we're seeing some rain out there. i'm matt keller in for reggie aqui. >> i'm natasha zubes. jessica is tracking news. alexis smith looking at our roads, and mike nicco possibly bringing us showers. >> definitely cooling for everybody, showers possible but not for everybody. that's the key. 29-mile-per-hour wind at fairfield. look at those wind arrows. they're all pointing inland. that's a sea breeze and why it's cooler today. here's a look at the clouds that are every once in a while giving up sprinkles to even the possibility of a light shower. 63 to 67 this morning. so it's mild once again during the overnight hours. we'll stay in the mid 60s at the coast. low to mid 70s around the bay from noon to 4:00. mid to upper 70s inland. that's quite a change. if you're heading out this evening, a little sunshine toward 7:00. 64 to 72. more on irma coming up next. how about the morning commute? >> taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on 5:21 this morning. we had a report of a disabled vehicle on the other side of the toll plaza in one of the

left-hand lanes. haven't seen updates and it does not look like it's slowing down the carpool lanes. hopefully it means it's all clear. not all clear if you're trying to get out of tracy. westbound 580 into dublin, 54 minutes. no delay, southbound 680, and northbound 85, you still look good at 15 minutes. i'll update that crash we have in san jose in less than ten. okay, here at the live desk, we continue tracking hurricane irma. the storm cutting a path of destruction across the caribbean. at least ten people are now dead. the tiny island of barbuda is the worst hit so far. this is an aerial view of the destruction. officials say 95% of the buildings are damaged. also want to show you the storm right now. this is a live picture of the dominican republic. we have been watching this all night and all morning, and if you can believe it, this is actually much less windy than it was just a few hours ago.

evacuations under way in florida ahead of the storm. officials there saying this morning key west will be totally shut down, all hospitals there will be closed, and if people choose to stay, they will be on their own. right now. matt. >> all right, thank you, jess. >> looking closely at the screen shot from flight tracking website flightradar24. delta flight was the last to leave san juan's airport before it shut down. flying between bands of the devastating hurricane. delta said the flight was completely safe, with the pilots working in tandem to flight the chart plan. >> this shot of hurricane irma, nasa taking this video from the international space station this week. it shows irma swirling above the atlantic, just so you can see the size of it. irma has maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. those hurricane force winds extend up to 50 miles from the center of the storm. now, mike, you have been

tracking irma all week. what's the latest now? >> a good question because it continues to be one of the strongest storms and longest lasting of those strongest storms ever. go back 24 hours and you can see it by puerto rico, heading across the dominican republic and over towards haiti as a category 5 storm with 180-mile-per-hour winds. that's not touching the island yet. it will, though, as it gets towards the turks and caicos tomorrow night. let's look at that, 165-mile-per-hour winds, but a 20-foot storm surge and 20 inches of rain will bury some of those islands and also some of the southern bahamas before it starts to take that turn towards miami monday morning as a category 4 with 150-mile-per-hour winds. rakes the florida peninsula as a category 3 and heads into the carolinas as a category 1 where flooding will be a big issue in the mid-atlantic next week. back to you. >> thank you. we do want to remind you, you can download the abc7 news app. enable push alerts and we'll send you up to the minute information on hurricane irma.

>> grief counsellors will be at a pacifica middle school after a popular teacher was killed in a freak accident on campus. >> so sad. news reporter tiffany wilson joins us live at ingrid b. lacy middle school. >> a makeshift memorial here in the parking lot honors the man whose legacy will live on through many students. jerry downs was struck by his own vehicle in this parking lot yesterday morning. pacifica police say it somehow rolled away before it hit and killed him. downs held the position of band director both here at ing rnd b. lacy middle school and ocean shore elementary for the past 15 years. students, parents, and fellow teachers say he was a beloved member of the faculty who truly made a difference in his students' lives. >> he was so involved. and he was so active. and just his love of music. i believe the kids were influenced by that. at least i know my son was. >> downs was known for throwing

annual barbecues at his house, and aunch he helped students pay for instruments or band uniforms out of his own pocket. the students will be formally told about the sudden death during homeroom this morning and grief counselors will be on hand. live in pacifica, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> thank you, tiffany. the recent record setting hot weather in san francisco is being blamed for three deaths now. medical examiner's office says the victims were all in their 80s and 90s and were found alone in their homes. they made no calls to 911 asking for help. san francisco hit 106 degrees last friday. that was an all-time record high. >> developing news. a bill to protect immigrant tenants is moving through the state legislature. the protection act sponsored by david chu passed the state senate yesterday. it would prevent landlords from using immigration status for the purpose of retaliation, harassment, or to influence a tenant to vacate the home. the bill now returns to the assembly for a second vote. santa rosa police are warning neighbors about a

mountain lion that may be in the area and may be hurt. around 2:30 yesterday morning, officers received a report of a mountain lion in the area of channing road. seven hours later, they got another report from a person who hit a mountain lion with their car. that was about a mile and a half away in montecito meadows. police say to call them if you see a mountain lion and do not go near it for any reason. new details on the reopening of phifer canyon bridge near big sur. right now, crews are in the process of rebuilding the bridge after it was badly damaged derwinter storms. according to the chronicle, caltrans hopes to open the new bridge by next month. hopefully some time in mid-october. the old concrete bridge was fractured by a landslide in february and had to be demolished. caltrans has been working on the replacement for the past several months. get ready for more implosions like this one. next saturday, the 16th, caltrans will continue the

demolition of the remaining 13 foundations that supported the eastern section of the old bay bridge. demolition will happen between 10:10 and 11:10 in the morning. b.a.r.t. will stop trains in the transbay tube. passengers can expect a 15-minute delay. >> there's a new phone scam hitting the bay area. the warning coming from police. >> the warriors were supposed to pay oakland last month for the pay oakland last month for the team ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. hi guys! aw yeah! see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours.

that breaking news coming in right now on the jobs front. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits soared last week. the most in nearly five years. and all because of hurricane harvey's impact on texas and louisiana. labor department released numbers only just a short time ago. i have them here on my computer saying that applications jumped by nearly 62,000 last week, and 51,000 of those were from texas. i do have a little bit of good news. labor department says apart from the storm and the recovery efforts there, the job market is healthy. but boy, harvey really having an impact even on our jobs. let's check in with mike. >> a lot of people don't think of that far reaching effects.

it comes to everybody's neighborhood. hi, everyone. here's a look at one of our last warm mornings. temperatures are warmer this morning, up to 6 degrees, but it's still going to be cooler this afternoon. we're not going to warm up a whole lot because of cloud cover and a chance of showers. right now, low to mid 60s in the north bay. 67 in napa. same temperature in lafayette, san ramon, to near 70 in san jose and 68 in alameda. around the state, thunderstorms in tahoe, redding, eureka, sacramento. clearer and 84 in l.a. you can see a warmer trend is on the way as we thhead into the weekend. i'll let you know what our chances are of rain in your neighborhood today. >> i want to take you down to the south bay and an earlier crash that we had on 880. it was reported northbound. we had a backup southbound, so i'm still thinking it was on the southbound side. no matter what direction it was in, it's pushed off on the shoulder and we're not seeing residble delays. taking you down further south, if you're traveling between

gilroy and morgan hill, typical delays and northbound 101, we had reports of a gravel truck that was actually spilling gravel all over the roadway. that has cleared from the chp board. but just be on the lookout. we could have loose gravel on that stretch of 101 this morning. we'll look at drive times at 6:20. >> all right, thanks. >> a new plan in one bay area county to protect inmates following a high-profile incident. >> amazon is discover card. hey. what can you tell me about your new social security alerts? oh! we'll alert you if we find your social security number on any one of ousands of risky sites, so you'll be in the know. ooh. sushi. ugh. being in the know is a good thing. sign up online for free. discover social security alerts. (vo)just one touch.h introducing fancy feascreamy delights, with just the right touch of real milk. easily digestible, it makes her favorite entrées even more delightful. new fancy feast creamy delights. love is in the details. this scarf all that's my left to rememb... sayonara.

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two years ago. the muercury news says the boar of supervisors will talk over a plan. the proposal is in line with the key recommendation from the blue ribbon commission on improving custody operations. it convened after three guards beat michael tyree to death in 2015. >> the marin county sheriff's office is warning about a phone scam. this is how it works. parents receive a call on their cell phone claiming their child has been kidnapped and the caller demands a ransom. in one case, a mom said she could hear a child's voice saying mommy help me. they found her daughter safe on an after-school bus. investigators say similar calls have been reported in vacaville and fairfield. nuthis morning, amazon is looking to expand big time with the second headquarters and is ready to adas many as 50,000 jobs. founder and ceo jeff bezos is

promising his company will spend more than $5 billion on whatever site it chooses. new headquarters will be a full equal to its seattle counterpart. whatever city gets the headquarters can expect a financial bonanza. seattle added $38 billion to the city's economy. >> nearly three months after the warriors championship parade, the city of oakland is still waiting to be reimbursed for the parade celebration costs. warriors co-owner announced at the rally that the team was picking up the tab as a gift to the city, but the east bay reports that they sent a bill to the team, and it has yet to receive money for the festivities. city officials say the warriors have not given them a reason to doubt they will eventually reimburse the city. warriors officials say both sides are trying to determine a final parade cost. >> next month, the warriors will begin defending their nba title, and today, dub nation will begin to be able to buy single tickets for the next season. warriors insiders will get a

chance this afternoon. tickets will be available to the general public tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. opening night, by the way, is tuesday, oc17th, against the rockets. >> happening today, the nfl season officially kicks off with the defending super bowl champions taking on the chiefs in foxborough, massachusetts. the patriots will unfurl their fifth super bowl banner prior to the game. kickoff is at 5:30 p.m. the raiders open on the road in tennessee on sunday morning. while the niners, they host the panthers at levi's stadium sunday afternoon. starting to feel like football weather a little bit around here. >> a little bit. it's been a roller coaster of a weather experience. >> our time of the year to get wild swings because the nights are longer but we also have the fact that tropical storms can influence us like the heat wave over the weekend. thas amazing. here's a look at the exploratorium, look how calm the bay water is this morning. not very breezy, and those clouds every once in a while letting go of a few sprinkles

and light showers. the clouds keeping us warmer this morning will keep us cooler than average this afternoon. the slight chance of lightning and thunder to the north and east of us, and lower humidity but warmer weather this weekend. here's a look at the cloud deck. you see a solid shield of gray on top of us as i have over laid the clouds on live doppler 7. let's show you what's going to happen as we head through the next couple hours. moisture comes ashore in the form of some sprinkles. notice no yellows, no oranges, no reds. by the time we get to noon, very isolated, and during the afternoon hours, it kind of evaporates. so do some of the clouds. look for some sunshine this afternoon through the evening hours. you'll wand to have the sunglasses. temperatures today wilt still hit the 80s, low 80s in the inland east bay neighborhoods. upper 70s in the south bay. 72 to 76 around the bay. 73 to 75 in the north bay. and about 66 to 68 along the coast into san francisco. already feeling the effects of the cooler and drier air tonight with temperatures from 57 to

about 64 degrees. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. yes, it is going to get hot. really hot sunday and monday inland, with upper 90s. mid 80s around the bay. low 70s at the coast, and another chance of wet weather and cooler weather is brewing for tuesday and wednesday. hey, alexis. >> good morning. and we started off pretty busy this morning with several issues on the roads. now, we really don't have too much. we're seeing some slow spots, in those typical areas filling in. southbound 8 yith between san lorenzo and south of the san mateo bridge, 22 miles per hour, 32 miles per hour, and nothing blocking, just the typical slowdown. mike just saw this camera and said whoa, what's going on in walnut creek? nothing out of the ordinary. unfortunately, we're just back to full volumes now that the labor day holiday is over. everybody back to work and school, and that's what that turns into. ace rail is continuing to have signal issues this morning out of stockton. initially it looked like ace 3 wasn't going to be impacted, but ace 1, about 12 minutes late. ace 3 did finally leave stockton

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looking at the skies. >> good morning. a little sprinkle or two here or there. that's what we have so far this morning. some showers are possible as we head through the next couple hours. hi, everyone. a look at live doppler 7. you can see, mainly gray as i have overlaid the clouds. 53 minutes, that's the average arrival delay into sfo. a mild morning, 63 to 67, because of the clouds and humidity. the same clouds keep us cooler than average with a chance of showers through about 3:00. we'll see breaks in the cloud cover and sunshine. temperature 66 at the coast, mid to upper 70s elsewhere at 4:00. 64 to 72 at 7:00. how about that commute, alexis? >> we're looking pretty typical here. we're seeing some pretty heavy volumes at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on since 5:21 this morning. we did have an earlier issue on the westbound side of 80, on the westbound side of the toll booths that has long cleared. that was a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane. i am hearing about an issue on the lower deck. sounds like a disabled vehicle

blocking one lane within the tunnel. a quick check of drive times. highway 4 to the maze, 42 minutes, in the yellow. 12 across the bay bridge, and no issues getting to sfo in the green at nine minutes. >> thank you, alex. >> developing news. at least ten people are dead as hurricane irma continues to barrel west. >> overnight, the storm passed hispaniola and the dominican republic. now it's headed to turks and caicos and southeast bahamas. high winds have knocked out power to more than a million people in puerto rico as irma skirted the island with the eye about 50 miles offshore. officials say about to 37 million people could be affected by irma. the national hurricane center says hurricane watches for the portions of the florida keys, miami-dade county and broward county will likely be issued today. >> quickly want to jump in here from our live desk because president trump is tweeting about the storm. he tweeted a half dozen times today. once about hurricane irma, saying hurricane irma is raging but we have great teams of

talent and brave team already in place and ready to help. be careful, be safe. #fema. >> bay area rescue organization is providing space and care for animals orphaned by hurricane irma. happening today, the animals are arrivi arriving. welcoming what is expecting to be an onslaught of pets. they need crates and medical supplies for the new clients. they're also offering free adoptions for the irma pets. >> back here at the live desk, teams from the bay area are getting ready right now to head to florida to help. an abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in hayward where pg&e crews are grabbing their gear now. >> good morning, jessica. the storm hasn't even hit florida, but pg&e crews know they're going to be needed. they're here packing up. one worker who just arrived told me he feels nervous and excited. they're flying out tomorrow. pg&e signed an agreement with

florida power and light three years ago saying that they would help each other in the case of emergency. well, florida is now calling in for that help. pg&e says they have responded before to a hurricane but it doesn't happen very often. >> so this is the second time we have been called by florida power and light. the first time was last year for hurricane matthew. we prepared but we didn't have to go out. they had sufficient support. but we have gone to other disasters. one of the largest ones that we went to was sandy, and we actually sent 250 employees at that time. >> oakland firefighters are also helping out in florida. 50 members of the urban search and rescue team are flying out today. two dozen are driving from houston to florida. yep, they were already helping out with a disaster, the disaster that harvey left behind. now they're heading to florida. g&e crews will help with power outages that are expected from

irma. they will stage outside the storm area while it hits, and then when it's safe, they'll move in. i asked hi long they plan on being there, they say they just don't know at this point. reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield. mike and jessica, back to you. >> thank you. yeah, they may not know how long they're going to stay there because there's so much activity churning in the caribbean. mike, there's also some hurricanes behind irma, right? >> jose behind irma, and then another one in the gulf. you can see that's developing almost the same place that harvey developed. we have three active storms. hurricanes right now, while not unprecedented, it's still very unusual to have that much energy to have it able to sustain three storms of that magnitude. >> that's my question, because we have just seen so much activity with harvey and now irma, et cetera. it just seems like an incredible amount this year. >> we knew it was going to be a very active year because we don't have el nino. what el nino does is for the eastern part of our country and the atlantic is it changes the

wind patterns and makes it unfavorable for a hurricane. we didn't have a lot of hurricanes last year. now, the air patterns are obviously conducive and the warm air and the warm water is really enhancing the hurricane threat. >> okay, thanks for the explanation, mike. natasha. >> we appreciate the insight. >> we're tracking this story, two inmates who escaped from a federal prison camp in dublin are still on the loose. anna armstrong and irene michelle walked away from the facility. the sheriff's office tweeted out this photo showing michelle in rural livermore yesterday, covering her face when she spotted someone snapping this photo of her. both women were serving time on drug charges. >> alameda police are investigating after finding a noose outside tennis courts near alameda high school. police say they're investigating it as a hate crime. the noose was fashioned from the tennis court's privacy screen. they notified parents with a robocall and with a notice on the district website.

some parents believe school officials should do more to reassure african-american students. >> that's a message. it's clear. i think we should send another message to say, this is not how we do it in the bay area. like whoever did it needs to be held accountable for it. >> i'm very sorry that the parents don't feel that the school reacted enough, but i think people also need to understand that it takes a little bit of time to figure out how best to respond. >> the school district plans to hold a series of student meetings. alameda police want anyone with information about the noose to contact them. >> 15 states in the district of columbia are suing to stop president trump from ending the daca program. san jose and santa clara county are also planning litigation. meantime, hundreds of people came together in redwood city last night vowing to fight for young people brought to the u.s. illegally by their parents. california's attorney general also planned to file a lawsuit but separate from authority other states. >> california senator dianne feinstein has introduced a bill

to help a couple deported from the u.s. to mexico. maria and her family raised a family and lived here for more than 20 years. she was a cancer nurse at highland hospital. the bill would grant them green cards. even if the senate okays the measure, the prosspeblth of president trump signing it appears to be slim. >> a man is accused of animal cruelty after shooting and killing a deer and her fawn on property. two of them are believed to have been shot by 54-year-old mark dickinson with his pellet gun. dickinson told police the deer were eating his new landscaping. >> the client had no intention of harming, hurting, or acting in any malicious way towards the animals. >> what was his intent then? >> to scare them away. >> you don't kill a doe with her fawn. it's really troubling. >> marin humane is doing a necropsy to determine how many times the deer were shot.

the marin county district attorney is now reviewing the case. >> it's 6:37 now. state senator scott wiener is not giving up on his effort to let cities party after 2:00 a.m. his bill to allow cities to extend last call from 2:00 to foyer:00 was directed to a task force study last week. he tells the crunical his bill is all about local choice, pointing out that night life is a huge part of the economy for cities. wiener says he will bring back the bill next year and limit it to cities who want to make the change. >> u.s. postal inspectors are in the process of returning hundreds of pieces of stolen mail to people in concord. turned up stuffed in pillowcases in a room at the hampton inn in brentwood. police say the thieves booked the room under a fake name and used a digical key app on their phone to check in. the applet them bypass the front desk. mail theft is a federal offense. there's a $10,000 reward leading to arrest and conviction. >> zoomed in view of what's

going on with hurricane irma, as we look at the viz nl satellite there. you can see the eye passing just to the north of the dominican republic by about 50 miles or so. all right, let's broaden out. you can see over the last 24 hours, the structure hasn't changed much, which makes it unprecedented because it still has 180-mile-per-hour winds. moving to the west-northwest at 17. still, the winds are the biggest issue as it moves through. that's going to change. the storm surge and the amount of rain that is going to leave on the turks and caicos could bury parts of those islands and definitely some of the southeastern parts and the central parts of the bahamas. it will bury some of those islands temporarily. they will reemerge after the storm surge and rain ends, but thal wibe altered. sunday night into monday morning, category 4 coming right up the chute into miami from the south, unlike andrew that came in directly from the east. so it's going to get pounded with the right quadrant all the way up to melbourne monday night

and then it goes out over the ocean and becomes a category 3 storm as it hits savannah and hilton head and charleston full on. and then flooding is going to be an issue in the appalachian mountains and part of the mid-atlantic as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. back here at home, let's look at the rainfall really quick. you're going to see more than eight inches especially on the eastern side. if you're heading out, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s just about everywhere. with a slight chance of wet weather. i'll go hour-by-hour look at that coming up next. first, i want to bring alexis in. traffic has exponentially gotten worse or fuller, and you have new issues to deal with. >> a couple new ones to talk about. one on 880 on the southbound side. right around the 238 interchange, really between 238 and a street, kind of a tough spot as it is. it sounds like we have one lane blocked right now. it does not sound like it's too serious, but i'll keep an eye on that. it's not terrible approaching

but then of course you have heavy traffic past that, past state route 92 as well. want to take you to the north bay. i'm wondering if maybe some of our small sprinkles and our slightly slick driving conditions maybe has something to do with this collision. on the northbound side of 101 past spencer avenue. if you look at our golden gate bridge camera, it is looking like we've got mist and drizzle there this morning and a spin-out crash and that's blocking the two center lanes. one of those days you want to slow it down and take it ease e. it's been a while since we had any wet conditions. certainly not a washout, but enough to make things slick on the roads. quick check outside, the westbound side of 580 on the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. things are slowing down and filling in just about everywhere at this point. next traffic update at 6:50. >> returning researchers say t have created a pen to detect cancer in ten seconds. >> and the mystery behind two fighter jets in the east bay. >> the san jose sharks are getting a new addition. they're taking things very literally. >> and today on live with kelly

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a pacifica school community is in mourning after a teacher is killed in a freak accident on campus. a memorial is growing for jerry downs. >> grief counselors will be on hand at ingrid b. lacy middle school as students learn the

grim news. tiffany wilson is there live with more on his death. tiffany. >> reporter: you can see the memorial right here behind me. flowers. stuffed animals, sheet music and even a note saying rip mr. downs. jerry downs died yesterday when he was hit by his own vehicle in the parking lot of ingrid b. lacy middle school. pacifica police say it somehow rolled away before it struck and killed him. for 15 years, downs was the band director both here and at ocean shore elementary. >> he spent so much time after school with the kids. he did the competitions. he did marching band, concert band. he did drum line. he spent an awful lot of his personal time. >> downs was even know to cover the cost of students' instruments and uniforms. students will be formally told about his death in homeroom this morning and grief counselors will be standing by. live in pacifica, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> tiffany, that's so sad. thank you. seattle seahawks player michael bennett has hired an

oakland attorney to represent him in a possible lawsuit against las vegas police. bennett said an officer held a gun to his head and threatened his life. it happened august 26th after the mayweather/mcgregor boxing match. his attorney said bennett had done nothing wrong and police used excessive force. bennett's brother who played for the packers sehe's terrified about what may have happened. >> you think what if, you know. two seconds this way, two seconds that way, the whole thing is different. so for me, it's just happy to see my brother because it's a chance i can't see him. >> this video from tmz sports shows some of the encounter. police say they thought bennett may have been involved in a shooting. bennett says he was racially profiled. >> happening today, donald trump jr. heads to capitol hill to answer questions about whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. reports say staff will interview trump jr. in private. some senators may also attend. questions are likely to focus on

a meeting he attended at trump tower with a russian lawyer and others during the campaign. >> now to a parenting alert about a new device designed to prevent bullying and vaping in school bathrooms. it's called fly sense. it's a small box with dual sensors that monitor sound levels and air quality. so for example, if noise levels spike in a bathroom say because of a fight, or the air changes because a student is vaping, the fly sense will detect those changes and then immediately send a text alert to school officials. the idea is to use the technology where cameras are usually not allowed for privacy reasons. >> our device, there's no camera, no microphone, no ear phones, so we're not reporting anything. we're just looking at the environmental surroundings. so therefore, privacy is kept to the utmost. >> a high school in new york will be the first in the nation to use the device. the goal is to expand the technology across the u.s. >> still no word on why a pair of fighter jets were spotted over contra costa county

yesterday. the naval f-16 fighting falcons were over danville. people in walnut creek, alamo, and other parts of the county also saw them. they're based at the naval air space in fallon, nevada. >> researchers at the university of texas created a pen they say can diagnose cancer in ten seconds. it's called the mass spec pen. the process is technical. basically, it's connected to a large mass spectrometer. it analyzes water from droplets. the mass spec is then able to distinguish between tumors and healthy tissue in just ten seconds with 96% accuracy. >> happening today, the san jose sharks plan to unveil something new for the shork tank. it's a new 2000 gallon shark tank. they tweeted, we heard you like the shark tank, so we put a shark tank in the shark tank so you can watch sharks while

watching sharks. san jose's preseason begins in just 12 days with the season opener at the tank on october 4th. they're also going to have those guys from the show "tanked" there who make the super aquariums. >> i want the sharks from "shark tank" to also be there at the shark tank. >> watching the sharks. we got it all. all right, mike. talking about a few showers out there. >> absolutely. mt. tamalpais, at 2600 feet in the clouds. wet, about 500th of an inch of rain so far. the lowest elevation i have seen rain is down around point reyes. otherwise, the rain has been above 1,000 feet so far. here's a look below the clouds as we look south and san rafael towards mt. tamalpais. cooler today, light showers possible, especially this morning. cooler, mostly cloudy tonight. dry and hot air for the weekend. the best chance of showers to our north today. this will be the best chance for thunderstorms. already seeing some out there, and that's why the entire area

you see in red all the way done to tahoe, high fire danger until at least 8:00 tonight, if not 11:00. 10:00, 11:00, up around the oregon border. for us as we head through the next couple hours, you can see the north bay has the best chance of some of these light showers. they are light. there's green, no yellow, no oranges, no red. some spotty showers possible around noon, and then by about 3:00 or 4:00, it's over. the clouds open up a little bit. you'll need the sunglasses and then the clouds start to come back by 7:00 and set us up for a cooler night. today, mid to upper 60s along the coast and into san francisco. 72 to 76 around the bay. mid to upper 70s in the south ba and north bay. some low 80s possible in the inland east bay neighborhoods. the 50s are coming back for over night lows to low 60s. it's going to get hot this weekend, no doubt about it. look at sunday into monday, then another slight chance of wet weather tuesday and wednesday will cool us back down. >> good morning. i want to take you up on the traffic maps to one of our slower spots this morning. we actually had our second crash of the day at this location,

westbound 80 around willow avenue. that cleared to the shoulder almost immediately, but we're down to about 30 miles per hour, 22 miles per hour through that stretch from highway four making your way to the maze. not as bad as yesterday, but we'll still pretty heavy. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. once you make it there, things are looking average, although we're stacked up into the maze. carpool lanes looking good, but nothing beyond that. southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek, 14 minutes. 13 on westbound 24, and no surprise here, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, also one of our toughest spots, in the red at 54 minutes. >> thanks. the race is already on for your holiday shopping dollars. walmart is out with a list of 25 toys expected to be best sellers this year. and amazon actually released a top 100 list last week. both include one of last year's hottest sellers, the hatchimal. you'll remember parents scrambled to find the toys last year and a lot of people complained the toy eggs did not hatch properly into the magical

creatures as promised. the company has made some adjustments and they're back. >> thousands of new and updated records have made it into the 2018 edition of the guinness world record book. this bunny set a new basketball record. the floppy eared furry managed an impressive seven slam dunks in a minute on a hoop just a few inches off the ground. speaking of jumping up, an extreme pogo jumper holds the record for a highest jump on a pogo stick. and this one, which is has interested natasha all morning long. also a woman set a new record for the longest fingernails on a pair of hands, growing 20-plus inches of claw-like nails for the past 24 years. her nails are a cumulative measure of more than 18 feet. how do you get anything done with your hands? >> look add her sipping her coffee. those nails are yellow, and they have ridges, and that should only apply to ruffles chips and

nothing else in my opinion. >> don't use use those brushes for those fingernails. she's going to have to use a she's going to have to use a paint rol

it's 6:54. these are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, hurricane irma is churning through the caribbean towards south florida. there category 5 hurricane has killed at least ten people. it's expected to reach the u.s. on sunday night. >> number two, with no down time from one storm to the next, about two dozen bay area

firefighters are already on the road to florida. and more than 50 will be flying out this morning. pg&e is sending crews to help restore power to the affected areas. >> we have our chance of light showers this morning through about 3 look this afternoon, and then the clouds open up. the clouds have kept us mild this afternoon, will keep us cooler than average this afternoon. >> and number four, we have a crash on the countercommute side of 101 here. if you're heading into marin county across the golden gate bridge, we're starting to see delays. we have a collision blocking the three right lanes near spencer avenue. >> number five, business must be good. amazon looking for a second headquarters. and it's promising to spend $5 billion on the site and add 50,000 jobs. >> number six, starting this morning, you can get your single game tickets for the upcoming season to the warriors. season ticket holders and priority wait list members get the first shot. warriors insiders will get a chance this afternoon. >> number seven, this video just came in, the first day of school

for 4-year-old prince george. we have this video with dad prince william dropping hip off. unfortunately, mom, duchess kate, too sick. she's suffering from severe morning sickness so she's unable to make it. we thought that might be the case earlier this week. but how cute is he in his little jacket? >> dad doing a good job. >> no tears either. >> and george didn't cry as well. usually it's the parents. >> "gma" is next. thanks for joining us.

good morning, america. breaking overnight, completely decimated. hurricane irma wiping out caribbean islands. deadly wind gusts topping 200 miles an hour. torrential rain and flooding leading to massive destruction. american tourists trapped. by one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. buildings turned to rubble. this cell phone tower split in half. st. martin torn apart. more than 90% of the island destroyed. now florida, georgia and south carolina under states of emergency, bracing for the worst. hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate. people lining up for hours to buy supplies. >> we are currently out of drinking water. >> chaos erupting. gas stations empty and hundreds of flights canceled.