partners and associates and staff of gilbert l.l.p. law firm, where we are right now, they made me take the jacket off. i didn t want to take it off. tim of capitol hill, jill of skd nickerbacher, their efforts have been inconceivable. senator patrick leahy has been instrumental in sheparding the arrival of this day. wasn t to thank all of the members of congress from all sides of the aisle such as senator flake, representatives chris van holen and barbara lee and others who spoke up or visited me, subjected themselves to my ranting and helped me regain some of my weight. even in cuba, m & ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands. to all of those who tried to visit but were unable to, thank you for trying. i m at your service as soon as i get some new teeth, and i hope they will be strong and sharp enough to make a difference. to the washington jewish community, ron halber in particular and his staff at the jewish community relations council, all of the executive directors, s
complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. you re looking live at the oakland international airport where a man was detained after a fire broke out near the baggage claim area in terminal 1. ktvu s alex savidge was first on the scene and coming up in 2 minutes he ll tell us what he s learned from airport workers and sheriff s deputies and about the unusual way the man tried to get away from police. good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. i m tori campbell. good morning t. c. good morning dave. let s talk about weather and traffic. steve, you ve got some weather changes throughout our area. all right. it looks like we re having a little trouble with steve s mic so i ll go ahead and step in here. your commute is actually looking pretty good if you are driving on most area commutes. look at 880, it looks very nice. usually this commute doesn t start getting heavy until about 8:00. we ll see what happens then. on fridays it s usually lig
seventh inning stretch. extra time yielded a big moment. germany scored late and wrapped up the the world cup finals. winning one to nothing. fortunately for soccer fans. sunday won t be the last day they ll be able to catch a game at the civic center. and why not. showing the world cup more than pays for itself. non-profits are benefiting from the extra windfall. america scores bay area will take that money. and plant it right back into the place where it was raised. perhaps sowing seeds for a more lively, family friendly civic center. reporting in san francisco, dan rubin, kron four news. highway 12 in fairfield is reopen tonight after a section was closed because of a four- alarm grass fire. fire officials say the blaze was reported shortly before two this afternoon. they say it started in a grassy area off of highway 12 near beck avenue. officials say the highway was closed from beck avenue to pennsylvania avenue for around two hours. homes on james street were also eva