reporting in san francisco, dan rubin, kron four news. plus. grim news out of washington state. as the mudslide death toll rises. but tonight we hear why rescuers are holding out hope for a miracle. i'm taking off, but, uh, don't worry. i'm gonna leave the tv on for you. and if anything happens, don't forget about the new xfinity my account app. you can troubleshoot technical issues here. if you make an appointment, you can check out the status here. you can pay the bill, too. but don't worry about that right now. okay. how do i look? ♪ thanks. [ male announcer ] troubleshoot, manage appointments, and bill pay from your phone. introducing the xfinity my account app. a total of 21 people are now confirmed dead in the washington state landslide. 30 people are still missing or unaccounted for. rescue crews continue to look for survivors more than a week after a landslide caused widespread destruction. governor jay inslee told c-b-s' "face the nation" they will stay in active rescue mode for as long as possible. these searchers, both professionals and volunteer are really performing

rubin. thank you for appearing before the committee today. and for your tireless efforts in support of ukraine. on an issue that is in the forefront of all our minds right now. the u.s. has strongly supported a democratic prosperous sovereign ukraine. in keeping th ining with this c, we supported a peaceful resolution of the recent crisis there as hundreds of thousands of ukrainian citizens came out in the streets of kiev and throughout ukraine to express their desire for a more democratic state. signalled that ukraine was back on the path, but instead of welcoming this event, as was the case in the u.s. and europe, president putin has reacted in a very different and very disturbing manner. so let me be clear, president putin's aggressive military actions in crimea fragrantly violate ukraine's sovereignty. they violate international law. they're deeply destabilizing and have serious implications for security in europe. all of us should be profoundly concerned about this and furthermore, just

ktvu's ann rubin is in martinez tonight where she learned about the teen's final moments before she was hit and killed by the train. >> reporter: her friends are still in shock. they can't understand how this happened or why her smart phone seemed so important she would run towards a train to retrieve it. >> reporter: jenna betti's boyfriend said we smiled and she kissed me. they were lying on the tracks talk. her mother writes why they made a terrible decision we will never know. the 14-year-old jenna betti was killed incidentally. >> how is this real? how did this happen? >> reporter: friends banned together today wearing pink in jenna betti's honor. >> she will always be in my heart. >> everyone was crying. >> they described her as well liked, good students and great athlete. >> beautiful young lady who added so much to our school community. we are all grieving her loss. >> reporter: counselors were on hand to help students athrough the day. friends felt -- through the day. friends felt her absence. >> depressing, knowing she is gone. hard to believe she is gone. >> reporter: friends

partners not doing too much but not doing too little thanks to all of our gas money to shock ed james rubin and in lesser un chris byrne said until next time thanks for connecting with the network news ay ay ay . the let it. the thought of that. basically it matches each. xd each week. zero i she is. as you. i peered years and the eu and its ability in the series seventeen ninety and are watching them. i knew. lou we were with will the game welcome to the world is love and you know telling him to a kill. the fall out from russia's move to amex crimea continues to spread the eu and the united states have announced more sanctions against russia moscow has responded with that's all the leaders of the twenty eu member states. this cast of the annexation is issued in brussels today announced that wall for russian and ukrainian individuals who will be subject to travel bans and asset freezes

rubin.thank you chairman, ranking members d. 11 and members of the committee i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak today on u.s. policy towards ukraine and i would express appreciation for the ambassador joining us today. we very much appreciate the presence. let me begin by thanking the committee for its deep engagement on this issue in our efforts to back the aspirations of the ukrainian people we've been heartened by the bipartisan support we have received from the committee and from the congress more broadly. house resolution 447 introduced and passed by the house on february 10% a powerful message the american people stand unequivocally with the people of ukraine in their hour of need. you notified us you are marking up a resolution today and we welcome your leadership. you've been in contact every step of this situation. united efforts demonstrated to the people of ukraine and the community the united states as resolute in its support of the democratic peaceful and prosperous futur

rubin. we have five minutes for opening statements so page if you could summarize i think that is for the best. ms. alexander. >> thank you and thank you for inviting me here today regarding the u.s. assistance package for ukraine. >> page go ahead and put the microphone on. >> recent events for ukraine and the response of the united states government is critical to the region's future. the u.s. is working with their international partners especially the monetary fund to provide needed support to ukraine's people and the economy as the basis current crisis. our goals and aspirations of all people of ukraine for peace prosperity freedom and human dignity. the very things that the people had been -- for the last three months explaining their concerns. as the chairman mentioned for the upcoming elections usaid and partners are moving forward with a series of programs in five specific areas to help ensure these elections are free, fair, transparent and inclusive. .. oversight of the process by d

ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now on the research around ecigarettes. last week researchers said ecigarettes actually increase the use of cigarettes among young people and teens are more likely to start smoking and less likely toquit. -- to quit. . >> our findings contradict the idea that estrest effective -- that ecigarettes are effective. >> the researchers tracted 40,000 to reach the findings. >>> a scapegoat is what his attorney called him today. she the man from san francisco -- he is is the man from san francisco trying to run down two police officers saturday. his arraignment was delayed. officers opened fire because he tried to back over them. one officer was wounded but at this point it is not clear if it was his partner that fired the shot. >> he is made the fall guy for the officer shooting the other officer. the evidence will show he clearly didn't assault anyone, didn't shoot anyone. >> the attorney said he is still waiting for the evidence against his client. he is scheduled to return to court next tuesday. >>> we are learning more about a

in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ucsf says the information on that stolen laptop includes patients name, addresses and dates of birth as well as medical data, health insurance ids and driver's license numbers. for a much smaller group of 125 patients it also includes their social security numbers. >>> a student at san jose state has filed a $5 million claim against the school in a racially charged bullying case. the student identified as donald williams jr. complained that his roommates repeatedly abused and made fun of him because he was black. williams' claim states that an advisor knew about the abuse. the roommates have been charged with misdemeanor hate crimes. >>> the shoot out to the get away that led to the ambush of a deputy. >> i made it to the one spot where the ricochet would not get me. >> the string of crimes the killer is now being linked to. >>> how much the cooler weather and fog could affect >>> concord police say seat belts may have saved the lives of six people in afternoon in a violent collision involving two cars near concord high school. a w

anne rubin, ktvu news. >>> a hike on the toll is now official. the bridge district board voted overwhelmingly to raise the toll. fast track users are still get a $1 discount. the district says it needs the money to help close a projected of $2.5 million over the next few years. this april the toll jumps to $7. then july 2015 it goes up a quarter and up a quarter thereafter. so in 2016 the toll will be $7.50 and up to $7.75 by 2017. finally in 2018 it'll be $8. >>> authorities say she passed security at sfo then boarded a flight to hawaii all without buying a ticket. what we're learning about the method she may have used to sneak on board. >>> and isolated showers are still popping up around the area. we'll have an update on when skies will begin to clear. >>> it's legally oñ >>> new at 10 10:00, a startling bust. dozens of hydrogen inside a single car. and why police are calling this very dangerous. >> reporter: unconventional products, this is where police made the arrest. >> that right there what you're looking at there on the left is the passe

. >>> now we go to anne rubin. she's been looking at the apartment that was being build on that site. a spectacle as it went up in flames. >> reporter: for neighbors it was especially terrifying that fire shot out their windows. it left them worried about their pets. >> it was like fourth of july in the middle of nowhere. it was a large explosion. we had to run down the apartments to get out. >> reporter: the new apartment building they had been watching slowly go up was now going up in flames. this is one cell phone video one neighbor shot from their window. >> just watching it progress. and not seeing it come under control. it was very scary. >> reporter: and these are mega lots. the project had been two weeks ahead of schedule set to open in late may or early june. >> it was really big. it's definitely one of those things that it's great for the city but hard for us who have been here for a while. >> reporter: it was one of several new apartments in the neighborhood. >> all of a sudden this one went up and we we

rubin santana advisors >> joan i didn't advisory committee and a rebecca ryan's sense oversight bond. >> entertainment commission. >> bayview citizens advisory committee. >> (inaudible). theodore miller >> james mccray junior building inspection commission. >> all right. >> do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration or purpose of evaluation and i will well, and faithfully discharge the duties about which i'm about to enter and during the time as i hold the office of for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations and thank you very much >> happy new year everyone. thank you (clapping)xxúú@@@@ >> (drums rolling). ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping.) >> wow. what a wonderful performance. so good morning, everybody. . district manager and ladies and gen

ktvu's ann rubin is in martinez. the community is devastated. >> reporter: that's right. authorities wanted to clear up one aspect of the investigation. they said there has been speculation about a vacuum created by the train that drew the teen towards it. that was not the case. they say the crew members watched as two teens ran from the tracks and one ran back on. >> reporter: students wore pink in her honor, it was jenna betti's favorite color, they hoped it would help them. >> everyone was crying. depressing. >> how is this real? how did this happen? we haven't eveb processed it yesterday -- even processed it yet. >> reporter: jenna betti was hit and killed by a passing train. it appears she was meeting her boyfriend on the tracts, both ran as the train approached but she went back for her cell phone according to her mother, her boyfriend describes the final moments he says me smiled at each other and kissed me and then we heard honking. school officials described jenna betti as well liked, a good tonight and excellent athlete -- student and excellent athlete. >> alway

ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> embers from the fire sparked another one a block away. firefighters responded quickly to put out the fire before it could spread. >> san francisco mayor ed lee says a water system was crucial to keeping the fire under control. >> but for the water pressure system this fire would have been perhaps very hard to contain. and that water pressure allowed for so many of the 150 firefighters to have the apparatus, to have a system work in their favor. >> we are working to learn more about the strategy the firefighters used when it comes to battling high rise fires. details coming up at 6:00 p.m. we watched the fire from all angles from the air and on the ground as the flames ripped through the building last night. the smoke could be seen from miles away and a lot of viewers sent us pictures. this one, you can see the black and the white smoke coming from the building. another angle. you can see the firefighters hose pouring water on the flame. and a time lapse of the fire. you can see the jet black smoke get thicker and thicker as the fire conti

. >>> now we go to anne rubin. she's been looking at the apartment that was being build on that site. a spectacle as it went up in flames. >> reporter: for neighbors it was especially terrifying that fire shot out their windows. it left them worried about their pets. >> it was like fourth of july in the middle of nowhere. it was a large explosion. we had to run down the apartments to get out. >> reporter: the new apartment building they had been watching slowly go up was now going up in flames. this is one cell phone video one neighbor shot from their window. >> just watching it progress. and not seeing it come under control. it was very scary. >> reporter: and these are mega lots. the project had been two weeks ahead of schedule set to open in late may or early june. >> it was really big. it's definitely one of those things that it's great for the city but hard for us who have been here for a while. >> reporter: it was one of several new apartments in the neighborhood. >> all of a sudden this one went up and we we

anne rubin, ktvu news. >>> a hike on the toll is now official. the bridge district board voted overwhelmingly to raise the toll. fast track users are still get a $1 discount. the district says it needs the money to help close a projected of $2.5 million over the next few years. this april the toll jumps to $7. then july 2015 it goes up a quarter and up a quarter thereafter. so in 2016 the toll will be $7.50 and up to $7.75 by 2017. finally in 2018 it'll be $8. >>> authorities say she passed security at sfo then boarded a flight to hawaii all without buying a ticket. what we're learning about the method she may have used to sneak on board. >>> and isolated showers are still popping up around the area. we'll have an update on when skies will begin to clear. >>> it's legally sold. >> a legitimate use i can think of is a pastry chef. >> but is illegal to use. the item inside these canisters and the place where people are buying them. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom, what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build you a b

he has somewhere to go because rubin steen wanted a number 2 and tried for greg and couldn't get himnd he is getting mike cavanaugh, greg fleming is much more experienced investment banker but mike cavanaugh is a solid guy. cheryl: yours is kicked out. the kitty roof. adam: he breaks the news on twitter, we have been getting responses. adam: that was the name and morgan stanley. adam: we asked folks what it would take to keep this housing recovery as the market picked up. i got a response from philip rich edson who says jobs, full time job employment, thank you for responding. do corporations have a right to religious freedom? that is the battle playing out at the supreme court. we will take you there live, kathleen sebelius vs hobby lobby. >> seasonal softness isn't the bottom. our next guest on why he says it is the unconventional housing recovery that is troubling him. adam: tweet us that cheryl casone, what you think would jump-start housing. cheryl: home prices and new home sales dipping, winter weather and higher mortgage rates continuing to drag on the sector. tim route is joi

in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ucsf says the information on that stolen laptop includes patients name, addresses and dates of birth as well as medical data, health insurance ids and driver's license numbers. for a much smaller group of 125 patients it also includes their social security numbers. >>> a student at san jose state has filed a $5 million claim against the school in a racially charged bullying case. the student identified as donald williams jr. complained that his roommates repeatedly abused and made fun of him because he was black. williams' claim states that an advisor knew about the abuse. the roommates have been charged with misdemeanor hate crimes. >>> the shoot out to the get away that led to the ambush of a deputy. >> i made it to the one spot where the ricochet would not get me. >> the string of crimes the killer is now being linked to. >>> how much the cooler weather and fog could affect your commute. >> i have gotten two tickets. >> the new app developers say could put an end to the envelope below your windshield wiper. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you c

live in san jose, ann rubin, live ktvu. >>> tonight there's concern expressed by the families of thosepeared on plane 270. >> we want to know where is the plane, where are the passengers. >> many of the chinese family accuse the malaysian government of not telling the truth about the plane and are threatening a hunger strike until they find out what happens. the plane disappeared with 239 people on board. 153 of them are chinese nationals. >>> two of this country's most sophisticated search aircraft are looking for that malaysia airplane along with 35 chinese satellite. many people wonder why the plane is not being able to be detected with so much technology available. there are many blind spots or so called dead zones mostly over the oceans. >>> a san francisco woman is under arrest yet again for violating a court order and trespassing at sfo. 62-year-old maryland harmin was taken into custody at 9:00 this morning. this isn't the only time she's been arrested for trespassing. on four separate occasions now she's been arrested for trying to board flights to hawaii without having a vali

ktvu's ann rubin is live. we are talking about thousands of patients here. >> reporter: correct.ed to inscript data and launched -- encrypt data and launched a security campaign still yet thieves managed to get in and get away with information again. >> reporter: he takes his daughters to the medical center. he received a letter saying their information has been stolen in january. 10,000 patients were effected when thieves took the computers. a spokesperson says it took them this long to investigate. find out who was effected and gather the information. patients are frustrated. >> this is, you know, clinic, medicine. take somebody's life. >> this is not the first data breach. a doctor's computer was stolen september 9, 2013. in 2012 a security awareness campaign was launched. at that point the security officer said breaches cost $20 million since 2005. experts say this shouldn't be happening. >> the hard drives weren't encrypted. if somebody steals the hardware they shouldn't get the data. >> they have more responsibility. >> reporter: patients will be checking their credit and o

live in san jose, ann rubin, live ktvu. >>> tonight there's concern expressed by the families of those who disappeared on plane 270. >> we want to know where is the plane, where are the passengers. >> many of the chinese family accuse the malaysian government of not telling the truth about the plane and are threatening a hunger strike until they find out what happens. the plane disappeared with 239 people on board. 153 of them are chinese nationals. >>> two of this country's most sophisticated search aircraft are looking for that malaysia airplane along with 35 chinese satellite. many people wonder why the plane is not being able to be detected with so much technology available. there are many blind spots or so called dead zones mostly over the oceans. >>> a san francisco woman is under arrest yet again for violating a court order and trespassing at sfo. 62-year-old maryland harmin was taken into custody at 9:00 this morning. this isn't the only time she's been arrested for trespassing. on four separate occasions now she's been arrested for trying to board flights to hawaii without hav

dan rubin kron 4 news. >>> involved 109 police agencies state wide so far 484 people have been cited,her warrants or outstanding charges. >>> tonight ukraine is waiting for the outcome of a referendum whether crimea should break away from the country and become part of russia, called tomorrow res rereferendum illegitimate, today, pro russia demonstrators stormed buildings in crew crane, john mccain is in can i yes, military support from the u.s. to fight russia. >> ukraine is going to need a long term military assistance program from the united states equipment both heath and and nonlethal, ukraine has been invaded. >> witnesses say helicopt remembers boarder of crimea, the ukrainian necessary measures to stop what it calls a russian invasion. >>> and it was a gorgeous day out in the bay, all over the bay area as a matter of fact, i am here at the weather center, brian, seems like we jump from winter to summer. >> yeah, we skipped right over spring and now we sprung ahead last weekend. >> that was it. >> now the temperatures are really going up, more nice weather for tomorrow as well.

good afternoon, commissioners john with rubin and rose on behalf of the project sponsor it is a projection of 6 stories with ground floor retail the project will removal a 22 space parking lot and it will be a rental project and provides two on site low rent spaces. there's no roof-deck proposed and religious as mr. guy mentioned there's no parking it's quite narrow so it would be difficult to provide parking and also provide any kind of retail space. it's well served by transit there's muni and bus lines it's a 10 minute walk from the muni station. the community is in support of the project and about a dozen neighbors wrote about the concerns and we've dropped the height about 17 feet and held a neighborhood meeting we invited over 15 hundred people and the folks were in attendance and they were in support of a building occupying this current parking lot as their negativities reported from time to time there. i don't need to mention the city is in american people extreme housing crisis and the project sponsors is attempting to begin construction. and while there's a greater push for decen

. >> reporter: rubin torres was appointed interim chief last summer. we asked him about the accuracy of the response times reported to the county. turns out even when they said they were meeting the 90% goal, they weren't. so for six months out of 2012, the department reported to the county that it met the 90%. are those numbers going to be lower now? >> looking back at the data, i would say yes, those numbers are going to be lower. >> reporter: those aren't the only wrong numbers. the city reported it was meeting its own internal standard. >> no, we're not meeting the standard. >> reporter: last november they reported they met it 79 to 80% of the time but new calculations show it was off by 20%. as for all the other year, this graph shows those were wrong too. do you believe that the department did anything to try to make the numbers look better? >> i don't think that the department tried to do anything to make those numbers look better. i mean, i wasn't involved with the data at the time, so i don't really know. >> reporter: as for the internal e-mai

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former treasury secretary robert rubin.rd, by the way, was sponsored by jacqueline kennedy onassis, and is one of the foremost honors, by the way, for public service in present day america. >>> and about that promise by the president, if you like your health care plan, you can keep it, the white house announced late today that some will now be able to keep their plans for another two years before they have to meet the requirements of the affordable care act. republicans immediately cried foul, calling it a political move to prevent cancellation notices from showing up in the mail just before the midterm elections this fall. >>> george p. bush is a step closer to elective office in texas. he won the gop nomination last night for the office of texas land commissioner. george p. is the son of jeb, grandson of 41, nephew of 43. george p., who we first met as a young lad back in '88 at the gop convention is a ft. worth attorney these days. the fact that his mother was born in mexico, he speaks spanish, is something the gop is co

they made over 500 citations or arrests and kron4's dan rubin went on the sting with police decoys. >cifica pd wants to keep alcohol out of underaged hands so they are recruiting a bunch of teens who are barely old enough to vote. >> being in a high school environment, you definitely see a lot of alcohol being misused. >> reporter: kristina is 18 years old. >> do you think you could do me a favor and get me beer? >> reporter: she is old enough to make her own decisions. now she is helping police bust people who make bad choices. >> people are say i would love to get you something. where are you going. >> reporter: kristina is part of operation shoulder tap, teens who are interested in law enforcement are trained by police to act as decoys and ask people over 21 to buy them alcohol. >> it's going to be for furnishing alcohol to a minor. >> reporter: on saturday she helped pacifica police arrest this man. others came very close to facing misdemeanor charge. >> the other people did the right thing and started telling the guy don't do it. >> last month with did some of the shoulder tap op

this is john kelp a her with rubin junius and rose on behalf of the project sponsors, karen and kevin cramer. the project before you proposes a substantial upgrade for the project sponsor's growing family. i'd like to have karen come up and speak to the goals of their project. >>> my name is karen [speaker not understood], i'm the homeowner. our goal is to design a four for i house that [speaker not understood] multi-generational living for 7 people. unfortunately we are the sandwiched generation. we have two boys which hopefully are in bed right now, 5 and 7 and plans along the way with kevin's parents. the first quarter is kevin's parents own private living air i can't tellv we decided not to put them on the first floor because the d-r requestors doberman pincher often barks in the garage in the backyard and we wanted a quiet space for them. 126 18th avenue was a probate sale that is not structurally sound. we want a structurally sound house for a family friendly kitchen, eating area, family room built for 7 on the second level. it is really important for me as a mom that the comput

. >> reporter: the acting fire chief rubin torres knows connecting cancer to a certain station is difficulthe realizes his department has done nothing to understand the reputation of station five and nothing to track cancers with its firefighters. now that's changing. >> if there's anything that we can do to screen and be ahead of it, then that would be something that i would push to try to accomplish. >> reporter: since our report first aired chief torres is now calling for significant changes. including ways to reduce chemical exposure for firefighters by using higher level respiratory protection for longer periods during fires. also, improvements in decontaminating gear after fires and monitoring cancer-causing substances at the fires. >> we've got another explosion over here. the entire warehouse is now on fire. >> reporter: in additioaddition also looking to mirror programs currently in place in the san francisco fire department. tony stefani led the charge. they're monitoring fires and firefighters to try to find cancer in its earliest stages. >> we're dealing with a toxic environment

. >> time for action would have been 5 years ago, when russian forces invaded georgia, michael rubin,rmer pentagon official,. author of new book, dancing with the devil, perils of engagement. examine a half century of u.s. di diplomacy with rogue regimes, good to have you here there thank you. lou: tough took from that administration. whether it be kerry issue power or the president. there seems to be no lever to the united states for the reversal of what president putin has already done. >> you know, you are right. there is no magic formula. we can make life difficult for putin, v we have plenty in our quiver. but what are we doing to do to stop putin from taking the next step, are we going to protect baltic states and poland? lou: your judgment? what would be, do you believe that he is going to be putin will be satisfied with the crimea, is it a fore gone don' -- fore gone conclusion. >> i believe that possession is 90 per of the law, he possesses the crimea right now, the question is whether he will go for astern ukraine as well, there are large ethnic minorities elsewhere in eston

. >> in today's "washington post" jennifer rubin wrote the most important thing to keep in mind aboutk -- the attendees are not ideologically or demographically representative the 2014, the, 2016 electrode or the gop or primary electorate. is she right? who are the attendees? >> they truly are conservatives and in many states, they will be representative of the primary electorate. i would somewhat disagree with her there but the point is a good one, that ultimately, their prospects for the senate will be in a diverse number of states. to be honest, one of the most important passings this morning was the presentation by mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, who was in one of two states where republicans have seats at risk will stop you don't want to see any real disrespect for majority leader mcconnell because republicans are trying to project a message that we need to be pragmatic and practical and project an open tent. i think they passed that fairly well today and i think mr. rubio's speech was very positive there is going to be to be the seatback strop all. last year rand pa

. >> reporter: acting fire chief rubin torres knows connecting cancers to a certain fire station is difficult. he realizes his department has done nothing to understand the reputation of station five and nothing to track cancers with its firefighters. now that's changing. >> if there's anything that we can do to screen and be ahead of it, then that would be something that i would push to try to accomplish. >> reporter: since our report first aired, chief torres is calling for significant changes. including ways to reduce chemical exposure for firefighters by using higher level respiratory protection for longer periods during fires. also, improvement in decontaminating gear after fires and monitoring cancer-causing substances at the fires. >> another explosion over here. the entire warehouse is now on fire. >> reporter: in addis, he's also looking to mirror programs currently in place in the san francisco fire department. >> it's the first step in the right direction without a doubt. >> reporter: tony stefani led the charge. they're monitoring fires and firefighters to try and identify cancer

meterologist brian van aken takes a look at what's to come but we start our coverage with kron4 dan rubin, in oakland he has conditions in eastbay. >> reporter: that's the sound of a ruptured gas line. >> we were out here having coffee. >> these giant tree roots are what prevented these residents from going home. >> we were worried they were coming down so everybody in the neighborhood was worried about it. >> pg& e and city workers quickly closed the gas leak and area around 19th and hartford. people who live nearby say the tree was about 80 years old and it took one rainy morning to bring it down. >> the rain came so i'm not surprised. it's a pity it's a beautiful tree. >> the only other injury was to the wallet of the person that owns the car that was hit when the tree fell. a lot of other vehicles were damaged saturday. one look at the california highway patrol's incident page tells the story of a long soggy afternoon. children in the oakland hills were soggy as well but they found a way to make the most of it. even if it was their parents who lured them outside. >> i had to get them

republican michael mccaul of texas warned the state department's eric rubin that the administration's sanctions may not be enough to stop what he called a russian act of war. >> does this administration believe that the russian invasion of ukraine is an act of war? >> well congressman, we've said very clearly that we know what we have seen, which is military aggression intervention in the affairs of a sovereign country, a violation of legal commitments, a violation of international law, that is what we see that is what we're calling it. >> sreenivasan: and as the u.s. continues to discuss financial support for ukraine, the house voted today to provide loan guarantees to the new ukrainian government. elsewhere on capitol hill, secretary of defense chuck hagel spoke of military moves in states closest to russia. >> these include stepping up our joint training through our aviation detachment in poland and i was advised this morning that continues to move forward. >> sreenivasan: reports from poland said the u.s. military is sending 12 f-16 fighter jets there for a training exercise in li

kron4 dan rubin spoke to a captain from a major international airline about how a plane could suddenly vanish from radar. his report continues our team coverage. >> reporter: today with so much radar and so much air traffic control and everybody is talking on the radio, it's unprecedented in my experience joel turfin is a third generation pilot whose been flying for 47 years. 20 of those have been in jumbo jets as an international flight captain. >> it's bizarre. i tell you what, i have not experienced anything like this. >> malaysia airlines flight 370 took off at 12:41 early saturday morning. it was supposed to be a five and a half hour flight to beijing. >> air traffic controller is looking at his screen and sees an icon for that airplane that tells the flight number, kind of airplane. >> at 2:40:00 a.m., two hours after take off the plane disappeared from radar. >> somehow the electrical system had to quit working really quick for the transponder to quit replying to the radar. >> the only way that could happen is if the plane exploded in mid air either by bomb or catastrophic mecha

and as kron four's dan rubin reports. cab drivers which compete for the same fares.rns. >> yellow cabs and un- marked car rides are like oil and water. andrew drives for uber. he's as concerned for his passengers' safety as he is for his own legal liability. and >> if you get been a accident, you are not sure if that will coverage or if you go to your own insurance company they may dropping. >> uber is doing its best to alleviate those concerns. they offer one million dollars of liability coverage *in addition to their drivers' regular insurance. the company's investment implies their services are in demand. but some cab drivers are worried fares will fall in short-supply. >> 3 to 4000 limo's come in from out of areas. this is cords to wreak havoc. >> not just for life on the road, but for livelihoods on a whole. >> some of these drivers are been here more than 20 years. these drivers are starting to leave. >> something has to be changed. this has to be regulated. >> reporting along the embarcadero in san francisco, dan rubin, kron four news. >> the number of unemplo

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. >> and even when a reporter is expecting snow day fun -- >> it looks like rubin is in the lead andes ali -- >> he can still get taken for a spin. >> that was a bad idea. at riverside park, rob leff. >> clearly reporting on weather outside is no walk in the park but surely a reporter is safe inside the studio. not always. as idaho falls anchors justine bouvier and tommy noel can tell you. they host the morning news on channel 3. it's usually a warm and fuzzy place to be. >> every single morning we just had a blast. a part of us butted heads sometimes because we were really different people, yet we were different people who got along so well together. >> but on october 12th, 2010, a cold front moves in over the anchor desk. >> taking action for you, channel 3 eyewitness news, starts now. >> as soon as the show starts, it's clear something is wrong. >> there we are. sorry about that. >> that's better. >> what is going on with weather and things like that, but we're here. >> and you'll be seeing the weather again shortly, a little less cluttered, i think. >> we'll be seeing it again sh