Like. It does. Thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. Wednesday morning, february 21st, im pam cook. And im dave clark. I wish i did some painting. Would you paint that for me if you could paint. My grandmother paints. My father was pretty good at it. We have a little bit of snow in Mendocino County and lake county. Theres been reports. And lakeport at 1300 feet add light snow. But it looks like its about over. Stretching to maybe cloverdale. Theres still a line that has formed from santa rosa and from 101 to novato to san rafael. Could be a little bit. And maybe northern napa county. And along the san mateo coast. Highway1 down to close to santa cruz and more towards monterey. The lows are up in the 30s and 40s due to the cloud cover. Its still cold but not as cold as yesterday. Mid30s for palo alto and los altos. And 40s on the coast. Yesterday was 30. And Half Moon Bay dropped to 28 degrees. There could be a few showers, splash and dash variety. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. Are things okay, sal . We dont have a lot going on which is what we like but slow 580 westbound as you drive over the Altamont Pass. It continues to be a pretty good drive. A little bit slow and after you make it to livermore it looks pretty good. And this is the typical slow traffic. Traffic is going to be okay as you drive to hayward. Were learning about an accident northbound 101 at the whipple avenue off ramp. Youll see slow traffic in redwood city. Northbound 101 at the whipple avenue off ramp. Fire and medics are on the way and well find out a little bit more about this. Its not affecting 101 so far. This is a look at 880 north and southbound in oakland. 99 looks good. And at the bay bridge, were just moderate at this hour. President trump made a surprise announcement yesterday supporting new gun control regulations. Heres considering banning the bump stock modifications for assault style rifles. Gun control advocates want more in florida. Its a message that will be heard today at the white house. Reporter the president plans on hosting a listening session at the white house with parents and students amidst the push for more gun control at the federal and state level. Busloads of students from Marjory StonemanDouglas High School arrived to begin intense lobbying. Well talk to the politicians tomorrow. And well keep talking. Were going to keep pushing until something is done because people are dying and this cant happen any more. Reporter many are pushing for a ban of the ar15 weapon used in last weeks shooting. Something that seems unlikely. We must do more to protect our children. Reporter President Trump with a surprise move. A push for a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that allow a semiautomatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic one. Its a modification used in the las vegas attack. A few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. I expect that these critical regulations will be finalized, jeff, very soon. Reporter the president also talked about strengthening federal background checks. How much further will the white house or congress be willing to go. It seems unlikely that we would see laws on specific weapons. But there could be talk on restricting who could purchase guns and when it could happen. In los angeles county, a News Conference will be held about how the Sheriffs Department stopped a student from carrying out a mass shooting at his high school. Last friday, that student was overheard talking about the plan at El Camino High School in whittier. The Security Guard who heard it alerted sheriffs deputies. Authorities seized several weapons and evidence from the students home. The student is described by the authorities as disgruntled. In a blow to gun rights activists, the u. S. Supreme court refused to hear a challenge to californias 10 day waiting period to buy a firearm. Gun Rights Groups argued that people who already own guns should not have to wait the 10 days. The Supreme Court also declined to hear a separate case involving the nra challenging californias refusing to lower gun sale fees. The state uses some of the money to track down weapons owned illegally. Justices once again refused to entertain the gun lobbys interpretation of the Second Amendment. Clarence thomas criticized the other justices about not tackling the gun rights issue. If a lower court treated another right so cavalierly, i have little doubt this court would intervene. The Second Amendment is a disfavored right in this court. Singer phil lesch, one of the singers of the grateful dead is calling for common sense gun control measures. Apyred to go to the university aspired to go to the university of florida. He read the names of the 17 People Killed in the Florida High School shooting and passed out photos of the victims. About 100 people were there. Activists say the nation must make gun control laws tougher to livingston the laws in florida and other school shootings. Feeling such rage right now and such anguish and grief thinking about these bright spirits. Reporter meantime, a Gun Store Owner in petaluma told ktvu he agrees there had to be change, but gun laws have to be smart and less convoluted. I can sell you a black glock but not the one thats colored tan. Thats not legal in california. There are so many things that could be done but both sides antagonize the other and everybody withdraws. Reporter the Gun Control Group called moms demand action says 150 people joined within 48 hours. The owner of the gun store has been getting phone calls threatening his shop. South bay leaders will mark a year since the coyote creek flooding. Heavy storms forced thousands of people in san jose to evacuate. Theres a News Conference this morning involving city, county, and state leaders, along with the Santa Clara ValleyWater District and the army corps of engineers. The Water District will talk about the installation of flood barriers near Rock Springs Park and finalizing an agreement to proceed with a Feasibility Study evaluating flood risks and developing a federally supported improvement project. When coyote creek flooded, First Responders struggled to get people to safety. The creek reached 14 feet. First responders went door to door, trying to make sure that everyone who lived around coyote creek got out safely. But search and rescue teams didnt have enough to respond to every call. And many of the teams only could use boats. We were in the boats because the water was getting deeper. And with the live vests it started to float us. This was by far the worst flooding or water rescue ive had to deal with in the city of san jose. We were peeling other teams way to get people out of trees. We needed more people. Reporter the Fire Department is increasing the number of high water rescue vehicles it has as a direct response to the flooding of coyote creek. And its buying a vehicle that can drive through 8 feet or water. The Fire Department is adding more metal and inflatable boats along with personal water craft. 5 10 is the time now. And ktvu has obtained video of a Deadly Police shooting. Coming up. Well show you the body camera footage that shows an altercation before a bart Police Officer shot and killed a man last month. And the state senate is deciding whether to discipline a colleague for Sexual Misconduct. Southbound 101 traffic in san rafael looks good to the middle of marin county. And all the way to the golden gate bridge, that traffic looks good as well. Welcome back to mornings on 2. An aide was fired after claiming that two survivors of the Florida High School shooting were crisis actors. The aide sent an email to a Tampa Bay Times reporter saying that two students were not students but actors who travel to various crises when temperature. Benjamin kelly was fired. Kelly later apologized saying he made a mistake and meant no disrespect. Now to washington and another guilty plea in Robert Muellers investigation of russian interference in the investigation. The soninlaw of a russian billionaire yesterday the 33 yearold lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about contacts with rick gates, the former Trump Campaign aide. And he admitted he deleted e mails that prosecutors wanted. Adam schiff talked about what he believes is the ultimate goal of russias meddling during an appearance at the commonwealth club. Far more fundamentally is undermining our very democracy. Sowing discord and turning americans against other americans. Reporter congressman schiff is the top democrat on the intelligence committee. The California Senate could vote this week on the political future of one of its members accused of Sexual Misconduct. Democrat tony mendoza more likely than not engaged in inappropriate behavior. The claims include that he offered alcohol to a 19year old intern in a hotel suite, suggested a young woman on a Senate Fellowship take a vacation with him. And asked several women invasive questions about their dating lives. Most of the women believed that complaining about him could hurt their careers. Hes taken a voluntary leave of absence. And state senators could vote to remove him or reinstate him. Right now were looking good when it comes to the gilroy commute but its getting more crowded. Lets go right to the gilroy commute and show you northbound 101 looking pretty good. I come to work early and see these commutes develop. And this commute has a little more time than the others. The tracy commute is already slow. And you can see on the map at the top of the tv you can see the big red spot. Thats the tracy commute. But not for the gilroy. This commute gets going to a little bit later. This whole south bay commute ends up being just a little bit later. And when it gets going, its very slow. A live picture northbound and you can see traffic looks good. The bay bridge were getting a little bit slow here. I wouldnt be surprised if the metering lights were turned on pretty soon. About that time, isnt . We do have a lot of closure over us. Not much in the way of bring sip. But a little bit. Chris henry is in morgan hill, 29 degrees, up from 28 earlier. Any showers heading that way . Rain. First well take a look at the temp. He has 29. And another observation has 33. 39 in santa cruz. And the Santa Cruz Mountains lots of 30s. And san jose, los gatos. And on the santa cruz coast, look at that. Coming in on highway 101 certainly Santa Cruz Mountains and parts of the coast. So thats the theme here. Favoring areas on the coast. And there has been some to the north. Looks like its done from to cloverdale. And parts of napa county. And if anything falls it will be brief and light. The lows are up. 30s and 40s due to the cloud cover. And theres a breeze and northeast at hayward. And south at san carlos. And northeast at Half Moon Bay. And east, southeast at sfo. And northerly out to the valley or the delta. Vacaville, north theres enough to stir things up with the cloud cover. 39 down in las vegas. Nine in truckee. Yesterday they were six below. A few isolated snow showers. There could be some brief, light rain. A better opportunity for tomorrow. Certainly on thursday night i think we could get a little bit more than that even though its not going to do too much. 50s or 40s. Santa rosa and calistoga north looks chilly. Some system will drop in tomorrow and give us cloudy skies and a better opportunity for rain. And a cold morning friday. The weekend looks a little better. Time is 5 19. Angela alioto will officially kick off her campaign for mayor today. Shes holding a Campaign Event at the italian athletic club. Shes an attorney and part of the alioto political family. Her father was mayor from 1968 to 1976. This is angela aliotos third run for mayor and she points to her passion, and her experience in San Francisco politics as qualities to make her a good leader. There are eight candidates. The others are london breed, michelle bravo. Richie greenberg, and also running are jane kim, former supervisor and state senator mark leno. And social worker ellen lee zhou. Time is 5 20. If youre going to watch a movie. Make sure to leave your bags home. New security measures are being rolled out. The Movie Theater chain will no longer allow bags over a certain size and that includes your purse. The change is an effort to enhance safety and the security of the guests and the employees. There are some exceptions like medical equipment and diaper bags. But any bag bigger than 12 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches is banned. And if you do bring a bag, it may be searched. Overall, 28 theaters in the bay area are under the cinemark name. Do you agree with the new Security Policy to ban large bags and also conduct random searches . Let us know what you think by voting on the ktvu twitter page and you can comment on our ktvu Facebook Page as well. Time is 5 21. A homeless couple now has a place to call their own. What a group of College Students from the south bay is transforming into a new home. Spacex is about to launch a rocket. Well tell you what theyre sending into space. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Happening this morning, spacex is due to launch another rocket into space with some pretty important cargo on board. A falcon nine rocket will carry a radar and imaging satellite for the government of spain. The launch is set for just after 6 00 this morning from Vandenberg Air force base. The last launch from vandenberg had weather conditions that created an unusual light show. Both Bay Area Major League baseball teams are up and running in spring training. The giants are hoping for a bounceback season from jeff samardzija. He went 915 last season. And he looks forward to pitching every five days. I like to think of myself as an old school player. And the way i was taught is every 5th day if youre a starter you pitch no matter what. If you take that day off it messes up the whole team. I just enjoy competing. The oakland as will rely on kendall graveman. Hes expected to be the opening day starter. The team is depending on him to mentor the younger players. We caught up with him in mesa, arizona and he talked about his journey from being a prospect to the number one starter. Im trying to express to these young guys that hey, i came in and i was 7th or 8th. I just want to continue to reiterate that were all in it for the same goal. The starting staff is not set. I want us all to be great. The oakland as first spring game is friday afternoon. The sharks beat the st. Louis blues 32 and they are tightening their grip on a playoff spot. There was no scoring in the first period. The sharks took a 10 lead when Logan Couture knocked in a loose puck. And two scores in the second and the blues couldnt catch up. The blues and dallas are 2 points behind the sharks in the conference standings. Time is 5 26. The bay hear as seen an increase in broken gas lines recently. Up next, were finding out who is responsible. Plus this morning, we are seeing some of the body camera footage that shows a deadly shooting by a bart Police Officer last month near the west oakland station. How this video came to light and what is on it. And we look at the san mateo bridge and looks like its off to a nice start. And traffic looks good heading out to the peninsula. Well tell you more about this coming up. And a lot more cloud cover holding the lows up. Maybe a little bit of rain, not much, maybe a little bit. And then snow in lake county and Mendocino County. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its wednesday, february 21st. Imday clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. Well check in with steve. A little tiny bit warmer. Because of the cloud cover. We should say not as freezing cold. Not as darn cold as yesterday but still cold. Half moon bay was quite impressive yesterday. They dropped to 28 degrees. Last time i looked they were right there on the ocean. 28 by the pacific is impressive. That was a record. And gilroy was 28. What did they have in common . They were both 28 degrees. Livermore made it to 27. That was a record. And san rafael tide going back to 2006. Now were not talking about record lows. Rain along the san mateo and santa cruz coast. Not a lot but its favoring areas on highway 1. So thats one band and that seems to be really the best. There was a little bit of snow, kelseyville, parts of lake county up to ukiah. I dont think theres much left but if there is its cloverdale. 30s and 40s, not 20s because of the cloud cover. Thats holding up the temps and therell be a couple of fast moving systems and it will a cloudy, mostly cloudy day. Upper 40s, low 50s. Did the metering lights click on . They did. If you drive the solano commute, we have traffic thats getting a little bit busier. Vacaville to fairfield looks good. And slowing in vallejo as you approach the carquinez bridge. And getting out to the maze doesnt look bad coming around the corn tore the bay bridge toll plaz