Pilot today, after having toxicology tests. They will check out the ship and they will revisit the environmental conditions on the bay yesterday at noon when the 751 oil tanker, you can see it right there, anchored between Treasure Island and alcatraz and sideswiped a tower of the bay bridge. Look where it sideswiped the tower, closest to the island on the San Francisco side. It damaged the hull. This is a doublehulled ship. But this is being described as close call by the environmental groups. The currents are moving fast and a lot of damage can happen when oil is on the water. Abc7 has come up with information on the bar pilot. He is 61yearold guy kleess with 30 years of maritime experience mostly on oil tappers for exxon and became a bar pilot in 2005 and in 2010 his license was put on hold because federal regulators denied a request for a medical wave. We do not have details on the medical condition. That will come out in the next few days and weeks as the investigation into his performance yesterday continues. Another factor could have been the fog. We are told it wasnt there and it came on strong and suddenly yesterday here on San Francisco bay. Thank you. The damage to the bridge is superficial. The fender designed to protect the towers did its job clearly. We were there minutes after the 750 long tanker sideswiped the sixth tower of the western span. The ship and the fender system were damaged and cal tran did a safety evaluation and say the damage only amounts to a scrape and no repairs are needed to the bridge. Abc7 was the first to report the Ship Collision and we tweeted the news after it happened. Follow us there at abc7 news bay area. Right now we have a slide show with pictures of the damaged ship and the bridge support the man accused of pouring gasoline on his girlfriend and setting her on fire is jailed in San Francisco this morning on attempted murder charges. Our reporter is like at st. Francis hospital where the victim is fighting for her life. Amy has more on his capture. Amy . She has a long recovery ahead of her. Her family says now they can all feel safe. Her sisters said they felt very nervous when Dexter Oliver was out on the run. They say they were looking behind their backs. He now is in jail. Police arrested him last night around 9 00. They found him in a hotel in oakland and police say he surrendered peacefully. He is accused of setting the 25yearold starr lamare on fire. The mother of low was dating oliver. It was a horrific scene on sunday afternoon. Starr lamare ripped off her burning sweater while she was running and screaming. Her sisters say starr lamare argued over the laundry with oliver he got gasoline and poured it on her and lit her on fire. Her family says she has burns to her family and she could be in the hospital for four to five months. Dexter oliver is now in jail and police plan to charge him with arson and attempted murder. Thank you, amy. Man who sped away from San Francisco police on new years day is due in court to face two counts of murder, the driver smashed into another car at 21st and ran into the front of a store. A woman in the car and a man on the street were both killed. District Attorney Says that the 19yearold is charged with murder because there is in violence caused by violence of the reckless actions of a hand who is known gang member. Oakland are trying to track down two bank robbery suspects. Here are felt photos at telegraph avenue at 49th in december, they were wearing baseball caps and dress shirts. One detained the Security Guard and another took money from the teller at gunpoint. This is a reward of up to 2,500 for their arrest. Google executive schmidt is touring north korean Computer Centers during three day humanitarian trip. This is new video of schmidt on the left with the red scarf with former new mexico governor richardson on the right on a guided tour of a University Computer laboratory in pyongyang. Schmidt is an advocate for Internet Freedom and says this is in no official capacity for google and the United States state department has objected to the not korean trip. Spare the air day now and the fog we expected this morning did not materialize. Your drive could be easier. We will check in with leigh. We have fog but it is moving around. Live doppler 7 hd showing no moisture out there to speak of. But you can see it is another chilly morning with 37 in napa and santa rosa and San Francisco is at 47. San jose is 42. We have 37 in livermore the visibility map showing this is moving around and the National WeatherService Canceled the advisory for the north bay and east bay possibly too soon with quartermile visibility and half a mile and the north bay with independence pa and santa rosa less than half a mile and livermore reporting quarter mile. As we progress during lunch time hour temperatures will warm and we will have hazy sunshine and warming into the low 60s. By 4 00, a few more clouds move in overnight we will look for the clouds to thicken up and temperatures drop by the 7 00 hour. There is very dense fog and highway 4, between antioch and pittsburg has a handle on it. We have abc7 traffic app with very thick fog between antioch and pittsburg and westbound highway four could be sluggish but that is typical leaving antioch headed toward concord. This app is free to navigate your commute downloaded from apple app or google play. And eastbound dumbarton bridge, the road work will be picked up at 6 00 a. M. Today with in significant slowing. Yesterday we had dense fog advisory but it is reported clear. Road work northbound 101 near San Francisco airport to south San Francisco down to two lanes road work until 7 00 this morning. The bay bridge toll plaza is very light conditions and fogfree here with no metering lights and it is a smooth ride into San Francisco on the upper deck. Thank you. An abc news exclusive what former arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is demanding on the 2nd anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage. Driver tries to pull away from an east bay restaurant. What happened next sent four people to the hospital. But the americas money report. Good morning. Topping americas money, clearing up more of the housing meltdown mess. Ten major u. S. Banks are agreeing to pay 8. 5 billion to settle charges they unfairly foreclosed on millions including bank of america paying more to fannie mae to settle other claims. The huge Insurance Company bailed out by the government can now sue the government, New York Times reportsage reports that a. I. G. Said their shareholders were cheated. And mcdonalds is going to serve chicken but it is clear when1 good morning wow. Want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious . Youre a talking bee. Honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. And it tastes good . Sure does right. Wow. Delicious, right . Yeah. Its the honey, it makes it taste so. Well, would you look at the time. Whats the rush . Be happy. Be healthy. Walnut creek, campbell, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone, 5 13 on Tuesday Morning, this is live at a picture of High Definition from the rooftop camera toward the Ferry Building and the bay bridge and Office Buildings in San Francisco with in fog here but we did not get the quality of fog we expected anywhere. Leigh glaser is here, yes, leigh glaser, with the forecast soon. The second anniversary of a mass shooting in tucson, arizona, the targeted was congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and she now is taking a stand against the violence as the healing continues in connecticut and colorado. Now we go live to washington, dc. Good morning, kristen. Gabrielle giffords is on a mission on the 2nd anniversary of the tucson shooting she and her husband are launching a campaign to curb gun violence. Survivors from tucson have not abandoned the push for change joining hundreds at a service praying for new laws. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was among those badly injured at the shooting two years ago, traveled to connecticut on friday, where she and her husband, mark kelly, met with families of the victims of the Elementary School shooting. The first couple we spoke to that took out a cell phone showed us a picture of his daughter and i about lost it. Gabrielle giffords is launching a National Dialogue to End Gun Violence told abc in an interview airing tonight that the country must take action. When it can happen to children in a classroom its time to say enough. Both sides of the gun debate acknowledge that something must be done but little has changed in the two years since tucson with 30,000 People Killed by guns each year. People are running out of the theater. There has been tragedy after tragedy from the Movie Theater massacre in colorado, to connecticut. The f. B. I. Reports a record 2. 8 million background checks of would be gun buyers in 2012, a 49 percent increase in one year with new regulations on the horizon some stores can not keep up with demand. I told 300 guns in 2 1 2 weeks. We figured out every 15 to 20minutes someone came in to buy a gun. At 10 10 tucson residents will ring bells to remember the shooting. Reporting live from washington, dc, for abc news. This could be a symbol of resilt conference but not everyone was happy with the visit to connecticut. Who was upset . That is right. A connecticut state representative posted on facebook page, Gabrielle Giffords should stay out. She later clarified saying she didnt mean to be sentencive to Gabrielle Giffords but she didnt want anyone to exploit the Elementary School shooting for political purposes. Her words. Thank you from washington, dc a lawsuit filed by a former suspect in the giants fan beating case has been thrown out after a beating outside dodgers stadium in 2011. He was cleared of the attack saying his rights were violated when the home was searched during the investigation. The judge said he was never charged so he had no case. Two other men were eventually arrested and charged in the beating. Now are expected to recover after being injured by an s. U. V. That plowed through a restaurant yesterday at the italian cafe. You can see the damage. The driver of a cadillac was trying to back from a parking space but had the s. U. V. To drive when he pressed on the accelerator he crashed through the dining room and out the other side of the building. The most severe injury was a broken leg. The driver was not hurt. 5 17. Now at look at the weather forecast. Chilly. In the 30s. But a big cold snap will hit the bay area thursday and friday. We will talk about that in a moment. A beautiful shot this morning. Better visibility. This is from the High Definition looking on the bay bridge. You can see San Francisco. If you are headed out right now santa rosa is 37 and napa is 37 and 47 in San Francisco. We have 45 in oakland and 37 in livermore and 42 in shows and 41 in los gatos. Dense fog is not so widespread as yesterday morning but reporting stations in the north bay showing reduced visibility less than a quarter of a mile in santa rosa and novato is better at 1. 5 visibility but livermore quartermile visibility there. This is moving around, and dense fog advisory have been canceled in anticipation of it lifting early. This afternoon we have warming but cooler temperatures headed into wednesday and thursday. Here are the highs, warmer, 63 in campbell and 62 in san jose and Half Moon Bay in the upper 50s and low 60s for palo alto. North bay, 61 in met plume and 62 for novato and oakland, hazy sunshine as the fog lifts in the 60s and 62 in east bay and redwood is 60 and 60 if concord and delightful. Enjoy this because big changes and High Pressure protecting us today but look what will move in the next 24 hours, a blast of cold air and possibly a few drops will move our forecast time at 5 00 a. M. On wednesday, you can see a cold front slowing pushing south so maybe a slight chance of a shower mainly in the north bay tomorrow and on thursday the cold air comes in and temperatures will be hard pressed to get out of the 40s. Here is the sevenday outlook, lows tonight in the 40s can accweather sevenday outlook shows a slight chance on thursday but you will notice much colder temperatures on thursday and friday. Traffic now with sue. Smooth driving eastbound or westbound 80 beyond university the overcrossing and emeryville getting busy but the speeds are at the limit into mcarthur maze and the bay bridge is looking good. The san rafael, northbound, beyond lucas valley road, and beyond the sick civic center, clear here and the Golden Gate Bridge is looking good but where we have a problem with fog and between antioch and pittsburg. You can see speeds westbound are slowing. Eastbound, that is road work, until 6 00 a. M. This morning. And the westbound commute is still under 20 minutes moving from antioch to concord at 242. We have a car in a ditch southbound 101 the ramp to the expressway, so the car is off the roadway and they could get a tow truck to get the car out of there. If you are traveling this morning, commuting is a great way to go with all mass transit on time, no delays at this time. Kristen and eric . Good advise because it is spare the air day. And Jimmy Kimmels big move as he prepares to take on a knew time slot. Scientists get the first look at a monster from the deep what they thought was a legend is good Tuesday Morning at 5 24. A live look at the san mateo bridge, tail lights headed west to foster city and traffic moving fine. You do not see the dense fog from yesterday morning. Remember, it was a blur . I do remember. Less foggy and the temperatures and the cold blast coming our way in the not so distant future, leigh glaser will have that and we have traffic. Speaking of traffic, eric. Yesterday it was not qualified as a blur, but the problems are being exposed by berkeley researchers along with researchers from Massachusetts University of technology. A relatively few number of drivers cause the majority of traffic jams commuting from outlying communities jam streets near the freeways creating a ripple effects that stalls track. 350,000 drivers tracked through cell phone and g. P. S. , some of the most congested traffic is on the 101 corridor in south san jose and other problems are 880 around hayward and 580 and 680 split and 101 also near san rafael. Big change for the Academy Awards, for the first time in 4 years the host of the oscars will announce the nomination. The host will join emma stone to reveal the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards and has not been done since heston in 1972. You can watch it live right here on abc7 morning news on thursday and we will air the oscars on february 24. Time to look at the weather forecast. Leigh glaser is here to tell us about the chill in the air. The chill is in the air. Hole the chill is in the air. Napa is then and then in santa rosa and san rafael is at 43 degrees and 40 in redwood city and 42 in san jose and 38 right now in antioch. You will find upper 30s to oakwood and Livermore Valley area. Here is a look at what we have been watching all day long, the visibility this morning is starting to improve around novato and toward petaluma and visibility this morning, less than half a mile now starting to improve and we have 8 mile visibility in oakland and seven mile visibility in san jose. So this is floating around and causing traffic problems on the east bay highways. Visibilitywise it is, between antioch and pittsburg on highway 4 so we have a big dense fog advisory. South 101 the offramp to the expressway is blocked with a car on the road in a ditch and the tow truck is on the way. You can see the red sensors right in the area so we will find slow traffic on 101. Elsewhere in marin county, road work northbound and southbound it will be picked up in 30 minutes between mill valley with rolling lane closures as they do the repaving. Thank you. The discovery what and Japan National museum caught a squid in the National Habitat with eyes the size of dinner plates and it took 285 hours and 55 submarine dives to depths of 3,000,000 feet or doper to get footage of the giant squid, the favorite food of great permanent whales and their battles have been subject of books for years. They are also cast as see sea villains. The first footage of the amazing creatures from the deep. Banged up and broken, part of the bay bridge is rammed by an im tanker ship. Next, why it could have been a lot worse. Cutting californias prison population live from the kgo Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. It is 5 30 so up and at it. Well start again. Can we just push a button and restart . 5 30 is the time. Someone needs another cup of coffee. I am eric thomas. We are up and at em, leigh glaser has the forecast. Live doppler 7 hd, up and at emthis Tuesday Morning, no returns to talk about but we will talk about how cold it is, especi