237 westbound in the clearing stages on the shoulder. from antioch on highway 4, westbound, there is a still right there at hillcrest road, very slow traffic, creeping along into the pittsburg area and then it picks up in concord. here are the drive times, highway 580 from the central valley and highway 4 and 80 to the macarthur maze and this is snow coming down in tahoe. there are chain requirements on both highway 80 and 50 but they are getting a dumping. expect delays in the sierra. our storm watch continues with cornell bernard joining us live with a look at how it is going there now. cornell? >> good morning, we have seen serious weather here in the north bay and right now i have to say that wind appears to be the big story. we are live in novato where the

power has gone out to some businesses here at hamilton marketplace, namely, two or three restaurants at the very end of the strip mall. the storm has also caused problems in the santa rosa area where crews are dealing with the downed tree. that downed tree blocking california story and gates road, with high winds not only taking down the street but cables phone lines and power lines came down with it, and it happened at at 1:15 this morning. fire crews are on the scene trying to politic it and move the tree out of roadway. it is not known how many could be without power. check this out, the drive across the golden gate bridge was very dicey, and treacherous this morning, this video was shot a short time ago when heavy storm cell was moving across the span with winds gusting over the spokesman, as well, and this was our drive through petaluma this morning, 101 north, rain hitting

the wind hold past and furious and if you are driving out there, if you are starting the commute to work, anywhere in the north bay or the bay area, be careful. the roads are extremely slick. again, the power remains out to some businesses here at hamilton marketplace in novato. we are live in novato this morning for abc7 news. >> power outages are keeping people in the dark all over the bay area this morning. the largest is in seacliff state beach with 1,327 customs without power since 3:00 this morning. in southern cal, 327 people have been in the dark and we will look at the situation with 24 customers losing power at the moment and in sunnyvale in south bay, 192 people without power and pg&e crews are working to fix the outages but they don't

know when the power will be restored to all. a remainder, abc7 news has another great weather resource for you, follow doll doll -- follow live doppler 7 hd for weather conditions. rain or shine. and get video forecast and "spare the air" alert and power outage information and weather tweets from the favorite team. >> firefighters are looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed part of a horse training facility near santa rosa. the fire erupted at 8:00 last night on the large property on crane canyon road near petaluma hill road. flames destroyed a large barn and threatened to living quarters, it is reported that two families were displaced by the fire along with 65 horses that were kept at the site. >> in contra costa county the sheriff will be notifying neighbors today of a high risk sex offender moving in near an elementary school. 69-year-old charles cristman

served time for sex crimes against children and being released but cannot find a place to live. two attorneys have offered up a cot dodge on their property where a convicted sex offender lived in 2005 near willow cove elementary. a judge said it is better to let him live there than live as a transient. >> drunk driver will appear in court, the 29-year-old woman faces manslaughter and felony d.w.i. charges for the defect of 17-year-old girl who was hit while crossing the boulevard on saturday night. she was a junior as a nearby high school and a member of the track team. >> palo alto police have released a sketch of an armed robbery suspect. he robbed a public storage facility on saturday and he took cash and ran off. the victim described him as 6'

with a thin build and they are investigating whether this robbery is connected to others that is been happening in palo alto since early december. new from southern california, the race to run california's largest city appears to be headed for a run off election. the polls closed last night at 8:00 and the city council man and city comptroller are the continue two vote getters in the election for los angeles mayor. neither candidate captured the outright majority so now a run off election will take place in may. whoever wins the election will succeed country los angeles mayor. >> hundreds of canceled flights and government shut down, next, we will go live to washington, dc as the capitol braces for a massive snowstorm. >> coming up first, what led san francisco sheriff deputies to escort a 95-year-old woman out of city hall. >> here is a live look outside with the tail end of the storm, the golden gate bridge shows the

deck is still wet.

>> we will start with a look at the golden gate bridge where cornell said it was raining early but now it is quieter but the road is wet. live doppler 7 hd shows the heart of the bay area is quiet with a sprinkle here or there. in petaluma, we are on the d

street extension, you can see there is wet weather but headed into town, right near the exit you can see the rain. headed to the higher elevation at foothill ranch road we have light showers. winds are up to 20 michigan. a stray shower is possible, low-to-mid 50's at the coat and mid-to-upper 50's for the rest of us. as we head into tomorrow, another round heavy rain is on the way but friday, saturday, and sunday, sunshine and warmer wet. >> speaking of the golden gate bridge, we have high wind advisory for all the major bridges at this hour. to santa rosa mike was telling you, they are getting rain blow through, and the green here represents wet roads, not necessarily rain coming down, so, wets roads throughout santa rosa and northbound 101, the ramp to worker 12 had an accident and that ramp is shut down for removal of that accident. still with a stall blocking a

lane on highway four, westbound at hillcrest, you can see traffic is bumper to bumper moving toward pittsburg and an update we have a situation westbound 237, that accident is off to the right shoulder. christian and katie? >> san francisco sheriff deputies escorted protesters from city hall including a 95-year-old woman. members of the local 1021 protested pay cuts to city positions yesterday when they refused to leave. the deputies cuffed them and escorted them out including the 95-year-old aunt of us supreme court justice breyer. she was not handcuffed. a spokesman said under contract negotiations the wage cuts would only affect new hires. >> it is 6:12. hundreds of high-end fakes seized before they hit the street. we will tell you where the fake bags were snatched up.

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>> we are back with 6:15 on this wednesday morning. can you see cells to the northwest in sonoma headed to marin county and some of the cells have light rain and moderate rain with yellows in there headed over to 101 from cloverdale, and all the way to

occidental and santa rosa. we still need more rain. we have had .1" in san jose to .8" in san to rose but still anywhere from 2.5" to 5" down. we have breezes out there that will taper through the day and our best chance of showers, now, through the next, say, hour or two, we will get a break but an isolated shower is possible and isolated shower but mostly dry at 4:00 to 7:00. >> you are talking rain and you are talking snow, and this is what it looks like in tahoe this morning, this new video just in from blue canyon in the sierra, while the rest of the bay area braces for rain they are expecting white out conditions today, so very difficult driving, bring your chains if you plan to go up and take advantage of the slopes, more than a foot of snow is expected to foot between now and the

weekend, the first significant snow fall since december so fresh powder. >> happening now the capitol is very much on storm watch, up to 5" of know is expected in washington, dc today. as we learn, thousands of flights across the country are canceled. >> good morning to you, katie. we have been getting a rain and snow mix this morning. it started at midnight and it has continued all morning. in washington, dc, we are businessing for a major snow event, and federal offices are closed. the public schools are closed. people saw exactly how fierce the storm system was in the midwest and what it did and here along the region, folks are bracing. >> the storm pushed through the mid-atlantic overnight bumping heavy snow around washington, dc, from theers expect accumulation between 6" and a foot. >> stress me out. >> in montgomery county,

maryland, crews prepared for the worst. their goal is to avoid treacherous roads. in wisconsin a truck driver was killed when the semi plunged from an icy bridge. in snow paragraph amended chicago they cleaning up after 10 itch -- 10" fell. more cancellations expected today. >> i think we will stay in chicago. i guess we will go do something fun. >> in west haven connecticut, crews brace for an epic know event. they are getting used to bad weather. >> i had water up to my door here and i am up 4' or a' from the road. >> up and down the east coast residents along the storm zone stocked up. >> making sure we have milk, eggs and water and bread. toilet paper.

>> along the super storm sandy ravaged new jersey shore, evacuations are underway, with big worry about flooding and high wind on the already-battered coastline. >> live in way, we are expecting the worst snowstorm in three years. the snow is expected to taper off tonight but we anticipate heavy wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour that could not over trees and power lines, and making for a dangerous situation. reporting live in washington, abc7 news. >> here we have been trying to get some snow. when will it end? >> tonight at 10:00, that is when the watches and warnings end. we have more showers head up that way as we watch the rain turn into snow as it hits the

slopes and the sierra is uplifted by the topography and it turns to snow. 20" are possible as we head through 10:00 tonight. now, what is going on you can see from the roof camera the clouds are opening up a little bit. now, the temperatures, 50 in san francisco and san jose, oakland is san jose. dress for temperatures mainly around, say, the mid-to-upper 40'sette to santa rosa and napa and fairfield and livermore and fremont. now the highlights of forecast. we will which showers which are light today, very scattered but you will notice it will be cooler today. heavy showers are coming in tomorrow with the secondary wave and that is when the snow level drops to around 3,000' and a brighter and warmer and spring-like weekend coming our way into next week. here is 9 pair of lows, satellite lows, rotating around,

the first came through last might and brought the heavy rain, while it still is moving away from us, it could spark off a shower or two and it is the secondary low that is rotating around the back side of the low counterclockwise and that comes in tomorrow and bringing us another dose of rain. watch as we head through the noon hour, a scattered shower is possible in our higher elevations and the north bay, even more so, and by action, we are starting to see a taper in the chances during the overnight hours most of us can see a flow setting from the southwest and that is a natural topography-induced flow that will bring you some light rain. the low starts to come in by noon tomorrow and notice how it spreads heavier showers around all our neighbors through the afternoon into the evening hours but by friday morning, it looks like we will start to dry out and the roads will be wet by friday evening. grab a coat. it will get chilly for friday into saturday morning. we will get another quarter to halfen a inch of rain in the

lower elevations and 1" to 2" in the higher elevation. on saturday, back to average at the coast, low-to-mid 60's, and check the batteries in your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detectors and enjoy the extra hour in the evening with the 70's dominating the forecast. sue? >> good morning, everyone, we have a live look at the bay bridge toll please with appear early stall gone and iing along, crawling along, obviously metering lights are on and beautiful dramatic sky but no rain right here. we do have high wins on the san mateo and you can see the sign to the right on the san mateo bridge, it is warning you of high winds this morning and traffic is slowing nicely over toward the peninsula. we have an update on the commute from the central valley, and it is very slow, just crawling along into the livermore area and it picks up a bit as you make your way into the dublin/pleasanton area and early start in antioch has been

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$14 million. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news from san francisco. ahead, the swat stand off starting with a medical marijuana robbery. >> lighting up the bay we will show you the huge party on the embarcardero for the day but of the bay lights project. aa look from the toll plaza toward emeryville and berkeley and the clouds are opening and it is dry right now. the big story of the showers that are hanging around the next 24 to 48 hours and look at the temperatures, taking off through the weekend and into next week. i will have the spring forecast and the latest live doppler 7 hd to show you where it is raining

>> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news.

>> from san francisco bayview, police officers are in a tense stand off that started with a medical marijuana robbery. abc7 news reporter, aim -- amy hollyfield joins us live. >> officers arriving from the scene. some are wearing riot gear. they are adding resources to this issue. they already have a wide area in the bayview district blocked off with mobile command unit out here, several officers, some of them have their guns drawn. some of them are on rooftops look at the building and watching it and waiting. we are in the bay you have district at jennings street and wallace avenue, police say a group of people robbed a medical marijuana dispensary and they arrested two people they believe others have barricaded themselves in the building and will not come out. they have the whole area blocked

off. you want to avoid this part of town. we are in the bayview. there are still several officers still arriving even as we stand hire. they continue to come to this area so they are taking this very seriously, and it does appear that they are gearing up for something here. we will keep you posted on this breaking news situation. stay with us as the situation continues to unfold. reporting live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> we will check back with you, amy. >> it is windy if that shot and that goes to the other big story, the storm that moved through. and now from mike nicco. >> the heaviest rain is over. the san mateo bridge shows a couple of things to notice. the ponding is mainly on the shoulder right now and the bridge is still a little bit wet and you can see the waves on the bay being choppy because of the gusty winds at 20 to 25 miles per hour over the open water. you can see on live doppler 7 hd it is dry on the bay bridge in

the sky above it right now. over the last three hours we have healthy rain moving through the south bay during the overnight hours and in the north bay and now we have lit shower still possible through 7:00 and very isolated shower possible today. temperatures around the bay are in the low-to-mid 50's as you head inland the best chance of showers through theness couple of hours is in the north bay and that will still be the best chance headed into the afternoon under clouds and the mid-50's. at the coast it is frozey which will taper in the afternoon, and clouds will be stubborn and temperatures are cooler in the low 50's. we are not finished with the storm yet and i will have a timetable on the next round of showers in a few minutes. suest. >> we have high wind advisory still from a major bridge around the bay area. a new problem to report, on the peninsula, this is actually the on-ramp to northbound 280, partly blocked with new accident

there. there is 580 from the central valley, a grind to dublin/pleasanton and highway four is slow into concord and highway 80 all the way to the macarthur maze is running 25 minutes and now a look at the 80 commute, bumper to bumper at the 580 merge, as you move through berkeley to the macarthur maze, it is a lot of company out there in other cars but you are moving. >> back to the north bay for the storm coverage, cornell bernard is live in novato with the conditions. cornell, it is windy, right? >> exactly. we have been out and about all morning long and we have seen a lot of rain move through the north bay but the big story right now as you said, seems to be the wind. it is causing some power outages including here in novato where the power want out to parts of the shopping center, parts of the hamilton marketplace lost their power this morning and several restaurants were impacted.

one place was battered by wind and rain over night, in santa rosa crews are dealing with a downed tree. it is blocking gates road. high winds took down the street but cable, phone, and power lines along with it. it happened at 1:15 this morning and the fire crews, pg&e on the scene trying to move the tree and get the power back on. unknown how many could be without power at this hour. the drive across the golden gate bridge, you have to know it is dicey and trip rouse. the video was shot this morning when a heavy storm was moving over the span with winds gusting over the span, as well. we have been across marin county and parts of sonoma and we have seen a lot of wet pavement and talked to the c.h.p. a short time ago and there have been some spinouts and a lot of wet roads. they are urging all commuters to be extremely careful on way to

work because it is dangerous. >> thank you very much. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the rain now falling in the bay area and the showers and a reminder you can traffic the storm online any time with live doppler 7 hd at abc7 news and you can follow it if you want. >> stand off with a patient at san mateo general hospital has ended peacefully. the man set small fires in his roof before 11:00 p.m. and barricaded himself inside. the staff evacuated paints in -- patients in the surrounding room and police negotiators got him to come out at 1:00 o'clock p.m. they is nut made any arrests. we will have further details ahead. >> new details on the man would shot and killed two santa cruz police officers last week of the deputies say goulet, who killed

the officers, lost his coffeeship job, sold his no one, and told the house mates he was moving out. detective sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth baker, the police say, were at his house to investigate a groping case and he opened fire on them february 26. a public viewing of the officers' caskets is held today on ocean street from 3:00 to 8:00. a memorial for detective sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth baker is held tomorrow. it is the move to the h.p. pavilion in san jose to accommodate a larger crowd. a motorcade procession from santa cruz will presee -- precede the memorial. we will have live coverage at abc7 news at 11 a.m. >> officials say a suspected carjacker shot by san francisco police last night is expected to survive. this was a chase through bayview and a driver was cornered in a deadend and he backed into an officer who was trying to arrest

him. officers opened fire. the chief says that the bmw vehicle was stolen the day before and the carjacker had a shotgun. >> hair has made -- hayward city council voted to get rid of the red light cameras. right now, there are eight cameras at intersections that had a lot of citizens from red light runners and crashes increased at three of the intersections when the cameras went in. they cost the city close to $1 million a year to operate, the same as it generates in ticket revenue. the council voted to end the program but will still pursue red light runners. >> ahead, what is happening at the new 49ers stadium. >> bay area couple is kicked out of a mall after sharing a kiss and now other shopers are jumping to their defense were. >> a look outside on this stormy wet wednesday, you are looking

in san mateo, weather and traffic are next as abc7 news

>> we are back at 6:40. we have clear sky over the golden gate bridge with no ponding of water. but it is a little damp. be careful. our best chance of rain during the morning commute is up north of the golden gate bridge in the north bay. the cell right to the west of this area, can you see an uptick in the intensity of rain at 15 to 17 minutes. we have light rain at petaluma and heavy rain to the west. in ten or 13 minutes it will be near you. this is moving basically west to east and the whole system will sink to the south. it will bring scattered light

showers to all of us. the key is scattered and light. the winds are at 20 miles per hour, and everyone else is 15 or below. that is the trend for the afternoon. a light scattered shower is possible with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and calmer conditions. to the coast we will have low-to-mid 50's and tomorrow we get a punch of heavy rain and friday and saturday a warming trend is on the way. >> winnie and -- windy and slick roads so give yourself extra time to get where you are going because of the danger out there with the roads. back to the peninsula, on-ramp to nobody 280 a car hit a signpost and the exit is partly block. in vallejo, westbound 37, this is a car and a big rig on the shoulder. look at the slow traffic. now, over to tahoe, we have snow falling, and this is really white and beautiful. traffic is getting through but chains are required on highway

50, as well. have fun on the slopes. >> a sight for sore eyes for skiers. >> story from yesterday, there will be a kiss in to support a gay couple who was kicked out of a hall for kissing and hadding hands and that is scheduled for saturday. the couple were at the westfield galleria in roseville on saturday. they say they were not doing anything wrong and kissed each other on the check and a security guard came up and asked them to leave. the guard told the two men the same policy held for any couple. in a statement the galleria apologized for the misperceptions regarding the incident saying they embrace the kiss in. >> ahead, the royal slip of the tongue that could be revealing the scene december of prince william and kate's baby. >> trading is underway on wall street. we will go live to the new york stock exchange and have jane king talk about what is happening today the. >> a new effort today to bring

>> here it is, live doppler 7 hd showing a light sprinkle, very scattered for most of us and the north bay is a little bit heavier and showers but still they are light and few and far between. in tahoe, watch out, we have heavy snow falling and chain requirements and sue tells me the heavy snow will continue to fall until 10:00. the rain is moving down toward los angeles and san diego. one of the few dry spots is palm springs at 76.

tahoe, until 10:00, if you are trying to get there, it will be difficult with 20" of snow falling to 4,000 feet. safe travels. >> josh elliott has at look at what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good wednesday morning to you and to all you there in the bay area. coming up here, as you know, good news for our money, this morning, the storm surging yesterday beat the all-time high and was a me record this was set back in 2007 but we are asking questions, how real is it? could it be just another bubble? answers are next. right here. on "good morning america" for you. new this morning the mayors of san francisco and san jose and santa clara are boosting the bay area bid to host the super bowl in 2016. the new state of art high-tech stadium in santa clara is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of the 2014 nfl season.

mayors of the three cities will join the 49er's owners to look at the construction and provide an update on the bid to bring the super bowl to the site. >> the bay bridge is now officially the largest l.e.d. light sculpture. crowds gathered in san francisco last night to watch the lights debate. at 9:00, the project was switched on and it consists of 25,000let l.e.d. lights, and locals seem excited about the temporary addition to their view of the bay. >> it will be on for two years. maybe we will get sick of it but i don't think it. it looks cool. >> we sped up the video so you can see more of the light show. it will run through $11,000 worth of energy paid if by private funds raised. you can check it out starting at dusk each night. >> workers right now at vatican prepare the cistene chapel for the less of the through pope

putting in a false floor to protect the chapel's original floor during a meeting of the cardinals. they are preparing stoves to burn the ballots. later today they plan to thank pope benedict for the years of goes to the church. >> a slip of tongue but the duchess may have given away the gender of her baby. kate was chatting with the public on the east coast yesterday and according to the london telegraph given a teddy bear as a gift for which she said "thank you i'll take that to my "d" and stopped to going any further but a well wish are said was she ready to say "daughter" the duchess said "we are not telling." the due date is in june. we will have much more on this possible slip of the tongue on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> credit card deals and better deal on the road, ahead, from toyota. and stocks this only are building on yesterday's close.

good morning, a record high. who would think during the financial crisis we would claw back from 6,000 something level from march of 2009 and get above the previous high a few years later. we have seen improved profits and that is partly behind it but something that is really behind it is the massive stimulus that we have from the federal reserve the pat few years with investors i spoke to not all that impressed with yesterday's record. they say, actually, when you adjust for inflation the dow is actually higher in 2007 than it is today. we need to rise another 10 percent to really it all-time high in real terms. better for the 401(k) to be at this level than march of 2009. here is how we look this morning. we are building on the record that we saw yesterday, the dow at 14,303 and the s&p 500 and nasdaq are higher and the

silicon valley index is trading lower at the moment. good news if you are in the market for a new toyota analysts say they are under pressure to drop car prices, camry sales are plunging as people go for the bigger discounts on the ford fusion and nissan. bank of america has a new credit card rewarding you for good behavior. if you pay your monthly bill on time you can earn $100 in cash rewards a year to get the deal on the bankamerica better balance award card you have to pay more than a monthly minimum and pay it on time. >> 6:50. looking behind us, it looks dry on the bay, but where do you fine the showers? >> in the north bay. the heavy showers moved through with some residual showers and we will get another heavy batch tomorrow so, good question there and here is the answer if you can turn around and look at the tv you can see live doppler 7 hd right now over the last three hours showing a drying trend in the south bay and, also, the scattered showers in the north

bay which are very, very light and they will keep the roads wet. check out the tower at telegraph hill that is a beautiful sky with temperature at 48 in oakland and pleasanton and palo alto and mill valley and slow and san francisco, and 50, and we can see the sun rising down in san jose as we look at 280 and the sun is so strong we can now seat 17 but it is right now. now, the other temperatures 46 in santa rosa and napa and look at fairfield and livermore and fremont, at 48, and gilroy is warm other at 49. today, it will be partly sunny with scattered light showers and cooler conditions. we have seen the heaviest of the rain from this first wave and it moved through overnight and heavy showers with a second wave tomorrow and that is the cold are one with the snow level dipping to around 3,000 feet and spring comes back this weekend and into early next week. here is the first slow that moved through. the second low that is rotating around the pair of lows is coming in tomorrow.

so well talk about lou this unfolds. at 7:00, we have a drying trend toward noon with isolated showers and that will hold true in the afternoon. we will get breaks in the cloud cover and see sunshine and that is what will irritate the atmosphere enough to create an us lated shower and not until the low starts to dry near tomorrow morning we could see light rain in the morning. by noon, it is still over the higher elevations closest to the ocean but headed in afternoon, you can see it moving across the neighborhood and the low rotates down to the south by friday morning. we will wake up to some wet streets, residual moisture but by friday afternoon, clearing takes place and the rain is over. we get another quarter to three quarters of an inch in the lower elevations and north bay and santa cruz mountains generous at 1" to 2". the second punch is more dry than the first punch that comes through. so, for tomorrow, you can see how cool it will be, lower to

middle 50's and with the afternoon sunshine we will get into the 60-degree range and in the 60's on saturday away from the coast and daylight savings begins sunday morning. check the bat tri-s in the smoke detectors. >> dramatic sky but no rain here and i don't know if you can see "high winds on bridge." so we still have an advisory for the san mateo bridge with no brick lights and traffic slowing nicely from laird -- from hayward to foster city. we had an early accident southbound 101 a car on side of the road and the driver is waiting for the tow truck to arrive, to vallejo a big rig and a car on the shoulder with slow traffic creeping along toward novato and drive times, southbound, petaluma to novato, that is slow, 880 northbound and that is southbound into fremont. >> at 6:53.

straight ahead an update on breaking news. a swat team stand off in san francisco. here is a picture of the scene, you can see a heavy police presence here in the bayview district with a

>> we continue to follow breaking news from san francisco, bayview district right now where police are on the scene of a tense stand off. >> our reporter is live there with the latest. amy? >> three people have come out of the building with their hands up, and they were handcuffed and put in a car. however, police didn't move in on them as you would think they would of a dangerous suspect. it appears they have gotten people out of the building who were not part of this, who were innocent victims. they are still on high alert. look behind me, still a huge police presence here as if the bad guys are still in the building. i can only report to you what i can see at this point because police have not briefed us. they are planning and saying

they are in an intense ticket california situation right now and are very focused on what is going on. this is the bayview district, a medical marijuana dispensary was robbed overnight and a couple of people were arrested and police believe a couple more people are still hold up inside. reporting live from san francisco for abc7 news. >> thank you for that. >> we will follow another big story, the wet and winnie -- windy storm. >> you can see the clouds have lifted but there is a little bit of light rain falling from the east bay hills in morning. scattered sprinkles are possible for the morning commute and maybe a heavier shower in the north bay and scattered showers and light, with sunshine today and temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's at the coast and the breedses will taper this afternoon. >> metering lights are on the bay bridge and car pool lanes are getting by nice.

pretty shot from the golden gate bridge. blue sky with traffic flowing nicely. a new situation on the peninsula, southbound 101 at ralston, a car fire is off on the shoulder the kristen? >> sue, thanks for that update. thanks for watching the abc7 news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america" but we will follow the developing story from san francisco with police swat stand off.

good morning, america. and here it comes. that major snowstorm already dumping up to a foot across the midwest now becoming a nor'easter along the east coast with heavy snow and wind to the big cities. the federal government closed today. a thousand flights canceled. sam tracking it right now. and breaking now, the dow set to surge even higher at this hour after zooming to an all-time record. what's fueling the soaring numbers, and what does it mean for your money right now? and brand new this morning, a startling confession broadcast overnight from a world famous ballet dancer revealing his sinister acid attack. against the man behind the bolshoi. how ivan the terrible has admitted to a real-life "black swan." is it a girl, kate? did the gift of a teddy bear

cause the duchess to accidentally admit that she's having a daughter? the slip of the tongue making huge headlines. is britain set for a future princess? what kate is now saying about her baby. >> an entire headline for a little tiny "d" from kate. a half a "d." good morning, america. robin off this morning. great to have amy here and one of the big headlines this morning for everyone flying going through airport security, tsa is now reversing its ban on some knives and they're going to allow them on planes and a lot of flight attendants are fighting mad about this decision. and then, there's martha stewart at the center of a media frenzy back in court caught in the middle of a dramatic battle between two of the country's most famous stores. she had some words for the press too as she was making her way to the car.