boat leads to a vallejo officer to open fire and kill a man. >> bay area traffic is among the worst in the nation and commuters in one city are seeing the brunt of delays. >> oakland a's pitcher and several other players in major league baseball are facing possible suspension this morning as a new steroid cancel shakes up baseball. >> thanks for joining us on wednesday at 6:00. >> those suspends could be up to 100 games. that is a big deal. >> big deal to you, the weather is great. >> while we were sleeping, the clouds came back but live doppler 7 hd showing no radar returns. other than drizzle it is a dry start. next 12 hours around the bay, we are overcast and mid-50's to upper 50's through 7:00. it will be partly cloudy by noon to mostly sunny in the afternoon from the low sect to upper 60's

and a cool breeze keeps us in the mid-60's. the day planner, inland valley, we have more cloud cover and mid-50's and clouds hang around in the north bay but sunny in the east bay valley and upper 60's and hang out in the mid-70's at 4:00 and upper 60's by 7:00. the day planner if the coast the next 12 hours overcast to partly sunny, low 50's, to mid-to-upper 50's. now, to traffic with leyla gulen. >> at 6:00, we have a look at the drive if san jose where we have construction projects now wrapping up at this hour and southbound 880, along the nimitz between brokaw with repaving work and top speeds work right now and a new crash in oakland. but, first, over to waze app we have someone reported a pothole is in the road and this is near where we had an early accident at airport boulevard.

you can track your track with apple app and google play. this is the toll plaza looking very busy and pole the metering lights have been fund on. >> in vallejo authorities are investigating a fatal police shooting last night on a large boat in the vallejo marina an officer was investigating a loud and physical confrontation on the boat after 8:00 last night, and police say a man pointed a weapon at the for and authorities say the officer shot the suspect in sell -- self-defense. the man died at the hospital. >> the south bay commute is getting worse and worse and it is all due to the economic come become. abc7 news reporter matt has this trouble spot the. >> this stretch of 101 is considered one of the worst areas for traffic in the san jose area. right now, traffic looks good,

just a little light. during the worst commuter hours it will take you on average 12 minutes to go 4.2 miles from fair oaks avenue. a new report by the traffic research company shows traffic jumped 9 percent in april, more jobs means more drivers on the road but it is regional. the bay area job market is booming and san jose cited 20 percent jump in traffic in april compared to last april the biggest jump in the nation. >> it make sense because more people are going back to work but los angeles is worse than us >> she is right, los angeles has worse traffic number one in the united states on the overall list. san francisco is not far hype -- behind at number three. where is the worst stretch if traffic here in the bay area? highway four in between palely and summersville road.

>> thank you, matt, new details on the repair for the new bay bridge eastern span. caltran's director is sending his chief deputy to help the management team as crews try to fix the faulty bolts. last week, the transportation commission officials said they will not determine until july 10 if the span will open on labor day weekend. crews are installing large cables the next several weeks to fix the 32 faulty bolts. >> new detail on the flooding that forced the oakland police department to shut down the downtown headquarters. the department says the building will be back open at 8:00 this morning after a broken toilet flooded the building. it was offed so on -- it was discovered on the third floor third morning. no word on how much the repairs will cost. >> the richard city council passed a 45-day moratorium on

new permits for cash for gold businesses. some are convinced the stores help criminals exchange stolen gold items for cash and contribute to the spike in burglaries changing stolen goods for money. the council will citizen the moratorium into next year when it meets next month. >> palo alto police released a sketch of a man who attacked a jogging woman. show described the attacker at 20 years old and weighing 160 pounds with black hair and clean shaven with earrings. she was jogging in palo alto at a nature preserve. the man attacked her from behind at the palo alto golf course. she broke free and the suspect ran off. >> today, a united airline baggage handler at sfo will enter a plea on charges he stole

valuable from passengers' luggage. the 45 year oh ---year-old was caught in a police sting after this were over 50 complaints. police set up a sting operation conducted targeting t.s.a. screeners attaching g.p.s. tracking devices to iphones and tablets. >> major league baseball will decide whether to suspend top players including oakland a's pitcher related to performance-enhancing drugs. indicate katie is in the newsroom with more. we talking big names. >> 20 players and possibly 30 players. the espn investigative show reports the owner of a miami clinic now closed will meet with baseball officials this friday

and name names. that include oakland a's pitcher suspended last year for using a banned substance. former giants outfielder cabrera who testified positive last year. the blue jays were at at&t park last night and can prairie was -- and cabrera was booed when three came up to bat. the clinic has been investigated since learning that several star players were listed in the records as having bought performance-enhancing substances and the owner has agreed to cooperate with the investigation in exchange for a lawsuit against him being dropped. >> what baseball didn't have was someone who could swire to the -- swear to the truth of the documents and now he will testify saying the documents are true. >> they are considering suspending players for 100 games which is the penalty for second offenses.

espn reports because of the labor rules in baseball it could take several months in the process. if they are uphold the performance-enhancing drug scandal would be the largest in american sports history. >> new this morning from russia, a fire in a now subway station forced thousands of commuters to evacuate. video shows commuter leaving the station, dozens had to get medical him and a handful of others were taken to the hospital. the media reports a cable caught fire in the subway station. >> the state department issued a travel alert for citizens traveling to turkey as anti-government protests continue. police arrested people in istanbul and people are urged to remain "alert." the protest started last week offer listens to re-develop a

park. >> mike has the weather. >> we are off to a great start. hour flight delays at sfo. as far as our air quality, we are going to have high amounts of tree pollen, moderate grass, and u.v. index is rather high again. we will talk about what is going on down the road, concord will be six degrees warmer than yesterday. three degrees warmer in san jose. santa rosa and oakland a couple of degrees warmer and you will not notice that in san francisco and fremont because they will be the same. the three day forecast, the warm of the days, will jump two to eight degrees tomorrow and the same on friday and hang around with warm weather inland,

mid-to-upper 90's for friday and saturday and 70's at the coast with dangerous rip currents. leyla gulen has traffic. >> we have a major accident traveling westbound along 80 involving four vehicles. you can see it is a solid backup westbound 80 at least two lanes are blocked and backup is very heavy. that will slow the drive from highway four to the maze to get to the pay bridge. we have construction on the eastbound side of the bay bridge with three lanes blocked because of tollbooth work that will extend physical -- until 6:30. this is the golden gate bridge, the northbound commute is clear with an early construction and that is gone now. >> it is now 6:10.

the first lady responded when a woman from the bay area interrupted her speech. >> new set back if apple, a product that they are being told you cannot bring into the country. >> do you bay for a credit score monitoring services? "consumer reports" h

>> covering cupertino, concord, wine country, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 6:14. a defeat for apple in the patent war with samsung. the international trade commission issued a ban on import of the iphone four and the ipad 2, after finding they violate a patent held by samsung. the ban with apply to products sold in the unbecause the device is similar in china. president obama can invalidate the ban and apple says it will appeal. >> but are opening a new credit card account, buying a new car or applying if a mortgage your credit score plays an important role and "consumer reports" partnered with "7 on your side" to reveal a credit score secret that could cost. >> your credit scored is the most important numbers in your financial life and americans

spend millions a year to find out their score. "consumer reports" says the score you get is not necessarily the one lenders use. that could be a nasty surprise when you apply if credit. >> a couple hoped to row finance, after paying $200 to the credit bureau so he could monitor the credit score regularly. when a score reached the mid-700's he felt confident he would get the best mortgage terms. it did not happen. >> at my bank, she pulled my credit on the phone and she came back with numbers substantially different than what i had recently checked online by 22 points. >> often the credit score you get is different from the score a lender uses. it took a close look at the company that invented credit scores. >> they is dogs of different scoring methods and hundreds of others and they can all grade the same from file differently

so we do not think it is worth it to by it. >> it is important to check your full credit report regularly for possible inaccuracies, and you can get it preach ear year from the three major credit bureaus by going to www.annualcreditreport.com and also ask to see the actual credit score the lender is using if you think it is too low ask to know why. shop around for the best interest rates because lenders can rate you differently. as for mark, he was dismayed with the credit score the lender used he did not quaff for the best interest rate. >> i should have access to the same credit score that the banks and creditors do. >> there is federal legislation pending right now can would require lenders to disclose, if free, the actual credit scores they use in assessing loans but it is not law.

if you paid if a credit score that was significantly different than a lender you approached "consumer reports" suggest demanding a refund as you would with any defective product. >> anything but defective out there, today, and the heat is coming tomorrow. >> injury -- energy the heat today. the heat wave will only last two days. today, and good morning to the ladies of notre dame high school in belmont and the tigers. they are graduating today. it starts at 5:00 at 9 degrees. 65 when you end. so it will be mild. congratulations, ladies. live doppler 7 hd shows very quiet outside other than the cowed cover. we will talk about the forecast and downtown san jose with sunshine this afternoon and developing along the coast as it

has the last couple of days with highs below average. another night of clouds and the marine layer goes away and high pressure brings the hot, dry air, and it will bring us rip currents starting tonight through friday aat so if you head to the coast to find relieve, be carefulled. the cloud cover this morning, moving all the way into the inland neighborhoods near sacramento, so, by 10:30 east bay valleys, san jose, south bay, all clear. bien knew, most of the bay is cleared out with a few lingers clouds in the north bay and along angel island and alcatraz and berkeley but by 2:00 or 3:00 it breaks apart. 50's at the coast. 80 in mocken hill -- in morgan

hill. 75 in redwood city, and 66 in millbrae, northbound on the peninsula, you will be near 60 along coast today, to mid-60's this downtown south san francisco, sausalito, near 60 in the north bay beach and 67 in petaluma where the clouds linger we have 67 in hayward and oakland. low 70's around hercules and union city and fremont. inland we have mid-70's to 80 in antioch. the day game forecast as the blue jays and the giants wrap up, 12:45 first pitch. have the sunshine, ending at 64 by end the game. tomorrow, you will notice the jump in temperatures at two to eight degrees and off four to eight degree on friday. hole the temperatures through saturday and a cooling trend coming back and back where they should be monday and tuesday. leyla gulen? >> good morning, we are taking

you over to the altamont pass, and this is where we have an accident westbound 580 blocking a lane. we are looking at 21 miles per hour at tracy and 38 miles per hour as you head into live more and a 41-minute drive headed out of tracy to dublin. our waze app shows an accident down to 9 miles per hour because of a major accident involving four vehicles and blocking two lanes. you are seeing backups so it is very slow away from highway four. 87 freeway away from the julian off ramp is moving nicely with no accidents. >> dozens are forced to lobby --

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>> a protester with ties to the bay area is shocked by what happened after she interrupted a speech by first lady. here is the audio from the

private fundraisers in washington, dc. >> one of the things why do well, is this. >> some is audio that has just come into the newsroom from the controversial confrontation last night, the first lady left the podium telling the heckler she could listen to me or take the mike but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice. the protester was escorted out. the heckler was identified as a woman linked to a berkeley-based group "get equal." >> you don't want to pest with her the. >> that is disrespectful. >> 6:24 is the time now. a major shakeup inside president obama's national security team. we will tell you who is in and who is out.

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news. good morning, at 6:27. a look from the camera looking at the embark -- embarcadero across the bay, it looks nice. >> warm-up is in store for us the next 24 hours. >> tomorrow and pronounced on friday and saturday. good morning, everyone, the cloud cover is causing flight arrival delays, up to an hour at sfo and while we were sleeping not much going on as far as radar returns. the clouds are out there but not giving up their moisture other than drizzle possible along the coast. the day planner next 12 hours around the bay we start off in the mid-to-upper 50's and partly cloudy by noon and low 60's and mostly sunny in the afternoon and upper 60's. inland, we have cloud cover and mid-50's with lingering clouds in the north bay and the east

bay will be clear by noon and close to average in the east bay valley and mid-70's there, but we will have low 70's in the north bay because of the lingering cloud cover and the coast is partly sunny starting in the low 50's and well end up in the upper 50's. enjoy it. >> we have a big crash if you are traveling westbound along 80 at carlson boulevard involving four vehicles with speeds approaching richmond parkway at 34 miles per hour, so 33 minutes from highway fur to the maze. out of antioch to conquer at 13 miles per hour, and that is 23-minute ride and toward concord and a look outside as we look at the toll plaza the metering lights are on and busy conditions toward san francisco. >> a developing story from vallejo police are investigating

a shooting involving one of their own when an officer responded to a call at the vallejo marina. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the latest. >> this happened on a boat. you can see there is crime tape here from the investigation. in 20 years in the department the investigator cannot remember an officer involved shooting on a boat. he was living on the boat it appears. at 7:00 this was a call about a loud violent fight and the officer got here at 8:00 to check it out he found the suspect, a man if -- in his 40's on the boat and pointed a modified gun at the officer. the liver shot him and he says it was self-defense. the man died at the hospital. they have not released his name.

the officer is a veteran with the department and okay and is on leave while they investigate. >> thank you. also if vallejo an early morning fire broke out at a housing complex for low-income seniors at an apartment building around 1:00 o'clock this morning. firefighters evacuated 100 people living in the building. investigators say it started on the 5th floor after someone left a pot on the stove. four units were damaged. the red cross is helping people find a place to say. it just re-opened in january after a deadly four alarm fire left three people dead in 2008. >> dive teams have recovered a vehicle from the water where a man drove it into the water while being chased by police after sinking in the hours next

to a water park after slow-speed 30 miles per hour chase. the man was able to get free from the car as it sank in the water and the chase started in the mission district in san francisco and went across the bay on to interstate 80. this is how it looked from the camera at 11:00 last night. the suspect was wanted for hit-and-run accident and taken into today. >> from washington, dc, a major shakeup in president obama's national security team. national security advisor tom donilon is resigning after being part of the inner circle for four years, the recent are file painted him as a domineering figure would had strained relationships with colleagues and staff and will be replaced by susan rice, with change announced this afternoon. >> state senator calderon says the f.b.i. is hassling an innocent people after agents served search warrants yesterday

afternoon at the state capitol. agents searched the office of the latino legislative caucus of which calderon is a member. officials are refusing to say what this is about but say the searches are related to allegations of criminal activity. the "los angeles times" reports it could be part of a corruption investigation. >> santa clara officials will plan a run off election to decide we fills the seat last by disgraced supervisor george shirakawa jr. there were seven candidates, and the top two vote getters will be in the run off because no one got 50 percent. voters in hercules approved a hike in utility tax passed with 70 percent approval.

the utility taxes go up to 8 percent from the 6 percent right now. the revenue keeps the police department in hercules at current staffing levels. >> a mom and dad are hospitalized after a horrifying traffic accident that killed their son. the boy's father gilbert gil was driving very fast on paseo padre parkway in fremont yesterday. he lost control of the vehicle, hit a tree, and the honda slit -- split if half. the boy was in the back seat and landed in a yard where he died. the father could face charges. >> new details of a violent crime spree and manhunt in oakland. the police released a photo of this man, who suspected of two shooting, three carjackings, and two possible kidnappings in the span of an hour yesterday morning. police say the spree ended when three crashed into a light pole

on 105th and ran off. oakland police say the two shooting victims were his ex-girlfriend and her father. both are in stable condition. >> a prescription alert from target after a pharmacy were employees at two bay area stores came down with hepatitis a works at the hayward and san leandro stores. you can return the medicine for a refund. new details of the hepatitis a outbreak related to frozen berries from costco. a 22-year-old was treated for the infiction this month and now the third confirm case in the bay area. >> the local red cross is sending ten more volunteers to help people affected by the devastating tornadoes in oklahoma. they leave today to join a dozen

other workers from the area on the ground. the national weather service has revised the magnitude the storm to ef-5, the highest strength possible. it had winds of 296 miles per hour and 2.6 miles wide foe the widest tornado ever recorded. >> this month, susan g. komen "walk for the cure" is the last one starting next year, organizers cancel the walk here and in half a dozen other cities. a spokesman said this was made because of declining participation and high costs. participation has been down since the founder sparked controversy last year moving to take away the grants for planted parenthood. a number of follower walkers are switching to the avon walk for cancer and other fundraisers. >> breast cancer should not lose because they pull out but that people will still fund organizes for research. >> the decision by her to end

the three day walk will not affect the race for the cure which will continue. >> ahead, the bay area city with the worst commutes in the entire nation. >> coming up first new problems for toyota, the concern leading to a new recall for a popular hybrid. >> how is the commute looking? not too bad, traffic and weather

>> current conditions show clouds with the june gloom this morning and mid-to-upper 50's. as we head law the day, temperatures are a little bit warmer in concord and san jose where you will notice it but oakland and san francisco and fremont and the neighbors are one to two degrees higher than yesterday. quiet around the state. the sea breeze, 89 but mid-to-upper 90's in chico and fresno and thunderstorms possible in yosemite and the rip currents are coming up the coast. this accident is cleared westbound, if you are traveling if that area we see that accident has cleared involving four vehicles and this picture was taken with all the cars

involved in the accident on the shoulder and we still have backups from highway four which will take you 29 minutes to head from highway four to the maze. right now you can see san jose is decent but more cars building as you move away from 17. pack the patience. >> new this morning, toyota is recalling more than 200,000 prius and lexus hybrids and says vibrations may cause cracks resulting in a reduction of power. the new recall affects prius hybrids made between march in october of 2009 and lexus are also involved. >> putting the blame on working moms, ahead, what a governor says we are responsible for when it comes to our kids.

>> that is why they gave him a talking to after. >> trading underway on wall street journal with the dow off 57 points and we will talk within king at the new york stock exchange. >> if you live in the south bay and think your morning commute is worse it is not your pagination. we will tell you why you are

>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is 6:45. the economic come back in the bay area comes at price. >> you are spending more time behind the wheel. we have the areas to avoid. matt? >> it is naughty to -- not too difficult to figure out the problem, you can see many tech companies are doing well putting more worker on the road. a report by the traffic research company shows that the levels of traffic jumped by 9 percent during april in the united states. in the bay area the job market is expanding at the fastest rate in the nation and san jose is 7th in the nation for worst congestion and a 20 percent jump

from last april. >> you have a job, you are happy to be working and you deal with the traffic. give yourself extra time. >> how were time are you wasting in traffic in san jose? according to the past year, drivers spent an extra 32.4 hours in traffic and for the month, you are look at an extra 2.7 hours in traffic. san francisco is higher on the overall list, ranking number three in the united states. number ten in the word for worst traffic congestion. >> thank you, the governor of mississippi is making waves after remark of the reason behind america's education problems. the governor says that american education started to decline when mothers started working outside of the home. he was speaking yesterday in washington, dc, during an education forum, hosted by the "washington the "washington post" and then clarified saying having both

parents working outside the home puts pressures on families and that affects education his wife did work so no doubt she could have thoughts. >> jane king worked outside the home as well and she may have something to say but this is a family show. >> and you may soon be able to kiss the trip to the grocery store goodbye. jane? >> good morning to you, you may soon be able to order fresh groceries on amazon which may expand to the bay area by the end of the year. amazon fresh grocery service could start in los angeles this week. more details are coming out of the new headquarters that apple is building, boosting by 46 percent to 23,000 and pay out $3 billion in wages when it opens up in 2016. the iphone and ipad estimate it will generate $38 million in

taxes and construction fees for the city. apple is investing an additional $66 million in public improvements including bicycle lanes and park land and the bay area is ranking high when it comes to park, with the latest survey ranking san francisco the third best in the nation with four out of five based on park access, size, and per capita. investments are not doing too hot today with stocks trading down, but they is cut the gains so far this morning and they had disappointing jobs numbers coming from a.d.p., and the silicon valley index is trading high. do you like to go to the stores and check it out and buy cheaper online. 40 percent of americans have been show rooming with best buy, wal-mart and target the most popular. men prefer show rooming at best my and women's first choice is

wal-mart and amazon is the most popular place to buy the item. >> at 6:49, san francisco giant buster posey proving he is one of the most popular players in major league baseball leading national league catchers in all-star votes and second place is not close. he received 1.3 million all-star votes in the first round of voting and in second place is the cardinal catcher at 940,000, and sandoval is the leading third base vote getter. voting ends on down28. >> you will see our stars in action against the blue jays at at&t park. hopefully it will be not is gray. >> why are you laughing? >> you cannot see our stage

manager, he said no one cares about the play are getting third place in the voting. >> we have increasing sunshine with a day game at at&t partner so grab the sunscreen. i will say hello to john f. kennedy high schools in richmond, the eagles are graduating today starting at 7:00 it will be 61 degrees and down to 57 at 9:00. you may want to get a little warmly, also, maybe a coat. live doppler 7 hd shows how quiet it is wins -- winds getting aggressive, and alcatraz and angel island will be most affected with the win. san jose, we will have sunshine, with highs below average.

another night of cloud cover and the high pressure comes in and temperatures go up and we will have dangerous rip currents at the coast. the cloud cover in santa clara valley, get rid of the cloud cover or the sun emerges by 10:30 and the bay is clearing by noon with a few clouds in the north bay and fog across the golden gate. we will have mid-to-upper 70's in the santa clara valley and cupertino at 76 and from 75 at los altos. mid-60's in downtown south san francisco and sausalito and check out petaluma at 67, the last day to get rid of the clouds. you will be in the upper 60's at the beaches and 67 in hayward and oakland and up to accident in hercules and 71 in union city. antioch and brentwood possibly

at 80 and 81 foe the warm spot. first pitch has increasing sunshine and 62 degrees and warming to 64 and the u.v. index is very high today. be careful. we round out the two game set with the blue jays. we will jump another four degrees at the coast on friday and another eight for the rest of us so mid-to-upper 80's friday and saturday and mid-to-upper 90's inland and if you do not like the heat it will only last to days. leyla gulen? >> only two days? too bad. 52 headed into san francisco, and at jefferson square park we have a noninjury accident and that is under control. it is being cleared. the drive along westbound 80, coming down from hercules to highway four, 36 miles per hour and we had an early accident which involved four vehicles blocking two lanes and everything now is re-opened but

we still have stop-and-go traffic so half an hour gets you from highway four to the maze. as we head over to the tunnel, 52 miles per hour, and diminished speed from orinda and westbound 580 we have a stalled car but that cleared and what hasn't cleared is the congestion our camera shows the maze and as you can see traffic is funneling well to the bay bridge but we have a bit more traffic. >> thank you, ahead, seven things to know before you go. >> the morning news

>> good morning, everyone, at 6:54 on the only news you are looking at live pictures from houston, texas, a procession of firefighters from all over the country, 30,000 to 40,000 people there to honor firefighters, five of them, killed last week, rather, four firefighters killed

battling a five-alarm motel fire. >> as we are ready to hand it off to "good morning america" we have seven things to know before you go. authorities are investigating a fatal police shooting last night on a boat in vallejo marina. police say a man pointed a weapon at the officer who was investigating a disturbance and the officer shot him in self-defense. officials say it appears the man was living on the boat. >> black range rover was pulled from berkeley estuary after being driven into the water by a suspect would was chased from san francisco's mission district. the hit-and-run accident suspect was taken it to today. major league baseball could suspend 30 to 40 players tied to performance-enhancing drugs with a miami clinic owner agreeing to give names. oakland a's pitcher is among the

players. >> the caltran teach is send -- chief is send his chief to help with the spans of the bay bridge. folks will not decide until may ten if the new bridge opens on schedule labor day weekend. >> san francisco is for longer home of the best park system in the united states. a new study ranks minneapolis number one. >> number six, another dave mild temperatures before the heat is on and the warmest temperature in livermore is 96. we could break that friday and possible saturday. today the temperatures are from 81 inland to 58 at the coast. >> seven, we are looking at the toll plaza and busy conditions and ten minutes to get away from the maze and over toward the toll and here is an citizen at did the here is an accident at the 17 curve. >> we are always on at abc7news.com. have a great

good morning, america. breaking overnight, the bombshell espn investigation. dozens of baseball's biggest stars including a-rod may soon be suspended for doping and then lying about it. this man at the center talking and causing shock waves. happening now, the developing weather in the gulf that could become a tropical storm targeting florida and the east coast with massive rain. and flash flood warnings for the northeast. this as a levee breaks along the mississippi overnight. a suburban mom's shocking double life. one of america's wealthiest neighborhoods reeling after allegations that one of their own is running a big-time marijuana ring. who turned her in and how she got away with it for so long. the comeback of the year. the high school graduation surprise that had an entire class on their feet with tears