seven adjacent terminals and is the fifth busiest container port in the united states. it stretches south from the bay bridge to jack london square. we have live team coverage tonight, ktvu's debra villalon has been talking to truckers and protesters. we start with ken wayne and the demonstrators next move. >> reporter: we spent most of the night down in berth 55 where a large group of protesters are blocking the way there. 200 protesters broke off of that group and are now gathering outside the lpa gate blocking this gate and they say they plan to be here all night long. >> reporter: the occupy protest took on a bit of a carnal atmosphere -- carnival atmosphere with music and dancing. one man wearing a national rifle association hat said it's a protest for freedom. >> the issues i think are inequality and lack of rerepresentation for the rights of the citizens in our government. >> reporter: some tents were set up right in the street with some preparing for the possibility of a long night. >> right now we're occupying this space to keep the truckers from coming into this point. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters lined up for free food. >> we know that we made about 800 burritos and we're cutting them in half so we're going to serve 1,600, plus 500 peanut butter sandwiches. >> reporter: middle road was filled with hundreds of protesters. truckers caught in the middle could do nothing but wait. one trucker said he's part of the 99% but this is affecting his bottom line. >> this is affecting me because we push 1,100 miles on the road. >> reporter: sparking a street debate over the movement. >> i'm talking about -- >> we're doing a lot and you ain't doing nothing. >> reporter: on its company website apl says it moved $5 billion worth of cargo a year through the port of oakland. and employs 200 shore men a day. the protesters say they plan to be here until at least 3:00 in the morning. and we asked an apl workers and he said the morning shift does not start until 7:00 a.m. the mayor said the protesters took the port hostage and hurt workers who are trying to make a living. despite the size of the protest no demonstrators were arrested. at the port, no ships were unloaded or loaded today. some of the terminals at the port could not operate because of the protest. >> not have physical violence in this city is not fair. it's not fair to the workers of the port who already lost a day. this is their second day now they're talking about going into a third day. i thank the community. >> reporter: the mayor asked the protesters to rethink. she added the longshoreman's union did not support today's action. our team coverage continues now with ktvu's debra villalon she is live with more of what happened this evening and what may happen next. >> reporter: first i want to show you more of these idle big riggs and there are many of them. add ár at its briefing tonight, howard jordan said his officers will take appropriate action, his words -- and at a briefing tonight, howard johnson. they poured into the port like a river of protest. more than 1,000 marchers. jubilant after keeping several shifts from being unloaded at the port today -- after keeping several ships from being unloaded today. >> if the rich were taxed we could afford to have better schools for our kids. >> reporter: that from a kindergarten teacher. this from a lawyer. >> it's not okay for some people to make $16 in a day and others to make $16 every second. >> reporter: not everyone is marching to this beat though. simmering silently in their cabs are these long haul truckers stuck all day in their riggs unable to unload losing money. >> i understand some of the stuff they're talking about, but what they're doing hurts me. >> reporter: he's got 36,000 pounds of perishable meat he's hauled from the northwest to be put on a ship. hundreds of people trickled away from the port as the evening went on but a core grew remain and could throw a wrench in truckers's plans to get back to work tomorrow. >> the general manager said it's 7:00 a.m. opening the doors. because their permit to be here expires at midnight tonight. >> reporter: but it doesn't appear that a permit or an expiration time is going to make any difference to the few hundred occupiers still here. they got a taste of success disrupting operations today and it left them wanting more. we're live in oakland, debra villalon. scottolson was among those leading today's march. you may remember this ktvu video from an occupy protest. something hit olson in the head leaving him with a brain injury. olson is still continuing to recover, learning how to speak again. several hundred people marched from the oakland b.a.r.t. station and managed to block two entrances. truckers showed up and sat idle. the protesters left by 11:00 saying they had achieved their goal. effectively shut it down for an entire day. it was an expensive protest. officials say the port averages $8.5 million in financial activities each day. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. at 10:30 tonight, police make arrests as occupy protesters in new york rally in solidarity with their west coast counter parts. that story as 10:30. a man is hospitalized tonight in san francisco after a shooting at an in-n-out burger in pinol. it happened tonight in the drive through. a man was in the car and shot several times he was then air lifted to walnut creek. investigators also say this was not a random attack. they call it a deliberate targeted shooting. police say there were other people in the victim's car but none of them was injured. the shooter is still at large tonight. the man who pleaded guilty last month to killing the san francisco publicist was sentenced today to 60 years to life in state prison. gary scott holand said he's sorry for killing kathleen horan in october of last year. holland has posed as a pg & e worker to get into the woman's apartment. holland said he did so with the intention of raping someone. the 44-year-old had recently been released from prison where he served 11 years for attempted murder. >> iraq's prime minister and president obama looked to the future during a white house meeting. as craig boswell reports now that the iraq war is pulling to a close, the two leaders are making a pledge. >> reporter: after a longer than planned face to face meeting at the white house. president obama and iraqi president held a meeting to discuss the withdrawal. >> we're taking all of our troops out of iraq, we will not have any bases outside of iraq. >> reporter: right now currently 1,000 forces are in iraq. down from a peak of 70,000. december31st marks the end of almost nine years of war. u.s. troops rolled out of a military base for the last time and signed it over to iraq we forces. >> i'm happy for the iraq people. that they are able to secure themselves and are looking at their best interest. >> reporter: during their appearance in washington today the two leaders say they will maintain strong ties but iraq sovereignty must be respect. >> right now it's become completely on its own security. >> reporter: there is fear that violence could escalate after all american forces leave. president obama also addressed threats that come from outside the country, a veiled reference to iran. >> make no mistake our strong presence in the middle east endures. >> reporter: after their appearance they layed a wreath to all the troops lost in iraq. they join to speak about the achievements. operation iraqi freedom has exacted a heavy toll since it began in march 2003. the pentagon reports that 4,408 service members have within killed. another 13 civilians working for the department of defense were also killed. there were nearly 32,000 americans that had been wounded. our coverage continues on ktvu.com. you will find a series of reports from tonight's ktvu's prime news special out of iraq. the u.s. supreme court today said it will review the constitutionality of arizona's tough new immigration law. several key provisions of the law have been blocked. including that police check a person's immigration status while they are enforcing other laws. january brewer asked the -- jan brewer asked the supreme court to make a ruling and today said she is confidence that the nation's highest court will uphold her state's law. and back here in 10 marines the fog is trying to re -- in 10 minutes the fog is trying to reform in the inland valley and it's going to get colder. it's a record setting day for fed ex, but we find out the reason behind the success fed ex says today is not only their busiest day of the year but the busiest ever. workers are still processing packages. >> reporter: julie we're at the fed ex office store here in walnut creek on mount diablo boulevard with less than an hour to go before closing it's fairly quiet now. the workers here and at other locations told me it's been a very busy day. it appears fed ex is on track to have a wonderful holiday. fed ex told us it had hired 20,000 seasonal workers across the country. up almost 20% from last year. >> the economy has been getting better over the past year. and online ordering for christmas gifts. >> reporter: researchers say u.s. online sales so far this holiday season are up 15%. today is called green monday a term coined by ebay. the second top ranked online day. it kicks off the online shopping season. fed ex workers said they have been picking up a whole lot more packages than in the past. >> it's christmas time. nonstop. >> reporter: 3 miles away at the postal store business has also been nonstop today especially from customers wanting to ship fed ex. >> the last week people get more and more frankic. but this week there's a lot of customers. >> i'm happy with their service. basically have used fed ex for a long time. >> reporter: in order to get your packages out in time for christmas by ground shipping, fed ex says you must ship by this friday, any later you'll be paying more. reporting live here in walnut creek, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. on our facebook wall tonight we asked how you're doing your shopping. carasco says i solely shop online vincent kelly says online shopping takes a lot away from the shopping experience. i'm old school, i like to get within the crowd and shop. you can get into the conversation on ktvu.com. lowe's said it decided to pull advertising from the tlc show all american muslim because the show had become a lightening rod. lowe's also said it stopped commercials after a conservative group e-mailed the company asking them to stop advertising during the show. the state senator said he may call for a boycott of lowe's. >> you watch it it's about americans who happen to be muslim. there's nothing bad about that show. for lowe's to take this action really taints what it means to be american. >> reporter: the group that sent out the e-mail asking companies to pull their ads says more than 60 have done so. however lowe's is the only major company to confirm it stopped it's advertising. dozens of people have been warned that they will lose power. but it's not because they haven't paid their bill but what they disconnected at their home. >> if we do not hear from you pg & e will have to discontinue your electric service. this letter comes after lindsay and others returned their smart immediate meter to pg & e. after hiring a certified electrician to remove the smart meter and connecting an analog. >> to its credit sometimes anita cruz is in the forefront of a lot of concerns, environmental concerns. on the other hand sometimes i wonder if it's just too much. >> reporter: pg & e says smart meters are safe and warrants it's unlawful and very dangerous to disconnect the device. >> removing it could result in potential for fires or e electricution. >> reporter: after meeting with an attorney, lindsay returned home with a new promise from pg & e saying they will keep her power on. >> i don't want anything else. they said they would come out here and place an analog meter. >> reporter: in san jose, maureen naylor. and a foot footnote, one of the other customers who removed his smart meter, called ktvu and said that he came home today and found that his power had been turned off. a fire at the uc berkeley building has officials searching for answers. diesel started leaking saturday night. a uc spokeswoman said the system passed a test just six days before. 1,700-gallons leaked from a tank and sub pumps automatically pumped out most of them into strawberry creek. response crews worked to stop the leak to keep it out of bay. >> we saw a little residual getting by. >> reporter: there's no word of any wildlife being affected by the spill. there's no word yet what caused the leak. cost guard and civilian teams worked in the richmond harbor today to manage an oil spill from a former navy tug boat. the boat which is 500 feet long was launched in alameda. crews deployed oil booms around the tug to try to contain the oil. a man who was shot on a busy hollywood street died today. this frightening video is of the gunman tyler brent. he fire at passing vehicles on vine streak before officers shot and killed him. the man who died today john aderberry was the only officer who was hit. adelberry was a music executive who worked with acts like the spice girls and jessica simpson. it's cool out there tonight. the skies are beginning to clear and the winds are light. this is a live reading at fairfield on live storm tracker 2. temperatures are in the mid- 30s. dewpoints are in the mid-30s, what does that mean? it means fog. 36 in santa rosa. the dewpoint temperatures, the temperature which fog will form right around 35 and 34 degrees. in the next hour or so we're going to see in these inland bay valleys we're going to see fog popping up. it's going to be downright cold overnight. maybe down in the upper 20s in the bay. when we come back we will see you back here, we will have the forecast for tomorrow and where you will see rain drops. caltrans agreed to halt work as part of a settlement with a group called alameda group alliance. the group says caltrans has not alerted the public. caltrans is now doing environmental reviews. state parks saved from closure. >> it's been a small miracle in this whole process. the bay area parks that will stay open and how it's being done. major help when they need it the most. the big donation tonight from blue star moms after they lost thousands to scammers. at one point it was on the state park closure list but now it's off. herman coast day park has been saved at least for the next few years. new at 10:00, ken pritchett reports henry coe is not the first and not the last to get a reprieve. >> reporter: henry cove was just months away from closing. now that day is at least delayed thanks to private donors partnering with the state. >> this cove park fund came forward to. >> reporter: roy stern says of the 70 state parks on the closure list announced in may, 15 marks have either been saved or deals are imminent. >> people have been coming out of the wood work to really look for ways to help us. that's been a small miracle in this whole process. in addition to henry cove state park, tamales bay will also remain open. the benetia bay is another state park on the list. the state is in talks with the local government. >> we're working to keep a park off the crucial list. we're making it loud and clear to sacramento that that should not be viewed as a substitute for public funding. >> reporter: the state parks foundation applauds these partnerships to keep parks open but says the real need is long term stable funding. >> there were cuts passed in the budget by the legislature and signed by the government in march that led to the 70 park closure list. while it's possible, as many as half of these parks could be saved. many doubt many will still be shuttered. more details now by the policy institute of california indicates a majority of voters support the governor's plan to temporarily increase the state's sales tax and boost the income taxes of california's highest earnings. 60% of voters say they support the proposal. the poll found 36% are against it. the new poll also shows the majority of californians support governor jerry brown. 42% approved the job the governor is doing while 30% disapproved. officials in clayton met with parents to discuss the arrest of a teacher the áf arrested for having sexual conduct with a student. he could be charged with 17 counts of having sex with a minor -- arrest of a teacher arrested for having conduct with a student. school administrators went from classroom to classroom to talk to students and have also made counselors available. the mount diablo school board met tomorrow to agree discussing the budget. a bank is taking some major action in the lucky supermarket credit card scam. losses continue to grow. >> i was using my uniform every day and they were telling me to go home and change. >> reporter: a startling number of school children don't have a place to live. the help they are now being offered. plus developing news in southern california, the major pile up that has cause add massive back up at this hour. -- that has caused a massive back up at this hour. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ new information tonight involving the investigation into the lucky supermarket's credit card skimming scam that we first told you about last week. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta joins us now. he's now live. >> reporter: this fremont store is one of 24 lucky's in the bay area where someone rigged skimmers. toápbt -- tonight we're learning of one bank that is stepping up efforts to stop the scam. >> reporter: fremont bank is handing out new cards. a device inserted in the card readers captured all the data off the magnetic stripe of cards, then criminals placed it on new cards. >> they put the pin in and they withdraw, $100, $200 at a time. >> reporter: it was $300 and atm fees. >> reporter: a member used a card at a fremont lucky store and soon there were withdraws made several time from arcadia, san jose los angeles. but then today a lucky executive showed up with a check for $4,000. the biggest of several donations made since their plight became public. >> it's just really sad and disheartening to know that people would steal from the troops who are currently deployed. >> reporter: live in fremont lloyd lacuesta, ktvu.com channel 2 news. happening now a live picture from outside the apl terminal at the port of oak land. that's the more than president line. about 200 people marched here to berth 60 about an hour ago after a much larger protest disrupted operations in near by berth 55. the occupy protesters are vowing to shut down operations at apl container facilities at the apl container facility when the morning shifts arrive it is unclear if oakland police will allow that to happen. the ktvu channel morning news begins at 4:30 and they will be following this story and let you know if this protest spreads to a third day. occupy protesters try to occupy a major bank. they marched from the encampment to the headquarters of gold man sachs where some were taken into custody. demonstrators then marched. this protest in washington state took a dramatic turn as about 100 occupiers blocked off some train tracks. some even put bike locks around their necks linked up and then layed down on the tracks. san jose is making an officer to the occupy protesters if they promise