Reporter were live in san jose where police are searching for a man who tried to snatch a little girl out of her out of her mother earless. Well tell you about the brazen attack and tell you what police are doing this morning. A chopper tragedy in england overnight. What weve learned about the accident that briefly caused panic all over great britain. Oaklands police chief shouted down during a heated latenight meeting at city hall. The big issue what will happen next. Also, the big speech begins in just two hours. President obama will unveil a plan that is sure to fuel the guncontrol debate. Mornings on 2 starts right now. Well, good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Its wednesday, january 16th. San jose police are investigating a bold kidnapping attempt of a 2yearold girl outside of her home. Ktvu eight janine de la vega is in san jose and talked with police a short time ago. Janine, what did they tell you . Reporter a Police Spokesperson told me hes checking in with detectives right now to see if they got any tips overnight. Now, they are taking that attempted kidnapping that happened here on dale court very serious. They say the man was pulling on the childs legs so hard, that her shoes fell off. This all happened around 5 40 yesterday afternoon. This was near south white and aborn. A mother said she was playing in the front yard playing with her siblings and the man made a comment that she didnt like and she tried to pull her away. Its very turning. Its a brazen act on her part. Without locating him, we dont know what his mental state was but obviously the mother felt the need to pull the child away from her. Reporter the mother was able to hang onto her daughter and run into the house. The man was last seen walking away on paven drive. Police canvassed the area looking for the man but they came up emptyhanded. The man is described as being latino, between 20 to 30 years old. He was wearing a red baseball hat, jeans and a lightcolored shirt with yellow stripes. The mother also said he smelled like you a omotive oil automotive oil. The police said they are trying to make up a sketch of him to show to the media so we can show you a better glimpse of him. They are also hoping that people call into the Police Department for with tips if they have any information 0en this case on this case. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, janine. The president is expected to outline several executive actions he can take without congressional approval and then he will lay out the measures he wants congress to tackle. The president is expected to call on congress to ban assault weapons and limit highcapacity ammunition clips. Coming up at 7 15, well have a live report from our washington, d. C. Newsroom with a special guest who will money the join the president as he makes his announcement this morning. Developing news out of london, england this morning. A Helicopter Crashed on a crowded street right during rush hour. Ryan flores live in our newsroom now to show us these incredible pictures and tell us what happened. Weve been following this story all morning long. At the time of the crash, it was very foggy. The pilot tried to land at a nearby airport but he didnt make it. Of this is new video coming in just after the Helicopter Crash. Two people are dead. 13 injured. They have not been identified. You can see the flames on the roadway. People on the streets, just in shock. News reports, the Helicopter Crashed into a crane atop a luxury complex in central london, south of the river timms near rush hour. Officials say the pilot was the only one on board the helicopter and began his flight in southwest england, he wanted to land in heathrow. He didnt make it. The other person killed, was in close proximity to the site. We believe a commercial helicopter 0en a scheduled flight has collided with a on a scheduled flight has collided with a luxury high rise. The helicopter came down and london paramedics and fire were there within minutes. One of the 13 injured, we understand, is in critical condition. Officials also say there was nobody inside the Crane Operating it. The focus will remain on that crane to make sure parts of it dont fall into the street. They also say helicopter pilots have only limited radar group and fly by using the ground reference points. The accident doesnt appear to be terrorrelated. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. A small group of redwood city boat owners ignored a midnight deadline, they are still docked at petes harbor. 144 tenants there, received eviction notices. While most of the tenants left, a few still remain. Seven of them have been given more time to move out while a few hours say they have no choice. They will defy the eviction orders. Not the best time for this. Its been record cold for the last fewer days. The inner harbor will be a private marina with residential units that will wring a lot of activity here. The developers now plan to build a 411unit apartment complex along with private boat slips. A Menlo Park Police officer, still on the job this morning despite reportedly soliciting a prostitute for sex while on duty. The mercury news reports police were checking on a 32yearold female parolee in february of 2011. They say they found 48yearold officer Jeffrey Kenneth vazquez naked in a hotel room with her. He reportedly told officers he had an hour to kill while serving a subpoena. Vazquez was charged with a misdemeanor but that charge was later dropped. 7 07. The water is back on for people in berkeley after crews repaired a broken water line overnight. The east pay municipal district said an 8inch line ruptured at 7th and cedar yesterday around 5 00 p. M. 36 customers were affected but the service has been restored. 7 07. If you have to go to the toll plaza right now, sal, a lot of company. Yes. Westbound coming through. This is the peak of the commute, as you know. Coming through to the toll plaza, it will be backed up for at least a 20minute delay if you are at the end of the line unless you are using the carpool lane. All of the rest of the lanes will be slow. There are no problems on the bridge reported by chp at this time. As we look around and take a look at the south bay, 101, still busy after an earlier crash near 13th street. The crash was in the lanes for a while. They moved it off to the side but if you are driving into sunnyvale, you will give yourself extra time on 101. Its a pretty decent alternate. Its only slow near 17. The morning drive is going to be okay on the great highway. But they will start a repaving project to create a smoother roadway for the entire stretch next to the pacific ocean. The roadwork will improve Pedestrian Access to the ocean and have a promenade at the west end of golden gate park. If you drive through the area, you start to see that busy some of that Construction Equipment getting ready to do this major project. Expect delays. You can use sunset boulevard, by the way, as an alternate route if you dont want to go down to the great highway. A lot of people go down here because its such a great drive but be warned. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Avenirs morning. Sunrise. You think its cold here, crested butte, colorado, gunnison county, minus 36 this morning. Minus 36. Wow. Ced butte. Ive been there, but in the summer. [laughter] theres about 14 record lows set in colorado and wyoming. A lot of them about 10 below to 36 below. Some of the coldest air in four years will be moving into the great lakes and the northeast in the next five to seven days. For us, its cold. Upper 20s are cold. Another cold morning. A little bit warmer. Temperatures are coming up slowly for some of you. I know its not fast enough. But there is a slow warmup on the afternoon temperatures. But still, cordelia, 25. Sebastopol, 26. Healdsburg, 28. Stanford, 29. Ive seen more 29s. Concord, is 28. Livermore, says 31 but not far away its 29. Fairfield now reporting, 26. Novato, 28. Santa rosa, 28. Officially its 42 in the city. Noe valley, san jose, upper 20s. Clear skies looks really nice. High pressure has built in. Temperatures are coming up a little bit. Were getting some upper 50s to a few very low 60s but they are starting to increase a little bit as we go forward. A lot of sunshine today. Coast, bay, inland, everybody. Novato 58, 55 sausalito. Oakland, 59. Berkeley 58. Alameda 57. Same for san jose, los gatos, 55. Santa cruz, 62. Santa clara, 52. 57 half moon bay. Woodside, 54. Sunny there will be patchy fog over to form. But other than that, the bayside looks good. Tori, dave . Thank you, steve. 7 11. Happening now, we want to take you back to portland, oregon, live pictures where fire crews are trying to free a woman trapped between two walls. It looks like you can see the her hand. Her hand sticking out there as the crews are getting close. Weve been following this situation for the past hour. The womans been stuck there since 3 45 this morning. She reportedly fell off a balcony and got wedged in a narrow space between the wall of a building and a parking garage. Firefighters gave her a blanket to protect her from dust and they gave her water and were pumping hot air in the space to keep her warm. You can see the rescuer there without the helmet looks look hes very close to reaching the woman. We saw her hand sticking out from the side of the wall. So were gonna keep a close eye on this. It looks like hes really trying to pry something loose and well give you more updates on mornings on 2. They are trying to get air bags out there to ten her out. Shes help her out. Shes been conscious. They have been able to squeeze out airspace. Theres not much space in there. And if you are at all claustrophobic, the thought of it as we all are is rather daunting. So three and a half hours or so. It looks like they are communicating with her. Shes heat conscious and talking but they have been getting her water and blankets to try to keep her warm. They didnt want the dust to become too strong to try to breathe in there with a limited amount of air that she has. You can see an awful lot of activity. A lot of crews working very hard. Not sure where the balcony was where she fell. But wedged in that tight spot. They did cut some space in order to get pretty close. Even for us claustrophobic people, psychologically that would help a little bit. Yes. What a nightmare. Well keep a close eye on this and bring you updates as we get them. Again, thats portland, oregon. Well check back on that. Well, whos to blame the widow of a colorado victim in the movie massacre . Oh progressoh oh oh oh oh what do you know . Oh bacon . Oh oh oh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your story for a chance to win a progressoh makeover in hollywood. Go to facebook. Com progresso to enter. Its cold out there. It will be sunny today. Thats the good news. Temperatures, though, even in the city are in the 30s and 40s. Well end up with upper 50s close to 60. The widow of a victim from last years colorado Movie Theater shooting has filed a civil lawsuit against the psychiatrist of the accused gunman. She says the psychiatrist should have advised police to arrest james holmes weeks before the shooting rampage. A new poll shows most americans want tougher gun laws following the Deadly School shooting in connecticut. 84 of those surveyed favor background checks for those who buy guns at gun shows. 7 17. Were less than two hours away now from hearing president obamas proposal for gun law changes. He will make the announcement surrounded by children who wrote to him after the Newtown School shooting. Kyla campbell is in our washington, d. C. Newsroom where you just got a look at some of those letters. Reporter my white house contact sent me three letters from kids from around the country. One little boy from georgia asked president obama to stop violence. An 11yearold girl julia wrote she couldnt bear the not of losing her brothers and sisters the thought of losing her brothers and sisters to guns. At this mornings announcement, president obama is expected to push for better enforcement for existing gun laws. He can require keeping data on where guns are. The government stopped keeping track nine years ago. When it comes to the background, president obama can push for more sharing of information and prosecution of people who try to buy guns illegally. The president will need congresss approval to get sweeps changes made and that will not be an easy feat, especially with the nra prodding supporters in congress. Well tang a look at the nra take a look at the nras new ad tackling president obamas gun proposals when i see you next. And ktvu will bring you live coverage. Hes scheduled to make that announcement at 8 55 this morning our time. Ktvu will be streaming the president s remarks live at ktvu. Com. It is 7 18. People in the bay area are getting hit hard by one of the worse flu seasons to date. The California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco says it is reporting four times more patients this flu season than it has seen in the past two years. They say most of the cases are adults whereas other parts of the country are seeing cases among children. They add they still have a good supply of the flu vaccine. Santa rosa Memorial Hospital says a twoday nurses strike did not interrupt services to patients. The nurses walked out at 5 00 a. M. A. M. Monday morning and the strike ended an hour ago. The labor dispute involves working conditions and higher pay. Santa rosa memorial says it contracted with replacement nurses to ensure the quality care would continue. 7 19. Well, employees of goodwill set aside a donated painting because it had the artists signature but little did they know how valuable the painting was. Take a look at the picture of the blackfoot indian. It was donated in a box, among other things. Later, it was put on goodwills auction site and sold for 70,000 back in twine. It was around original 2009. It was an original piece put together by maynard dixon. 7 20. Well, an end finally to the bitter cold. Temperatures finally going up. Up next, meteorologist Steve Paulson will tell us by how much. And what a bay area congressman is doing right now to honor a young man who faced 35 years in prison. Good morning. Northbound 280. Slow traffic trying to get in the valley. Well tell you why more people are using 280 this morning. Welcome back. We saw this womans hands. I think we saw her head earlier this morning, this woman fell off a balcony and got ridged wedged into a tight space between the wall of a building. They are pulling up a gurney. Theres her hand. And apparently they called her husband in to try to calm her down a little bit. She was on a secondstory balcony of a smoking area. Some witnesses say she may have been walking on the top of a wall and thats how she may have fallen down and got wedged in this spot. You can see her hand. Its been moving quite a bit. Theyve been using air bags to try to create more space between the walls and have been pumping hot air in the space. They gave her some blankets, water. Shes aheard alert. They are making progress and were seeing more of her arm than we were originally. You can see the crews trying to guide her out. She must be wedged in their tight. Theres not much space there at all. They are trying to pump in there to try to keep her arm, trying to ease the walls back you can see him talking to her directly. Yeah. They are close but wait a minute. They are again, they initially tried a rope rescue but that didnt work. So thats when they cut the space you see now right next to her but they didnt want to get too close to risk getting too much dust in her lungs. Thats part of the reason she had the blanket to keep the dust out of there. Im sure there are people saying why didnt they knock out that concrete around her to get her out. It must be dangerous for her. You dont want anything to fall on her. This has been going on since 3 45 this morning. They are very close but again, they obviously still have a lot of work to do. Were gonna keep an eye on this rescue and try to come back to it as soon as she is out. Well bring you more updates on mornings on 2. Quite a busy morning in portland. Were busy in our commute. Sal is watching what the drivers are doing in the south bay. Thats right. We have a lot of slow traffic this morning. 101 had a crash. 280 is kind of the freeway that people are using. Northbound 101 right there there is a crash it was in the lanes for a while. On the shoulder but traffic is busy in the south bay. Moving along and taking a look at the commute here in the east bay, its been moderately heavy. If you are driving in contra costa county, 680 is okay through Pleasant Hill. A little bit of slow traffic. Westbound 24, i see traffic slowing down here on the way to la fayette and into orinda. The morning commute is slow to the toll plaza. Its about a 20minute wait there. Lets go to steve. All right. Thank you, sal. There is a lot going on. Theres wacky temperatures in lake county. Theres a pretty good breeze coming off from the geysers or copper mountain. Most temperatures around here, we get sunshine and temperatures will be warming up just a little bit. Were getting some upper 50s now, a few low 60s. 62 in santa cruz. Its a slow warmup. It will take us all the way into the weekend. What about rain, steve . End of the month. Some lows. Very cold still for us. 25s to 29. But highs are coming up. Well get a lot of 20s, 30s on the low. But high temperatures start to come up. A few upper 50s to 60s. 7 26. Troubling trend in San Francisco. Police say thieves have been targeting pharmacies but its not the money they are after. Reporter were live in oakland where the police chief is pushing for outside help when it comes to fighting crime but not everyone is on board. Well take you to a very heated and fiery city hall meeting last night. Reporter were live at San Jose International airport where the only dreamliner flights in and out of the airport are grounded today. Well show you why and how travelers are being rebooked when mornings on 2 continues. Remember rightytighty, leftyloosey. The everyday collection. By target. Happening now, we want to take you back to portland, oregon. There she is this woman who has been trapped since 3 30 this morning has just been freed. She had been trapped between two walls for about four hours. We just saw her being taken out. Shes on a gurney. Firefighters have been working to pull her out for hours. She reportedly fell off a secondstory balcony. Smoking area. She fell about 15 feet and got wedged in a narrow sp