over the weekend it was the heat. yesterday it was the haze, today happiness because it's finally over. you're looking live outside where the weather should return to normal today and get even cooler as we head through the week. there's a slight chance of another shower or two. >> thank goodness, especially for all those folks who don't have air-conditioning like me. >> sorry. >> it's been hard to sleep lately. >> i imagine so. >> i can't imagine -- well, it's been hard to sleep even for those -- it's been hard to sleep for everybody. >> yeah. >> harder for some than others, no doubt about it, absolutely. let's look at what's going on with live dopplar 7, overlay the wind so you can see there's a little bit of a sea breeze, 17 miles per hour that's helping clear out that nasty haze we had yesterday. a look from sutro tower we can see all the way over toward the east bay hills this morning. temperatures still warmer during the overnight hours because of the humidity and the cloud cover, 66 to 69. we'll manage around 70 for the better part of the afternoon at the coast.

78 to ate 1 around the bay and 83 to 86 from noon to 4:00. breathe easier and grab those sunglasses. good morning, mike. want to take a quick chesk our roads this morning, they're starting to fill in as everyone is coming back from the labor day holiday. westbound ate eight, little sfop and go traffic it's not terrible. leave a few extra minutes early for your commute this morning. on caltrain we had that deadly crash overnight in redwood city, car went through a fence, landed on the tracks and that was hit by train. however, the speed restrictions have been removed, there's no bus bridge this morning and we currently have only about a ten-minute delay for trains heading through the redwood city area. amy holly field's at the scene we'll check back no with her later this morning. a huge improvement there. thank you. developing news in the south bay, a brush fire in the gilroy area now affecting a local middle school. >> parents are being told to make alternate dropoff plans at solar sano middle school and

part of a popular park is close the. tiffany wilson is live in gilroy with more. >> reporter: good morning. just a couple minutes ago we saw a few cal fire crews come down out of the neighborhood behind me that has direct access to the fire. the fire stands at 100 acres burned and it is 10% contained. neighbors told abc 7 news that kids playing with fireworks sparked the fire sunday night. cal fire says the cause is still the fire will impact some kids going to school. pd families with kids at sa low so he know middle school will have to make alternate drop justify and pick up since the christmas ranch spart close. that's where they've set a base camp. the south side of crist magazine hill park is spill open. no homes are at risk. >> we do have some engines on the road up near eagle ridge for structure protection just in case the fire has been moving uphill in a west ward direction and so luckily it has not backed down towards the homes.

>> reporter: helicopters dropped water on the tough to reach terrain yesterday. the thick smoke has created poor air quality around gilroy so police are advising people who live nearby to stay indoors. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. thank you tiffany. happening today attorney jeff sessions will announce president trump's decision on whether to end daca. dabbing stands for defers action for childhood arrivals. the us that the president is leaning towards phasing out the program. if he does, congress is expected to be given six months to come up with legislation. download the abc 7 news app and be the first to know when attorney general jeff sessions makes his announcement. we'll send out a push alert as soon as it happens. this morning there are new developments in the 2015 death of a teenage jogger in san rafael. 17-year-old was hit and killed after she ran into a traffic

lane on point san peddro road as we trying to get around a fallen tree limb. her family sued the city, driver, and the county claiming negligence because the tree limb was not removed. according to our news partner, the marin independent journal, the lawsuit has been settled for over $750,000. happening today, a far right activist facing charges stemming from a bloody protest in berkeley may enter a plea. kyle chapman faces felony weapons charges. he's aused of using an illegal baton to beat koernt protesters during a rally to support president trump back in march. he has a long criminal hissly it and so face up to eight years in prison if convicted. bay area renters and landlords are watching a case set to go before the court of appeals this fall. a judge will decide the strength of eviction protections for single family homes an condos. couple in the sunset district is suing their new lld. they say the landlord more than tripled their previous went e present $1,900 a man to $6,700 a

month. couple argues the dramatic increase say loophole landlords use to evict tenants without paying tenant relocation fees. in may the superior court of san francisco sided with the landlord. now a live desk update. >> at the live desk hurricane irma has been upgraded to a category 5 storm bringing a maximum of 175-mile-per-hour winds. florida residents are preparing for irma to possibly hit this week. officials warn that it could cause land slides and flash flooding and generate waves of up to 23 feet. states of emergency have been declared in purity rico, the u.s. virgin islands, and all of florida. and given everything that we've seen lately with harvey. >> right. >> from certainly very nervous and trying to get prepared for all of this. >> the good thing is they have several days to get ready for it. it's the lee ward islands and u.s. and british virgin islands that are going to have the biggest problem.

look at that eye wall get massive and there you go as you talk about those 175 miles per hour, this is the furthest west we've ever had winds that fast. and here's the track. you can see it going right over the virgin islands right there, and then all the way up between florida and cuba. entire time it's going to be a 5 or a 4 with at least the minimum winds 150 miles per hour, possibly still up at 160 when it starts to move in into places like puerto rico and doe minute cal can republic. >> miami possibly in the crosshairs? >> it could be. this is why we put this other cone right here because that's the area where it could fluk rate either way. this is the projected path, this is where it could possibly deef indicate so 3450i78 could in a couple days be right in the bullseye. >> thank you. matt. well a team of san jose firefighters is headed to battle a wildfire that's tlent 200 homes in madera kaunt county. they'll join efrl crews from all

over california. firefighters say a wet winter means there's nor grass to burn in the hilly and rugged terrain. residents face evacuation orders as their homes remain threatened. >> i find out when i come up here the whole mountain was on fire and, you know, i thought -- i was stressed out, you know, my dogs are up there yet too and i was worried about them. >> erratic winds pose and added risk for crews. that's because the flames could change direction at any time. tires burned about 650 acres. no word on containment. the world is weighing in on tensions surrounding north korea. what russian's president is saying this morning. every donation counts. every donation counts. we're metering

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> 64 up north, the rest us about 67 to 71 degrees. tiburon a little cooler at 66. lafayette 68 and cupertino and san francisco 70s just about everywhere else. that mugginess kept our temperatures up most of the night. we'll keep an eye on any delays. breezy on the bay today, north the bay bridge, not as breeza as our beaches and much cleaner air 'ture going to be outside.

thunderstorms in tahoe, 82 in l.a., sunshine in the afternoon hours. 70s and 80s today but 60s and 70s for highs thursday with a chance of rain. more on that coming up. alexis. eve bot bo got a new crash around the facebook headquarters. as you come across the dumbarton bridge a collision on the university off-ramp. two vehicles are involved, it doesn't sound serious but you can see a little bit of yellow spilling over on to westbound 84. a quick check of drive times here as well. westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze you're in the yellow at 31 minutes. we have that disabled vehicle sitting in the right lane near richmond parkway. westbound 80 across the bay bridge you can tell everybody's back from vacation today, you're up to 20 minutes in the yellow and southbound 101 to sfo you're in the green at nine. >> thank you. kids helping kids, a brother and sister in the north bay spent their labor day raising money for texas. they actually set up a lemonade stand in tiburon for hurricane

harvey relief. 11-year-old ava jensen and her 9-year-old braerj aaron came up with the idea and in only the firs two hours they made a whopping 40 bucks. >> well this is kind of fun. >> i'm very proud of them. >> well, i always feel good about helping kids in need 'cause they're like us. >> super sweet and not just their attitude and lemonade. in addition to all of that, listen to this, ava and aaron also sold some of their toys. matt. >> how cute the. we're getting an update on a pipeline flaek water that feeds into the san francisco bay. and an act by the giants brought a young boy to tears. the

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abc 7 mornings. >> all news. >> all morning. there's a new response to the rising tensions in north korea. this morning russian president vladimir putin is calling for talks with north korea. he says u.n. sanctions against the regime will not stop the nuclear threats. meanwhile, china has agreed to stop importing goods to north korea and south korea flexing its military muscles conducting navy drills off the eastern coast. just yesterday u.s. ambassador nikki haley issued a warning to the north korean dictator. >> his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war.

>> president trump says he is considering a military strike. north korea has carried out 13 missile launches since february. happening today, the united nations is honoring the 20th anniversary of the death of mother teresa by designating september 5th of the international day of charity. she founded the order of the missionaries of charity and devoted her life to people living in the slums of calcutta. she was cannonized last year. in making today's designation, the u.n. general assembly recognizes the role of charity in easing human suffering. millions of honda and acc cure rar rahon owners could receive $500 that's if a judge approved the lawsuit over defective air bags. honda and the takata corporation have agreed to $600 million settlement covering more than 16.5 million vehicle owners. they cause the air bags to explode upon deployment and has been linked to 16 deaths and more than 180 injuries. for a list of the vehicles

covered by the settlement, go to abc7news.com. a small leake leak from a transfer pipe looip in the car keen necessary straight was quickly patched up yesterday. the department of fish and wildlife put out this picture. you can see the yellow boom in the water, there was no sign of oil in the water. the cause of the leak still under investigation the. americans are cutting back on the amount of sugar they're consupg leaving a major soda making looking for a new option. coca-cola has launched a competition on the crowd-sourcing platform hero "x." soda maker is seeking a naturally-sourced, safe low or no calorie sugar substitute. one grand prize winner will get $1 million while there are already several plant-based sweetners on the market, many have issues with bitterness and an after taste so they're looking for some help. over the weekend we told you about shea sacka har ra are are the 12-year-old giants fan with

cerebral palsy. he plays baseball using only one arm. they sent a care package that moved him to cheese sht shea says he copied the throwing and catching motion of jim abbot after seeing a video of him and now abbot who has heard about shea sent him a letter of encouragement and an auto graphed photo. >> cool. >> ghim jim abbot. >> for thing annels, right. >> yeah, yankees he did too. great pitcher. i believe he pitched a no-hitter, so someone definitely to look up to. >> great inspiration skbri like that. >> some inspiration hopefully if you stay indoors today it won't be so hot and humid, right? >> really -- >> people are bitter in this studio. think between jessica and alexis is the bitterness is deep. >> i didn't feel this bitter innocence yesterday it's like a day late now that it's going to be nice again they're like well, you shouldn't have been -- anyway. >> i thought yesterday was incredibly humid. i thought was harder to sleep yesterday than over the weekend even. >> we talked about that yesterday how humid it was going to be.

let me show you the dew points and that's one of the reasons why we're in the low to mid-60s which is humid for us and can make tay little hard to sleep, absolutely. this will start go away as did the poor air quality. once the marine layer returns i think we're going to see more of that tomorrow ninkt you're going to like thursday, kind of a touch of fall with a chance of showers light in the forecast. and temperatures in the 60s and 70s. until then, there's the exploratorium and those are mid and upper level clouds from what's left of lydia. and lydia's not finished with us. today she's going to bring ace tolerable day except for the humidity, chance of light showers thursday, and then seasonal highs once lydia moves on. we have a small craft advisory from 10 lock to 9:00, you can see the areas shaded in yellow. that's a sign that cleaner air and cool air is going to start rolling in eventually. 82 to 86 down in the south bay except for loss gat toesz at 79. temperatures range from 75 to about 80 on the peninsula today. 68 to 70 along the coast. 75 in downtown south san

francisco and sausalito. upper 60s north bay coast. about 76 at vallejo and 80 to 85 for the rest of the north bay valleys. east bay shore, 73 in richmond to 81 in free monday and inland about 80 phi in san ramon and pleasanton, possibly 84 around concord and wall walnut creek to 88 in brentwood. tonight's temperatures about 60 to 65, still warmer than average but not as stuffy as this morning. you there go, thursday and friday our coolest days and then sta, sunday, monday back to norm at. alexis. just got good news in for bart if you're traveling in the downtown oakland area we had bay 20-minute delay earlier this morning. that was due to late track work that's totally thinned out this morning so we're back on time. maybe not so much if you're in your vehicle, though. here's a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza and those metering lights on almost exactly an hour ago. 5:21 this morning. everybody's back from vacation today. want to take you out to the dixon area we've got a crash with injuries on westbound 80.

two left lanes are blocked right now so if you come in from the sacramento area expect delays there and delays out of central valley. no surprise, westbound 580 tracy to dublin at an hour, ant sock to concord in the yellow at 30 minutes. san are fell to san francisco, 16 minutes. this next one could stop traffic, the berkeley city council preparing to vote whether women should be allowed to go topless in town. the current law says women cannot expose their breasts in pun u public while men can roam around shirtless. the proposed changes apply only to public streets. private business cos refuse service to people who are not wearing smirts or shoes. several women have raised the question about gender equality for nudity laws. >> we were born naked, you know what i mean? like, i don't know. our nipples were showing when at the were born so what's wrong wa

w that. >> the mother in me says keep your shirt on and the empowered woman says do what makes you feel good. >> they'll take up the topless issue one week from today and no doubt on a lot of calendars. raising eyebrows and getting a lot of attention. 7 on your side's michael finney addresses a question ever flyer needs to here. plus what will be the name of princess kate and prince william's new baby? the anticipation for the new royal baby already beginning and you can bet on the new name. we have the favorites. if thit'd be called the a club, subway club club. and everyone would want to get in for the turkey, black forest ham and roast beef. and dance music. ♪ turkey ham turkey ham. (high voice) roast beef. subway®. so much sandwich.

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odds. you can bet if they have twins those are 33-1 odds and, you know, maybe they'll pick alice and arthur but the betting game is on. >> i think if you're betting on the baby name of the duchess and the prips, i think you may have a problem. >> i think that's the first step. it's time to ask finney. this morning norma has a question about airline refunds. >> and she spoke to us at our ask anyoneny event in alameda. >> shut alliance be allowed to keep your money after you cancel a flight. >> hey, norma, that's a great question. should it be allowed? i would rather they had to refund money for seats when the passenger doesn't fly, but most airlines can hang on to the cash if they want to. the federal government lets them. now, there is an exception. if you purchased a refundable ticket, but they're so expensive very few people ever do that. the few airlines allow to you

put it on account to use later, southwest is one of them. so always call and ask, but don't be surprised if they tell you no. norma, thanks for your question. if you have a question for michael finney record it on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media using the #askfinney or head to abc7news.com/askfinney put may see your question answered right here on abc 7 mornings. it's decision day for the daca program and we should know its fate early this morning. what's being planned in response here in the bay area. here in the bay area. pluz we're

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now halloween time is in dineyland and disney california adventure parks! . good morning east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it's been a long holiday weekend basically because of the record heat. >> but as you restart your routine this morning, maybe you're going over the bay bridge, we're het hitting the reset button on the weather too which hopefully means alexis you don't have to turn on the ac today as you're make that drive, right? >> in your vehicle, yeah, yeah, no kidding. or at home. >> question turn on the reset button on the attitudes too? >> we're both smiling. >> i think we shouldn't talk because we have central ac at home and they don't. so i think we need to just be quiet and work our way through it. >> and lets be clear, attitudes have been fine at work, it was a rough weekend, though. >> it was. all seriousness.

i'm joking you know but in all seriousness it was a rough weekend and yesterday was probably the roughest day because of the poor air quality during a holiday, no doubt. all that has changed. hi, everybody. here's a look at the visibility, 10, 9, that's unlimited. sure we have mid-and upper level clouds out there and a little bit of humidity but look how much cleaner the air is. mid to upper sichlgts, near 70 at the coast today, 80 around the bay and mid to upper 80s inland. nicer evening coming our way with a lot of sunshine, mid-60s to mid-70. alexis. >> good morning and we started off this morning thinking we're going to have a major problem with caltrain. there's a deadly crash overnight on the train tracks, a vehicle went through the fence in redwood city and that was hit by an oncoming train. over an hour ago the tracks were cleared, four directions in both directions and the speed restrictions have been removed and we've got good a 10-minute delay in that area. amy hol by field has been opt scene for us all morning. we know the trains are moving

through the area but what's the latest with that investigation? >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you where the crash happened. the car went through this fence right here and then landed up there on the tracks. and that's when the train came along and hit it, pushed it about a half a mile down the tracks before coming to a stop. this was just at 1:20 this morning. the train wasn't carrying any passengers it was a mechanics train, so it was northbound but no one on board. the driver, though, of the car was killed. >> the person's 29-year-old male out of redwood city. we don't know the ethnicity at this time and we don't know whether he died from the initial collision or died as a result of the collision with the train. we're doing a joint investigation with the sheriffs. >> reporter: he crashed at buckingham avenue in westmoreland avenue here in redwood city. they don't know why, they don't

know if he was under the influence. won't know that until a toxicology report comes back. but it was a maintenance train, i want to correct what i said, that was head towards san francisco that fatally struck this car and that driver. they did get the tracks checked out and cleaned up. they were shut down for about four hours but now all commuter trains are running without any problems. reporting live in redwood city, amy holly feed, abc 7 news. thank you. happening today we're expecting to find out if president trump will make a decision on daca. the president trump already tweeting about it this morning. he wrote, congress get ready do your job. daca with an exclamation point. attorney general jeff session who's was in favor of ending the program will make the announcement at 8:00 a.m. our time. polls showed the majority of americans support daca. >> the average people who see daca students, see our students here, who see daca people who contribute to the military, contribute to jobs, contribute to some of those dangerous and difficult jobs in the country,

that they want to see the daca students stay. >> daca is the obama era program that protects young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. the san francisco public defender's office says it's prepared to rept daca kids if the decision goes against them. you can download the abc 7 news app and be the first to know when attorney general jeff sessions makes ties daca announcement this morning at 8:00 a.m. we're going to send out a push alert as soon as it happens. new this morning the chp is investigating after a deadly crash on 6 naet alameda county. it hand you happened around 9:30 last night. it appears a young woman swerved to avoid a camper shell blocking a lane. her car rolled over and another car hit her the woman was killed. the crash blocked two lanes. highway overnight. they say they don't know how the camper spell ended up in the road. developing news out of santa clara this morning, police are searching for a 62-year-old woman who disappeared yesterday. they say this woman has dementia

and is at risk. she was lalt seen at valley fair around 4:00 in the afternoon. authorities say she has brown eyes and gray hair, is about 5'10". if you've seen her, contact santa clara police. new developments in a santa barbara kidnapping case. virginia paris has been found in henderson, nevada have this morning. her daughter told the abc station there that she is safe. she wref she was taken against her will by a former boyfriend last friday. paris and joseph hetzel were caught on camera checking out of a motel in arizona yesterday morning. they were also spotted in a starbucks where paris told the customer there that needed some help. no word if police have hetzel in custody. developing news, house leaders plan to vote tomorrow on a bill to deliver disaster relief to texass that recovers from hurricane. the package would replenish a

rapidly dee leeting aid fund. these homes in huft torn still several feet under water. storm has killed at least 60 people and damaged 185,000 homes. skoorlz also dealing with major damage forcing thousands of students to relocate. this morning, a bay area search and rescue team is back home after spending more than a week helping in houston. abc 7 news was at oakland international airport last night for the heartwarming homecoming. >> definitely knowing he's there helping people that are really in a huge time of need is amazing to know that he was able to make a difference in so many people's lives. >> it's kind of sad to see that much stuff under water and for so long. even on our way to the airport we could still see parts of houston under water. >> there's still two dozen firefighters driving back from houston with all their equipment. they should be home thursday and friday. they're part of the task four team. they say harvey a reminder to stock your home with emergency supplies. and the san mateo county sheriff's office giving a shout out to a retired sheriff who now

lives in texas. these are photos posted on facebook showing tim freezing rain helping harvey victims. former sheriff towed his boat over 100 miles to rescue others from their flooded homes and a big thank you from all of us at abc 7 news too. a riled police chase ended in frightening moment for another drive. the second driver says it came to an end when the suspect collided with her black bmw at the mill valley off ramp off 101. witnesses say the crash could have been much worse. both cars have significant damage but no one was injured. police identified the suspect as 45-year-old aaron lee of san rafael. he he was charged with evading arrest, reckless driving and possession after methamphetamine. happening today, the board of supervisors will reconsider the ban on flavored tobacco products. it's a ban they just passed this summer back in june. groups in support of the ban will rally on the steps of city hall today alt nine. the board can either repeople or

put it up for the next scheduled city election which will be next june. supervisor ma lea cohen is a sponsor of the law and says she hopes if it lands on the ballot health conscious voters will choose to keep the ban. also happening today the city of alameda discussing a proposed bill to end a ban on medical marijuana dispense orreries. if approved it would allow permits for three dispensaries, one to serve medical users and two for recreational user. a group plans to submit more than 600 signatures in support of the ordnance. a consulting group says the dispensaries would generate $800,000 a year in business taxes. these are all the wildfires burning in california right now. it looks overwhelming because it spt the ones in red are active. there's 29 of them. more than 12,000 firefighters are battling these blazes. one of the largest is threatening 2,700-year-old giant sequoias in madero county. so-called railroad fires burned

94 acres of highway 41 the southern entrance in yoio. the fire is 23% contained. better news in southern california. people evac wapted by the la tuna fire near burbank in glendale are back home. cooler temperatures and a sudden downpour supd sunday helped extinguish the blaze. the fire charred more than 7,000 acres and destroyed at least three homes. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> i'm getting messages from m friend to the east saying we don't flif california and we don't want your smoke but it's made it that far, places like omaha, chicago, that's how far our smoke is moving off towards the east right now. sorry, guys. here's a look at what's going on. let me show you something gorgeous, no smoke this morning and a beautiful, colorful sunrise this morning as we uplight the clouds from the sunrise. those mid and upper clouds from what's left over from lydia.

moderate, moderate good, good, we'll take it. it's a little humid by our standards and that's why temperatures are up just like we talked about. we're in the upper 60s to mid-70s in saratoga and loss altoes, up in the hills 64 in los gatos, 70s in redwood city, brentwood, fairfield, napa, 69 in lafayette, livermore, alameda, san francisco, half moon bay at 68. san rafael looks clean as we look south on 101. not as hazy on the roads, mild to warm, and becoming breezy if you're on the bay north the bay bridge. 60s, 70s, and 80s today. more 60s, 70s, and slightly cooler 80s and then look at thursday. just barely 60s and 70s. we may get to'd in concord and antioch. we've also got summer slipping away for a day and a chance of showers. first, since it could be one of the busiest days of the year on the roads, let's bring in alexis pd find out what's going on. summer volumes are slipping away along with the summertime temperatures.

>> nice. >> we are back at full volume pretty much everywhere this morning. we've got quite a few issues to get to starting with a crash in dixon. westbound 80 if you're going to be traveling right around state rout 113 still have a three-car crash with injuries. they're working on getting tow trucks to the scene but you're backed up into davis. for folks who come in from the sacramento area you can expect at least a 15, 20-minute delay if the if you want to cut over and use surface streets those are looking better. once you make it past that section slow through fairfield on westbound 80, then 37 miles per hour on 680 from core delia and then the walnut creek stretch that's nice and busy to. we've got quite a few folks riding their brakes here through that stretch. but no blocking collisions for that stretch of roadway. westbound 80 tracy to dublin one hour eight minutes. there's a crash off on the shoulder. southbound 680 dublin to mission bulevard has slowed down, just under a half an hour.

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a brush fire will impact kids heading to school this morning. >> parents are being told to make alternate dropoff plans. tiffany wilson is live in gilroy with more on the situation there. hi, tiffany. >> reporter: good morning. if you look behindmy you can see some of the smoke from the fire. right now the fire is about 100 acres and 10% contained. no homes are at risk. neighbors told abc 7 news that kids playing with fireworks sparked the fire sunday night. cal fire, however, says that the cause is still under investigation. the fire will impact some kids going to school today. families with students at sa lar sinnott middle school will have to make alternate dropoff and pickup arrangements since the ramp side of christmas hill park

is close. that's where cal fire has set up a base camp. the south side of christmas hill park is still open. the thick smoke yesterday created poor air quality in gilroy and police are advising people who live nearby to stay indoors. just the past couple minutes we've seen more cal fire crews come down out of the hills so we expect to get an update on the fire soon. live in gilroy, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. thank you. and finally, a breath of fresh air after days of haze over most of the bay area. the spare the air alert for today has been lifted. smoke and soot from more than a dozen fires burning in northern california and oregon added to our hazy skies yesterday. the light smoke stayed put during the last few days of extreme heat because there was simply no wind to push it out. >> we've not had fresh wind, not had a lot of ventilation, so high heat, low wind, we're breathing in smoke and ozone. >> doctors said they have

received complaints of headaches and cough, gusty winds are headed our way, should push that dirty air back to the north. on this day in 1977, the voyager i spacecraft was lawn of and happening today nasa will celebrate the event. voyager i seen here in an artist rendering was launched 16 days after its twin voyager ii. both ever still going strong traveling a combined 24 billion miles. they originally explored jupiter and saturn so smithsonian's air and space museum will host today's event. a celebrity guest will transmit a galactic message towards voyager i. a high school devastate by hurricane harvey. michael stray hahn is at ce king high school. here you see him standing on ha used to be the basketball court, now looks more like a skate park. football team was left with very little. we have nfl pro football hall of famer deion sanders. together they surprised the

coach and his players with a special gift. >> dion's here, and he has a message four guys. >> kevin plank with under armor committed to ensuring that you have a wonderful season in your outfitted as well. so under armor's going to bless you today. >> appreciate it. >> now under armor will outfit the entire team. you can watch his full report from the hometown of houston coming up on good morning america at 7:00 right after abc 7 mornings. >> that should be great. here's another great story four ray kitten doing just fine this morning after she briefly shut down a connecter tunnel in massachusetts. the tiny kit ten was spotted wandering around the tunnel by worried drivers in boston. police and animal rescue crews were able to catch up to the kitten which had decided to play a little bit of hide and seek with them. police say the fur ball will be up for adoption once she gets the all clear from vets. they are now looking for a name. some suggestions include trooper, hitch, pothole, and

fluffy mcfluffy face, which. >> come on, people. >> might be my favorite. >> it's like boaty mcboatface, remember that one? people cooling off at stinson beach over the weekend were treated to a show. video of dal fins swimming in the water was captured on sunday. dolphins hung around for several hours to the delight of beachgoers. >> they're gorgeous animals, and they can jump really high. >> that's fun to see when you're at a beach. >> absolutely. is today the day go to the beach? it has cooled down quite a bit, so i don't know. >> any day is a day to go to the beach except we're all going back to work today, mike. >> did you see those dolphins? >> really cool. everybody heading back to work and i'm heading down to the caribbean because hurricane irma has my attention right now. the fastest wind speeds, the farthest west we've ever recorded, 175 miles per hour winds. and it's going to make a direct hit on the virgin islands sometime wednesday night into thursday morning as the category

5, possibly a155-mile-per-hour winds as it makes a direct hit on the turks and cake coz. and then possibly goes right to key west and then some of the miles have it going right across florida and then up the eastern sea board early next week. something we'll soon an high eye on for you. we've got a tolerable day except for the humidity. chance of light showers thursday and seasonal highs by the weekend. here's the remnants of lid yand awe can see that humidity coming up from the south. now when lydia comes back across us thursday into friday that's when we'll bring some of that humidity into the form of light showers and our coolest day. until then low to mid-80s in the south bay today. 7580 on the peninsula. near 70 along the coast. 75 downtown south san francisco and sausalito. about 76 in vallejo. 80 to 85 for the rest of the north bay valleys. 73 to about 81 along the east bay shore with oakland 77 and 84 to 88 in our inland valleys. tonight is going to be cooler about 61 to 65 degrees and you

can see our coolest day is thursday and friendship, almost a touch of fall there and then we warm back to normal levels by the weekend. alexis. we've got a new crash voching a motorcycle, this one again on westbound 80. we've had several issues on this stretch if you are coming in from highway 4. this one in albany area just before you get to gilman street. we've got at least one lane blocked and they did call for an ambulance to the scene. sounds like we may have injuries as well. i just checked highway 4 to the maze about a 45-minute drive so definitely some delays. our spider friend support and moving around on ouray bridge toll plaza this morning and those meet ergz lights on about an hour and a half ago, 5:21 this morning. congestion there too. and mass transit really has improved. we started off with a lot of issues including that deadly caltrain crash overnight in redwood city. the speed restrictions have been lift sod no delays there. no more bart delays were 61 strain train's in service and muni looks good at this time as well. thank you. burning man is over and now people are returning to the bay area with some pretty filthy

cars and car washes are ready to handle all the extra workload. abc 7 news was that tower car wash in san francisco where dusty cars were lined up for the burning man special. it costs up to $350. the pros who have been to the plyya before say that they have precautions that they can take. >> you want to tape up your vents, windows, any holes in the car, sun roof, things like that. >> great idea but still gets dirty on the outside. this touchless wash was closed yesterday but starting today they expect hundreds of vehicles each costing $120 to clean. and speaking of cars, carmakers are taking a little bit longer to sell their cars. on average right now taking about two months. they're not panicking, though. the proof, 0% deals are hard to come by. a few months ago they were everywhere, but not now.

the automotive experts at edmonds.com are reporteding that automakers have been stingy with financing deals. only 10% of loans in august had 0% aprs compared to 15% of loans last august. the average new car buyer is paying 2% more in interest than back in july. we're back in 90 seconds with the seven things you need to know before you go. but first or instagram picture of the day, share your picture of the day, share your photos and videos using

6:54 if the if you're just joining us or heading out t door here are the seven things to know before you go. number one, we should find out if president trump's decision on daca will be in favor of it or against in about an hour. it's expected the president will end the program and give congress six months to come up with new legislation. number two, a deadly train crash in bread redwood city. caltrain officials say a man drove through a fence and on to the tracks minutes before the train hit. and number three the impact of that caltrain crash but we've got issues on the roads. northbound 101 just north of 902 new crash involving a spinout blocking the left center lane and delays building. number four uber's new ceo officially starts today and he has his work cut out for him. he's inheriting an inenembattled company rocked by scandal. number five people are preparing for hurricane irma has it strengthennd into a category

5 storm. it's making its way toward the northwest caribbean right now. number six the heat wave is over. enjoy the cleaner air, no spare the air today. forget the diet, it's national cheese pizza day. check your local pizza place, many offering deals. a day i can get behind. >> i like cheese pizza but you need to add the to toppings. >> i'll take pepperoni pizza is that another day? >> it could be national cheese pizza and add the pepperoni for a buck 50. you there go. >> every day is pizza day. abc 7 news continues online, on twitter, and facebook and all your mobile devices. >> have a great morning, everyone.

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you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. good morning, america. breaking news for our viewers in the west. hurricane irma gaining strength in the atlantic. florida and puerto rico declaring states of emergency as the major category 4 storm barrels toward the caribbean. the trump administration condemns north korea in the wake of that hydrogen bomb test. now new signs kim jong-un is preparing another missile launch. south korea's military on high alert conducting live fire drills overnight. and breaking new details. what the white house is expected to do today about d.r.e.a.m.ers. their futures hang in the