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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon January 22, 2018

Another day we argue is another day we cannot spend debating daca or defense spending or other priorities. Reporter the shortterm resolution gives congress three more weeks to negotiate, extending the services until february 8. If an agreement is not reached by february 8, the senate will consider legislation dealing with daca. Reporter the president cast the blame for the shutdown on democrats saying the democrats are turning down security and services for citizens for in exchange for noncitizens. But democrats are holding out on a deal for daca to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The truth is at this point, there are issues including immigration that need to be resolved and kicking the can down the road without some path forward does not make sense. Reporter President Trump has suggested Senate Republicans change the rules to reopen the government with a simple majority, but Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said they would welcome to chance of a filibuster when they return as the minority. The federal Government Shutdown is an effect on some popular Tourist Spots in the bay area. Tours to alcatraz will continue but no behind the scenes tours or night tours. Beer woods is closed because of the shutdown. Is that impacting your trip . We are hoping for a refund in the next couple of weeks, there are not a lot of other options for us. At the food of golden gate bridge, Police Closed the gates to fort road. San jose police are continuing the fight at a hotel where a suspect has failed to surrender. Hotel guests had to spend the night in the lobby. All is quiet from this vantage point. There are a number of sheriff vehicles there and they are in constant contact, negotiations are ongoing and we have more at what is happening at the windom garden hotel. Reporter several guests were sleeping in the lobby after being evacuated from their hotel rooms on the second floor. Police are negotiating with a man wanted on felony warnts who barricaded himself in one of the rooms. It started on sunday afternoon. They found the suspect wanted on felony warrants inside the hotel. The perimeter has been set up since 6 00 yesterday. The team has gone in and out of the lobby. The police were also seen outside. They are have isolated the suspect in one room and evacuated the surrounding guest rooms on the second floor. It is unclear if the suspect is armed. I cant get into this persons criminal history or what the warrant is for but at this point, we have information to lead us to believe that forcing a confrontation would probably not end well. Reporter they have been talking to him all night and morning but police say they have not made much progress. Many guests on the second floor had to spend the night in the lobby. When we came back around 6 or 7, all of the Police Outside of the hotel told us that there was a hostage situation and that was it. We wanted to go to the rooms but they said it was not possible so we stayed in the lobby. Reporter police could not confirm if the suspect is alone in the room or not or if he has made any demands. In south san jose, ktvu tv news. Police are also investigating a deadly shooting near charlotte drive just outside of an apartment complex. Police found one man dead after responding to a report of shots fired. Right now, it is not clear what led up to the shooting. So far, no arrests have been made. After being scattered throughout the north bay for two months, students at this Bay Area School are now back at their campus. Reporter we are live at Cardinal Newman high school where students were welcomed back with a special assembly this morning. Reporter things are quiet here because students in class inside the bung alows right now, it is a day students and staff have been waiting for. The high school and middle school both opening their doors and welcoming students back. For the First Time Since fire swept through the north bay, the students returned to saint rose athlic elementary and middle school, the students finding a Silver Lining to the situation. We now have air conditioning. Reporter the parents are welcoming the change back to the norm after the events. The principal was here early preparing for the big day and says it is good to have the school come together as a community. We were able to Stay Together at the perish but to be here on the home turf is amazing. We have had so many people behind us with this indever endeavor. Reporter after the fires thshgs classes were separated and sent to different schools but today they celebrated being together on one campus. It feels great to come back together as a community. I miss seeing everyones faces, including the teachers. It is going to be a great day today to see everyone. The schools principal wrapped it up, welcoming everyone home. One of the promises we have, you didnt break, you didnt quit. We werably able to be back here once again, one school, undivided, thank you. Reporter a lot of applause and a lot of School Spirit at Cardinal Newman. There is one other thing that students and parents and staff agree on, none of this would have come together if the community had not pulled together as a whole. Back to you. A 34yearold man is recovering in the hospital after he was a attacked by a man with a machete. Police were called to a home fear fairfield where they found the man who had been cut several tiles. He had to his thumb amputated. He said he found him messing with the electrical box and when we wouldnt go away he attacked him. A man is facing charges after driving his van onto a busy sidewalk in castro. They say he intentionally jumped the curb on saturday afternoon. He faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and driving under the influence. He hit several parking meters and trees and backed up into a deli. No pedestrians or vehicles were hit. Rodder who lives with his dog in his van told police he was having problems with the vans brakes. More fall out from the larry nassar Sexual Assault case. The resignation of three executives of usa gymnasters were announced today. This comes as the victims of the former gymnastics doctor continue to speak out during his sentencing hearing. The resignation will help the organization in implementing necessary change according to the organization. Nassar pleaded guilty and faces 45 to 50 years in prison for molestation cases. One of the cars of the future is already out of commission. One of the cars of the ten car train is out of commission. The new bart train cars made a debut on friday. They plan to replace all of the trains gradually every the years with the new trains that are more modern looking and quieter. Today the dmv is accepting applications for a new type of i. D. , what you need to know and why you will most likely need one. Many of us slept overnight to showers and woke up to them, we will have our meteorologist in to tell us whether we can expect another rainy morning. And remembering two young girls killed by a drunk driver, how the family is coping with the loss and what is next for the dui suspect. New reports show that there have been safety concerns at this dam since the 1960s. According to a contractor working on the dam, they told the department of Water Resources they needed to dig deeper to get the solid rock but they decided to eliminate that extra work proposed by the contractor. Environmental groups urged the department to reinforce the dams spillway. According to the report, water resource Officials Limited the amount of work they would allow. Last winter, more than 190,000 people had to be evacuated below the orville dam because of down below. Highway 101 is reopening after the deadly mud slides. The highway had been closed since the mud slide hit on january 9. Throughout mornings on 2, we help many of you get to where you needed to go during a rainy commute. We are drying out now. Lets take a look outside at a beautiful start. I thought we were going to take a look, well, here is a look at the rainfall amounts. Some of the north areas received more than we expected which is good news. Santa rosa picked up more than an inch. And piedmont a little more than a half an inch. Pacifica, a quarter of an inch. Anywhere from a few one hundredths in the south bay to over 2 inches in the north bay. Here is a look at the system that is moving out of the area. We are picking up on a few returns, partly cloudy skies over the bay area and there is a look at the scattered activity over the santa cruz mountaintopens mountains. The east bay, maybe a few showers on the east edge of antioch. As we head up into the sir era, it is winding down as well. They picked up a few inches of snow as expected. No advisories in place because they werent expecting that much snow. Giving us a look at the storm here, the montecito area is remaining dry but that could change in the coming days. Here is a look at the futurecast model, getting you through the afternoon, no trouble for the evening drive. It was a slick wet one for the morning. Then we were done. We have dry weather coming for the second half of the day and then things turn interesting once again. 55 degrees in San Francisco and 56 in oakland, into the south bay, 55 for san jose, a bit of a cool day. Afternoon highs are not going to be much warmer than right now. Upper 50s around the bay area, 58 for oakland and 55 in santa rosa and 58 for livermore. Here is a look at the extended forecast. Temperatures will remain in the mid to upper 50s. And then wednesday, sliding just a little bit. We start out wednesday dry but then another storm moves in and this one looks like a stronger storm for the bay area. It looks like it will be a wednesday and thursday event and then the weekend looks dry. The National Center for Health Statistics says at least 179 people have died of the flu this season. There was a spike in the deaths this year and we have more on how the bay area has been impacted. Reporter this woman told us she got the flu and it lasted three weeks. And it is a rough one, it is. You feel really weak. Reporter she survived but many havent. A California Department of Public Health reported 32 official deaths of californians under the age of 65, almost double of a week ago. The death toll now stands at 74 state wide. It is troubling how far reaching it is. Reporter of the flu related fatalities, 25 are from the greater bay area as of last saturday. Of that 5 from Santa Clara County and 4 from monteray county and 3 from santa cruz county. People infected with the flu can pass it along just by breathing. What is the culprit . This one seems to be particularly strong and maybe it transmissability is more. Reporter it appears the number of flu patients is beginning to level off at hospitals but that doesnt necessarily mean the crisis is over. Sometimes we can have another wave on the way. Reporter experts still recommend people get the flu shot. It is no guarantee but doctors say it is much better than not getting it and if you have a fever of 100 degrees or higher, see a doctor immediately. Ktvu fox 2 news. San francisco is the most recent city in the bay area to confirm cases of the flu in dog. Symptoms include coughing, fever and nasal discharge. The spca is recommending that you get your dogs vaccinated if they are around large groups of dogs regularly. Humans can not get the flu from dogs but it can be passed from dogs to another dogs. Millions of gallons of sewage spilled into monteray bay. And a section of the beach is closed to the public. Monteray 1 water says there was an equipment error at the facility and 4. 4 million gallons of waste water throw flowed into the bay. Once the samples indicate it is safe for contact, the beaches will reopen. One sector is dominating the hiring for jobs in the bay area, we will examine a new study that shows what skills are in top demand. Taking a look at the Market Energy and Tech Companies advancing. The dow jones is up and other ones making gains after the deal reached to end the Government Shutdown. Nas dacup 53 points. Lawmakers are discussing ways to decrease the Health Insurance. There is a push to end an act in california. There is discussion of implementing state Health Insurance now that the federal mandate is gone. California has one of the lowest insured rates. No surprise that Tech Companies are the big leaders when it comes to hiring in the bay area. Some of the biggest Tech Companies are hiring for their offices here even if they are based somewhere else in San Francisco. Twitter, amazon, square, uber, are hiring the most people. And in oakland, oracle, and pandora are posting the most job openings. In the bay area, apple, google, intell and cisco are posting the most. Experts have some advice for people looking to move into the openings. Managers who are hiring are looking for people with experience with at least java and python programming. 3 new digital Training Centers are being opened in europe by facebook. They will teach digital litacy literacy and more to groups that are not reached yet. Facebook is also working to fight fake news. Starting today, they will allow you to decide what are genuine news sources. They will change the ranking of the news feed, giving priority to trust worthy news sources. Mark zuckerberg says the social media site will survey users to find out which sources are most trusted. The changes are expected to roll out once the survey is complete. Apple is teaming up to support Girls Education in developing countries. Apple is the first to sign on in support of the malallah fund which provides 1,000 opportunities for education for girls in latin american and india. Today amazon is opening up a new brick and mortar store in downtown seattle with no cashiers. It is called amazon go. It uses sensors and other technology. Customers will scan their amazon go app and scan the items they want and leave. Their amazon account will be charged. The store will offer fresh baked goods and meal kits. A vote to end the shut done, more on this mornings big vote to end the federal Government Shutdown. Next, the reception one dirkly student received after being detained by immigration officers in san diego for nearly three weeks. Back to our top story, the Government Shutdown is coming to an end. This morning, democrats agreed to a temporary spending plan in exchange for a promise that a discussion on dreamers would take place in the coming weeks. This keeps the government open until february 8. Mitch mcconnell has agreed to start debating immigration by thet date. I dont think there is a whole lot of daylight between where we are and where the democrats are. We certainly want to get to a place where we can negotiate. The senate voted 8118 to end the filibuster of the spending bill this morning and reauthorized the childrens Health Insurance program for 6 years. Police have been negotiating with a suspect barricaded inside a hotel room since about 6 30 last night at the windom garden hotel. They found out a man wanted on felony warrants was staying there on the second floor. Guests had to evacuate and spend the night in the lobby. President trump has a new ad featuring the topic of illegal immigration. It features the man who is accused of killing two deputies in a rampage. It support the president s promise to build a wall and strengthen border security. Republicans, including one white house official are already distancing themselves from the ad. A uc Berkeley Student who was held by immigration officials for nearly three weeks is back in the bay area. Im excited to continue my education. Luis mora is a junior at cal who came here when he was 11 years old from colombia. He was detained by officials but was allowed to return to the bay area. He says this incident shows how broken the u. S. Immigration system is. We need a fix. Right now. To take action, there are somany of us being criminalized when we are just trying to make this country better. Federal immigration officials released a statement saying his case will be transferred to ice agents and offices in the area where he resides. His removal proceedings remain on going. An immigration judge will make the final decision at his hearing which could be a year from now. In the meantime, mora says this makes him consider a career as an immigration attorney or judge. The suspect of a deadly crash in antioch is due in court in the next hour. Last night, a candle light vigil was held for the two little girls that died in the crash. Camila was on life support for several days before passing away days after her 4yearold sister was killed in the crash. [ music ]. Reporter family members and supporters came together sunday evening to mourn the loss of not one but two young girls. This has been just unbelievable for the whole family. This has changed our lives. Reporter after days of being on life support, 2yearold Camila Cardoza died after a stolen vehicle slammed into her mothers truck. Her 4yearold sister, lenexy, was also killed in the crash. Family members say they are struggling to come to terms with the crash. This is a nightmare that is unbelievable. It is hard to come to reality, but very unfortunate. Reporter the girls were riding with their mother when a man in a stolen white truck ran a redlight and slammed into them on Somerset Road near highway 4. The suspect 23yearold noe saucedo was trying to avoid a deputy at the time of the crash. Sheriff Officials Say although the deputy had turned on his li

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