunman is facing a federal murder charge. >>> happening right now, the senate is holding a hearing on the sequester of the defense department and we are taking you live, cleave of staff is expected to testify along with the heads of the navy and marine corp, chuck senator chuck hagel said they should prepare for spending cuts for the next decade. >>> four new visiters at the international space station are now waving at you. a japanese astronaut, a rush cosmonaut all just docked and this is part of a historic relay for the winter games in russia. the crew members are taking the torch on the first ever space walk on saturday before they come back to earth sunday night. >>> right now 6:47, that means it is time to check in with torii campbell, here is a look at what is coming up. >> coming up in minutes, a california high school is facing pressure to get rid of that controversial mascot and for 82 years, they have rooted for the arabs and we will take a look at both sides of that debate. >>> and we will look at how it will improve the safety of passengers at one of the major airplanes and also how it helps the environment and it is ready to quit with jonathan martin who was not happy even before he left for being bullied. we will look at his state of mind and whether or not he wants to return to the sport. >> all right, torii, thank you, let's go to sal and get you to where you need to go. >> 880 may be a good option especially out before san leandro and it looks like we just lost that picture. 880 north looks like the best picture, let's show you the bridge, that is backed up to the mcarthur is backed up for 20 minutes before you make it onto the span. 280 has some busy traffic now and some are on their way into the valley. and some are already slow. >> 108, let's go to steve. >>> some hire clouds and we will have more clouds by this afternoon. we could sure use some rain in here, it is looking worse and worse this afternoon. some higher clouds will mean a warmer sunday and even then i am starting to lose some faith in it. these are definitely holding up the overnight lows and we have a few upper 50s. it is knocking down the ridge which allows more of a cooler pattern. the strongest tropical storm of the year may equal 16 feet and they are calling it typhoon control long do and it looks like it is taking a track towards vietnam. we might get the higher clouds and we have more 50s, 50s and 70s in fso and a lot more due to higher clouds. sacramento, 50 in ukiah which is running much warmer and the reason being, they are not allowing the regional cooling. partly sunny and ca

mcarthur boulevard. let's look at the video i shot a minute ago. teachers from the oakland education association are also here and they're going along mcarthur tieing ribbons along the post of the route. that is the route of ac transit bus 57, which is the bus that sasha was riding when the teen was attacked last week. now there are also -- the mayor tweeted her support for this evening. they'll be marching for several miles tonight. sasha, meanwhile, is resting in a hospital. the people who are here tonight say they not only want to show support for that teen, but they want to try to get the community to reflect upon what has happened here. >> we're too easy to be horrified and not quick enough to step back and say how can we make this better? not just for a young man that got injured, but say what is in our community that's causing young people to fall through the cracks and do horrible things to other people? >> reporter: the attacker, richard thomas, has been charged with two felony counts. those felonies are also facing additional hate crime charges. if convicted of assault, thomas could see life in prison. >>> the alleged bullying of another transgender student at hecules middle high school led to a fight. it took place between the student and three other girls. this is cell phone video of the incident. the transgender student struck one of the three girls after overhearing negative comments and then the fight breaks out. two other girls join in attacking the transgender bullying victim. one parent volunteer says it's time for incidents like these to come to an end. >> i think it's kind of sad because we as parents, we need to let our children know that they're our kids that are feeling different at an early age. we need to have more education on transgender students. everyone has rights. no matter how they feel or how different they are, we have to educate our children that this day in time is changing, that they're fighting for their rights, and that we need to be more educating and take this thing home that is not nice to bully on people that feel different. >> police are investigating whether a hate crime was committed in connection with this incident. >>> a new late development about bart and the union contracts currently under consideration. we have learned tonight that bart management believes the final labor package that two of its unions have already ratified includes a provision that the transit agency did not agree to. the bart board will meet tomorrow in a closed-door session to review the contract and decide what to do next. as you may remember, bart and its unions sciu and atu were involved in contentious negotiations that led to two bart worker strikes. the board is scheduled to vote on the contract next week. >>> new tonight, a $1500 reward is being offered for information in an animal cruelty case. we want to advise you that some of the following pictures are very disturbing. we have the story behind the animal abuse. >> reporter: as hard as these pictures of the dead 10-week- old pit bull puppy are to look at, the humane society says there are far worse. >> eyes barely opened, several deep wounds, muscle tears, lacerations all over the paws. >> reporter: a good samaritan found the dog still breathing here on the sidewalk near the corner of cooley avenue and bell street. the animal may have simply been dumped here. >> there wasn't a trail of blood around the dog, so obviously the dog was attacked somewhere else and left there on that corner. >> reporter: white with black spots and unneutered, investigators know the dog has an owner because its nails were recently clipped and say the pit bull pup may be the victim of dog fighting. >> to our experts on staff, it looked like the dog was attacked by two other dogs because they were going in different directions. it could be someone saying let me pit my dog against yours, which is hard to imagine with a 10-week-old puppy. >> reporter: should that reward lead to an arrest and a conviction, the culprit could be facing felony charges. >>> a developing story, a country still left picking up the pieces following that deadly typhoon. authorities in the philippines say the death toll from last week's typhoon has risen to more than 2300 and could now be as high as 4400. there were conflicting reports on how many people have actually died. things are still unfolding there. we have the latest on the devastation and the people affected. >> reporter: the new reality is heartbreaking. dozens of unidentified bodies being carried into a mass grave. the grave the size of an olympic swimming pool. the united nations saying nearly 1 million people were displaced by the storm. a total of 12 million affected by it. food and other aid is finally making its way to the hardest hit places. the roads have been cleared allowing trucks through. we're seeing more stories of persistence and survival. this woman here made a 22-hour journey by boat reaching her hometown and her 8-year-old boy she hadn't been able to talk to since last week. >> i can sleep. i can eat. i can breathe. i don't know what to do. i'm eager to know what's happening to him. >> reporter: helping matters dramatically, the uss george washington arrived thursday. helicopters are now flying food and clean water to regions that have seen little to no help in the six days since the super typhoon hit. >>> tonight, five bay area nurses are heading to the philippines to help the typhoon victims. they're part of the registered nurse response network. this is video of those nurses checking in within the hour. one issue the nurses will face is that many medical facilities have been destroyed or are without any personnel. other concerns are the threat of the spread of tropical diseases such as cholera and typhoid. tonight on our news at 8:00, we speak to one nurse whose family members are in the ravaged areas. >>> the west bay center in san francisco which is on 7th street is still collecting donations. the center expects to ship out at least 40 boxes of donated items to the typhoon ravaged region on tuesday. the goods will be sent to the philippines red cross for the victims of the typhoon. stay with us for the latest on the relief effort. we have ways that you can help on our website. you can also get the latest headlines on our free kron 4 news app. >>> the bay area just days away from the opening of the fourth boor of the tunnel. workers are hoping to finish up testing and get the approval in time for the monday morning commute. in the meantime, a fire drill was conducted today. the workers set off a smoke bomb to test out how the systems operate in case of a fire. it begins with smoke detectors which notify the traffic operations system which turns on signs that the tunnel is closing. in seconds, the fire department has been notified and the high- powered jet fans clear on to clear the tunnel of any smoke. the opening of the fourth door is expected to save commuters time on the road. we'll have more on that at 8:00. >>> san francisco police are searching for a suspect who sexually assaulted a woman in the richmond district. this is the sketch of a suspect. it happened in july but was not reported to police until last week. the driver convinced the victim to get in the car. shortly afterward, the suspect locked the car door and assaulted the victim. he is described as a white male between the ages of 25 and 28 years old. 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, a fiery explosion in texas. what actions authorities are taking to get people out of harm's way. >>> police responding to a strange call where a kangaroo was spotted hopping around. how they managed to get that animal back to its owner. >>> and a billion dollar deal. what companies wanted to pay big money for snap chat? >>> and we're clearing much clearer skies. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic not so good. the skies are now clear. 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more volunteers and expand to other schools. >>> a charter school student is facing a tough choice. he must get rid of his mohawk hair style or face discipline at his school. the boy's parents are calling on the school to remove the rule. we have more on the controversy there. >> there's lots of schools of choice here and you can be expressive in many different ways in many different schools, and that isn't one of them at our school. >> reporter: that's how they responded after the u-prep school board ordered elijah to change his mohawk or face disciplinary action. >> it's ewe versety preparedness school. it's our name and our mission. everything that we do in our school aligns toward that mission. >> reporter: part of the school's mission is enforcing a strict dress code. i obtained a copy of the school handbook. on page 19 it states students may not wear their hair in a mohawk or similar style except on designated spirit days. parents had mixed reviews. >> it appears the kids are clean cut here and they always look really nice, and i think if that's the dress code, if it's in the policy, that they should have it and they should have to abide by that rule. >> everybody's so unique today in the way that they dress and do things, and i say as long as it's not unkind to others and doesn't cause a problem, i don't really have an issue with it. >> that student has until thanksgiving to change his hair style. his parents say they will keep fighting the ban until it is removed. >>> it has been another day of anger mixed with apologies from toronto mayor rob ford after he admitted to doing drugs. we have the latest on the developments. >> reporter: the toronto mayor has admitted to smoking crack and drinking too much while in office. he told reporters this morning he's had enough of people lying about him. >> i can't put up with it anymore. litigation will be starting shortly. i've had enough. i warned you yesterday to be careful what you wrote. take legal action again the waiter that said i was doing lines at the beer market. that is outright lies. that is not true. >> he's denying he had an affair. he's going to sue some former staffers. they cannot force him out of office. he has not been convicted of a crime. the council did vote yesterday to ask him to take a leave of absence, and he says no. meantime, ford and his look alike brother doug are launching a new tv show starting monday. >>> well it was significantly cooler out there today. thanks to the fog in the morning and then the high cloud coverage in the afternoon, we hit the 70s in pleasantton and liver more, but that was it. take a look at the change from 24 hours ago. we were down 16 degrees today in santa rosa. yesterday we tied a record high. today almost 20 degrees cooler. out at antioch, it was 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. # 12 degrees cooler in oakland. 13 degrees cooler in sunnydale. we're looking at satellite and radar picture. the high cloud coverage continues to move down to the south. now clearer skies over the north span. the high cloud coverage is coming from a storm well offshore and to the south. we're seeing another storm pass us to the north. we're not going to see any rain, and this is going to pass through us tonight. we will have clearer skies into tomorrow morning. right now temperatures running in the 50s. 54 in san francisco. 56 in san jose. 57 in livermore and 55 in santa rosa. tonight it will be clear and cool. tomorrow still on the cool side. this weekend a slight chance of rain on sat. we will start to warm again into sunday. tomorrow morning widely in the 40s. the 30s in santa rosa and napa. that storm that passed through left some cool air in its wake. into the afternoon staying in the 60s in the south bay. 64 in cupertino. no 70s out there tomorrow. the east bay shoreline struggling to get into the 60s in plays like hayward. 60 in downtown san francisco. and the mid-60s for the most part for the north bay. here's ak a look at your extended forecast. even cooler as the storm passes to the north. did not look like we'll see any rain. >>> it looks like snap chat is not going to facebook any time soon. there are reports that facebook offered to buy snap chat for $3 billion in an all-cash deal, but the los angeles based company turned it down. snap chat is a popular app that allows people to send photographs and videos to their friends and then those pictures self-destruct seconds after they are seen. >>> coming up, a kangaroo out of place. how the animal was eventually pulled to safety. >>> and a man in montana makes a corny proposal so big his girlfriend had to see it from the sky. her reaction, next. announcer: announcer: you're on the right trac to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempurpedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months 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not like this change. managers cannot challenge a call if they have already argued it. another vote is still needed in january, but the new replay rules are expected to be implemented this upcoming season. >>> here's something you would expect to see in australia, not in texas. somebody spotted a 4-foot tall kangaroo hopping along a highway in midland after it got away from its owner. patrol car video caught some of the scene. sheriff's deputies at first thought the dispatchers were crazy when the calls came in tuesday night from people insisting they'd seen a kangaroo. the deputies helped catch it and return it to its owner. authorities say the county does have an exotic animal ordinance. they're checking to see if a pet kangaroo falls under that category. >>> i was like no, this isn't real. this isn't happening. >> a creative wedding proposal. how a man from montana popped the big question. >>> plus, a weird situation when a kangaroo is spotted hopping along a highway in texas. how 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