>> sue hall is in her place. >> a couple months. >> you'll be here for a while. >> not going anywhere. >> mike nicco, how does it look today? >> i haven't heard you say repeat the heat today. >> we're not going to hear that. >> we will repeat it again today and tomorrow. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. our binoculars don't have to be as strong to see that relief. as strong to see that relief. a look at the winds. showing that clear air. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s at 7:00. 50s at 7:00. let's go low to high, 73 to 71. we'll be near record warmth. 74 to 76 at the bay and inland. up next we'll take a look at the

next three days. that's the weekend. some slow traffic out of the altamont pass into livermore. we had an earlier accident that pretty much obliterate that had commute. closed due to an overturned vehicle. slow traffic from 238 towards the hayward side of things. starting to mess up your commute from highway 4. sue, thank you. the faa is rolling out new security measures for passengers coming into the u.s. >> airlines will be asking more questions about your trip and what's in your bag. reporter amy hollyfield live with more on these restrictions. >> there's a flight arriving right now from tel aviv. there will be one from abu dhabi

arriving. it will be interesting to ask the passengers what it was like at those airports today. was it any different because today is the day new screening procedures are now in place for u.s.-bound flights. that's because of new that's because of new guidelines. they could inspect your personal electronic devices. delta airlines says it is telling drivers to arrive three hours before their international flights to get through the new screening. the trump administration at first planned to ban laptops on flights on some mideast airlines. they've introduced these new guidelines. today is the first day that they will be in effect. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. the b.a.r.t. board of directors will talk about adopting a system to stop fare cheats to

reduce fines and allow two civil citations in a one-year period before a citation is issued. they will be trained to follow specific protocol. the fines would be $75 for adults. some may qualify for community service instead after fine. a former director of fema is helping recover from the devastating wildfires. james lee witt says it could take years to rebuild. >> the devastation was incredible. all i could think of was how many lives were lost but also how many lives were destroyed. >> he toured the fire zone on tuesday and says his organization rebuild north bay will aim to fill voids left by federal, state, and local agencies. he led fema under president clinton. helping fire victims remove rubble and for many it is a difficult task.

>> it's an awful feeling because communities are suffering the same way we are. >> removal costs will be picked up by state and federal agencies. if homeowners' policy cover removal they will be billed for it. >> it's a dangerous job to begin with. we're learning a fire crew battling a destructive wildfire in lake county had to dodge bullets. a cal fire crew parked to establish a fire line. they heard a man yelling and then gunshots. 73-year-old john heron face as firearms charge. at the time of the incident he called 911 to report intruders and said that he fired his gun. >> more testimony from police. prosecutors showed jurors a surveillance video leaving the scene at pier 14 just after steinle's shooting. they say that man is jose ines

garcia zarate. when he saw him, the suspect looked like a deer in the headlights. the san francisco public defender's office is filing in every case bail is set in an effort to abolish the cash bail system. he says his office has filed 282 challenges in the last 15 days. that is 14 times the amount filed in the same period. california chief justice said the state should instead rely on risk assessments to decide whether defendants should be released before trial. these sketches of two women papini says kidnapped her, saying they held her for 22 days. one dropped her off along interstate 5. the sheriff's office says they found dna on papini from a woman

found dna on papini from a woman and a man. this morning on "gma" dan abrams discussed why investigators would release those details. >> it doesn't mean they don't believe her story but they think there may be more to the story. >> keith release add statement last night reading in part we are hopeful that the release of additional information by law enforcement will expedite the capture of sherri's captors. >> the types of sweets you need to watch out for. and points for a purpose. how much money klay thompson raised for north bay fire victims by doing his job so well. and right now just coming in to our live desk new details on the president's plan to declare the opioid crisis in this

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we're back. we're talking temperatures from 50 in san ramone to antioch and concord at 58. 57. 61 at hayward. 64 in san francisco. napa and santa rosa at 50. no clouds at sfo. lack of breezes and the water temperature at the beaches about 60. 86 in sacramento. 70 in tahoe today. friday, saturday and sunday. it's a little warmer than it should be up there, also. sue? a six-car accident coming off the fremont street exit. that has just been pushed off to the shoulder. traffic is improving but it may have a ripple effect on the upper deck.

we'll take a look at an accident, this one is westbound 80 near san pablo avenue, maybe even closer to san pablo dam road. that has back up your commute to hercules. a 30-minute drive from highway 4 into the mcarthur maze. new this morning imporpted candy is at the top of the contaminated food list in california a result of a study who are analyzing the effectiveness of a 2006 law that made lead testing in candy more widespread. it triggered more health alerts than salmonella, e. coli and botulism combined. it was imported from mexico. just days after saying we won't see changes to our 401(k) plans president trump might be changing soon. a blockbuster price hike. one movie chain plans to charge

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that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our country depends on it. it is 6:14. a bird's eye view of a dramatic rescue in marin county. a chp helicopter was used to rescue a man in fairfax yesterday morning.

authorities say the man was operatng heavy machinery when it rolled 200 feet down an embankment crushing the operator. that man is in critical condition. this is the second helicopter rescue just this week. sky 7 flew over the same area tuesday. another man died. okay. right now from our live desk i just learned some new details on the white house plan to declare the opioid crisis a national health emergency. it does not come with money and it's very different than a national emergency which trump initially hinted at but this will give states more flexibility in how they use money to treat the crisis and the crisis is killing 100 people a day nationwide. the last time a national public health emergency was called was back in 2009 in response to the h1n1 influenza virus.

>> jessica, thank you. 6:15. republican tax writers on capitol hill are still considering changes to 401(k)s down playing president trump's pledge not to touch retirement accounts. tweaks to the current system are possible in the tax plan. on monday the president tweeted there will be no change to your 401(k), but top republicans say there could be limits on how much people can contribute to their retirement accounts. current law you can invest $18,000 a year. that would be lowered to only $2,400 a year. democrats are opposing the plan. >> 80% of the gop tax cuts go to the wealthiest 1% at the expense of children and working families. >> the full plan expected to be revealed next week. republicans hope to pass the tax plan using a simple majority and have it signed by the end of the

year. warriors all-star klay thompson will try to add to donations for north bay fire victims by scoring more points against the washington wizards. he did quite well last night scoring 22 in the warriors' victory over the raptors. he has pledged $1,000 per point that he scores during three home games. last night one of those games, his 22 points means $22,000. >> this was a great step towards that and any positivity you can bring on the world, doesn't matter if it affects one person or 100 people, it's a great thing to do. it goes way beyond basketball. >> and that's true. it does go beyond basketball. you don't have to payayay here is a look right now. in addition to his potential donation fans contributed $258,000 for the victims of the northern california wildfires. >> and the men's basketball team

took in donations before last night's exhibition game. 10% of concession sales went to fire victims. there are plenty of ways you can help and help is needed. we have it at abc7news.com. new at 6:00 a.m., regal test for films. >> you would have to pay more to see movies that are blockbusters and less for box office flops. >> we're showing you the emoji movie. i'm not sure why. they'll see if it boosts revenue and fills more seats at nonpeak times. >> i don't know. it costs less to go to a movie then i would go. >> keep it simple. charge your admission and let me decide if i want to see it or not. >> i'm assuming they're calling it a bad movie if it doesn't do

well which is not always the same thing. >> so true. >> right? there are plenty of blockbuster movies that are terrible. >> awful. >> regal is the second largest movie theater change. >> i say no. i say no way to this. >> can everyone just calm down with everything? can we just pay a fair price to see a movie and leave it at that? >> what do you think, mike? >> i agree. it's getting too complicated. too many choices, too many variables. sometimes we just want something simple. that's why we go to the movies is to escape life not to encounter it. >> there you go, mike. >> thanks, mike. >> i'll get off my soapbox but thanks for allowing me to do that. plus we get to go to the early movie and pay less thanks to this shift. it's going to be another warm day outside. sunny, near record warmth. seeing stars, 50s and 60s.

cooler rain for next weekend. in the south bay where for a third day we'll tie or set a record in san jose. let's head up to the peninsula. so quite a spread there from milbrae. low to mid-80s downtown, south san francisco, sausalito. near 90 for the rest of the north bay. kind of a narrow margin to 87 in castro valley. head up into the hills. in our east bay valleys. let's take a look at the lows tonight. some 40s in the north bay and the deepest valleys at 49. the rest of us in the low to upper 50s. another last stand, if you will, for the chance at record warmth.

the breezes start coming out of the north more saturday and that's going to take the 90s out of the forecast. they start coming out of the west sunday. that really dramatically drops our temperatures and it will stay feeling like fall all the way through halloween into wednesday. and next friday is the possibility of a good, healthy rain. we'll keep an eye on it. >> back to the san pablo area. a multivehicle accidet that's been pushed off to the shoulder now. blocking the slow lane near san pablo avenue but the damage is done. we're seeing slow traffic from hercules and we'll take a look at your drive times if you head out this hour. there we go from highway 4 to the maze. you look at just over 30 minutes and then once you get on the bay bridge it's slow there as well just under 20 minutes because we had an earlier accident. six cars involved there. the metering lights are on and

you are stacked up down behind the toll plaza as well. if you're coming from san francisco to sfo, you have a flight this morning, that's a nice, easy, ten-minute drive heading south on 101. an update on that accident in san pablo. next, where rents are actually dropping in the bay area. >> also, lady gaga teaming up with former vice

nasa giving us a first look at the burn scar left by the wildfires in the north bay and throughout northern california. this is a thermal image taken by a nasa satellite. you can see the areas in red is vegetation. burned out are in dark gray. this image covers an area of nearly 1,500 square miles. new at 6:00 a.m. rents are rising in mountain view, but they are falling in oakland. apartment rental website analyzed active listings. a one-bedroom was up 15.6% year over year, just over $3,100. in oakland rent is down 12.7% with a one-bedroom going for an average of san fran spran is tcisco is the expensive. >> it's crazy mountain view is

now right up there with san francisco. wow, okay. lady gaga is teaming up with her buddy former vice president joe biden for a public service announcement urging action against sexual assault. >> we're here to remind you it's important to reach out to someone in your life that you can trust and to know they will be there to help you. there will be someone to listen. >> lady gaga shared this psa on her instagram page. she says she's a sexual assault survivor and understands the trauma including the psychological, physical, and mental effects. the 49ers getting involved with gun control. the action that they're taking today with local police. >> bringing business back to wine country. the message for tourists after the devastating wildfires. and it's going to be another day of potential record high temperatures. check out some of the numbers i've forecast for you. 89 in livermore. one degree below. 86 in hayward. san jose 89 is our record at 88.

coming up on 6:30, good morning and welcome to thursday, october 26th. >> that's right. we have alexis smith who is out on maternity leave, so sue hall is in her place. welcome to sue. are you used to the schedule yet? >> you never get used to it.

>> that's the right answer. mike knows that. >> yeah. a long time. not only here but in other markets, yes. this is what it does to you. anyway, let's take a look and show you what's going on outside. if i only looked my 30-year-old age. live doppler 7 cloud free except for way out over the ocean. so because of that pretty comfortable morning as we look from sue troe camera. temperatures running in the mid to upper 50s. inland by noon, 78 around the bay. 73 at the coast. the coast will cool off a little bit. 71 by 4:00. 84 to 87 bay and inland. 63 at the coast but mid-70s continue at 7:00 around the bay and inland. nice evening on the way. the heat does break. here's sue. an earlier accident san francisco side of the bay bridge, six cars involved near fremont street cleared out of lanes now as traffic is recovering just a little bit but sluggish on the upper deck.

it's bumper to bumper. expect delays getting into san francisco. it's about 20 minutes now from the tolls into the city itself. here we go with an accident partially blocking a lane of traffic here westbound 80 near san pablo. traffic is now stacked up solid for at least a 35-minute drive in towards the east shore freeway. guys? >> thank you, sue. new this morning on the peninsula the chp investigating a four-car crash involving a tow truck in redwood city. this is southbound 101 near wood side. at one point the tow truck and one of the cars caught fire. one person was rushed to the hospital with major injuries. the chp says one person was also taken into custody but didn't give us a reason for the arrest. we're going to bring you an update as soon as we get more information. >> police are investigating a hit-and-run crash. the victim an 80-year-old man. police found him bleeding at gregory lane shortly before 11:00 last night.

he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. right now police are trying to figure out what kind of car may have hit the victim. at this time they say they have no witnesses or video evidence. new this morning, the 49ers are going from taking a knee on the field to taking a seat at the table with law enforce many. >> ceo yesterdjed york is meeti discuss gun control, improving police and community relations. abc 7 news reporter matt keller joins us live at levi's stadium with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. here it is, the pledge the 49ers and these law enforcement unions will be signing later this morning. the unions say ceo jed york approached them about having this conversation. >> i don't think they should take a knee anymore. i think they should take a seat at the table and start meaningful conversation. i want to move towards some proactive engagement versus symbolic gestures. >> reporter: the 49ers and police officers have been at odds since several players including colin kaepernick started taking a knee 30 protest

police brutality. others from across the nation say they want to create a more understanding and safer america. they're signing the pledge and encouraging other teams and unions to sign it as well. the pledge includes several issues including working with lawmakers to ban bump stocks that allow the conversion of semiautomatic weapons into automatic weapons like the ones used in the las vegas mass shooting. they want to advocate for more police and community relations. the 49ers pledged $500,000 to this campaign. the signing is scheduled to take place at 11:45 this morning here at levi's stadium. reporting live matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. happening today a consumer group plans to ask the california public utilities commission to help people affected by the north bay wildfires. >> the utility reform network wants power companies to stop billing homes destroyed or badly damaged. it's also asking to prevent companies from cutting off service for late payments. happening today the napa valley wine train hosting mayors from the area in an effort to

promote the urgent need for local businesses to rebound after the fires. many people don't know just seven of napa's nearly 500 wineries were damaged or lost in the fires. officials say this is usually the height of tourist season. right now tourism has declined and businesses are struggling. a sonoma county day of remembrance will be held saturday for fire victims and to honor our first responders. "the press democrat" reports during the event a firefighter memorial bell will toll for the 23 victims who died in sonoma county. the event will be held at bailey field from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. now we'll turn to that abc news exclusive. actress ashley judd in her first tv interview since going public with her claims against harvey weinstein. >> in many ways her allegations helped ignite the firestorm and more than 65 women have come forward. the 49-year-old spoke one-on-one with diane sawyer. >> and what i would say to harvey is i love you and i understand that you are sick and

suffering, and there is help for a guy like you, too. it's entirely up to you to get that help. >> she says before she decided to speak out it was frightening, not clear if anyone would believe the women or if anyone would care. judd says it was her parents who finally helped her decide to tell her story. you can watch her full interview on "good morning america" at 7:00. well, attorney gloria allred is demanding the harvey weinstein company create a substantial -- a substantial fund to pay out settlements to alleged victims of the film mogul. another actress came forward with an allegation of sexual assault against weinstein. natasha malta says weinstein raped her in a hotel room in 2008. she's one of half a dozen to allege they were sexually assaulted by him. some 50 other actresses claimed they were harassed by weinstein. developing news in san jose, police searching for two suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting and a statewide brothel ring. police released surveillance video of the men they're looking for, linking them to a homicide in san jose last month as well

as sexual assaults and robberies in milpitas, fremont and south san francisco. they say the crime scenes were all brothels. news that a brothel was operating in a san jose neighborhood didn't come as a surprise to the people who live there. >> i've heard from neighbors that there are hookers working in some of the apartments. i was disappointed that the apartment didn't do a better job screening residents and people who rented those units. >> police arrested three other suspects last week in southern california. investigators believe there could be more robbery or assault victims and they're asking them to come forward. three san francisco public schools have high levels of lead in the water. they include two elementary schools, west portal and malcolm x as well as san francisco international high school. in all 72 schools were tested. the district says the source of lead is in the drinking fixtures. those are being replaced. you can go to our website abc7news.com for a full list of schools that have and have not been tested. witnesses are telling what's

they saw during a shoot-out outside of an air bnb home in a quiet san francisco neighborhood. it was the result of a party on october 14th that got out of hand, a party hosted by renters of the home. a woman who lives next door says she and her neighbors are still shaken after having witnessed a gun battle. >> i did not see what my neighbors saw which was two young men with handguns firing back in that direction. >> last night supervisor hillary ronan informed the community the property owner who lives overseas has been banned from short-term rental sites and also air bnb promises to pay for all property damages. as for the shooting, police say they've made no arrests and are still investigating. in the south bay the vta stepped up testing along the ten-mile b.a.r.t. extension. here is video of trains being tested between free month and san jose. officials say the public will see and hear multicar trains traveling on that extension. testing will happen every day of the week except for sunday. that silicon valley service is expected to start some time next

year. take a look at some temperatures and what you're going to see it's getting better for some of us to sleep if you can get the windows open and don't mind a little dust and pollen here and there. low to upper 50s. along the east bay shore 51 at hayward. 60 san jose. 59 at san carlos. 66 at pacifica. look at san francisco, 64. that is a little bit cooler than yesterday. and low 50s all throughout the north bay. here's a look this morning. easy weather if you're driving on the roads today. cool to hot this morning to this afternoon if you're taking mass transit. on the bay today taking the ferry no breezes out there. dress in layers today with those temperatures in the mid to upper 50s at 7:00 but make sure they bring the layers home because they won't be wearing them with 78 at the coast. here's a look at the peninsula. 73. by noon you're already 75 degrees.

80 at 2:00. nearly 80 still at 6:00. 72 at 8:00. and one last look, we'll take a look at oakland today. 76 at noon. low 80s throughout the afternoon hours. above average until about 7:00 this evening when you drop below 71 degrees. all right. a lot to talk about in the accuweather seven-day forecast. fall is coming back and a chance of wet weather. here is sue. >> 5:24 was the magic bewitching hour for the metering lights. traffic has been stacked up into the mcarthur maze. commuter lanes, the car-pool lanes are looking great. we have some sort of a traffic hazard, second lane from the right at the toll plaza, so you may want to stay towards the left-hand side if you can. otherwise a 10 to 15-minute delay. solid red all the way from highway 4 to the mcarthur maze. looking at a 35 to 40 minute delay there as you make your way

towards the bay bridge. we do have some slow traffic. this is in the fremont area. 880 -- it's actually on thornton avenue near highway 84 where the car stuck under a bus. so we'll update that in a few minutes. 880 is looking good. thank you, sue. this powerful image of patients being evacuated from a north bay hospital that so many of us remember from the fires. the major challenge this hospital now faces. some big changes ahead for the corner drugstore. what walgreens is planning for hundreds of rite aid stores it's just purchased. first a look at what's coming up at 9:00. morning. coming up on "live" we have hug

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and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. from the live desk police reportedly knew about adam lanza's violent plans four years before the sandy hook massacre according to a "new york times" article just published a few moments ago. the paper reports a man who had a conversation with lanza way back in 2008 warned police of his homicidal plans. but he said the police told him that, quote, lanza's mother owned the guns and that there was nothing they could do. another woman who connected with lanza two and a half years before sandy hook said she knew he had been obsessed with mass shootings. take a close look at the

surveillance video on north california boulevard. so he's looking at a ring and looking and admiring it and then he all of a sudden takes off. he gets into a two-door green saturn. if you have any information about who this is, call walnut creek pd. the next time you travel overseas you'll want to allow some extra time to get through customs. >> potentially hours. ramping up security on international flights arriving in the u.s. amy hollyfield live at sfo to explain. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. we just spoke with some passengers who just arrived here from tel aviv. that's the first international flight to come in here since these new regulations have gone into place. airlines now overseas must talk to passengers as these new procedures go into place for u.s.-bound flights because of these new guidelines. these are from the u.s. government. the enhanced passenger screening

will mean i will be asked more questions along the lines of who packed your bags, where are you going? it is up to each airline to decide how to implement the new system. it's the israeli model used to engage travelers to see if anyone is nervous or uncomfortable. we asked people about it who just flew in from israel. >> it's not much differen >> they told me what they were looking for. they were looking for explosives. so, oh, okay, which is nice. sometimes they rifle through my stuff, what are you looking for in there? so that was the difference that i saw. >> reporter: the u.s. government originally planned to ban laptops on some mideast airlines. they scrapped that idea. this is in place instead. this was issued about three months ago. but it goes into effect today. some airlines such as delta is advising international travelers that they need to get to the airport three hours before their flight just in case this does

add extra time to the security process. the passengers we spoke to say it looked like everything was running smoothly and did not take extra time. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. kaiser permanente hospital in santa rosa is now back open more than two weeks after being closed because of the tubbs fire. amy hollyfield was with the crew that day when we caught this image, patients being evacuated with flames behind them. the medical center reopened after a thorough cleaning. now there's a new concern and that is keeping their staff and recruiting doctors and nurses and other folks who work there in the future. more than 200 kaiser employees lost their homes. many lived in the fountaingrove neighborhood near the hospital and are now living in temporary housing. >> it's a very real fear. there comes a point when a long commute just isn't really viable anymore. >> santa rosa memorial hospital is actively meeting with stakeholders to discuss rebuilding after 152 of their

people lost their homes. it will be a long process. cleanup alone could go into 2018, and so far -- so far, i should say, no one has left the hospital but it will be tough. >> it will be really hard. happening today the government is set to release tens of thousands of classified documents about the assassination of president john f. kennedy nearly 54 years ago. a law passed in 1992 called for the records to be made available after 25 years if the president allows it. president trump tweeted that the long-anticipated release will take place today. abc news correspondent says experts think some of the secret files have to do with an assassin, lee harvey oswald, and what he was doing in the weeks prior to the shooting. >> reporter: he visited both the cuban and russian embassy in the city. why wouldn't they want these documents released? it could be what did the agents, the spies, the diplomats know? did anyone down in mexico know that oswald wanted to kill kennedy? >> the national archives says the most explosive documents

have likely already been released. and now on to your morning money report, we are all used to seeing walgreens and rite aid stores right across the street from each other. that may be about to change. >> walgreens says it will close 600 stores starting next year. that announcement comes a month after regulators gave them the go-ahead to acquire half of rite aid's 2,000 stores. most of the closures will be rite aid stores within one mile of a walgreens. the company hasn't announced which stores will close. >> it's going to cost you more to mail a package with u.p.s. the company is raising rates by nearly 5% starting on christmas eve. the hike is because online retailers like amazon are posing challenges to traditional shipping companies. rival fedex announced a similar rate hike starting next year. >> ibm is doubling the amount of time employees get if they're new parents. moms and dads can now take 12 weeks. they have until one year after their child is born to take advantage of that. ibm also unveiled benefits for traveling mothers and financial assistance for adoption or

surrogacy. the expanded policies apply to full time and part time employees in the u.s. here the abc 7 family celebrating for two of our great colleagues. >> one of them is in studio with us. tuesday night reporter david louie and our morning stage manager joey smith were among those honored in los angeles at a service award celebration for employees of the walt disney company. and that's our general manager, bill burton, pictured there with him. david has been with abc 7 for a remarkable 45 years. joey, you've been here for 40 years. can you please just come out and give us a little wave over here, just a little wave. goodness gracious. congratulations to you, joey. we just love you. we love your passion and your enthusiasm, your singing voice, your dancing, everything, every morning. >> there he is. >> thank you. thank you, joey. >> he keeps live and enthusiastic. >> now his cues to mike nicco. good morning. keeps us hydrated, too. always has water for fuss we need it, hot and cold.

the exploratorium looks like glass this morning. transition to fall this weekend. watching the storm for next weekend. downtown san francisco, 15. 80-degree day, that's fifth on the all-time list. over in oakland a temperature of 84. it's supposed to be our fifth warmest month. it feels like it is for sure this year, 86 in hayward and richmond. in the south bay, the third day in a row we'll tie or set a record with 89. we came close. we had 89 monday. the record was 90. san mateo, 84. look at the coast. half moon bay and pacifica in the upper 70s. up in the north bay, 90. toasty sunshine. san rafael about 85. inland east bay temperature 88, almost record warmth there. the record is about 90. livermore is 89. your record is 90. temperatures tonight 40s in our deepest valleys. wanted to get this in to show you this is a week from tomorrow, 7:00 in the morning. look at that. possibly an all-day rain that

will taper saturday morning, move up into the high country and become snow. we could get amounts a quarter to an inch. it's possible. that's the potential. of course we'll tweet that as we get closer. the big story here is the change saturday. we take the 90s out of the forecast and we take the 80s out of the forecast for sunday through halloween tuesday and into wednesday. hi, sue. good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. go to the golden gate bridge where traffic is flowing nicely. we have four lanes in the southbound direction, two lanes in the northbound direction. if you're coming through the robin williams tunnel, you'll probably notice it's dark. it's really dark. the lights southbound are off inside the tunnel as are the street lamps coming south out of the tunnel. heads-up there you may want to use your brights and as the sun comes up that won't be much of a problem anymore. all right, we go to hayward where the whipple off ramp is now closed. they had an overturned vehicle off into a ditch, the tow truck is there. they had to temporarily close the off ramp from northbound 880 that should be reopening in the

next couple of minutes. slow traffic in both directions on 880 through the hayward area. an earlier accident near san pablo cleared out of lanes. slow southbound all the way from hercules, you're looking at about a 45-minute drive into the mcarthur maze this hour. >> sue, thank you. it is breast cancer awareness month and take a look. the warriors honored survivors last night. these incredible women got to sit courtside for the team's shoot around and got a visit from kevin durant and they loved every minute as he signed their shirts. the warriors say they all got signed cards as well inviting them back for another game in january. all right, kellogg's is making new boxes after a complaint that the artwork is racially insensitive. >> here is a look at it. you can decide for yourself. it shows cartoon corn pops at a mall and you see that one pop is a different color. so someone on twitter asked kellogg's why the only brown corn pop is depicted as a janitor. he says it's teaching racism to kids.

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before 101 and san mateo. >> the fine dining capital. the michelin guy has a three-star rating to seven bay area restaurants, the most of any place in the country and a couple in the north bay, the sonoma area impacted by the wildfires. >> i would take anything. i don't need a michelin star at this point. >> we're easy, right? >> thanks for watching thus morning. alexis smith, she's on the go every morning. >> avid runner -- >> she's a newlywed. she used to be a deejay. >> her sister's name is marin. >> because her parents used to live here. true story. >> loves halloween. >> and michigan football. she's from a really small town, no rush hour there. >> boy, has her world changed. >> alexis tackles bay area traffic like a boss. >> her tweets save you time. >> it's like she has secret traffic fighting powers.

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good morning, america. breaking news, the new airport security screenings taking effect right now for hundreds of thousands of people flying to the u.s. daily. also breaking this morning, top secret jfk files about his assassination. thousands of documents set to be released at any moment. an abc news exclusive. ashley judd one-on-one with diane sawyer in her first tv interview since her allegations helped ignite that firestorm against harvey weinstein. what she says really happened with the disgraced movie producer. >> what would you say to harvey weinstein today? >> and the surprising message she has for him right now, only on "gma" this morning. close call. a driver losing control slamming into a crowded restaurant full of diners at lunchtime. how everyone miraculously survived.