Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News Early Edition 2012112

Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News Early Edition 20121121

In five minutes. Steve, weve had commute problems already as we look at the commute pictures here. This is a light looking 237 as you drive through, but weve had slow traffic already and also weve had some standing water that is causing problems. Moving along eastbound 580 in livermore near greenville road we have a truck accident blocking three lanes eastbound. Fortunately it is not in the commute direction but the traffic is going to be slow in the area. At 5 00 lets go back to the desk. Police investigating a death in oakland overnight and Stormy Weather may have been a factor. Ktvu alex savidge is live near the rock Ridge Shopping Center where a dive team found the body of a man who fell to his death off a steep cliff. Alex. Authorities believe this man lost his footing. He went out looking for his lost cat behind his house last night and because the weather was wet last night, the ground was wet, he likely slipped and fell off of this steep cliff we will show you here. His house sits at the top of the cliff. He likely fell off of this cliff into this water filled rock quarry that is right behind the shopping center. Its believed that he drowned his body was found earl lid this morning after a fivehour search. A rescue team from the Oakland Fire Department launched that search just after 7 00 last night when the mans friend reported him missing. The mans flashlight was found about halfway down the hill by authorities but there was no sign of the man himself. Rescuers put a boat in the water and repelled down the side of the cliff looking for him. Eventually the Alameda County sheriffs dive team began an under water search and just before 1 00 this morning divers found the mans bodies at the bottom of this old quarry about 30 feet below the surface of the water. Battalion chief told us the rain may have played a role in this deadly accident. Its raining and its wet back there. So this person may have gone back looking for their cats many times. But today because of the weather, may have lost their footing and fell in the water. Reporter the Fire Department says this man may have fallen as close to 100 feet down into the water. Firefighter says they did end up finding a cat on the hillside of this quarry. They believe it belongs to the has been who died here last night. They are not identifying the man who died last night. They are only describing him being in his late 50s or early 60s. Live this morning in oakland alex savidge. Time now 5 03. Roads are still wet. It rained hard and steady all night causing a big mess out there on the roads. Several spinouts and fender bender have been reported and a lot of drivers had no choice. They had to drive slower just to keep from losing control. At the airports a real nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Ktvu Christien Kafton is live at sfo right now. There have been major flight delays so how is it now christien . Reporter you know what, we were inside earlier and its looking pretty good right now. There is a lot of activity that is starting to pick up at sfo as you might imagine only the day before thanksgiving. You can see a lot of vehicles here and take a look you can see still a lot of wet roads as the cabs pull in and drop people off and folks drop folks off at the airport. Its still raining this morning. And not the thing Holiday Traveler want to see as they head out to the holiday weekend. Ktvu camera was there early this morning as delayed passengers collected their luggage. At least 81 flights were canceled yesterday due to rain. The low cloud cover yesterday forced the airport to shut down one runway and alter flight patterns. They restricted the number of run rays to number of flights to 27 per hour as opposed to 90 flights per hour. Its one of those things that you know, it happens. Bad luck i guess. Reporter yeah very bad luck. He was on that delayed flight from phoenix. Seven hours. We were inside sfo a a few minutes ago and had a chance to take a look at the arrival and departure boards. Things seem to be moving very smoothly. We saw a few delays. One from fort lauderdale. Another from boston. Of course, it is early today so there hasnt been an opportunity for those delays to start stacking up and cause a major problem. As you can see there is rain here. We heard about the possibility of other weather delays throughout the country. Well be monitoring that and the flights in and out of sfo and the other bay area airports so we can let you know exactly how your Holiday Travel may go today. For now we are live at sfo Christien Kafton. Happening now we are also keeping an eye on the thanksgiving travel rush in the south bay. These are live pictures right outside ofmy theta san jose. For all travel information stay right here with us throughout mornings on 2. Well also have more information on ktvu news at 5 00 and 6 00 tonight. New this morning a bomb exploded on a city bus in tel aviv as the fighting continues between israel and gaza. The bus was passing military headquarters when the bomb went off. At least ten people were hurt. There are reports that a man brought a package on a bus. That package exploded after he got off the bus. This is new video of secretary clinton meeting with the palestinian president in the west bank this morning. Coming up at 5 15 the chances for a negotiated end to the fighting. Time is 5 05. 26yearold Jonathan Wilbanks is facing charges of murder, attempted murder and robbery. He and another men are accused of four robberies. And a deadly attempted carjacking and a shooting that injured a Police Officer on friday night. The two were caught on Surveillance Video at the 7 eleven where the man was shot and killed by the suspects. A reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the second man. Berkeley High School Students are bringing weapons to school or coming to campus under the influence. 10 of Berkeley High School Juniors in the California Healthy kids survey reported bringing a weapon to school this year. That is actually down from 15 who said the same in 2010. Now the number of 11th graders who came to school under the influence of alcohol or marijuana that number also fell to 35 . That is down from 55 in 2008. Law enforcement agencies are urging drivers to obey the laws of the road. Nearly 40 of all fatal collisions involve an impaired driver. The chp will be under maximum enforcement. Time now 5 08. Sal, it was still raining hard when we came in so we know what the Road Conditions are. Its slippery and its not good. Its not good dave and claudine. As a matter of fact, weve had a lot of spinouts. Weve had a big rig that spun out. Still there in the lanes. The traffic is not really busy because that is the noncommute direction. But it will be there for a bit according to chp. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza it is light coming into San Francisco but you can see its wet there. It could be raining there now. Its not i cant really tell from this picture. But certainly it is wet on the roads. And if you are driving on 237 westbound and eastbound you can see traffic is moving along okay. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Our system is moving through. Our observer mike 1. 18 on the rain total. It looks like the back edge of that front is moving closer. There is splash and dash activity to the north. So not done yet. There is still plenty they dont have a lot upstream but there is still come. It looks like a lot of cloud cover, fog probably misty and drizzly. But still there is plenty to go here. You take a quick look here from marin county into San Francisco and daly city and oakland. That is pretty steady. There are a few breaks in it. The rain is not that heavy. Occasionally there is bursts to moderate to heavy. It looks like finally a back edge toward san mateo and into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Our system moving through but you can see there is still enhancement taking place. I think were in for a cloudy day here and morning rain and tapering off to drizzly light rain. Windy up in the hills. Partial clearing later. Partial clearing later. Very mild. Were in the 50s right now to 60s. Wouldnt take much to get to about 57 degrees warmer. That would be it. This that is not a cold system. Its raining up in tahoe. Partly sunny and cloudy on thursday. There will be bigtime night and morning fog in the valley. Coast and most of the bay and peninsula look pretty good. A little warmer. Although cooler sunday and monday. Three suspects are under arrest in connection with armed robberies in oakland. How tracking software on cell phones led police to the suspects. Warning from the fed chairman to the president and congress about that fiscal cliff. Pretty rainy on san mateo bridge and the weather could also effect flights into and out of sfo. Well have more of that coming up. Could end with adding a close friend. The lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. This is the pursuit of perfection. Brings light and fragrance together, to create a mesmerizing experience in your home. Try the new color changing candle. Something in the air wick. Welcome back. Time now 5 13. President obama is back at the white house this morning after his whirlwind trip to southeast asia. Here is video the president returning to joint base andrews in maryland after midnight last night. The white house says the president trip was successful in showing that asia is strategically important to the u. S. Especially as a trading partner. And the white house says the president s visits to myanmar and cambodia demonstrate how the u. S. Example can influence other countries. Ben bernanke is pushing congress and the Obama Administration to work out an agreement on the deal to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts. Bernanke says without a deal, the fiscal cliff could trigger a recession next year. Congress has to act by january 1st in order to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. Secretary of state Hillary Clintons efforts to help broke aerocease fire in the United States is fading breaker a cease fire in the United States is fading. There are reports this hour that israelis are stepping up air strikes in gaza in retaliation for this bus explosion in tel aviv. Israelis are calling it a terrorist attack that hurt at least 18 passengers anaphia bystanders. Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton who was in egypt just issued a statement saying the u. S. Strongly condemns the attack and ready to provide assistance that israel requires. Secretary clinton is calling for a cease fire but also trying to negotiate a longer term solution. The goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. Reporter prior to the bus pomming, there were hopes bombing there were hopes for a cease fire but now it seems like the attack was a major set back in the efforts to deescalate the violence. Reporting live from washington, d. C. Alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. Now in the middle of the crisis a 13yearold israeli boy comes up an invention. How the boys new app could end up saving lives. The missouri mother who told police his son was plotting a shooting massacre at a Movie Theater is talking for the First Time Since her son was arrested. Her son recently asked if he was a failure. Her son blake was plotting to attack at a Movie Theater in boulevard during the new twilight movie. Investigators say the man had recently purchased two assault rifles and 400 rounds of ammunition. Tracking software on cell phones helped Police Arrest three suspects in connection with two armed robberies. Police say the suspects demanded a womans cell phone at gunpoint monday night. Right on webster street. Then they robbed a different woman just a few minutes later on shafter avenue. Tracking software led them to 13th avenue that is where they arrested the suspects and recovered the cell phones. Jim harbaugh will be peppered with quarterback question. Many fans want collin to start fulltime after his sterling performance monday night. But the native doesnt want to cause any friction on the team. Both he and alex smith are playing well and adds he will be disappointed if he doesnt play more but wants what is best on the campaign. The department of health aims to distribute condoms across the city. It would provide health centers, high schools, office buildings, and nightclubs with condoms. The department of health wants to investigation more than invest more than 200,000 on the safe sex materials. Huge increase compared to the condom budget in 2008. Lets check back with sal. I know you want everybody to drive, drive, drive carefully. There have been a lot of solo vehicle accidents dave and claudine. People losing control of their cars. There are so many i couldnt mention all of them. But i will mention some of the major problems somewhere. Eastbound 580 at greenville road jackknifed big rig. Its effecting westbound traffic as well as people take a look at it. Eastbound greenville road three lanes are blocked with an overturned truck there. Actually its a jackknifed truck. We have a solo spinout northbound 880. Weve had a lot of spinouts all over the place. I want to mention that there is a house fire in San Francisco in the bay view near thomas and, ingalls that could have started with a car that started on fire first. We have a lot of fire units heading to that scene right now. And theyre arriving. Im hearing there there is fire in that building. Lets go out and take a look at the toll plaza. It is light so far getting into San Francisco. And on the east shore freeway, westbound 80 traffic is moderately heavy already. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A very good morning. Decent rain. 13 inches so far to the north. Lesser amounts south. The system is moving south. And there is enhancement taking place. A little break between but it will be a misty drizzly morning. A warm system. Its raining in tahoe and tricky the last time i checked. Rather windy to breezy for some. It looks like rain tapering off toward the north. Around clear lake and also into hidden valley. A little bit of rain there. That is not too much. But still its there. Head down toward the north bay and more cloudy than rainy from santa rosa to petaluma. It looks like they are through most of it. Fair field, vacaville getting the rain. Toward the east bay you can see lafayette, san ramon still in line for that rain as it moves through. The edge is right along the golden gate bridge. It looks like on the san mateo coast things are calming down a little bit. Pretty good rain starting to pick up even down toward south bay and Santa Cruz Mountains from woodside although it looks like san Mateo Woodside there is a back edge right there. Still pushing off toward Mountain View. System gets a little enhancement here. But we are just about done with it. Mild, windy to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Ben lomond has picked up rain. 60s on the temps. Really, really mild. Well see the rain end after probably into the morning hours. Then partial clearing but ill tell you there will be very thick fog. Keep that in mind as we go into the holiday weekend. European markets are mixed this morning after german chancellor said there is new hope for a deal to help reach out of its financial markets. Taiwan and south korea bucked the trend with losses of less than 1 . Markets open a little more than an hour. Lets take a look at how they closed yesterday. Dow was down about seven points. Nasdaq up and slightly. This morning we are waiting for numbers on the labor market and consumer confidence. But futures are flat. We will keep an eye on those markets for you and let you know when they open. A 12 prop drop in the price of Hewlett Packard stock. Massachusettsive accounting errors. That forced the company to charge off nearly 9 billion. That is the second largest writeoff. There are confirmed reports the fbi and Security Exchange commission are look into the issue. I always dreamed of being a basketball player but cant. There is a young guy he didnt just break a College Basketball record he demolished it. What this young player did last night it may keep him in the record books forever. And the historic traditions that continue on the top of mt. Diablo this year. Despite worries it wouldnt happen. Look at you guys with your fancyschmancy uverse high Speed Internet. You know, in my day you couldnt just start streaming six ways to sunday. Youd get knocked off. And sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. Thats sixty seconds, for crying out loud. We know how long a minute is sitting, waiting for an album to download. I still have back problems. Youre only 14 and a half. He doesnt have back problems. You kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now uverse high Speed Internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. Rethink possible. Time now 5 24. The historic beacon on mt. Diablo will be in service on pearl harbor day. There would be worries that the light wouldnt be used this year. But enough work has been completed by volunteers that yes it will shine again. By the way a few pearl harbor survivors plan to be on hand for the december 7th ceremony. A lot of people in israel are turning to a new tool to warn them of an incoming missile attack. Its an app called color red. It was developed by a 13year old israeli boy. He lives in the town that is often targeted by palestinian rockets. The app alerts people when there is an attack comi

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