Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News Early Edition 2013111

KTVU KTVU Morning News Early Edition November 18, 2013

Traffic. Steve, the weather changing any . Yes, it is. Mondays high today 58 to 64 but that is not the bigger story. It will be the cloud cover finally working its way in here. Pretty decent system right there. Its tapped in moisture right there near hawaii. Today we start off with patchy fog but very, very cool readings. 39 for napa. Now a lot of 40s. Livermore looking at 44 degrees. We will go for 63. 62 by 2 00. It will be cloudy. It cloud up here early in the afternoon. Temperatures will definitely start total. San francisco not much different. 58 for a high today. It will start off with a little bit of sun but then it will get cloudy. Increasing clouds. A little bit of patchy fog. Generally some sun in the morning and clouds in the afternoon. Rain by late this afternoon and leavening. Rain to the north. Highs today 50s and 60s and getting cloudy. Here is sal. Steve, we are looking at the commute and for the most port it is nice. We do have that one major problem. Lets start off with the toll plaza first. The traffic will be looking okay if you are driving approaching the toll plaza. Now we have that problem in oakland that we talked about. Here it is on the roof camera. Southbound 880 as you approach out of downtown. Basically across the freeway. And i will put it on a map to show you. 880 southbound right here before the 16th avenue exit. Its in an area before 16th. That is where the crash is. Ktvu Paul Chambers has been there for a good length of time and he tells us what happened in this deadly crash. Paul. Reporter good morning. I will tell you first as you can see it is down to one lane here. Its happening right before the northbound 16th street onramp or off ramp as sal just said. Basically they said there was four vehicles involved. Basically two of them were unrecognizable. Now chp said this happened before 1 00 this morning. Two vehicles a bmw and a big rig were driving northbound on interstate 880 when they were going at a high rate of speed. They were going northbound on 880 and hit the big rig at an undetermined speed. It bounced along the freeway, jumped the Center Divide wall and went head on into the suv there. Reporter the driver of the bmw was said to be in his 40s he was going about 100 miles an hour when he collided with the driver of the crv. The driver in the crv were in their 70s. They took away the cars a little bit ago. You can see cal trans is out here cleaning up. Once again we do know that two people died in this fatal accident. At this time chp says its unclear if there was alcohol a factor in this. They will figure that out during their investigation. We will stay out here and bring you the very latest. Live in oakland im Paul Chambers ktvu channel 2 news. Time is 5 04. Police in santa rosa want the publics help. They are investigating a suspected gang related stabbing. The victim an 18yearold. Alex savidge is joining us live from santa rosa with what we know from this attack. Reporter good morning. The departments Gang Crimes Team is investigating this attack and trying to find the group of young men who left an 18yearold with several stab wounds. That victim was found here where we are right here right along gardener avenue. And the victim was found right behind Lawrence Cook middle school. This is in the roseland area. This young man last night was rushed to santa rosa Memorial Hospital although police say that his injuries are not life threatening and he is expected to survive. That teenage aerotold police he was attack teenager told police he was attacked, punched by several people. He had a couple friends in the area that did not participate. It was more or less seven on one. Reporter that group drove off in an older model silver honda odyssey. Similar to the one we are showing you right now. The young men behind this attack are described as hispanic in their late teens or early 20s. I asked why this particular victim may have been targeted and he told me the young man may have gang ties at some point in time. Live this morning in Santa Rosa Alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. At least six people in illinois are dead after dozens of tornadoes touched down in the midwest. Powerful winds, hail, and flash floods roared through illinois and five other states leaving homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. Many say the storms hit so fast that there was barely time to react. My husband came back. I said i dont know what to do. And we just stood in the hallway where there were no windows and held each other. Reporter president obama was quickly alerted. Fema is sending teams into the effected areas. One tornado was actually caught on camera as it closed in people started to pray. This video shot in washington, illinois which was hit by a large extremely dangerous tornado. As you can see at least two people were killed by that tornado. And 31 others were hurt. In peoria, illinois two local tv news anchors were on the air in the middle of a newscast when tornadoes headed for their station. If you are in the path of this cell, now is the time to take shelter. Get to your basement. Get to the center most portion of your home and take cover. I am hearing things right now. I think we may need to take shelter right now ourselves. Yes, we do. We need to go off the air. We will be back when we can. Oh boy. Everybody inside that tv station made it to shelter. They were not hurt. In chicago nfl football fans of the bears ravens game they ran for shelter when that bad storm hit. The stadium was evacuated in the first quarter. Fans ducked for safety under the concrete concourse. After two hour delay the fans were allowed to go back to their seats. The game continued. Despite that long delay, the bears beat the ravens 2320. That severe midwest weather caused major bay area travel delays. Early this morning the last of the delayed flights ended at sfo. We are told everything was back on schedule. It was a different story yesterday. People waiting for hours for flights to and from the midwest. People arriving describe dark skies and horizontal rain as they were taking off. Oakland and san jose airports are also not reporting any delays. If you want more information on the Severe Weather in the midwest including seeing pictures of the damage and destruction, go to our channel 2 website ktvu. Com. Click on the images tab. This morning the new fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel getting its first real test. Thousands of east bay commuters heading through the new bore for the first time including our very own Steve Paulson. He said it was great. Its designed to speed up traffic for the more than 160,000 people who travel through the tunnel every day. There are now four lanes of traffic open in each direction at all times for people driving between oakland and orinda. San franciscos District Attorneys Office reportedly investigating a possible cover up in a drunk driving case involving a city fire firefighter. After he crashed his ladder truck into a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was seriously injured. Todays chronicle reports the da is now looking into whether quinns fellow firefighters traveled to cover up the circumstances surrounding the crash. Time is 5 09. Happening today a Senate Hearing looking into Virtual Currencies like bit coins. The hearing follows a shut down last month of the drug dealing website called silk road. Transactions on that website were made using bit coins. That is a Digital Currency that can be used anonymously. Bit coin has been used on child pornography sites. Ha lawyer will testify it has a possibility to open the Digital Economy to poorer societies all over the world. 5 09 is the time right now. Two women shot outside of a nightclub in San Francisco. And what may be a targeted attack. The new information were learning about the woman who survived that shoot. Also football fans storm the field. Why the celebration ended with a trip to the hospital for several people. Good morning. Right now we still have a crash on 880 in oakland heading south its blocking most of the lanes. You might want to think about alternates. Ill have those for you straight ahead. Expect for about two or three minutes of rain around a week ago. It has been a dry november. But look at that. Were new to town. Ells. Welcome to monroe. So you can move more effortlessly. We want to open a new account checking and savings. Well we can help with that. We tend to do a lot of banking online. You play . Yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely. And feel at home more quickly. Chase. So you can. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. New information about two women shot in San Francisco over the weekend. One woman was killed and police say the woman who survived is under police guard at the hospital. It happened yesterday outside of a nightclub near sixth and jesse streets. Just after 2 00 a. M. Two women were shot as they sat in their car. Both were taken to the hospital. But one died. A man who did not want his face shown on camera says he saw the gunman. He shot in the car on one side and went around and shot again. So it looks like he was targeting. Yes. Pointblank. We talked to other people in the neighborhood who say the area is known for drug problems and prostitution but say things have improved since the substation opened nearby. The search for suspects and the investigation continues. California is on track to approve gun sales for a Record Numberover people this year. As of november 1st the California Department of justice has processed 780,000 background checks for gun purchases. That puts the state on track to beat last years Record Number 817,000. Experts attribute the rise tour gun sales. Has a new challenge this morning. Todays vote comes after mayor ford raised eyebrows this weekend. He went to a canadian Football Game even though a League Commissioner asked him to stay away. Mayor ford admits he smoked crack cocaine but denying claims that he sexually harassed staffers or hired an escort. New york yankees star Alex Rodriguez starts making his case in his battle against major league baseball. Arod is expected to accompany his lawyers to the new york city offices as it opens the first day of his defense. Not clear yet if arod will testify. Rodriguez is appealing his 211 game suspension for allegedly using performance enhancing drugs. It was a scandal involving several other baseball stars. Arbitrator is expected to rule on arods case sometime next month. Three fans were treated for injuries after a usc upset stanford. Fans flooded on to the field after the clock ticked down. The most serious injury is a broken ankle. Paramedics say two other fans were treated for issues related to high Blood Pressure and diabetes. All three were briefly hospitalized. Stanford had been ranked fourth but slipped to ninth after that 2017 win by usc. Time is 5 15. Lets bring sal back. We still have a major problem on 880. That is right that is 880 southbound between fifth and 16th. Just south of the jack london square. You can see it here on our camera that is mounted in jack london square. Southbound 880 as you head down to 16th. Its narrowing down to one lane. I want to put it on a map here. You should be expecting slow traffic. But i also want to show you alternate route which is not even you probably already know this but just take 580. I didnt want to use that arrow. Lets use this arrow so i can draw along the freeway. Because i can. 580 all the way out to 238 would be much better. Big rigs are allowed on 580 until 6 00. Lets take a quick look at the toll plaza westbound and you can see traffic here is light on a monday. 5 16 lets go to steve. Thank you, sir. A very, very good morning. Today morning sun. Rain returns tomorrow. What . It sure looks like it. Remember we havent had much in the way of any rain. The streets could be very, very wet. And by that very, very slick because there is a lot of oil that is built up. San francisco will not be very warm today. I went 58. But 57 cloudy skies later on. Temperatures today will really struggle coast and bay. Inland they might warm up a little bit. Rain returns tomorrow. And maybe my click her return today. There we go. [ laughter ] im just one man. Increasing clouds. We have fog though. San to rosa 33 and fog. Yet 50 in San Francisco if there is a huge difference. Again we get morning sun. And then the system will begin to work its way in. Antioch 44. San jose is 45. Santa rosa points north will definitely start to you will see this the clouds will roll in here pretty fast. That will really put a cap on some of the high temps today. Its kind of tricky. If you can get the sun until noon you have a chance to hit 60. If not you will stay in the upper 50s. Sunny in the morning and then fog or sun. And we will see that system sweep in. Heavier amounts will be north. Far stress south. 25 in tahoe. 36 ukiah. This is a warm system not really a cold system but at least its bringing in rain. Not much today until late tonight. By tonight north bay starts to get in on that. Over night tomorrow morning we will talk about rain. Probably all the way into wednesday. There will be another impulse. Fog, sun. A lot of clouds starting to come in. Again for tomorrow morning that is your best bet. Morning sun. Some fog. And then afternoon clouds. We will go cloudy. It will be gray skies coming. 50s and 60s. It will be very cool here for some. A little bit warmer out toward pittsburgh and antioch. But 59 alameda. Upper 50s and low 60s. A little better toward morgan hill. 50s or very low 60s. Not much of a spread between the coast. Cloudy and rainy on tuesday. And then after that it looks like rain kicks in. We will get an offshore breeze. My old girlfriend will be back in town. Offshore flow. Thank you, steve. Banks may get more time to come ply with the vol core rule. That rule is designed to prevent banks from making risky bets that benefit them but not their customers. Economists paul said it played a key role in the recent financial crisis. Checking in on our numbers. Gains across the board on friday. The new records for the dow and s p and the nasdaq the highest level since the 2000. Com bubble burst 3985. Right now futures across the board indicate slightly higher opening. Traditional thanksgiving dinner will be a little cheaper necessary year. The American Farm bureau says the average turkey dinner for ten people will cost 49. That is down about 44cents from last year. Im still eating them. Thinking about thanksgiving dinner. The 49ers their new stadium already leads a league in one very important category. But why critics say the team is involved in a deceptive power play. Typo. Thats what our Insurance Agent said. What is happening with Flood Insurance rates and how its forcing some homeowners to think about new banks. Look at this. Europes most active volcano it will up the skies near sicily. No evacuations were ordered. Eruptions of lava and ash like this are common. The last major eruption was in 1992. In japan workers taking a crucial first step today in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima Nuclear plant. Workers have started removing radio active fuel rods from one of the four Nuclear Reactors there. This is expected to take five years to remove all of the fuel rods. It may be decades before that plant is fully decommissioned. A sudden spike in Flood Insurance rates have pushed some homeowners to move. They just got a Major Overhaul in congress. Storms like Hurricane Katrina has caused the program to go 24 billion into debt. A new law to keep the Program Sustainable is coming at a huge cost. I will not continue to live here if there is not a new resolution. Sandy parsons rates have gone from 2100 to 12,600 a year. She says some of her neighbors rates have gone up even higher. One claiming its now 40,000 a year. Fema says rates have changed to reflect true flood risk. Some Congress Member are pushing to delay some of the rate hikes. Were finding out more about plans to redevelop oaklands jack london square. The San Francisco Business Times say the developers submitted a plan to build two housing towers with 655 apartments. The towers will be more than 20 stories high. Some of the sights under c include the corner of broadway and em bark door owe and embarcadero between harris streets. The university of california released a new list of online courses. This is all part of uc online. Its an initiative that the uc system started last year. Each class will be centered at a particular campus but the students will also be able to enroll. The list includes 20 new classes. All considered high demand under grad courses. Five of the classes will be based out of uc berkeley. Time is 5 26. A satellite image on google of the murder of a 14yearold teenager. When i see this image, i feel like it happened yesterday. What one bay area family is doing to get that image removed. We are live in palo alto where city leaders will decide whether or not Police Officers should wear cameras. Well tell you why the department wants them. Good morning. Right now on interstate 880 southbound you will still see lanes blocked as they clean up a fatal crash investigation. Well tell you more about the morning commute. As you know it has not only been a dry calendar year but a rainy start to us. Look at that rain on the way. Well take a look and see how much. Good morning. Welcome back. Ktvu channel 2 morning news. Live pictures. This is from our rooftop camera. Major, major problems. Three lanes still closed right now after a deadly crash. At least two people killed. Three lanes still closed. Ktvus Paul Chambers is out there right now. You can see how backed up traffic is. Stay tuned paul will have a live report coming up. It is monday november 18th im

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