>> we are tracking the latest storm that is creating a very wet and messy commute this morning across the bay area. we will show you where the heaviest rain is falling right now and how long it will stick around. plus, uc berkeley officials are defending how they handled a protest that ended with violence. the approach that police officers took to the crowds and how much it will cost to clean up all of the damage left behind. this is ktvu mornings on 2 >> 7:00. we made it to friday. >> yes. >> it is super bowl friday ahead of super bowl sunday. we get to sit in front of the tv and watch snacks and watch commercials. if it is raining this sunday, that's okay with me. rain for the morning commute is the concern today. steve and sal have been very busy. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and good morning.

i'm dave clark. we're going to talk about this right now. it stopped raining outside of our door. at least for now. >> it was the worst of it what i was coming into oakland. >> you had a lot of company. coming down hard. we saw this part of it go through. still some rain out there. the worst is over. now we will focus our attention on what could be afternoon thunderstorm activity. a little bit up in the north bay. american canyon, hercules and out to crockett and over the we benecia bridge. there was a cell that went through there. still picking up for some south of palo alto, sunnyvale, into san jose and the santa clara valley. an intense line just went down 101. things are letting up in the santa cruz mountains. that is good. we are getting a break. everything coming in from the west/southwest. 50s on the temps.

the breeze will be there but not as windy as when the front came through. the low is moving but it will provide instability that mighty call thunderstorms later -- might cause thunderstorms later today. >> this commute had been very slow and then we had a lot of accidents, a lot of standing water. too many individual crashes for me to mention. i will say that things are slow all over the place. let's start off with the bay bridge. you can see the only lanes moving through are the carpool lanes. it's a little better. it is not raining there right now. that also has -- it has been raining there before. that made it very slow. right now it looks more like a normal commute. we're also looking at some of the commutes on 880 northbound and southbound. it has been tough getting into downtown oakland. it is windy and breezy, as

steve said. 580 and 880 are both affected by crashes right now into oakland that are clearing. it will be extra slow. as we move over to marin county, southbound 101 is still slow from novato down to san rafael because of earlier crashes. on the peninsula, especially in san francisco, san francisco is a mess. a lot of standing water, a couple of fender benders trying to get to the airport. if you're on 101 or 280, give yourself extra time. and the san mateo bridge is also pretty slow. likewise for the dumbarton bridge heading over to the peninsula. >> thank you, sal. new this morning, president trump is speaking out on social media again about protesters across the country. it appears right here at home at uc berkeley against its administration and conservative politics. he said, quote, professional paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to make america great again. in the meantime uc berkeley

administrators are defending how they handled the demonstration. they are being criticized from not doing enough to let the protests get out of hand. we're also getting the first damage estimates this morning. alex. >> reporter: good morning. school officials estimate it will cost about 1 hub thousand dollars to repair call -- $100,000 to repair the damage that was done on the campus. windows boarded up on the campus. this was the focus of the demonstration. protesters smashed out a lot of the windows wednesday night. a large crowd was voicing opposition to a planned speech by milo yiannopoulos. but uc berkeley officials say it was a group of 150 who set fires and broke windows. now, extra officers had been called in. they took a hands-off approach that night. the event put on by the berkeley republicans was eventually canceled. six people were hurt during the arrest and just one arrest.

>> reporter: and there are now stories of heroism emerging from that chaotic night. jake shields an mma fighter happened to be near the cal campus that night getting dinner with his girlfriend. shields says he saw a group of about 15 or so people wearing masks who were hitting a man with sticks. so he says he stepped in and fought them off. hem off. >> and all of a sudden i see a man getting chased about i a mob of 15, 20 people hitting them with sticks. he had already been beat up. i started fighting the people off. i hit a few of them. they started standing down. >> reporter: shields said he ultimately pulled the victim into a nearby deli and tried to get help from police.

but he claims that officers refused to go near the crowd of protesters. berkeley police representative that we talked with says he wasn't aware of that particular situation but officers in general would step in if they witnessed a violent attack. but overall, police in berkeley and here at the university they say they were focused on protecting life over property. in downtown berkeley, a lot of businesses were vandalized and a lot of damage done on the uc berkeley campus. school officials estimate, again, that the damage done was about $100,000 worth of damage. and they're going to continue to do the clean-up here. again, gasia, they are defending the way they handled the demonstrations, the hands- off approach they took. they were expecting large crowds. they were expecting push-back to the milo yiannopoulos speech here but what they witnessed with that outside group sort of taking over the protest was something unprecedented. >> alex, i know we have the mayor of berkeley joining us tonight on the #. we will follow up on that.

thank you. the time is 7:06. now to the still developing story in what is called a terror attack in paris near the louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world. a man tried to get into the museum with a machete. when the guards tried to stop him, he stabbed one of the guards with the machete. the attacker was shot five times and was seriously wounded. he did not have id and was too hurt to be questioned. authorities did not find explosives in his backpacks. one soldier was slightly hurt in that confrontation. it happened in a shopping mall under the museum. hundreds of tourists stayed inside during that incident. some of them were taken to special safe rooms as a precaution. the time is 7:07. now we're hearing that just 30 minutes from right now, the trump administration will announce new sanctions on iran. responding to iran test firing a ballistic missile. the united states says sunday's

missile test violates a resolution that is part of the iran nuclear deal. however, iran insists the missile program is not part of the nuclear agreement. u.s. officials say penalties may be imposed on 20 iranians, companies, maybe even government agencies. in the meantime, iran announce this had morning it is banning american wrestlers from traveling to iran next month for a competition. they're countering president trump's executive order banning iranians from entering the united states. happening now, president trump holding his first meeting at the white house with his economic advisory council that includes representatives from wal-mart, pepsi and general motors. the tesla ceo will be there this morning despite his opposition to the immigration ban. he will express his objections to the president. he also wants to continue to participate in the committee in order to provide advice and feedback to the president.

uber ceo resigned from president trump's economic council yesterday. uber was criticized even boycotted by many for appearing to support the president's travel ban. our time is now 7:09. the super bowl, the biggest sports event of the year is this weekend. you of course will see it right here on ktvu. lauren is in houston right now to tell us more on how the players and how the halftime star lady gaga are preparing for the big day. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, it is one of the largest sporting events in america. and houston is trying to show through super bowl li that everything is just a little bit bigger here in texas. >> it's the greatest sports event on earth. i don't think it ever gets old. this is my fourth super bowl as a pregame show host for fox. >> reporter: with the super bowl just two days away, the

pressure is on for the sports casters and lady gaga and the athletes. fans can expect a close game between the patriots and the falcons. the halftime show is sure to be a spectacle like only gaga can. >> i don't want to give away the songs because it will ruin the surprise. >> reporter: about 76,000 folks expected to pack into nrg stadium and authorities are screening every truck delivering all of the food and merchandise. >> we keep count every day. we're running at about 180 to 200 a day. we expect that go up closer to game day with the food and everything else. >> reporter: this isn't tom brady's first rodeo. he has four super bowl wins and hoping to get his record breaking fifth ring. he says the falcons won't be easy to beat. >> i think we have to, you know, do our best to finish it off. and it's going to be tough because we're playing a great football team. >> reporter: now, tonight is

one of the most exclusive parties with bruno mars. i looked at the tickets and they are well over $200 just for one person. >> wow. all right, lauren. i'll meet you in houston. we can eat there. lauren, thank you. >> reporter: i will. i will see you there. >> okay. >> perfect. >> don't forget that you can watch super bowl li on ktvu fox 2 right here this sunday. our coverage begins early in the morning at 8:00 a.m. the kickoff is at 3:30. i knew i liked you, dave. yes. the reason that nordstrom has decided to drop ivanka trump's fashion line. good morning. it is not a good commute. i wish it were. it is getting a little better but very slow on the san mateo bridge heading out to a slow peninsula. and it's been a very busy weather morning, which goes in correlation with the commute. but we are starting to see a break here. we will see what is in store for the rest of the day and the weekend.

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>> we're tracking another rally on wall street this morning following the first employment report of the year. pam cook is back with this and more in monday business. >> great news this morning. the jobs report better than economists expected that is taking stocks up this morning. ringing the opening bell today, kimball royalty partners. it celebrating its ipo today. snapchat just filed paperwork to go public this year as well. that's always well received on wall street. checking in on the numbers though. dow jones back above 20,000. 20,010 up more than half a percent. the nasdaq up a quarter of a percent. s&p 500 almost 2300. up half of a percent. most of the reason, that first jobs report of the year. better than expected.

as i just mentioned, u.s. employers ramped up hiring last month. more americans began looking for work as well. the labor department reports 227,000 new jobs in january. that's the most since september and higher than last year's average monthly gain which was 187,000. the unemployment rate ticked up but it is still just 4.8%. japan is reportedly working on a deal that would create 700,000 jobs here in the united states. that proposal expected to be presented when prime minister and president trump meet next month. it calls for a deal to build high speed trains in the northeast, texas and here in california. the deal would also call for more artificial intelligence, robotics and space and internet technology. the report claims that japan may use money to fund the deal from the foreign exchange. it is expected to generate $450

billion in new business. samsung is considering building a factory in the u.s. the factory would make household appliances. the move comes as several companies brace for protection trade policies under the trump administration. right now most samsung televisions, refrigerators and appliances sold in the u.s. are made in mexico. president trump will sign two more executive orders at the white house. in one, the president will order a review of the today frank wall street reform and consumer protection act t has to do with regulations with the banks. another executive order will suspend new restrictions on retirement financial advisors that require the advisors to put their client's interests ahead of their own compensation. nordstrom is dropping ivanka trump's fashion line. it made the decision because the first daughter's clothing and accessories are not selling

well. they reevaluate brands each season and said the decision on the line is not permanent. the campaign called grab your wallet has been calling for a boycott of retailers that carry ivanka trump's or president trump's merchandise. that campaign may have an impact on sales. a lot of analysts talking about that. shoes.com is also removing ivanka's shoes from the inventory. macy's dropped the men's wear back in 2015 because of his comments about mexican immigrants calling them criminals. so definitely affecting retailers now. >> okay. thank you, pam. >> all right, pam. the time is 7:17. sal, highway 24, every place else, how is it looking? >> it is very slow. i want to let you know i'm looking at the f.a.a. status for san francisco airport. that's the only airport in the bay area that has significant delays. these delays could get as long as three hours and 42 minutes according to their flight status here. that doesn't mean every flight

will be delayed that way. that's the average. some flights maybe not at all. later in the day because of the reduced acceptance rate because of the storm, that will have effects throughout the day. if you're taking a flight, check with your carrier. if you're expecting someone that goes for you as well. we mentioned highway 24. you will see the traffic is going to be moderate. this is about a 25-minute drive between walnut creek and oakland. it's not as bad as a few days ago. but it's not great either. the weather has been moving through. things have settled down a little bit now that it is lighter and people can see what they are doing better. the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. as we go to the maps, the traffic is just moderate on 880 heading south into the south bay. we have had moderate commutes there. i think the slowest traffic right now is in oakland and san francisco on 880, 580 and on 101. those freeways are kind of a mess right now. 7:18. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >> you're welcome.

>> let's get to it here. we had our intense line go through earlier. there is still some rain. the snow pack update, we have been talking about this. but the snow water equivalents 144%. 200 southern. here is what i want to tell you about. the 7-day quantitative precipitation forecast for liquid precip puts about 17 inches on the canyon between now and next friday. if that happens, these are going to keep going up, up, up. also about 15 inches of rain for parts of mendocino county. the wind and snow has picked up. snow level has gone up 6500. around there. it may be below for some. higher for others. it will drop into the weekend. it was rain for a while. now it is turning to snow. the winter storm warning will take us into tonight and tomorrow. the snow level has gone far up here. if you're heading up over the

passes, you will encounter this. the intense line is moving into the valley. we're on the back side of it but not completely done. there are some areas getting rain. it is hit and miss a little bit here. still some going through concord, walnut creek and a little towards marin county and the city. some of the lines in napa and vacaville and fairfield. snowing not a lot but a little bit. heading out to the valley. the main line though has gone through. and then back towards the east bay again where there has been intense rain, now exiting to the right there. heading east. milpitas, east san jose and foothills. things are calming down even in the santa cruz mountains. now that has pushed off to the east as well. here is the airflow coming up. these are mid latitude systems. it is warm. san jose is 59 degrees. 58 at sfo. the breeze was really cranked up to 43 miles per hour at sfo

about two hours ago. it has calmed down a little bit. there is the low. ejecting up towards oregon. it is dragging across that system. now it will start to provide dynamics. good upper level support for not only showers but thunder shower activity later today. i think north better than south. i'm just broad brushing the next couple of days. impossible to pinpoint this. mix of clouds and some rain. that will take us into the weekend. then another system monday and tuesday. it is starting to look very, very wet north next week. >> wow. >> oh. >> very wet. >> thanks for the heads-up, steve. >> you're welcome. >> the time is 7:21. a heart warming story. >> you like this. >> two strangers were brought together by the boston marathon bombing. how the woman's hero would end up being the man she would mary.

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new this morning, president trump's nominee for education secretary betty devos is a step closer to being confirmed. early this morning the senate voted 52-48 to advance her nomination to i affinal confirmation vote. two republican senators joined democrats in opposing her. she is a billionaire from michigan. she has donated heavily to republican campaigns and has promoted charter schools. her final confirmation vote may come on monday. san francisco's muni is facing the unusual problem of people driving through a tunnel in their cars but that tunnel is meant only for trains. we will share cell phone video that shows a car stuck on the tracks there. it brought the line to a halt for hours and passengers had to get off the train and walk out of that tunnel. over the past five years, 24 people have driven into the tunnel and become stuck on the tracks. four of those incidents happened in the past month.

muni says it most cases the drivers were drunk. >> when they do drive into the tunnel, it impacts thousands of riders when they do that because we have to put shuttles on the street. >> muni crews have recently restripped the area outside of the entrance to the tunnel. they will add more signs, lights and speed bumps. almost four years after the boston marathon bombing, two strangers brought together by the tragedy are about to become husband and wife. a spectator watching the marathon near the finish line was pulled to safety by a firefighter and her mother that day pointed out to her daughter how handsome that firefighter was. but the daughter was understandably not ready to think about him in that way just yet. doctors ended up having to amputate one of her legs. mom kept playing match maker. the couple began dating and he proposed last december. david ortiz tweeted about the

impending up in nuptials saying congrats to the two. up next the emotional testimony from one of sierra lamar's friends. plus -- >> reporter: we have seen a number of closures on highway 37 this year. it is open right now. but caltrans is looking at a short term and a long-term fix to prevent more flooding on this roadway. not a great commute out there. i can't lie. it's getting a little better. now that the rain has moved through. it is still slow on 80 out to the macarthur maze. well, the rain is letting up here. now the snow is picking up big time up in the mountains. winter thunderstorm warning up there. it looks like, you know what, the beat is going to go on here for about another week. [ alarm clock beeping ]

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>> the time is 7:30. the rain is back. we're tracking a storm widespread. thankful leah according to our meteorologist steve paulson fairly fast moving. we will bring in steve in a minute. this is your first look at storm tracker 2. boy, it was coming down this morning. video from one of our photographers on 880 in oakland. as sal mentioned, there have been a lot of fender benders happening along the way. if you can leave a little early. thanks so much for joining us this morning. we will help you get through this friday morning. it is february 3rd.

i'm gasia mikaelian. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. i do have a microphone. good morning. i'm glad you're with us. i ran outside real quick. no rain outside of our studios, steve. but the clouds look spectacular. >> dave just said -- the rain has ended for us finally. >> okay. >> we're not done. just done with this round. there is still more to go here. and the snow is picking up in the mountains. still some rain around. not that intense line that went through. you know what, my computer is still loading. just you wait a second here. just you wait. maybe it won't load. that's my fear here. i don't think it is going to. there you go. it is not going to happen. i will have to toss it to sal. it is crunching big time. i don't think it's going to go anywhere. >> all right. >> all right, sal. you know what to do. you've been there. >> are you all right. >> you came to me and i had to cough.

this is going smoothly. let's go to the east shore freeway. the traffic is going to be a little slow still about a 40- minute drive as you drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. you can see the traffic is going to be improved now that the weather has moved through. no major problems. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza now. you can see here the traffic is going to be okay. gosh, i'm sorry about this. >> let's toss it back to the desk. toss it back to the desk. >> you relax. the rains we have had this year closed down one major highway several times, gasia. christien kafton is along highway 37 in novato. they planned to fix the flooding problem out there. >> reporter: yeah. dave, you remember this road flooded out multiple times in january. take a look at. it is easy to see the water has cleared. you can see why the section of

road flooded. that is a low lying section of road. the novato creek goes right by t the water comes up on the roadway. when you combine that with the king tide that's we saw in january, it is a recipe for disaster. they are pumping the water off of the road. remember, again, state route 37 was forced to close multiple times last month after intense rains and high tides stranded cars in the water. now caltrans is considering an $8 million fix to stop flooding on the roadway. the state route 37 policy committee met last night to discuss short and long-term fixes. in the short term, caltrans is looking at building up the pavement along this section of the road and replacing existing drainage pipes with bigger pipes to handle more water. long-term, the entire highway is in danger of getting swamped

as sea levels rise. that could mean long-term caltrans may have to elevate the roadway. traffic on this stretch of road has increased about 40,000 vehicles use 37 on a daily basis. now there is talk of possibly adding a toll to highway 37 to help pay for all of those improvements. guys, as you can imagine, you can see just how much traffic travels along this roadway. we're hoping to talk with drivers later on to find out how they might feel about having to pay a toll to pay for the improvements. >> thank you, christien kafton. >> a reminder on a busy weather and traffic day, take us with you. download our weather app for the latest on the weather across the bay area and follow our weather team on facebook, twitter and instagram. we have breaking news right now. the trump administration is announcing new sanctions against iran. the treasury department is imposing sanctions on 13 people and 12 companies. it is in response to the

missile test on sunday. the people and companies are connected to the iran missile program. the u.s. says the missile test violates part of the iran nuclear deal. however iran insists that the missile program is not part of that nuclear agreement. we will keep tabs on this story and bring you more details as we get them. we're following a developing story in masser county. a officer shot and killed a suspected drunk driver. the highway is still closed at the scene. between squaw valley road and alpine meadows road. it began as cpp officers followed the suspected drunk driving out of the city. the chase came to an end where the shooting happened. there's no word on what caused the deputy to shoot. the deputy was not hurt. here at home the parents of a san bruno woman killed by a hit and run driver are making a

plea for justice. she was in the crosswalk walking across san bruno at the time. she was headed home after her daily trip to starbucks. the driver never stopped. now her parents are asking for witnesses to come forward and for the driver to surrender to police. ce. >> it's not too late to step up and do the right thing. it is not too late to redeem yourself. >> do the right thing. you know. just, you know, give carly some peace. give us a little peace. >> the flynns are raising money with an online account for a reward in hopes of getting information that will lead to the arrest of the driver. the time is now 7:36. a major bay area news organization threatens to sue the city of oakland to get unreleased documents about the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. the news group says the city has refused to release documents that could explain how the city missed several chances to close down the warehouse which could have

possibly saved lives. 36 people died in that fire two months ago. the newspaper organization wrote a letter saying that it will sue if the documents are not made available next week. well, the first full week of the garcia-torres murder trial is over. he is accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar who disappeared almost five years ago. there was a lot of emotions in the courtroom yesterday, including testimony from a friend of sierra lamar. she was put on the witness stand to lay the ground work that sierra lamar was not a run- away. >> reporter: one of sierra lamar's friends cried as the prosecution played video of sierra stepping off of the school bus the day before she disappeared. the two had exchanged ex text messages the morning of march 16th, 2012, right before sierra vanished on the way to the bus

stop. >> no one prepares their kids to lose a friend. especially in the manner that it happened. >> reporter: kristin stonehow's daughter is also sierra's friends among those testifying. her daughter and sierra were active on social media. now her accounts are silent. >> it was heart breaking. it's unsettling, especially when it first happened. everybody hugs their kids a little closer. you think you're safe waiting for the bus. that didn't turn out to be the case. >> reporter: before the friends testified, a sheriff's deputy was on the stand. the defense attorney for the accused killer, garcia-torres, questioned the deputy about the forensic evidence since they are relying on dna. sierra's body has never been found. >> the defense definitely brought its a game when it came to cross examining the main investigator in the case. >> reporter: that investigator appearing agitated address the defense attacked how the belongings were collected. at one point saying a dead bug

seen in many evidence photos suggests that the evidence was placed was not properly wiped down. the prosecution's strategy is to show it is not one piece of evidence that leads to garcia- torres. >> at the end of the day it doesn't really matter because you have to look at the quantum of evidence against garcia- torres. there are too many coincidences here. >> reporter: cross-examination of sierra's friends, the defense trying to paint a different picture of sierra. the friend admitted she was sad since she just moved to morgan hill and she missed her friends. her friend testified she had never seen garcia-torres before. the time is 7:39. just minutes from now, tesla ceo will join a white house business advisory meeting with president trump. at 8:00, the big name ceo that will not be there and the letter that other tech companies are drafting. also the second most watched thing besides the game

on super bowl sunday. up next, what to expect from this year's commercials. and we are looking at a commute that hasn't been great. i have to tell you. although things are getting a little better now. the rain has moved through. it is lighter and perhaps a little easier to get there. we will tell you more about that coming up. and most of the rain has moved through. now we will see about possibility of some thunder shower activity. probably more to the north but it is in the forecast.

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>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it is 7:42. millions of people will watch the super bowl to see the biggest football game of the year. others sit back to enjoy the

commercials. >> that's me. >> jason joins us live this morning to talk about what we should expect to see this coming sunday. good morning, jason. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> of course. we're coming off an intensely political year. how are advertisers walking that fine line between exciting but not insighting? how are they handling politics or is it a hands-off zone on sunday. >> i typically -- we always advise the brand that's we work with to really not go political. we don't think it is a place for politics. there's an example. 84 lumber. that's a brand that -- that is advertising for the first time in the big game. and they had an ad about building a wall. obviously everybody is talking about the wall. and it got rejected. and now they're scrambling to find a replacement spot. so we really advertise our clients to kind of steer clear of politics. >> you know, one of the most

popular commercial characters was spuds mckenzie. he is coming back. >> a throw-back to the '80s. we will see how that works out. sometimes it works. sometimes it doesn't work. one of my favorite ads this year is actually from audi which is about -- it's called drive progress. it is a really audi taking a stand and saying that they're going to pay men and women no matter the gender equally. and so they're really putting their neck on the line and doing a super bowl ad around it. it is a beautifully crafted ad. one of my favorites. >> justin bieber will be in an ad for t mobile. what is the risk of taking a huge pop star and making him commercial or is there not really a risk anymore? >> you know, it all depends on your strategy. what you don't want is people to just say that's the justin bieber ad and not remember your

brand. that's the risk of that. that t mobile ad is really what i would call a kitchen sink ad. they have justin bieber and gronk and asking the audience to submit dance videos. they put everything together into an ad. that is not a strategy we advise. we like simple on the nose, you know, one idea ads. >> jason, i have to ask. snickers for the first time is going to do a live commercial. tell me about that. >> you know, there's not much to report on that. it is a first ever live ad. it is a little stunty. it is getting a lot of attention. we just know that it has adam driver from girls and a horse. you know, that could go either way. hard to say what that will be. it definitely is risky. but it is getting a lot of attention. that is another way to go. do the first ever. hyundai is doing the first ever ad that will be shot and edited

during the game. and it's going to air right after the game. so those two marketers are trying something that has never been done before. we will see if one of them works. >> jason, do you have a personal favorite from all of the past years of super bowl ads you would like to pick? >> i mean, my personal favorite of all time is from 2003. it's office linebacker with terry tate. an ad for reebok. it was numerous and traveled well. they had a lot of viral films coming off of it. that is my all-time favorite. >> we will see if you don't have a new one after sunday. thank you for joining us this morning, jason. >> go falcons. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, jason. >> he had to get that in. 7:46. let's check our commute here in the bay area one more time. my favorite sports guy is that guy right there, sal. >> thank you, dave. i'm going to give you better

traffic news. the east shore freeway is settling down a little bit. it looks like the weather earlier was making a mess of things. now on the east shore freeway, we have traffic that will be -- it's going to be delayed for about 41 minutes to the macarthur maze. and then by the time you make it to the bay bridge toll plaza you will see the traffic is going to be backed up for another 20, 30 minutes. it will take you the better part of an hour, maybe more than that to drive from vallejo to san francisco. the traffic will be slow in oakland if you are driving on 580. we had an earlier accident at lake shore. 580 is backed up all the way to san leandro. this is disappointing. on a friday if it wasn't raining, we would have had a better commute. the deal is done. we have a lot of slow traffic because of the rainstorm that moved through. at 7:47, steve i have a question for you. >> ask. >> if you've been coughing for a long time and your doctor didn't give you antibiotics, do

you think that antibiotics will fix it or no. >> for some, yes. for others no,. >> you're like my doctor. >> what worked for me. once you're on the mend and you -- get out and walk. >> okay. >> get the fresh air in the lungs. >> okay. >> the first time you do it, you think you're going to keel over. >> i'm going to do that. >> i wrote the book here. we feel great right now. how about you? it's friday. we had our system go through. it has gone through. there is still some rain out there. we're getting some breaks. the snow is really picking up in the sierra. the winter storm warning is out there. there is still some rain around. not a lot. but a little bit showing up. it will continue to work its way through. now if we get the sun breaks, then you will start to see the cues developing and there's pretty good dynamics. cooler aaloft and sheer moving in, which could give us a little bit of activity in the

shower and thunder shower activity later today. the breeze is still there. not as windy as earlier. we had gusts at 43 miles per hour at sfo. still 15 in half moon bay, san jose, livermore. so we get a few breaks. there are some of the sun breaks i'm talking about. multiple systems are coming across the old pipeline here today. in the morning it was the wind and rain. now we will go sun and clouds. some shower activity. off and on rain. a few breaks. it looks about the same on saturday, with some rain. sunday should be a break until late sunday. then as we get into monday and tuesday, signs of more rain. even thursday. some of this could be really heavy, especially about santa rosa, calistoga north. winter storm warning, 7,000, 6500 feet. 60s on the temps. it will slowly come down. the line is now heading up the mountains. that will be intense moving

into the sierra. we're -- we're starting up again, dave. we had about a ten-daybreak. now here we go again. >> and you will be busy next week too. >> sure looks like it. >> thank you, steve. the time is 7:49. a startling new report for the lgbt community. up next, the reason there's a lack of legal protection.

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 >> the '80s, man. or was this the '90s? i forget. anyway, u2 was a halftime performer at the super bowl years ago. that's our theme. if you are sending us requests, make sure that they were playing at the super bowl at one point. i'll play your requests every friday morning. thank you, jackie, for the request, by the way. usual #ktvu on twitter, facebook or instagram. >> steve says it was 1991. the time is 7:53, a new study shows a lack of legal protection for the lgbt community in particular for transgender people. in recent months, lgbt groups have been holding rallies about this. a new study says that 23 states have more law that's harm rather than help transgender people. the study says last year there were 200 anti-lgbt bills introduced in different states

around the country. the measures include north carolina's restroom bill to a law in mississippi that allows businesses, doctors, even government officers to reject services and care for lgbt people. well, a man an iranian man turned away from los angeles international airport under president trump's new travel ban returned yesterday to a very emotional welcome from his family and hundreds more who came out to greet him. >> welcome. >> even los angeles mayor eric garcetti was there to welcome him. his family was waiting to welcome him last friday at lax when he was detained by officials and sent back to iran. he was allowed to come back after the aclu filed legal action against the federal government. three students are suing the government over the travel ban.

the students are from stanford, uc berkeley and a college in san diego. they claim the president's order banning travel from seven majority muslim countries is unconstitutional and discriminatory. they say the stanford student can no longer travel to yemen to visit her husband. the student from berkeley is from iran and says his job offer in silicon valley is in jeopardy. the san diego student from yes, ma'am especially went outside of the country to visit his family and now can't come back. the aclu is representing all three of the students. well, today san francisco assembly man introducing the announcement at 11:00 this morning at the mission neighborhood center at 362 cap street. now, he says that tenants undocumented know their landlords have the power to destroy their lives with just a phone call to federal immigration authorities.

happening today, mexican drug lord el chapo will face a federal judge in new york. at first the judge was going to conduct the hearing by video. but lawyers convinced him to conduct the hearing in person. el chapo guzman is charged with running a massive drug trafficking operation that laundered billions of dollars and also oversaw murders and kidnappings. he has repeatedly been in prison. he escaped in mexico. in order to bring him to the u.s., prosecutors had to agree not to seek the death penalty. well, there's new information this morning about the deadly prison standoff in delaware and the guard who was killed. a union official says sergeant floyd saved the lives of his colleagues by hollering out a warping that inmates had set a trap as they stormed the building in an attempt to rescue floyd and other hostages. he was a 16-year veteran

employee. using sharp objects the inmates took four prison workers hostage wednesday morning. it was an 18-hour standoff. the three others were either released or rescued. all right. our time, checking in with mike and gasia. >> thank you, dave. president trump speaking out about protests across the country. more on his latest remarks as businesses in berkeley continue to clean up after a violent demonstration. the louvre museum in paris comes under attack. new information that we're learning about a terrorist threat. good morning. you can see traffic is moving along slowly in some areas still. and it looks like it may have been raining here a little bit just a little while ago. there is something right now on that san mateo bridge. we will let you know more about that coming up. the main system has gone through. we still have rain lingering around. i think some thunder shower activity will pick up later. cool air is beginning to move in as well.

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>> good morning. uc berkeley officials talking today about how police handled that massive demonstration here on campus wednesday night that ended with violence. we will tell you about the damage that was done and how much repairs will cost coming up. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> it is friday. the weekend knocking on the door. a little wet out there. but it's friday and fridays are a good day. we have this live picture from the north bay in the city of san rafael. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday, february 3rd. i'm mike mibach.

>> i'm gasia mikaelian. let's talk about the weather and traffic to help you get through the friday morning so we can get to the real weekend. steve, it has been busy this morning. >> yes. there is rain moving right over san mateo bridge. we will focus in on that right now. the cloud cover moving in will fire up shower activity and thunder shower activity. there it is. you can probably see it from the hayward side going over. it looks heavier there. some of that is part of the entire system which is rotating through. the bulk has moved up to the sierra where snow was on the go big time. chain control on 80. not 50 yet but that will probably change. some of this rain was torrential for a while. overan inch and a half in a couple areas. but the main line is now up in the mother load and not here. 50s on the temps. very mild. i expect some of these to start coming down, especially up north. cooler air comes in. pretty breezy to blustery. that kind of day.

cloudy to mostly cloudy. gusts at half moon bay 28 miles per hour. sfo had gusts to 40. you see the cloud cover building already. it will be that kind of day where we see the cloud cover. multiple systems have to pay a visit. off and on rain today and tomorrow. and then the next round comes in sunday and monday and most of next week. more on that coming up. sal, 8:02. you want to look at the san mateo bridge. i saw rain there. >> i want to remind viewers about the airport delays at san francisco airport. some flights could be delayed almost four hours today. now, that's not every flight. but when they put that up, they're expecting significant delays if you are pecks eastbounding someone or if -- if you are expecting someone or you can taking a flight, there's a good possibility that the flight will be delayed. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the traffic will be busy at the bay bridge toll plaza getting into san francisco. it is backed up all the way out to the maze. there have been no major problems as you drive through.

you can see that on the san mateo bridge we talked about westbound # the 2. there was something on the span. it looks like it has been raining there. the traffic is slow heading out to the peninsula and getting into san francisco. i want to mention something that just came to our attention. stockton and pacific, 1199 stockton. firefighters are orange working on a fire in that area. 8:03. let's go back to the desk. president trump is speaking out about protests across the nation and against the administration. he tweeted this message. professional paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to make america great again. president trump tweeted yesterday if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point

of view, no federal funds, question mark. while the school says it received about $370 million in research money from the federal government last academic year, the president does not have the power to unilaterally cut funding to the university. he needs congressional approval first. uc berkeley and police are defending themselves for their handling of wednesday night's protest. they have been criticized for not doing enough to stop the demonstration from getting out of hand. alex savidge is joining us live from berkeley this morning with more on that part of the story. alex. alex. >> reporter: yeah. we're also talking about the damage as well, mike. good morning to you. a lot of clean-up to do on the cal campus. some of it happening as we speak behind us here. school officials estimate about $100,000 in damage was done during that demonstration on wednesday night. you see a crew doing power washing to get up the paint that was left behind on the sidewalks. you can see boarded up windows here at the student union building after protesters

smashed the windows on wednesday night. a large crowd gathered here to voice their opposition to a planned speech by right winger milo yiannopoulos. uc berkeley officials say a group of about 150 protesters hijacked the protest, setting fires and breaking windows and things quickly got out of control. extra officers had been called in beforehand according to school officials. they say they were aware that there were going to be protests. in the end, police took a fairly hands-off approach to the demonstration and the violence that erupted here. the event that was put on the, the speech that was planned by the republicans had to be canceled. we are learning that at least six people were hurt during the unrest that stretched into the night. and in the end, though, there was only one arrest. >> reporter: and there are

stories of heroism emerging from that chaotic night. jake shields is a well known professional mixed martial arts fighter. he just happened to be near the cal campus on wednesday night getting din we are his girlfriend. he saw a group of about 15 people all wearing masks who were hitting a man with sticks. so he says he stepped in and he fought them off and pulled the victim into a nearby deli. >> after the first fight, i knew a lot more people were getting attacked. i ran out to get the police. they recognized me and said we're not really going in there. i don't know if they were cowards or had an order to stand down. it was a disgrace to see a police force stand down like that. >> reporter: now, we asked the berkeley police department exactly what took place in that situation. and the officer we spoke with said he wasn't aware of that incident. but he said in general, officers would step in if they witnessed a violent attack. but the priority for police on that nights with the protection of life over property.

and we did see in downtown berkeley this protest moved into the downtown berkeley area. there were quite a few businesses, several banks and a starbucks that were vandalized as well. a lot of damage left behind across the city of berkeley. a lot of clean-up on the campus this morning. the police department and university officials defending how they responded. they expected protests but they were not prepared for this outside group of what they described as agitators who came in and caused all of the trouble. >> the mayor of berkeley will join us during the 9 to talk about the protests as well. thank you, alex. there was an unexpected turn of events following the protests the uc berkeley. the school is blaming agitators for the violence but the group that invited milo yiannopoulos to speak is reporting a surge

of interest and support. the group held its weekly meeting last night. there was a line out the door as more students than normal showed up to hear what the club has to offer. >> you know, that's the absolute irony out of all of this. >> that isn't representative of who we are as a student body. >> republican club members are advised to keep a low profile for their safety. there was an attack this morning near the louvre museum. the french president said there is no doubt that the attack on the louvre was of a terrorist nature. a man with two machetes and backpacks tried to get into the louvre. when guards stopped him, he tried to stab one of the soldiers with a machete and screamed in arabic god is great. he was shot five times and seriously wounded. ously wounded. >> an officer tasked with

providing security to the louvre museum was assaulted as part of an attack that was terroristic in its nature. >> there were no explosives in the backpack. one soldier was slightly injured in the confrontation that happened in a shopping mall beneath the museum. hundreds remained inside and some were taken to safe rooms. officials warned that while the situation is under control, the terrorist threat in france remains. the trump administration announced new sanctions on iran because of a missile test fire. they are imposing sanctions on 13 people as well as 12 companies. the people in those companies are reportedly connected to the missile program of iran. the missile test violates a u.n. security council resolution that is part of the iran nuclear deal. iran insists it is not part of the nuclear agreement. happening now president trump is having his first meet

withing his economic advisory committee at the white house. he invited top executives from wal-mart, pepsi and tesla. he told the group that he is feeling optimistic about the economy of the united states. >> a couple of things happened this morning. 227,000 jobs. great spirit in the country right now. we're very happy about that. i think that it's going to continue big league. we're bringing down your taxes. we're getting rid of your regulations. i think it will be exciting times ahead. >> the president told the executives he wants to hear ideas to grow the economy and bring back jobs to the united states. there is a report silicon valley tech companies are planning to send a letter to president trump to show opposition to the immigration ban. the letter will be written by apple, google, facebook and uber. it is unclear when it will be sent to president trump. later this morning president from will sign two more executive orders.

one will review the today frank wall street reform. another will suspend new restrictions on retirement for financial -- retirement financial advisor that's require the advisors to put their client's interest ahead of their own compensation. we are following developing news near squaw valley. the investigation underway and how it could impact people getting up to squaw throughout the day. two more days to go until super bowl li. a live report from houston. things are improving a little bit traffic-wise. now that it has stopped raining hard. still slow traffic on highway 24. the main front went through. now we're getting light rain around. clouds will continue to build ask it looks like more showers and possible thunder showers today.

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>> the warriors did not have three of the big men last night but still beat the clippers down in l.a. no worries as steph curry and kevin durant had great games. the warriors have now beaten the clippers nine straight times as they cruise to a 123- 121 victory. having fun off the court. on the team flight to l.a. late wednesday night. there was this video of him

passing out a special gift to each player. a specially designed blanket with a sleeping green. >> there was chuckles throughout the plane. draymond known for taking photos of the players as they sleep. the biggest sporting event of the year is happening this weekend. >> let's go back to lauren live in houston with how the players and stars are getting ready for the big day. >> reporter: it is the biggest sporting event in america. houston is trying to show the world that super bowl li in texas will be something just a little bit bigger as everything here is. >> it's the greatest sports event on earth, you know. i don't think it ever get old. this is my fourth super bowl with fox. >> reporter: with the super bowl just two days away, the pressure is on for the sports casters, athletes and lady gaga.

while fans can expect a close game between the patriots and falcons, the halftime show is sure to be a spectacle like only gaga can. >> i don't want to give away the songs because it will ruin the surprise. >> about 76,000 folks expected to pack into nrg stadium. and authorities are screening every truck delivering all of the food and merchandise. >> we keep count every day. we're running at about 180 to 200 a day. we expect that to go up closer to game day. with the -- with the food and everything else. >> reporter: this isn't tom brady's first rodeo. he says the falcons won't be easy to beat. >> i think we have to do our best to finish it off. and it's going to be tough because we're playing a great football team. team. >> reporter: now, tonight is one of the most exclusive pregame parties where the headliner is pop star bruno mars. mike, gasia. >> lauren, they're hoping that

the weather holds out for roof open at nrg on sunday, right. >> reporter: that's what we're hoping. right now it is overcast in houston. it is supposed to get sunnier. sunday, they're calling for rain in the morning but then it is supposed to be nice as the day goes on. >> thank you, lauren. we will be watching from the comfort of our warm dry living room. >> that's right. >> super bowl li is on ktvu this sunday. kickoff starts at 3:30. ea sports the video maker hosted a friendly competition yesterday. players from teams including the dallas cowboys faced off in the video game championship. promising news for tom brady fans in the bay area. the madden game predicts the patriots will beat the falcons to win super bowl li by a score of 27-24. today our question to you

is this: why are you watching on sunday? do you go for the commercials or the game or perhaps you're not interested in anything specifically but like to join in what is a cultural event. let us know what you think by posting a comment on facebook, tweet us with the #ktvu. i'm all about the halftime show and the commercials and the game. but also the snacks. >> that's right. >> i'm about the football and the food. >> the camaraderie. >> a lot of high fives given out during super bowl. sal, your thoughts. more football or commercials. >> both. there are a lot of commercials in football, mike, as you know. even if you just tune in to watch the game, you will see the commercials. >> yes. >> there are a lot of them. good morning to you and gasia. we have a fire in san francisco china town on stockton and pacific. it has gone to two alarms. we have pictures that we want to show you of the fire that came in on social media. it is in china town. that is affecting some of the buses here.

you can see the building with a lot of smoke. this is a picture taken from one of the hills nearby of the smoke rising and the street blocked. again, this is pacific and stockton. a good area to avoid. as i said, they have called in more fire equipment. that means for engines and trucks and vehicles coming into the scene. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and the road traffic now. you can see traffic is going to be a little bit better than it was. it's still a 15 to 20-minute delay getting into san francisco. no major problems there. the traffic is still slow on the peninsula. and if you're driving on the 101 near 92, there's a bunch of slow traffic here. 280 is also a little slow getting into redwood city. 8:19. let's bring steve in. >> sal, are you still seeing rain on the san mateo bridge or has it let up. >> it has let up a little bit.

>> that's what the radar is showing. the rain has moved off to the mother load and the mountains. we are getting sun breaks. ronald says you wouldn't know it was pouring an hour, hour and a half, two hours ago in novato. we are getting the breaks. that will help trigger some shower activity and maybe thunderstorms. storm prediction center has painted parts of northern california, including the north bay, also up to the north as well for a general area of thunderstorms. they are beginning to show already here. it doesn't take long in this kind of a pattern. strong low moving into oregon. some of that rain over the san mateo bridge. some stretching back to palo alto, sunnyvale and saratoga and back towards 82 and back into the santa clara valley. very mild and warm. cooler air is working its way in, especially to the north. more in line here, i think mendocino county, napa, lake county, out to the valley for the thunderstorm activity. i know 50s are warm. but these are down from a couple hours ago.

34 in truckee. the snow level went up. but it has gone up there. chain controls on 80 now. not on 50 about you that could change fast as the next round moves through. that will be a winter storm warning until tomorrow morning. we have a strong south wind. now more of a west/southwest. you see oakland and hayward showing that. sfo had gusts up to 43 this morning. it's on its way not to oregon and -- it's on its way up to oregon and washington. there is the system right there. so much moisture being drawn into it that it swings through. the last few frames, things are beginning to pop up. watch for lines forming up here in the north bay. probably late morning and early afternoon. not right now. it looks like it is on its way. temperatures, 60s. even though i think it will be cooler to the north. we will keep this pattern going into saturday and sunday. and then monday and tuesday, heavy rain north of santa rosa

on tuesday. there are signs of very heavy next week. >> okay. >> thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >> a little bit of rain hasn't scared them away, i guess you could say. the rare brew people in santa rosa have been lining up for for hours. i guess it's that time of the year. ♪[music] ♪the more i drink ♪ at ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a well organized closet. mama, my throat hurts. and a few extra minutes in the morning. you've got ten more minutes. make room for what matters.

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lately ♪ ♪ oh yeah ♪ ♪ >> just in case you forgot, janet jackson performed one year and it was very -- it was a talked about show. this was requested by mark alfred. i will play your requests every friday. just use the #ktvu on twitter, facebook or instagram. the highway patrol is looking for people who fired a bb gun on 680 in walnut creek. the highway patrol received a call about noon time yesterday regarding possible shots fired in the area of treat boulevard. authorities say a gray dodge charger with tinted windows shot bbs at a white volkswagen. the vw driver was not hurt. the car sustained minor exterior damage. the driver of the charger is described as a white woman in

her 30s. the passenger is described as a latino man in his 30s wearing a black hoodie. muni in san francisco is facing the problem of people driving through a tunnel that is meant only for trains. we will share cell phone video that shows a car getting stuck on the tracks inside of sunset tunnel. it brought the line to a halt for hours. passengers had to get off of the train and walk out of tunnel. over the past five years, 24 people have driven into the tunnel and gotten stuck on the tracks. four happened in the past month. muni says in most cases the drivers were drunk. when they drive into the tunnel, it impacts thousands of riders when they do this because we have to put shuttles on the street. >> muni crews have restripped the area outside of the entrance to the tunnel. they're going to add more signs, lights and speed bumps. the day that bay area beer lovers have been waiting for. the russian river brewery

company releases the beer today. this is people standing in line in downtown santa rosa. some have been camping out since 2:30 this morning. the beer only comes out once a year and only available for two weeks. >> 8:27. developing news. a major road near squaw valley is shut down this morning. the investigation involving police and a suspected drunk driver. >> reporter: this section of highway 37 has seen flooding throughout the month. we will tell you about the proposals for a short term and long-term fix.

>> the time is 8:29. take a look at your screen.

clouds have been productive throughout the morning. you should know if you're flying in or out of sfo, they are reporting three hour plus at the lays because of the weather coming through oakland i happened to catch the worst of it early on. it is dry outside of our studio here in gorgeous jack london area. it is friday. that makes everything okay. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> good morning. i'm mike mibach. they do have that ground delay program in effect. if you're flying into sfo, you are held until you get the green light. let's send it over to steve right now. pockets of blue sky behind us. >> wait five, ten minutes. it will probably fill in. that's the kind of pattern we're in. areas of rain. it looks like it is picking up. i hope sal agrees with this. on the dumbarton bridge, a little bit of rain on there. some on the san mateo. we are getting breaks. the main front went through. sun break in benecia. taken from my deck and across

the way. thank you for the pretty shot there, pam. intense line has moved above the mother load and the valley and out of the way. still rain is moving through. a little line stretching here. we had some over the san mateo bridge. now it looks like over the dumbarton bridge, over to palo alto as well and union city and hayward. stretching from saratoga into the santa cruz mountains and morgan hill back to gilroy. i'll tell you, they always seem to be the mix this winter season. the air cooling off a little for some. southwest breeze. feels tropical for a few. the low begins to move in. that is setting the stage for possible not only showers but thunder showers later today. 60s on the temps. all right, sal. are you seeing anything on the dumbarton bridge or san mateo. >> no rain.

we're seeing slow traffic. let me look at the camera here. we still see slow traffic out there. i have been slightly distracted by all of the slow traffic on the east shore freeway getting to the bay bridge. you can see it is slow. it is a 35-minute delay. things are better when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to remind you in china town stockton and pacific, avoid the area. they have a working fire at a building there. two alarms. and still definitely not out. you will hear a lot of activity there. and there's going to be some delays on the streets. there are some delays on the streets and the muni lines. let's move along and look at the other commutes here. i do want to mention the traffic is going to be busy still on 580. it's kind of a mess getting into 580 from san leandro and also using highway 13. and 880 is also slow getting in from san leandro from 238.

still a lot of slow traffic. now, we talked about the san mateo bridge. and i don't see a lot of slow traffic. it looks like it may have stopped raining there recently. these are the commutes on the san mateo and dumbarton bridge. recent storms have shut down highway 37 stranding drivers are. christien kafton is live there in novato where there is talk of a new plan to fix that road. christien. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, sal. i just got off the phone with a chp spokesperson. he says they're advising anyone driving along this stretch of 37 near 101 to proceed with caution on rainy days because the road has the tendency to flood. he says if you do see any problems on the roadway to call 911 to alert chp so that they can alert your fellow drivers. in the meantime, you can see why it is such a problem. you can see this is a low lying

section of road. you can also see some of the remediation is still here. these are the giant pumps trying to pump water oust the roadway out of the berm and into the low lying area on the other side of the freeway so they can try to pump water from the road. state route 37 has been forced to close multiple times in january after intense rains and high tides. king tides in fact. it swamped the roads, stranding cars in the water. now caltrans is considering an $8 million fix to try to stop the flooding on the roadway. the that rina independent journal is reporting that the policy committee met last night to discuss short and long-term fixes. in the short term, caltrans is looking to build up the pavement along the roadway and replacing existing drainage pipes with bigger pipes to handle more water. in the long-term the entire highway is in danger of being swap noted as sea levels rise. caltrans would have to look at

elevating the roadway. traffic on this stretch of road is increasing. about 40,000 vehicles use it on a daily basis. now there is talk of adding a toll to this section of road to pay for the improvements. back to you. >> thank you, cribbing. the california snow pack it in the best shape in more than 20 years. >> we have a robust snow pack on the ground right now. >> that's according to the latest snow survey. waterman engineers announced that statewide snow pack is 173% of average. the storms have put the state at 108% of its normal rain and snow for the year. and there's still a good two months to go in this rainy season. the snow pack accounts for 20% of the water supply in california. a decision whether to lift the emergency drought declaration won't come until april at the end of the season. a reminder that you can download our free weather app for the latest on the conditions in the bay area and

follow our weather team on facebook, twitter and instagram. a developing story where an investigation is underway after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a suspected drunk driver. it happened around 4:00 this morning on highway 89 near the squaw valley ski resort. it began as officers followed the suspected drunk driver out of tahoe city. we're hearing from authorities who say the driver got out of the car holding his female passenger hostage at gun point. the chp and deputies tried to talk to him but he pointed the gun at officers. he was shot as deputies say they feared for their lives as well as the hostage. highway 89 is still closed near the scene right now between squaw valley road and alpine meadows road. a 19-year-old arrested in connection with the uc berkeley protest is set to appear in court today. edward thomas will be arraigned in oakland. he is not affiliated with uc

berkeley. the violence caused $100,000 in damage on campus. some students have gone to social media questioning the response of campus and berkeley police to the violence. we also have this video from the san francisco chronicle that shows another incident near the berkeley campus on wednesday night. you see a protester climbing on to the hood of a passing car and the driver tried to speed away. the protester was not hurt. we will be joined live in the studio the mayor of berkeley on the 9. carly flynn was struck by a driver in a white suv on december 19th, just about 5:30 that evening. she was in the crosswalk as she was walking across san bruno avenue. flynn was headed home after her daily trip to starbucks there at bay hills shopping center. police say the driver never stopped. per parents are asking for witnesses to come forward and the driver to surrender to police. >> it's not too late to step up

and do the right thing. you know, it's not too late to come forward and redeem yourself. >> do the right thing. you know. just, you know, give carly some peace. give us a little peace. >> the flynns are raising money with an online account for a reward in hopes of getting information that will lead to the arrest of the driver. an iranian man turned away from lax under president trump's travel ban returned yesterday to an emotional welcome from his family and hundreds more who turned out to greet him. >> welcome. welcome. come. welcome. >> even the los angeles mayor garcetti was there to welcome him. his family was waiting to welcome him last friday at lax we had was detained by officials and sent back to iran. he was allowed to come back after the aclu filed legal action against the federal government. three california students are suing the federal government over president

trump's travel ban. the students are from stanford, uc berkeley and a college in san diego. they say the order barring travel from the muslim countries is unconstitutional and discriminatory. they say the fan ford student can no longer travel to yemen to visit her husband. and the san diego student went outside of the country to visit family in yemen and is unable to return. the aclu is representing all three students. david chou will introduce a law to protect tenants from landlords. he says that tenants undocumented know their landlords have the power to destroy their lives with a single phone call to authorities. new this morning, a lack of protection for the lgbt community and in particular transgender people.

in recent months, concerned groups have been holding rallies to voice their concerns. in a study being released today says that 23 states have more laws that harm rather than help transgender people. researchers say that last year there were a combined 200 antilgbt bills introduced in different states across the country. measures include north carolina's restroom bill to a law in mississippi that allows services to be denied to the lgbt community. president trump's nominee for secretary of education is one step closer to being confirmed. early this morning, the senate voted 52-48 to advance education secretary nominee devos to a final confirmation vote. two republican senators joined democrats in opposing the nomination. before the vote, chuck schumer spoke out strongly against the nominee. nominee. >> the nominee for the secretary of education is one of the worst nominees that has

ever been brought before this body for a cabinet position. on the grounds of competence. on the grounds of ideology and on the grounds of conflict of interest, she scores very, very low. >> devos is a billionaire from michigan who has donated heavily to republican campaigns and worked to promote charter schools. her final confirmation vote could come on monday. week one of the sierra lamar murder trial is coming to an end. coming up, emotional testimony from one of her friends. a little bit of slow traffic out there. although things have improved now that the weather has moved through on highway 24. it looks much better than it did. mostly done. we had that line go through. now it is hit and miss. we're getting breaks and that might lead to more showers and possible thunder showers.

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the fire was in the basement area. they had to do a lot of cutting. the awning came down. it is a complicated operation. they're still definitely working on it. a good area for you to avoid. one person has been injured in this fire in china town. stockton and pacific. a good area to avoid. a lot of fire companies are there on the scene. all right. let's move along and take a look at san mateo bridge. it looks like it may have been raining here. just a few moments ago. the traffic is light. better than it was a while ago. i also want to mention the traffic has been okay if you are driving on the bay bridge toll plaza approach. it has been getting better. ever since the rain stopped moving through, the traffic did get a lot better. some of the slow traffic remains from when it was -- when we had a lot of crashes. and the last thing that i want to mention is that oakland is just a mess. 580 and 880 trying to get up to oakland. either the lake shore or downtown area. i would say just give yourself plenty of time. let's go to steve now with

today's weather. >> sal, it's a good thing that the system went through as fast as it did. >> yes. >> 57 was tough. thank you, sir. we are getting breaks and a building of cloud cover. cool air aloft. the storm prediction center has put parts of the bay area into the possibility of thunder showers today. not only that, but neil said thinking of you. hopefully in a good way. it is rainbow weather. and scott says good morning, steve. in north milpitas. looking west. that is a beauty. yes, we will have sun, clouds, showers, rainbows and right back to sun, clouds, showers. some of these could be moderate to intense. that's where the best dynamics will be. rain is picking up in mendocino county. it may really pick up over the next five to seven days. nothing too heavy. there's a little north of ukiah. after that it is quiet. there is another batch heading

towards antioch, oakley and brentwood. back over to danville, san ramon. so this line has been most active today. also over palo alto and back over to it looks like stanford and also newark. so 84. it just keeps going. saratoga into the santa cruz mountains and san jose south. morgan hill to gilroy had intense lines there earlier. the snow is really cranking up. snow levels inching down a little bit. there are winter storm warning outside out for the mown -- warnings out for the mountains. cool air is working its way in. everything working in from the west/southwest. that is a warmer direction. that's why it has a tropical feel here. cool air associated with the low as it swings in. that could fire up activity here. thunderstorms later this afternoon. i would keep an eye on maybe napa county and up to parts of mendocino county and out to the valley. 60s on the temps here today. and with some of those sun breaks, that will help to joyce

things up in the atmosphere. off and on sun clouds and rain into saturday. we should get a break sunday. monday and tuesday, more rain comes back. there could be a lot of rain north of santa rosa next week. stay tuned for that. >> all right. february shaping up like january. >> so far. >> the first full week of the garcia-torres trial is over. he is accused of killing sierra lamar who disappeared almost five years ago. >> there has been a lot of emotional testimony, including from a friend of sierra lamar. prosecutors put the friend on the stand to lay the ground work that sierra was not a run- away. >> reporter: for the first time in the trial, emotion from the witness stand as one of sierra lamar's friends cried as the prosecution played video of sierra stepping off of the school bus the day before she disappeared. the two had exchanged text messages the morning of march 16th, 2012. right before sierra vanished on her way to the bus stop. >> no one plans for this.

no one prepares their kids to lose a friend. >> reporter: kristin's daughter is also sierra's friend among those testifying. she says her daughter and sierra were both active on social media. now sierra's accounts are silent. >> it was heart breaking. it is unsetting, help it first happened. everyone hugs their kids a little closer. you think you're safe waiting for the bus. and that didn't turn out to be the case. >> reporter: a santa clara county sheriff's deputy was on the stand before the friends. the defense questioned the deputy about the forensic evidence since the prosecution case is relying heavily on dna. sierra's body has never been found. >> the defense definitely brought its a game when it came to cross examining the main crimestein investigator in the case. >> reporter: the defense attacked how the deputy collected sierra's belongings found not far from where she

vanished. they suggested that the board that the evidence was placed on was not properly wiped down. the prosecution's strategy is to show it is not one piece of evidence that leads to garcia- torres. >> at the end of the day it doesn't matter. you have to look at the quantum of evidence against garcia- torres. there are too many coincidences here. >> reporter: cross-examination of her friends, the defense trying to paint a different picture of sierra. the friend admitted that sierra was sad since she just moved from fremont to morgan hill and she missed her friends. the friend testified she had never seen garcia-torres before. major move by nordstrom. the reason that it decided to drop ivanka trump's fashion line. "gs 6?h.ñqjni

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dispute wednesday night. around 11:50, they got a call about a man and woman fighting. the woman was announced dead at the scene. kevin was arrested on suspicion of murder, assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence charges. a news organization threatens to sue the city of oakland to get details that could reveal details about the ghost ship fire. the city has refused to release documents that could help explain how the city missed several chances to shut down the warehouse that could have potentially saved lives. 36 people died in the fire two months ago. they will sue if the documents are not made available next week. mexican drug lord el chapo guzman appeared in a new york federal courtroom. his attorneys complained about the jail conditions. he is on lockdown 23 hours of the day. the judge refused to examine the jail conditions. el chapo has broken out of

mexican prisons a number of times and pleaded not guilty to supervising murder and kidnappings and running a massive drug trafficking operation. new information this morning about the deadly prison standoff in delaware and the guard that was killed. a union official says that floyd saved the lives of his colleagues by hollering out a warning to them that inmates had set a trap as they stormed the building in an attempt to rescue floyd and other hostages. floyd was a 16-year veteran prison employee and the first corrections officer in delaware to be killed. using sharp objects, the prison workers were taken hostage. ge. there was a very close call for a family in georgia after a large piece of ice fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of their house. that ice left a hole in the roof of the family's garage which isn't too far from a child's bathroom there in the home. the home is on a flight path to

harts field jackson international airport. the f.a.a. is looking into the incident. it says the ice could have be from an aircraft lavatory waste system. >> take a look at the big tv we have in the middle of the studio. i don't know the year or the game, who played. but i do know that madonna nailed the halftime show. this was back in 2012. i googled it. it was the giants who defeated the patriots that year. the