Still a very serious concern about the flu so we will take you back out to that school in just a moment. It is tuesday january 7th, here is dave clark. Lets talk about weather, steve is right over there. And i have wish you could see it, it is another most live cloudy day, more 40s now at halfmoon bay, 49 for San Francisco, fso and more 40s now. So a lot of cloud cover and we will have temperatures stay there until at least thursday and the offshore breeze is staying there and temperatures are even around average. Highs for 50s and very low 60s, here is sal. We have a problem on the sunole grade, it is a crash near mission at the top of the screen at least one line is blocked, as you can see it had been good but now we are seeing a lot of brick lights, if you take the grade, get on the free weigh after ward because that crash just reported paramedics are on the way. There is a reported delay and no maim problems getting into the city. Regular skids it da regular schedules and no major delays. The man accused of the chinese consulate fire is due in court. Here is Tara Moriarty with more information about the suspect. Reporter we are in the neighborhood where fang lines. We actually got a tip from police after receiving a nine one one called. He called the dispatcher and admitted he was responsible. The figure is on the door Domestic Violence stop and he targeted the chinese consulate because all of the voices he had been hearing were in chinese and the chinese consulate had to be involved. He called them and advised them of what had occurred and they of course responded very quickly. Reporter investigators say a man with long black hair and a thin build approached the building. Fang said he tried to burn his passport to ignite three containers filled with gasoline but resorted to his tough. There is no suggestion and he does have permanent citizenship sat tis status this is Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. We have new information about an explosion and fire in panola. It is bringing back memories of a hollywood movie and now a couple escaped a powerful explosion sunday night and it blew out the windows annualels of their house. He decided to put a couple of logs in the fireplace since there was no spare the air alert and minutes later, there was a blast so powerful, it raised the roof of our house and and blew automatic the sheetrock off the foundation. All of the devastation blown out to the yard, this is extremely dangerous. Room fortunately nobody was hurt. Investigators are focusing on the chimney and the crumpled part of the flu as a flew as a cause of the fire. And all of this brings back more information for whoever placed a pipe bomb outside of them and experts say he it not no up and they have not been the target of any recent threats. And the winter freeze hitting most of the country, this morning it is moving into the northeast bringing record low temperatures to new york and other areas as steve pal son has been mentioning, some are keeping schools closed, yesterday in chicago they dropped to 11 below zero and they brought the animals inside including the polar bear so that they could stay warm. Some we give them enough mop nip to ride the bus all night to prepare development skin. Heavy snow is pacific blamed for stranding more than 3 amtrak trains which became stranded 80 miles west of chicago. Crews were brought in to clear the tracks and other trains arrived to pull the trains to their destinations and passengers remained on board at that time and amtrak says says it limit willing them. They tried to catch up and it looks like the problems will continue today and dozens of flights are already being dance selled. Hundreds are being stranded because of the bad weather else where. Coming up atcoming up at 6 30 we have alex savage and we have an update from fso and how passengers there are dealing with delays. Making matters worse, jet blue shut down in new york and in boston. They must catch up on weather related delays and it gave crews a chance to service planes. The airline expects to have everything back up and named at pilots and they if the at least 17 delays and cans lakes of their own. That is because it is harder to schedule people and things have to be changed to accommodate the new rules. We have been having such nice weather here and you may forget it is flu season and it may start reaching its peak soon friend from san jose. Reporter pam, they are coming back after the holiday is the time when you are in close contact where there is a lot of hugging and kissing going on and germs can be easily spread, so the strain right now of flu, is h1n1 and it is matching closely to what is sink lating. Last week a 41yearold woman became the first person to die of it this season. Several people are trying to get vaccinated now and we spoke to a spokesperson. We have been getting a lot of could you haves and cold for children and we are at the beginning of it and so it is going to get worse and this will be one of the like 2009 this will be one of the hardest hit, you know season. Reporter it generally takes a couple of weeks for the vaccine to strengthen in the body and if people delaying it. And some are saying dont forget to use a tissue cover your mouth, avoid touching your eyes or mouth and wash your hands and again if you are sick, done bring your kids to school, dont go to work, its just not word it. Reporting live, janine de la vega, knew knew. New this morning. Federal prosecutors accused of killing inmates and visitors. He was up for reelection in june. He oversaw 9,000 deputies and the fbi has been investigating Excessive Force at the jail for the past three years. And an effort to repeal the styrofoam ban has failed and there are reports that system of the signatures gathered were made up. A ballot did not qualify and more than half were given gift cards in exchange for money. It is considered one of the most dangerous cities in america what they are considering a turnaround in richmonds crime rate. After that deadly shooting how students are reacting and how the victim of the shooting is being remembered. There are some troubled spots. Oop. It is a change after the longest time. A lot of clouds, will it give us any rain and will it stay cool . For how long longer will it stay cool . Anncr at jennieo we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennieo ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. I feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. I think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. Yeah. When i eat well, i feel well. Anncr its time for a better taco. The tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. Make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey in a store near you. Welcome back, 6 14 tomorrow is the deadline to reverse the new gender identity law and that allows them to decide if they want to use the boys or girls bathrooms and also play on boys or girls sports teams. They are trying to reverse the law but Deborah Bowen said they were not valid because they were handed in late however a superior court of new jersey judge said they disagreed and had to be accepted. A student is accused of form mening form mening his africanamerican housemate, there was a ring leader and he along with three other white students made racial slurs and harassed him over a period of several months. The alleged abuse included a bike lock around the victims neck and the four white students have since been defended. The former penn state assist san coach will show he forfeited and it was that he was molested when those crimes occurred. Arapaho high school is returning for the first time. They say the shooting was a tragedy but it has made the community stronger. They also say people are feeling more love than fear. Seniors it is like even more so, it is our responsibility to say we have been here for four years and we know how great of a school it is. 17yearold claire davis died after being shot at that point blank range and wrist bands are now being made for her and her family. He wants to overall outdated city codes and many bicyclists say only cars can be stalls. And fran. Org which listed of the of the and fran departments and the family camp was evacuated near yosemite and the camps water lines were damaged but it escaped major losses. Despite the fire, the camp will be ready for about 500 visitors a week. The integrity of the camp, things will look the same but as you are driving into camp, you will see an impact of one heck of a forest fire. Other camps did not fair as well, the berkeley family camp was completely destroyed. Other camps have significant damage as well. Something is happening on the sunole grade. Southbound 680 at washington and sheridan. There is an injury crash and traffic is slow, so you will see that slowed traffic, and somebody was injured as you leave pleasanton and head down towards the fremont area, you need to give yourself extra time and perhaps think about using 880 as an alternate route. Lets talk about the bay bridge toll plaza, it is not quite as good as it was before we left for the christmas very occasion but it is backed up for a 15 minute delay here. Northbound 101, we talked this 880 in instead of 66 is that a record high or record low . Record low. Newark 5, jfk 6. A lot of cloud cover, we could get a few sprinkles out of this and there is plenty there. A mostly cloudy day and that kept temperatures down, not much, i would think the Late Afternoon more cloud cover than anything else. Temperatures held up but i tell us, it is more record lows even into the deep south and what you are seeing here is see spray. It is coming over the atlantic. Not the water on the ocean sea smoke. But the lake effect snow, buffalo windchill is 26 below, blowing snow drifting snow one to three feet is possible in buffalo right there. Genessee county, same thing is happening on lake michigan. If you have never see it, it is warmer interpreter turns we have more and a few sprinkles answer i was like what is that . They last longer. So 50s and 60s on the temperatures and i dont think well see much change. It could be weaker, but a weak system thursday could bring some rain to mendocino, and lake county and after that it is fair and temperatures are slow at recovery. For the first time in less than two years, electronics in the court inning last month and sales from the galaxy phone and bonuses were better than estimated. The snow and cold are keep willing people home from work and school. Now its likely to hurt retailers. They expect retail sales to be down as much as 1 . I didnt expect that. Yes, pemmican get out. There is a new development in the bryan stow case, why the two suspects in the case are headed back to court. And a big announcement by skier lisa barns and why she cant compete in the olympics. S is good for your heart, is that true . Says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and thats heart healthy. [ dad ] jan . Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Welcome back it is 624 Vice President joseph biden is join being como at an event and they will talk about relief funds following hurricane sandy. Governor cuomo promised to build a more resist stand structure saying storms are happening more often. This inspired one girl to try something morris can i. More risky. She decided to try and stick her tongue to a flagpole and when she tried to pull away, she tried flailing her arms to attract her parents. I said, did i seriously just do that. Parents were blowing on her lips and tongue, she was stuck to the flack pole for 15 minutes before getting free. Dont do it. Football fans, they are really heating up and 49ers fans are booking trips to see them play the carolina panthers. Now this man is a diehard 49ers fan and he has attribute in his home. He decided to by tickets buy tickets to see the 49ers play. I missed out on all of the fun they had last year and i missed out saying can i go out without bang. He says it is worth the money and the Ticket Broker said there are still plenty of tickets for the game and the real demand will come if new orleans wins and that was set up for one last game at candle stick park. And you can watch them play on sunday right here on ktvu channel 2 and we will have alive pregame show a live pregame show beginning at 8 30 a. M. Kickoff is set for 10 00 with ktvus mark eye ban news and the gash raul ibanez. She will not be competing this year at sochi. Vaughn was making recovery and reinjured her knee last month. She is devastated to not be able to compete and she is ready to be ready for the World Championships next year. My heart just dropped. I couldnt believe it. The that woman is a hero, the key piece of evidence she had she had which helped bring that little girl to safety. It means another frustrating day, we will tell you how long one family has been waiting to fly out of the bay area and get back home. The Great American novel. So you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can. All right, welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, they just rang the opening bell in new york and futures indicated a pretty good opening for the Dow Jones Industrial average in particular and there on the nasdaq, they have been celebrating fit week and we have been talking about various organizations today and its the the fitness club and we were just talking about those people and they are not able to get there with all of that horrendous weather. Jp morgan Just Announced they are able to pay related to the person any made over and it is already ties day pam. Yep. January 7th, i am dave clark. Steve paulson is talking about the weather and it is horrendous in other parts of the country. January 7th 1896 windchill 17 below by the way. We have a lot of high and mid level clouds and i would not be surprised if we get a few sprinkles, still a few clouds on wednesday and thursday one more system comes by and it is going to to be kind much cooler on the the temperatures. A lot cooler and very low 60s so it is a cool cloudy day. Here is sal. We are looking at a problem on the sunole grade, southbound mission, there was a reactions they have move the to the so and hasp improved. Also we are looking apt the pay bridge tonight plaque cant and there is a little bit of slow traffic and that is better than norm familiar and it is 6 33 lets go back to the desk. Thousands of travelers are stranded at airports. You just heard steves report. Right now the east is bringing record low temperatures to new york city and more than 3800 flights were canceled yesterday and airlines are still trying to catch up and it looks like problems will continue today. So far there are problems in 3 major airports. You were were at fso . Reporter well, we are talking to some travelers trying to fly out of fso and we are hoping things will get better as we go through the day today. We will take you to terminal one excuse me terminal 3 at fso where they show a couple of delayed flights and a couple much caps selled flights and at last checked, we have as to today. Many are headed to places like chicago, battle and they are just trying to find a comfortable spot and hoping for a flight out at some point today. They have snarl this bitter cold has snarled commuting all across the country and they cant have them out on the tarmac for more than 15 minutes at a time because it is just too cold. More than thousand flights across the country have been delayed. We spoke with one person who is clearing up and we had more in the bay area. We had two he can a days taser and thats the situation here at fso and they are recovering slowly. We did check in with some other bay area airports and at Oakland International they are reporting a handful of cans lakes as well. Live this morning at fso, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. More details about another issue affecting airlines. They say new regulations for pilots are slowing down. Did they get at least 17 air flights and thats causing delays because it is harder to to one of the most dangerous. They have been able to redues Business Owners. Reporter it is end couraging for Business Owners as well who patrol these streets and they say it is still a work in progress and they certainly hope this trend continues going into 2014 but some new statistics, the citys homicide rate has hit a 33 year low and thats the low before the. Along with that total violent treatment overall and i feel a sense that richmond is changing some businesses who do as well and we spoke with the person to of a coffee shop who is considering expanding here to richmond as well. It is not like it used to be before. What did it used to be before, i am curious . Well, i am not afraid of putting any business in richmond but now i am looking for another location too. Out here . Yeah okay. Now police are crediting Better Communications as well as changing the department from the inside and hiring more officers and the citys neighborhood safety with some with chris call pasts and some long time residents remain september kill and we will september are skeptical and we will get their take as well. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. We are getting some new an incredible information about the kidnapping case of a seven yearold girl from antioch. In a jail house interview, David Douglas admitted to kidnapping the girl but said it was a cry for help. It is something i did as a cry out. There is a situation right now that i cant get out of. He said quote, i tried to think of something to tell her, so i said i am an angel sent by god to get and he weep to the antioch march arena and that is where he has been sleeping. We are learn being what turned out to be the learning what turned out to be the suspects car. She thought he was a possible shoplifter but she called in the license plate and David Douglas was arrested. Close to midnight, Police Officers paid ramirez a visit. I was surprised they came that late but they did and they told me what i did helped and it was the craziest feeling. She started watching him in the store because his behavior was odd. Time now 6 39 there is frog concern as the kids head palm to class, clouses are about to begin, good morning janine. Reporter they are telling us they didnt get the flu vaccine, they either didnt have time and i spoke with one mom who said her daughter never gets sick but with school starting, germs can spread more easily and the strain of the flu which is currently spedding is h1n1 which is a swine flu which hit back in 2009. It is close to what is circulating. Last week, it will not be me and those is the in the Health Industry did not recommend doing it and even now. Reporter it takes a while for it to strengthen in the body and it could delay it at its peak. Physicians have some tips, cover your cover with a tissue or elbow, wash your hands, a void touching your eyes nose or mouth and if you are sick, dont come to work or bring your children to school, Health Officials are saying, it is just not worth it because again ,it can spread more easily. Janine janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. Its now 6 41 they have won an emotional battle in court but the reason family members of jahi mcmath said they are losing a fight that is far more important. They are losing the caps cans chinese consulate last week the reason they are losing the battle we will have more. We have some slow traffic in other parts of the bay. Temperatures are held up because of cloud coverage and we will have your forecasted highs coming up. Welcome back. Tara moriarty is in daily city where she has been talking with neighbors about the suspect, tara . Well, we did a little digging and figured out where fang lives and they are shocked that somebody who lives so close could be responsible for setting a fire on the chinese consulate he called and admitted he made the fire new years day. The 344yearold national is responsible and fang told investigators he targeted the chinese consulate because of all the voices he had been hearing were in chinese and the chinese consulate had to have been involved. He had a dozen squad cars after the fire. There was roughly about 120 and when i walked out of my house, i saw at least 10 police cars on this block and there was another at least 5 on the cross street. Investigators say chinese consulate surveillance shows a man with long black hair and thin build approaching the building. He tried to burn his passport to ignite three containsers but resorted to a lighter instead. There has been no suggesting to suggest it was motivated or civil rights issues. He does have permanent status and will have more at 9 30 this morning. Tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. Happening today, two suspects in the bryan stow beating case are due in court in just a few hours a judge has scheduled a Pretrial Hearing and they are scheduled to go to trial later for the vicious beating of bray and stow 2011. They have won their battle to move their 13yearold daughter out of Childrens Hospital but family members say they are losing the battle to save the young lady. The familys lawyers say she was examined at an up undisclosed medical facility and they say she is in bad shape after almost a month at Childrens Hospital. In the meantime legal experts are closely watching this emotional case involving a young girl who was declared brain dead last month. This has revolution niced the revolutionized the law and all i can say is not yet. He points out jahi mcmath is legally dead and there for has no constitutional rights. Right now it is 6 48 time to check in with torii campbell. Coming up in minutes, it has been three years since the Fatal Shooting in arizona and at a meeting with give fords, a memorial site has finally been chosen and the important sentiment tall messages it includes. A possible break through, a proposal which addresses all will be presented soon and what it will include and when both sides will see it. And an amazing story of survival, how a man lived after 26 hours a drift at sea and the key hear, he didnt even know how to swim. Wow, torii i will be watching. Hey, sal, i know you are watching the toll plaza, everybody behaving for you . Well, it as little better, but there is a backup there at the toll plaza and if you are coming to it, you will be waiting for 10 to 15 minutes and a few weeks ago, it was backed up for 13 minutes and before the christmas say occasion, i want to point out getting to the san matt matt san mateo it frees up for the drive. And sal, a very good morning. Actual of you multi tasking, you are listening but not watching. A few breaks in the clouds and a few people say you caught me every time. You are busy in the morning i get it. A few high level clouds, there is plenty to go around and there could be a break and more to go around. We could get a few sprinkles and there is plenty of cloud cover, 30s and 40s on the temperatures as you might imagine, they are running because of the cloud cover and it is still amazingly cold and we have windchill advisories or warnings out. It is still 10 below and destroyed 13 below and 4 the record low and 4 in new york city and i mean just all the way down to the deep south, mobile alabama, 14 and thats the arctic air creating a lake affect, buffalo one to three feet, the windchill is 40 below, and kalamazoo, if you are familiar with that ,it can just go and go and go. For us high and midlevel clouds have finally broken and can weaken considerably. It will be a cooler weak under most live cloudy skies and it should be a beautiful sunrise, you can tweet me on facebook. I will do my best to respond. A few breaks in the clouds, 150s and 60s, 50s and 60s and we are looking for a sunrise over the city. Weak system on thursday, after that things may look better gradually. The unexpected turn of event events as the a map said, cut back on the as a man said, cut back on the water. [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. Nature valley softbaked oatmeal squares. Softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. Theyre Nature Valleys take on a morning classic. Because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brandnew places. Nature valley. Nature at its most delicious. Welcome back, Dow Jones Industrial average has been up more than 100 points and you can see it is close to that right now, s p s p s p 500 is up about a half of a percent and u. S. Trade deficit is at its smallest in four years. We have the big news, jp morgan is paying 1. 3 million from the bernie made off case. And this is a reaction from the janet yellen and she is the first woman to hold a top job in one of a few to head any countries in the bank. She will step up as the second term expires and yellen previously served as the San Francisco reserve bank. Doctors say a San Jose Police officer who was on the job is facing along recovery. He broke 10 ribs and reason city hall budget cuts have led to problems and the San Jose Police a association is fighting back. This is going too far in spite of the fact that we are losing to other agencies and this is not the time to nickle and dime people. We have dozens and dozens who are receiving premium pay they are not earning while on duty and that becomes a problem for us. The new hazard pay policy took affect in june several months before officer hernandez was hurt. And a man left the bank before the teller could not read his note. It happened at the wells fargo bank. She went to herman engineer when she couldnt tell what that note said, while she was gone, the wouldbe robber left and it was part of a robbery attempt, she called the police and found it right across the street and arrested him. Concerns about water rising as the reservoir levels are dropping the director of public works in calistoga said it looks like an empty hole right now. It is supposed to supply half of the water for the city so the city is asking people to restrict their water use and people we spoke to said it is a reasonable request. We all need to conserve, the hills that were lush and green are now brown and burned. We have to be smart. Those in northern marin are asking people to conserve and there is no mandatory conserving in the bay area yet. They are putting a freeze on air trafficking, look at all the unclaimed baggage, the new travel troubles facing bay area residents and the rest of the country this morning. 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