hospital for examination. she is pregnant by jose rodriguez, the man accused of kidnapping his son. and minutes after the abduction, driving himself and 4-year-old cardenas into the canal. >> all of our evidence leads us to believe that jose rodriguez is probably also in the canal. >> reporter: for the community, it is not the fate of rodriguez but the sad end of a young life. >> look at that smile. he was precious. >> reporter: that weighs on their thoughts. >> we have to start the healing process. we don't know where to even start on that as a community. >> reporter: even though rodriguez is believed to be dead and his body in the canal. a homicide warrant was issued for his arrest. but the sheriff says nothing suggests that rodriguez had the infrastructure, the finance to pull off this kidnapping and simply disappear. it could take two weeks for juliani's body to be found in the canal. today is exactly 14 days since the boy was abducted in patterson. the next day a field hand reported he had seen a silver toyota carolla drive into the delta mendota canal with a man and child inside. the little boy's body was pulled from the canal this morning in san anales some 30 miles away. dna testing will be performed. you will find a slide show on the search just click on the cardenas tab. it's official, san jose's acting police chief chris moore will take over now on a permanent basis. last week ktvu reported he was the city managers top choice. >> what is my job one for the next couple of days, it's going to be on the phone reaching out to a number of community groups who have expressed some concern about my appointment. i want them to get to know me. i want them to understand what i'm about. >> reporter: oakland police chief anthony bats was the other finalist for the job. some community groups were outspoken in their support for bats. this year is starting out more deadly for the largest cities. there were more homicides in san francisco. and san jose police said it had a total of seven homicides compared with one in 2010. a daily city woman has pled guilty. 49-year-old car carla andres drove her truck into a bar after a night of drinking. witnessing on the bar saw her go table to table downing unfinished drinks before leaving. the 2-foot two by 4-foot hole opened up this afternoon. the chp was forced to close the two right hand lanes and tonight that is still causing major traffic problems for drivers heading south toward san leandro. we should note big riggs are being allowed to use interstate 80. a nummi driver and mechanic are on administrative leave after an accident involving a bus with no one on board. it happened shortly after 8:30 this mortgage on van nuys avenue. while the driver and mechanic were working on the bus it began rolling downhill and ended up hitting alight pole. that snarled traffic for about an hour and a half. no word on why the bus started rolling away. ktvu's paul chambers has been talking to students in oakland about where they go from here, paul. >> reporter: these five students are students at oakland high school. back in december they took the act exam hoping it would boost their chances to get into check. >> january came and i didn't get my results and i was very, very angry. >> i put a lot of effort into that test. >> reporter: the answers of their test scores were lost. and others were damaged. >> it was beyond our control, the package got damaged we don't know how at this point. >> i really depended on the december scores for my sat's for my chances of getting into uc. i really wanted to go to uc. >> reporter: the results were needed to make college deadlines. >> we're confidence if students can contact schools and let them know the situation that they shouldn't have too much problem. >> reporter: good news for five of the students as this act envelope had their results. at least one of the students we spoke with earlier got the good news. >> yeah, i am happy. i'm happy. i don't have to stress about worry about retaking the test and practicing for it. >> reporter: sat will refund the money paid to take the test. still there are dozens of students out there who won't get into the college of their choice because of this incident. paul chambers, ktvu news. we have developing news, i want to show you live pictures of interstate 880 in oakland. what we're getting word of is there's a three car accident on southbound 880 near 16th street in downtown oakland. and that is causing big time traffic problems on top of that we told you just a moment ago about the situation at high street. the exit there where they've had to close off two lanes while they repair a big pothole. that is also causing traffic problems. traffic town in downtown oakland on 880 very bad especially in the southbound direction. city council meeting right now and discussing changes to their so called pot farm law. the alameda county district attorney warned the current law could violate state medical marijuana regulations. the city council could agree to cap the five permitted farms at 50,000 square feet. large scale growers could also be required to have a dispensary formally aligned with their farm. services for the elderly and disabled adults are the latest fight in california's budget battle sitting in wheelchairs. they are trying to preserve the $350 million adult day health care program. advocates say it keeps 37,000 seniors and disabled adults out of more expensive facilities. state lawmakers are pointing fingers at each other tonight over the state budget mess this after the governor said both parties are to blame in his state of the state address. >> it's not enough to just stand outside and say, well, you know. the government is too big and there's too much regulation. tell us what you mean, put forward specific ideas and proposals. >> we're also engaged but keep in mind we're outgunned two-1. when our ideas come out they are dismissed. >> governor jerry brown says nobody has offered credible solutions. egyptians took to the streets in their largest protest yet as egyptian president hosni mubarak agleed a agreed not to run for reelection in september. many promised to keep protesting until president mubarak leaves office. and in san francisco international airport, passengers are finally returning from cairo. >> it's getting worse by the minute. it's getting really bad. >> reporter: san francisco resident magni was visiting relatives and working on his retirement home when the protest erupted and grew by the day. coming up on the 10:00 news, we'll hear more from magni including how he and his neighbors protected their homes when the police fled. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar has more on this growing market for american goods. >> reporter: at the port of oakland it's interesting because most of the trade with egypt is handled by u.s. ports. here in oakland we do handle $50 million worth of that trade. $50million. what's interesting about that, is that almost all of it is agriculture products headed toward the land of the pharaohs. to folks we met today, egypt is not really important. >> i feel that we give them 3 million a years and support for our political advantage. but i don't think of them as a trading partner at all. >> i don't see them doing technology. but i hear that they are. but i've never seen any examples of it. >> reporter: the silican valley high tech firms, egypt is all about potential. >> egypt is a large and growing market. >> reporter: guardino is head of the silican valley leadership group. >> whether it's facebook or the internet it continues to permeate that society. >> reporter: it's a growing source of silican valley brain power. >> we have some brilliant minds that come out of egypt and the arab world and israel. >> reporter: egypt supplies the u.s. with petroleum, cotton, stone, sand and concrete and a variety of farm and garden products. egypt buys grains, airliners, oil drilling equipment, telecommunication systems. >> its stability is very important to our silican valley business community. >> reporter: egypt is key link the suez canal is a major trading rout. consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. wall street has its strongest day in weeks. the important bench mark trading reached today. here at san francisco airport, dozens of flight delays and why so many passengers were frustrated when they got to the counter. blue shield members get good news about their insurance premiums, the break they are catching. at least for now. and a 70 degrees reading today in santa rosa. it's going to be warm the next few days. fog is gone. it could get cool at night. i'll tell you how cold it could get at your house. first it seemed harmless. >> we reveal a street drug that could be legal. the red cross says it will have a new recovery center to help victims of the san bruno pipe explosion. it's a collaboration between the city and community organizations. it will provide counseling and other resources all at the same place. the date when the office will open is still undecided. blue shield agrees today to a request to delay a rate hike for 60 days. that news came as nurses and patients rallied in san francisco at blue shield's headquarters. the head of the nurses union says she's worried about patient safety. >> they're already delaying their own care. they're avoiding coming to the emergency room, and the premiums that are being covered now are only for catastrophic illnesses we're really worried that patients are going to die as a result. the rate hike would reach 59% to some blue shield members. the insurance company says quote we are taking this action to remove any doubt that the rates we have submitted are necessary to pay the necessary expenses of our individual members. the marin board of supervisors approved so called golden parachutes for 45 county employees. the program is called the voluntary separation incentive program and it's a way to prevent lay offs by paying people to retire. workers with five to 10 years of service are in line for a $15,000 bonus while those with more than 10 years will get $25,000. the move will cost about a million dollars in all but it's hope that it will save marin county more than $6 million a year. white out conditions to sheets of ice cover from texas to new england tonight. the monster storm is dumping feet of snow and inches of ice in others. john fowler is finding a lot of stranded travelers tonight. >> reporter: one flight that was supposed to take to chicago still has not. many passengers told us tonight that they were very frustrated. didn't know about cancellations until they walked up to the ticket counter. their flight was cancelled. >> a little bit nerve wracking because at some point you just want to get home. but mother nature i guess. >> reporter: john cruz was on what may be the last flight out of new york tonight. >> when i left it was really bad. a lot of ice and stuff like that. >> reporter: massive snow and ice storms have slashed across america's middle. canceling flights to san diego. >> i am sure there's all kinds of chaos and trying to get flights out from the areas that are canceling flights. >> they are saying it's on time but we'll see. but i know there's an ice storm going on. so we'll see. if not, it's a beautiful day here, i can spend an extra day. >> reporter: and a few minutes later, she did turn around. her philadelphia flight was cancelled. and the weather is sidelining a lot of people that were headed to the super bowl, they'll have to watch the super bowl here on sunday. >> we mentioned earlier in the forecast, we're all conducted here in terms of how the weather is. they've had the wettest, snowiest winter they've ever recorded and we've had an incredible dry january. here's our jet stream. wet every system is north, we're dry. the trough is here and that's what you get. that's where the bad weather is right in there and that's where it continues. it's all connected. we're dry, they're horribly wet. when we are really hot, they are really cold that's the way it works. we've got lots of activity, it's streaming to the north. we're not getting any rain. that high pressure is firmly in place. the winds will blow into the east bay hills. 35 to 40 miles per hour north and northeast. the main impact from that will be a dried out atmosphere. less fog if any. we had a lot of fog this morning, i don't think we're going to see a lot of fog coastal or valley tomorrow morning. it's going to be a cool overnight low with breezy conditions along the hills. today's high 70 in santa rosa, 69 in oakland. 65 in redwood city. your forecast highs tomorrow, been doing the same thing. less fog in the forecast is going to be a pretty warm one. overnight low tonight, mid-30s, you might find patchy fog. it's not going to be like it has been the last couple of months. the real story here the last couple of days, dry atmosphere. cool overnight lows and pretty warm daytime highs and no rain. high pressure the story: the fog is going to stay south of here. with that in mind, we're looking at dense fog well out of the area. we're looking for sunny and mild conditions with everything driving to the north all weather systems. 63 in napa tomorrow. 62 in brentwood, 65 in berkeley. forecast highs from the santa clara valleys, mid-60th. 6 0s. heck of a nice day for your wednesday. we're going to see 70s each day. that's for most cities, i think santa rosa will be back in the low 70s. in the weekend, we're going to see more 70s. it looks like a heck of a nice day. or heckanice like the my daughter says. and safeway is planning an expansion. each new store will hire about 12 people. and for the first time in 2.5 years, the dow gained 148 points, the nasdaq picked up 51. so the super bowl now just days away. but it was fun and games in dallas today. take a look. why there were some odd costumes on the field today. the man known as spider dan was sentenced today for climbing san francisco's millenium tower. goodwil will have to perform community service and pay restitution. mark ibanez joins us now. >> the festivities, the fun, it's all happening in texas. >> i've covered a lot of super bowls. this is a fun day. when you're down there and covering it, it's called media day. the players are very relaxed. it's the only day the media has full access of the players. because things start to get a little tense. you see some of the wacky costumes. and aaron rodgers went to cal and grew up in chico. he was asked like steve young who had to follow a legend, he followed brett favre he was asked if he had talked to brett about the super bowl appearance. >> did you call brett favre or did brett favre call you and just talk about what expectations would be. >> no, i mean it was nice to get out of green bay and get down here to this experience. last night was exciting, getting off the plane and seeing all the people there. it's a special feeling. this is what you dream about as a kid. growing up and watching the 49ers, special to be here now. >> did you talk to brett favre in one word, no. didn't do it. and news starting to trickle in. tampa bay little surprise move for them as they sign 49damon and 37-year-old ramirez. tampa bay rays hoping to get a little more out of those veterans. the áf so a little veteran ability there. meantime the coyotes taking on the sharks we'll have more at 10:00. >> mark, thank you. coming up on tv 36, newly elected local politician is being criticized for her silence during the pledge of allegiance. she stands in silence and she'll explain why coming up in 30 minutes on channel 36. have a good night. >> good night. shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... manage your account and help avoid overdrafts with a click of a button. just reply 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