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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 9am January 16, 2017

Mornings on 2, welcome to the 9 00 show. We have Le Bron James in town, thats a big story today. Also sal, you were just talking about the hiring process for the fort 49ers. The patriots offensive coach is out of the mix. Changing to politics, about the lawmakers not attending the inauguration, i asked people on twitter, nine said its okay, exactly nine said, no, its not. Is it the right thing to do . We will talk about that later on. We begin with events being held across the country today in honor of Martin Luther king junior. I have a dream. My four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. That was from the i have a dream speech. Five years after that speech, he was assassinated. Martin luther king day is a federal holiday and also a day of service. Thousands of people turned out in oakland for the 15th annual musical tribute honoring Martin Luther king. The event honored Martin Luther king but also marked how far the nation has come in terms of Voting Rights and civil rights. Barbara lee was there talking about the growing controversy in washington over president elect Donald Trumps tweet slamming john lewis. He does not know his history. Congress man john lewis is a great leader. He is not just about talk, he represents his district, he helped to pass the Voting Rights act. He is a magnificent legislator. Its a shame that he took him on like it he did, not very president ial. The congresswoman is boycotting the nawg rawtion because of his treatment of john lewis inauguration because of his treatment of john lewis. What used to be called the freedom train is making a special ride to remember doctor kings march from selma to montgomeraalabama montgomery alabama. We got a break from the rain over the weekend. We needed to let the water levels come down. They are running high but they have come down, that helps a bit. Fog is a big story. Also rain is on the way, wednesday, friday, sunday and maybe next monday. Its not as wet as the last storm but its impressive. Fog is the big story in the valleys today. This is the leading edge of the system here. Its cold this morning. If you are in the fog its really cold and foggy. Look at that, its nice eventually for the coast but it brings the fog over san pablo bay, it looks like the start of another wet pattern, the cold air is in place, today is mostly sunny after the fog. Tuesday is nice. Rain kicks in wednesday. Then another system friday, then another system monday. There is not a lot on the wednesday system but the system coming in friday, look at that, two to 3 inches. Then saturday looks okay. Then look what happens sunday into next monday. If santa rosa gets 5 inches of rain, the Russian River will have seven and a half inches. So, i hate to say it, but enjoy the break while you can, it looks pretty wet Going Forward. Things need to be watched as we head towards the weekend. Thank you steve. With the president ial inauguration four days away, the political divide in washington, dc is deepening. Some democrats are refusing the attend the inauguration. Reporter here in dc, people are arriving to celebrate the inauguration, others are coming to protest it. Here in washington, they use standins for the incoming president and first lady to run through the program. This is a massive undertaking and its hardly going to be routine. I won the election because of strong borders and trade. Reporter but president elect donald trump took on other targets including the director of the cia, john brennan and john lewis. On60 minutes last night, president obama argued that partisanship is out of control. Its gotten so out of hand that we are weakening ourselves. Reporter back at the capitol, as we get closer to the event, the chairman of the inaugural Committee Said president elect donald trump wanted something scaled back not a political rally. We went to the direction of the president elect who said, i do not want to do that, its not appropriate after what we went through. We need a healing kind of an inauguration, we do not need a celebration of me. Reporter as far as president elect Donald Trumps twitter account, he said he attends to keep the account active even after he gets the official potus account. 23 democrats have joined the boycott. Seven of them are from california including barbara lee. She will be talking about her decision to us at ktvu fox news, you can see that interview live during todays 4 00 show. New this morning, president elect donald trump will take office with a lower Approval Rating than the past four president sment right now his rating is 44 , that compares to 83 for president obama, 61 for george bush in 2001 and 68 for bull bill in 1993. We have our political analyst. President elect donald trump is at odds are the nations Intelligence Community and he has an interesting relationship with the press, mexico is not liking the idea of a border tax. You would never want to go in with a 44 Approval Rating but people are going to have to take time to see how this administration rolls out. If you start at the beginning saying, this is going to be a disaster, to use president elect Donald Trumps word, its a selffulfilling prophesy. The american process includes giving the next president a chance to prove themselves. Does this effect his inaugural address friday. I do not think it impacts that. The address sets the scene for the future. What is the tone . I think its going to be lofty, he will take bits and pieces of other inaugurals in terms of setting the 16. Will he write his own speech . He is not a conventional person. Sometimes other president s had people write their speeches, will he be conventional or will he wing it . I think he will not wing it, i think he will receive input. I knew one of the president ial speech writers years ago, its a tightly controlled thing, even though he goes off script a lot, i think he will stick to the script here. Is it a lawmakers duty to witness the peaceful transition of power. I think that a lawmaker needs to follow their conscience but they have to remember that they are representing their constituents witnessing a peace of transfer of power, they are represents the democracy in america. I might take issue with it, understanding that people have to follow their conscience. We talked about the relationship with the media, the news conference, i will play a clip. Not you, not you, your organization is terrible. Not you. Sir, can we ask a question. No. Do you have any concerns Going Forward with the freedom of the press and the first amendment. Every administration has problems with certain members of the media. How vociferous he is, its of concern, eventually he has to change hi toner with the media, but make no mistake, there is precedents for all of these things of course president nixon had a list of enemies. So did the obama administration. Thats censorship. You are censoring someone from asking a question. What is the difference, the president always has a select list of people they are going to talk to. If you are not on the list, they are not calling on you any way. To be honest, a lot of that is show, every four years, the American Public does not understand it but when there is a media conference, they have preselected the people that are asking the questions. But he is abrasive. He has to talk that down, same with that twitter account. Someone has to hide that from him. Put it in the closet or something. Thank you for joining us, we have been talking about the number of democratic lawmakers boycotting the inauguration, today we are asking, do you support their decision boycott, why or why not . Foster said, they have the right to choose what they want but i support them not attending. Another twitter user said they are small minded people. Another person said, no support for boycotting, people need to be realize he is becoming our next president. You can share your responses at ktvu, the nine. Coming up, a baby found after being stolen from a hospital 19 years later. The roof of a sports arena collapsing in the czeh republic. We have more coming up on ktvu news after the break. New at 9 00, the fbi said the wife of the man that carried out the mass shooting at the pulse nightclub in Orlando Florida has been arrested here in the bay area in connection with the shooting. Her parents live in rodeo. She has been charged with obstruction. She told investigators she did not know anything about her husbands plans to attack the newt club but investigators believe she knew and did nothing to stop him. She is expected in federal court in San Francisco tomorrow, this is a developing story we will follow it and have more information at noon. On friday, we told you about a baby stolen from a Florida Hospital being found alive 18 years later. Now we are getting more information about the case, the wot she was with is facing kidnapping charge. The victim and her long lost family cannot begin to understand it. Reporter a mix of emotions for a woman kidnapped hours after she was born, from a jacksonville hospital. Police said they found her in good health but overwhelmed. She had an idea, beginning a couple of months ago, that she may have been involved in this. There is always hope, i believe that there is always hope. Reporter using dna analysis they believe shes the stolen baby. I am not revealing her name, the name shes lived under for all of these years. Reporter police have arrested Gloria Williams on kidnapping charges, she could face life in prison. I am so glad, i cannot wait to see her. Reporter the womans biological family is overwhelmed and have spoken with her. She was so glad. She looks like her daddy, she sounds so intelligent and respectful and she said she will be here to see us. Just incredible. A whole lifetime. Imagine getting that knock on the door, your mom is not who you think she is. New video showing the moment a roof collapse inside of a sports arena in the czech republic. Everyone was able to make it out safely. They were inside of the arena for a sports event. This event was the first one to be held inside of the building. First event . Wow. Coming up next, after 40 years in business, a popular bar in walnut creek is closing its doors. It could mean the difference between life and death to a family. A state trooper is getting a lot of attention on social media, the creative way he communicates with the public to keep people out of jail and alive. We have more coming up on ktvu news after the break. After 150 years of entertaining people. The ringling circus is going out of business. We have more on this story. Reporter the circus first put up its big top in 1871. The snow went through the depression and a lot of changes in American Society put the beginning of the end came in may after they retired their elephants because of conflicts with Animal Rights groups. Then they decided they quo not go could not go on. We had a sharp drop in attend answer, that led us to this decision. Reporter the Parent Company of the circus said the decision was more difficult because of the amazing fans that have become part of your family over the years, we are grateful fo the families that made us part of their lives for generations. Peta tweeted, after 36 years, we her ald the herald the end of the saddest show on earth, shaq tweeted, no, please do not close. The last show will take place in uniondale new york. The cleveland cavilers will be making an appearance tonight. Tickets are not cheap. One fan paid 52,000 for court side seats. You can find less expensive tickets on the secondary market, in other words, scalpers, for seats higher up in the stands. Happening today, the chicago cubs are going to be at the white house meeting president obama for one of his final days as president. The president is a white sox fan but he was quick to congratulate them on the win. Its a chicago connection, if means more, even though he is a white sox fan, he is a chicago guy, its special for him. They could have waited, but they wanted to make it happen before he left office. Ticket prices are already falling for the super bowl. The prices dropped minutes after the cowboys lost to the packers. Before the game, the cheapest ticket was 4,000. Minutes after the loss, it dropped to 3,300. Its going to be played in huston, four hours from dallas. A trooper is getting a lot of attention on social media as i has been sending messages about safety. He uses emojis. If i can get people to not drink and drive or to wear their seat belts, because i make a creative tweet, its a win win strks he said he is already starting to treem about emojis because he dream about emojis because he tweets so much. Coming up, he was the last person to get out of the deadly oakland warehouse fire alive. We hear about his long road to recovery, ahead. 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One man said, he needs to be there to represent me. Another says, i too have serious doubts about the legitimateness of the election. Another said, a president is your president , like him or not. Another said, they should follow their conscience and boycott trump. One woman said, their duty is to respect the people. Everyone needs to realize that trump is becoming the president. You can always reach us on twitter, just use ktvu as a hashtag. At feast five people are dead, a dozen are wounded at a shooting in mexico. It happened at a resort south of cancun. People ran into the streets to get away from the gun fire. One woman was killed in the stampede. Several americans were among the victims. Officials are saying, this was not a terrorist attack, people were shooting at each other inside of the club. At at least three people have been detained and the investigation is just beginning. Here at home, california Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was shot in a freeway shooting on highway 242 in concord. It happen north of solano way. One man was wowppedded but his injuries are not life threatening. California Highway Patrol found the men at a gas station near the freeway. The suspects car drove off into the city of concord. If you have any information call the california Highway Patrol. San Francisco Police are searching for a man accused of a vicious machete attack at the Civic Center Bart station on the night of january sixth. The suspect is african american, 30 to 40 years old, 200 pounds. The man was attacked with a large machete, he had serious cuts on his head and hand. There is no word on a motor if the victim knew his attacker. Thank you. In washington, dc, on this day of service and reflection, people are gathering at the Martin Luther King National memorial. The memorial is within sight of the lincoln memorial, the location of the famous i have a dream speech in 1963. The reverend alsharphon and corey booker were in attendance. We are live from a breakfast where a lot of people have gathered to moner Martin Luther king. Reporter this breakfast just kicked off, hundreds of people are here, they are celebrating the life of doctor Martin Luther king junior. In the crowd is congresswoman barbara lee and the former chairman of the black panther party. Martin luther king was an icon of the civil rights movement. His birthday is also known as a day of service. Thats why they are putting this event on, to talk about the importance of Community Service. On this day of service, what better day to lift up the necessity to provide Community Service and the challenge to individuals to go out to their community and do something around Community Service. Reporter the Center Provides Mental Health counseling and help for Domestic Violence victims and veterans. When the event ends organizers are asking people to do something for their community today, trying to make it a better place, in honor of what doctor king stood for. A bar in walnut creek is closing its doors after hundreds of complaints of fights and public drunkenness. A final party is being how old for crogans tomorrow. We have been following another story, from leftys restaurant. Reporter the buildings owner and the restaurants owner say that they own the rights to lefties, that means the name and the famous memorabilia. Lefties has been here since 1958. The owner, whose family has run in since 1998, decided to not renew the lease because the building is in need of repairs, he said that the Building Owner is not willing to make the repairs. There is a lot of maintenance and, it would cost several Mil

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