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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM June 3, 2016

Average high of 65. San jose average 78, instead 92. We are going to check out the peninsula in 80s and 90s. It will be uncomfortable without ac. East of the bay, triple digits will be noted in antioch triple digits in the east bay. 72 degrees in stinson beach. 94 in napa. Upstream we go to 95 in cloverdale, i have the details of the weekend forecast coming up. Road construction overnight on the san mateo bridge about to be cleared away. They have had one lane closed westbound 92 from the highrise to the end of the san mateo bridge this morning. The Altamont Pass looking good. We are seeing yellow on our sensors there this morning. No major delays 580 from the Altamont Pass to i680 currently at 15 minutes. We are in the green there now. 280 from 101 to 85 about 11 minutes and 87 from 85 to 101 right now an 8minute drive time. A tense situation in downtown san jose as protestors fight with supporters of president ial candidate donald trump. That happened after the Presumptive Republican nominee held a big rally at Mcenery Convention center. Jackie ward live in the newsroom to show us what happened. Jackie reporter this violence is not surprising news. Its happened at some trump rallies across the country. Protestors beat up Trump Supporters chasing them to their cars. Len ramirez reports. A young man wearing a build the wall tshirt was assaulted by several young men and fearing for his life, len had to yell at him to get away. [ screaming and yelling ] run, get the hell out of here what are you doing inside the main event, many analysts thought the speech was a direct reaction to the speech Hillary Clinton gave earlier in the day. Trump said that clinton should be thrown in jail because she is guilty as hell. And in front of a crowd of a few thousand at the San Jose Convention center, trump also spoke of his love for the latinos. Were doing well with the latinos. Nobody knows about it yet. Were bringing so many jobs in. You watch what happens. We love the hispanics. After the hour long speech, donald trump took photos and shook hands with some supporters. He will be staying in california this week. Today he will be in redding for another rally. In the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. House Speaker Paul Ryan still has differences with trump but he is now strongly endorsing him for president. The Wisconsin Republican told the Associated Press to say his goal is to unify the party before november. Ryan also continues to have concerns about trumps combative style. Everyone wants smooth roads and timely buses. But no one wants to pay for it. This November Santa clara county voters must make the call. Kiet do reports with the scoop on the transit tax. Reporter its like a loaded train, huge, a lot of momentum and everybody is on board with the tax. The fact it has such widespread support shows you how bad everybody wants to fix the traffic problems here in the south bay. The vta board of directors voted unanimously yesterday to put the half cent sales tax hike on the November Ballot to raise the county sales tax rate to 9. 25 . It would raise about 6. 5 billion over the next 30 years. Get this. Polls show the vast majority of voters actually support it. A whopping 69 of voters would say yes. Vta says they spent the past year and a half Holding Meetings to see how taxpayers want to spend the money. Heres the breakdown. Bart to san jose, 1. 5 billion. Street repairs 1. 2 billion. Caltrain improvements 1 billion. County expressways and interchanges, 750 million apiece. Aid for low income riders 500 million. Highway 85 express lanes 350 million and bicycle and pedestrian improvement 250 million. If it passes, this new sales tax hike would take effect in april of 2017. Live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. What kind of protections have been put in place to make sure the money goes where its supposed to . Reporter so if they make the decision to rejigger the money and reallocate it in different ways, it will take a supermajority of the board, thats threequarters of the board, to approve the change. Kiet do live in san jose, thank you. A former stanford swimmer has just learned his punishment for sexual assaulting a woman outside of a frat party. It turns out his stint in jail wont be much longer than a college semester. Brock turner was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Prosecutors say that does not fit the crime. Turner was found guilt of sexual assaulting a woman who passed out at a campus part last year. He could have faced 14 years in prison. He will have to register as a section offender but some legal experts and even turners own lawyer seem startled by the jail term. Im not saying the judge did anything wrong, but i can understand why people could say, hey, that sentence doesnt fit the crime. If my daughter was a victim of this id be livid. I would be furious. I would be asking for a very serious punishment. We heard from the victim. She said she doesnt want to be remembered as a drunk victim discarded by a dumpster. She also stressed an all american swimmer shouldnt receive special treatment. New this morning a number of doctors in the state are having a tough time dealing with the reality of a new law that takes effect next week. Next thursday california will become the fifth state to allow doctors to prescribe life ending drugs. The socalled right to die law was inspired by Brittany Maynard who had terminal cancer and moved from california to oregon to kill herself. Some doctors say they will not provide the life ending Prescription Drugs because it goes against the Catholic Churchs doctrine on the issue. The bay area billionaire a climate crusader to use his fortune to influence politics in the environment. Former Hedge Fund Manager tom steyer says he is against money in politics but has been a funding machine for candidates. In the last election he donated 74 million. This year he plans to spend liberally on more liberal causes. Mike sugerman asked him why. This is the system we have right now. This is these are the laws of the land set down by the Supreme Court of the United States of america. We see this election as having the greatest influence in my lifetime. Everything is on the table. He and his wife to live in San Franciscos seacliff neighborhood are worth 1. 5 billion. They have pledged to give half hair money to charity. A new half their money to charity. A new Testing Center for selfdriving cars was previously the Concord Naval weapons station. It is now called gomentum station. Most days hondas and acuras are going around the lot. The area is 20 miles of road, dozens of intersections and billions. Carmakers say its great practice for the real world. 99 of the time when we drive on the roads its easy driving. 1 of the time something unusual happens. So by testing at go mentum station, we are able to stage those 1 situation, a ball across the road or child from between cars. Engineers hope to have the selfdriving cars on freeways by 2020. Google, apple and other manufacturers have also expressed interest in using the testing site. A new medical treatment has some stroke survivors who could barely move suddenly walking and talking. The Clinical Trial took place at stanford and doctors say stem cells are responsible for the stunning results. Heres how it works. Doctors drill a hole in the patients school and inject human stem cells derived from bone marrow around the stroke area from adults. Thats where they do their thing to recover the function, insert the bone marrow around the stroke. Not all the patients but some saw a lasting benefit. The neurosurgeon behind the Clinical Trial wants to replicate the findings in a much larger trial. That study is now enrolling patients. 5 09. The search continues this morning for soldiers still missing after their military vehicle overturned in floodwaters. Blue angel fans across the u. S. React after a pilot crashes during a practice session. Good morning from the kpix 5 weather center, where it is going to be hotter today, but wait until you hear about the change for the weekend. And roberta has been mentioning those clear skies. We also have Clear Conditions on the roads this morning. Well take a look at your bay area drive times straight ahead. People love my portobello mushroom buttery jack, made with portobello mushrooms, grilled onions, and garlic herb butter. Ever wonder how i came up with it . Well. Actually, i came up with it at the water cooler. But i thought youd like this cowboy story better. The portobello mushroom buttery jack is back. Army vehicle was swept awayy flood waters. The comes as pa even more rain a search is under way in fort hood, texas for four soldiers missing after their army vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. This comes as parts of texas braces for more rain. Don champion reports reporter rescue teams are using helicopters, boats and dogs to search owl creek this morning looking for the soldiers still unaccounted for. The troopers were taking part in a routine Training Exercise thursday morning when their military vehicle overturned in floodwaters. Crews rescued three soldiers who were taken to the hospital in stable condition. The bodies of several others were recovered downstream. The incident has left fort hoods First Cavalry Division in mourning. Bad timing. Were there other routes they can take . How well did they know fort hood . Reporter parts of texas have been inundated with rain in the last week causing rivers all over the state to reach historic levels. No, no, no reporter about 100 miles north of fort hood this suv was swept away trying to cross a flooded road yesterday. Get out get out reporter two people inside the car managed to escape. If you do not have to be out on the road, do not go driving out on the road that right there is my front door. Reporter hundreds of residents have been displaced as the swollen brazos river continues to consume homes. Everything is wet in the home. Reporter a state of disaster in effect for dozens of counties as more rain is forecast to hit the state this weekend. Don champion, cbs news, fort hood, texas. Authorities have not released the names yet of the dead or missing soldiers. The blue angels have canceled weekend performances in tennessee after a deadly crash during a practice for the airshow. The navy says that the jet went down during practice at an airport in smyrna yesterday afternoon killing the pilot. The pilot was beginning to take off when the crash happened. Five other f a18 jets landed safely moments later. The military is investigating the cause of the crash. Its horrible. We were out watching them practice yesterday just outside the base and they were amazing. No one was hurt on the ground. My friend actually flew with the Navy Blue Angel that passed away in that accident. Tragic. Certainly is. All right. Lets check in with Sandra Osborne now for a look at our traffic. Hey, good morning. Things are starting out friday light on the roads around the bay area. We did have a few areas of some Road Construction even on the san mateo bridge this morning. That has since been cleared. You can see already a few headlights out there on the road this morning. However, no major delays. 12 minutes from 880 to 101. And the Golden Gate Bridge we have fog. As we look at our traffic cam, things are looking beautiful. A few headlights out there. Right now were also looking at things in the green about 14 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge. Soccer fans tonight we have that big game at levis stadium. Usa versus colombia. Thats at 6 30. But gates open at 5 30 so just as people are trying to get home in work this afternoon, were going to start seeing some heavier traffic around 237 and 101. So give yourself a few extra minutes before those plans that you have this evening if you have to travel around that area. All right. The Altamont Pass this morning, we are looking pretty good a little bit of yellow on our sensor but really no major delays out there right now from 580 from the Altamont Pass to 680. About a 15minute drive time perfect for this time of the morning. Typically those slowdowns dont begin for another 20, 30 minutes or time. 101 from 680 to 237, about 11 minutes. And 280 from 101 to 85, currently taking about 11 minutes. Heres a live look at the bay bridge. The sun is starting to peek up there right now looking absolutely beautiful. Right now 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze about a 19 minute drive time. We are beginning to see things pick up a little bit but overall, still looking friday light for the day. Lets go ahead and check in with roberta and see how the forecast is looking. You dont get away just like that. Were you caulking about la copa america . Si, colombia goooooooaaaaal that should be a big game with usa versus colombia the weather will be so nice for that game. We have that weekend forecast. Lets get you out the door with the beautiful view. This is our live weather camera this morning. And were looking out boy, isnt that gorgeous . Anne, dont you like that . Beautiful, so clear the coast is clear. The fog is scrubbing out. Stratus at the monterey bay area right now but thats about it. Otherwise 60 in livermore. 62 how mild is that in san jose. It is now 60 in oakland backing through berkeley. Our weather watcher kim hey, kim, what happened to your photo here . Nice looking photo you had and its gone now but nevertheless tim interest benicia says its going to be a hot day today. The humidity is low. The temperature is high. So you see a little bit of low clouds and fog hanging right there. Thats monterey bay. Well be stratusfree today. It will be the hottest day of unseasonably hot days we have had. Its going to be cooler tomorrow. You will really feel the difference by sunday then temperatures gradually cool next week, as well. Lets go ahead and take a look at our satellite and radar. Not as hot on sunday due to this area of low pressure offshore. Its going to be pushing across the state of california. Some cloud and thicker marine layer beginning pretty much sunday night into monday. Triple digits today for this getaway friday. And sacramento currently we are in the mid50s. 105 degrees in fresno, merced and modesto. 76 in the high sierra where its at 32 now in truckee, 63 in eureka. Our temperatures well above average. We should be in the 60s in San Francisco, instead 77. We should be 78 in san jose, instead 91 degrees. We are talking about triple digits east of the bay towards brentwood. You got a friend with a boat in Discovery Bay . Okay call em up. Its going to be hot there, triple digits. 89 degrees in santa rosa. Heres the extended forecast. We have the cooler temperatures this weekend due to that area of low pressure. How about this . We have big doings you know, once it starts heating up we have all the festivals here in town. We have the sunnyvale art and Wine Festival 85 degrees with lots of sunshine both days and union street festival we have mostly sunny skies at 70 degrees. And again we do have la copa america, goooooooaaaaal keep it going [ laughter ] we have temperatures that are going to be pretty much in the 70s for that game and boy, that stadium is going to be totally filled up. People love their soccer here in the bay area. All right. 70s sounds a lot better than i was in san jose yesterday. Oh, my i melted. Not used to it. [ laughter ] roberta, thank you. All right. Small lush island off the coast of ireland is lure tourists from around the world. The rocky plot of land was the final scene in star wars so fans of the new film are traveling many miles to walk those steps. There are 600 steps before you get to the top of this unesco heritage site where ray and chewbaka flew the millennium falcon in the final scene but its also within catholic monks built a monastery 1600 years ago. So 180,000 tourists allowed there each of the day are spell bound. I think the force has been here for a very long time. Come out here and pretend that i was Luke Skywalker and she was ray. Irelands tourism board is happy with the spike in visits, but it says 180,000 people all the island can handle per day. And im dennis odonnell. 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