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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 5am May 11, 2017

Oakland and hayward. 50 in santa rosa, 49 in san rafael. We have some 40s like glen allen, calistoga. Bodega bay at 49 and low 50s for everyone else. This system sweeping in could give us drizzle and light rain, and cloverdale north you can see this enhancement taking place. That is in the forecast today with this cool pattern, highs in the 50s and 60s. The best opportunity for warm temperatures is to go south. What do we have . Nothing. When you see a that is mostly cloudy we have brightside, take the pictures that new at noon or midday, they will come out better, and its better lighting for the photographs. Theres always a brightside. Lets start with the tracy commute, full strength, and it starts getting really heavy between 4 30 am and 4 45 am. People are letting me know how slow it has been the last few days. We had a serious crash one day and slow traffic this week. Getting on the freeway in livermore you do not have to deal with the Altamont Pass crowd, traffic slow on 580 and 680 a little bit later, especially 680 leaving dublin. Looking good with no major issues and traffic looking good at the i880 freeway. Looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza as well. This will change by 5 30 am. The search is on for the new fbi director as the white house continues to defend the decision of President Trump fire james comey. Doug luzader joins us live from washington and the temporary replacement will testify this morning. Reporter good morning, Andrew Mccabe the acting director of the fbi will be on capitol hill to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee hearing. Initially it was supposed to be comey but of course he was fired and so mccabe will be facing questions about the comey dismissal. He was not doing a good job. Reporter the president defending his decision to fire james comey, and reports that he could be visiting the fbi headquarters tomorrow to voice his support for the bureau. Comey was spotted outside of his home and he did write a letter to his colleagues and friends, i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi director for any reason, or for no reason at all. Im not going to spend time on the decision or the way was executed, i hope you wont either. Reporter theyre looking for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation between the alleged ties between the russians and the trump campaign. Who we can subpoena, which questions they ask and how to conduct the investigation. Reporter the president took to twitter and democrats complaining for months and months about director comey and now that he has been fired they pretend to be aggrieved. Phony hypocrites, the tweet from President Trump. I dont think this the good idea and i think the Intelligence Committee should do this. Reporter among some of the questions are who will replace comey, trey gowdy, four New Hampshire senator and former new York City Police commissioner ray kelly are among those being considered. Reporter whoever they select will have to be confirmed by the senate, never an easy process and of course it will be very difficult now, and some democrats are talking about blocking or slowing down the confirmation process unless republicans agree with the appointment of a special prosecutor. It is 505 5 05 am. Calling for an independent investigation into the russia interference into the u. S. President ial elections and organizers calling for an urgent and impartial investigation into the alleged ties between russia and the trump president ial campaign, and the moscow alleged interference in last years election. Demonstrators marching around the country protesting the firing up fbi director james comey. Sky fox in San Francisco flew over this rally outside of senator Dianne Feinsteins office with dozens of protesters demanding she take action. Senator feinstein was in washington calling for a special prosecutor to oversee the russian investigation. There were protests yesterday new york outside of the trump tower in manhattan, and outside of the Trump International hotel and tower in chicago. The coalition of liberal groups including moveon. Org taking part in protesters holding up signs, drive out trump pence regime. Protesters gathering outside the Federal Building in downtown oakland, comparing the firing up fbi director james comey the president nixon firing the independent special process heater that was investigating the watergate scandal. Stay here on ktvu for continuing coverage of the developments from washington to the bay area, we will bring you the updates as they happen. We have new information about the breaking news story in contra costa county. The arson investigation has been called to the two car fires in britain word earlier this month and this morning and it is unclear whether these fires are connected to the string of recent car fires in the county. This mornings fires are about 1 mile from each other. Both are east of highway 4. The battalion chief on the scene tells us that the east contra costa Protection District is working with the Brentwood Police to investigate the two fires that are considered suspicious. Our reporter is headed to the fire and will have more coming up. Again, there was a string of car fires recently. The San Francisco Police Released several videos of shootings involving Police Officers. This happened in the Subway Sandwich shop on Market Street and the sf pd release the video yesterday at the town hall meeting. The man in the camouflage shirt is the 26yearold transient and he ordered the sandwich amber used to pay for it. He went behind the counter and a tap attack the employee with a knife. The witness began to flee behind the counter and he followed the victim and the witness with a knife in his hand. The Police Arrived at the scene and the video from the Police Body Camera shows the officer shooting him in the back as he continues to go after the employee. The suspect later died, the victim was wounded but survived. In the meantime all charges of and draw against the man that was shot by the police in january when they were investigating the noise complaint in the oceanview neighborhood. There was confrontation and they shot sean moore on the front steps of his home. He was unarmed and the Public Defenders Office said he is mentally ill and has undergone multiple surgeries since the shooting. A warning issued by the Oakland Police after report of a attempted kidnapping this week. The 10yearold boy said he was outside his home tuesday night on 45th street near broadway when a stranger grabbed him. The child was able to break away and to run home but so far theres no description of the suspect. The Police Released a sketch of a homicide suspect in antioch, and they believe this man shot and killed 23yearold David Pearson on april 2. Pearson was found around 8 45 pm and was taken to the hospital where he later died. The suspect is described as maybe a white man with short hair in his 20s or early 30s. If you have any information call the antioch police. The police have called a silver alert for missing 71 yearold man near the San Rafael City Hall. The search teams are looking for the 71yearold robert rich that disappeared from the parking lot of the village mall around 5 00 yesterday evening. He suffers from dementia and his wife said he drove the suv from the mall to a part of san rafael where he used to live. They found the highlander near the city hall. We received information that he made a phone call around 7 pm from the San Rafael City Hall. He spoke with an individual that lent his phone to him. He called his wife to let her know he was in the area. They have still not seen rich since he borrowed the phone to call. The police are asking anyone that sees the missing man, heres his photo, to please contact them immediately. It is 5 11 am. The popular east bay restaurant forced to close its doors after some people became ill, the investigation into what happened at the Innout Burger. I will call balls and strikes and my default is social justice and people. Lieutenant governor gavin newsom kicks off the campaign for governor. It is okay for the most part driving on this commute. San mateo bridge looking pretty good to the high rise. Santa rosa yesterday 57 on the high side, 16 below average. Welcome back to mornings on 2, it is 5 14 am. It was not a warm welcome for secretary of Education Betsy Devos at Bethunecookman University in florida. I am honored to be with you as we celebrate the Bethune Cookman University Class of 2017. [booing] many students were booing her and many turned her back on her, and she is been under fire for calling historically black colleges, pioneers of school choice. California lawmakers are debating lowering the voting age from 18 to 17. The bill has passed the Committee Vote yesterday in the voter turnout among the californians between 1824 hit a record low in 2014 with almost a 50 drop since 2010. The assembly man said that lowering the blowing voting age would instill a consistent habit at an early age. In your 17 your captive in the classroom, civics and high school courses. We have an opportunity to have this relevant to them rather than when they are 18 and traveling, working or doing something else. Over 20 states around the country allow 17yearolds to vote in the president ial primary if they turn 18 by the president ial election and the bill will now move before the appropriations committee. Lieutenant governor quietly kicking off his campaign and last night in Stockton Newsom spoke to friendly crowd, mostly registered voting democrats talking about tackling social justice issues such as income inequality, along with homelessness. At the end of the day i think we are desperate for leadership, love or hate, i think ive shown that in the past with some other tough issues, and i want to continue that with the most difficult issue, social mobility. The next stop for gavin newsom will be Santa Barbara in june and that town Hall Meetings will continue into next year. Lets check in with sal, and it has been relatively quiet. Yes it has and we would like it to stay that way. Looking at the gilroy commute, we start there to take a look at northbound 101 from gilroy to san jose. Not bad through morgan hill and continuing up into the main part of the Silicon Valley. A lot of people on the road early so they do not have to deal with the slow traffic. Traffic looking good as we take a live picture of 280 through downtown san jose. Here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic moving nicely with no major issues. This will begin to change. The next time we see this it could be different getting closer to 5 30 am. It is 5 17 am. We have a cool pattern that will stick around for a while, maybe even for five or six days. If this is your kind of weather, enjoyed. Sunshine and warm temperatures will always be back. Right now we are unseasonably cool with this strong system pushing inward bringing us local drizzle. The breeze is not as robust as yesterday but still gusting at 25 miles an hour in the delta with water temperatures very cool at 54. Bodega bay Holding Steady at 48 and the San Francisco buoy going up to 53 degrees from 51. That will probably go down with that northwest breeze, and this cold water going all the way down the Santa Barbara at nifty five, 55. We have 50s on most temperatures with a few 40s, east day in the low 50s in lafayette at 51, danville and blackhawk at 52. Brentwood 53 along with martinez and vallejo. This is a rare pattern. 53 in Santa Barbara. This low visited us on the weekend and then it went to southern california, it gave us wind and he gave them rain and hail. Now pushing off into new mexico and the four corners. There is a lot of Severe Weather moving across the plains. For us to we have this fall bank and you can see this circulation. When that jet stream gets closer you can see the enhancement taking place. From santa rosa, cloverdale and north a possibility for light rain with good rain over the next 5 to 7 days on the north coast. We will have cloudy skies in conditions. Yesterday the high in santa rosa was 57, that is 60 degrees below average. Mostly 16 degrees below average. Mostly cloudy and 64 degrees with a few low 70s toward vacaville, antioch and brentwood. When this pattern sets up it is cool even for the santa clara valley. If you low 70s but overall 50s and 60s for everybody for a while. It is 5 20 am. The atb excursion in hawaii suddenly becomes a trap for the tourist, the south bay family that ended up trapped in the flood. The final push by los angeles to host the 2024 summer olympics and the inspection is set today that could help or hurt the bid. Welcome back to mornings on 2, it is 5 23 am. Members of the International Olympic committee will continue inspections in california evaluating the la bid to host the 2024 olympic games. The committee toured several la sites including the rose bowl in pasadena and the stadium. Theyre looking at long beach, santa monica and other nearby locations that could host certain olympic events. The ioc will choose between la and paris during the meeting in september. The giants snapped the five game losing streak and be thin mints, 65, yesterday. The mets, 65, yesterday. The rookie third baseman its the runs, and it was a nailbiter, allowing three runs to score before getting the last out. The giants back home tonight and will be hosting the red. The oakland as be the la angels, 31. The start stop bleeding off leading off the scoring and the home run bounced off the wall and out of the coliseum. After letting the run in, the first inning, that was all they needed and the as take the series with the angels. They will start a new series against the Texas Rangers over the weekend. The Golden State Warriors arent encouraging are encouraging their fans to show your support for the warriors and fly the car flag on your car beginning tomorrow. Starting today you can get a free flag for your car available at the team stores at the oracle arena and main street downtown walnut creek. They will also be given away at the dunk contest doors in san mateo. Later this morning to broadcaster jim barnett would join us in the studio and talk about the western conference finals and the do playoff shirts for the fans. It is 5 25 am. There was a big fight at the wedding in the east bay. Ive been doing this for 15 years and i have never seen anything like that. We will tell you what may have led to the fight that led to this, one person in Critical Condition. Leave the car at home and ride your bike to work today, the effort of many bay area cities on this bike to work day. Your commute coming up, straight ahead. Temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below average, a cool pattern. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Welcome back to mornings on 2 on this thursday, may 11, i am dave clark. Good morning, i am pam cook. I just realized it is my dogs birthday, mo is seven today. He is sleeping and did not even help me make my coffee today. Lets take a look at the weather. There is no mo heat for today. That was cute. We have low clouds and some moving inland, a cool pattern. 50s, 60s and again, 60s for most. We have low cloud pattern. Santa rosa at a chilly high of 57 yesterday, and showing the model output statistics with the court a cool forecast of 55 and it nailed it. That is 16 degrees below average. If you were thinking it was freezing in santa rosa, it was. Look at these record highs and lows, 8946 back and 1800s, a long time since we set a record on this date. A decent breeze but not as bad as yesterday, 50s with a few 40s, hillsborough, pacifica and close for others. Los altos 52. We will get some rain at bodega bay, cloverdale and to the north. For the rest of us a cool and breezy pattern in the 50s and 60s. It is 5 30 am. Sal, this is generally when you get your feet off the desk and ready to go. You are absolutely right. We are seeing slower traffic in solano county, checking in, you can see the traffic not bad with a little bit of slowing on 37 heading west toward marin county. Still looking good approaching the carquinez bridge, and we had an accident at the snow grade and someone ran into vehicle. Southbound 680 will be slow in the areas so watch for that. The crash making traffic slow on the way to fremont. On the bay bridge the metering lights went on a little bit early, about 5 25 am. It is already backed up, 10 minutes before you get onto the span. Happening now in the north bay, a surge search for the at risk man that is 71 years old with dementia, not seen or heard from since last night, alex savidge is near the San Rafael City Hall and tell us what we know about this search. Reporter good morning. This is the sort of command post for the search going on in marin county this morning. The searchers are focused on the downtown san rafael area because the last time anyone heard from the missing elderly man was when he made a phone call to his wife last night from San Rafael City Hall. This morning the silver alert was issued for the 71yearold robert rich jr. Who suffers from dementia. The search team has brought in search dogs to try to track h

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