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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon February 12, 2020



>> i have no doubt that we will defeat donald trump. >> bernie sanders and pete buttigieg front-runners, both picking up nine delegates. but in this race it is the third-place finisher, amy klobuchar who was drunk attention and she jumped 2 spots from a fifth-place finish in iowa caucuses and increase outreach efforts and a strong debate performance giving her a bump. >> because of you we are taking this campaign to nevada. we are going to south carolina. >> she beat out elizabeth warren who fail to pick up any delegates in new hampshire. >> our campaign is built for the long haul. >> candidates are focused on the future, mike bloomberg skipping the early states will campaign in tennessee today and he is also looking ahead to the general election as he opens a new hampshire campaign office. joe biden is going to south carolina even before tuesday's bowls in new hampshire closed.>> it ain't over man. we are just getting started. >> just a few moments ago michael bloomberg wrapped up one of his rallies in tennessee and this one in chattanooga, the biggest applause line is donald trump is afraid of me but some of these democrats on the trail, he seems to have limitless money and pouring it into the super tuesday states. >> back in the bay area people in oakland and one neighborhood are sharing a video of a daytime robbery hoping to help police catch the people responsible which happened monday afternoon near fruitvale avenue, allie rasmus joins us live with more on the story . >>reporter: the victim's father says he is grateful first of all his son wasn't hurt but he said he is also glad there is very clear surveillance video which captured the crime, the two armed robbers involved in the car they were driving. a quiet, sunny afternoon, 1:30 in the middle of the day in the 20-year-old man in this video is vacuuming his car in the driveway of his home and use the silver hyundai drive by slowly and within seconds the young man in the driveway feels a gun past and pressed to the back of his neck after the two robbers ordered him to the ground and demanded his belongings. >> you would never expect it right outside of the house>> the victim's father was inside the home when it happened>> i walked in and i heard voices and his further already here and always here so i did not pay attention because there was no scream. >> the victim's father did not want his face shone on camera and the robbers still have his son's phone, cold chain, car and house keys. >> he tried to struggle. but he had a gun right behind his neck. >> is that his son is hurt but is still shaken up and very frustrated. >> he chose to be called, he got mad in the beginning but then you think about it it was just the best thing to do to let it go. >> video of the crime was captured on the home surveillance cameras which has now been widely circulated through the neighborhood and other ring users in the area>> it is very brazen, these young punks are just brazen. >> neighbors say they want police and city leaders to take action. >> something needs to be done about all of the crime going on, there is a lot of house break-ins and it is sad and scary for so many.>> every city has problems. but it is not about the city, i think it is about people. we need to get help to catch these people.>> the victim's father said in oakland police officer did come by their home to take a report about what happened around 10 pm monday night but have not gotten any updates or heard from police since then. we reached out to oakland police this morning to get an update but have not yet heard back. live in oakland allie rasmus across the bay san francisco da lance to ask the mayor for 1,000,000 1/2 dollars to give to residents whose cars are broken into the da says auto burglaries make up the largest number of crimes that directly affect people living in san francisco last year alone there were more than 25,000 car break-ins. according to the chronicle the money would help residents pay for the cost of those shattered windows and also pay for people who would help process claims. the trump administration is stepping up containment efforts against the coronavirus and the 13th us cases confirmed, this is the latest from atlanta. >>reporter: there are now almost 45,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world and the outbreak is still spreading a 13th us case was confirmed in san diego, one of the american evacuees wuhan china, the epicenter of the outbreak. the trump administration stepping up its response promising a containment-based strategy for stopping the virus>> these targeted steps aimed to slow the virus spread to and within the united states and give our government and other countries more time to build preparedness and understand the virus and develop countermeasures.>> a big part of that strategy will be an increase in testing and the cdc is now sending test kits to public health officials across the country. on tuesday illinois became the first state to start using them. >> we take every precaution that we can all the work is done under a special hood that keeps any of the virus from escaping.>> lawmakers on capitol hill are starting to ask hard questions about the administration's plan and some have suggested more oversight is needed after it was revealed a lab error caused the coronavirus patient to be released from a san diego hospital and returned to a military base where hundreds of evacuees were still under quarantine. >> we do not want the federal government to under react and i think the probability they will get it just right is zero >> the outbreak is having a big impact on mail delivery, the u.s. postal service saying it could no longer accept packages going to china because there are no flights to carry them. five passengers who flew from wuhan china to travis air force base in fairfield have tested negative coronavirus and those five passengers showed symptoms of coronavirus and had fevers but the cdc said test results confirmed they do not have the deadly virus. last week two government flights helped evacuate americans from china to the airbase and all passengers are in quarantine, and passengers were treated at a nearby hospital. an idea to ease congestion on the bay bridge has received a pitch, the plan is to build a us only bridge on the or lane on the bridge>>reporter: we asked the woman this one if you ever consider using the bay bridge to commute into san francisco and she said no way. we know the commute and the evening and mornings can be rough but officials say having a bus only lane on the bay bridge could be a solution but it is one step in the long process to ease a bridge traffic headaches and a presentation to the bay area toll authority oversight committee highlights the initial design and traffic assessment of a bus only lane on the bay bridge. the metropolitan transportation committee said the bus only lane as a goal but cannot get ahead of themselves, there are other effective fixes it have to happen first, a traffic analysis found there are more congestion and approaches to the bridge during peak communication hours instead of on the bridge and the highest priority would be to fix those hotspots must affecting movement at the w. grand ave. and 580 and 80 approaches, there is a complex list of ideas that could take several years to complete.>> we are talking about solutions that may take general purpose lanes and convert them into hov lanes and also talk about increasing occupancy and additional pricing measures. >> the mtc is working with other transit agencies to put these ideas into action and both ac transit and bart board of directors approved resolutions to support a bus only lane and rob onto his excited about the possibility but once it done right and there's a lot more discussion between agencies involved that needs to happen and they need money to get these designed and they are eager to break ground. >> it comes down to the different boards, just to approve the programming to allow us to move forward. i think that the will is there. $7 million is how much the city council has approved for revision 0 in san jose. how city leaders hopes the money will help reduce the rising number of traffic deaths city streets. concerns after a dry spell continues across the bay area and what some say if the no rain trend continues. >> after breaking record temperatures across much of the bay area yesterday a cooldown is here, the full forecast is coming up. mike: anyone hear the slogan, 'mike will get it done?' ok, let me tell you what the 'it' is. as mayor, i expanded healthcare coverage. as president, i'll build on obamacare because healthcare is a right. i created nearly 500,000 jobs in new york city. as president, i'll build an economy that delivers good jobs with higher wages. i'll take on the gun lobby and save lives. and i will stop trump's assault on women's reproductive rights. i've got a record of doing things. i've got the resources to take on this fight. as mayor, i held myself accountable for results. as president, i'll offer common sense plans and i will get it done. so let's stay on the offensive, and let's win. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >> the bay area is in the middle of an unusually dry february with breaking temperatures of records and according to the national weather service five cities tied or broke high temperature record yesterday, it was 80 at santa rosa which shattered the previous record of 74 from the same date set in 1994. richmond broke its 1988 record of 73 x 10 and livermore tied its 2006 record at 72. the national weather service noted that neither phoenix nor las vegas have reached 80 yet this year did >> we are nearly halfway through february and the bay area has not seen a drop of rain. this is raising concerns about the upcoming wildfire season.>>reporter: it is the winter season but you would not know it around late or like merrick to say, joggers traversed the lake amidst sunny skies and temperatures which shored to 70. >> beings are interested in fire i always think when is the rain coming? >> scott stevens prof. fire and science eight uc berkeley studies how the bone dry conditions affect our state which is prone to wildfires that have over the years have grown larger and more destructive and the world watched as motzer flames ravaged parts of australia killing more than three dozen people and destroying more than 3000 homes an estimated 1 billion native animals were believed to be killed. for those who study these kinds of conditions like stevens the dry weather being experienced in the bay area now is something not to be ignored. >> australia jumped into their summer so quickly and they had a very dry spring and then had a huge fire season but here we can have a similar thing spinning in the bay area the most recent menacing fire of 2019 was the kincade fire which burned nearly 80,000 acres of land in sonoma county and the year before that it was the camp fire of butte county which resulted in 85 casualties and it is repeats that calfire are looking to prevent>> we're worried that things are going out more early than they should be normally>> the conditions we are in now are opportunities that will increase the amount of land targeted for prescribed burns which he said could reduce the intensity of fires during wildfire season>> we will eventually get rain in march or april and things will get wet in the fire threats are knocked down>> the rain may have pulled a disappearing act but the reins of previous years have helped and we are in good shape, reservoirs across california are at or above historical averages so we have plenty of water going into the future.>> we usually do not like to look back at yesterday's weather but yesterday's weather was worth revisiting. why? we had not only record highs but our first 80 and 810 temperatures of the season in santa rosa and sonoma county airport and 81 and why is that significant? because las vegas and vance have not yet had 80 yet this year but yesterday sonoma county airport did and downtown santa rosa set a record high, breaking an old mark by the wide margin, of 74 and napa was closed at 79, richmond was at 74 and sfo and livermore tied the record highs for the date at 74 and 72 but there is a 24 hour temperature change showing we are down 40 to 130 and half moon bay at one time this morning at fairfield were both down 250 it is nice in february but we could use rain. we are now falling further and further behind it is getting ugly now for many and even santa rosa is below 70%, the city below 60%, there has been nothing this month and nothing forecast into this weekend maybe a little drizzle but really no effect, no rain out to the 27th or 28 on some of the forecast models have we had a dry february before? yes we have, february 1864 not  a drop in february 1953 only .04 . dry february's do not usually bode well for the rest of the season ended the season usually ends up dry but march could go either way. it could be dry are very, very rainy but for now looking at february it doesn't look good there could be just a little bit of rain sunday around clearlake, apache five on the coast start to increase the next few days but average high 59 to 62 and the highs today will be 64 to 70. while they are still about they are trending downward and coming up later we will take a look at the weekend and see how much more these temperatures will drop. the west contra costa unified school district will consider renaming was in elementary school and honor for our first lady michelle obama the school is for former pres. woodrow wilson who has been criticized for segregation efforts in the school is being rebuilt and suitors are going to school at a temporary location. the district board meeting starts at 6:30 tonight across say they want to investigate a court case involving a former trump adviser and why they say that president trump may have improperly influenced the justice department . mike: anyone hear the slogan, 'mike will get it done?' ok, let me tell you what the 'it' is. as mayor, i expanded healthcare coverage. as president, i'll build on obamacare because healthcare is a right. i created nearly 500,000 jobs in new york city. as president, i'll build an economy that delivers good jobs with higher wages. i'll take on the gun lobby and save lives. and i will stop trump's assault on women's reproductive rights. i've got a record of doing things. i've got the resources to take on this fight. as mayor, i held myself accountable for results. as president, i'll offer common sense plans and i will get it done. so let's stay on the offensive, and let's win. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. grand now we have to deal withed us this.rs. climate change is an emergency. that's why i wrote the nation's most progressive climate law. and that's why i'm endorsing tom steyer. because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. same with the keystone pipeline. when tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >> the feud between the san francisco 49ers and the city of santa clara is heating up in the city has now decided to terminate the 49ers non-nfl management at levi stadium in the city council voted unanimously last night in closed session to end the teams management for concerts and other events that happen at levi stadium. the city attorney is set to get more details this afternoon about that decision and the 49ers have not yet commented but the move could mean the 49ers could lose out on millions of dollars a year on non-nfl events at levi. >> let's look at wall street, wall street investors focus on the latest batch and mostly solid corporate earnings from index above recent records and tech stocks leading the way in the dow jones is up by 240 points gaining well over three quarters of 1%, a nice bump on the s&p and i mentioned the nasdaq is up by a full three quarters of a percent top democrats on capitol hill are calling for an investigation after four prosecutors at the department of justice resigned. as ray bogan reports the resignations were in apparent protest after the justice department overruled the recommendation for how much time former trump adviser roger stone should serve in prison.>>reporter: president trump is congratulating the ag for taking control of what he says is a totally out-of-control case .>> the president seems to think the entire justice department as his personal lawsuit to prosecute his enemies and help his friends. >> the saga began monday when prosecutor suggested that the court sentenced former trump adviser roger stone to 7 to 9 years in prison for his conviction of lying to congress and witness tampering, president trump tweeting it was a horrible and very unfair situation tuesday stones sentencing recommendation was reduced and the justice department source calls seven calls 7 to 9 years grossly disproportionate to mr. stones offenses sen. schumer is asking the doj inspector general to investigate if there was improper political interference and richard blumenthal is asking lindsay graham to do the same. >> ag william barr should be ashamed and embarrassed. and he should resign. >> both president trump and the justice department denied pressure was applied >> i did not speak to them and i thought the recommendation was ridiculous >> justice department spokeswoman said the decision to change the stone sentencing recommendation was made before the president tweet a senior doj official tells fox news the recommendation was changed because it was not what had been briefed to the department but ultimately judge amy berman jackson will make the final decision in stones sentencing next thursday. some bridal shop owners say the coronavirus is affecting their business and their brides because of problems getting materials and gowns. many wedding dresses are made with chinese fabrics including silk and satin but the coronavirus outbreak is delaying shipments for this fabrics and gowns and some shops said orders are delayed for weeks.>> we cannot survive as a business unless we do trade with china. we have no travel, you have no employees to work on the gowns, no production.>> owners are advising brides to order their gowns early especially since manufacturers cannot rush orders due to the slow labor and closed factories. and the city of antioch is stepping as police staffing to make sure people in the city are protected, last night city council voted in favor of increasing police staffing levels unanimously approving what would have been over hiring of six new sworn police officers the authorized staffing level was 115 sworn officers but the mayor said the city is surpassing the number to show the community it is taking an even stronger stance against crime returning home after spending weeks in quarantine because of the coronavirus, will hear from a mother and daughter here in the bay area who were evacuated from wuhan street racing in a quiet south bay neighborhood and how residents plan to try to stop the reckless driving. hey there, california residents on medicare. it may come as a surprise but medicare doesn't pay for everything. and that can leave you looking for help with some out-of-pocket costs. well, here's a way to help bridge the gap with a medigap plan, like an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medigap plans help pay some of what medicare doesn't, reducing your out-of-pocket costs. with zero networks and zero referrals needed. which all adds up to a little more peace of mind. call or click now to connect with unitedhealthcare insurance company and talk with a licensed insurance agent about the range of plans and rates available. or, schedule an appointment with a licensed insurance agent right in your area. remember,

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