anybody s first choice, but [ laughter ] you would be our first choice, whoopi. we support you, whoopi. yeah, the four-time oscars host whoopi goldberg telling the view that she s willing to make it five. yeah, she could do it. she offered herself as a replacement for kevin hart hours before the academy board of governors met last night. she last hosted in 2002. the academy is considering a hostless ceremony, a proposal goldberg called dumb. so far there is no decision from the board. and the leading ladies in hollywood have something to brag about this morning. they sure do. a new study looked at data from movies from the past few years and found that audiences spend more money if the film has a female star. we re far from the shallow now from a star is born the sea, it calls me reporter: to moana, female-led films rule the box office. there s just no telling how far i ll go reporter: despite only 1/4 of films featuring a female as a lea
he is sentenced. coast to coast picking up steam bringing with it mountain snow to the pacific northwest, dumping heavy rain across the south. forecasters say there could be flooding in the carolinasdisrup englan a hero cop to the rescue, risking life and limb climbing to the second story to save a family from a house fire. early today starts right now. good wednesday morning. i m phillip mena. i m frances rivera. a deadly terror attack at a christmas market in france has left three dead and 11 injured. the streets of strasbourg turn into pandemonium after a gunman unleashed several rounds at the world famous christmas market. sending shoppers running for cover, officials say the 29-year-old suspect was confronted twice by police and was shot before managing to escape. france s counterterrorism unit is out in full force with 350 agents hunting for the gunman. the a.p. is reporting that five people have been detained so far in connection to the case, but the killer i
hit here. officers say this is very early into the investigation so details are limited. live in sf, sara stinson kron four news. ( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) we first told you about the hit and run in san francisco through a push alert at 4:40 this morning. (darya)(james) lets get a look at traffic with robin winston. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 some areas of patchy fog today although not near as thick as yesterday s fog was. skies will be primarily sunny and dry with daytime highs just a bit warmer than yesterday s in the low 60 s and upper 50 s. expect skies to remain dry through tomorrow before showers return on friday. ( darya ) breaking overnight. oakland police are investigating two deadly shootings. the first shooting happened just be
thank you so much for starting your saturday with us. i m kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with your micro climate forecast. girl, you said it d be a sensational saturday. so pretty. i was talking to kira about that. she asked how the day was going to be. beautiful. a lot of sunshine expected. temperatures in the 40s and sta. 52 degrees in san francisco right now. san jose in the 40s. morganhill, low 40s. temperature trend into the afternoon, even if we get a couple clouds rolling through, the temperatures will warm up nicely. into those 70s. the wind speeds in the south bay will be calm, but if you re hanging out in san francisco, expect to see those breezy winds lingering. look at this, now from the west-northwest at 15 miles an hour. if you look at 2:00, we re going to be seeing the wind start to get a little gusty, as well, around the coastline. i ll talk more about the extended outlook in a few minutes. see you in about 15, vianey. thanks. we begin
mercedes-benz. police say they spotted the car and pulled him over here in martinez starting that intense standoff. the suspect is believed to have a gun or at some point at least he had a gun because some pictures appear to show him holding a gun to his head. the east bay regional s.w.a.t. team has been trying to get him to surrender. negotiators are still here on scene. it started at 8 p.m. yesterday. they want this to end without death. reporting in martinez, i m jessica flores, kpix 5. what have we learned about the victim and the suspect? they knew each other. it s not random. some bart riders are feeling uneasy after a mob of teens swarmed a train and robbed passengers last week. anne makovec reports. reporter: unfortunately i might be making bart riders feel more uneasy this morning when i tell you that all types of crime on the bart system are up about 2022% over this time last year. but certainly a lot more tension was called to this issue after that mob of t