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the first lady has been a l ong- time supporter of the bill as part of her fight against childhood obesity. the program will cost 4.5 billion but the president says it is fully paid for and will not add to the current deficit. >>> some of the funding comes from rolling back a temporary increase in food stamp benefits or "snap" starting in the fall of 2013. >> president obama promised to work on restoring those funds to "snap" in the near future. >>> a key vote is due today on the president's tax cut deal but house democrats threaten to stall the measure. find out why the stalemate is about more than just income taxes. >>> will the gray, mild weather stick around? mark mark toe my hoe will have the -- mark -- mark tamayo will have the forecast. a reminder from palo alto p olice, that you should be aware of your surroundings after a woman was robbed in front of her house over the weekend. it happened on saturday night at 7:00 when a woman was's urning to her home. police say -- was returning to her home. police say a man snatched her suspect in a black, four-door sedan. police are checking t

the berkeley city council is notorious for taking ong controversial national issues.ow the council is considering a resolution in support of an army private accused of giving wikileaks a video documenting a military attack that killed iraqi civilians. that story starts at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

friends of the suspect and the victim say the two were l ong- time friends. they were also former drug addicts who had turned their lives around. investigators haven't said if he confessed but they say they have evidence of his involvement and believe he acted alone. >>> oakland police plan to hold a news conference within the next hour to talk about an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead and two other men in custody. police are still looking for a fourth man who was in this car when it crashed yesterday afternoon near 33rd street and 13th avenue. investigators say all four were in this car when officers tried to pull him over and that they took off, crashing after a short chase. that's when officers shot one of the men who jumped from the car. 19-year-old abutae edwards. >> that person did have a handgun and he was shot. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >> police say they tried to stop the car because they believe it was linked to a gang shooting last friday night. the mother of the man police shot yesterday says he was home on friday night

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she went hiking -- hike ong november 28th and was reported missing two days later. this is video of her rescue on saturday. this man and his son helped find her. >> i wouldn't mind going for a hike. let's go out and look. we might get lucky. >> found her on a remote trail. she was suffering from hypothermia and was unable to walk because of the injury. she had no food but was able to get watter from a nearby creek by using a plastic bag she had in her pocket as a cup. >>> facebook getting a f ace- lift. the changes include a new bio space at the top and a procedure prominent photo section. another feature will show a history of our retion -- of your relationship with any of your facebook friends. some members started seeing changes already and a poll that was done shows that just 29% said they like it. >>> there's word that aol make break itself up and combine its content division with yahoo!. a public report says the dial- up access unit would be sold. but the plan is only in the exploratory stages. >>> an interesting roller coaster ride for that company. >> it --

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firefighters are check ong hot spots to make sure nothing else flares up inside the home. we also said it's too soon to say what the cause is. but the one okay.in there did make it out safely thanks to some helpful neighborhoods for you. we're live in oakland, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:33. well, just hours ago we found out of an arrest believed to be connected to a horrifying s hooting. that claimed the life of a sacramento mother. she waskied -- killed by a stray bullet during a gun battle at a -- at a strip mall. they say she was an innocent victim in the wrong place at the wrong time. she was a single mother who worked at the sacramento a irport. investigators say she was killed when a gun battle inside of a barbershop moved outside into the mall parking lot. witnesses say she was hutting -- putting her 2-year-old son when that stray bullet hit her. her child was not hurt. this unfolded right before the eyes of terrified mall shoppers. >> police announced an arrest and they sealed off this neighborhood and searched a sacramento home and fiv

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chef alexander ong at beetlenut is frying up salt and pepper jumbo prawns from the gulf of mexico. it is part of a nationwide effort to help fishing industry in the gulf. >> a lot of fishing men and fishing women for that matter who have families to feed and they are losing business. >> reporter: this chef is one of more than a dozen bay area chefs that are putting their reputation behind gulf seafood in a special promotion tonight. they say images of the spill gave a false impression that the seafood has been tainted. but the chefs say test versus shown the fish is fine. >> the seafood coming out of the gulf is the most tested product right now out there. >> reporter: next door at cafe des ami the chef was serving prawns to serve with san francisco's own dungeness crab. a tribute to fishermen and women from the gulf in the bay. >> for myself and all of my peers this is a way to say without the fishermen we've got nothing. without the fishermen you're eating chicken tonight. >> reporter: nearly 300 restaurants nationwide are participating in the event tonight. the customers seem to

chef alexander ong at beetlenut is frying up salt and pepper jumbo prawns from the gulf of mexico. it is part of a nationwide effort to help fishing industry in the gulf. >> a lot of fishing men and fishing women for that matter who have families to feed and they are losing business. >> reporter: this chef is one of more than a dozen bay area chefs that are putting their reputation behind gulf seafood in a special promotion tonight. they say images of the spill gave a false impression that the seafood has been tainted. but the chefs say test versus shown the fish is fine. >> the seafood coming out of the gulf is the most tested product right now out there. >> reporter: next door at cafe des ami the chef was serving prawns to serve with san francisco's own dungeness crab. a tribute to fishermen and women from the gulf in the bay. >> for myself and all of my peers this is a way to say without the fishermen we've got nothing. without the fishermen you're eating chicken tonight. >> reporter: nearly 300 restaurants nationwide are participating in the event tonight. the customers seem to

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we are waiting to hear if there are any new plans today to give another lifeline to the l ong- term unemployed. congress failed to act before last night's midnight deadline. that means benefits run out today for 800,000 people. 2million americans, including 5 00,000 californians, will lose their benefits by the end of the year if congress does not okay another extension. >> anybody who thinks that the unemployed are being lazy and taking advantage of these systems are no grip on reality. there are 15 million unemployed people right now. and there are 3 million opened jobs. >> reporter: now, republicans and democrats who are blocking this benefits extension say they would be billing to change their minds if congress figures out a way to pay for it without adding to the deficit. negotiations are going on at this hour -- at this hour. how to do that is really up in the air at this point. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:02. well, oakland police chief anthony batts is in washington, d.c. looking for mine to make oakland schools a safer place for everybody. ktvu's jade

we've also been work ong trying to get information on -- working on trying to get some information from.a.r.t. last time we spoke with them, they had some equipment problems on the trains from d ublin/pleasanton to daly city. if you are a smart rider, you're gonna give yourself extra time anyway. although there are not major delay, that's for sure. but if you keep to the schedule you might be a little off this morning. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that traffic looks okay. the roads have been nice and quiet for the last two minutes which leads me to believe t hat -- well, maybe we'll be lucky and stay this way for a while. and look at the 880 commute. that traffic looks okay. no major problems. it looks like the rain has s topped. this is 280 in the south bay. that traffic is moving along relatively well getting up to highway 17. so cross your fingers. so far right now on the roads, anyway, it doesn't look that b ad. filling in for steve today, is mark tamayo. >> we're taking a live look outside over san francisco. kind of a neat scene. you can see the high clouds in t

. >>> investigators are still very busy work ong a very serious crash that happened? sanfrancisco. dramatic details of an early- morning rescue of one of the victims. >> reporter: i'm jade hernandez. we're live on the be skoon of developing news. a -- we're live on the scene of an accident. >>> a san jose woman survives a vicious attack by two pit bulls. >>> a horrific bay area crime that shocked the nation. a crucial decision could now be just hours away. >>> also a poison plot linked to al qaeda is uncovered. this could have affected millions of americans. the second hour of "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> we start in san francisco where police are clearing the scene of a crash. ktvu's jade hernandez is near 19th and juniper raw where he investigators had to use the j aws of life to remove one man. >> reporter: yeah. that man was taken to the hospital -- taken to the hospital. he may have two broken legs. traffic is down to one leg r ight -- right here through this interchange. i talked to the police department and they yip dated m e. police hoped to have the accident clear

there's still men of room for you to drive up and use the l ong-term lot so you don't have to worry about them running out of room, at least not for now, we'll be checking that for you. also the commute on 280 looks good. if you are going to the san jose airport, same thing goes there. there's plenty of parking, although we election that you take public transportation. if you can get a ride or take public transporttation. that would be more c ost- effective. let's go to mark. >>> no umbrellas needed for today. we're off to a very cold start this morning, also some patchy fog, but at least we have a dry weather pattern, still set for today and also for tomorrow. current numbers, chilly up in santa rosa, reporting some fog. napa reporting fog as well. we have partly cloudy skies around parts of the bay area. . you can see the high clouds on the increase throughout the afternoon hours, at least partly cloudy conditions. more clouds on friday and then saturday. saturday morning, the chance of rain. look what happens in the afternoon hours on christmas d ay. rainfall picks up, we could be talk

we have a school delay to pass ú%ong to you.ake-effect snow to theú%ny around here clear skies. tempeeatures ree eal chilly. 22 degrees in baltimooe the 21 in salisbury and whic 22 n hagerrtown. the winds are out of the west at 10 miles per hour. look at oakkand 20-mile-an--our 30, 35 miles per hour there. to therefore a windchill advisory for he western part of the ssate, the bus stop aavicery a 19-20-miie-an-hourrwiid making it feel liie a ssngle digit. 27 aftee hitting the igh of 20 degrees. aapretty day with the sunshine, a cold and windy one for sure. ú% will take a look at what is happening with possible snow coming our way. candace dold hassthe raafic edge. >>> steve, we're talking about the key bridge this morning. this is a new cciieet. %-all of the flashing lighhs the a crash on the inner loop laaes, this shot is at burning highway. it's going to beereduce speeds through the area. we will conttnue to mooitor tha3 situution for yoo. %-pretty much the usual deal. the slow go fromm83, 15 minutes at fry miles per hour -- 4

so temporarily, they are willing to go ong with that, presumably, because they think they can beat me on that over the cour of theext two years. host: can you give people a sense of what you see in these planning meetings? what will the next six months look like in this town? guest: i think we are likely to lock horns with the president in e next six months, in fact, in the next three, four months. that will probably set the stage for the rest of this congress. when the president said that -- i never doubted that. the president has his own opinion, he is well rooted in them. i expect him to defend them. i am well rooted in mind. i intend to defend my own ideas. that is politics, that is democracy, that is government. he presents his position, we present hours, we battle it out in the court of opinion, and we see where it goes. i have often said, when we were in the minority -- actually, when we were in the majority -- democrats are just sniping at you. tot is the minority's job, criticize when they think you are wrong and then to offer an alternative. that is what we tried to do the l

historians and political science did about 20, 25-year-olds ago and i'm looking forward to the book build ong their work and i think it's very important for acdem yibblings and the rest of us to lean against to challenge not just lean against but to radically challenge the kind of deep reform of political correctness that has gone to something like the judgment of someone like coolidge where everyone assumes he was second rate and not very thoughtful. it's really amazing to go back and read his speeches and look at some of the justifications of the policies and look at what he did as treasury secretary. i'm very much a supporter in the rethinking of american history that is now pretty well under way, i would say and is due to a lot of impressive dissidents, some coming out of different schools of political philosophy and science and history who have been willing to challenge the orthodox consensus over the last 20, 30, 40 years. on the other hand, just to feel a little bit of a skunk at the garden party here. he was very impressive, harding and hoover less so. coolic was wrong tot to run agai

ought to look at all the foreign aid that we're sending to mexico that is falling in the hands of the ongple. [applause] >> if you remember what a said before, don't be right, not be smart sometimes. -- if you remember what i said before, don't be right, be smart sometimes. let me be clear, 10 months ago, the prime minister of israel agreed to free the settlement. that is not a question that he had to debate that time. the point is that once the israeli government agrees to do something, they have to implement that. we're talking about media, we're talking about how we transfer things. it is not sexy to show things. the point is that the government made that decision 10 months ago. now, but as we say, the media, they don't care about 10 days ago. ly the last 48 hours. why can't you know? if you remembe the big picture with the young boy with his father and a big is really tanked -- eight israeli tank. that is sexy, you can sell that. first of all, it was proven that the sdier could not have shot this bullet. the palestinian sacrifice this boy to make headlines with the media, but they suc

. >> sometimes the things that go ong are the things that make the best memories, so the day the christmast gets the turkey. at the moment you feel devastated because you have this whole big mess and it's not perfect, but in years to come everybody's laughing about it. >> things that are not going to be like how we expect them to be, like they're in storybooks, what do you say to yourself when that happens? what's the message? >> t message i would say is expect conflict. expect it's going to be difficult. exct zafts are going to happen. and have fun wh that. >> and also know that conflict is okay,hat it's all right if there's conflict, it doesn't mean tt you don't love your family and that you're not having a good time. but they may drive your crazy, but conflict is fine. >> i find a lot of joy in the little things that our family has passed on, the certain things we eat. we wear bells around our necks on christmas eve and that can kind o unify people. >> those little traditions that let you feel connected to the past and give you that connection to your childhoodr connection to the way yo

kataraski gave ong of the more moving speeches i'v.heard in a long time and i bestd could be included in the record, mr. president. this is how -- this is how mr. kataraski saw the broader implications of this trial. and i quote, i will not be exaggerating if i say that millions of eyes throughout all of russia and through the whole world are watching for the outcome of this trial. they are watching with the hopeo that russia will after a become a country of freedom and of the law. for supporting oppositioneing a parties will cease being a cause for reprisals. with the special services willat protect people and the law and bureau not the bureaucracy from the for human rights will no longer depend on the mood of the soccer, good or evil. truly run the country the power will be truly --l the power will truy be dependent on the citizens and the court, only on law and guide. for me, as for anybody, and it's hard to live in jail and i doie not want to die there. but if i have to, i will not in hesitate. the things i believe in are worth dyi

the as judge of the mob partners and the timing of amato's entry into the case into the trail created ong w suspicion. mole had no idea what that amato along with his partner creely had given judge porteous approximately $20,000 pursuant to the curatorship kicked backr. arrangements, nor did he know the other things of value thatue amato or creely had provided toi judge porteous. judge porteous held a hearing ot mole's motion. judge porteous statement that the hearings are set forth in detail in her brief in thell hearing transcript is also in evidence.judge porte so i'm not going to repeat all of them here. in sum, judge porteous made a series of deceptive, misleading and lowland statements in which he minimized his relationship with amato, concealed thecized curatorship kickback schemes and criticized mole for filing a splyn. in essence, judge porteous portrayed his relationship witht amato is simply the same sort of unexceptionalhat relationship th he would've had with any member of the bar.teous for example, judge porteous stated, quote, yes, mr. amatoher and mr. levenson or friends o

by i am joined on the floor by myos good friend and a co-sponsor ong this amendment, the senator fros wyoming. to thank again, i want to take the tak opportunity to thank him, takinn the lead in offering this amendment in the committee onn foreign relations during the markup of the resolution ofty t ratification. i've had the upper to nettie tor travel overseas with the senator from wyoming to iraq and place afghanistan, pakistans. and mant other places and i appreciate his consistent leadership on matters of national security. i would ask unanimous consent and senator barrasso be recognized next. >> the senate devils into marlo >>> test the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president's adviser on terrorism says that u.s. homeland security officials are on heightened alert this christmas season. this is part of a speech on counterterrorism efforts in yemen where an american embassy vehicle was attacked this week. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, all. i am just come matthews, president of the carnegie endowment and it's a pleasure to welcome you

and so short stimulus from in the cuts,ong-term problems from the deficit, their additions to the deficit. host: off of twitter -- guest: yeah, well, what will happen is that for 13 more months, the current system stays in place and people who will be -- folks will be now be able to stay on their roll. the federal funneled portion of this it's a lot of money and this is one of the arguments to go back to the c.b.o., they argue that this is one of the better stimly you can put into the economy because this puts money into the hands of people who will extend it. if you're annoyed, you're very unlikely to save your unemployment benefits. you're going to save it. host: off of twitter -- guest: that's an important provision of this bill. the estate tax doesn't exist but it was scheduled to come back at the levels before all the bush tax cuts went into place at the start of next year. the compromise that the president and republicans have reacd and one of the things that has made democrats most upset about this tax deal is that the estate tax will come back but at a fairly low level. it will be

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