East oakland. Were live with the reason behind it and the connection to a new movie. Plus, he played ten seasons with the golden state warriors. This morning were talking to a donald foil about teams success and life after retirement. All right. Welcome to my house. Welcome to friday. Welcome to mornings on 2 the 9. By friday many of us are ready for that weekend along with mike mibach and gasia mikaelian. Welcome to mornings on 2 the 9. Nice picture there of oakland. We have serious news and also some fun news to get to. We begin with honoring an officer. Happening right now bidding farewell to a beloved officer and family man. A Memorial Service is scheduled to begin just about an hour for Richmond Police officer Augustine Gus vegas. He was shot and killed in a family dispute at his vallejo home last thursday. He leaves behind ten children and 0 grandchildren. Right now there is a Police Procession escorting officer vegas casket. This is a live picture from up overled thanks to sky fox. The casket is being taken from skyview mortuary lawn in vallejo to the richmond auditorium where the Public Service is expected to be held. The procession is going down 880. The procession should take a half an hour. Ktvus brian flores is in vallejo where he just spoke with family members. Brian. Reporter i did, guys. Good morning to you. We are live here at skyview memorial lawn here in vallejo. You see Richmond Police officers, family, and friends are currently inside this challe this chapel this morning. They will be taking the body of gus vegas to that procession. You will hear from the family in a moment. In terms of what we know so far, this procession scheduled to start at 9 00 this morning. As we go to video now, officer Augustine Vegas known by many as gus will be laid to rest later today. Officer vegas served the Richmond Police department for 15 years. You know, we have heard the stories from several officers and those in the community who knew gus best. Not just for his work as an officer, but outside of work often doing passionate work with foster families and kids. Vegas leaves behind his wife sandra of more than 30 years. Also ten kids, 20 grandkids as well. And earlier we did speak with one of vegas stepsons to see how the family is doing this morning. His home was everyone that came in. There were family. And thats just the way he did his thing. Reporter vegas was shot and killed allegedly about the the father of one of his grandkids last thursday during a domestic dispute in vallejo. The shooter is identify as robert vega. He will be in court next month. As we know from whats happening today, we understand the family and Close Friends will gather here in vallejo and they will be escorted minutes from now by a Police Procession to the richmond memorial auditor off sick center plaza. Later this morning we will be live roughly around the 9 30 hour this morning to talk more about that. Then the family will be escorted back to vallejo where they will have a private reception and Burial Service for officer vega this afternoon. Guys, back to you. Brian, thank you. Today president obama is expected to join thousands of others in paying their respects to justice antonin scalia. His coffin lies in repose in the great hall of the Supreme Court on the same platform that held lincolns coffin. These are live pictures we have been monitoring all morning as people filed by. Scalias family including nine children and colleagues were will. Prayers were said by one of his sons paul scalia. Antonin scalia is remembered for quick wit and sharp legal mind during 30 years on the high court. The Funeral Service will be held tomorrow. Sometime 9 04. Donald trump is once again involved in a war of words. This time with the pope. Flying home from his visit to members to mexico, pope francis was told by reporters about trumps pledge to build a wall at the mexican border. The pope said a person who thinks about building walls instead of bridges, quote, is not a christian. Trump fired back. They are using the pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves. Thats the mexican government. Thank god he said he was a politics because air stottcal defined the human as aloni park. That i am a pawn . Maybe. I leave that up to your judgment. Asked whether or not he would discourage americans from voting for trump, he said he would not get mixed up in that. Republican voters in South Carolina head to the polls tomorrow. The gop candidates have been campaigning heavily across the state this week as we have been showing you. Polls show donald trump with a strong lead in South Carolina with ted cruz and marco rubio vying for second place. Behind them jeb bush, ben cars and john kasich, and there is speculation at least one of those three could drop out of the race if they dont have a good showing in South Carolina. Meanwhile, democratic president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are neckandneck in nevada. At one point clinton was ahead of sanders in the poll, but sanders antiwall street message is gaining momentum in nevada. New this morning the author of to kill a mockingbird has died. Harper lee died at her home in monroeville, alabama. She was 89 years old. The cause of the death hasnt been released, but we know he she suffered a stroke in 2007. It became a bestseller after to kill a mockingbird was released in 1960. An oscarwinning film followed. Her second book go set a watchman was released last year to mixed reviews but very strong sales. To kill a mockingbird is still being taught in every high school in america. We all read it in high school. Our twitter question is this. Maybe it was to kill a mockingbird for you or is there another book that really resonated with you growing up and sort of stays with you still . Let us know on twitter. Make sure to use the hashtag tvuthe9. For me i got to go with on the road. The character of dean moriarty. That carefree attitude. The sense of adventure. I have to think about it. Thats like asking me whats your Favorite Song ever . There is so many good ones. I will get back to you. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, the commute is changing between livermore and dublin. Coming up later in the show, the new lanes designed to help ease traffic congestion. The 9 will be right back. Hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. Think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think youre going to like these numbers. Bring me a higher love i couldise above voand exceptional customerity preownservice,les. Bring me a higher love head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. A live look at the dow jones, stocks are mixed right now. The dow is down 50 points and so is the s p. Nasdaq is ever so slightly on the plus site baning onethird of 1 . Spring training underway in scottsdale arizona for the San Francisco giants. Joe fonzi is joining us live right now. Joe, i understand that youre just learning former and longtime giant Jim Davenport has passed away . Reporter yeah, thats right, mike. Its a little bit of a mixed bag of news here today. No question about the fact that when you are around a Baseball Team for a long period of taige, it becomes an extended family. There was nobody more of an extended part of the giants family than Jim Davenport. He came here from alabama. Put down roots. Raised his family in the bay area. He was one of the original members of the giants in 1958. He was a gold glove winner, an allstar. He later became a manager of the giants in 1985. Another member of the family, felipe allow was a teammate of Jim Davenports. He talked about his longtime friend and teammate. He was maybe the best friend that the latinos and blacks had on the team. It was a tremendous group of players. The guys were worried how we were doing. He knew it would be all right. Reporter he was a guy from the south where the south was still segregated . Yeah. I could not believe from alabama. But he was like one of us. I repeat, you know, there was not a trace of racism. The giants was a bunch of good guys. Reporter Jim Davenport will be missed. He died last night at the age of 82. This is pitchers and catchers day two for the giants. If you see behind me over here, they are on the field going through their workouts for the second time here this spring. Things got started yesterday. As many times as weve seen this, it is kind of an exciting thing when you see the guys take the field out there for the first time. Weve seen these drills. Weve seen them plenty of times. But the giants have lots of reasons to be optimistic about whats going on with this team this year. Bruce bochy recovering from shoulder surgery he had earlier this week. He has an accomplished staff of five starters as you could except for him to have at this time with the new acquisitions of Jeff Samardzija and johnny cueva. We talked about the extended family. Willie mays made an appearance in the clubhouse yesterday. Giants new Center Fielder denard span got to know willie and talked about being in the presence of one of the alltime greats. I never got a chance to watch him play. His name, you know, is always, you know, one of the names that when you talk about the best ever to play the game, his name is there. So i have seen highlights. I have seen his stats. So, you know, he is one of those immortal type players that will always be remembered. Youre going to be playing center field for the giants . How about that . How about that . Reporter so today no better example than today of what an extended family, kind of a Baseball Team is. The giants came from new york in 1958. Willie mays, Jim Davenport, felipe alou part of the team. Felipe, i am sure the giants will feel the loss for a time and will be mourning the loss of him. And then life in baseball goes on as a new group of young guys who respect the tradition and the things that those guys brought to the game go on in day two of pitchers and catchers in scottsdale. So just kind of a sampling what its like in the extended giants family that has been with the entire bay area since 58 and new york in the earlyist days of basketball. All right. Joe fonzi, thank you. Coming up here on mornings mornings on 2 the 9, we might be warming up for baseball, but tonight the warriors head back to the court at 9 30. We talk to a man about his ten seasons about the team. And coming up, miss chinatown 2016 u. S. A. In studio next. Perfect [ applause ] countdown is on to tomorrows annual Chinese New Year parade when the glitter and floats make their way through the streets of San Francisco. Thousands are expected to attend. Ktvu fox 2s alex savidge is live with a preview. Year of the monkey. Reporter good morning, guys. We are counting down to the Chinese New Year parade. It is tomorrow night. Tell you what. Inside this warehouse here in San Francisco along pier 54 there is a lot of lastminute work happening here. That is because we have the team that is putting together many of the floats, including the master float builder. I want to get your title correct. Stephanie mufson. You are in charge of the operations. What do you have to get done before tomorrow to make sure the floats are ready . Get them out of the warehouse, which is going to take a few hours. Once theyre out we will do lastminute, making sure the lighting works, the generators are on, the rails are up. Reporter hundreds of pounds of glitter carefully crafted floats that you have put together here over the last few months. What kind of a challenge is it this to get this ready for the parade . Its a challenge. We work months at a time without a day off. Here early mornings, late nights. Reporter making sure every piece of glitter is where it should be. Lets show you some of the team over here. They are doing some of the finishing touches. This has got to be one of my favorites, you guys. This is, as stephanie was telling me, one of the highlights of the parade tomorrow night. That is a waterfall, but it is also a volcano. Or a waterfall coming down a volcano. Either way, mind blowing, right . Yeah. Its going to be adorable and beautiful really. At night the lights are going to sparkable. Reporter what are some of the other highlights for people watching the parade . Tens of thousands of people who will be packing streets of downtown San Francisco. Sure. Southwest is going to be amazing. Its the southwest Chinese New Year parade. We like to make them something really special. This year we have a rotating ferris wheel with the characters on there, and then, you know, explosion of color and happiness and Chinese New Year celebration. Cafe pacific, which is over there, is also going to be really fun. Its a different style than we usually work with. Its modern and kind of sleek. So that one should be an exciting one to see. Reporter you will be down there to enjoy your work. Do you sit on the parade route . Is. That would be so nice. Im running around make insuring everything is okay. Reporter i imagined you on the parade route keeping an eye on the floats. I will relax if a week. Reporter good. Tons of hard work that goes into it, you guys. The Chinese New Year parade tomorrow night. Gets underway at 6 00. Our coverage, if you cant make it down in person, which we hope you do, watch it on tv of course on ktvu starting at 5 00 is when our coverage starts. Absolutely. Reporter gonna be a blast. In person is so special. Tahoe, alex. We do bring that parade live to you every year. As we to, ktvu fox 2 tomorrow night, our coverage starts with our 5 00 news which leads in the coverage that starts at 7. One of the most looked for participants in the parade is miss chinatown u. S. A. Young women from across the country have come to San Francisco to compete in the annual miss chinatown u. S. A. Pageant, last saturday the 2016 winner was crowned. The miss chinatown u. S. A. 2016 is contest number 4, Stephanie WongStephanie Wong of millbrae won the title after defeating 12 other contestants. Stephanie joins us live in studio this morning. How exciting for you. I know this is a huge honor in the Chinese Culture for you to be doing this and representing essentially chinatown. Yeah. Absolutely. Its one of the most exciting moments of my lives. Its one of my first pagents the. Idahoes it because of the cultural background and i chose it because of the cultural background and connection. I have met amazing girls through the experience and i am really glad i did it. Does it blow your mind that you are the one were all looking for tomorrow in the parade for the Chinese New Year. You performed in that parade as a little girl, a dancer with the flying angels, and now to be, you know, the shining diamond at the top of the crown, talk to me about that experience. Its a completely surreal experience because i grew up watching the parade every year and i always looked up to the girls and contestants on the float. So its just surreal and incredible to be the one in it. I think its still kind of a little bit exciting for me. I am so excited for the parade. Now that you have the crown, over the next year what do you want to achieve . Do you have responsibilities that come with being miss chinatown u. S. A. . Absolutely. Its a role that requires you to be a true ambassador for the chinese american community. Thats what i plan to do. I have always been very interconnected with the Chinese Americans in the community. Especially with this national title, it gives me a way to go beyond borders and go out of state to connect with those across the country and hopefully internationally. Does it ever cross your mind that at this parade on saturday there will be a little girl who could very well be eventually filling your shoes . She is there somewhere maybe. Are you going to pay special attention to the little girls there . Thats something i havent thought about. Youre right. I was in those shoes maybe ten years ago. If there is anyone there, i want them to know not to be afraid, to take chances, try to do this one day because this is an experience they will never forget. I am glad i gained public speaking experience and stage presence and executive presence. Its a great professional and personal experience for anyone out there. Can you talk to us a little bit about the fact that youre a hometown gal. Woman come from all over the united states, as far as hawaii to compete in this, yet youre the one who took it home. Is that extra special . Absolutely. Millbrae is a small city. Noi that from the bay area. Its probably something very exciteing for the city. I know the mayor thinks that as well. So its really special for all of us here in the bay area, millbrae and, you know, california in general. I feel honored to take the title. Were you ever shy . Absolutely. I have always been a performer. I have danced my entire life. I think that came a little natural to me. But in terms of speaking and being shy, i think i broke out of my shell probably in college and being a part of organizations as big as 200 people. And you had to perform during the pageant . Yeah. What did you do . Aerial silks acrobatics that i started year ago actually. What does that entail . What that entails actually a climbing up and doing acrobatic moves and flips an