friday before, now has the honor of being the busiest travel day of the year. >> we decided to get here a little early today. >> reporter: staci was worried her 12-year-old son vincent was going to miss his flight. >> i expected heavy crowd because of the thanksgiving holiday but i thought four hours would be sufficient, so i'm shocked. yeah, i'm disappointed that he might miss his flight. >> reporter: it wasn't looking good for them. the line for security stretched far beyond the ropes. this was after getting through the crowded ticket counter lines. she reported back to us they got through security after a 25-minute wait and we are happy to report vincent made it to his gate on time. airport officials say they

noticed this trend a few years ago. they think it's because schools now take the whole week off. more than 45 million people are expected to drive to their destinations. but that's more likely to happen next week. here's a live look at some of the traffic in the bay area. it really varies. on the left, interstate 680 in walnut creek looking okay. in the middle the skyway, that's already looking busy. highway 101 on the right in san jose near the airport just a little slow heading in the airport direction, but not too bad. traffic could get a bit dpi dicey if you're on your way to the mountains this weekend. heavenly mountain resort, 2.5 feet of snow have fallen since wednesday. kirkwood is aiming to open on monday. we want to check in with

spencer christian. >> it's not snow right now, but there's lots of snow on the ground. we have clear and calm conditions in the bay area right now. no flight delays at the bay area's three major airports. philadelphia has 30-minute delays and newark has 60-minute delays. back to weather here in the bay area. 24 hour temperature change map shows that most locations right now are three to five degrees warmer than they were at this hour yesterday. we've had a little bit of a warmup under sunny skies. here's the view from sutro tower. here's the view from emeriville looking west ward.

looks like we are going into a nice sunny weekend. i'll give you a complete look at the forecast leading up to thanksgiving in just a few minutes. whether you're traveling or staying home over the thanksgiving holiday, you can keep track of the forecast on the go with the abc 7 news accuweather app. developing news in oakland. a man and woman were rushed to the hospital after they were attacked by two pit bulls on 63rd eve near brancroft. the victims suffered deep puncture wounds. the woman said two pit bulls began attacking her dog. that dog was killed. a man tried to ward the pit bulls off and he was bitten as well. a man who escaped from a psych ward in hawaii and came through the bay area before

being arrested in stockton made his first court appearance today. randall saito broke out of a mental hospital on sunday, then chartered a flight to maui. today he told a judge he did not want to go back to hawaii. no decision has been made on extradition. he'll be back in court on the 27th for another hearing. on monday closing arguments will begin in the murder trial for the man accused of killing kate steinly. earlier this week a judge ruled that jurors will be allowed to consider a first down murder charge as well as second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. president trump is taking democrats to task over their opposition to the tax reform plan being debated on capitol hill. in a predawn tweet today, mr.

trump wrote, if democrats were not such obstructionists and understood the power of lower taxes, we would be able to get many of their ideas into bill. democrats counter by saying they've been left entirely out of the process, unlike the last major tax overhaul in 1986. that was a bipartisan effort. emotions on the issue are running high as you can see by this heated exchange last night. >> i really resent anybody saying that i'm just doing this for the rich. give me a break. >> well mr. chairman -- with all due respect, i get sick and tired of the -- >> regular order, mr. chairman. regular order! >> order! >> regular order! >> and over and over again -- how many times do we do this before we learn -- >> last night the senate's plan won approval from the senate finance committee hours after the house approved its version of the bill. san francisco commuters took

their first rides today on muni's light trains. >> now you're going to have cleaner, more reliable. it goes from kind of an average of five years before major maintenance to some 49 years. >> muni will eventually have more than 250 of these cars. tomorrow's a big day for drivers to use one particular road in the east bay. crews will be taking down the road closed signs on morgan territory road in clayton at 5:00 tomorrow night. the two-lane road suffered considerable damage from the

storms last winter and has been closed for months. in fact, for a time this road was slipping up to a foot per day. repair work began in july. two young boys killed and their mother critically injured. the investigation into a deadly crash in l.a. that involved a sheriff's department vehicle. plus, with the growing sex scandals in washington, old misconduct accusations against president trump are now back in the spotlight. . >> reporter: i'm michael finney live. we have consumer questions or concerns, drop by, tell us what th

it appears walmart is ready to give tesla's new truck a try. the retail giant has preordinerd 15 of the new riggs. walmal the all electric truck can go 0-60 in just five seconds unloaded. twice as fast as a standard diesel drug -- truck. >> aalso unveil add new roadster which is pretty cool. san francisco international opened tomorrow. the world's major auto makers will display new cars, trucks, suvs and more. the director kevin diamond is here. what's the vehicle you're most excited about? >> i think the most exciting

thing is that we have the 2018 model vehicles from 35 of the world's major manufacturers. in looking at the cars coming in today, there's the m the mc exotic sports cars. really this is an opportunity to see the 2018 model vehicles from 35 manufacturers all in one place at one time. you can do your comparison shopping. they can't sell the car off the floor. so you get all the information without high pressure sales. >> you were telling me you do have test drives available. i'm assuming i can't take the la la lambo out for the test drive. >> no. mercedes benz will be there, jaguar, land rover, fca, fiat, dodge, chrysler. really, really fun stuff.

>> most exotic car on display? >> probably the pagani and the mc every display has something. we were talking earlier about electric cars and hybrid cars. we've got fuel cell cars.cars.c. toyota has brought theirs, honda that is brought theirs. we've got all the classic cars 1920 through -- and then we have a tuner hall where all the customized cars are. >> you've got the classics, the exotics, regular cars. pretty much a to z. tell everybody what the hours are. >> we open tomorrow.

it will be the first day of the show. that's the 18th. we run through the 26th. it's 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the weekends. 10:00 to 9:00 on the weekdays. it's only $10 for adults. children 10 and under free when accompanied by an adult. if you're in the market for a car, this is the place to go. if you're just looking for family entertainment at an affordable price, there is something for everyone. >> fun to come on down. thanks for coming in. appreciate it. >> thank you, again. i've taken the kids. they can spend hours trying out all the different cars. michael finney is out in san francisco today answering your consumer questions. how's the turnout? >> reporter: we're having a great time out out out out out

any time you're out here, you have a good time. come and join me. let me show you what we're up to. we have the 7 on your side popup here. we're taking any questions or concerns you have. we're solving a lot of problems just as we go along. this is a woman who watches us all the time. we'll get to that in just a second. if you drop by, we're going to give you some free chocolate as well. we're also checking to find any hidden money that you may have waiting for you that you don't know about. so far we have found about $500. drop by. we'll look it up. if you have money coming, your holidays will just be a little bit brighter. we're going to be here until 7:00. badly needed expansion at valley medical center in san

jose is finally set to open after years of delays and rising costs. the result is a state of the art facility, but the process was painful and contentious. >> reporter: the new six-story facility is outfitted with the kind of technology you'd expect for silicon valley. patient wills get ipads to access their medical records. the pharmacy operates with robotic devices. there's even a therapy pool with a built-in underwater treadmill. the pavilion was supposed to open in 2014. >> we go through a process like this, we do learn. we're here today and we have a hospital that people can be proud of. >> reporter: a dispute with a contractor grew so con ten rten that turner construction was

locked out because of delays and rising costs. there was also a worker injured by an explosion in an underground vault. as changes or additions came, the price kept rising. the dispute was resolved and turner finished the job, but the delays added 90 mlg$90 million cost. >> doesn't have a final outcome financially until you're done with all the change orders. so we're not going to do that anymore. >> reporter: so after a three-year delay, the new pavilion will finally be open to patients in about two weeks with a formal ribbon cutting on december 2nd. the rain has come and gone. looks like a nice weekend as we start ramping up towards thanksgiving. >> ramping up and temperatures will be dropping down in the morning hours.

here's a look at live doppler 7. we have sunny skies all across the bay area right now. we're looking at temperature readings of 59 degrees in san francisco and at half moon bay. pretty much low 60s just about everywhere else. a little cooler in the inland valleys with temperatures in the upper 50s. beautiful view of the western sky from our east bay hills camera. we'll have a bright and brisk weekend coming our way. next rain arrives monday morning. then we have a warmer pattern leading into thanksgiving. overnight skies will be mainly clear. we could see a patch or two of fog in the valleys. lows will drop into the mid 30s in the north bay valleys. lows in the mid 40s around the bay. let's take a look at the seven day forecast for morning lows in santa rosa where the average morning low this time of year is about 40 degrees. next two mornings, mid 30s.

the temperature bounces back up to about 47 as a low monday morning. then mind morning lows going into the middle of next week heading into thanksgiving. that's reflective of the overall temperature pattern for the entire bay area. tomorrow, sunny skies. high temperatures range from upper 50s at the coast to low 60s right around the bay. low to mid 60s in palo alto. up in the nsorth bay, a high of 63 expected at santa rosa. tomorrow cal cross stanford, 5:00 p.m. game time, cool with temperatures in the upper 50s, a pleasant even for football. chan virtually no chances of rain this weekend. monday we have our next storm coming in, ranking a one on the storm impact scale. zero chances after monday.

the storm ranks 1, a storm of light intensity, producing mainly light showers. most bay area locations will receive under a half inch of rain from this storm. there will be low impact in the burn scar areas. early monday morning a wave of light rain coming in. by the midday hours, looks like virtually all of the bay area will receive some showers. we get through our sunny and dry weekend, we get the light showers on monday. tuesday there's just a lingering chance of a morning shower, but clouds hang around for much of the day. look how warm it's going to be on wednesday, mid 70s inland. 70 degrees around the bay. mild thanksgiving day as well, low 70s inland, 70 around the bay. temperatures drop off a little bit at the end of next week. >> it's lovely. perfect for tailgating. >> i know somebody who's going

to that tomorrow. >> who? go bears. >> 16-point underdogs to stanford. coming up, another holiday star embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal. some residents are still missing after a massive fire at a senior living facility in pennsylvania. at 4:20 -- goodness -- this is a look at the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is all backed up. one more shot. let's take a look at the situation on the san mateo bridge. some people, not us, already starting their thanksgiving plans early

in new york city, more than 200 firefihters are battling a major fire on the west side of upper manhattan. a five alarm inferno started four hours ago. you see the flames pouring out of the top of the building. this is a six story building, has stores on the first floor, apartments on the other five floors. the wind is making it really tough to get these flames under control. two firefighters have suffered minor injuries. a massive five alarm fire destroyed a pennsylvania senior living facility last night. at least 30 people were injured and now officials say some residents are still missing. the fire at barkley friends senior living community in westchester broke out around 11:00 p.m., brought under control around 1:30 this morning. fire officials say much of the burned building is too unstable. atf agents won't be able to go inside until tomorrow. it's unclear how many people might be missing. >> not used to in westchester

dealing with this level of catastrophe. >> the fire is still burning in spots. we're still working the fire scene. we're still trying to account for everybody. >> temperatures were in the low 40s at the time of the fire. workers and neighbors helped rescue people and wrapped them up in blankets. still not clear what caused this fire. lawmakers from hurricane ravaged states say president trump's latest disaster request doesn't go far enough. it calls for $44 billion in aid for the states devastated by hurricanes. it's if preside will bring the r appropriation close to 10100101 billion. st stathe state of californ now a lieutenant against president trump in the transgender military ban.

the in a statement he added, in california we stand together against discrimination and inequality. pwe look forward to joining as co-plaintiff in this critically important lawsuit. the wife of senate candidate roy moore says her husband will not back out of the race. how she and two dozen other women in alabama are now defending him. also ahead -- >> to finally come to this beautiful moment with my family, it's absolutely amazing. >> a day years in the making for some families. the celebration in the south bay for national adoption day.

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this is causing all kinds of havoc traffic-wise. the chp reports that the driver of the truck may have been trapped inside at one point. we'll try to get you an update. you could see the spillage on the road there and that vehicle overturned. if we can zoom out here, traffic is backed up in both directions for a considerable distance. so this is going to create a real nightmare for people on 101 on both sides because the lanes have been shut down. we're going to keep following the breaking news. we'll bring you the updates on air and online as soon as they become available. here are the stories making headlines. this is predicted to be the busiest thanksgiving travel weekend in more than 10 years. thousands of people came through sfo this afternoon on what is now the airport's busiest travel day of the year. security lines have been extremely long at times. extra staff is on hand to handle the rush of passengers.

this is a picture of randall saito as he made his first court appearance in stockton after escaping from a mental facility in hawaii. world news tonight tweeted five new names president trump added to his list of potential future supreme court nominees. the list includes two women. president trump is weighing in on the latest sexual misconduct allegations about senator al franken but remaining silent about those against senate candidate roy moore. similar allegations against the president himself are back in the spotlight. >> some are asking whether the president is picking and choosing when to speak out against sexual misconduct. that, of course, has brought back the more than a dozen women who have made accusations against him. president trump is accused of playing politics with sexual misconduct. hours after accusations surfaced

against democratic senator al franken along with this picture showing franken reaching out at a woman's chest as she slept. the president tweeted the al frankenstein picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. and to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. >> should roy moore resign, mr. president? >> but the president has been largely silent as allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault involving teenage girls in the '70s have mounted against alabma republican senate candidate roy moore. and unlike many other republicans, mr. trump has not retracted his endorsement of moore. on fox news, kellyanne conway defended the differences in how trump has responded. >> the roy moore story is eight days old. the president put out a statement during his asia trip on that.

our press secretary spoke on behalf of the president by saying he believes the people of alabama will sort out what to do with roy moore and that election. >> president trump told reporters in asia that he would address the moore issue when he returned to the u.s. his move taking on franken, bring's ts the president's own troubles back to light. this now infamous access holiday tape. >> grab them by the -- >> accusations by more than ten women accusing president trump of sexual misconduct. >> total fabrication. all of these liars will be sued. >> president trump never sued any of his accusers, but now one of them is suing him in federal court for liable. >> the white house was asked whether they would think it's fair to investigate claims made by the accusers against president trump. what did they say? >> right. press secretary sarah sanders

said the american people basically made a decision about that when president trump was elected as president. she says the american people spoke loud and clear. and she says the difference between president trump and senator al franken is that senator franken has admitted to wrongdoing, president trump has not. alabama's republican governor said today she will vote for roy moore in next month's special election for the u.s. senate despite the sexual harassment allegations against moore. this came as moore's wife kayla and a group of women aggressively defended him outside of alabama state capitol today. moore supporters accused outlets of trying to block him. >> even after all the attacks against me, against my family, against the foundation and now against my husband, he will not step down.

>> moore faces accusations of sexual mission conduct towards teenage girls when he was in his 30s. a long time hillary clinton advisor is now blasting new york senator gillbrand for saying the president should have resigned over the monica lewinsky scandal. the atta >> yes. i thinks that is the appropriate response but i think things have changed today. i think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction. i think we should have a very different conversation about president trump and a very different conversation about allegations against him. >> gillibrand's commands came after she and jackie spear introduced legislation that would overhaul policies to

combat and report complaints of sexual harassment on capitol hill. for the first time the defense department has released a list showing the number of sexual assault reports taken at its installations from 2013-2016. topping the list is the naval station in norfolk, virginia, the navy's largest base. it's followed by the army's fort hood in texas. two california bases, san diego and camp pendleton ranked fifth and seventh. the pentagon says the numbers don't necessarily mean the reported sexual assaults occurred at those facilities. actor jeffrey tambor is denying sexual misconduct allegations being made against him by a costar on his critically acclaimed the actress who is transgender

is urging amazon to remove the problem and let the show go on. the allegation comes a week after tambor's assistant made similar allegations. the 73-year-old actor denies d those akizaticcusations as well two children were killed in an accident involving a patrol car. two deputies were racing to the scene of a shooting in the poil heig -- boyle heights section. five pedestrians were hit, including the two children, ages 7 and 9. their mother was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> we know the sheriff's vehicle struck five pedestrians who were on the southeast corner. >> a total of seven people were transported to hospitals. among them, were five who suffered minor police said an investigation into the accident was ongoing.

park kin s-- parkinson's disease has claimed another vict victim. parkinson's disease is not a fatal all tilment but people do from the condition, as did jackson's father. today 49ers wide receiver goodwin shared his feelings on the tragic loss of his stillborn son. the baby died prior to the 49ers game against the new york giants last sunday. maurkice decided to play in honor of his son. >> imagine having something that you want more than anything in the world and you get it and it's just stripped away from you. i would give my life up if i could have a boy.

that's the one thing i wanted more than anything in the world. >> he's gone! >> goodwin's wife morgan went into premature labor at 19 weeks last sundays morning. hours later goodwin scored on this 83-yard touchdown. he spent several seconds in the end zone overcome with emotion. the couple kept their loss private until after the game. only a few of goodwin's teammates knew what was going on with the family behind the scenes. we know the golden state warriors don't plan to visit the white house, but that's not keeping other sports teams away. >> up next, the college champions who were honored by president trump today. plus, here's one thief with pretty expensive taste. the bottles of wine he made off with by sneaking them out in his pants. we have a vintage weather forecast coming up. you can tell by the senate. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. back to our breaking news in san francisco. this is a crash involving a dump

truck on southbound highway 101 right near the cesar chavez exit. one lane has opened up on the northbound side. we put sky map 7 over the top. you can see both roads marked there. northbound starting to get the trickling of cars coming through, but southbound is going to be backed up for a long, long distance. we'll keep you

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the golden state warriors won't be visiting the white house this year, but championship teams in some oh sports aren't staying away. today president trump welcomed the university of md myufrt oun men's lacrosse team. the september the president trump tweeted the warriors were not welcome at the white house a day after steph curry said he would vote no if the team were invited to visit the white house. we have sunny skies all across the bay area right now. looks like a couple of more sunny days coming our way as well. overnight, mainly clear skies with a patch of fog or two. 40s around the bay. tomorrow's highs will range from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 60s near the bay and low to mid 60s generally in our inland areas.

as we look ahead to thanksgiving day, there goes the happy turkey. he's getting away. we're going to have mainly sunny skies through the day next thursday. at least that's the way things are shaping up right now. with high temperatures by late afternoon near 70 degrees. upper 60s around the bay next thursday,thanksgiving day. low 60s on the coast. after the sunsets, temperatures drop sharply and clouds will increase. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. sunny skies saturday and sunday, light showers on monday, clouds linger on tuesday. warmest day will be wednesday. by friday of next week we'll be looking at cloudier and cooler conditions all over again. >> tanning weather almost. >> you're right. >> that's what i like doing before i cook a turkey. thank you. new concerns about the impact of the north bay wildfires on the multibillion dollar wine industry. what people could be tasting for

years to come. >> reporter: i'm michael finney live. i want you to come by, bring a consumer question. we'll see if there's any money being

back to the breaking news in san francisco. sky 7 over an overturned dump truck on southbound highway 101 near the cesar chavez off

one lane is open southbound, two lanes open northbound. we're told the blockages in the lanes could last for at least a couple of hours. now we've just been told is at least one fatality. we'll continue to follow the breaking news as we continue this afternoon here on abc 7 news. the california wine industry is a multibillion dollar business that brings millions of tourists to the golden state. what if that all went up in smoke or because of smoke? it's one of the questins left behind by the north bay wildfires. wayne friedman explains the possible impact of all that smoke on those precious grapes. >> reporter: for vines, it's the season for a well-earned rest after the harvest. for wine makers, though, not so much. >> when you farm, you make a deal with god. whatever's handed down, there's no appeal. >> reporter: among growers and makers every year the question

is what. which leads us to this sonoma county laboratory far from the vines, the grapes, the barrels and tasting rooms. suffice it to say the instruments have extremely discriminating pallets. we actually burnt some vineyards and heft others sitting beneath heavy blankets of smoke. >> we worried that it got smoke taint and in two or three years time the wine will taste like bacon on ashtray or smokey. >> reporter: smoke taint is insidious. even an expert cannot taste it until too late in the process. but these experts could and did.

they examined countless samples with better than expected results. >> the impact of the smoke is not as strong as we were expecting so it's easy to deal with it and make it not smokey. >> reporter: they are tried and true methods that probably qualify under the heading too much information. maybe in a few years he'll impress you with that in his tasting rooms. for now, if you're a wine lover, 2017 has survived its trial by fire. 7 on your side's michael finney is out and about today answering your consumer questions. >> reporter: i'm doing great. i'm right next to ghiridelli chocolate. we're taking questions and concerns.

one of the things we've been doing is looking to see if anybody has any money being held by the government. so far we found about $500. carol showed up here and you had a problem related to this, right? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: what is it? >> i have been trying to claim unclaimed money that's on my account in my name and i've been getting the run around from the state of california telling me do this, do that. >> reporter: so you did everything we told you to do. you filled out all the paperwork and you still don't have your money? >> exactly. >> reporter: those cads. so we're going to take your paperwork and go get the money for you. >> it's about $328. >> reporter: who doesn't want that for the holidays? >> and then on top of that, we found an extra $2.76. >> reporter: we go for every dime here. thanks for hanging around. >> thank you so much.

>> reporter: so we'd like you to come down and join us. just drop by and say hello. we're going to be here until 7:00 tonight at ghirardelli square. it's always a party. if you can't make it out, you can record your 10-15 second question, share it on social media using the hashtag ask finney. you can also reach michael on his facebook page and through abc 7 news.com. there's a stolen pair of sneakers somewhere worth $6,000 and irvine police hope you can help find them. this is what a $6,000 pair of sneakers look like. they're a limited edition adidas sneakers designed by pharrell williams. police say this man and another stole the sneakers from a person who advertised them on craigs list. police in southern california are also looking for

a thief with exquisite taste in wine. this surveillance video of the october heist, the suspect grabs a bottle off the selhelf in a liquor store and works it down the front of his pants. police say he hit another liquor store the same day and took two more bottles. all told, the suspect swiped over $4,000 worth of wine. a special day for two dozen families in the south bay, celebrating finalized adoptions. in some cases, today was years in the making. new at 5:00, facebook, google and now this, how people are coming from all over the world to indulge their inner geek. plus, a local first, an ipo is getting a lot of attention for all the right reasons. also, how navigating the mean streets of san francisco was a little easier today. and the next step in

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you've been waiting for this, the award for the best restroom in america was announced this week. and the winner is a bit fishy. that's because the winning restroom is located inside an arizona aquarium. the odd included two northern california stops, the san francisco museum of art and the carmel beach public restrooms. they were selected based on cleanliness and visual appeal. abc 7 news was at plaza plaa

de cesar chavez today. the completed play houses go on display during christmas in the park which begins next friday. the play house will later be donated to local military families. in san jose this morning national adoption day, 29 kids and 24 families making their adoptions official. abc 7 reporter matt keller was there. >> reporter: it's not every day you get to be a real superhero. >> it's a special day. my little guy loves superheroes. >> raphael. >> reporter: xavier is just about to turn 4 years old. she's liv he's lived the erica since he was just 2 months old. today their adoption becomes official. >> to timely come to this beautiful moment with my family, it's absolutely amazing.

>> may you have many, many more celebrations in the days, months and years to come. >> reporter: today is national adoption day. inside the family justice center courthouse in san jose, 15 superior court judicial officers are processing and finalizing 29 children being placed into 24 adoptive families. behind the smiles, a lot of work. it can take years of paperwork and court dates to make an adoption final. some kids can wait five years or longer finding a permanet home. that's what makes today so sweet. about 350 communities across the u.s. are celebrating national adoption day along with santa clara county to finalize these adoptions for the families. >> what a special day. you can get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. enable push alerts to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00.

abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. a woman is malled and her pet killed. her family talks with abc 7 news about a dog attack in the eesas bay. bart ban. officials take steps to make sure this guy never rides a train again. also a legal drama ends at a new rehab center. the plans to rebuild the pet cemetery in napa. the owners say they want to focus on what is most important. the weekend is here and you will not want to miss the forecast. i'll have the hour by hour look coming up. now, from abc 7, live breaking news. and that breaking news is a deadly truck accident in san francisco. you're looking live from sky 7 at the scene at hospital curve. a dump truck overturned just a short time ago. >> paramedics worked for several minutes trying to revive one of the victims before that person was pronounced dead at the

scene. let's give you a look now with sky map 7. you can see that three of the four southbound lanes are blocked. >> rescue vehicles are also blocking two northbound lanes. the road is not expected to reopen until 7:00 p.m. >> you're looking now at a traffic map showing the backups approaching the scene along hospital curve. the highway meteorologicpatrol krie drivers to take alternate routes. a man and woman are hospitalized. this attack happened on 63rd avenue in east oakland this morning. >> reporter: not only were the two people malled today, baa dog belonging to the female victim was killed by two pit bulls who apparently escaped from a neighbor's yard and attacked them. the woman was -- a man