already. welcome to thursday, august 31st. a lot to get to, heat, traffic issues, and jess, you're tracking breaking news. >> we mentioned the phone bank because they still really need your help in texas. we have breaking news happening in texas. the city of beaumont has lost its entire water supply because of the floodwaters that are causing a river to flood the city's pump station. they lost their first and secondary water source. residents have been without water for the past few hours. this is affecting about 118,000 people. right now, they're trying to make some repairs. they're hoping to have some temporary fix. this is indefinite at this point. time table very flimsy. they have to wait for the waters to recede in order to make a full repair. we'll have more about harvey as the newscast continues. breaking news at a chemical plant. first, we want to check our local big story, the heat that's coming in. hi, mike. >> hey, jessica.

hey, everybody. we have a trifecta, heat, we will have poor air quality and a high fire danger. it all starts with the winds that are calm or blowing off shore from the land, and that is a warmer wind, and that's a wind that does not allow us to exhaust our pollution. that's one of the reasons why we're going to have poor air quality and we're going to get worse and spread over the weekend. 12-hour day planner, in the mid 50s to upper 50s, very comfortable this morning, but look at that. nearly 20 to 50 degrees warmer by 4:00. alexis. >> that is going to be a major temperature change for a lot of folks today. right now, we're doing okay for the bay bridge commute. we're encouraging you to carpool or take mass trance as it is a spare the air day. things have definitely filled in. the metering lights on since about 5:25 this morning. so far, drive times not looking too bad. highway 4 to the maze, 20 minutes for you. 14 the rest of the way across the bay bridge into san francisco. and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, in the green at nine minutes. if you're trying to take

b.a.r.t. to sfo, we have lingering delays from a switching issue. i'll talk more about that coming up next. >> today is the start of one of the biggest heat waves of the year. >> pg&e, of course, gearing up to respond to possible outages. matt keller live for us in morgan hill where it's expected to be 100 degrees today. hi, matt. >> reporter: going to be hot here today, reggie and natasha. right now, it's relatively cool, in the mid 50s right now in morgan hill, according to my accuweather app. as you come here to the centennial recreation center, you're going to boo able to cool off. check out all the cool stuff, a water slide, a lap pool, and a place for the kids to splash around. this is a great place to stay cool. people are heading to work, air conditioning there. i talked to one woman about what her problem will be tonight. >> the evening is the challenge because our house does not cool off on the second floor, even with the ac. so sleeping downstairs, opening all the windows, hoping the time goes by fast.

>> yeah, unfortunately, a long time before we see cooler temperatures. today, we have a heat advisory, tonight, the excessive heat warning goes into effect and lasts until monday night. you could see temperatures reach 110 degrees over the weekend. that means there's a real potential for heat related illness, especially for the elderly, children, pets, and livestock. if you don't have ac, try the mall. coming to a pool is a great idea as well. and if you can't do that, there's always cooling centers. this is the centennial recreational center in morgan hill. they have cooling centers allover the bay area here in the south bay as well. so if you want information on that, you can go to our website, abc7news.com. matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. you can track this weekend's extreme heat on your phone with the accuweather app. you can get all the updates on the temperature where you live. search accuweather in your app store. and download it. >> now back to the devastating

situation in texas. at least 31 deaths are blamed on the storm. about a third of houston still covered in water according to the texas military. houston's police chief says they have received up to 70,000 calls for help. an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 homes have been lost, and it's possible that number could go way up. it is still too soon to determine the final economic impact. but texas governor greg abbott says the state made nee more than $125 billion in federal support for damages. >> and reggie, i do have another breaking news update coming in out of texas. the chemical plant explosion overnight in crosby, texas, two explosions were heard. several officers were patrolling the area. they were hospitalized. i just learned that 8 of 15 deputies have been released from the hospital. seven others are still being evaluated at this time. also new, seems there's some confusion on the severity of the explosions. the chemical plant company saying there were two explosions and a fire.

meanwhile, they said the explosions were expected, they were monitoring the situation and that the chemical reaction caused a popping noise inside the containers where they're stored. this is not reportedly a threto the public, although regardless, the homes around the plant were evacuated before any of this degan. the plant was shut down over the weekend. in preparation for all of this. that's the good news there. >> thank you. with harvey on their minds, climate change was a big topic at a town hall meeting with congresswoman jackie speier. we were at the san francisco zoo yesterday where constituents couldn't help but worry about possible climate change effects here in the bay area. speier says she and her fellow democrats are facing an uphill battle, but she's wondering if the catastrophic flooding in texas may change minds. >> interesting to see what happens after hurricane harvey and whether or not some of the republican members in texas find that maybe there's some truth to

this. >> speier says it's more important than ever for california to continue taking the lead in climate change legislation. and a really easy way to help the flooding victims is through abc's day of giving. it's going on right now, today, abc stations nationwide will be fund-raising on-air and online with money going to neighbors most impacted by harvey. our phone bank just opened six minutes ago. 415-954-7625. you can also go to redcross.org/donate or text the word harvey to 90999. that will automatically make a $10 donation to the red cross that will appear on your cell phone bill. >> interesting video of a military test near kauai. it shows a medium range ballistic missile shot out of the sky. the test follows moves by north korea to demonstrate advances in its own technology. a spokesperson said the navy will continue developing ballistic missile defense feck

knowledges to stay ahead of any threat as it evolves. we'll have more on the u.s. show of force at 6:30. >> new developments out of piedmont where jeff we'll will step down from the city council on tuesday. he resigned over backlash for what many felt were offensive facebook posts. two piedmont residents read a few of the posts. they included statements like, quote, black lives matter encourages cop killings. and quote, transgenders are mentally ill. >> developing news in the east bay. police need your help id'ing a woman accused of posing as a bank customer and stealing cash. they posted these photos on the facebook page. in the picture, she's wearing a hat and glasses. she's accused of withdrawing a large sum of money frame the west america bank on june 21st. she gained access to victims' accounts by yuzing a fake drivers license. they also said she did the same

thing at other banks. if you recognize her, call police. new concerns this morning about lead in the water of some about lead in the water of some east bay

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mentioned a trifecta of trouble. here's the third part of that. high fire danger tonight at 9:00 through saturday at 8:00. up in our hills and mountainser above 1,000 feet. that's where the fire danger is going to be most prevalent. be careful in those areas. 50 in menlo park. low to mid 50s for the rest of the peninsula, and temperatures pretty much in the mid to upper 50s everywhere until santa rosa at 51, and in the hills, 71 in los gatos. here's today's forecast. 70s along the coast, san francisco, sausalito. 80s to near 90 around the bay. 90s to near 100 inland. quick look at tomorrow's forecast. it gets even hotter. i'll show you the weekend coming up next. here's alexis. >> okay, and wouldn't you know it, we have a pretty significant b.a.r.t. delay on a spare the air day, but we're starting to improve. we did have a major delay due to a switching problem at sfo, down to 20 minutes. i talked to b.a.r.t. and they're getting closer to just a

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valley where tests showed lead levels above the recommended range at some schools. the castro valley unified school district sent a letter saying the water has been turned off at the stations where higher levels were present. those fixtures will be replaced and they'll test the water again. in the meantime, schools are providing bottled water. >> an indiana company beats tesla to the punch, revealingilitirevealing its first zero emission s truck. i wish i could describe what it looks like, but that's it. >> i bet it looks cool, unlike our weather. >> hi, mike nicco. >> how about that transition? nothing cool about this, except for this morning. that's about it. it goes up from here, and in a quick way. kind of like a scene where the fighters take off. it goes straight up. that's the way our temperatures will be today. 20 to 15 degrees warmer from the

coast to the inland neighborhoods. a look, you can see no fog, no marine layer, no carl the fog. it's a touchy subject for some folks. the marine layer is not there. sunny today, large jump in temperatures. dangerous heat. poor air quality. high fire danger this weekend. holiday weekend, we want to be outside. highs slowly taper next week, but still above average. it's here. triple digits everywhere, in the inland east bay neighborhoods. re let's go to the nrth bay, santa rosa, 97. vallejo, 90. novato, 98 degrees. a lot of schools don't have air conditioning. 92, not an average day in san jose. 96 in los gatos, sunnyvale, and cupertino at 90. on the peninsula, warm. 84 in san mateo. mild on the coast, half moon bay at about 70. along the east bay shore, 84 in oakland today. to 90 in fremont and castro valley. sunshine all day there, and temperatures above average in

san francisco. mid to upper 70s. tonight's temperatures, 60s for the most part, a few 70s inland. and look at the orange 80s up in the hills. it will be even warmer saturday morning. that will springboard us to another near record high saturday. temperatures tumble a little sunday. you'll start to really notice the difference, but you have to wait until wednesday. >> oh, boy. okay. i am not ready for that. taking a look at the roads here this morning. we do have a new issue on the benicia bridge. on the countercommute side. not too much of a backup yet. northbound 680 at the 780 merge, two to three vehicles involved in this. the two right lanes are blocked now. emergency crews are on the scene, but they're saying they're having trouble moving the vehicles. it's not terrible at the moment, but i'm keeping a close eye on that one. quick check outside. here's southbound 680 through walnut creek, so things have filled in and slows down. no blocking issues for that stretch, and a quick check of drive times, westbound 580, just under an hour, 55 in the red. westbound 4, antioch to concord

in the yellow at 27. and 101, you look good in the green a 16. we have lingering b.a.r.t. delays. we'll check that out coming up next. >> everybody here is proud to be part of disney's day of giving today. >> this is our chance and your chance to directly help the victims from hurricane harvey. jessica castro live at our phone bank right now with how you can take part. hey, jess. >> hey, reggie, natasha. i ran up here, upstairs to see how the operation is going thus far. and we are getting things going up here for our day of giving. we're so proud here at abc7 to be part of this joining together with 200 other stations across the country. and of course, the red cross volunteers already here, very early with us this morning. i want to introduce you to the head of the northern california chapter for the red cross. thank you for coming. tell us about the efforts today and why it's important for the bay area to step up. >> thank you so much for having us. we have a number of volunteers here answering phones and really

gathering support. the disaster in houston and in texas and now louisiana is massive, and we're going to be doing relief operations, us and many other organizations for months and years to come. these resources will determine the long-term needs and help people get on the road to recovery. >> what are some of the long-term needs we have seen in the past that we could anticipate with hurricane harvey? >> housing support to vehicle support, infrastructure support. there's a number of things that donations could go to and it really depends on the community needs. it's something we'll work with the community to determine what the long-term needs are. first and foremost, we want to make sure everyone has safe shelter, warm food, and medical and emotional needs met. >> absolutely. so important because we're still seeing evacuations this morning. i heard some phone calls already, so people are up and already giving.

and where does that money go right now? i know that the need right now is especially in those shelters, right? >> correct. we have over nearly 300 shelters open across texas and louisiana. and so we're really focused on those needs, making sure people have what they need in those shelters. working with our partners to supplement those needs, and working as people can go back in on cleanup and recovery. >> cynthia, thank you. i'm hearing we have bay area volunteers on their way today. also to help out from the red cross, we'll ask cynthia about that later in the newscast. that's it for me. i'm going to come back downstairs. back to you. >> okay, jess, thank you. we want to give you that information one more time. it's on your screen. the phone number, you can also go to redcross.org/abc. and then the third way, you can text harvey to 90999 and that will make an automatic $10 donation on your cell phone bill.

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now, at 6:30, helping victims of hurricane harvey. a live look at the dpoen bank, just opened about 29 minutes ago. >> they don't look busy. >> we need you to call in. we need you to call in right

now. the number, 415-954-7625. make that donation, and the money will go directly to the victims in texas. >> first, our big local story. the heat. mike, those temperatures are going to be soaring soon. >> everywhere, even the coast and san francisco will get a touch of the heat as we head through the weekend. hi, everybody. let's look at live doppler 7 and set the stage. notice a lack of clouds just about everywhere except for around half moon bay. that's the only place we're seeing clouds now. it looks like a warm one with the hazy sunshine developing on mt. tam. it's really nice outside this morning. look at that, mid to upper 50s. then, 66 at the coast. at noon, 77 around the bay to 87. already 30 degrees warmer by noon. then we'll jump around 15 degrees to the 100s at 4:00 inland. 86 around the bay. the coast, 69. so temperatures will jump anywhere from 20 to 50 degrees today. that's almost unheard of. still going to be pretty warm

during the evening hours inland. 95, 78 around the bay. i'll have more on the heat wave coming up. >> good morning. taking a look at the roads this morning, we're doing okay. pretty typical commute for the bay bridge toll plaza. those metering lights on for just over an hour. 5:25 this morning, so you're backed up into the maze here today. we don't have blocking incidents for that stretch, and if you are continuing your way onto san francisco, it does not look bad. the rest of the way on the bay bridge. b.a.r.t., unfortunately, a spare the air day, but we have a pretty significant delay still. 20 minutes between millbrae and san bruno due to a switching problem near sfo, still have crews on the scene trying to fix that. no delays for muni. in the green, and capital corridor looking good as well. ee have a crash on the benicia bridge. we'll check that out next. right now, i want to get you the latest on harvey's destruction across the gulf coast. this morning, authorities in texas say two blasts that sent black smoke into the air at a

crosby chemical plant were chemical reactions. they're saying they were not explosions. 15 deputies were sent to the hospital. seven are still there right now. meanwhile, at least 31 people have died in texas from hurricane harvey. as i mentioned, 31 folks. more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes, but much of houston still under water, still in crisis. abc news reporter maggie rulli is live in houston with the latest. hi, maggie. >> reporter: jessica, hello. as texas is slowly beginning to rebuild, there are more than 230 shelters like this one still open across the region. in some parts of houston, water rescues and recovery missions are still going around the clock. five days after hurricane harvey made landfall. now, with tropical depression, harvey continues to batter the gulf coast. >> that river inside, outside, upside, downside.

>> port arthur desperate to escape the rain. >> i'm scared for my babies. >> even though the rain has stopped in houston, the floodwaters continue to rise. roughly 15,000 calls for help have poured in. officials now going door to door, marking bright orange cs on homes that are clear. those returning home to see the damage sift through their now waterlogged possessions. and homeowners who lost everything, it's estimated more than 80% of them don't have flood insurance. >> i'm okay. i'm just ready to go home. and i don't have a home because they're flooded out. >> last night, more than 30,000 people stayed at a shelter like this one, and there have been volunteers here throughout the night manning these tables. welcoming guests 24/7. in houston, texas, maggie rulli, abc7 news. >> okay, maggie, thank you. i have pulled mike in here to

the live desk, to ask you where this stands at this point, because we have seen so much of this storm really just linger in some parts. >> that's the key. it wasn't moving very quickly whatsoever the first several days. now it's starting to move a little faster. everyone wands to know where the center is, it's between monroe and vicksburg. and that's where it's going to sit for the next day or so. but then it's going to start moving up to the north and east. that's going to put places like the ohio river valley, you can see that stretching all the way up from the mississippi river valley into the ohio river valley. a secondary push here that's going to hit the south, and that's going to be the reason why we're seeing all of this flooding or the potential for it, nearly 5.7 million people under a flash flood watch. until the next 24 to 48 hours are over. jessica. >> the number of people this is going to affect. not as hard as houston, but in other areas, simply staggering. >> 4 to 8 inches of rain. nothing like what we saw before, but there will be localized

flooding. even though it's not going to be a tropical storm by the time it gets to cincinnati, it will continue raining to the northeast this weekend. we could have flight arrival delays everywhere the next couple days. >> thank you. >> and vice president mike pence on his way to texas. he boarded air force two at joint base andrews about an hour ago. pence, his wife, and several of president trump's cabinet members also making the trip, including rick perry. remember, he's a former governor of texas. the group will visit the corpus christi area, the point of initial landfall for hurricane harvey. take a look a some of the damage laura anthony found in a town in texas just outside of houston. this is a major interstate that goes in and out of the city. at least 150 yards of the median on the east texas freeway, which is highway 59, has been pushed aside by the floodwaters as if it were just a toy. transportation officials say crews have begun work to repair that damaged median. right now, they don't have an

estimate on when it's going to be fixed and reopened. laura anthony has been in houston all week helping our sister station ktrk with their around the clock coverage. >> we have been seeing over and over again, the bravery of complete strangers. take a look at what's going on. this moment, no exception to that. the human chain being formed here to save a man's life. at least 17 people joined hands to reach a man trapped in his car nearly fully submerged in water. they managed to pull him out and to safety and just moments later, floodwaters swept away his suv. >> one easy way for you to help the flooding victims is through abc's day of giving. today and right now, abc stations nationwide will be fund-raising on-air and online with money going to neighbors most impacted by harvey. our phone bank just opened 36 minutes ago. the number to call right now, 415-954-7625. you can also go to redcross.org/donate. this is really easy, at any point, take out your phone, text the word harvey to 90999.

that will make a $10 donation to the red cross that will appear on your cell phone bill. developing news in the north bay where there is no other way to put it, it is going to be crazy hot this weekend, especially, of course, if you don't have ac. and hundreds of students don't. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in novato this morning. amy. rrtd good morning, reggie. eight schools in novato do not have air conditioning. according to the marin independent journal, some parents have complained and expressed concern about the heat wave. especially here at olive elementary school, one of the schools that doesn't have ac. the one parent says she's meeting with the principal at olive today to discuss ways to keep the kids cool. the district says recess will be moved inside, and teachers will keep the classrooms cool by lowering the lights, drawing the blienldz, and allowing the kids to have water at their desks. one mom think it's just going to be too hot to tolerate. she's keeping her kids home

tomorrow. another mom is taking action and going to the school board meeting next week to demand air conditioning or in the very least, industrialized fans in the classrooms to cool the kids. it is supposed to be 106 degrees here in novato tomorrow. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thanks. >> if you want more information about cooling centers in the bay area, go to our website, abc7news.com. we have all the info you need to stay cool during this heat wave. >> santa clara county and san francisco are asking a federal judge to permanently block an executive order by president trump cutting off funding to sanctuary cities. the judge temporarily blocked it in april. the order cuts off money to communities that limit the cooperation of local police and jails with immigration agents. the trump administration argues sanctuary cities can be havens for crime. san francisco alone could be at risk of losing $2 billion a year if the judge reinstates the president's order. breaking news about the wells fargo fake account scandal. the bank says it uncovered

nearly 70% more potentially unauthorized accounts than originally thought. a year ago, the bank reported more than 2 million accounts were opened without customers' permission. now it says that number is about 3.5 million. the accounts were opened from 2009 to 2016. wells fargo plans to pay out an additional $7 million in refunds to those impacted customers.rni everybody. let's focus on our weather and the heat. as reggie mentioned, cooler centers opening. i saw antioch, concord, and santa rosa so far. we'll keep an eye on that. i'll put it on social media along with our website. here's what we're dealing with today. heat advisory in the areas in the orange, our valleys, the excessive heat warning is up in our hills. the east bay hills and diablo range. look what happens tomorrow through monday when the hottest temperatures hit. everybody except for the coast and san francisco, excessively hot. that's why we have an excessive heat warning.

and look what happens saturday. the heat spills to the coast in san francisco. you are under a heat advisory. all right, so let's take a look at what's going on right now. feels great outside. 51 in saratoga. 58 right now in san jose and los altos hill. 59 in alameda. 54 in san carlos. 55 in danville, san francisco, and napa. quick look at today's commute. you can see no fog at the bay bridge. just some isolated fog around napa. mass transit mild to hot from san francisco to the suburbs. and bright sunshine if you're going to be on the bay. quick look at that area in yellow which is like from hercules to san leandro. the coast in san francisco. that's the only area this weekend that could potentially not have unhealthy air. >> okay. so that's where i'm going to try to be. >> that's where you're going to be. still hot in those area. just the air quality will be better. spare the air all weekend. fire danger, hot, and you're saying things are getting

interesting on the roads. >> we started off really quiet and had a couple major issues. i want to take you back to one of those. we're in recovery mode, but it's one of those spots where it's tough to bounce back. southbound 880 past tennyson road. that sig alert is long gone, but we have heavy speeds approaching that. about 19 miles per hour, 20 miles per hour, just on the other side of 92, then yeah, it slows south of there at this point as well. that's just our typical delays starting to fill in. good news on the benicia bridge. we had a commute, countercommute crash on 680 on the northbound side right around the 780 merge, in the two right lanes. that has fully cleared. we got the all clear from chp just a couple minutes ago. and then san jose, 101 and 880, the only spot in the south bay that's slow, just the inbound side from the 280/680 merge to past 880, but most of the south bay is looking good. unfortunately, i'm hearing about a new crash involving a flipped dump truck on 680 in the fremont area. we'll check on that next.

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but have no fear. it comes with a lot of heat behind it. abc7 news reporter matt keller is live where temperatures are supposed to reach 100 degrees today. look, he's inside. >> crazy might be a good way to describe the weather. you want to do your best to avoid the heat. we're at the cente centennialrectionerary center here in morgan hill. you can avoid the heat. instead of running outside, they have a gym where you can go inside and exercise. even better, they have this great pool area. they have a water slide, a lap pool in case you want to exercise or if you want to goof off and cool off. just make sure that you avoid the heat because that heat is coming. today, we've got a heat advisory, but tonight, the excessive heat warning goes into effect and lasts until monday night. boy, is it going to get hot. here, you can see temperatures reach 110 degrees and above on saturday. that means there is a real potential for heat related illnesses, especially for the

elderly children, pets and livestock. you should be prepared for the paublth of power outages and if your power goes out, it may be critical to get to a place with power and air conditioning. that could be the mall or a movie theater or here at a cooling center, which this is here at the centennial recreation center. we have a list of all the cooling centers here in the bay area on our website. abc7news.com. reporting live in morgan hill, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. everyone here at abc7 proud to be part of disney's day of giving which is happening as we speak. >> this is our chance and your chance to directly help the victims from hurricane harvey. jessica castro is live at our phone bank right now with how you can take part. hey, there, jess. >> hi, natasha. i made two new friends, george and dennis. they're busy, hard at work taking donations from folks across the bay area. that's what we want to see throughout the day in our day of giving. more than 200 different abc stations participating in the day of giving. we here at abc7 news have

already collected more than $850, but that's going to ramp up throughout the day, and nationwide, get this, we already have $1.8 million that will go to the harvey relief effort. i want to give a shoutout to some folks. gale from oakley, nadine from palo alto, and teresa from san jose who have all donated this morning. and not only that, also donating from the bay area volunteers. cynthia joining me one more time, communications director for the northern california chapter for the red cross. and cynthia, you tell me that we have a lot of folks heading out to texas because certainly the disaster is really only just debeening. >> correct, it's just beginning. we have been in it for six days and we have 17 trained red cross volunteers getting on planes today to go out to louisiana and texas to support the efforts. they're going out as shelter workers, drivers, people to help with logistics to insure that the supplies get where they need to get and help people immediately. >> cynthia, thank you. >> of course, our phone bank

will be running all day. your money helps take some of the volunteers to texas to help with the relief effort, and all of those victims, more than 32,000 people needing shelter throughout this crisis. and that number only continuing. reggie, natasha, one more fun fact. #d #dayofgiving is trending nationwide. call in, help us out. >> i don't hear any phones ringing right now and i don't like the sound. we have to get people to call in. thanks, jess. that number is 415-954-7625. you can also go to redcross.org/abc, or just pick up your phone and text the word harvey to 90 n999. that will automatically make a $10 donation to the red cross. >> we thank you in advance. >> on to other developing news. the u.s. has flown some of its most advanced war planes to south korea. a show of force after north

korea's latest ballistic missile launch. a military officer says two supersonic bombers and two fighter jets participated in training with south korean f-15 fighter jets. on tuesday, north korea flew a ballistic missile over northern japan. they called it a meaningful prelude to containing quad. >> the supreme court is going to rule on whether the public should have access to data from automated license plate readers. privacy advocates have expressed concern. the court is going to rule on whether police and sheriff's departments have to disclose that data under california's public records act or whether that information falls under an exemption for records related to investigations. >> dub nation, the warriors newest championship trophy has already traveled over 25,000 miles going to the hometowns of several players, but the trophy is back home for the labor day weekend.

the trophy will be at the dunk contest store in burlingame today from noon to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, at the warriors team store in oracle arena. saturday it will be at westfield san francisco center before on sunday heading to the walnut creek store. if you want the complete list of locations and all the times for the trophy tour, we posted it on our website for you, abc7news.com. >> there is a new report, and it reveals which bay area colleges produce among the highest earning potential for graduates. >> according to pay scale's new salary report, graduates of santa clara university, uc berkeley, stanford, all earn at least $60,000 early in their careers and more than $130,000 after ten years. >> dually noted. all right. earlier, we promised to bring you the photo of the first all electric semi truck. we made good on our promises. take a look at your screen. the indiana company tweeted out a photo of the fully electric zero emissions truck. it's powered by lithium ion

batteries. it has a 100-mile range. production starting in 2019. the significance here, of course, tesla was not the first to do this. >> you know what. kind of worth the wait. i think that looks very nice. >> beastly looking semitruck. >> i can't say the same for our forecast. >> it's going to be hot, mike. >> forecast doesn't look like a transformer. even though it transforms into some real dangerous heat, and all of us get touched by it at some point, especially saturday. a look from the east bay hills. already hazy. we're as cool as we're going to get from now until possibly thursday or friday. clear and not as comfortable tonight. fire and air quality kearns along with the heat. we'll start in the south bay. matt keller in the morgan hill, 100. 102 in gilroy. 96 in los gatos. a lot of low to mid 90s in the south bay. low to mid 80s, how about 78 in

millbrae. upper 60s to 70 along the peninsula coast. going up into the north bay today, low to upper 90s until you get to lakeport, cloverdale and ucaya, 100s there. 90 in fremont, castro valley. oakland at 84, and here we go, the first of many days of triple digits in the inland east bay neighborhoods. lows tonight still not bad. 58 in san rafael to 75 in antioch. see these orange areas? those are our hills. that's where it's going to be in the 80s. but tomorrow, i should say saturday, look at that, 62 to possibly 80. that's really when it's going to get tough. that's going to springboard us to possibly another all-time record high day after tomorrow being one also. not quite as hot sunday. you say 104, not quite as hot as the day before. when you're 96, you're like, break out the sweaters. >> okay. i guess that's what we're going to have to deal with here over

the next several days. i have one new issue for you in the fremont area. this is just before you get to washington boulevard. we've got a semi hauling a dump truck there that flipped over. we have the far left lane blocked right now. we haven't gotten word on injuries but they're calling for an ambulance to the scene. and they are calling around trying to find a tow truck company that can handle this. that is not going to be good if you're coming down through sunol, expect significant delays. time to think about a detour. also, b.a.r.t. delay around sfo is down to ten minutes, so that's recovering from some earlier problems this morning. don't forget, we have that weekend track work in downtown oakland, saturday, sunday, and monday. lake merritt station will be closed. the free bus bridge will be in place, but that's going to add place, but that's going to add from 10 to 25 minu

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it is 6:55. whether you're joining us or about to go out the door, here are the seven things you need to know. floodwaters continue to rise in houston five days after hurricane harvey made lafrl. water rescues and recovery missions still under way in texas. today, vice president mike pence is going to visit the region. >> number two, local authorities in texas say two blasts that sent black smoke into the air at a crosby chemical plant were chemical reactions, not explosions. 15 deputies went to the hospital. >> number three, a new problem on highway 17 if you're traveling northbound from santa cruz area.

unfortunately, woo we have plate significant delays. a crash following a couple vehicles in the left lane. praeb a five or six-mile backup already. >> number four, two things to notice, we're in the 50s now, but we'll be in the 60s, 80s, 90s, and 100s. 20 to 50 degrees warmer. record highs and record warm low temperatures this weekend. >> number five, as the bay area braces for the heat wave, pg&e reminding everyone to be prepared just in case the power goes out. make sure you have flashlights, radios, fresh batteries. you can go to abc7news.com for a list of cooling centers. >> number six, today marks 20 years since princess diana was killed in a car crash in paris. >> number seven, a live look at our phone bank under way right now for abc's day of giving. donations benefit hurricane harvey victims. call right now, 415-954-7625. volunteers standing by for your calls. we appreciate your generosity. >> they're so nice. please call. >> thanks for watching. we'll

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good morning, america. breaking news, explosions overnight at that chemical plant under six feet of floodwater. fears of a massive fire. sheriff's deputies rushed to the hospital. and as harvey finally moves out, the magnitude of the devastation now becoming clear. entire neighborhoods completely submerged. the floodwaters threatening more homes. as many as 100,000 destroyed. victims still trapped. >> we're coming right back. >> a citizen armada comes to the rescue. >> they came banging on the front door and rescued us. >> more than 30,000 people living in shelters right now. ♪ i've got the heart of a hero only right here this morning, we are kicking off our unprecedented day of giving banding together across the country to help alth