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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 9am May 12, 2017

Hand and whacking it with the chefs knife. Why the spike . I think they have been doing it for years. Apparently across the pond there is a jump in injuries. Be careful. Yeah. Protect those digits. If you prefer eating in restaurants, i remember a long time ago there used to be a Hard Rock Cafe on van ness. I think youre right. Near city hall. We would go there after church in the city. On the west side of the street. Youre right. Were you there . Was that you in the next booth . I know sal is at a different Hard Rock Cafe. You made it over there in good time today, sal. Yes, we did. We did make it in pretty good time over to the Hard Rock Cafe on peer 39. If you havent been here, erase what you remember about the place out of your mind. It has been completely redone. They will be doing the grand reopening tomorrow at 10 00, open to the public. Come down and take a look at the place. They have memorabilia everywhere. They have opened it up and made it newer. Events all day. There will be bands out on the stage in front of the Hard Rock Cafe. Theyre trying to say hello again to San Francisco. Coming up at 9 30, im going to talk to one of the chefs and also one of the main people here at Hard Rock Cafe and what theyre trying to do. A lot of tourists come down to pier 39. And they go home with tshirts that say Hard Rock Cafe San Francisco. And, you know, it is kind of a point of pride for the tourist industry. If you havent been down to pier 39, you want to check the place out. Tomorrow is the day starting at 10 00. There will be events. It will stay open until 2 00 and then a private event after that. We will be talking a little more about this reopening and what theyre trying to do coming up in a little bit. Mike and gasia. Thank you, sal. We will see you soon. Out of the south bay there is a new safety warning about b. A. R. T. s Silicon Valley extension. Trains are not running on the line yet but the tracks are now energized and pose a serious threat. Alex savidge is in san jose with more on the message vta owe firms are officials are trying to get out. Reporter yeah. It is not as though you could just wander on to the b. A. R. T. Tracks in the south bay. Fencing is up. And also warning signs here. You can see it clearly says no trespassing. Despite all of the barriers, transportation officials are not taking any chances and trying to warn the public that this particular line is now undergoing testing. So what that means is that that third rail has been activated and is now electrified and extremely dangerous if anyone were to trespass into the area and touch that third rail. This tenmile stretch of track runs between interstate 680 and 880 from fremont down to san jose. Thats from the recently opened warm springs station in fremont to the new station that will soon open in san jose. The Valley Transportation Authority is trying to let people know in the area that the third rail is energized, it is carries 1,000 volts of electricity. They will be reaching out to people in the area to warn them about the risks here. Our Community Outreach team will be going into the neighborhood to try to contact tens of thousands of people to let them know, residences, businesses, schools, homeless shelters to let people know to take it seriously and not go near the tracks. Reporter now, again, there are lots of barriers in place, fencing is up. Warning signs are up. But vta officials are really worried about people who might trespass and get on to the tracks. Possibly people using the tracks as a short cult. There will also be a concerted event biotrons portraying officials to reach out to the Homeless Community in the south bay. Encampments near the b. A. R. T. Tracks to make sure that they are aware that the tracks are energized and extremely dangerous. As for the Silicon Valley extension plan, boy, things really are moving forward. Later on this summer, you will actually start to see b. A. R. T. Trains running along this 10 mile stretch of track here from fremont into san jose. For testing purposes. Then b. A. R. T. Service all the way into san jose, a real big deal, that should be happening by the end of this year. Thank you, alex. A large cyber attack on 16 british hospitals this morning has shut down Computer Systems resulting in appointments canceled, phone lines down, patients being urn ited away. The Health Service that operates several hospitals in northwest engrand tweeted this following a cyber attack we are taking all precautionary measures possible to protect our local and systems and services. The national, excuse me, Health Service says the hospitals were hit by an apparent ransom ware attack that holds computers hostage while the attackers demand a ransom. At this point the Hospital System does not believe any patient data has been accessed. We have new information to bring you on breaking news we have been reporting through mornings on 2. A section of eastbound 580 is shut down following a deadly crash involving a number of vehicles including a tesla shuttle bus for employees. We will pop up our traffic map here. You can see the impacted area in red. A sig alert has been issued because the chp has now closed 580 at grant line road west of tracy. This is the hard closure we talked about ten minutes ago. It appears that it is now in effect. Theyre telling us they do not expect to reopen the area any time soon. This happened according to witnesses just after 7 00 this morning, when a white volkswagen was going slowly on 580, when it was hit by the tour bus. Theres no official word yet on who died. We know the coroner has been called to the scene. We see pictures of the car. It has been torn apart. The new information is that the chp confirms it was a tesla shuttle bus that was supposed to be carrying employees. I dont know how many people were on board the tesla bus at the time of the fatal accident. I just pulled it up on our maps. To go with the relatively short distance, about 20 or so miles from livermore out east to tracy will take you almost two hours right now because of this hard closure there on 580. On a friday, a lot of people taking that route and maybe headed down to southern california. Right. To get to the 5. Absolutely. Were staying on top of the story and will bring you updates throughout the newscast. Also new this morning, fire investigators in Contra Costa County say a serial arsonist likely struck again twice. A car fire was reported in walnut creek just a little bit after 2 00 this morning. And then about ten minutes later another car was torched in lafayette. The locations are about two miles apart. Both are just off of highway 24. Authorities say these two fires are connected to about ten other suspicious car fires in the county recently. Coming up at 9 30, we will have a live report from the latest fire scene. Some jurors in the kayleigh child abuse case cried when a key piece of evidence was brought into court yesterday up in napa county. Authorities say the 3yearold was killed in 2014 and stuffed into a suitcase and placed in a freezer. Prosecutors rolled out that refrigerator freezer into court yesterday. The prosecution then put a mannequin about the size of the girl into the freezer. The defense asked for a mistrial claiming the demonstration was unnecessary theatrics. The judge denied the motion. The mother and her boyfriend Ryan Scott Warner are charged with the childs death. All right. Now to washington this morning. President trump tweeted a public warning to former fbi director james comey. This comes on the heels of a Television Interview in which the president called comey a show boat and a grand stander. He said the qualities were what led him in part to fire comey on thursday. More from washington. Reporter President Donald Trump unleashing this morning on social media. First going after the press which he calls the fake media and then setting his sights on a major thorn in his side this week, former fbi director james comey in what could only be viewed as a threat. He tweeted this morning, quote, james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. In both comeys dismissal letter and again in a Television Interview, mr. Trump asserted that comey stated the president was not under investigation. Prompting questions over how that conversation even came up and whether it raises legal questions for either the president or the former fbi director. Disruptive to say the least as his team tries to put back together what he tore apart and maybe he was right. Maybe it was the only choice he had to fire james comey. Reporter that tweet just the latest in a string of often personal attacks that the president has leveled at comey since tuesday evening when the dismissal became public setting off a fire storm in congress. Democrats question whether the president s decision is linked to the Ongoing Investigation into his campaign possible ties to russia a. The dismissal of james comey was about the russian investigation. Never about standing up for hillary clinton. That was a laughable assertion earlier in the week. Reporter comey has been invited to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee next week behind closed doors. So far its unclear if he has accepted the invitation. In washington, im griff jenkins, fox news. Coming up at 9 00, the top prosecutor is under fire in Contra Costa County. 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Taking a look at stocks. The dow jones has been in the red all session long. At this moment thanksgiving down by 24 points. Californias Governor Brown issued his revision of the budget last yesterday. It calls for 124 billion in state spending an increase of 1 and a half billion dollars compared to january. It includes 6. 5 million for staff to support state lawsuits against the trump administration. 15million to a legal fund for immigrants being deported. About 500 million would go to child care for low income families. Public education is getting the biggest boost. Reporter Public Schools are the big winner in the brown budget. Over the past four years, california has increased spending by billions of dollars for education. Reporter grades k through 12 will get nearly 75 billion this year. That is 1. 5 billion more than januarys budget. Thats real money. Reporter not everyone is map ewith the increase. Schools should be getting more money. There are some schools even though they got a bump this year, it is wiped out by the pension costs. So there wont be money in classrooms in those schools. Thats what were being funded at, the minimum. Thats not what the voters voted for. Reporter Governor Brown is withholding 50 million from the university of california. I have my issues with the university. I think the salaries are way too high. In particular the administrators. Reporter he wants to see administratorrors be more upfront will funding after the office of the president failed to disclose tens of millions of dollars in surplus money. I put the 50 million to hold their feet to the fire. The Oakland Unified School districts new superintendent is talking about her priorities and possible budget cuts. Le budget cuts. We have to make tough decisions. We really employing our value of keeping students first and cuts away from schools. Miss johnson took time to read to students at Hoover Elementary School yesterday. On wednesday she was picked to be the new superintendent. She was worked with the disdid trickortreat for 18 years. She is scheduled to officially start as superintendent on july 1st. Across the bay, San Franciscos mayor ed lee says the city will spend 44 million to build Affordable Housing for teachers. Many teachers in San Francisco have been priced out of living in the city. 134 Housing Units will be built for the teachers at the school site at 43 avenue and kirkum street. Once things are finalized that housing could be available by 2022. A south Bay High School is raising money to help a graduating senior who overcame great odds to get into his dream college. The 18yearold will graduate next month from Leadership Public School in san jose. He went into foster care at a young age because of an abusive father as well as a mother addicted to drugs. As a teenager he was reunited with his mother but they ended up homeless. Two years ago he found a home living with friends and through hard work and perseverance, he was accepted to a private liberal arts school in new york state. Its just really important for people to know that you cant give up on something just because someone says you cant do it. You have to keep trying. Despite student loans, scholarships and grants, he still needs tens of thousands of dollars for college expenses. His School Family has launched a fundraising drive to help with the costs. He plans to major in Computer Science. His dream job is to work for facebook. Some High School Students in fort worth, texas will be presented with something new when they go to prom. They will have to blow into a breathalyzer before they go through the doors. I mean, i think they should trust us a little bit. I mean, were all grownup now kind of. This policy comes after multiple reported incidents of student whos came to or left prom while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If a student fails the test, they do not get to go to prom. The police will be called and the student could face disciplinary action. We have made this report our question of the day. Essentially asking you, do you think that students should be given a breathalyzer test at prom . Yes or no. About the same as where we were an hour ago. 34 say yes. 66 of you said no. I love reading your responses. One viewer says not if it serves as a condition of entrance into the prom. It is unfair to scrutinize High Schoolers to such a degree. Rebecca says let them into the prom. You know where they are and you know they are safe. Im more concerned about the choices they make post prom. Also theresa says yes because i dont like to hear on the news about another teenage death. It is to protect them, not control them. Im hearing from a lot of parents on twitter saying yes. I think it is a great idea. Even adults get stupid when they drink. Thank you for your responses. Coming up, finding Common Ground on the soccer field. We will tell you about the event at cal state event bay that have athletes sharing their love of the game. A womans body is found in what was supposedly an empty home along with diaries telling her story. Now that comes to the big screen in a documentary about homelessness and Mental Health. Were live with one of the directors of god knows where i am. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] brothers and oscar winners have produced a number of documentaries tackling political scandal and environmental cover ups and abuse in the catalytic church. Now they are making their directal debut in a film that addresses the battle between Mental Health reform and homelessness all around the story of a woman named linda bishop. October of 2007, the house was empty. The tenant had moved out. We drove up to it. I said, no, thats impossible. The scene was strange. More like a staged incident. There was a body in the room and two notebooks. It doesnt make sense to be barry existing. I thought okay this is a suicide. But the more i several letters. These dark delusional. I dont want that in my house. We dont know if there is foul play involved. Todd joins us live this morning. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. I think i remember the original new yorker article this based on. The piece itself in black and white was haunting. Yes. I can imagine the movie is more so. It is a haunting film. Sort of a thriller wrapped into an art film. An actress reads the journal. A great soundtrack. Beautifully shot. It is a disturbing story. Im hoping that people will see it. Just for our viewers who dont know the story. Linda bishop woman in her 50s in a State Hospital and she was unconditionally discharged after about a year or so. She had severe bipolar disorder and psychosis. She breaks into a home and she lives on app

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