4:59. jessica is not here. and because of the weather neither will the eclipse. >> at least if you're in san francisco. sknr for sure, san francisco. >> probably areas outside of san francisco, it sounds like. >> unfortunately, the marine layer grew overnight. it's up to 2200 feet. that means the clouds have moved just about into all neighborhoods this morning except for the napa valley. you can see the cloud cover, the gray there i have overlaid on live doppler 7. let me break down the day planner. when we come back, we'll go through a timeline on who will be able to see the eclipse. here's a look at walnut creek where it's cloudy right now. low to mid 60s at 7:00. 60s at the coast, 70 to 75 noon to 4:00 around the bay. 73 to 79 inland. the eclipse will keep our temperatures down today since we're going to go without full sunshine for >> and taking a look at the roads here this morning. we haven't had any major issues so far today. we're taking a look at a new problem on westbound highway 4 past 680.

we have a collision involving a tanker truck and a smaller vehicle. doesn't sound too serious at the moment. they're both on the shoulder, seeing a little bit of a delay coming from the decision 80 merge. i'll keep an eye on that. everyone else, pretty quiet today. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. we'll take a look at mass transit coming up next. >> you look good. >> that can't be true. >> you make them look good. >> i can see absolutely nothing. today is finally the day you can use these or at least share them with your friend who thought enough to get them weeks before now that they're costing a million dollars to buy. >> this is how i know we can't see anything. that's not what the prompter says, but it's been almost 100 years since a total eclipse crossed the entire country. matt keller is live at nasa research center. hey, there, matt. >> good morning. a lot of cool things to

they have a jet, a giant hangar to the right of me. of course, the main event will be coming in just about five hours. something very cool to see in the sky. we're talking about the solar eclipse. it comes at about 10:15 this morning. nasa ames is hosting a viewing party starting at 8:00 a.m., along with eclipse glasses available, they'll show views of the eclipse from high altitude balloons, sat lides, and telescopes. if you don't have a seattle, the public event registration is at capacity and registration is closed. chabot space center in oakland is also holding a viewing party. about 1,000 people expected there. show up early and good luck getting the eclipse glasses if you don't have them. >> sold out everywhere. calling all the local institutions, libraries, amazon's been getting orders that are canceled. >> the eclipse glasses will be

necessary for viewing the three quarters eclipse sun in the bay area. another way to do is it take selfie mode. you can look at the solar eclipse from the safety of your phone. you can also take a pretty cool selfie as well. >> you can save yourself like $60. people are upcharging on these like crazy. that was a good tip. thank you. i forgot you can't see anything. >> let's go to alexis and check out what's going on. you have some tips, which are probably common sense, but good to repeat them. >> i want to point that out. these are very obvious driving tips for the eclipse today. you know, some reminders just to keep everybody top of mind for you today. we're expecting the partial eclipse between 9:00 and 11:30. don't attempt to watch this while driving, and of course, i'm sure some folks are still going to do that. make sure you're paying attention. there's probably going to be some distracted drivers on the roads today. the maximum eclipse, about 10:15

this morning. make sure you have your headlights on if they don't flip on automatically, we could see lower light, of course, and we want to make you as visible as possible, and watch out for pedestrians. along with distracted drivers, we imagine a lot of folks will be looking up at the sky. be careful on the roads today. back to you. >> thanks. happening now, a search and rescue effort under way for ten sailors missing after a navy ship collided with a tanker. >> the search and rescue operation is under way for ten u.s. sailors missing after the uss john mccain collided with an oil tanker off the coast of singapore. the navy says the collision occurred as the guided missile destroyer was heading towards singapore for a routine visit. after the collision, a gaping hold seen in the mccain's left

rear side. the impact caused significant damage to the hull of the ship, leading to flooding to nearby compartments, including the crew's sleeping quarters. five sailors sustained injuries. four of those injured were medically evacuated to a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. this is the second navy destroyer to collide with a merchant vessel in the pacific in two months. back in june, seven sailors lost their lives when the uss fitzgerald collided with a much larger cargo ship off the coast of japan. last week, the navy relieved the fitzgerald's commanding officer and two others for mistakes leading to the deadly crash. >> we now have two u.s. navy ships, very sophisticated capable navy ships that are no longer in service in an area and time when the north korean threat is at its highest. >> back at the white house last night, president trump was asked about the mccain's collision. the president also shared his concerns in a tweet. thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailors aboard the

uss john s. mccain. senator mccain, whose father and grandfather are the namesakes of the ship, is also weighing in. he said he and his wife are keeping american sailors aboard the uss john s. mccain in our prayers. abc news, washington. >> a south florida uber driver is suing company for the right to carry a gun. jose says his rights are infringed upon because he's not able to lawfully carry his firearm. san francisco based uber has a policy that bans drivers and passengers from carrying firearms. he says he doesn't feel safe behind the wheel. inquestion is whether state and local laws favor independent contractors like uber drivers. happening today, several students at san jose state university will stage a sit-in. they will be protesting the return of professor lewis aptekar. he was put on paid leave after investigators found he sexually harassed a student. he's scheduled to teach two

classes starting this week. several students want him to be replaced. his attorney claims third party investigations cleared his client of wrongdoing. >> a creative plan to house the homeless is being scaled back. the original goal was to create villages. using the tiny homes you see here in 99 potential sites across the city. after heating community backlash, the city imposed stiffer restrictions,reloseducie number of potential sites to four. city council members will discuss the four remaining sites at their meeting next tuesday. 5:07 now. from the live desk, big ben has fallen silent in london as a major restoration project gets under way. the bongs of the bells stopped this morning during a four-year conservation project that includes repair of the queen

elizabeth tower. big ben has been stopped several times since it first sounded in 1859, but this current project will mark the longest occasion of silence. it will still sound on big occasions like new year's eve. let's take a look at the timing once again for today's great american solar eclipse. it's going to begin at 9:01, peak at 10:15, and end at 11:37 just to give you an update. probably going to tell you a lot of stuff you already know. here we are at 10:15. clearing out in the south bay, clearing in our inland east bay. napa valley is starting to clear, but look at the cloud cover along the east bay shore. and most of the peninsula. at least down to possibly san mateo, and look at 101. still pretty cloudy from novato all the way to santa rosa and san francisco, you're very cloudy. by the time we get to the end of it, though, we're still having a

few clouds around the east bay shore line. the coast is still very cloudy, and so is 101 up around santa rosa. so it looks like we've got to get above about 2200 to feet. go farther east, get over the altamont pass into tracy. you should be fine there, and down into the south bay, our best bet. let's talk about oakland, unified school district going back to school this morning. gray morning. you're not going to see the eclipse. maybe towards the end of it, the clouds will start to open. going to be breezy. 63 at 7:00, to about 69 at 3:00. let's take a look at temperatures around san francisco. west portal, 59. everybody else around 60 to 62 degrees. an area you won't see the eclipse at all. 64 in santa clara. 62 in walnut creek right now. pleasanton and petaluma and american canyon. quick look at your activity planner today. breezy across the north parts of the bay into the delta. at the coast, king tides today. the highest one we just had was

at 11:53. we'll have another one tomorrow morning at 12:03. there would be a little flooding around the bay. here's alexis. >> expect flooding in all the usual spots with the king tides, including my parking spot at the parking garage. i had to wade through that this morning. a couple new issues on the roads. i want to take you to westbound 80. a five-car crash. they were able to push the vehicles to the right shoulder. you're seeing that backup from highway 12. hopefully they got it cleared quickly enough. another problem, westbound another multicar collision. that's blocking the two right lanes. you can see a delay starting to form there as well. i'll get more information and we'll check drive times at 5:20. >> thanks. dark and disturbing. police reveal new details on the motivation of a professor acc e accused in a murder. >> a driver minding his own business, heading down the road on his scooter.

suddenly, he disappears. we apologize for this incorrect video. we'll show you what happened next. >> a live look outside, keeping you up to date onr forecast you up to date onr forecast and traffic, and of course, that

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and andrew warren had talked in an internet chat room about their fantasies of killing others and then themselves. they're charged with stabbing to death lathem's birthday, trenton cornell-duranleau. >> it was not domestic in nature like a husband/wife or boyfriend/boyfriend or love triangle. that was not the motive. it was a little more dark and disturbing as far as i'm concerned. >> lathem and warren fled here to the bay area where they turned themselves into authorities over two weeks ago. >> the man accused of shooting and killing two florida police officers has been denied bail. he made his first court appearance yesterday. miller is charged with first degree murder in the death of an officer who died fighting in kissimmee. he's not been charged in the killing of a sergeant who died of his injuries saturday. an officer was checking out a call when he got into a scuffle with miller and was shot. the sergeant responded as backup and was also shot. >> in today's "gma" first look,

a major hollywood producer is facing a lawsuit over the death of his assistant. >> her family claimed she was fed drugged and call before drowning in a trip to bora bora in 2015. >> in this morning's "gma" first look, joel silver, behind blockbusters is sued in connection with the death of his former assistant. the family of the assistant claiming in august of 2015, their 28-year-old daughter accompanied silver and his family along with a number of celebrities to bora bore a. about two weeks into the trip, musgrove's body was found washed aon the banked of the lagoon outside her bungalow. officials say she drowned. in their lawsuit, the musgrove family claims members of silver's entourage furnished her with excessive amounts of alcohol and cocaine and she was overworked, resulting in excessive fatigue and heat stroke while on the trip. four factors the family claims caused or contributed to the

cause of musgrove's death. we'll have more on the lawsuit coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, i'm victor okindo, abc news, new york. >> 5:15. an iowa man who pulled off one of the biggest lottery scams in decades will be sentenced tomorrow. the former lottery director admitted to creating a program that allowed him to predict winning numbers. he raked in $2 million from several state lotteries. this is video of him attempting izfinal scam in 2015. he's facing a 25-year prison sentence. he must repay all of his ill-received gains. >> a man got much more than a ticket. b.a.r.t. police caught him at the fruitvale station. he turned out to have a $25,000 warrant on suspicion of identity theft. b.a.r.t. police arrested him, took him to jail. officers have been cracking down more on fare cheaters. they cost b.a.r.t. an estimated $25 million a year. you can find out more about the

impact of construction involving caltrain's electrification project this week. rail crossing signal equipment will have to be relocated. foundation work will affect traffic in about three months. >> there are potholes and then there are monster sinkholes. you can see the street collapse, leaving a gaping hole in the roeld. minutes later, a man riding a scooter disappearing right into that hole. now, that man was not seriously hurt. he appeared to be looking at his phone just before he slipped right into the hole. >> how did he not get hurt? amazing. >> we all want to know if we're going to be able to see our partial eclipse here in the bay area. mike, what say you? >> let's go through it and i'll try to do the best i can to let you know where to go. first, we'll start off with the conditions. we'll set the table, see the flags on the ferry building how they're blowing off to the east. the sea breeze is here. the marine layer is getting thicker as we speak.

that means slow sunshine and mild temperatures today. patchy fog tonight, and a slow warming trend. what i have done is see the colors of black and white and gray. those are the clouds. the darker the cloud, the thicker it is going to be. you can see in the south bay, 10:30 this morning, most of it is cleared out from about milpitas, sunnyvale, southward. temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s. now, all the way up to redwood city, looks pretty clear at 10:15. you get north of that, you see cloud cover for the rest of the peninsula up to san francisco. cloud cover all up and down the coast. low to mid 70s this afternoon on the peninsula. mid 60s along the coast. cloud cover, you can see it completely clouded over in san francisco. 67 degrees at 10:15. in the north bay, places north of novato all the way up to santa rosa. pretty cloudy. sonoma, cloudy, but napa looking pretty clear. same thing with lakeport. temperatures in the mid 70s to 80. the entire east bay shore until

you get to fremont, pretty cloudy. maybe newark, some clouds, some breaks in the clouds, same thing in hayward. everybody else pretty cloudy. by 10:15, our inland east bay neighborhoods will be clearing out also. in the hills, there may be a few clouds to the west of the san ramon valley. temperatures here in the low to mid 80s. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. what you'll see is a slow warming trend to bring our temperature back to summer type levels by friday, saturday, and sunday. >> a couple issues to get around. i have updates on both of these collisions. westbound 580, good news just before you get to eden canyon road, we have a multicar collision. they already pushed that off to the side, though. so emergency crews still on the way. they're calling for an ambulance, but that's no longer blocking the two right lanes. some delays as you head to the castro valley area. let's take you back up to fairfield. westbound 80 near the truck scales, five-car collision. we heard we had that cleared to the shoulder, now they're saying

we still have vehicles that are blocking. that backup remains. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, looking good at 17 minutes. about ten across the bay bridge, and southbound 101, you look great at tn minutes. >> thanks. china is getting ready to relaunch the world's fastest bullet trains. running at 217 miles per hour. the trains will service the route from beijing to shanghai starting next month. they'll make the 777-mile journey in 4:30. china first ran trains in 2008 but cut back the speed following a deadly crash. since then, crews have laid more than 12,000 miles of high-speed rail. they're hoping to add another 6200 miles by 2020. >> logan lucky featured a star studded cast, a talented director, and 93% approval rating with critics on rotten tomatoes. moviegoers, though, didn't care. they lined up to see the hitman's body guard instead. it received just 39% approval

from critics on rotten tomatoes, but audiences gave it an average of a b-plus on cinema score. it opens with $21 million, and an abelle creation came in second. logan lucky in third place with just $8 million. >> wait, there's a movie called nut job two. . it's about social securiquirrel. >> i'm living in an alternative universe where none of those things reached me. >> also, the movie that helped launch patrick swayze to stardom celebrates a big anniversary. >> plus, the latest on a wildfire burning in yosemite. the sierra community still in major danger. >> we're glad you're having a better day with us. we have all your total eclipse we have all your total eclipse covera

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than three hours away from seeing a partial solar eclipse in the bay area. or will you? really depends on the weather. it will start at 9:01 and peak at 10:15 with 75% of the sun blocked. the eclipse will be over at 11:37 this morning. i have to say this, do not look directly at the sun. >> don't do it. number two, the eclipse will have an effect on california's solar power grid. the eclipse is expected to wipe out six gigawatts of solar electricity. they'll use natural gas to meet the demand. >> the big story, will i be able to see it? most of us, no. let's go inland east bay and the south bay, that's where it's going be best. and possibly right into the napa valley. everybody else pretty cloudy at 10:15. >> number four, a pretty heavy delay in solano county right now. westbound 80 near the truck scales. multi-car crash, they're in the process of clearing this, but multiple lanes are blocked. you can take surface streets for a detour. or cordelia road to the south,

those aric looking good. >> number five, the death toll in the spain terror attack rises to 15. a regional justice minister says authorities have identified all of the victims killed last week, including 43-year-old jared tucker of lafayette. >> today, president trump will brief the nation for his strategy on the war in sfaeg. according to "the new york times," he wants to increase the number of troops there. the president is scheduled to speak at 6:00 p.m. we'll have coverage right here. >> and number seven, more than 100 warriors employees will help renovate hillside academy in oakland today. >> it's becoming popular for farmers in rwanda to play music for their pigs. ♪ >> is that country music? >> what is that song? >> what is that? >> not sure. the owner of the farm says he got the idea at a concert. different music is played, soft music in the morning and rock or

rap when they're eating. they can produce more, provide tender meat as a result of listening to the music. >> all right. >> can you believe it's been 30 years since someone tried to put baby in the corner. >> i had the time of my life, right. the iconic film dirty dancing hit the theaters on this day in 1987. in that movie, francis baby houseman and johnny castle showed visitors at an upstate new york resort what it meant to have the time of my life. >> sing it. >> dirty dancing films on a $6 million budget. it earned $213 million at the box office. jennifer grey and patrick swayze played baby and johnny. friday would have been swayze's 65th birthday. >> i think it still holds up. >> i just saw it recently, amazing. >> the remake, not so sure. >> we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including a look at american idol auditions in the east bay. >> and how governor jerry brown

plans to take on california's housing crisis. >> 5:46 on this eclipse day. >> 5:46 on this eclipse day. leaving you with a look a

and good morning on this monday, august 21st. yes, it is definitely count down to eclipse. and yes, a lot of us won't be able to see it. >> that marine layer really developed overnight. >> i tried to take the day off because i didn't want to disappoint everybody. >> not everybody. >> you're right. i put my big boy pants on and came to work so i can tell you what's going on. i'll be over at the exploratorium where you'll be able to seit through their means, but maybe watch it online that way through their feed or our feed. disappointing probably a lot of people out there. you can see the cloud cover on live doppler 7. pretty much everywhere this morning. even starting to creep in to the

napa valley. here's a look at walnut creek where it is cloudy and about 62 degrees. we come back in about eight minutes, i'll go through minute by minute look of when the cloud cover is going to open up for us. temperatures, low to mid 60s. we'll stay in the low to mid 60s at the coast. 71 at 7:00. and 73 to 79. so the lack of sunshine for a couple hours is definitely going to keep our temperatures down today. i'll be back with that cloud forecast next. here's alexis. >> more and more folks on the roads as a lot of students heading back to school this week and many headed back last week. so definitely seeing the volumes increasing. we have a couple slow spots this morning off the bat. westbound 580, the crash has been moved to the shoulder and still a couple miles of stop and go traffic, but that's up to 25 miles per hour. not so great on westbound 80 before suisun valley. that's due to a five-car crash. you're crawling at 2 miles per hour. chp says they're really close to getting this crash totally

cleared to the side, but in the meantime, expect some significant delays. bay bridge commute ramping up as well. we'll check on that next. >> thank you. the countdown is on for today's total solar eclipse. we have that clock right on the bottom of your screen, 4:44:04. that's what experts say will be the most watched celestial event in history. >> everyone will get to see at least a partial eclipse. the real show will be totality. only visible along that narrow path across the country. abc news reporter marcie gonzalez is live for us. i'm wondering how the clouds are looking so far this morning. >> reporter: hey, reggie and natasha. we really have our figures crossed that the weather cooperates here. it's a bit foggy. if it does cooperate, this will be the first place anyone is able to see the total eclipse. it will happen here just after 10:15 this morning. then for the next hour and a half after that, the moon's shadow will move east, wowing millions of people along the

way. >> the wait is finally over. for the great american eclipse. >> this is a life-changing experience. >> from oregon -- >> this is going to be one of the prime locations. >> -- to south carolina. >> a pitch for charleston because we're the last place, also the best place to come. >> all eyes protected by those essential eclipse glasses, turning upward today for this long anticipated celestial show. >> not until august 21st, 2017, will another eclipse be visible from north america. that's 38 years from now. >> while the last total solar eclipse was in 1979 -- >> look, there it is. >> it's been nearly 100 years since a total eclipse crossed from coast to coast. >> once in a lifetime event here, you know. >> people from every state and around the world celebrating. camping out, crowding small towns and causing major traffic jams. all to be in the path of totality. where the moon's 70-mile-wide

shadow will cross parts of 14 states, turning day instantly into night for just a few unforgettable moments. >> when we're a little older, we'll be able to tell our kids. >> and this is the last chance to see a solar eclipse in the u.s. until 2024. reggie and natasha, back to you. >> thank you so much. quick question before you goy. i know lincoln city, oregon, and so many small towns bracing for these huge crowds. how is it looking numbers wise where you are? >> well, they were expecting about 100,000 people here, and well, those crowds just didn't show up. they're thinking that maybe all of the hype about crowds may have scared some people off because just about everyone we talked to here says this is actually the least busy weekend they have seen here in years. >> that is interesting. >> disappointing for business owners. >> all right, marcie. thank you. >> you know, because the people in oregon know that the weather on the coast gets messy.

>> it does. >> it would be like the weather here where we know that we get clouds a lot. that makes sense to me. >> speaking of here in the bay area, there are 30 public eclipse viewing events happening. in oakland, you can enter the chabot center at 8:00 a.m. in san francisco, the exploratorium's party starts at 9:00, and you can visit people in hogue park. we will have exclusive coverage of the great american eclipse, including live reports beginning this morning at 10:00, anchored by david muir. >> we have developing news in the spain terror attack. authorities have identified the man who drove a van into a crowd of people as a 22-year-old moroccan. a spanish nooup has published images of what it says is him getting away on foot. the three images show a slim man wearing sunglasses walking through a market just off las ram bls where the attack happened. they say he's the last member of

the 12-man terror cell behind the attack still on the loose. thursday's van attack and a subsequent car attack in a nearby town killed 15 people and injured more than 120 others. >> this morning, a condolence book will be available to sign at the spanish consulate in san francisco. >> this is as more travelers are returning home to the bay area from barcelona. amy hollyfield is live for us at the consulate. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie. americans who were in barcelona are starting to arrive home. we saw some happy reunions yesterday at oakland international airport, as people are coming home. that is the only bay area airport with nonstop service to and from barcelona. one young man from castro valley said he cut his trip short because of the attack. but another man, this one from san francisco, said he actually wished he could have stayed longer. >> 24 hours later, the stores were open. people were back out on the streets. nightclubs were filled.

so we are sad to leave, actually. >> one american was killed in those attacks. a bay area man, 43-year-old jared tucker of lafayette. here in the bay area, victims are on people's minds. if you would like to sign the consolation condolences book, it is available at the spanish consulate in san francisco starting today at 10:00 to 1:00 this afternoon. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> there is a major story happening right now. ten american sailors are missing. five are hurt. following a collision between a navy destroyer and a merchant ship. the uss mccain was on its way to a routine port visit in singapore after patrolling in the south china sea when that crash happened. the navy says the guided missile destroyer has arrived at singapore's naval base with significant damage. you can see it there. it hit an oil tanker and more than three times its size. remember, in june, a similar

incident killed seven u.s. sailors off the coast of japan. the uss fitzgerald collided with a container ship in that incident and that ship is now undergoing repairs. >> 5:36. happening today, president trump will address the nation on his strategy for the war in afghanistan. "the new york times" reports the president will likely announce troop increases there. he's scheduled to speak at 6:00 p.m. tonight. abc news will air a special report when the president addresses the nation. >> developing news out of iraq where the next phase of the country's war on the islamic state is under way. u.s.-backed iraqi forces have launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of talafar. talafar and the surrounding area is one of the last islamic state held territory in iraq after victory was declared in july in mosul. >> grief counsellors will be at skyline high school as students

mourn the firefighter shot and killed in san jose. jake walter graduated from skyline. he was an assistant baseball coach there before leaving to attend the fire academy. mees are still looking for the gun. they say 27-year-old oliver juinio used to shoot walter and another firefighter thursday night. the firefighters were confronted by at least two men outside an event in the japantown neighborhood. the gunfire erupted without warning after a brief exchange of words. the wonded firefighter remains in the hospital. >> new details on the plane that crashed near an oregon eclipse site. mark rich of menlo park was the only person on the plane. he died in the crash. he was the registered owner. the plane took off from the san carlos airport and crashed in madras, a gathering spot for eclipse watchers. they learned a family member of the pilot was originally scheduled to be on the trip but did not end up going. >> the suspect facing arson

charges for the fire that burned the berkeley hills earlier this month is expected to appear in court. the 24-year-old of concord is scheduled to be in court for a preliminary hearing this morning. bautista pled not guilty two weeks ago. court documents show he confessed to a police officer that he started the 20-acre fire with a cigarette lighter. on to developing news on a wildfire burning in yosemite. crews say it has burned to nearly five square miles. evacuation orders remain in place for the tiny community and the campers in yosemite. residents were ordered to clear out on saturday. the wildfire had been burning for a week. it is 10% contained this morning. thunderstorms possible today in yosemite also. could aggravate the situation with local gusty breezes. 9:0001 it begins. we max out at 10:15 at 75% and the eclipse ends at 11:37.

how about the cloud cover? we'll start at 9:00. you can see pretty much everybody covered. by 10:15, the south bay is uncovered. holes in the sunshine or in the cloud cover will start to develop on the peninsula up to san mateo. and up to about fremont. from 10:15 to the end, more holes will develop in the cloud cover around the bay, but notice, it never completely goes away. so you'll have to be dodging clouds to see the end of the eclipse there. you won't be able to see it at all along the coast and more than likely, you won't be able to see it at all in san francisco. at least not without help. here's a look at our temperatures. 55 in santa rosa, a cool spot. tiburon, 59. bodega bay, 58. everybody else in the low to mid 60s. that's pretty much the temperature everywhere else. let's talk about school. san francisco unified school district, cloudy, 60, partly sunny and 65 at 3:00.

we'll talk more about the eclipse and today's temperatures in the seven-day forecast. also a little bit of a warming trend. that's next. here's alexis. >> make sure you're watching the school zones today, too. a lot of school districts heading back today. if not today, then over the next couple days. our biggest issue so far this morning, westbound 80, a five-car collision. they're still working to clear westbound 80 near the truck scales there. a pretty significant backup through the fairfield area. when i put my measuring tool on here, it was four miles. looks like we're at least to 4 1/2 at this point. you can cut through some surface streets and take cordelia to the south. that's even starting to fill over onto state route 12. hopefully we'll get the roadway totally opened up soon. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on. >> alexis, thank you. a double shock as the nation loses two comedy icons. up next, the impact beyond the big screen of jerry lewis and

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a pittsburg man faces charges after deputies say he tried to run them down in martinez. the sheriff's office says joey carroll led deputies on a chase in a stoler car late saturday night. he rammed into the patrol car and a deputy fired add him twice. carroll wasn't hit. ee also wasn't done. he's accused of driving the wrong way on interstate 680 and then hitting another car. carroll was tweeted at a hospital and released. deputies say he violated his probation. >> a quarter to 6:00. san francisco police are looking for six rifles stolen from a car. it was parked on leyland avenue and visitation valley. the owner was in the process of moving and staying in the area over the weekend. the theft was discovered yesterday morning. >> governor brown and democrats in the legislature are set to tackle california's affordable housing crisis. more than a dozen bills in play, and votes on them could start this week. a bond measure on the table would provide $3 billion to fund

affordable housing. another measure would impose a $75 fee on real estate documents such as deeds and notices with the money raised going to low-income housing. lawmakers have until september 15th to pass legislation. that's when they leave for another recess. the next american idol could we from right here in the bay area. >> we have lots of talent. thousands of people packed oakland's jack london square for their shot at stardom. ♪ i don't want you to work out there ♪ ♪ but i want you to be true >> yes. 16-year-old bella bromburg of san rafael was one of those who got a golden ticket to move on. hopefuls lined up for hours to perform in front of idol producers yesterday. bay area producers said they're excited that it's back. >> i did this a few times before. didn't make it quite as far, but this has been my dream for many years. if feels good to be back and able to try again. >> the people who advanced will

audition in front of a panel of sleblt judges including katy perry on a future date. >> if you couldn't make it out to oakland, don't worry, you can still audition. we have a link to the application at abc7news.com. potential contestants need to be at least 15 years and not more than 28 years old. >> it's so young. that cut-off date. what's wrong with that? could we petition to change it, please? >> i can't sing at any age. didn't really have much of an effect, but thanks for the information. hi, everybody. a look at the golden gate bridge. and you can see, it is pretty quiet there. winds are blowing out of the west, about 12 miles per hour. look for it to get foggier the next couple hours. morning sunshine will be eclipsed for many of us by the clouds. eclipsed by the clouds, i should say. low clouds tonight, fog possible. slow warming throughout the week. i have put the color coding underneath it because it really made the clouds pop. the darker the clouds, the

thicker they're going to be. you can see places like santa cruz at 10:30 this morning, cloudy. most of the south bay, clear. temperatures 78 to 81 this afternoon. notice san mateo north wnd, looking pretty cloudy. now, there will be breaking in the cloud cover around san mateo and millbrae, but over at the coast, you can see the darker gray there. downtown san francisco, towards the end of the eclipse, we'll start to see the clouds open just a little bit. up in the north bay, you can see around petaluma and santa rosa, around 10:15, looks cloudy there. a little more clouds as you head towards the west. and look at the east bay shore. you'll get some breaks in the cloud cover. fremont, newark,aks around hayward, and san leandro north wnd, it looks cloudy. inland looking clear at 10:15. there may be a few clouds hanging over the edge of the east bay hills. for the most part, the san ramon valley will be cleared out. clouds tonight, 57 to 62. my accuweather seven-day forecast, one of our coolest days because of the clouds and lack of sunshine during the heating of the day this morning,

and then we'll be back in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and few 90s friday, saturday, and sunday. kids going back to school. we have an eclipse. a lot of reasons for people to be out and about today. >> absolutely. i have a question for you about the eclipse, mike. >> okay. >> how dark is it going to be? we're not in the path of totality. not like it's nighttime outside? >> most people have described it, i have heard it described, it's like most mornings when it's cloudy. still a little bright, but definitely not going to be dark and night fall like most of are us thinking in the path of totality. like an average cloudy morning. >> interesting. aaa is still recommending you have your headlights on this morning and throughout the day today to make you extra visible to the other drivers. let's take a look at our biggest issues on the roads. westbound 80 still trying to get the collision cleared. it does sound like they're really close. westbound 80 just before suisun valley. originally, we had three lanes down. looks like we're down to one lane blocked now, but about a five-mile backup, and boy,

really heavy speeds here, too. about 10 miles per hour, 6 miles per hour, not a lot of great alternates through this area. if you want to use surface streets and head south to cordelia road, that's probably your best bet right now. a quick check of drive times. westbound 80, tracy to castro valley, 1:10. still bouncing back from an earlier crash near eden canyon road. northbound 101, highway 85 to the san jose airport in the yellow at 16 minutes. and northbound 280, highway 1 into san francisco, looking great in the green at nine minutes. next traffic update in less than ten. >> thank you. the world is remembering a comedy legend, jerry lewis died yesterday at the age of 91. he got his start in show business at a young age, making him an interalsh star thanks to his pairing with dean martin. he also found success on broadway. people in the bay area have fond memories of him. >> his facial expressions and over the top humor. as kids we just thought the guy was hilarious. >> i loved him.

he was very funny. especially in his younger days. >> lewis was also known for his charity work. he hosted the muscular telethon raising more than $2 billion. >> dick gregory also passed away this weekend. the st. louis native regularly performed on talk shows in the '60s and '70s. he wrote books and reported albums, also pursued social change. gregory marched with dr. martin luther king, fasted for more than a month to protest the vietnam war, and later fought against pollution in black communities. he had recently been hospitalized for a severe bacterial infection. he was 84 years old. >> both so significant. >> new at 6:00, the push here in san francisco to create gender neutral i.d. cards. >> first, hundreds of volunteers spend their weekend making sure deserving children are ready for the start of school. why organizers say the help is why organizers say the help is needed more now t

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it's 5:54. look at these thieves in arkansas. they went to great lengths, didn't they? they operated a large caterpillar forklift to rip a drive-through atm out of the ground in the early morning hours last wednesday. and they got away. police say they don't know how much loot the robbers actually got away with. they're asking the public for help. i should note, a lot of these now have gps systems. >> hundreds of volunteers making sure that deserving kids are ready for school. abc7 news was at berkeley where volunteers supplied thousands of school and dental kits. they say rr so important because donations are actually down by

$125,000. the group says it's due to a change on turbo tax and it makes it harder for taxpayers to make those charitable donations they depend on. >> this is an unusual ocean rescue. it looks like a real animal on the back of the jet-ski. it's not. they posted video of this of california state parks rescuing uncle buck, a sculpture of a deer. it had been stolen, found floating in the ocean caught in kelp. ungen buck's owner said the sculpture is worth $8,000. it was secured by chains but someone cut them. poking for that person. >> who would steal uncle buck? that's weird. here's a look at what's going on as far as breezes. one of the reasons we'll have a hard time seeing the entirety of the eclipse. the winds kill get faster, 1:00 in the afternoon. yellow for the golden gate and

the bay bridge eastward. the southwest winds around 21 to 33 knots. the giants taking on the brewers this evening at at&t park. 63, then becoming mostly cloudy by 10:15. be a little breezy, so dress for temperatures that are going to feel cool. with we have a little heavy traffic on westbound 580. they are still on the shoulder, so i think we have a little onlooker delay. westbound 80, just past palomares road, a multicar crash, we had injuries and you're still down to 21 miles per hour for about two miles there as you approach the castro valley area. so that one has had a hard time bouncing back. then we're really filling in and getting going on the bay bridge commute. the metering lights on for the toll plaza, about 5:24 this morning. you're okay the rest of the way into san francisco. eastbound, the lower deck of the bay bridge, we have a disabled tractor trailer blocking the on

ramp from treasure island. we'll check westbound 80 coming up. 25 cyclists on their way to los angeles this morning, and the fire service cancer awareness bicycle ride. they presented a $5,000 check to the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation before beginning the ride yesterday. the riders are all active duty or retired firefighters from several fire departments here in california. and some of them are in indeed cancer survivors. >> it's a total eclipse takeover. next at 6:00, what you need to know about seeing the solar event right here in the bay area. >> where you have to go to seit. and taking away tiny homes. the response from san jose city officials after backlash surrounding a proposal to house the homeless. the homeless. >> how you can

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how to watch it, what you'll see, what you won't see. where you need to drive right now if you want to see what's happening. good morning to you. >> can you drive with those on? >> you should not drive with these on. >> you can see very little. >> we stole this from the only person in our entire station who has them. i do have to give them back, but it's interesting to wear them because it really is a black out. the only thing i can see is my one key light which is the brightest light on be. >> a lot of us waking up disappointed. >> there's shiny stars. you can't see us? >> all of you? >> you can't see me. never mind. unforchly, cloudy just about everywhere this morning. look at that, the dark gray you see overlaid on live doppler 7. here's our first look at the marine layer. look how thick, up to 2200, 2400 feet. the top of mt. tam is about 2600