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you know if it's blocking anything. live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. there is still a wind advisory for the san mateo bridge. >> kristen: it is a monday, thank you so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. a man is being held in the san mateo county jail accused of backing on a cockpit door headed to san francisco last night. authorities say he fought with a flight attendant and other passengers had to take action. terry mcsweeney is live. >> federal investigators are interrogating this man. it is disturbing he had a yemini passport. his city of residence unknown but he did have a california i.d. on him. take a look at the situation outside sfo. a flight 1561, 30 minutes out of san francisco over modesto and again, the man is one identified as having get up out of coach, heading toward first class. he rushed, is the word he is using also he rushed the cockpit door and started screaming. >> the passenger proceeded to the front of the aircraft and began to bang on the cockpit door. the flight air ten can't asked the passenger return back to the seat. when he refused the flight attendant put his hands on the passenger and physically pulled him away from the door. >> asked for help and got that help from the flight attendant as well as two passengers. one a retired san mateo police officer. person was arrested, injured a bit in a scuffle. keep in mind this happened hours after a continental flight had to be diverted to st. louis after a passenger tried to open the plane door. it happened at 35,000 feet, a note saying bomb was found on another flight. the situation here they are trying to figure out what his connection to any terrorist organization may or may not be. he did have a yemini passport coming into sfo and he does have a california i.d. we're waiting to get more information and possibly federal air marshals coming up. >> kristen: investigators in the east contra costa town of oakley are trying to determine what started an overnight fire that caused major damage to a family home. the fire broke out shortly after 11:00 last night. flames were shooting out of the second floor of the building. firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to asierra sent homes. there were no injuries. fire officials say no one was home at the time of the fire. tonight, the san carlos city council will decide whether to lower salaries for firefighters. the plan approved last month calls for the city and redwood city to combine to make a new fire department. our media partner reports that city staff recommends cutting pay 5% lower to put san carlos more in line about other cities. they also recommend reducing vacation and other benefits. >> ciarlts are gathering in the state to begin a journey to sacramento. they are planning a week of high profile activities to urge lawmakers to take tax concessions into their own hands to save schools. >> you may see your teachers in the classroom today but you'll see them in downtown san francisco boarding buses and heading to sacramento. teachers say they feel it's their duty to get into the faces of lawmakers. really let them now how drastic the situation in the state's public schools. they want lawmakers to extend the taxes on sales, income and vehicles otherwise they warn of a shortened school year and massive teacher layoffs. the governor has been calling for a special election so the voters can decide on the taxes but the teachers say lawmakers need to be the ones that take action on this issue. the republicans believe the schools can be funded without raising taxes and they point to the $2.5 billion the state now has in unexpected state revenues. they say that money should go to the schools. expect to hear a lot about all all week long. they have a week protests planned, you'll see them from sacramento to shopping malls. they have all kinds of demonstrations planned to bring attention to this issue. >> kristen: u.c. regents are thinking of tuition and charging more to attend more popular campuses. u.c. berkeley and ucla and less to attend campuses elsewhere. they are seeing state funds forcing tuition hikes and layoffs. opponents say the idea is inherently elitist. nurses plan to end a five-day strike against oakland's children's hospital. they held a mother's day brunch while they continued to protest. nurses are protesting a hospital proposal to change their health benefits co-pay system. they will reduce coverage for them and their families. hospital officials deny that. they say the nurses are making demands that are out of touch with the hospital's economic situation. >> it's 5:07 and below average temperatures and probably pretty high wind speeds. let's check in with mike. >> cool conditions will persist, it will be cooling down but not quite as cool as yesterday and not quite as windy but stuck in the tail end of that that air mass. we're looking at temperatures 24 hours ago until now in half moon bay and antioch are the same. everybody else at least 3-11 degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning. that puts napa at 39 degrees. 42 in santa rosa. mid 40s for san rafael and fairfield. 40 in los gatos and 43 in redwood city. everybody else to near 50 degrees. afternoon hours, sliding down the jetstream could spread scattered showers mainly the north bay. your temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, possibly 70 in santa rosa. mid-50s throughout the bay shore and to the south bay, upper 50s to near 70 degrees in the east bay valleys and along coast, breezy with upper 50s. 50 in monterey. mid to upper 50s for the rest of the monterey bay and low 70s as you head inland. accu-weather seven-day forecast, two warmest days are tomorrow and wednesday. that means temperatures barely back to average before the cooling trend begins on thursday and culminates with cooler than normal weather. even a chance of shower on sunday. good morning. better news about the crash in oakland. it's been cleared, northbound 880 past the coliseum. nothing slowing you down. live shot of san mateo bridge. earlier we did see signs of warning drivers of a high wind advisory. it doesn't look that windy out there. traffic is fine, westbound is on the right. also head to the golden gate bridge for you. very nice and quiet commute this morning. out of marin county heading into san francisco and also 101 on the peninsula is delay free if you are heading toward sfo. headlights moving toward san francisco, southbound is good all the way down to the south bay where it is also a very good commute. no accidents reported right now in the south bay. we're talking about prices of gas. when we can expect a significant drop of gasoline prices. also, their own version of torture and the influence that facebook is beginning to have. amazing technology developing right here in the bay area that could bring amazing details to what you watch on tv. ♪ [ female announcer ] we all want cleaner laundry. we all want a world with fewer chemicals. we all want the 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price is 4:24. >> sony play station users have to wait longer to play online games. they missed its own weekend deadline to restart online gaming services. company needs to do more tests on security improve in the wake of a massive data breach. hackers got into accounts exposing personal information and even posting some on line. facebook is playing a role in what news gets spread online and to share and recommend content. a new study released this morning for excellence of journalism facebook a averaged 3% of traffic to 21 major news sites. it's small compared to google. google pushes about 30% of traffic to the top news sites but facebook could eat into google's dominance as the social networking giant influence grows. >> they are making extremely high resolution videos with consumer cameras. they call it the giga time machine. here is the drive to see better. >> its highest resolution you can view. it's painted with only 2 million pixels. this movie is made of billions of pictures. you can continue to zoom in while zooming in. >> you can do it over long periods of time and when you look at it with an interface, a giga pan website you can pan around. >> they developed the technology jointly with randy sergeant's create lab. each movie is composite of dozens of hd videos by playing at the same time. it pan the lens while it is taking the images, hence the name of gigapan. anybody can punch in the number of views and locations. robotic camera mounts are available to anyone online in a variety sizes for all kinds of cameras so you can enjoy gigapan technology in a web browser, you can make a time machine movie yourself and show it online. >> the server can play them over the internet because it streams only the part of the movie you have zoomed in. that is the secret part. thanks to powerful modern computer processors and a new web technology called html 5. when combined with time lapse, you can zoom backward and forward in time and space. >> people will be able to come back and answer questions they might have. >> they call that the gigapan time machine. >> san jose sharks failed to wrap it up at the tank and will head back to detroit for game sticks. sharks led a 3-1 lead get away from them last night. red wings scored the winning goal with six minutes left in the game. stunned sharks still have a less commanding, 3-2 series lead in their western conference semifinals. >> at least the giants game wasn't torture yesterday. it was windy at the ballpark. >> a lot of fans out there. let's take a look show you what is going on today. we'll still have the weather spill into the week. it won't be quite as cool as it was yesterday but still well below average. nice look from downtown san francisco all the way out to some of the lingering clouds in central valley where it is raining east of sacramento. who is on the transmission this morning. that was beautiful pan, it's peter. peter, that looks good. let's talk about the temperatures, 39 in napa. 42 in santa rosa. mid to upper 40s in most other neighborhoods. half moon bay, oakland, fremont and antioch around the monterey bay, monterey 50. 53 at salinas and mid to upper 40s for watsonville a, gilroy and santa cruz. so cool and breezy today. stray shower especially across the north bay. warmest afternoon tomorrow and wednesday. another cool weekend with more rain possible. we still get some rain during the month. mid to upper 50s in the south bay. san jose, 74 degrees is average they are only 66. heading up the peninsula, dropping down to low 60s by millbrae. breezy mid to upper 50s around the coast. downtown san francisco low 50s. north bay valleys, mid to upper 50s with a stray shower sets in. 70 possible in santa rosa. upper 50s at your beaches and low to mid-50s along the east bay shore. see a few clouds develop in the north bay blow in the east bay valleys but the rain should hold off the carquinez straits. same thing with gilroy upper 50s. monterey bay, low to mid-50s. clouds will clear out. mid to upper 40s and low 40s around livermore and some of the north bay valleys. area of low pressure pulling away taking most of the cold weather with it. behind that, this high pressure is going november in and when it does that is when we're going to see some of the warmer weather that will develop tomorrow. notice we only get back to average barely before the cool weather returns on thursday. more clouds, friday, saturday and sunday and temperatures, low 50s inland by sunday? that is incredible. >> good morning everyone. a lot of road work being cleared from antioch but westbound 4 is starting to slow as you make your way from lone tree to leverage then through redwood city it is moving well. -- walnut creek it is moving well. east shore freeway, in berkeley. westbound traffic looks great. 19 minutes the drive time from the carquinez bridge. it's also smooth ride in the north bay for drivers heading through san rafael. southbound traffic out of novato is crowded but light enough to go the speed limit. and 101 and 880 headlights on north 101 and that is north 880 moving across your screen. get traffic when you want. go to abc7news.com. next, the disturbing discovery some grieving families made on a mother's day visit to a cemetery. and the eye-opening exhibit today that will change the way you think about the earth's rip tiles is opening today. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. good monday morning, 5:24. a look at the airport. a little breezy out there today. whether there is delays we'll check later on. major story from sfo the airlines flight when an unruly passenger approached the cockpit and other passengers had to subdue him. we'll have live from terry mcsweeney. >> a new research that puts accident rates as any other previous study. they found 1 in 38 children have some sort of autism ranging from severe to other. that is more than the previous estimate. many children are not being diagnosed because they are slipping by in the mainstream tests. >> a new exhibit at california academy of sciences is just for you. big star of the exhibit is a 15 foot long python. his name is lemon drop. you can see why the name. he is missing the dark pigment that would help him hide in natural environment and better off in a secure cage that keeps him safe from people. >> we are trying to create a connection that people that view the exhibit and animals and their wild spaces. >> the summer of slither features 60 other snakes and lizards on loan from the zoo in new york. if they were placed end to end they would stretch the length of a football field. go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >> 5:25. next at 5:30. why pg&e are telling residents in mountain view and antioch not to panic if they smell natural gas this morning. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport. it was terrifying but was it terrorism aboard inbound flight last night when a passenger rushed the cockpit door and had to be restrained. the story coming up in a live report. >> i feel terrible for what i did. >> also a san jose city councilman's apology after a weekend arrest. and president obama reveals what went on behind the scenes in a raid that killed terrorist mastermind, osama bin laden. >> if you are traveling today, most of the country than us. phoenix, 79 and upper 80s to 90s st. louis and dallas. that comes with the humidity that could spark some showers, even some strong thunderstorms from minneapolis to chicago and st. louis. no delays but when they develop our flight tracker will have them. go to abc7news.com. i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport. federal investigators involved in trying to figure out if it was a terrorist attempt on a jet coming into sfo. i'll tell you about it. more coming up in a live report. i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco where teachers will be soon boarding buses and heading to sacramento. they plan to teach lawmakers a lesson. >> here is a live look from downtown san francisco. windy, chilly, raw weekend is over. small warming trend before more of that cool weather is on the way and we'll throw in couple of chances of rain. >> the wind advisories from san mateo bridge was recently cancelled. right now no accidents or stalls to slow you down. bay bridge toll plaza is looking good. >> 5:30 and thank you so much for starting with us. i'm kristen sze. a string of security scares in the air. the latest on a flight approaching san francisco, a yemini man tried to storm the cockpit and had to be subdued by passengers. terry mcsweeney has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: this flight out of chicago coming into sfo, half an hour out when 28-year-old man was a yemen passport, california i.d. surges toward the cockpit door, screaming and pounding on the door. joining me now is a sergeant of san francisco police department. he gets up out of coach, runs toward the front of the plane, we pick up the story what happened hand how was he stopped? >> the report that i have, went to the first class cabin area where he bypass add flight attendant who was working there and continued on to the cockpit door where he grabbed on to it and begin yelling. at that point the flight attendant asked him to return to his seat. he refused to return to his seat. flight attendant did grab him and try to push him away from the door. he also called for help. another flight attendant arrived as well as two passengers and the four of them were able to subdue this passenger using some flex handcuffs that the flight attendants have for these types of incidents. the fact he was put into a first class seat and helped him arrive at sfo around 9:12 last night. >> what people want to know, is this person with a yemen passport related in any way to terrorist groups? >> there is a federal agency involved trying to develop the motive of why this occurred as well as san mateo county sheriffs and san francisco police department. i don't have any liberty to say this is a terrorist act. the investigation is ongoing. >> reporter: thank you very much for taking a moment to talk with us this morning. i do want to mention, two other incidents, one a passenger tried to open a plane door at 35,000 feet over the midwest. another flight bound for san diego had to be landing on albuquerque because of a note found on that plane, the word said bomb. the investigation underway into both of those and certainly into the one out here. it happened last night in san francisco. educators are up early this morning and gathering in san francisco kicking off a week long campaign in state of emergency to get lawmakers to break a political logjam to further hurt california schools. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with more. >> teachers say the situation is dire and they say they have no choice but to go to sacramento and confront lawmakers. teachers have declared a state of emergency. they have protest plans for this entire week. they say they want some of the current taxes extended and say if they aren't, teachers will be laid off. that will mean larger class sizes and a shortened school year. republicans are pushing back on the tax issue. they believe we can fund education without raising taxes and they give the example of the unexpected $2.5 billion the state now has in additional tax revenue. republicans say give that money to the schools. the governor's office warns that costs are expected to go up, too. that money will be used in other ways. governor brown has been pushing this issue to voters. teachers are going to push for legislators to take this into their own hands and vote on it themselves. that is why you'll see them at capital today. you'll see them everywhere. they will be in shopping malls. they want to bring the issue to the forefront and want it addressed as soon as possibl

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