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>> yes, sir, towing. >> can you open cars?r get out of the snow and got locked out of his own car. >> you think your handle got frozen and it just snapped. >> reporter: this winter freeze falling hard on some of chicago's most vulnerable. >> stay warm and stay safe, huh? >> i'm just going to lift this up, okay? >> reporter: at cook county hospital doctors are bracing for patients suffering from exposure. >> how are your feet feeling right now? are they better? >> yeah. >> not only are we experiencing problems with cold injury and direct impact to the skin, but everything tends to get worse. people have lack of access to their medicines. they can't get to their appointments. so their problems that they already had are going to be getting worse. >> reporter: miguel ganis, a homeless man, came in with swollen feet. >> i'm very worried it could be frostbite. >> reporter: it turns out miguel also has pneumonia. >> absolutely. this brutally cold weather attributed to his illnesses getting worse. >> reporter: but even safely inside h

he drove over the robber with a tow truck.olice determined he drove up onto the sidewalk and drag the man 100 feet. >> this goes to the state of mind of the defendant. was he in fear for his life. if he was, maybe his use of deadly physical force was dead -- was justified. if this was retribution he is in trouble. >> they brought in a legal reaction.rking a huge the majority of viewers believe he should not have been charged. one wrote he feared for his life. he took a photo -- to they felt -- one went all to say that he did as a favor and nobody else will be robbed by this guy. tothe prosecutor is going argue he cannot take the law into his hands. >> what is self defense? one said stoddard pursued him in his car and ran him down, that is murder. >> we have not heard from the family of the man who was killed. >> the maryland mother accused of leading a four-year old daughter alone in a car for eight hours is now i'd on bond. alycia brown is charged with second-degree child abuse after security guard found her daughter alone an

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. >>> a bicyclist was sent to the hospital after police say she crashed into a tow truck. it happened in san francisco south of market neighborhood just before 7:00. the 40-year-old was riding the wrong way down a new bike lane and was not wearing a helmet when she slammed into a tow truck. she was taken to the hospital with a possible broken bone. police say the tow truck driver is cooperating and the cyclist may be cited for riding on the wrong side of the road. >>> the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead has now breathing and feeding tubes her family wanted. the family's lawyer says jahi mcmath is doing better now that she is at a new facility. doctors inserted the gastric and tracheotomy tubes at the undisclosed facility where she was taken by ambulance on sunday. in a text, attorney christopher dolan told us that doctors are optimistic her condition has stabilized and that her health is improving from when she was taken from children's hospital. >>> there is a new pool monitor after students reported strange side effects caused by the water. berkeley says it has been

this time it was a woman on a bicycle and a tow truck. it appears she hit the tow truck on fulsome, as the truck went through a green light. >> they were in the bike lane by going the wrong way. >> reporter: the cyclist was conscious. she is expected to survive. but since new year's've, three people have died in collisions with cars. >> i try to be aware of my surroundings. >> reporter: a memorial for a 6-year-old is a somber reminder. a driver hit and killed the girl in a cross walk new year's eve. her 7th birthday was yesterday. her mother and brother are still recovering from injuries while facing the loss of the little girl. >> how many people have to die in the city before the politicians wake up? >> reporter: residents are looking to city hall for action. they just received a $3 million grant for signal improvements, and will spend $17 million over the next five years on pedestrian safety city wide. in the meantime, the mayor met with the police chief tonight. >> enforcement is going to be up significantly, both on pedestrians and v

police say the tow truck driver is cooperating. the bicyclist could be cited for riding on the wrong side of road. >> oakland police are asking for help finding a missing 28-year-old yahoo programmer, friends say the oakland resident has not been heard from since new year's eve and the friends think he celebrated the new year in san francisco. he is 5' 10" weighing up to 170 pounds with a number of tattoos. he is from new york and may have gone back to new york but his friends have not heard from him. >> protesters will greet 9 new chairman of the federal communications commission when he visited the bay area today. he supported allowing airline passengers to use cell phones in flight. groups like the california brain tumor association and stop smart meters believe wheeler is unfit to head 9fcc with a conflict of interest because of past job as lobbyist for cell phone carriers. three will speak in mountain you have this afternoon before headed to oakland in the evening. >> >> temperatures are moving back into positive territory in

. >>> a bicyclist was sent to the hospital after police say she crashed into a tow truck. it happened in san francisco south of market neighborhood just before 7:00. the 40-year-old was riding the wrong way down a new bike lane and was not wearing a helmet when she slammed into a tow truck. she was taken to the hospital with a possible broken bone. police say the tow truck driver is cooperating and the cyclist may be cited for riding on the wrong side of the road. >>> the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead has now breathing and feeding tubes her family wanted. the family's lawyer says jahi mcmath is doing better now that she is at a new facility. doctors inserted the gastric and tracheotomy tubes at the undisclosed facility where she was taken by ambulance on sunday. in a text, attorney christopher dolan told us that doctors are optimistic her condition has stabilized and that her health is improving from when she was taken from children's hospital. >>> there is a new pool monitor after students reported strange side effects caused by the water. berkeley says it has been

a few minutes after that the plane was being towed back to the hangar area.e damage to the plane that we could tell. joining us now for more on what happened, eric peterson is on the line the assistant director of the reid-hillview airport. sir, thank you for joining us this evening. did the plane overshoot the runway or somehow skid off the runway? >> the plane lost its brakes on the landing roll on the runway. without any brakes he had a hard time stopping. >> did the pilot radio that there was any kind of trouble? >> he was not aware that there was trouble until he was on the ground. >> and can you tell us about who was on the plane and who walked away from the accident? >> well, what i know is there were two people at the controls, both licensed pilots. and there re

. >>> a bicyclist was sent to the hospital after police say she crashed into a tow truck. just before 7:00. the 40-year-old was riding the wrong way down a new bike lane and was not wearing a helmet when she slammed into a tow truck. she was taken to the hospital with a possible broken bone. police say the tow truck driver is cooperating and the cyclist may be cited for riding on the wrong side of the road. >>> the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead has now breathing and feeding tubes her family wanted. the family's lawyer says jahi mcmath is doing better now that she is at a new facility. doctors inserted the gastric and tracheotomy tubes at the undisclosed facility where she was taken by ambulance on sunday. in a text, attorney christopher dolan told us thas doctors are optimistic her condition has stabilized and that her health is improving from when she was taken from children's hospital. >>> there is a new pool monitor after students reported strange side effects caused by the water. berkeley says it has says it han shifted from the school administration to the dist

in many cases, those cars have already been towed, so they have to figure out who towed the car, where is the vehicle, and in some cases, they'll have to pay or they'll have to -- if they've already paid, some local counties or municipalities are actually reimbursing the people who had to pay to have their cars removed from tow lots. >> wow. all right, victor blackwell reporting for us live this morning. thank you, victor. >>> still ongoing, even though the worst of the crisis may be over. i want you to look at an image from woodstock, georgia. take a look here. that is a car in a sinkhole covered in water. the reason it's there, the slippery roads. the car slid into a fire hydrant. >> the water kept flowing out from the hydrant. >> you got out of the car safely. >> yeah. >> how long before this happened? >> probably 30 minutes. >> did you see it happen? >> yeah. i was back there and all my school stuff was in it, and i was like, uh. >> virginia beach saw a lot of accidents, wracking up about 9 inches of snow in virginia beach. this car smashed into a house. the driver and three people

tow has been called. said please move that because it's a distraction. we saw yellow turn to orange. more heading to see the mavericks, big crowds expected and watch that t tow crew should arrive in the next half hour to clear that. we'll watch for updates but so far nobody on seen. moving to the south bay, northbound routes look pretty smooth. that's on the maps off of your main highways. 101 a live look at the orange section. slowing because of the volume. 680 to 880. 880 through oakland a smooth drive. company north of here through downtown, cash lanes are the ones to back. >> still ahead on "today in the bay." why fire crews have have truck water in to put out flames. >> a bear in the backyard. what southern california neighborhood he was roaming in and why animal control we're not going to try to capture him. >> a commuter nightmare. the traffic flich that clogged up grand central. >> looking at a live picture of the bay bridge. lots more when "today in the bay" continues. >> we're seeing a chilly start. a live view from san jose. 41 degrees right n

they are going to get towed. if they are not towed, i will put them in a humvee and send them out to the vehicles. >> this is a process that will continue for the next several hours again. they are showing up to this location. the south part of the city. the hope is they will get to the cars. >> thank you so much for the heads up there. did i mention that the governor's office is mere blocks away from us? did i mention that the world headquarters is located here in atlanta where i am sitting. they have been gracious enough to talk to us about us. martin savage is just throwing questions at the governor and asked them about the question we want an answer to. why are you not talking to that. the answer on the other side of the break. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. how much money do you think y

. >>> too close for comfort, a tow truck drivers brush with death is caught on video. >>> not just aig game that people will be watching, we'll preview some of those ads during sunday's super bowl. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> so a tow truck driver's close call on the freeway caught on tape. >> you can say close call again. look at this, stepped out of the way as another car hits a patch of black ice in mobile, alabama. missed that driver by inches. the truck driver was not hurt. the roads in alabama are still slippery and dangerous. drivers are asked to avoid the area all together. >>> closer to home, neighbors near rio del view had a plane that slide off of the run way and crashed through a fence, but nervous neighbors would like more protection. >> maybe not just a fence, maybe a cinder block wall. >> pilots are not so enthusiastic. just a few weeks two

atlanta area schools will be closed again tomorrow, in part because they're still towing buses back toes and cleaning facilities that were used as makeshift dormitories. tow trucks spent the day dealing with more than 2,000 private cars that were abandoned during the storm and the traffic jam that followed. now, in our keeping them honest reporting last night, we highlighted how public officials failed to take the action or issue the full throated warning that could have prevented a good deal of the misery. we also called attention to the finger pointed and excuses that followed because keeping them honest is about holding public servants accountable for bad public service. all too rarely, keeping them honest means calling attention to public servants who get it right by accepting responsibility. today, we recognize the georgia governor who today got it right after first getting it very wrong. he first said the storm was up expected when it was not. then he tried to suggest the forecasting was unclear. >> i did not mean to imply we didn't know something was coming. what i was referring

atlanta area schools will be closed again tomorrow, in part because they're still towing buses back toes and cleaning facilities that were used as makeshift dormitories. tow trucks spent the day dealing with more than 2,000 private cars that were abandoned during the storm. now, in our keeping them honest reporting last night, we highlighted how public officials failed to take the action or issue the full throated warning that could have prevented a good deal of the misery. keeping them honest is about holding public servants accountable. all too rarely, keeping them honest means calling attention to publicer is vents who get it right by accepting responsibility. today, georgia's governor first said it was unexpected. then he tried to suggest the forecasting was unclear. >> i did not mean to imply we didn't know something was coming. what i was referring to was, the national weather service had their modeling showing that the city of atlanta would not be the primary area where the storm would hit. which came out 12 full hours st, before it happened was plain to see. so today he was sin

we talked to some of the towing companies and they towed 700 of those cars. there are still many more out there on the atlanta roadways. for abc news in atlanta, ashley bridges. >>> new details are emerging on the massive data breech affecting tens of millions of target shoppers. the hackers gained access to about 40 million debit and credit card numbers using stolen credentials from a vendor. that's how they got in. they used the credentials to access the retail system. the information of another 70 million people was accessed. >>> a police officer's goodbye let tore his beloved k-9 partner is get august lot of attention. 9-year-old german shepherd dante had to be put down after being tying knowed with pulmonary hyper tension. he had a difficulty breathing and started having seizures. his handler didn't want dante's service to go unnoticed. he wrote a goodbye letter, a tribute to his partner on the way to the vet to put the dog down. he says it was his way of coping with the loss. >> he was a great dog. he was so intelligent. he loved to work. the dog loved

eastern time we understand that that is when private tow truck companies will come in and start towing cars. there is a potential that people will have to pay for their cars if the car's towed away, wolf. >> that would be not good. all right, george howell, thanks very much. thanks to the national guard of georgia as well for all the important work they're doing. >>> other stories we're following, on the road again. this is day two of president obama's road trip. he's promoting issues he outlined during the state of the union speech and stressing his promise to "go it alone" if congress doesn't act. the latest stop wisconsin at a ge plant in waukesha last hour. he told workers the right kind of job training is essential to the economy. >> vice president biden, a man who was raised on the value of hard work and is tenacious, is going to lead an across-the-board review of america's training programs. we've got a lot of programs, but not all of them are doing what they should be doing to get people filled for jobs that exist right now. and we've got to move away from what my labor secreta

tow truck driver's close call was caught on tape. look at this. another car hit a batch of black ice, lost control in mobile, alabama. frightening there. the car slammed into the corner of the tow truck. just missing that driver by inches. the truck driver wasn't hurt. the roadways throughout alabama still remain very slippery and dangerous. the governor there is asking drivers to completely avoid that road. >>> well, closer to home a close call as neighbors at san jose's reed hill airport calling for changes. yesterday a twin engine plane made a normal landing but the brakes may have failed, sending the plane skidding across the runway. the plane crashed into a safety zone near the homes on ocala avenue. neighbors say they want more protection. >> instead of a cyclone fence a cinder wall or something like that. >> pilots are not enthusiastic. two people on the plane were hurt, this crash is the third incident in araround the airport in four months. a couple weeks ago a couple of planes collided and then last october a plane landed safely on cap c

we talked to some of the towing companies and they towed 700 of those cars.e still many more out there on the atlanta roadways. for abc news in atlanta, ashley bridges. >>> new details are emerging on the massive data breech affecting tens of millions of target shoppers. the hackers gained access to about 40 million debit and credit card numbers using stolen credentials from a vendor. that's how they got in. they used the credentials to access the retail system. the information of another 70 million people was accessed. >>> a police officer's goodbye let tore his beloved k-9 partner is get august lot of attention. 9-year-old german shepherd dante had to be put down after being tying knowed with pulmonary hyper tension. he had a difficulty breathing and started having seizures. his handler didn't want dante's service to go unnoticed. he wrote a goodbye letter, a tribute to his partner on the way to the vet to put the dog down. he says it was his way of coping with the loss. >> he was a great dog. he wasnt. he loved to work. the dog loved to go to work every da

being towed by barry brothers towing. they volunteered to tow and put the camper in storage for safe keeping. but the real story is something that has been in the making for 4- decades.. kron 4's stanley roberts brings us this exclusive jam session reunion. music >>stanley:for the first time in 40 years you are listening to carlos santana and marcus malone jamming together at carlos santana's music studio in san rafael music it was one in a million chance meeting of marcus rummaging through piles of trash on 98th and pairmain what's yout name my name is marcus marcus malone i use at one time i use i was with the santana band the original santana blues band you were with the original santan blues band now you are out here picki8ng through all the trash now im homeless and on the streets becuse i got in some trouble to meeting with carlos santana just a few days later at 98th and maddux natural sound where marcus was living in this camper and cutting neighbors lawns to makes ends meet and now here they are in san rafael whe

other workers have towed the plane completely back into airport ground.in, this is on the reid- hillview airport in san jose. >> this comes on the heels of another incident at reid- hillview just a couple of weeks ago if my memory serves me correctly. the two planes in that incident were on the tarmac on the runway. they collided with each other. there were no injuries there. and there was no cause exactly for what happened except for miscommunication. this time, we are told two people actually walked away from this incident but again, no word on what caused it. >> we'll have the very latest on this incident coming up tonight at 6:00. you can see it's not affecting air traffic at reid-hillview. back with you in 30 minutes. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, resurrecting the south. the weather emergency begins to break as troops arrive to clear 2,000 abandoned cars. >> reporter: do you think they just weren't paying attention? >> i just don't think they took it se

an accident, also, in the vallejo area west 37th and a car in the ditch off the road waiting for a towill reporting significant delays system-wide and we are police activity on the t third line is give yourself extra time on muni. no other mass transit delays. new information just in on breaking news we brought you at 4:30 this morning, san jose is investigating the city's first homicide of 2014. >>> katie marzullo is on scene after talking with someone connected to the discovery. katie? >> >> kristen, i talked with the mother and young brother of the woman who found the victim. they say she was coming home from work about 1:30 this morning and she found the man shot on her driveway. she called police. inside the home she lives there with her sister, a boyfriend and they young children and her mother says she is here to collect the children but they are still inside and have fought been released yet because the investigation is still happening on their driveway and on the street. the woman's brother said before this the sister was looking to move because there are gang hotspots in the

last night trucks began towing the vehicles that created iconic images of the city's snarled interstate. while atlanta's mayor were defined on shows like "morning joe." now they're shoeuldering blame. the governor, nathan deal, had blamed the shifting forecast. e-mail shows that the governor's staff began raising questions on monday but they hadn't signaled the storm would cause trouble. >> i'm the governor. the buck stops with me. i accept the responsibility for it. i also accept the responsibility of being able to make corrective actions as they come into the future. >> i made a terrible error in judgment earlier on -- late on monday afternoon and early tuesday. and i further, as you've mentioned, made a -- some -- some inaccurate and regretful statements at the press conference yesterday. >> i would say that our preparation was not adequate and to that extent, yes, we did not have adequate preparation to encounter the storm as it came in the time frame in which it came. >> in the future you can rest assured when forecasts change -- >> now the justice department is seeking the death p

getting cold are, -- cold and only getting colder, but today you have options for staying warm head to tow. >> plus a checklist what to -- toe. >> plus a checklist what to do if the power goes out. >> good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. >>> let's get right over to first alert meteorologist erica grow with more on when we can expect temperatures to bottom out. >> we have two rounds of really cold air. the first one is already here you can see behind me the teens and 10-degree readings throughout the beltway and beyond. 10 degrees now in white oak and laurel, 11 degrees at andrews and bowie and germantown and reston. if we take a wide view, i can show you the next punch of cold air that will arrive still thousands of miles away up in canada where in meadow lake now it's negative 9, saskatchewan looking at negative 6 temperature. it's not too bad, relatively balmy in international falls at 10 degrees. the first punch of cold air is locked up here in new england, caribou, maine, negative 17 now. so that little punch of cold air will lift north and east as we head through the

they are still waiting for tow crews to arrive and electricians. in the meantime, westbound heading on to the bay bridge no delay at the toll plaza. all your other drive times also in the clear. there is a reported stall eastbound 580 through livermore. but it doesn't appear to be causing much of a delay. westbound in the commute direction everything is quiet. bart on time with more than 20 trains. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." michelle, frank, back to you guys. all right. elizabeth, thank you. it is 4:34. >>> a liquor store damaged when a bomb squad dead detonated. the explosion and fire damaged a nearby liquor store. the building is damaged and the blast knocked bottles off the shelves. >> well, just a big loud bang like when you hear like really loud fireworks or -- >> and you can hear all the car alarms went off in the neighborhood. >> police source telling kpix 5 a man who lived at the home recently died and his adult children found a box of explosives inside the garage. the area is considered a crime scene. fbi is part of the investigati

tow truck driver james rodgers. >> it's hard to maintain a car in this kind of weather. a lot of people are getting stuck. >> reporter: a driver waves us down. >> are you guys a towing company? >> reporter: locked out of his own car. here's what can happen in weather like this. this handle was frozen when he tried to open the door. it just broke. and that's not the only problem. in weather like this, motor oil thickens. engines can crack because of frozen coolant. windshields can shatter and tires lose pressure. the best thing you could do tonight is the easiest. stay off the road. >>> i'm alex perez in milwaukee. these polar portraits capturing the bitter cold. icy eyebrows. frosted eyeglasses. >> i'm wearing long underwear. i feel like i'm going skiing. but i'm not. i'm going to work. >> reporter: to get a true sense of the arctic blast, one need only to let a little of the outside in. on the streets, the bitter cold is dangerous. >> they could eventually die out here. >> reporter: we road along with the milwaukee police officers, patrolling the streets and finding peo

and now that tow truck is blocking the right lane. now there is a delay getting into the right bore of the caldecott. let's go to live pictures now. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. about a 15 minute delay. san jose so far has been pretty good. there was an earlier accident on northbound 87 that has been cleared. traffic in the south bay is doing well so far. 6:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> happening now a section of san francisco sunset district still blocked off this morning after a suspicious device was blown up. the explosion shook the neighborhood and damaged a nearby convenient store. tara moriarty is live for us at the scene with what neighbors saw and heard. tara. >> reporter: police just allowed us to move to gain a better advantage point here. you can see behind me the house where the suspicious device was. when they blew it up, it just took chunks of the stucco right off the front. and then you can see the trajectory of the glass all the way across the street. we understand the car had its window blown out

. >>> a bicyclist was hospitalized after colliding with a tow truck in san francisco at folsom and 7th streets just after 5:00 yesterday afternoon. that mangled bike lying in the street there, you saw it. witnesses tell police the 40- year-old woman was riding the wrong way down the street when she hit the tow truck. she suffered a possible concussion and a broken bone. >>> parents at sherman elementary school in san francisco have launched a fundraising drive for the family of a little girl hit and killed on new year's eve. 6-year-old sophia liu was a first grader at sherman. she was in a crosswalk at polk and ellis streets when her mother and brother went -- when a driver rounded the corner and hit them. she was with her mother and brother. the fundraiser raised $25,000 for funeral, burial and medical expenses. >> we know they have mounting medical costs and personal costs because both parents are unemployed so we are trying to help them with their immediate needs. >> uber driver syed muzzafar is charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. police say he failed to yield

a bicyclist hit by a tow truck at folsom and 7th street just after 5:00 p.m..gled bicycle was lying in the street. witness tell police the 40-year-old woman was riding the wrong way down the street when she hit the tow truck. she may have suffered a concussion and a broken bone. >>> a new year's mystery. sharon chin tonight on the yahoo employee who disappeared without a chase. >> yeah. friends say they last saw him in san francisco. he was there on new year's day ringing in the new year with fireworks along the waterfront and then he just seemed to vanish. at his new year's eve party in san francisco, dustin diaz took these photos of 28-year-old friend. they walked to watch the mid nielth fireworks on the embarcadero. he snapped a photo and posted it on instagram before leaving in an uber car. he was happy. there was no hint of the emotional issues a private investigator said he had. >> we were having like an awesome time. we were laughing. a lot of the photos are of him just laughing. >> he had a past history of unstableness, and it had to do with emotional,

we talked to some of the towing companies and they towed 700 of those cars.here are still many more out there on the atlanta roadways. for abc news in atlanta, ashley bridges. >>> new details are emerging on the massive data breech affecting tens of millions of target shoppers. the hackers gained access to about 40 million debit and credit card numbers using stolen credentials from a vendor. that's how they got in. they used the credentials to access the retail system. the information of another 70 g offn people was accessed. let g off let tore his beloved k-9 partner is get august lot of attention. 9-year-old german shepherd dante had to be put down after being tying knowed with pulmonary hyper tension. he had a difficulty breathing and started having seizures. his handler didn't want dante's service to go unnoticed. he wrote a goodbye letter, a tribute to his partner on the way to the vet to put the dog down. he says it was his way of coping with the loss. >> he was a great dog. he was so intelligent. he loved to work. the dog loved to go to work every day.

-- into a tow truck. the driver is cooperating. the bicyclist could be cited for riding on wrong side of the road. >>> oak police are asking for help in finding a missing 28-year-old yahoo programmer. luke arduini has not been heard from since new year's eve. friends thing he celebrated the new year in san francisco. he is 5' 10" and weighs up to 170 with a number of tattoos. luke arduini is originally from mock and he may have gone back but they concerned because they have not heard from him. >> protests plan to greet the new chairman of the federal communications when he visits the bay area. tom wheeler grabbed headlines when he supported allowing airline passengers to use cell phones in flight. groups like the california brain tumor association and stop smart meters believe wheeler is unfit to head the commission with a conflict of interest because of a past job as a lobbyist for cell phone carriers. he will speak this afternoon this mountain view before headed to oakland in the evening. >> >> millions

all you need to do is call 1-800-400-4aaa and tell the operator i need a tipsy tow.driver will take the driver and the car home and you don't have to be a aaa member for this service. >> that is very nice of the company. very generous. >> and, jeff -- >> yes? >> what do we expect tonight? >> a lot of pressure. >> i'm not feeling it at all. >> it's so easy for you. too easy. >> i like this. all right. mainly clear skies across the south bay. we have the haze and also the poor air quality. we'll talk more about that. most importantly, what you can expect as we ring in 2014 in just a few minutes. >>> happy new year, everyone. the warriors go for a season high six consecutive wins. the sharks taking on the ducks in socal. first, i straighten up my hat and talk about two california kids who made it big. all the way to the nfl. we'll preview colin kaepernick and aaron rodgers. the playoff showdown. next in sports. >>> we have breaking news right now. former first lady barbara bush is in the hospital. the office of george h.w. bush issued is a statement saying she was admit

he pleaded guilt tow 30 counts.sts are going to school on the do you means leaked by edward snowden. it is time for the former contractors to stop releasing all this information before something terrible happens. he claims he won and his mission is accomplished. i call on him and accomplices to facilitate the remaining documents that have not been exposed to prevent more damage to u.s. security. >> the director of the defense agency said snowden's leaks have caused and i'm quoting, grave damage to u.s. national security and could cost american lives in the future. former miami dolphins player jonathan martin felt trapped by the bullying. martin now speaking for the first time since leaving the dolphins after he accused him of harassing him. he was what was what martin said. >> i am a grown man. i have been in locker rooms. one instance doesn't bother me. i wish i had more tools to solve the situation. i felt trapped and i didn't have a way to make it right. it kaiment to a point where i thought it was best to remove

the driver of a chevy truck ran a red light hit the tow truck sending it through the window.ting room injured one critically both drivers did have minor injuries, as well. >>> 5:44. let's check the roads with liza. >> we have minor bart delays being reported now leaving oakland into san francisco. just a residual delay because of earlier problems, five to 10 minutes late heading into san francisco. no problems for our ferries or ace. as we check on the bay bridge commute getting into san francisco, by way of the bay bridge, not a problem. wide open at the pay gates. silicon valley also checking in with the thumbs up no problems to report to you for that southbound commute leaving fremont for milpitas along 880 and the san mateo bridge now both this and the dumbarton bridge good option for the drive out of the east bay towards the peninsula. that's a look at your "kcbs traffic." now to lawrence. >>> a lot of clouds around the bay area this morning. quiet so far but changing the next couple of days. most of the moisture to the north. we could see sprinkles in the north. hi-def

the tow truck has taken two of the three cars away.re live, those are the railroad trucks where the car went airborne. it landed near the silver car just to give you some perspective. this crash spans an entire football field. we've discovered that the owners of the mustang is out of the country. he left his car here at his friend's house so it would be safe while he was gone but sadly, that did not turn out to be the case. live in hayward, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> it's 8:46. the new year's celebrations overnight were just spectacular. pam cook joins us in the studio to show us some of the amazing video from some of the big parties, including one that broke a world record. pam? >> it's amazing. according to the guinness book of world records, dubai had the largest fireworks display ever. ♪ >> the city of dubai set a world record by setting off roughly 400,000 fireworks to ring in the new year. that's more than five times as many as the previous record holder. the record-breaking display lit up th

of the tow truck operators.fled when they saw the gunman come. when the gunmen came out, the terrified family locked themselves in the vehicle, to no effect. at least six shots were fired through the vehicle, hitting spear in the head, killing also her ex-husband. she's lived in florida for several years. she was robbed six different times in venezuela, so she moved her for security reasons. she was back there on holiday. and her family here, especially her father, devastated by the news when they heard it on television. >> she was a very sweet girl. she was very, very smart. and as a mother, she cares a lot about her daughter, which is now alone. >> just the details about this crime show how desperate and brutal it was. one of the suspects, age 15, one age 16, gunning down a mother and father in front of their 5-year-old child, and all for a 12-year-old toyota corolla, shepard. >> wow. what is the danger level over there these days, steve? >> shepard, when you get in a car, it's pretty common for the driver to

people of hell even had to call a tow truck to get the plow out of the heap of snow. over. pigs may be flying outside. >> and what does it take to get some rain around the bay area? >> if that doesn't do it, what does? >> i don't know. >>> we have another cold front headed our way now moving through. a lot of clouds in the skies but you know what? boy, just can't squeeze out the raindrops. you can see most of that energy staying to the north. the system just kind of falling apart. it's running right over the top of the ridge of high pressure. that's the problem. our hi-def doppler radar is scanning the skies looking for rain. unfortunately, we haven't seen any just yet. we may see some drizzle, maybe a couple of light sprinkles this morning and that is it. out over the bay right now, we have cloudy skies all around the bay area. we have some dense fog showing up in some of the interior valleys down to a quarter mile visibility in the napa valley right now. then as we head toward the afternoon, the skies will begin to part. the temperatures going to be on the cool side

being towed by barry brothers towing. who volunteered. and put in storage for safe keeping. the real story is something that's been in the making for 40 years. kron4's stanley roberts brings us this exclusive music for the first time in 40 years you are listening to carlos santana and marcus malone jamming together at carlos santana's music studio in san rafael music it was one in a million chance meeting of marcus rummaging through piles of trash on 98th and pairmain what's yout name my name is marcus marcus malone i use at one time i use i was with the santana band the original santana blues band you were with the original santan blues band now you are out here picki8ng through all the trash now im homeless and on the streets becuse i got in some trouble later at 98th and maddux natural sound where marcus was living in this camper and cutting neighbors lawns to makes ends meet and now here they are in san rafael what they call it a magnificent?when we met marcus he >> : refferred to himself as marcus the magnificent malone and he back it up everywhere he played it was mesm

maybe it's nine or earlier, they will be towed correct? >> you got it, they are going to be towed. three to be honest with you, but they are making a pretty good effort, the national guards has been pushing people, pushing vehicles state might has been great today, and of coursely we saw the news. saids the his fault, but he also put blame on gima, which is the georgia emergency management agency. specifically charley english saying that he found out that the warnings came at about 3:30 in the morning but yet the governor didn't know until 9:00 a.m., and that was about six hours too late to let terrorist metro area figure out what to do. a lot of balls being dropped here. here is what he said earlier. >> i know your questions have been have i been satisfied with the response that was made. and my answer is an unegiveble no, we did not respond fast enough, we did not response in the magnitude at an earlier enough time. to be able so void these. we can make excuses for the fact that this happened in the middle of the day, that did of course complicate the situation. but never the les

aaa tow truck will be giving you a free tow home up to 10 miles. anyone can call. you don't necessarily have to be a aaa member. >>> crews continue to make progress on that e bart extension on antioch. the parking lot is almost complete and the maintenance facility is about 60% finished. the 10-mile extension from the pitsburg area is set for 2014. >>> traffic is moving once again in the north bay after high tied flooding shut down a portion of highway 101 today. it happened at the usual spot. the northbound highway one off ramp near mill valley. the area is prone to flooding during the raining season it's not the rain but king tied which bring in the bay waters up higher than usual. the ramp was reopened around 1:30. >>> we saw david stevenson live in san francisco. it is going to be packed tonight in everyone wants to hear what our meteorologist rosemary has to stay. >> we shouldn't have any trouble with the fog. it's going to be another chilly one. bring along your thicker jackets. temperatures will be falling off into the 40s. giving you a look at storm tracker

>> a little bit rough there they cleared an accident off the shoulder but still flashing lights and towws so the delays are still there and in fact with just flew over it and the delays begin there. also westbound 580 stacked up quickly after an earlier stall approaching flynn and traffic is still heavy out of tracy and continuing to santa rita road and also these delays begin there around redwood and castro wide and there the metering lights are turned on so you are backed up there. also a quick check of mass transit and everything is untouched. back to lawrence. >> all right, thank you elizabeth, we have this report from roberta. >> yes, we are here in the hills of oakland where it is currently 53 but the winds have been ramping up, currently at 16 miles an hour, i just got off the phone with the weather service which tells me later on they will be expanding their fire weather watch. at this point we do have a fire weather watch in the north mountains because that is where we are expecting gusty wind with very little humidity is concerned. now we are looking at the hills and of course

this tow truck driver narrowly escaped before being hit as this truck careened into his truck.here were about 2,000 abandoned cars, but it is zens went to try to the give some aid. >> the tow trucks have been working through the night. >> reporter: and the government officials are responding to the criticism of citizens to the untimely response to the impending weather. jordan says that the city of atlanta was not prepared. >> the difference is that in ohio, they are ready for that and put the salt out. and got on the roads and no salt and pure ice. >> i think that we did not respond fast enough. >> reporter: and georgia's governor says that he will take action sooner in the future, and he has asked for an internal review of all of the agencies involve involved. >> we will be compiling a new plan of acti for similar events in the future. >> reporter: as the ice melts throughout the south, the political firestorm is heating up. nbc news. >>> and well, car washes in our area are doing a brisk business these days and all of the salt and the brian put down in those crews, and they

the remaining cars were towed. they can expect a normal commute during rush hour.y metro atlantic schools though remain closed. >> time for the first degree weather update from maria molina. >> a good portion of the country finally waking up to a little bit warmer temperatures today. right maria? >> that's right. we will be seeing that warm-up continuing into the weekend along the east coast. you will be enjoying temperatures well above average for this time of year. it is still a little chilly out there in places like atlanta with current windchill of 25 degrees. teens in raleigh, north carolina. much colder across portions of the midwest. inminneapolis one of the coldest spots. windchill minus 21 degrees. you have to bundle up as you head outdoors. highs are only going to make it into the single digits in minneapolis. atlanta and raleigh you will make it above freezeing into the 50's. that should allow the ice and snow to melt across many of the regions in the southeast. otherwise we have winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings in it effect across col

two tow trucks arrived that's when the robbers showed up.ar's husband was also killed and her daughter was shot. >> her father and mother were killed. >> right in front of their little 5-year-old. 5 suspects were detained. not clear if any tow truck drivers were called. she was crowned miss venezuela in 2004. she was a well-known soap star on telemundo. >> one person is dead three others injured after a large avalanche took place at vail counsel t -- vale mountain in colorado. authorities warned there was a considerable avalanche threat in the area. he is the 5th in the rocky mountain region in the past two weeks. >> the nation's largest bank is settling the madoff tab with a steep penalty. >> jp morgan will pay to settle several charges. the bank turned a blind eye missed obvious warning signs that madoff was a ponzi scheme. it paid out more than 16 million in fines last year. 350 million to settle similar charges and more than half a billion dollars to settle other claims brought by madoff's victims. this sum by the way equals about two we

after an hour it was finally towed back to the terminal. >> so much for a smooth get away.fornia busting three men for grand theft of diesel fuel. they spotted the van. it was parked over an under ground fuel storage tank at a gas station and it became suspicious. then deputies saw a hand come out of the center floor board of the van pull out a hose and cover the lid. they busted them saw 275 gallons of stolen fuel in the van. >>> a colorado driver facing charges for driving while high and hitting a state patrol car. the 23-year-old man smashed into their car. luckily no troopers have been hurt. it is the 5th time in less than a month a colorado state patrol car has been hit. >> the only explanation is stupidity at this point. we cannot have stupid drivers crashing into our patrol cars. >> troopers say they respect the state's new marijuana laws but it does not give any one the right to drive stoned. >> former defense secretary robert gates speaking publically for the first time about the claims made in the memoir. he criticized president obama saying he lacked passion and

they called the tow truck. the tow truck, get the plow out. >> okay. that was hell.ere's robben. >> reporter: the 2020 world cup will be held qatar. they expect it to kick off in november. fifa are surprised by the timing of these remarks. the pro effect of qatar 2022 being a world cup, yet fifa said there will be a consultation with stake holders before confirmation of a winter world cup. the president sprung a surprise when he said on a radio station said the world cup will be played in november. >> if you play before the 15th of november and end of december, that's when the weather is most favorable. that's perfect for football. >> reporter: fifa realizes the opportunity to play a winter world cup is small. it can't clash with the winter olympics. european football leagues will be effected but they need to try to limit disruption. while there has been expressed surprise, and that the final decision is made by the executive committee fifa officially stated that the exact dates are still to be determined. no decision will be taken before the 2014 world cup. >>> qata