Slowing where it connects with west bound 205, and slowing as you approach the pass. But nothing major here to warn you about. The rest of the east bay commute from oakland to fremont, and douglas and pleaston looks good as well. 6 01. Lets know go back to the desk. All right. Thank you. Thousands of people are protesting against this air strike that killed a top iranian general in iraq. Were here to tell you the latest on why the white house ordered the attack and why the reaction is coming in. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The state secretary mike pom pom says he pompeo says he was planning to kill people in the region. It had to do with nothing but highly risky. Doing nothing shows weakness and emboldens iran to what happened 8 years when the iranians felt free to conduct hundreds of attacks. Top democrats are calling the air strike reckless and dangerous. Joe pideen said that President Trump quote poked a stick of dynamite into a tenderbox. They said this action was taken without Consulting Congress first. It was at the pentagon and was called to protect the u. S. Overseas. He says the iranian government will have no choice but to respond. Although President Trump has repeatedly said he doesnt want a war in the middle east, although he is campaigning on the fertility of these wars, he might just inadveritantly get himself and the u. S. In a war that would be a disaster for iran, disaster for the u. S. , i think disaster for israel and everyone in the region. The u. S. Issued a travel advisory urging any u. S. Citizen to leave iraq immediately. Fox 2 news. The world will keep a close eye on the price of oil. It is uncertainty over repercussion after the attack, and they threatened from the persian gulf to the rest of the world. The search will continue for an suv captured on video plunging off of a cliff on highway 101 on monday right there. The chp is checking recent miss missing persons cases in the area. But so far they dont know who may have been driving that suv. We dont know if it was foul play, but well look into that. We dont know if it was intentional or merely an accident where they happened to veer off the road. Now dash cam captured the moment that the vehicle went off highway 1 into the ocean. In the video, the suv didnt seem to slow down before it went off the cliff. We are waiting for authorities to release the identity of a suspect in the county. Highway officers were responding to a separate incident when they spotted a man hold agtire iron near a shopping center. Some of the windows were shattered and officers shot the man and took off in a truck near 101. Our suspect crossed the intersection near the red light. And the person was in the air, and the car spun out, hit a light pole and went into the Coldwell Banker build. The suspect died at the scene, and the driver in the other car wasnt seriously hurt. A person is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries after a collision last night. It happened about 6 00 p. M. Near 43rd and fulton. The name of the cyclists has not been released yet. Police say the driver of the car did stay at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. An African American attorney is file agfederal lawsuit against the city of oakland and Oakland Police department claiming discrimination. He released cell phone video and claims that police held him at gunpoint and forced him to crawl on the ground 2 years ago at a traffic stop. He says he was traveling on oakland boulevard when they pulled him over. These officers need to be trained in how to deal with these type of situations. Its scary to think they can have a badge and gun to deal with these kind of stops and it was conflicting orders all of which could have wound we up dead. He works in the office of the wellknown civil rights attorney john burr s. So far its been no response from oakland or the Oakland Police department. They will start to level off more. A study found from zillow, found home value tuesday grow lower in the metro area than around the country. And theyre predicting the sameerate for san jose. Zillows top market in 2020 is expected to be austin, texas. And they awarded 2. 8 million as part of a program for those facing possible eviction, so they can stay in their home. Theres no explanation why oakland is getting the money. They attacked political leaders over the issue of housing and homelessness. All right. Its 6 07. We want to go back to holly covering very light commute. Yeah. Its filling cell shoes because its not many traffic problems to tell you about. Well go through the map to see what the drive looks like. In the south bay. You can ignore that crash. Its been a crash off the freeway thats been cleared along with the highway 17, and a stalled vehicle has been cleared as well. Heres 280, and downtown no problems to tell you about. Although you can see the freeway, people out and about even though we have lighter traffic overall area wide. And highway 24, not totally empty. Somewhat busy, but no problems here on this stretch all the way to the tunnel and beyond and golden gate bridge. Traffic moving smoothly as well. And the golding gate ferry, no problems to tell you about. the time is 6 08. And well probably have rain while sleeping yeah. Most of the day should be fine. Mostly sunny skies, partly sunny skies. That will be the deal heading into the friday. It will be a five 5hour drive heading toirts eureka. But it will be mild. 58, 63 degrees. And heres a bunch of clouds streaming in mainly heading up to portland and seattle. Not much in the way of rainfall. Right now we have clear skies and partly cloudy skies. And we check in on those. Upper 30s rb for nap and fairfield, and san jose checking in in the upper 40s. And fair skies, 48degrees. And by lunchtime, upper 50s. Today might be the same story although cooler compared to yesterday. Heres what the forecast is showing us. Still partly sunny skies and sunny conditions. Right around eureka and approaching cloverdale up in Sonoma County. But enough energy to bring in clouds to start out at 5 00 a. M. , and maybe a few sprinkles. This is 8 00 a. M. And the clouds will gradually fizzle out in the afternoon hours. Upper 50s and low 60s, partly sunny skies. The weekend for the most part looking okay if you dont mind it starting out. We will have more coming up in just a little bit. All right. Thank you, mark. The time for a federal crackdown on most flavored e cigarettes coming from Government Health officials. But they say the new policies have held. The dangerous products that will stay on shelves. The biggest Music Festival in the west coast. How we know who will perform at coachella, and when new concert goers can start buying tickets. 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The flood waters have started to recede in some places allowing people to go back to their homes. They received new evacuation orders overnight as firefighters continue to fight Deadly Wildfires there. This morning australians began evacuating 1,000 of the 4,000 people who are stranded because of the wildfires. A state of emergency has been declared for the region. Ive actually held it pretty well together when i heard it could come back. Thats when i had my breakdown and felt better after it. Now, it has burned more than 1300 homes and high temperatures and strong winds are in the forecast for this weekend making the conditions even more dangerous. Time now 6 14. The food and Drug Administration has stopped the sale of most ecigarettes that teenagers like so much. It does include exceptions for menthol and tobacco flavors. And refillable vapestyle tanking products. The head of the Tobacco Research says more meaningful Tobacco Research is happening to keep teenagers from smoking. It just shows that its important for the cities and the states to move forward with comprehensive flavor bans on all Tobacco Products modeled on what weve done here in San Francisco. The food and Drug Administration says manufactures will have 30day tuesday stop making and selling products after it is public. Meantime, uhaul says it will stop hiring nicotine smokers in states where its legal. Uhaul says it wants to help create a healthier Corporate Culture while reducing healthcare costs. Alaska airlines had a similar policy since 1945. They had a great start when it comes to the water supply. They report the series of storms that began around thanksgiving and huge amount of snow shows sierra snow pack stands at 0 of the average. Thats highest toll in 30 years. Its the major source of water supply that way we know how much water will eventually melt during the spring and summer months to refill all of our reservoirs. The sierra snow pack was just 69 of normal this time as last year. State Officials Say its too early to forecast the entire supply for the entire year. Time is 6 15. The popular celebration will take place today. Its the first friday celebration of the year. It will highlight food and culture in oakland. It will run from 5 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Tonight, between west grand and 27th street. They say this celebration honors women and features local female singers performing on the stage in 27th street. The lineup for coachellas Music Festival is out. Some of the big names include travis scott, rage against the machine and calvin harris. It ranges from the 10th to the 12th and 17th to the 19th. Presales sold out, but it starts at noon. You can go on our website and click to buy tickets. Can i go . You have to have an outfit. Well, ill check in. She can get me an outfit. Well, when the time comes, remind me. Okay. A lot of light traffic out there. Traffic look goods. Not too many problems to tell you about. Its one though. Its south bound 680. Its a collision there, and taking a look at south bay bridges, its reports of a stalled vehicle in the middle of the bridge, but it isnt a lot of traffic on the bridge. So it isnt causing a lot of backup. Things look good here from oakland to fremont, and so major issues to tell you about. Also a nice easy drive not just here but into the span and city. Its light traffic. 6 18. Lets check in with mark. Hi. Good morning to you. It looks like a little weather. We can generalize for the last couple of weeks. It hasnt been too bad for travel in terms of major storms. And beautiful here looking out towards San Francisco this early friday morning. We have few high clouds to paint a visit but not much in the way of fog here. I havent watched fog form in the inland valleys and esechally out towards the counties. As we get a break from the rain, you can see back from the season in santa rosa, thats the rainfall, it puts them at 70 , and san jose just over 3 inches with 61 of average. As i mentioned, when you typically get a dry patch, an area of fog could be forming, and traffic is backed up 3 quarters of a mile. So it is floating in the bay area this morning. I showed you snow traffic up here. Its not much significant in the way of rainfall. But it will impact the bay area weather pattern. Current numbers, we have 37, 37 santa rosa, 37 napa, 37 fairfield, and 37 moon bay checking in at 71 degrees, and partly sunny skies into the afternoon hours and mostly sunny throughout the day. So today will be a fairly nice friday. Heres the next system up here. And that will be approaching tonight. Were thinking late tonight will be dry and most of the weekend dry. It looks like they move in overnight and midnight 6 00 a. M. , and well start out 6 00 a. M. With cloud cover. Were not expecting much in the way of rainfall. But maybe a few hundreds of an inch up in the bay. Lake tahoe up in the 20s and cloud cover for sierra on the friday. And showers first thing tomorrow morning. Not looking too bad for the friday. This is 12 00 a. M. This is overnight. This is 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Theres a chance if you wake up tomorrow morning, you could have a light shower or sprinkle. But then by tomorrow afternoon, the clouds lift. And we should have a fairly nice weekend. It should be cooler as you check out the forecast. And temperatures back into the 50s. No major storm to talk about just yet. But that could be changing as we head towards midjanuary. All right. Thank you, mark. A little girl is fighting for her life, and she may be running out of time. The reason one judge says she theycan take a baby off life support despite her familys wishes. Its a new plan to help those in santa rosa. Why its not popular with some people and whats happening later this morning. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back welcome back. To mornings on 2. A texas judge has given a hospital per mission to take an 11year old girl off life support. She has not left the hospital since she was born last february. She suffers from a rare heart defect and chronic high blood pressure. They planned to move the baby from life support back in november arguing that shes suffering. Doctors say her condition will not improve spleerk the things we have to do to deep her alive and keep her better or keep her well is causing her pain and causing her suffering. And we dont want to do that any longer. Now, her family is fighting to keep her alive. Her mother believers the little girl has a chance. Shes made it this far. I know she gone continue to fight for her life. The family has up to 7days to make a decision on whether or not to appeal. Ethan couch back in jail. You may remember he was arrested for killing four people while driving drunk. He said he was a victim of afluenza. They sought 7 years in prison. But he received no prison time. He apparently tested positive for thc. Voters will pay a one 1 million bond for a school. They decided to seek the funding from voters. People who live in the area would pay based on their property value. The proposed new bond would pay for improvements at 10 schools. An oakland based caemp company is getting ready to put a breathalyzer on the market that will test thc use. It will see if a person tested it in the last couple of hours. Thc needs to be measured in the breaths of parts per trillion which means it needs to be incredibly accurate. Just like you dont want your School Bus Driver to take a hit of a bong and drive our kids around, you dont want to crane operator in San Francisco to be impaired. It hit the air this year at a price tag of 26,000. A man was chased by a homeless man with a hyperdermic needle. He shares the frightening moments after picking up his son from preschool. And for anyone trying to lose weight, the best and worst diets for your waistlines. Looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year . Its go time switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. Plus, complete reliability with 4g lte backup. And, cloudbased security to help protect the devices on your network. Greenlight your business in 2020 with fast internet and voice for 64. 90 per month. Switch now and get a 100 prepaid card when you add comcast business securityedge. Call today. Comcast business. Beyond fast. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. And theres the opening bell. Unleash the bee is what theyre saying there. Professional bullriders ring in the bell, the season, and responding to the tensions between the u. S. And iran after the u. S. Air strikes killed leaders in iran. Well have all of your stop to watch and Business News coming up. All right. Well say good morning. Thank you for joining us this morning, friday morning january 3rdrd. Im sam cook. Thank you for joining us. Mark back this morning. And we were just talking about the snow packed during the commercial break. We do need more rain. Its a long span. And when you think about, i think about this with weather and averages with normals. Its actually really hard to hit normal because youre hitting the average and extreme. When you hit average, thats actually remarkable that happens. But thats kind of a drift off into statistics land. But for today, its a dry weather pattern for the bay area. We could use rain for sure. So partly sunny and mild. Temperatures in the upper 60s to 50s, and high clouds approaching portland and seattle, and you could see high clouds moving into Northern California. It will be dry for most of your friday. But maybe by tonight into tomorrow morning we could be talking about just a few scattered showers. Current numbers up in the 30s and 40s. Lets check in with ally. Shes checking the roadways. Good morning. We will start with south bay. Overall, things look pretty good. You can disregard that crash to the right of the screen. It hasnt disappeared. Its off to the road and has been cleared. No problems overall for the valley commute. Taking a look at the crash we mentioned earlier. South bound 680. Its a twocar crash. Luckily no one is injured. So that is good news. But in the top part of your screen to the right, you can see more traffic and congestion with 580 coming from tracy into the livermore valley. Here is another perspective of 580. This is the Richmond Bridge toll plaza. You can see people have no problem getting over from richmond although traffic isnt totally empty here. Its overall pretty light, pretty light everywhere. 6 32. Lets go back to the desk. All right. Thank you for staying on top of breaking news. Crews are cleaning up a water main break that happened. At this point, we dont know what cost it. But they estimate it will take about 24 hours to get it fixed. Water service is cut off