tara moriarty is at the scene with the theory behind the blast, tara?reporter: well we spoke to the person who lives inside and he said his fiance and son were home at the time of the explosion. you can see where the windows have been blown out here. we have some pictures to show you, it is the inside of this bottom apartment and firefighters tell us the explosion happened shortly after 8:00 last night very close to observe then avenue. the man who lives here said his fiance and son were home. he stepped to get something from his car when the blast happened. there was a brief fire that went out by itself and his wife and son were taken to the hospital but the fiance is being questioned by police so he cannottable to get answers to his questions. they say there was the possibility of a drug lab operation and there seems to be some residue of hash oil where the th c is extracted from the actual plant but again we have no confirmation from police on exactly what caused this explosion. i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in overnight news, a high-

tara is here now with video you will only see here on two. what do you know, tara?ks evacuated were let back into their apartment building a half an hour ago. we spoke to the battalion chief about the cause here. she said the fire started because of an extension cord in the bedroom. these again are pictures you will only see on two on the inside of that 16 unit apartment where the fire broke off. flames ignited in the bedroom of a 16 story unit. crews ported her to the hospital. firefighters were able to get the flames under control within ten minutes of arriving. >> through their quick initial attack we were able to contain it to the room of origin. started in the bedroom. the fire investigators currently investigating the cause of the fire. due to smoke conditions we evacuated the entire building. everyone has been accounted for. >> reporter: crews again evacuated the other people living in those 15 units. no one was hurt and there is no damage estimate. we're live in oakland i'm tara moriarty. >>> people in palo alto are on alert following eight residential burgl

live in san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you, tara. 8:08.e want to check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads. any problems? >> nothing major. we've had some minor injuries that -- crashs that have caused slowdowns. 808 set going thicker. we don't have any major slowdowns. it's just a little better than it normally is. usually we see stop-and-go traffic through here. right now it's not that way. this is a look at the bay bridge. it's cleared out. remember, 6:00, it was slow and then it kind of cleared out at 7:00 and then slowed down at 7:30. and now here it is just after 8:00 and it's cleared out again. and the morning commute in walnut creek, concord -- some slow traffic in antioch. west 80 in richmond, a little bit slow and then we have some slow traffic on 880 heading south between hayward and fremont. let's go to steve. >>> we do have mostly fair weather. there's fog and clouds to the east and in between, we have sun. partly sunny, mostly sunny ta. temperatures over the fog really cold. it's quiet here. there's a big snowst

ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live now with local reaction to this plan. tara? >> reporter: if your home lone was written between 2008 and 2011 and written by wells fargo, j p morgan, bank of america, you could be getting a check. attorney general pamela harris held a news con frefnlts settlement will provide relief. about one million homeowners who are under water on their mortgages will have their loans reduced and thousands of homeowners kicked out of their homes will receive about $2000. we spoke to a realtor in hayward who said that today's settlement is a start but it won't go far. >> really, is $2000 going to make a difference? yes. short term. no it a not going to help somebody keep their home if they already lost it. it's after the fact. the focus should be more on people who are in their home and looking to keep them. my first sting is this is an election year. there is a lot of political will. >> i think that's a good idea to try to keep the economy going, keep people their homes. >> i feel it's way too late. i have too many friends already who lost t

tara moriarty has more. tara?porter: they have confirmed 10 shootings in the past 24 hours so investigators are extremely busy and here here at the latest shooting on international boulevard. there is a patrol car and they are waiting on a search warrant for this home. right inside they have a person they are calling of interest which happened at 1:30. with guns drawn, they are only calling him a person of interest at this point but a witness says he shot another man in the stomach and that victim died at a hospital. police have recovered a gun and right now as we mentioned officials are waiting on that search warrant. this shooting comes in the wake of a shootout that happened in west oakland and neighbors there are fed up with the violence. >> it is not a happy time... >> over this corner... >> reporter: several people were shot and they are expected to survive. two other shootings all of them with non-life threatening injuries that puts a tally of 10 people shot, one killed within 24 hours and we just noticed s

tara moriarty is live outside the courthouse, tara? >> reporter: it was a trial that lasted for 13 days about a year and a half ago right here in the courthouse you can see located near city hall but despite the outcome, the fight may not be over. yesterday we spoke to a couple from berkeley and they have banned same sex marriage. through it all, the couple has been the face of same sex marriage in california. >> we are very keenly aware of the responsibility we have taken on but at the same time we are one couple and thousands of couples would have done the same thing. >> now the losing side, having the 9th circuit coming to the u.s. supreme court, and there is another issue the court has also said to rule on and that's a conflict of interest and that's the judge who presided over the case. live from san francisco, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the proposition 8 decision is due at 10:00 this morning. make sure you stay here with us for continuing coverage and we will bring you the ruling when it comes down. >>> occupied

tara moriarty joins us live with all the investigations, good morning tara. i just finished cleaning up the blood that you see right behind me and it was his niece who will be three soon, she was struck by bullets in the knee and twice in the stomach and she just underwent surgery and is expected to survive. police described the shootout as a rolling gun battle. just after 7:00 last night -- 7:00 last night, he walked in and his target, a female customer. he shot her, left and returned to apparently finish the job. that is when the customer's male friend returned fire, the grandmother and two women and the child were shot. >> there was a lot of bullet holes in the glass and chairs annuals there is a lot of bullets and stuff in the walls. >> reporter: investigators recovered dozens of shell- casings, now an innocent -- innocent people were caught in the crossfire. police did arrest the gunman and police are searching for two men gunmen and that initial gunman who walked up was not alone. we will show you a tool that police officers will be using in trying to c

ktvu tara moriarty is out there as well.nts and protestors set up another encampment just three months after that police raid out there. tara. >> reporter: yeah. this is basically three months to the bay after the november 9th protest. we have about 20 students that pitched half a dozen tents. some occupy oakland people also came over to show their support. now the tents went up around 1:00 in the afternoon yesterday. uc police officers asked demonstrators to remove them. protestors said they were not in violation of campus policy. around 8:00 last night the dean of students told protestors they were not authorized to camp on campus property. >> i've been to a lot of marchs and you know seen a lot of police over reaction. that makes me sad. i want to see people working together. i don't think that really solves anything. it's important that people stand up for what they believe in. i'm willing to do that. >> reporter: as you recall there was a police raid on occupy cal november 17th when officers clashed with students. stude

as tara tara mergener reports he spent most of the day under attack. >> he talked up his plan to them. >> instead of having a president that bows to special interests, in this case union interests, that we have a president that bows to the interests of the american people. >> he is trying to lock in a win there. rick santorum has captured the lead in several polls. he and romney battled it out side by side wednesday. >> and the government take over healthcare. >> wait a second. >> and there was a study -- >> wait a second. >> they faced off in their 20th debate. the other candidates each took aim at santorum during the debate, putting him on the defensive about his record in washington. >> i was the most fiscally conservative senator in the 20 years i was there. >> that is always a cop out when you compare yourself to the other members of congress. >> paul has yet to win a contest and gingrich is essentially skipping next week's primaries, focusing instead on washington state and the south. santorum is on the hunt for cash, holding a pair of fund raisers in texas, hopping for wins in

tara moriarty is out there now, what do you know tara? >> reporter: we spoke to the italian police chief. he said a heater was used to keep a pair of turtles warm. the fire broke outside of a garage located off almond road. the fire quickly spread to the building and the turtles that were kept in a wooden pen were able to escape out to the backyard. it turns out the cord which led from the house to the heating pad malfunctioned and started some hay on fire and spread to the inside barn structure and spread to the outside barn structure. >> reporter: that barn structure is actually the garage we are talking about and it is detached from the home. one firefighter suffered heat exhaustion. he halled equipment along distance and he is expected to be okay. six crews responded and they were able to knock out the fire in a couple of minutes. the estimated damages are about $50,000. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and reports this morning, ambulance company was threatening to shut down its services if employees do not take a pay c

, tara? >> reporter: that's right, we are at chuck reid's home and he will let us know what his state of the address entails. this year, we want to know is that going to be the same case, are you going to be touching on those issues again. >> creating jobs getting back to work and dealing with their long-term budget problems. it can be a year recovery if the pension measure is approved in june and we arable to talk about cutting services and that is relief but much work needs to be done but the voters need to approve the ballot measure and we can restore services and that's good news. >> reporter: i know retirement costs are supposed to be soaring by 2015, but what are those numbers, 300 million to 500 million, how important is this that this reform goes through? >> well, this year it is $245 million spend on retirement costs, throws not projections, firefighters who got laid off, these are real serious problems we already have. in the future, these are independent people who are saying it wi

tara moriarty just got there on the scene. what do you know, tara? >> reporter: we just arrived here a couple minutes ago and we were able to speak with firefighter on scene. here he is. he is joining us live right now. his name is captain rob brown. he will let us know what happened. there were two families in this duplex. they were able to get out safely. >> correct. yes. we did have two families in here. we had duplex fire. we had a lot of flames when we first got here on scene. driven by high winds at the time. 20 plus miles an hour winds. we do have the red cross coming to help them out. >> it was just before 3:00 the woman heard crackling noises and woke up? >> correct. one of the residence you heard popping and crackling. that disturbed her enough to wake her up. she got her and her son out. this appears the fire was mostly in the attic and the roof initially. so it was well involved when we got here. flames horizontally being blown by the wind. we had a lot of difficulty with that initially. just keeping the fire contained to the structure of

tara moriarty joins us with more, tara? >> reporter: evidence technicians wrapped up their investigation and store owners are getting ready to board up all of their storefronts. they are sweeping and cleaning up the glass inside tina's nail salon and you can see where the bullet holes are in the front. three people were struck by bullets last night. two men walked into the store last night and targeted a female worker. after shots rang out, they reportedly returned to polish off the job that is when he pulled out his own gun and fired back. it turned into a rolling gun battle and the violence started at springs road. several businesses nearby were ridelled with bullet holes including domino's pizza and two parked cars across the street. witnesses say they were shaken up. >> i got on the floor and i protected my baby. >> reporter: now the three-year- old daughter of one of the workers received a gunshot wound and she was taken to the medical center in oakland. the grandmother was also shot twice in the arm as well as one oth

tara mergener has the latest. >> reporter: thousands of afghans took to the streets. launching a fourth day of deadly protests over the burning of korans at a u.s. military base. afghan security forces fired their guns into the air in kabul trying to get the crowds to break up. they were on high alert. dressed in riot gear, and expecting angry crowds after friday prayers. some of the demonstrations happened outside the air base, that's where the korans were burned tuesday. an afghan soldier killed two american soldiers. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan visited that base telling u.s. forces that now is not the time for revenge. and he asked afghans to exercise restraint and patience. >> we admit our mistakes. we ask for forgiveness. we seek to move on. >> reporter: the president also apologized for the incident in a letter to afghan president hamid karzai. the white house says president obama's main concern is the safety of americans in afghanistan. u.s. officials insist the copies of muslim holy books for prisoners at the air base were sent by mistake to a place

tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> it is 7:07. check in again with sal because there's still a serious problem 580 eastbound. >> that's right, eastbound 580 near santa rita road a pedestrian was hit and killed in traffic. now the big backup is westbound as people slow to look amount the activity and the investigation which is in the three left lanes. they still have some traffic getting through on eastbound 580, so at this point if you're driving on eastbound 580 you don't need an alternative route unless you're will by enough to get on the freeway after santa rita. but the traffic is getting by with a minor delay eastbound. westbound is a different story. it's really slow, driving past the scene. let's go out and look at some live pictures, bay bridge. we have a slow backup, backed up to about a 15-minute delay here, 580 slow just west of 24. and this morning's commute is going to be slow on 237. they did clear up an accident nearby 880 at 237. let's go to steve. >> thank you very much, sal. very good morning. lots of clear skies

let's go to tara moriarty. >> good morning. if you have not noticed the signs along the freeway over the past two weeks, the bay bridge westbound lanes will be shut down tonight and they will reopen on tuesday morning at 5:00. this is the strip we're talking about where crews will be on the toll plaza. they will be installing new barriers and railings. then they're going to demolish a section of the road, clearing the way for the opening of the new stand. we spoke to one woman from richmond who said she doesn't expect to see traffic on the richmond bridge but people she knows will take public transportation. >> is this going to affect you? >> not at all. >> how come? >> i will be at the racetrack. >> so you're going to avoid all the has sell and mess. >> i will be up watching the traffic, if there be any. >> this closure means heavier traffic on the golden gate bridge as well. give yourself flynn of time this weekend. if you're headed out of town, lake tahoe or something, monday night you will most likely experience congestion

tara mergener has details on that. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, betty. donald trump is expected to give gingrich the nod today which will bring a blitz of a media attention just in time for saturday's contest. >> it was an honor to have donald up here. >> they could be teaming up on the campaign trail. sources tell cbs news the billionaire businessman is expected to endorse the former house speaker in las vegas today. the two met in new york city last december, but it was one of several meetings the reality tv king had with gop candidates. trump's backing days before the nevada caucuses could help gingrich bounce back from the florida loss. >> is it loud enough? >> gingrich will continue courting voters in nevada today but he won't be the only one. >> i'm so happy to be back in nevada. >> front-runner, mitt romney, is also in the state and trying to recover from comments he made wednesday about the poor. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they're do

we are live in san joaquin county i'm tara moriarty. >>> your time is 5:02. one man still recovering after being shot while trying to grab a gun from a sheriffs deputy. the sheriffs department says 22- year-old terrell albert was arrested in vallejo yesterday. about a half mile from the scene. deputies went to pine street to serve a warrant on another man. that's when he tried to run away. one deputy pulled a gun and ordered albert not to move but he lunged to grab for the gun. he was shot in the shoulder. that deputy was not hurt. >>> in antioch at least four weekend shootings are under investigation. the first one happened saturday night. a 56-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot in the head. on saturday night two people were shot during a fight. early sunday morning a man was wounded outside of a bar. so far no arrests have been made in any of the cases. >>> pleasant hill police are searching for a man they say robbed a gas station. that happened just after 7:00 last night. police say the suspect was wearing all black including glove

tara? >> reporter: well, if you have been out of town or you haven't been paying attention to the news media, perhaps you haven't heard about this big closure. it's gonna happen behind me. these are the westbound lanes as you make your way into san francisco. they will will be shut down -- they will be shut down tonight at 8:00 and not open until 5:00 a.m. tuesday. caltrans is gonna begin painting and install new barriers and railings. then he are gonna demolish a triangular portion. now, the chp will have some hard closures right before the toll plaza and this morning they told us when to expect the most traffic? >> heaviest volume of traffic generally occurs right when the closure starts, which will be around 8:00, and also when people anticipate the closure is reopening because everybody wants to be first in lane. >> reporter: now, give yourself plenty of time this weekend. if you are headed out of town to lake tahoe or something, monday night you will most likely experience a lot of bot

tara mergener is in washington with that. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, betty. mitt romney is still trying to explain what he meant by that comment. then came this high-profile endorsement even he may not have expected. at a packed rally in reno, mitt romney called on voters to help keep his momentum going. >> would be helpful if mef nef did the same thing florida did and give me a boost going on. get out there and caucus. >> the former massachusetts governor heads into tomorrow's caucuses with a solid double digit lead and the backing of donald trump. >> he's smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen. >> reporter: romney seemed almost surprised as he accepted the real estate mogul he is endorsement thursday. >> there are some things you can't imagine happening in krur life. this is one of them. >> earlier, newt gingrich's campaign suggested the former house speaker would be the one getting trump's support. a majority of republicans polled last month say trump's endorsement would have no impact on their decision. instead, most v

>> tara mergener in washington this morning. thank you. >>> congressional republicans are opposed to president obama's plan to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their homes. the president unveiled his s.h.a. refinancing plan in virginia yesterday. the government would assume the risk for mortgages. it would not apply to borrowers who are behind on loan payment. the president wants to pay for the program by imposing a fee on large banks. >>> the state of washington is one step closer to legalizing same sex marriage. last night the senate narrowly approved a bill making washington the seventh state to allow same sex couples to we had. the house is expected to pass the bill and the governor is expected to sign it as a law. once the bill becomes law, opponents say they will challenge it by calling for a referendum. >>> planned parenthood received more than $400,000 in donations since it found out that it's losing funding from the world's largest breast cancer charity. the susan g komen foundation said it's not political. th

live from san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> a spokesman for the san joaquin county sheriff's department told ktvu news that investigators are back into the county as part of their investigation into the so- called speed freak murders but refused to characterize what they were doing there. yesterday investigators discovered more human remains near san andreas, the bodies of two young women were found in this area earlier this month. the family of death row inmate wesley shermantine once owned this land. they are believed responsible for at least 20 murders in crimes dating back to the 1980s, hersog committed suicide two weeks ago. >>> there have been 7 shootings in the last day and a half there. the two most recent happened last night. one shooting was in north oakland, the other in west oakland. after 8:45, police say a man called 911 saying he had been shot a couple of blocks away. he was taken to the hospital but we don't know his condition right now. >>> less than two hours later police say a man went to oakland's children's hospital with a

that is where tara moriarty is. >> reporter: we just spoke to him. he described how he made it out of the burning building alive. he's actually sitting in a truck with his mother as they are talking to firefighters. he told us how his mother woke up because she heard crackling noises. the entire roof was engulfed by the time crews arrived. after he got out of the house with his mom, they ran to the other half of the duplex to make sure their neighbors also got out. >> my mom, she woke up to hearing the cracking of the fire and so she came in and woke me up. >> you went next door to wake them up. >> yeah. we knew that they are our neighbors and we are in a duplex so we share the same building. >> reporter: high winds in excess of 20 miles an hour posed a great challenge for crews. about 45 firefighters tackled the blaze and had to set up an extension thousands of feet downwind. now it took 40 minutes for cruise to get the up -- crews to get the upper hand on the fire. fire investigator is on scene here. he will try to determine what started this fire.

tara moriarty has the reasons why they were able to get the span open earlier. >> reporter: it has to do with no rain and the entrance to the incline is a lot more streamlined. the roadway is freshly paved, there are new barriers up and they had some type to repaint cables. all of this work done three hours earlier than expected and these lanes were not to be open but just after 7:00 last night, the barriers came down and they escorted the first cars across. they wrapped it up because it was on their side, it was supposed to rain but that didn't happen. >> it allowed us to move our schedule forward and the configuration has changed, there is nothing new that will require a decision so go easy and be safe. >> now the lanes have shifted slightly to the south, although it is a gentler curve than before. there is one more closure and that will be labor day weekend 2013 so it is a long ways off. i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 6:04, chp is investigating a fatal crash at capital expressway and 101. paul chambers is at the scene right now, what is going on paul?

dictatorships and pro-democracy protests says british pakistani military historian and journalist tara kelley it's all interview is coming up on r.t. in just over ten minutes but here's a bit of what he had to say. when you look at what the west did in relation to the pride sings and the crisis in the yemen where killing still go the former yemeni president is having medical equipment from the united states of america so this double standards that operate make you suspicious of western most. people pushing for intervention in syria saudi arabia. essentially they would like a syrian version of the muslim brotherhood to run the country and then the united states will do deals with them as it has done in the past. in america china as a vice president wasn't treated to the warmest of welcomes from u.s. officials vice president joe biden voiced the whole list of disappointments from beijing's economic policies to its stance on syria criticism was also level that china over its copyright in force and human rights record part from that brief exchange yesterday was largely ceremonial as americ

. >> i'm tara moriarty. it's tuesday, february 21st. >>> one firefighter is being treated for heat exhaustion after an early-morning fire in castro valley. tara moriarty is live with more and it appears the fire seems to be tied to anmal -- animals in the garage. >> reporter: this device was used to keep a pair of african tortoises warm. it appears that device malfunctioned. the call came in just after 3:00 this morning off almond road. flames shot through a nearby bale of hey. the animals -- of hay. the animals escaped unharmed. >> it's a horrible thought. i'm just glad they had the turtle brain to move. >> reporter: one firefighter suffered overheating and exhaustion. he was transer inned to the -- he was transferred to the hospital. that firefighter is expected to be okay. no one else was injured in the fire. six crews responded and were able to knock out the flames within a couple of minutes. crews estimate the damages will will tal -- will tally about $50,000. back to you. >> thank you, tara. >>> police

and they completed their work a heat indices of schedule, tara? >> well it has been sort of raining off and on over the weekend and it was not and that's how they werable to finish wait ahead of schedule. as you can see she lanes were not supposed to be open until tomorrow morning and the barriers came down and chp rested up the moss. >> we had some the entire time that allowed us to move our end time schedule for us. so go easy and be safe. >> now the lanes have shifted slightly to the south, although it is a gentler curb closer and we will let you any. at bay bridge toll plaza, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> bart is providing service through 6:00 this morning. dooms 200,000 and even though it is still open, additional service will be open later tad. >>> and the cause of the mid- air come map is still not known and it happened south of the rio vista airport. the collision forced to make a landing the fema person decided to go get web. >> he walked away pretty much underinjured. >> the plane can clued with the helicopter landed safe think at the

live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >>> 6:36.ing search teams go back to a remote part of calveras county. they are look for evidence of more victims of two serial killers. they discovered more human remains. the bodies of two young women were found in this same area earlier this month. the family of death row inmate shermantine once owned the property. shermantine and her shog is -- her sog is responsible for 20 murders. >>> in petaluma school there is may be the next one to use drug sniffing dogs. drug related suspensions are up. mostly for marijuana. the school is hoping police drug dogs like this one will act as a deterrent. the drug dogs will conduct random searches of lockers and parking lots but only when the students are not present. the school board wants the community to weigh in on this. >>> california republicans are gathering here in the bay area starting today for a three-day convention. tomorrow newt gingrich will give a luncheon address at the convention. he is the only one of the republican presidential candidate

ktvu tara moriarty joining us live right now. what is happening there today?rter: you know i just spoke with one of the patrolmen here and he told me that some extra stuff was brought in last night to deep clean the school. to sanitize a lot of the surfaces that students might come into contact with. about 100 students actually were sent home yesterday and about 50 had called in sick. so the decision was made to cancel classes for today. now again if you are take a look behind me you can see the school here. this is saint ignatius prep. if you take a look at the high school's website you will see the reason behind it the stomach flu. the health department recommend the high school be shut down today to properly clean. there is about 1400 students that attend this private school. students say they other kids coughing and throwing up inside trash cans. we are told the bug began about four days ago and quickly spread. gastroenteritis is highly contagious. it's possible many more children could have been exposed. health officials are telling students to stay home

tara mergener, wjz, eye witness news. >> ron paul has a rally scheduled for tonight in minnesota. he has pumped time and money in to the state hoping for his first win there. >> still to come on eye witness news at noon, details about the case of a rutger student accused of spying on his roommate during a sexual encounter. why prosecutors want to upgrade the charges. >>> high flying circus act goes horribly wrong, the details coming up. >>> another sunny day out there. that could change, your forecast is coming up. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> murder-suicide involving two boys and their father. josh powell used a hatchet on his so

live from uc berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> time is 5:34.ccupy oakland protestors are using a new approach to draw attention to a continuing over use of force by oakland police. the tribune reports the protestors held a forum on police force last night. about 200 people were there including members of oakland's citizen police review board. occupy oakland also invited think to be there. >>> also in oakland they have -- a judge issue the orerren me returns to -- >>> one man says nine sheriffs deputies viciously beat him at a san francisco county jail. derrell hunter says he has the tape to prove it. a judge ordered the release of this surveillance video. now hunter says the deputies punched and kicked him in what he calls an unprovoked attack. he said it began with one deputy making sure no one else is around. >> see he's going to the door. checking the doors. he looked back at home and now watch out of nowhere. boom to the face. i'm the only one that did something. that is why you are looking at footage right now. >> hunter is now suing the c

here is tara tara mergener on the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump arrived ahead of an expectedndorsement for newt gingrich. sources tell us he plans to back the house speaker at a press conference today. the two met in new york city last december but it was one of several meetings the reality tv cifng king had with candidates. trumps backing could help gingrich bounce back from his florida loss. gingrich will continue courting voters in nevada today but he won't be the only one. front runner mitt romney is also in the state and trying to recover from comments he made wednesday about the poor. >> i am not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety nether. if it needs repair i will fix it. i am not concerned about the very rich. they are doing just fine. >> reporter: both democrats and republicans immediately jumped on the statement. they suggested it is another example of how the former governor is out of touch with americans. romney spent all day wednesday trying to clarify his remark. >> that us not exactly what i meant to say. my focus is on middle income americans. we d

i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our time is 6:03. a man is recovering after being shot to try to grab a gun from a sheriffs deputy. the sheriffs department says 22- year-old terrell albert was arrested in vallejo yesterday about a half mile from the scene. deputies went to pine street to serve a warrant on another man. that's when albert tried to run away. one deputy pulled out his gun, ordered him o not to move. albert lunged to grab for his gun. he was shot in the shoulder. that deputy was not hurt. >>> a 56-year-old shooting victim is still in critical condition this morning at john muir medical center. now he was shot friday night near a home in the area of sponos street and magnolia. two other people were shot outside of is a home saturday night. a man was wounded outside of a bar early sunday morning. so far no arrests have been made in any of those cases. >>> this morning the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals will hear yet another legal challenge to california's ban on affirmative action. they filed a lawsuit specifically ta

tara mergener, wjz 13. >>> ron paul is still in the hunt as well. his campaign is focusing on caucus states hoping to pick up enough delegates to allow him to play a role in the convention in tampa. >>> things are warming up in our area today. taking a live look outside, not a lot to to complain about. if you like the weather today, there is more good news on the horizon. marty is outside enjoying the weather, soaking it up to bring it inside. bernadette woods is in the first warning weather center. good afternoon, everybody. cleared out, we are beginning to warm it up. we will show you the graphic here, 43 degrees baltimore. look at the 40s, couple of 30s, they are on their way up. high pressure in control. clear skys and pumping up warm air behind it. that's important. the warm air is going the factor in to the forecast the next couple of days. out to marty in the outback. >> reporter: good afternoon, everybody. yeahs i guess we survived the storm i'm calling the mouse that roared. it's well off the coast. it took clouds with it. look at the natio

tara moriarty is near the town of lyndon with the very latest out there. tara?porter: well, one of the more fascinating as corrects of -- aspects of this case. a bounty hunter pitted two serial killers against each other. there's wesley shermantine who is on death row. and then there's herzog. he was released on a technically. and the bounty hunter said, hey, your friend is free but you're not and he believes that's what prompted him to disclose this information. so far 1,000 bones have been excavated. in came cal -- calavarus, the bones of chevy wheeler were identified. and one woman has come forward saying she was almost a victim of the speed freak killer. she said she recognized his picture after being chased by a van in the country and two men got out at stop signs. >> i will never forget that something. he had something in his hands, wood -- almost like an ax. as i'm watching him -- >> reporter: and the two men are leaved -- believed to have killed 20 people. her stock committed suicide -- herzog committed suicide. back to you. >> thank you. >>> antioch cit

live in san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu. >>> more details on this morning's ruling. during the past hour, the plaintiffs and attorneys who fought against proposition 8 held a news conference in los angeles. the couples who filed the lawsuit called the decision a victory for freedom and fairness for generations to come. sandy and chris from berkeley say they hope to get married before two twin sons graduate from high school. >> our court sent a powerful message to us and our children and our children's children, and that is we are all equal and deserve the same rights and matter. >> the attorneys who argued against the ban on marriage say they do expect the case will likely wind up before the u.s. supreme court. >>> the group that launched the fight to preserve proposition 8 and the ban on gay marriage released a statement today. the last part of the statement states "our path to the u.s. supreme court is now very clear. we are confident that the law, history, and the repeatedly expressed will of the american people will eventually gain a fair hearing. and traditional

tara? >> reporter: well, that's right. after being overlooked once in the past, howard jordan has finally clinched the title he's always wanted as oakland's police chief. city officials say they took their time making this decision and when we asked mayor quan why it took so long, she said she was "preoccupied." >> please welcome me today in welcoming chief jordan. [ applause ] >> reporter: quan appointed jordan, the top dog of the department one week ago. that was during a secret phone call. affectionately referred to as ho-joe. jordan served the department for nearly 20 years. for the past five years he's been the assistant and interim chief. the media tried to go to him with questions about the occupy movement. city officials really deflected that. jordan was passed over the job five years earlier. so when he got the call, he was very happy. >> some people will be surprised to know that i actually shed a tear. the last time i was interim chief, i dealt with the death of the fowfer officers. >> reporter: not to be overlo

new at noon, tara moriarty is live from the prison to let us know what's happening and why this protest is taking place. >> reporter: we're here at the main gate to the prison. over the past hour or so we've noticed dozens of protesters trickling why. they are playing music, carrying signs and waiting for this rally to get underway. their message, people on the inside of these prison walls experience many of the same injusts that every day americans do. that list includes the denial of good education, decent healthcare and humane conditions. now, protesters are also against the death penalty, they say, life without the possibility of parole, three strikes, solitary confinement and extreme restriction on prisoners with the outside world. >> there's just basic things, the blanket, the food, balanced meals. we're talking about putting people in isolation for long periods of time, you know, inappropriately. >> reporter: san quentin prison guards have formed a perimeter around the ground. they are really making their presence known. for the first time, officials boarded up the front windows

tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> 40 states have already given it the green light. why california still hasn't signed on for a deal to help homeowners. >> and another strike sweeps across greece. why protestors are taking to the streets again. >> a last-minute stroller save. the shocking surveillance video as a baby goes over the edge at a train platform. we have it coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. so nice to have the rain back in the bay area! are there any more storms on the way? we will talk about that coming up. >>> all right. take a look. a cautionary tale for you parents out there. an australian mother looks away for a few second, watch as her baby stroller rolls over on the train tracks passing several bystanders. the mother quickly jumps on the tracks. she does manage to rescue the baby. the baby and the mother are going to be fine. scary stuff there. >> close call, sure. >>> now to the european debt crisis. protestors clashed with greek police outside parliament in athens. riot police fired tear gas into the

tara moriarty has the details. >> reporter: we are leer at the superior court. this is where mirkarimi's last court appearance was. today he will be appealing to the family court which is located at the civic center courthouse. he will be seeking visitation rights so he can see his son. this is something the superior court judge urged him to do last week when he was seeking to lift the stay away order. the judge turned it down and the sheriff then called the ruling quote disproportionately cruel. it will be interesting to see how things play out today. since they arrested mirkarimi he has not been able to contact his wife or two-year-old child. the sheriff is fighting three misdemeanor charges, nest violence battery, child endangerment, and persuading a witness. he grabbed his wife hard enough to bruise her arm. he will appear at 9:00 this morning february 22nd is the pretrial hearing. real trial will begin two days later. coming up we'll tell you what we have learned from a former prosecutor about his chances of winning his trial. live from san francisco i'm ta

tara for cbs news. the white house. >> president obama took some time today to praise congress for extending the payroll tax cut. he called on congress to keep its focus on those americans struggling in this economy. >> in the coming months, a will the of phoney political debates focusing on the next election. i hope we spend time focusing on middle class americans and those who are struggling to get into the middle class. we have more work to do. let's do it. >> part of that payroll tax will hit federal workers in the wallet. the plan is for new government workers to contribute about 3% of their salaries toward their retirement. other federal workers contribute only about 1%. and that will help to pay for extending unemployment benefits. and some republicans are talking about freezing federal workers pay until 2014. the critics say another freeze would mean federal workers will have contributed $60 billion to reducing government costs. >>> virginia governor, bob mcdonald says he will sign a bill that w

, tara? >> reporter: good morning. roz actually lives in a group here here in south san francisco and the room they are concerned about him is because he is disabled. he was last seen at 11:30 in the morning where he attend classes. he is originally from san mateo. he is 4-foot 10300 pounds and carrying a -- 4-foot 10 inches and 300 pounds. anybody with information is asked to call the san st. patrick's cathedral police department. live in south san francisco. >>> very disturbing video, it is a riot in downtown oakland. now on this video, you can see occupied protesters burning flags outside the steps of city hall and you will see them break into instead of city hall. >> people are breaking out windows and our jobs are to respond to those. >> i was arrested saturday evening and i saw many instances of cruelty from many robot particular type monsterred people. >> they say they plan to how the county of alameda. >>> they will decide and a federal judge declared same sex marriage banyans constit

safe. >>> it is a gentler curve than before and the next closures will not be before the weekend, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> bart provided overnight service and they are still doing so and just about 287,000 riders took part making it is 5th highest for a saturday. it will still be open. >> soul you will get some of the karat for opening the board of the. >> it is good news, and we are paying attention and we have that in both directions and southbound 101 on the capital expressway, traffic is light but imagine eye vehicles will be there for a bit, it is a pretty serious crash as we have been letting you know and it may have been caused by the rain because the first reports we heard, somebody slipped off the off ramp at the capital expressway. let's may have a long that traffic is moving along nice through no maim problems getting into the city. 5:06 let's go to steve. >>> some very light rain, not a lot, most of the system has gone by, kind of a mission mosh of clouds and we will end up with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies skies. so this system going through a

. >>> tara moriarty joins us live outside city hall to tell us what they are expected to focus on, tara? >> reporter: in about an hour or so we will be meeting with the mayor to find out exactly what his address will tackle. if you look at his speech from last year, you can see some of the things he touched on job creation, the city's budget deficit and the need to cut fire and police pensions so a number of those issues will resurface. you know san jose is the 10th largest city in the u.s. and retirement costs are expected to rise and the city says over the next three years those costs could reach 300 to $400 million and they made it clear, pension reforms are needed to stave off disaster. he called the budget public enemy number one and we'll see where they stand financially. is it better off or worse off now, i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> mayor jean quan tried to focus on the positive when she delivered her state of the union address. >> oakland is a city that faces crisis and comes back stronger... >> now mayor jean quan praised the creation of 5,000 jobs last year boo

i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >> you can read more about today's court ruling for yourself. we have posted a link on ktvu.com. go to our website and click on web links. >>> washington state is one step closer to legalizing same- sex marriage. coming up in ten minutes, where the legislation heads next and its chances of becoming law. >>> according to law, new jobless numbers out today are signaling a steady improving job market. 367,000 people filed for first- time benefits. that's down 12,000 the week before and the third straight week the number of people filing has dropped. tomorrow, the government will announce new unemployment numbers for january. economists exception the -- expect the report to show that employers added -- added 155,000 jobs. >>> uc berkeley police are stepping up patrols following attempted robberies and robberies on and near the campus. there have been nine this year. six of which occurred within within one about four blocks from the campus. police say most of the holdups happened in the late evening and mornings. a few occurred in the m

tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >> the obama team is raising money as well. the president is visiting florida. the first lady is in ohio and also kentucky. and vice president biden is rallying the democratic base in the northeast. >>> members of the u.s. senate are watching their mail for a potential threat. letters were sent to several lawmakers' district offices, including speaker of the house john boehner. investigators say the letters contained harmless powdery substances but letters sent to comedy show host stephen colbert and john stewart have messages that warned every senator would receive a letter that macon obtain.son. the threats brought back memories of the november 2001 incidents when anthrax was mailed to two senate office buildings. four people were killed. >>> coming up next, howard has the forecast and a friend to introduce to you. >> that's right. this is chika, our feature dog. it's so nice outside. going to be nice for a little while longer. look at these temperatures as we go to break. upper 50s in the shenandoah valley already. 63 here i

tara mergener has more. reporter: celebrities and dignitaries including president obama gathered inside a tent on the national mall to mark the start of construction on the smith sonnian's newest edition, the national museum of african- american history and culture. >> this is a milestone moment not only for the smithsonian, but for the united states. reporter: lonnie bunch is the museum's director. >> it really has been an opportunity to make sure that my ancestors and all our ancestors are remembered. reporter: the new museum is slated to open on the national mall in 2015, but it already has a staff raising money and collecting artifacts. smithsonian officials say they already have more than 15,000 items on hand that will be part of the african-american museum's collection. they're working to find more material on popular culture, music and military history. they're hoping this kickoff will also help jump start fundraising. congress pledged $250 million for the museum which will cover about half the cost o