Hypodermic needles found on the road. The cleanup effort underway. Reporter were live in rohnert park where were giving you a behindthescenes look at the brandnew graton casino. And then another boom and then another boom right after that, right after the second one. A lot of frightening details from a new jersey Shopping Mall. A suspected gunman opens fire. New developments we found out in just the last two hours. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Live pictures from newschopper2 above santa rita road in el sobrante. Traffic is shut down both ways as a hazmat cleanup is underway right now after nearly a thousand hypodermic needles were discovered on the roadway. How they may have gotten there coming up in a live report. Gooming. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve, this is a tricky forecast. Definitely on the lows. A lot of sunshine today. Mostly sunny. High clouds to the north. But the lows anywhere from about 33 to 58. Just depends if you get the east or northeast breeze. The forecast calls for clearer skies but the lows can be cold. A couple of blocks away they can be mild. Mostly sunny, sunny. It will be warmer today. Theres still the component of an easterly breeze. Livermore, 60. Concord, 40. I just saw hayward says 48 not far away. Newark, though, 38. Theres some crazy lows. Cold to mild to warm lows. That northerly or easterly breeze not as strong as yesterday. Santa rosa will start off i mean, the frost advisory never materialized in the north bay. Well go 75 in the north bay along with santa cruz and vacaville. Interesting, well have sunshine. Probably the warmest day of the week. A little breezy for two. It will be warmer. If its cold, it will rebound. If you are sitting at 60, you are talking about, what do you mean cold . Its nice. Heres sal. Right now, we do have a problem in the east bay with those needles still. Well get to that in a month. But i want to look in a moment. But i want to look at the main commute, the bay bridge toll plaza. The traffic here is backed up for about a 15, 20minute delay. Nothing out of the ordinary. But theres certainly a backup. I wanted to let you know what it is like. Once you make it on the span, it looks okay. 280 san jose, you can ciancia a couple of cars in the center divide. Its not blocking lanes but whatever it is, its slowing traffic down. It continues to slow up to highway 17 and some slow traffic. Now, then, to the newschopper2, we have live picture in el sobrante, where needles have been spilled on santa rita road near apian way and the intersection is blocked here. Between 1,000 and 2,000 needles, according to chp, were spilled on the road. We dont know how they got there. Chp doesnt know how they got there. The firefighters are being very careful with the needles. They were used and obviously they dont want anybody to get sick or poked. We dont know when they will be opening up. But alex savidge is on the scene and will have live report coming up. Back to the desk. Oakland police are searching for whoever set a young man on fire while riding an a. C. Transit bus. It happened at 5 00 on the 57 line near macarthur boulevard andardly avenue and ardly avenue. Police sources tell us the victim is 18 years old and he suffered burns to both of his legs. Right now, no word on a possible suspect or motive. But police say theres Surveillance Video from the bus. Were getting new details about the man shot last month by San Francisco police in the marina district. Prosecutors say Police Wounded 19yearold rome l nabarez after he tried to rob a man answering his ad on kraigs list. And he was facing previous charges in daly city for ads on craigslist. Yesterday, he pleaded not guilty to robbery charges during an arraignment. It was held at his hospital bedside. Hes still being treated for three gunshot wounds. Uc berkeley asking a judge to throw out a federal lawsuit by parents who say the school is responsible for the death of their 22yearold daughter and her 6yearold son. The two were in a car driven by the daughters boyfriend when he crashed into a tree. Police say he was drunk at the time. Hes now serving six years in prison for vehicular manslaughter. The parents say the school did not take steps to investigate and protect their daughter when she reported to her housing director that her boyfriend was abusing both her and her son. The school says theres no proof that report was made. Voters in antioch will be deciding today whether they want to pay more in sales tax so the city can hire more Police Officers. Supporters say a yes vote on measure c will enable the Police Department to hire 22 more officers by raising the sales tax from 8 1 2 to 9 . But opponents argue that theres no guarantee the money will be used to put more officers on the streets because the sales tax money will go into the general fund. People who live in oakland in the Oakland Hills have until november 13th to decide the fate of a parcel tax designed to prevent fires like the one in 1991 that killed 25 people. The tax pays for services that include extra fire patrols on high fire danger days, goat grazing to remove dry grass, and cutting back brush for emergency escape routes. The parcel tax would cost 78 per Single Family home and 58 for multifamily members. There are elections across the country today. Chris christie seems to be on his way to reelection. And in virginia, too, several cities are eat lengthing mayors, including new york, atlanta, boston, detroit and seattle. In colorado, voters are weighing in on a proposal to tax Legal Marijuana at 25 . The race for governor of california is still a year away but the race is starting to shape up. Coming up in 25 minutes, the republican candidates who will try to unseat governor jerry brown, including one who is launching his Campaign Today. 7 07. Happening now the last minute preparations underway for the opening of californias biggest casino. The doors are set to open in rohnert park in just three hours. Ktvus Tara Moriarty has been inside exploring the graton resort and casino floor all morning. Reporter its been bustling here. Weve seen a lot of the girls walking by. They are really excited to get the show underway. You can ciancia the decor is kind of unique and different, and in the center is a bar with a skylight. A lot of the sunlight is just starting to pour in this morning. Quite different from your normal casino. Joining me live is lori nelson with the casino to explain this great steakhouse. Lets take a walk inside. This is 630 park. This is our premiere steakhouse. Its one of 13 offerings. Its truly one of the finest rooms in the entire casino. The best use of materials have been used. If you come over to the bar itself, this is backlet court. We have everything from onyx as well as crystal chandeliers in the tining room. You can even ciancia our wine loft, 1200 bottles of wine. 75 of the wine have been hand picked from napa and sonoma area wineries. As we enter the dining room, its a beautiful classic steakhouse design. And the back wall, thats about a 30 30foot in length fireplace that lights up at night for diners to enjoy. All of the finest materials have been put together to put together the most opulent steakhouse. All of your steaks are from here in Sonoma County. We sourced from the dairies to the meats and the seafood. We wanted to have the freshest and go local, local, local. Reporter thank you for joining us. Yes. Reporter all right. So if you want to come on down, its open in about three hours. Theres already people starting to gather outside. Live from rohnert park, Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, tara. The chp will have extra Police Officers on the road for the casino opening. The big concern is northbound traffic on highway 101 backing up from rohnert park into petaluma. And the chp has another concern. Its offices are located on one of the main roads leading to the casino. That may make it hard to send out emergency vehicles. The chp says the casino agreed to open up on a weekday to try to work out any traffic problems before the weekend. This morning, theres a warning about mountain lions in woodside in San Mateo County thats after a deer was found dead on private property on woodside road. Deputies think the dear was killed by deer was killed by a mountain lion. Deputies say people should avoid hiking, jogging and biking at dawn. City officials in palo alto are moving ahead with the plan to prevent cars and trains from crossing paths. Last night, the city council took the First Step Towards building a trench between the train tracks and several submerged roadway crossings. Supporters say these trenches would make the streets of palo alto safer. However, critics are saying the project is too expensive and would do little to prevent accidents. The San Francisco supervisors are set to vote today on a controversial park curfew measure. It would shut down the citys parks between midnight and 5 00 a. M. Supporters say the curfew would reduce vandalism and other crimes that happen during the overnight hours. Opponents say the measure unfairly targets the homeless. 7 11. Once again, were talking about the mysterious death at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. How this bizarre tragedy has taken yet another strange turn. He was walking very calmly and shooting. People were running all around. Panic inside the biggest Shopping Mall in new jersey after a gunman opened fire. What were learning about the 20yearold shooter. And how did more than a thousand hypodermic needles end up in a road in the bay area . Thats exactly what authorities are trying to figure out. Meanwhile, a major road in the east bay is closed. Well, lows are all over the maps, anywhere from 30s to 60. It depends if you get a breeze. It will be sunny and a little warmer. Well have the warmer forecasted highs coming upping. At tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optimizers. How . By building custom Security Solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. Well show you lots of ways to run safely, and operate more efficiently. So your business can perform like never before. Running safely, running efficiently, thats optimization. We are tyco integrated security. Safer. Smarter. Tyco. New information from new jersey after a young man opened fire inside a crowded Shopping Mall last night. The body of the suspected gunman was found early this morning. Its believed he killed himself. Reporter chris welch is live in new jersey with what police are saying now about the shooter. Good morning, chris. Reporter good morning, tori. Yeah. It was a nightmare scenario for the hundreds inside this mall. It was an alleged shooter who then turns the gun on himself. But that was not before a very long night of panic. It happened just before closing time at the westfield Garden State Plaza mall. Police say Richard Shoop entered the Shopping Center and opened fire monday night. They were boom, and then another boom, and then another last boom right after that, right after the second one and then glass, glass everywhere. Reporter shoop used a rifle modified to look like an ak47 but did not aim the weapon at anyone in particular. He had plenty of opportunities to shoot people. There were witnesses within five feet from him but he chose not to. Instead, he just hit random targets. And fired at the ceiling. Reporter many shoppers fled the mall but about 400 people were left inside. They huddled in stores as the building went on lockdown. Everybody was scared and panicked. So we took everybody we went in the back of the store. We locked ourselves in with 13 people in total, including me. Reporter the s. W. A. T. Team moved in scouring the sprawling Shopping Center looking for the gunman. Hours later. Police found the 20yearolds body. The Bergen County prosecutor said he shot himself in the head. He has a history of drug abuse but we believe the main motive for what he did tonight was suicide. Reporter now, Authorities Say this man did not show any signs of mental illness. However, he did have a history of drug abuse. Tori . All right, chris welch live for us in paramus, new jersey. Police in denver say the two teenagers who broke into a School Overnight likely used bb guns. A janitor reportedly saw two teens enter the school with what he thought were rifles. Police say the teens were caught on video ransacking several rooms before being arrested. The two suspects are not believed to be students at the school and police are trying to figure out if the teens may be connected to a breakin at an Elementary School earlier this same night. 7 16. A new report says the bay areas hightech boom hasnt improved job numbers for young people. 12. 3 of young people between the ages of 16 and 24 are both not working and not in school. Thats more than 58,000 people according to the social Science Research council. In San Francisco, the areas with the highest youth unemployment rates are ingleside, extellsier, bayview Hunters Point and visitacion valley. Happening in washington, d. C. , another congressional hearing about the problems with the rollout of the healthcare. Gov website. These are live pictures. Were right there. Testimony is happening. Marilyn tavener is testifying again. She was grilled last week by lawmakers in another hearing. Well, president obama meets this morning at the white house with Business Leaders about pressuring congress to pass Immigration Reform. The president wants comprehensive Immigration Reform passed before the end of the year. The senate has already passed legislation that would give a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants here in the u. S. However, many conservative House Republicans dont like it. They say they prefer a piecemeal approach to Immigration Reform. 7 18. Defense secretary chuck hagel warned this morning that the effectiveness of the u. S. Military is threatened by budget cuts. These cuts are too fast, too much, too abrupt and too irresponsible. Hagel said theres no way the military can continue to be ready to fight terrorism if the 500 billion in cuts over the next decade continue kicking in. A special Ops Commander is looking at ways to protect his forces. He wants to borrow an idea from hollywood. Hes ordered up the tactical assault light operator suit better known as the ironman suit. It features light weight Armor Protection against bullets and could possibly be equipped with Battery Power and give the soldier more abill to move faster and operate longer in battle but the one thing the suit wont do is fly. He wants the ironman suit to be used to be available to be deployed within the next year. Thats fascinating. Pretty interesting. 7 19. Sal, a lot of things you are watching in the east bay. Its been really heavy out there in the east bay, especially. Lets take a look at spwnt 880 and start interstate 880 and start there. The traffic is busy as you drive northbound past the coliseum. No major problems as you drive through. It will be busy. Also the morning commute is looking okay at the toll plaza. Its about a 20 to 25minute delay if you are at the end of the line once you make it on the bridge. Contra costa county, highway 4, some slow traffic. Weve had a couple of fender benders on 680 and the traffic backed up from 2 had 242. Lets go to steve. Clear skies, cold for some. Lows anywhere from 33 to 60. Depends if you get the easterly breeze or not. Forecast headlines today, is pretty quiet. This is probably the warmest day of the week. Mostly sunny. Could be a few high clouds north. Warmer. Gradually getting cooler. Next week we hope rain makes it. Our forecast models are not in sync. One brings rain in on monday. The other says nothing will happen until wednesday. Thats my fear. As you get closer to it, the forecast models start to back off. Lets hope theres a pattern change. Weve gone ten months without any rain. We need it. I need you to do a rain dance out there. A few high clouds to the north and very poultry rain up on the north coast. Morning lows have been wacky. Lakeport, 43. Pescadero, 35. Newark, 38. Aptos, 38 andwood side and woodside 38. Theres still a slight component of a little bit of an early breeze. You can ciancia some of the cloud cover you can ciancia some of the cloud cover. It will be sunny today. Mostly sunny. I mean, breezy, a little bit. Not as bad as yesterday. Maybe on the coast and a slight warmup but again, i think this is our warmest day. Clearlake, 71. Novato 73. Sonoma is in there. Napa, p 4 74. Kentfield, 73. Fairfield, 73. Vallejo at 71. Low so mid70s from oakland to brentwood, antioch, pittsburg, Pleasant Hill. Pleasant hill was 39. I dont think livermore got below 58. Strange lows. Watch your car thermometer if you are driving around. You might see huge swings. Low 70s to a few mid70s. Low 70s on the peninsula. Woodside 70. Although they are 38. Cold morning sunny days and a sunny days. Increasing clouds on sunday. All right, steve. 7 22. A new plan to bring fun in the snow to san jose. What if i told you you could go skiing or snowboarding outside all year right here in the bay area . Yep. The idea for an outdoor snow park includes synthetic snow that looks and feels like the real thing. This would also have the ski and snowboard school. Last night the man behind this proposal in san jose held and event to kickstart a campaign to make this park real. He says the sharks captain joe thornton likes it