Incouraging but said the use of chemical weapons is a threat to americans. We have coverage tonight, gauging reaction. We begin with ken wayne on the president s first address in two years. Reporter the president wasted little time explaining why the Syrian Regime should be held accountable. The images from this massacre are sick ening. Men, women, children lying in lines killed with poise an gas. Reporter president obama said that syria has admitted it has chemical weapons and theres ample proof that president Bashar Alassad used gas on their own people. They distributed gas masks to troops and fired rockets from a regime controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clean of Opposition Force snooze the president said failure to act will lead to the spread of chemical weapons by other dictators. Our troops would face the prospect of Chemical Warfare on the battlefield and it would be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and attacks civilians. He said that military action would be limited. A targeted strike, deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading president Bashar Al Assads capabilities. Reporter he said no Ground Forces would be involved. I will not put american boots on the ground in syria. Reporter in closing, the president urged members of congress and all americans to watch disturbing images of the victims of the gas attack. And ask what kind of world will we live in if we see a dictator violate International Law with poison gas and we choose to turn the other way. Reporter the president wants congress to postpone the vote on military action while a possible diplomatic action with russia is being pursued. The u. S. Military will keep up its pressure on the Syrian Regime and ready to act if other measures fail. President obama still has not secured congressional support for the strike. Congressman ran paul differed the republican response and says that the plan does nothing to stop the syrian president Bashar Alassad. The slaughter goes on and he has a conventional weapon advantage in syria. House mine or the leader nancy pelosi said that in part the president justly made clear that the threat of military action remains on the table, even as he pursues a diplomatic solution. The president made an emotional appeal to skeptical americans. She asked people whether the president was purchase persuaded. Reporter some said that they thought the speech was eloquent but he failed to convince people and dispointed others saying it was too little too late. The images from the massacre are sick ening. Reporter more than 300 people packed the room in San Francisco, listening intently to the president s call for a strike on syria. I thought the speech was very balanced. I thought it was a good approach. I thought it was just too late. We should have done something a long time ago. He was forceful. He gave a very good speech. But i dont think its going to change anything in washington. Reporter many said that president obama failed to persuade them. He almost convinced me. Theres too much that we havent done. I feel it would be doing more harm than good. And thats why he did not convince me at all. Reporter this bay area syrian says his friend was two killometers from the attack in syria. He is disappointed that the president is not taking a stronger stand. Assad has to be punished for what he did. My friend saw the children, he saw bodies on the street. We dont need to make any more enemies in this world. Reporter a vigorous discussion after the speech lasted for more than an hour with syrian activists and a former pentagon official. A syrian says that he is pleased that the president is soft ening his call for a military strike. I think he will focus more on the diplomatic solutions. Reporter one expert says that president obamas call for ideals doesnt match the plans for a limited military strike. I dont think he helped his case to be honest. Reporter that expert of stanford says whatever the u. S. Does moving forward, there should be more focus on humanitarian aid to refugees in surrounding countries. And at ktvu. Com we posted more of the address tonight. Just look for the special crisis in syria section under hot topics. On our facebook page, tell us what you think about u. S. Action in syria. Join the conversation at ktvu channel 2 on facebook. Azidessing fell on the mountain, firefighter said they stopped the spread of flame and the fire is now 60 contained. Because of the major progress fighting the flames, tonight cal fire lifted the Evacuation Order for dozens of homes. Ktvu carol lou is live with residents as they returned home this evening. Reporter the roadshave been reopened and as people were returning to homes, they saw signs like this, it said firefighters rock. His beloved guitar helped scott get through the last few hours of a twoday evacuation. The morgan fire forced him to leave on sunday with little more than the clothes on his back. He was allowed to retrieve the guitar and a few essentials today. I cant wait to get home. The cot was soso. Reporter cal fire lifted the Evacuation Order at 6 00 tonight. A friend drove scott from the temporary shelter back to the rv park. I had to leave in a hurry. Its kind of messy. Its good to be home. Ill tell you. Reporter his neighbors, including Patricia Wellman and her cat daisy, say it was a relief to see their home still stand. It was a little scary because we kept seeing the orangey smoke above the ridge there. And we didnt know really if the wind was going to change, it could come in our direction. Reporter the ability to come was particularly meaningful to scott who has had a lot of ups and downs. Whether youre in a 5 bedroom house or rv, its home. Reporter he moved here only a few weeks ago hoping that the quiet open spayings would give him a fresh start. It is finally startingto get on my feet again. Its a good feeling. Reporter cal fire says better mapping and a more thorough count helped revise the number of homes that were threatened. Only 75 homes had to be evacuated and all of those people have now been allowed to go home. And more details now on the morgan fire. Firefighters now say that fire has burned 3,243 acres. Thats actually down from the estimates yesterday. Also tonight, cal fire updated the containment. The fire is now 60 contained. The cause is still under investigation. And firefighters say they expect to have the fire controlled by the 17th of this month, which is one week away. Our cameras got a look at some of the firedamaged areas on mount diablo today. Power lines had fallen and could still be energized. At the picnic area, an outbuilding had burned to the ground. But the flames stopped at the summit before reaching the communications towers. If those towers had burned, it could have caused a major blackout and Radio Communications in northern california. Tonight at 10 15, two fire houses targeted by thieves. The thefts that firefighters discovered after returning from the front lines. A Los Angelesbased company is purchasing the fresh and easy grocery chain. There are about 15 stores in the bay area and 150 stores around the u. S. Billionaire ron burkells is buying the chain. Details have not been disclosed. An employee at the San Francisco store said she heard that store will close. There is also a rocket effort that the San Jose Store will be closing as well. Awakened with a bang. It wasnt the site of the flames but a loud sound that unsettled entire neighborhoods. The explanation that we received tonight. Fog rolling in. How much cooler will temperatures be tomorrow. An east a showdown in richmond tonight over the controversial plan to use Eminent Domain to help struggling homeowners. Heather holmes is live at the City Council Meeting where a lot of people gathered to voice their concerns. Heather. Reporter in fact so many people that tonights movie was moved to the auditorium. As expected, the novel idea of using Eminent Domain to take overthe underwater mortgages is generating lots of debate. Reporter to me, what is happening snoot auditorium is packed as the Richmond CityCouncil Considers a first in the nation plan to fight foreclosures. We are going to stand up to wall street and for our community. Reporter the mayor is leading the effort to use the citys Eminent Domain powers to take over mortgages of more than 600 homeowners currently under water. It is not an option to stand on the side lines waiting for the next wave of foreclosures. That is the risk that is really confronting us. Reporter but councilman bates says if the plan moves forward, richmond will be at risk of losing financially. As long as the city has the potential Eminent Domain, were not going to get Financial Institutions willing to lend us any money. Reporter banks have already filed a lawsuit. Bates plans to vote to kill the idea. We just are looking for a principal reduction. Reporter they have a 416,000 mortgage. The recent county assessment shows that the house is now worth 130,000. He says that he has asked the bank to modify the mortgage but has been given the runaround. The citys plan is the best chance to keep the house. It will be refinanced down to the market value which would make it affordable. Reporter they question the use of Eminent Domain in this way, a power that is usually used for sidewalks, roads and other projects. What is next . Are they going to take my house and decide they would like to have a vegetable garden there. Reporter i just checked and there are still about 50 to 60 speakers left to go. It will be a late night tonight and a late vote. Reporting live tonight in richmond, heather holmes. And more details now. Wells fargo and the bank are asking a federal judge in San Francisco to block the proposal on grounds that its unconstitutional. A hearing on the case is set for thursday. A bill that would enhance the safety of limousines is moving forward. Its the result of the limo fire on the bay bridge that killed five women. It calls for limousines that carry fewer than ten passengers be required to have two push out windows and rear doors. Drives would need to instruct passengers about the Vehicle Safety features at the beginning of the trip. The bill passed the Assembly Today and now returns to the full senate for approval. One half of the bay bridge could get a name change as early as tomorrow or possibly by thursday. As we have been telling you, the western span could be called the willie brown bridge after the former mayor. The name changing measure will go to the state senate tomorrow or thursday. It passed the Assembly Last month. A 46yearold fremont man is behind bars accused of going on a rampage with his car. Police say the 46yearold slammed into several parked vehicles around 8 30 last night. Investigators say he then sped away, hitting and injuring an elderly woman in the process. I dont know if this is correct video. Officers say that the pursuit ended when the suspect crashed his vehicle into an apartment complex. He was then booked into the jail in dublin and charged with dui and felony hit and run. Hundreds of firefighters have responded to that fire on mount diablo. Ktvu has learned while some of the crews were out working, their fire houses were broken into. Ktvu christian captain tells us that thieves hit stations 3 and 7 in walnut creek and took some items that are irreplaceable. Were thinking that they pride this door open pried this door open here. Reporter he returned to the station on sunday afternoon to discover a burglar had targeted their station. Once you go out there and protect other peoples property and you come back and find that your own was broken into, its hard to take. Reporter the burglar made their way into the station and then to the dorm area. This is one of the areas that they broke into, one of the captains quarters. Reporter the burglar pried open lockers like this one looking for valuables. Something didnt look right. I looked for my. Ipad. It was missing. They took my watch and ring. Reporter not just any ring. My wedding ring was taken and so was another firefighters ring taken. We had an attempted break in. Reporter hours later someone targeted station 3, trying to break through this window. The crew was in quarters at the time and the captain was asleep in bed when he heard somebody trying to pull off the screen two feet away from him. Reporter the firefighters scared that person off and now the county is looking to stop other breakins the Fire District says newer stations have security measures in place to discourage thieves and looking to retrofit older stations to make getting into areas like this more difficult. In walnut creek, ktvu channel 2 news. Calmer winds are helping firefighters in has at that county to get the upper hand on a wildfire there. The clover fire is burning near happy valley. That fire has destroyed 30 homes and forced about 600 people to evacuate. It broke out on monday and is now 40 contained. A significant cooldown today. You noticed it out there. Temperatures 10 to 15 degrees cooler today than yesterday. The fog has pushed up into the napa valley. A big fog footprint tonight. That means a slightly cooler day again tomorrow. Its windy out there as well. Temperatures in the mid to low 60s inland. Then along the coast, we have upper 50s and low 60s. As you go through the bay area, micro climates just like today but slightly cooler. Look for 70s where there were mid80s. As we get into the hot spots in the low and mid80s. If you look hard in the inland valleys, you may find 80s. Most spots low 80s, upper 70s. Slightly cooler day. Back here at 10 had 45 00, things are cooling down. Then it will warm up again. I will tell you what to expect in the fiveday forecast with the weekend in view. The city of hercules honored a 29yearold former wrestler as a hero when he kicked down a door and ran into a burning building to save an elderly neighbor. Joe says that he was on his way to play golf on july 20th when he noticed a home on fire. He says because the garage door was opened, he figured there was probably someone inside the house. I was banging on the door as hard as i could. No one came. I kicked it open and went through the rooms and found him in the last room. I was just as surprised to see him as he was to see me. The 78yearold had been sleeping in a back bedroom. He brought him outside and then realized that do did not speak english and couldnt tell him if someone else was in the burning home. So he then went back inside the home to make sure it was empty. Do joined him tonight at the ceremony and said he was very grateful. What a special story. Remarkable young man. When you can get apples two new iphones. Plus it was like a jet engine, a volcano and a locomotive all together at once. At 10 30, we investigate the source of mysterious sounds last night that lasted for hours. But [ maragno ] if the car was invented today, it would run on the most Affordable Energy source available. It would charge overnight. Every morning, youd wake up with a full tank, ready to go. If the car was invented today, it would be the 100 electric nissan leaf. 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California can soon become the first state in the nation to ban lead bullets for hunting. The action is heading to the governors desk. Supporters say it would protect wildlife that feed on the remains of those killed by lead bullets. The bill passed the assembly by a vote of 4427. The governor received several bills today that would tighten the rules for gun owners. One measure would require them to store weapons if they live with someone who cant own a weapon because of Mental Illness or a criminal record. A bill would require gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons within 7 days. Police today released dash cam video of George Zimmerman being detained after his wife called 911 saying that he was threatening both her and her father with a gun. This Video Shows Police ordering George Zimmerman to walk backwards and then get on his knees before they handcuff him. Hours after the 911 call, zimmermans estranged wife told investigators she actually did not see a weapon during the dispute. The couple separated last month after he was acquitted in the Trayvon Martin killing. She was reportedly at his home picking up her belongings with her father. Barbara lee is known for her opposition to military action, including a military strike against syria. If confirmed by the senate, she would attend the General Assembly session that begins next week. She would still represent the east bay in congress. On wall street, stock markets rallied again toda