tropical storm brewing could spell disaster for you at the pump. plus -- getting tough with taggers. the crackdown? the south bay that's causing a controversy. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. i'm tori campbell -- >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, august 28th. >> reporter: antioch police were chasing a man who had a small child. what a sergeant tells us, was a toddler in the car with him as police were pursuing him. the chase ended with a deadly shooting and ended with a home up the block here. this neighborhood is near ponta loma boulevard and as you see, you can see evidence markers. antioch police shot and killed a man as he was up on the roof of a house in this area, pointing a gun at officers. everything began around 11:00 last night with a domestic violence call to another house nearby in this neighborhood. that's when the armed man ran from officers arrived at the scene and led police on the pursuit e had the child in the car with him. he eventually bailed out of the car from here, left the child and began run with police in pursuit. eventually officers used the chp to locate the man on top of someone's roof and certainly it was a frightening time for the individual living in that house. >> it was like gunshots, sounded like a clapping, like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: at this point, antioch police are not giving as you whole lot of information by the man killed overnight. they've not given us any background on the man, what he may have wanted. but again, everything began with some sort of a domestic violence call. whenever officers took got there, the man took off with a weapon and a young child in the car. the toddler has been checked out at a hospital and is doing fine this morning. this investigation expected to last for several more hours this morning. live in antioch, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, tropical storm isaac is expected to- hurricane katrina as it moves over the -- to become hurricane katrina as it moves to the louisiana. it is about 100 miles offshore and could make landfall as a category 1 hurricane late tonight or tomorrow. heavy winds are batter, the coast. the national hurricane center says significant storm surge is connected and the storm could dump up to 14 inches of rain. officials say the levee system around new orleans should be able to withstood isaac after the upgrades after katrina. yesterday, president obama declared a state of emergency for louisiana. we're expecting to hear from the president in about ten minutes. when that starts, we'll go there and we'll go to gulf port, mississippi. and oil refineries this gulf are shutting down because of isaac and that means that prices here for you will probably go up, just in time for the labor day weekend. tara moriarty is here with more. >> reporter: if you are planning to go away forked weekend, hope flip you are not driving far. we're here at a gas station on market street. it's $4.39 for a gal be of regular unleaded. $4.69 for supreme court. it could go higher -- for supreme. it could go higher. oil refineries are bracing for the impact. they produce nearly half of the nation's oil supplies. a refinery explosion in venezuela also taking a toll and the chevron refinery in richmond has not helped. soap in the bay area we've really had a triple wammy. in california, the average price of gas is $4.13. experts say if gas jumps a dollar a gallon for three months it do really hurt the economy. gas prices spiked 50%. we just spoke to one gentleman filling up gas. he says he's paying between $40, $50 a week to full up his tank and expects to be paying close to $70 by the weekend. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara you -- tara. you can find the gas prices at ktvu.com. we're still following developing news from calistoga, that's where a fire forced guests to evacuate at an inn a knew hours ago. the fire broke out at about 3:15 at the calistoga inn. we are told the fire started in an autopsy your dab, dash in an -- we're told the fire started in an upstairs area. we're told no one was hurt. the fire crews are also trying to figure out how an important fire in walnut creek started. now, that fire started about 5:30 this morning on lincoln avenue near carmel drive. no injuries have been reported there as well. 7:06. we want to check this with sal. let's see what's happening. the commute into the area, tori and dave, is getting busy. we're gonna show you one of the most popular ways to get in. it's not all that bad. i think the people using 237 really like looking at this. as we look at the bigger map, it does show that, the road sensor is not showing much except what we showed you. northbound 101, a little bit of slowing right here as you drive up to the 880 interchange. 280 is not bad. as you are driving on the peninsula, i circled highway 92. that's where the slow traffic is. 101 looks good across the bay. it's not all that bad but definitely slowing less than the speed limit. some live picks again. this would be a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. but a 20-minute delay there. here's steve. a very good sunny morning. oh, my goodness. there is a tiny bit of fog down towards monterey it. otherwise, that's it. most locations inland are running warmer. it won't take long to start warming u the low-pressure system kicked in yesterday and a -- and this a big way temperatures jumped. sunny and nice today for many. sunny and warm by the bay. the low stays offshore for another day. it will start to increase tomorrow. that will coomb us down. we'll kind of level it on of -- level it off. tropical storm isaac is still a storm. it's really guess to getting to hurricane strength. remember, yesterday -- this is the consensus -- a couple of towards alabama and a couple of near new orleans. it's getting close to the convective bands. there will be heavy rains. the storm systems already issuing tornado warnings. there's some cool. others that are warm. well, the sea breeze went from 16 to 18. today it's gone from 18 to 16. so it that continues to come down, we'll continue to cool down. there is a lot of sun. that's just toward monterey. otherwise everyone starts off with clear skies. but richmond 74. 88. him 77. 89 morgan hill. 89 milpitas. 63 daly city and 70 in the city. could be a little bump up. and that will cool us down for the weekend. there's more trouble for an east baylor who represented former your black muslim -- east lawyer who represented former your black muslim bakery. the charges for the attorney, brown, is accused of knowing that one document, which included the list of names was meant for a bay associate -- bey associate. bey bey was connected of ordering the killing of the men. let's go to the white house where president obama is talking about tom. >> preparations that are underway in the gulf. this storm is scheduled to make -- is not scheduled to make landfall until later today. at my direction, fema has been on the ground for over a week, working on state and local officials in areas that could be affected, from puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands and florida, more recently, louisiana, alabama and mississippi. yesterday, i approved a declaration for the state of louisiana so they can get the help that they need right away, particularly around some of the evacuations that are taking place. right now we're already -- we already have response teams ready to help communities in the expected pant of the storm. as we prepare for -- expectant part of the storm. as we prepare for isaac to hit, i want to encourage all residents to listen to your officials and follow their directions, including if they tell you, to evacuate. we're dealing with a big storm. and there could be significant flooding and other damaging across a large area. now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. you need to take this seriously and finally i want to thank everyone who was been working around the clock to get ready. the hardest work, of course, is still ahead. and as president i will continue to make sure that the federal government is doing everything possible to help the american people prepare for and recover from this dangerous storm. as we get additional updates from the hurricane center as well as from fema in terms of activities on ground, we'll be providing updates both at the local level and national level. thank you. >> obama, giving a brief press conference there the at white house -- there at the white house. that's some of the storm of the -- the waves coming. president obama says he declared a disaster declaration for louisiana. he said now is not the time to tempt fate. you need to listen to your officials and -- obviously, everybody is very mindful about what happened seven years ago when hurricane katrina hit. >> yes. a letter from an emotion -- emotional -- a letter that is very emotional -- from neil armstrong. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health. clear skies this morning except for some patchy fog. otherwise it will be sunny, mild, warm. maybe upper 80s to 90s. temperatures should start to cool dune tomorrow morning. -- cool down tomorrow morning. now that -- the republican convention is in full swing since isaac forced a delay. renee marsh is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we're awaiting the arrival of mitt romney in tampa. it's a big night. we'll hear two key speeches and they will be selling mitt romney. he will be sharing the spotlight today. you just heard the president speaking about the storm isaac and a lot of the national headlines also talking about isaac. tuesday night one of mitt romney's most effective weapons, ann romney, will be up at pat in front of a large and friendly crowd. but it's those who are not sold on her husband that she'll be speaking to. the romneys spent time monday in their hometown practicing their potential make-or-break speeches. >> i like my speech. i really like ann's speech. >> reporter: also scheduled to take the sank tonight, new jersey governor, chris christie. >> reporter: but as both headliners talk of you mitt romney's headliners, it will be hard to ignore this -- a massive storm barreling to the coast. the show will go on. they admit, though, they are not sure how they will handle isaac. >> if we have to do anything to incorporate the -- incorporate some of the occurrences, and ha that means i don't know -- and what that means i don't know. >> reporter: i can tell you that when we checked you in this morring, security is ramped up here. several more layers of security as we head up to the rnc. >> and stay with us for more coverage on the republican national convention. in a half-hour, we'll learn how changes have been affected. arlen specter is fiing for his life after being diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. according to cnn, the 82-year- old arlen specter was diagnosed with a unspecified form of cancer. last night he had a employer -- he a flare up of the disease. in 2009, he switched his party affiliation from republican to democrat. he later lost the prime. just a couple of weeks before he denied, neil armstrong sent an 11 -- sent an e-mail to an is --p e-mail to an 11 -- sent an e-mail to an 11-year-old. he was an orphan. i said his dream was to meet -- he said his dream was to meet neil armstrong. and neil armstrong wrote back. as you know neil armstrong died on saturday at the age of 82. 7:19. new this morning, a maryland teen has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after police say he opened fire on another classmate. the attack happened yesterday near baltimore maryland on the first day of school. the student shot was in critical condition. but the injuries could have been worse if a guidance counselor and teacher had not interviewed. witnesses say they prevent -- pinned the gunman against a vending machine to prevent anyone from being shot. six san jose schools were locked down while police searched for two armed robbery suspects. it start -- it started at 1:15 yesterday. investigators say the suspects ran toward the school and that's when police called for the lockdown. san jose police arrested one suspect. a short time later, still in the area. the second suspect was found an hour later. 7:20. san francisco fire department investigating a fi at two buildings. it started just after 2:30 at jersey and noe streets. the flames spread to a second building. it took firefighters about an hour to put out the fire. luckily no one was hurt. things are really starting to warm up during this final week of august. meteorologist, steve paulson, will be back to test us -- to tell us where we can find the hot spot. >> this driver was not trying to get away from the cops. good morning. westbound highway 4. the traffic is busy getting unto the grade. we'll tell you more about this coming up. 7:23. gotta show you this -- gotta show you this, a horrifying high speed chase in missouri was caught on tape. but the woman driver was not trying to get away from -- was not trying to get away from the conditions. >> coming up on a bunch of cars! >> police say the woman's gas pedal got stuck. >> when i passed osiola, they said tried to lift up the accelerator and push the brake and i did that and it like slammed me from 119-miles an hour to like nothing. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. contra costa county is taking new actions is it tries to keep the mosquito population under yoel. tonight throughs plan to fog an area in nisen. by perimeter and holland. the fogging will take place between 7:45 and 11:00 tonight. a large number of mosquitoes has been found in the area. 7:24. sal, can you help the folks on 280 now? >> well, it's getting more crowded, dave? >> by told that you 280 was not that bad -- we told you that 280s with not that bad. it's not awful but it is going to be slow as you drive through. also the morning commute, looks pretty good if you are driving on the approach to 580 but when you get to the maze you will see some slow traffic. again, it's pretty typical once you make it onto the bridge, it looks good. and then 0, the whole stretch from hey -- and then the 880, the whole stretch is clear. let's go to steve. the coast is clear, that's not something that we have said lately. temperatures warmed up, especially inland. we start off with the upper 40s, 50s to near 60. there's very warm air aloft. today, high pressure wins out as it did yesterday. so 60s, 70s, 80s. and then warm to hot. i mean compared to sunday, we're jumped up considerably -- row's jumped up considerably. the -- we've jumped up considerably. some of the convective bands are just beginning to move onshore. some of the rain is getting very, very close. it looks like it's on the south side, moving -- it's pretty -- moving very quickly now. the wind at travis has picked up here. we'll keep an eye on that. there's that little low off -- there's oregon. that will move in tonight, tomorrow. a lot of sun today, warm to spot hot. patchy fog there. 60s, 70s, 80s. it look likes we cool it down, wednesday, thus, with your weekend in view, it looks like another pattern kicks in. 7:26. tropical storm isaac is closing in on the gulf coast. how people are preparing to ride it out -- next. >> reporter: taggers say it's art but some south bay prosecutors say it's kick a -- it's like a criminal gang of activity. and how a red light camera bill may help drivers. íú 7:29. president obama is urging gulf coast residents to take warnings seriously as tropical storm isaac moves closer ashore. he made the remarks just a short time ago from the white house just before doe barting on a three -- depart on a three- state trip. isaac is expected to make landfall later tonight. our reporter is live in mississippi to let us know how people there are prepared to ride out the storm. good morning, george. >> reporter: it seems we're in between rainbands here. we just had sunlight a minute ago. it's starting to get darker. you can see. surf chumping up. we're talking again just a day shy of the anniversary of the hurricane -- surf churning you. we're talking again just a day shy of the anniversary of hurricane katrina. fema says it's already on the ground. >> we're already in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. we won't wait for disastersers to come in and we have supplies coming in. >> reporter: gone has lived here and has been through his share of storms. >> it's loud. it's noisy. and you are gonna be knocked around and if you are not used to it, it's gonna scare the dickens out of you. >> reporter: in new orleans, isaac is stirring up memories of hurricane katrina which was seven years ago. but after the improvements to the levee system, the city is prepared to weather the system, officials say. >> a category 1 and and category 2 storm can bring significant damage in terms of wind, water and electric and a lot of loss of life comes from people being careless and not paying attention. >> reporter: the storm surge from katrina rose as high as the second story. >> i think -- they are gonna hunker down and their do rest to be ready for us. >> reporter: the hotel's engineer doesn't expect will be nearly as destructive but like many residents along the gulf, he's praising for the worse and -- bracing for the worse and hoping for the best. a moment ago, you mentioned the president's warning. you find some people, though, here in gulfport and along the gulf coast who have decided to wait it out. son people on the beach, he just want to see the storm come in. i did talk to people who decided no leave town. they don't want to talk any chances. many of these people who went through the experience of hurricane katrina, they are just everyone looing -- they are just leaving. now, many are remembering the hurricane irene one year ago. a grew of taggers in the south bay may get more than ten years in jail. ktvu's lorraine blanco is live with more. >> reporter: well, san jose businesses are clearly at war with takers here. you can see where a beauty star tried to cover it. across the street at the former car dealership. they tried to paint over it. if the vandals think this is harmless, they have a lot in store. they say it is art and criminal activity but the county wasn't buying it. p the county is getting very serious will taggers. it is know considered a gang enhancement. under state law a gang is three or more people committing certain crimes as one of its main activity. a judge will -- will hear the plea deal this morning at the hall of justice. they will serve six to eight months. and if they vile their probation, they -- probation -- and if they violent their probation, they -- vie their -- violate their probation, they face more jail time. we also checked out one of the home pages. that guy said it will never, ever stop. reporting live in san jose, lorraine blanco, cut cut -- lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. caltrain wants to put up a fence around this property because of clients. coming up at 7:48, pam cook is coming back. she'll have more on this makeshift camp and why homeless advocates say it should not be taken down. 7:5. san francisco's newly named archbishop is apologizing for his drunk driving arrest over the weekend in san diego. police say the man was one of 11 people caught during a duic on saturday. in a statement, the soon-to--be archbishop said he was driving his mother home after dinner at a friend's house. his mother talked with his -- his mother talked about his arrest. >> i blame myself. i b