The president. He is here for cash to meet with sponsors. Echoes of the president s recent visits to the bay area. This is where the money is. Reporter james taylor says its a problem every modern president faces dealing with international crisis. Such as the downed malaysian jet and the turmoil in egypt and gaza. With the continual need to fund raise. I think it speaks to the importance of money. It speaks to the importance of what the midterm elections will mean and how they will be interpreted. Reporter the president is trying to hold on to the senate. According to the associate press the Democratic Congressional committee have raised 124 million, republicans only 101 million. Half of californians still approve of the president s job performance. Theres probably not a better state in the union than california. Which is probably why his wife and he a thinking of moving here. Reporter there was a late comedy talk show that has been cancelled in light of the Serious International crisis hes facing. More details now the president had two scheduled bay area events tomorrow. The first is at the four seasons thats scheduled for 9 20 a. M. At noon hes scheduled to speak at a fundraiser being held in los altos hill. Then he is due to leave for los angeles tomorrow afternoon. As for a comment about the president possibly moving to california, the White House Press secretary is denying recent reports suggesting the obamas are considering buying a home in the palm springs area. The first family apparently stayed at the home in Rancho Mirage last month. It has seven bedrooms and listed at more than 7 million. The faa is prohibiting u. S. Airlines from flying into or out of tel aviv after a hamas rocket landed within miles of the airport. The faas 24 hour flight ban allows for officials to further assess the damage. Explosions seen and heard over gaza city as the cross border fighting between the Israeli Military and hamas militants continues. Now u. S. Airlines and others around the world are canceling all flights to israel after rocket attacks in tel aviv today. This video from the suburb shows the landing of a missile. Flights to tel aviv are suspended. This video shows passengers on a delta flight out of jfk getting off the plane after it was diverted to paris instead of heading to tel aviv as scheduled. With the 15th day of fighting, secretary of state john kerry was in cairo struggling to broker a seize fire. Hamas has a fundamental choice to make and it is a choice that will have a profound impact for the people of gaza. Reporter since the uprisings between militants and hamas started, the death toll is at 500. More than 100,000 more are homeless. The faa says it will update its ban on flying into tel aviv in the next several hours. However if the conflict escalates travel in and out of israel may be very difficult. Gasia mikaelian, ktvu channel 2 news. More details now in europe, aviation regulators have warned airlines to avoid tel aviv but stopped short of an all out ban. Russian aircraft are turning around and heading home. And u. S. Air flight restrictions have a ban until tomorrow until 12 15 p. M. That could be suspended or extended. Amber lee has the difficulties facing travelers. Reporter oversea travelers tell me they are nervous about flying but say they are refusing to allow recent events to change their plans. The lines at check incounters are long with summer travelers. They are aware of world events that threaten the safety of air travel. Some have tracked their flights online something they say theyve never done online. Security is pretty tight right now. It is a scary thing to think about after everything thats happened. Reporter this is a map of the countrys marked in orange that the faa banned u. S. Carriers from flying over. And countries marked in red deemed potentially unsafe. All place tentative in place that are under turmoil right now. So its not surprising this is going on. Reporter mike mcarren a former pilot who worked at sfo for 22 years says the faa is likely to extend its 24 hour ban on flights to tel aviv. Theyre working with the fbi and state department, cia military looking at what information they can get as far as how the hostilities are spreading or if theyre declining whatever the case may be. Reporter the september 11 terrorist attacks, the missile attack on the airliner and Rocket Missile close to the airport are a major concern. Now they dont care they dont care about their own safety. The civilians or Anyone Around them. Its definitely changed world. It really puts things into perspective. Reporter Molly Danville recently returned from her trip to israel. She says as soon as she landed sheu noticed a Strong Military presence. And twice during her trip she said she had to go to bomb shelters. We felt a fear. A kind of fear no one should have to go through. Reporter mcarren says despite recent world events, she says travel is still very safe. Live at sfo, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. U. S. Intelligence officials today said russia is responsible for quote creating the conditions that led to the shooting down of Malaysian Airline flight 17. But so far theres no direct evidence of involvement by the russian government. American, european and ukrainian officials have said a russian made surface to air missile fired by ukraine prorussian separatists is what brought down the commercial flight. U. S. Officials say the most likely explanation is that the rebels shot down the plane by mistake. This comes as the bodies of most of the 298 victims arrived by train in a northern part of ukraine thats not controlled by the rebels. Forensic experts there say theres a strong responsibility some of the victims remained buried in the wreckage and that the identification could take weeks possibly even months. Monitors who gained access to the crash site said they were stunned to see that the site had been significantly altered with major pieces of the plane had been cut away and moved. Someone fired a bullet through a womans window. It happened at 4 15 this afternoon. You could see where the bullet went through the apartment window on the second level. The woman lives in the providence senior complex. Were told she was able to walk downstairs on her own and report the shooting to a building manager. The gunman has not been found. Oakland police say they have arrested 13 known gang members for a number of crimes including attempted murder, felony assault, carjacking and Home Invasion robbery. Here are pictures of seven of the men police say operation seize fire targeted two violent gangs with warrants served in oakland and stockton. And here are pictures of the other six men. Police say all 13 individuals were arrested after officers reached out to them and tried to convince them to leave their violent lifestyle behind. A close call today for a homeless man who found himself trapped inside a recycling truck with a compacter turned on. The man was sleeping in the compacter. A recology spokesperson says the man was inside when the compacter was started. They say the cardboard inside created enough cushion to keep the man from being crushed inside. Cuellar is 41 years old is a registered democrat and served as an advisor to president obama. Cuellar is considered an expert in administrative and criminal law. If confirmed he will take the seat of baxter. This unusual humid pattern brought us lightning this morning. Coming up ill pinpoint how much longer this weather will last. The perfect son. The perfect brother, the perfect friend. A warning after an accident in the sand. New details tonight about a bay area man who died after he was buried by sand when a hole that he digging suddenly collapsed. He was a recent College Graduate with a bright future. But now his family is mourning his loss. First responders frantically tried to rescue the young man from the sand. Jana katsuyama has the story. Reporter fire Officials Say they have covered those holes so no one else falls in. His parents tell me that this was supposed to be a well deserved rest for their hard working son. Today tracks in the sand showed the spot where people tried to rescue adam pie at francis state beach. For his parents today in san lorenzo theres still shock. The perfect son, a perfect brother. A perfect friend. A perfect cousin. Reporter his parents say the 26yearold had been helping friends dig a tunnel when it collapsed around 5 30 monday. The girls came out of their tunnel, his tunnel i guess caved in or something because the girls turned around and said wheres adam, wheres adam. Reporter the sand had fallen around adam, leaving his head briefly exposed before more sand gave way. Friends and strangers including this man ran to help. There was dozens dozens of people from the beach. Men, women and children you know pulling sand out of this hole. Reporter the heartbreak of people there hoping. Youre just grabbing sand a little bit at a time. Reporter First Responders arrived within minutes. They were just trying to get to his head when our first crews got there. Reporter adam was unconscious. After 35 minutes of digging crews managed to pull him out. A young man who worked 12 to 13 hours at the night shift at ups then turned around and went to school during the day. Thats all he ever did, school work and finally he graduated to say mom now i have some time. I can rest. Reporter while many people think of danger from waves and water, firefighters say sand is an equal threat. Its extremely unstable sand is in its nature. It obviously collapsed extremely quickly. Reporter tonight family and friends are remembering this young man with big dreams whos life was cut short too soon. Fire Officials Say during the Summer Season they just hope that people will remember the very real danger that exists right here on shore. Reporting live in halfmoon bay, jana katsuyama. Now to daly city where police are looking for two women wanted in a home robbery. The two broke into a home on santa ana avenue on july 9 when Police Arrived they found a 53 yearold man with a head injury. Police say the two suspects may be staying in San Francisco in the sunny vale or bellview neighborhood. Police are hoping surveillance images will lead them to a couple that could be responsible for several burglaries. A businesss Surveillance Video caught the women stealing laptops. If you recognize the people in this video contact San Francisco police. San francisco voters are going to have an opportunity to weigh in on a proposal that calls for a 2cent per ounce tax on soda and sugary drinks. Rob roth tells us what that proposal could mean for businesses. The motion is approved. Reporter the board of supervisors voted 64 to place the soda tax proposal on the november ballot. The beverage battle is now on. We will definitely lose business. Reporter heres a fizzery which sells 250 types of sodas, the owner is worried about the proposed soda tax. We know visiting the shop after the tax is going to hit everybody a little harder in the pocketbook. The liquid sugar has been shown to have more of complications around health with type two diabetes. Reporter the proposal would levy a tax of 2cents per ounce on sugary drinks including soda, Energy Drinks and some juices. At the fizzery the tax would add several cents to every dollar. The American Beverage Association is expected to spend millions of the dollars to try to defeat it. One supervisor says the tax would hurt some people more than others. I am seriously concerned how this ballot measure attacks on some of the low income communities. Reporter supporters say it will be a tough campaign. We have a history and a great track record of being successful and taking on big meaty and weighted Public Policy issues and winning. Reporter for the tax measure to pass it would be to be approved by 2 3 of the voters. A soda tax measure in richmond failed two years ago. Rob roth, ktvu news. San francisco voters will also get the chance to vote on two new Funding Options for nummi this november. That ties munni funding. The funding would be reassessed each july 1st. The measure would retro actively assess munni. The money will be used for career training, local green initiatives and to send richmond students to college. Chevron had previously said it would appeal the citys request to lower emissions. Is board is expected to vote on the plan next tuesday. Big thunderstorms late last night early this morning. Theyve made way for some mild evening temperatures. 65 in concord. 66 in antioch. So it still feels sticky and muggy. A lot of that subtropical has moved into the area. All up along here. This warning because of thunderstorms will be dropped in the next hour or so. Just under an hour they will drop it but they add a lot of thunderstorms up there. A lot of that moisture has exited. We have had reports of drizzle and sprinkles all over the bay area. Mostly just drizzle event. A lot of low cloud cover. That could go on throughout the night. No more thundershowers or showers. The winds are blowing up there. We have gusts up to 68 Miles Per Hour. Theyre blowing offshore. Theyre trying to get the fog up into the coast. Therell be sunshine at the coast tomorrow. Its going to work out to be a really nice day. Overnight temperatures will be in the 60s and upper 50s. Tomorrow starts off a lot like today with lots of fog and low clouds. Look at the drizzle along the coast. Then it burns back quickly. By lunchtime its clear even at the coast. As we head into 7 00 tomorrow afternoon it is clear everywhere. But breezy temperatures tomorrow just like today. Almost exactly the same day except no rain no thunder. After this things really warm up. Were going to come back and look at the long range forecast. Cracking down on water wasters. The lenght and expense one Water District expects to go through tonight. Fans know him as half of the giants broadcast team. In three minutes the debilitating disease we learned today thats affecting mike crucco. vo the copilots. All sitting. Trusting. Waiting. For a safe arrival. Introducing the allnew subaru legacy. Designed to help the driver in you. Care for the passenger in them. The subaru legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Were learning new information about the man accused of impersonating a police officer. Hes accusedded of preying on immigrant men from central america. A neighbor tells ktvu bugay was always picking fights. And the landlord called bugay a pathological liar. He was trying to get bugay evicted. At one point he would not pay his rent. And he said he would arrest me i said how can you arrest me, youre not even a police officer. One complaint where he alleges his landlord harassed him because of his hiv status. In marin county, theres a the imposter kicked a dog. He is said to be very fit. One of the best known voices behind the San Francisco giants is revealing something only a few people knew. Mike cruco has been dealing with a degenerative muscle disease. Reporter we report on crucos struggles that has been going on for several years. We are the world champions. He no longer stares down batters or throws heat. But he is still the face of the giants. Hes the face of the giants. Every time theres a game hes there. Reporter the 62yearold became a giants color commentator. Onehalf of the time known as cruke and kipe. I love watching the game when theyre announcing it. They make the game. Reporter now this larger than life man has a degenerative disease that is stealing his ability to walk and use his hands. Its not fatal but it already makes it difficult for him to walk down a hill or in a crowd because his balance is declining. Hes going to have a huge amount of support. And everybody is going to be thinking of him. Hes going to do everything he can do to do the best with whatever he is left with. I think thats the kind of guy he is. Reporter but crucco wrote me earlier saying he has no wish to prolong this publicity. I hope you understand, end quote. Summer break is nearing an end and tonight a student start to think about the first day of school, weve learned that one Bay Area School isnt going to be finished in time. A plan to bring so called water cops to the south bay has been approved. How soon before the new patrols will begin to find water wasters. And a reminder you can download the ktvu app to go. Watch all of our newscasts live on our mobile device. We just received this new video from San Francisco of president obamas motorcade arriving at the Intercontinental Hotel south of market. Security has been increased in the area around fifth and howard. People can expect delays and closures around intercontinental and around the Four Seasons Hotel where the president is expected to attend a fundraiser tomorrow. And a proposal to hire new employees to crack down on water wasters. These so called water cops can issue warnings but not fines. Reporter these new enforcement will likely be out on the field by next month. More eyes will soon be monitoring the water usage of Santa Clara County residents. Those motion say aye. Passes unanimously. Reporter the Santa Clara County board approved a half Million Dollars to hire up to 10 temporary enforcement. Theyll respond to complaints about water wasters with what some have called water cops. In hopes of decreasing water usage by 20 across the county. Its probably going to take us 30 days to get them trained and get them out on the field. Were talking about middle of august. Reporter they will be looking for Violations Including washing down hard surfaces. Washing a car using a hose without a shut off novel and excessive run off. This is an exceptional drought. We have to take exceptional actions. Reporter neighbors will be able to send in photos via the water app. The region is already ge