legally united family, could be the roe v wade of same sex marriage. >> when we started this a year ago, we certainly didn't think it would go to the supreme court, it would pray out way before us. >> adam may on their first national interview on what could change the picture of marriage in america. and a sorority of sorrow. standing together with strain. >> we're not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. lives matters and my son's life mattered. >> they lost their sons to the officers they counted on to protect their communities. now the demands of the justice league to keep their numbers from growing about. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. with washington still reeling from the blockbuster torture disclosures that put the cia squarely in the hot seat over its tactics with terror suspects there is also expanding concern about america's other efforts in its fight against terror. we begin this hour with a look at guantanamo bay and the detainees still lan quishin lann u.s. custody there. daniel schwindler reports. >> it is the largest number of detainees to leave the guantanamo bay prison in cuba since 2009. four syrians, a tunisian and a palestinian. arrived in uruguay last weekend. in all their years at guantanamo, they were never tried or convicted of a crime. in fact they were approved for release nearly five years ago. closing the prison was a campaign pledge. it was back in 2009 that president obama promised it would be done within a year. it cost the american taxpayer around $3 million a year to louse each of the 136 remaining prisoners. relocating them hasn't proved easy. in this case it took the impression of uruguayn are president jose mohika himself a political prisoner in the '70s and '80s. >> that's not a prison that's a kidnapping den. a judge whoever that may be and minimum reference to the law, that place has none of it. >> the released men are now being treated in hospital before they are resettled in country. their futures are uncertain. the uruguayn authorities are doing all they can to help these men rebuild their lives a long way from home. president obama points to when he talks about closing guantanamo bay. he's called guantanamo a recru recruitment tomb for extremists and it's not necessary to keep america safe. >> the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are, contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. >> in capitol hill there has not been political will to close the prison. 2001 law called the authorization to use military form or aumf. when congress authorized an armed conflict against those who planned the september 11th attacke11thattacks. the detainees still in prison vary greatly. some are of little interest to the u.s. but it's hard to return them to the countries of origin because the countries in question can't promise to keep an eye on them or stop them from joining terrorist groups. then there are the 70 high level prisoners, deemed unable to be tried but too dangerous to release. the obama administration has proposed moving these prisoners to a military run prison inside the united states where most would continue to be held without trial. but congress has banned transferring detainees to domestic soil for any purpose. daniel schwindler, al jazeera, uruguay. >> looking forward from the enhanced interrogations at guantanamo. serious legal hurdles lie ahead for prosecutors. it is a challenge according to the man who once led military prosecutions at guantanamo. retired colonel morse davis. >> once it came from the cia program, khalid sheikh mohammed, in september of 2006 clearly came out of that program. the ones that were really, we heard the label the worst of the worst. those really that label applied to the khalid sheikh mohammeds that were part of that cia group that ended up at guantanamo and we ended up with the basket of information that the public is now seeing a part of that we were handed and said hey here prosecute these guys. glpped and you were left with feeling that you -- >> and you were held with the feeling you couldn't prosecute with that? >> to me it was fundamentally contrary to american values. we hold ourselves up as the shining city on the hill. to come into court and say this was obtained by torture is contrary to what americans sign up for the military to begin with. i said we are not going to obtain any evidence obtained by -- going to use any evidence obtained by torture. i don't want to push the edge of the envelope to see how much we can get away with. we are building the cases contrary to all this evidence that just came out. late in my tenure right before i resigned, i was told by people right above me, the president says we don't torture. you need to take it into court and get these guys convicted. >> why wouldn't you use that kind of information that you believe might have come out of torture? >> well because evidence is supposed to be reliable. and certainly torture is an extraordinary effective tool to make people talk. it's a terrible tool to make people tell the truth. and so they try to take that kind of information that is inherently unreliable and take it into court, an american court and say this is good evidence, is just i don't think. wrong. the people that put us on the path of torture are scrambling to try to make the connection. you hear them say it led to finding bin laden. be wwe water-boarded khalid sheh mohammed in 2002, and that led to bin laden. lives were saved plots were stopped. give us some specifics because all we've got is vague assertions. and government has shown quite often you can't take them at their words. >> let me make sure, you are not a military person, you are a prosecutor. you are here to put away bad guys. >> but with reliable evidence before punishment is imposed. we haven't had a good track record at guantanamo in particular of doing that. >> is it going to be possible given what we've learned, is it going to be possible to prosecute all those who remain? >> no, certainly not all that remain. more than 80%, the people we were told are the worst of the worst are no longer at guantanamo. about half have already been cleared to be transferred out. the administration has bought some more time. our justification has been that you can detain the enemy for the duration of the conflict and president obama had said the conflict in afghanistan was going to end by december 31st. recently, though he's extended active combat operations so it gives a little more breathing room on what to do with that group of detainees. but at some point they have to be prosecuted or transferred. >> colonel morse davis, thank you. >> my pleasure. the obama administration's favorite tool in terroristing suspects has been the drone strike used extensively in yemen and pakistan. unintended victims as drones rain down on other targets. a yemeni man's attempt to find justice for his family have exposed secrets about america's drone program. it was late summer in eastern yemen the year 2012 2012.. the entire village gathered to see him get married. his brother-in-law and nephew led the men in celebration. just two days later, both salem and walid were dead. the yemeni government said they had been killed by a u.s. drone strike. >> translator: we heard three or four massive explosions. rockets hitting from the sky. and we hurried up towards the mosque and found them. body parts all over the place. it was a dark and disastrous d day. >> reporter: the yemeni government described what it called a u.s. mistake, one that provoked a furious backlash, with a u.s. ally. the protest died down but aa year later, he took his search for answers to washington. >> we were trying to directly find an explanation for what happened and why this car was hit when salem and walid were there. why now? what exactly took place in the moment? we needed transparency, we needed answers. the war planes are still there overhead and no one knows who's likely to be the next victim. >> but jaber said he left washington with few answers, about a program that most americans don't know much about. the first drone strike in yemen came in 2002 as part of the effort to target members of quap queaalqaeda in the asian penins, aqap. >> it is a hard fact that u.s. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. those deaths will haunt us as long as we live. >> months after he got home, jaber says yemen's intelligence service called him in and offered him a plastic bag full of $100,000 in freshly minted u.s. bills and was told by a yemeni official that the money came from the united states. days later, jaber says another member of his family was wired another $100,000. but even in yemen where the average income is just over $1300 a year, the money wasn't welcome. >> translator: it never occurred to me that compensation would be offered in such a humiliating way. that the money would be given to me in secret. we're seeking justice. this isn't justice. it sends the wrong message to the families of the victims and to the people of hadrumud that their blood is cheap. >> we know very little about what happens in the aftermath of a drone strike. >> michael isakoff is an investigative journalist who first reported the story for yahoo news. >> this was an individual who met with officials from the white house. asked for compensation. get commonned and given a bag of u.s. cash. and then, his family member is told it comes from the u.s. government. how many times has the u.s. government done that? >> the u.s. military does have a history of giving compensation for civilian casualties in combat. so-called condolence money paid out during the korean war to more recent conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. but the details have always been claidclassified, leaving the pas as in shadows as the drone strikes itself. >> who are the payees, the u.s. government has never provide answers to that. that's what makes faisal jabar's story so significant. it is really the first window we have into these sorts of payments. >> to date, the u.s. government has neither confirmed nor denied the payments to jaber or even that the drone strike was a mistake. >> you can look at there as a humanitarian gesture on the part of the u.s. government, or you can look at it as damage control by the cia. regardless of where you come down on this question, there needs to be more transparency here. >> whatever the motivation behind the payments, it is clear that at least for these victims, money hasn't healed the wounds. >> the way they dealt with this case says a lot about how money in their view could make up for lost lives. it's a imol of acknowledgment for the victims families and the difficult suspicion they've been left with but -- difficult circumstances they've been left with. but that money should come with an apology, an admission that they made a mistake. >> daniel rothenberger, author of drone wars, these unintended casualties in the course of these drone strikes and yet this is a favorite option for obama administration, targeted killing. doesn't seem like the numbers that's a very successful model. >> i think what you're getting at there, sometimes the drone policy is presented as if its primary goal is to take out and engage in killings of the highest levels of leaders, al shabaab, and alkani network. it appears that many of those targeted are not high level players but in fact they are mid level or maybe even lower level players within these armed groups. >> and then the unintended consequences, the loss of civilian life, innocent life that's just an acceptable risk to the administration? >> that's an excellent question. you know warfare involves destruction and killing and they're both legal and moral obligations to minimize civilian casualties as possible. that's as true for drone strikes as for other uses of force. >> let's talk a little bit about what the meaning of a compensation like we're talking about in fasal's report, you can't speak for that particular incident but why does the u.s. government, why would it pay this kind of compensation? >> well, the u.s. has been involved in paying compensation to victims, people have either had folks in their family being killed or injured or having lost material possessions, you know of animals and crops and the like. >> but what does it do? >> well, there's a moral and there's a strategic side to it. on the moral sidists a way of offsetting the harm that is the part of practice of warfare, particularly in these counterinsurgency environments, a way to win over or have a support of a victim who's being subjected to violence on both sides. >> thank you daniel. >> thank you. >> next up after the break: the kentucky couple whose search for a perfect and legal union could make their case for same sex marriage the first to be decided by the u.s. supreme court. >> see all the work you've done, all these leel matters, you still lack the rights of heterosexual folks there? >> very much so. our need is to put both our names on the birth certificate as parents. >> why their case could become the roe v wade of same sex marriage. they lost their sons at the hands of officers sworn to protect their communities. what the justice league is seeking now. economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> it's been a big year for same sex marriages. 35 states decisions and appeals are pending in ten more. the fight continues and now the nation's high court looks ready finally to weigh in. in an exclusive national tv interview, maintain's adam may introduces us to a kentucky couple whose case could be the one that changes marriage in america. >> he teaching your child to drive. a milestone memory for any family but these father and son are not a legal family at least according to the laws of kentucky. >> greg, a kick in the gut is what he's used. >> michael de leon and greg bork, have sued the state of kentucky and its governor. their case is called bork versus beshear, the case that will go to the u.s. supreme court. >> when we started this a year and a half ago, we certainly didn't think we would be a case going to the supreme court. we thought that would be played out long before us. there were so many states in the queue before us and we thought this is going to get settled before kentucky makes it to the supreme court. and sure enough all the other circuits have ruled in favor of marriage equality department for the 6th circuit, actually, and we're shocked. >> the sixth circuit is called unpredictable and it was here in october that michael and greg lost their appeal. upheld in kentucky, michigan, ohio and tennessee. in the only appeals court ruling so far that upheld bans, judge jeffary suttojeferjeffrey suttoe couples of the same sex do not have children the same way as couples of opposite sexes. that's obvious to michael and greg. they adopted their two children, bella and isaiah. they have had to jumped through hoops to, that don't treat same sex couples equally. >> it's been a challenge over the years. even before we had children we had to go to extraordinary means to kind of simulate a marriage in terms of legal rights but with children it goes to a whole different level. we've had to set one of us up as a legal guardian, michael's the adoptive parent of our two children, i'm the legal guardians. over the years we've had to have those revised numerous times, we've had to have wills revised. there are numerous things that had to be taken into account because we didn't have that legal status of being married. >> all that work being done, drawing up legal agreements are you still lacking the same rights as heterosexual couples here? >> very much so. but the big thing for us is to be able to put both their names on their birth certificates as parents. >> you don't have that. >> we are still prohibited in doing that. we wanted to sue for marriage equality because we have been parenting these children for 16 years and as far as state of kentucky is concerned i have no legal claim, no legal status. i am a legal guardian -- >> your name is not on the birth certificate. >> you're their dad. >> they would tell you that yes. >> in typical teenage fashion, isaiah backed up his fathers. >> you want to talk? >> about what? >> what is it like to have two dads in the state of kentucky? >> kind of awesome, these two awesome dudes have been parenting me since i was three years old. and everything that i am the reason why i am the man today is because of these two beautiful handsome young gentlemen. >> he really lays it on thick. >> you must want to borrow some money or something. >> if something would have happened to michael and greg would have no legal rights to his children and that doesn't make sense for anyone. these people raised these children. when i look at them i see a family. it doesn't matter. >> shannon fauver is part of the legal team representing michael and greg and a handful of other kentucky couples also suing. many of the couples are already married in other jurisdictions. michael and greg actually tied the knot in ontario, on the canadian side of the falls in 2004. that means nothing to kentucky. >> you are not kentucky married. you are just federally married. >> what is the real impact on clients that you represent? >> our clients can't be both the legal parent they have adopted and raised together. >> it is reasonable for government to encourage that a home consists of a man and a woman. >> led the team ten years ago to ban same sex marriage in kentucky. the 2004 constitutional amendment passed here with 74% of the vote, one of the highest votes against marriage equality anywhere in the nation. his group the family foundation of kentucky filed an amicus brief in bork versus beshear. >> there is no reason why kentuckians have to rely on a law from california. >> do you want the supreme court to strike down all the maicialtion? >> no, i just want the supreme court to allow states to set their own marriage policy. >> isn't this a case though of your religious beliefs trying to inject it into the law? >> if they were religious and a lot of people's reasons are religious, since when is it the court's role to dictate to people what reasons they have for voting for something? this is brand-new, we've always, people in this country have always voted on what their religious beliefs are what their moral beliefs are what their indulge beliefintellectual beli. >> general electric, who employs 6,000 workers in louisville, filed an amicus brief. if the supreme court does not legalize same sex marriage, kentucky advocates may have to go back to the voters. >> you have a constitutional amendment here in kentucky to legalize same sex marriage, a lot of people would say boy that sounds like something that could be decades away. >> it may be. which is why going through the court system is quicker. >> there's mounting pressure on the court to take up the case, pleas from kentucky and louisiana, appeals from companies request like general electric and apple. and appeals from other states. >> do you think it's a case that people will remember in the years to come? >> i think we'll be studying it in law school, yes. >> we don't have reporters come by to talk to us, we've been sheltered in a lot of respects. if we do end up being part of the case that goes, we aren't going to be able to hide. >> we'll be ready. >> we get feedback when we see people out and they recognize us. that feels pretty doggone good when you can make a difference. >> this week the governor much kentucky has filed that formal petition with the u.s. supreme court. his lawyers said it was important for kentucky and the country for the court to define this question of who has the right to define marriage. one of the reasons the governor of kentucky said is the cases address two important issues, one, can they perform same sex marriages in the state of kentucky and two what about recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states and those folks who live to kentucky. they got married in canada and moved to kentucky. it means absolutely nothing in the blue grass state. >> what makes everyone feel the the supreme court will take it up this time? >> moving ahead and legalizing same sex marriage, what we have happening here on same sex marriage why they're going to move on this, there is now a dissention in circuits, different playing out than other circuit courts. there is a mention of justice ginsburg, we're not going to stay up there case because there's no dispute here, now there is a dispute, and the deadline is coming up, january is when they will have to decide whether or not they will take up this case and there will be some meetings before that, and the observers say very likely they will take up the case in kentucky or possibly michigan, a 50-50 shot. >> and possibly we will hear about it by next summer. "america tonight's" adam may, thanks so much. when we return, they lost their sons but not their search for justice. >> the power is within the mothers. the power is within the voters. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye with the justice league and what it's demanding from washington. later this hour: running wild and breaking bad. >> that is about how they typically add. they settle in and realize that it's not so bad. they can't get away. >> the woman leading the way to a new home on the range. >> now a senat snapshot of stors making headlines on. "america tonight." dr. kent brantley who became infected in west africa. the city of detroit is ready to close its book on bankruptcy. the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy will end at midnight. emergency manager kevin orr resigned saying it's time to return the city to regular order. pakistani teenager malala yousafzai, received the nobel prize. she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. she shared her award with the indian kate kilash saarti. now they're telling their stories. hoping to capture the momentum, protests sweeping the country since grand juries declined to indict officers in two high profile deaths, most recently the choke hold death of eric garner. maintain's sarah hoye has the story. >> we are not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. >> women forever bound joined together through loss. they are the mothers of young black and latino men killed by police who traveled to the nation's capital calling for change. >> my only son, clinton allen, was shot and killed by dallas police officer on march 10th, 2013. clinton was only 25 years old and he was shot seven times, once in the back, and he was unarmed. >> hands up don't shoot hands up don't shoot. >> reporter: the visit comes among waves of city protests, after grand juries in new york and missouri declined to indict white officers for the deaths of two unarmed black men. protesters have marched to the fruitvale station, a subway station where a bay area rapid transit officer shot oscar peterson to death. in 2009. wanda johnson spoke tuesday before a standing room only crowd. >> the next thing you know the officer got up and pulled his gun and shot my son in the back. my son looked up at the officer and said to him, "you shot me. i have a four-year-old daughter. you shot me" so what is justice? was that justice, totally no it wasn't justice in my eyesight. so why do i still fight? because my son should not have been killed by the officer. >> reporter: in the case of oscar grant, the officer responsible for his death, served 11 months. the victims want accountability. >> we have to fight to make sure officers are held accountable for their actions and the only way they are going to be held accountable for their actions is if you and i continue to let other people know that officers are not as righteous as we think they are. am i saying that all officers are bad? no i'm not saying that but the ones that are bad, they need to be identified and they need to be taken off the force. >> they kill our children, and we send their children to college. we got to change that. so the power is within the mothers, the power is within the voters, when you have a district attorney that insists on circumventing justice for families and serving impunity to cops, you must get together and you must unseat him because he works for you. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> there are signs that the message is taking hold around the country. protesters staged a die-in, inside cleveland cavaliers, lebron james f wore "i can't breathe" tee shirts. >> until the killing of black men ♪ ♪ black mothers's sons ♪ >> hope their trip raises awareness and keep the group of grieving mothers growing. ♪ we believe in freedom cannot rest cannot re rest ♪ >> "america tonight" sarah hoye joins us. do the mothers have specific demands concrete things they are seeking? >> for the mothers they are asking for justice. they wants to go after those federal indictments and also make sure that the police are prosecuted. in some cases like in the state of new york they are also asking for independent prosecutors, people kind of from the outside of the system to help with these cases. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye, thanks so much. a look ahead to marianna tomorrow. a failing grade for the program that was supposed to change education in this country. the growing backlash against teach for america. >> how would you describe your tfa experience? >> it was an important stepping-stone to where i am now. but it was also the most miserable worst six months of my life. i was miserable. >> the new slogan for this education innovation, some say it's don't teach for america. we'll explain thursday on "america tonight." and after the break tonight, long buried secrets and the attempt to pay last respects long overdue. >> so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and worked among us. >> lives hidden away now finally remembered. >> it's a sad chapter of our history. the treatment of people with mental illness. before modern medicine, many were sent to institutions, to a lonely life or lonelier death. beneath an unmarked head stone. marianna's michael okwu reports, they're helping name asylum inmates with names. >> now in front of us is albertina carlson born in 1868. she died in 1939. she's buried under a numbered stone. the state gave her, albertina so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place. as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and walked among us. >> here in the foothills of appalachia, they said they're giving their dead the dignity back, one grave site at a time. >> what's the significance of what you just did? >> what i just did was the last respectful thing that anybody's ever done for this person. you look down this row. there's nowhere else in our society do we treat people like this. i think if your parents took the time to give you a name, then, you know, nobody has the right to take that away from you. >> today a name is one of the few things we know about the person buried here. albertina carlson left a life in sweden for a final chapter in the united states, settling here in ohio in 1890. a year before she died albertina was admitted to the athens asylum for the insane but 75 years after she was laid to rest beneath a numbered head stone a genealogist more than 2,000 miles away is making sure she's not forgotten. he happens to be albertina's distant cousin. he missed the ceremony, he no longer flies. so "america tonight" showed him the footage. >> to see the stone there her name there the stone going in her getting her identity, dignity back, definitely. that was probably next to actually being there, the only thing better than that. >> reilly is helping the lockharts research who's buried underneath these unmarked graves, some 1900 of them, each representing a patient of the asylum. activists here hope to eventually place a named head stone as every grave just as they did with albertina, no longer simply plot number 662. >> now we have cause of death. >> duck mccade is the curator of manuscripts. >> for what reasons were people committed to this asylum? >> down stroam might be -- synt be a good example. those range from all kinds of things too. from criminally insane to change of life, today we call that menopause. >> people were committed here for menopause? >> for menopause, yes. how about failure to consummate a marriage? >> across the country, tens of thousands of people are buried in unnamed graves. marked only by a number. they lie in cemeteries near poorhouses prisons and orphanages. buried here are coal miners and farmers black smits and blacksmd housewives. with the narrative largely untold. >> among the first to be admitted was eli stevens, an epileptic. from benton county, mr. stevens who had been a member of the raid in ohio in 1863 became detached while in that county. he was cared for by the sheriff for want of other means until the completion of the athens institution where he was admitted and where he remained to his death several years later. >> where is eli stevens now? >> he is actually buried in grave number 280. now we can also see that eli was buried on march tweat 23rd, 189. >> and the very next name after eli's? >> israel johnson. israel johnson is buried in 281. you have a union soldier buried next to a confederate soldier. >> eli, a white soldier, fought for the confederate. now two men side by side. >> coincidence that eli and israel are buried next to each other? >> could it be? if you are thinking of it as sort of a spiritual way that israel timed his death and his burial so he could be beside eli for an eternity to keep an eye on that sob, who knows. >> eli and israel are also listed next oeach other among the 1900 in the asylum's grave book, using that book he is able to link the numbers until those buried but the contents were secret until a decade ago, that's when the state of ohio released the names of state run asylums. not long after doug and berta lockhart rof resolved to place credit gravestones. >> a lot of these volunteers who volunteer for our organization, nobody gets paid, they do it because they have love for people. people are special. >> berta is president of the friends of athens asylum cemeteries. >> we decided to place a marker for all these people with a proper marker, we came upon opposition, it surprised us, shocked us because we weren't ready for a battle. >> leading the opposition is tom walker a retired latin american studies professor. >> i have a son with a mental illness, and he and i came to one of the cemeteries and i was just shocked at the condition and -- of these cemeteries and it was clear to me that if he had been born a century before with no -- before the medications he might have ended up in a place like this. >> walker belongs to the national chapter of the national alliance of mental illness. he began to restore forgotten and dla dilapidateed cemeteries. >> a lot of these have numbers and not names. how do you feel about that? >> well, there are two points of view on that. we feel that these cemeteries should be preserved as they are, because they are on the national registry of historic places. there are almost no mental health cemeteries that are still intact like this. the ohio department of mental health agrees with us. so far all three governors since we started agree with us. and the ohio historical society awarded us an award for what been doing. >> we've been trying since 2007 to have some sort of compromise. their stand is still the same. >> the two groups have worked out an arrangement. a named head stone can be placed if a family member is found. >> we'll continue to look for family members, they will come. >> so far they're making progress. more than 100 of the 1900 numbered head stones now bear names. >> there are so many markers in there that deserve to have their name on there too, just like she got hers. >> giving a name to the numbers one stone at a time. michael okwu, al jazeera, athens, ohio. >> and remembering one name at a time. ahead here another look at the long view of home. on the range. an american treasure taming the call of the wild. the wild west and wild life story, next. on al jazeera america >> you know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? well, at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we were starving just looking for a way to succeed. >> the first time that i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the ten freeway was kind of a no-man's land. >> he said, "ya know, we're selling it to the blacks, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops, you can sell to who every you want and when they start killing each other no body cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! we can make a fortune. >> he was maybe the biggest guy in la. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator. i think we're into something that's bigger than us, something we really can't deal with. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> she could prove what she was saying. >>♪ crack in the system >> finally tonight just a century ago, several million wild mustangs roamed the plains. still only a few thousand are rung free, an effort to save them was just upheld out west. tonight a look at an american treasure, a gentle woman who taims thtames the moisture. as only a horse whisperer can do. >> i get horses from the blm that have never even seen a human, really. blm stands for bureau of land management. they have a wild horse program and they capture the wild horse he and bring them into the corrals and take care of them and put them up for adoption. you know it's breed management and so they're not overgrazing the land and not starving to death. there is about how they typically act. they bounce around and they settle in and realize that it's not so bad. they can't get away. when the wild horses get brought into the blm they don't have any more friends. they lost all of them and looking for a new herd. the so the very first day, i just do a lot of approach and retreat and show that i'm not trying to go in there and scare or be the predator. and once i develop that friendship that's when the trust and respect comes in. they're looking for interaction and somebody to kind of comfort them. ftc pretty soon they start looking to you you release that pressure every time they put their eye on you and go hey who are you, what's going on here? and from there they start learning to give to pressure. the first touch is always the -- you know it almost gives you the warm fuzzies kind of a deal. you reach your hand out there and they reach their neck and elongate the body and that's really the first connection and that feels really good. every horse that i've ever had that first touch with they kind of go hey yes this horse trusts me to this point and i'm not forcing it. i think if you use that trust and respect, is your main focus of your training, you have a willing partner. it's going to want to try its hardest for you. >> i'm just going to move the saddle up and down, that's part of the process, throwing that saddle up there. just another baby step. ♪ >> you know this was my dream. and i believe in being happy with life. and you know, there was so many people that are miserable doing their jobs. i mean you have one shot at life, and why be miserable doing what you're doing? go live life and maybe you're not making the most money in the world but isn't happiness a lot better than being miserable and making money? >> why indeed? that's "america tonight," if you would like to comment on any stories you've seen tonight you can log on to our website, aljazeera.com/americatonight. and join the conversation with us any time on our twitter or facebook page. good night. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >> the cia strikes back, three former directors forcefully defend themselves against the cia's use of pressure. and what was said about the white house behind closed doors and a big discovery in outer space. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this," those stories and others straight a
roe v wade of same sex marriage. >> when we started this a year ago, we certainly didn't think it would go to the supreme court, it would pray out way before us. >> adam may on their first national interview on what could change the picture of marriage in america. and a sorority of sorrow. standing together with strain. >> we're not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. lives matters and my son's life mattered. >> they lost their sons to the officers they counted on to protect their communities. now the demands of the justice league to keep their numbers from growing about. . good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. with washington still reeling from the blockbuster torture disclosures that put the cia squarely in the hot seat over its tactics with terror suspects there is also expanding concern about america's other efforts in its fight against terror. we begin this hour with a look at guantanamo bay and the detainees still lan quishin languishing in u.s. custody there. daniel schwindler reports. >> it is the largest number of detainees to leave the guantanamo bay prison in cuba since 2009. four syrians, a tunisian and a palestinian. arrived in uruguay last weekend. in all their years at guantanamo, they were never tried or convicted of a crime. in fact they were approved for release nearly five years ago. closing the prison was a campaign pledge. it was back in 2009 that president obama promised it would be done within a year. it cost the american taxpayer around $3 million a year to louse each of the 136 remaining prisoners. relocating them hasn't proved easy. in this case it took the impression of uruguayn are president jose mohika himself a political prisoner in the '70s and '80s. >> that's not a prison that's a kidnapping den. a judge whoever that may be and minimum reference to the law, that place has none of it. >> the released men are now being treated in hospital before they are resettled in country. their futures are uncertain. the uruguayn authorities are doing all they can to help these men rebuild their lives a long way from home. president obama points to when he talks about closing guantanamo bay. he's called guantanamo a recruit recruitment tomb for extremists and it's not necessary to keep america safe. >> the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are, contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. >> in capitol hill there has not been political will to close the prison. 2001 law called the authorization to use military form or aumf. when congress authorized an armed conflict against those who planned the september 11th attacke11th attacks. the detainees still in prison vary greatly. some are of little interest to the u.s. but it's hard to return them to the countries of origin because the countries in question can't promise to keep an eye on them or stop them from joining terrorist groups. then there are the 70 high level prisoners, deemed unable to be tried but too dangerous to release. the obama administration has proposed moving these prisoners to a military run prison inside the united states where most would continue to be held without trial. but congress has banned transferring detainees to domestic soil for any purpose. daniel schwindler, al jazeera, uruguay. >> looking forward from the enhanced interrogations at guantanamo. serious legal hurdles lie ahead for prosecutors. it is a challenge according to the man who once led military prosecutions at guantanamo. retired colonel morse davis. >> once it came from the cia program, khalid sheikh mohammed, in september of 2006 clearly came out of that program. the ones that were really, we heard the label the worst of the worst. those really that label applied to the khalid sheikh mohammeds that were part of that cia group that ended up at guantanamo and we ended up with the basket of information that the public is now seeing a part of that we were handed and said hey here prosecute these guys. glpped and you were left with feeling that you -- >> and you were held with the feeling you couldn't prosecute with that? >> to me it was fundamentally contrary to american values. we hold ourselves up as the shining city on the hill. to come into court and say this was obtained by torture is contrary to what americans sign up for the military to begin with. i said we are not going to obtain any evidence obtained by -- going to use any evidence obtained by torture. i don't want to push the edge of the envelope to see how much we can get away with. we are building the cases contrary to all this evidence that just came out. late in my tenure right before i resigned, i was told by people right above me, the president says we don't torture. you need to take it into court and get these guys convicted. >> why wouldn't you use that kind of information that you believe might have come out of torture? >> well because evidence is supposed to be reliable. and certainly torture is an extraordinary effective tool to make people talk. it's a terrible tool to make people tell the truth. and so they try to take that kind of information that is inherently unreliable and take it into court, an american court and say this is good evidence, is just i don't think. wrong. the people that put us on the path of torture are scrambling to try to make the connection. you hear them say it led to finding bin laden. be we we water-boarded khalid sheikh mohammed in 2002, and that led to bin laden. lives were saved plots were stopped. give us some specifics because all we've got is vague assertions. and government has shown quite often you can't take them at their words. >> let me make sure, you are not a military person, you are a prosecutor. you are here to put away bad guys. >> but with reliable evidence before punishment is imposed. we haven't had a good track record at guantanamo in particular of doing that. >> is it going to be possible given what we've learned, is it going to be possible to prosecute all those who remain? remain. more than 80%, the people we were told are the worst of the worst are no longer at guantanamo. about half have already been cleared to be transferred out. the administration has bought some more time. our justification has been that you can detain the enemy for the duration of the conflict and president obama had said the conflict in afghanistan was going to end by december 31st. recently, though he's extended active combat operations so it gives a little more breathing room on what to do with that group of detainees. but at some point they have to be prosecuted or transferred. >> colonel morse davis, thank you. >> my pleasure. the obama administration's favorite tool in terroristing suspects has been the drone strike used extensively in yemen and pakistan. unintended victims as drones rain down on other targets. a yemeni man's attempt to find justice for his family have exposed secrets about america's drone program. it was late summer in eastern yemen the year 2012. 2012.. the entire village gathered to see him get married. his brother-in-law and nephew led the men in celebration. just two days later, both salem and walid were dead. the yemeni government said they had been killed by a u.s. drone strike. >> translator: we heard three or four massive explosions. rockets hitting from the sky. and we hurried up towards the mosque and found them. body parts all over the place. it was a dark and disastrous day day. >> reporter: the yemeni government described what it called a u.s. mistake, one that provoked a furious backlash, with a u.s. ally. the protest died down but aa year later, he took his search for answers to washington. >> we were trying to directly find an explanation for what happened and why this car was hit when salem and walid were there. why now? what exactly took place in the moment? we needed transparency, we needed answers. the war planes are still there overhead and no one knows who's likely to be the next victim. >> but jaber said he left washington with few answers, about a program that most americans don't know much about. the first drone strike in yemen came in 2002 as part of the effort to target members of quap quea al qaeda in the asian peninsula, aqap. >> it is a hard fact that u.s. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. those deaths will haunt us as long as we live. >> months after he got home, jaber says yemen's intelligence service called him in and offered him a plastic bag full of $100,000 in freshly minted u.s. bills and was told by a yemeni official that the money came from the united states. days later, jaber says another member of his family was wired another $100,000. but even in yemen where the average income is just over $1300 a year, the money wasn't welcome. >> translator: it never occurred to me that compensation would be offered in such a humiliating way. that the money would be given to me in secret. we're seeking justice. this isn't justice. it sends the wrong message to the families of the victims and to the people of hadrumud that their blood is cheap. >> we know very little about what happens in the aftermath of a drone strike. >> michael isakoff is an investigative journalist who first reported the story for yahoo news. >> this was an individual who met with officials from the white house. asked for compensation. get commonned and given a bag of u.s. cash. and then, his family member is government. how many times has the u.s. government done that? >> the u.s. military does have a history of giving compensation for civilian casualties in combat. so-called condolence money paid out during the korean war to more recent conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. but the details have always been claidclassified, leaving the pas as in shadows as the drone strikes itself. >> who are the payees, the u.s. government has never provide answers to that. that's what makes faisal jabar's story so significant. it is really the first window we have into these sorts of payments. >> to date, the u.s. government has neither confirmed nor denied the payments to jaber or even that the drone strike was a mistake. >> you can look at there as a humanitarian gesture on the part of the u.s. government, or you can look at it as damage control by the cia. regardless of where you come down on this question, there needs to be more transparency here. >> whatever the motivation behind the payments, it is clear that at least for these victims, money hasn't healed the wounds. >> the way they dealt with this case says a lot about how money in their view could make up for lost lives. it's a imol of acknowledgment for the victims families and the difficult suspicion they've been left with but -- difficult circumstances they've been left with. but that money should come with an apology, an admission that they made a mistake. >> daniel rothenberger, author of drone wars, these unintended casualties in the course of these drone strikes and yet this is a favorite option for obama administration, targeted killing. doesn't seem like the numbers that's a very successful model. >> i think what you're getting at there, sometimes the drone policy is presented as if its primary goal is to take out and engage in killings of the highest levels of leaders , al shabaab, and alkani network. it appears that many of those targeted are not high level players but in fact they are mid level or maybe even lower level players within these armed groups. >> and then the unintended consequences, the loss of civilian life, innocent life that's just an acceptable risk to the administration? >> that's an excellent question. you know warfare involves destruction and killing and they're both legal and moral obligations to minimize civilian casualties as possible. that's as true for drone strikes as for other uses of force. >> let's talk a little bit about what the meaning of a compensation like we're talking about in fasal's report, you can't speak for that particular incident but why does the u.s. government, why would it pay this kind of compensation? >> well, the u.s. has been involved in paying compensation to victims, people have either had folks in their family being killed or injured or having lost material possessions, you know of animals and crops and the like. >> but what does it do? >> well, there's a moral and there's a strategic side to it. on the moral sidists a way of offsetting the harm that is the part of practice of warfare, particularly in these counterinsurgency environments, a way to win over or have a support of a victim who's being subjected to violence on both sides. >> thank you daniel. >> thank you. >> next up after the break: the kentucky couple whose search for a perfect and legal union could make their case for same sex marriage the first to be decided by the u.s. supreme court. >> see all the work you've done, all these leel matters, you still lack the rights of heterosexual folks there? >> very much so. our need is to put both our names on the birth certificate as parents. >> why their case could become the roe v wade of same sex marriage. they lost their sons at the hands of officers sworn to protect their communities. what the justice league is seeking now. >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes continues episode three: the new middle east on al jazeera america >> it's been a big year for same sex marriages. 35 states decisions and appeals are pending in ten more. the fight continues and now the nation's high court looks ready finally to weigh in. in an exclusive national tv interview, maintain's adam may introduces us to a kentucky couple whose case could be the one that changes marriage in america. >> he teaching your child to drive. ilestone memory for any family but these father and son are not a legal family at least according to the laws of kentucky. >> greg, a kick in the gut is what he's used. >> michael de leon and greg bork, have sued the state of kentucky and its governor. their case is called bork versus beshear, the case that will go to the u.s. supreme court. >> when we started this a year and a half ago, we certainly didn't think we would be a case going to the supreme court. we thought that would be played out long before us. there were so many states in the queue before us and we thought this is going to get settled before kentucky makes it to the supreme court. and sure enough all the other circuits have ruled in favor of marriage equality department for the 6th circuit, actually, and we're shocked. >> the sixth circuit is called unpredictable and it was here in october that michael and greg lost their appeal. upheld in kentucky, michigan, ohio and tennessee. in the only appeals court ruling so far that upheld bans, judge jeffary suttojefer jeffrey sutton wrote, the couples of the same sex do not have children the same way as couples of opposite sexes. that's obvious to michael and greg. they adopted their two children, bella and isaiah. they have had to jumped through hoops to, that don't treat same sex couples equally. >> it's been a challenge over the years. even before we had children we had to go to extraordinary means to kind of simulate a marriage in terms of legal rights but with children it goes to a whole different level. we've had to set one of us up as a legal guardian, michael's the adoptive parent of our two children, i'm the legal guardians. over the years we've had to have those revised numerous times, we've had to have wills revised. there are numerous things that had to be taken into account because we didn't have that legal status of being married. >> all that work being done, drawing up legal agreements are you still lacking the same here? >> very much so. but the big thing for us is to be able to put both their names on their birth certificates as parents. >> you don't have that. >> we are still prohibited in doing that. we wanted to sue for marriage equality because we have been parenting these children for 16 years and as far as state of kentucky is concerned i have no legal claim, no legal status. i am a legal guardian -- >> your name is not on the birth certificate. >> you're their dad. >> they would tell you that yes. >> in typical teenage fashion, isaiah backed up his fathers. >> you want to talk? >> about what? >> what is it like to have two dads in the state of kentucky? >> kind of awesome, these two awesome dudes have been parenting me since i was three years old. and everything that i am the reason why i am the man today is because of these two beautiful handsome young gentlemen. >> he really lays it on thick. >> you must want to borrow some money or something. >> if something would have happened to michael and greg would have no legal rights to his children and that doesn't make sense for anyone. these people raised these children. when i look at them i see a family. it doesn't matter. >> shannon fauver is part of the legal team representing michael and greg and a handful of other kentucky couples also suing. many of the couples are already married in other jurisdictions. michael and greg actually tied the knot in ontario, on the canadian side of the falls in 2004. that means nothing to kentucky. >> you are not kentucky married. you are just federally married. >> what is the real impact on clients that you represent? >> our clients can't be both the legal parent they have adopted and raised together. >> it is reasonable for government to encourage that a home consists of a man and a woman. >> led the team ten years ago to ban same sex marriage in kentucky. the 2004 constitutional amendment passed here with 74% of the vote, one of the highest votes against marriage equality anywhere in the nation. his group the family foundation of kentucky filed an amicus brief in bork versus beshear. >> there is no reason why kentuckians have to rely on a law from california. >> do you want the supreme court to strike down all the maicialtion? >> no, i just want the supreme court to allow states to set their own marriage policy. >> isn't this a case though of your religious beliefs trying to inject it into the law? >> if they were religious and a lot of people's reasons are religious, since when is it the court's role to dictate to people what reasons they have for voting for something? this is brand-new, we've always, people in this country have always voted on what their religious beliefs are what their moral beliefs are what their indulge belief intellectual beliefs are. >> general electric, who employs 6,000 workers in louisville, filed an amicus brief. if the supreme court does not legalize same sex marriage, kentucky advocates may have to go back to the voters. >> you have a constitutional amendment here in kentucky to legalize same sex marriage, a lot of people would say boy that sounds like something that could be decades away. >> it may be. which is why going through the court system is quicker. >> there's mounting pressure on the court to take up the case, pleas from kentucky and louisiana, appeals from companies request like general electric and apple. and appeals from other states. >> do you think it's a case that people will remember in the years to come? >> i think we'll be studying it in law school, yes. >> we don't have reporters come by to talk to us, we've been sheltered in a lot of respects. if we do end up being part of the case that goes, we aren't going to be able to hide. >> we'll be ready. >> we get feedback when we see people out and they recognize us. that feels pretty doggone good when you can make a difference. >> this week the governor much kentucky has filed that formal petition with the u.s. supreme court. his lawyers said it was important for kentucky and the country for the court to define this question of who has the right to define marriage. one of the reasons the governor of kentucky said is the cases address two important issues, one, can they perform same sex marriages in the state of kentucky and two what about recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states and those folks who live to kentucky. they got married in canada and moved to kentucky. it means absolutely nothing in the blue grass state. >> what makes everyone feel the the supreme court will take it up this time? >> moving ahead and legalizing same sex marriage, what we have happening here on same sex marriage why they're going to move on this, there is now a dissention in circuits, different playing out than other circuit courts. there is a mention of justice ginsburg, we're not going to stay up there case because there's no dispute here, now there is a dispute, and the deadline is coming up, january is when they will have to decide whether or not they will take up this case and there will be some meetings before that, and the observers say very likely they will take up the case in kentucky or possibly michigan, a 50-50 shot. >> and possibly we will hear about it by next summer. "america tonight's" adam may, thanks so much. when we return, they lost their sons but not their search for justice. >> the power is within the mothers. the power is within the voters. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye with the justice league and what it's demanding from washington. later this hour: running wild and breaking bad. >> that is about how they typically add. they settle in and realize that it's not so bad. they can't get away. >> the woman leading the way to a new home on the range. >> a deal went against they're own government >> egypt mismanaged it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> now a senat snapshot of stors making headlines on. "america tonight." dr. kent brantley who became infected in west africa. the city of detroit is ready to close its book on bankruptcy. the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy will end at midnight. emergency manager kevin orr resigned saying it's time to return the city to regular order. pakistani teenager malala yousafzai, received the nobel prize. she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. she shared her award with the indian kate kilash saarti. now they're telling their stories. hoping to capture the momentum, protests sweeping the country since grand juries declined to indict officers in two high profile deaths, most recently the choke hold death of eric garner. maintain's sarah hoye has the story. >> we are not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. >> women forever bound joined together through loss. they are the mothers of young black and latino men killed by police who traveled to the nation's capital calling for change. >> my only son, clinton allen, was shot and killed by dallas police officer on march 10th, 2013. clinton was only 25 years old and he was shot seven times, once in the back, and he was unarmed. >> hands up don't shoot hands up don't shoot. >> reporter: the visit comes among waves of city protests, after grand juries in new york and missouri declined to indict white officers for the deaths of two unarmed black men. protesters have marched to the fruitvale station, a subway station where a bay area rapid transit officer shot oscar peterson to death. in 2009. wanda johnson spoke tuesday before a standing room only crowd. >> the next thing you know the officer got up and pulled his gun and shot my son in the back. my son looked up at the officer and said to him, "you shot me. i have a four-year-old daughter. you shot me" so what is justice? was that justice, totally no it wasn't justice in my eyesight. so why do i still fight? because my son should not have been killed by the officer. >> reporter: in the case of oscar grant, the officer responsible for his death, served 11 months. the victims want accountability. >> we have to fight to make sure officers are held accountable for their actions and the only way they are going to be held accountable for their actions is if you and i continue to let other people know that officers are not as righteous as we think they are. am i saying that all officers are bad? no i'm not saying that but the ones that are bad, they need to be identified and they need to be taken off the force. >> they kill our children, and we send their children to college. we got to change that. so the power is within the mothers, the power is within the voters, when you have a district attorney that insists on circumventing justice for families and serving impunity to cops, you must get together and you must unseat him because he works for you. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> there are signs that the message is taking hold around the country. protesters staged a die-in, inside cleveland cavaliers, lebron james f wore "i can't breathe" tee shirts. >> until the killing of black men ♪ ♪ black mothers's sons ♪ >> hope their trip raises awareness and keep the group of grieving mothers growing. ♪ we believe in freedom cannot rest cannot re rest ♪ >> "america tonight" sarah hoye joins us. do the mothers have specific demands concrete things they are seeking? >> for the mothers they are asking for justice. they wants to go after those federal indictments and also make sure that the police are prosecuted. in some cases like in the state of new york they are also asking for independent prosecutors, people kind of from the outside of the system to help with these cases. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye, thanks so much. a look ahead to marianna tomorrow. a failing grade for the program that was supposed to change education in this country. the growing backlash against teach for america. >> how would you describe your tfa experience? >> it was an important stepping-stone to where i am now. but it was also the most miserable worst six months of my life. i was miserable. >> the new slogan for this education innovation, some say it's don't teach for america. we'll explain thursday on "america tonight." and after the break tonight, long buried secrets and the attempt to pay last respects long overdue. >> so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and worked among us. >> lives hidden away now finally remembered. >> you know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? well, at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we were starving just looking for a way to succeed. >> the first time that i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the ten freeway was kind of a no-man's land. >> he said, "ya know, we're selling it to the blacks, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops, you can sell to who every you want and when they start killing each other no body cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! we can make a fortune. >> he was maybe the biggest guy in la. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator. i think we're into something that's bigger than us, something we really can't deal with. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> she could prove what she was saying. >>♪ crack in the system >> it's a sad chapter of our history. the treatment of people with mental illness. before modern medicine, many were sent to institutions, to a lonely life or lonelier death. beneath an unmarked head stone. marianna's michael okwu reports, they're helping name asylum inmates with names. >> now in front of us is albertina carlson born in 1868. she died in 1939. she's buried under a numbered stone. the state gave her, albertina so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place. as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and walked among us. >> here in the foothills of appalachia, they said they're giving their dead the dignity back, one grave site at a time. >> what's the significance of what you just did? >> what i just did was the last respectful thing that anybody's ever done for this person. you look down this row. there's nowhere else in our society do we treat people like this. i think if your parents took the time to give you a name, then, you know, nobody has the right to take that away from you. >> today a name is one of the few things we know about the person buried here. albertina carlson left a life in sweden for a final chapter in the united states, settling here in ohio in 1890. a year before she died albertina was admitted to the athens asylum for the insane but 75 years after she was laid to rest beneath a numbered head stone a genealogist more than 2,000 miles away is making sure she's not forgotten. he happens to be albertina's distant cousin. he missed the ceremony, he no longer flies. so "america tonight" showed him the footage. >> to see the stone there her name there the stone going in her getting her identity, dignity back, definitely. that was probably next to actually being there, the only thing better than that. >> reilly is helping the lockharts research who's buried underneath these unmarked graves, some 1900 of them, each representing a patient of the asylum. activists here hope to eventually place a named head stone as every grave just as they did with albertina, no longer simply plot number 662. >> now we have cause of death. >> duck mccade is the curator of manuscripts. >> for what reasons were people committed to this asylum? >> down stroam might be -- syndrome might be a good example. those range from all kinds of things too. from criminally insane to change of life, today we call that menopause. >> people were committed here for menopause? >> for menopause, yes. how about failure to consummate a marriage? >> across the country, tens of thousands of people are buried in unnamed graves. marked only by a number. they lie in cemeteries near poorhouses prisons and orphanages. buried here are coal miners and farmers black smits and blacksmiths and housewives. with the narrative largely untold. >> among the first to be admitted was eli stevens, an epileptic. from benton county, mr. stevens who had been a member of the raid in ohio in 1863 became detached while in that county. he was cared for by the sheriff for want of other means until the completion of the athens institution where he was admitted and where he remained to his death several years later. >> where is eli stevens now? >> he is actually buried in grave number 280. now we can also see that eli was buried on march tweat 23rd, 1898. >> and the very next name after eli's? >> israel johnson. israel johnson is buried in 281. you have a union soldier buried next to a confederate soldier. >> eli, a white soldier, fought for the confederate . now two men side by side. >> coincidence that eli and israel are buried next to each other? >> could it be? if you are thinking of it as sort of a spiritual way that israel timed his death and his burial so he could be beside eli for an eternity to keep an eye on that sob, who knows. >> eli and israel are also listed next oeach other among the 1900 in the asylum's grave book, using that book he is able to link the numbers until those buried but the contents were secret until a decade ago, that's when the state of ohio released the names of state run asylums. not long after doug and berta lockhart rof resolved to place credit gravestones. >> a lot of these volunteers who volunteer for our organization, nobody gets paid, they do it because they have love for people. people are special. >> berta is president of the friends of athens asylum cemeteries. >> we decided to place a marker for all these people with a proper marker, we came upon opposition, it surprised us, shocked us because we weren't ready for a battle. >> leading the opposition is tom walker a retired latin american studies professor. >> i have a son with a mental illness, and he and i came to one of the cemeteries and i was just shocked at the condition and -- of these cemeteries and it was clear to me that if he had been born a century before with no -- before the medications he might have ended up in a place like this. >> walker belongs to the national chapter of the national alliance of mental illness. he began to restore forgotten and dla dilapidated cemeteries. >> a lot of these have numbers and not names. how do you feel about that? >> well, there are two points of view on that. we feel that these cemeteries should be preserved as they are, because they are on the national registry of historic places. there are almost no mental health cemeteries that are still intact like this. the ohio department of mental health agrees with us. so far all three governors since we started agree with us. and the ohio historical society awarded us an award for what been doing. >> we've been trying since 2007 to have some sort of compromise. their stand is still the same. >> the two groups have worked out an arrangement. a named head stone can be placed if a family member is found. >> we'll continue to look for family members, they will come. >> so far they're making progress. more than 100 of the 1900 numbered head stones now bear names. >> there are so many markers in there that deserve to have their name on there too, just like she got hers. >> giving a name to the numbers one stone at a time. michael okwu, al jazeera, athens, ohio. >> and remembering one name at a time. ahead here another look at the long view of home. on the range. an american treasure taming the call of the wild. the wild west and wild life story, next. >> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginable story of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police >> a fault lines special investigation >> there's a general distrust of this prosecutor >> courageous and in depth... >> it's a target you can't get rid of... >> the untold story... >> who do you protect? >> ...of what's really going on in ferguson >> they were so angry because it could have been them >> fault lines, ferguson: race and justice in the u.s. one hour special only on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> finally tonight just a century ago, several million wild mustangs roamed the plains. still only a few thousand are rung free, an effort to save them was just upheld out west. tonight a look at an american treasure, a gentle woman who taims th tames the moisture. as only a horse whisperer can do. >> i get horses from the blm that have never even seen a human, really. blm stands for bureau of land management. they have a wild horse program and they capture the wild horse he and bring them into the corrals and take care of them and put them up for adoption. you know it's breed management and so they're not overgrazing the land and not starving to death. there is about how they typically act. they bounce around and they settle in and realize that it's not so bad. they can't get away. when the wild horses get brought into the blm they don't have any more friends. they lost all of them and looking for a new herd. the so the very first day, i just do a lot of approach and retreat and show that i'm not trying to go in there and scare or be the predator. and once i develop that friendship that's when the trust and respect comes in. they're looking for interaction and somebody to kind of comfort them. ftc pretty soon they start looking to you you release that pressure every time they put their eye on you and go hey who are you, what's going on here? and from there they start learning to give to pressure. the first touch is always the -- you know it almost gives you the warm fuzzies kind of a deal. you reach your hand out there and they reach their neck and elongate the body and that's really the first connection and that feels really good. every horse that i've ever had that first touch with they kind of go hey yes this horse trusts me to this point and i'm not forcing it. i think if you use that trust and respect, is your main focus of your training, you have a willing partner. it's going to want to try its hardest for you. >> i'm just going to move the saddle up and down, that's part of the process, throwing that saddle up there. just another baby step. ♪ >> you know this was my dream. and i believe in being happy with life. and you know, there was so many people that are miserable doing their jobs. i mean you have one shot at life, and why be miserable doing what you're doing? go live life and maybe you're not making the most money in the world but isn't happiness a lot better than being miserable and making money? >> why indeed? that's "america tonight," if you would like to comment on any stories you've seen tonight you can log on to our website, aljazeera.com/americatonight. and join the conversation with us any time on our twitter or facebook page. good night. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >> the cia strikes back, three former directors forcefully defend themselves against the cia's use of pressure. and what was said about the white house behind closed doors and a big discovery in outer space. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this," those stories and others straight ahead. >> this particular release serves no purpose.
the roe v wade of same sex marriage. >> when we started this a year ago, we certainly didn't think it would go to the supreme court, it would pray out way before us. >> adam may on their first national interview on what could change the picture of marriage in america. and a sorority of sorrow. standing together with strain. >> we're not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. lives matters and my son's life mattered. >> they lost their sons to the officers they counted on to protect their communities. now the demands of the justice league to keep their numbers from growing about. . good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. with washington still reeling from the blockbuster torture disclosures that put the cia squarely in the hot seat over its tactics with terror suspects there is also expanding concern about america's other efforts in its fight against terror. we begin this hour with a look at guantanamo bay and the detainees still lan quishin languishing in u.s. custody there. daniel schwindler reports. >> it is the largest number of detainees to leave the guantanamo bay prison in cuba since 2009. four syrians, a tunisian and a palestinian. arrived in uruguay last weekend. in all their years at guantanamo, they were never tried or convicted of a crime. in fact they were approved for release nearly five years ago. closing the prison was a campaign pledge. it was back in 2009 that president obama promised it would be done within a year. it cost the american taxpayer around $3 million a year to louse each of the 136 remaining prisoners. relocating them hasn't proved easy. in this case it took the impression of uruguayn are president jose mohika himself a political prisoner in the '70s and '80s. >> that's not a prison that's a kidnapping den. a judge whoever that may be and minimum reference to the law, that place has none of it. >> the released men are now being treated in hospital before they are resettled in country. their futures are uncertain. the uruguayn authorities are doing all they can to help these men rebuild their lives a long way from home. president obama points to when he talks about closing guantanamo bay. he's called guantanamo a recruit recruitment tomb for extremists and it's not necessary to keep america safe. >> the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are, contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. >> in capitol hill there has not been political will to close the prison. 2001 law called the authorization to use military form or aumf. when congress authorized an armed conflict against those who planned the september 11th attacke11th attacks. the detainees still in prison vary greatly. some are of little interest to the u.s. but it's hard to return them to the countries of origin because the countries in question can't promise to keep an eye on them or stop them from joining terrorist groups. then there are the 70 high level prisoners, deemed unable to be tried but too dangerous to release. the obama administration has proposed moving these prisoners to a military run prison inside the united states where most would continue to be held without trial. but congress has banned transferring detainees to domestic soil for any purpose. daniel schwindler, al jazeera, uruguay. >> looking forward from the enhanced interrogations at guantanamo. serious legal hurdles lie ahead for prosecutors. it is a challenge according to the man who once led military prosecutions at guantanamo. retired colonel morse davis. >> once it came from the cia program, khalid sheikh mohammed, in september of 2006 clearly came out of that program. the ones that were really, we heard the label the worst of the worst. those really that label applied to the khalid sheikh mohammeds that were part of that cia group that ended up at guantanamo and we ended up with the basket of information that the public is now seeing a part of that we were handed and said hey here prosecute these guys. glpped and you were left with feeling that you -- >> and you were held with the feeling you couldn't prosecute with that? >> to me it was fundamentally contrary to american values. we hold ourselves up as the shining city on the hill. to come into court and say this was obtained by torture is contrary to what americans sign up for the military to begin with. i said we are not going to obtain any evidence obtained by -- going to use any evidence obtained by torture. i don't want to push the edge of the envelope to see how much we can get away with. we are building the cases contrary to all this evidence that just came out. late in my tenure right before i resigned, i was told by people right above me, the president says we don't torture. you need to take it into court and get these guys convicted. >> why wouldn't you use that kind of information that you believe might have come out of torture? >> well because evidence is supposed to be reliable. and certainly torture is an extraordinary effective tool to make people talk. it's a terrible tool to make people tell the truth. and so they try to take that kind of information that is inherently unreliable and take it into court, an american court and say this is good evidence, is just i don't think. wrong. the people that put us on the path of torture are scrambling to try to make the connection. you hear them say it led to finding bin laden. be we we water-boarded khalid sheikh mohammed in 2002, and that led to bin laden. lives were saved plots were stopped. give us some specifics because all we've got is vague assertions. and government has shown quite often you can't take them at their words. >> let me make sure, you are not a military person, you are a prosecutor. you are here to put away bad guys. >> but with reliable evidence before punishment is imposed. we haven't had a good track record at guantanamo in particular of doing that. >> is it going to be possible given what we've learned, is it going to be possible to prosecute all those who remain? remain. more than 80%, the people we were told are the worst of the worst are no longer at guantanamo. about half have already been cleared to be transferred out. the administration has bought some more time. our justification has been that you can detain the enemy for the duration of the conflict and president obama had said the conflict in afghanistan was going to end by december 31st. recently, though he's extended active combat operations so it gives a little more breathing room on what to do with that group of detainees. but at some point they have to be prosecuted or transferred. >> colonel morse davis, thank you. >> my pleasure. the obama administration's favorite tool in terroristing suspects has been the drone strike used extensively in yemen and pakistan. unintended victims as drones rain down on other targets. a yemeni man's attempt to find justice for his family have exposed secrets about america's drone program. it was late summer in eastern yemen the year 2012. 2012.. the entire village gathered to see him get married. his brother-in-law and nephew led the men in celebration. just two days later, both salem and walid were dead. the yemeni government said they had been killed by a u.s. drone strike. >> translator: we heard three or four massive explosions. rockets hitting from the sky. and we hurried up towards the mosque and found them. body parts all over the place. it was a dark and disastrous day day. >> reporter: the yemeni government described what it called a u.s. mistake, one that provoked a furious backlash, with a u.s. ally. the protest died down but aa year later, he took his search for answers to washington. >> we were trying to directly find an explanation for what happened and why this car was hit when salem and walid were there. why now? what exactly took place in the moment? we needed transparency, we needed answers. the war planes are still there overhead and no one knows who's likely to be the next victim. >> but jaber said he left washington with few answers, about a program that most americans don't know much about. the first drone strike in yemen came in 2002 as part of the effort to target members of quap quea al qaeda in the asian peninsula, aqap. >> it is a hard fact that u.s. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. those deaths will haunt us as long as we live. >> months after he got home, jaber says yemen's intelligence service called him in and offered him a plastic bag full of $100,000 in freshly minted u.s. bills and was told by a yemeni official that the money came from the united states. days later, jaber says another member of his family was wired another $100,000. but even in yemen where the average income is just over $1300 a year, the money wasn't welcome. >> translator: it never occurred to me that compensation would be offered in such a humiliating way. that the money would be given to me in secret. we're seeking justice. this isn't justice. it sends the wrong message to the families of the victims and to the people of hadrumud that their blood is cheap. >> we know very little about what happens in the aftermath of a drone strike. >> michael isakoff is an investigative journalist who first reported the story for yahoo news. >> this was an individual who met with officials from the white house. asked for compensation. get commonned and given a bag of u.s. cash. and then, his family member is government. how many times has the u.s. government done that? >> the u.s. military does have a history of giving compensation for civilian casualties in combat. so-called condolence money paid out during the korean war to more recent conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. but the details have always been claidclassified, leaving the pas as in shadows as the drone strikes itself. >> who are the payees, the u.s. government has never provide answers to that. that's what makes faisal jabar's story so significant. it is really the first window we have into these sorts of payments. >> to date, the u.s. government has neither confirmed nor denied the payments to jaber or even that the drone strike was a mistake. >> you can look at there as a humanitarian gesture on the part of the u.s. government, or you can look at it as damage control by the cia. regardless of where you come down on this question, there needs to be more transparency here. >> whatever the motivation behind the payments, it is clear that at least for these victims, money hasn't healed the wounds. >> the way they dealt with this case says a lot about how money in their view could make up for lost lives. it's a imol of acknowledgment for the victims families and the difficult suspicion they've been left with but -- difficult circumstances they've been left with. but that money should come with an apology, an admission that they made a mistake. >> daniel rothenberger, author of drone wars, these unintended casualties in the course of these drone strikes and yet this is a favorite option for obama administration, targeted killing. doesn't seem like the numbers that's a very successful model. >> i think what you're getting at there, sometimes the drone policy is presented as if its primary goal is to take out and engage in killings of the highest levels of leaders , al shabaab, and alkani network. it appears that many of those targeted are not high level players but in fact they are mid level or maybe even lower level players within these armed groups. >> and then the unintended consequences, the loss of civilian life, innocent life that's just an acceptable risk to the administration? >> that's an excellent question. you know warfare involves destruction and killing and they're both legal and moral obligations to minimize civilian casualties as possible. that's as true for drone strikes as for other uses of force. >> let's talk a little bit about what the meaning of a compensation like we're talking about in fasal's report, you can't speak for that particular incident but why does the u.s. government, why would it pay this kind of compensation? >> well, the u.s. has been involved in paying compensation to victims, people have either had folks in their family being killed or injured or having lost material possessions, you know of animals and crops and the like. >> but what does it do? >> well, there's a moral and there's a strategic side to it. on the moral sidists a way of offsetting the harm that is the part of practice of warfare, particularly in these counterinsurgency environments, a way to win over or have a support of a victim who's being subjected to violence on both sides. >> thank you daniel. >> thank you. >> next up after the break: the kentucky couple whose search for a perfect and legal union could make their case for same sex marriage the first to be decided by the u.s. supreme court. >> see all the work you've done, all these leel matters, you still lack the rights of heterosexual folks there? >> very much so. our need is to put both our names on the birth certificate as parents. >> why their case could become the roe v wade of same sex marriage. they lost their sons at the hands of officers sworn to protect their communities. what the justice league is seeking now. >> it's been a big year for same sex marriages. 35 states decisions and appeals are pending in ten more. the fight continues and now the nation's high court looks ready finally to weigh in. in an exclusive national tv interview, maintain's adam may introduces us to a kentucky couple whose case could be the one that changes marriage in america. >> he teaching your child to drive. ilestone memory for any family but these father and son are not a legal family at least according to the laws of kentucky. >> greg, a kick in the gut is what he's used. >> michael de leon and greg bork, have sued the state of kentucky and its governor. their case is called bork versus beshear, the case that will go to the u.s. supreme court. >> when we started this a year and a half ago, we certainly didn't think we would be a case going to the supreme court. we thought that would be played out long before us. there were so many states in the queue before us and we thought this is going to get settled before kentucky makes it to the supreme court. and sure enough all the other circuits have ruled in favor of marriage equality department for the 6th circuit, actually, and we're shocked. >> the sixth circuit is called unpredictable and it was here in october that michael and greg lost their appeal. upheld in kentucky, michigan, ohio and tennessee. in the only appeals court ruling so far that upheld bans, judge jeffary suttojefer jeffrey sutton wrote, the couples of the same sex do not have children the same way as couples of opposite sexes. that's obvious to michael and greg. they adopted their two children, bella and isaiah. they have had to jumped through hoops to, that don't treat same sex couples equally. >> it's been a challenge over the years. even before we had children we had to go to extraordinary means to kind of simulate a marriage in terms of legal rights but with children it goes to a whole different level. we've had to set one of us up as a legal guardian, michael's the adoptive parent of our two children, i'm the legal guardians. over the years we've had to have those revised numerous times, we've had to have wills revised. there are numerous things that had to be taken into account because we didn't have that legal status of being married. >> all that work being done, drawing up legal agreements are you still lacking the same here? >> very much so. but the big thing for us is to be able to put both their names on their birth certificates as parents. >> you don't have that. >> we are still prohibited in doing that. we wanted to sue for marriage equality because we have been parenting these children for 16 years and as far as state of kentucky is concerned i have no legal claim, no legal status. i am a legal guardian -- >> your name is not on the birth certificate. >> you're their dad. >> they would tell you that yes. >> in typical teenage fashion, isaiah backed up his fathers. >> you want to talk? >> about what? >> what is it like to have two dads in the state of kentucky? >> kind of awesome, these two awesome dudes have been parenting me since i was three years old. and everything that i am the reason why i am the man today is because of these two beautiful handsome young gentlemen. >> he really lays it on thick. >> you must want to borrow some money or something. >> if something would have happened to michael and greg would have no legal rights to his children and that doesn't make sense for anyone. these people raised these children. when i look at them i see a family. it doesn't matter. >> shannon fauver is part of the legal team representing michael and greg and a handful of other kentucky couples also suing. many of the couples are already married in other jurisdictions. michael and greg actually tied the knot in ontario, on the canadian side of the falls in 2004. that means nothing to kentucky. >> you are not kentucky married. you are just federally married. >> what is the real impact on clients that you represent? >> our clients can't be both the legal parent they have adopted and raised together. >> it is reasonable for government to encourage that a home consists of a man and a woman. >> led the team ten years ago to ban same sex marriage in kentucky. the 2004 constitutional amendment passed here with 74% of the vote, one of the highest votes against marriage equality anywhere in the nation. his group the family foundation of kentucky filed an amicus brief in bork versus beshear. >> there is no reason why kentuckians have to rely on a law from california. >> do you want the supreme court to strike down all the maicialtion? >> no, i just want the supreme court to allow states to set their own marriage policy. >> isn't this a case though of your religious beliefs trying to inject it into the law? >> if they were religious and a lot of people's reasons are religious, since when is it the court's role to dictate to people what reasons they have for voting for something? this is brand-new, we've always, people in this country have always voted on what their religious beliefs are what their moral beliefs are what their indulge belief intellectual beliefs are. >> general electric, who employs 6,000 workers in louisville, filed an amicus brief. if the supreme court does not legalize same sex marriage, kentucky advocates may have to go back to the voters. >> you have a constitutional amendment here in kentucky to legalize same sex marriage, a lot of people would say boy that sounds like something that could be decades away. >> it may be. which is why going through the court system is quicker. >> there's mounting pressure on the court to take up the case, pleas from kentucky and louisiana, appeals from companies request like general electric and apple. and appeals from other states. >> do you think it's a case that people will remember in the years to come? >> i think we'll be studying it in law school, yes. >> we don't have reporters come by to talk to us, we've been sheltered in a lot of respects. if we do end up being part of the case that goes, we aren't going to be able to hide. >> we'll be ready. >> we get feedback when we see people out and they recognize us. that feels pretty doggone good when you can make a difference. >> this week the governor much kentucky has filed that formal petition with the u.s. supreme court. his lawyers said it was important for kentucky and the country for the court to define this question of who has the right to define marriage. one of the reasons the governor of kentucky said is the cases address two important issues, one, can they perform same sex marriages in the state of kentucky and two what about recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states and those folks who live to kentucky. they got married in canada and moved to kentucky. it means absolutely nothing in the blue grass state. >> what makes everyone feel the the supreme court will take it up this time? >> moving ahead and legalizing same sex marriage, what we have happening here on same sex marriage why they're going to move on this, there is now a dissention in circuits, different playing out than other circuit courts. there is a mention of justice ginsburg, we're not going to stay up there case because there's no dispute here, now there is a dispute, and the deadline is coming up, january is when they will have to decide whether or not they will take up this case and there will be some meetings before that, and the observers say very likely they will take up the case in kentucky or possibly michigan, a 50-50 shot. >> and possibly we will hear about it by next summer. "america tonight's" adam may, thanks so much. when we return, they lost their sons but not their search for justice. >> the power is within the mothers. the power is within the voters. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye with the justice league and what it's demanding from washington. later this hour: running wild and breaking bad. >> that is about how they typically add. they settle in and realize that it's not so bad. they can't get away. >> the woman leading the way to a new home on the range. >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes continues episode three: the new middle east on al jazeera america >> now a senat snapshot of stors making headlines on. "america tonight." dr. kent brantley who became infected in west africa. the city of detroit is ready to close its book on bankruptcy. the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy will end at midnight. emergency manager kevin orr resigned saying it's time to return the city to regular order. pakistani teenager malala yousafzai, received the nobel prize. she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. she shared her award with the indian kate kilash saarti. now they're telling their stories. hoping to capture the momentum, protests sweeping the country since grand juries declined to indict officers in two high profile deaths, most recently the choke hold death of eric garner. maintain's sarah hoye has the story. >> we are not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. >> women forever bound joined together through loss. they are the mothers of young black and latino men killed by police who traveled to the nation's capital calling for change. >> my only son, clinton allen, was shot and killed by dallas police officer on march 10th, 2013. clinton was only 25 years old and he was shot seven times, once in the back, and he was unarmed. >> hands up don't shoot hands up don't shoot. >> reporter: the visit comes among waves of city protests, after grand juries in new york and missouri declined to indict white officers for the deaths of two unarmed black men. protesters have marched to the fruitvale station, a subway station where a bay area rapid transit officer shot oscar peterson to death. in 2009. wanda johnson spoke tuesday before a standing room only crowd. >> the next thing you know the officer got up and pulled his gun and shot my son in the back. my son looked up at the officer and said to him, "you shot me. i have a four-year-old daughter. you shot me" so what is justice? was that justice, totally no it wasn't justice in my eyesight. so why do i still fight? because my son should not have been killed by the officer. >> reporter: in the case of oscar grant, the officer responsible for his death, served 11 months. the victims want accountability. >> we have to fight to make sure officers are held accountable for their actions and the only way they are going to be held accountable for their actions is if you and i continue to let other people know that officers are not as righteous as we think they are. am i saying that all officers are bad? no i'm not saying that but the ones that are bad, they need to be identified and they need to be taken off the force. >> they kill our children, and we send their children to college. we got to change that. so the power is within the mothers, the power is within the voters, when you have a district attorney that insists on circumventing justice for families and serving impunity to cops, you must get together and you must unseat him because he works for you. those badges and those guns belong to us. >> there are signs that the message is taking hold around the country. protesters staged a die-in, inside cleveland cavaliers, lebron james f wore "i can't breathe" tee shirts. >> until the killing of black men ♪ ♪ black mothers's sons ♪ >> hope their trip raises awareness and keep the group of grieving mothers growing. ♪ we believe in freedom cannot rest cannot re rest ♪ >> "america tonight" sarah hoye joins us. do the mothers have specific demands concrete things they are seeking? >> for the mothers they are asking for justice. they wants to go after those federal indictments and also make sure that the police are prosecuted. in some cases like in the state of new york they are also asking for independent prosecutors, people kind of from the outside of the system to help with these cases. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye, thanks so much. a look ahead to marianna tomorrow. a failing grade for the program that was supposed to change education in this country. the growing backlash against teach for america. >> how would you describe your tfa experience? >> it was an important stepping-stone to where i am now. but it was also the most miserable worst six months of my life. i was miserable. >> the new slogan for this education innovation, some say it's don't teach for america. we'll explain thursday on "america tonight." and after the break tonight, long buried secrets and the attempt to pay last respects long overdue. >> so lord we offer this little spot of ground as a final resting place as a testimonial that albertina carlson lived and worked among us. >> lives hidden away now finally remembered. >> you know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? well, at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we were starving just looking for a way to succeed. >> the first time that i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the ten freeway was kind of a no-man's land. >> he said, "ya know, we're selling it to the blacks, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops, you can sell to who every you want and when they start killing each other no body cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! we can make a fortune. >> he was maybe the biggest guy in la. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator. i think we're into something that's bigger than us, something we really can't deal with. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> she could prove what she was saying. >>♪ crack in the system >> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginable story of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police >> a fault lines special investigation >> there's a general distrust of this prosecutor >> courageous and in depth... >> it's a target you can't get rid of... >> the untold story... >> who do you protect? 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and from there they start learning to give to pressure. the first touch is always the -- you know it almost gives you the warm fuzzies kind of a deal. you reach your hand out there and they reach their neck and elongate the body and that's really the first connection and that feels really good. every horse that i've ever had that first touch with they kind of go hey yes this horse trusts me to this point and i'm not forcing it. i think if you use that trust and respect, is your main focus of your training, you have a willing partner. it's going to want to try its hardest for you. >> i'm just going to move the saddle up and down, that's part of the process, throwing that saddle up there. just another baby step. ♪ >> you know this was my dream. and i believe in being happy with life. and you know, there was so many people that are miserable doing their jobs. i mean you have one shot at life, and why be miserable doing what you're doing? go live life and maybe you're not making the most money in the world but isn't happiness a lot better than being miserable and making money? 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years. especially in the north bay, where people are frantically filling up sandbags after hearing forecasts of up to a foot of rain in the hills which could send rivers right over their banks and possible flooding conditions. good afternoon. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. as the storm moves our way, an unprecedented move in advance by bay area schools. san francisco unified is closing al schools tomorrow. the district superintendent says he's concerned about possible power outages and doesn't want to risk students or staff getting injured trying to get to school. it's not just san francisco. oakland unified school district, all napa county schools are open. san rafael city schools, marin county private and charter schools and dixie school district are all closed tomorrow. schools in the novato unified school district will be closed thursday and friday. other closures include saucalit omaren city schools. the harmony school district classes are canceled as are montgomery school, burnville school and forestville academy. now we have live storm watch coverage but let's start it all over with spencer christian and the latest on this storm. >> right here just off the embarcadero, suddenly the winds have become gusty in just the lau last few seconds. here's live doppler 7 hd and it is raining in the north bay, not just sonoma county now. it has swept southward just a bit. you can see pockets of rain near san rafael, eastward towards napa and around santa rosa and farther north. let me give you a bigger view by way of satellite of the approaching storm. this is going to be the strongest storm to hit the bay area in over six years, in terms of wind and rain. some of the risks accompanying this storm tonight and tomorrow, high risk for urban flooding, mud and rock slides, power outages, river flooding. winds will gust 50 to 80 miles per hour at times. we will see up to ten inches of rain or more in some higher elevations. we will start the forecast animation 7:00 this evening. notice by 11:00, we will see rain becoming heavier and more widespread but still mainly in the north bay. 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the morning commute begins, still very heavy and intense but still mainly in the north bay. it won't be until about 9:00 tomorrow morning we will see rain sweeping southward into san francisco, down into the peninsula, across the bay to oakland but the most intense of the stormy weather will still be in the north bay at that hour. finally by 11:00 tomorrow morning, we will see the intense storminess reaching through the central part of the bay area. later in the afternoon sweeping down towards san jose and into the south bay, then behind the front, we will see widespread areas late tomorrow and into tomorrow night of moderate to heavy rain and breaking up to showers friday morning. i will be back in just a moment to show you where we expect the most serious river flooding to be and give you a longer look at the weather ahead. >> spencer, thank you. abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson is live in mill valley which was hit hard by flooding last week. >> reporter: well, signs show drivers that this area is subject to flooding and there is already lingering puddles from last week's storm all across marin. families are doing what they can to stay ahead of this storm. conversation centers on one topic during afternoon pickup at olive school. >> is it really that serious of a storm to cancel school so early. >> reporter: fearing flooding and dangerous winds, all classes were canceled tomorrow and friday. >> kind of really sad because we don't get to see our friends and play and stuff like that. >> reporter: the unexpected days off adding child care complications for many families, especially the clarks. adam's wife is in labor right now. >> finding day care for tomorrow is going to be rough. >> reporter: his solution? >> grandma. grandmas are great. >> reporter: sandbags are already on standby outside the door. >> we are very nervous it may flood this year. >> reporter: so many residents swarm this sand pile, the station ran out of supplies. san marino managed to fill seven. >> hopefully enough to keep the house dry. >> reporter: colette brought bags to protect her son's health. >> he's a little anxious. two, three years ago there was water right at his door. >> reporter: crews worked to clear sewers ahead of the storm while the office of emergency services gear up for the weather, and weather-related emergencies they expect will follow. chp's advice for everyone in marin tomorrow? >> this may be one of those situations where it's best to avoid the roads. >> reporter: as you can tell right now, everyone is preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news reporter chris winn continuing our storm coverage now live in palo alto with a look at preparations there. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon to you. as you can imagine, many people getting ready by filling sandbags. take a look behind me. the parking lot is packed. there has been a steady flow of foot traffic all afternoon. residents coming out here to the palo alto airport to make sandbags ahead of the storm. the sand is out, these bags are stacked. off woodland and university in east palo alto, crews from the california conservation corps know their work has just begun. >> placing sandbags and building structures with them. >> reporter: two years ago this part of the creek flooded big time but today, a coordinated effort to get the word out about tomorrow's storm. >> informational flyers in english and spanish doing walking door to door. we also did a walk along the business corridor at university avenue and are making sure that all of the businesses have this flyer in their windows. >> reporter: carol fredrickson with the santa clara valley water district says her team is ready. they hope to prevent a repeat of flooding in years past. >> we have been removing sediment, any blockages, and we have done some erosion repairs. >> reporter: these neighbors spent part of their afternoon at corporation yard doing some work now to keep the water out of their homes. >> it's better to be safe than sorry, so take 15 minutes out of your day, come with your husband, your children, and just have a little adventure and find out how to fill a sandbag. >> reporter: not taking any chances in the battle against mother nature. officials recommend that you bring your own shovel if possible. we have been told that all sandbag stations operated by the valley water district including this one will stay open around the clock throughout the storm. chris winn, abc 7 news. >> thank you, chris. pg & e is gearing up its high tech command center in fremont and moving tons of equipment into place all around the bay area in preparation for this coming storm. that includes hundreds of pole vaults and these large transformers you see here. they will be used to repair any damaged ones. the utility expects dozens of power lines to come down in this storm and are warning customers there will be outages. >> this storm we're expecting winds up to 70 miles per hour which is significantly more than what we had in 2008. >> pg & e says it could take them hours to reach some areas. they advise having three things ready, flashlights, a battery operated radio and extra batteries. today, crews finished filling in a huge sinkhole that opened up in a san francisco street during last week's big storm. workers rushed this morning to cover up a 20 foot crater with dirt and then they put down a base layer of cement and they hope that is going to dry before the first raindrops start coming down. that sinkhole was caused when a water main ruptured below lake street and sixth avenue, the intersection may open to traffic later today. the approaching storm is causing high surf along the coast. ocean beach is already seeing 10 to 15 foot waves. along the san mateo coast the waves are closer to 20 feet high. this morning, people headed out to see those waves crash against the shore. powerful waves will continue until friday. santa clara county is encouraging residents to sign up for emergency alerts ahead of this storm that's coming in. alert scc allows people to get warnings sent to their cell phone, mobile device or their e-mail. officials will also be able to reach people to give them information in an emergency situation. all you have to do signs up, go to a link on our website, abc7news.com. also, this word from the airlines, call ahead if you are flying today or perhaps picking somebody up at the airport. sfo has already canceled 25 flights tomorrow in anticipation of this storm. some carriers, including virgin america, are allowing passengers to reschedule their flights without any extra fees so make sure you do call ahead. join us a half hour early tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. to get full coverage of this storm. get up to the minute weather and traffic conditions where you live with the abc 7 news morning team. that's starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. on to the protests that are sweeping the nation today. dozens of uc berkeley law students staged a die-in. the students laid down for 15 and a half minutes. the demonstration was to honor michael brown and eric garner, who died at the hands of police officers. only students of color were allowed to lay down. white students watched and held hands in solidarity. the law students say they are going to fight for reforms to the criminal justice system. in oakland, a different type of demonstration took place. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield with the story. >> reporter: this group of white oakland residents has been angry ever since the recent decisions not to indict two white police officers in the deaths of two black men. they have been meeting and holding vigils in their oakland neighborhood. but today, they changed tactics and decided to block the federal building in downtown oakland with their message. >> i feel really good that we have come out. i think that white people need to speak up for racial justice. it can't change without white people being involved and partnering with black people. >> reporter: security locked the doors to the building's main entrance, forcing employees to find another way in. some seemed agitated. others appreciated the activists' stance. this group hopes federal officials get the message. >> the federal government needs to step up and say that our police force needs to represent our communities. why don't we say that every police force has to be the same ethnic makeup that our communities are? >> reporter: while they quietly made their statement, businesses in emeryville are cleaning up today from a rowdy night of demonstrations that moved from oakland to berkeley to highway 24 to emeryville. four businesses in emeryville were vandalized and looted. police say protesters also smashed the windows of some cars parked in front of homes. officers say they don't know why. >> it's totally frustrating. this is something that we don't expect to happen here in emeryville. we are not a focal point for any of this. i understand people's frustration of things that have been happening in other parts of the united states but emeryville doesn't have a part of that. >> reporter: back here at the federal building, protesters have gone home but barricades have gone up in the hopes of making sure that the protesters don't or can't return. in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the coroner's findings in the disputed fatal shooting of a man by a richmond police officer. also, the updated designs for the new warriors arena in san francisco. it doesn't look like a toilet bowl anymore. new at 4:30, the uplifting message today from the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize. 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will answer them here live a little bit laemplt you can contact michael at facebook.com/michaelfinneyabc7. at 4:12, we want to give you an update on the breaking news we started with. 580 east has been shut down in livermore. you can see the massive traffic backup there. there was a major accident involving at least six or seven vehicles. one person confirmed dead right now. i'm spencer christian. rain is already falling in parts of the north bay. we expect heavier, steadier rain to develop soon along with strong gusty winds. the latest storm details in just a moment. another look at live doppler 7 hd which is tracking the most powerful storm to come into the bay area in years. the storm has already shut down numerous schools and school districts so an advisory, make sure you check with your child's school for updated information before you send them off tomorrow morning. we have a list of all the closures on our website and you can read all the updated weather information on the bottom of your screen because we are crawling it all there for you. spencer will be along with your forecast in just a few minutes. an unarmed man in richmond was killed by a police officer earlier this year and today, an inquest into the shooting was held. >> police say richard perez was going for the officer's gun but perez's family says that is not the case at all. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> we definitely dispute that he reached for his gun and that there was a basis to shoot him at the time. >> reporter: attorney john burress represents the family of richard perez, the 24-year-old who was shot and killed by officer wallace jenson. the shooting occurred in front of this liquor store in mid-september. officer jenson encountered perez inside the store. the clerk told him perez was drunk and disorderly. a scuffle ensued outside as jenson was checking perez's records. it ended with a fatal shooting. as expected, the jury in the coroner's inquest concluded that perez was shot not by accident but intentionally by officer jenson. what burress and the perez family question is the accuracy of the officer's testimony on how the shooting went down. jenson was a star witness at this morning's hearing. he says perez was drunk and yelling profanities when he told him to sit down outside the store. but perez, he says, got up to leave. that's when the struggle began. hearing officer a lawyer presented evidence, recounting jenson's testimony. >> he was tugging on the officer's gun and the officer eventually got up and got a little separation, very close, pulled his gun out and had it close. mr. perez lunged at him, he fired. he came at him again and he fired two more times. >> reporter: two of the three shots were fatal. a store video shows the struggle but not the shooting. >> it's one-sided. it's like they're just hiding something. >> reporter: the coroner's inquest did not allow cross-examination of officer jenson or the other witnesses, nor did it make any conclusions about whether the shooting was justified. burress says all of that will come when he sues the city of richmond. vic lee, abc 7 news. the golden state warriors today unveiled an updated design for their new arena and entertainment center that's planned for san francisco's mission bay. the new images show the 18,000 seat arena flanked by office and retail space as well as a park. the shape of the arena has been changed from what critics said look like a toilet bowl at first. the building is also a few feet shorter because neighbors complained it was too tall. the architect says the complex offers something for everybody. >> one of the most important things that we spent time thinking about is the way the building acts and feels for the pedestrians on non-event times. this is an enjoyable active place to be every -- all day every day of the year. >> this is a $1 billion project. it's being built entirely with private money, scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. although i know the warriors owner wants to push for 2017 if they can get it done. time to turn back to the weather. that storm is approaching. >> spencer christian is here now. >> we are feeling the effects of this storm already. here's live doppler 7 hd. you can see that rain is falling in the north bay, all across north bay, as a matter of fact, and we have little areas of what looks like moderate to heavy rain just beginning to push onshore near point reyes. it will get wetter as the night goes on. wind gusty in many locations, 28 at sfo, 26, half moon bay. they will get a lot gustier overnight. here's the wind gust animation. by 11:00 tonight we will see gusts near 40 miles per hour at san francisco and half moon bay, 46 miles per hour at point reyes. then into the overnight hours, 62 mile per hour gusts, nearly 45 miles per hour at san francisco oakland and half moon bay. at 8:00 tomorrow morning, perhaps the strongest gusts, 50 miles per hour, san francisco, oakland and half moon bay. 64 at point reyes. then as the cold front starts to sweep southward, notice how the winds diminish rapidly in parts of the north bay. behind the front by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, all locations will see a sharp drop in wind speed. storm watch continues with a high wind warning in effect from 10:00 tonight to 10:00 tomorrow night. gusts could reach 50 miles per hour in urban areas, up to 80 miles per hour in higher elevations. gale warnings over the coastal and bay waters, downed trees and power lines are possible. we also have a high surf advisory in effect until 10:00 friday morning. current wave heights are well above ten feet at most locations. breakers may exceed 20 feet at times. dangerous rip currents are possible along with beach erosion. rainfall totals we project by friday morning could be as high as six to ten inches in the north bay mountains, four to six inches in the santa cruz mountains, two to four inches in most lower elevations. that is a lot of rain. certainly it brings with it the potential for flooding or flash flooding and in fact, we do have a flash flood watch beginning at 9:00 tonight for the entire bay area. rapid rises of creeks and streams, a possibility. ponding of water in urban areas and poor drainage areas also a possibility. that means there could be pools of water in many locations and roadways. please drive carefully. be on the lookout for that. let's talk about river flooding. the napa river, flood stage is 16 feet. we are forecasting it to crest at nearly 19 feet. that's tomorrow evening, 8:00, that could produce moderate flooding. farther downstream in the city of napa, on the napa river, flood stage is 25 feet. we are forecasting it cresting just barely above 25 feet early friday morning. not likely to produce significant flooding. over in the russian river, where the flood stage is 32 feet, we are forecasting cresting at nearly 38 feet by 2:00 friday afternoon. that could also produce moderate flooding. be on the lookout for that. in the sierra, a blizzard warning is in effect from tomorrow morning at 7:00 to friday morning at 4:00. extremely dangerous conditions are likely, six to 13 inches of snow, gusts 50 to 80 miles per hour. passes may close for several hours. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. after tomorrow's stormy weather we will see rain giving way to showers on friday, probably a dry day on saturday but rain develops again late sunday, continues into monday with showers on tuesday and wednesday. we have a stormy and rainy period ahead of us. larry and ama? >> spencer, thank you. as this storm approaches, you can track it where you live by downloading the abc 7 news weather app. you will find it on apple's app store or google play. we also have more information at abc7news.com/apps. up next, these are not your ordinary traffic stops. the surprise people got from these police officers. and new after 4:30, a santa cruz man's incredible run down a very steep mountain. we continue to monitor the breaking news. this is 580 in livermore. 580 east has been shut down since just after 3:00 this afternoon. you can see the traffic backup which will go for miles here. there's a major accident involving six or seven vehicles. at least one person is confirmed dead. the latest word we are getting from the chp is it's going to be quite some time before 580 east is open back up to traffic. female announcer: sleep train's is ending soon!or 3 event! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up, and free removal of your old mattress, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ drivers pulled over in a small michigan town got more than they bargained for. officers pulled these cars over for legitimate reasons like maybe a broken taillight. during a traffic stop, the officers would get the drivers, tell them exactly which items they or their kids wanted for christmas. listening in was a team at a nearby store. they would pick out the item from the wish list, buy it, wrap it, and then deliver it to the officer. >> something like this? >> oh, my god. yeah. >> all right. well, you want to open up the back seat or your trunk? >> was i really getting pulled over? >> yeah, you got pulled over. you got illegal tinted windows. >> i'm not getting a ticket? >> i can give you one if you want. >> that's fantastic. a christmas surprise video was shot by a cable channel called up tv. the officers like the chance to do something good even though people really don't like getting pulled over. i would be willing to get pulled over if that's the consequence. >> it's generally not that pleasant. well, a presidential boost for toys for tots. >> president obama delivering a pair of giant red sacks filled with toys and other gifts to the marine corps annual toys for tots campaign. >> the president was lending a helping hand to the first lady michelle, who has been the traditional bearer of the gifts donated by white house staffers every year. the president rolled up his sleeves to help the first lady sort the toys according to age and gender. abc 7 news and our parent company disney has partnered with toys for tots. you can give where you live this holiday season and donate new unwrapped toys for children of all ages. for more information, go to abc7news.com. just ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, we are back on storm watch with a look at all the preparations in san francisco and what officials are hoping residents have done by now. also, two bay area mothers traveled to washington, d.c. to take a stand against what they say is police brutality. plus nfl owners voting on a new policy, telling their players exactly how to behave off the field. another look at live doppler 7 hd. sonoma county already getting some rain. spencer christian will have the timing of the storm and the areas getting hit the hardest coming up in less than 15 minutes. preparations under way for the big storm moving in overnight in napa. people were very busy collecting sandbags to protect their homes and businesses from possible flooding. the napa river is expected to go over its banks late thursday night. if they get the predicted amounts of rain. in the east bay, crews were busy trimming trees. they are concerned that dead limbs could come crashing down in this storm and damage cars or power lines. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez live in san francisco with a look at preparations in the city. >> reporter: well, larry, i can tell you that this school and all schools in san francisco public schools, that is, will be closed tomorrow because of this storm. now, the district told me they just didn't want to risk it. they didn't want to see kids taking muni buses. they didn't want parents driving their kids to school in the heavy rain. that also means that they will not receive the average daily attendance money from the state unless the governor of california declares this a state of emergency. now, i can tell you that all over the city, it was a matter of beat the clock. remember the businesses that flooded on 17th street? today, crews delivered more sandbags. some businesses just kept stacking them up. that's an area where businesses and residents are worried about because, of course, the storm. let's take you to the presidio. those trees most vulnerable were being cut down. crews were also removing any vegetation that could make its way to the catch basins. speaking of, yesterday and today, the san francisco p.u.c. had the big vacuum trucks with those big hoses sucking debris out of the storm drains. it's amazing what comes out of there. now, also, at this hour the department of public works is still encouraging people to do their part. >> the big thing they can do is sweep debris, litter, leaves off the sidewalk, out of the storm drains if you see it, use your simple broom and rake and you can help us get the job done. >> reporter: that's exactly what this restaurant worker was doing this afternoon, cleaning the sidewalk and picking the leaves up. this way it doesn't end up clogging the drains. now, crews from the department of public works will be on 12-hour shifts beginning tomorrow. basically working around the clock and really keeping an eye on those trees and those fallen trees and of course, responding to them as quickly as they can. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. many bay area schools and districts have made the very rare decision to close tomorrow, including berkeley, san francisco, oakland and marin county. we have all the closures on the front page of our website, abc7news.com. we will also be updated all your weather information and the closures at the bottom of your screen throughout the evening. the california emergency management agency wants you to be ready for this storm. that includes having emergency kits stocked with battery operated radios, flashlights and extra batteries. a three day supply of food and water for everyone in the family, a manual can opener and make sure your cell phone is fully charged. develop an emergency plan for your family. check abc7news.com. two bay area are in washington, d.c. to take a stand against what they say is police brutality. they join seven other mothers who have lost their children in police shootings. they are calling for a change in existing laws. the women included wanda johnson, the mother of oscar grant, who was killed by a b.a.r.t. police officer, and jerralynn bluford, whose son was killed in 2012. >> today i'm here to talk to you and demand justice for us all. there is to be no more alan bluford. there is to be no more eric garners. there is to be no more mike browns. >> the proposed changes include civilian reviews of police misconduct, transparency in investigations and a national data base of police shootings. also, reforms to federal programs that equip police departments with military gear. there has been lots of discussion on race across america following protests against cases where white police officers use deadly force against black suspects. today, abc news held a town hall discussion on race and justice in america. >> reporter: it is a difficult conversation. race and mistrust of law enforcement taken up at today's abc facebook town hall on race and justice in america. >> the minute a cop is approaching me about something, i'm nervous, because i have been in situations where they abuse their power. i can't talk unless i'm spoken to, i have to watch what i say. >> i definitely feel i am overlooked sometimes by police where in instances where somebody of color, somebody of a different race may be drawing more attention. >> reporter: images like these from ferguson, missouri have drawn lines, police versus the community. those lines becoming more divided with an increasing number of examples. a state trooper who shoots an unarmed black man for an alleged seat belt violation in south carolina. a man in indiana hit with a stun gun after a traffic stop. and eric garner in new york, taken down by police for selling cigarettes on the street. his final words, i can't breathe. today, that officer appeared before the nypd internal affairs bureau. a grand jury decided not to press charges in garner's death but he may be removed from the force. new york also announcing that they will improve officer training but some feel like training isn't enough. >> i remember seeing racial sensitivity training classes as a police officer with some of my fellow officers who asked aloud how long do we have to sit here and listen to this politically correct b.s. before we get back to work. >> reporter: lots of questions. no easy answers. abc news, new york. education advocate malala yousafzai is officially the youngest nobel laureate in history. the 17-year-old accepted the prize today in norway. the nobel committee described malala as a champion for peace. the teenager survived a near deadly attack by the taliban in 2012 for speaking out for education rights for girls in pakistan. >> when my words suddenly changed, my priorities changed too. i had two options. one was to remain silent and wait to be killed. and the second was to speak up and then be killed. i chose the second one. >> malala shared the prize with a campaigner for young children particularly in the area of education. still to come, it's being called insane and terrifying. wait until you see the vertical chute one santa cruz skier survived. how a man used the rubik's cube trick to get out of a speeding ticket. i'm michael finney. today's 7 on your side q & a is just ahead. i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me at facebook.com/michaelfinneyabc7. i will answer your questions here live a little later. i'm spencer christian. live doppler 7 hd showing rain in the north bay already ahead of the advancing powerful storm, perhaps the most powerful storm we have seen in over six years. i will give you a closer look in just a moment. well, this may be one of the craziest things ever done. santa cruz's cody townsend taking on the challenge, don't look down if you're scared. oh, my. he's a professional skier plunging down a near vertical chute in the alaskan wilderness. who can fit through that? my goodness. that's amazing. he was honored over the weekend with an award for skiing that was deemed the most challenging line of the year. the slightest slip there and you are part of the rock face. >> oh, my goodness. incredible. >> he said it was the scariest thing he has ever done. if you believe it takes a bit of magic to get out of a traffic ticket, you might be right. >> magician steve bruner says he proved that recently, got pulled over north of manhattan. during the stop the officer finds out he is a magician and asks him to do a trick. >> so he impresses him by solving a rubik's cube in less than 20 seconds. he then got out of the ticket by solving the cube in less than one second. check this out. >> if i turn it once it's still going to be mixed up. cheating happens when you toss it in the air like that. >> that's the one second part. >> how did you do that? >> he had to swap out the cube. no way. i didn't see it. >> the stunned officer let him go without a fine. the police chief didn't have a problem with the officer not issuing a ticket, not because of the performance, but because he wasn't drunk or driving recklessly. >> pretty good trick right there. some people get out of parking tickets by going i'm with dave. >> i thought you were going to go with spencer christian about that. >> spencer and i both have to pay up. >> we do indeed. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. we are all going to pay with this approaching storm. we have rain already spreading across the north bay. it's not the heaviest we will see but it is getting wet and the stormiest weather is yet to come. flight delays at sfo right now of 113 minutes, nearly two hours. oakland and san jose are not reporting any significant delays yet. here's another look at the approaching storm. it's getting more intense as it gets closer. let me give you a look at the stormiest periods that we expect tomorrow with this storm. in the north bay, the stormiest period between 2:00 a.m. and noon tomorrow. in the central part of the bay area from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and in the south bay, it will be in the afternoon from noon to 4:00 p.m. here's a look at high temperatures tomorrow under heavy rainy windy conditions. we will see highs mainly from 63 to 65 degrees generally across the bay area. it's just going to be a very messy day. commuting is going to be a huge challenge. flash flooding, a strong possibility. wind damage, power outages likely as well. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a woman's creative approach to stop a thief who stole her delivered packages. the stinky lesson she taught him. plus colin kaepernick, a chatty kathy? new attitude for the niners quarterback today. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. the best time to shop online for good christmas gifts. that's coming up. we're for an opens you internet for all.sing. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. an update on our breaking news situation in livermore. one eastbound lane on interstate 580 has just been reopened after an accident killed one person. there were six or seven cars involved in that crash. sky 7 hd was over the scene east of vasco road. all lanes were closed for more than an hour. you will still want to avoid that area. a reminder about the weather. you can track the powerful storm where you live by downloading the abc 7 news weather app. find it on apple's app store or google play. also more information at abc7news.com/apps. revenge is sweet for a washington, d.c. woman victimized by thieves on several occasions. she got so tired of the men captured on surveillance video stealing packages from her front porch, that she decided to take matters into her own hands with help from her dog. >> i have a shovel that i use to pick up the dog poo. instead of just shoveling it into a garbage bag i shoveled it into a box. >> nice. she placed the package on her front porch and sure enough, the thief came by and took it. unfortunately, she didn't get to see the look on the man's face when he opened the box but she did give the surveillance tape to police who are searching for that man. >> i like that story. after being blasted locally and nationally for his one word answers in last week's news conference, it was a whole new colin kaepernick today, a kinder, friendlier kaep. the 49ers quarterback has been giving very brief answers in post game press conferences as the losses have mounted for the niners. his responses have become shorter and shorter. today, kaepernick changed his tune and his tone. >> i think there's a different way to go about things. obviously, it's something that i take my job very seriously and when i go out there and compete and i don't do well, i'm very hard on myself about it. so i have to be able to approach it differently. >> see how easy it is? the 49ers visit seattle on sunday. the seahawks beat the niners 19-3 at levi's stadium on thanksgiving night. 7 on your side's michael finney is here answering questions sent to him by facebook, twitter and e-mail. american express charged me $37 times three per day for a returned payment. is that legal? >> you know what, this sounds like it's just a mistake somewhere in the computer system. if that was a bounced check, the first time for most customers, you would be charged $25, then $35. so seeing that $37 three times in a row i think is a problem with their computer. you need to call them up. they will react to you quickly, find out what's going on. you probably don't owe any of them. if you do, it's probably $25. >> ernie asks when is the best time to shop online for christmas for good deals? is there a time of the day that's the best time? >> it's the time of year right now. we are past cybermonday, past black friday and all of that. the after christmas sales actually start on the 21st now because they can keep -- now, they won't admit it's an after christmas sale. back in the day they had a hard time keeping track, did you have too many malibu barbies. you didn't really know until after all the holidays. now they do. they have computers, they know what's going on, what they have too much of so the stuff starts going on sale on the 21st because they don't want it to be all stacked up. so 21st through 24th, very good sales. >> and via facebook, i left a $4.26 tip at a restaurant but when i was going through my credit card statement the restaurant had charged my credit card $54.26. the restaurant or the server added $50 to the tip. the restaurant will not fix it. what do i do? >> the restaurant won't fix it? that's absolutely bizarre. unless you had, i don't know, a $5,000 meal and tipped $4.26 or something like that. look, what i think is the easiest way to do it is call up the credit card, say this wasn't my charge, i didn't do it, i need you to go get the slip. you will see when i signed it it was $4.26. that's how come you sign those receipts. they have to have the original. so they will ask to get it from the restaurant. if the restaurant really did it they will go never mind. >> usually the credit card companies are pretty good about returning your money in those cases. >> absolutely. they will freeze it, you won't pay it until they investigate it and you will be fine. >> thank you, michael. a tough new personal conduct policy for pro football. up next, the league got it wrong before. did it get it right this time? i'm cheryl jennings in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up at 5:00, storm watch. a look at how one east bay city is scrambling to avoid a repeat of severe downtown flooding. also, looters caught on camera. this time in emeryville, where victims and police are frustrated and outraged. on brand name mattress sets. years interest-free financing plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. the nfl admitted fumbling badly on its personal conduct code and suspensions for domestic abuse. >> the league had no clear guidelines on how to handle cases involving ray rice and adrian peterson. today, the league unveiled a new tougher policy. >> reporter: nfl owners unanimously approved a new policy to tell professional football players how to behave. >> the policy is comprehensive. it is strong. it is tough. >> reporter: the new policy follows months of criticism goodell endured for mistakes he admits he made in the case of ray rice, who was charged with punching his wife, and adrian peterson, who was charged with child abuse. >> when any of these issues arise, the big issues, the ones that have been public relations disasters, the nfl is going to suspend a player automatically for six games. >> reporter: the nfl also promised to be more aggressive in investigating players charged with crimes and potentially pun shall them regardless of whether they are convicted in court. the league is hiring a new executive to determine discipline, in some cases with the help of outside experts. but the owners still wanted the commissioner to retain ultimate power over appeals. >> the commissioner's always looking for the long-term best interests of the game. >> reporter: the nfl modeled its new policy after the new york city police department. from now on, players accused of crimes will be put on paid leave so their case can be reviewed by an investigator. >> the players association is not happy that this was not collectively bargained. >> reporter: there is no indication whether the new policy is enough to satisfy the cries of a critical public. but the commissioner said today we have listened and we have heard you. abc news, new york. a morgan hill man pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty charges a month after animal control seized dozens of emaciated horses from his property. >> he agreed to serve 90 days in jail plus five years of probation during a hearing at the south county courthouse in santa clara county yesterday. under this plea, he also cannot own or care for any animals for a minimum of ten years. >> some of the neglected horses are now doing much better. seven with the monterey spca including bradley, an adorable 7-year-old pony gelding and bella donna, 69-year-old mare almost healthy enough to be adopted. great to hear. >> very good news there. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins with dan and cheryl. a huge storm looms as you know in anticipation of severe weather. several school districts make an unprecedented move that leaves thousands of parents scrambling. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel tracking this major storm with live doppler 7 hd. winds are up, rain is going to come down heavily. details are straight ahead. looters caught on camera. this time in emeryville. why police say they haven't arrested anyone yet. finding day care is going to be rough. >> rain day for thousands of children across the bay area. an unprecedented decision for what is expected to be a destructive storm. several school districts canceled classes ahead of our severe weather that is on the way. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. we begin tonight on storm watch everywhere. several bay area school districts taking precautions ahead of the big storm. schools closing by the minute. all schools in marin county will be closed tomorrow due to the powerful storm heading our way. >> several other school districts are following suit, including san francisco public schools, oakland unified school district, alameda city schools and san leandro unified school district. >> also west contra costa unified school district, hayward unified schools also just announced closures. several schools in sonoma county are also closed tomorrow. >> go to abc7news.com for a complete list. be sure to check with your child's school for updated closure information. >> as the storm gets closer to us, abc 7 news caught up with crews in oakland and orinda trimming back tree branches or cutting down trees that are leaning or weak. some tree trimming companies say they are getting slammed right now with calls for service. >> with the threat of flooding in high demand, sandbags. one site ran out. san francisco ran out yesterday. they stocked back up this afternoon. the city of oakland alone says it has distributed 21,500 sandbags so far. >> this storm is expected to bring strong winds that may brutalize power lines. utility crews are frantically working to stay ahead of any power emergencies. pg & e has backup equipment ready and extra crews are on call. >> let's take a live look at conditions outside from the east bay hills camera. you see the clouds over the skyline of oakland and san francisco. we are being warned be ready for a powerful storm system. >> we have live team storm watch coverage with reporters all across the bay area but first, let's get a check on the timing of this storm from abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7 hd. things are changing by the second. >> absolutely. the umbrella's out now, rain is coming in. as we take a look at live doppler 7 hd, the wind has been picking up as well. here's where we are tracking some rain. our radar watching the rain in the north bay, taking you down the street level right now, as
who is keeping track of the chill and joining with us live doppler 7hd. >> some location right now are nearly that freezing mark and getting colder by the hour. look at temperatures right now 33 currently in fair field. napa right now coming in at 36 degrees. same for santa rosa. is a ramone at 37 but the urban areas like oakland, san francisco right now in the mid to upper 40's. but we have the freeze warning in effect overnight. starts at midnight. see the areas shaded in the purple color for mid 20's to even low 30's. around the bay we have a frost advisory. not as cold but still some chilly temperatures starting off tomorrow morning with low in the low to mid 30's. let you know how friday shaping up in the all important weekend forecast of alaska weather in a few minutes. >> thanks drew. >> police use bean bag projectile to subject cue a man on the 12th street bart station tonight. started at 5:30 when oakland police received reports of man point ago gun at passing vehicle. when police spotted the man a chase began inside the bart station. suspect was eventually corner on the platform and when he refused orders to surrender police fired bean bag round at him. police found he had a weapon. they said it turn out to be a beebee gun. incident affected bart service for more than an hour. >> today mark the sixth anniversary of one of the bay area most controversial officer involved somewhatings. our police officer shot and killed 22 year oscar grant at the fruitvale station on new year's day 2009. today hundreds gather to mark his death. more now from 7 news reporter in oakland. >> you have to believe. this truth that truth will prevail. >> it was a vigil. not really a demonstration and there was no marching. this was an event to remember young black men killed by a police officer. new year's eve 2009. >> the night he was killed he was enjoying the kids life with his friends. >>reporter: she stood before 200 people oscar grant mother wanda johnson could hardly believe it has been 6 years since her son was shot and killed by a bart police officer at the fraught veil station. >> i know oscar is looking down and smiling seeing whole sea of people getting together to celebrate him if and to celebrate life. >>reporter: grant killer former bart officer was tried convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison minus time served. since then other unarmed black men have been killed by police officers without a similar out come. it's something grant uncle says he cap not ignore. >> many youngest black and brown men have been killed at unprecedented right across the united states. and so it's really a heart aching feeling to have to experience releif on consistent basis. pl. >> this event comes as demonstrators protest police violence against men of color all across the country. oscar grant family hope his death might have been the last of its kind. >> dialogue those occur where we come together and begin to talk about the divide. separation. of our people. >> besides his parents extended family grant left hyped daughter now 10 years old. in oakland, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> police in south san francisco say they have recovered the gun they believe was used in the attempted murder of 2 police officers this morning. the suspect gomez is in jail tonight. police say he was shooting in the air in the early morning hours of new year's day on first leap near orange memorial park. the entire neighborhood was told to stay in their home and police search for him. police report says he fired on 2 officers who then fared back. but secretary ran away. gomez found almost seven hours later. neighbors there surprised. >> what happened to us. over here always so nice. calm. l this never happen before. >> police an arm or personnel carrier in the neighborhood but investigators would not say why it was used. >> city of rich monsays it had the lowest number of homicide on record in 20 fraechbility as of last night the city had 11 criminal homicide for the year. this is video from homicide that happened in november. the cocoa times report that richmond was once one of the most violent city in the nation h.a record high of 62 murder in 1990. police say it shows community policing can yield significant result. >> one of the best known area code in the entire country. this year big changes are in store for the 4 1 5. state officials have approved a new calling procedure for most. also a brand new area code that is coming for others. carolyn has more from san francisco. >> calling this a new year new calling procedure for the 4 1 5 area code. tell starting february 21, you have to add one and all 10 digit. you have to reprogram things like security systems and fax machines. california p uc made the decision because 4 1 5 is running out. that's also the impetus for the dramatic change not for current customers but for new ones that the is coming in march. totally separate area code. 6 2 8. >> i'm really not for 6 2 8. splitting the city up. splitting the old school san francisco up. >> mike is san francisco native >> mike is san francisco native. who takes pride in the 4 1 5. just like this clothing store based on area code status. kit is a consumer psychologist. >> there are only 2 cool area codes in the world. 4 1 5, 2 1 2. >> when new york 2 one 2 was split she ended up with the unpopular 6 4 6th her husband still has his boston 617. >> we are just happy to be able to afford to live "newsnight"sfran. don't care about the phone number. >> she believes area codes do have meaning. >> there's emotional currency around them. it's identifier and people are so connected and attached to the foychbilitys she says 4 1 5 has an alure that 6 2 8 won't match. >> you are right. does have fv cache in old technology way. >> a 6 5 0person says phone numbers are becoming irrelevant. >>ew kind of message >> any new kind of messaging app or calling application uses ur e-mail address. >>reporter: if the old school 6 2 8 in late march and with 4 1 5 next month when in doubt dial it out. in san francisco, dial it out. in san francisco carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> paddle wheel cruise boat ran aground like tahoe minutes in the new year. stranded 200 new year's people 2 hours in sub freezing temperature. this is video of the tahoe queen when it ran aground last august. now it happened last nature nearing its dock in south like tahoe. tug eventually freed it from the sand before and pulled the boat and passengers to the dock. coast guard says there were no injuries. much mr. ahead operate first night of 2015. up next. end to the plunge end to the plunging gas praises end to the plunging gas praises. new rules taking effect already when you fill up effect already when you fill up. >> full may have spotted some bay area residents. show use they were there at the parade. >> yes the chill is on. as we look from our camera top mount sutro. the we have the forecast for the neighborhood where you live when 7 ne >> new program took effect today causing rise in gas prisons. part of program to fight pollution. chris has the details. >> for months california an take advantage of lower price at the pump but new regulation in the golden state could change all that. >> whether we like it or not, >> whether we like it or not that's we are living within these rules an boundary. >> starting today the field suppliers the people between the refinery and gas station will come under the state cap trade program forcing them either to supply lower carbon fuel that cost more to make or to buy a pollution permit of sort for the green house gas created when the fuel is burn. question is will the cost of the carbon allowance passed on to drivers. officials with the air resource board say it's uncharted territory. >> if that is a straight pass through from what we can tell it's likely to translate to no more than 10 cents a gallon. >>reporter: some worry about backlash from the oil industry. critic fear that fuel producers may slow down production that could i hope plate prices at the pump. truck driver douglas hall meat and produce across the country and says any rise in the cost of fuel could mean more expensive grocery bill for you among other things. >> everything you purchase is being brought by a truck somehow some way and those if fuel cost are passed on. >>reporter: for holiday traveler of calistoga constant reminder about the rae lines on fuel. >> if it goes up 10 or 20 cents a gallon tshltion that's fine. if it goes up a dollar a gallon then it becomes prohibitive to the travel. >>reporter: these drivers already bracing for what could happen. >> him if across the board it's out of our control. nothing we can do bit. >> praise for gallon of gas is under 3 dollars at chevron in san jose. with cap and trade state officials say we should expect the price tots go up in the coming days. in the south bay abc 7 news. >> somebody said a port a potty on fire in san francisco. happened afternoon ato farrell street. firefighters warn that these fires can spread to nearby homes and trees so may sound like a funny prank it can be dangerous in some situation and each one cost 2500 dollars to replace. >> u.s. geological survey downgraded early morning quake off the coast of northern california. the quake centered about 70 miles west of fern dale at 4:16 am. usgs originally said it was 5.3. no damages or injuries reported. >> scramble over easy hard boiled no matter how you like to cook them the praise of egg is going up today. new california law limiting the number of hence per cage went into effect. here's tiffany wilson. >> in 2005 these were the conditions abc 7 i-team found at some chicken farms. hen packed like sardine rather than poultry. lawmakers took action. effective today all eggs must come from chick who manufacture and stretch the wing. came port about a third of the egg so farmer reduce the leif stock or built newcomb dayss to comply. those additional expenses are showing up on carton here in the bay area. >> disappointing but definitely keep buying as many egg. >>reporter: valdez family says that's about 3 dozen a week. they are not a loan. outside the pan cake house the smell of breakfast food had this is trading favorite egg recipe. >> scramble them with a cast iron pan. nothing spechlingts. >>reporter: he says if the new law means hen are happier he doesn't mind paying more. >> make sense to me. >> on the other hand carla wanted the cheaper price. >> no i really don't care about the chicken. i just love my eggs. >>reporter: isaac says she's already seen an increase in cost and that has changed her habit. >> i'm not buying as of as i was beforea paid 5.29 for a dozen and a half white egg. her son organic brown egg ring in at 5 a.49. she just doesn't like the consequences. >> i think chicken should have more room but we shouldn't have our praises raised. >>reporter: california law mickers made it mostly clear there's no more debay. consumer must put the chicken first not the egg. in san francisco, tiffany wilson abc 7 news. >> bay area well represented at the 1 26 annual tournament of rose pass raid pasadena this morning >> cupertino king among the athlete waving to the crowd from the kaiser special olympic float t.fallen chp officer honored with a porrait on donate life never ending story float. another float had representatives from the lowell park family market farm community garden in oakland. compete to go get a 40,000 dollar grant from miracle grow. >> thinks one of the coldest rose bowl parade in history. people were like doing the frozen wave. i think it was in the high 20's or 30's today. >> even san diego had snow. koymd and downtown west coast. more the same tomorrow. sunshine but cool afternoon on the way. live doppler 7hd show you mostly clear skies you have for much of the day today. that will continue tonight so we have no rain or even snow for that matter. from the roof top camera go outside and light breasts on the embarcadero the right new and clear sky temperatures are falling rather rapidly. so forecast feature do call for the freeze warning frost advisory in effect midnight to then tomorrow morning. start to see a mailed pattern begin and really ramp up open sunday but with this mild air no rain the next 7 days. dry conditions will continue to persist. talk about january what we have for the month ahead as we have the next thun days. average high is here and top out at 60 degrees. does get warm around here. record height upper 70's as high as 79 degrees. daylight will gain 40 minutes by the end of the month. the day they are getting longer from here on out. temperature wise cool from same in napa fairfield freezinging at 33 degrees. 38 in concord. 47 in san francisco. rate now san jose checking in with the temperature of 41 degrees. satellite radar will show you we have a broad area of high pressure just keeping clear sky along much of the west coast. the area of high pressure will really ncaa influence our weather through the weekend that means a dry pattern into next week. stormtrack going well north of the bay area. but tomorrow we will see declining air quality throughout the region. so for that fact we have a spare the air day in effect. north bay particularly will have poor air quality but poor air quality really around the region to unhealthy for sensitive group and no wood burning next 24 hours. overnight low upper 20's in the north bay. 38 in richmond. 39 in oakland. falling to 33 in concord. under plenty of stars 34 if santa cruz and san francisco falling to 42 degrees. after that cold start we get that the 50's once again under tons of sunshine. 55 the high if san francisco. 57 santa rose go up to 54 in vallejo. 54 the high in concord. if you are headed to like tahoe to round out the hotel difficult weekend looking nice up there. no new snow in the next 72 hours. plenty of sunshine on.take chilly tomorrow high only 42 degrees but saturday and sunday temperatures will get to about 50 degrees overnight low below the freezing mark next 72 hours. enjoy the next they days there. 7 day forecast spairt air in effect for tomorrow freezing start otherwise sunshine by the afternoon still in the 50's. by the weekend saturday sunday we look bright temperatures start to come up jaws bit guysment more mild air on the way mopped tuesday and wednesday. we talk temperatures getting into the mid 60's. mild air has another night of cold temperature to get there. >> no real visible sign of rain 30. maybe on wednesday but not a lot. >> thank you drew. >> still to come on 7 news at 9 >> still to come on 7 news at 9:00. special delivery a little boy sees his sister for the first time. how the doctors determine the bragging rights to o >> san francisco first baby of 2015 was born right at midnight 2015 was born right at midnight. california pacific medical center in san francisco and she is adorable. little baby weighed 8 pounds and shis 21 inches long. hospital staff say mom and baby both doing well after the early morning delivery. >> we go by the featal monitoring. not watch or clock we look at all the different watches. the clock in the room they were all few minutes apart they were all few minutes apart. right. so we went by the fetal heart rate station which is all synchronize in time and xairtize. >> parents say the birth of the daughter on new years day is a wonderful gift. the baby is the second child. >> twins born in two different year celebrating their first birthday in texas. hanna and danielle were born a minute apart. hanna delivered by c-section at 11 59 last new year's eve. danielle arrived 40 seconds later. how cute. making her the first baby of 20 making her the first baby of 2014 in texas. well the family celebrated hanna first birthday last night with dinner, present and cup cake did it all over again today to celebrate danielles birthday. they are super cute. >> very cute. do it every year. >> exactly. >> good excuse to tell your parents stay up until midnight. >> another 30 minutes of 7 news at 9:00 moments away. up next. remember former new york governor mario cuomo exploratorium speech he delivered still considered one of the best. >> also. this deadly new year's eve stampede in shanghai year's eve stampede in shanghai. what police say didn't cause it. >> despite wet december. concern about the drought not ended. another half hour of 7 female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. the year end clearance sale is on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ is sz. >> we begin half hours of news with the bagging of mario cuomo former governor of new york. he served 3 terms as governor even considered a presidential run at one point. he passed hours after his current son was sworn into office the second term today as govern. he famously delivered the key note address at the 1984 democratic national convention in san francisco known as the tale of 2 city speech in which he attacked president reagan declaration of the nation with a shining city on a hill. widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches of the 20th century. mario cuomo was 82 years old. >> now to the deadly stampede in china. height of new years eve celebration. 36 people were crushed to daevtd. does he says of others were injured. the people in shanghai reported hysteria and panic minutes before ringing in the new year. we have more. >> the crowd surges someone screams. don't rush. but the group panic and does the opposite. people fall and become trapped. i was standing on a stick then passed thought student said. when i woyng i was lying on the ground. thousands approach the stairway leading to viewing platform something triggered panic. >> people lying on the ground everywhere says this woman some unconscious spitting blood. some had already died. police deny reports affect money was being thrown from night club causing the stampede. haven't yet explained what triggered the chaos. in total 36 people lost their lives almost 50 were injured. adding to the trauma victims family weren't even allowed into the hospital. challenge for police to let the crowd come in huge numbers. but to try and do it safely. hear in london this time they limited the turn out by making people buy tickets. just week ago shanghai decided to reduce the size of its party. so there is a question about whether city was fully prepared for this event. abc news. >> recover team continue the search did for the wreckage of air asian flight 8501. 150 people gatr hehe rain at funeral service for the first identified victim of that crashed plane. fingerprint analysis identify that passenger as this man. authorities are conducting dna analysis on 8 other recovered bodies. search area doubled to 13,000 plus square mile in the java sea where the air bus went down. >> set up a search area in a specified area and we are using the ship and helicopter. >> the air asian jet black box have not yet been recovered but crew have so far found an evacuation slide, life jbingt and emergency door and some luggage. >> new video tonight of the deadly ferry boat fire near italy. greek passenger has released his video of the fire that engulfed the ferry sunday. 11 people were killed and you can see the smoke coming from the ship. video shot hours after the fire first started. the passenger says he hardly saw any craw members helping passengers as the rescue operation began. >> former florida governor jeb bush showing more as soon as that he may run for president. bush has rae soond all of his board membership in move that signal possible 2016 presidential run. this is continuation of process that began in december when bush announced plans to actively explore a white house bid. mr. bush seen as early favorite of the republican establishment. >> back in the bay area drought concerns still very real for the bay area and the across california despite recent storms we have had. we are starting the new year with some optimism after regard dry year in 2013. matt shows us what a difference a year can make. >> goodbye 2014. you went out with a bang. stormy december saved it from being another record dry year. >> san francisco and san jose both a little bit above afternoon but the key to that was most of it came in that 17 to 18 day window just last month. otherwise most of the year was very dry. 2013 the dry driest year on record in the bay area. this is lexington reservoir on january 1st 2014. this is lexington reservoir today. you could see a big difference. 10 reservoir in the santa clara valley water district are at 40 percent capacity right now. before the recent rain they were at just 28 percent capacity. that's a big jump and encourage big jump and encouraging sipe heading into the winter season. santa clara valley water district says customers cut back use annual by 13 percent from february to november. that's a lot better than the rest of the state but the goal is 20 percent. water conservation rebate program for converting lawn to low water use landscape was doubled and extended through june. resident we spoke with say the recent rain does not mean they will relax. >> showering really quickly. we don't keep the water on we wash our dishes latter them up then wash them. still conserve then wash them. still conserving and trying to be as thoughtful as possible when it comes our world >>reporter: water officials say above ample rainfall could get us back to normal if about a year. conservation efforts could get us there quicker. in san jose, matt, abc 7 news. >> we know poor life stale choice and inherited gene can raise the risk of cancer but scientist at john hopkins university found another important factor. bad luck when our cell divide. researchers say random genetic mutation that crop up as stem cell divide are the major contributors to cancer over all contributors to cancer over all. >> 25 years ago the economist righted united states as the best place to be burn. today the magazine calculated best police to be born is switzerland. thus followed by australia, norway, sweden and denmark. u.s. comes in 16th. the index look at opportunities for a healthy safe and prosperous life. >> up next. become to the future. 2015 look like the place that marty visited when he went back to the future in 1985. >> no playing in car but some of what we saw is not too far off >> starbucks introducing a new coffee drink at u.s. stores next week. starting next tuesday the so-called this is on the menu. what is it? some describe it as something like a cappuccino but instead of a top layer of flavorless foam it's a cell set dense foam mixed evenly through the drink. drink has been available at uk and australia and starbucks for years even though the u.s. is the first place of the coffee giant. >> velvet. >> take you back to movie bold prediction about time travel in back to the future marty went 30 years ahead to 2015. still don't have self tying shoe but look around the film vision not too far off the mark. david wright has the story. >> the future is now. 2015. we are in the fight about the time machine more of a time capsule now. if and 80's vision of 2015. hover board and all. the movie close to the mark. marty junior vawing habit for one. sound familiar? those kids at the dinner table technology and the attitude already there. >> it's for you. >> biometric taxi. sounds far-fetched. but we do have ub far-fetched. but we do have uber and apple pay. then there's that gag where the newspaper headlines change before your eye. great scott. history not altered and this is the proof. back to the future. also changed the future. in some small ways. nike actually hopes to release self lacing sneaker in 2015. and those hover board this is the hover board for real. device not perfect yet but then again neither was marty mcfly. david wright abc news new york. >> cool sneak. >> absolutely. self tying. i'll take those. >> up next. new year's day ritual including one very cold about. >> hong kong put on quite a show last night. to ring in the new year. those are some fireworks. that's impressive. also group calling itself team black sheep september up a drone to capture all this on camera from the air. the drone flew right into the projectile. as they were exploding. some come within few inches of the camera they all missed it. viewpoint is spectacular from above and fireworks sore all around the drone. >> pretty cool. >> now to another new year's day practice diagnosis. polar bear pwlung right of passage across the u.s. and world. prosecute from wisconsin rhode island north carolina and here in the bay area. 7 news has a look at the tradition and some of the other ways people are rippinging in the new year today. >> you know the symptoms may still be living them rate now. >> chuck davis one of san francisco most tenure bartender has been a fixture at lefty since 1974. he swears by the bloody mary as medicine hang over cure. >> well it replaces all of the fluid you lost. it replaces red blood cell and it gives you vodka which is hair on the dog that bit you. >> did you need it. >> my gosh yes. then again another remedy. if you dare. we found example of it streaming in from around the globe today. that uniquely find the coldest body of water and then immerse yourself in it and then immerse yourself in it. here in san francisco. >> bring it on. >> that would be relatively tepid ocean beach and renew of 4 year tradition. >> just run and jump. >> and then. >> leif your life. >> he goes by ed and he doesn't claim responsibility he certainly one of the ring leaders here or maybe one of the sand carver. that's an arrow and at word future and throng of people with different interpretation of it. >> kind of like that you are alive and cold hits you and it's really, really cold but spark off the new year. doesn't count unless you go under the water. your head completely submerged. >> kind of make it sound like religious experience. maybe it is. running of the bull though, this was not. >> really cold but it was awesome. >>reporter: how waits. >> amazing. i would do it again. >> go. right now. >> last nature we rang out the old. today we ripping in the new year. for these people with towels. >> water warmer than the air. >> debatable. >> from ocean beach, wayne abc 7 news. >> but it's still quite cold out. >> dupe who with laugh at this stuff. drew. he laughs at cold. >> laugh in the face of it. >> a little bit when it gets that cold and that's inform fun. but we are talking temperature once again tonight near the freezinging mark and some pwle. that current temperatures look in the north bay. 36 in nap a.36 in santa rosa. fairfield at 33 degrees right now. 38 in concord. so we have a freeze warning still in effect starting at midnight going until 9 tomorrow morning early morning low will drop into the mid 20's and even below 30's. frost advisory in effect around the bay water for slightly warmer temperature overnight low in the low to mid 30's. nationwide weather we track area of low pressure coming out of the deep south and gulf of mexico bring showers to new orleans and atlanta here in california it's going to be dry and seasonably cool in the 50's. 53 sacramento. 58 monterey. fresno high 48 agrees. bay area tons of sunshine after the frost ty start up to 55 in san francisco rather. 56 san jose. 53 fairfeld and 54 in clear like. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast spare the air in effect to. means no wood burning next 24 hours. the weekend tons of sunshine and more mild air on the way early to middle parts of next week. but no i would not do the polar bear plunge. not that. would you. >> of course. >> next year. >> you heard it. >> sure. next year. next year >> sure. next year. next year. >> rick is hear and watching the college football play off game. exciting day in college football history. not just the play off but all day some grit games. college football final 4 now down to final 2. show you who will be playing for the national championship >> coming up tonight at 11:00. get ready for down right frigid night. how people deal with the freezing temperatures and how long this cold will last. >> plus new year new mayor. the uphill battle facing bay area largest city. be sure to at 11:00 over on channel >> rick is here. one of the college play off games was terrific and the other was a blow out. >> if an oregon fan. >> you are right. >> what a game tonight with spot in the national championship contest on the line. top rank alabama took on fourth rank ohio state let's go out to the sugar bowl. buckeye came in 9 point under dog early on the tide was rolling. blake sims to cooper here. bama led 14-6. down by 15. ohio state scored twice right before the half. reverse to expense who are finds thomas for the score. and what a job by thomas to get the foot down inbound. jones was making just second start at quarterback but played like a season vet. this pass to smith put ohio state on top. tide tries respond but sims is going to be picked off by miller. strike up the band. miller goes all the way to make it 34-21. buckeye after alabama score. elliott just about puts the game away with an 85 yard touch down run. elliott rubbed for 230 yards on 20 carries. bama did score late to make it interesting but fall short losing 42-35. so urban meier gets the best of nick sabin as 2 best coaches meet to shake hands. other semifinal no. 2 oregon led by heismann trophy winner marcus took care of defending national champ florida state. good to pasadena for the grand daddy of them all. this contest was close until midway in the third close until midway in the third. he hits daryn and allude defender an gone 56 yards. 32-20 duck. turn over. killed florida state. freshman cook with the catch. and coughed it up. seminole turn the ball over 5 times. one my later the quick pass and finds him again. he threw for 3 38 yards and 2 touch downs. also ran one in. seminole had pulled off several late come back to win this season but not today. this places it all. winston scrambling. lasts the football. washington returns it 58 yards. for one more score. oregon rolls to 59-20 victory for the seminole the loss snap a 29 game win streak. >> doing what they did tonight culmination of the season they enjoy a couple days and we have to plan going forward of how we manage that and these guys can enjoy getting pat on the back for probably too many times here in the next couple days. >> prepare all week and to find success and to be able to execute the way we d.definitely feels good. and hopefully we can take a little bit of the momentum heading in the next game. >> so it's ohio state playing other gone for the national title on monday january2th at 5:30. you can watch it on espn and the app. top 10 team michigan state and baylor squared off. eligible on the play. he scores. baylor led by 20 after 3. look out below. but back in the spartan. jeremy with the third touch down of the day. point after cut the lead to 6. still look like baylor would hang on to win. petty threw for and coal map down to the 3 but coleman was flagged for grabbing the defender face mask. bears would have to try for a goal and it's block. michigan state brings it back and has great field position. thisen with under 20 seconds left. cook finds keith the spartan pull out a victory and both teams finish 11 and 2. out back bowl in tampa a good one between wisconsin and auburn. banners gordon monster game. rushing 251 yards and 3 touch downs. the lead see saw back and forth all day with under 3 minutes left. auburn takes the lead as cameron pain into the end zone but go to over time tied at tluchbility in o t badgers kick the field goal tigers attempt from 45 yards hit the up right no good. wisconsin wins 34-31 snatching snapping a 4 gym bowl losing streak. >> buffalo wild wing citrus bowl minnesota the lead over missouri in the third. max williams down the side line. leaping over a pair of defender en route to the end zone but the golden gofer couldn't slow down the ground game. on the move. 78 yards. missouri wins 33-17. tigers rush for 3 37 yards. nhl winter classic had the capitol hosting chicago at national park. tied 2 all with over a minute left. john thon the hooking penalty. washing takes advantage with 12 seconds left. troy scores open the power play. caps win it 3-2. 7 sports report has been brought to you by toyota. >> who would have thought. >> high state and oregon who wouvrping would win that. >> i believe to believe how about jones. this is the third string quarterback for ohio state and he looks like a first round nfl draft pick. >> they have some depth. quarterback for ohio state. >> thinks a guys who hasn't played all year long. unbelievable. 2 other quarterback jivrmentd he comes in and. >> good for him. >> all whirl. >> on the national stage like that for spot in the national championship game and comes through. >> do you know who is feeling sad for nick sabin? nobody. nobody. >> they have won enough. >> thanks rick. >> thanks so much. for spending part of your evening with us. >> i'm in for dan. all of us here 7 news at 9:00. 7 news at 9:00 continues on line on twitter facebook and all mobile device with the abc 7 news app. >> that's right. happy new year we see you again at 11:00 o'clock over on channel 7 dad, i feel like we need to talk about what happened it was awful. grayson and i reached for the creamer at the same time, and for just a moment, we were holding hands. i'm talking about you stealing bobby's boat and thinking that he and i were still married. who's bobby? gotcha! [ chuckles ] oh, come on, june-bug. everybody forgets stuff once in a while, right? dad, forgetting
more creatively and i expect a culture change that city is going to take too very quickly. we are in the heart of silicon valley. we should acted like it. >> reporter: so tomorrow city staff will be here at city hall for the first meeting together with sam liccardo as mayor. ken, back to you. >> all right. christian, thank you for that. fewer people were murdered in richmond last year than in any other year since the city began keeping records. there were 11 criminal homicides in richmond back in 2014. that's the lowest total since 1971 when records started being kept. there were 16 murders in the city back in 2013. richmond's most violent year was 1990 when 62 people were murdered. oakland had its first homicide of the year today. it happened at around 1:30 this afternoon at a valero station. police found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. oakland was another city that saw a drop in its murder rate last year. a bay area neighborhood wants to fix what they see as a glaring safety issue. it's a stretch of dangerous road in walnut creek. the city says it doesn't have the money to fix it. kpix 5's ann notarangelo shows us what neighbors are giving up to make that happen. >> reporter: watch how close this car is to these teenagers walking along the road. that's the daily obstacle course on walnut boulevard between homestead and sierra drive. >> there's a pretty dangerous stretch of road out there and think about our kids. >> reporter: it wasn't her kids that were hit last year. >> i could tell i had been hit in the back and landed in a driveway off to the right. >> reporter: a truck's bumper and side mirror shattered her lower back. she is convinced a child would have been killed. there is nowhere safe to walk here. on one side is a culvert with nowhere to go but down and the other side has a ditch. >> they just tell me whatever car is coming just get in the ditch. and when it's raining, every once in a while i have to go not road because i don't want to get wet and muddy. >> reporter: it's 1,000 feet of dangerous roadway but the city told the climbers it will cost $6 million to fix because of drain issues. >> it's an expensive project. >> reporter: waiting for the city to come up with the money is like waiting for another accident. >> my kids are in school now. i want to fix it now. so we're doing grassroots efforts to get it done. >> reporter: the walnut boulevard safety trail "go fund me" raised $3,000. they need $13,000 and hopeful people who use the road will pitch in. they already have all the land they will need donated by neighbors like wendy warner who called 911 after finding lucia moments after she had been hit. what will you giving up? >> um, basically a little bit of privacy so we do have some big bushes in front of us but we have a fence. >> reporter: and soon maybe everyone will have a safe place to walk with or without this city's help. >> i don't feel like i'm fighting them. i feel like i'm working with city hall. i just feel like any -- the process is extremely long. >> reporter: the climbers hope to raise the money by the end of january and have the pass built by the time school is out. ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> the city of walnut creek was closed for the holiday and was not able to return our calls. an earthquake shook the north bay this afternoon a magnitude 3.2. the quake was centered near the town of kenwood in sonoma county. it was felt as far south as petaluma and mill valley. a bigger quake rattled humboldt county earlier this morning. this one was a magnitude 5.3. it was centered in the ocean 70 miles west of ferndale. no damage was reported. tonight a couple of stories about bay area police officers under fire. first, shots were fired at two east palo alto police officers last night barely missing the officers patrolling near oakwood drive and palos verde avenue. police found the house they believe the shots came from and detained eight people. meantime south san francisco police arrested a suspect who they say opened fire on police early this morning. officers responded to reports of gunshots near orange park and that's when police say 23- year-old ivan gomez fired at officers. police shot back. no one was hit in the exchange. officers arrested gomez a few hours later. he has been charged with attempted murder of two police officers. oscar grant's life was remembered today as it is every new year's day. hundreds packed the fruitvale bart station for a memorial. grant was killed here by a bart officer six years ago today. the oscar grant foundation hosted the event. his mother wanda johnson says the foundation's relationship with the city and bart police has evolved since he was gunned down. >> one of the things that we're working on is trying to be able to go in and work with the officers doing some sensitivity training and things of that nature. >> the bart officer who killed oscar grant johannes mehserle said he meant to reach for his taser to restrain grant. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served about a year in jail. protestors didn't let up in oakland last night. dozens of people were arrested in another demonstration against police violence. youtube video caught part of the confrontation on tape. more than 100 people gathered near broadway and telegraph avenue. some protestors threw bottles and bricks at officers and set off illegal fireworks. 29 people were arrested. well, your pg&e bill is going to go up starting today. monthly rates will jump by nearly 6% for the average home to replace the old gas distribution lines. the rate hike is the largest six 2006. the start of the new year is the start of hundreds of new laws. kiet do looks at some of the big ones here in the bay area and how they will affect you. >> reporter: this new and temporary dmv office that just opened up in east san jose is ground zero for the most controversial new law, and that is ab-60 which provides undocumented immigrants with driver's licenses. it is one of four new offices that opened up across california to process the nearly 1.4 million new applicants expected in the first couple of years. starting today you do not need to prove you're in the country legally to get a driver's license. however, you still need to pass the written and visual tests and, of course, the actual driving test itself. gas prices are likely to go up thanks to a new law that requires wholesalers to spend more money on permits. the wholesalers will likely pass that cost along to drivers. the new law is aimed at reducing pollution. chickens, pigs and cows now have a little more breathing room thanks to a new law that goes into effect giving more space to egg laying hens, breeding sows and veal cows. it is one of the most stringent laws of its kind in the country. "yes means yes" for college students. a new law says any college student about to have sex must get, quote, an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. silence or lack of resistance is no longer considered consent. and san jose residents finally catch up with other cities in california with a total ban on all styrofoam food containers. law enforcement agencies are now required to come up with policies that encourage officers to search the state's gun purchase database when doing welfare checks. kiet do, kpix 5. >> so starting today berkeley first city in the nation to tax soda. but we are learning there's some confusion about who is charging and how. >> waiting for the perfect wave. what's different about this year's mavericks surf competition? >> surf's up, temps down again tonight and yet as we head toward the weekend we'll have a complete change in the outlook as we look toward the 580 crystal clear night in the bay area. forecast coming up in a minute. >> and it looked like a selfless act by a homeless man but tonight we are learning this viral video may not have been what it seems. melted plastic on divisadero street is what's left after ters put out the f a porta-potty fire in san francisco today a mound of melted plastic on divisadero street what's left after firefighters put out the fire. 27 portable toilets were burned throughout the city in the fall and winter of 2008 and 2009. now, several more went up in flames the next year. in berkeley, this is day one of the nation's first soda tax. but if you went to buy a soft drink there, you wouldn't find higher prices yet. that's because the city has not set up the soda tax system. two months after berkeley voters made history, city leaders are now trying to set up a system from scratch. because this is a first, there are no logistical blueprints to follow. >> we have a little pressure on us. people are watching not only the distributors and retailers but people across the country. >> he says other cities like seattle and montreal are also waiting to see how berkeley handles it. >> it will cost quite a bit to buy reusable paper or plastic bag in san mateo county starting today. you will have to pay 25 cents per bag at markets and other retail stores. that is a jump from the current 15 cents a bag. supervisors say the increase in costs is expected to encourage more people to bring their own bags. another new law will allow you to dine at some restaurants with your dog. john ramos explains where and when you can take your pets to dinner. >> reporter: the new year was looking good for riley. his owners walked him to the marin brewing company in larkspur and he was pretty sure that guy was going to drop part of that cheeseburger but then -- oh, man! >> riley's cool with that. he is really good. >> reporter: he didn't seem cool. he wanted to come in. >> yeah. we leave him outside a lot and stuff. he's fine. >> reporter: but riley's not fine with it. and the law it seems is on his side. governor brown bowing to some in-house lobbying signed ab- 1965, allowing pet dogs into outdoor dining areas of restaurants. the law took effect today. but pups are nothing new at this pub. >> you have always been allowed here. >> reporter: the law says dogs can be in approved areas of eateries finish they have leashed under control and -- if they are leashed under control and if the restaurant, local government and health department doesn't prohibit it. the law does nothing new. but it does provide cover when some cranky cat lover starts complaining. >> it will be really nice to be able to tell people i'm really sorry but it is the state law now and we can accommodate you and seat you farther away from the dog but the dog owners have the rights, too,. >> reporter: so the law is a feel good measure. like a scratch behind the ears to dog owners. but macy bell says sometimes it's nice to bring her dog to lunch instead of just her human friend. >> when you bring them to a restaurant, they're, like, more, like, a human and they get to hang out with you more. >> reporter: but please, don't tell riley about this or he's really going to be mad. in larkspur, john ramos, kpix 5. >> so the new law addresses only pet dogs. lizards, snakes, birds, are still prohibited. service animals are allowed, of course, even inside of restaurants. the new year means the world's best big wave surfers are on notice. anytime they could get the call to come to mavericks. kpix 5's don ford on the people watching the waves and waiting for the big show. ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: the countdown to begin one of the world's most prestigious big wave surf contest is on. when conditions are right, some waves reach higher than 60 feet! producing enough power to register on seismographs. >> one of the keys to surfing mavericks successfully is being successful at riding the waves to completion. >> reporter: organizers are waiting for just the right conditions to get those perfect monster waves. weather and wave models are being carefully watched. that day could happen anytime in the next three months. when will you know the magic day is here? >> i will know the magic day 48 hours before the contest is called. >> reporter: when that call goes out, 24 of the world's best big wave riders will come to half moon bay. >> everyone that's out near it gets excited about it because it's -- it's -- it's -- it's special. it's neat. it's -- it's -- it's almost hard to talk about. >> reporter: oddly enough you will not be able to see the mavericks in person. it happens more than a half mile offshore but like last year, there will be a live video feed in the mavericks village. >> nobody has to stand on the cliff where you really can't see nipping. everywhere you can be anywhere now and watch this. >> reporter: today surfers on montero beach had their own problems with the waves. there weren't any. everyone is waiting for the weather to change. so for now the world's big wave contest is a waiting game waiting for the magic moment when the waves get really, really big. along the san mateo coast, don ford, kpix 5. >> it will cost more than half a million dollars to put on the mavericks contest. mavericks, where men ride mountains. some women too. >> nothing on the waves. >> unbelievable. >> it's so incredibly beautiful but dangerous too. >> absolutely. i guess that's part of the lure. >> it is. in the meantime, we have a fairly chilly start to 2015. but nothing too far out -- par for the course for the bay area. it was cold out there. and so why not just dive into the waters of san francisco bay renowned for their tropical temperatures? not! [ laughter ] >> water temperatures about 56 degrees. have either one of you ever purposefully dove into the bay -- >> no, not on purposes. >> i prefer to walk in. i don't dive. [ laughter ] >> okay. ladies and gentlemen, kenny walks on water. [ laughter ] >> these guys do in just for fun. they do it because it's the first of the year and they figure, why not? it gets the pulse racing. 44 degrees at concord right now. in oakland, 47 degrees. when do you see san francisco as the warm spot? that's where it is right now among these cities right now. warmer than san jose and santa rosa. numbers will get close to freezing tonight with the influence of light dry winds. the drier the atmosphere the quicker temperatures cool down. as a result, the numbers will be chilly again tonight. probably not as bad as last night but still easterly winds, low humidities, chapped hands again for tomorrow. cold weather alert still posted, freeze warnings inland and frost advisories right around the bay and so sensitive plants and people for that matter should be brought indoors. as we look at the numbers for 8:00 tonight, we are looking at readings mostly in the mid- to upper 40s. a little bit breezy out there but not too bad. and as we look at high pressure still dominating the pacific, we are looking for sunny slightly warmer conditions on friday. and we'll take that warming trend right into the weekend. looks like a beautiful weekend for the first one of 2015. out the door, weather will greet you like a little slap in the face. 37 degrees at inland locations tomorrow. 40 around the bay. and 40 right at the shoreline. brilliant sunshine to start out the next -- um, friday. cold night tonight. you know what? oh, nevermind. i have been here i think 20 days in a row. >> wow. >> i'm forgetting what day it is. >> you'll be walking on water soon. >> i'm forgetting what day it is. another cold night tonight, dry through wednesday. wednesday of next week, i mean, we have a long dry spell here for a bit. tomorrow we are going to be looking for numbers to be in the 50s after recovering from overnight lows about 35 degrees in santa rosa, 37 in napa and 37 for fairfield. 39 for livermore. and 39 in san jose. high temperature forecast mid- 50s for the bay area tomorrow. looking good up in the north bay, a little bit cooler than that but still plenty of sunshine. extended forecast we are going to be looking for numbers to rise slowly into the 60s. by the end of the weekend, in fact, when we get into monday and tuesday, the numbers top out in the middle 60s so not bad at all. mild temperatures on the way for the first week of january, and a clear time. back to you. >> thank you. a lot of people consider the new year a blank slate. today we went out and we asked what's your resolution for 2015? >> my new year's resolution is to be healthy as every year. and to build my career in what i do and to go back to school. >> new year's resolution for us would be to spend more time as a family, do more trips and fun things together. >> yeah. government website has compiled the top promises we make to ourselves every year. they include, you know, losing weight, volunteering to help others, that's a good one, quitting smoking, another good one, and getting a better education. the website says we tend to make the same resolutions year after year. >> so, what was your resolutions ? >> hm. wake up tomorrow and -- wake up tomorrow. that's it. >> i like that. consistent. >> don't want to go too far ahead, you know? >> don't stretch yourself. >> yeah. [ laughter ] still ahead, it pulled at heart strings and pulled in a lot of donations. >> but now a witness is painting a very different picture about this seemingly selfless act by a homeless man. hearts across the world. a youtube video showing a it's a video that went viral and captured hearts across the world a youtube video showing a homeless man given $100. the camera follows him to a liquor store where he bought food and handed it out to needy people at a park. but is it all a hoax? >> reporter stacy butler shows us the video may not be what it seems. >> reporter: when he saw his favorite youtube prankster josh parked in front of this anaheim liquor store december 20, with this man in the back seat, he immediately texted his girlfriend. >> and i think they are going to do a prank. i don't know what that is. i'm going to wait for the video. >> reporter: four days later the video appeared on youtube. in it, lynn offered thomas the homeless man $100. then followed him to see if he would spend it on liquor. lynn tells the audience thomas has no idea the camera is on him as the homeless man gives out food to others. >> i was there. they didn't follow him. they drove him there. >> reporter: the video went viral! and so far, people have donated more than $133,000 to thomas. lynn and a passenger dropped thomas off at the liquor store and says he believes thomas is homeless but says the whole thing was stage. >> i think the manner of how they portray the video is deceitful. >> reporter: the youtube prankster since posted individualovers of the 56-year- old getting a makeover staying in a hotel and eating out. >> this isn't right. >> reporter: in a surprising twist, thomas' brother reached out to us. he says his brother's real name is kenny nichol a mentally unstable alcoholic who worked odd jobs and lived with their parents until they died last summer. he says that is when his brother was arrested for public intoxication and put in jail. we were unable t confirm that. >> so he is sitting on $150,000 on the estate that's been coming his way for the last four months. >> reporter: kevin nichols says his only connection tow his brother through a man who claims to be representing him. nichols says the same day the video was released he was texted, your brother is famous. >> this money won't go to him but it's all a scam and he is sitting on money. he is sitting on an estate. he chose this way of life. money needs to go to real people. real people who have actually fallen down. >> kevin says he fears his brother is simply being manipulated and he hopes if he does get any money that he uses it to get some help. much of 2014 was dry throughout california. coming up, what's changed since the lace time this time last year? and what happened 2015 may have in store for our drought. >> and we're paying less for gas right now. but we look at the items likely to cost you more in the new year. >> plus, did they pan out? we look at the back to the future predictions for 2015. what came through and what is still in the works. hey mom, can i have a hot chocolate? ho ho ho... we'll all have hot cocoa! ma'am, need a strong pot of joe. the all new keurig 2.0. female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models including the new tempur-choice, with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows and free same-day delivery. are you next? make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ life's running out of shaving stuff. and thankfully being able to find backups. ear hold? tough to squeeze out any water from 2014. california's drought made history. so what does the new year hold? exactly one year ago, we asked kpix 5's mark sayre to give us our first drought check of the new year. today we gave him the very same assignment. >> reporter: this totally empty pond behind me is used to refill ground water deep underground. but like so many streams and reservoirs in california right now, there is not enough water to go around. it doesn't take more than a quick look at lexington reservoir just outside los gatos to see that the water level is still very low. the spillways are dry. it is a disappointing sight for lisa. >> it is sad, as i mentioned i just thought there would be more water here because it poured. >> reporter: there is no question the recent rains did help lexington reservoir filling it up by about 20% from its low point for year in late november. but as we said here today, this reservoir is at exactly the same level as it was one year ago today. >> at last sad. quite freightening. >> reporter: last year, the federal seasonal drought outlook called for persistent drought across california. that came through and the report for the first few months of this year shows the drought remains but is improving. that is good news for agriculture which had less water for their fields. a company president told us today 2015 is shaping up like 2014 with plenty of uncertainty about water. >> you will see people not plant certain crops and those prices will probably start to rise. i think you can see dairy products go up in cost. >> reporter: in agriculture planting decisions need to be made before farmers know what the water allocations will be so as a result, some field could be fallow again this year. reporting in san jose, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >> after a very wet december, what is the outlook for january? brian hackney is here with an early look. >> i have good news and a little more good news. in fact, more than just january, how about january, february and march. the climate prediction center releases a three-month outlook and it's looking good for northern california. they are forecasting above average precipitation over three months. and that includes the bay area. that's not bad. now what else is not bad? it's a look at the snowpack summary. if you look at just those numbers, that's a percentage of average. we are only about half of where we should be in the northern central south and statewide. but compared to last year, we're well ahead. we're about three times where we were last january 1st in terps of snowpack. so while we have a ways to go and you've heard this before, we're doing a lot better than we were last year and according to the three-month outlook, there's more to come. not in the near future, but in the next three months, it's not looking bad, ken. >> yeah. just average would be just fine. >> we'll see if we can get there. >> thank you. the new year brings hundreds of new laws and rules. one of which may drive up your gasoline prices. we have been talking about this. we have been monitoring a select group of bay area gas stations and our check today saw a price jump of at least 8 cents per gallon. why? well, it's because refineries must now buy pollution permits. laurie perez has more on the new regulation and why the price hike is getting passed on to you. >> reporter: starting today california gas producers will have to pay not only for the carbon emissions released at refineries but the pollution created by the fuel they sell part of the state's global warming solution act an effort some drivers we spoke with support. >> we all live in the same world so we have to care about the environment. >> reporter: but the expanded "cap and trade" policy comes with a price. producers have to pay because they exceed carbon emission limits or if they choose to make more expensive low carbon fuel their increased costs could be passed on at the pump an extra 10 cents a gallon. aaa is monitoring the rates. >> how much and when is a question. >> reporter: the president of tower energy which operates hundreds of gas stations on the west coast has an answer. he sent this statement saying very simply our suppliers the refineries are increasing our cost 10 cents a gallon and it will be passed to consumers. consumers have some wiggle room now as the nation is seeing notably low gas prices. even so some people say they object to what they see as a hidden tax. >> there is absolutely no reason us to be paying the highest gas taxes in the union. >> reporter: like it or not other drivers say falling or gas prices have little effect on their habits. they simply ride it out. >> i need to buy gas regardless because i have to get to work so, you know, it's a problem financially. but i kind of have to do it anyway. >> reporter: laurie perez, cbs news. >> food costs went up in 2014 and so did the stock market. jill wagner looks at what 2015 may hold for consumers. >> reporter: it could cost less to fly. industry experts expect tickets to drop up to 5% in 2015. but americans will continue to spend more on food. >> what i think we are going to see this year in 2015 is grocery prices on the rise. probably four to 6%. >> reporter: phil lempert is the editor of supermarketguru.com. he says the drought in california will continue to push the price of produce and beef even higher this year. coffee and chocolate prices are also expected to rise again after a big jolt in 2014. but how about the bigger economic picture like jobs and investments? the stock market hit new highs in 2014 and analysts expected this year will bring more of the same. >> we'll continue to see the dow reach newer highs or higher highs. >> reporter: the unemployment rate is at a six-year low. and career builder believes companies will ring in the new year with more job openings. but an improving economy comes at a price. >> interest rates will go up. we know they are going to go up. >> reporter: the federal reserve will likely raise short- term interest rates for the first time since the great recession which would eventually make borrowing money more expensive. at the new york stock exchange, jill wagner, cbs news. back to the future fans already know what's in store for 2015. 1989's second installment of the franchise promised this will be the year the cubs will be in the world series. jaws 19 will be released and we'll all have hover boards. those things are not likely to happen. but we now take for granted several other things that the film promised. you can make video telephone calls. what? thanks to apps like skype and facetime. biometrics are a reality as are large screen home tvs, 3d movies and holograms. and hover boards actually could be a reality by the end of the year. check it out. a couple of months ago, our mike sugerman tried out the board being developed by a los gatos startup. when it hits the market it will cost $10,000. as for flying cars, there are some in the works. but don't count on flying one down the street anytime soon. >> probably a good thing. i could see you coming could work on a hover board. >> always wear a helmet. >> good tip. still ahead, cutting your car insurance bill with simple gadgets. some customers swear by it but what you may be giving up by using it. >> and he is a fan favorite at the coliseum. not a player, but a vendor. have you seen this guy? how he is shifting the focus away from a disappointing raiders season. bulldog: well pup, it's out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters' year end clearance sale. pup: look! i found a red tag! bulldog: that means folks can save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. pup: oh! here's another! bulldog: that means up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. pup: i found another red tag! bulldog: what? 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[ laughter ] still ahead giving raiders fans something to cheer about even in a losing season. how this guy is lifting spirits in the stands. >> straight ahead in sports, "duck dynasty" in pasadena. >> it's tough to do what our guys have done, but we have a plan. >> former jim harbaugh players taking shots. >> this is ohio state fans now. >> warriors ticketholders expecting to see lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers, better pump the brakes. check back with me in 10 minutes. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. but 51 years later-- a man gets a big surprise. the car part found lodged in his arm! that story on bay area he survived a car crash with a broken hip and 51 years later he gets a surprise the car parted lodged in his arm. that's on nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. well, with a 3-13 record the raiders and their fans say there wean a whole lot to cheer for -- there wasn't a whole lot to cheer for this season. but da lin has the story of a man who has fans on their feet at the coliseum. >> reporter: as loud and intimidating as the coliseum black hole may be, no one gets more attention than this man. [ yelling ] >> they call me mr. kettle corn or crazy [ indiscernible ] [ yelling ] >> kettle corn time! [ yelling ] >> reporter: a fan favorite. >> i'll take one. >> reporter: not because of the kettle corn. instead he is known to deliver the big moves. >> yeah! [ applause ] whoo! >> i enjoy dancing. dancing is fun. if i feel the music i dance it. whatever my interpretation is, it makes me feel good that i can still do it. ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: he is freestyle to dance all 12 years of selling kettle corn at 74 crazy legs howard is one of the oldest stadium vendors in the country. >> i love it. fans want to join in and dance, that's awesome. i have made a sandwich more often than not lady in the front lady in the back. >> reporter: fans say he provides much-needed entertainment for a losing team. >> thank you so much. thank you for making our game beautiful. >> i appreciate that. thank you. >> you make it enjoyable. >> reporter: but this could be his last game. arthritis in his left leg is making it painful to walk. >> if i can't go up and down all around like i been doing i just can't do it. >> reporter: he is hoping some rest will ease the pain and let him return next season. >> keep on doing it as long as i still can do it. >> reporter: at the oakland coliseum, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> must make those games fun. crazy legs howard said he should know around march or april if he will return to work as a vendor at bay area stadiums. >> hope so. good for him. we have another cold night on tap for the bay area this thursday night first day of 2015. it begins the same way the last day of 2014 ended, that is to say we have cold weather alerts posted freezing warnings inland, frost advisory bayside. it will be cold again tonight. right now we are in the 40s for the most part in the bay area in san francisco 50 degrees. mostly clear skies out there right now. that cool air that's been over the west coast gets knocked to the east by high pressure that builds in and builds the temperatures a couple of degrees a day so it will be mild and dry air returning for the next three or four days at least. temperatures will be back into the mid-60s by sunday. if you are heading out tonight, it will be in the low 40s inland and the upper 40s around the coast and the bay with mostly clear skies. golden gate bridge fairly light traffic and in the headlines another cold night tonight. a little warmer tomorrow and then we will be dry all the way through next wednesday. that's the way it's shaping up right now. a few clouds by midweek and a little tiny business of a hint of maybe rain by -- if the wednesday, thursday time frame. but we have to get closer to get the sights on that. we shall see. overnight tonight 35 degrees in santa rosa. sunrise tomorrow morning at 7:25. fairfield 37 tonight. livermore 39. here's how the highs look for tomorrow. san francisco about average. we are climbing back toward average with san jose at 57. oakland will be above average tomorrow with 59 degrees in the forecast. down south bay tomorrow plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper 40s for the most part. cupertino 58 degrees. beautiful los gatos 58. 57 for morgan hill. and 56 at fremont. over in the east bay, we head up the calaveras fault actually from pleasanton through san ramon, 57 degrees in pleasanton, san ramon mid-50s. brentwood 54. north bay tomorrow plenty of sunshine not quite as warm as the south bay 55 san rafael, 56 pleasanton and we'll go into the far north bay and see ukiah lakeport in the mid-50s. plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60s by monday. and a few clouds coming in on that day not a big deal. tuesday more sun. wednesday and thursday we'll cloud it up. we'll see if rain forecast for far northern california works its way down into the bay area. that's midweek. in the meantime sunshine and plenty of it. as far as sports, vern glenn is in to see how that's looking after a break. female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models! during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale, get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. plus, free same-day delivery, set-up and removal of your old set. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance sale is on now! ...guaranteed! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ display... #rosebowl..oreg on, ... on display! college football put on his big boy pants and shoulder pads today. play-offs on display. #rose bowl. oregon florida state on display. "jameis winston" and the seminoles with a 29 game win streak and here's why they lost it. off the pass, delvin cook, [ screaming ] florida state turned it over five times in 18 minutes. what a second half meltdown! oregon turned every turnover into a touchdown. heisman winner marcus mariota up tomorrow, carrington, this extended the lead to 19. 39-20. but here's -- boy, here's the height of the meltdown. look at this, ken. westin going nowhere, okay? but nobody open. races, trips, loose ball, and big old tony washington got it and he gone! 58 yards for a touchdown. and the ducks were just putting this one to bed. man, i wish i could read lips here on this exchange. man, 4th quarter was essentially garbage time. mariota he did lead with this one on the keeper for another score. oregon outscored florida state 41-7 in the second half. they rolled 59-20 to advance to the national title game in dallas. 5th-ranked baylor another play-off snub in the cotton bol against michigan state and i love it when the big fellas handle it. that's a 350-pound player. score up by 20. 41-21. just over a minute to go. look at the score and look at the blocked field goal by the spartans. all of a sudden, michigan state is in business. kick got blown up on the return. look at that. yeah. 22 seconds left, okay? quarterback conner cook going to fire a strike to an open player and michigan state pulled off an incredible comeback 21 unanswered points won the cotton bowl 42-21. nfl, the 49ers will reportedly interview rex ryan on sunday. the embattled ex-jets coach was fired this week after six seasons in new york. he is also scheduled to meet with the falcons for their head coaching vacancy. seattle's richard sherman loves to needle his former coach jim harbaugh. and while the 49ers seahawks rivalry won't the same without him, sherman knows that harbaugh won't waste anytime in developing new ones at michigan. >> there will be some fun rivalries there. he will have some things he will start it up a little bit and i'm sure it will be a grand year for him. um, but he's won. i wish him nothing but the best. >> i wish him the best of luck and go buckeyes. >> that's funny. that's funny. i guess he's a ohio state fan now. nba news and notes. warrior fans won't get to see lebron james next week when the cavs make their only trip to oakland. king james is out for two weeks with knee and back injuries. it will be the longest stretch of games that lebron has ever missed. hey, some college hoops. 2015 a rough one for santa clara. the men were run right out of the gym today against byu. broncos 12 turnovers, shot poorly. the cougars jumped to a 36-8 lead, ken. they cruise 81-46. broncos have lost 11 straight against byu. and check the scene at nationals park. what a backdrop for the washington capitals. winter classic against chicago, drew close to 43 grand. final seconds, tied at two. troy bower skies on a putback and the caps beat the blackhawks 3-2. the sharks will get their first taste of outdoor hockey next month at levi's stadium. >> 390 pounds who ran that ball? >> could barely jump a foot but -- >> love that. >> nothing stopping him. for news throughout the evening, we'll have the latest always on kpix.com. >> see you at 11:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! 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creek. it was actually pretty nice when the sun was up. for most in your state tempters here or in the lower 50s cold but not quite cool.3 amid the little cooler here this year that it will foster. it's been in the '20s last couple of nights. we've walked the dogs at 1030 it night and that's when it's really cold. the national weather service has issued an advisor warning stating that it could drop to freezing or below freezing. we will have specifics and a moment. this is a time when organizations like, first are really struggling. they need more resources. the need more money. they're doing everything they can when we have a lot of folks struggling out there. there is another spare the air alert tomorrow. >> jeff bush: it's wintertime it's cold and the idea of burning a fire is coming to mind. however torula could cost him. the bay area quality management says the reason for the spare the air alert is because of a lack of wind. the air to sit still and that means the smoke and 20 particles generated by fires can tinker in the air. which is on healthy and can cause big problems for older residents and those with mine conditions. spare the air is no joke and the district says it is not worth it to burn out fire. it is illegal and you may be fined between one to $500. the district says that have enforcement teams spread throughout the bay area. the hope that people will advise by the law because this the right thing to do. if you won a breeze and you want to breathe healthy air then don't burn a fire and he disparity air alert if you do you can get a ticket. the only exception is if that fireplace or wood burning stove is your only heat source in your house. tempters are already dropping into the '30's and numbers of places. oregon steel lot more of those parties and even 20's and someplace else. it is near freezing in center field and 33 and one bottle. here's a look at future class. as we head into the morning tomorrow support clock we will have a morning low of thirties. the pink here indicates temperatures around 20 degrees. a freeze a morning-- warning in effect. however there is a warming trend that will continue into the weekend and next week. as a reminder you and all of the weather other end forecast along with radar checks for free with our kron 4 mobile apps. a 20 year-old man is behind bars deadly crash on i- 580 in oakland. the c-h-p says the man was driving under the influence. his passenger was killed. kron 4's scott rates is live in oakland with new details n this and other new-year d-u-i arrests.scott? it was a deadly start to the new year for the passenger of what's left of this toyota scion. the mangled mess was towed off the freeway early new years morning after it slammed into a pole on 580 near the macarthur off ramp the passenger a woman was killed immediate and the chp says the driver 20-year-old travis maresca of livermore is suspected of dui here are the latest numbers from one arrest for that fatal dui 35 dui arrests around the midnight. maresca was arrested and taken to the santa rita jail where he was booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. there was an intense manhunt in south san francisco today. police -- searching for a man call for the swat team and a police eventually arrested this man. ivan gomez. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, frightened neighbors heard the gunshots and then hunkered down until it was over. the sight of an armored vehicle and a heavily armed swat team in her neighborhood isn't exactly what yolanda jaloma was expecting to see outside her door on new year's day, but there they were. sot yolanda jaloma/lives near shooting the drama began around 3 a.m. when south san francisco police responded to reports of gunfire here on first lane near west orange avenue. while searching the area officers were fired on and then returned fire. sot/mos as residents sheltered in place the swat team was brought in and after a door to door search, police found and arrested a man hiding not far from where the shooting occurred. he was later identified as 23-year- old ivan gomez of south san francisco. sot jeremy fried/neighbor neither gomez or the police who returned fire was injured. police remained on scene for several hours, questioning others in connection with the shooting, which many residents heard but at first assumed it was somebody ringing + in the new year with fireworks. sot yolanda jaloma/neighbor standup closer there were also tense moments in east palo alto early this morning. two police officers responding to reports of gunshots near cesar chavez elementary school. found themselves being shot at. both escaped injury. police identified the house involved the shooting and detained eight people. no names have been released. two earthquakes shook northern california today. one of them was felt across the north bay. the bigger of the two. was a 5- point one. it hit off the coast. 80-miles west of humboldt county. at 4:16 this morning. people felt slight shaking. no damage or injuries were reported. and this afternoon, a smaller earthquake hit in sonoma county.centered 5 miles northeast of rohnert park, near kenwood. it wasn't big -- a 3-point-oh. nevertheless, people felt it -- as you can see from this "shake map." former new york governor mario cuomo, has died. the eloquent son of italian immigrants became a spokesman for democratic causes of his generation. he'd been hospitalized recently for a heart condition. cuomo died only hours after his son andrew started his second term as governor of new york. the elder cuomo had been new york's governor for three terms -- from 1983 to 1995. bad weather is slowing down recovery efforts in the crash of air-asia flight 8501. the key to understanding what happened might be in the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. investigators have about 25 days until the so-called 'black boxes" run out of batteries. if found - they'll be analyzed at a lab in indonesia. the plane was carrying 155 passengers and seven crew members. so far nine bodies have been recovered. ahead at eight. and only on 4: choice words from a local man. about the woman charged with murdering an infant that he says was his. also - a year's worth of bad behavior. kron4's stanley roberts looks back on some of the people who were behaving badly in 2014. and snow in sunny southern california. where people experienced something not seen in years. bulldog: the red tags mean save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. pup: i found a red tag! [laughter] bulldog: mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon! a snowy start to 20-15 for arizona's grand canyon. the flakes started flying on new year's eve -- and continued today -- leaving the south rim of the canyon coated in snow. it was part of a system that also brought snow flurries to phoenix. and about a foot and a half to flagstaff. in parts of southern california. snow was the big story on new year's eve. an overnight storm delivered a few inches of snow -- to what's usually a sunny, warm climate. it meant residents were seeing something quite rare. in parts of southern california. snow was the big story on new year's eve day. an overnight storm delivered a few inches of frozen precipitation in what is usually a sunny, warm climate. on wednesday, residents emerged to a sight they rarely see. sharon chen went out to talk to them and has more. : "it's so crazy, we had to drive up here. it started to snow at our house just like little flurries." the dufresnes drove in from escondido. : "we've got my parents visiting from illinois. they're like, 'what's the hype all about?'" : "i think it's really cool. i've never really experienced this at my house and this is really exciting. i've been waiting for this to happen." and it happened elsewhere too. : "it looks like powdered sugar everywhere." these are the white topped hills of. pala. : "never expected to see snow though, this low." : "been here 10 years and never had weather like this." in rainbow. you didn't even have to travel far off the freeway to find it. : "i don't think we've seen this much snow, it's really cool." samantha stone is from fallbrook. she says about an inch fell there. : "the rain was really hard last night, and we looked outside and there was a bunch of snow." but nothing like temecula. : "she likes to roll in it too" up to about five inches here. it was sammy's first time in a winter wonderland. : "she thinks it's kind of weird. she tried to eat it at first." : "it's crazy. it's so beautiful i feel like we're in colorado." nope - far from it. this is. well what's supposed to be sunny southern california. : "it's wonderful. i wish it could happen more." : "we're hoping it rains tonight. we might get some in our yard." : "its fun. seriously, it's like it's making history to be a part of this. i love it." southern california winter unusual snow san diego escondido lake elsinore 2015 could be a big year for silicon valley. our tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at the most anticipated new technology. coming out--opt--up. all eyes will be on apple this spring when the apple watch hits the market. this could be the device that gets everyone to commit to wearing a smart watch. or it could flop and be a major black eye for apple. i got to try out one of their prototypes. my first impression is that it was a little too heavy but the main complaint i hear about smart watches is the batteries don't make it through the day so if it's on the heavier side because it has better battery life well that could be a good thing. another thing to watch for from apple in the fall when they debut new ipads will be the rumored ipad plus a giant ipad with a larger 13 inch screen. there is a market for this. and their new ipad air 2 is so thin and lightweight. this larger device might not be as cumbersome as you might think. google's adorable and cartoon- like looking self-driving cars are expected hit the road in northern california in 2015, however it will still be a while before they'll hit the mass market. being so close to google headquarters here it's very possible you will see one of these on the road but for now they will have what they call "safety drivers" inside that can take over manually if they need. "safety drivers" are human drivers. and it's not just google going after the automated car. every major automaker is working on this. the big question. who will be the first to market. 2015 could be the year of virtual reality. i know we've been hearing about this for decades but the finally the technology has caught up to the idea. there is a huge buzz around the oculus rift virtual reality headset. it's coming out this year on the market. i've used it. it's like something out of a sci fi movie when you're wearing it you are transported to another world. 360 degrees wherever you turn your head you are inside that world. besides the ability to revolutionize video gaming and watching movies and tv shows this oculus rift could be used for fitness classes, real estate tours and vacation experiences. facebook is so interested in this technology they paid 2 billion dollars and bought oculus. so there is wide spread speculation that the future of social media may involve virtual reality. we will get a good idea of the new tech trends and what the major tech companies will be focusing on this year at the annual upcoming consumer electronics show, ces, in las vegas that runs next week. so stay tuned to kron i will be covering ces and show you the new products and trends that get the most buzz. new ahead: the protest that nearly brought the rose parade to a halt. stanley roberts takes a look back at drivers -- and others -- caught behaving badly in 2014. my whole life, i didn't have health insurance because i couldn't afford it. my daughter depends on me, so it's very important that i stay healthy. now that i have health insurance, i can take care of myself and my family. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! i was a little bit concerned about my health. i was very happy to make my first doctor's appointment. i love my doctor. i'm in for the first time ever. you too can enjoy quality health coverage. to enroll, or find free in-person help go to coveredca.com today was the 126th annual rose parade in pasadena. but protesters along the route threatened to bring the celebration to a halt. police say two groups of demonstrators tried to interrupt the parade. one group was waiting at the starting line -- and the other was a few streets away. this is you-tube video of one of the groups. police say seven people were arrested. at least six of them were cited and released after a few hours. hundreds of people gathered in front of the fruitvale bart station in oakland today.to celebrate the life of oscar grant. he was shot and killed by a bart police officer there on new year's day six years ago. the demonstration was hosted by the oscar grant foundation. grant's mother.the reverend wanda johnson kicked off the rally with a message of unity. former bart police officer johannes mehserle, who said he meant to use his taser stun gun instead of the service revolver he used to shoot grant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. he was released from custody in 2011. there were 29 arrests in oakland last night after a protest.turned violent. say about 130 people took part in the march against police brutality. some of them tagged buildings and threw bricks and bottles at officers. both oakland and nearby berkeley have been at the center of violent protests over the last month. that followed grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men in missouri and new york. still ahead: a man accused of a terrible crime against his own mother. what she told him to do. that reportedly pushed him over the edge. also - the first american baby born this year. was welcomed right here in the bay area. and not even mayors are immune. if you're behaving badly stanley robberts will catch you. who else he nabbed in 2014. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. only on 4: we hear from the alleged boyfriend of the pregnant woman arrested after her baby died of meth poisoning. also - history made at the rose bowl. the blowout at the first-ever college football playoff semi- final. and stanley robberts shares the "best of the worst" of people behaving badly in 2014. the father of a baby who died from methamphetamine poisoning in june is speaking out just of that baby was arrested. it's a story you'll see only on 4. two people have been injured after 2 overnight shootings near francisco. the boy just muscle but of the methamphetamine poising. the mother was arrested two days ago and was just rested on the assault to a child. this is old boone's reopened. i knew about it and passed june. erewhon to scuttle the the. there once kids telling them about father and i should and got ahold of that. i wasn't financially stable and was in the open state. authorities say this is an ongoing the best addition. police say the first shooting happened around 12-30 this morning. a person shot at someone but missed. and the bullet hit a bystander. police made an arrest. an hour later.someone was shot in the leg near mclaren park. robbery is the suspected motive in the second shooting. but no one has been arrested. there was another shooting 30- minutes into the new year. in san jose. it happened outside a nightclub called "reign" -- on east capital expressway just off of 101. two people were shot. police said there were lots of potential witnesses. and detained two "persons of interest". but say they have no motive or suspects yet. another year of people behaving badly. kron4's stanley roberts was busy in 2014. new at 8 -- he shows us some of the people he caught over the last year. both of my cars have not automatic and was called feature. its 2015, looking back on a 14 have people looking--be hitting badly. consulted by itself is not a problem of the problem is much deeper been at. more people more problems to. when people get pulled over it that often have an interesting excuses why. they did what they why also knew the driver who spoke english. in 2008 accounted delegates it is that what appears to be the nation's largest homa-- almost homeless area. the first baby born in the new year -- arrived in a bay area hospital. tempters already in the '30's. what locations are continuing to drop to almost freezing. will see how low tempters will go coming up. and the man making headlines for a gruesome new year's eve attack on his mother. 7 pursing tenders traub minute by minute. 33 in fairfield 37 and model down in the '30's and somerville 42 in fremont 40 and pleasanton and livermore. tonight we're going to see widespread 30's and a handful of '20s. there is a freeze warning and frost advisory. maroc noon it will deal with the warmer the multi sought today. there's a gradual warming trend that will go throughout the weekend and into next week. and there's a warming effect and almost all the north bank. when expected drop from 20 to 36 from 36 20s prosit frosty when shows and the frost is a pity after 9:00. 27 in fairfield 29 in livermore antioch in sunnyvale 34 in san jose 44 and separates as though . the afternoon is gonna bring a smile temperatures mid to upper 50s and then valets still stuck in the low 50s. as for the sierra it is really cold whittle's typical the next couple of mornings. tempters in the teens. the afternoon's warming up to the 30's. one more frigid morning before things start warming up to a more comfortable level. a florida man is accused of chopping off his mother's head with an axe. and police say it was because he was upset over chores. christian jose gomez--a diagnosed schizophrenic-- is accused of killing his mother on new year's eve - and putting her head in the garbage. police say he admitted to planning the crime for two days.and said he was upset that his mother kept "nagging him" to put away some boxes in the attic. the man's brother found the body and called police. gomez is charged with first- degree murder. there's been another possible data breach. still ahead -- the restaurant that could be one of the latest victims of a hack. and we'll meet the bay area's "baby new year." little fiona's parents tell their story. female announcer: save up to 35% on a huge selection of clearance mattresses. get two years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. sleep train's inventory clearance sale is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ it's safe to say that the members of one ohio family will never forget a birthday. that's because they are all new year's babies, including the newest addition -- born just today. paul kiska has the story. "she's one in a million." raheen stover was born new year's day 1978. his wife qiana was born new year's day 1980. they always thought that was quite a coincidence, until now. the couple's first born, a baby girl, born on this day new year's day 2015. "to even share a birthday with somebody that you love, and then to have your daughter born on the same day -- like i said, it's unbelievable. it's a blessing." amid all the doting and kisses, dad can't believe the odds the whole family now shares the same birthday on new year's. "just for two people to be born and know each other and be in love is a stat within itself on new year's, and then to have the same birthday. but then, like i said, to have a child on that day also, first child together, that's like a whole 'nother stat within itself." dad says to celebrate next year, they'll each get their own birthday cake, however. "somebody's going to have to celebrate theirs on the 31st. and then somebody's going to have to go exactly on the 1st and then maybe somebody might have to take the 2nd but eventually we'll just all celebrate together. we chose the name autumn because that's one of our favorite seasons." and they're fine that autumn's birthday falls on new year's day, just like mom and dad. college football playoffs. three words a lot of people thought they'd never hear in the same sentence. semi-finals today. better known as "the rose bowl." featuring oregon and florida state. jamis winston and marcus mary- ota. the last two winners of the heisman trophy squaring off. joe montana eat your heart out. winston gets florida state to within five with this 18 yard touchdown pass to travis rudolph. oregon led the whole game. but u9ntil the third when oregon would really open it up. carrington going deep. a 56 yard pass. oregon up 32 - 20. 338 passing yards and a couple of touchdowns. plus a td run for mariota. winston gets pressured into trying to do to much. he can't hang onto the ball. the fumble would be the nail in the coffin for fsu. not bad number for winston 29-of-45. 348 yards. a td and a pick. but mariota and oregon way too much to handle. 59 - 20. oregon advances. a couple more big names are tied to the niners search for a new head coach. the latest on the list are mike shanahan and his son kyle. the elder shanahan is a super bowl champ whose got experience in the front office and on the field. personally, i think the added front office experience hurts mike shanahan. but, if you go back 20 tears. he's got experience working in san francisco as an offensive coordinator. his son kyle is currently with the cleveland browns right. rex ryan's name is getting a lot of play today too. probably best known as the former jets head coach. ryan is known as a defense guy. which is something the niners put a premium on. to wit. lions defensive coordinator teryl austin. the niners will talk to him about the head coach job. the lions defense known as muich for "stomping" quarterbacks as "stopping" them. at this point. i think york and baalke should just write an open letter to all nfl personel and invite everyone in to talk football. at some point, we'll start shaving names off the list instead of adding them. lebron james could miss two weeks with strains in his left knee and lower back. that's bad news for the cavs who've lost their last three games. they've also been missing kevin love and shawn marion. james has never missed more than five straight games in his career. with his current prognosis he could double that number. tune in to jason and bip sunday night for sports night live. they will have more on the 49ers coaching search. nfl wild card playoff highlights. plus an interview with splash brother klay thompson. here is a preview. the n-h-l's winter classic went down to the wire today. the hawks and caps took it outside at the home of the washington nationals. the game was tied at two when troy bower finds the loose puc and fires it in with just over 12 seconds left in the game. the caps win this thing 3 - 2 over hawks. and joe montana. showing his fun side that people always wish they could see more of. doing a t-v commercial poking fun at his lack of a heisman trophy. a women's college basketball player hits her mark in 2014. 19-year-old lauren hill is terminally ill. she has an inoperable brain tumor. she still suited up for mount saint joseph in a division three game. scoring the first and last baskets. that came in november, a year after she was diagnosed. she wanted to raise over a million dollars in 2014 for cancer research. and she did it, plus another hundred thousand. congrats to lauren hill. catherine. a fast food restaurant may be the latest victim of a hack. find out if you're one of the customers who needs to check your credit card statements. there's another possible data breach to warn you about. this time.it's at the fast food chain -- chick-fil-a. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me! get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. whoo! forty-four ladies, that's me! whoo...gonna get some cold cuts today! bulldog: well pup, it's out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters' year end clearance sale. pup: look! i found a red tag! bulldog: that means folks can save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. pup: oh! here's another! bulldog: that means up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. pup: i found another red tag! bulldog: what? where? pup: right here, silly! 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(vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. (indistinct chatter over police radio) (car doors slam) (patrick) oh, it's lovely. (teresa) it's a crime scene. it's a lovely crime scene. (wayne) hey. couple joggers found our john doe on their morning run. body's still pretty fresh, so it must've happened last night. no signs of an entry or exit wound means cause was probably a blunt force trauma to the head. and they brought in the grown-ups because they couldn't decide whose sandbox it was? right. body's right on the city line. the only thing they can agree on is that it was a carjacking gone wrong. wallet, watch, wedding band-- everything gone. oh, not everything. killer would have been very frustrated to not be able to take this. looks like a wheel. motorcycle wheel. i don't buy it as a carjacking. maybe the murderer was covering it up as one, but if you're after someone's car and valuables, you grab and bolt. you don't waste time taking off a cuff link. right. carjacking-- a gunshot or a stab wound is more likely than a beating. beating like this takes time. the murder was personal. no surprise there. th
francisco with no delays, it is about an 8 minute drive time, speaking of it here, it looks good if you are driving passed the oakland coliseum, we don't have anything going on, on 880 or 580 and here on the san mateo bridge, it is a nice drive here at 430 let's go back to the desk. firefighters are searching for the cause in oakland. it happened on international boulevard. alex savage joins us live with what we have learned so far, alex? >> reporter: i am told there is quite a bit of evidence that is raising some red flags this morning. these are the two fires, a fast moving fire that forced more than 30 people from their home but the good news is that everybody made out safely and nobody was hurt including firefighters. this fire started at 11:00 and a quite a few firefighters had to be called in from across this city. it began on the outside one of these are buildings on apartments on the car up above. witnesses said they heard several explosions right before this fire took off. >> they said it was a crash out front because that is my room. the apartment goes all the way to the back and there was some sort of explosion and i heard it. it sounded like a car crash. >> and we just got a look, it is an outside patio area and investigators are telling me among other things there was evidence here of fireworks that had been set off and it is unclear that they are connected to this. investigators are looking into whether this fire may have been set on purpose and it has not been labeled suspicious thus far the red cross is helping 3 people forced out and helping them find another place to stay. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in martinez are looking for a man who forced them to drive several miles and then shot at them. the driver told police he was leaving the area of the boulevard on 680. the man got into the back seat, hit his passenger in the head with a gun and the driver told him to go near the waterfront and it was there that the man got out and the two people were able to drive away. the man then fired several shots at the car as it was leaving but nobody was hit. oscar grant is drawing parallels to the shooting in missouri. wanda johnson joined 200 protesters in oakland last night. they started in four different locations with the aim of converging into one pattern which police call police brutality. they went to speak with the family of michael brown. >> another senseless killing and another cover up scheme again trying to demonize the young man. >> reporter: they marched down broadway but were stopped short by officers wearing riot gear. there were no disturbances overnight following the demonstration. and the online group has called for a national day of rage today. protests are heard in 38 cities. late last night ferguson provided add / between referral demonstrators. she was carrying a sign in support of the man. they tried to avoid a couldn't fran tracing between -- confrontation between police and protesters. it was one of the most peaceful nights, there were no fire -- was no shooting or fires or tear gas. they will conduct an investigation into the michael brown shooting and listen to all sides. holder listened to michael brown's parents. they have began jury charges against wilson. it could take two months to decide whether the jury will indict wilson. they have decided to push back classes until next monday. the shooting is affecting 11,000 students. safety of remains a concern and she said she is worried about students walking to school with shattered glass and tear gas cancers still in yards and on streets. the man who contracted the ebola virus has been released. dr. kent brantly has been in a hospital in atlanta. hospital officials are expected to release more details about his recovery. dr. kent brantly is also expected to speak. the two workers contracted the ebola virus while working in liberia. a patient in sacramento has also been affects as a missing teacher in the bay area. an area northwest of mt. gardener, it appears muck fell in steep and rocky terrain in a remote section of the park. when he didn't come home from a hiking trip, he was a 2nd grade teacher who lived in santa cruz. he was known for sharing his love with the outdoors. >> my students would say he baked bread today. and he was very much a nature and earth loving kind of guy. >> muck leaves behind a wife and five-year-old daughter. he graduated from uc santa cruz last year. well the 49ers have discovered a new home. yesterday coach jim harbaugh abruptly stopped practice after chunks of the field had come up. the new turf started and 9ers finished their usual practice just feet away from the stadium. and they issued a statement saying the organization would like to apologize about today's practice ending earlier. we have the appropriate measures to get it done early and they will now be invited to the new kid's museum. and we have a special show airing against the san diego chargers. they start at 12:30 pn and tape -- p.m. and stay tuned for the point after the game. >> i got you. >> awesome, he dawned a wig and a tag that said significant moore but many people recognized him becausely because his namep was on his shirt. andand a sonoma deputy punched somebody and paying it forward, after the the break, he broke a record. >> we have off to a good start as you look at the live picture of the east shore freeway, give you some drive times and tell you what you looked like. >> another -- another fog bank, we are starting a high of 70 and 76. ♪ ♪ ♪ an extraordinary burger with heaps of jalapeños...ered ...now for just two dollars. they also discovered the phenomenon of "economnomnomics" nomnom... nom? mcdonald's dollar menu and more. it's economnomnomcial. . happening today, the aunt of a two-year-old girl -- 2- year-old girl is due in court. she faces charges for the death of her niece friday night. gauge walked flood the middle of the crosswalk against the light. she then left the little girl unattended in the middle of a busy mission street to go back and get the brother. >> she didn't want to go out there and pops in the frame to get the little boy and -- >> there is no way she should not have held both hands. >> the grandmother says the tragedy has torn the family apart. a state court rejected an appeal for killing a father and his two sons in the district two years ago. edward ramos says he was coerced and he claims he was suffering from a lack of sleep at that time and the judge suggested he should be given lenience. they upheld is life in prison sentence. they were on the way home from a picnic when they were shot and killed and they were mistaken for gang members. starting next week some students who are not by logically -- by logically -- biologically there, those who are female and not male and have birth sir,the kates identifying them and it is the long step in a progressive school. >> we were the first women's colleges to have a computer science program. this is just another in many firsts. the school however is taking a step forward in becoming a coed school. congressman mike honda will address a new bill aimed at various minority groups. the measure calls on the federal government to be more specific for the gender of students to update their performances. and it calls for better policies. students can begin moving into their dorms. drivers should also be aware that heavier than normal traffic is being asked to help child immigrants across the board. they have asked attorneys from a dozen firms for detention hearings they tell the chronicle 90% of i am immigration more than 50,000 have fled central america. and they are reporting a major security data breach. hackers installed mall wear on computers in 51 of its states. that includes 2 bay area stores as well. the customer's credit and debit information may have been compromised. one of those is on cent drive in campbell hill and a second men tow store is offering free credit monitoring. now to a story that may warm your heart and may inspire you. they set a record by paying it forward more than 300 thymes. they started a chain reaction in fact one customer paid it forward twice. >> bring him by right now. >> you are 97. >> yes, you just heard that customer was number 59 and 29 -- 90 and the total was 444 customers. >> hopefully people are paying it forward. >> i am going to get a coffee in our newsroom just for you and even though it's free. right now traffic looks good and we will have a lot to talk about obviously and there are no major problems, 18 minute drive times, 66-mile-per-hour average speed and a little bit over the speed limit by one minute per hour. taking it into san francisco with no delays. if you are coming up to the 280 change it does look good in the east bay and we are going to the match docked. >> oh, i appreciate it. low cloud deck and plenty to go around that is not the case where the low still meanders and high pressure to the north gives us a rather breezy day as temperatures start to rebound a little bit today. water temperatures start and santa rosa 59 after he expect that to come down a limb bit and you know that was only yesterday and you know that can't -- can't launch. we are running above on the lows and yes yesterday they were above to average on the cooler side. we are pretty far south and a little change going into the weekend and fog clearing to the coast, 60s and 70s, and there is always a fear word and moving it is 71 minneapolis is 71 and look at this clust he can moving into chicago, it is stretching back up to minneapolis and all roads lead to open half so it is not strong enough to break up the fog bank and we have mid-to- upper 60 the and even with the fog it is not cool. 80s for some and 70s for others, and a little above it should be closer to 6 , not much change it could warm up and it could massively destroy the area. scientists say that is a sign the volcano could erupt again. you most recent airlines were canceled. and a proposed statewide band is being set up so far this year. lobbiests for the plastic bag industry say the bill is quote a job killer. now they say they will educate moderates on why the proposal should be dropped but they say they will dig in to make sure the bill passes. the critical vote in the assembly was put off. over access, they are trying to make sure there is public access to martin's beach. and land owner locked the game on the he can saibling sat says roads and there are lawsuits to reopen the gate. coming up a 20-year-old cottage athlete is lucky to be alive after getting the west nile virus. >> i never thought it would happen to me or anybody i news and this want photo could can be worth 1,000 words and this one is worth just one which is busted and self fico help solve a burglary in southern california. stay tuned. self if i -- . chp officers called this stunt dangerous and the driver came inches from the gathered rail. the chp pulled over a car that was believed to be in the incident and so far the case remains open. they are searching for a man accused of dropping a girl. she was walking on el rancho drive. the suspect is described as 20 years old, six feet tall and a medium -- medium build. he may be connected to other assaults in the area. and at chico state, he has changed his plea. he is being charged for the death of 21-year-old person and he pled no contest when causing bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident. they are dropping drug charges against him. he faces a maximum of seven years is prison. oop. >> they are confident to stand trial. they made that determination when she underwent a psychiatric evaluation. she intentionally started fires and has pled guilty to arson as well as a misdemeanor count. they are using selfies to track down burglary sauce expects. a santa clara woman showed up and then call add authorities. investigators now are trying to determine whether they came by, what went wrong during a secret mission and a stink can i situation that one bart station has more than holding their noses after the break but growing frustration is over a long standing problem. good morning, in the east bay, so far 0 good, we will bring you some drive times for some of the key commutes in the bay area. starting off cloudy again and man attain view, stunning and 76. . a huge fire tares through two buildings in oklahoma and we will tell you what investigators found here at the scene. missions failed, we will tell you new details about freeing the american journalist just -- journalist just killed by an american group. and they were experiencing a problem on the turf, we will tell you what they are doing to remedy it. plus a smelly problem returns, what bart is promising to do about it, it's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. good morning, here is a live look at two buildings moved back by a fast moving fire and 30 people are now without a home. alex savage will have more on how they escaped the flames. welcome, it is thursday, august 31st, i am torii campbell. let's talk abou
demonstrators out here. this demonstration and march essentially wrapped up around 8:00. it actually started in four different locations with the idea of spreading through downtown, and converging into one large rally against what they call police brutality. >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> reporter: it's a march with a familiar rally, hands up don't shoot, allegedly the words said by michael brown 11 days ago. more than 100 protesters marched down broadway. their destination, police headquarters at 7th street. they were stopped short by a line of officers. words were exchanged. some in the crowd angry at police clad and riot gear blocking their way. >> we have a contingency of other people that they won't let through. we can't touch. this is the kind of thing that makes protests go the other way. >> reporter: eventually that group joined the protest, bringing the numbers to 200. >> we're not looking for violence. we want the message to be about the dead black and brown babies, not anything else. >> reporter: after an hour, the protesters made their way back to broadway and 14th, where they blocked the intersection and heard from wanda johnson, the mother of oscar grant. >> when ferguson went down, my heart just sank again. another senseless killing, and another cover up scheme again trying to demonize the young man. >> reporter: johnson says her family went to missouri to speak with brown's family in a town on edge. much like oakland was after her son's death. >> we are praying for them. we are encouraging them to fight until the end. >> reporter: the protesters blocked broadway, and then moved west in the general direction of berkely, but they only went about five blocks before returning to frank ogawa plaza. the police say there were no citations, no arrests, and no injuries tonight. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu, channel 2 news. happening now for an 11th night in a row, people are on the streets of ferguson, missouri. they say they want justice for michael brown. these are live pictures of the protest going on right now. they've been calmer than on previous nights and peaceful, with only a few arrests, and no tear gas was deployed tonight. most of the people have pretty much stayed to the sidewalks with little disruption to people living nearby. eric holder met with michael brown's family today. he is the highest ranking member of the obama administration to visit. he also met with ron johnson, the highway patrol captain now in charge of maintaining security. >> i think it will show the people of ferguson, the people of st. louis, that their voices are heard. that the highest office of this land is listening to their voices, and taking a look to the incident. >> attorney general holder has a team of agents and prosecutes in ferguson conducting their own investigation of the shooting. now to our continuing coverage of american journallest james foley. the new hampshire man was killed in captivity by islamic state militants. president obama said the world is appalled, and by most any measure the killing was barbaric. >> amber lee is here now with the dangers of reporting in the hostile parts of the world. >> reporter: frank, julie, we won't show you the video, but it is chilling and something i won't forget. he was working free license for a french agency when he was kidnapped on thanksgiving day of 2012. his parents say they want their memories about their son to be about the caring human being he was. >> his last words were, i wish i had more time to see my family. >> jim had a big heart. >> reporter: the man who killed foley had a british accent, and is heard blaming the united states for the islamic state, or isis. >> jim was taken from us in an of violence, that shocks the conscious of the entire world. >> taken hostage a couple of times, shot at more than i care to think of. >> reporter: dan worked in tel aviv as bureau chief for cbs news. he says he's now thinking about all the journalists in danger zones around the world. >> it also reminds me about how fortunate i am that i survived similar situations by virtue of luck. >> these are some very, very plucky and courageous journalists. >> reporter: freelance journalists go into hostile zones. >> they're sort of performing without a net, and when things go bad, they go really bad. >> i believe that front line journalism is important. without these photos and videos, we can't really tell the world how bad it might be. >> reporter: foley's parents are urging the militants to spare the lives of other hostages. they said quote, like jim, they are innocent. they have no control over policy in iraq, or anywhere in the world. >> watching his parents speak is heartbreaking. they also showed another american hostage, steven sodloff and threatened to kill him. >> he is originally from miami. he was kidnapped one year ago. his family and friends have a post on facebook that urges people to sign a petition, calling on the u.s. government to do everything possible to save his life. >> thanks amber. in the bay area, james foley's death is stirring members of daniel pearl. he was working as a reporter for the wall street journal in pakistan when he was kidnapped by al-qaeda in 2002. his capturers also shared videos of him being beheaded. twitter announced it reserves the right to censure pictures. twitter does not guarantee removal, especially if it considers an image news worthy. earlier this month, robin williams daughter quit twitter and instagram after altered images of her father was posted on those sites. sadly, it's not the news that family and friends were hoping for. 46-year-old gregory muck was reported missing when he didn't come home from a backpacking trip as scheduled on sunday. today, rangers found a body in kings canyon national park. there's no positive identification yet, but the remains are presumed to be his. rob roth spoke with colleagues who said muck was a new teacher who would have automatically made a big impression. >> last year he would have had 30 desks ready to arrive. >> gregory muck's classroom from last year. >> reporter: he says he just began teaching a year ago. >> kids would say, my teacher, we baked bread today. so he did things like that for math, the measuring and all of that. he was very much a nature, and earth loving kind of guy. >> reporter: muck failed to return home sunday from back tacking alone in a rugged part of king's canyon national park. he's been described as an experienced hiker with a wife and 5-year-old daughter. at combs elementary, he was popular. >> he's a go-getter, if there was a problem he would take care of it. said well it didn't go well today, but tomorrow i've got plans. >> very interested in the environment, and the gardening club at school and the recycling program. very involved with his second grade students, and very close with the second grade team of teachers. >> reporter: he was slated to teach third grade this upcoming school year. we're told that his wife has left their home in santa cruz, headed towards kings canyon. in fremont, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. the alimmediatey county sheriff's department is asking for the public's help tonight in locating an 11-year-old boy who hasn't been seen in more than 24 hours. melo trinidad vanished yesterday while riding an east transit bus with his grandmother. the boy had been punished earlier in the day for stealing a coin collection. sheriffs deputies suspect he may have run away. he is described as 5 feet tall, 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. a new problem in their home, and it apparently has to do with the turf. jim harbaugh stopped practice today. the move came after several players lost their footing and slipped on the sod. the organization would like to apologize for any fans who were inconvenienced by today's practice ending early. the team would not address the turf, but said we have determined the appropriate measures to have the field ready for sunday. the giants game that started yesterday and came under protest will finish tomorrow. the cubs ground crew failed to properly cover the field. after a four and a half hour delay, umpires eventually ruled the game would end as a victory for the cubs. the giants filed a protest, citing the lack of effort by the ground crew. league officials agreed, and decided the game would restart tomorrow from where it left off in the 5th inning. a bay area grandmother with a big dream for her 100th birthday. >> go giants. >> coming up we're going to share her mission to take the mound. >> fire danger and keeping temperatures down. the foggy pattern developing as a result. >> it could be california's first case of ebola. what doctors are saying about the patient under quarantine. new information emerged today about a possible case of ebola at kaiser hospital in sacramento. doctors say the patient is reportedly a woman, and is at low risk. ktvu's john fowler went to the hospital today, and found out that the patient is isolated from staff and visiters in a special room. >> state health oceans say the patient returned from west africa in the last ten days, showed symptoms compatible with ebola, and was isolated yesterday. >> that patient has been evaluated by the healthcare personnel, and by local healthcare personnel. that patient has been deemed to be low risk. >> reporter: public health officials are evaluating the patient's close contacts, but emphasize there is little risk to the public. >> the risk is very low, and steps are being taken to keep california safe. >> reporter: the state now urging doctors to scrutinize anyone with a fever, or flu like symptoms who has traveled to west africa. dr.warner green. >> right now, the alert is on. so individuals who have risk factors are rapidly diagnosed and triaged, quarantined appropriately, and tested to see if they have ebola. that's the way it should be handled. >> reporter: ebola acts fast, usually killing by multiple organ failure within a few days. in past outbreaks that limited the spread of the disease in rural villages, but now ebola is in big cities, near airports and a worldwide threat. >> this outbreak emphasizes the global nature of infectious diseases. we live in a highly mobile society. >> reporter: doctors say an infected person usually cannot infect others until symptoms appear. that can be about a week or so after first exposure. kaiser doctors sent a confirmtory blood test to the cdc. results are expected at anytime. john fowler, ktvu news. >> authorities say more than 1200 people have died. the most deaths, 466 have been in liberia. nearly 400 people in guinea have died of ebola. 365 in sierra leone, and 4 in nigeria. a theater in lodi is reopening tomorrow after being treated for bedbugs. we told you earlier this week about a suspected bedbug infestation at the stadium 12 theaters. today, the santa rosa entertainment group which owns the theater confirmed that small pockets of bedbugs were found. pest control workers eradicated the bugs, and the theater will reopen tomorrow. a long time giants fan has been practicing her pitching in hopes of taking the mound at at&t park. she's about to turn 100, but she says she has enough left in her arm to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. noel walker is live now, with one fan's wish for a very big birthday. >> reporter: few people get to see their 100th birthday, and few people get to pitch in a major league baseball park. marie stone is hoping the san francisco giants will help her celebrate both next month. playing in the big leagues is every little boy's dream. and a dream born in a napa ranch for this tiny woman. >> and every day, i check this thing. >> reporter: the sports section is marie stone's bible. >> and the giants have won 65. >> reporter: the giants are her team. >> they're going strong. >> reporter: so is she. at 4'5". >> and i'm 99, 11 months. >> reporter: she'll be 100 next month. >> i've surprised myself. >> reporter: an age where the bucket list is pretty well checked off. >> i don't need a thing. >> reporter: but there is one thing marie does need. she knows the schedule. >> they're playing the chicago today. >> reporter: her favorite player. >> posey. buster posey. >> reporter: and her decorating taste. >> see that picture up there? they've got good pitchers. >> reporter: there's one thing she would like to add. >> go giants! >> reporter: to that bucket list. marie's granddaughter wrote the team. >> one wish for 100th birthday. >> reporter: asking to expand her grandmother's field of dream. >> my grandma practices every day. >> reporter: to the field at at&t park. to throw out the first pitch. >> mom, that was a good one. september14. >> reporter: instead of posey she has siri to catch. even if she doesn't get her shot on the pitcher's mound. >> are you going to go watch the game? >> yes, for sure. >> reporter: as always. >> do you think they're going to win? >> i hope. >> reporter: she'll be cheering them to a win. so the giants have a special day planned for marie when she's here on september 14, she will get to go down to the field before the game, she will be on the jumbotron before the game. but the first pitch is already spoken for, her family is crossing their fingers. >> she is just priceless. that was wonderful. ups is the latest to announce a security breach that may have compromised the credit and debit cards of customers. two of those stores are in the bay area. one is on crescent drive in pleasant hill. the other is on west campbell avenue in campbell. a store on arena boulevard was also hacked. ups is offering free credit monitoring for any customer affected. temperatures today, a little warmer in some places, a little cooler in others. we're going to see a lot of fog tonight and tomorrow. fog into santa rosa, it's into fairfield now. a lot of fog, more than we had last night at this time. moving into napa in the next half hour or so. fog in walnut creek. low clouds and fog at this point. heading out towards livermore valley. a little more fog showing out here. tomorrow morning when you get up, you've got fog. burning off a little more quickly than it did today, and temperatures will be just a bit warmer, maybe by three or four degrees. current temperatures, low 60s out there. lots of clouds. as we head back to school tomorrow, we are in hayward. unified school district back in class. 60degrees when you get going about 8:00 a.m. 77degrees for a daytime high for the kids and folks going back to school in hayward. this is the forecast model, include hayward as well, but fog everiy, everiy -- everywhere, so 6:00 a.m. is cloudy. then it it burns off, and look what you get. you get the 90s starting to show back up. the last few days we've had yellow, and 70s. the reds are starting to come this way. we are warming up just a bit for your bay area thursday. more changes and warming. on the roadways tomorrow, drizzle along the coast. we had some this morning, we'll see more tomorrow morning. i'll see you back here 10:45. an east bay community is pulling together tonight to help an elementary school that has been vandalized, and robbed twice in two weeks. thieves have stolen thousands of dollars in electronics, and sporting equipment from colonial acres elementary school. it serves primarily low income families in unincorporated hayward. people and businesses have started to drop off items, including all sorts of sporting goods. the school's principal also says more than $6,000 have been donated to the school's gofundme sight. >> at 10:30, the message from one business owner to whoever is responsible. >> how mills college is redefining single sex education by claving what it means to be female. female narrator: the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. we challenged the manufacturers to offer even lower prices. now it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 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exactly is allowed to attend the colleges. including applicants who are not women at birth, but self- identify as women, and those who were assigned to the female sex at birth. >> we were the first women's college west of the rockies. we were the first women's college to have a computer science program. this is just another in another series of firsts. >> reporter: mills spokeswoman tells me this is in no way a move towards coeds education, but is a cutting edge move on a campus that was established back in the 1850s. live in oakland, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. the reservoir that supplies more than 2 million people with drinking water in the bay area is at the center of a dispute. a non-profit group is asking a federal judge to stop diverting water from the twalmy river. the center for environmental science, accuracy filed the lawsuit. the fresno group claims the diversion of freshwater from the river is making the delta saltier, and threatening endangered fish. the state legislature is entering into the controversy over access to a beach. they passed a bill by jerry hill. it orders the state lands commission to ensure access to martin's beach. the owner of that beach has blocked the only road to that beach. the bill now goes back to the assembly. there's also a lawsuit currently underway to try to force access to that beach. bay area business owners stunned by vandalism. >> businesses on alert after vandals strike in this south bay neighborhood. we'll show you the surveillance video, and why there's growing concerns. [ screeching ] >> and later caught on camera. a driver doing donuts on one of the bay area's most famous landmarks. >> you can get ktvu news to go. just click the live icon, and watch all of our newscasts live on your mobile device. ♪ at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ some businesses in the south bay boarded up their windows after attacks from vandals. and business owners say they're really surprised to see this kind of crime in their community. three stores hit in just a matter of days. >> ktvu's azimuth smith live. >> reporter: it's unclear if these acts of vandalism are connected, but what is clear, they're not what people are used to seeing. the owner captures video of what appears to be shots fired in the store. >> i'm angry. but there's not much i can do. >> reporter: the 13 year owner who didn't want his face on camera, believes the vandal used a bb gun after finding these steal balls. >> it doesn't do anything for anybody. it just costs people money. >> reporter: two days prior, an employee at a starbucks said someone through their outdoor table through the window. and down the street, windows were smashed earlier this week. >> this area was pretty calm and pretty safe. >> reporter: in all three cases, nothing was taken. questions swirl if there's a serial vandal, or if these businesses were targeted. >> it's really becoming a concern, where coming down here at night, or coming to these festivals, i just get really, really worried. >> reporter: jennifer has lived in willow glen for 43 years. >> i feel their working hard to keep our community going, and they don't deserve this. >> we don't have any security on a regular basis. >> reporter: as for the baskin- robbins owner, he says it's going to take a lot of $2 ice cream cones to pay for this mess. he had this message for the vandals. >> grow up. if they have a problem with the business, go talk to them. >> reporter: police have taken reports of the vandalism, social media sites are alerting everyone to be on the lookout. live in san jose, azimuth smith, ktvu, channel 2 news. a federal judge as ordered an investigation of how the oakland police department disciplines its officers for wrong doing. a san francisco trial attorney is looking into why officers routinely have their trials overturn. an arbitrator overturned the termination of an officer who threw tear gas at a group of occupy protesters. the judge also ordered the city to deposit $25,000 to pay for the investigation. investigators say a couple found dead on boat at the vallejo marina died of apparent murder suicide. authorities found the couple yesterday morning after a family member reported that she hadn't seen, or heard from them in a few days. it hasn't been determined exactly when the murder suicide took place, but police do say that the couple had a history of domestic violence. police in hayward have questions tonight about a mysterious death on interstate 880. investigators say a man jumped from the overpass, in industrial parkway, and was immediately hit by a big rig and killed. as ktvu's john sasaki learned, it turns out the man may have been trying to escape an attacker. >> reporter: this is the phoenix lodge on industrial parkway in hayward, maybe 100- yards from the spot where the man jumped to his death. the man had lived here for the past several weeks. >> he was actually a really good friend of mine. >> she went bat crazy. >> reporter: the man who is about 25 years old, and who nickels identified only as junior was walking on the overpass with a female companion. police are not sure what happened next. >> we are interviewing witnesses and at this point, we don't have a specific reason as to why he jumped from the bridge. >> reporter: investigators tell me one story they've heard is that someone approached the pair, and made some kind of threatening gesture and the woman went off, while junior went over the railing to escape. >> he jumped, and he impacted a large semi truck trailer. >> reporter: making it a potential homicide. the other possible explanation is that he committed suicide. >> i don't think he was like depressed enough to where he would jump. >> reporter: the chp tells me the truck driver who hit the man after he landed on the freeway was very shaken up, but otherwise unhurt. a plea deal has reportedly been reached in the death of a nursing student. christina chesterman was riding her bike in chico in september of last year when she was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. the chico enterprise record says the driver pleaded no contest to felony dui and hit- and-run. he faces a maximum of seven years in prison when he is sentenced next month. a man was sentenced to a year in a sonoma county jail. he pleaded no contest. prosecutors say he looked down at his cell phone for a few seconds before slamming into the back of a car. he faces up to 12 years in prison before his plea agreement. police of credit for time served will be released in december. evacuation orders have been lifted as firefighters make progress on a wildfire burning outside of yosemite. people return to their homes today, or in some cases, what's left of their homes. the junction fire was first reported monday afternoon. initially, officials estimated the size of the fire at 1200 acres, but now say it's about half that size. it's also now 65% contained up from 40% earlier today. >> i guess the trucks and everything, and the jet-skis can be replaced, but not the personal stuff. not the pictures of your family, or family heirlooms or stuff like that. >> there are reports that the fire started near a homeless encampment. eight buildings have been destroyed. grieving after her great- granddaughter was killed standing alone in the street. her surprising feelings about the hit-and-run driver. >> i detail the damp pattern, making for a mild august. what you can expect for the weekend. >> and next, doing donuts on the golden gate bridge. the side show that put others in harm's way. hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 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have done what the law required them to do, to stop. >> reporter: police arrested the girl's aunt for child endangerment. surveillance video shows she left mi'yana in a crosswalk. >> the little girl didn't even want to go in the street. and she put her out there, and pops back in the frame to get the boy, and that's when the car goes by. >> i can't comprehend her not being more responsible. i can't. >> there's no way that you should not have held their hand. >> reporter: her aunt is held on $250,000 bail. johnson says the arrest has divided the family. >> we will never hear from her. i don't see it happening. >> reporter: she's scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. a car fire at a lafayette b.a.r.t. station parking lot caused a lot of damage today. crews say one car caught fire and the flames spread to four other cars. it took about 20 minutes for firefighters to put out the flames. fortunately, no one was hurt. fire officials are looking for the cause, but they say it discus not appear to be -- does not appear to be suspicious. the project just received $39 million from the state. b.a.r.t. says the money will be used to finish the 10-mile stretch of track. there will be two new stations. transit officials say the project has already created 3,000 new jobs with many more to come. >> it provides connections to the existing residence, and attracts more residential development. it was the annual busing of the grapes in the livermore valley today. the fall harvest gets underway today. local clergy gathered with wine makers and winery owners to bless the crop. today's event is a prelude to the harvest wine celebration in livermore valley on august 31. temperatures today were slightly cooler in some places. slightly warmer in others. it was not much of a change from what we saw yesterday. 81 in entiat today. 75 in fairfield. it's cool out there right now, lots of low 60s, come in close, there's fog pretty much everywhere at this hour. really pushing in. very similar to what we had last night. there won't be much difference between today and tomorrow. except it will be slightly warmer tomorrow. fog in santa rosa, fog in fairfield. this is an indication, i talk about how deep the inversion is. let's just say they average about 1,000 feet. most of these average about 1,000 feet. so the inversion at the bottom of the cloud deck is over 1,000 feet, it gets over those hills, and that's what's happening. that's why temperatures are cool. that pattern of this persistent kind of low pressure system off the coast is going to continue. winds up in livermore about 12. gusty winds at sfo earlier, and gusty winds up in fairfield earlier. back to school in san rafael tomorrow. 66degrees around lunchtime. 75degrees for our daytime high. pretty typical day for your first day of school in san rafael. the forecast model shows fog. a lot of it, all the way into the bay. it starts to warm. we're going to see reds coming in. that's an indication of warming. we have this map hasn't shown red. we haven't seen the 9s for a couple of days now. that's where we're headed. we're looking for temperatures just to warm a little bit. the high pressure is built in. as it does, this low moves off. another low replaces it, and kind of keeps this cool, mild pattern going. 85 tomorrow in vacaville. there's the heat in the inland bay valleys. we haven't had any spare the air days in a while. it's been very few this summer. this pattern is good for air quality. today, we're looking, if you were here at 5:00, we were showing that san francisco camera looking out towards diablo. you can clearly see mount diablo from san francisco. which is not unusual. this time of year in august, that kind of visibility is pretty good. an indication of really good air quality. i'm good with this. it would be nice to get some rain, but the heat is nowhere to be found on this five day. >> so comfortable. >> it is. good sleeping weather. >> sleep is important. thanks bill. one of the 49ers players went undercover today, and surprised a lot of people at a jamba juice. vernon davis suited up, and went behind work at a jamba juice. he was wearing that wig and a name tag that said sycamore. even so, some people recognized him. that maybe because his name is on the front of the store. vernon davis owns that jamba juice. >> that wig threw a lot of people off. >> not the muscles though. a good day in a number of ways for the giants. >> no question about it. a lot better than last night's rain debacle. not only win their appeal with the league, the dodgers lost, then the psychological boost from it all seemed to slingshot them right onto victory over the cubs. a beautiful night at wrigley. no rain, and they said tee it off in the 1st inning. ishikawa has three hits. first time i've ever seen him smile too on a baseball field. a 4-0 san francisco lead. later, it's the young catcher, the other way. ticket to ride. his first big league homer, and it's a two run shot, and a 7-2 lead for the giants. jake peavy, hunter pence takes over the team lead with the home run. giants 3.5 back of l.a. here's the guy i'm not electing for dad of the year. drinking his kid's bottle. the kid says who would want that thing after that guy? meantime, better night for the giants. not for the a's though. this afternoon, going to find out what they are all about in the next few weeks. they take another shot to the jaw this afternoon. angels lurking 1.5 back of the a's. already down in this one. 2-0 to the mets. david murphy boosts one in short right. off the bat of andy perrino, a couple of runs score. billy, you want to trade somebody? how about that guy lurking on the job. she's a girl amongst all boys, and she is looking to prove she does belong. mo'ne davis, and the latest from the little league world series. meanwhile, team u.s.a. revving it up for the world basketball championship. it makes me happy to 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cup. steph watches as his warrior mate clay thompson will come on. you've seen that before. cans the three. thompson had 10 today. steph wants it, gets it, and will wind up winging it for james harden. three assists. steph also had 8 points, and none of them any easier than the one he will get here. steph curry is definitely a big part of team u.s.a. 105-62 over the dominican republic as they warm up for the real stuff. that's the sporting life. >> almost not fair. >> we'll see how they do with the real deal though. tough competition. thank you for joining us. >> our coverage continues on ktvu.com. for the early risers the news returns on ktvu at 4:30. happy valentine's day. oh, happy valentine's day. aw. ohh! mwah. so, fratelli's tonight? hello, cannoli canoe. jay: i like it. nice fit. swanky material. 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bay. late word of gunfire on the streets of san jose. a stinking situation at bay area bart stations. how they are trying to clean up its act. plus, more protests in missouri and here in the bay area over the death of michael brown. why some are questioning some of the protesters' motives. mornings on 2 begins right now. being described as a very chaotic scene, a fast-moving fire raced through two buildings in oakland overnight forcing dozens of people it to flee for their lives. this is what it looks like right now. coming up in minutes why firefighters suspect fireworks may have played a role in the destructive fire. good morning. welcome to mornings on two. i am tori campbell. >> i am dave clark. steve, what do you see out there? >> a lot of grey. low clouds. there is cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions. not that cold though. the low which came over crescent city where it's sunny up there. over the bay area is down visiting san diego and we'll take the turn into arizona. pumping in a lot of cloud cover for them. most of the high, mid-level clouds are long gone for california. 58 to 64. take your pick. by the coast parts of the peninsula and south bay was warm due a south wind and water temps between 60 and 64. the coast even with the fog stays on the mild side with a lot of 60s, mid 60s. fog, low clouds, local drizzle, warmer inland, mild along the coast again. no big cool-down there. and 80s to the interior. they came back. 70s for most. here's sal. all right. steve, we've had a lot of slow traffic this morning in the south bay. northbound 101 coming up on the expressway, a seven-car pile- up. this video taken just after they cleared to to the right-hand side. the cars were badly damaged. fortunately, no one was seriously injured. you are in a bunch of slow traffic from the capitol expressway. i also want to mention northbound 280 in mag da lane a, an overturned vehicle. traffic is backed up from highway 85. this is the one i just kind of moved to show you that. but we have had some trouble in the east bay. i think i can move my maps to the east bay. westbound 580 as you come up on livermore we had an earlier accident and a lot of slow traffic. let's go to live pictures. i want to show you traffic at the toll plaza. it is backed up for a 25-minute drive into san francisco. 7:03. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we are following breaking news in san jose right now where police are investigating an early morning shooting. this is happening on zachary lane near south king road about an hour ago. we understand a man was rushed to the hospital. police say he is in serious condition but is expected to survive. police say a suspect fled the scene before they arrived and they are still searching for that suspect. ktvu's janine de la vega is headed to the scene right now of the shooting in san jose and we will have a live report as soon as she arrives. our other top story this morning, more than 30 people are looking for a place to live after a huge fire ripped through two apartment buildings in oakland. it started shortly before 11:00 last night near 23rd avenue and international boulevard. ktvu's alec savidge. >> reporter: tori, good morning to you. investigators have not labeled in fire suspicious but they say at the same time they found quite a bit of evidence at the scene that is raising red flags this morning. among other things, they found remnants of fireworks that had been set off in an area behind these two apartment buildings that burned late last night. and at the same time a number of witnesses heard several loud explosions just before this fast-moving fire took off. all of the units were badly damaged and now 33 people are looking for a new place to live. thankfully, though, no one, including firefighters, was hurt last night. this fire started around 11:00 and quite a few firefighters, more than 50 of them, had to be called in from across the city to help fight the flames. the fire first began on the back side of one of these buildings and then spread to the building next door. these two buildings have businesses on the ground floor and then apartments up above. people, many of them heard several loud bangs and then they saw flames and smoke. >> i heard a big explosion like, boom! i thought it was a regular firework that goes up usually. as soon as i woke up i saw flames coming out of the window to the left and i realized there was a fire. so i tried to get everyone out as soon as i could. >> reporter: and we got a look at the area where this fire started. this is the point of origin. it's a patio area behind one these buildings. investigators tell me they found evidence of fireworks that had been set off. it's unclear if those fireworks are connected to this fire. investigators are piecing this all together. at the same time the red cross is helping those 33 people who had been living in these two buildings. that includes six children. a shelter has been set up nearby as the ira jenkins community center. investigators have not labeled the fire suspicious but they say there is evidence concerning to them and they will continue to piece together all of the evidence and work on a cause here. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. police in martinez are looking for a man who kidnapped two people at gunpoint, forced them to drive several miles, and shot at them. the driver told police he was in his car around 8:00 last night leaving the area of pao boulevard. a man got into the back seat and his his passenger in the head with a gun. the gunman then told the driver to go to marina vista avenue near the waterfront. it was there that the gunman got out and the two other people were able to drive away. police say the gunman fired several shots at the car as it was leaving. no one was hurt. investigators trying to figure out what caused a fire that damaged several cars at the lafayette bart station. a car in that bart parking lot caught fire yesterday. the flames spread to four other cars. it took about 20 minutes to put out the flames. no one was hurt. investigators say the fire does not appear to be suspicious. stairway entrances to bart stations in francisco, they are about to be cleaned up starting next week. it's something commuters say is long overdue. ktvu's tara moriarty at the civic center bart station to tell us what many people hope will be a solution to a smelly problem. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. if you take a look behind me this man just showed up here and he is actually sweeping the steps and trying to get things clean. this is what bart has embraced for next week as well as this week. we could say we know this isn't something that you want to think about during breakfast, but if you are here in person it's worse. we are not going to lie. it stinks here. you can smell urine. there is feces close to where we're standing. bart says it's trying to clean things up. the situation apparently just has not gotten any better since two years ago. bart says that starting monday it is launching a three-person brightening crew. they will work on spiffing up the entrances and exits from downtown san francisco stations. commuters say it's about time. you may remember two years ago "the chronicle" did a story on how one of the escalators here was broken because it was clogged with human feces. >> at the bottom of the escalator there is a lot of build-up of refuse and worse, you know. it provides kind of an alcove for people to hang out, to congregate. i guess that leads to an accumulation. >> reporter: now, bart says the recent recession forced it to trim its cleaning staff. each downtown station only has one worker per shift to scrub and pick up trash. workers only clean during the hours when the station is open. in its defense, bart now says it has hired a second worker on overtime to help at the civic center station where we are. and it's also building a canopy over the escalator and stair entrance at the 19th street station in oakland. we are going to try get reaction from bart this morning. we are live in san francisco. i am tara moriarty. the sonoma county sheriff's office investigating one of their deputies. the video posted on the internet over the weekend reportedly shows two deputies making an arrest saturday night near guardville when one of the deputies appears to punch the man repeatedly. the press democrat reports the sheriff's department says that man was drunk and agitated and the deputy used what is called distraction jabs to make him stop resisting. the bystander who videotaped the incident says those punches were brutal. police in danville investigating the death of a 20-year-old man after a house party. the contra costa times reports the body of devin knoll was found monday after police were called to his apartment on valley crest drive. his death came a day after knoll went to a party in danville where a fight reportedly broke out. police say the fight has been ruled out as a cause of his death, but they are still investigating whether there is any connection to the house party. police say knoll died from medical causes and that his death was not the result of a criminal act. 7:10. to our continuing coverage of the execution of an american journalist by islamic militants. president obama says the u.s. will not scale back its military actions in iraq in response to the beheading of journalist james foley. in fact, yesterday the u.s. launched a new airstrike in iraq against the islamic state militant group. that group said they killed foley in retaliation for the u.s. airstrikes. journalists like james foley are increasingly targeted in combat jones around the world. we talked with a former war correspondant now in the communications department at uc berkeley who says he decided to call it quits after a few too many close calls. >> i was taken hostage a couple of times. shot at more than i care to think of. i had cars shot up. ariel bombardments. we were under constant artillery shelling for days on end. you know, sort of a full range. >> earlier this summer, president obama says he ordered a secret mission by special operations troops to rescue james foley and other americans being held by the militants in syria, but the hostages were not at the location intelligence had identified. foley's parents say they received an email from the islamic state militants last week telling them their son would die. coming up in a live report, we learn more about a ran sup note send to foley's family. and islam ache militants are threatening to kill another marijuana journalist. stephen so the love has written for "time magazine." his family and friends is have a post on facebook that urges people to sign a petition calling on the u.s. government to do everything possible to save his life. here in the bay area the execution of james foley also brings back sad memories of the killing of reporter danielle pearl. he graduated from stanford and was working as a "wall street journal" reporter in pakistan when he was kidnapped in 2002 by al-qaeda. his kidnappers also released a gruesome video of his execution. tori, time is now 7:13. problems with the 49ers stadium. the reason head coach jim harbaugh yanked his team off the field during practice. >> i never hout it would happen to me -- thought it would happen to me or anyone i knew. >> a 20-year-old college athlete becomes gravely ill from the west nile virus. where he thinks he contracted the disease and what's being done to prevent the virus from spreading. good morning. we are looking at slow traffic all over the bay area now as we are in the heat of the morning commute. we are looking at the san mateo. we will also have another look at the dumbarton bridge coming up. plenty of clouds in place, although san jose is sunny. sunshine all over the bay area. but not for some. there is definitely some low clouds around. san rafael at 60. they will be sunny later on. high today of 76. welcome back to "mornings on 2". 7:16. another college student in northern california becoming dangerously ill after getting west nile virus. the 20-year-old thinks he got it from a mosquito bite while fishing on the san joaquin river. he had terrible headaches and was nauseated. he went to the hospital three times before doctors figured out he had the west nile virus. by then, though, he was so sick he was hospitalized for nine days. and he says he's lucky to be alive. >> frustrating that a little mosquito could do this much damage to someone. >> well, he says he never worried about west nile virus because he had an active life playing basketball at lathrop high school. it is not just dangerous for the elderly. it can affect anyone at any age. earlier this week he told you about a uc berkeley student also recovering from a serious case of west nile virus. this is the facebook page for 19-year-old abby murphy of modesto. doctors also struggled to figure out with a was wrong with her before they came up with the right diagnosis. abby's parents are now using facebook to post information about this mosquito-borne virus and also ways to avoid west nile virus. that includes using mosquito repellent with deet and draining standing water. well, this evening both san mateo and alamedas will conduct ground fogging. that will start at 9 p.m. in the areas of south san francisco, daly city, colma and livermore. 7:17. california's drought is taking a toll on bees and that could drive the price of honey to new highs. the state is one of the largest honey producers in the country but the lack of rain has resulted in fewer flowers for them to pollinate. more and more bay area cities are taking drastic steps to crack down on water wasters during the drought. the examiner reports several cities on the peninsula and south bay have imposed mandatory restrictions for outdoor water use. most cities are using police officers to enforce these new water use rules, and repeat offenders could face fines as high as $500. these cities are following the lead of san francisco, which approved mandatory water restrictions just last week. meantime, california lawmakers are now protecting homeowners who are being punished for saving water. a new law makes it illegal to fine people who let their lawns go brown or replace their lawns entirely with drought-resistant plants. some homeowner associations have been fining neighbors saying those water-saving moves make the landscaping look bad, which can lower property values. they did that a few years ago. time now 7:19. sal getting you where we need to go. >> i think people are taking 280 this morning because 101 was such a mess. with earp talking about how -- we were talking about 101 had a crash removed. it's backed up to the expressway. people have diverted on to 280. it's very slow into the valley. also, northbound 280 has a problem. we'll talk about that in just a moment. i also want to mention 580 westbound is a mess through livermore because of a car fire and an earlier seven-car crash. so it really has been slow. now, we can go back to this problem that has been with us for more than an hour northbound 280 at ma da lena. they are making some progress clearing it. but it is very slow coming up into the valley. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a 25 to 30-minute drive. that's your average drive from this point over to the san francisco side of the bridge. 7:20. hello, steve. thank you, my friend. low clouds. not as much as yesterday. i just posted on twitter. visable satellite is going to burn off sooner today. slightly warmer air aloft and the delta breeze has collapsed. it was up to 38 miles per hour a couple days ago. not now. it's less than 10. that is a rule of thumb this time of year. it gets below 10, that's a sign inland temps will warm up. santa rosa 67. 78 today. napa a nice 73. today 80. concord 71. it doesn't get that cool? it did yesterday. 81 today. gilroy roy 76. coast and bay at 68 to 74. so that won't change. very mild conditions. the low, which has been from crescent city to the bay area to l.a., is now near san diego, it will take the turn and send itself into the four corners with a lot of moisture ahead of it. not for us. drier air coming in. also the fog bank will burn off sooner. not much of a delta breeze. 50s and 60s. when it's up to 25, 35 and today to 9. that's a sure sign definitely it's going to be a warmer day. not really any component of a breeze. yesterday was due south for half moon bay. still a little component of that for san jose. the big change was hayward. they were at 67 degrees for a low at this time. a puff of the west. that will be slightly cooler. water temps at now 61 to half moon bay 64. continue to run very warm. a tropical system, a lull moving north. almost hurricane status. 70 miles per hour. it's moving north. food for thought. we look for some of that tropical moisture coming up here. this is a window of opportunity when that happens. a low moves east. that allows high pressure to build in. not much change. going into the weekend, it's going to be 60s, 70s, and 80s through the interior. it's raining in chicago. i mean, it's raining pretty good. there could be delays today. let's hope everything's okay. you can see that. look at the moisture surge slugging through. there is a lot of stream. phoenix getting some rain. four corners getting rain. cloud cover. but not us. we have a lot of low clouds and some drizzle. but the fog will burn off sooner. it will be mild along the coast. 60s, 70s. that's not changing. those cooler temps from yesterday are. then rebound way way from the coast. san rafael 76. kentville 77. 830 walnut creek. 87 in brentwood and oakley. 81 san jose. cupertino in there. low 80s redwood city, wood side, palo alto. 60s and 70s on the coast. even with all that fog it's not very cool. it's on the mild side. not much change all the way into the weekend. >> all right. thank you, steve. it's 7:22. kind of unusual suspects. coming up in 20 minutes a teenage girl who is accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed several homes in southern california. >> i'm angry. but there is not much i can do. >> vandals attacking bay area businesses in an area not known for crime. how one business owner is sending a message to criminals. hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 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someone tossed an outdoor table through a starbucks window. police don't know if the cases are connected but there is an online campaign alerting people in willow glen about these attacks. this afternoon the giants hope to resume their game in chicago that was originally ruled a giants loss. the cubs grounds crew had trouble getting the tarp on the field during a dewpoint tuesday night which led to a flooded infield. the giants filed a protest and the league ruled in their favor. so the game will resume where it left off in the bottom of the 5th with the cubs ahead 2-0. then the teams will play their regular scheduled game tonight weather permitting. but as steve mentioned, the forecast today in chicago cloudy with a chance of rain and thunderstorms. tori, time now 7:26. marie stone of napa right there, she is going to celebrate her 100th birthday next month and she has a special wish that only her favorite team can give her. >> go giants! >> good one, mom. >> she is the woman. she wants to throw out the first pitch at the giants game when she goes to at&t park for a birthday. her home is decorated black and orange. she has lots of giants photos around. she has bobbleheads and statues of the players she loves the most. >> buster posey. >> reporter: why? >> just gets out and does. i have hurt. >> buster, she loves you. she is working hard on her pitching. the giants are considering her request. they have arranged for her to be on the field before the game. 7:27. we continue to follow breaking news in san jose. one man was shot about 90 minutes ago. our crew just arrived at the scene and it gathering information right now. we'll have a live update. also, the overnight police action in ferguson, missouri, that prevented rival demonstrators from clashing and how tensions over the police shooting are hitting home. it is slow in san jose and that's because of earlier problems. northbound 101 very slow from way back near the capitol expressway through here all the way 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we are live in san jose where crews are digging for information about a shooting. you can see a lot of police activity in this area. we are told one man was rushed to the hospital. ktvu's janine de la vega is working to gather details right now, will join us in a few minutes with the very latest on this breaking situation. again, a man in the hospital after being shot in san jose 90 minutes ago. welcome back to to mornings on two. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve, i see nothing but clouds outside our door. >> if you step outside, low clouds. but the coverage is far less today compared to yesterday. the temperatures aloft are warming up a little bit. the sea breeze has tailed off. there is our low spinning off san diego. look at the cloud cover ahead of it. won't impact us. the low clouds will burn off sooner. temperatures 50s and 60s. half moon bay 59. pavano, napa, fairfield in there. a little warmer in hayward. not much. coast and bay have been near average to above. inland temps took a plunge yesterday. they will rebound today. ing fog, sun, drizzle. a little warmer inland. you remember the 80s. 70s for some. a few 60s but a lot of 70s. steve, we have had very slow traffic because of an overturned vehicle and an oil slick northbound 280 in loss al coast area. doesn't look like we have our chopper. looks like we lost it. all right. let's do this, jeff. director. i have put up a map of the area so we can show people. northbound 280 the backup is stretching into the san jose portion all the way back. so this backup is leading into los altos hills it blending in with the commute on 280. it is horrible. it is terrible traffic through. now i want to go back to the livermore commute. westbound 580 earlier problems here. fortunately, they have lead out of the lanes. but the traffic slow in these areas. let's go to the toll plaza and westbound bay bridge. this traffic here is backed up for about a 25 to 30-minute delay getting into san francisco. 733 typhoon. let's go back to the desk. breaking news of an early morning shooting in san jose. quarterback's janine de la vega is on thackery lane road. what's happening out there, janine? >> reporter: police are here at the scene. looks like they have taken down some crime tape. they still have some up here on leto road. this is in east san jose. a lot of people standing around. they have a lot of questions about what happened here. what we do know is that just before 6 a.m. at 5:50 there was reports of a shooting here. a police sergeant just told me that apparently the victim, the man who was shot, was inside that green, i believe it is a toyota. yes. the green toyota that you're looking at. he was seated in there and police say that somebody drove up, fired a shot, and then fled the scene. that victim that was in there then stumbled across the street and then that's where the emergency responders found him bleeding. he was rushed to the hospital and he is in with serious injuries. we haven't gotten an update on his condition. we are told that his injuries are non-life threatening. at this point there is a shift change going on with police officers. hev already canvased the neighborhood. they have not come up with any suspects at all. nobody has been arrested. we will stay on top of this to update you for the rest of the "mornings on 2". janine de la vega, ktvu 2news. turning now to the situation in ferguson, missouri, and our continuing coverage of the protests out there. now, late last night police prevented a clash between rival demonstrators. they escorted this woman into a police vehicle. now, she was carrying a sign supporting the police officer darren wilson who fatally shot unfarmed teenager michael brown. police surrounded that vehicle. they prevented a confrontation between the woman and the protesters out there. despite that incident, the missouri highway patrol says last night was one of the more peaceful nights since that shooting. a protest here in the bay area over the fatal shooting of michael brown also stayed peaceful. a demonstration involved about 200 people, including the mother of oscar grant who was shot and killed by a bart police officer in 2009. ktvu's brian flores in our studio now. brian, tell us about the local protests over the tragedy. >> reporter: good morning. some say there are many parallels to what is going on if ferguson to what happened in the past near oakland. a couple of parents whose sons were killed by police spoke yesterday, including jeralean blueford, whose son was shot by opd in 2012. >> we want police officers to come in and do the job to protect and serve. not shoot to kill. too many of our youth are being killed. >> reporter: now, while she spoke, so did the mother of oscar grant. wanda johnson joined some 200 protesters in oakland last night and she spoke on the parallels on her son's death at the bart station back in 2009 to what's going on right now in ferguson. she says her family went to missouri to speak with the family of michael brown. >> our family was there for a week with them and we are praying for them. we are encouraging them to fight until the end, even though you are going to the justice system. >> reporter: now, the rallies started in four different locations yesterday in oakland with the aim of converging into one large rally against what they call a pattern of police brutality. demonstrators marched towards police headquarters but were stopped short by a line of police officers wearing riot helmets. police made no arrests nor issued any citations and there were no disturbances. police in missouri say most of the people they are arresting are outsiders. some are even suggesting their motives may have more to do with politics and anarchy rather than the shooting death of michael brown. and according to a report of the new "new york times," some may belong to an arckist group in oakland. some have started pointing to the outsiders to police saying they are responsible for most of the vandalism and violence. the online group has called for a national day of rage today. protests are planned for some 38 cities, including here in oakland and san francisco this afternoon. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. attorney general eric holder says the federal government will conduct its own investigation into the michael brown shooting. just a half hour ago holder said patience is abundant in ferguson, missouri, but that doesn't mean this case should dragon. holder flew to ferguson yesterday. he met with local leaders. he also met with michael brown's parents. in the meantime, a grand jury has started hearing the case against officer darren wilson. the legal experts predict it may take two months before the grand jury decides if it will indict officer wilson. 7:38. new this morning we are learning than american missionary who contracted the ebola virus in west africa will be released from the hospital today. dr. kent brantley has been treated at an isolation unit at emory university hospital in atlanta. hospital officials are expected to release more details about his recovery and the condition of another missionary. this will happen at a news conference in about an hour. dr. brantley is also expected to speak and we plan to carry that conference when it begins. the two aid workers contracted the ebola virus while working in a missionary clinic in liberia and they are the first americans to be diagnosed with the condition. results could come back today for a woman being tested for the ebola virus at a sacramento hospital. officials confirmed the woman had recently traveled to west africa. she is now being held in isolation at kaiser permanente south sacramento. there is one other pending ebola test for a woman in new mexico. the 49ers have found a new problem with their new stadium in santa clara. this one is with the turf at levi stadium. yesterday the coach abruptly stopped the practice. he yanked the team off the field because chunks of the field were coming up. the brand-new turf had been torn up during sunday's preseason game against the broncos. just a short time ago we got reaction from some pretty surprised 49er fans in santa clara. >> very startled to hear about it when i was watching the preseason games i noticed that the turf was coming up frequently when they were playing, which surprised me for new turf. >> now, the 49ers left the field. they finished their workout at their usual practice field just east of levi stadium. and last night the 49ers issued this statement. the organization would like to apologize to any fans who were inconvenienced by today's practice ending early. we've determined the appropriate measures necessary to have the field ready for sunday. the 49er fans who came to watch yesterday's workout will now get free tickets to the team's new museum. now, levi stadium may not have the best turf, but it apparently has good flow. good energy. "the chronicle" recently looked at the stadium's feng shui. that's the ancient chinese practice of creating harmony and balance through the design. one expert says the close positioning of the seats to the field is something she admires. she says it makes for better connections between the players and the fans. she pointed out the roof garden on the home team side of the stadium gives off good energy. over all it got a b grade. that expert also predicted the 49ers will perform a lot we are in levi stadium than they did at candlestick. ktvu is taking you behind the scenes of levi stadium. we have a special show airing boyfriend this sunday's game against the chargers. all access pass. levi stadium starts at 12:30 p.m. kick-off is at one. make sure you stay tuned for the point after after the game. some are crying foul at bart stations. how the transit agency is responding to a problem that has riders literally holding their noses. students and faculty remembering a south bay teacher known for his love of the great outdoors. the tribute for the teacher who died in a hiking accident just days before the start of the school year. we have a lot of slow traffic out there still if you are trying to commute across the san mateo or dumbarton bridge. right now in oakland looks good as you drive past the coliseum. plenty of low clouds. not as much as yesterday. some areas have sun yesterday. it will burn off sooner. that means it's going to be warmer as well. mainly ind land which took a good tumble on those temps yesterday. we will show you that coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... 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with u.s. officials. isis is threatening to kill another american journalist if the u.s. continues military intervention in iraq. >> we are keeping our prayers from those other americans separated from their families. >> reporter: president obama says the u.s. must continue targeting isis, even after news of foley's death and more threats from isis. the u.s. carried out 14 airstrikes in iraq yesterday. what foley's parents have to say about the u.s. saving other hostages, i'm working on that story for you for 8:45. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. twitter now says it has the right to sensor posts showing images and videos of deaths and executions. the san francisco-based company says anyone posting images of the execution of james foley will have their twitter account terminated. but twitter also says it may not comply with all requests and will take into account the public interest. earlier this month the daughter of robin williams quit twitter and instagram after altered images of her father were posted on those sites. 7:47. ups reporting a major data security breach. ups says it started last january with hackers installing malware on come patters at 51 ups stores in 24 states, including two bay area stores. one of those stores is on crescent drive in pleasant hill. the other is on west campbell avenue in campbell. and a sacramento store on arena boulevard was also a victim. ups says customers' credit and debit card information may have been compromised. they are offering free credit monitoring for affected customers. let's check in with sal and see what the situation is like on 280. >> it is a big mess. it is backed up all the way into downtown san jose. had this is because of an overturned suv that flipped over near magdalena avenue. there were sweepers out there sweeping off the road and the traffic is a mess from there all the way through -- i want to show it to you on the maps as well. it's a whole line of red up where the crash occurred even though they are making good progress. people are taking 85 trying to avoid 280 and bailing on it. and 101 is also a mess. 580 continues to be a mess. we had an earlier accident that has been cleared, but the traffic is going to be busy on 580 right through. on the peninsula 101 through san mateo is slow. 280 is not all that bad. let's go live pictures now. bay bridge toll plaza backed up for a 0-minute drive time into san francisco. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. low clouds around. yesterday we had a lot more than that. i mean, it was all the way down to san jose, past mount diablo. well, some areas. sunny here. and i know it's sunny in san jose. the three web cameras from the fine, fine meteorology department at san jose state showing all sunshine for san jose. yesterday was a big coolian. for inland areas. not so much coast and bay. they were near average to above. the inland temp, santa rosa should be closer to 83, 84. they were 67. they will still be below average. gilroy was only 76. today it will be 87 degrees. temperatures this time of year about 68 to 84. so the inland temps were well below average. lots of fog. not as much as yesterday. it went from top to bottom from crescent city to san diego. it's still there but taking the turn, pushing a lot of that tropical moisture into arizona. but it's expected to move out of the picture and move into the four corners. for us low cloud deck in place. looks like a quiet pattern the next five days. cooler one day. warmer the next. near seasonal temperatures to slightly below. 50s to 60s. slow to recover. most of these hasn't budged. fairfield 59. napa 59. half moon bay 59 degrees. and the water temps have warmed up. a couple people said is this el nino? no. we have not had a northwest breeze. that gets the gold upwe willing to come up and water temps which can be 49 to 52 are 64. that is warm. and 64 off of half moon bay. so the coast stays relatively mild because of that. we have a tropical system lull about 70 miles per hour moving north. that's moving north. keep an eye on that as it hits the colder waters and falls apart. corinna moving south of the hawaiian islands. 40-mile-an-hour winds. low clouds. mild lows. the fog will burn off sooner today. the delta breeze, which has been howling, is less than 9 miles per hour. that along with warmer air aloft means it will warm up. the wind will the no be a factor because the low is far enough south. the high doesn't like the low, so it fills it with wind yesterday. today quieter. 45 in tahoe. 59 sacramento. 60 monterey. so, i mean, again 72 in chicago. and it's raining. there is a lot of rain here. just looks like some of that tailed off a little bit. but there is plenty upstream, if you will, coming out of minneapolis, minnesota, and also iowa. could be a little tough today in chicago for baseball. for the tropical clouds, unless you are heading to the four corners, they are out of the state of california. the low clouds though, even though they are far less, are still there. fog. sun. nice. local drizzle for sausalito had a .04. the last 24 hours daly ..08. that's impressive on the drizzle. 60s, 70sers 80s to 90 degrees. walnut creek at 80 degrees. 80 deliver more. oklahoma 75. san jose 81. they should be closer to 83 degrees. morgan hill 86. 79 fremont and 70 in san francisco. that's one above average for this time of year. 81 redwood side. a little cooler on friday and then a slight bump up on the weekend. really not much until maybe middle of next week. a 13-year-old girl accused of starting a wildfire north of san diego that destroyed several homes, well, she has been ruled competent to stand trial. a judge made that ruling after the 13-year-old had a mental evaluation. prosecutors say she intentionally started the cocos fire. that destroyed 36 homes and one business in northern san diego county back in may. she entered a not guilty plea four felony counts of arson and a misdemeanor count as well. eight minutes before 8:00. 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when he didn't come back from a hiking trip. muck was a second grade teacher at gomes elementary school in fremont. he was known for sharing his love of the outdoors with his students. >> kids would say my teacher, we baked bread today. so he did things like that for math so that measuring and all that. and he was very much a nature and earth-loving kind of guy. >> now, muck, who graduated last year from us santa cruz, leaves behind a wife and a five-year-old daughter. it is 7:56. police in livermore are searching for a man accused of groping a 16-year-old girl. police say the girl was attacked sunday night while walking on murrieta boulevard. the suspect is described as a hispanic male 20 to 30 years old six feet tall with a medium build and dark hair. police are looking into whether the suspect may be connected to other recent assaults in the area. now to a story out of st. petersburg, florida, that will warm your heart. customers at local starbucks set a record by paying it forward more than 300 times. it started in the morning with a woman paying are for the order of the person behind her in the drive-through line. that started a chain reaction. >> i was number 57 had this morning. >> were you? >> what number am i now? >> 297. >> as you just heard, that customer was number 57 and 297. 233 people paid it forward breaking a previous record of 141. >> great story. 7:57. breaking news we have been following for the past 60 minutes. gunfire this morning on the streets of san jose. what we know about the shooting, the victim, and the search for suspects. a dirty problem at bay area bart stations. we'll tell you what the mass transit agency is doing to fix the problem. the entire silicon valley is just a mess and i'll tell you what is causing it. you can see for yourself the back-ups stretching all the way into san jose. traffic may be a mess in san jose, but the sun is out. been there all morning long. other locations dealing with a low cloud deck. inland temps will bounce back after a cool-down from yesterday. there are new developments in just the last 30 minutes on our top story out of san jose. this is video of the scene an hour ago as police responded to the shooting of a man in his car. now, we want to take you there live. this is live right now at the scene. this is on thackeray lane near king road. police cleared this area in the last half hour. in two minutes janine de la vega who is there, she'll tell us what the victim did after he was shot and we'll bring you the latest for the search on the suspect. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2", thursday, august 31. i am dave clark. >> i am tori campbell. more back to school this morning, steve. >> that's true. san rafael and hayward starting off at 60 degrees. low in southern california, pretty windy conditions because the low was tracking itself towards southern california. that moves further south and east so the winds will relax today. low clouds. also the delta breeze, which was just out of its shoes yesterday, gusts to 35, 38, is now less than 10. so 60s on the temps. starting to recover ever so slowly. the water temps are very warm. 61 to 64 degrees off half moon bay. fog burns off sooner. inland temps will recover today to slightly below average. san francisco, oakland above average for this time of year. fog is there. maybe some drizzle drizzle. 80s through the interior. a lot of 70s in the coast and bay. here is sal. we have a terrible commute in the silicon valley. no other way to put it. this is all caused by an overturned vehicle northbound 280 right near the magdalena avenue exit. that is gone, but they had to clean up a fuel spill that went on for about a mile. and they have caltrans crews out there. you can see on the maps it just has caused a solid wave of slow traffic. people have been bailing onto highway 85. and as i can pull back here and show you the picture of the valley here, it is slow. almost every freeway, 85, 101 and 280 very slow. i want to move into the livermore area because we have a lot of slow traffic because of earlier problems getting into the main part of dublin. on the peninsula southbound 101 is backed up down to samsung. let's go to live pictures now. i want to show you the bay bridge. a 30-minute delay. it is either a stalled vehicle or someone driving badly there. at 8:02 back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. developing news of a drive-by shooting in san jose this morning. ktvu's janine de la vega is live with what police are saying about the man who was shot while sitting in his car. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police left the scene here at alito, which is near story and king, about 15 minutes ago. the sergeant does tell me that the victim was getting into his car right here, this green toyota pa say owe, when someone fired at him. right now officers need leads to try to track down this shooter. let's go to some video that we shot earlier. this shooting happened at 5:50 in the morning. police say the drive-by shooting happened on lito near thackeray. they say the suspect vehicle drove up and fired at the shot at the man and sped away. they believe that there were two occupants inside that suspect's vehicle. the only description they got was that it was a dark sedan. now, officers say the victim was shot in his med section and then he was able to stumble across the street. when emergency crews arrived they rushed him to the hospital so that he could be treated. but we're told his injuries are non life threatening. here is what a sergeant told us a short time ago. >> we hope someone will come forward if they did see something. we did do a canvas, which at this point i'm sure what information may have been obtained, we are in the early preliminary stages. >> reporter: and again police tell us there doesn't seem to be a lot of people who witnessed this. so they are really hoping that people come forward. they say it is too early to tell whether or not this was gang related. as far as who the victim is, his identity hasn't been released yet. we're just told that he appears to be a latino man in his 30s. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:04. investigators trying to figure out what caused yesterday's fire at the lafayette bart station that damaged several cars. a car in the bart parking lot caught fire. the flames spread to four more cars. it took about 20 minutes to put out the fire. no one was hurt. the fire does not appear to be suspicious. it is 8:05. there is a there were robin williams' ashes have been scattered in san francisco bay. tmz says his death certificate indicates his body was creamated the day after he died. the death certificate does not list an immediate cause of death. instead, it says the cause is, quote, pending investigation. police say williams committed suicide august 11 at his home in particular ron. the core another -- the coroner is waiting for toxicology results to determine if he had drugs or alcohol in his system. those results will likely be available in the next few weeks. time is 8:05. the sonoma county sheriff's office investigating a deputy seen on video restraining a suspect. this video is on the internet over the weekend. it reportedly shows two deputies making an arrest saturday night. one deputy appears to punch the man repeatedly. the press democrat says the sheriff's department says that man was drunk and agitated and the deputy used what's called distraction jabs to make him stop resisting. the bystander who videotaped this incident says the punches were brutal. police searching for a man who kidnapped two people at gunpoint last night, forced them to drive several miles, and then fired shots at them. the driver told police he was in his car around 8:00 last night leaving pacheco boulevard near interstate 680. he says a man got into the back seat and hit his passenger in the head with a gun. police say the gunman told the driver to go to marina vista avenue near the waterfront. it was there that the gunman got out of the car and the two people drove away. but police say the gunman fired several shots at the car as it was leaving, but no one was hurt. it is 8:07. bart is promising to clean up a pretty unsanitary problem plaguing some of its stations. commuters tell "the chronicle" the stairways leading into and out of bart stations in downtown san francisco smells so bad they have to hold their breath. with the stairs open 24 hours a day they are frequently filled with garbage and human waste. bart says cutbacks during the recession forced it to trim cleaning crews, but the agency is bringing in a three-person team to clean entrances of all downtown san francisco stations. time is 8:07. twitter users, you may soon see more tweets from accounts you don't follow. twitter is now adding tweets to timelines that it thinks users might be interested in. now, users are likely to see tweets that have been favorited by accounts they do follow. critics say the change raises concerns about how much control users really have over their feeds and the content they want to see. well, today is move-in day for many students at san francisco state. students can start moving into dorms near lake merced at 10:00 this morning. the drivers expect to see heavier than normal traffic near the school. you are also being asked to keep an eye out for bicyclists and walkers. 49ers tight end vernon davis surprised some fans while at a jamba juice. >> i got you. >> yeah, he donned a wig and a name tag that said sick a more. but many people recognized him. possibly because his name is on the front of the santa clara store. he owns this franchise and occasionally stops by to visit and help out behind the counter, which is a nice thing to do. >> he is a big guy. >> he is hard to to miss. exactly. tori, time is 8:08. one fast-moving fire caused major damage to two apartment buildings in oakland. coming up at 8:30 what people heard seconds before they saw those flames. a northern california college student comes down with the west nile virus. where he thinks he got it. we have a mess into the silicon valley because of a big problem on 280 that is still there. it's going on and on. and 280 is backed up all the way down to the 101 interchange. we had a fog bank that seems to be going on and on. it's still there, but showing signs of burning off sooner today. some areas with sun today that had fog this time yesterday. it will be warmer. i will show you how much warmer. hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 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have been impressed by the their courage and determination. their hope and faith have been an inspiration to all of us. in addition, both of the patients' families provided tremendous support throughout this treatment process. their dedication and devotion have strengthened us as well as the patients. limited knowledge of the ebola virus, especially in our country, has created understandable anxiety and fear for some patients, persons. we understand that there are a lot of questions and concerns regarding ebola virus and the infection that it causes. however, we cannot let our fears dictate our actions. we must all care. as grateful as we are today, our work is far from over. we are very mindful of all of those in west africa who are still fighting for their lives against this threat and those who are caring for them, putting their own lives in danger. it was the right decision to bring these patients back to emory for treatment. what we learned in caring for them will help advance the world's understanding of how to treat ebola virus infections and help, hopefully, to improve survival in parts of the world where patients with this infection are treated. at emory, our mission is to heal and to advance knowledge. the team of professionals here with me today has trained for years to treat and contain the most dangerous infectious diseases in the world. we are grateful for the successful outcome in this case, but we are never going to be taking success for granted. three other critically important partners who have helped us throughout this episode deserve recognition today. our neighbors the centers for disease control, the food and drug administration, and the state epidemiologists of georgia and north carolina. i will be taking your questions, as mr. dollar said, but before doing so dr. brantley has requested to make a brief statement. and as mr. dollar said, dr. brantley will not be taking any questions following his statement. so i ask that you respect his wishes and save your questions for me and for the other members of our healthcare team. thank you. >> today is a miraculous day. i am thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family. as a medical missionary, i never imagined myself in this position. when my family and i moved to liberia last october to begin a two-year term working with samaritans purse, ebola was not on the radar. we moved to liberia because god called us to serve the people of liberia. in march when we got word ebola was in new genie and had spread to liberia, we began preparing for the worst. we did not receive our first ebola patient until june. but when she arrived, we were ready. during the course of june and july, the number of ebola patients increased steadily and our amazing crew took care of each patient with great care and compassion. we also took every precaution to protect ourselves from this dreaded disease by following msf and who guidelines for safety. after taking amber and our children to the airport to return to the states on sunday morning, july 20th, i poured myself into my work even more than before. transferring patients to our new, bigger isolation unit, training and orienting new staff, and working with our human resources officer to fill our staffing needs. three days later, on wednesday, july 23rd, i woke up feeling under the weather. and then my life took an unexpected turn as i was diagnosed with ebola virus disease. as i lay in my bed in liberia for the following nine days, getting sicker and weaker each day, i prayed that god would help me be faithful even in my illness. and i prayed that in my life or in my death that he would be glorified. i did not know then, but have learned since, that there were thousands, maybe even millions of people around the world praying for me throughout that week and even still today. and i have heard story after story of how this situation has impacted the lives of individuals around the globe, both among my friends and family and also among complete strangers. i cannot thank you enough for your prayers and your support. but what i can tell you is that i served a faithful god who answers prayers. through the care of the samaritans purse and missionary team in liberia, the use of an experimental drug, and the expertise and resources of the health care team at emory university hospital, god saved my life. a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers. i am incredibly thankful to all of those who are involved in my care from the first day of my illness all the way up to today, the day of my release from emory. if i tried to thank everyone, i would undoubtedly forget many, but i would be remiss if i did not say thank you to a few. i want to thank samaritans purse, who has taken care of me and my family. >> all right. you have been listening live to dr. kent brantley, who is just about to be released from atlanta hospital after being treated for ebola along with another missionary, nancy whitebol, who was both were infected while working at a missionary clinic while working outside liberia's capital. he will pose no public health threat. they are completely cured. ebola, though, has killed more than 1300 people in west africa and it is really hard to try to find a cure. again, dr. brantley and nancy whitebol both released from the atlanta hospital after being cured from ebola. it is 8:19. and we want to bring you back to some local news here, some breaking news we're following from marin county. sheriff's deputies say two men were found shot to death in mill valley last night. officers say they found one 61-year-old man shot to death if his backyard on a home on carlotta circle. and then while searching the neighborhood they found the body of another man in the backyard of a home next door. the sheriff's department is treating this case as a double homicide. ktvu's tara moriarty is heading to the scene and we will bring you live updates as soon as we get them. 8:20. we are going back to sal because major commute and traffic news as well. sal, you are covering several things. >> yeah, we are going going to start in the silicon valley because 280 is a big mess. first of all, it's backed up into downtown san jose. we can go to live picture. i want to show you pictures what caused it all. northbound 280 we had news chopper 2 over the crash and oil slick that blocked two lanes near magdalena avenue. the freeway was down to two lanes and there was a sweeper truck working this crash. 101 san jose has also been slow. i think people are bailing on 280, taking one 101. 580 livermore is still very slow into dublin. and at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning we have about a 25 to 30-minute delay at the toll plaza. i think we might have that picture, that live picture of the toll plaza. boy, it's still backed up. 8:21. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. low clouds around. going to burn off sooner today. still plenty there, but yesterday was a lot more. and the delta breeze was really howling yesterday. it has tailed off considerably. still plenty of low clouds. low down in southern california. it's taking a turn at san diego. right there it will head off. that's the low taking the tropical moisture with it. 60s on the temps. remarkably close here. hayward for some reason -- that's the air terminal -- 66. 61 to 64 on the water terms, which means coastal temperatures with the fog stay relatively warm. we don't have the strong south breeze that we had yesterday. that is not el nino, by the way. we haven't had any northwest wind or up welling. we do have the fog and that's not going anywhere. so fog, sun. it will be nice. warmer inland but slightly below average, although in san francisco and oakland one or two degrees above average. concord should be closer to 86. livermore 87. concord was 71 yesterday. san jose should be 83, 84. same for santa rosa. below average. some are near average to above. others are running cooler. not much change. really quiet. another low is going to dig in towards nevada into the weekend. temperatures staying right where they are. >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:22. new information regarding a failed u.s. rescue mission to save journalist james foley and other americans in syria. in 25 minutes we are live in washington, d.c. with more on what went wrong. welcome back to "mornings on 2". another college student in northern california becoming dangerously ill from west nile virus. he thinks he got it from a mosquito bite while fishing on the san joaquin river near his home in laithe rum. he had terrible haitian and was nauseated. he went to the hospital three times before doctors figured out he had west nile virus. by then he was so sick he was hospitalized for nine days and says he is lucky to be alive. >> frustrating that a little mosquito could do this much damage to someone. >> now, he never even worried about west nile virus. he had an active life. he played basketball at lathrop high school. it's not just dangerous for the elderly. it can affect anybody at any age. now, earlier this week we told you about a uc beckley student also recovering from a serious case of west nile virus. here is a facebook page for 19-year-old abby murphy of modesto. the doctors also struggled to find out what was wrong with her before they came up with the right diagnosis. abby's parents are now using facebook telling people about west nile virus and how to avoid it, and that includes using mosquito repellent with deet and also draining standing water. now, this evening both san mateo and alameda counties will conduct ground fogging trying to get rid of mosquitoes that have west nile virus. the fogging starts at 9 p.m. in south san francisco, daly city, colma and livermore. a u.s. program is enencouraging wealthy people in china to invest in san francisco. it will kick off the largest redevelopment project in history. the it aims to create housing, retail and office space in blighted areas. in exchange for their investment, the chinese hope to obtain american green cards through a program that allows foreigners to receive residency permits if they make investments of at least half a million dollars. time is 8:27. more protests in ferguson, missouri. after the break, what police did overnight that prevented rival demonstrators from clashing. plus, the bay area family offering support to the family of michael brown. and this morning more than 30 people in oakland are searching for a new place to live after a destructive fire tore through two apartment buildings. we'll tell you about the suspicious evidence investigators found here at this scene. it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. good morning. welcome back. look at the pictures. this was described as a very chaotic scene, as you can see for yourself. a fast-moving fire raced through two oakland buildings overnight forcing dozens of people to run for their lives. now, we're back out there live at this moment. ktvu's alex savidge has been out there since early this morning. coming up in two minutes alex will tell us why firefighters suspect fireworks may have played a role in this destructive fire. stay tuned into welcome back to "mornings on 2". thursday, august 21. i am dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve's right there. >> thank you, dave. low clouds. a little coastal eddy. good friend of mine here. but it's also burning off much, much sooner today. some areas did not get fog at all. yesterday they had that. low down in southern california looks like it's about ready to take the exit right out of the state. 50s and 60s on your temps. some really slow to recover here. they haven't budged hardly in the last four, five hours. fog will burn off. delta breeze, sea breeze non-existant. on tuesday night at 7 p.m. it was 71 degrees at sfo. also at the fairfield. that doesn't happen very often in august. 80s in the interior. 70s in the bay. we are going to take you to video to let people know why the silicon valley commute is so bad. we had an overturned vehicle and that vehicle lost a whole bunch of slippery fluid. it may have been transmission or oil or something that took them a while to clean up. they are still cleaning it up now. you can see the sweepers are down there. the freeway is down to two lanes and that's been all the way back into downtown san jose. fortunately, now the traffic is easing up a little bit as we get later in the commute. this is 101 in san jose. that has been terrible as well because of an earlier crash. also because of the pressure on 280. at the bay bridge toll plaza still about a 25 to 30-minute delay getting into san francisco. it's 8:32. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. we are following breaking news right now. a double homicide in marin county. sheriff's deputies say two men were fount shot to death in mill valley last night. police found a 61-year-old man shot to death in his backyard at a home on carlotta circle in the city's upscale strawberry manner neighborhood. while they searched the neighborhood they found the body of another man in a backyard of a house next door. the sheriff's department is treating this case as a double homicide. tara moriarty will bring us a live update soon. meantime, more than 30 people looking for a place to live this morning after a big fire ripped through two apartment buildings in oakland. it started about 11:00 last night near 23rd avenue and international boulevard. ktvu's alex savidge joining us live from the scene to tell us what investigators are saying about how this fire start. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. investigators are looking into whether this fire may have been human caused. there is evidence that was found out here that raising some red flags this morning. what investigators found was fireworks that had been blown up behind these two apartment buildings that burned late last night. and at the same time there were quite a few witnesses who heard loud explosions before this destructive fire got started. all of the units in these two apartment buildings were badly damaged, and now 33 people are looking for are a new place to live. but thankfully there was no one hurt in this fire. it broke out around 11 last night on international boulevard near 23rd avenue. more than 50 firefighters were called in from around the city to help fight the flames. neighbors tell us they heard loud bangs and that's when they realized there was a fire. >> i heard a big explosion like boom. and i thought it was a regular firework that goes up. as soon as i woke up i saw flames coming out of the window to the left and i realized there was a fire. i tried to get everyone out as soon as i could. >> and this is the area where that fire started in a patio behind one of the buildings. investigators say that's where they found evidence of fireworks that had been set off. it is unclear, though, if those fireworks are connected to the fire that broke out last fight. it began on the back side of one building and then quickly spread to the building right next door. but firefighters were able to stop it right there. >> they could have easily spread if we haven't had a strong fire attack. the firefighters did an excellent job. >> reporter: this morning the red cross is helping those 33 people who were living here, including six children. they have set up a shelter nearby for them at the jenkins community center. again, as far as the investigation goes, this huge fire has not been labeled suspicious, but investigators don't seem to think it started accidentally. we're live this morning in oakland. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:36 now. continuing coverage of the protests in ferguson, missouri. over the police shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. an hour ago attorney general eric holder discussed his talk with ferguson residents yesterday. >> a real desire to have healing. there is a real fracture out there now. i think people are really trying to work their way through. >> holder met with community leaders, local officials and the parents of michael brown. while police reported no major problems at last night's demonstration, officers did prevent a clash between rival protesters. they escorted a woman into a police vehicle who was carrying a sign in support of darren wilson, the officer who shot brown. and a protest here in the bay area over the fatal shooting of michael brown also stayed peaceful. the demonstration involved about 200 people, including the mother of oscar grant. he was the oakland man shot and killed by a bart police officer on new year's day 2009. ktvu's brian flores is in our studio with a look at the local protest over the tragedy in ferguson. >> good morning. the protests have been peaceful here in the bay area, but the message of wanting to put an end to police brutality remains strong. >> hands up, don't shoot! >> reporter: that was the rallying cry during the protests here yesterday in oakland. it started in four different locations with the aim of converging into one location. demonstrators marched down broadway towards police headquarters but were stopped short by a line of officers wearing riot helmets. organizers said the march would be peaceful, and it was. police no made no arrests nor issues any citations and there were no disturbances overnight. jeralean bluford spoke afterwards and explained why they joined the rally. >> we want police officers that are going to come in and do the job to protect and serve. not shoot to kill. too many of our youth are being killed. >> my family was there for a week with them and they are praying for them. we are encouraging them to fight until the end, even toe you are going to -- even though you are going into the justice system. >> reporter: police in missouri say most of the people they are arresting are outsiders. some are even suggesting their motives may have more to do with politics and anarchy. according to a report in the "new york times," some of the demonstrators may belong to an anarchist group in oakland. some protesters have started pointing the outsiders out to police saying they are responsible for most of the vandalism and violence. now, the online group anonymous has called for what they say is a national day of rage today. protests are planned for some 38 cities, including here in oakland and san francisco this afternoon. ktvu will be covering the rallies and protests. we will have live reports starting tonight on the ktvu news at 5. i am brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. time is 8:39. we have new details about a problem at levi stadium that caused the 49ers head coach to yank the team off the field yesterday. an hour agnes chopper -- an hour ago news chopper 2 flew over levi stadium. we don't know if this is related to what happened yesterday when harbaugh abruptly stopped the practice, took his players away because chunks of the field came up and several players were slipping on the turf. we talked to a 49er fan earlier this morning. they think levi stadium's troubles are going to be fixed before the regular season begins. >> i think like all new things that are being built, you know, the stadium, it's going to take time. there is going to be growing pains. you know, just give it a break, you know. they haven't even -- they have, what, one preseason game? so we'll just stick it out. i think it will be okay. >> now, the 49ers left the field. they finished their workout at their usual practice field just east of levi stadium. and then last fight the 49ers issued a statement. the organization would like to apologize to any fans that were inconvenienced by today's practice ending early. we've determined the appropriate measures necessary to have the field ready for sunday. 49er fans who came to watch yesterday's practice will now get free tickets to the team's new museum. ktvu is taking you behind the scenes of levi stadium. we have got a special show airing before sunday's game against the san diego chargers. all access pass, levi stadium, will start at 12:30 p.m., kick-off is at 1. make sure you stay tuned for the point after following the game. >> and you told us earlier the feng shui in the stadium is good? >> it's good. >> that's important. all right. 8:40. paying it forward in a venti way. in 18 minutes the act of kindness at starbucks that broke a record. plus, how the beheading of a u.s. journalist may effect iraq. and what the justice department will be doing as a response to the killing of james foley. good morning. still very slow and 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up the dirt and filth at downtown san francisco bart stations. a three-person crew will focus on taking away garbage and human waste at entrances and exits. bart says budget cutbacks during the recession forced them to trim their cleaning crews. >> today is a miraculous day. i'm thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family. >> you saw this live right here on ktvu's "mornings on 2" just about 20 minutes ago. an american missionary who had the ebola virus in west africa has just been released from a hospital in atlanta. doctors say that kent brantley has fully recovered. he does not pose a health risk to the public. a second missionary was released from the hospital on tuesday. 8:46. u.s. attorney general eric holder says the justice department will conduct a criminal investigation into the death of american journalist james foley at the hands of islamic militants. plus, new details about a rescue mission this summer that failed to save foley and other hostages. ktvu's kyla campbell is live in washington, d.c. to explain why the u.s. could not get them. kyla. >> reporter: a special u.s. operations team went into syria this summer to try to rescue foley and other hostages. but when they arrived at their target, the hostages were not there. >> we keep in our prayers those other americans who are separated from their families. we will do everything that we can to protect our people and the timeless values that we stand for. >> reporter: foley's parents told reporters isis sent them an email last week telling them their son would die. the "wall street journal" says isis originally demanded a ron sum from foley's employer and family $132 million. and foley's loved ones passed that information to u.s. officials. had the u.s. done enough? >> what we have been doing to date is not -- >> it wasn't enough >> we don't know if it's going to save steven or any of the other people. >> reporter: they are referring to steve sotloff, the man isis showed in this video of foley's beheading. isis threatens to kill him, too, if the u.s. continues military intervention in iraq. the u.s. already launched more than a dozen airstrikes on isis in iraq since foley's beheading. >> thanks, kyla. 8:47. happening today the aunt of a 2-year-old girl killed had a hit-and-run crash in san francisco is due in court. 25-year-old larrish a gauge faces felony child endangerment charges for the death of mi'yana gregory. police say she walked into the middle of the crosswalk against the light with the child. they say she then left the little girl unattended in the middle of busy mission street to go back to the curb and get the toddler's twin brother. >> the little girl didn't want to go in the street and she took her out there and then pops back into the frame to get the little boy. that's when the car goes by. >> i can't comprehend her not being more responsible. i can't. >> there is no way she should not have held her in her arms or eld had her hand. >> police continue to search for the hit-and-run driver who was believed to be driving a white mid 1990s four-door sedan. 8:48. a body found yesterday afternoon in kings canyon national park has now been identified as a missing teacher from right here in the bay area. search crews found gregory muck's body in an area northwest of mount gardner. officials say it appears muck fell in steep and rocky terrain in a remote part of that park. it's about 50 miles east of fresno. muck was reported missing monday when he didn't come back from a hiking trip. he was a second grade teacher at gomes elementary school in fremont and he lived in santa cruz. staff members say he was known for sharing his love of the outdoors with his students. >> kids would say, my teacher, we baked bread today. so he did things like that for math, so the measuring and all that, and he was very much a nature and earth-loving kind of guy. >> muck graduated from uc santa cruz last year. he leaves behind a wife and a five-year-old daughter. all right. 8:49. let's check had in with sal. pretty busy, especially keeping focused on the south bay? >> that one crash that's going to be cleared by nine, according to chp, really messed things up. it was an overturned suv. and then there was an oil slick. northbound 280 is backed up all the way into downtown san jose. 101 is slow and so is 85 this morning. also troubles in the east bay where 580 is slow getting into dublin and livermore. that's more of a normal backup. san mateo and dumbarton moderate. 101 is backed up to highway 92. the bay bridge toll plaza, that still remains a 25-minute drive into san francisco. let's go to steve. all right. sal, thank you. some low clouds around, obviously. we have had a lot of those. but it's still really mild. the normal low for sfo this time of year is 56. they are 61. san carlos 61. san bruno 60s since june. incredible. very warm. the water temps around 61 to 64 degrees. so the coast and bay, if you get a south wind, stay very, very warm. the low in southern california is about ready to move out of the picture. the low clouds will burn off sooner today because the delta breeze has absolutely fallen apart. yesterday it was 30 miles per hour. today it's 10. so fog retreating sooner. that means fog, sun nice. it will be a little bit warmer. those are on the coast. slightly above average. oakland, san francisco near average. san francisco one degree above. an interesting pattern here. a little cooler friday. a low drops into the nevada area. not much change into the weekend and early next week. time is 8:51. new information about a double homicide that happened in mill valley. what police are telling us after two men were found shot to death at two neighboring homes. hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 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