. >> reporter: officer michael nasser wasn't working when he pulled into the wells fargo parking lot.t's when he saw three men wearing hoods and masks, run into the bank. >> just to make sure i wasn't seeing things, i watched a lady with her baby. he opened the door, looked in, and scurried away. i knew they were robbing the bank. >> reporter: nasser said in his car because he didn't have a gun. and more importantly, he didn't have a badge. he saw the men run through the parking lot and get into a getaway car. >> once i reached the vehicle, i got a license plate and was able to get a good look at the driver. at one quick second, i thought about hitting them with my car in the parking lot. but didn't think it would be a good idea. >> reporter: but the information nasser obtained led to an arrest, just two hours later in salinas. >> i wanted to do something. i wish i had this. but given the situation i was in, i had nothing else better to do than to be a good witness. >> reporter: san jose police are praising nasser, calling his actions priceless. >> that's priceless because he's saving

. >> reporter: so when michael nasser heard he may be laid off from the san jose police department, he took a job as a palo alto police officer. >> i basically inquired about coming back. >> reporter: then something happened right here just two days ago at this wells fargo bank that would change everything. on the way to the gym, he saw an armed robbery taking place. >> i backed into a parking space and as i started to dial, i basically noticed three subjects run into the bank. >> reporter: he had not yet been sworn back into san jose. he was literally between jobs with no badge and no gun. >> three guys ran out of the bank and started running to the parking lot so i pretty much just followed them parallel to them as they were running watching where they were going. >> reporter: nasser didn't confront them just kept them in his sights and gathered information. >> i got the plate and then the driver's window was down which gave me a good look at his face. >> officer nasser did an excellent job. he experienced firsthand the pain and the uncertainty of receiving a pink slip he didn't know

michael nasser left the san jose police department last year amid fears of being laid off. but on tuesday, nasser stopped to make a quick phone call when he noticed that three men were running out of a bank and says that his police training kicked in. >> just followed them parallel to them as they were running watching where they were going. got to the place and then the driver's window was down which gave me a good look at his face. >> about an hour later those suspects were arrested in salinas. nasser was fully reinstated back into the san jose police department yesterday for those actions. >>> in bay area headlines the city of oakland's lawsuit against a local motel is headed for court this morning. the economy inn on east 12th is one of three oakland motels initially targeted under california's red light abatement act. the city wants to shut the motel saying it's a hub of prostitution and other illegal activities. >>> police dogs will be used at another east bay high school to deter drug use. the newark school board vote unanimously to allow the use of dogs at newark me

michael nasser left the department in june after getting a pink slip and was still a civilian tuesdayop him from following the suspects and calling 911. >> my initial thought was, i wanted to do something. i wish i had this or that. given the situation that i was in, i had nothing else better to do than to be a good witness. >> if officer nasser had not been there to give a license plate and description, there is no telling where we would be in the investigation right now. >> the three suspects were caught a couple of hours later in salinas where they remain in custody, thanks to officer nasser who is now officially back on the force, as of yesterday. >>> 6:53 now. recapping ii drivers in san francisco and part of the peninsula could find their commute coming to a brief halt in the next two hours as president obama prepares to leave his san francisco hotel and head for sfo. >> terry mcsweeney joins us from outside the hotel with the latest. >> reporter: president obama is spending the night at the inter-continental hotel here in san francisco, he will be leaving in 60 to 90 minutes he

. >> reporter: so when michael nasser heard he may be laid off from the san jose police department, he took a job as a palo alto police officer. >> i basically inquired about coming back. >> reporter: then something happened right here just two days ago at this wells fargo bank that would change everything. on the way to the gym, he saw an armed robbery taking place. >> i backed into a parking space and as i started to dial, i basically noticed three subjects run into the bank. >> reporter: he had not yet been sworn back into san jose. he was literally between jobs with no badge and no gun. >> three guys ran out of the bank and started running to the parking lot so i pretty much just followed them parallel to them as they were running watching where they were going. >> reporter: nasser didn't confront them just kept them in his sights and gathered information. >> i got the plate and then the driver's window was down which gave me a good look at his face. >> officer nasser did an excellent job. he experienced firsthand the pain and the uncertainty of receiving a pink slip he didn't know

nasser was no long area member of the san jose police force. he quit last summer fearing he'd lose his job. >> my initial thought was i wanted to do something, i wish i had this, i wish i had that. give at any situation i was in, i had nothing else better to do but than to be a good witness. >> that's a true cop, right nasser tracked them to selena where a s.w.a.t. team took over. after a two-hour standoff. there is an even happier result, he is being reinstated. >> the city attorney will go to court to shut down the economy inn on east 12th street. it's one of two motels suspected of allowing even encouraging prostitution in some cases, involving children. the city says the business is a public nuisance and under court order to clean up their act. the effort has failed. now the city attorney is asking the court to shut them down for a year. >> faculty at uc davis taking a vote whether they have confidence in the school's chancellor. she has been criticized for the university's handling of the now infamous pepper spray incident. it was an ugly

nasser is wearing his badge tonight because he was called back by the department today. he is planning to spend his first paycheck on the valentine's day dinner he and his wife were not able to take. >>> h republican lawmakers want to put gay marriage to a popular vote. six states currently recognize gay marriages. >>> gop presidential candidate newt gingrich was in los angeles today. the former speakers of the house called mr. obama the most dangerous president of this lifetime. >> you look at how weak our intelligence services are and you look at the president weakening our military and i think that he literally is putting this country is very substantial danger. >> reporter: gingrich was in southern california hosting an asian american leadership forum. in michigan mitt romney was talking up his roots there while campaigning. he also gained an endorsement from governor schneider. romney grew up in michigan and his father served as governor. >> this president is not interested in my opinion, he is interested in providing benefits. he's interested in redistributing weal

nasser is wearing his badge tonight because he was called back by the department today. he is planning to spend his first paycheck on the valentine's day dinner he and his wife were not able to take. >>> h republican lawmakers want to put gay marriage to a popular vote. six states currently recognize gay marriages. >>> gop presidential candidate newt gingrich was in los angeles today. the former speakers of the house called mr. obama the most dangerous president of this lifetime. >> you look at how weak our intelligence services are and you look at the president weakening our military and i think that he literally is putting this country orter: gin southern california hosting an asian american leadership forum. in michigan mitt romney was talking up his roots there while campaigning. he also gained an endorsement from governor schneider. romney grew up in michigan and his father served as governor. >> this president is not interested in my opinion, he is interested in providing benefits. he's interested in redistributing wealth. >> reporter: gop presidential candidate sa

military has to blame them for the problem they're having and a lot of nationalists going back to nasserhis is not having that the muslim brotherhood is doing. >> no. >> this is the military government that's doing this, a government that's gotten billions in aid. >> right, the state department is putting out that it may not be the military government that's doing it. >> and who doing it. the military who is a former mubarak associate is the one who apparently has been driving this. and that's part of the problem. and it's not clear, who's responsible for grabbing these people and who we should be negotiating this, because egypt is in such a state. >> if the military wanted it to go away. it would go away. >> the military is responsible for this. the military runs the country and the problem with the muslim brotherhood they haven't said anything about this, and they're trying to get a deal for the military and they got training from including sam lahood's group how to be a more democratic and better campaign, you know, group. >> we can't, the united states provides about a billion and a

for years they went unrecorded until an israeli human rights organization distributed cameras to nasser and dozens of other palestinians to capture glimpses of every day reality in an occupied zone the number one reason for settler attacks against palestinians on their property is the lack of law enforcement by israeli authorities this sends a clear message to violence settlers they will act with impunity they will not be made to pay their fair price for their actions but more and more they are being courted book after footage like this has been made public the extremists often strike in the dead of night sitting fire to mosques and painting wars with the words placed the term as a threat to israeli security forces of the heavy price will have to pay if they try to break down settlements and other goods to take control of all the land and expel palestinians the settlers let loose wild animals on the agricultural land so they destroy the crops we've seen instances where saddam was run over palestinians with their cars and shoot at unarmed palestinians it's on the increase. guy batavia is

michael nasser's reinstatementment as a san jose cop was not official until yesterday. he left in june after getting a pink slip and was still a civilian tuesday when he saw the robbery go down. that didn't stop him from following the suspects and calling 91. >> i wanted to do something i -- which are i had this or that given the situation i=/7Ñ had nothing else> if the officer had not been there to give a license plate and description no telling where we would be in the investigation now. >> three suspects were caught a couple of hours later in salinas where they remain in custody, thanks to officer nasser who is now officially back on the force. he may not had been wearing a badge but still had the instinct. >> congratulations. >>> the transportation department wants to stop from you tweeting and driving. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >>> u.s. postal service reveals a grimmer budget picture how much they may need to raise the price of a stamp top eliminate red ink. >> reporter: preparations underway for whitney houston's f

also known at the moment nasser experiments with an exclusive martian diet on volunteers happy to try out some space food find out whether he could shrink your waistline to r.t. dot com. a rain in general says his country will attack preemptively if it feels its national interests are endangered the most immediate threat emanates from israel which many sources now suggest has been considering a strike against iran's nuclear program but there's a lot easer in english to reports the aggressive israeli stance isn't popular with its allies. at the moment it does look like becoming more and more isolated from those who have traditionally been supportive of all of their political endeavors the top brass from from the u.s. have asked israel to give some time for sanctions to take all israel senses also guard response from the u.k. where top officials have also said that if the strike does go through this will bring very tragic results for the entire region this fight all warnings israel refuses to rule out the possibility of attack on iran's nuclear sites at the same time in tehran of course

nasser will be back on patrol on sunday. >>> time now, 5:26. how about a lunchtime surprise. diners at a chinatown restaurant were in the right place at the right time for this, a photo op with the president. >>> plus, overnight fire leaving several families homeless in costa. >>> good morning, westbound 237, got some stop and go traffic in some areas but not here at 80. we'll tell you more coming up. well, good morning to you. it is friday. february 17th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. it's now 5:30. we want to check in with steve paulson. >> hello. happy friday. we have a cooler pattern compared to yesterday when it was wall to wall-to-wall sunshine. you can see it moving through the morning hours, but there's also low clouds. that's going to give us a cooler pattern. temperatures 50s and low to mid- 60s. here's sal. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along relatively well. here on highway 4 as we look to the commute here, traffic continues to look good. there's a little bit of slow traffic already developing on hi

nasser has been working with the police department, but he is radio in the process of being reinstated in san jose. in fact, he'll be back on patrol on sunday. >>> concord police hope photos will help them catch a robber. they say a man walked into the bank of the west branch about 10:00 in the morning and handed a note to the teller. he demanded cash and took off in a brown toyota. he was last seen driving on to the onramp to northbound interstate 680. the dui scandal surrounding's bay law enforcement is getting national attention. dr. phil and 48 hours mystery will feature the case in upcoming episodes. both are accused of setting up phone any dui stings and selling confiscated drugs. two other officers are also facing charges. >>> 627. president obama wraps up his bay area visit today. what's next for the commander in chief and how people are reacting to this latest visit. >>> live look at the bay bridge shutdown, just about 12 hours away. the detour information you need to know coming up in a live report. >>> and eight people displaced in an early morning fire in alamo. we'll tell