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7 00. Were following several major new developments in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. What we learned this morning about the black box and the people on the passenger list. Reporter a Birthday Celebration turns deadly on a highway in the south bay this morning. Well tell you why the chp says this accident was preventable. A community in mourning after that deadly shootout in stockton that followed a bank robbery. What were learning about the hostage who was killed and the family she leaves behind. Time has run out for san jose pot clubs. How supporters are responding to the tough new restrictions that take effect today. Mornings on 2 starts now. You are looking live at highway 101 in sunnyvale, the scene of a deadly car crash. The offramp reopened just 20 minutes ago. Four people were hurt and one person was killed. Ktvus janine de la vega has been on the scene since 4 30 this morning. Coming up in two minutes, she will tell us what were learning about the driver and also the victim. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Good morning, tc. Good morning, dave. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic and steve has a lot to tell you. I do. We do have a lot of fog here and some drizzle by the coast. Parts of san mateo coast, i know up to pacifica and half moon bay. The Sierra Nevada, the big story here today. It was yesterday. If you are not up there, its not a big story. But if you are heading up there, it will be. Flash flood watches are out. Things are quiet now. Everything collapses when you lose the afternoon heating. They will pick up later this afternoon. That Flash Flood Watch goes out until 9 00 tomorrow. Plenty of low clouds even though water temperatures have warmed up 57, 16. The fog has no problem forming. 50s, 60s. Thats one of the reasons the lows are running lower. For most temperatures are on the cool to mild side. But still a lot of 60s here. Typical july pattern. Coast, drizzle here. Fog, sun, briz. 70s, 80s inland. 60s 70s, coast and bay. Heres sal. Were still looking at a commute thats pretty good especially compared to the other days this week as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. There is a backup here and those middle fast track lanes. Its only a 10, 15minute drive across the entire bridge. Traffic is very good on some of the approaches. 880 looks good. Now, this commute usually doesnt slow down until 8 00 but on fridays, we might have a lighterthanusual commute. Lets take a look at livermore. Westbound 580, we have a little bit of slow traffic in livermore. I do mention that southbound 880, i want to take a look at this, southbound 880 as you drive to fremont, there is slow traffic because of an earlier accident in the corridor near stevenson. Unfortunately, weve not been able to get rid of all of the traffic. It slows from tennyson to the main part of fremont. Topping our news, a Birthday Celebration turned into a highway tragedy in sunnyvale this morning. One person was killed. Four others were hurt in a crash on highway 101 near the lawrence expressway. The offramp just reopened 20 minutes ago. Ktvus janine de la vega joins us from the crash scene with what shes learned from investigators. Reporter well, all morning, sal, the chp had been telling us that the male driver in this accident was the husband of the female passenger that was killed in this accident. But now they are saying the story is changing and that they are seeing chatter on facebook that they were not husband and wife, that everything in the car was related and so they cant confirm it was the husband and wife the husband that was responsible for causing this accident that killed his wife. We do know, though, that the chp is telling us that the driver had been drinking. When chp officers arrived, they found this honda accord overturned in a ditch near the lawrence expressway offramp from northbound 101. Authorities say the male driver of the honda was speeding and lost control while turning on the offramp and flip it over flipped it over. Four passengers were inside. One woman was partially ejected. The emergency crews rushed to the scene. Her injuries were so severe she died. The driver and remaining three passengers are at the hospital. They have moderate to major injuries. They are expected to survive. Authorities say noun of them were wearing seat belts and appeared to have been intoxicated. I wish i could say that this is my first time having this happen. However, unfortunately, it happens all of the time. People have to slow down, put their seat belt on and dont drink and drive. Reporter the chp says after interviewing the people in the vehicle, they told the officers that they had been celebrating the 23rd birthday of the surviving female passenger. The woman who died is the registered owner of the car. We were told by the chp that she as well as the male driver were from san jose. The male driver has been arrested for dui and vehicular manslaughter. Their identities have not been released. They are trying to sort out, who they are, what the relationship was between them. But very horrific and tragic accident that happened this morning. Reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Now to our continuing coverage of the Malaysian Airline blown out of the sky. Cnn quotes an official who says that it appears that russian separatists shot down the aircraft from inside Eastern Ukraine because many passengers came from europe, asia and north america, the United Nations is holding an emergency meeting in new york right now in hopes of easing international anger. The plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. It went down in Eastern Ukraine just about 30 miles from the russian boarder. Prorussian separatists and Ukrainian Forces have been fighting over the area for the past three months. But this morning, russian president , Vladimir Putin, asked both sides to lay down their weapons and negotiate a peaceful end. Right now fighting apparently continues near the crash site. Also a spokeswoman for ukraines Emergency Services says rebel militiamen are interfering with the recovery operation at the crash site. Alex savidge has been monitoring the story from the newsroom and has an update. Good morning to you, tori. Airline officials this morning did release a more detailed breakdown of who was on board that plane that went down in ukraine. So far, no american passengers have been identified. Still, we do understand u. S. Officials will play a role in this complex investigation. This morning a number of news outlets report that ukrainian rebels will allow the ntsb and the fbi into that country to examine the crash site and they will work in an advisory role. This is video from the debris area this morning. Now, tracking data from spy satellites and rayar show the jetliner was hit by a missile while flying at 33,000 feet in the air. Officials say theyve recovered 181 bodies so far but there are still more than 100 people unaccounted for. Malaysia airlines has faced some tough questions about the decision to fly over ukraine, much of which is controlled by prorussian separatists. Recently, airlines have chosen to fly around the troubled airspace. But this morning an airline official pointed out this flight path had been approved by the International Civil aviation organization. Other airlines would fly through. [inaudible ] this is a tragic incident. It could have happened to any of us. There were a total of 298 people on board that flight. Malaysia Airlines Says 173 of them were dutch. Mourners have created a shrine outside of the Dutch Embassy in kiev. Other passengers on board came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, Southeast Asia and the united kingdom. This was the scene in kuala lumpur as relatives of some of those on bord arrived at the airport there, many in tears. A short time ago a representative from Malaysia Airlines said the company will be giving the families of each passenger an additional 5,000 payment to help them during this difficult time. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. The downing of this plane is deeplys affecting the a. I. D. S. Research community in the bay area and across the world. Many of the passengers were headed to this weekends international a. I. D. S. Conference in melbourne, australia. One of the speakers of the event, former president bill clinton who personally knew some of those researchers on flight 17. Its awful. I mean, the those people are they are in a way martyrs to the cause that were going to australia to talk about. 14,000 people are expected at the a. I. D. S. Conference. It will go ahead as planned to honor the victims memories. A special notice from the faa has been issued banning all american air carriers from flying into eastern ukrainian airspace until further notice. Overseas travelers are understandably nervous about this latest disaster, wondering if theres danger where they will be flying. We talked to a woman at sfo who is traveling to the former yugoslavia. This is making me more nervous. I stop. We land in munich. Now, the aviation expert says the russian Ukrainian Border is so unstable, that back in april, u. S. Carriers were told not to fly within 200 miles of where that flight has was shot down yesterday. That ban has been expanded to include all of Eastern Ukraine. Now, the white house has Just Announced that president obama will talk about the Malaysia Airlines situation in a half hour from right now. We will, of course, va that story for you and other developments on mornings on 2 and theres also information at ktvu. Com. You can see more video and photos of the scene. Its amazing. The debris field ten miles wide and not secure at this point. A big story well continue to follow. Also new information about a deadly officerinvolved shooting in Alameda County. Coming up in 20 minutes, what Sheriff Deputies say happened moments before the gunfire. A grand jury indictment targeting fedex. Find out about the bay area connection. Were looking at the roads and so far weve been looking pretty good even here where traffic is usually slow at this time. The traffic looks good for your drive time to the peninsula. Well tell you all about this and the rest of the commute coming up. A lot of low clouds around and also many reports of drizzle, sausalito, pacifica to half moon bay. But up in the sierra, things could really light up. Well take a closer look at that and have the watches already posted. Bulldog oooh bulldog mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is on now. Mattress discounters time is 7 15. Were following developing news from San Francisco where a man was arrested in connection with an earlymorning fire. Just about an hour ago, our cameras caught the man being led away from the home on may flower street in Bernal Heights in handcuffs. The fire began just before 4 00 a. M. When firefighters arrived, they found a suspected marijuana growing operation on the second floor of the home. They could see indications that there was possibly a grow operation going on. So, for instance you know, plant growing and lights and things like that. Fire crews say no one was hurt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Were learning more about the woman who was held hostage and later killed during Wednesdays Bank robbery in stockton. Family members and friends of 41yearold misty holtsingh say she was a devoted wife and mother. She had a 19yearold son and a 12yearold daughter. The familys really worried about the longterm effects on her daughter since she went with her mother to that bank. My understanding is she was reading in the car while her mother went in to get money for a haircut. And thats why she stopped at the bank. They are literally taking it not even one day at a time. Now, holtsinghs Facebook Page has become a memorial. She worked at a Dentists Office. She was married for 14 years. The police dont know if she was killed by the bank robbers or was accidentally shot by the Police Officers. 7 16 a man who used to live in daly city is back and facing new criminal charges after disappearing in 1993. Francisco ligasi was supposed to be sentenced for filing false tax returns 21 years ago but went to mexico. The irs couldnt find him until agents tracked him down in canada through his Facebook Page. Canada extradited him. Hes entered a guilty plea to the original tax charge and for failing to appear in court. He faces up to ten years in prison and a 1 million fine. Fedex is under indictment from a grand jury in San Francisco. Prosecutors say the shipping company has been transporting prescription drugs for illegal pharmacies. They say fedex has ignored warnings from several federal agencies for several years. The prosecutors add fedex stopped using the usual Business Practices to accommodate the illegal drop operations. Fedex denies the charges. 7 17. Sal is back. You are watching 280 and everything else. Good morning to you once again. Northbound 280, sometimes we look at this camera, we look at the picture from downtown san jose and we see nothing but stopandgo traffic. Thats northbound 28 on on the right. It looks great getting up to highway 17 continuing into the west valley. As we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic is moderately heavy as you drive through. As a matter of fact, you can see that traffic here, if you are coming from 880 people ask me whats the best way to get through . Its here. You wont have to wait through the traffic. Right now, public drags doing well. B. A. R. T. , caltrain and muni are without any delays. At 7 18. Lets go to steve. We have a lot ef a lot of low clouds in place. I mention michael polanski. He keeps the best records in San Francisco. 03 in San Francisco. Were 300 of normal for july. Dont laugh. This is the first month weve been bhov a long, long time. Maybe its a sign of things to come. Who knows . Kathy in sausalito,. 04. Theres a lot of low clouds and fog. The sierra, though, just absolutely incredible here. Not right now but in the afternoon, last couple of days things are just big time. Already thunderstorms will be developing later today. They tend to develop south of tahoe and move north. Thats what happened yesterday. I expect that to happen again yesterday. Theres a lot of moisture floating around. The Flash Flood Watch out until 9 00 tomorrow. 9 00 p. M. This is above 3,000 feet but includes parts of the central sierra also on the lee side towards reno, tahoe, truckee. Keep that in mind, bear valley, mammoth. Watch how this develops right there. This afternoon well see these develop, again, about 3 00, 5 00 is usually prime time. 6 00, 7 00, you lose the heating. They collapse. They will be there today and tomorrow. Look what happens here as we head to tropical clouds. There might be a little bit more of an increase in that on sunday. Water temperatures are up. 61 off monterey. Thats mild to warm. Usually you can find 49 to 52. Thats not the case. 50s and 60s on out temperatures right now. The fog will head back to the coast. The tropical moisture one source there. Theres another one, this low spinning in clouds. If these pop up, thats where they are coming from. Breezy to windy for some especially out to some of the higher elevations. 75 petaluma. Walnut creek, 79. Brentwood, oakley, 85. Alameda, 70 degrees. Oakland downtown, 73. San jose downtown 79. Fremont at 76. Thats the spirit. 60s on the coast. 60s in the ski and then low 70s in the city and then low 70s on the peninsula. Well go 80 in redwood city. Not much change saturday and then the higher clouds play into the forecast sunday into monday. Well see if we can keep the humidity down but maybe another round of that. This sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the first time man walked on the moon. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. That clsic line classic line is the voice of neil armstrong. He was soon followed by buzz aldron. You can see the historic footage exactly 45 years ago after it happened on nasa tv at 7 39 our time sunday night and a week from tomorrow, the uss hornet in alameda will celebrate apollo 11s splashdown. You kind of forget. History. Right here in the backyard. Played such a crucial role in that monumental event. Still ahead, theres news to tell you about. A lastminute attempt to save san jose pot clubs. Todays deadline and why people are kaferping out in front of camping out in front of city hall right now. It was like a mass exodus. People fleeing their homes as a wildfire in Washington State burns out of control but the flames are not the only problem. The huge accident caused by the smoke. A huge wildfire in Washington State has destroyed 35 homes and is threatening hundreds more. Its burning outside of North Central washington. The wildfire has grown to more than 7,000 acres and is forcing hundred of people to pack up and leave their homes. Mine is up there. Its under attack, too. I had to leash. Im just trying to get these kids out of here. Its really something. Even last night, i mean, its way worse now. But last night, it really looked like, you know, the calderon of hell. You could see flames everywhere you looked. This fire is one of more than a dozen burning in washington and oregon. The thousands of firefighters battling the huge flames are dealing with hot weather, strong winds and also lightning strikes. The main routes for washington remain closed this morning because of the heavy smoke from the fires. Police say that smoke played a big role in a multicar crash on interstate 90 near the city of vantage yesterday. More than a dozen people were hurt in the crash involving 15 cars and nine big rigs. 7 25. The Shasta County Sheriffs Department investigating the death of a person whose burned body was found near the origin of the bully fire. Investigators say it appears the victim died trying to escape the fire but they still dont know exactly how the person died. That death could mean extra charges filed against the man who started the fire. Investigators say he started the fire while driving to his illegal marijuana farm over dry grass and his trucks exhaust sparked the fire. The flames have burned 11,000 acres. Its 49 contained. 7 26. Struck twice by tragedy. Both times involving Malaysia Airlines. After the break, the story of a woman who lost relatives on both Malaysia Airlines air disasters. Reporter were live in redwood city where several First Responders have converged at a nearby college. Its only a drill, though. Well tell you about the importance of it taking place. We are astill looking at the slow traffic were still looking at some of the slow traffic. A little slow on 280 northbound. Well take a look at some of the busiest commutes in the east bay. A lot of low clouds an fog here. Also drizzle. Plenty of reports of that. Temperatures running below average. Thats up in the sierra, though. It will be another big show thunderstormwise. Well have that coming up. Ill have my usual ultimate cheeseburger. You can have that. Ortwo new versions of the ultimate cheeseburger. One has jalapenos and ranch, the other has Barbecue Sauce and grilled onions. I told you they were mind blowing. Yeah, citi mobile. Pay the dog sitter . And deposit that check . Citi mobile. Pack your bathing suit . Wearing it. Niiice bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. Preparing for a scenario everyone hopes will never happen. Were live in redwood city this morning where right now, Law Enforcement officers from all over the country are gearing up for a pretty intense day. You are seeing these live pictures right now. They are pramp iting in participating in whats called an active Shooter Drill thats getting underway as we speak. Brian flores is there. He will tell us why its so important for the public to be aware of this exercise. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, you are seeing some interesting stuff. A lot of drizzle here locally. No doubt about it. Sausalito, daly city,. 06. Even down to half moon bay, so some areas getting a lot of drizzle. Its 63 for many location, including sfo, oakland and livermore and concord. The Sierra Nevada is the big story here weatherwise, at least it will be later. Kelly at bridgeport, 7100 feet. She said the creeks through Walker Canyon are running very muddy at. 25 of rain. Things are beginning to pop up cloudwise. If you are up in the sierra, theres a Flash Flood Watch until 9 00 tomorrow. I think today will be a good show. Theres a lot of low clouds even though the water temperatures have coming up. This has nothing to do with el nino. 63 oakland. 63 livermore. Fog and low clouds will head back to the coast and hang out there. For you, fog, sun, breezy. A lot of drizzle. But overall, 60s, 70s and low to mid80s. Heres sal. Steve, good morning. Were still looking at a mostly bud commute with trouble good commute with trouble spots. The carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. The speeds are up. It looks pretty good from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 65 miles an hour. 18minute drive time. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, things have become lighter. Theres only a little bit of bunching up in the middle lanes. It looks good for the most part. If you are leaving oakland from 880 and continuing on to the toll plaza, thats really a good route to get there. There are no major problems on the bridge in either direction really. As we look at Contra Costa County, this is where we see some slow traffic. Were not seeing anything right now. 580 has a little bit of slow traffic westbound as you drive through the livermore valley. You are also gonna see some slow traffic on 880 southbound as you drive out of hayward an union city into fremont. Thats because of earlier problems. 7 32. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. We begin this halfhour of mornings on 2 with an update on all of the latest developments surrounding Malaysia Flight 17. Reporters and photographers took these new pictures from the debris site in Eastern Ukraine this morning. Cnn quotes a u. S. Defense official who says it appears that russian separatists shot down the aircraft and the 298 people on board. A rebel leader, though, is disputing earlier reports that separatists had recovered some black box recorders and sent them onto moscow. The rebel leader says no boxes have been found but the search for them continues. Meanwhile, there is a report that the ntsb and the fbi will send teams to ukraine to assist in the investigation. This is complicated because this is technically a war zone. The jet went down 30 miles from the russian border, an area thats seen intense fighting between russian separatists and Ukrainian Forces. There are reports that fighting continues right now not far from the crash site. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew members on flight 17. 189 were dutch. There 189 passengers were dutch. There are reports that 80 were children. Others came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zee lan, Southeast Asia and the new zealand, Southeast Asia and the u. K. Happening right now, the United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting about the Malaysia Flight shot down over Eastern Ukraine. A moment ago, they released a statement, they promised a full and thorough investigation and also they expressed their deep concern and condolences for the victims. And president obama is scheduled to make a statement from the white house in about an hour from right now. Ktvus kyla campbell, live in washington, d. C. With details from both the white house and the u. N. Meeting. Kyla . Reporter while were waiting for president obama to make that statement next hour, right now, we are watching live this u. N. Security council meeting, the emergency meeting right now. U. N. Ambassador miss powers to the United States, shell speaking well have to listen in and get that for you next hour. But they did say the cease fire called for quickly dissipated. Rapidly deteriorating crisis in ukraine that bears consequences far beyond the countrys borders. The ntsb and fbi say they are sending reps to Eastern Ukraine for the investigation. Russian president , Vladimir Putin, did not say who was to blame for shooting down the region but did blame ukraine for the unrest in the region. The militant said a call was intercepted. Kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. The latest Airline Tragedy in ukraine means double the heartache and suffering for a family in suffering. Here is a photo of kaylene mann. She lost her brother and sister inlaw in the disappearance of Malaysia Flight in march. And then she found out another Family Member was lost in that latest tragedy. The family is devastated. They are struggling to understand how they could be struck by such horrible tragedies. Despite what happened, they are not blaming, they say, Malaysia Airlines. Industry analysts suggest that malaysia may go bankrupt. This tragedy comes four months after the malaysia plane vanished on march 8th flying from kuala lumpur to beijing. Its bleached the aircraft believed the aircraft crashed into the indian ocean but despite extensive searches, the plane has not been recovered. Even before the ukrainian disaster, one anlift says Malaysia Airlines was losing 1. 6 million a day and he did not think the company could survive beyond one year. Well font to follow the developments on the incident throughout the morning and at ktvu. Com. You can see more video and photos of the crash scene. This morning, four people in Contra Costa County looking for a place to live. Firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that damaged two houses. It started yesterday evening at a home in baypoint. Within minutes, the fire spread to a neighboring house. That house where the fire started was destroyed. The home next door suffered moderate damage. Were learning more about a Domestic Violence call that ended in a deadly officer involved shooting in Alameda County. It happened on busy east 14th street near san leandro. Investigators say sheriffs deputies were forced to shoot and kill a man who was trying to run down an officer in his car. Just minutes earlier, officers say the same man was vish shusly vash shisly beating a woman in front of several horrified witnesses. He was smashing her head off the side of the car violently according to our witnesses. He was dragging her up and down the sidewalk and repeatedly beating her. Investigators say the woman suffered severe head injuries but is expected to survive. Ktvu news has learned the man killed was a 37 ymed parolee with a rap sheet for drug and weapons convictions. 7 38. The mother accused of attacking a young boy who she claimed was bullying her daughter say delays in the court case are ruining her life. The judge delayed the case at the request of the d. A. She will have to wait until late august to find out if she will face criminal charges. Sheriffs Officials Say she put her hands around the throat of a 12yearold boy at santa rosas olivet charter school. But her lawyer says witnesses claim she never urtouched the boy. All they need to do is call the witnesses that my own investigator did and this matter can be put to rest. Now, she was visibly upset after the court hearing. By the way, shes the mother of six children. 7 39. Happening now a major drill at a college on the peninsula with Law Enforcement officers from all over the country. Brian flores joins us live from redwood city to tell us about the important goal of this mornings drill. Reporter good morning. Very important drill in deed. Were live at la canada college. Several are here to converge on an active Shooter Drill that will be taking place at the college. Talk about with all of these recent events happening, the importance of this cannot be understated. This is training that we say we want to prepare for and have to never use. Ultimately, the focus of todays event is for Law Enforcement personnel, fire personnel, ems, county dispatch to come together near at the college today and basically mimic as real as we can a scenario that may one day we may be faced with to figure out the best way to handle a scenario of a person or persons intending violence on a college campus. Reporter as we were talking, one of the things you will be focusing on is putting in paramedic crumes earlier crews earlier. How do you do that . Getting people to think outside of the box, push them outside of their comfort zone. Law enforcement is familiar with handling things like this. Fire personnel, maybe not so much. Not all of them that the training. Today will be an opportunity for Law Enforcement to work with ems and fire personnel getting them safely in these senator joes and getting them scenarios and getting them to do what they need to do to get them safe and get Law Enforcement to consider both i fiing threats, help identifying threats, helping victims. Reporter and you want to make this as real as you can in terms of a drill. Talk about the volunteers and the people who are putting on makeup to make it look like its a real thing. Were using rounds similar to paint baum. It will hurt if you get hit. We have members with tactical training. They are acting as suspects. They are in there. We have Law Enforcement personnel working through the scenarios, locating these people, trying to find the victims trying to find the suspect and victims have been theyve had paint put on them very realistically to make it look like they are injured. So as close as reality as we can. Reporter the crews that go in there, they dont know the scenario that they are going into. Its been a reaction type atmosphere when you go inside the theater here at the college. If you are go nab in the area between now and gonna be in the area between now and 5 30, dont be alarmed. Its only a drill, but a very important drill at that. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, brian. A Birthday Celebration turns into a highway tragedy in sunnyvale early this morning. Coming up in 20 minutes, the three things the chp said played a major role in the crash. A change of heart. Whats behind changes in a limb foe fire on the bridge limo fire on the bridge. A lot of low clouds. A big fog bank. Theres been numerous reports of drizzle. Sausalito, measurable amounts, daly city, also up in the sierra. Could be another interesting day for thunderstorms. More on that and your weekend forecast coming up. 7 a. Happening today most medical marijuana dispensaries in san jose will have to shut down. Ktvus pam cook is in the newsroom with the reason for closures and the actions protesters are taking right now. Good morning, pam. New regulations go into effect in san jose today that some say basically amount to a ban on pot clubs. Want to take you out live to city hall in san jose this morning. You can see some supporters still out there pitching their tents. They have been camping out and protesting right in front of city hall all week and collecting signatures for ta petition for a petition. About 80 medical marijuana dispensaries in san jose received letters about the new rules. They are supposed to close their doors at 9 00 this morning. Some say the new rules are too strict and they are not going down without a fight. For the week weve been doing an occupy style protest while collecting signatures. The signatures are to stop the citys ordinance regarding pot clubs. Basically, the ordinance regulates location of the clubs and state the marijuana has to be grown on site. Mayor reid says the crackdown is necessary because the collectives need to comply with state law. He also said there were too many pot clubs in san jose. Were gonna continue to watch the story unfold this morning. Reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 7 47. This morning, the limo company at the center of that investigation into a deadly fire on the san mateo bridge, they are facing a much smaller fine than was originally issued. Last year five women died when they were trapped inside the limo after it burst into flames. The women were on their way to a wedding party. The California Public Utilities Commission originally fined the company, limb so stop, 20,000 limb so stop, 20,000 limo stop, 20,000. And the company appealed that. It was reduced 75 . The fine is not related to criminal charges. We want to check in with sal and see how things are moving on the freeway. We have a problem in the north bay. Northbound 101 at baker, we have a crash. This is unusual because normally northbound 101 this time of the morning we dont see a lot of slow traffic. You are gonna see traffic. If you drive through santa rosa try not to be surprised. As a matter of fact, the southbound direction is looking good. That commute hasnt been big this morning. We talked about the east shore and between hercules and richmond between the carquinez bridge and the maze only 19 minutes, average speeds still staying at about 60 miles an hour. As you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see thats completely lightened up with no major problems. I think you will like that westbound 580 as you drive through the livermore valley. Were looking at maps, also 880. As we look at the east bay maps traffic will be doing well. I think i went to the wrong thing. This is northbound 280 right through downtown san jose. That looks good. 7 48. Hello, steve. Hi, sal. Friday light. Its friday. Thats all you need to say. We have a lot of low clouds around. I think toirry tweeted tori tweeted. Im impressed with the fog bank. A lot of drizzle reports coming in. Folks picked up. 01. That gives us for july, 300 of normal for the year. Very good questions today, if you think el nino, no, its not here yet. It wouldnt be until october. I like what im seeing in july. I really do. Things are very active. Well see if this trend continues. Fog, sun, drizzle. Inner richmond, i know that and definitely daly city. More tropical clouds. It looks like more of it is on the way. Probably for Southern California and the sierra. Maybe not here. There is a lot of low clouds and fog. I mean the afternoon thunderstorms were crazy. Things you lose the heat, they collapse. They will pick up later on. Theres already a Flash Flood Watch. This will be a central northern sierra. They tend to start a little south and then work their way north towards tahoe and truckee but dont be surprised if hail the temperature can drop rapidly. It can go from warm to cold. Our observer kelly is up at bridgeport, said through Walker Canyon. The creek is running very muddy. You can watch the crowd and rain forecast there. After 6 00, they sent to fall apart. The low cloud deck is not going anywhere. But the high tropical clouds might start to increase. Theres another source of that coming in maybe sunday into monday. For us us, 60s on the temperatures, very, very mild temperatures. Oaks temperatures are warm. Upper 50s, low 60s. Monterey and sacramento at 61 in july. Theres crazy things going on here. The temperature, 60s, 70s. The. The tropical clouds there. Theres another low that might spin in some. Theres plenty going on. Today is the tweener day. Fog, is up, breezy. Temperatures fog, sun, breezy. Temperatures, 60s, 70s, 80s. Vacaville, 87. Vallejo, benicia, 74. Livermore, 81. Thats 5 below for in time of year for this time of year. 60s, 70s, 80s by the coast, in the city and on the peninsula. Not much of a change on saturday and then well keep an eye on the tropical clouds for sunday and monday. It looks like a legitimate Charity Fundraiser but the police say dont believe it. Coming up, the alleged scam taking advantage of well meaning people. A Security Threat at the white house. The reason secret service kept president obama on air force one longer than expected. Yeah, citi mobile. Pay the dog sitter . And deposit that check . Citi mobile. Pack your bathing suit . Wearing it. Niiice bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. People are bracing for typhoon rasmussen. The deadly typhoon forced a half Million People out of their homes and knocked out power to two entire provinces. Rammasun has sustained winds up to 112 miles an hour. Its expected to hit Southern China late tonight and then northern vietnam. New developments in the middle east violence. Israeli troops are now on the ground in gaza. The Israeli Military says this is destroying tunnels and rocket launches to stop the fire from gaza into israel. But the death toll among palestinians continues to climb including three children yesterday. These children are my children. Hamas closed the door to that opportunity. They closed the door to a cease fire. In so doing, theyve made a decision that they want conflict. Nearly 20 palestinians and one israeli soldier have been killed since the start of the Israeli Ground operation in gaza just last night. 7 55. Last night, president obama spent some extra time on air force one because of a Security Threat at the white house. The white house spokesman said the president was kept on air force one at Andrews Air Force base foremore than a halfhour after he landed because of a suspicious package discovered at the white house. Now, after that package was determined not to be a threat, the president left air force one. He was transported to the white house. Today is Nelson Mandella International Say of service. This was named an International Day of service by the United Nations in 2009. This is the first time the day has been observed since his death. The former president of south africa died last december. He was 94. The day was created him and to inspire others to carry on his work to make the world a better place. Families across the country will begin the traditional back toschool shopping. The National Retail federation says it looks like parents will have to dig deeper. The average family will spend just over 669 on supplies, clothing and electronics. The survey found families with High School Students will spend the most while those with elementary School Students will spend the least. Pretty expensive. Yes. 7 56. Were following several major new developments in the downing of Malaysia Flight 17. What we found out this morning about the passengers on that doomed flight. Reporter a Birthday Celebration turns deadly on a highway in the south bay. Were learning the identity of the driver and why the chp says this accident was preventible. Were looking at the golden gate bridge. The traffic looks good. A little bit wet, foggy. Otherwise its a nice commute. Well tell you about problems in the north bay. A lot of fog out there. Measurable amounts of drizzle. Sausalito, along parts of the coast. What was supposed to be a fun celebration has turned into tragedy. It happened in sunnyvale this morning. One person was killed. Several people were hurt. You can see the wreckage right there. Ktvus janine de la vega has been out there since 4 30 this morning. Mum in two minutes, janine coming up in two minutes, janine will tell us what the First Responders say particularly stood out to them as they tried to rescue the victims. Stay tuned for that. Friday morning, july 18th. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Quick look at weather and traffic. We got some fog but it will be warmer today. For some. Its kind of a push here. Inland temperatures have come down a little bit. Theyve settleled in the 70s and 80s. Theres a lot of document. Its really mild. Above average coast and bay. But near average to slightly below for the inland temperatures. Big thunderstorms yesterday. Things have calmed down right now but they will pick up later on. There was already a Flash Flood Watch out until saturday at 9 00 p. M. This includes car ston city, reno, tahoe, truckee, down to mammoth. Be advised. Things right there, you can see they are starting south. For us, theres a had the of low clouds and fog. Water temperatures actually kind of warm. But so are the temperatures here. Mid60s for many. All sorts of reports of drizzle this morning and its a good reason. Theres so much fog out there. Fog, sun, breezy. A typical july pattern even though the water temperatures have come up. And the lows are running lower than average. 70s, 80s inland. 60s, 70s by the coast and bay. Heres sal. We just got good news from the north bay. Northbound 101 at baker. All of the lanes have just reopened even though they were closed for quite some time. For almost all of the 7 00 hour theyve just cleared the lanes. Traffic is slow through santa rosa, especially in the northbound direction trying to get up to downtown and this is not usually the case. If you are listening to this and you normally see traffic thats clear through there. Just not the case right now. Clear traffic on the eastshore freeway if you are driving from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. That traffic looks good. It has been pretty steady at about 60 miles an hour. This mornings commute is going to be okay at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. You will see maybe about an eightminute delay, no major problems there. Lets take a look at 580 westbound through livermore. You can see that traffic is looking good. Things are definitely beginning to clear up for the morning drive. Its 8 01. Back to the desk. We begin with continue coverage of Malaysia Flight 17. A social news website is sighting internal Obama Administration emails that none of the 298 people on board the plane used an american passport to check in. People who live near the debris site in ukraine are describing horrific scenes of explosions and plane parents raining down on their village. Chunks of metal, pieces of luggage and debris are scattered over ten miles. And during a United Nations emergency meeting in new york, the american envoy said the missile that brought down the plane likely came from a separatist stronghold in east ukraine. Ktvus alex savidge has been following all of the developments in our newsroom. Alex, what have you learned . Good morning to you. Malaysia Airlines Representative did say that no american passengers have been identified so far as being on board that flight. Officials say theyve recovered 181 bodies thus far. Still more than 100 remain unaccounted for. The 298 people on board that flight, Malaysia Airlines says 173 of them were dutch. Mourners have created a shrine outside of the Dutch Embassy in kiev. Thats the scene there with flowers and candles. Other passengers on the flight came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, Southeast Asia and the united kingdom. And many of those passengers were headed to this weekends international a. I. D. S. Conference in melbourne, australia. The downing of this plane is deeply affecting the a. I. D. S. Research community here in the bay area and across the world. One of the speakers at that event is former president bill clinton who personally knew some of the researchers on board flight 17. They were doing so much good, thinking about those people being knocked out of the sky is pretty tough. Tracking data shows the jetliner was hit by a missile while flying at 33,000 feet in the air. Its unclear still exactly who fired that missile. And malaysia airplanes has been facing tough questions about the decision to fly over what is a war zone in ukraine, controlled by prorussian separatists. The faa had prohibited u. S. Flight operations over that area. But this morning, a Malaysia Airlines official pointed out this particular flight path had been approved by the International Civil aviation organization. Other airlines were flying through that area [inaudible] we view this as a tragic incident and it could have happened to any of us. Malaysia Airlines Says it will be giving the Family Members of each passenger an initial 5,000 payment to help them during this difficult time with their immediate needs right now after this crash. U. S. Officials will be playing a role, we understand, in this complex investigation. The number of news outlets report that ukrainian rebels will be allowing the ntsb and the fbi into the country to examine the crash site and those investigators will work in an advisory role. We also do understand that president obama is expected to discuss the downing of that jetliner. He will be speaking from the white house at 8 30. So coming up here in a half hour, well monitor what the president has to say and bring that to you later on mornings on 2. For now were live in the newsroom, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Alex, thank you. 8 05. A special notice from the faa has been issued banning all american air carriers from flying into eastern ukrainian airspace until further notice. Overseas travelers are understandably nervous about this latest aviation disaster, wondering if theres dangers in the areas they will be flying over. We talked to a woman at sfo who is traveling to the former yugoslavia. Im nervous flying regardless. But this makes me another nervous. Fortunately, i dont go that far. I we land in munich. Now, an ashation expert says its so unstable that u. S. Officials banned u. S. Carriers from traveling to that area. That ban has been expanded to include all of Eastern Ukraine. Well continue to follow all of the developments including president obamas upcoming speech this morning throughout the morning for you. On our channel 2 website, ktvu. Com, you can see more video and more photos of the scene. 8 06. New this morning, a Birthday Celebration turned into a highway tragedy in sunnyvale early this morning. One person was killed. Four others were hurt in a crash on highway 101 near the lawrence expressway. Janine de la vega is live with new information. Reporter tori, one minute everyone in the car was celebrating. The next, they are in the hospital. They are injured and their loved one is dead. The male driver is under arrest. The chp has identified him as 34yearold eduardo jaime, junior. Authorities say he had been drinking. When chp officers arrived, they found this honda accord overturned in the ditch near the lawrence expressway offramp from northbound 101. The five people in the car had been celebrating the 23rd birthday of one of the passengers. Authorities say jaime was speeding and lost control while turning on the offramp and flipped it over. One of the female passengers was partially ejected. Crews rushed to the scene. Her injuries were so severe, she died. The driver and the remaining three passengers are at the hospital with moderate injuries. Authorities say they could smell alcohol on their breath. This is a tricky offramp. I have taken it at high speeds. It does sneak up on you. We have crashes here all of the time. What was the main factor was that no one had their seat belts on. Reporter the chp says they originally thought the driver was the husband of the female passengers who died. But have learned that thats not true. A Spokesman Says the deceased womans spouse was a passenger in the car and there are others in the car that were related to one another. Jaime is at the hospital and is under arrest for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. Reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 08. Were following developing news from San Francisco. A man was arrested in connection with an Early Morning fire just about an hour ago. Our cameras captured the man being led away in handcuffs from a home on may flower street in bempal heights. The Bernal Heights. The fire started around 4 00 a. M. When the firefighters got there, they found a suspected marijuana grow operation on the second floor of the house. They could see indications that there was possibly a grow operation going on. So, for instance you know, pots plant growing, lights, things like that. Fire crews say no one was hurt. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. 8 09. Were learning more about the woman held hostage and later killed during Wednesdays Bank robbery in stockton. Friends and family of 41year old misty holtsingh say she was a devoted wife and mother. She had a 19yearold son and a 1yearold daughter. The family is 12yearold daughter. The family is worried about the longterm effects on her daughter since she went with her mom to the bank. My understanding is she was waiting in the car while her mother went in to get some money for a haircut. Thats why she stopped at the bank. They are literally taking it not even one day at a time. Holtsinghs Facebook Page has become a memorial with tributes to her. She worked at a Dentists Office and was married for 14 years. A team of investigators including Stockton Police officers now investigating that bank robbery. Police say three heavily armed men tried to rob the bank of the west. The lone surviving suspect is 19yearold jaime ramos. The two other suspects who were shot and killed were a 30year old and a 27yearold. Both belonged to a notorious gang. Police Radio Communications revealed the chaos during that robbery attempt. Shooting at us with a rifle. Were taking rounds. Were taking rounds. Just dropped a hostage on the ground. Police say the suspects shot 14 police cars, an armored vehicle, civilian cars, houses and other buildings. One of the questions investigators still want to answer is whether the bank robbers or the police shot and killed miss holtsingh. Law enforcement officers from all over the country are gathered in redwood city. Coming up in 20 minutes, the drill designed to push the officers out of their comfort zone. Also, controversy over a campaign to split up california into smaller states. Who is now claiming fraud over the Ballot Initiative. And this morning, we still have some slow traffic in many areas. But a lot of it has picked up, especially on the bridges. Westbound 92 looks good. Take a look at the bay bridge and also take a look at San Francisco traffic when we come back. Definitely a big fog bank out there. A lot of reports of drizzle locally. Temperatures cool to mild to warm for some but up in the sierra there will be what could be a wicked round of thunderstorms this entire weekend. More of that coming up. New this morning, another Mountain Lion sighting in the bay area. This time along the peninsula in millbrae. Sheriffs deputies say several people spotted the Mountain Lion on Richmond Drive about 10 30 last night. They think the Mountain Lion has left that residential area now and moved towards a more remote part of the San Mateo County hills. Well, opponents of a Ballot Initiative this calls for california to be broken up into six states, well, now they are claiming fraud. The goal of the initiative is to break up california into smaller states. Earlier this week, Silicon Valley venture capitalist tim draper dropped off petitions to the secretary of state hoping to get the measure on the 2016 ballot. But hospitals say some of the people who opponents say some of the people who signed this say they were misled about the true insent. Now they want the secretary of state to investigate. 8 15. Police and the boys and girls clubs of San Francisco are warning the public about a scam that seems to be growing in the city. Young people are standing outside stores and talking to people in parks about making donations. The scammers often show a letter on boys and girls club stationary to appear legitimate. The head of the San Francisco boys and girls club says hes heard of 20 incidents in the last three weeks. These folks are just misrepresenting our kids, you know, and they are duping our donors. The boys and girls club of San Francisco says it never has young people go out and ask for donations. It says people who want to help should make donations through its website. 8 16. A new title for Hewlett Packards president and ceo, meg whitman will become chairman of the board at hp. That goes against a trend of companies separating the ceo and the chair leadership jobs. The company says the chair can most effectively continue to build value for shareholders. Shes been the ceo for almost 3 years. We just checked and googles stock is trading up so far this morning. After yesterdays closing bell, google reported its revenue grew 22 to almost 16 billion during the second quarter. Thats better than wall street expected. Google credits booming growth and its mobile and video advertising. 8 17. We want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the commute. How is the toll plaza looking, sal . Its looking pretty good. Weve had a pretty good day. I was just commenting on some of my coworkers that if you remember the reference to the maytag man . Remember that reference . Sometimes i feel like that on days like today. The bay bridge, theyve turned the metering lights off at the toll plaza so your drive time is eight minutes getting into San Francisco. Thats great. And someone called to say which freeway should i take getting to the bay bridge. Really any one will do if you look at the picture. Lets take a look at the commute in San Francisco. Northbound 101 that traffic looks good. There is a little bit of slow traffic left over in the east bay. That would be in the southern part of hayward to union city, milpitas and some near 2348. For the most part, san mateo dumbarton bridge looks good. 8 17. Lets go to steve. All right, sal. Thank you. A very good morning on this friday. A lot of low clouds, drizzle. All sorts of drizzle. George mccray asked me a good question from el cerrito. The last time we had el nino we were catching barracuda and albacore off the coast. He asked if i had seen a fish report. I said no and i checked out santa cruz and theres warm water out there. Some boats looking for albacore. I checked water temperatures, they are about 57 to 62. 62, 61 off monterey. Thats pretty warm. Well see. It doesnt mean el nino is here. Were not getting a northwest wind. Theres a lot of fog, though. It doesnt matter. The fog is there. It doesnt matter if the water temperatures are warm now. The sard will be the big story today and the Sierra Nevada will be the big story today and into the weekend. Theres a Flash Flood Watch out until 9 00 saturday p. M. How about that . That includes much of the sierra, also tahoe, reno, truckee, bear valley, mammoth. Be advised. There could be bigtime thunderstorms eruchting the there man erupting. There will be even more so on sunday. They pop up at 2 00, 6 00. They lose their Energy Source and collapse. Some of that may drift back over to us on sunday. Until then, night and morning fog. Weve had a south wind. So again, we need a northwest breeze to get the cooler ocean temperature. Thats just not happening. The low has been running mild to warm. The fog and low clouds producing a bunch of drizzle. Tropical clouds are a sign some of this will work its way up not only from cabo and mexico but also the low off the coast. Theres plenty going on. Theres a whopper of a typhoon going in just south of hong kong near china. A category 4, if you will. Tie feen, same thing as a typhoon, the same thing as a hurricane. 60, 70s, 80s, almost 90s for some. 79 concord. Thats 6 below this time of year. 72 san leandro. Castro valley, 76. South bay, 70s to 80s. Warmer temperatures probably close to morgan hill and gilroy or also out brentwood and oakley. San francisco measurable drizzing same for sausalito and pacifica. But its not that cold. Theres temperatures. I think the tropical clouds pay more of a visit sunday into monday. Steve, is tori gonna have to put on the windshield wipers, do you think . Well see. Maybe. Maybe. All right. Time has run out for koz dozens of san jose for dozens of san jose pot clubs. How supporters are responding to tough restrictions that take affect today. And the new home of the 49ers officially opens its doors. Why the 9ers could soon be sharing the 1. 3 billion facility in santa clara. Welcome back. Time is 8 23. South china and vietnam bracing for typhoon ramasun after that massive storm killed at least 38 people in the philippines. You are looking at crews in the philippines cleaning up the damage. The deadly typhoon forced a half Million People to leave their homes. It knock ed out power to two profn vinces. Theres winds up to 112 miles an hour. Its expected to hit Southern China late tonight and then hit northern vietnam. New this morning, theres been another Major Court Ruling in the patel over gay marriage. Moments ago a federal Appeals Court ruled for the second time, states cannot prevent gay couples from getting mare rid. The threejudge panel ruled that a ban violates the u. S. Constitution. The Appeals Court struck down earlier Court Rulings in utah and oklahoma. The Appeals Court made a similar ruling last month. Its 8 24. The new home of the 49ers in santa clara is now officially open to the public. The doors of levi stadium opened yesterday during a show stopping event in santa clara. 3, 2, 1 [ cheers ] the 49ers hosted a Ribbon Cutting ceremony marking the end of the 1. 3 billion construction project. The official opening of levi stadium comes eight years after the 49ers first announced plans to move south to santa clara. Now its up to the 49ers to make sure we give our fans something to cheer about. You can feel the difference and you know the fans are gonna feel the difference. The first event at levi stadium is a San Jose Earthquakes soccer game on august 2nd. Two weeks later, the 49ers host the broncos for a preseason game and the 9ers home opener for the regular season is september 14th against the chicago bears. In the meantime, nfl commissioner, roger goodell, used this ribboncutting ceremony to raise the possibility of the 49ers sharing levi stadium with the oengd raiders. The oakland raiders. The 9ers have never dismissed this idea. Goodell says its up to the raiders to decide whether they want to build their own stadium or share the stadium with the 9ers. Raiders owner mark davis said he doesnt want to be a renter and would prefer a new stadium in oakland. 8 26. The Hard Rock Hotel in casino and las vegas, its coming to south lake tahoe. The hard rock plans to spend 60 million renovating the former horizon casino state resort line. They plan to open for business sometime this winter. The hope is to bring new life to the area. Three black bear cubs are back in the wild this morning. They were captured and released by wildlife officials in nevada. Heres a photo of two of them. A female and two males weighed between 15 and 22 pounds. They were tranquilized and tagged, then reunited with their mom as soon as the effects of the tranquilizer wore off. 8 26. A man shot and killed by Alameda County sheriffs deputies. The violent attack on the woman that led to the gunfire. And were live in redwood city where several san mateo First Responders are re creating a scene they hope never happens. Coming up the important drill taking place today. Mostly good news on the traffic front. We do have some slow spots. I will show you 237. Its getting a little bit slower now that people are arriving on the way to the valley. Well tell you more about the drive into sunnyvale. Plenty of low clouds out there the a westerly breeze for there. A westerly breeze for most. Well see whats in store for the weekend and what looks like big thunderstorms for the sierra. Welcome back. Were live in redwood city. A lot of activity out there right now. Law enforcement officers from around the nation are practicing for what they hope they will never have to do. Its called an active Shooter Drill. Its underway as we speak. Its scheduled to go on all day long. Now, ktvus brian flores is out there. Coming up in two minutes, brian will tell us why its so important for you to be aware of whats happening out there right now in redwood city. Stay tuned. Friday morning, july 18th. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve knows all about the forecast. Big document bank, a lot of reports of drizzle. A couple of days in a a big fog bank. A lot of reports of drizzle. A couple of days in a row. Very mild conditions. The Sierra Nevada will be front and center for Severe Weather later today. Not right now. But later today. Flash flood watch is already posted up there until 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow. If you are going up, get up there early, things will pop up later. Theres the Flash Flood Watch. Thats above 3,000 feet. The cloud rain forecast right there there is a lot going on. In the afternoon, they develop. At night they fall apart. For us, the fog and low clouds. Temperatures will be in the 60s, 70s. A few 80s. You can see mid60s here. Look for temperatures to be near average for most. Heres sal. The traffic on 80 westbound looks good. This is usually one of our busiest commutes. I want to let you know on the eastshore freeway between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze heading westbound, that traffic is taking 20 minutes and about 57 mileanhour average speed throughout that stretch. When you get to the bay bridge, the metering lights have been switched off. Traffic continues to look very good. Even 580 where we usually have a lot of slow traffic, 580 is one of the worst commutes in the bay. Not bad, i do want to show you that traffic here on 880 is slow. A little bit of slow traffic in palo alto. Both directions of 101. So a good alternate is 280 instead. 8 32. Back to the desk. Sal, thank you. A short time ago at the United Nations in new york city, the Obama Administration announced the missile that shot down Malaysia Flight 17 was fired from a separatist stronghold in Eastern Ukraine. Now, ukraine has blamed russian rebels for downing that plane ever since it happened yesterday. To back up its claim, ukraines Intelligence Unit took this video of what it says shows rebels driving a vehicle roaded with a rocket launcher. Weve frozen that video to show you two missiles on top of the launcher. Ukraine says a third missile which should be in the middle is missing. And presumed to have been used to take down that plane. Now, the jet went down in Eastern Ukraine about 30 miles from the russian border. Russian separatists and Ukrainian Forces have fought for that land for the past three months. This morning, were also learning about the people who were on that plane. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew members. 189 passengers came from the netherlands. There are reports that 80 children were on the flight. Other passengers came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, Southeast Asia, and the unite the kingdom united kingdom. Were now hearing that president obamas statement from the white house on the Malaysia Airlines crash did delayed by as much as 30 minutes. It was scheduled to start right about now. Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting about the Malaysia Airlines flight right now. The blame game is underway. Kyla campbell is in washington, d. C. Where shes been monitoring that meeting. Kyla . Reporter u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power was quick to suggest that prorussia separatists are responsible for the deliberate downing of the plane. Were taking a live look right now at the u. N. Security Council Emergency meeting where power also said no matter where the passengers were from, we must treat all of them as our own victims. We have a duty to each and every one of those individuals, their families and their countries to determine why that jet fell out of the sky and to hold the perpetrators accountable. Power also said the u. S. Cannot rule out that russian personnel helped down the plane. Russian president Vladimir Putin did not say who was too blame for shooting down the to blame for shooting down the commercial jet but did blame ukraine for unrest in the region. Ukraine suggests that separatists shot down the plane and released this intercepted call. The militant said it turned out to be a passenger plane suggesting separatists shot it down believing it was a Ukrainian Military plane. Officials between the United States and United Nations are calling for investigators to lead that area. A family from scotland says they are lucky to be alive because of a miracle. A woman, her husband and young child planned to be on that flight 17. But they were turned away because of a lack of seats. I feel like ive been given a Second Chance and so hopefully that will ill see my family again. Families of victims have been gathering at the airport at kuala lumpur seeking any information they can. The malaysia government is sending a Response Team to investigate what happened. We invite you to go to ktvu. Com and our facebook and twitter pages on the malaysia ins lent. On our incident. On our website, we have more pictures from the scene and well live stream the president s statement from the white house when it happens. This morning, four people in Contra Costa County they are without a home. Firefighters trying to figure out what caused a fire that damaged two houses. Now, it started yesterday evening at a home on sipone lean in baypoint. Within a couple of minutes, the fire spread to a neighboring house. The Officials Say the downed power lines made it hard to put out the flames. 8 36. Were learning more about a Domestic Violence call that ended in a deadly officer involved shooting in Alameda County. It happened late yesterday afternoon on busy east 14th street near san leandro. Investigators say sheriffs deputies were forced to shoot and kill a man who was trying to run down an officer in his car. Minutes earlier, officers say the same man was viciously beating a woman in front of several horrified witnesses. He was smashing her head off the side of the car, violently according to our witnesses and he was dragging her up and down the sidewalk and repeatedly beating her. Investigators say the woman suffered severe head injuries but is expected to survive. Ktvu news has learned the man killed was a 37yearold parolee with a rap sheet for drug and weapons convictions. 8 37. The mother accused of attacking a young boy who she claimed bullied her daughter says delays in the court case are ruining her life. Yesterday, a judge again postponed the case at the request of the d. A. Who says he needs more time to investigate. Delia garcia will have to wait until late august to find out if she will face criminal charges. Sheriffs Officials Say she put her hands around the throat of a 12yearold boy at santa rosas olivet charter school. But her lawyer says witnesses claim she never touched the boy. All they need to do is call the witnesses that my own investigator did and this matter can be put to rest. I dont know why that takes months. Now, garcia was visibly upset after the court hearing. Her lawyer said he hoped to wrap up the case before the start of the new year. She has six children. The arrest of a mother for letting her 9yearold daughter play alone in a park has sparked a national controversy. Debra harrall of South Carolina was arrested and charged with leaving her daughter at the park unsupervised. The state has taken the girl into custody. According to reports, she works at the mcdonalds near the park and gave her daughter a cell phone and allowed her to play there while she worked. Someone called police after shing the girl there alone three days in a row. Supporters of harrell say her daughter was not in any danger. And now there is an effort to get the state to return custody of the little girl to her mother. Happening right now in berkeley, Law Enforcement officials and public works crews are clearing out a controversial homeless encampment. These are live pictures. You are seeing what were seeing. This is the gilman street onramp under interstate 80. A lot of trucks and vehicles going by. But under the ramp there, there are Homeless People that camped out. Earlier this month, city leaders called that area a public nuisance. They told the people who were camping there they had to leave. The city gave them a couple of weeks to find alternate housing but early this morning they started the process of clearing out and cleaning up that encampment. The residents of that camp moved here after being cleared out of a previous camp in albany. Happening today a major drill at a college on the peninsula with Law Enforcement officers from all over the country. Ktvus brian flores joins us live to tell us about the drill and how its designed to push officers outside of their comfort zones. Good morning, brian. Reporter yes, its a drill. If you are in this area, you will see a lot of police cars, a lot of fire trucks, a lot of ambulance crews. Again, its a drill. Its an active Shooter Drill. Dont be alarmed. Thats gonna be happening all day here at the college here in redwood city. To talk more about the drill, again, were joined with rebecca from the San Mateo County sheriffs. Can you give us an idea of what a Police Officer goes through when they go through a drill like if. Right, you know what, we have we do Training Like were doing today to as much as we can mimic what Law Enforcement, what fire personnel, what ems will experience in a real situation. We hope it will never, evhappen but if it dash deaver happen, but if it does, we want to make sure were solid if it does happen. The idea is to mimic a real live situation having Law Enforcement, ems all Work Together to get an idea what every group is trying to do to Work Together effectively to help the victims and secure the suspects. Reporter were looking at video of the actual drill taking place inside the theater at the college. Can you talk about how important communication is for Something Like this. Communication is extremely important. Thats one of those things we want to work out ahead of time. Obviously, fire personnel is very familiar with speaking with people who do their job. Law enforcement the same. Sometimes when they speak to each other. There might be things that dont translate. They are almost different languages as far as treating individuals or going out and looking for suspects. So we have days like today so we can learn the procedures, learn how each other works and hopefully when the day comes that were called to Work Together, it goes like that. Reporter hopefully that day never comes. Carol kurgele is a volunteer who volunteered to be one of the victims. I want to show you if you are kind of queasy about blood, you might want it turn away. This is not blood. Its makeup. Can you talk about how long it took for you to put the makeup on. We have a crew here that does all of the makeup. They do a very nice job. For a volunteer, i feel like our Community Needs to be more aware and the more people that know about what goes on in scenarios, the better off we are and hopefully we will get more people involved. Did it feel like the real thing . It felt like the real mccoy. Ive done these over and over and this was done nicely. I encourage everybody to please participate, be aware. Be aware. We want to be safe. Reporter you play the role of a victim. When these First Responders go in there, they get something out of these. What do you learn as the victim . Do you learn something as well . You do. You have to be able to lay still and take orders and make sure you dont get in the mix of a fire. Yeah. And not get in harms way. Reporter its not the real thing, its makeup, if you are queasy. If you are gonna be around the college area here in redwood city, you will see several police cars, fire trucks, ambulance crews, its only a drill. Do not be awarmed. It will go on alarmed. It will go on today until about 5 30. Back to you. A big change in the decision. Whats behind a dramatic reduction in the fine for the limo company at the center of that deadly fire on the san mateo bridge. But next its an apparent road rage involving two senior citizens. The confrontation that triggered gunfire. Good morning. Were seeing some slow traffic appear in this late commute and some commutes like 237. Its still not that bad. Well tell you how long you can expect to wait on some of these commutes. Rather impressive fog bank out there making a pretty good push inland. Also a westerly breeze for most. Temperatures running a little cooler for some. But warmer for others. Well talk about that and whats in store for the weekend. Oh i knew i forgot something. Ill just do it now. Well, were boarding. No, ill use citi mobile. Takes two seconds, better safe than sorry right . Yeah who knows if well even get service on the islands . What no service . Seriously . No electricity, were going to make our own candles, were going to churn our own butter. Oh, we lost one. Cant leave a bag unattended. Bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. To learn more visit citi. Com easierbanking 8 47. Happening today the debate over medical marijuana heats up in san jose. Pam cook is in the newsroom with the actions being taken today. Good morning. New regulations go into effect today in san jose. Some say basically they amount to a ban on pot clubs. Now were live in front of San Jose City hall where you can see supporters of medical marijuana dispensaries have been camping out and protesting the new regulations that restrict the location of the clubs, require the marijuana to be grown locally, and require added security measures. About 80 medical marijuana dispensaries in san jose received letters about the new rules and are supposed to close their doors at 9 00 this morning. Most City Council Members say the ordinance will cut down on marijuanarelated crime and sales to underaged people. Many Business Owners in san jose say the collectives drive away customers and employees but opponents say the clubs provide an Important Service for people who need it for medical conditions. They say the rules are too strict and that they are gonna make it hard for most of them to stay in business. They are suppose were they were supposed to have 100,000 signatures on a petition in order to get a referendum to the City Ordinances on the november ballot. They said they were confident they would be cliveing the signatures this morning. Well follow the developments in san jose throughout the day. Reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. 8 48. Lets brick sal back. Youve been showing us pretty good pictures from the toll plaza all morning. Thats right. Things have become a lot better. Lets go right to the toll plaza. I want to show you the traffic is looking good if you are driving through. Its about an eightminute drive which is not typical. Its lighter than usual. Also looking at the commute here on 880 northbound. We dont have a big crowd getting into downtown today. Its a little crowded but not stop and go. If you are driving on the peninsula, a little bit of slow traffic on highway 101 through palo alto. Thats even clearing up right now. Lets go to steve. All right, sal. Thank you. A lot of low clouds out there. A few clouds in the breaks. I cant count the amount of drizzle reports. I need more fingers. So theres measurable amounts. Very mild on the temperatures. Well get the fog bank with us. A few breaks later on. Its not that cold. The Sierra Nevada will be the focus of the attention for more Severe Weather. Its calm right now but it will pick unlater on. We expect that to include the Flash Flood Watch which goes above 3,000 feet until 9 00 p. M. On saturday. So anybody heading up there, you will encounter plenty of thunderstorm activity and even the forecast models pick up on that. And then it turns into rainers. Fog is not going anywhere. It will be with us nights and mornings. Tropical clouds may play into the weather or blow off from the sierra sunday and monday. 50s on the temperatures. 50s and 60s. Were not getting the upwelling on the coast. Ocean temperatures are on the mild to warm side. A lot of tropical clouds coming up from old mexico. The combination of these two may give us another round of tropical clouds but probably not until sunday. Fog, sun, breezy. Typical july pattern. Coast, drizzle should let up soon. 60s, 70s, 80s. Clearlake, 89. Kentfield, 73. 85 brentwood. Hayward at 74. 79 san jose. 86 morgan hill. 79 zlar, sunnyvale. Saratoga, 82. 60s mild for some. 70s. Upper 70s to a few low 80s. Redwood city will be in there. Not much change through the weekend. Timing is always tough on that. It should be really crazy up in the Sierra Nevada. Some of that cloud cover may make it here. All right. Thank you, steve. Ten minutes before 9 00. A security scare at the white house. What kept president obama away from the white house and on air force one longer than scheduled. vo ours is a world of the redeyes. daughter im really tired. vo the transfers. Well, thats kid number three. vo the copilots. All sitting. Trusting. Waiting. For a safe arrival. Introducing the allnew subaru legacy. Designed to help the driver in you. Care for the passenger in them. The subaru legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Breaking news from the white house. President obama getting ready to speak on the malaysia jet shut down over ukraine. Lets listen in. We know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas was killed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. Yesterday i spoke with the leaders of ukraine, malaysia and the netherlands. I told them that our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and that the American People stand with them during this difficult time. Later today, i will be speaking with Prime Minister abbott of australia which also suffered a terrible loss. By far, the country that lost the most people on board the plane was the netherlands. From the days of our founding, the dutch have been Close Friends and i want the dutch people to know we stand with you shoulder to shoulder in our grief and in our absolute determination to get to the bottom of what happened. Heres what we know so far evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surfacetoair missile that was launched from an area controlled by russianbacked separatists inside of ukraine. We also know that this is not the first time a plane has been shot down. In Eastern Ukraine. Over the last several weeks, separatists have shut down a ukrainian transport plane, a ukraine helicopter and claimed responsibility for shooting down a ukraine fighter jet. Moreover, we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia. This includes arms and training. It includes heavy weapons and it includes antiaircraft weapons. Heres what must happen now this was a global tragedy. An asian ailer was destroyed in europe skies filled with citizens from many currents. So there has to be a credible International Investigation into what happened. The u. N. Security council has endorsed this investigation and we will hold all of its members, including russia, to their work in order to facility the investigation. Russia, proprawn separatists and ukraine must adhere to to an immediate cease fire. Evidence must not be tampered with. Investigators need to access the crash site and the solemn task of returning those lost on board the plane to their loved ones needs to go forward immediately. The United States stands ready to provide any assistance thats necessary. Weve already offered the support of the fbi and the National Transportation safety board, which has experience in working with International Partners on these types of investigations. They are on their way. Personnel from the fbi and the ntsb. In the coming hours and days, i will continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to this catastrophe. Our immediate focus will be on recovering those who were lost, investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. I want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. I think its very important for folks to sift through what has factually what is factually based and what is simpy speculation. No one can deny the truth thats revealed in the awful images that weve seen. The eyes of the world are on Eastern Ukraine and were make sure the truth is out. More broadly, i think its important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that its time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. For months, weve supported a pathway to peace and the Ukrainian Government has reached out to the all ukrainians, put forward a peace plan and lived up to a cease fire despite releeted violation repeated violations. Moreover, time and again russia has refused to take the concrete steps necessary to de escalate the situation. I spoke to president putin yesterday in the wake of additional sanctions that we had imposed. He said he wasnt happy with them and i told him that weve been very clear from the outset, that we want russia to take the path that would result in peace in ukraine but so far russia has failed to take that path. Instead, its continued to violate the ukrainian sovereignty and to support violent separatists. Its failed to use its influence to separatists to abide by a ceasefire. Thats why together with our allies, weve imposed growing costs on russia. So now, i think its a somber and appropriate time for all of us to step back and take a hard look at whats happened. Violence and conflict lead to unforeseen consequences. Russia, the separatists, and ukraine all have the capacity to put an end to the fighting. Meanwhile, the United States is gonna continue to lead efforts within the worlds community to deescalate the situation, to stand up for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine and to support the people of ukraine as they work to strengthen their democracy and make their own decisions about how they should move forward. Before i take just a couple of questions, let me remark on one other issue. This morning, i spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in gaza. We discussed israels military option in gaza, including the efforts to stop the threats of terrorist infittation through tunnels into israel infiltration through tunnels into israel. No nation saud accept rockets being fired into their borders or terrorists going into tunnels. While i was having the conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, sirens went off in tel aviv. I also made clear that the United States and our friends and allies are deeply concerned about the risk of loss of more innocent life. And thats why we have indicated although we support military efforts by the israelis to make sure that rockets are not being fired into their territory, we also have said that our understanding as the current military ground operations are designed to deal with the tunnels and we are hopeful that israel will continue to approach this process in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and that all of us are working hard to return to the cease fire that was reached in november of 201. Secretary kerry is working to support egypts initiative to pursue the outcome. I told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that john is prepared to follow to the region