we do now to jana katsuyama who is at the hospital where the little boy is being treated. >> reporter: the boy had surgery for a broken neck. i just got in touch with his mother who says he is right now in the intensive care unit. it was dark about 10:15 on wednesday night and jasmine glen was driving south on 880 with her mom and son when another car simply swerved across the road. >> we were driving on the highway and we had seen somebody doing donuts on the freeway. >> reporter: she and other cars stopped but a big rig car slammed into her chevy impala. this is a picture of the damage. her two-year-old son cory was in his car seat. >> he was bleeding out of his mouth. and he wasn't answering me. i thought he was dead. i thought he and my mother were

jana katsuyama is live at the oakland airport with why he stepped in to help. >> reporter: justin rogers told me when he left oakland airport he never thought it was going to ends up like this. but when he saw that tsa agent in need of help, he decided to step in. the tsa rarely releases video but this was a rare confrontation. you can see a woman struggling with a tsa agent. police officer justin rogers saw it all. >> i was standing in front of the body scan machine and security with my shoes off getting ready to go through. >> reporter: he then heard the woman assault the agent. >> i turned back around and sure enough she was punching her. i had backed the tsa agent up against the wall continued pushing her and flaling her arms. >> you can see rogers jump over a half way. he tackled a woman and you can see him putting up his hands saying he was a police officer. >> i was scared they would think i was assaulting anybody. >> reporter: video of him going beyond the call of duty doesn't surprise fellow officers and staff. >> he is typical justin. he is always on duty and couldn't be proude

we do now to jana katsuyama who is at the hospital where the little boy is being treated. >> reporter: the boy had surgery for a broken neck. i just got in touch with his mother who says he is right now in the intensive care unit. it was dark about 10:15 on wednesday night and jasmine glen was driving south on 880 with her mom and son when another car simply swerved across the road. >> we were driving on the highway and we had seen somebody doing donuts on the freeway. >> reporter: she and other cars stopped but a big rig car slammed into her chevy impala. this is a picture of the damage. her two-year-old son cory was in his car seat. >> he was bleeding out of his mouth. and he wasn't answering me. i thought he was dead. i thought he and my mother were dead. >> reporter: cory was rushed to the hospital and released. but later when she took him to another hospital doctors found a fracture in his neck. he had surgery o. >> he is up there suffering, in so much pain, can't move. he's suffering. >> reporter: the chp say it is big rig driver is at fault for not stopping but they also blame

jana katsuyama is live at the oakland airport with why he stepped in to help. >> reporter: justin rogers told me when he left oakland airport he never thought it was going to ends up like this. but when he saw that tsa agent in need of help, he decided to step in. the tsa rarely releases video but this was a rare confrontation. you can see a woman struggling with a tsa agent. police officer justin rogers saw it all. >> i was standing in front of the body scan machine and security with my shoes off getting ready to go through. >> reporter: he then heard the woman assault the agent. >> i turned back around and sure enough she was punching her. i had backed the tsa agent up against the wall continued pushing her and flaling her arms. >> you can see rogers jump over a half way. he tackled a woman and you can see him putting up his hands saying he was a police officer. >> i was scared they would think i was assaulting anybody. >> reporter: video of him going beyond the call of duty doesn't surprise fellow officers and staff. >> he is typical justin. he is always on duty and couldn't be proude

we first brought you this story last month as ktvu's jana katsuyama reports, today's surgery was a rare exception and his family and doctors hope it will inspire others to help save more lives. >> reporter: for more than a year, 5-year-old collin and his family have spent lives in and out of hospital rooms where a good day is determined by numbers on a chart. today they hope that will change. >> are you nervous? >> no. >> how did the medicine taste? >> good. >> reporter: by collin's head, a pillow of guardian angels. >> all my friends and the giants. >> reporter: self-portraits by classmates to surround him during the four hour bone phor row transplant. >> he has anemia. >> reporter: asian bone marrow donors are tough to find. luckily his parents have kept in contact with his vietnamese family. his brother todd, is the perfect match and has agreed to leave his own brother and to fly here. >> we are extremely thankful for what todd has done for us. >> reporter: today, nurses rushed todd's marrow to collin's room. >> the stem cells have already entered his bloodstream now. >> it's a good

jana katsuyama shares some of their stories tonight. >> reporter: after all the worry, now the wait. at sfo today family and friends search for familiar faces returning from boston. ashley french ran the marathon last year and had a friend there last year when the bomb exploded. relieved today that that friend finally came home. passengers said heightened security was visible. >> i did notice police with their guns like ready. which you don't normally see. >> reporter: police had extra patrols at sfo and nationwide. homeland security officials in boston were asking to see runners cell phone photos or video that might help the investigation. >> they just kind of came up and casually asked us. if we had seen anything, if we had photo of any family or friends it might be something they could use. >> all of a sudden all these people come toward us. >> reporter: kathy was running her ninth marathon, and is a former mayor of santa cruz, she had to stop the run with others. >> they all came up in 11 unmarked cars. just were going 90 miles per hour on our rout. >> reporter: an end to the rac

we first brought you this story last month as ktvu's jana katsuyama reports, today's surgery was a rare exception and his family and doctors hope it will inspire others to help save more lives. >> reporter: for more than a year, 5-year-old collin and his family have spent lives in and out of hospital rooms where a good day is determined by numbers on a chart. today they hope that will change. >> are you nervous? >> no. >> how did the medicine taste? >> good. >> reporter: by collin's head, a pillow of guardian angels. >> all my friends and the giants. >> reporter: self-portraits by classmates to surround him during the four hour bone phor row transplant. >> he has anemia. >> reporter: asian bone marrow donors are tough to find. luckily his parents have kept in contact with his vietnamese family. his brother todd, is the perfect match and has agreed to leave his own brother and to fly here. >> we are extremely thankful for what todd has done for us. >> reporter: today, nurses rushed todd's marrow to collin's room. >> the stem cells have already entered his bloodstream now. >> it's a good

jana katsuyama shares some of their stories tonight. >> reporter: after all the worry, now the wait. at sfo today family and friends search for familiar faces returning from boston. ashley french ran the marathon last year and had a friend there last year when the bomb exploded. relieved today that that friend finally came home. passengers said heightened security was visible. >> i did notice police with their guns like ready. which you don't normally see. >> reporter: police had extra patrols at sfo and nationwide. homeland security officials in boston were asking to see runners cell phone photos or video that might help the investigation. >> they just kind of came up and casually asked us. if we had seen anything, if we had photo of any family or friends it might be something they could use. >> all of a sudden all these people come toward us. >> reporter: kathy was running her ninth marathon, and is a former mayor of santa cruz, she had to stop the run with others. >> they all came up in 11 unmarked cars. just were going 90 miles per hour on our rout. >> reporter: an end to the rac

we do now to jana katsuyama who is at the hospital where the little boy is being treated. >> reporter: the boy had surgery for a broken neck. i just got in touch with his mother who says he is right now in the intensive care unit. it was dark about 10:15 on wednesday night and jasmine glen was driving south on 880 with her mom and son when another car simply swerved across the road. >> we were driving on the highway and we had seen somebody doing donuts on the freeway. >> reporter: she and other cars stopped but a big rig car slammed into her chevy impala. this is a picture of the damage. her two-year-old son cory was in his car seat. >> he was bleeding out of his mouth. and he wasn't answering me. i thought he was dead. i thought he and my mother were dead. >> reporter: cory was rushed to the hospital and released. but later when she took him to another hospital doctors found a fracture in his neck. he had surgery o. >> he is up there suffering, in so much pain, can't move. he's suffering. >> reporter: the chp say it is big rig driver is at fault for not stopping but they also blame

i am jana katsuyama. >> i am eric rasmussen. claudine and mike have the morning off. so does rosemary. and mark tamayo is pinch hitting for her today. >>> bundle up this morning. it is 30s and 40s and look at this. napa has warmed up 10 degrees. this is a change. 49 degrees and san jose in the upper 40s as well. here is the forecast for the sunday this morning. basically, clear and cool. and this afternoon. more sunshine. and winds are picking up and when they can be approaching 49 miles an hour. we could have stronger winds. more on that in a few minutes. >>> the derailment from fremont. and 200 passengers were stranded for hours in the middle of the night. alex savidge is live at the jack london square station. and how it is still causing problems. >> it sure is. >> it is coming from l.a. and it got stuck near fremont and ended up arriving here in oakland. four hours late. there is a sign they have put up here inside the station. we wants to show it to you. this morning, the particular section of track where the derailment happened is not in use. it is causing an is

our coverage continues with jana katsuyama. she's been digging into their past and she joins with us now live with new information tonight about their background. >> we certainly are learning more. many people who knew the brothers describe the boys as smart and athletic. not someone they would associate with the boston massachusetts bombings. his older brother practiced martial arts. today the suspect's parents spoke in shock from the russian republic. the father calling the younger son a true angel and said he spoke with his eldest son this week. >> he said everything is okay. i asked him, how is dzhokhar. did you help him so he would spend less time with friends and more time studying. >> reporter: he was quoted in a 2010 boxing magazine as saying, i don't have a single american friend, i don't understand them. an aunt says, tamerlan had become a devoted muslim who prayed five times a day. according to an anonymous u.s. official he said nothing was found. they said he went to russia for six months last year. his brother dzho

our coverage continues with jana katsuyama. she's been digging into their past and she joins with us now live with new information tonight about their background. >> we certainly are learning more. many people who knew the brothers describe the boys as smart and athletic. not someone they would associate with the boston massachusetts bombings. his older brother practiced martial arts. today the suspect's parents spoke in shock from the russian republic. the father calling the younger son a true angel and said he spoke with his eldest son this week. >> he said everything is okay. i asked him, how is dzhokhar. did you help him so he would spend less time with friends and more time studying. >> reporter: he was quoted in a 2010 boxing magazine as saying, i don't have a single american friend, i don't understand them. an aunt says, tamerlan had become a devoted muslim who prayed five times a day. according to an anonymous u.s. official he said nothing was found. they said he went to russia for six months last year. his brother dzho

reporting in san francisco, jana katsuyama. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> six people were arrested today as chp officers used bean bag projectiles torouse a group of tree sitters in mendecino. those tree sitters had been ruing in the trees since late january. they were arrested along with three other demonstrators. the chp said one tree sitter actually dumped feces on to a chp officer during the eviction. caltrans cut down a couple of the trees in order to discourage further protests. >>> zaid was there to face charges. this thursday he will be arraigned in court for the incident on monday at the wal- mart store. for that he's facing a long list of charges. >>> an unusual political race is taking shape in the south bay where a former member of the obama administration announced today he is challenging mike honda. honda represents the 17th congressional district along the southeast edge of the state including parts of fremont, san jose, and cuper to the best -- cupertino. >> reporter: the challenger is a man by the name of roe cana.

reporting in san francisco, jana katsuyama. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> six people were arrested today as chp officers used bean bag projectiles torouse a group of tree sitters in mendecino. those tree sitters had been ruing in the trees since late january. they were arrested along with three other demonstrators. the chp said one tree sitter actually dumped feces on to a chp officer during the eviction. caltrans cut down a couple of the trees in order to discourage further protests. >>> zaid was there to face charges. this thursday he will be arraigned in court for the incident on monday at the wal- mart store. for that he's facing a long list of charges. >>> an unusual political race is taking shape in the south bay where a former member of the obama administration announced today he is challenging mike honda. honda represents the 17th congressional district along the southeast edge of the state including parts of fremont, san jose, and cuper to the best -- cupertino. >> reporter: the challenger is a man by the name of roe cana.

we go straight to ktvu's jana katsuyama who is mobterring -- monitoring what is happening in boston right now. >> that street is very quiet right now, very different from 2:50 p.m. eastern time. at this hour the latest information on the victims we understand from boston police, two people were killed. that includes an 8-year-old child, more than 50 injured. it has been very difficult looking all day at these images, we wanted to give you an over all look at what happened this morning. >> reporter: two blasts turned the boston marathon's finish line sign a scene of chaos and panic. the bombs seconds apart, near a line of international flags, they shattered nearby windows and knocked runners off their feet. witnesses saw people on the ground crying for people. many lost limbs. >> trying to put pressure on the wounds, whatever we could do. >> reporter: emergency responders rushed to help the injured and get them to ambulances on boylston street. others were rushed to medical centers. >> a few didn't unfortunately make it and we have those people here in the tent. the bombs exploded 4 hours

reporting live in fremont, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in her first speech from the senate floor since monday's bombing at the boston marathon, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren spoke of the tragic event, saying they will get through it together. >> every year during the marathon, we are one family. we cheer for each other. we carry each other across finish lines. when tragedy strikes, we're also one family. we hurt together. and we help together. >> senator warren also praised everyone from firefighters to police to emt's, even regular people, all of whom rushed in to help those who were injured by those two explosions. >>> in california, local and state officials are still urging all of us to be hypervigilant in the wake of the bombings in boston. we spoke with lieutenant governor gavin newsom today, and he says public safety is the government's no. 1 concern. there aren't any threats locally, but authorities are reviewing security plans for upcoming events like the america's cup. >> no event survives without it being safe for everybody, so that's foremost in our min