There of Beautiful Lake tahoe, it is a good data hit the slopes. A pretty good december and november, it has been kind of toned back a little bit. We are going to check in with kevin cooper and just a little bit to find out how that ski season is shaking up there in the tahoe area. This morning we have to start in the bay area, new this morning, homeless mothers have been kicked out of the oakland house they have been illegally occupying now for the last two month. Elissa harrington has been outside that home since deputies moved in. Lets get back to her, there are still demonstrators out there . Reporter that is right, the house has been cleared and boarded up but protesters still will not leave. You can see they put the banner back on the house, they say the fight for housing for all is just beginning. Law enforcement descended on the home on the 2900 block of west magnolia street around 5 30 this morning. Here is what happened when they descended on it. I am trying to live i am trying to keep my kids safe it is nonsense that there is the otd and alameda sheriffs out here for children and mothers. If youre not angry you are not paying attention. This has got to end. Let the mom go let the mom go let the mom go reporter two moms were arrested as well as the supporters inside the residence at the time. No children were there. Dominique walker, the mom who first entered the house in november and cofounded the moms 4 Housing Advocacy group was not home at the time. She said she was out doing an interview at a different location. When she heard what happened she came back as fast as she could. In the video you are watching you will see her trying to get past Law Enforcement, deputies locks the entrance to the street. Deputies arrived at the home when it was still dark out with their guns. They knocked down the door to get inside, the fight over this house started in midnovember. That is when a group of moms illegally entered because they said the house was vacant and they needed a place to live. They criticize the Real Estate Company that owns it, westwood property, for buying up homes in the area, adding to the crippling housing prices. A judge sided with wedgwood and Court Order Said the woman must leave. This morning, they were first out. Dominique walker says this has been worth it because it has brought attention to a huge issue in the community. I am sorry, i am really emotional right now because i feel like i should be standing with my sisters. But, i am standing right here for them. Right now. This movement is just beginning. Reporter the spokesman for wedgewood says they are pleased the situation is over. They said the solution to oakland housing crisis is not the redistribution of citizens homes their illegal breakins and seizures. They want to use this home for at risk youth and give first time homebuyers a chance to enter the market. I asked Dominique Walker if the fight for this home was over, she could not answer that. She said she has the support of this community, she is not sure what is next. Reporting live in west oakland, elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. The Sheriffs Office is explaining the reasoning behind the operation to remove the homeless mothers. We carried live a News Conference from the spokesman about 30 minutes ago. We had different groups involved, in this movement. Some are associated with some of the via violent protests we have seen throughout the bay area. We had reason to believe if we had gone in there at any time any other time in the morning hours, we would have ended up in a serious confrontation. Kelly said the Sheriffs Office is required by law to carry out the removal. Deputies understood the volatile nature of the situation and tried not to escalate it. They took out the women, made the three arrests and boarded up the home so no one could get in. A spokesman for the owner of the property, Wedgewood Properties, will join us live in the next half hour. Tonight is the final democratic essential debate before the february 3rd iowa caucus. Six candidates will take the stage at Drake University in des moines tonight. Joe biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, thomas stier and Elizabeth Warren. They will likely be asked about President Trump authorizing the airstrike in iraq that killed a top iranian general. Meantime, tonights debate is getting criticized for the lack of diversity on stage. There were four men, and two women, and no minorities. Sanders is leading a tight race. According to the Public Policy institute of california poll, senator sanders leads with 27 support among likely democratic reporters. Followed by joe biden at 24 and Elizabeth Warren at 23 . Pete buttigieg is a distant fourth at 6 , maybe Amy Klobuchar is after that. President trump will be speaking at a Campaign Rally in milwaukee, wisconsin. In 2016 he won the state of wisconsin by about 23,000 votes. The president plans to visit iowa january 30th. We will talk more about tonights debate with the host of its all political, the podcast. Thank you for joining us. Tonight there has to be a sharpening from the candidates and the questions. Remember this is the last time we will see the candidates debating on stage before california wants. Early voting starts the same day as the iowa caucus. In the past i told you dont watch this debate it will be lame, watch this debate. Even more important for senators on stage now because they will be heading back to d. C. If there is the impeachment trial in the coming days and weeks. We might lose almost half the field because they might have to tend to their day jobs and iowa will be left to Pete Buttigieg and biden. Cory booker dropped out, he said he will campaign for whoever the eventual nominee is. Do you think most of these people who will drop out will be as passionate and will be out there campaigning for whoever the nominee is . Everybody has said that so far. That is always the thing, cory booker also has to run for reelection as well. You know, i think they will do it. There hasnt been any super bad feelings from the people who have dropped out, yet. I think at this point, everyone is on board. Lets talk about maybe bad feelings on stage . Senator sanders made a comment that we expect Elizabeth Warren to jump on . A couple years ago before warren decided to run, she and Bernie Sanders had a conversation and she said that Bernie Sanders said i dont think a woman can win in the race. Sanders says that comment was misconstrued. Warren says i dont really want to discuss this tonight, bernie and i get along, we dont want to drag this on which means of course it is going to be the focus of conversation tonight. This is going to be very difficult for progressives because they have wanted to see a united front between these two, but at some point they have to differ. They are going to differ on something that is a very uncomfortable issue. It is about gender, it is about the things that will bring up issues that went on in the 2016 race when many folks from the Sanders Campaign were accused of being bernie bros and making disparaging comments about hillary clinton. It is a bad look for Bernies Campaign tonight. We will see. We introduced you, as you look physically at the stage tonight there are six candidates, all of them are white. Yes. Will that play a role for the Democratic Party down the way . A nightmare for the Democratic Party. That is the frontpage cover, probably. We will see emdebatessowhite trending. It is not a representative field of what the party looks like, of what america looks like. It will be hard to reassemble the Obama Coalition to win in november. People are disengaged. I dont know, i am asking the right question, how is this allowed to happen . I guess you cant allow anything to happen. This is really a bad look. The standards were set months ago. All the campaigns agreed to the basic parameters of who could qualify for a debate. Now, barbara lee told me on the podcast the other day, she said it is systematically discriminatory to people of color. Like someone like tom steyer writer who has 1 billion, plus. He is on stage tonight he is gaining steam. Why is that . He has had the airwaves to himself. And, bloomberg. In nevada. Nobody elses advertising and people are like tom steyer seems to be running for president. I wonder who else is . He is the only guy it is purely bottom, that way. He will still say it is his messaging but i dont sense a lot of grassroot support for him. We have seen the fallout on Vice President joe biden. Uncomfortable situations a couple of times, what is his job for tonight . His job, he is going to take some more uncomfortable situations tonight because of what is going on in iran is coming up. His vote for the iraq war a few years ago, bernie is going to hit him hard on that and he is going to have to explain himself. He touts his foreignpolicy experience but he has one big, bad vote to account for. He will try to do it again, tonight. If you have not watched it until now, watch it tonight. More snow for the sierra, we are keeping an eye on conditions for skiers and snowboarders looking to head up to tahoe. Tom steyer no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. So, when my wife kat and i learned California PublicSchool Children couldnt get Fresh Produce in the cafeteria, we took action. We partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a nonprofit. That program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson washington dc could use, right now. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. It helps to have someone in your corner. Thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see how much you could save. It only takes 5 minutes. The last day to enroll is january 31st. So get covered today. A series of Winter Weather advisories and watches are in effect in the sierra, the truckee tahoe area are under affect. A foot powder at lake level over the next few days. All of that snow is helping to create new conditions for skiers and snowboarders. Joining us now via skype is kevin cooper to tell us more about the conditions. Hey, coop, how are you . Reporter pretty good, i am having a great win. Really good conditions in tahoe right now. I think we were spoiled by the last year that we had where everything was just snow, but everybody should not be discouraged, should they . Reporter absolutely not, this is the perfect start to the season. Really we had a great christmas. This little refresh is going to come in and set up Martin Luther king weekend, plus all resorts are at 100 . What is also really nice is the temperatures have been cold so, you know, homewood, diamond, those lake level resorts are getting great conditions. If youre looking for a little bit of off east or not a larger resort, diamond peak, bear valley, they are riding super well. Sugar bowl up on top of donner summit, incredible well, kirkwood off of 88, all of them are doing really good. We will see lake level snow, crosscountry centers, snowball billing, all of that fun stuff to do if you come up this weekend. Down here, they have been doing a great job as well. Every week or every day they are hosting amazing ski and ride lesson, family lesson, they also have a daycare. They are riding very well at 100 , that is 2300 acres. They have about 187 inches, this year. They had a little bit of a challenge, as the storms come around it kind of knocked them out of the way but it is still skiing and riding very well. They are at about 97 inches, season today. Still, skiing and riding almost at 100 . Getting up there sometimes is a challenge. You know, you would recommend maybe having chains and learning how to install them even though people will help you that . Sometimes they are not always available, right . Reporter absolutely, a great question. Absolutely. I would go down to my local tire center and purchase my chains and have them professionally fitted. Then they can show you how to put them on, and take them off. They do have the chain guides on the sides of the road on highway 50 and i80. Be ready, this is a large storm. It is going to be cold and windy so give yourself a lot of extra time and have that winter safety kit with you. A shovel, extra water, some food, a blanket, extra clothing in the car, give yourself plenty of time to get up here and slow it down. Youre going to get here safely on highway 50 over state route 88, or on i80. Just talking to you makes me stoked for the snow, and going up there. So, thanks for the report. Thanks for getting me all hyped. I know my coworkers are excited for the snow. Think we will see you soon. Reporter have a great day. Youve got it, that guy is living the dream isnt he . You are tracking rain in the bay area, this could be the biggest puncher, snow wise . Coop is right, this is a good one. The one they have up there today is not too bad at all either. I think it surprised a few people up there, there are already chain requirements on 80 and homewood, winter rolled through with 8 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. This is a little guy that is nothing compared to the one on thursday. Winter weather advisory, the least of all advisories is a there until today at 10 00. It was really windy there for some overnight. It is rather blustery still but the system coming in on thursday will prompt a winter storm warning. Mt. Tam, about. 75 inches. Hardly anybody joined the party except San Francisco,. 28. After that, about. 1 inches or less, you can see there are couple of bands coming in, a little band going through East San Jose foothills and san jose. A couple of these little guys going along the peninsula. By far and away, the best. They will not be here today or tomorrow, they roll in early thursday. I think this is a little fast coming in, right . This will be for thursday morning. I think that is a little fast. It will come in a little bit later than that. Around 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Is the main timeline. It will start earlier to the north. That is along the frontal boundary which could produce a moderate to brief heavy rain. There is 5 00 a. M. , by 7 00 a. M. It pushes southward. By 9 00 it should be gone. That is right during the morning commute so we will be very busy as we head towards thursday. There will be a lot of cold air coming in behind that which will continue to trigger some rain and snow. Temperatures will get colder as we head into thursday and friday. A weak system will give a slight rain saturday, all signs from the weather gods and goddesses say sunday will be dry. And victorious that too. That too. Thank you, steve. Coming up next, a growing problem in some east bay cities. Cars spinning out of control and there is Little Police can do to stop it. Coming up next, illegal sideshows, and what happened in one incident where police responded. Up next, the questions and concerns in the wake of deadly interactions involving Sheriff Deputies. At at t we believe in access. 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He was driving his car but Law Enforcement thought the vehicle was stolen. Reporter culture among the sheriff under fire. Get out of the car reporter on body cam video, 52yearold david ward screams as he is yanked from his card, and his head is slammed against it. He is tased before deputies reach in and apply a carotid hold to knock him unconscious. He stopped breathing moments later and died. Deputies had chased him thinking he was a car seat, not realizing the honda he was driving was rightfully his. There is no deescalation policy in the sheriffs department. There is no deescalation policy. Reporter another person died 2 years ago after police restrained. Many of those involved in police use of force have personal experience or helped form Sonoma Countys First Independent auditor, reviewing complaints against the Sheriffs Office. In general there was a consensus that the carotid was not an appropriate method. Reporter the carotid hold is banned by some agencies including San Francisco pd. Even after his death, sonoma sheriffs have refused a moratorium. He is open to a review. We have to talk about what happened, he was using a carotid hold, and what happens is an agency bands it. Reporter as auditor, she knows people are impatient for change. People have been reaching out to me, telling me how upset they are. Reporter he was not alone in this confrontation. There were 67 officers there, nobody told him stop, back off, enough. Stop it. And that starts with the culture. Reporter for many, this encounter does not get any easier to watch overtime. I was just devastated. I just felt ashamed to be part of, you know, to be in a community where this could happen. Reporter the sheriff was invited but declined to attend the town hall. While multiple investigations are still underway. Questionnaires were headed out, seeking opinion on use of force. Those responses will be forwarded to the department. In petaluma, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up on warnings on 2 on the 9, the next step in the impeachment process. What house speak nancy pelosi says she will do to enhance the progress, and what republicans will do. Going back to that developing story in west oakland, we have ringing to you, live, deputies just removed from a home. What is happening now, and what will happen next. Ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52 Satchel Paige was still dominating batters at 59. Celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77 john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70 and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space your best is yet to come americas getting sicker. Sick of donald trump, there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. And hes repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. Mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without Health Coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. While capping fees to lower costs. As mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. And championed womens reproductive health. As president , hell give access to everyone. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Knew this morning we have more information about the three people arrested in oakland. Sheriffs deputies moved in about 5 15 this morning. Deputies arrived right there before dawn, they first tried to talk to the women to get them to come out voluntarily. They did not the deputies used to ram to get inside the house. The doors were barricaded, they had fortified the doors, and making entry was difficult. Weve got to do what is necessary. This is the type of forces we are up against. We are just trying to survive. We are just trying to live. We just want shelter for our children. A judge last week ruled that the mothers had no right in taking over and occupying the house on magnolia street in west oakland. The mothers, fearing a physical altercation, moved out the children before deputies arrived this morning. Today, Sonoma County will hold two meetings to address an area around a trail which has been declared a homeless emergency. The encampment along the joe rodota trail has grown to about 200 people. The council is expect to receive a draft for the feasibility study, and they will get an update on the joe rodota conditions and could vote to approve a measure for a homeless shelter. Reporter the governor is pushing his 1 billion spending plan to respond to what he says is the number one issue facing the state. The plan also offers cities and counties immediate access to travel trailers and modular tent structures for temporary housing. The governor is set to make a stop in the bay area later this week. The Trump Administration is shifting its approach for addressing californias homelessness crisis. According to officials, the white house is planning to work more cooperatively with local leaders. The new strategy comes as the president spent months planning californias democratic officials for the states homeless population. A threatened to intervene, but last Month Congress will approve new articles. As ray bogan report, this means the impeachment trial in the senate could start next week. I think it is time to move on. Reporter House Democrats will hold a vote to send articles of impeachment to the senate, wednesday. An important step to start the senate trial. The move comes after nearly a month long delay which democrats say was the right decision. We have also had Additional Information come out that completely underscores the importance of having witnesses and documents come forward. So, nothing but constructive purpose has largely been served by this delay. Reporter one congressman says chairman adam schiff and jerry nadler are two possibilities. Jerry nadler would not give any hints when asked but he said new evidence could be admitted in the senate trial. That is always the case, providing that the senate allows a reasonable trial. Reporter as we wait to hear who will argue against the president , we now know who will defend him. I white house official confirms to fox news, white House Counsel will take the lead alongside two deputies. We hope they dismiss this and we get an acquittal. If they go to witnesses you will have to have both sides. Reporter republicans are sending mixed signals as to whether they want to call witnesses in the trial. Senator ted cruz says this will end with the president s acquittal. The verdict is going to be not guilty, that is a much better outcome for the president to be acquitted of these charges than simply dismissed. Reporter cruz estimates the trial could take 26 weeks depending on how many witnesses are called. In washington, ray bogan, ktvu fox 2 news. Today, iran announced several people have been arrested for accidental shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board. There were antigovernment protests in tehran, yet again today. Reporter antigovernment protests in iran enter their four day. Irans president , trying to ease tensions by making several arrests. He says there are more coming. Translator back it is not possible for only the person who pushed the button to be at fault. Reporter lawmakers on capitol hill are still asking tough questions about the intelligence that led up to the strike. Some, rejecting the claim that soleimani was killed to prevent an imminent attack on the embassy. We did not know when or where it would take place, in fact, we dont even know if it was imminent which makes you wonder if the word imminent still has any meaning. This man is despicable. When he promises attacks in the future, you can take him at his word because he is already carrying out so many terrorist attacks in the past. Also on tuesday, the eu launching a dispute against iran, for the country failing to live up to the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement. Ktvu fox 2 news. The stock market doing well, it crossed over to 29,000 today, that is an all time high for the dow jones industrial. Wells fargo, a bay area company, San Franciscobased wells fargo, is down 4 after disappointing earnings. Nasdaq and s p are up slightly. In oakland there will be a hearing on a change of venue motion for a man charged in the deadly stabbing of 18yearold mia wilson on a b. A. R. T. Train. They are asking the trial be moved out of Alameda County because she does not think he will get a fair trial. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2018 stabbing death of wilson and the attempted murder of her sister at the macarthur b. A. R. T. Station in oakland. Jury selection is set to start tomorrow. Sideshows in oakland are still a problem despite the latest police crackdown. These videos show a crowd of people cheering as cars spin in circles right near the on ramp to interstate 80. The person who recorded the videos said the cards were doing donuts for at least 20 minutes. Police arrested one person and headed out six citations and towed away six vehicles. Union city, fremont, and others are among a growing list of cities were illegal sideshows continue to occur. Police are investing several sideshows that took a sunday night. This video, posted on youtube, shows the cars doing donuts on mission boulevard in union city. At one point, a christmas tree, on scene was set fire. When Police Arrived they were met by a hostile crowd. They saw a large amount of vehicles leaving the area. And, somebody threw a bottle at one of the patrol vehicles. We were mystified as to why that location was selected for this type of activity. It happens all the time. I mean, randomly, every few weeks. Police in neighboring fremont also responded to similar sideshow activity in north fremont and in san leandro, a sideshow recently backed up traffic on 580. Some Good Samaritans in pittsburgh are being credited with saving a womans life after she crashed her car and ended up underwater. Police responded to a call just before 5 00 p. M. Yesterday. Witnesses say she saw the driver speeding, check this video out, weaving in and out of traffic and running red lights. Then the car plunged into a canal, and bystanders rushed into the cold water to help. They were the real heroes of this incident. Without their quick actions and their selfless thinking, who knows what the outcome would have been. They think the woman blacked out behind the wheel. You can see what is left of the vehicle, it is a mangled mess. The driver was taken to a hospital. Now to our health check, the flu is widespread in almost every state. We are seeing a recordbreaking deadly flu season for children. The cdc says nearly 1 Million People have been infected with the flu nationwide and that children appear to be most vulnerable. 32 children in the United States have died from the flu this season. That is twice the number of children who died by the same point in last years flu season. Health experts say it is still not too late to get vaccinated. More people that vaccinate, the more effective it is to stop the virus. To stop the spread of the virus. This years flu strain his children the heart is, but the effects are less severe on those who are elderly. Because of that the cdc says there could be fewer deaths overall from the flu this year. Coming up next right here on mornings on 2 , mothers who were living in a vacant home, a spokesperson joins us live with reaction. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. I would declare a state of emergency on day 1. Congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. This is a problem that continues to get worse. Ive spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies. Stopping pipelines. Stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. How are we going to pull this country together . We take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. A crowd of protesters still outside the west oakland house were earlier this morning, Sheriff Deputies removed a group of homeless mothers who occupied the Vacant Holding since november. This dispute has drawn national interest, it involves issues including homelessness, gentrification, and race. We heard from both the Mothers Group and Law Enforcement this morning. Joining us now is sam singer, the spokesperson for Wedgewood Properties, the Real Estate Company that owns that disputed property. Good morning to you. Good morning. So far today we have seen three people arrested, no one has been injured. The house is boarded up to sounds like this is the outcome Wedgewood Properties wanted and they got it. Give me your reaction . We are very pleased that this ended peacefully. Wedgewood has done everything since this group broke in to the companys property and took it over, illegally. We offered to meet with them if they voluntarily left. They refused to that. We have offered to, and will continue to rehabilitate this home using a nonprofit, giving at risk youth in oakland jobs, light training skills, that could make them happy. We even offer to provide shelter and housing with Catholic Charities and they rejected that. We are very pleased, bottom line, that they are peacefully out of the property and this has come to an end. Lets talk about moving forward, just to emphasize, the plan is not to just flip it. As a way to sell it and make money . The whole idea is that wedgewood , while it disagreed with the methods that these activists used which is stealing someone elses property which is never right to do, the company listened to the women and the activists and said okay, on this particular property we are going to work with a nonprofit, shelter 37, we are going to employ oakland youth who are at risk. We will give them an opportunity to work alongside professional craftspeople, we will split the profits from the sale of this home with shelter 37 so that other at risk kids can benefit. I think what is sad about what moms 4 housing activists did is they did it the wrong way. Stealing someones property is simply wrong. One argument i have heard from the mothers, is pretty simple. Housing is a human right. Do you, or does wedgewood not agree with that . That housing is a human right . You know, the women made that plea to the court and the court said that was not within their purview to make a decision. Lets take a look at that piece of philosophy, whether one agrees or disagrees with it, lets for a moment say that housing is a human right. It is still not okay to steal housing. Maybe it is not just your client, they say that Real Estate Companies are purchasing these properties and keeping them empty so they can flip it and make a profit. That is 100 false. It does not make sense on the face of it. Wedgewood and other Companies Purchase foreclosed and distressed properties. They buy them, fix them up, and sell them as quickly as possible. There is no such thing as holding them vacant. You guys are on one side, i understand the mothers are on their side. Let me ask you specifically about Oakland City Council members. Do you think that the city council in oakland needs to do more when it comes to getting people on the streets into homes . I think the city council has shown that it did not do the right thing. It backed the stealing of this home from a property owner. And it has supported the mother 4 housing group. There are three members who did that. Those three Council Members should not be spending time encouraging people to steal peoples homes. They should be out, encouraging corporations and using the City Government to create more housing. I think that it is time for the Oakland City Council to step up and do the right thing. I think this is an example of their failure and i think that it really rests on their shoulders. There you go, sam singer the spokesperson for Wedgewood Properties. I appreciate you taking the time on this busy morning. Thank you so much. Coming up in a minute on mornings on 2 at 9 00 , the royal family give their seal of approval. What Queen Elizabeth had to say about prince harry and Meghan Markles desire to step back from the role the senior members of the royal family. Plus, a lot of people are saying there are new movies but it is the same old story. 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Over 75 years of savings and service. The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards are facing criticism after the announcements were made yesterday morning. When it comes to the top nominees, the dark thriller joker led the way with 11 knots. The irishman, three once upon a time. In hollywood , and bombshell also led the way. Some critics also felt that Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyongo were snubbed in their roles, the show is set for february 9th in los angeles for the second year in a row it will not have a host. A couple of years ago it was oscars, so white, now it is oscars, so male and mostly white. Has there been any progress made . Looking at the nominees yesterday, you would think maybe a little . But, the academy said that the nominees were women, but there are not many people of color nominated. Obviously women were totally shut out of the major categories. It seems like there is still a long way to go. Lets talk about some of the visible categories, they also brought some of the biggest disappointments. There is one person of color nominated across all four best acting and supporting categories. How does hollywood respond to this . I think people were disappointed. You can see on social media yesterday, celebrity speaking up and saying this is not okay. You would think there would be more progress. It does not seem like there has been a ton. So, i think that people are disappointed. There is also a particular outcry over director greta gerwig not being nominated for little women. The film itself did get nominated for best picture. Why that oversight . There are theories i have seen about this, one of them that is going around is a lot of male voters did not maybe see the movie. They would not like it, so that could be maybe one reason male voters did not vote for her in the director category. Another reason is there are not many women in general directing movies. And it definitely showed with the nominations yesterday. Yes, that was the most notable snub. It seems like a groundhogs day, minor changes were made and it happened again to is the academy listening to the public on this one . What does it take to change an ingrained institution . I mean, i think they have been listening. After the voters backlash went viral a few years ago they made some changes in their voter rank, trying to make the body of their members more diverse, and although it has helped a little, they should keep looking at who is voting for these awards. It is actually white men. I think they will take steps to make it more diverse in the future. Again, this kind of backlash happened every single year, it does not look good for the awards. All right, thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you. Of course. The wait is over, pearl jam is coming to the oakland arena in april for two nights as part of the north american tour. It kicks off in toronto in march, their 11th album comes out march 22nd. Tickets for the show go on sale january 24th. Rap music, breakfast sandwiches . Rapper snoop dogg is expanding his business empire. He is teaming up with the breakfast chain dunkin. Dunkin will hand out free samples of the original beyonce much on january 24th and 25th. That one does not have a donut as a bundle. 16 guests get the chance of a lifetime to stay the weekend in a hotel. It is only for select guests it featured dunkin products, guests also took cooking classes from Celebrity Chefs on how to use it on recipes. You might remember last august they had a popup hotel in palm springs. Now to england where the queen is giving her grandson harry and his wife meghan permission to cut back on the royal duties. There are still many issues for the royal family to figure out. Reporter Queen Elizabeth and the royal family give their seal of approval to prince harry and meghan markle. A couple will be allowed to step back from their royal duties as senior members of the royal family. The decision is supported by londoners. They are going to sort this out. Reporter the queen announced on monday harry and meghan will be able to divide their time between north america and the uk. For now, the couple plans to set up the other home in canada. Maybe they can do some good there, and, you know, with the charities that they lead and support. And, locally maybe they could get more involved. Reporter many questions remain unanswered following the summit including how the monarchy in canada will arrange the transition. There will be many discussions to come on how that works. That will go about between officials at that level. Reporter also, what will come of the royal titles . One person suggested they could still remain the duke and duchess of sussex. Following the move, royal experts wonder how the transition will affect harry, who spent his whole life in the royal spotlight. Meghan, for very understandable reasons is uncomfortable in the royal set up. The question becomes, can he handle it in the outside world as mr. Windsor . Reporter the family hopes to finalize the move in the coming days. Ktvu fox 2 news. A High School Senior in new york should have no problem finding a job when he graduates college. He found a new planet days after he started his internship at nasa. He was looking at the telescope that showed light coming from a star system. It turned out to be a planet that is 1300 lightyears away. And, nearly 7 times as big as earth. There are 4000 planets that we know of, but we think that there could be planets in most systems out there. We just have to find those. His planet is the first major discovery made by the telescope. He hopes to attend benson, m. I. T. , or stanford. Knew this morning the wnba and Players Union have come to tentative terms on the new collective bargaining agreement. The deal includes a significant salary bump for the leagues highestpaid players. The annual base salary will go from 117,000, also under the new contract, mothers and expecting mothers will have their contract paid in full while they are on maternity leave. Players will no longer have to share hotel rooms. The 49ers had the day off before they hit the practice field tomorrow. The players will rest today but the coach is watching the film. Yesterday he had comments about it. There have been plenty of games for my history that i have been a part of. I remember losing to carolina, 370 when they were 130 and we had to play them two weeks leader and we beat them in atlanta, it ended up being 151 that year. There are so many stories like that, this is the nfl so no team , a game before, never matters like that. There are four teams left, they are very, very good teams. It will be a hard game for all of us. Kickoff is set for 4 p. M. , you can watch it right here on ktvu fox 2 news. Tickets for sundays game could be the most expensive on the resale market for an nfc championship game. The Ticket Broker seat gigs says the average ticket currently costs 730, the 2017 nfc championship game between the vikings and the eagles is the second highest at 694. Seat gig warns prices for the game could go up even more later in the week. But, prices will still fall short of the most expensive for a ticket, that was super bowl l in 2016. That averaged more than 4500 a ticket. Denver broncos won in that one. 730 for sundays looks like a hot dog and soda. Head out and purchase them. Lead the way. I will back you up. I will be at the couch for this one. Me too. It will be a great game, i am looking forward to it. It will have to wait, but a Beautiful Day outside, get out and enjoy it. 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