shoppers at several bay area wal-mart stores will see picketers today protests planned at wal-marts in san leandro, richmond, san jose and fairfield. some holiday workers are ignoring warnings they could face consequences if they walk off jobs or protest. last night protesting employees handed out leaflets and held signs complaining of low wages and unsafe working conditions. one told us you can't talk to wal-mart management about things they don't want to hear. >> if we go to management, we'll have a target on our back. wal-mart will retaliate against us. wal-mart has a zero tolerance for retaliation. >> most of the shoppers we saw ignored the protests. charges of retaliation are the subof a lawsuit before the national labor re-- subject of a lawsuit before the national laborñ6jíxÁrelations bore. we've compiled a list of -- stores you can browse the ads on abc7news.com, look under see it on tv. >>> if you get a text message saying you've just won a $1,000 gift card to target, look out with >> people hope and pray for a $1,000 gift ward, that would be great. >> several -- several in

>>at 9:27 a.m. we will be right back with more. >> developing story on massive explosion in gaza happened early this morning. palestinian officials say at least 11 people were killed in this building when it was struck over night. it was hit by an israeli air strike. it is in the deadliest day of the conflict so far it is killed 32 palestinians in gaza. the attack started last week and the israeli airstrikes have left some people living in rubble. >> this is the result of a blast so fire powerful giant chunk hurled to the roof of the house below. >> the babies were under the rubble here and here. they were sleeping with their father here. the house collapsed, the brother brand to them and found them on this rock. relatives say the 2 year-old and 4 year-old aircraft to death and their father is still alive. there is blood on the smouldered in paris is around everything on the room. we found a children's 22 year- old mother. i am in shock, i don't believe it. my two children. my life is now very diffi

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double 5s kicked in at reagan national, same at dulles. cooler at bww marshal at 53. definitely seasonal. we were spoiled a couple of weeks ago. 39 at baltimore currently, 34 manassas. 34 dulles. 32 at winchester. here's a look at your day planner. midday around 51 degrees. cool down a little bit into the later part of the early evening hours. becoming mostly cloudy throughout the course of the day. big football game happening today, typical football weather as well. we'll have those details and a look at the turkey day forecast. >> i would say that's definitely a big game. thanks, gwen. >>> a bittersweet moment for twihards. the final installment of the franchise will hit theaters at midnight. kevin mccarthy had a chance to sit down with the movie's three main anchors. coming up, kristin stewart's take as the series comes to an end.    how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sens

westbound at north livermore avenue at accident over at the shoulder. speeds coming down to 60. lower those speeds a tad bit. i'm circling this right here. you talked about the paragon outlets in livermore. that's about where it is. both directions starting at 10:00 yesterday became slammed with traffic. there was an accident, i thought maybe that was helping make things a little slower, but no, for hours it stayed basically at a gridlock from the dublin interchange to that area. that was a problem for many folks trying to get through the area yesterday. we'll track it today. >>> it's 4:56. the winners of the big awards will be announced next week but major league baseball already handing out some hardware. buster posey the winner of the national league silver slugger award for catchers. it is given to the best offensive player in each position. giants pitcher barry zito has won the hutch award. it's given to the player who demonstrates the honor, courage and dedication of major league baseball. and the a's billy bean was named the sporting news major league baseball executive o

here is a look at what is coming at new at 6:00. >> in the race for the white house on this final day, they did not rest. at obama election headquarters in chicago, the story is coming up next. >> nervous energy behind the scenes of the question 7 watch party at a national harbor. what is at stake, coming up. >> i am kai reed live at the vote yes to same-sex marriage headquarters. >> you are watching wbal-tv 11. this is 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> after months of campaigning, election day is finally here. over 60% of marylanders have come out to stand in line to place their votes. that is our big story tonight at 6:00. one of the closest, hardest fought, and one of the most expensive presidential races in history is coming to a conclusion. >> the candidates have spent a billion dollars to make their cases, and now the voters will decide. steve handelsman begins our team coverage. >> the end of a grueling campaign, with high hopes for a key state. he headed off to cleveland for one last effort. obama, who voted two weeks ago, drops by volunteer office near his home in chicago. he called sw

the strike starts at the port at 6 a.m. at noon a rally at the airport. later tonight until 7:00 there will be more picket lines right here in oakland. in oakland, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> replacement nurses are ready for duty at 10 bay area hospitals that are facing a strike this morning. walkouts are planned at 8 sutter hospitals and two operated by the hospital corporation of america in san jose. the strike by thousands of nurses is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. staffing levels and sick leave are two key issues. >>> the priest at a san jose catholic school where a registered sex offender was allowed to mingle with children has resigned. mark gurries was there when somebody recognized him. but he produced a letter from the san jose diocese that he could be there. the parish priest defended the man but the man was escorted off campus when it was learned the letter wasn't from proper church officials. the church from the diocese apologizes and said it won't happen again. >>> there is a manhunt for a man list say was involved in a crime spree -- police

visit us at capital area. food banksorg. >> just in time for the holidays, we will raise thousands of dollars in free groceries. >> we will give you a clue word everyday at 6:00 a.m. -- are you ready for today's word? stuffing pe. lagarde to wjla.com/facebook and enter the word stopping for a chance to win a $500 a for a gift card. we will announce the winner tomorrow morning at 6:45 a.m. we will give you a new word at 6:00 a.m.. next wednesday november 21, one of you will win a 5000 of a gift card. a new work every day. you will get the word at 6:00 and we will announce the winner at 645 from the day before. >> let's check in with jacqui jeras to see what is happening with the weather. >> we've got some chilly temperatures and clouds to contend with to start out with this morning. but other than that, kind of a lot like just a. temperatures 42 and reagan national dairy wins a little brisk out of the north northeast at 10 miles an hour so you can shave a couple of degrees of temperature in the form of -- therm

take a look here at macy's opening up its doors at midnight for the first time. hear some of the shoppers going in the flagship store on the left. on the right-hand shoppers lighting up in the bay area at the union city. target in, opened at nine last night. san leandro got a taste of the wal-mart. 30 people were outside to protest the thanksgiving opening. securities were through out wal-mart and outside. the protesters were not wal-mart employees. protests are scheduled to take place to protest early openings and wal-mart's across the area. hist a chilly start to the morning and is also little breezy here's a look from our mt. tam cam over san francisco. we will be right back. but >> were watching bay area weather, it looks really nice. temperatures approaching the 70 degree mark for the next couple of days. enjoy the sunshine while at last we have a patch of dry weather all the way until tuesday. wednesday night especially in the north bay we should see some showers. thursday and friday as well and it looks a little " what this weekend. but we do have a lease

i'm not getting cursed at. god bless america. >> the police are encoring the rule that went into effect in long island t goes into effect at 6:00 this morning in new york city. >>> there has been a outpouring of support for the victims in new york and new jersey. now you have a chance to help people in maryland affected by sandy. we're live this morning with more on how can you help. you are at the national harbor? >> reporter: that's right. in about an hour, you know people will be gathering here at the aquarium in baltimore to accept donations for the victims of hurricane sandy on the shore. now they are encouraging people to stop by this morning and drive off some donations to help the families. we have seen the devastation that sandy caused. they need help. they will help the people who live and work in maryland which is called the crab capital of the world. a bus will be here accepting non-perishable foods, blankets, fortable heaters. plume plies and tools. when they are gathered, officials from -- heaters

temperature right now at reagan national, 50 degrees. 49 at dulles. 43 at bwi marshall. we certainly have seen colder temperatures and these will be our high temperatures by wednesday. so enjoy one more mild day as we've got some changes on the way. 68 the forecast high in washington. 69 at quantico. how about a 70 in fredericksrg and one more mild afternoon. warm conditions expected around here for our holiday. >> all right. it will be a good time to head down to the mall if you can. >> time to check in with julie wright. it is a holiday. but julie, you still got to work w. >> i came in to enjoy your company. and somebody told me tucker was buying breakfast. >> you know. >> don't hold your breath. >> lucky month me, i brought my open oatmeal. kenilworth avenue at eastern, nice, easy start to our day. light and easy continuing across the anacostia bridges. quiet is your trip toward the wilson bridge. you will find reversible roads carrying two-with a travel. southbound along 270, a nice, easy drive for those continuing out of hyattstown. no issues reported continuing out

coming up at 9:00 a.m. we will have a bit sf will get a little closer significance of to the neighbors. back to you mark. >> at 8:33 a.m. we have developing news we are following out of pleasant hill where they are investigating a fire that happened at a strip mall. they say it was suspicious. kron 4 is jackie sissel is live tell us why. good morning jacket. >> you can see the owner of the salon along with fire investigators and the costa county fire investigative unit are still out here at the magic touch salon. the 500 block of contra costa boulevard and pleasant hill. they said the fire broke out around a 11:40 p.m.. that is on the call came in. when crews arrived at salon they saw smoke and flames inside of the building. there were able to knock down the flames relatively quickly. once they knocked down the flames that is when they discovered a bottle with a suspicious liquid sitting outside of the building itself. that is the bottle there. they believe that there may be some combustible liquid inside t

quantico is at 40 degrees at this hour. our average is 63 and 45. a morning low is closer to where we should be but are average height is about 10 degrees above what we will see. the northwesterly flow is sticking around through today into the weekend. even though we will get more sunshine, we will still say -- state chile. 52-56 degrees today and the weekend forecast, we will stay until low to mid 50's but a little more sunshine. >>you can connect with me on facebook and twitter -- we will go over to adam caskey. >> we are in bethesda it is a happening spot. we are off wisconsin avenue near the tasty diner. i have a few layers on which is a good idea especially with the 30-degree readings. it is actually 42 degrees here. within the beltway, that is typical. let's talk about the extended forecast -- we will get more sunshine on the weekend and that will be welcome from this bilbray pattern we have been saying. -- for most of this grey pattern we are seeing. tuesday is closer to 50 degrees. there has been talk of a coastal storm system, the possibili

it will start at 10:15 at baltimore's inner harbor. governor o'malley will attend two rallies for marriage equality. first held at 11:00 a.m. on federal hill. and the second rally at 3:00 this afternoon at the university of maryland. >>> 14 before the hour now. hurricane sandy throwing a wrench in the plans of the new york state board of elections. it is shipping generators out to polling locations that are without power. the board is expecting a low voter turnout. if fewer than 20% of registered voters show up tomorrow, the board of elections says it is prepared to extend the voting deadline into wednesday. this news comes as new jersey's board of elections announced it will allow residents to e-mail their votes in if they are unable to get to the polling station. >>> new jersey governor chris christie says he's fed up with the fallout from his praise for president obama. christie, who is one of mitt romney's biggest supporters, commended the president for his response to sandy. he says he's angry people are trying to politicize his c

at first. a hard pill i had to swallow on my own. >> breast surgeon dr. willie broke the news. she also had to talk to her long time colleague out of choosing an overly aggressive surgical procedure, is bilateral mastectomy. >> it's a common knee jerk reaction. and i think we have to tailor treatment to what an individual has. and mercedes didn't need that. >> with the less aggressive procedure, mercedes was able to return to the oncology unit three weeks after the lumpectomy and she never missed a day as she completed six and a half weeks of radiation. thanks to the overwhelming support from her fellow nurses. >> we cried. we hugged, we supported each other. >> she has worked with mercedes since the early 1990s. >> a lot of times just having that support here just having the people around here. i think it just helped her work through that a lot better as well. >> mercedes was such a model patient, most of her own patients never even realized she was on the same cancer path as they were. >> one

the rally is at noon at berkeley. it is followed by general assembly dinner and preparations for a sweep out. >> it looks unlikely that tuesday's election shattered any voter turnout records in our state. countess had counted 9.5 million ballots cast at the polls or in early mammalian voting. as compared to 4.5 million at this time compared to 2008. and tradition that 1 million fewer voters would turn out that in 2008. >> in health news the death toll in the meningitis cases has risen to 31. the number of people affected has risen to 420 across 19 states. the medicine given to patients at costa meningitis outbreak has been recalled that happened in september. it is for 50 3:00 a.m. let us go back outside and look at the golden gate bridge. will take a quick break a reminder the weather is changing. we're looking for rain this afternoon we will have erica with another look at the forecast. 57 expected high this afternoon. we are back at 4:55 a.m. talking enter attainment news lady gaga. >> ♪ pop star lady gaga pledge

that at&t is gone. there is a company called at&t, but it is the old southwest bell operating company, the young bellsouth that bought out at&t. what happens? sort of what roger pointed to. no other country besides the united states when it privatized and allow the communication broke off a long distance company. as of 1976, when you had computers coming in, the old five-level bell system was not going to exist in the future. so the long distance companies are gone. mci is but a faint memory, and the old at&t has gone as well. so what has changed? well, there was a huge mistake made at the time of the breakup. mackenzie, which is much in the news the past few days, a well- known consulting company, at the time of the breakup at&t had to make a decision. should we keep our cellular spectrum, which the fcc had given us, or should we let the box have it? they asked mackenzie. mackenzie predicted that as of the year 2000, there would be 1 million users and the united states of cellular telephones. it was a

cooler at the coast. low to mid 60s monterey bay mid to upper 60s inland more sunshine farther south you head. let's talk about the game, bears in town to take on the 49ers 5:30, 60, by 9:00, 57° not going to be too chilly at the stick. it is the stick so you know. temperatures in the 40s inland to fremont, palo alto, half moon bay, a lot of low 50s until you get to san francisco and san mateo mid 50s. high pressure still trying to hold on and block in system making good head way, cooler air behind it, heavier cooler air pushing it in. this morning, through the evening, best chance of rogue shower across the north bay, especially northern sonoma, overnight possibility of a few sprinkles for the commute, most organized area looks to be northern sonoma county, scattered showers out ahead of the system tomorrow, bulk of the wet weather around 9:00 in the evening, spreads across the entire bay for wednesday's morning commute and wednesday afternoon scattered showers 10th to quarter inch of rain now half inch

we take a look at the area. look at this heavy cell moving in. there's a live radar sweechlt let's see how much rain is coming out of this area here, rain fall rates of a quarter of an inch an hour. that's a lot of rain. nearly a half inch of rain. let's come in close now. we'll take a look at san francisco. it has been wet out there all day. sunset district, rain fall accumulation rates out here up to almost a tenth of an inch an hour and see over by the bay bring you've got rain fall rates about 12 hundred dretds of an inch an hour. what does that mean? that's wipers on moderate. look out here towards mount dee i can't be low seeing some heavier rain fall rates, as well. basically has coverage throughout the entire bay area. right now i'm in the daly city area. thad the water tank break. daly city at this hour right now getting rain fall rates of about -- let's check it out right in here. we're getting rain fall rates of that two one hun dretds of an inch an hour. what we're going to look at now are the amount of how much rain we've had. it has

look at that. barely moving trying to get toward the accident on 123 leaving the prince william parkway. again the two left lanes are blocked. hov lanes are not affected as you can see but again it's going to be a long, slow ride already affecting traffic on the northbound side of i-95. i'll keep you posted on that situation. let's go back over to the maps. at least on 270 all you've got is the yellow. that means it's just slow as you leave frederick down toward 109 and 121. a quick look at the american legion bridge. once you're here you're good to go across the river. i'll be back at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a local doctor's fight to regain his license to write prescriptions for powerful pain medications is in limbo this morning. d.c.'s health department banned dr. alen salerian from prescribing class two narcotics in april. >> last night a judge threw out some of the testimony after learning prosecutors did not share the interview tape with salerian's lawyers. >> reporter: th

the bowl game us currently played at at&t park. it would move when the new stadium opens in 2014. >>> there's still hope for the survival of the endangered twinkie. that's right, hostess ordering into mediation with its workers to its efforts to try and save the treats. >>> plus the chairman of the federal reserve is expected to speak today. seema mody is live at cnbc world headquarters with all the details. seema, good morning. >> reporter: let's start off with the markets. we did see a rally on monday. the dow had its best point gain in two months on optimism that the white house and congress may reach a budget deal to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff. we get data on housing starts and building permits and earnings from hewlett-packard as well as best buy expected to come out today. >>> fed chairman ben bernanke speaks in new york around noon time. the dow jumping 207 points to close at 12,795. the nasdaq rising nearly 63 points in yesterday's trade. all right, here's the story, guys. the twinkie gets a stay of execution. hostess

at least the winds will be fairly light northeast at 5. i'll be back in a few with your seven-day forecast. >>> police have arrived at an incident on the inner loop of the beltway after river road. it turned out to just be a disabled vehicle on the right shoulder. as you can see volumes are light here in bethesda. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 4:55. back to you. >>> 4:39. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> keep saying we're going to avoid the fiscal cliff but we're skiing downhill fast. >> president obama is saying we're not growing to fall off the fiscal cliff. the president told reporters he's going to work with republicans to prevent automatic spending hikes -- spending cuts and hikes taking effect at the end of the year. families making less than $250,000 a year will stay the same but insists the rich will have to pay more taxes which has been a major sticking point with republicans. investors started selling after the president spoke and that triggered another sell-off. really worried the democrats

he was crushed by a forklift at super link plastics at 92nd avenue. he he was identified although 34-year-old edward baraja, he was lifting one forklift with the another, when the heavy equipment fell on the other. >>> three suspicious fires were responded to in the last 12 hours. the first one in a vacant office at about 7:30 this morning across the street from the is valleja police department. >> we had this going on for 6-8 months. we don't know how they were started -- not necessarily exact in but similar in nature. >> fifigh first called to a fire in an empty house at about 8:15 last night and then just before 3:0 0 a.m., crews were called to the cocktail lounge just three blocks away. >>> we're following developing news in west texas after three are injured after a train, it the veterans were on the way to an annually parade. a union pacific spokesman says the crossing gate and the lights were working. >>> a computer glitch at united airlines caused flight delays in airports around the world. and it try anded thousands of united passengers. we'r

she is looking at new suvs. >> i think we're looking at bmws and looking at fords. >> they have been coming for 20 years. now living across the state they reunited every year for this day. >> that is one of wonderful things i think about this tradition it has grown from just being our parents and us coming to this. so now we are bringing our own kids. >> wendy went along with the ride and thanksgiving tradition she married in to. >> i think women were brilliant to get the husbands and kids out of cooking for the whole day. >> crowds are swarming around a few concept cars. >> this lexus future luxury coupe. one of only two in the world. it's a concept hybrid. while it's not a real car, what lexus may be able to produce in the future. there are plenty of real cars here for people looking on to buy their next ride. >> it's the best way to compare different brands and different styles. >> the auto show runs until monday for those families that spent thanksgiving at the table instead of behind the wheel. >> for many people thanksgiving is all about helping others. salvation army, about 50

the news briefing will be at 2 p.m. at hotel monco. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news pgh if you are flying out expect plenty of company. 24million people are expected to fly out of town for the holiday. that's according to a trade group. that's an increase of 150,000 passengers from last year. so if you are looking to save money and some elbow room, consider flying on thanksgiving day. and think about booking an alternate airport that may be offering lower fees. >>> and more help is on the way for people struggling in the dark and cold from sandy. verizon is sending about 600 technicians up north to restore power. it leaves from perryville in two hours. >>> we're seeing video last summer a pilot suspected of murder tried steal a jet. efficient drove it through the airport grounds and crashing into fences and knocking down power lines before crashing into the terminal. and he committed suicide before cobe arrested. >> take a look at this a bus that was wedged into an apartment building in dallas, texas. two students were injured five were in

when they arrived at the partygoers through things at them. one officer was hit and somebody tried to drag another officer to the back of the house. >> therefore going to tow -- there or about two getting ready to tow somebody's car. and a someone's car. an individual came out site because it was his car and it was a fight between the cop and the individual. his brother's life friend came out to assist. that is when the entire place was full of cops. >> the officer got away, backup was called in after several hours 60 officers reduced to make 42 arrests. the most serious was assault with a deadly weapon with a police officer. >> people need to obey the laws. >> you think the cops or the police caps or the combination?, i think both. >> none-life threatening injuries from one officer treated and released. san jose, phillipe djegal, kron 4 >> this vallejo is not giving up their search of great grandmother was walking home last week just blocks from her house. they are going door-to-door searching for a gold colored four-door sedan that hit her a

at least it's dry. stormy conditions to the south of us, we're going to have to watch the areas to the south of us over the next few days. some unsettled area over the atlantic ocean. we'll see how close some of that gets to us as we approach thanksgiving. otherwise a pretty good forecast. especially today. lots of sunshine. much like yesterday afternoon. 50 to 55 the high. these are temperatures just a little below the average for the season. close enough to call it fair. north/northeast wind at five to ten miles an hour. boaters in the bay today, you get out over the open waters. there will be a breeze this afternoon. two foot chop. no flags are out right now. they go out later tonight and tomorrow. breeze should pick up tomorrow. all across the area especially on the bay. we look at the global situation. here's the stormy weather out in the west coast. gets more confined to the gulf of alaska by the time we get to thanksgiving. we look for dips in the jet stream. the jet stream follows this line so t

typically at their our fog delays the west coast at the brunt of it. 60 to 90 goldman at delays. at the west coast flights sought to to to one half hour delays. if you look at the board we're still seeing delays, mostly from the west coast flights. i was not wanting to take no to an answer and walk down to the united terminal and all of their flights were delayed as well. one of the life lessons i've learned from today's experience is never trust actually what is up on the boards or even what is on the airline web site. there are several different times on there, none of them right. the only way i got a straight answer was actually going to a gate and talking to a human being. my flight was listed for taking off at 1020 this morning. a got delayed until noon. when i actually talked to the person they said noon actually means one 05 p.m. if i had actually taken the united flight i would of got in here sooner but i did not know about the secret wheels up time. a lot of people experience it that today. flights coming from all over the country as well as international. >> how was it

glad to be back at work. i'm fine, fine and ready to go to work. >> it's likely that he's needed fibrillation all his life. doctors sent an electric current through his heart to restore his rhythm. harbaugh is expected to be on the sidelines of candle stick park when the niners play the bears. >>> a sudden rush on ho-ho's and other baked goods as the company calls it quits. the wide ranging impact of the baker's drastic decision. >>> first we take you to squaw valley. the reward skiers and borders got in addition to this early start of >>> we're continuing to track all this wet weather with storm tracker 2. so where are we seeing the heaviest rain right now? >> right now, and for the last three hours it's been in the north bay. you look toward santa rosa you will see that yellow. they're going to get up to half an inch of rain as we head into the next half hour. in the last half hour, san mateo county area right here around san mateo redwood city. you're seeing heavier activity close to springs reservoir. tha

>> not at all. we would go somewhere else. >> are the union and raley's are in contract talks tonight. united food and commercial workers spokesperson mike henneberry says without going into detail there is reason to be hopeful. >> it's a good sign that we're in there. >> reporter: there are three possible scenarios both sides reach a deal. they make progress and extend talks or there is no deal and workers at 24 raley's in the bay area join 104 other stores in northern california and nevada on the picket lines at midnight. we asked customers at the san pablo raley's if they would still shop here. >> i would still shop here because i like the store. >> they are the ones that have a reason for striking whether it's pay, benefits. >> reporter: as with most contract negotiation it's both. the union says grocery workers aren't alone. >> they are the fiber of the community. they are family. and they deserve to be respected, because we're all in this together, folks. >> reporter: that is why the weiderhol

hopefully everybody at home is okay and we're looking over at 880 at a nice flow of traffic past the coliseum. it's been a rough week but it will turn around. the map will show you north of here as you're heading toward the maze and the bay bridge, there's your commute direction marked. not much of it right now. just starting a little build there as well as out of the altamont pass. eastbound heading out of the area slowing through the construction area. now westbound you also have the build, the orange coming in that opposite direction because of the build. the volume now coming into livermore so expect that to continue along with its typical pattern, guys. back to you. >>> it's 5:25. still to come on "today in the bay," snow in the sierra has a lot of people wondering when the ski lifts will open. >> you being one of them. >> we'll tell you which resorts are starting up sooner than later. >>> now a picturesque shot over san francisco. a cool start to the day. some might say refreshing. get ready for a little burst out there. it's cold, but try to put a positive spin on it. 5:26. we

here at nyse opening bell. look at the s&p. lehigh gas partners celebrating its recent ipo and top chef seattle. can you tell it's obvious how i read that in. >> she's not here. >> that's why i'm going to the nasdaq right now. >> i was on vacation. she was next to me. it was, like -- my daughter says what's the matter? your eggs are getting cold. >> it's unbelievable how beautiful she is. let's move on. >> randall stephenson is coming on. >> they are having the annual investor conference that began at 9:00 a.m. they put this press release out detailing what does appear to be an additional amount of capital expenditure or capital spending over the next three years. 14 billion. that appears to be above what had been anticipated for the company a bit. and they also increased dividend. that is not a big surprise of course. we'll talk to mr. stephenson about those decisions and as you might imagine about a lot of other things. he's been outspoken in the past on conference calls and the like in terms of regulation and clearly targeti

sit-in at 12,00749. facebook shares on the rise of 10% of $2 per share. >> now to the latest of the scandal surrounding former cia director david petreas. we learned that he will testify on a congressional hearing on libya despite resigning after having an affair with his biographer paul brought well.broadwell. shd harassing the mills to eight woman that she saw as a romantic rival. possible evidence that there was another affair gondwan. presidet obama is expected make his comments on the federal investigation involving wetreas. >> and nancy pelosi is telling in the new session of congress that she will remain the house majority leader. she will remain at the helm of the party and the democrats felt to win the necessary 25 additional seats to make up the majority party. that would have made posey the speaker of the house again. >> poslesi. we're waiting for her to take the stage and make her announcement. everyone is wondering whether she will continue to remain as leader of the democrats in the house w

take a look at this sting operation video at george washington university's bookstore. one of the men placed the new books on the table. another boxes them up and takes them to the loading dock, where they were picked up. the books were resold online. the men stole $200,000 worth of textbooks from december of 2010 to january of 2011. >> feels like they're stealing from the university, and all the students who paid for the books originally. i don't think it's a good thing. >> one of the men will be sentenced next friday. the other three will be sentenced in january. >>> police are looking for two men they say robbed a recording studio right after recording a rap song there. ♪ police are looking for the men singing that song. it's called larry hoover. police say the robbery happened early yesterday morning at copy cats studio in laurel. police say the suspects got away with the victims' wallets and phones. no one was hurt. >>> the president of one of virginia's colleges says he's terribly disappointed with students' reactions to president obama's victory saturday night.

at 2 a.m. sunday morning the clocks will rollback one hour and as we fall back it's good time to use it to check and replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors as well. today marks the start of the greek food and cultural festival. you and your family can enjoy live music and dancing and there's going to be cathedral tours and arts and crafts. there's plenty activity for the kids and festivities take place at annunciation cathedral on west presley street. >>> get a free flu shot on sunday franklin square medical center is holding a drive through vaccination clinic on sunday at essex campus of the ccbc at 9. shots given on a first come first served bases. >>> a block of vacant properties will be demolished this morning as part of the say cants to value program. the demolition will take place in the shirley hill neighborhood on lombard street beginning at 9 this morning. >>> the concert to help victims of hurricane sandy takes place tonight. bruce springsteen and

at 50, well below average. look at the warm up, just in time for the ravens game, on sunday. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> they are going to beat oakland, correct? if you are traveling on 695, no problems to report on the west side, it will be nice and clear, from 795, towards 95, as far as the harrisburg is concerned, as we look outside, here in hunt valley, no problems to report from shawan road down to 695s it will remain clear, as you get onto the jfx in to the city. this is what 95 looks like, east baltimore, eastern avenue. traffic along, looking at a 14 minute ride, traveling southbound, from white marble, to downtown. that's a look at the time save traffic. >>> brain teasers are tough, riddles can take forever. >> math problem can cause you physical pain, we will tell you why. ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> people in poor neighborhoods are less likely to receive proper cpr compa

at -- at the end there are three schools. once the sun comes up and it gets to be the time of day when parents are dropping kids off, it could get messy out here with this major intersection closed. police can only tell us that they will be out here for a while. no estimate as to how long this investigation will take. for more on traffic let's head over to sue hall. >>> we are live in the traffic center with a look at the bay bridge toll, no metering lights light on upper deck into san francisco so far we still have closure west and eastbound treasure island on and off-ramps, due to police activity that amy hollyfield was telling us about. and as katie marzullo was telling us jacqueline road closed between north milpitas and arizona avenue as they wrap up that police activity. here's lisa with your weather forecast >> good morning. fog around the bay, not as dense as yesterday, live doppler 7 hd not picking up rain, we have another day to go before we will see that rain. with the rain we are looking at a strange cold front th

at 1.5%. so no surprises in the print and the guidance is pretty much in line, their call starts at 10:30, so they did not give any sales guidance yet, they did not give that in the press release, i these they'll hear that on the 10:30 conference call. i think that's conservative, even things like this partnership with neiman marcus that they're doing over the holiday, could push it more toward 3.5% or 4%. but only modeling the 3%. >> what about the spectrum of your universe, your most favorites, your least favorites? >> target's been a top pick here. i'm not supernegative at walmart, i as applaud what we have seen at walmart u.s., we have return to positive comps, i like neil simon, i think he's doing a great job. and they did go up against their first positive comparison in the first quarter of 2010 and they comped positively against that. so it's not a bad story, i'm neutral on the stock, i think it's currently overvalued at its current price. >> israel launching a major defense against pal

no one was at home at the time. and there were no injuries. >>> we have new information tonight about an oakland man who fell to his death in an old water filled quarry while he was out looking for his cat in the pouring rain last night. ktvu's amber lee is live off of pleasant valley road, just off the rockridge shopping center, where she talked to the victim's neighbors. >> reporter: the victim lives in one of the townhomes on the ridge. neighborhoods tell us, barbed wire surrounds the quarry. it's worked well to keep people out of the quarry until last night. using a flashlight, he looked for his beloved cat off the edge of the quarry. harris only found his flashlight near the fence. >> you see that tree right there, that little short one. >> reporter: and the missing cat sitting up in a tree. harris called 911. divers with alameda county sheriff's office eventually recovered a body. 30feet below the water's surface. harris suspects his neighbor slipped and fell into the quarry. >> a freak accident? >> absolutely

at the surface, not too bad but 33 at oakland airport. 36 at sfo. our system is coming through right now. and then some very heavy rain up into lake county. i know russian river has picked up about one inch in cazadero. there is a little low right back here. the rain has not been too bad. but up intolake county, it's really been coming down. if it's in the green, that's not too bad. heavier amounts a little bit out towards concord, clayton. out to antioch. really just a general rain. there's a little heavier rain offshore and over this san jose way and then over the dumbarton bridge. so things are picking up. but i will tell you, dave, i will have more on the system coming in thursday night and friday. we'll talk about that coming up in about ten minutes. that one could be impressive for the russian river area. >> all right, steve. it's coming. >>> 8:26. an overnight fire happened inside a classroom at an east bay high school. the reason it's considered suspicious. why one student says this has happened before. look at you guys with your fancy-schma

based on his comments, we had a meeting at supervisor farrell's office july 27th and at that time there was a commitment that they would follow state, federal and city law in terms of the archaeological ruins there. that however has not happened. in terms of her own opinion as mr. richards, who s letter i have put up here. miss hobson herself actually suggests that the archaeologist on staff with the planning department might reference mr. richards as a possible source of good information about this park permit. we can see the archaeological review that was required was not done and has not been ordered or commissioned despite being told about this july 17th. we're next talking about why this should be deadline. section 103.a, says information needs to be of sufficient clarity and to indicate the location and nature and extent of the work that is proposed. that has not been done here. how do we know this? on the permit it's described as s-1 that will be used for storage. i don't know how many storage facilitis that you are aware of that has windows in them and advanced design. previousl

breaking news at this hour. workers at raley's grocery stores throughout california and they have he have are on strike. it's a dispute over wages, healthcare and other benefits. we are joined live from the store in fremont with the details. good morning. what did is mean for shoppers. >> it means the workers don't want customers to to shop here. they don't want money going into these stores until their contract is figured out. this picket line you are seeing at this store in fremont is the meat cutters. the meat cutners this store are members of the united food workers union. they are encouraging customers not to shop here. it is a different scenario at each store across northern california, central california and nevada. some grocery workers are members of unions and are not working. at this particular raley's, grocery workers are not union members. they are being told to cross the picket line and come in or otherwise they are told they will lose their jobs. this camps after intense negotiations with the feder

the at it in san francisco. i don't know if that one flew. but they are fun to watch. >> more than 100,000 people watch the battle of the homemade flying machines. it is outside the park testimony and means flying it day in german. >> all of them tried tousier. >> but ended up plunging in. >> anybody that tells you they have control of how the thing is is flying. they are not telling you the truth. >> it is beyond fun. i will do it -- it is beyond fun. i will do it again. >> impressive. but nowhere near the record of # 29 feet. >> more interviews. en and just control down to the video player. and blue skies and probably chilly it temperatures. >> maybe it warmed up. >> how are we looking for sunday. >> subtle warm up. >> for some of us it feels like a near repeat and temperatures are cooler in some cases. calm conditions. helping them to settle at the surface. >> # two in santa rosa. and napa. and mostly clear skies. >> aids in the cooling. >> and 36 in liver more. on the other hand, it is great night. to see th

he stole at least $7 million. her loss was $4.5 million. >>> a $50,000 reward is now being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person who bombed two antilogging activists back in 1990. earth first activist judy barry and daryl churny were driving in oakland in may of 1990 when their car was ripped apart by a bomb underneath the passenger's sheet. the two were initially accused of transporting a bomb. the two won $4 million after suing for false accusation. they have released a new documentary and are now offering that new $50,000 rewards. >>> anthem blue cross is looking to raise it's premiums 18%. they are the largest for profit health insurer in the state. the marge on its business is less than 1% and they expect to lose money next year. >>> a wal-mart store is closer to becoming the east bay's wal- mart supercenter. they ruled the city council was correct in approving expansion without looking at environmental issues. >>> in afghanistan a new report is laying blame for the col

he will speak at a rally in front of city hall. that's at 5 p.m. and the leaders want money allocated for a new jail for young people to go towards programs for youth an alternative to detention. >>> the question 7 we know it has passed. now we know it means table games and casino. >> what does it mean for baltimore? what changes the people that know big gaming tell us what we need to know. >>> and sore throat, fever, what is wrong with you. doctors will tell you so you know what to do. >>> and some people lose so much after sandy ripped through the east coast. now, what you need to do to protect your possessions and some is common sense. >>> all right. the storm is moving away from us. we're going to be cold and windy today. when the warm up will make its move. >>> and 695 is nice and clear here at york road. a massive water main break. the details coming up. >>> this is a live picture of new york city. let's go there and get a look at the tech bites. >>> and in the tech bites microsoft office could be available for android devices. and reports sa

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no one was at home at the time, and there were no injuries. damage is estimate estimated at $200,000 to $300,000. >>> nearly a hundred people are out of power. a downed power line caused the outage. it initially caused outages for 1500 customers. it caused brief delays and the power was restored in minutes. the power is expected to be back on by 5:00 a.m. and customers needed flashlights to see their way around the marina district. this is cell phone video of the scene. the power was out for seven hours after a transformer blew. the cash register still works though thanks to a generator. >>> now to the holiday and organizers at st. anthony's expect to be at capacity for their annual holiday meals in san francisco. city leaders including greg sir joined volunteers to set up tables and get the food ready. they are expected to serve about 4,000 people. the mayor says how many people are hurting financially and even in cities as successful as san francisco. >> the economy for the last two years is challenging. a lot of people lost their houses thr

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 9, 10. the nasdaq is up 13. s&p up 2. >>> looks like muni will be making a big payment as a result of vandalism caused during the celebration after the giants won the world series. accord together "chronicle" muni will have to pay $700,000 to replace bus caught on fire. it turns out the san francisco policy does not examine that type of vandalism. >>> tonight on the news at 5:00, the race for the white house is airing its phonal hours as well as several key local races. we have team coverages in boston and chicago and see what we've dug up on mysterious contributions to fight and support prop 32. thank you for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here por you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. oÑ

brake lights begin at least here at 109 toward 121. back with more traffic coming up at 6:11. >>> superstorm sandy hit the u.s. the signs are still he have den. power generators are being marshalled. voting machines are being put into place. >> and as things start to slowly return to normal, riders on the transit system need to be prepared. it is going to be slow and crowded. bigger crowds expected. students are going book school. the overall death toll is up to 179, 110 in the united states. 47 of those are in new york. now with the damage so widespread, homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the number one concern is housing. new york city's mayor says up to 40,000 people may need shelter. temperatures are close to freezing. here at home the city of fairfax is doing its part to help out victims. a detective there is leading the effort in this. good morning. >> good morning. we are talking about a food, clothing and supply drive that started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow. and then on wednesday a group of fairfa

a south wind at 33. it rained all night at the keys. partly sunny, partly cloudy tomorrow but the rain will be ending. fog, though, valley fog will be really thick. visibility could be zero unless there is a breeze. tori and dave? >> yes. >>> jim harbaugh will get a lot of questions today at his noontime press conference about who will be his can be. there are a lot of fans who want colin kaepernick to start full time after he had a great game. but the native from tur log says he doesn't want to cause any friction and that he -- turlock says he doesn't want to cause any friction and that he and both he and alex smith are both playing well. >>> was oj simpson really innocent of murder? a new documentary. >>> a horrible crime this mother from missouri may have stopped her son from committing. before cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. >>> still cloudy, ligh