40s on all the temps. 42 to 49 from livermore to oakland. usually there's a little bigger difference. fog in the morning. clouds will continue to roll in throughout the day. mostly cloudy to cloudy saturday. late north and early sunday we'll get some rain and after that we'll get some afternoon clearing on sunday. cloud cover never really let up. then clouds will start to roll in the afternoon. 40s on the temps for most locations. that's your system for the weekend. we'll have more on that in 10 minutes. 60s low to mid. allie's here a couple of issues. we are going to go back to the south bay. there's new issue. this is in the gilroy holster area. this is southbound 101 just south of monterey road. there's a crash involving an overturned vehicle. some lanes were blocked but they've now just re-opened. still pretty heavy traffic in that northbound direction as you approach monterey road in gilroy. also north of there on 101, southbound 101 north of oakland road in san jose, a crash still here. some of the middle lanes and the back up is building behind it. that is your main trouble spot in silicon valley. here is a live look at highway 24 lafayette all the way to the caldicot tunnel . no major problems or issues to tell you about here. i went back to this south bay commute. but coming up in about 5 to 10 minutes we'll have more information on the east bay commute. we'll circle back and tell you about some of the issues there. overall things look good. 6:02. let's go back to the deing. new this morning hundreds of new cases of the corona virus have now been confirmed in china and other locations. the number of confirmed cases rose to 830 and at least 26 people have died. in the city of woohan china and 12 other cities with a combined population of 36 million people are under lockdown right now. woohan is building a 1000 bed hospital just for people infected by the disease. it's expected to open a week from sunday. top government doctors will go before the senate health and foreign relations committees today talking about the possible impact of the corona virus here in the u.s. now here in the bay area, alameda county is testing about 10 people who may have been exposed to the corona virus. ktvu's alyssa harrington is at u.c. berkley now with more on the possible danger here in the bay area. good morning, alyssa. >> good morning. yeah, that's right and alameda county health officials say there are no confirmed cases here at this point. but they did send those samples off to the cdc for testing. those people showed symptoms including a sore throat, cough and fever and they had also either just been to woohan or interacted with people who had recently been there. that's why they're not taking any chances. ose samples to co but the cdc has already cleared several of them. anyone who has travelled and are experiencing respiratory symptoms should come in and get a health screening if you're a u.c. berkley student. they say that doctors are also checking whether a student at texas anm may have been infected. that student returned from china and was showing symptoms of a respiratory illness. doctors are monitoring 43 people who came in close contact with a seattle area man diagnosed with the virus. >> he appears to be doing well and we hope that he will continue on his excellent clinical course and hope flooel will be able to return home in the near future. >> we know that there is human to human transmission in china. but for now, it appears limited to family groups and health workers caring en. at this time, there is no evidence of human to human transmission outside china. . >> health officials believe the virus originated at a seafood market in central china. people could have eaten infected meat, fish, or wild animal. people who flew in from china are getting health screenings. many people have been seen at the airport wearing masks. in woohan masks are selling out, the streets are empty and hospitals are overwhelmed. lunar new year events in china have also been cancelled. symptoms are similar to the flu. feer, coughing and there are also more respiratory problems like trouble breathing. if you have traveled within the past two weeks health officials certainly want to see you. the cdc says that you shfor at seconds or use a hand sanitizer to prevent the spreading of any sort of illness and also cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. live in berkley, alyssa harington ktvu fox 2 news. well today, the opening arguments continue for the democratic house managers trying to convince senators that president trump should be removed from office. >> the president's conduct is wrong. it is illegal. it is dangerous. and it captures the worst fears of our founders and the framers of the constitution. . >> today, democrats will focus on the second articles of impeachment, obstruction of congress. they argue that president trump violated the constitution by ordering members of its administration not to cooperate with the house investigation. . >> i will assure you this, we will be putting on a vigorous defense of both facts and rebutting what they've said. our job here is to defend both the president, the office of the presidency and the constitution. we're going to do that. >> tomorrow, president trump's legal team will start their defense. when the senate trial resumes later this morning we will carry it live over on ktvu plus it starts at 10:00 a.m. and we will bring you updates throughout the day here on ktvu channel 2 starting with the news at noon. time is now 6:07. new this morning authorities in alameda county are searching for two people now. it started at 3:30 this morning on interstate 880. the driver of a truck got off the freeway near the coliseum in oakland and led sheriff's deputies through several neighborhoods. then thethe truck near meras captured video of the suspectsi they eventually got away. at this point we don't know why the authorities were trying to arrest them in the beginning. we'll keep an eye on this and bring you updates as soon as they're available. a man suspected of attacking drivers is in jail this morning accused of firing marbles at cars in the bruindale area. a task force was set up to investigate the attacks on highways 101 and 156. charles kenneth laugherty was arrested. investigators say he used a slingshot while driving to fire glass marbles at on coming traffic. investigators tracked him down by identifying his truck. we felt there's only a matter of time before someone seriously got hurt for it. so it was great news. there were at least 69 attacks including a school bus and five people were hurt. our time now 6:08. the california horse racing board now considering major changes in an effort to make horse racing safer. this comes after three race horses died at santa an eeumdta racetrack this past weekend. now the number of deaths of race horses, 5 horses so far this month. last year at least 36 horses died at race horse tracks. the horse racing board met on wednesday in sacramento. some of the proposed changes include reducing or eliminating the types of drugs given to race horses. also making veterinarian records transparent. and changing the riding crops that jockeys use. >> the goal is to eliminate all fatalities, that's never going to happen. racing is dangerous. it's a very high kinetic sport just like we're not going to eliminate airplane crashes or car crashes but that's got to be our goal and that's what we have to work towards. >> the horse racing board will release a report next friday at the santa anita racetrack. it is 6:09. we want to check in with allie rasmus who's in for sal for a look at the commute this friday morning. >> i would say it's friday morning light. there are some issues including up in the napa area which is where we're going to start in the north bay. westbound highway 12 still have that problem just east of red top road and you can see a back up behind it. also in the westbound direction of highway 37 some slowing as well. from there we'll check the commute on highway 4, this is usually a busy corridor and unfortunately this morning is no sxepgs. exception. you see a lot of traffic building in that westbound direction of highway 4 through bay point and pittsburgh. earlier crash is in the eastbound direction at summersvillement that is still in the clearing stages. let's check the commute coming in from tracy. a lot of heavy traffic on westbound 205 towards the altamonte pass. it does clear up once you get to that point. be aware of a stalled vehicle eastbound 580 once you get to that 580, 680 interchange. if your destination is the bay bridge toll plaza you will have a pleasant friday morning surprise and the metering lights haven't even turned on. 6:10. i do see some fog in these pictures. we haven't been able to show the south bay clas. >> that fog is a little unusual. there's a little bit more fog out there even in towards san jose out to the east as well. sometimes that fog can be tough to budge. forecasts sometimes can be a little too high for parts of brent wood, antioch, oakley out that way. patchy fog 40 to 50. 54 to 64 and mostly cloudy by later this afternoon. it will be pretty mild to the south. gilroy and santa cruz going 67 there. saturday we'll cloud it up. and eventually late saturday into sunday morning. giving rain it will fall apart by the time it gets down towards san jose. yesterday was all east northeast. today it's more northwest or west right above the caldicot. the middle peak and marin county northwest at 19 miles an hour. northwest at 23. that's the system yesterday that gave us a lot of cloud cover. it was a cloudy gray day. we'll get some clouds in the morning. a little rain to the north. show you that in a second. 40s, 50s on the temps here and some of that fog also showing up. but on the peninsula it's 40s and 50s. palo alto, loss altos. hillsboro 46 and san carlos at 48 degrees. and also sacramento one better for monterey at 49. that's the rain. ukiah clear lake north. lake county and that will probably be the situation for tomorrow as well as that system continues to cloud up there will be some rain to the north. it may take awhile to get down to the bay area and that's probably where the heaviest rain will be. so when something we've seen a lot of from these systems this month. upper 50s, low 60s to the north . mid 60s to the south. santa cruz gilroy 67. that will start to work its way late saturday into sunday for morning rain and then we get a little break in the afternoon next week. except for some fog looking quiet right now. >> huge protests today in iraq. up next, the reason thousands of demonstrators want american troops to leave that country. and the 49ers have their last practice in santa clara today before heading to miami. how the team is gearing up for super bowl 54. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's 6:15. we have an update from houston, texas about that big explosion and fire early today in northwestern houston. look at your screen. at least one worker is still unaccounted for at an industrial site after that big explosion and fire and nearby homes and businesses as you can see were badly damaged. right now the crews out there can't focus on searching for that person unaccounted for until the area is stabilize. they're trying to stop chemicals from coming out of the damaged industrial building. we'll keep watching northwestern houston, texas and bring you the latest on that fire and explosion. in baghdad today thousands of people held a rally demanding the u.s. troops leave iraq. following the u.s. drone strike that killed on iranian general and earlier this month iraq's parliament passed a non binding resolution to force u.s. troops to leave. the united states and great britain they're not agreeing on how to handle the wife of an american diplomat who's accused of killing a british teenager in a car crash. now the trump administration is rejecting a request from london to extremendous indict ann seculas. she was driving on the wrong side of the road and killed a 19-year-old riding a motor bike. she came back from overseas after the crash and has avoided prosecution. state flags in southeastern australia are flying at half staff in honor of the three americans killed in a plane crash. captain ian mcmass of montana, first officer paul hudson of arizona and flight engineer rick demorgan jr. of florida were all killed and all military veterans. the car go plane that crashed turned into an aerial tanker.' the aircraft had just dropped retardant on the wild fire when the plane went down. >> devastating. it's devastating. yeah, they've got families or whatever and they're out here trying to help everybody out. >> a number of u.s. colleagues posted relationships with them. so our hearts are with all those that are suffering. . >> this is a photo of the tanker battling a wild fire in contra costa county last june. investigators say there were wind gusts as strong as 60 miles per hour when the plane crashed in new south whaelz. now investigators are working to recover the bodies and determine how the plane went down. >> the dna testing company 23 & me is laying off employees after a slowdown. now 23andme is best known for researching genetic backgrounds, building family trees and also determining genetic predispositions to health problems. the layoffs effect 14% of their work force. 6:19 the is the time. back over to all eeumde who's covering traffic. we are going to start in the south bay. that's where there was an earlier problem in the gilroy hollister area. it's still pretty backed up and recovering from earlier lane closures. this is southbound 101. cleared but still heavy traffic in that area. same story for southbound 101 north of oakland in san jose. this crash is in the clearing taej stages as well but still backed up behind it because of it. here's the case in 80. along most of the 880 corridor in the east bay from oakland down to union city fremont we don't have any major issues to tell you about there. here's the golden traffic moving smoothly heading into the city and early this morning we saw one of the right- hand lanes in the northbound direction closed off with the cones but it looks like that has now been re-opened and traffic is moving smoothly. time now is 6:20 and let's check in with steve paulson. >> we have a lot of fog kind of moving around a little bit around fremont on mallory avenue. also down in morgan hill. our good friend chris henry. look at that mug. the mug of a frustrated weather guy, because he wants rain. hang in there, chris, it will happen. we do have a little bit of fog showing up. more so than yesterday by far. afternoon sun then clouds will continue to increase. pretty mild to warm down towards santa cruz. capitola. rain likely late saturday into early sunday. weak high pressure is building over as the clouds will continue to filter through. so we get some morning sun. jesse collin young song. and then we'll have some afternoon clouds. 40s on the temps or 50s. oakland, berkley, san francisco, 50 degrees. close for others. livermore's down to 42. some fog kind of dancing around scott valley. one south san jose oopgs 42 and santa clara's in there as well. capitola is already a mild 49. so is monterey. 38 in lake tahoe and speaking of there was a little rain up there. high elevation snow in the last six hours . these are mild systems they're not cold systems so snow will be very high from the system coming in on the weekend. same up in mendocino county. and that's going to be the theme on saturday. that system right there works its way towards us. we'll then cloud it up and get some rain and that system looks like it's going to do what many have already done. give some pretty good rain. again, up to the russian river. south of that. i just don't think it will be too much of hlt upper 50s, 60s if that fog is firmly implanted over your castle it might be tough to budge to get up over the 50s that will be some mild conditions. again, i wouldn't cancel any planes. wile you're snoozing getting your beauty sleep we'll get some rain not much going on yet. >> thank you steve. it is now 6:22 and the state department says more pregnant women are coming to the united states to give birth. up next, the new restrictions designed to reduce what's being called birth tourism. >> and controversy surrounding the grammys the reason the top executive is on leave and why she says the entire ceremony is rigged. welcome back to mornings on 2. a massachusetts woman sent woman for her boyfriend's suicide has been released. michelle carter served 11 months of her 15-month sentence. she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2015 decide of her then boyfriend. after carter repeatedly encouraged him n life. she was released for good behavior. >> she was very active in programs from the time that she started. she got involved in education programs. she got involved in our work programs. >> she now begins five years of probation.. help is available for anyone dealing we motional issues. we want to let you know the national suicide hot line is available 24 hours a day. it's 1 (800) 273-8255. the crisis hot line is also available by texting 741741. the trump administration's new rules to make it harder for pregnant women to travel to the u.s. on tourist visas is now in effect. the stricter rules require pregnant women to prove they are visiting the u.s. for reasons other than having their baby. oakland's lake te.mescal will be closed to all fishing, swimming, and other water activities. visitors can still walk around the lake but should avoid touching the water. the park district will open the lake once the tests show it is safe. . democratic presidential candidate tom steyer is in the bay area. up next the way he's trying to call attention to criminal justice reform and other issues. >> and preparing for the super bowl, what's expected today as the 49ers hold their last practice in santa clara before heading to miami. from ktvu fox 2 news this is mornings on 2. >> and here's the opening bell. can you see it? usa softball ringing the bell. inspiring people about the sport and right there in the center is salinas native and they're talking about summer olympics in tokyo. so congratulations ladies. love to see them. all your business news coming up in today's dollars and cents. good morning. thank you for joining us here for mornings on 2. january 24th i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us on this friday. wondering what it looks like for rain coming in. i try to listen. >> you're busy both of you. thank you. a little bit of fog out there not just north and east. also around fremont. we'll go up to near the sierra there. rain has eased up. yes, rain, not snow. cloudy. and calm with .07 in the bucket so far. you know, see i have to add a lot of these tweets to make sure. there was on twitter a picture of santa claus in december and it says i've seen your tweets, i know what you're getting for christmas. there you go. i'm just kidding. that was on me paul but i have to clean up your tweets a lot of the time. there's your rain. we get some fog and then we'll get increasing fog throughout the day. highs will be mild down towards the santa clara valley. there will be more rain on the weekend. look for highs in the 60s. we'll have more on this system in 10 minutes. all right. allie's here. >> that's in the clearing stages and now we're going to the opposite end of the bay area. far north bay solano county because we mentioned that earlier crash. now there's a crash in the back up. the new one at westbound 80 east of highway 12. multiple vehicles involved. from there we'll check your eastern contra costa county commute. the usual slow traffic in the westbound direction of highway 4 from pittsburgh through bay