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This year will probably still get thunderstorms with lenny of gray skies, 60s and 50s. Upper 50s, 59 it atherton and 51 , Los Altos Hills also in there. 63 at union city, pacifica 57 and bonne terre up 59 degrees bond tara up at 59, temperatures settling in to the 60s and 70s, and things are changing. 60s and 70s with a few 80s but generally below average. There is a world of hurt on 580 thats right. Westbound 580 with all lanes block with the truck accident on the dublin grade. If you drive that every day you know how hard it can be to get up that hill and back down with all the trucks, and a couple of big rigs and other cars got into a crash and one person is dead after the crash. Westbound 580 over the dublin grade, you can see traffic quickly backing up. Lets go back to the map where i can show you one more time westbound 580 is slow. We also have slow traffic on the Altamont Pass, and since this crash will be here for a while, i predict this entire commute will be affected. If you live in this area or in livermore, pleasanton, get on the road now. Either go this or that way, but get on the road now because pretty soon this entire thing will be filled in. The 580 Altamont Pass traffic is slow. Again, 580 westbound at eden canyon road all lanes blocked due to that deadly crash. 880 northbound and southbound looks okay, and the bay bridge toll plaza is light so far. It is 5 02 am ben shapiro is scheduled to make a speech at uc berkeley but the last time the right wing speaker was on the cal campus there was violence, fires, broken windows and 100,000 in damage. Uc berkeley Officials Say security tonight will be tighter than it ever has been before. Debra malone has the details. They are calling me a white supremacist and i am an orthodox do. Reporter ben shapiro on why he is speaking at the Zellerbach Hall thursday night. This will not be a fascist town and this is a free country and berkeley still part of the united states. Reporter the last time the rightwing commentator came to cal the campus was left with 100,000 in damage with protesters making good on vowing to shut down Milo Yiannopoulos. I think for someone have to worry about their own safety to hear conservative speech on campus just because you find something offensive does not mean that ben shapiro does not have the right to say it. Reporter the free speech in the dna of uc berkeley and they our billing this as a peaceful speak out. If the more militant factions show up we are being rolled in with that and we support their cause, but we are nonviolent. We respect peoples right to selfdefense, but we are pledged to nonviolence. Reporter knowing how incendiary the classes can be the uc security planners are stringent and they will be fencing off a few parameters around Zellerbach Hall and other nearby buildings with access that the checkpoints, and warnings are up at the Student Union and other structures that they have to clear out at 3 30 pm and it remains offlimits throughout the evening. The violence has erupted on the streets and the parks, and the city of berkeley is imposing temporary bands bans on such items as bats, torches, poles, canisters and facemasks. This sophomore from sacramento was happy to get a ticket. I love a heated and political debate and i think it will be exciting. I hope everything goes down safely and that we can all yell at each other without anything happening. Reporter the tickets to ben shapiro were gone within an hour and they capped the size of the audience for security reasons, and they will see how this goes before ann coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos are scheduled to speak in two weeks. Stay with us on ktvu and at the ktvu. Com for continuing coverage. We will watch the speech of ben shapiro tonight and look for any possible protests. The San Francisco police made three arrests in connection with the deadly shooting last month saying that the gun used in the homicide had been stolen from a San Francisco Police Officer. The victim was 23yearold able escaval was shot and later died at the hospital and the 18year old Eric Garcia Pineda was arrested and booked on homicide and the 24yearold jesus perezaraujo is facing robbery, burglary and conspiracy charges, and 18yearold daniel cruz was arrested yesterday and facing charges of homicide. The gun used in the shooting was the personal weapon of the San Francisco Police Officer that was stolen from his own car a few days before the killing. The internal investigation is underway and how the gun was stolen. It is 5 06 am. In 15 minutes President Trump is due to fly to florida to see firsthand the damage that was caused by irma. The president and first lady will go to naples and fort myers, florida and joined by Vice President mike pence and his wife to meet with the people affected by the big storm, and talking with first responders. In many areas they still have no gas, running water, power or Cell Phone Service your this is the third visit of President Trump to the state affected by hurricane in less than three weeks and he also went to texas and louisiana after hurricane harvey. The police in south florida say the criminal investigation is underway after eight people died in the nursing home that lacked electricity and air conditioning. Investigators in hollywood, florida say that 115 people were evacuated from that home early yesterday morning and there was a hospital that had functioning air conditioning right across the street. The question now is to prevent this from happening in other nursing homes. Some of these are out in rural areas without resources, especially having a hospital across the street. The Florida Governor called on emergency workers to check all of the state nursing homes. One out of five florida residents are the age of 65 or older, the highest of any state. Utility workers are working around the clock trying to get the power back on for the millions affected by Hurricane Irma and Florida Power light said that irma caused the most widespread damage in the history of the company and they hope to get the power back on for most of the customers on the eastern coast by the end of the weekend. And other areas where the damages were so it could take weeks. Utility Officials Say there are more than 21,000 workers trying to get the power back on in crews coming from as far away as california and canada. The people at Alameda Point are still told not to drink or cook with the water but officials are announcing they can base or shower shower or bathe in the water so long as they flush the fixtures for at least 10 minutes before getting into the water. They determined bacteria found in the water was caused by the irrigation well that most likely came into contact with the Drinking Water line. The water has been flushed and more tests have come back negative for the bacteria but over 250 residents and 60 businesses have been impacted by the water warning. Hopefully that will be completely lifted soon. It is 5 09 am. Drivers under the age of 21 may soon face new restrictions. Coming up we will tell you about the bill heading to the desk of the governor. Weave a big crash on 580 on the dublin grade blocking all lanes. We have a big crash on 580 on the dublin grade blocking all lanes at the eden canyon road and traffic is quickly backing up into pleasanton. Welcome back to mornings on 2. The president Democratic Leaders are telling two different stories about what they agreed on at the dinner with democrats last night. Reporter this is part of the president s outreach to the democrats, but the future of the President Trump much promise to border wall is in question. Reporter the President Trump give up on the border wall for now and offering democrats the ultimate promise of citizenship for Illegal Immigrants that came to the country as children, the dreamers, which will send not be protected by the president obama daca policy. Democrats say yes with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer and the joint statement about the dinner week trump, we agreed to sign this into law quickly and to work out the package for Border Security, excluding the wall, that is acceptable to both sides. Earlier in the day the president hinted at compromise but not so fast. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders in a latenight week, while daca and Border Security was discussed , excluding the wall was not agreed to. Will the president alienating his base score of democrats on this issue, and steve king was incensed saying that if this Associated Press report is correct the trump base is blown up, destroyed, reputable and dissolution beyond repair saying that no promise is credible. Reporter there is still an open question on how much slack will the President Trump supporters give him on an issue like the border wall. From washington, doug luzader, fox news. Early this morning President Trump tweeted his version of what happened last night writing, no deal last night was made on daca. Massive Border Security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent which would be subject to vote. The wall is under construction in the form of new renovations of old existing fences and walls will continue to be built. In london today discussing the Ongoing Nuclear threat and north korea and ways to achieve peace in libya, secretary Rex Tillerson in london, and libya is split into east and west with separate malicious and political factions. Martin shkreli is back in jail this morning after his bail was revoked yesterday after he went on facebook and offered to pay 5000 for a strand of the Hillary Clintons hair. The judge said that can be seen as a threat but his lawyers argued that it was political satire. Last month Martin Shkreli was convicted in the federal securities fraud case and looking at up to 20 years in prison if sentenced to that in january. He was best known for raising the price of the lifesaving drug by more than 5000 . Starting the day with the deadly accident causing problems. We do have a big problem on westbound 580 at the eden canyon road. We have several trucks and cars got into what turned out to be a deadly crash on 580. All the westbound lanes are closed. Some people are getting off the freeway at eden canyon road and getting back on the freeway later, but this is causing a traffic jam back to pleasanton. This will have a big implication for your commute. An accident eastbound 4 at bailey as the westbound traffic slow at antioch. The gilroy to morgan hill to san jose commute is coming into focus now, not bad so far into the main part of san jose. As we look at the commutes, 280 looks pretty good through downtown. At the bay bridge toll plaza traffic at the bay bridge not bad yet. Again count on westbound 580 to be a problem over the dublin grade. The forecast calling for cooler pattern with low clouds in place, and they are there in all their glory. The thunderstorms are gone. That gave us a show for a couple of days. The rain really came down for some, especially in santa rosa with almost halfinch. Things are much more quiet now. The low is heading into las vegas, and circulating out of our picture. Low clouds are in place and have lifted and moving locally inland with 60s and 50s on the temperatures. 60s for some, santa clara 62, cupertino at 58, 59 in scotts valley, low 60s for gilroy, sam martin and morgan hill. Onshore wind for the sfo, hayward, the delta and everything in place for cooldown even for the most inland areas. 41 in truckee, 57 in reno, 80 in las vegas, and here goes that under storm activity on the lee side of the southern sierra. We have a weak system heading into the north, and you can look to the north for that front coming in. That could be the middle of next week. Until then we have 60s and 70s with a few near 80, below average temperatures, the coolest in a long time. Warmer maybe friday and saturday before we have another cooldown next week with rain possible middle the middle of next week. Coming up we will hear from Business Owners that think they may see a glimmer of hope in dealing with the homeless. People love my breakfast burritos. And my french fries. Wait what if i put them together . a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. Ill call it the california breakfast burrito boom. Someone got that, right . Scrambled eggs. Guacamole. Bacon. French fries. Youll call it the california breakfast burrito. Boom. Good work everyone. Another winner. Introducing my New California breakfast burrito. Only at jack in the box. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 5 21 am. This week we have been focusing on the growing problem of homelessness in the bay area and how the city leaders are looking for solutions. We spoke with Business Owners that we met six months ago when they said that a large homeless camp was causing problems. Reporter this San Francisco Business Owner naomi is not ready to give up but she is close. It happens all the time, a naked man running in front of the building and shooting up heroin and is behind. Reporter this 40yearold familyowned jewelry business sits on the edge of the patrol hill homeless encampment and here was the site in march with the street littered with tents, drug usage rampant and car breakins were the norm. She was fed up but six months later her view has improved dramatically. The street still has campers but the line share has moved out liens share lions share has moved out. There is still a ton of crime happening. Reporter going through the pictures of damage from the parking lot last night with two car windows broken and the laptop stolen, and garbage still an issue with homeless trying to inch their way back in and the others with no apparent plan on moving. The city said they planned on getting 100 campers out of the neighborhood and into safe housing saying it is a process. We are not looking to clear people but we are looking to make lasting resolutions so that they can begin their journey out of homelessness. Reporter some of the Business Owners we spoke with said that the homeless are only packing up and setting up camp two blocks down. I dont think it has gotten any better. Reporter reggie works at the eq 3, the upscale furniture and design store on alameda street calling this the turnstile effect. They all are navigating the neighborhoods from downtown, down to alameda and down the other way, and so forth. Still work to be done with no victory laps but we are engaged in the area and we will continue to work with those in need and with the neighbors. Reporter ktvu fox 2 news. On sunday we will have part 2 of the hourlong special on homelessness. You will hear from the bay area mayors and this will air at 9 pm on ktvu. If you missed part one of the series, that will reair tonight at 8 pm on ktvu plus. You can watch it in its entirety on the ktvu Youtube Channel or on ktvu. Com. It is 5 24 am. San francisco maybe banning the Glass Containers in the public parks, and the Committee Members have agreed that the ban should be approved and a decision is expected next week. The supervisors have dropped the plan for the 1000 fine for littering in dolores park and it was cut because critics said that the steep fine would unfairly hurt the low income residents. The california lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Brown making first year of Community College free for many students and waiving the current fee of 46 per unit being paid by the fulltime freshmen. The state would pay the annual cost at 31 million a year and supporters hope the free tuition bill will increase Community College and moment the College Completion rates. Right now President Trump is about the flight of florida to meet with the people affected by Hurricane Irma. We are there live and heres the president s helicopter about to land at the joint base andrews before climbing on air force one. These are live pictures in maryland. This is the president s helicopter about to land and the first lady is with him. The president and first lady will go to naples and fort myers, florida, joined by Vice President mike pence. They will get a briefing on the Police Efforts in florida and meet with the people whose lives of been affected by Hurricane Irma. Again, this is moments away with the president s helicopter landing at the joint base andrews in maryland. He will be climbing aboard air force one. We will bring that to you when it comes in. It is 5