southwest airlines you know flies to both of those areas. if people like nursing are having to wait up to four hours just to check in their bag. normally a lot about me and they miss our flight but because the flights are delayed, they are not missing the flight. they are missing their connection. such as southwest airlines but all the airlines are seeing delays. here's what passengers had to say. >> we are headed to miami to god approves the left seattle three hours late this morning and now the start connecting flight to miami. now were standing in this long line to try and get on another plane some time in the near future. are cruises sunday so i do have a day of pushing it though. >> i tried to go to wisconsin for chicago on not making it home tonight it will take. it's delayed an hour and half out of here my connection is only in our chicago so, it's the last flight to madison i'm on. >> so again were seeing delays your sfo 80 to 90 percent of flights delayed due to rain, mostly to the low visibility. forcing 30 denied it delays to flig

at the southwest corner, which is totally inaccessible -- >> excuse me. the discussions that are going on in the audience are extremely disruptive. i know you want to talk to your friends. please go outside and speak with them and let us continue on with this meeting. thank you. >> at the southwest corner of the site at the intersection of lake merced boulevard and brotherhood way, there will be new major pedestrian access to the site. last time we talk about an open space program, the greenway and belvedere gardens at that corner, which will provide direct access to that intersection, direct access to the lake merced open space, which will significantly increase residents access to major open space in the area. on the southern side of the site -- >> ok, we cannot compete. we simply cannot compete. commissioner miguel: please. >> take him out. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] i think it is very important to us elderly. we need to know how this presentation is going to be. commissioner miguel: the presentation will be the way it always is for informational hea

southwest is so popular with those free baggage. a lot of people signing up for international flights. >> and great meals if you love peanut

insanity. >> reporter: clearly no love for southwest in this terminal. southwest became a victim of short, cheap flight that go back and forth between neighboring cities. each time one lands in this weather it gets delayed. if that same plane lands here five times in a day it can wind up five hours behind schedule. >> five hours. trying to get to los angeles. i could drive there faster. >> reporter: what will you do sniffle drink. >> drink. >> reporter: we will hang out and have a beer. >> alcohol. >> underage. >> it's with the holidays. >> reporter: as you can see the security line behind me is flowing nicely and once the last of those is those passengers are on a plane they will reset the flights and start again tomorrow. while they don't want delays tomorrow there is more rain in the forecast and we could see the same kind of problem we have had today by late tomorrow evening. live at sfo. >> we show you the scene from the south bay where they had street flooding there and a lost business owners have started preparing for the wet weekend. >> reporter:

there were other southwest georgia cautionary tales.ynching tree in lee county, where four men and one woman had been lynched in one day. in baker county, black people weren't supposed to drive through towns after sunset. white merchants in bed baker would sell only rc cola, not coke or pepsi, two black customers. wide? i don't know but i do understand the oppression of that, but one night penny patch, another white volunteer, and i were alone in the dark freedom house. from outside an intruder smashed smash the window beside our bed. we crouched on the floor while through the curtain, he ran his hand over our beds, groping through the litter of shattered glass, trying to reach us. we called the police, but that man, like many who attacked the movement, was never arrested. everywhere the rural crossroads of southwest georgia were points of power. white men owned the land adjacent to major crossroads and at night, they guarded those intersections. but we drove past the lynching tree and east through those intersections on our way to mass

i'm going to read from the time that i was in southwest georgia.at i was in southwest georgia just happened to be the same time as the cuban missile crisis k and so i want to read a couple sentences about that. dm contrast to the movements uplifting music, in october i heard u.s. bombers roar overhead flying from albany turner air force base to patrol leaving white segregationists like shall have matthews to go to the counties. i had this experience of the government sending these planes to control cuba from the air force base in the town where i was working where many of us were working, and yet the federal government's position with respect to our safety and even as voting registration workers which moment we were federally protected is that they were helpless to protect us, and yet these bombers went over daily. go back to a little about what it was like in the movement. one of the things that struck me, although i had also often been afraid in my childhood because my house was attacked, but not in a dire way like others, were the stories of ter

southwest... showing that we do still have that nice flow coming in. so moisture is still expected to be moving through the bay area through the morning as well as the afternoon. and that's why we are going to keep it in the forecast. sprinkles expected for the morning, fog out there and another chance of showers in the forecast through the afternoon. temperatures for the morning in the mid-40s to the mid-50s. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast, that flow will not be changing anytime soon. so the ongoing flow or chance of showers could be sticking around. we'll take a look at your weekend forecast in a moment. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here is elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. this might be a good day for mass transit because the roads are still wet and even when the roads are a little wet, it usually means more accidents on the road. so far no big hot spots. but just might be a good idea. bart, ace, muni and caltrain, everything is delay-free right now. san mateo bridg

but unlike the other air carriers, southwest does not charge for baggage.o the increase of $10 may be a little easier to handle as you heard from nancy from livermore. coming up we're going to go over to the other carriers on terminal 1 to find out if the $10 might make a bit of a difference in their travel plans. reporting live from oakland international airport, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. time now 6:36. this morning muni has an important heads up for a lot of san francisco bus riders. today the ongoing construction on the temporary transbay terminal between main and beal streets enters a new phase. as a result muni is changing the stops for several bus lines. they'll have muni workers out at the effected locations and answer any commuter questions. but it's a heads up. now you know. >>> all right. we understand it's getting crowded at the toll plaza. let's check in with sal. >>> all right. , pam and dave, yes, it is right now traffic is going to be busy there. switch on the metering lights. it's about a five to seven minute delay bec

take a look of this land southwest airlines, to four hours to check back. normally would mean you would be late for your flight. not today, most flights are delayed anywhere from 30 minutes to four hours. >> right now looking at sfo flying about 80% to 94 percent of flights delayed. >> bring you whether couple was low visibility as a fall in some of land and 60 planes and absorb their own meat landing 27 planes an hour. >> about four hours late to phoenix. will probably miss the flight in phoenix. >> my flight to vegas is supposed to leave at 4:00 p.m. but my fly in san antonio will leave at 4 05 p.m. i will bet that one. what you going to do? it's the weather. there's nothing i can do about it. >> and to try to get home for the holidays, were all in this together a guess. >> indeed they are those lines are still just as long as it were before. i got a tax from someone's shoes at the very end of the line, she might leak find the minister took a four hours to get from the end of the line just checking in. she did mr. flight because of sizable running that la

and overnight, increasing clouds by dawn, lows 16-24 and winds west southwest at 10. we'll come back and tell you if it's snowing in time for the morning commute and how much will fall. >>> a ring of suspected mexican drug cartel members goes down after a joint sting operation between the feds and d.c. police. the group was reportedly looking to bring and sell large amounts of crystal meth here in the d.c. area. our ken molissina explains. >> reporter: streets like those are where drug investigators say crystal meth was headed before they busted men that are mexican nationals and claim to have ties to the mexican cartel known as la fam illia. they have crippled the country. >> we have dealt with members of that organization so we know they were trying to set up shop in d.c. >> reporter: that cartel operates out of mexico and deals mostly in the transportation of drugs. one of the men arrested lived in temple hills. >> no society should be plagued with drugs and this is just terrible. >> that right there, i don't need to be around it. >> reporter: most of the crystal m

and at southwest wheat line, they are just waiting on and on the waiting line--.d travelers, and they have been experiencing bad weather and places like chicago, n.y., boston, and with jfk and several cancellations. some people have waited so long that they are still missing their connections. >> take a listen. >> i have been waiting for three hours and i hope i can catch a long time. >> and one time i waited 36 hours to see phish >> and this is ridiculous >> de think you're going to make your flight? >> no. >> and i told my parents that they better get your quick because this is crazy. >> the best advice is to get your ruling, and southwest is recommending- the best device is to get here early. and the best a device is to get here early. >> the best advice is to get here early. and the north bay, pockets of heavy storms. light showers to the golden gate at this hour. tomorrow, a band of strong rainfall. and as this is pushing to southern california, the los angeles area. and the tail end of this system will be moving in tomorrow evening. tonight, mainly north sho

let's show you. >> reporter: look at the line here at southwest airlines. we had to speed up the video to show you where the line ends, here is the end of the line. it's bad, but there is something even worse and tom experienced it. >> i waited in this line for three hours. got my bags on the plane. the plane went nowhere. they sent my bag back and i am doing it again. >> reporter: he got to the airport at 10:30, he will leave 7:00 a.m. tuesday. >> yank about what is going on. >> reporter: as you look at this departure board, you can see the delayed flights tripped those that are on time. >> there is no courtesy. there is no courtesy food virter. no courtesy hotel. no courtesy transportation. >> reporter: there is a bidbit of good news, the security lines aren't too long. call your airlines, see what is happening with you flight. reporting live, . >>> british police arrested 12 men in raids in four cities in a terror plot. the suspects were detained in london and whales and had been under surveillance for weeks. they have plinks to pakistan. no specifics on

the southwest is seeing more soaking rains and heavy snowfall. the northeast is looking at scattered clouds, and snow showers are moving in from the ocean. later today, throughout the western and central great lakes will be the chance of snow as the system moves nearby. behind it are cold air but sunny skies in the northern plains. the southwest has more rain and snow on the way, and the southern plains are enjoying sunshine and very warm temperatures. >>> in sports this morning, chicago won the nfc north division on monday night football. to the highlights we go. hester ran back a punt 64 yards for a touchdown. a new nfl career record with 14 kickoff returns for a score. jay cutler connected for three touchdowns against minnesota, 40-14. the bears win. the bears! the vikings' brett favre left the game after a head injury. in the nba, san antonio still has the best record in the league. the spurs tony parker had 19 points. richard jefferson added 17 against phoenix. the 118-110 win for san antonio was their ninth straight. and jason terry of dall

but unfortunately, looks to be very, very wet across the southwest of the iberian peninsula. flooding rains could be a problem for you in parts of portugal and into spain. and already rains have started. 15 in madrid, 14 in lisbon for the high, 1 in london. bitterly cold yet again across the rest of central and eastern europe. all right. that's all for me. i'm going to leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> before wrapping up this newscast, here are the top stories for this hour. the south korean military has held a live fire exercise on the border island shelled by north korea last month. the exercise on yeonpyeong island began at 2:30 p.m. and ended after 4:00 p.m. on monday. the exercise is the first on the island since the north attacked it on november 23rd. south korean troops used military equipment including a self-propelled howitzer called a k9 with a firing range of 40 kilometers. they fired shells into waters on their disputed side of the sea border, known as the northern limit line, which north korea does not recognize. ahead of the exercise, about 100 resi

southwest charges nothing for any bags.ue charges for first bag, no, they do not charge for the first bag, but then they charge for the second bag. other airlines almost always charge money for all the bags and all these fees are nonrefundable. even if your bags don't show up with you when your flight gets there. they keep the money. >> they keep my fee, too? >> they keep your fee and it's gone all the way through federal courts and the federal court said, sorry, they get to keep the money. it's crazy. >> it is crazy. well, happy travels, charles. thanks so much we appreciate you being with us. >> take care, chris. bye. >>> a deadly winter storm slowly making its way east across the country. americans from the great lakes to florida have been in this deep freeze and at least 16 deaths are blamed on the massive storm. look at the size of that. in the midwest, record snowfall and fierce winds snarled traffic, triggered accidents, drifting snow in indiana stranded at least 100 vehicles and some people were caught as long as 12

but it is ntinuing to advance from southwest to northeast, and is moving quickly. now the closer view of the radar showing the leading edge of that snow now, just now coming in to madison and green county, orange counes, just about to come into culpepper county, perhap in the next oh, half hour to hour and a these counties in color under wier weather advisory. northern virginia, much of west virginia, much of maryland, including the district of columbia, as well aselaware. temperatures are cold enough for it to stick. only in the teens in the suburbs and rural areas, near 20 close to washington. and this snow, allue to a weak area of low pressure that's going to passing south of the region. but close enough to us to give us some snow, and we'll have light snow throughout the day today. highs only reaching upper 20s. sunrise 7:21. sunset 4:48. looks like that band there in the middle is where northern virginia, the district, and the nearby suburbs in maryland will get about 1 to 3 inches as well as northern shenandoah valley. farther north not as much. farther south

heavy snow caused blizzard conditions in the southwest.rain added to the muddy mess in southern california. at least one person was killed and another is missing. >>> here in new york city, a promise to have all the streets plowed this morning. mayor bloomberg is under fire for failing to keep the city running during this week's massive blizzard. in some cases, it took officials hours to respond to 911 emergencies. >>> and massive amounts of snowfall would bring any city to a crawl but in some places, snow like that is actually welcome. to math moth mountain we go this morning in california, this makes has had record december snow totals helping actually boost the local economy. terry mccarthy reports. >> reporter: if you think new yorkers have it bad, welcome to mammoth lakes, california. 17 feet of snow has fallen in just the past 12 days. but, no one here is complaining. mammoth is home to one of california's most popular ski he resorts. >> amazing. absolutely the best you could ever imagine. >> reporter: the snow has beaten all records

have this southwest terminal, you can see that some of the longest lines i have ever seen at this airport. and people are waiting for two-three, sometimes for hours. as a result, they are missing their flights. and there are regional flights have then leaving slate and their original flights are leaving late, and dashed their connection flights are also >> river year earlier, a 11:00 a.m. and we've been here for two hours. >> i have been in line for two hours, 20 minutes. and a eventually i will hopefully end up in minneapolis. >> i have one hour to go out and i have a bunch of people in front of me. >> i think it is terrible they do not have the staffing to accommodate the holidays. >> it is stressed out but just make the best of it you cannot do anything about it. >> the situation with southwest, there are only four people working the ticket counter for the entire line of more than 150 people. that is just expected to get worse at sfo. reporting live come off and redwood city, the mobile home park. sunday, the flooding was so bad the some of these residents were stranded inside their ho

most of the action is still off to the west and southwest. it will snow in the metro area close to a lunchtime today. winter weather advisory for the midday and early evening. that includes the evening rush hour or. snowing in the afternoon and lingering into the evening rush hour or, especially south of town. one to 2 inches in town. south of town is where you have a higher snowfall potential in the storm. >>> southbound 270 before 85, there's an accident off to the left. this is hyattstown, heavy traffic getting past 109. the outer loop north of town is in pretty good shape. the inner loop accidents has been cleared. traffic along 95 in virginia, no wrecks. northbound, roddick road, accident to the left. 66 east near the visitor center, there was a broken-down car blocking the second lane to the right. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are on storm-wise this morning. the region is bracing for a blast of wintry weather. >> people are not taking chances. if they are gearing up. courtney robinson as a look at what to expect. the snow could get

with security much longer at the southwest area. we spoke to passengers and this is what they had to stay. >> ridiculous! i've been here 1.5 hours early. and i've always heard one award for domestic, two hours for a new international flight to delay or flight and we still are not going to make it because of this line. >> some people are telling me that there would for the amount of four hours! reading books, and a lot of frustrated and very unhappy faces and take a look. it goes on and on and on. from the ticket counter, all the way to the and i counted about only for a ticket agents at the counter. a lot of cancellations there are only for employees at the ticket counter. there are only the amount of four people working that counter. >> and also, a lot of people having difficulty when they are arriving to put their bags in here and make sure they fit in this area. if you to not heavy? make sure that you get here early, and the your carry on is the right size. and get here early! that is the best thing i can stress. reporting live,

i wish i could say the same for the southwest. mountain snow and heavy rain is expected to continue. this time mostly into southern california. los angeles, san diego, even back into las vegas expecting more heavy rain to fall into the nighttime hours. an additional 2 to 4 inches could be falling. and that means a concern for some additional flash flooding and even mudslides. that will be the case all the way into the central four corners. eventually the storm leaving the southwest by the late week causing problems for holiday travels in the midwest. now back to you, rob and vinita. >> thanks a lot, ava. >>> here's a look at the rest of your weather. your home state of texas is the place to be. up to 20 degrees above normal today. on top of that, rain showers from alabama to kentucky. snow showers in the upper midwest. seattle and portland catch the edge of all that western rain. >> seasonal temperatures most everywhere. 35 in new york. 22 in minneapolis. miami will be 73. phoenix is 68 which apparently is cool for them. we're all

it lets put it jonathan blum was live in the southwest terminal.s is from the one you think this is the entire line, just wait because will keep pulling and allied will keep going. this is a long as some air travel said they have ever seen. that's only half the line. it the rest of the line is over here extends all the way to the and the terminal. it said one man walked by the tommies the waiting since 12 minutes after 12 this afternoon. did the math that man's the waiting six hours for an airport full of delayed flights for airline that has absolute is worse trouble situations of that the airlines. more people are writing in this line by second. here's a prom southwest airlines was a lot of short flights in general. because of that almost every single southwest flight departing at sfo has been delayed. why? the flights that are landing gear also delayed. the letting half as many flights as the normally do brouwer and then the airplanes get a light which means it delays all these people to hundreds and hundreds of people here at sfo hours to fly. s

what a difference a day makes, as you remember yesterday lines and southwest airlines were three to four hours long did weather delays at sfo. >> short time between flights doesn't give much of a bubble between flights. those two factors combine to when you have delays and cancellations. >> today a different story almost no line at 1:00 p.m., a medium-size at 3:00 p.m.. sfo mike mccarron said better weather today is making all the difference. for all the airlines. >> get a higher ceiling and better visibility. as a result people are on track as what is normally. >> this doesn't mean that everything is going well, there weather problems in chicago that slid into delays. were also seeing, some problems in europe specifically london and frankfurt. what time you about that and people tried to get across the pond for christmas coming up at 5:00. for now live at sfo, and dan carmen kron 4 news. >> on red hill avenue where you can see dragon tree trimmers it kicking and eucalyptus trees from eroding hillside. a four trees from this growth on the roof of the strike cleaning business on sunday du

i wouldn't be surprised if it got in sooner e it is down in the southwest corner of virginia and it is cold enough, every flake will stick and we will stay well below freezing and that means roads will go down hill quickly. i will have the rest of the forecast in a moment. >>> president obama's battle to keep the bush-era tax cuts in place are halfway home, said to expire jan 1st, the senate gave final approval to the deal. the president still faces stiff opposition. fox 5 will thomas working this one tonight. >> the next step could be president obama's most difficult one. he faces democrats unhappy with the deal and on the other his republican partners are saying you change the deal we are backing out. >> reporter: had the votes were counted it was not close. the yeahs are 19 and the nays are 19. >> they cruise to victory but it is in the house where he faces opposition from his fellow democrats. >> i am convinced that this tax cut plan well not perfect will grow the economy and create jobs. >> reporter: the deal extends tax cuts first passed in the bush administration and extend unem

if you look to the southwest, there's another impulseurf energy coming our way. we'll see winds gusting, 20, maybe 30 miles per hour. especially over the higher terrain. once again, we are talking more than an inch or two around the bay area. i'll be back with the seven day in a few minutes. >> thanks a lot, nick. in hoke land the ground is too soggy for this giant pine tree. the people who live at the house ha d to call an arborist. let's go to the santa cruz mountains and an area all too familiar with flooding. kimberly terry is there with more. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello. highway 17 is moving smoothly despite the rain and wind and very heavy fog. as you know an accident can tie up this highway for hours. so far so good sz all of us contend with the storm. this series of storms has residents preparing for the worst. >> people are getting, you know, expecting the power to go out. so they're getting, you know, old-school type stuff. we're getting lanterns that use lamp oil, candles, you know, anything that can keep your house lit and going. if there is a

light snow, especially areas about 25 miles southwest. that may advance into the metro area during the day thursday. light snow. a dting to an inch or two at most. highs near 30 tomorrow. sun back on friday. mostly cloudy saturday. highs abe freezing thankfully both days. there may be a coastal storm on sunday. it may be a little farther out to sea than it was looking the last couple days. we could get accumulating snow sunday. cold int next week. >>> tom, at this hour clear, dry road surfaces. good news for those of you getting ready to head out. hopefully much quieter commute than we had yesterday. inner loop of the beltway. outer loop, university boulevard. smooth sailing so far. new york avenue, as you come over the anacostia, bladensburg road, looking pretty good. elsewhere, trip into town, moving along well, rhode island avenue. no issues to report. all the travel lanes open and available. so good news there as well. looking good out there, eun. >> so far sogood. travelers may be packing more than just presence when they ride amtrak

. >> now at the southwest counter in oakland they told me dozens of flights for philadelphia scheduled for tomorrow have already been cancelled today. but it is always best to check directly with your airline to find out more about your flight status. live this is allie rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> here at home the stormy weather kept a lot of people indoors this christmas. it seems like it is almost become ag routine this season, stormy weather followed by a brief break. ktvu's christian kafton reports. >> reporter: the wind and rain rushed into the by area mid- morning. forecasters issued a high wind advisory until 4:00 this afternoon as the blustery storm blew inland. people out and about this holiday took notice. >> it's been quite wet, blowing, a lot of blowing and a lot of trees. some have blown down on the side of the road. >> as the storm ready through there were isolated reports of blood -- flooding. along highway 101 here at lucky drive and at the north don pedro exit. drivers say the best course of action is to slow down. >> the main thing i watch for is people drivi

some snow and southwest ohio and the southwest part of virginia. the clear skies now. we will start early tomorrow. a peak at sun. clouds will then increas. e. looks like it will stay sell the bus, so the heavy band of snow will be self of us, across eastern virginia and south maryland. as we head towards lunchtime tomorrow, and the afternoon rush-hour, that is when trouble may start. just south of annapolis at 11:00 a.m. in the morning, pushing to baltimore at noon time and covering most of the state. moderate snow to the south of us. that will carry us into the thursday evening rush hour, with snow showers lingering into tomorrow night before the wind down. if the storm stays on track, the potential is there for a couple inches of snow. it is a fast moving, low pressure system to our south. this light blue shaded area. you can see that most spots in maryland have a shot at an inch. i would not be surprised if some spots ended up with two-four inches down south. in the afternoon and evening, it could complement -- complicates travel. the snow should begin around midda

we are at terminal two and southwest is inside. this is the busy terminal. there is already a line at the southwest counter even though it doesn't open until 5:00 in the morning. at oakland, expect it to be the busiest travel days of the week. they are expecting a slight increase of 1% to 2%. travelers advised to check the status of their flight before they head out because of snowstorms elsewhere. we saw a couple of delays to d.c. and southern california. according to aaa, 3% more californians are heading out by car, air, and rail this year. they are saying it's a sign that just maybe the economy is recovering. we spoke with a couple of travelers about that idea and we will tell you what they think in about 30 minutes. live in oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. >>> we are learning more about a gruesome discovery. a woman's body half naked and throat slit found in the alameda estuary. a man who found her was a bird watcher. >> a bird enthusiast was waiting for low tide to take pictures of birds and made a gruesome discovery. >> i thought it was a

south-southwest winds throughout the day have kept temperatures relatively mild. rainfall totals by the way, have ranged between a half inch in the santa clara valley up to 2 and a half and three inches through the santa cruz and santa lou chia mountains. tonight more rain. you'll hear the winds picking up. tomorrow more rain, locally more snow in the sierras. mond possibly a few breaks. you get to dodge the showers, we're going toeep kis rainfall going affeend on throughout the next several days.he 'srewhy, a bigre's aa of low pressure, sliding down through a f alaska. that's aiminghe jet stream ri t gh lit cafornia. yocau noticosic mt of the west coast is seeing at least some precipitation right now. it's going to be a very active pattern for the next several days. how much rainfall? that's a big question. we put the computer models into motion. i think for the lowest elevations, we're talking about between a half inch and inch of additional rain by this time tomorrow. getting into the high country. and up into the hills around the bay area, that could easily be

in the southwest not bad with phoenix in the 60s.eam coming to the northwest, dipping in the middle of the country. this will take a disturbance across the south in the short term but it will also bring another storm across the region and try to lift one out of the gulf of mexico as we head in to the late saturday night, sunday time frame. and that guy has a chance to be appreciable. short time we have the mountain snows here. we will say clear to partly cloudy tonight. a cold 19 to around 20 and high pressure tomorrow builds in. winds die down and there's the system sliding south for thursday. i don't expect much more than a flu rory light snow north of town. today 30 maybe wishful thinking. 32 tomorrow. thursday 36 with a flurry south. friday and saturday okay but late saturday in to sunday watch this time frame. this could be a decent snow around here and then cold by monday, low 30s. >>> we are going to the kitchen when 9 news now returns. lots of lotions promised healing. this one actually does it. [ female announcer ] gold bond

. >>> southwest airlines says it appears an l.a.-bound flight that made an emergency landing in oakland had a small engine fire. the faa says the float took off from san francisco when an indicator alerted the pilot to the possible problem. southwest flew the 108 partners to los angeles on a later flight. >>> an airport spokesman said today a pilot's youtube video makes baseless assumption about security measures at sfo. pilot, who will not release his name says he recorded the video and posted it to show how partners are screened, but ground crews are not. san francisco international airport spokesman matt mccarren says, "proper and effective security requires multiple layers of system and that the vast majority of widespread layers of the secret program are behind-the-scenes." >> oakland police are investigating the death of a woman found nude nearing a bicycle trail as a homicide. the woman's body was discovered around 8:20 yesterday morning in the 1500 block of skyline boulevard off keller boulevard. the victim is reportedly a w

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the federal aviation administration is investigating. >>> southwest airlines had to turn back one of its planes in sacramento today to remove a passenger. the plane was taxis onto the runway when it had to turn around to let the unidentified person off because of claustrophobia. the flight was able to take off shortly afterwards and did reach its final destination. >>> a fire at a medical marijuana dispensary in san francisco today. the fire broke out this morning at the norcal herbal relief center in the city's engleside district. the fire apparently started in an office area and had nothing to do with the growing operation. officials at the scene say it could be suspicious. >> that's why it's under investigation. we have our arson team on scene now, sifting through the debris to see what the cause and/or begins were. >> the fire was quickly extinguished. no one was injured. neighbors say there was a fire at the building next door, but there's no indication that this fire was related. >>> it was an extra busy day at bay area malls, where shoppers are taking advantage of after- chris

coming in from the west and the southwest, depositing some light snow moving off to the east. i want to show you a regional radar picture. this is what we looked at early this morning, areas of culpepper, orange county, making its way from fredericksburg and then slowly in towards the district and sliding east. that's the way it looks now. even if you break some of the cloud cover as well, can had is not good new -- which is not good news. live doppler 9,000, all is clear. this is some very good news. as we take a look at the temperatures right now, we'll go back to graphics. the temperatures are going to remain below freezing. not just the air temperature, but the ground temperature. that's critical to the roads that were treated, pretreated were a little better than those who have not been treated -- those that have not been treated. and continuing maintenance on the roads need to be taken care of. it'll be some time before we start to see any of this move away. we'll have more for you in just a few minutes. >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> good idea, bad timing. in marylan

southwest, united, delta, continental, virgin america and several other airlines matched the fare hikes immediately. one problem, many airlines also charge for checked luggage. so travelers may balk at yet another price hike. >> it would make me change my mind. but i would have to see what the options were if the flight's cheaper might result in you still saving money even though you have to check a bag you could get a good deal on a flight. >> southwest does not charge for checked luggage. the airlines say the increase also reflects higher fuel costs. >>> all right. let's check in with our meteorologist steve paulson. so a big storm coming, but it's nice and sunny right now. >> well, tori, for some. i think the sierra's really going to take more of the brunt of this and maybe santa cruz mountains south. depends on where everything finally develops and sets up. today it's a beautiful day. little cold this morning. but we do have sunshine. higher clouds are getting closer though. we had a lot of upper 20s and 30s this morning. temperature that is we have not seen for a long time at least

. >> in southwest island of japanese territory until now we did not deploy any military forces in those areas. so this might provoke neighboring countries aggression. so i think it is mostly to prevent those frustrations, we deploy military forces on border islands and we thus can avoid military problems in the area. >> now, junko, japan has been strengthening its alliance with the united states in recent days, hasn't it? >> yes. the two countries conducted joint military exercises this month including the area of okinawa's main island. the u.s. is also concerned about china's increasing naval power. in particular, it wants to make sure its aircraft carriers will still be able to navigate the waters near china. so the u.s. expects to work with japan's maritime force to upgrade their ability to deal with china's submarines. >> nhk world's junko noda, thank you. >>> and being called a concern for international committee isn't sitting well with the chinese government. it is condemning japan's shift in defense policy. state-run china central television had extensive coverage of japan's new

an emergency landing for a southwest airlines flight out of sfo. a fire in the engine forcing it to land just 20 minutes after takeoff. flight 1226 left san francisco at 8:45 heading to lax, when suddenly, and without any advance notice, it had to land in oakland. our own tracy grant was one of the passengers on board. she was stunned to hear the phrase catastrophic engine failure, telling me minutes earlier on the phone she did hear initially some rumbling on the plane and suddenly noticed they were starting to descend, knowing they weren't even close to los angeles. then they were told they were forced to land because they had suffered catastrophic engine failure. they were taken into the airport, stunned by what they had heard from that pilot. shortly after, another flight was brought in, and tracy and the other passengers, who were a little rattled, did take off to los angeles. >>> all right, let's talk about this next story here. a south bay man carjacked by a rifle-toting robber after a rampage at the vail valley fair mall. tonight the victim

. >>> a court hearing is scheduled today for a southwest suburban man accused of am dur- - murdering his wife. allen kustok is held on $2 million bond. he pled not guilty to the murder of his wife. she was found shot to death last september. kustok told police his wife took her own life. >>> ballistics tests show a gun used in a tanning salon hold up attempt matches the weapon used by the so-called honey bee gunman who killed one man and wounded two others last october. wgn's erin mendez is live at will county courthouse in joliet. good afternoon and there was the ballistic match and now confirmation that the suspect gary amaya's light blue pick up was found both on site in indiana related to the shootings back in october and an adjacent parking lot from that tanning salon in orland park. today, investigators say they cross-referencing several old cold cases to see if there are other links to amaya. at top of that list, the lane bryant murders in 2008. dna is being process specific to that case. >>> 48-year-old gary amaya is now the sole suspect in the honey bee shootings in october

. >>> southwest airlines will add new flights for those of you from two new jersey and new york. and you will love the discount airline because they are adding three nonstop flights between bwi and new york airport. it starts in june and it will launch the southwest they want to save you money and they are offering fares get this, as low as 49 dollars. one way between baltimore and newark. the sale end at midnight tomorrow and is good for travel between june 5th and august 12th of next year. now they have to do is do that for somewhere like jamaica or bahamas or something like that. >> >>> $49. >>> coming up, they are not ruling it arson but they are not saying it's not. >> coming, the latest on what investigators are saying about the fire that darkened downtown baltimore for a little more than a week. >>> and an 18 year mount vernon institute destroyed by the second five-alarm blaze. now the owners saying she may never be able to open there again. >>> it's okay to enjoy the occasional movie from time to time. even love one or two. but would you legally change your name because y