biggest threats facing the world right now including north korea as the u.s. rallies support for tougher action against the regime. north korea's top diplomate will have a front row seat for president trump's speech later today. we will bring you the address live this morning on nbc 7. you can stream it on the abc 7 news app, it starts at 7:30. a lot of people reported feeling an earthquake late this night in los angeles. a magnitude 3.6 hit just north of westwood around 11:20. no reports of damage, but earthquake quickly became the top trend on twitter in the u.s. more than 70,000 people said they felt it on the usgs -- i should say 7,000 people said they felt it on the usgs website. any earthquake is good reminder we should be prepared. we have a full list of resources and ways to be ready for any earthquake. you can find it on the front page of abc7news.com. if you are just joining us let's get over to meteorologist

mie nicco. >> let's go to mt. tam, you can see those 31 mile an hour gusts bouncing the camera as we look at a clean air mass san matteo bridge. waking up much cooler, mid to upper 50s at 7:00, we will be in the mid 60s from noon to 4:00 at the coast, 69 to 73 around the bay, 71 to 77 inland. things going to be just a touch warmer thanks to more sunshine today, but check out those temperatures at 7:00 this evening, back in the lower to upper 60s. we will take a look at our chance of rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> i will take you back to our traffic alert in san francisco. you can see we have a lot of flashing lights on eastbound 80 before you get to the bay bridge, just before you get to fourth street. a few of those vehicles are starting to leave but this is a very serious situation, chp had calls come in about 3:15, 3:20 this morning that a pedestrian

was walking on the interstate, a few minutes later we got alert that this person was hit and killed. we do have the two left lanes closed eastbound 80 just past fourth street. let's check in with amy hollyfield live at the scene with the latest. sounding like this lane closure will not last as long as we initially thought. >> reporter: that's right, alexis. they are about wrapped up here at the scene. look behind me and you will notice the car -- it has just gotten towed away since i turned my back. they are ready to open these lanes. this scene is cleared. what happened was it was an unusual scene for first responders, they had to deal with a body that was on top of the car. the car hit the pedestrian who was walking in the lanes and the body ended up on top of his car. they had to shut down all these lanes while they had to remove the body and tow that car out of here. this is the backup that you are looking at. not too bad, because it is so early in the morning, and they worked quickly to get this cleared. so this is the reverse commute,

this is eastbound toward oakland, this is headed toward the east bay, but it looks like this is all going to be cleared if you do head that way in the morning you are not going to have to worry about this. this happened at about 3:30 and here we are at 4:30, they've got this cleared out of here. so reporting live from san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. traffic congestion of course a major issue in the bay area and now there are new numbers to back all of that up. >> abc 7 news reporter matt keller has more on the bay area setting a record that really no one wants. matt. >> reporter: congratulations to everyone out there, this is the fourth consecutive year in a row that the bay area has seen a record high for congestion. so what do you win? you get to spend an extra three and a half minutes of your life sitting in traffic every day. this all comes from a new report, i know it doesn't sound like much of a prize, but i will tell you why it may be a good thing later on. the metropolitan transportation commission revealed its yearly analysis of bay area congestion, the most congested commutes are

in the afternoon, number one, 280 interchange in san francisco, number two is interstate 80 from hercules to san francisco, that's the only one in the top ten congest td in both the morning and afternoon commutes. number three is where we are at, 101 from mountain view to san jose. the good news with all this traffic, you most likely have a job to go to. >> when you look at it in some kind of historical perspective, what really pops is that the time that drivers are spending in traffic with speeds of 35 miles an hour or less is up 80% since 2010, which was the bottom of the great recession. >> even though the afternoons are most congested the mtc says there has been a big shift to more traffic earlier in the morning, more people are on the road before 5:00 a.m. with the morning commute well under way by 6:00 a.m. matt keller, abc 7 news. we now know who bart police are looking for in a bizarre

robbery attempt involving this scary written note. bart police say the passenger received a note saying two guns were pointed at her. now they are releasing photos of the woman who is accused of writing this. abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has the latest. >> reporter: bart police say the woman in these surveillance camera shots tried to rob a fellow rider by passing a note. she claimed to have two guns but is seen here pulling a shopping can a rt. >> very unassuming. >> reporter: the threat on paper, there are two guns pointed at you now. if you want to live hand back your wallet and phone. passenger julie dragland rode from daly city to the east bay when the required behind her gave her the note. >> probably the most scared i have ever been. >> woman on board the train passed her, gave her a note i have two guns pointed at you give me your stuff. she pretended to have a seizure. >> so i started slumped over to the left and started shaking and people started to notice. >> reporter: the scene dragland caused around 4:30 saturday near

the civic center station scared the attempted robber. police say she got off the street at pal street. >> i've been at bart police for 19 years and i have never seen anything like this. >> bart police say 20 to 30 people were on board the train at the time of the attempted robbery and they are asking those people to come forward and act as witnesses. >> i've never seen a police officer on bart, ever. >> and you commute every day. >> every day for about three years. >> there's 46 stations, we don't have enough officers to be in every single station. we are increasing our staffing levels. >> reporter: detectives are now reviewing station surveillance footage for more evidence. katie utehs reporting, abc 7 news. it's 4:36. in the north bay a crash caused downed power lines and sparked a grass fire that forced the chp to close highway 116. that fire started around 5:40 yesterday afternoon near petaluma. according to the press democrat a car crashed into a fence and a utility pole causing the downed power lines.

the press democrat also reports the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. highway 116 is still closed because of a planned closure, it will reopen at 5:00 this morning, no one was hurt and the fire burned about five acres. sonoma police are looking for a bank robber, this happened around 10:00 at the umpqua bank. he is described as a white man wearing a dark hoodie, dark pants and sunglasses, appears to be wearing a plaque and gray wig. a witness claims he saw the man taking some of his clothes off while leaving the area, it is not clear how much money he got away with. police arrested a suspect for running over two police officers with a car during an incident. he is identified as 57-year-old terry gordon of oakland. gordon arrested for attempted murder and evading police. this happened sunday night at a safe way parking lot. an officer and his partner chased the suspect to his car, he drove off with the officers hanging on. >> he hit that suv.

so what it is is as soon as he hit that suv he backed up and that's when the officer fell behind -- the other officer. he must have hit him because he was complaining about his knees, he couldn't get up. >> that officer was treated and released, his partner remains in the hospital with broken bones, san leandro police say both officers are expected to make a full recovery. representative jackie spears is taking a bite out of the golden gate dog walking rules by hitting it in the pockets. according to sf gate.com she proposed and amendment prohibiting funding to be used to implement and enforce the rules. this has been a 14 year tug of war. on one side dog enthusiasts who want less restrictions on the 80,000 acres of land from marin to san matteo counties, on the other side environmentalists who want to protect wildlife. >> now a traffic update from abc 7 mornings. >> if you are just joining us we started off with a major problem

in san francisco this morning, eastbound 80 just before you get to fourth street heading towards the bay bridge, look at this, this is really incredible, only seeing flares up up at this found, emergency responders have fully cleared from the scene. this was a fatal collision involving a pedestrian and car. they got this cleaned up very quickly, i'm not sure how the investigation got wrapped to quickly, either. initially they were saying 5:30 until those lanes would reopen, here we are at 4:39 and all lanes are back open, no residual delays. much improved news here for the morning commute. let's take a look at a manager problem last night in the south bay, this is in the los gatos area, serious rollover collision involving two vehicles on northbound highway 17, happened about 10:15. we are hearing just some minor injuries. check out that emergency response, all lanes were blocked for about an hour. they had to stop traffic northbound 17 just before the summit, even though this crash was well north of there.

by about 11:15 they got one lane open, at this point for the morning commute all lanes are back open, so no delays and, yeah, that was not a great commute if you were trying to head northbound late last night. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at today's forecast. >> i thought we would talk about the saffir-simpson scale. it's based on storm surge and winds. when you get a category 1 you can see some of the leaves start to fall off the trees, as you get up around 74 miles per hour. as you get to a category 2 you start to lose some limbs, maybe some shingles start coming off the house, category 3 you start to break some windows, you can see the storm surge getting closer to those lower elevation houses, you start to break some of the trees off and by category 4 you can see we start to lose parts of the roof, we start to flood the houses and category 5 you could almost lose all the trees and the housing and that's probably what we're going to see out of dom inn can a whenever we get some of the video that is going to come out this morning

once daylight breaks. of course, jessica is going to have that for you. back here at home remember the cool temperatures we talked about, up to 7 degrees cooler, that puts us around 59 to 53 degrees in san francisco. no need to worry about fog or mist this morning. mass transit will be dry all day. if you are on the bay, it's going to be breezy, we have a small craft advisory. more on our temperatures today and on maria coming up. we are looking into the impact on customers after toys "r" us files for bankruptcy. plus what it means for your holiday shopping. holiday shopping. if you want to skip the

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♪ good goes around...and around...and around. ♪ ♪ good goes around and around. now a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. >> welcome back. i want to show you this new video coming in, a violent protest overnight on the georgia tech campus, things got really out of hand there. in this video you can see what happens, what appears to be tear gas on the street and folks running. also overnight a police car was set on fire by protesters, three officers had minor injuries and we have learned three people were arrested. things took a really nasty turn after a vigil for a student who was fatally shot on saturday by university police. we're learning more about the financial problems toys "r" us is facing. the nation's biggest toy retailer just filed for perhaps protection. what does that mean for toys "r"

us and its customers? lilian kim has more. >> awesome. they have the pot figures and these and you put them together. >> sara collects rick and mortgagee action figures, items she has only been able to find at toys "r" us. beyond that she simply prefers her childhood store. >> the day after christmas, every birthday and any special occasion, do good in school go to toys "r" us. >> that sentiment is shared by many shoppers who are hoping the company can work out its problems. they have faced stiff online competition while being loaded with a debt in a buyout more than ten years ago. by filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection toys "r" us can refinance and stay open while it restructures. in a statement the company's chairman and ceo said today marks the dawn of a new era at toys "r" us where we expect that the financial constraints that have held us back will be addressed in a lasting and effective way. >> i think they will stay afloat. it's a great name. i think it might be a lot smaller, i think just like you're seeing with macy's and other retailers they are going

to downsize, but i think the betting money is they will be around for next christmas as well as this christmas. >> encouraging words loyal shoppers want to hear. >> toys "r" us has been a big part of the community from one side of the coast to the other side of the coast. >> the company has already made some changes, among them a new web store launched well ahead of the holiday season. in san matteo, lilian kim. 4 two people are dead including a person in california involving a salmonella outbreak involves papayas. cdc says meridol papayas from four farms in mexico could be contaminated. to learn more about the outbreak check out the fda's recall page. we have a link to it on our website. san francisco sheriff's deputy violated a policy and may have broken a law for improperly storing a service pistol that was stolen and used in a deadly

shooting. the sheriff's department said that the deputy was off duty at the time and left the handgun in the trunk of a rental car, the gun was not secured in a lockbox which is required by the sheriff's department. state and city law requires civilians and law enforcement to properly store their weapons. the gun was used in a crime spree that included the shooting death of a 23-year-old man. house minority leader nancy pelosi says she understands and respects the young immigrants who disrupted her event. >> abc 7 news was in san francisco yesterday as several dozen protesters shouted down pelosi as she tried to start a dialogue with them. pelosi was there to urge passage of the d.r.e.a.m. act. the demonstrators were instead calling for a comprehensive immigration reform. >> is it possible to pass a bill without some border security? well, we will have to see. we didn't agree to anything in that regard except to listen.

>> pelosi also discussed the d.r.e.a.m. act in sacramento last night. there were not any interruptions there. >> happening today an east bay city is making it easier to enroll in tsa pre check. a bus will be in alameda through thursday, it will be open from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. pre check costs 85 bucks, it is valid for five years and more than 5 million people are enrolled. it is official, this august was the third hottest one in the world ever. that's according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. the average global temperature in august was 61.5 degrees. california, oregon and washington each recorded their hottest august of. it turns out ut hottest place on earth was my living room throughout the past three weeks. hi, mike. >> felt that way. >> i bet it did. sorry about that.

yeah. so now that we're almost into autumn it's going to feel like it the next couple days, then when autumn officially begins it will get a little warmer this weekend but nothing out of control. here is a look from sutro tower. it's going to be breezy, mostly sunny in afternoon. brighter day than yesterday and a couple degrees warmer but the breezes may offset that. clouds and sprinkles as that second cold front we talked about yesterday rolls in. that will bring us our coolest afternoons tomorrow, thursday and friday. here is a look at the setup, the cold front from yesterday is down in so cal and over towards vegas, behind it we have that jet stream diving down from the gulf of alaska. you can see all the rain is pushing into the pacific northwest and over towards montana helping all the fires that are raging up there, that is good news for them. for us today about 80 in santa rosa, fairfield, concord, antioch and that's about as warm as it gets. around 70 to 75 in the bay and 64 to 68 along the coast. tonight's temperatures a little

bit warmer than this morning because of the cloud cover, notice you see some green up there, especially across the north bay, those are the showers that are going to fall apart as they move into the bay, so we have got an early chaps of showers in the north bay, then some sprinkles tomorrow afternoon, definitely going to be cooler and breezy. cool and breezy thursday to friday and then calmer and a little bit warmer, see the 70s at the coast, some 80s around the bay and even some upper 80s inland by monday. we always have at least one or two more warm spells before we get to november. >> yeah. >> maybe next week that's it, but until then it feels like fall outside. >> you had an accident this morning, cleared. >> we are looking better at this point. we thought that was going to be a major problem in san francisco, fatal crash just before the bay bridge but fortunately they wrapped that up really quickly this morning. we are back to really nothing blocking at this point. the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights yet. everybody looking okay at this point. drive times, too, of course, the

only one we have in the yellow at this point, westbound 580 trace to dublin 44 minutes, antioch to concord at 14 and san rafael to san francisco also looking good at 16 minutes. we will check on mass transit coming up next. uk berkeley preparing for free speech week but there's already some complications. amazon going on a local a hiring spree. plus the bay area looks beautiful from sky 7, but is it one of the best places to live in the country? now this morning's "techbytes." in today's "techbytes" it's time for m a's new operating system. >> iphone users should get a notification today telling them it's time to download the io s11. those who have used a bay at that version say it has a new control center. >> the pair scopes will be operated by xbox 360 controllers. >> sailors don't like the joystick that's been used in the past. they grew up with video game

controllers which cost the navy a lot less. >> if you are stuck on a gift to buy for the next baby shower here is an option. >> land recovery has come up with an all terrain stroller. its seats even have fancy stitching just like the vehicles. >> it's set to go on sale early next year for about $2,000. >> $2,000. >> $2,000. >> power

we're back at 4:54 and looking for a part-time gig,

turns out amazon is hiring according to the east bay times, it's look to go fill hundreds of sorting positions at its new center in vacaville which opens this fall. if you are interested go to our website abc7news.com and you can apply. the job pays $13.25 an hour, includes a wide range of benefits including life, disability, dental and vision insurance. amazon plans to open two more sites in sacramento and strong ton. >> friends of the san francisco public library are hosting a preview of its annual used book sale. the big book sale starts tomorrow and ends on sunday at the fort mason festival pavilion, it will be open from 10:00 until 6:00. members of the organization will get to start shopping today. more than 500,000 books, cds and vinyl will be sold for 3 bucks or less. everything will be marked down to $1 on sunday. those winds are kicking up a little bit of a swell at our coast. we have a beach hazard statement and this goes from 5:00 this morning until about 8:00 thursday. it's more for strong rip

currents, sneaker waves and large shore breakers, not necessarily big wave heights as you can see they arearound5 or 6 feet. those winds, small craft advisory 1:00 this afternoon for the entire bay until 3:00 in the morning for north of the bay bridge. south of the bay bridge 9:00 this evening and 3:00 thursday morning at the coast. winds you can see they are going to be gusty, about 10 to 25 miles per hour this afternoon, even faster tomorrow afternoon. alexis. >> okay. checking out the walnut creek traffic camera, boy, it was a tough commute for you yesterday, today we're starting off great, southbound 680 no brake lights today. yesterday we had two to three problems there that hung around for most of the morning commute and for far mass transit is looking great, to no delays there and should be a beautiful but breezy day as mike just said out on the water. no delays for san francisco bay ferry and we have normal service.

>> money magazine released its analyst of the 50th best places to live and we are not on it. only two california cities made the cut, no the in the bay area. fishers indiana top of the list. >> this whole thing can be discounted. who wants to live in fishers compared to here? >> it's followed by allen, texas and monterey park in southern california. the santa monica a came in at number 18. it takes into account the economy, cost of living and crime. last year san ramone was at number 21, fremont was number 46, we just got totally pushed off the list. >> how much would i have to pay you to move to fishers for the rest of your life? >> i'm sure that fishers is a lovely community with many park and rec opportunities and probably wonderful schools. >> it's not the bay. new at 5:00 the proposed stadium for the oakland a's is getting even more backlash.

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good morning, it is tuesday, september 19th. 5:00 a.m. thanks for being here. >> we're glad you are here. it's going to be a good day. we did have serious traffic issues working already, but first do you want to start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> noisy out there if you live up in the hills. it's been a gusty night and those breezes are coming our way. we have high clouds, that's the gray you see overlaid on live doppler center. we do have sprinkles this time tomorrow. you can see the flags on the ferry building