now at 6:00, a red flag warning goes into effect across the bay area. ahead, meteorologist mike nicco and live doppler 7 hd will tell us where the areas where the fire risk is the highest. later today, san mateo officials will release their findings of the deadly limousine fire on the san mateo bridge, but this morning, abc 7 news has exclusive details of what the investigators will reveal. and transit employees reject a contract offer. now this morning commuters are wondering if workers will hit the picket line. good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm ama daetz in for kristen sze. we begin with the fire danger in the bay area and across northern california. right now, a red flag warning is in effect. amy hollyfield joins us from the fire station in sunol with the precautions fire crews are taking. amy? >> reporter: ama, they are gearing up at cal stations like this one because of the dry conditions. but also because of the threat

of dry lightning. they have noticed the dry conditions here in the bay area, but they are really paying close attention to the predictions of the dry lightning. they have even called in firefighters from other parts of the state. so forecast is calling for thunderstorms in the bay area anytime between now and tomorrow morning. these storms aren't expected to produce rain but could create lightning strikes, and that, along with these dry conditions, is a nightmare for firefighters. >> lightning doesn't just land near the side of the road. it's out in the middle of nowhere. we have to either hike into it, fly into it, use air resources to get to it. >> reporter: fires are already raging outside of the bay area in butte county, more than 400 structures are threatened by a wildfire and hundreds of people have had to evacuate. they've got that one 45% contained. and in the tahoe national forest, firefighters are dealing with a fire that's burned almost 14,000 acres. that one is 49% contained.

there is a red flag warning in effect for inland parts of the bay area right now, and firefighters say you combine the dry conditions and the lightning strike, it could cause some serious problems. reporting live in sunol, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> all right, amy, thanks a lot. it's 6:02. let's follow up with mike with a look at the forecast. >> we'll start with live doppler hd. good morning, everybody. tracking a few sprinkles as they move away from bolinas, and just sprinkles are probably not even reaching the ground, but it gives you an idea of how juicy the air mass is. it's definitely humid for us. let's talk about the ingredients you need. you need low humidity for a high fire danger. we're 75% to 100. so this morning, we're doing fine as far as that goes. we need, also, some gusty winds. we're calm to about 6 miles per hour. so this morning, we're doing fine. so far. all right. but as we head through today, tomorrow, and wednesday morning,

this whole area in red is under a high fire danger for dry thunderstorms. that's why the lightning reaches the ground, which can get up to 50,000 degrees, sparks from the storms, but no rain to put them out. also gusty winds can help the fire spread rather rapidly. anywhere not along the bay shore and the coast, that's where we have the high fire danger until 3:00 wednesday morning. now, let's bring in leyla for a look at the traffic. >> yeah, a busy one. kids are going back to school today as well, so that's adding a pinch to your commute. as we take you right into solano county, however, traveling through vacaville, you will notice a bit of a jam here westbound side of 80. the alamo onramp is partially blocked due to a four-car crash there. you can see it is causing delays. where we are seeing massive delays is over the altamonte pass, the westbound direction, right out of tracy from before 405 as you make your drive into livermore and dublin, and this is how long it will take you, 50

minutes, along highway 4 westbound, antioch to concorde, about 40 minutes. a roll of carpet blocking a lane at railroad. 101 is still clear, southbound from san rafael to san francisco at 17 minutes. a quick, live look, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights have been turned on and it's a sea of lights out there. ama, eric? >> leyla, thank you. 6:04. the chp is set to release the findings of its investigation into the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. five women died when they couldn't get out of the vehicle. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live near the san mateo bridge with what we expect to learn today. matt? >> reporter: well, investigators have taken more than three months to finish up their investigation into that deadly limo fire that killed five women here on the san mateo bridge. abc 7 news reporter vic lee reported friday the chp's conclusion is that the tragic accident was the result of a catastrophic mechanical failure. he says sources with knowledge of the chp probe told him the air springs, called balloons, in

the rear of the limo somehow deflated, setting off a domino effect that killed those five women. the chp decided the end of july there was no evidence to press criminal charges against the driver orville brown or the owner of the limousine company. but then, brown's estranged wife said publicly the two argued on his cell phone shortly before the fire as he was driving, and he was playing music too loudly and not paying attention. sources told abc 7 news the chp reviewed the cell phone records and determined he had not been on the phone with his wife during the fire and there was noer evidence to charge him criminally. investigators from several different agencies, including the chp and also the foster city fire department and the d.a.'s office are expected to release their findings later today at 1:00 at the redwood city chp headquarters. they're also expected to release some of the recordings from the 911 calls on may 4th. reporting live in foster city, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. the family of the oakland

woman found dead in vacaville is responding to new claims by a person of interest in the case. as we first reported saturday, rand day alana gave a jailhouse interview to our media partner. in the interview, he claims he and coke were in a relationship and talked about getting married. sandra coke's sister is denying that claim. in a statement, coke says he was the last person seen with my sister but claims he has nothing to do with her disappearance and killing. why would we or anyone believe what he has to say? authorities say alana was with coke the night he vanished but are not calling him a suspect. a former elementary schoolteacher facing more than 100 counts of child molestation charges is set to appear in court today. 45-year-old joseph martin will appear for a preliminary hearing on 109 sexual abuse charges involving 13 former students. he has pleaded not guilty. martin taught fourth and fifth grade at woodside elementary school. he remains jailed on $10 million

bond. new this morning, half of california voters say they're having trouble paying for healthcare. the new field poll finds 50% of california voters say paying for healthcare is somewhat or very difficult. 47% say it's not too difficult or not difficult at all. half of california voters also say the amount they pay for healthcare has gone up in the last year. this new poll comes as california prepares for the implementation of president obama's healthcare reform law, which will require all americans to have health insurance. it's 6:07 now. bay area commuters could be on the verge of another transit strike. by more than a two-to-one margin, transit workers voted against a deal that would have given them a nearly 10% pay raise and improved health and safety conditions. negotiators reached the agreement with management 12 days ago, an hour before they were set to go on strike. union officials say the negotiating committee is discussing what to do next. the threat of the strike comes as b.a.r.t. workers still haven't agreed to a new

contract. a judge ordered a 60-day cooling-off period last weekend which delayed the possibility of another strike until october. both sides last met on august 10th. b.a.r.t. officials and union leaders say they remain far apart on many issues, including pay and benefits. the driver of a ford pickup involved in a hit-and-run that killed a man in san jose remains on the loose this morning. it happened near harriet avenue saturday night. ashes from police flares were still visible 24 hours later. authorities say the area is poorly lit and doesn't have crosswalks. the pickup is described as a light-colored late-model ford with oversized tires and front-end damage. senator dianne feinstein will speak at the 17th annual lake tahoe summit when it begins at 10:00 at san harbor state park on the east shore of the lake. the annual event focuses on restoration and sustainability efforts at lake tahoe and it is open to the public. california governor jerry brown, nevada governor brian sandoval,

senate majority leader harry reid and former vice president al gore will also be taking part. gore will deliver the keynote address today. at 6:09, time for a check on our weather with meteorologist mike nicco. mike? >> all right. we'll start by talking about some temperatures out there. in fact, we'll start down in the south bay, and when we start with those temperatures, you're going to see that it's in the mid to upper 60s in most neighborhoods. look at that. 66 at san jose to about 77 in los gehr owes. let's look at the big picture. all of us in the 60s to even 72 in brentwood. we do have milder weather, mid-50s along half moon bay, san francisco. let's talk about what's going on as far as the temperature change. stepping outside, oh, it feels warmer than yesterday. sure enough, it is everywhere. half moon bay four degrees cooler. livermore 8, i long with fairfield, 9 degrees warmer than san jose yesterday.

about four in novato and santa rosa. the day planner, breaking down the next 12 hours, muggy and mild through the morning hours. we have fog pushing across san francisco. it won't make it any farther than that. high clouds and warm sunshine at noon. and then a slight chance of a thunderstorm 4:00 all the way through 7:00. in fact, it will last possibly all the way through about wednesday morning. so that's the big story moving forward. more details coming up in the big wheather. here's leyla with the traffic. >> all right. we do have the one crash in solano county, out of vacaville, westbound 80, partially the alamo onramp being blocked by a four-car crash. that's causing delays coming up from 505. so you can see where the delays are. really heavy bumper-to-bumper traffic, and then it eases out. so chp on its way. hopefully, they'll get that cleared out of the way. looking at the mass transit, bart, muni, cal train, we have a problem on muni, experiencing some delays there. but b.a.r.t., cal train, ace train, everything is running on

time. and outside we go, let's look at this. a live picture of walnut creek. traveling along southbound 680, nine minutes from highway 4 to the 24 junction. eric, alma? >> thank you. doctors are calling it a medical miracle. ahead, how they brought a woman back to life after she was dead for 42 minutes. first, will vice president joe biden run for president if hillary clinton steps into the race? this morning, sources close to the vp are revealing the answer. and the yahoo! marissa mayer

welcome back. 6:14. a 16-year-old boy is in the hospital with injuries to both legs after he was bitten by an eight-foot shark in hawaii. the teen was surfing on the big island when he was attacked by a great -- a gray shark yesterday. crews brought in helicopters to search for sharks, but no luck. this is the fourth shark attack this month alone and the ninth of the year compared to 11 attacks in all of 2012. president obama and the first family are back at the white house this morning. they returned to washington, d.c., last night after spending several days at martha's vineyard. and on his last day of vacation, the president spent some time on the golf course. now, the president has no public events on his schedule today. here's a breakdown of the president's trip by the numbers. he played six rounds of golf, made five outings to local restaurants, he had one date

night with the first lady. the president made one on-camera statement regarding the crisis in egypt, and he played one game of basketball and thanks to abc news for compiling the numbers. new this morning, vice president joe biden may be maneuvering toward a possible 2016 presidential run. today's edition of the "wall street journal" reports allies of the vice president are certain he can win the 2016 democratic nomination even if former secretary of state hillary clinton enters the race. and there's now talk that biden could set up a political action committee to help build goodwill for a possible campaign. sources say biden has made no decision about his future, but they add he has not ruled out a run. 6:15. a medical miracle this morning from australia. a woman is alive and well after being brought back from the dead. this happened in melbourne last week. a 41-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital after suffering a major heart attack. one of her main arteries was fully blocked. doctors say she went into cardiac arrest and then died. but doctors refused to give up.

they used a rare compression device to keep blood flowing to the woman's brain while a cardiologist unblocked the artery. once unblocked, the woman's heart was resuscitate her. the woman was dead for 42 minutes. we're getting a first look at yahoo! chief marissa mayer striking a pose for a chic fashion magazine. here she is glammed up for "vogue." it features the 38-year-old in a stylish photo spread. she talks about becoming a mom and the ceo of yahoo! and also talks about fashion. mahey mayer say they have a collection -- she says she likes even numbers and her lucky number is 12. the issue hits newsstands this week. all right. it is 6:16. time to get going, back to work. what to wear, what to wear. >> yeah. something that'll keep you comfortable when it's muggy out, at least by our standards. yeah. and you want to keep an eye to

the sky or to doppler with our app. live doppler 7 hd, because we have a chance of thunderstorms. yeah, a rare treat the next couple of days. i think it's a treat. you may not. so we'll just agree to disagree. how about that? >> and we see a little bit of radar returns right now from live doppler 7 hd, possibly some sprinkles there. this is moving off to the west. look as it moved across marin county over the last hour or so. and that's it for now. high clouds off in the distance, but look at the low clouds. they're trying to encroach san francisco from the coast. that's where they've been the better part of the morning. in fact, we've had visibility down to a quarter of a mile at some times. here are the forecast highs. warm, kind of muggy, a chance of thunderstorms, and a high fire danger all the way through, at least wednesday afternoon. chances will taper rather quickly wednesday evening and into thursday. warm, 87. we're actually above average in san jose, low to mid-90s morgan hill. 74 at santa cruz. about 10 degrees cooler in

sunnyvale, or 10 degrees warmer. about 84. low to mid-80s for most of the peninsula. out at the coast today, look at this. mid-60s all the way up to the sunset. low to mid-70s for downtown, south san francisco, and sausalito. through the north bay valley, we'll have mid to upper 80s. at the beaches, upper 60s, near 70 degrees. rather warm for you guys. we'll start richmond at 75. go to 78 at oakland all the way to 85 degrees today in newark and fremont for the warm spot. and san ramon may stop shy of 90. but everybody else in the low to mid-90s, possibly 97 in brentwood. tonight's temperatures will be mild once again. most of us in the low to mid-60s. there could be a few 50s around santa rosa. here's what's happening. the area of low pressure that brought us changeable weather over the weekend will start pulling, drawing, coursing, if you will, the monsoon moisture our way. this is the best guess right now. scattered storm possible anytime during the afternoon. because it gets warm enough.

an actual chunk of energy will come through tomorrow morning with a slight chance of a thunderstorm. and then, by the afternoon hours, just the heating of the day could kick them off. the best chance you could see is up in the mountains until wednesday morning. and that's when we put a bull's-eye on the north bay with more thunderstorm chances lasting through the early afternoon hours, and that's why we have the high fire danger through at least wednesday morning. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, enjoy the quieter weather. good morning, leyla. >> good morning, mike. we got the report of a lost load of lumber on 380 up to the 280 connector. it is reversing right now, to pick up the wood. be careful out there. you might see delays. perhaps you will want to avoid taking 380. we also have another accident. this is in san jose and it's blocking a lane. it is northbound along 280 at the nimitz. you can see how that's causing delays right into parkmore. the rest of the drive is moving along. the nimitz, not seeing any problems, no delays out there.

into the east bay, a stalled vehicle northbound 880 right at 7th street. not causing delays, but it is blocking a lane. we are seeing some traffic building now as the metering lights have been turned on on the bay bridge. that's causing a bit of a backup affecting the rest of the commute. 580 over the altamonte pass. did you see that? a lot of red out there out of tracy. bumper-to-bumper track, livermore avenue, and it eases up around the dublin interchange and a breeze heading into castro valley. once you get to 238, that's where we're seeing another buildup of traffic. we're at now more than an hour from tracy into castro valley. ama, eric? >> thank you so much, leyla. new this morning, prince william goes public for the first time since the birth of his son. >> i'm as independent as i want to be, and same with catherine and harry. we've all grown up differently to other generations. >> ahead at 6:30, the prince reveals what it's like to be a first-time father and how he's dealing with being in the public eye. but coming up first, a

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6:23 on this monday morning, a live look from our emeryville cam towards the bay. you can see in the foreground some of the buildings in the city. in the background, the bay

bridge. we'll look at traffic and the weather forecast and the fire danger coming up. and now, let's check in with josh elliott for a look at what's coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. >> and a good monday morning to all of you. coming up here, a remarkable story of survival. 12-year-old girl, you see her there, attacked not once but twice by a black bear and lives to tell us about it. she's now home with her family, obviously lucky to be alive, discussing it exclusively with us here on "good morning america" this morning, speaking of, also exclusively this morning on gma, lady gaga. lots to get to. shall we? lots to get to next. >> that's, of course, at 7:00 a.m. this story first. an nfl sideline reporter learned the hard way over the weekend that turning your back on the field is not the best idea. fox reporter pam oliver was standing on the sidelines just before yesterday's preseason game between the giants and colts, and take a look at what happened. colts backup quarterback

chandler was practicing. he threw a little wide and hit pam oliver right in the head. ow. she laughed off the hit and went back to reporting. later, he apologized to oliver, and said in a tweet, i'd like to take the time to apologize to oliver. be expecting flowers in the mail soon, hashtag tough lady. >> certainly is. travelers flying to las vegas like to get the party started before the plane lands. a new survey reveals the average plane load spends $116 for liquor, beer, and wine. that's the most sales for any destination in the lower 48. the company behind the survey says it isn't surprised, because everyone going to vegas has a party mindset. travelers are not spending their money on the way back, though, because most people are apparently out of cash and maybe out of luck, too. >> ain't that the truth? 6:25 now. new this morning, blade runner oscar pistorius sheds tears

during his late court appearance. >> and the outcome of today's hearing in south africa for the olympian accused of murdering his girlfriend. here's one you don't hear about very often in the bay area, the threat of a dry lightning strike. it's the threat firefighters are taking very seriously. that story coming up. and i'll be tracking the thunderstorms. you can see what's left of them as they hit the sierra. yesterday. i'll tell you how long the high fire danger will hang around. and i'm leyla gulen in the abc 7 traffic center. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we have lots of cars loading up, heading into san francisco. we have the report of lumber dropped on 380, also a couple of other crashes to get you going on this back-to-work

. and time now is coming right up on 6:30, as we take a live look from our peak camera looking towards san francisco. we'll have all of the latest on the weather and traffic coming right up. >> clouds here, clouds there. it's going to burn off and bring high fire danger with it. red flag warnings, in fact, are already up for much of the

inland bay area ahead of the thunderstorms we could see starting today. the concern is lightning, dry lightning. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us live from the cal fire station in sunol with more. amy? >> reporter: yeah, they're gearing up here, eric, for that threat. imagine dry lightning striking just across the street on that dry hillside over there. and that's not what they're worried about, at least there it would be right across the street. but firefighters point out that lightning usually strikes in a remote, tough place to get to. so they have brought in extra firefighters from around the state just in case. they are very worried about the threat of dry lightning in the bay area. it is in place until tomorrow morning. they're taking this threat very seriously. >> we bring engines wherever we have the fire threat. we don't have a threat all over the state. so we bring those -- those resources -- we move them. we move -- like chess pieces, we move them in. >> reporter: fires are already

burning around the state. in butte county, erratic winds are fuelling a fire that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate. they've got that one 45% contained, and nearly 2,000 acres have burned there. and even bigger fire is burning in the tahoe national forest. almost 14,000 acres burned there. so it's a busy time of year for firefighters. anyway, now they have the threat here in the bay area of dry lightning. a unique threat. but a very real one. they're worried about it, about a red flag warning in place until tomorrow morning just in case, they want everyone to be aware. reporting live from sunol, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you very much. let's see how the weather is going to develop over the day. mike? >> all right. right now, yeah, it will develop over the day. but right now, we're watching the one lone radar return move off point rays and move into the ocean and move away from us. all is quiet this morning on live doppler hd. so let's talk about what it

takes for a high fire danger. it takes really low relative humidity, less than 25%. right now, we don't have that. most of us above 60%. we also need gusty winds. we don't have that this morning, either. most of the winds are calm, if not up to six miles per hour. but as we head into the afternoon hours, that will all change. the humidity will drop, the temperature goes up. thunderstorms will develop anywhere in this red area, and they'll be dry thunderstorms. that means the lightning reaches the ground, 50,000 degrees fahrenheit possible, but the rain does not. what also reaches the ground are locally gusty winds from the thunderstorm itself, and that's what helps the fire spread rapidly. so if you look around the bay shore, santa clara valley, out at the coast, you're okay. everybody else, high fire danger through 3:00 wednesday morning. leyla? >> all right. we have a few problems out there, mike, and the traffic is really loading up now. as we take you back into solano county, vacaville, the four-car crash blocking leans and

partially blocking the alamo onramp to westbound 80. you can see now it's solid bumper-to-bumper traffic from 505. very busy there. it does ease up as you head farther in the westbound direction. as we continue over to san francisco, san bruno area, westbound 380, right at the 280 interchange, we do have a big rig that lost a load of lumber, and they're backing up in lanes trying to pick some of the lumber up. so lanes blocked, san bruno avenue the at that if traffic should get too terrible. we also have this, concrete debris in lanes, eastbound 580, causing damage to some cars. one car actually there, a gas tank got punctured and oil is now on the road. it could cause slick conditions. eric, ama? >> leyla, thank you. 6:33. new details on the breaking news out of fresno county this morning. two men and a woman have been killed after their car collided with a freight train. two other people were taken to the hospital. this happened in the town of malega south of fresno around 2:00 this morning. this is new video just in to the

abc 7 newsroom. we're told the victims were crossing the tracks when they were hit. officers say the signals were working properly and the train did use its horn before the crossing. the coroner at the scene currently, as fs officers figure out what happened. today, the chp is expected to release its findings to the public about the deadly limousine fire on the san mateo bridge that killed five women. in an exclusive we brought you first on friday, abc 7 news has learned the chp has not found any evidence to press charges against the limo driver, orville brown. sources tell us investigators have concluded brown was not on the phone with his estranged wife before the fire broke out on may 4th, despite her claims the two were arguing and he was distracted. sources also tell us the fire was likely started after air springs in the limo deflated, causing the vehicle to drop onto its back tires near the gas tank. new this morning, a 25-year-old man who fell off a cliff in half moon bay has died. the man fell about 100 feet yesterday near the 18th hole on

the ocean course of the half moon bay golf course near the ritz carlton hotel. he was airlifted to sanford hospital but later died from his injuries. no word yet on his identity. hotel officials say they're not sure if the man was a guest but have confirmed he is not from the area. new this morning, five bay area residents are facing kidnapping charges in southern california. the suspects u see here are all from san jose and gilroy. they're accused of kidnapping an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint in compton with the intention of forcing her into prostitution. the riverside sheriff's department says they took her to a marino valley hotel. they said she was able to escape and alert a motel employee. the woman pointed out her alleged captors to deputies as they were about to drive away. happening today, the man accused of murdering four women four decades ago is set to continue his closing arguments. 79-year-old joseph naso is acting as his own attorney. his closing arguments began friday and lasted all day. when he's done, prosecutors will

present their rebuttal, then the jury will begin deliberations. the women all had the same initials for their first and last names. 6:36. san diego mayor bob filner is set to return to work today as a recall effort keeps up to keep him out of office. a rally held at san diego city hall yesterday. volunteers have to collect 100,000 signatures by september 26th. filner is accused of harassing more than a dozen women. the 70-year-old former congressman has ignored numerous requests to resign as mayor of america's eighth largest city. new this morning from south africa, olympian and double amputee oscar pistorius has been formally indicted on a premeditated murder charge in the valentine's day slaying of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the story has stood -- he wiped away tears and held hands with his brother and sister. the judge set a trial date for next march. pistorius said she shot steenkamp by mistake thinking

she was an intruder in his home. today would have been the model's 30th birthday. prosecutors say he killed her following an argument. also new this morn, egyptian judiciary officials say hosni mubarak could be freed from custody this week. they say it involves a corruption case that alleged he and his two sons embezzled funds for presidential palaces. mubarak has been ordered released in two other court cases against him. the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him and another case of illegal earnings. new this morning, prince william gives his first on-camera interview since the birth of his son. first, an unexpected proposal from a music legend. what paul mccartney wants to do in san francisco. and here's a live look outside from our hd cam up on our roof. a beautiful look outside at the bay bridge as the sun is coming

>>. >> we're back. we've got a rare treat, both teams in town. we'll start chronological order, not showing favoritism. 7:05, first pitch at the coliseum, only 65, though. not dropping much towards 10:00 thanks to the muggy air. the mariners and the a's. and the red sox are coming in to take on the giants. 68 dropping down to about 63. here's the way it looks. we're watching the thunderstorms that are -- they built up over the last couple of hour, but now

it looks like they're falling apart across fresno and bakersfield. they could rotate their way towards us. the whole chunk of energy is why we'll have the threat of thunderstorms. if you're traveling through the central valley, 82 in tahoe. safe travels. leyla? >> an earlier crash has cleared, northbound 280 at the nimitz. it looks like the slowing that was as a result has now dissipated, but we still have this accident involving four vehicles, and chp is trying to get everyone over to the shoulder. it's already starting to show an ease-up of congestion there as you come away from 505. but still a little bit of a backup there in vacaville. over to the at maltamonte pass, have concrete there, causing damage to cars. a quick live look at the golden gate bridge. it's shrouded under fog, so be very careful when you drive out there. a ma, eric? >> thank you. sir paul mccartney wants the

chance to perform silly love songs before the stadium, candlestick, is demolished. the mayor said he floated the idea to him on august 10th. this is according to the chronicle. mccartney has history at the stick. it's where the beatles performed their last live concert in 1966. mccartney says that would bring things full circle. the beatles' last concert at candlestick 47 years ago and now candlestick's last concert featuring a beatle. >> 6:42 now. ahead, cupertino's apple reclaims its old crown and trading is under way on wall street. a live look at the big board. the dow is pretty flat. up about, what, .3 of a pointment we'll go live to bloomberg's ellen brakeman at the new york stock exchange. first, and new this morning, prince william opens up about fatherhood. the royal family and his marriage.

6:45. giving you a look at the commute in the east bay. this is interstate 680. the taillights are heading southbound from north main, and there is a backup there. things are moving along slowly. could be volume. we'll check in with leyla gulen in a couple of minutes to find out what the deal is. new this morning, for the first time since the birth of his son, prince william is talking about being a new dad.

the duke of cambridge spoke to cnn for his first interview at kensington palace. he said george is already quite a character. he says it reminds him of himself and prince harry. he spoke of the proud moment that he and his wife kate showed off their newborn son to the world. >> the thing is, i think i was on such a high anyway, and so is catherine, about george, that really we were happy to show him off to whoever wanted to see him, as any new parent knows, you're always happy to show off your new child, and he is the best looking, the best at everything. >> prince william says he practiced placing baby george in the car seat after leaving the hospital. he said with so many people watching, he wanted to make sure he got it right. the warning is about the tanning beds and the cancer apparently aren't having much effect. if you're younger than 25, indoor tanning can increase non-melanoma skin cancer by anywhere from 40% to 102%. a new study out of the cdc is reporting that many young adults still tan, including

non-hispanic white female high school students. the survey was among 2,000 people. and among high school students, nearly one in three used indoor tanning at least ten times the previous year. one in four young adults used indoor tanning 15% said they did so frequently. a billionaire helps put apple back on top. >> and a slew of earnings reports are out this week. bloomberg's ellen brakeman is live at the new york stock exchange. good morning, ellen. >> reporter: eric, ama, good morning to you, as well. president obama is turning his focus on the economy today. he will be meeting with fed chairman ben bernanke, other officials as well. looking for an update on the dodd-frank wall street reform act that has been aimed as avoiding a repeat of financial crisis, and also talking about the consumer protection act. meantime, investors are turning the focus to retail this week. a lot of big earnings reports in coming days, including some places you probably spend some of your paycheck, home depot,

best buy, target, jcpenney. penney's numbers will get a lot of attention, because analysts forecast the retailers will report its ninth-straight quarterly sales drop. that is despite all of the changes it has been making trying to lure back customers who were really sent away -- or ran away -- because of a lot of changes there recently. taking a quick check, what's happening with stocks. little change for the dow and the s&p. but we're going to see some gains there for the nasdaq. that will be reflected in the bloomberg silicon valley index as well where we have intel and apple on the rise. in fact, with apple, it is the second straight day. you have the shares trading above $500 each. it is the most valuable company in the world getting a leg up most recently on word a few days ago that billionaire investor carl icahn has taken a stake in the company. that is business news. live at the new york stock exchange, ellen brakeman, abc news. >> thanks a lot. time to find out what we're in store for weather-wise. mike?

>> humidity, maybe a thunderstorm or two, probably keep it interesting, exciting, yeah, from time to time. unfortunately, it does bring us the threat of fire when we have thunderstorms during this time of the year. so unusual event indeed. let's talk about live doppler 7 hd. you can see the one lone radar return rotating away from the bay area. more is developing down to the south, and i think we could see some later today, all the way through wednesday. check out this beautiful sunrise this morning. leyla, what kind of rays are those? >> cerpuscular. >> very nice. thank you. it's warm, a chains of thunderstorms and a high fire danger through at least wednesday morning. so let's talk about temperatures, how warm is it, about three, four degrees above average in san jose, 87 today. we'll hid mid to upper 80s for the santa clara valley, morgan hill, low to mid-90s. let's talk about the low to mid-80s making their way up to

redwood city and millbrae, san mateo. mid-60s along the coast. low to mid-70s downtown, south san francisco. and sausalito. mid to upper 80s throughout the north bay. at least in your valleys. and then upper 60s, near 70 along the beaches. check out the spread along east bay shoreline, 75 in richmond to 85 in fremont. and we may not make it to 90 in san ramon. 88 is pretty close. everybody else in the low to mid-90s in the east bay valley. tonight, another mild night with temperatures mainly in the 60s, except for santa rosa and half moon bay, santa cruz, parts of san francisco, in the upper 50s. the low responsible for the interesting weather over the weekend. temperatures as we talked about, cool saturday and warm sunday, and sure enough, now that low's far enough south, grabbing some of the moisture from the monsoon winds, and that is pulling it towards our way. now, we've got the moisture out there. we need the trigger mechanism. we have natural lift from the mountains themselves, so anytime we could have an isolated storm. it looks like tomorrow morning

and then as we fast forward through tomorrow and wednesday morning, that's our best chance for any widespread thunder activity, and that's when, also, the fire danger will be the highest. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see this hangs around through wednesday. and then, i think our weather is finally back to normal wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. here's leyla. >> thank you for making me feel smart, mike. you go to the i gym to get curpuscular. oh, never mind, that's muscular. we have a construction project that will last until 11:00 this morning, from flynn road to greenville. we also have a report of a stalled car in the construction zone. you always want to slow for the cone zone. in the westbound direction, the drive over out of tracy into the altamonte pass, livermore, down to 26 miles per hour approaching livermore avenue. it will start to loosen up as you get closer to the dublin interchange with a little bit of a backup once again building as you approach 680.

look at 84 in the southbound direction, just 20 miles per hour. so busy conditions for you there. a quick look at the drive time traffic, almost 10 minutes ahead from albany to the maze, 880, along the nimitz, san jose, 17 minute, and northbound 280, 101 to cupertino under 20 minutes. >> thank you, leyla. >> whatever coffee she's drinking, i want some. >> yes. 6:52. seven things to

it's 6:54 as we get ready to hand things off to good morning america. local fire officials are bracing for potential fires after a red flag warning was issued for much of the bay area. they say dry conditions and lightning strikes could lead to the spread of potential flames. officials say they're prepared to bring in extra resources if necessary in the event of a fire here. number two, here it s look at the area in red, from the

sierra northern california, most of the bay area, except for along the coast, the bay shore, into the santa clara valley, that's where we're seeing the possibility of high fire dangers through wednesday. at 3:00 in the morning, we'll have dry thunderstorms, lightning reaches the ground, the rain does not, and that could spark a fire. number three, a 25-year-old man who fell off a cliff at a half moon bay golf course has died. authorities say he fell about 100 feet off the cliff yesterday afternoon. his identity hasn't been released. signs are posted along the course warning about the dangerous cliff. number four, breaking news out of the central valley. three people were killed in a train accident this morning. two others are in the hospital. it happened in the town of malega south of fresno. we're told the victims were crossing the tracks when they were hit. number five, police are beefing up patrols near schools in san francisco and other bay area cities as students head back to class. officers will be targeting drivers who speed through school zones, which are -- as low as 15 miles per hour in san francisco. number six, the giants host

their boston red sox at at&t park tonight and they'll be helping to raise money for boston marathon bombing relief efforts. you may remember this scene from april when fans of ballparks across the nation saying sweet caroline in support of boston. a portion of tonight's ticket sale also go to a special fund with fans getting a chance to win prizes. and number seven, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, beautiful skies, but really ugly traffic there coming away from the maze into san francisco. we'll take you 20 minutes over the bay bridge. now as we take you right up to vacaville there, as you make that drive in the westbound direction, right at alamo, an earlier crash is now recovering. and into san jose where we have delays on 280 in the northbound direction approaching the nimitz. >> leyla, thank you very much. abc 7 news continues now online, on twitter, facebook, and all of your mobile devices. >> we'll be back here in about 25 minutes with the news, weather, and traffic during "good morning america." >> we'll be paying attention to the high fire danger out there and the weather this morning, which is a little different.

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