live here in oakland, eric rasmussen. >>> are you getting a sense, eric of how they want to shut down the port? will they shut down the entrance or walk down to the port? >> reporter: well i have to imagine, there are some people here who are working on a plan, they have not made it clear, backup as we have seen, these things are fluid with the protesters, they have had a lot of influence, shutting down the port. however as i look down the road here to where the crowd is marching i do see a team of police, apparently in riot gear, still at a distance, we have the sun in our eyes. but it looks like at some point, very soon they may reach a block, where they may be stopped from going further. >> eric you mentioned you were with the protesters -- the mood tonight, are you seeing folks in there who are ready for battle? who are angry? or is this the type of thing where it is a little more peaceful. >> reporter: you know it is the same thing i saw, you have a mix of everything. just before we came on air here i walked by a couple of young men who said it will be a show. that is how they de

ktvu's eric rasmussen is hearing from residents who don't want the new neighbor burb we begin with jade hernandez and what is happen radioing now. jade. >> reporter: make no mistake the tevtents back up and, in fact, demonstrators say they are not going anywhere. these protesters followed their plan announced yesterday to march and reoccupy the new location at 19 and telegraph. a if you demonstrators immediately began to pitch tents. one man complain idea they rallied to lakeview elementary school from frank ogawa plaza. >> this school is being shut shut down unjustly. >> reporter: the old police department's presence was prominent and officers stood at every corner owned bit city's redevelopment as. police report nod arrests, tagging or vandalism. >> i think it's time for people to up their eyes and if they don't really know what is wrong, they aren't looking. >> reporter: this man joined hi doglusy, surrounded bit hundreds of marchers he was glad to see who joined today. >> it was mostly union people and that really good to see the union movement getting on board. >> i don't think ten

. >> tom let me ask you to stand by for a few seconds because we want to go back to eric rasmussen. eric is there where all of this happened. >> reporter: since i last talked to you i moved to the other side. our photographer is going to try to show you an officer. they've been walking around with flashlights out. obviously possibly looking for any evidence that might be associated with this shooting. you see two officers converging there. you may not be able to see a third off in the background. but you see this is a large area of frank ocawa plaza that they've roped off because of the shooting. here's more information i learned from somebody who's been out here really since the occupy movement began. this is just one man's account of what he saw and what he knows. but he insists that there was a person trying to avoid people pursuing him for whatever reason. he believes the person came here to seek some sort of cover at the camp. because there are frankly hundreds of people out here. he insists they were not part of the oakland occupy camp specifically. but he said the people who

ktvu's eric rasmussen is in the city where a group announced it is launching its own credit union. >> reporter: they say it will be called the people's reserve. it might be a first of its kind and not something easy to pull off but demonstrators say they have the money and the support to make it happen. >> mad the banking system. provide a solution. >> reporter: it might be the ultimate stand against big banks. occupy protesters gathered to announce the creation of their own credit union, with $7 million in assets. >> reporter: where does the money come from? >> from a variety of sources. not prepared to discuss the organizations that will give us money. >> while they are moving money, protesters might not be ready to move their camp. san francisco unified school district says they asked about using this lot. >> we only demand we are making -- the only demand we are making, let us continue to use this space. >> reporter: protesters say the needs include feeding and housing the homeless. they invited the public to see the conditions for themselves while the mayor hasn't ordered police

ktvu's eric rasmussen is hearing from residents who don't want the new neighbor burb we begin with jade hernandez and what is happen radioing now. jade. >> reporter: make no mistake the tevtents back up and, in fact, demonstrators say they are not going anywhere. these protesters followed their plan announced yesterday to march and reoccupy the new location at 19 and telegraph. a if you demonstrators immediately began to pitch tents. one man complain idea they rallied to lakeview elementary school from frank ogawa plaza. >> this school is being shut shut down unjustly. >> reporter: the old police department's presence was prominent and officers stood at every corner owned bit city's redevelopment as. police report nod arrests, tagging or vandalism. >> i think it's time for people to up their eyes and if they don't really know what is wrong, they aren't looking. >> reporter: this man joined his wife and doglusy, surrounded bit hundreds of marchers he was glad to see who joined today. >> it was mostly union people and that really good to see the union movement getting on board. >> i don't

first to eric rasmussen with more on the dramatic surveillance video of that shooting and the possible connection to local rap artists. >> reporter: police confirmed today that a group of people had just finished recording a video. they blew out the tires on this car, and they hit seven people. and all of it was caught on surveillance video. surveillance cameras captured the moments that gunshots sent people scrambles. look closely and you can see one man on the ground shooting back. a second camera around the corner recorded three of the shooters from behind. one of them continued shooting as he backed away. when the shooting stopped, seven people had been hit including 1-year-old harem lawrence. >> it's tragic for a little kid like that to be shot at such a young age and he didn't do anything. >> reporter: local wrapper kafani says the young victim is his cousin. oakland police confirm people in the crowd had just finished recording a music video, but even though a promotional van with kafani was there, he wasn't. >> i can't tell you what video was being shot. but i was not there. >>

we begin at city hall with eric rasmussen and the fireworks inside the council chambers. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the meeting up here in the third floor at city hall. a few moments ago as you said the focus ob this camp -- focus on the camp and the protests that had happened. about 250 people signed up to talk, and it's still going on right now. some arguing for peace, some people not wanting to give up peacefully. >> somebody call the police officers, you are all under citizen's arrest. >> i'm going to speak now. >> no you're not. your time is up unless somebody wants to give up their time. >> reporter: this man had to be taken out by police. but others took police to task for injuring a army vet. >> i would like to see the city bankrupt and when you are, i know a nice park where you can park your tent. >> the situation we find ourselves in is absolutely unacceptable. business have made our position clear and that position is that we want occupy oakland park closed. >> reporter: tonight city staff also showed photos of what they say are deteriorating conditions at the camp

and eric rasmussen is in that neighborhood where the pipe wrote. you've been talking to many of them. >> reporter: we moved our truck to the source of all of today's trouble so you can get a look at it. just look at the size of this pipeline, it sent water and mud blasts right into people's doors and in some places through them. the clean up continued right into the night on magnolia avenue. chopper2 captured this the view of the water main break earlier today, members of the first baptist church shot this first video from their wynn doe. a river of water. >> this is a huge mess. >> reporter: they credited a few placed sandbags for keeping the water from coming in the back tkaord. others closer to the blast weren't as lucky and water and mud made it into their garages and ground floors. >> it really caught me off guard. it caught our whole neighborhood off guard. >> reporter: everyone was allowed to return. even the owner of this car eventually made it out of the mud. >> it's working fine, yeah. >> reporter: a little messy though. >> a little messy

eric rasmussen has how that notice was taken today. >> reporter: frustrated business owners say this was long overdue. we're already hearing of people burning these notices and it'll take more than this for them to leave. >> i have an 11-year-old son -- >> reporter: folks interrupted this woman's speech when they thought police were on their way. >> we're not leaving, we're not leaving. >> reporter: the new demands from the city came exactly 24 hours after a youngable man was shot and killed -- young man was shot and killed at the edge of the encampment. it even offered space at homeless shelters. only two catchers took that option but many others never got the message. >> i stay friends that have been staying here that are homeless. they want to leave peacefully. >> reporter: even as the rain came down on occupy oakland it was clear some had the minds on something other than the last eviction notice. >> do you think you'll still be here in the next few days? >> do i think that the camp will be here? >> reporter: do you think you'll be here in a few days? >> do you think that you are

ktvu's eric rasmussen has the numbers that may surprise you. >> reporter: one encounter with police will forever change patricia gray's house. officers arrested her boyfriend tory smith saying they found his bank card in the car of a drug dealer. they sued police and won. >> i was excited, i just froze. i just froze. like a statute like i can't believe it. >> reporter: through the california public records act we asked the 20 largest cities in the bay area how much they've paid out for claims, lawsuits and settlements involving alleged police misconduct during the last 10 years. san jose the bay area's largest city came in third paying out $8.6 million. number two, san francisco it's had to pay $28 million during the same time. and oakland police $57 million during the same time. >> it's police misconduct. >> reporter: john burress won the largest settlement ever from oakland $10.9 million for the riders scandals in which four officers were accused of repeatedly beating and framing suspects guilty or not. the city of oakland says the cost of lawsuits brought by burress' firm is more than

we begin at city hall with eric rasmussen and the fireworks inside the council chambers. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the meeting up here in the third floor at city hall. a few moments ago as you said the focus ob this camp -- focus on the camp and the protests that had happened. about 250 people signed up to talk, and it's still going on right now. some arguing for peace, some people not wanting to give up peacefully. >> somebody call the police officers, you are all under citizen's arrest. >> i'm going to speak now. >> no you're not. your time is up unless somebody wants to give up their time. >> reporter: this man had to be taken out by police. but others took police to task for injuring a army vet. >> i would like to see the city bankrupt and when you are, i know a nice park where you can park your tent. >> the situation we find ourselves in is absolutely unacceptable. business have made our position clear and that position is that we want occupy oakland park closed. >> reporter: tonight city staff also showed photos of what they say are deteriorating conditions at the camp

and eric rasmussen is in that neighborhood where the pipe wrote. you've been talking to many of them. >> reporter: we moved our truck to the source of all of today's trouble so you can get a look at it. just look at the size of this pipeline, it sent water and mud blasts right into people's doors and in some places through them. the clean up continued right into the night on magnolia avenue. chopper2 captured this the view of the water main break earlier today, members of the first baptist church shot this first video from their wynn doe. a river of water. >> this is a huge mess. >> reporter: they credited a few placed sandbags for keeping the water from coming in the back tkaord. others closer to the blast weren't as lucky and water and mud made it into their garages and ground floors. >> it really caught me off guard. it caught our whole neighborhood off guard. >> reporter: everyone was allowed to return. even the owner of this car eventually made it out of the mud. >> it's working fine, yeah. >> reporter: a little messy though. >> a little messy

eric rasmussen has how that notice was taken today. >> reporter: frustrated business owners say this was long overdue. we're already hearing of people burning these notices and it'll take more than this for them to leave. >> i have an 11-year-old son -- >> reporter: folks interrupted this woman's speech when they thought police were on their way. >> we're not leaving, we're not leaving. >> reporter: the new demands from the city came exactly 24 hours after a youngable man was shot and killed -- young man was shot and killed at the edge of the encampment. it even offered space at homeless shelters. only two catchers took that option but many others never got the message. >> i stay friends that have been staying here that are homeless. they want to leave peacefully. >> reporter: even as the rain came down on occupy oakland it was clear some had the minds on something other than the last eviction notice. >> do you think you'll still be here in the next few days? >> do i think that the camp will be here? >> reporter: do you think you'll be here in a few days? >> do you think that you are

ktvu's eric rasmussen is right in the middle of it. he tell us what they did earlier this afternoon and what's going on right now. eric-- >> reporter: frank you can see behind me that a large group of students have once again filled sprawl plaza. we're giving you a wireless view here on the ground. but we want to give you another look from up above from chopper 2, you can get a better sense of just how huge this crowd is that has come back for another general assembly. they're all part of occupy cal. but i can also tell you they've joined up with occupy oakland which marched up here this afternoon. i've seen some of those folks. they also are calling this police brutality for what happened out here when they cleared this plaza last week. hundreds of people flooded bancroft way marching saying they should pay for recent tuition hikes. >> when we put it on a platform for people to accept or re reject and you get a response like this it means that the message is resinating. >> reporter: it's just part of an all day strike for occupy cal w

ktvu's eric rasmussen has the numbers that may surprise you. >> reporter: one encounter with police will forever change patricia gray's house. officers arrested her boyfriend tory smith saying they found his bank card in the car of a drug dealer. they sued police and won. >> i was excited, i just froze. i just froze. like a statute like i can't believe it. >> reporter: through the california public records act we asked the 20 largest cities in the bay area how much they've paid out for claims, lawsuits and settlements involving alleged police misconduct during the last 10 years. san jose the bay area's largest city came in third paying out $8.6 million. number two, san francisco it's had to pay $28 million during the same time. and oakland police $57 million during the same time. >> it's police misconduct. >> reporter: john burress won the largest settlement ever from oakland $10.9 million for the riders scandals in which four officers were accused of repeatedly beating and framing suspects guilty or not. the city of oakland says the cost of lawsuits brought by burress' firm is more than

eric rasmussen is right in the middle of that crowd there at sprawl plaza. what's going on as we speak. >> reporter: this crowd seems to be getting bigger by the minute. we're going to take a look here, like you said they are still holding their general assembly which has been going on for about an hour. we're showing you up there on the steps of sprawl hall. that's where speakers have gathered where they are talking about various things here tonight. we can even give you a view from chopper 2 to give you a sense of how large this crowd is. and students we've talked to say this protest is now certainly about more than just tuition hikes. >> reporter: uc berkeley students poured back into sprawl plaza tonight to cap off a day long strike. in addition to demanding the cancellation of classes, protesters marched down bancroft lane asking the banks to pay for the higher tuition. >> do i think something is going to happen? i don't know, we'll see. >> reporter: one student who was there insists it's all part of the same message. >> we pay for the maintenance of th

. >>> and ktvu's eric rasmussen following the protesters since they left the plaza, shortly after 4:00 this morning. eric joins us live on the phone. eric what are you seeing? >> well take a look right here, this is how far the crowd of thousands has gotten at this point. you see a bunch of semi trucks stopped here at the intersection of maritime street and 7th street. they have made their way all through the port of oakland here and came to a stop. something we've seen them doing, it is very similar to what has been happening at occupy oakland, at frank ogawa, they voted they will keep going here. you talked to people in the crowd -- one guy was older, he says, this is better than the '60s, obviously they're very fired up out here as the sun starts to go down. for now they have stopped but they have been doing this throughout the march, they stop for a moment, gather together, go on the move again. we're just waiting to see what the next turn will be. >> all right, eric we'll keep in touch with you. right now we want to show you a list of news chopper 2, a little earlier, showing the

live in antioch, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> nor rain continues to roll through the bay area and in emeryville, that was just of the start. someplaces it was rather heavism meteorologist mark tamayo joins join us now with a look at some of the totals from today. >> the rainfall range really picked up into the evening hours as the maybe storm center pushed onto the bay area. the radar, as you can see, as we'll loop that up for you now, rainfall totals over the past few hours very impressive, especially in the north bay, santa rosa picking up .85" and san josi, we're adding to the totals right now. here is a latest on live stormtracker 2 in the live doppler sweep. the bulk of activities focused to the santa cruz mountains and yellows and reds to the south san josi around evergreen and morgan hill. yellows and reds around gilroy. around castro valley road and sheldon avenue. we'll put this into motion, the bulk is heading to the south and east and will continue to move out rapidly for tonight. coming up we'll look at our updated forecast model that will highlight shower cha

we're live in san francisco, eric rasmussen ktvu channel 2 news. >>> protesters from occupy oakland took to the streets this evening, marching between frank ogawa plaza and police headquarters. jade hernandez in oakland with the latest efforts to shut down the occupy encampment. jade. . [ inaudible ] . >> reporter: the march from what i understand was to show solidarity to marchers in egypt and cairo because of the police brutality they suffered. >> reporter: several hundred protesters mayored from broadway to the jail, commenting. the moment's encomfortment in front of city hall received their second eviction notice from city hall. an estimated 160 or so tects are still up tonight. >> i don't think there are a lot of people too excited about the idea of leaving willingly. >> reporter: the city extended homeless areas and others maintain they have a purpose. >> the financial giants gambled and now pel are losing their homes and lives because they are on the straps and we're out here, trying to stop that. and the city has done nothing about those sort of evictions and what they want to do

live in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> former bart police officer johannes mehserle spent part of this day on the witness stand in a civil trial brought by a man who said his rights were violated. it happened on the bart platform in oakland. ktvu's rita williams is live that courthouse where today's session just wrapped up. >> former police officer johannes mehserle just finished testifying here about an hour ago after four hours on the stand. >> good, thank you. >> reporter: this is the first picture of johannes mehserle we have seen since my interview in jail 14 months ago. he had just been convict offend man lotter for killing oscar grant. now that he served his time johannes mehserle was at the san francisco federal building with four other bart police officers defending themselves in a lawsuit filed by another passenger in a another case six weeks before the shooting of oscar grant. >> one of the officers. >> reporter: kenneth carrethers said the officers used excessive force and violated his civil rights at the bart station, november 2008. >> i got a black eye.

we start with eric rasmussen on the fatal shooting and the mayor's call for protesters to clear out. >> reporter: she is asking for demonstrators to clear out. the police tape finally came down. witnesses tell us this young man was shot just past these porta-potty's and our cameras were there shortly after it happened. as the shots rang out on frank ogawa plaza there were hundreds of witnesses just steps away all part of the occupy oakland camp. several told ktvu it started with a fight just before 5:00 p.m. involving four men attacking another man. >> the guy got free and ran. he just ran down here. and then i heard you know we heard the pops, pop pop, pop. >> reporter: john lucas a volunteer medic at the camp started the first response. as police got there, some people were fighting the crowd. other witnesses tell ktvu the victim was not from occupy oakland but might have been looking to hide out until the camp. >> they were apparently looking for somebody and they apparently found that person. >> reporter: oakland major jean quan called a last minute news conference after it was c

we start with eric rasmussen on the fatal shooting and the mayor's call for protesters to clear out. >> reporter: she is asking for demonstrators to clear out. the police tape finally came down. witnesses tell us this young man was shot just past these porta-potty's and our cameras were there shortly after it happened. as the shots rang out on frank ogawa plaza there were hundreds of witnesses just steps away all part of the occupy oakland camp. several told ktvu it started with a fight just before 5:00 p.m. involving four men attacking another man. >> the guy got free and ran. he just ran down here. and then i heard you know we heard the pops, pop pop, pop. >> reporter: john lucas a volunteer medic at the camp started the first response. as police got there, some people were fighting the crowd. other witnesses tell ktvu the victim was not from occupy oakland but might have been looking to hide out until the camp. >> they were apparently looking for somebody and they apparently found that person. >> reporter: oakland major jean quan called a last minute news conference after it was c

. >> eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> hundreds of university -- cal state rallied in a strike today. >> we're being asked to teach classes that have hundreds of students in them. we're not equipped to do that we don't have the kind of resources to do that and it diminishes our students the education. >> while the rally was noisy, it did not disrupt classes. >>> back now to our continuing coverage of the occupy wall street movement. protests and clashes in new york city have been going on all day and into the evening. >> we are the 99%. >> reporter: thousands of people including hundreds of union members gathered in downtown manhattan. police made more arrests late today bringing the total number to 240 for the entire day. after a rally, protesters marched across the brooklyn bridge. one demonstrator, a software engineer says the movement is in a critical moment. >>> protesters tried to get past barricades. the -- a 24-year-old man was injured and an officer needed stitching after he was cut with a glass. many of the arrests came when people refused to leave the bank of america plaza in

ktvu's eric rasmussen is showing us how it is working in one city. >> reporter: people in this neighborhood off of third avenue and walnut creek say this truck has been sitting like this for months or even years. but someone finally got the message to city hall today. >> here is a picture, it's obviously on a driveway. it's not on the city street. my responsibility. >> reporter: lou doudy is responsible for handling all of walnut creek code enforcement complaints but a new program called see, click fix is changing the way he does his job. >> prior to this program, you had to come in, phone in or e- mail me. now you can do it from the street. >> reporter: the program is in use in oakland and san francisco and officers smart phone users an app to capture the potholes to graffiti. the case is still open and the city says it's currently working on the issue. their preparing to expand the use of the program. in walnut creek we found code enforcement has already closed several cases and in a time when money is tight for local governments some think the success on the program will depend less on c

ktvu's eric rasmussen is showing us how it is working in one city. >> reporter: people in this neighborhood off of third avenue and walnut creek say this truck has been sitting like this for months or even years. but someone finally got the message to city hall today. >> here is a picture, it's obviously on a driveway. it's not on the city street. my responsibility. >> reporter: lou doudy is responsible for handling all of walnut creek code enforcement complaints but a new program called see, click fix is changing the way he does his job. >> prior to this program, you had to come in, phone in or e- mail me. now you can do it from the street. >> reporter: the program is in use in oakland and san francisco and officers smart phone users an app to capture the potholes to graffiti. the case is still open and the city says it's currently working on the issue. their preparing to expand the use of the program. in walnut creek we found code enforcement has already closed several cases and in a time when money is tight for local governments some think the success on the program will depend less on c

. >> eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> hundreds of university -- cal state rallied in a strike today. >> we're being asked to teach classes that have hundreds of students in them. we're not equipped to do that we don't have the kind of resources to do that and it diminishes our students the education. >> while the rally was noisy, it did not disrupt classes. >>> back now to our continuing coverage of the occupy wall street movement. protests and clashes in new york city have been going on all day and into the evening. >> we are the 99%. >> reporter: thousands of people including hundreds of union members gathered in downtown manhattan. police made more arrests late today bringing the total number to 240 for the entire day. after a rally, protesters marched across the brooklyn bridge. one demonstrator, a software engineer says the movement is in a critical moment. >>> protesters tried to get past barricades. the -- a 24-year-old man was injured and an officer needed stitching after he was cut with a glass. many of the arrests came when people refused to leave the bank of america plaza in

eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> more details now. today gold sells for $1,785 an ounce. that is up from just $625, five years ago. for many investors, the precious metal is a hedge against fluctuations in the stock and bond markets. >>> the contra costa county released a sketch of a gunman. he was dressed in a gray hoody, faded jeans and white tennis shoes. the victim says he pulled over to the side of an off ramp. at that point, the man approached him and tried to rob him. the gun went off, shattering the victim's windshield. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's democratic. >>> ability yoke police -- antioch police arrested three teenagers involved in a robbery ring. >>> republicans are calling it the christmas tree tax. the white house says it's no such thing, but it's going to delay implementing the fee for now anyway. earlier this week, the reen lig free promotion program that growers had long sought. under the program, growers and importers would pay 15 cents per tree to a fund. that would pay for advertising and marketing of large christmas trees.

eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> more details now. today gold sells for $1,785 an ounce. that is up from just $625, five years ago. for many investors, the precious metal is a hedge against fluctuations in the stock and bond markets. >>> the contra costa county released a sketch of a gunman. he was dressed in a gray hoody, faded jeans and white tennis shoes. the victim says he pulled over to the side of an off ramp. at that point, the man approached him and tried to rob him. the gun went off, shattering the victim's windshield. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's democratic. >>> ability yoke police -- antioch police arrested three teenagers involved in a robbery ring. >>> republicans are calling it the christmas tree tax. the white house says it's no such thing, but it's going to delay implementing the fee for now anyway. earlier this week, the obama administration green lighted a free promotion program that growers had long sought. under the program, growers and importers would pay 15 cents per tree to a fund. that would pay for advertising and marketi

>> eric: another dilemma. president obama for the second time in a couple of months called americans lazy. take a listen to this. >> we have been a little bit lazy in the last few decades. we take for granted people want to come here and we aren't out there hungry selling america and trying to attract new businesses in america. >> my take on that is it's disgusting. he allows other countries to manipulate currencies and make it impossible for to us do business and then he calls this country lazy. >> bob: i think it's disgusting that you put him on the air. >> brian: he's fantastic. >> brian: the fact that the president of the united states called us soft, we lost our competitive edge and now we're called lazy. this has to be the guy that addressed the jets at halftime in the patriot act game because they came out so flat. he is trying desperately to flatten out our country and diffuse us and get us off the high horse. why is he so determined to bring us down? >> bob: brian, as usual, we take this out of contex