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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 6am July 8, 2016

Thank you for joining us. It is friday, july 8. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. We will talk about our top stories in a moment. First, lets check the weather. Foggy and called for some. A lot of drizzle out there. The low clouds have made it pretty far inland. Most observation say cloudy. That makes sense. There is a cold front on the north coast which is enhancing the fog bank. There are many reports of drizzle well inland. This will be a very cool pattern. The low clouds and fogs may be slow to retreat. For this time of year it is quite impressive some of this rain may make it down to mendocino or northern Sonoma County. Gusts over 30 in travis. 50s for temperatures. The breeze is the big story. There will be a robust fresh breeze behind these low clouds. The rain on the north coast may drag enough across our area to get rain to folks in mendocino and lake county. Very cool for this time of year. A lot of 60s and 70s in areas that should be warmer. We have some slow traffic out there. It is not too bad. Lets go out to the bay bridge toll plaza. There is a little bit of waiting and some of those lanes trying to get into San Francisco. You can tell it is lighter. Is week has not been full strength. No major problems on the bridge. Were looking at a commute on the 580 freeway coming in from the altamont pass. 205 and 580 are slow. It does get better once you reach the livermore area. And san jose, northbound 280 traffic looks good. Sodas 101 and 85 heading up to the west valley. We are following all of the developing news in dallas texas. Last night, 14 people were shot, including 12 Police Officers. Five officers were killed last night in dallas a few were injured and are in Critical Condition. We just heard some are getting out of the hospital. In a News Conference that ended a few minutes ago, the Dallas Police chief said one of the suspects in the shootings last night was killed in an explosion , set off by police. Earlier during a standoff with police, he said he wanted to Kill Police Officers and in particular, white Police Officers. Dallas police are describing the attack as an ambush. The gunfire erupted during a protest against this weeks Controversial Police shootings in louisiana and minnesota. Alex savidge is in the newsroom with the latest developments in dallas. A good morning. We learned quite a bit of new information from that News Conference with the police chief and mayor in dallas. The chief of police said the lone gunman, what appears to be the lone gunman is now dead after a bomb squad robot detonated an explosive device near him, following a very long , tense standoff. The man said he acted alone in carrying out this ambush style attack that left 12 Dallas Police officers shot. This is video of the gunman who fired dozens of shots originally from an elevated position during this protest against Police Brutality. The attacker eventually was cornered by Police Officers who negotiated with him for hours into the night. During those negotiations, the man apparently told a negotiator he was upset about black lives matter. He also said he wanted to kill white people and in particular, white officers. We are hurting. Our profession is hurting. Dallas officers are hurting. We are heartbroken. There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city. All i know is that, that this must stop. This divisiveness. Reporter this appears to have been a carefully planned attack on those dallas officers. Federal and state authorities are coming in to help out in the investigation. The chief said a short time ago that the gunman told officers during that standoff last night that he acted alone in this attack and that he was not affiliated with any groups. Still, as you can imagine, authorities are continuing massive investigations. They will continue to search for anyone else who may have been involved in the attack of health or possibly the planning of the attack. Four of the officers killed were with the Dallas Police department. One was a dallas area Rapid Transit officer or, dart. The agency identifies him as brent thompson. He joined the department in 2009 and is the first dart officer killed in the line of duty. Three other Police Officers were shot and wounded. President obama talked about the shootings at the Dallas Police officers. He promised to those responsible will be held fully accountable and that justice will be done. I believe that i speak for every single american when i say that we are horrified over these events and that we stand united with the people and the Police Department in dallas. The president was speaking from poland where he is attending a nato summit. He also called last night shootings in this is, tech related and despicable attack on Law Enforcement. And that there is no possible justification for the attacks. He called on all americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. The shootings in dallas is on the minds of many bay area Law Enforcement agencies. Janine de la vega is in san jose with more on how that citys Police Department is reacting to what happened in dallas. Reporter we are in san jose where police are investigating an accident. This has been a different morning for them. They are working in twoperson patrol cars. That was in order from the police chief. Last night after the shootings in dallas, chief garcia wanted Police Officers to work in teams of two in their patrol cars. Officers are being told to be hyper aware of their surroundings in case of an ambush. I have been speaking to officers in the field this morning to tell methey are upset, sad and frustrated over the officers killed. Some said they are concerned about being unfairly targeted because of the actions of other officers and louisiana and minnesota. There are a lot of emotions here and on social media. The san jose Police Department posted their condolences to the Dallas Police department, sending their thoughts and prayers. San francisco and oakland pd did the same, sending their sympathies. Some are already wearing a black strap over their badges. A lot of on easiness and unrest being felt here while these officers are trying to continue to serve and protect and do their jobs here in san jose. Protests in oakland overnight against the recent lease shootings blocked traffic on interstate 8804 hours. Please dont shoot me. Please dont shoot me. Chp in oakland Police Officers lined up in a row. They moved into heard demonstrators off the freeway. The chp issued a Traffic Alert around 9 pm, warning drivers to avoid that area. 880 was blocked. E griggs were temporarily allowed to use 580. The traffic jam lasted past 1 am this morning. In minnesota, hundreds gathered for a vigil in memory of Philando Castile who was shot and killed by police on wednesday. That vigil was held at the school in st. Paul where he worked as a cafeteria supervisor. Castile was shot by police after he was pulled over for a broken taillight. His girlfriend who was in the car said he was shot when he was reaching for his drivers license. Minnesotas governor said he does not believe castile would have been shot if he were white. I cant say how shocked iem and how deeply, deeply offended that this would occur in minnesota to somebody who got pulled over for a taillight being out of order. His girlfriend posted video on facebook showing the immediate aftermath of the shooting. The shooting in minnesota came one day after a man telling cds and baton rouge was also shocked by police. The shooting of alton sterling was also captured on cellphone video. He was shot after being tackled by two Police Officers outside of a store. Attorneys hired by sterlings family said they dont believe the Police Version of what happened. And here we are again, another africanamerican male killed by a Police Officer for absolutely no reason. Were not buying that the body cameras fell off. Were not buying that he reached for his weapon. The u. S. Justice department is investigating sterlings shooting for possible violations of state and local laws. As well as potential federal civil rights violations. A lot is happening this one. Now were hearing from Family Members of Dallas Police officers wounded in last night attack. In 20 minutes, a girl talked about worrying about her mom shot on duty. A sign of solidarity with the south bay with the San Jose Earthquakes have planned for tonight in honor of the lgbt immunity. We are looking at a commute that is moderate, not much going on approaching the richmond bridge. It looks good going over to marin. A lot of fog and drizzle and cool temperatures. Even some rain up north. Will that make it down here . It may be close. We will explain coming up. A nationwide scam has reached the bay area. Union city woman got a phone call on wednesday, telling her that her daughter had been kidnapped. The men ordered her to go to a bank to get money or they would hurt the daughter. Sheeted with a asked and wrote notes to the teller explaining what was happening. That made it worse. She said she heard her daughters voice. And then she said, here, she is with me. I will let you talk to her for a minute. She said, mommy, mommy, please, do what this man says. Union city police were notified before the money was wired. They spoke with the womans other daughter who found her sister in a neighborhood park. It turns out the men called the girl first and told her they kidnapped her mother and recorded her voice. The fbi sent an alert out about the scam. The San Jose Earthquakes will host a pride night during tonights match against dallas. The team will honor the victims of the orlando nightclub shooting. One dollar from every ticket will be donated to lgbtq charities. The clicks also plan to reinforce their roles to discourage fans from shouting homophobic slurs like the ones used during a match last month. A psa will be played encouraging fans to be respectful. The quakes management said fans who do not act in a respectful way will be given a warning and then kicked out if the behavior does not stop. There is a new cable car bellringing champion this morning. For the first time in 50 years, a woman competed in the annual contest. That is cassandra griffin, giving it her all in union square. She faced off against six men for the title. She did not come out on top. The owner with two Leonard Oates need sixyear bellringing champion, byron,. Sal got to judge the whole thing. You got to try the bell . Its horrible. I tried it. Its harder than it looks. I imagine though that with practice these guys and gals who do this every day have gotten pretty good at it. Some of those people amaze me. If you go up there and do it cold, its not easy. Good morning, everyone. I stink at the bellringing. There you go. I said a. Westbound 80 as you head toward the carquinez bridge to the macarthur bridge, an 18 minute drive. Not too bad. A little fog and drizzle and some damp roads. Give yourself a little extra time. The bay bridge toll plaza is backed up, a 10 minute delay before you make it onto the bridge. As we look at the rest of the east bay commute, you can see traffic looks pretty good. Its not quite the same. It looks like not many people are going right now. Southbound 680 from their niche a bridge is clear. Now lets go to the forecast. You could become an expert in a short period of time. If you practice. I will say that those people who do it ring my bell. Thank you control room. I did not know that we had older guys in the control room who remember that song. Thank you. I think if they are all in their 20s there. Good morning. We do have an unseasonably cool pattern. This is pretty exciting for me because usually in july, my feet are up on the desk and theres not much to talk about. Its going to be hot inland, nice at the coast. Not now. There is a lot of drizzle out there. A little bit of rain up north. Some of that may make it into Mendocino County. This is a pretty impressive for this time of year to have a cold front. The National Weather service talked about this yesterday. Once every five or 10 years you will see something of this nature. The end result for us is a lot of fog, onshore winds, for others it is not that bad. 30 in the delta. 50s for all of the temperatures. North bay, south bay, put on so, it doesnt matter. Everyone is within a couple degrees. Mid50s in mill valley. Kelseyville, 54. A cooler direction in santa rosa. West at sfo. West at livermore and west in san jose. That is an onshore direction the wind is coming from. 56 in ukiah. 57 in sacramento. 55 in monterey. 36 in truckee. 45 in south lake tahoe. No worries for precipitation in the sierra but very windy today and tomorrow. There is the system. It is holding together. Some of that may drag across the northern part of our viewing area. Fog and low clouds. Drizzle. Sun. Ir clouds. More clouds to the north any possibility for light rain from santa rosa and north later on this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures are unseasonably cool. 60s and 70s for many. Laclere out sunday and next week looks warmer inland. A jacket or sweater this morning. Tomorrow at the giants game . Are you in the lower seats behind home plate . No. Are you up high . I would take a jacket. If you are down below youre okay. Tonights a big night. Someone could win hundreds of millions of dollars. How big is the Mega Millions jackpot and why its searching. A billiondollar caltrain project that supporters say will reduce pollution. The reason one town is trying to stop it. City officials in atherton will decide next week if they will get a restraining order to stop caltrain from electrifying its tracks through atherton. According to the mercury news, caltrain is moving ahead with a plan to replace most diesel trains running between San Francisco and san jose with electrified trains. The electric trains would reduce air pollution. Atherton has filed a lawsuit saying caltrain has not addressed the impacts of building an electric train system through their city. Next week the city will decide if they will try to get a restraining order to keep caltrain from starting work on their electric train project. There will be a volunteer cleanup tomorrow at a San Mateo County beach. Beer cans, used fireworks and other garbage was left on the beach by people celebrating the fourth of july. Locals say large parties have become an ongoing problem. County supervisors are looking into establishing a nighttime no parking dont and stepping up sheriff patrols. There are questions about who owns the beach. According to the mercury news, some people believe it belongs to the state. The state Land Commission tells the paper it actually belongs to a private land owner, one of whom appears to be singer, chris isaac. People who want to be rich are keeping the Mega Millions jackpot soaring ahead of tonight drawing. Ticket sales have put the jackpot to 540 million. It is still growing. Officials say this is the longest time the Mega Millions has gone without a winner. An estimated 1 billion in tickets has been sold since the last Winning Ticket in march. Tonight drawing is at 8 00. Kevin durant, the newest golden state warrior, is here and said he is excited about joining the team and being part of a new family. When i met these guys i felt as comfortable as i ever felt. It was organic. It was authentic and real. The warriors held a News Conference yesterday to introduce their new free agent. Durrant has won an nba most valuable player award and has been selected to seven allstar games. He said he is coming to the bay area to win and be a championships. The head coach said durrant will fit right in. The versatility, the ability to switch. Kevin fits perfectly into that style. It really does feel like it should be seamless. Durrant said it was tough leaving oklahoma. He shed tears when he told his thunder players and teammates that he was leaving. Beyonce released a powerful statement on the shooting death of two black men at the hands of police. I had, what the star said in front of thousands. Protesters damaged Oakland Police headquarters last night and blocked a freeway. Will have more on what happened last night and the events of that turned violent. Right now were looking at a commute where traffic will be okay westbound as you head out to the macarthur maze. 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