now at 6:00, wet roads at the bay bridge toll plaza. we saw downpours across the bay area overnight and more showers are on the way. 6:00 a.m. good morning to you. it is thursday, november 9. alexis smith on maternity leave. frances is here with us. >> and we are working her hard. >> we are. we saved the rain for her, mike, right? >> just like old times, isn't it? >> i know. >> yeah, let's talk more about rain. you might want to download our app if you haven't yet. we do have scattered showers. before you head outside you may want to take a look at the app and see exactly where the showers are and where they're heading. the greatest concentration in alameda and contra costa county in the east bay and they are continuing to roll off towards the east but more developing over the water and those will roll in. that's why we have to be prepared for on and off wet weather today. a look at, again, the bay bridge toll plaza where we had puddles earlier.

the cars have thinned those out. temperatures today, let's talk about them, 54 to 57, very mild this morning. widespread showers. scattered showers, noon through 4:00. and then by 7:00 the chance will taper a little bit and move into the north bay, 55 to 59 degrees. all right, here she is with all your traffic needs. >> there's a lot of traffic out there and i'll start off with a live shot. we've been tracking 101 in san rafael this past hour. it has been cleared but you can see the backup remains, southbound traffic jammed from lucas valley just towards lincoln and also i want to show you another live shot, and i have to head back to my computer, run over here. i've been keeping track of so many accidents that i have not actually put the right one on the screen. i'm sorry about that, folks. here is a live look and right now we'll head to the traffic maps of where all the accidents are and westbound 4 at mcewen, the crash has been slowing things down out of martinez,

traffic is jammed there. also an earlier crash southbound 280 near 92. luckily no major injuries and northbound 87 another hot spot at 280 in san jose because of an accident. 101 might be a better alternate there. still tracking breaking news here at the live desk. look at this video a short time ago, a home on fire in gilroy this morning. this is broadway near church. if you're familiar with the area. fire reported around 2:00 this morning although it's really been taking firefighters quite some time to get everything squared away there. in fact, at last check firefighters were still working on protecting some of those nearby homes. they were worried some of the flames could spread. unclear if anyone was inside the home at the time when the fire began. our team still working on getting more information for you. i will let you know as soon as

we have that update. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. a $25,000 reward is being offered for the capture of two inmates still on the run. >> they escaped from the courthouse. tiffany wilson is live outside of that courthouse. good morning, tiffany. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. this morning authorities know how the two men escaped but they still don't know where they are and that is why they're asking for the public's help and offering a five figure reward to encourage someone to come forward. monday morning they used a smuggled handcuff key to get out of their restraints and then they ran through an emergency exit to a waiting getaway car. two accomplices have been arrested but the manhunt is still on. the santa clara county sheriff says the $25,000 reward is a powerful incentive. >> it has been successful in the past. it's funny, sometimes money is a motivator to get people to call where maybe they wouldn't have called in the past. it just gives them that extra

nudge. >> reporter: the men face long prison sentences for armed robbery. they're accused of stealing more than $64,000 worth of cell phones from a verizon store in sunnyvale. authorities say they are dangerous. if you see them or know where they are, call police. again, you could get $25,000 if your tip leads to their capture. live in palo alto, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. thank you, tiffany. happening today a new round of tests will look for lead in the drinking water at observing's public schools. this follows lead being found during another series of tests in august and that prompted the replace many of some faucets. about 70 schools have been tested. we have a list of all the results and you can find more at abc7news.com. some new details in a discrimination lawsuit against san francisco state university a. federal judge plans to drop it. he ruled a group of jewish students failed to show intent. the lawsuit claimed the school knowingly fostered discrimination and a hostile environment for jewish students.

the judge will, however, allow the students to amend the suit but the case must be, quote, lean and clear. the murder trial of the man accused of killing kate steinle continues this morning. a firearms expert testified that firing a single shot is most likely an indication of an unintentional discharge. the reason the expert said that is someone with a motive or intention typically ends up firing multiple shots. only one shot was fired from the gun used to kill kate steinle. the suspect says it was an accident. >> particularly when you have someone who is untrained, when you see a single shot, and as is the case here you have a long-distance shot and a ricochet. >> the expert was brought in by the defense and paid $250 an hour to testify. kate steinle was strolling along san francisco's pier 14 with her father. she was shot two years ago. senator dianne feinstein and her democratic colleagues introduced a bill yesterday to

take action on assault weapons. the assault weapons ban of 2017 prohibits assault weapons, high capacity ammunition magazines and bump stocks. feinstein says more than 700 people have died in mass shootings over the last 30 years. we have new information about a criminal organization targeting wildfire victims. fema benefits belonging to thousands of wildfire victims. one veterinarian was among the first to realize she was not only a victim of the fire but also of fraud. her north town animal hospital in santa rosa burned to the ground in the wildfire and when she filed for disaster aid, she was told someone used her social security number to claim her benefits. that put her claim and the animal hospital at risk. >> the uncertainty and the unknowing is very difficult. it's like where is the practice going to end up being? where is the fema money going to end up going? is there anything else? >> with thousands of fire victims caught in the same scam, 7 on your side asked fema to help them get on track for aid.

now fema says it's locked thousands of fraudulent claims and promise to contact the real victims so they can file soon. new at 6:00, a new move to further protect pedestrians in san francisco. according to "the examiner" mayor ed lee has created a vision zero rapid response team following pressure over pedestrian deaths. you may remember vision zero's goal is to eliminate pedestrian deaths within the city. now whenever there's an accident team members will go to the scene and identify immediate improvements needed. san francisco's castro district has some new artwork. how does honoring late supervisor harvey milk. one-on-one with joe biden. what the former vice president is revealing to

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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. let's go street level with live doppler 7. a shower moving to the east right along highway 37. so expect some puddles to develop there. we have another good chance of puddles developing on 680 between concord and caught way down to walnut creek. temperatures mid to upper 50s. that southerly breeze will keep us mild today. and humid.

scattered showers in the forecast. temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to even 60 in san francisco and alameda. the san mateo bridge on the bay today breezy and choppy. small craft advisory. random showers in our beaches and exercising if you can dodge the showers it's going to be mild but humid compared to normal. >> take your time this morning. there have been so many accidents out there. we'll head to the south bay where northbound is jammed because of a crash approaching 280. a new accident just reported as well. southbound 280 on the peninsula, there's an overturn crash possibly still in the left lane. traffic is still flowing well. an earlier accident has cleared and traffic is recovering right now. thanks, frances. your utility bill could be going up. why pg&e wants to raise your rates.

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one of the many industries hit hard by the north bay fires, cannabis. damage to marijuana crops has

now topped $60 million. the california growers association says the fires hit at the worst possible time. growers were in the middle of the harvest season and were preparing for the recreational marijuana boom with legal sales opening on january 1st. growers were expected to start replanting again in the spring after our rainy season. trip adviser will identify hotels where sexual assaults have occurred. this comes after some intense public backlash. so take a look. you'll see the warning at the top of the screen in red here. and that will stay up for three months unless another incident is reported. the decision to remove it will be made by an employee committee. this change is being made after a report by the milwaukee journal. a woman said trip adviser repeatedly deleted her post. she was trying to warn others she was raped by a security guard in 2010. trip adviser apologized saying previous policy only allowed family friendly language. >> your pg&e bill could be going up again. a judge recommended they be allowed to raise electric rates. now you'll only pay about 5

cents more per bill. that rate hike would raise $200 million to fund pg&e's planned closure of the diablo canyon nuclear power plant that is scheduled to close by 2025. the rate hike still needs to be approved by the california public utilities commission. just in this morning, this is a brand-new revealing interview with former vice president joe biden. he opened up to oprah in an exclusive one-on-one about his decision not to run in 2016. biden's candid responses sound more and more like someone who may still want to run. >> i have a regret that i am not president because i think there's so much opportunity. i think america is so incredibly well positioned. >> next week wyden's book goes on sale. it's about balancing his son's death, politics, and family. his interview with oprah airs

this coming sunday. but ahead on "good morning america" this morning you can hear what biden says are the two questions a man or woman should be able to answer before deciding to run for president and that starts right here on abc 7 at 7:00 this morning. >> jessica, thank you. the sky is a little bit brightener san francisco's castro district after a big celebration. two light installations honoring harvey milk beam over the plaza named after him. >> last night a crowd marked the 40th anniversary of milk winning a seat on the board of supervisors. he became california's first openly gay elected official. harley's halo is a collection of rainbow lights shooting into the sky and a neon sign is also on display immortalizing the words of milk, hope will never be sile silent. >> it's meant to be something that rises up and helps californians and san franciscans reconfirm our commitment to equality. >> the neon sign is now a permanent addition. harvey's halo will shine above

the castro for the next two weekends. >> i love what you said earlier, though, it should be permanent. let's make this happen. >> they are making a whole tribute that is going to be permanent to change the landscape there by the muni station. eventually there is going to be a bigger tribute to him. >> let's hope that stays with it, too, those lights. that's fantastic. you look up, hope. always have hope. that's great. let's talk about the hope for more rain out there possibly. if you aren't driving in it. oh, my goodness. look at the rainfall in walnut creek. it's half an inch but you probably focused on the traffic there and we'll talk to frances more about that as she's feverishly banging the keyboard over there trying to get more of these accidents in. scattered showers today and tomorrow. dry during the day this weekend and weak storms for next weekend. for highs today, about 63 to 68 degrees. we'll be 62 at half moon bay and about 60 around clear lake and ukiah. for tonight it's going to be another mild night.

temperatures 50 to 55 degrees. there's green on the afternoon map and green on the lows map. that means we're not getting out of this moist flow anytime soon. so even though we're transitioning from steadier rain to scattered showers, the chances will linger through tomorrow evening. alameda, observing, foothill boulevard all the way up to 580 and 13. just down the road where 580 and 280 come together and head through the dublin grade to san ramone, you have some wet weather there. look for more slick spots and you can see just scattered showers just about everywhere. more lining up off the coast. what we're looking at from 7:00 until the end of the commute and up to noon, everything will transition more to the north bay. and that's where we'll have the best chance. there could be a random shower elsewhere. as we head to 7:00 still in the north bay our best chance for widespread showers and then overnight look at this. we have one more chunk of energy that comes through and brings us all a chance to get wet during

the morning commute tomorrow. so another tough commute. the evening commute will be easier. the morning commute will be tougher than the evening commute tomorrow. and then the monday morning commute is going to be tough once again. another chance of showers rolls in sunday night. all right, frances. >> all right, mike. emergency crews heading yet to another overturned crash. this is in the south bay, southbound 280. we'll keep you posted on that. there's a new accident reported in millbrae and another in oakland north 880 at davis. so lots of accidents keep popping up. here's a live shot at the bay bridge toll plaza where we see the normal backup which is backed up into the maze right now so a good 20-minute wait right there. south 101 still recovering through san rafael because of an earlier multicar crash. traffic is backed up. and check out all the slow rides because of earlier accidents as well westbound 4 antioch to hercules, 56 minutes because of an injury crash in martinez. northbound 87 still slow because of an accident at 280.

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the abc 7 news app. download it now. back now at 6:23 in the morning. taking a live lock at lake tahoe. look at that. the fresh snow just coming down hard this morning. we already have one resort open, a second resort opening this morning and more on the way expected next week. it is time to ask finney, and today marissa has a question about real estate. >> i was curious to know the best time of year to sell a family home. so when is it that families are most likely to buy a home? i know that fall and the spring are big times but maybe of those two what would be the most popular time of the year to sell a family home in marin county? thank you. >> it's a great question. thanks for asking it. and the simple answer is spring. people want to buy a home then so they can move when the kids get out of school in the summer.

however, that doesn't always hold true. here in the bay area this is a neighborhood by neighborhood by neighborhood thing. you have to do your research and talk with real estate professionals. here in california it does appear that the time of year means nothing. but maybe in the neighborhood you're looking at. good luck and thanks for your question. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone or tablet, share it with us on social media. new this morning curbside pickup at nordstrom's. >> the upscale department store chain is offering the new perk just in time for the holiday shopping season. curbside pickup will be available at ten stores starting december 16th, and that includes the nordstrom at westfield valley fair in san jose. the service will be available around clock. around the clock. >> wow. >> customers can buy an item on line and an employees will meet you on package. >> does that mean they have to

staff it around the clock? at least have one person? i want to know more. >> so do i. the next story is a head scratcher. a restaurant in san francisco is shutting down because, are you ready for this, it's too busy. >> maybe shutting down is a little strong. we're talking about seed and salt, the vegan gluten and dairy free spot. last month was the most profitable month to date. the owner mo clancy says the unprecedented growth has produced logistical nightmares for the team. she needs a three-month hiatus to figure out an expansion plan. seed and salt will be closing november 28th. hopefully it will be back open. >> interesting business plan. first uc berkeley and now a controversial speaker coming to stanford. >> also, making progress. this drone video showing a small but important step as the north bay rebuilds. plus, do you feel safe at the airport? an alarming new report this morning about the tsa and how

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doppler 7 now showing that green, the rain moving out of the bay area. but overnight light showers. as you head out the door you'll notice slick roads from the north bay to the south bay and some roads that just aren't moving at all. >> we have a team to get you through. welcome to thursday, november 9th. alexis on maternity leave. frances is holding down the fort. >> trying to. >> are we seeing most of that rain out of here? >> the steadier rain. a chance of scattered showers and raining in many areas. let's take you down to the santa cruz mountains where some areas have had 1 to 2 inches of rain. some is spilling out in places like milpitas and over to santa clara. expect ponding there and you can see heading to novato, marin, san rafael and petaluma, another round of wet weather about to hit 101. 65 minutes, that's how much -- or how many minutes the delays are averaging at sfo right now. it's a very mild southerly flow.

54 to 57. scattered showers the rest of the day. 60 to 65. the chance will taper by 7:00. our best chance in the north bay, 55 to 59. more on the chances of showers in the forecast coming up. here's frances. a new accident in the east bay, 580 to seminary. didn't even have time to make a map. a few hot spots in the north bay. 87 to 280 a crash that's been there for a while. traffic is very slow on northbound 87. also, there was an injury overturn crash reported southbound 280. but what's actually slowing is the northbound direction and here's a live shot. you can see traffic there slowing. 17 right now a little slick through the santa cruz mountains. so be extra careful on your drive to work. thanks, frances. we haven't had to deal with this much rain in a while, so be ready for that slow commute. amy hollyfield live for us

in san rafael. >> reporter: the chp is bouncing from call to call. we heard about a fender-bender at lincoln and 101. they got it cleared out of the way. they're clearing them pretty quickly. there was a fatal accident overnight and that caused big problems. a big rig crashed and then caught fire. one person died on northbound 101 at san pedro. they had to close all of the northbound lanes all night long and even some of the southbound lanes. it all reopened at 3:30 this morning so your commute should be okay. it looks good from our vantage point. right now traffic is moving here on highway 101 especially southbound into the city. that's always good to see. we're getting a break in the rain right now but we got a lot of rain last night so the roads are wet this morning so the chp is asking everyone to drive carefully. don't wake up and assume the situation is the same as it was all week. a little different out there today.

be sure and ajult. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. new this morning in the east bay a car into a home in san leandro. police say the car plowed right into the kids' bedroom. somehow everyone is okay. this is on the corner of 150th avenue. police say right now it does not appear the driver was impaired. they think the crash could have been due to wet roads or perhaps the car equipment failed. in the north bay a great sign of progress following last month's devastating fires that wiped out entire neighborhoods. >> the office of emergency services post this had drone video on facebook yesterday and you can see the first home in santa rosa's coffey park neighborhood to be cleared of fire debris. the post says the homeowners signed their right of entry form which allows crews into their private property. the deadline for owners to turn in right of entry is less than a week away. about 1,000 homes were destroyed by the tubbs fire. >> metallica, dave matthews and

j-easy will take the stage to raise money for fire victims. proceeds will go to the tipping point community which has set up an emergency relief fund. 7,000 tickets are being provided for free to first responders and fire victims. the band together bay area concert starts at 6:00. if you can't make the concert, you can watch the entire thing on a live stream which will be on our website, abc7news.com. if you want to help the fire relief effort you can do so directly by donating to the red cross. it is redcross.org/abc. just in, president trump saluted the, quote, growing friendship between the u.s. and china. it happened at the state dinner. look at this. we just got these new images, this new video coming in to our live desk. the dinner was held in beijing. president trump toasted chinese president xi jinping saying bonds will grow stronger and stronger. earlier this morning the president said he does not blame china for the u.s. trade

imbalance and adding who can blame a country for taking advantage of another country? i do want to talk to you about a tweet sent out this morning by president trump. he said just seconds ago that in the coming months and the years ahead, quote, i look forward to building an even stronger relationship between the united pstates and china. so that just came out a few seconds ago. back to you. >> thanks for bringing that to us. happening today funeral services will be held for three young friends killed in a car crash on halloween night. those who knew them say ricardo torres being andrew gonzales, and matthew cruz shared a deep bond. torres and gonzales were both part of the menlo park fire district explorer program. cruz's father works for the district. they died after their car crashed off skyline boulevard on october 31st. funeral services will begin at 1:30 at the church of the nativity in menlo park. happening today the state board of education will consider rejecting new textbooks that do

not detail the sexual orientation of historical figures. a coalition for lgbt rights groups proposed history and social science textbooks for middle schools. the textbooks are the first to be considered for approval following the passage of the 2011 fair education act that calls on public schools to include more lessons about the lgbt community. new this morning oakland school leaders say they need to cut $15 million from budget to rebuild its financial reserves. according to our media partner the bay area news group the district is falling short of meeting state mandates. in july the school board cut $22.5 million from the more than half a billion budget. the board voted to decide where it will make cuts at next month's meeting. and from our live desk this morning some alarming failures in airport security. new loopholes in checkpoints have been uncovered by the department of homeland security

and just ahead of the busy holiday travel season. abc news reporter janai norman is live with more details. janai? >> reporter: jessica, this is a startling report that some congress members are calling disturbing. inspectors finding security checkpoint measures failed more than half the time. from laptop bombs and terrorist threats remain high and now inspectors finding vulnerabilities in the tsa screening meant to thwart those dangers. >> vulnerabilities every member at the briefing found disturbing. >> reporter: looked at checkpoints finding that screeners, their equipment, or their procedures failed more than half the time in detecting items smuggled through. that's better than two years ago. when abc news asked if the new failure rate was as high as 80%, a source familiar said you're in the ballpark. >> this agency you run is broken

badly. >> reporter: one congressman questioned whether critical fund that go could close the security gaps was being siphoned away from the tsa. >> we have the technology and resources to do it. we're not doing it because of funding. >> reporter: the same week a man breached security at an airport in miami and a man out of a phoenix airport made it past security and onto a plane with a ticket with someone else's name on it. so far eight recommendations have been made aimed at improving checkpoint security. reporting live from washington, janai norman, abc 7 news. on and off showers, that's what we're going to have over the next couple of days. and you can see what's going on with our storm impact scale today through tomorrow. those scattered showers up to a third of an inch. and some light breezes. that's going to be the case. so the damaging breezes we could have had are already out of here. we'll get the greatest amount of rain in the north bay. the rest of us less than a tenth of an inch of rain. a look at the peninsula.

on 280, san carlos and belmont, hallmark drive, dealing with wet weather. pulling away from the east bay and moving across the hills and into the san ramone valley another shower that does extend back to berkeley. let's take a look at our temperatures on the peninsula. 57 to about 60 degrees right now. and we're pretty much in the upper 50s to near 60. cooler in santa rosa at 53. a look at san jose, 280 at 17, .04 of an inch of rain there. conditions more so this morning than this afternoon. mass transit, showers possible all through the day and small craft advisories so it's going to be a little tricky on the water today. 65 in sacramento to about 47 in tahoe where you can see it is snowing right now and another chance of snow coming monday. hi, frances. >> good morning, everyone. give yourself extra time. there are so many accidents and you want to avoid being one of them. some problems on westbound 580. lake shore avenue.

traffic westbound approaching the scene. eastbound 580 is a bigger accident but eastbound 580 not so many folks heading that way so traffic is light in both directions and that one at seminary also a few hot spots in the south bay. northbound 87 at 280, an earlier accident blocking lanes. traffic is jammed. 9 miles per hour, a crawl. also southbound 280 at meridian. a crash there. what's affected is northbound 280, traffic is slow. and also another accident reported northbound 101 in millbrae. traffic is recovering a little bit. the yellow there still but it was red. 280 better. at 92 it's been cleared. avoid being one of those fender benders and we've had quite a few overturn crashes as well. hi, everyone. i want to show you that breaking news coming in to our newsroom now. this is a live look from sky 7 at san jose where we do have

what appears to be an apartment fire that is happening right now. let me tell you where this is. it's at johnsonville card and velasco drive. i've counted at least six trucks out there and you see they have that ladder truck up pouring water from above but also looks like some ground crews there spraying water on what appears to be a two-story condo or apartment building. it does look like the fire is coming from the downstairs unit. there's a really large tree there that looks like it may have caught on fire. we are working to get better information for you. we have a crew on the way and our newsroom on the phone trying to figure out if perhaps anyone was inside the unit. we will let you know as soon as we get additional details. back to you. kevin spacey being erased from a movie he already shot. the plans to replace him weeks before the debut. walmart gearing up for the holiday shopping season. how early you'll be able to cash in on their deals.

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the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level one. that means light rain. so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc 7 news app.

download it now. welcome back. i want to show you that really bizarre chase that happened on the southern california freeway this morning involved this large rv. it happened in san diego. highway patrol was actually chasing the rvt. all started in pacific beach. the rv has arkansas plates and they actually put down spike strips. do you see that wheel there? at one point the rv was going along the freeway with sparks flying because it was without tires. the driver pulled over, refused to get out, though, and at one point chp had their guns drawn, surrounding that rv. eventually all ended peacefully. the driver and a passenger, a female, were both arrested. back to you. a $25,000 reward now being hovered for the capture of two escaped jail inmates. they ran from court in palo alto on monday. both face long sentences in an armed robbery case.

santa clara county deputies think they smug nld a handcuff key to unlock restraints. two people have been arrested, accused of helping them. in new york city trying to determine if a 3-year-old boy's death was caused by a food allergy. they say little elijah was fed a grilled cheese sand waj by an adult at the pre-k even though they knew he had a severe allergy to dairy. he was taken to the emergency room where he died. the preschool has been closed while the health department investigates what happened. kevin spacey is being edited out of an upcoming movie ready to hit theaters. christopher plummer will replace spacey in the film called "all the money in the world." it's still set for release on december 22nd. spacey faces new accusations of sexual harassment. a woman came forward claiming last year the actor groped her 18-year-old son in massachusetts. the california naacp is taking its support of former

49ers qb colin kaepernick a step further now. the group is urging state and federal lawmakers to remove the song as our national anthem altogether. california's naacp president says the anthem is pro-slavery and anti-african-american because of a lesser known third verse that says, quote, no refuge could save the hireling and slave. >> we've been remiss not to look at the entire song, and i must tell you i was just as blind as everybody else because until kaepernick took his knee, none of us looked at the national anthem. we sang it rotely. we were taught to sing the first stanza and that was that. >> it's not even part of the song we currently sing today. so all of this is really much ado about nothing. >> the naacp is lobbying state lawmakers to encourage congress to rescind the national anthem when the legislature reconvenes in january. 6:47 now. and on the heels of violent protests at uc berkeley over conservative speakers, stanford college republicans are hosting

a controversial guest of their own, author robert spencer. depending on who you ask spencer is either a religious scholar or islamaphobe. he was invited to add, quote, a sorely needed perspective to an important conversation about our international security. students feel -- rather, students' fees will partially fund the event and this has upset some students. they're now circulating a petition against that speaker. i want to get back to that breaking news happening right now in san jose. what we now know is a town home on fire in san jose as sky 7 had the live look out there zooming in to the yarea in question. this is don seville court in san jose. you can see smoke coming out of the unit but a lot less than we saw a few moments ago so it looks like firefighters are able to get a handle on this. you can also see firefighters on the roof of this town home building.

excuse me, they're on the other side but we do have ground crews and that ladder truck spraying the unit from above as well. you do see a little bit of smoke still coming out of the area. tiffany wilson is heading out to the scene and will have updates on the abc 7 news app. jessica, thank you. on to your morning money report, walmart is the latest retailer to announce it will be offering black friday deals early. >> some offers will be ready to go online at 12:01 thanksgiving morning. stores will be open all day on the holiday with black friday deals beginning at 6:00 p.m. walmart is adding a color coded map of store departments to its circulars to find items. >> if you need extra cash for the holidays make your way to richmond this morning where amazon is holding their hiring event. its goal is to fill 800 seasonal

positions. today's event will be held at the courtyard marriott. if you can't make it today there are two more events tomorrow at hyatt house in san jose and the doubletree in newark. jennifer aniston is returning to tv. the "friends" actress will star andce a behind-the-scenes drama series about, what do you know, a tv morning news program. teaming up with aniston on the project will be fellow actress reese witherspoon. apple says it has ordered two seasons but hasn't announced the title, release or how it will be distributed. we'll keep watching that. >> it's a good idea. >> i know! moving on, the 51st annual cma awards is now in the books. >> and one of the most talked about moments is garth brooks' performance. >> yeah. he wasn't singing. he was lip-synching. and after you watched this clip you won't have to ask us how do you know for sure. you know for sure. ♪

>> oh, no. >> you can just achieve it in your bathroom mirror. that's how i got good at it. anyway, he says that he was sick and so he at the last minute decided to lip-synch. >> brooks ended up walking away with one of the biggest awards of the night, entertainer of the year. he deserves it. he's been around for so long and usually he doesn't lip-synch. >> he's just not a lip-syncher. >> exactly. >> britney could teach him lessons. >> terrible. all the britney fans are coming for you. >> she lip-synchs her entire concert. >> true. >> that's just a fact. >> never been to one. >> i love her, by the way. >> hi, everybody. 0.2 of an inch of rain fell in san francisco. looking down the embarcadero to the bay bridge, partly sunny.

scattered showers today and tomorrow. a better chance tonight and ex tended a couple more chances. very light storms. temperatures around 63 to 68 for most of us today from san francisco down to san jose. maybe cooler at the coast. low 60s and near 60 up around ukiah and clear lake. to at&t park, band together. a benefit concert for the north bay fire relief i believe will be dry. it will be humid. maybe damp. 57 to 55 degrees so dress accordingly. here is a look at tonight's temperatures. 50 to about 55 degrees for most of us. upper 40s in livermore. berkeley, a shower heading all the way up through the campus there. we've also got some light showers around winchester boulevard heading up to campbell, around cupertino, sunnyvale and santa clara. we can't shake the wet weather this morning. in fact, this low is going to sit here and spin and it's going to stay to the north which means our best chance of showers will be across the north bay after

the morning commute and through the evening commute. but during the morning commute tomorrow those showers will extend back down to the south bay and all of us could be dealing with wet weather and hopefully not as many accidents as this morning. we'll have another chance monday morning with wet weather, too. frances? mike, if your commute is normally slow, plan on it being extra slow this morning. here's a map of all the accidents around the bay area. you can see lots of hot spots. the newest accident is in san francisco on the south 101 extension. it is blocking lanes so traffic is heavy on south 101 even as you come off the bay bridge into san francisco. westbound 80 sluggish as well through emeryville with an earlier accident cleared. you'll find m

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6:55. if you're joining us or heading out the door the seven things to know. break news, sky 7 is live in south san jose where a townhouse caught fire this morning. this is on don seville court near velasco drive. >> number two, the steady rain is over. we're transitioning to showers that will be scattered throughout the forecast the next 24 to 36 hours. we're going to have a moist, southerly flow. anytime today you may need an umbrella. >> and that moist flow has caused lots of accidents this morning. number three, it's a slow ride out there. a few hot spots in san jose, northbound 87 approaching 280 because of an earlier crash and

northbound 280 has been jammed although it's been southbound 280 where the crash is at meridian so, hey, if you want to avoid that take mass transit. number four, all lanes back open on highway 101 in san rafael following a fatal crash. a big rig crashed into the center divide and caught fire just after 10:00 last night. number five, president trump attended a state diner in beijing today and earlier says he doesn't blame china for the u.s. trade imballading who can blame a country for taking advantage of another country? >> metallica, dave matthews and g-easy will be taking the stage at at&t park raising money for fire victims. number seven, just in time for the busy holiday shopping season nordstrom offering curbside pickup in select stores. all you have to do is order online. >> available 24 hours a day. >> i can't wrap my mind around that part. >> yeah. you can go at 2:00 in the morning and pick up whatever you ordered. >> before your dog walk. >> that's right.

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good morning, america. winter weather warning. an arctic blast hitting right now bringing bitter cold and snow from the midwest to the northeast. icy roads sparking dangerous accidents. and now temperatures on the verge of plummeting below zero. up to a foot of snow in the forecast. new overnight, president trump applauded in china after a big about-face. >> i don't blame china. >> he no longer blames china for taking advantage of the u.s. as former vice president joe biden speaks out about the president. an exclusive look at his revealing new interview and his fears about hillary clinton's stop at nothing campaign. this morning, dramatic allegations against kevin spacey are growing. a former news anchor sharing her emotional story. >> actor kevin spacey sexually assaulted my son.