Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Channel Two News At 430am 20150312

KTVU KTVU Channel Two News At 430am March 12, 2015

Through livermore westbound, that traffic looks good. The time is 4 30. Lets go back to the desk. A massive search underway in ferguson, missouri to find the person who shot two Police Officers overnight. It happened during a rally over the resignation of the police chief. The two men apparently shot for just being officers. You can see a tense scene at the Ferguson Police department after a night of demonstrations. One was hit in the face the other in the shoulder. Theyre both conscious and being treated at a local hospital this morning. Tensions boiled over following the release of a Justice Department investigation saying they were guilty of chronic racial buy as. Protesters gathered to cheer the res ig nation of the police chief. About midnight shots rang out striking the two officers as they stood guard outside the station. We saw the muzzle fire and ducked down. We saw the cop was shot right next to us. They were shot just because they were Police Officers. The wounded are 32 and 41. The shooting happened just hours after Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson announced that he will step down next thursday. He will receive a year of severance. New information now being reported on the deadly shooting of an oakland mother trying to protect her children from gunfire. The 30yearold was fatally shot on monday afternoon right near her home on chestnut street. So far no arrests have been made, but the reports say about 15 minutes before the shooting police got a 911 call that violence was about to break out. Neighbors also tell the paper that a drug house in the area was the source of hundreds of complaints over the years. Oakland police are interviewing potential suspects. A gradeschooler was back to school after beaten by unconscious by another student. At first the principal refused to expel the boy who beat the boy despite a documented history. Instead he was transferred. The boys parents are frustrated the process took so long, but earlier this month they pleaded with the school board to do something. My son was sent away from the school in an ambulance to the hospital with a severe concussion, and what the other boy did is classified as assault with a Deadly Weapon and attempted murder. At this point police say theyre investigateing the incident. Port officials at oakland expect full operations to resume today. Managers at the internationalterminal shut down operations yesterday morning. Fortyfive dockworkers were fired and sent home after a disagreement over how many workers should crate yard cranes. Managers say the recent agreement specifies two workers per crane, but workers were refusing to operate unless the numbers was increased to three. You cant just shut down the port and expect somebody else not to make a living. You have to think about that, not just yourselves. Port operations are improving with four ships waiting to dock yesterday. Thats down from 20. It could be weeks before there is a vote on the contract agreement to possibly resolve the dispute. 11 Service Members are presumed to have died in a Helicopter Crash on the florida panhandle. A vigil was held for them last night. Some of them served in iraq and participatedin aid operations after hurricanes. Dense fog, which may be a factor in the crash, is hindering the search operation. A second helicopter returned back bays because of the fog. The secret service dealing with another scandal after a car crashed into a white house gate following a night of drinking. The head of the secret service has asked for an investigation and the white house has not commented. San jose in a race against time and more than 88 of the way to beating the clock. They needed to come up with 550,000 by this saturday or be forced to take its final bows. There is hope according to the ballet companys ceo. There is announce stricted grant as of last night, leaving a budget gap of 63,000 with two days to go. San franciscos twins both have memorial trees in the city. Its for a woman who died at the age of 87 next to her twin sister. They were born in michigan, but lived in San Francisco and youve seen them walking around. A lovely sight to see. New tests by cdc indicate that a worker at a Louisiana Research center may have been exposed to a dangerous bacteria. This comes after eight monkeys were also sickened by or exposed to the same bacteria. The employee who works there shows the symptoms of illness and said to be doing okay. According to the u sec today, the bacteria was being studied in a hightech security lab when it somehow got out. Tests are now also being done on cats and wildlife in the area for possible exposure. Right now its 4 37, and theres a health scare near a popular childrens play area. The discovery and whats being done to get the word out. First, alcohol in the form of powder . After the break, a new type of booze and why it could cause Serious Problems here in california. Good morning, San Francisco. Northbound 101 looks pretty good approaching the 80 split. Well tell you more about the commute coming up. The weather with a few patches of fog and warmer temperatures. Well take a look at the you be dated numbers after the break. More details about an fbi raid on 11 cafes in san jose. One of them was pad locked yesterday, one of the businesses where federal acts served a search warrant tuesday night, seizing Gaming Machines and making one arrest. They also confiscated 120,000 in cash. Police say theyve connected organized crime and Gang Activity to the Gaming Machines. The bay area one step closer to having no human toll takers on the local bridges after the Toll Authority approved a study on going all electronic. The metropolitan Transportation Commission that overseas the bay bridge and others says the toll plazas at all the bridges are traffic bottlenecks. Cost savings would come by eliminating the toll taker jobs. The Golden Gate Bridge saves over 1 million by converting to electronic toll taking. There is increasing concern over the use of children by the Islamic State terror group. A video shows a boy who looks to be about 12 years old executing a palestinian man accused of being a spy for israel. Reportedly theres Training Camps for the children, many sons of militant fighters. Another video showed a boy shotting two russian intelligence agents. There are reports of heavily armed children patrolling the streets in isis controlled areas of syria and iraq. League analysts are warning prosecutors not to get too graphic in presenting their case. Defense lawyers argue the older brother killed in a shootout with police mastermind had the bombing. A report of sexual hazing caused one man to be fired allegedly. A jury awarded him 900,000 on wrongful termination and defamation claims and jurors also decided diocese acted with oppression, fraud or malice whichen titles him to punitive damages and will deliberate that later today. Powdered alcohol could hit stores this summer. The maker of talcahol is the product. Several states have already ban had the use of it, but california has no laws limiting distribution. A different kind of sports drink. I guess so. Little demonstration there. Guess what . You know everybody was congratulating you. We got a sneak peek. I want to thank you for doing such a good job. I watched because im up. Im up at all hours. I watched brian and you guys. I missed you, so im glad im back. We want to see pictures. You have some, right . We do. Adorable. Look at big sister. She always says, look, theres my little sister. Shes kind of reminding me, hey, we have someone new at the house. Thank you, guys. Im glad to be back. Lets get right back into the saddle. Beautiful little girls. Thank you very much. I still look the same, but a little tired. Good morning, everyone. Lets see what we have. Traffic off to a good start and were starting off with the bay bridge toll plaza this time around, westbound trying to get into the San Francisco area without major delays right now is the time to do it. Traffic is doing well as you come up to the 280 or 101 area, youll see the traffic is certainly busy, but still light. 580 a little slow at the pass, but after that does look good into the dublin and livermore area. Mark, good morning. Good morning to you. Waking up to patchy fog out there this morning. Just be extra careful driving. It could be one of those deals where you have relatively clear skies and all of a sudden you encounter fog. It is dry. Yesterday we had rain showers out there. Right now not too much to show you with fog showing up just offshore and the visibility reports coming up. Take a look at current numbers. 40s to report in santa rosa, napa and fairfield. You can see coming down from santa rosa and especially nevado visibility a quarter mile. You see temperatures from wednesday and everybody coming up from yesterdays readings. Heres the break down for today, partly cloudy skies, patchy fog, increase in sunshine in the afternoon. By 3 00 theres the temperature range, mid 60s all the way to mid 70s. Were tracking changes for friday. Theyre trending up, and by weekend the warmest locations will be around 80 degrees. It feels strange to say that, but that will be happening saturday. Interesting, high clouds will be approaching and make it muggy the next few days. Here we go. This afternoon partly cloudy skies, and then for friday increase in high clouds. Same deal on saturday, then sunday rain chances out there. A look ahead to the fiveday forecast, get ready for a warmup. It will feel tropical around here. It almost feels like hawaii, near 80 degrees on saturday. One change with the rain cloud to reflect a chance for scattered showers sunday. Well keep an eye on that. Any raindrop we fully embrace. Yeah. The real rain not showing up in the forecast just yet. Hawaii, enjoy it. You dont have to go to hawaii. Stay right here. Id rather go to hawaii. Well take it anyway. Witnesses say it was like something out of the movies. Coming up in 20 minutes, the investigation into the crash that was really turning heads in San Francisco. To actually get on the bridge the first time, it was horrifying. It was a moment that changed two mens lives forever. Up next a highway he Patrol Officer helps save the life of a man standing on the bridges edge and that mans Mission Years later. Police are looking for a womans alleged partner in crime after a robbery of a home depot. They say a woman robbed the store friday with the help of her boyfriend. Officials say he drove the get away car and rammed the Security Guard before taking off. Investigators say hes known to stay at east bay hotels. It was an unforgettable picture taken ten years ago thats changed two mens lives forever showing a man who was about to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. One of those officers also in the picture is Sergeant Kevin briggs credited with saving his life. Amber has the amazing story behind the photo and his first trip back to the bridge. Reporter y beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge on a clear day, picture postcard perfect, but on the day we met kevin garcia, gray clouds. To actually get on the bridge the the first time was horrifyinreporter the First Time Since a Suicide Attempt ten years ago. The wind, noise, traffic brings me back to that moment where i nearly jumped. Reporter frightening but necessary. The more i accept who i am and know that wasnt me, doesnt define me, it helps me move on. Reporter on march 11, 2005 a desperate 22yearold battling depression for as long as he could remember. He said he had abandonment issues because he was adopted and new father of a premature baby and just lost his job. He drove to the bridge, walked out and climbed over the railing. Then he heard a voice. Sigh approached it very slowly and asked his permissionfor him to allow me to come up and speak to him. Reporter he didnt do much talking. Thats what a lot of people need, just someone who will listen to them. Reporter after an hour and a half of listening the turning point came when the two spoke about the first born, a baby girl one month shy of her first birthday. He kind of made me understand that i need to be here for her. Reporter the sergeants help, climbing back over the rail, but a battle with depression far from over. It took years for me to even accept that was me on the bridge. Reporter for years no contact between the officer and man on the bridge, and i asked the sergeant why he didnt contact him sooner. If i contacted him, maybe i could trigger something in themto go back to that day, and i dont want to do that. Reporter but the two men were reunited in new york city for the First Time Since the Suicide Attempt. The life saver award is given for suicide prevention, and it was then that he finally confronted what happened that day on the bridge. When he saw the know toes of himself on the bridge through thes of the audience. I wanted to hide it and didnt want to talk about it. Mort i talk about it, it has helped me and the more i talk about it, it has helped people. Now the father of three, recently finding i new job and hopes to mary his fiance. Once lost, now a new found sense of peace and happiness. I just focus on going this way. I dont worry about going back. I dont worry about left or right. I just worried about forward. Reporter now able to laugh at lifes obstacles, bound by faith talk to each other often. Were going to stay friends forever. Were brothers, so to speak. Reporter they plan to appear together, speak publicly about suicide prevention. The hardest thing is take a first step. Reporter a step forward in the nerve ending journey of self discovery and acceptance. Just an amazing story how he was able to turn his life around. Imagine what would have happened. If he wasnt there for all that. Absolutely. Coming up now in our 5 00 hour, a Police Warning in the east bay. Details about the man theyre looking for after he tried to persuade a 12yearold girl to get in his car twice. A strange contraption popping up at local bart stations. What its used for and how it may help fight crime. Good morning. San jose lanes blocked on highway 87 this morning as you come up to the 280 interchange. Youll see the traffic is going to be affected by this lane closure here. Please give yourself time. Well tell you more about whats going on. And in weather tracking patchy fog this morning. Get ready for a warmer temperature. Well take a look at the warm forecast highs in your neighborhood after the break. We are live in antioch where police are searching for a man who tried to lure a 12 yearold girl into a car. A healthcare scare in the east bay, the discovery near a childrens playground and what Health Officials are doing to get the word out. Good morning, thanks for joining us this thursday morning, march 12th. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Mark is in for steve. Yeah, we are talking about morning temperatures for today, talking about low 80s. Ouch

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