storm is moving so slowly and just sits and continues to dump rain. good morning. i'm kristen sze. and i'm eric thomas. first up, isaac's path. good morning. hurricane isaac category 1 still winds 80 miles per hour tracking slowly to the northwest at about six miles per hour as it jut scrapes along the southeastern -- just scrapes along the southeastern coast of louisiana the eye is 40 miles

southwest of new orleans. that's where the calmest weather is in the eye wall we fan the most devastating rain and winds that's lashing at new orleans right now and why you could barely see on that tower cam we just showed you as scald lines continue to move through. this is impressive compared to yesterday the rain most devastating the next 24 to 48 hours it takes all thursday to move through louisiana then arkansas that area is going to get a lot of rain on friday. in fact we could get another 7 to 14 inches of rain out of this system over the next 48 hours. isaac causing a lot of problems now close to half a million people remain without power in louisiana water is already going over one levee. our live team coverage continues with katie marzullo. >> reporter: right now the worst spot appears to be plaquemines parish, louisiana which is south of new orleans. we have a live look first at

new orleans, we know it doesn't look like much here but that's what i hurricane looks like through a camera lens if you were there you would be soaking wet blown around in the wind severe conditions out there video the storm surge from hurricane isaac has gone over a levee in plaquemines parish. the water running over an 18 mile stretch of the levee which is eight feet tall, homes and roads flooded. deputies are going house-to-house looking for people who stayed to ride out the storm, people who ignored the evacuation orders. there are reports. of people on their roofs and in their attics not known how many people are trapped. hundreds of thousands are without power, just in louisiana. on the phone this morning, parish president said he is surprised by how bad it is. >> that's the same kind of damage we received on katrina. and i'm just blown away that kind of damage from this supposedly category 1 storm.

>>reporter: since hurricane katrina hit seven years ago today, fema has upgraded the levee system in new orleans to the toon of 10 billion dollars. the levee the water is pouring over in plaquemines parish this morning was not included in that project. the red cross tweeted a few minutes ago that last night it opened or supported 79 shelters across six states. we talk about people who stayed behind, more than 5,000 people stayed in those red cross shelters. stay with the morning news for continuing coverage on hurricane isaac, coming up, we are hoping to bring you a live report from new orleans, weather permitting. you can find the most up-to-date information at abc7news.com. with florida out of the path of hurricane isaac the republican national convention is underway. mitt romney's wife ann, took the stage last night. attempted to personal light her husband to america.

she said mitt romney will fight for the country and won't let america down. new jersey governor christie also spoke. 6:30 we'll go live for highlights on last night's speeches and look ahead to tonight. san jose firefighters at the scene of a huge fire that burned down a commercial nursery overnight at the summer winds nursery on almaden expressway to and branham road erupted shortly before midnight. crews were concerned about toxic materials they let the fire burn out chemicals to prevent them from mixing into the ground water if they hosed down the 10,000 foot structure. terry mcsweeney is at the scene. he is going to have a live report in our next half hour. pleasanton police urge -- urgently warning women to be careful.

amy hollyfield is at the police headquarters with details. >> reporter: people in this quiet community are finding this upsetting. the victim herself was so scared she didn't report it for three weeks. here's a sketch of what the man looks like who did this. she describes him as a white man about six feet tall and 185 pounds. she said he was wearing what looked like a police-style hat and he a fake badge. investigators say he was driving colored sedan and flashed a light behind the woman and also let out a quick chirp that sounded like a police siren, so she pulled over. he handcuffed her put her in the back of his car and drove her to a secluded area he raped her and left her there. residents in pleasanton are stunned to hear this. >> scary, i don't know how i would react in a situation like that the. >> always call 911 within confirm if the stop is

legitimate. -- >> reporter: another thing you can do is always look for the solid steady front facing red light that officers are required to have, you should look for that if and when you are being pulled over. officers say it is smart to pull over to a well lit populated area especially if you are concerned. this happened on valley avenue it was about 3:00 in the morning to this woman in pleasanton. police say she physically is going to be okay, she didn't suffer from any life-threatening injuries. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this morning oakland police are warning buyers to be careful when buying a car using craigslist after an east bay couple became the latest to be robbed at gunpoint during a transaction on a freeway yesterday. the tribune reports the couple met the so-called seller at the lake merritt bart station to buy a mercedes yesterday morning and were robbed during a test drive-by two men. the two stole several thousand

dollars before forcing the couple from the car on i-580 near fruitvale avenue. police have several tips, they recommend meeting in a public place, using a cashier's check or money order and making sure the vehicle has license plates. the man accused of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is due back in court today. antolin garcia-torres was arrested in may and is being held without bail. he was supposed to enter a plea july 31st, that hearing was postponed. police say they have dna linking him to the 15-year-old, she disappear on march 16th. her body has not been found despite numerous searches. a 7-eleven store damaged in sausalito after an suv plowed inside. you can see where the ford explorer ended up lodged in the store only bridgeway last night. police are looking for what caused the driver to ram into the store. nobody was hurt, luckily.

it remains unclear if the driver was impaired by drugs or alcohol. :08 time for the weather forecast. kids are gag back -- going back-to-school today. cooler than this time yesterday half moon bay warmer at four degrees. the rest of us this is kind of a precursor to what is going to happen the next couple of afternoons. yesterday we started off warmer than average and ended up with warm temperatures the warmest we'll have this week today to four degrees cooler because of the cooler start, clouds along the coast during the afternoon, san mateo county coast. 50s at 7:00, low 80s by noon inland low 70s around the bay, near 90 inland by 4rb8gs, -- by 4:00 these are the warmest temperatures in those areas at this time.

today two to four degrees cooler tomorrow another two to tour, big drop as we've been talking all week is friday into saturday, temperatures well below average as warp as it gets nearly 80 inland 70 bay, upper 50s at the coast. we have fatal accident in oakland this is on the west macarthur boulevard on-ramp to westbound 580. just blocking the on-ramp possibly the off-ramp at this point on eastbound 580. so, freeway traffic on 580 still fine, if you normally take that on or off-ramp you may want to consider powell as an alternate or west grant we'll keep you posted. there was a crash reported on the can lever section of the bay bridge westbound -- into san francisco it quickly cleared they are checking or having the chp get there, not blocking lanes heading towards

treasure island. at the bay bridge toll, minor back up for some of cash paying lanes fast track looking great, head hag into san francisco, as an alternate -- heading into san francisco as an alternate san mateo bridge problem-free i see a light i'll check on that. traffic seems to be flowing well for the most part in both directions. still ahead, the computer glitch preventing some californians from getting their benefits from the state. the california traffic stop bringing new accusations of excessive force to a long embattled police department.

>> welcome back i'm frances dinglasan live pictures from sky 7 hd over oakland. there's a police investigation taking place right now impacting the west macarthur beautiful on ramp to westbound 580 and also the eastbound 580 off-ramp to west macarthur beautiful. police investigation continues consider -- boulevard, police investigation continues consider powell as an alternate. we'll check in to fan out when they expect this to reopen this is not impacting -- westbound 580 lanes on 580

open in both s and right now traffic is flowing well, -- in both directions right now traffic is flowing well there you see 580 towards the maze. 6:15. the los angeles police department is investigating two of its own after new video showing officers using what some are calling excessive force. a surveillance camera captured traffic stop last week two officers pull a woman over for a cell phone violation. the woman got out of her car moments later slammed to the pavement and handcuffed. officers then picked her up a minute later they pushed her to the ground a second time, then arrested her for resisting arrest. photos taken after the woman's release show her bruised. 200,000 california kwrafpbs hope the state can resolve a computer glitch so they can receive their benefits. the problem surfaced monday affects debit cards that are linked to bank of america accounts. this means people are not

getting their unemployment checks, disability or family leave payments electronically. mike is just getting the latest information. schools and katrina and thaurblgs i know a lot of folks going with back-to-school to start school year. >> the fall will come in towards friday into the weekend it will feel like fall. vollmer peak at emeryville to san francisco clouds along the coast, sutro tower sticking up above them now. live doppler all the clouds are along the san mateo county coast not dropping rain off to a dry start temperatures latest conditions upper 40s napa and santa rosa, 60 antioch the rest of us in the 50s, monterey bay temperatures in the low to mid 50s today sunshine, seasonally warm everywhere even out to the coast, more clouds at the coast tonight rather comfortable in the 50s and

that summer says bye-bye quickly as we head into the weekend, more warm weather next week coolest weather going to hit during the weekend. today we are three degrees warmer 90 livermore. oakland three degrees warmer 77. napa 82, san francisco tops out at 68 two degrees cooler than average. clouds along the coast through the morning into the early afternoon hours as we head towards the latter parts of the afternoon clouds go away, temperatures jump into the 60s there is, 70s, 80s most of us, 80s holding on in the east bay valleys. low to mid 80s south bay, san jose 83 with cupertino, low 70s millbrae, mid 70s to near 80 most of the peninsula, low to mid 60s sun along the coast, 70 in downtown south san francisco and sausalito low to mid 80s north bay valleys and low to mid 60s ,níqpáu bay shore, 80 union cit,

fremont, castro valley and hercules. antioch, brentwood, livermore and fairfield near 90. low to mid 70s watsonville, santa cruz sun monterey, carmel, mid 60s. more clouds along the coast tonight, most of us in the 50s under a partly cloudy sky to clear as you head inland. two to four degrees cooler tomorrow, big drop as warm as it gets friday and saturday, temperatures below average warming trend starts next week in september. have a great day here's frances. >> following this police investigation in oakland south of ikea live pictures from sky 7 hd the west macarthur boulevard on-ramp to westbound 580 as well as off-ramp from eastbound 580 blocked. this is 580 itself for headlights sorry about that, 580 for headlights moving well no delays on the freeway this is eastbound 580 but there you

see lights and traffic is blocked for the on and off-ramps consider powell as alternate. bay bridge tl metering lights on. traffic is backing up -- towards the 880 overcrossing there's a tow truck in the back-up. accident reported westbound 580 through the altamont pass near north flynn already on the right hand shoulder traffic sluggish into livermore only 22 miles an hour out of tracy. altamont pass road if you are considering that as an alternate slow, 16 miles an hour. even basco road jammed seven miles per hour towards 580. ahead, the a's and giants go on the road. nasa celebrates new milestone. the musical accomplishments for the rover.

tonight zito starts for the giants in houston in the second game of the sick game road trip giants trailing 2-1 last night joaquin pin hit double knocking in brandon who

scored from first base. sanchez pwraoped pinch hit single to give giants 3-2 victory. the giants lead the nl west by 3 1/2 games dodgers losing last night in colorado. a's won fourth straight last night in cleveland moss put the a's up 4-0 crushing homerun to center field into the trees the a's shut out indians for a second straight game winning 7-0. with the two play again this evening oakland tied with baltimore for the wild card lead. new accomplish for the rover. for the first time a piece of music was beamed to earth from another planet. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the new song by will i am -- will.i.am is called reach for the stars.

he gave a shout out to mohawk nasa engineer of oakland for inspiring and motivating kids to get that haircut? >> and study science and enjoy music all three at once. >> and to get that haircut. still ahead, hurricane isaac continues to lash the gulf coast. the levee at the center of concern this morning. and the hundreds of thousands now in the dark. ann romney delivers a personal message the at -- at the republican national convention while another speech brings tough talk. we go live to tampa sun from the coast to inland, 63 half moon bay, 90 antioch, live more and fairfield. lower 48 starting to look like fall 70s northeast, 67 in seattle, 72 portland, 80s and 90s elsewhere to 106 phoenix. good news outside of new orleans all major airports on time even back here in the bay area.ñ!ñcús

good morning. we are still following developing news live picture of new orleans as it become as area battered by hurricane isaac it is certainly wet as

isaac lashes louisiana with heavy rains this morning, hovering over the region unleashing damaging strong winds and causing widespread flooding in new orleans and other coastal cities in the gulf coast. good morning i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. here's the latest on what you just saw hurricane isaac. the storm surge in some places is set to be at 10 feet that is testing the recently upgraded levee system in new orleans which you recall failed seven years ago today when hurricane katrina made landfall. overnight a levee was overtopped sending water into some homes. right now isaac remains category 1. 400,000 remain without power just in louisiana. let's get to mike and see where the eye of the storm is. never good news when a levee gets overtopped or topped, i guess i should say many plaquemines parish only has 24,000 residents a lot of

those evacuated not like the levees around new orleans have been breached. hurricane isaac 40 miles southwest the eye s that puts new orleans right in the heart of the squally weather this is moving northwest slowly six miles per hour inland flooding going to be a big issue as it continues moving northwest at six. pulling the moisture off the gulf of mexico, very impressive-looking storm more than it was yesterday. tornado watch in the red, we are going to have dozens of tornadoes out of this storm, going to take all thursday to get through louisiana, friday they are looking forward to it in arkansas because they desperately need the rain. tonight the east contra costa fire district will act a -- will accept a multi-million dollar federal grant. last friday the fire district was informed it will get 7.8 million dollars from fema as

well as the department of homeland security. weeks after closing half of its stations and laying off fires. voters rejected a tax measure that would have raised more money to maintain staffing. several san francisco families still waiting for word on when they can get back into their homes after a massive water main break late yesterday morning at sunnyvale in the city's visitacion valley hood. crews have been working to restore water to 14 evacuated homes. we are looking at a live picture of that area gas and y has been turned off. the next to the school was also flooded, classes have been -- the church next to the school was also flooded. classes have been cancelled. in less than a half hour demolition will begin to make way for the new bart station

in milpitas. crews will start demolishing one building and part of another. this video is of earlier work. today's work will run until 7 p.m. and continue weekdays as well as some weekends. united airlines says its computers are operating normally following major failure that left thousands stranded. the pang reservation system went down 2 1/2 hours yesterday, fog forcing the airline to ground flights across the country. united still trying to figure out what caused the glitch. united says it wouldn't charge customers extra if they had to change flights due to the meltdown. the republican national con continues today following speeches last night from ann romney and new jersey governor christie. t.j. winick joins us live from florida with reaction to those speeches and a look at what is being planned for tonight

>> reporter: good morning. one of the goals of this week is to humanize mitt romney even at this late date, many voters say they don't know that much about him. last night we heard from the one person who knows mitt romney better than anyone. [ applause ] >> reporter: ann romney was in the pot light tuesday night make the case for her husband of 43 years. >> this is the man america needs. this is the man who will wake up everyday with the determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved to fix what others say is beyond repair. >> reporter: the appearance brought tears to the eyes of her sons and republicans hope it will convince women voters to vote for the gop ticket. >> a storybook marriage? nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. [ applause ] >> people just felt a very human connection to him, through her.

>> she was absolutely awesome. she is going to blow it away. she has heart. >> reporter: the speech comes at a critical time for the romney campaign. new poll found that romney has the lowest personal popularity at the time of the convention of any major party nominee dating back to 1984. while ann romney made the personal pitch. the keynote speaker tough talking new jersey governor christie, may the political one. >> we entered an era of absentee leadership without purpose or principle in new jersey many i'm here to tell you it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house, america needs mitt romney and paul ryan right now! >> reporter: kristen, back to you. if you can hear me, before you go, things got somewhat heated on the floor with ron paul supporters? >> reporter: that's right. it was before mitt romney was

officially nominated. by the way that was at 5:40 p.m.. it was new jersey that put him over-the-top for the nomination. there was a bit of a contentious moment when the rule changes unseated about 10 ron paul delegates if the state of maine. some members of the maine delegation walked out of the convention hall in protest. earlier when ron paul was on the floor behind me, he was signing autographs, taking pictures. many of his supporters were chanting, "let him speak." he does not have a speaking role this week at the convention. >> not a national convention without a little drama, thank you for that. reminder to stay with abc7 news mark matthews will be reporting live from tampa all this week and streaming live coverage of today's events on abc7news.com beginning at 4:00. hurricane isaac missed the convention headed towards

new orleans. what do we in store back there? don't see a cloud in the sky. >> beautiful picture, nice way to wake up. rainfall totals 4 1/2 inches in new orleans pumps and levees are keeping up around new orleans, good news there. not much of a sea breeze today temperatures seasonally warm again that low coming for the weekend making it feel like fall as we say good-bye to summer. through 7:00, 40s north bay valleys, 50s elsewhere clouds along the coast they will stick around during the lunch hour won't be as widespread 60s there through san francisco, 70s the rest of the bay 80s east bay valleys, warming up quickly there by 4:00 mid to upper 80s east bay valleys, low 80s everybody else around our inland

neighborhoods, 70s bay, 60s coast, 59 half moon bay, 70s around the bay, 80s lingering inland by 7:00. next couple of days temperatures slide down two to fewer degrees cooler tomorrow, this is as warm as it gets friday, saturday, 80 inland, 70 bay, 58 coast. good morning. back to oakland the on and off-ramps to westbound macarthur boulevard from westbound 580 or eastbound 580 blocked due to police investigation i am traffic on 580 fine through oakland no lanes blocked . consider powell as an ultimate to i-80. metering lights turned on, traffic has backed up past the 880 overcrossing, they were turned on before 6:10 usually this morning. you definitely can tell that more schools in session now.

we'll check out the ride across the golden gate bridge, good to go now out of marin into san francisco, i want to take you to the waze traffic app, you can find slowing for your route to work you can even check out what the bay bridge back-up is. here it shows you it extends to the foot of the maze right now. :39. >> trading is underway on wall street we'll have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. first, a live look at the big board. we'll show you in a few minutes. first, we are continuing to track hurricane isaac water is overflowing one levee, we'll have an update. or

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. welcome back. 6:4 on this wednesday happy hump day sunshine even at the coast 60s into san francisco, 70s and 80s bay, 80s inland a few 90s east bay valleys. a few isolated thunderstorms possible around yosemite, mid 90s, chico, sacramento, triple digits fresno and palm

springs. big sur 86° today. 6:44. right now hurricane isaac is continuing to lash the gulf coast. strong winds in the area are making it unsafe for people to do live shots. we were hoping to bring you a live report. this was filed. >> reporter: hurricane isaac is battering the gulf. the cat 1 hunk came ashore tuesday night with 80 mile per hour winds and heavy rain that is drenching the region. >> affects we thought would come from a major storm are taking place. >> reporter: winds are so strong, they ripped the roof off the home of a louisiana parish president. storm surges up to 12 feet are flooding roads, trees are falling. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. >> this is a very dangerous storm with those waters rising

quickly loss of life is a real possibility. shelters are filling up throughout louisiana and mississippi. residents are on edge. -- >> feeling anxious and ready to get it over with >> reporter: it was seven years ago today hurricane katrina hit. louisiana's 14 billion dollar levee system and pumping stations are being put too to the test. >> it will be all right, hopefully the levees will take care of us. >> that was brandy reporting. stay with abc7news.com for continuing coverage of hurricane isaac. from new zealand lawmakers are expected to cast the first votes today to legalize same-sex marriage. the bill is set to have enough support and would make new zealand the 12th country since 2001 to recognize same-sex marriage. new zealand lawmakers behind the bill say they are inspired by president obama's recent public support for same-sex marriage. new poll shows 2/3 of new zealanders are in favor of

the bill. kids playing online games could be good for the economy. >> jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with that. [ unintelligible ] good morning. good morning. watching the energy market for the last several days it is catching a bit of a break this morning. oil and gas futures both are lower as hurricane isaac makes landfall without reports of major damage to rigs or refineries in the gulf coast. the cotton crop might be a different story it could be damaged we are waiting for assessment on that. markets, the theme this month, quiet and that continues. we are positive this morning just barely. we did have a government report out showing the u.s. economy grew a little more than forecast last quarter waiting for a report on pending home sales for jewel. -- for july. bloomberg index trading higher. do you know who designed your

favorite online game? it may have been a 12-year-old. a bunch of user friendly tools on websites are being used by kids trying their hand at software coding. this could be good for silicon valley employers who face a chronic labor shortage. cooper teaches at standard ford says the big thing slowing down tech sector is lack of labor. [ unintelligible ] makes a lot of sense. >> hope for our daughters yet. let's check in with mike for a look at the forecast don't see a cloud in the sky. just a few along the coast will have a short shelf life. coming up on 6:48 if you are

getting ready for school look at all the sun from vollmer peak towards san francisco you can see clouds off in the distance. it is dry so get ready for a great day. let's start san bruno school district today temperatures running school, 54, sunny, 60 , breezy 75 into the afternoon. mild 67 by the time we get to 6:00. berkeley unified school district, you start today, 6:50 tour this morning with sun, 60 by 11:00, 72 by 3:00, san jose alum rock union school district, clear 57° at 7:00, sunny and 70 at 11:00 light breeze, 78° by pacific. -- by 3:00.

temperatures -- low to mid 50s monterey bay and inland. sunny, seasonal warmth, coastal includes more tonight comfortable outside and summer ends cooler than average this weekend. 24 hour temperature change. concord 88, san francisco 68, oakland 77, santa rosa 84. 62° with sunshine at pacifica this afternoon to 77 oakland east bay valleys one more day of temperatures that will reach 90 to 91° around brentwood. temperatures drop two to four degrees tomorrow, another two to six degrees friday, friday and saturday coolest days in the forecast as our warmest highs inland struggle to 80, 70 bay and low 50s coast. sunday and monday warming trend for the back half of the

holiday weekend, even warmer next tuesday. have a great day. few trouble spots oakland westbound 580 the on and off-ramps as well as eastbound to west macarthur boulevard blocked due to police investigation. 580 has been open the whole time no delays on 580 through the macarthur maze towards the bay bridge toll. once you get to the bay bridge things are backing up. new crash in the south 101 direction near candlestick, looks like one lane blocked, traffic still getting by okay, not picking up slowing in the northbound direction. also, south bay westbound 237 zanker crash on the shoulder, delays from 880 to zanker typically slow there. north 101 san jose alum rock to mckey heaviest picks up and slows again near de la cruz. things backed up towards the

foot of the maze. stall reported i'll let you know if i hear more about that. they said it might be in the fastrak lane. heavy traffic southbound 101 through san rafael, no accidents as you head southbound that have been reported, traffic just jammed out of novato towards the 580. a controversial new book by a former navy seal is raising questions about the waiter leader osama bin laden died. the former seal took part in the raid that killed the al-qaeda chief. in his book he saysvrwo bin ladn was shot in the head, as he looked out his bedroom door. that seems to contradict official accounts that say bin laden was killed after he ducked back into his room and possibly reached for a weapon. the white house is not commenting on the assertions in the book which goes on sale next week. queen elizabeth will attend the opening ceremonies of the paralympics today.

the torch arrived last night as it makes its way to london tonight's ceremony begins in london 12:30 p.m. our time will include more than 3,000 adult volunteers, 100 children and a high-wire act. the competition will feature near 4300 disabled athletes representing 166 countries organizes hope it will be the most successful in history. this morning senator feinstein is calling for a federal investigation into whether the sudden increase in gas prices justified, following the chevron refinery fire in richmond this month. senator feinstein says the fire did not affect place but prices still rose. she says the spikes appear to be unjustified by supply and demand fundamentals. firefighters battling the 74,000 acre chips fire have a new mascot this morning. this baby bobcat was found

dazed and confused yesterday said to be the size of a domestic kitten and has been named chips. she hasek degree burns on all four paws and eye infection but otherwise doing well as they take care of i, nursing it back to health and it is cuddling a little with firefighters. chips was taken to a while life rescue center in lake tahoe and is expected to be released back into the wild next spring. >> later on he's not going to be that small and cuddley. >> right now, it is ahh later is oh! as we get ready to hand things off to "good morning america" here are five things to know before you go. number one, forcasters say hurricane isaac's storm surge and flood threat will continue through tonight authorities in plaquemines parish, louisiana near new orleans are concerned, some residents chose not to evacuate they might be trapped in their homes.

>> number two, mitt romney will be talking veterans issues via satellite to the republican convention tonight. last night his wife took the stage for trying her husband as a regular guy and the man america needs. she says mitt will not fail. vice presidential running mate paul ryan will take center stage tonight >> number three, overnight fire destroyed commercial nursery on almaden expressway and branham road in san jose. the blazer resulted before midnight. crews were concerned about pesticides and other toxic material that might be stored inside. so they let the chemicals burn and prevented them from mixing with ground water. >> number four, pleasanton police looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting a woman while impersonating a police officer. they released this sketch of the suspect. visitors say he pull the victim over in early august by sounding a siren and flashing a light at her car. it took the victim weeks to

come forward. >> number five, people in one san francisco neighborhood waiting for the green light to go back home after massive water main break this is the sinkhole near sunnyvale from sky 7 hd the break flooded rooms an the church next to our lady of visitacion school where classes have been cancelled up to two weeks. good morning. live doppler clouds along san mateo county coast some trying to cross the golden gate bridge now, by the afternoon all of us will see sun, quick look at what is going on to our south and east, very potent hurricane category 1 still 80 mile per hour winds moving away from new orleans now. new orleans is still in the squalls 40 miles northeast of the eye wall that continues to slowly move inland. big flooding out of the storm,

7 to 14 inches of rain possible, levees and pumps are holding in new orleans right now. going to be partly cloudy at the coast, mostly sunny, low to mid 60s, 70s to 82 bay, low 80s to low 90s inland. >> bay bridge toll -- actually 101 san rafael first, southbound slow it is a stall blocking one of lanes traffic heavy out of novato chp should clear that shortly. now the bay bridge toll, unfortunately, it backed up towards the foot of the maze this morning. metering lights turned on a few minutes earlier than normal, about a 20 wait. if you are heading through oakland, just a reminder we've been talking about the police investigation on west macarthur boulevard near 580 and the on and off-ramps are blocked this is south of eye key you may want to consider powell street and getting on

i-80 which has typical delays out of richmond. that's it for this edition of the abc7 morning news. >> don't forget if you haven't already done so download our new alarm clock app for your iphone wake up to headlines, weather and traffic all on your phone. it is a flee download. >> you can wake up to the bay area's best meteorologist on that app. that app. thanks for joining us.

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