I cant breathe. Street protests expected today over whether officers used an illegal choke hold to bring him down. And killer caffeine. A teens death linked to a product 25 times more powerful than your morning coffee. What you need to know this morning about the fdas important new warning. Hey, good morning, everybody. Were going to get right to the breaking news on flight mh17. The plane ripped out of the sky over ukraine. Heres what we know this morning. President obama pointing the finger at rebel fighters in Eastern Ukraine, fighters who are backed by russia. He says they used a russian made surfacetoair missile to shoot down the plane perhaps even with russian technical support. And we also know that one american was among the victims. Quinn Lucas Schansman was 19 years old with joint u. S. dutch citizenship. Hes 1 of the 298 dead including 80 children, 3 of whom were infants. Also this morning, growing International Outrage over the fact that rebel fighters in Eastern Ukraine we
Liccardo declared victory in his race for mayor of san jose. The city council held a rare friday meeting this morning to talk about calling an independent investigator to look into the p. O. A. Action. The allegations are the police union is actively telling recruits not to stay on the force, or to stay on for one or two years, and then quit. Those are allegations the p. O. A. Adamantly denies. Liccardo concedes a fullblown investigation could have more damaging effects on the citys relationship with police, so he wants, and the council approved, to instead do an internal inquiry before calling on an independent investigator. I think given the tensions that already exist, the best thing we can do as a city is find ways to start rebuilding. And i think thats where we all share some common interests. Id like to start there. Reporter liccardo said it was a tough campaign with allegations flying in every direction. He says its time to improve relations with Police Officers here in san jose
Solid waste company. I could be here not even sleeping the whole night, just to sacrifice myself for them. A father with six children waited in line for hours overnight. The special help he and other members in the south bay are signing up for this holiday season. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Were live at the raiders headquarters this morning. How does the name the san antonio raiders sit with you . City leaders from texas are reportedly doing their best to lure their team away from oakland. Alex savidge has been digging for details all morning. Coming up, he will tell us what hes learned about a critical meeting happening today. It looks a little foggy there. Well talk about that in a moment. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather and traffic. Steve, youve been talking about fog off and on all morning. Theres plenty out there. A lot of people have been sending in pictures. Thank you. Some areas are clear. It will be a sunny, hazy day. Temperature, thick, morn
Give workers space. But the pay off comes later when a median barrier finally comes to the golden gate. Its always been one of the more unique and dangerous aspects of the bridge, oncoming cars whisk by with inches between them. No room for error. Plastic pylons soon to be replaced by a movable barrier. A foot across each section over 1,000 pounds. Production against a driver who drifts or is distracted. For people to look around. I think its a good idea. Reporter flexibility for commute. A tall and safer median. On the San Francisco on the bridge also had a history of head on crashes. It should have been a long time ago. Reporter some drivers wonder why with almost 40 People Killed in crashes, a barrier took so long. But the iconic bridge doesnt rush into change and it took time for the will, the money and engineering to merge. Im always in the center lane. I want to get there. I want to get fast. Reporter some bridge commuters awaiting the barrier will stay in whats called the suicid
First time that a District Attorney has prosecuted somebody. Reporter but few cities can afford to actively go after scofflaws. In the current case, they were ratted out by neighbors. Bob, who has polio, says its just too easy to get a doctor to sign off on a placard. Instead, what they need to look at is, are there any practitioners who are issuing a lot of these . Reporter there are 60,000 disabled placards registered in San Francisco. Yet there are only 30,000 metered spaces. And in a city where parking is difficult, placard because can be frustrating placard abuse can be frustrating. This man parked in a disabled zone and doesnt look disabled. I do it with my father. Reporter its hard to find spaces when you try to take your father out . Always. Reporter authorities in the city say they have some solutions. They may start charging for the disabled spaces no more free parking and another solution they say, make it tougher to get them. But so far, no one in sacramento is looking to c