welcome back here 5:00 a.m. we have reports of an explosion at the port authority in times square, the bus terminal there. i want to show you these live images just coming in from new york city. you can see a far away look there at the times square and a map here of the area being monitored. i think that just swi 7:00. don't forget that today is a spare the air day. wood burning ban all the way up until midnight. here's sue. we have a sig alert in the sonoma/napa area. we'll get right to it. we had some sig alarms. it looks like they may have gotten out there and fixed that. both directions of 37 and especially westbound. cars were actually driving around those, and that's a bad idea. so smart train was sent out there to see if they could repair. we'll check back. it looks like the roadway is clear. you will find slowing in the westbound direction through skaggs island and heading to 21. we'll update in a couple of minutes.

another update here from our live desk. another story i'm watching closely, those fires in southern california. a lot of firefighters there exhausted in the bay area responding and are head to go the thomas fire in santa barbara county where three san mateo county fire engine strike teams had been deployed and the thomas fire this morning now at 230,000 acres. it is now the fifth largest wildfire in state history and flames are going through the vegetation there that hasn't burned in 100 years near carpinteria. residents have been ordered to evacuate. >> we literally jumped into our clothes, grabbed our son. i grabbed some pictures. but because i was doing that, i put my phone down and we just literally ran out the door. >> the thomas fire right now the only major blaze still really causing a concern this morning. the other wildfires in the state are at least 75% contained.

but the containment figures for the thomas fire have actually dropped. they went from 15% to 10%. we're watching that closely. in the east bay optimism for a possible end to the ongoing strike by oakland city workers now in its seventh day. both sides agreed to bargaining talks with the state mediator after the mayor declared an impasse on friday. the two sides are still pretty far apart on money. meantime ripple effects from the strike are being seen and smelled. trash from nearby homeless encampments piling up. city cleanup crews are off the job. the home garbage service should continue. an outside contractor handles that. it's 5:03 now. the man police pulled a little girl into a van and tried to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from her parents will finally appear in court today. >> this happened in hillsborough more than two decades ago. abc news reporter matt keller joins us with that. kevin lin is being held on

$5 million bail in redwood city. abc 7 news was at sfo early sunday morning as lin arrived in police custody. he was arrested in southern california. lin was wanted for the 1995 kidnapping of kristine chiu, the 9-year-old was walking home from school when lin and two other men pulled her into a van. >> it was very scary. it's an unusual thing that would happen here in this neighborhood for sure. it's usually quiet. nothing like that happens. >> reporter: the kidnappers tried to extort money from her father but dropped the plan when they learned her parents were in taiwan. they left her unharmed in a hotel near sfo. lin is now the second of three suspects to face charges. one man was convicted of the kidnapping 20 years ago. a third is still on the run. matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. happening today the san francisco police department will be holding a community meeting to discuss the recent fatal officer involved shooting in the

bayview district. the mother of the man shot and killed by police has hired prominent civil rights attorney john burris. that shooting happened december 1st. police say o'neil carjacked a van, led police officers on a pursuit, he slowed the van, jumped out and ran toward a marked sfpd vehicle. the officer who shot o'neil was days out of the academy. >> it's 5:05 now. police in oakland are on the lookout for a driver who hit a woman in her 60s and then took off. it happened near 14th street and broadway. they say the woman was crossing the street. no one got a good look at the driver. one witness described the car as a dark four-door sedan. crimestoppers is offering $10,000 to help find the suspect. happening today a unique climate change lawsuit will be heard in san francisco. the suit has been filed by attorneys on behalf of children.

they're arcing the government should be protecting the kids instead of putting their future at risk because of climate change. the hearing to determine whether the lawsuit should be allowed to move forward. if it does it could force the government to find a way to reduce greenhouse gases with a detailed plan. governor jerry brown is heading to paris for a big climate change summit. he is supposed to deliver the keynote speech tomorrow, the second anniversary of the paris agreement. the climate accord signed by nearly 200 nations. you may recall president trump announced he planned to pull the united states out of that deal. an east bay woman who sank her life savings into floating retirement home is now watching it sink into the san leandro marina. eric thomas shows us the damage and why firefighters are getting involved. >> when i got here my heart dropped. >> reporter: debbie has only

owned this boat for a month. she got an urgent call the boat was taking on water and she needed to get here right away. >> i dropped fg and came here. i was praying a little prayer to be -- >> reporter: she found the boat half submerged and leaking fuel. she paid $25,000 to be her home. >> my entire life savings. this was going to be my retirement home because i cannot afford a house in san francisco, and i love this city. >> reporter: alameda county firefighters are on scene to keep whatever is leaking from contaminating the rest of the marina. >> containing fuel is our big corner and making sure no one is on the boat. >> reporter: debbie says she wasn't awar of any defects in the boat and has no idea why it sank. here in the bay area where even an average home can range in price from the high six to low seven figures debbie thought she had found a steal, a floating

condo. >> it was beautiful, hardwood floors, dishwasher, washer/dryer, a whirlpool bathtub. i had people come, friends, look at it. wow. they didn't even think they were on a boat. >> reporter: eric thomas, abc 7 news. a go fund me account has been established to help her recover. look for the story on our website, abc7news.com. that just breaks your heart. take a look at what's going on as far as our temperatures. we do have a little bit of a breeze this morning. temperatures up to 11 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. to our inland east bay neighborhoods you can see we're still flirting with freezing temperatures in dublin and walnut creek. 36 in brentwood and concord. the warm spots, if you will, antioch, pittsburg at 37 degrees. here's a look at sfo this morning, not expecting any arrival delays. no low clouds. small waves if you're going to be on the bay. if you're running errands watch

out for the fog in the north bay. to the beaches, that's where our warmest high temperatures are going to be today in the low to mid-70s. for our east bay neighborhoods waking up at 46 at 8:00 or if you're up with us now by the time we get to 8:00 it will be 46. noon, 59. mid-60s. 64 degrees at 2:00. 4:00 in the low to mid-50s this evening. in the north bay starting off near freezing cold temperatures. we'll jump to 47. by noon 57. mid-60s at 2:00 and 4:00. back down to 46 degrees by 8:00. make sure you have a heavy coat there. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast a. run at record high temperatures and some poor air quality next. sue? we still have the sig alert highway 37. avoid westbound if you can. we have some railroad signals, light signals malfunctioning. purple is never a good sign on road sensors.

backed up to mayor island. our sensors aren't quite showing that. avoid 37 if you can at this point. there's no real good alternate route. if you get out there early enough perhaps that will be a great alternate route right now. avoid westbound 37. we have a b.a.r.t. delay. details coming up. thank you, sue. this is something commuters may want to keep in mind this morning. these are the three worst traffic areas in the county. sir frances drake, red hill avenue, and tiburon. here is what's being done to ease congestion. a third traffic lane on the richmond san mateo bridge. the russia collusion investigation heats up as paul manafort prepares to take the

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degrees above average on this winter spare the air day. i want to get you an update on the breaking news out of new york city. a possible pipe bomb detonated in a passageway below ground att port authority. these are live images coming in. a wide look, you can see far away from times square a lot of police out there. and here's a closer look at the activity that is happening there in front of those bus terminals at the port authority. they have one person in custody, only a few injuries being reported and police have reportedly have video and are confident this is contained according to abc news. you can see there's still a lot of activity out there as they try to figure out what the plan was here if that indeed was a pipe bomb and they're trying to evacuate everyone out of times square right now making sure commuters are not going into

that area and any tourist visiting times square are safe. we will continue to monitor the situation. i will let you know as soon as we get any new information and updates from new york city. now to a horrific storyline, a serial killer in south carolina wrote a newspaper saying he killed even more than the seven people he was convicted of murdering. >> a look at this new twist in this morning's "gma first look." >> reporter: former real estate broker already serving more than seven life sentences in a south carolina prison after pleading guilty to murdering seven people over 13 years. but now he says there may be more victims. in an eight-page letter to the spartanburg herald-journal. >> before he left to go to whatever prison he's at that we'd be happy to speak with him about any future.

he said he had none. >> reporter: they found kayla brown chained in a shipping container on his land. he later admitted to killing her boyfriend and several others showing investigators where two more were buried on his property. coming up at 7:00 a.m. former u.s. marshal weighs in on the case. with your "gma first look" abc news, new york. happening today women who accused president trump of sexual harassment and assault will unite. they will share their experiences at a news conference in new york city hosted by brave new films. it released a film about the allegations last month. the women are expected to call for accountability and an investigation by congress of sexual misconduct by the president. he has denied these reports. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort and rick gates are due in court for a status hearing charged with tax evasion, money laundering, and failure to

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it almost made me buy the nfl package just to watch that game. i wish we could have seen that. you can still see the lake-effect snow there and it's going to be a main stay for the next several days as they're locked into a pattern like we are. record highs. that's how far in the extreme we're going. extremely dry air means cold air tonight. the possibility of fog in the north bay and the rain season we're stuck in neutral right now. there's no storm coming our way anytime soon. look at the coast today, 70 at half moon bay to 73 in santa cruz. everybody else about 64 to 69 degrees. let's take a look at what will happen today. starting at 9:00. you see temperatures in the 40s and 50s so you'll need a coat if you're heading out at that time. by 2:00, look at that. low to mid-60s in most neighborhoods. some upper 60s in san jose and up towards santa rosa and then

at 4:00 still very mild. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s in many neighborhoods as we get to 9:00 this evening that's when you'll feel a little bit of a chill. temperatures ranging from 46 in fairfield. on our way to freezing cold temperatures in our deepest inland valleys. upper 40s to near 50 for san francisco and half moon bay. my accuweather seven-day forecast as long as we see temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, record highs will be possible through friday. a slight dip when the wind shifts. still in the low to mid-60s. sue? all right. we are heading to take a look at our traffic maps. slow traffic out of the central valley. a 54-minute drive into livermore. this sig alert on 37 westbound. we have some traffic signals out. the purple sensors means

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5:24. here are the seven things to know before you go. breaking news i'm watching here at the live desk. a possible pipe bomb that was detonated in new york's times square happened within the last hour at the port authority bus terminal. police say they have a suspect in custody. only a few injuries reported. number two, three san mateo county fire engine strike teams redeployed to the thomas fire in santa barbara county. the thomas fire has burned 230,000 acres making it the fifth largest in state history. abc 7 news was at sfo where this suspect in a 22-year-old kidnapping case was driven to san mateo county jail. kevin lin is charged with kidnapping a 9-year-old hillsborough girl. number four, day seven of the oakland city strike and both sides will meet with the state mediator after the mayor declared an impasse on friday. number five, i know it's tempting to burn some wood to stay warm with temperatures in

the 30s and 40s this morning, but you can't do it. all day today we're under a wood burning ban because it is a spare the air day. right now we do have poor air quality in the north bay mainly around napa. and number six, follow your monday morning commute with a sig alert on 37. we have some malfunctioning railroad crossing arms and signal lights am westbound 37 comes to a halt at 116 and it's very, very slow all the way back towards mare island. and number seven, your chance to meet members of the oakland raiders. the players and the radid radidr at the south land mall in hayward. the soaring salaries of college executives, nathan hatch, president of wake forest university in north carolina, is the highest paid college president in the country erpg more than $4 million in a single year. the president of the university

of southern california tops the list of highest paid academics in our state after earning nearly $3.2 million in 2015. stanford's former president john hennessey took home $1.2 million placing him in the 38th spot. by contrast janet napolitano earned $570,000 that year. they have completely changed how they work, live and play. >> we're talking about apps. it is national app day. a day to recognize apps and their importance in our lives. today there are more than 2 million apps on the apple and android platforms. >> i could use a lacroix right now. another full 90 minutes of news. workers striking today. there is a possible light at the end of this tunnel. and, of course, we continue to track that breaking news after an explosion reported in times square in new york city.

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and then call 911. the first responders will come out and eyke it safe for you and your community. good morning on this monday, december 11th. sue hall in for alexis this morning. >> and look who's back. >> hi. and you're keeping me busy. >> we are. >> she's watching breaking news out of new york city. an explosion near times square. mike nicco looking at weather. a potentially dangerous situation across the north bay. anytime you have enough moisture to create fog and a temperature below freezing that moisture could condense into ice on some of our bridges and overpasses. that will be around and all the way through the morning commute. now that's the visibility on live doppler 7.

as far as sutro tower, bouncing around this morning. it's breezy in the hills. temperatures up there in the 50s. the rest of us in the 30s and 40s. even 50s at the coast. at noon and 4:00, low to mid-60s and then 47 to 57 at 7:00 as micro climates develop. an update on the sig alert from sue. >> we have the sig alert westbound. first the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were turned on at 5:21. you are experiencing delays there. we had railroad crossing arms stuck down westbound, some malfunctioning signal lights near 116. purple means complete stop and road closures. that's bad news. it is now stacking up back to vallejo as you can see so avoid 37 if you can. take the richmond/san rafael bridge or wait until they get this cleared up. smart train is en route to repair these railroad arms. so we'll check back.

hi, everyone. i want to get you the latest on the breaking news we're watching out of new york city's times square after a possible pipe bomb was detonate d at a bus terminal. these live images and all that police activity happening now. we just learned president trump has been briefed on the situation. that is the very latest. if you are just joining us, this explosion happened within the last hour in the heart of manhattan. you can see how many police are out there. we know at least one person was hurt, and we also know one suspect is reportedly in police custody, but so far we do not have a description of that suspect and no motive quite yet. they do reportedly have a situation under control. you can see a lot of police out there right now trying to get everyone evacuated from the popular times square area and there are no public transit going into the area.

i will let you know as soon as we do get more details of the situation. back to you, natasha. >> jessica, thank you for the update. the oakland strike entering day seven this morning and it's starting to stink in some places. some trash pickup is one of the many services not available as 3,000 employees are staying off the job. >> there is optimism this morning because both sides are agreeing to meet today. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in oakland. amy? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. we're moving into a new phase today. they have agreed on mediation. and some are hoping that the union will decide to send employees back to work while mediation is under way. meanwhile, though, for today expect to see more of this, workers on the picket line. both sides are still very far apart on money. the mayor says the city can't spend money it doesn't have. workers have said they don't buy it. they think the city has more money than officials are saying pointing to all the construction

of new buildings in the city and the revenue this building boom would generate. the mayor responded to that for the first time over the weekend. >> we are certainly hopeful that over time all the cranes in the air will result in much higher revenues for the city, but that has not happened yet. >> reporter: look at all this trash piling up downtown. this is overflowing from the homeless encampment. city workers usually pick this up so it has piled up for almost a week now. the strike started last tuesday. picketers are due to start back at 7:00 this morning. do not expect any nonemergency city services today. live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. some local breaking news that came in about an hour ago. firefighters rescuing a dog this morning during this fire in sunnyvale. this is new video from overnight. fire started about 2:00 this

morning at a home on pyrus way. the family made it out. most of the damage is to the garage but they will need to find a another place to stay today. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. the wildfires in southern california still burning this morning for the seventh straight day and firefighters attacking the thomas fire. the bay area is sending help. it stands at 230,000 acres, the fifth largest wildfire in california history. it is only 10% contained. other fires in the state are at least 75%. three strike teams have been deployed to the thomas fire and at a community meeting fire officials have told residents that the santa ana winds, which rarely reach the coastline, are actually pushing those flames. take a listen. >> we are currently under red

flag warning. we hope it ends this next thursday. >> mandatory evacuations ordered for the town of carpinteria. the very latest is that uc santa barbara has canceled their final exams. those will be help next year. today is the deadline for north bay wildfire victims to register with fema. residents whose homes suffered damage in napa, sonoma, mendocino, butte, lake, nevada, orange, and uba may for help that does not need to be repaid. just one day remains until an election in alabama getting nationwide attention. >> roy moore banking on voters to ignore the sexual harassment charges against him. abc news reporter serena marshall has the story from

wshington. >> reporter: good morning. the high-stakes election and considered a referendum not just on the president but the republican party that has been fractured over the controversial judge leading the race. senate candidate roy moore getting another boost from the president. >> we need roy -- >> reporter: telling voters in a recorded message -- >> roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make america great again agenda. >> reporter: moore absent. his only appears this past week a pretaped interview. >> these allegations are false. >> reporter: at least two women were teenagers when he was in his 30s. moore's chief strategist argued this election isn't about the allegations but a referendum on the president and if moore wins -- >> i highly doubt there will be a senate investigation, but if there is judge moore will be found telling the truth. >> reporter: the race in a dead

heat in the solid red state. >> there is an energy out there that can't be captured by pushing a telephone. >> reporter: even so one vote more won't get the republican senior senator from alabama. >> i didn't vote for roy moore. i wouldn't vote for roy moore. >> reporter: a win for doug jones means they would be slashed to only one vote. if he is ousted by a ethics investigation it could fracture the gop. 5:37. a man arrested in the kidnapping of a peninsula girl 22 years ago is scheduled to make his first court appearance today. abc 7 news was at sfo early sunday morning as 68-year-old kevin lin arrived in police custody. he was arrested in southern california. lin is under arrest for the 1995 kidnapping of kristine chiu. police say the 9-year-old was walking home from south hillsborough school when lin and two other men pulled her into a van. the kidnappers tried to extort

money from her father but dropped the plan when they learned her parents were in taiwan. they left her unharmed in a hotel near sfo. the fallout over the kate steinle verdict spread to oregon. counterprotesters from the portland chapter shouted immigrants are welcome here. several members of both sides began attacking one another. one person arrested. both groups made their presence known in berkeley during the controversy over far-right speakers on that campus. cool start on this monday for a lot of people in the bay area. >> temperatures dipped into the 30s overnight. some places well below freezing. the jackets, mittens and hats necessary in walnut creek where families visited the skating rink there. that's not the only place people are seeing ice. >> the roofs of the house and the cars also, yes. very cold. >> i get up in the morning, there's ice on the car.

you have to wait a little bit for the car to heat up. it's cold. >> if you're thinking about building a fire in your fireplace to keep warm, you'll need another source of heat. they have declared today a winter spare the air day. >> let's check in now with mike nicco. >> we're facing really cold temperatures this morning. i know when i left my house it was 32. the thermometer hit 30 so there's some freezing spots out there. i do have some good news as far as our air quality. the latest reports just came in, in the north bay you are out of the poor air quality for now but the possibility is there in the north bay and also along the coast and into the heart of the bay and that's why we're under the winter spare the air today and all of us under a wood burning ban. it's illegal to burn wood up until midnight. you would want to in some areas. menlo park, 35. foster city, 37. then you go to the coast, it's 64 degrees right now to 52 in

pacifica. we have 50 in san francisco. freezing cold, 31 in santa rosa. oakland 38 along with fremont. livermore and san ramone and fair field all getting close to frost. a quick look at your commute planner. chilly to mild, mass transit. 12-hour planner for our east by valleys. 42 at 8:00. up to 61 at noon. mid-60s by 4:00. back down to 50 by 8:00. our last stop will be the peninsula. 44 at 8:00. 60 at noon. 66 in the afternoon hours. back to 55 by 8:00. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast and see if there's any more record high temperatures. first, sue is tracking some alternates to the sig alert. what do you have? >> the richmond/san rafael bridge. cars stacked up in the right cash lanes. the reason we're showing you that is because of a sig alert on highway 37 mike just

mentioned. it's been out there since some of the problems at 4:00 this morning. what's the deal? well, the railroad arms, the smart train railroad arms crossing are stuck in the down position plus apparently a signal like malfunction. the purple means bumper to bumper, literally stopped. red means very slow and go. 37 is just jammed from vallejo all the way to lake veil highway. take a look at the green sensors across the richmond/san rafael bridge. it's early enough i suggest that's what you try. we'll check on an accident south 101 when we come back. >> if you are made fun of, don't let it bother you. >> coming up a tennessee boy's tearful plea posted on facebook. >> the big name stars now reaching out to help. also ahead -- >> restaurant kitchens can be loud and chaotic.

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wake up this monday morning hoping for better news for our friends down south. no, we had to add another 24 hours to the critical fire danger. red flag warning for the area you see in red which is about 8.6 million people and that

smoke is still coming our way but after today hopefully it will clear up. 81 down there. redding, 69. sunny with high clouds and 72 in monterey. 52 in tahoe. you think that's warmer than it should be? yeah, it is advertised 43 and only warmer this week with no chance of snow. reggie? the signup period for health coverage ends this friday and that leaves a lot of families not a lot of time to decide what to do. obamacare is still in effect. it's still required you have help insurance or face a fine. some families earn too much to qualify but not enough to comfortably buy the insurance. so many of the families are considering outside insurance or just skipping coverage entirely despite the fines. san francisco city leaders will try to address the gender pay gap planning workshops for

women teaching them to negotiate salaries. the goal is to train 20,000 women by 2020. today supervisor katie tang and several women's rights groups will release more details. we will keep you posted. a pizza restaurant is serving delicious pies and pasta in total silence, everyone working there is deaf. >> melanie stein and her husband ross opened mozzeria six years ago to showcase what the deaf community is capable of and to make an impact. >> the unemployment rate is 70% and even those who have a college degree who graduated and are hoping to find a good job are not getting hired. who is willing to give them a chance? >> one of those willing is the nonprofit communications service for the deaf who gave mozzeria its first ever social venture grant to hire more staff at the raun and allows them to start franchises across the country. to learn more check out abc7news.com.

>> what a great story and the pizza looks delicious. this is a video that has touched millions of people around the world already. this morning people are using the #i stand with keaton to support keaton jones, a tennessee boy bullied at school. >> your heart is going to break when you see this. his mom posted a video of her son sending words of encouragement to other victims of bullying. >> people who are different don't need to be criticized bout it.ed to be criticized it's not their fault. if you are made fun of, just don't let it bother you. >> more than 21 million people have already watched this video. and celebrities are now reaching out to keaton to offer their support. jessica castro tracking that reaction on social media from our live desk. hi, reggie. i want to show you some of the reaction and support coming in on social media and notably from one of the oakland raiders

football players, lee smith. what up, lee smith with the oakland raiders. once our season is over and my family and i move back home to tennessee, i will come see you at your school. and we can see if any of the kids are brave enough to bully me. stay strong, my man. and here's another favorite of ours we found this morning. from chris evans who basically said to stay strong and that he is going to invite him out to los angeles. having trouble with my board but those were the two big ones that i loved this morning. back to you. >> that is so great. >> you know, jess, i think the best among us had an experience with bullying in school. raise our hands, right? >> i know those tears for sure. we stand with you, my friend. let's check in with what the weather has in store. >> isn't it amazing how many of us have been. let's talk about what's going on with high pressure dominating. opening the door for high clouds

and more smoke to come our way but hopefully when this particular cold front passes to the north it will switch the winds and bringing us cleaner air starting tomorrow. a crosswind from the bay to the ocean 18 to 20 miles an hour across the golden gate, so be careful with that. mainly sunny on this spare the air day. chilly nights, some fog forms again tonight, could be black ice again up in the north bay like we're possibly dealing with. the conditions are favorable. still no soaking storm on the way. let's take a look at today's temperatures. we'll start with i ridiculous. san jose at 71. you set a record yesterday, you'd have to get the 74 today. we'll get to about 68 in redwood city. that would be close to a record you set one yesterday. that 69 in napa is a record high temperature. let's take a look at our lows tonight. napa, you'll drop down to 34 after being 69 degrees today.

48 in san francisco. 40 in san jose. 35 in concord. my accuweather seven-day forecast, that wind switch doesn't do much to our temperatures. even through thursday we're at 64 to 68 and then by saturday and sunday we're 60 to 66, just a slight dip and still very dry. turn it over to sue. she says good news. >> we have that sig alert near the sears point raceway or sonoma raceway that has been lifted. we're not out of the woods yet. it was railroad arms stuck down. the smart train engineers got there and fixed that but we still have a blinking red signal light at 116, the lakeville highway. once you get past sears point you're still experiencing delays from that malfunctioning signal light on westbound 37. we checked it out, look at the red all the way across. the richmond/san rafael bridge, hopefully we'll see some relief

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this is our chance of being drier than normal. 40% through december 26th. just about no chance of rain all the way up until the 26th. we'll take a look at how hot it will be today. here is natasha. >> you can buy and sell bitcoin on a u.s. exchange. value rose to $16,000. many financial advisers say it's

hard to determine how much it's worth when compared with actual money. >> you can't understand this. the only way is by adopting a new way of thinking. it means it's impervious to normal fact-based financial analysis. >> investors can make or lose money when they exchange their digital currency for actual money. >> i still can't get my head around the bitcoin thing, sue. >> cash is king. we do have slow traffic out of the central valley. a car merging into an suv and so that is the reason they're all off on the right-hand side shoulder. the sig alert with the railroad arms down. we have a light at 116 blinking red. four-way stop. purple sensors are not good.

look at 37, bumper to bumper the whole way. expecting some relief. the richmond/san rafael bridge looks good now. let's open up the weather window on mt. tamalpais where winds are gusting up to 26 miles an hour and coming out of the east and that's a very warm wind. that's why their temperatures are 52 degrees. today 8 to 13 above average. napa is my pick city. 69 degrees even though other places will be warmer like san jose at 71. let's take a look at the dismal anemic snowpack. anemic snowpack. the entire sierra 40% average. thanks, mike. happening tonight your chance to meet the oakland raiders and help a good cause at the same time. the players and raiderettes teaming up with the u.s. marine

corps to brighten the holidays with thousands of children and the toys for tots program. bring an unwrapped toy to the south land mall and hayward. the event starts at 6:00 in front of the raider image store. steph curry's surprising high school students popping in during the men's team basketball practice saturday to commend players on their hard work. and we want to bring you the latest right now on that explosion at the port authority here in new york earlier at the height of rush hour. the port authority, a live look right now at the scene. the largest, the busiest bus terminal in the united states. according to police sources one man set off the explosion. he is now in custody badly injured. another person in the perm nal also injured. the terminal has been closed

right now but we want to go to gio benitez who is on the scene. gio? >> reporter: george, i want to you look at this right now. you have all of these officers here. you have all of these ambulances and fire trucks. the bomb squad is here on the scene. no doubt so many people are here. it is truly a miracle only one injured. so many people come in for the buses and the subway system. they were evacuating the major subway lines here in new york city. now the working theory right now, the suspicion is this pipe bomb apparently could have detonated earlier than intended because it was under ground going through this passageway where not too many people were. that's the good news. this could have been worse if it detonated where it was supposed to. that's just a suspicion, just

something they're working on, george, trying to confirm. so many people in the area right now, police say this seems to be contained. >> the information is just coming in the suspect, what we know about the suspect, the suspect from bangladesh has been in the country about seven years, was living in brooklyn apparently wearing the pipe bomb on his person. gio seemed to indicate a little prematurely. a lot more to be learned. i want to go to our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas for more on that. anyone claiming responsibility? any other information coming in to federal officials? >> no one has claimed responsibility, george. i can tell you the attorney general, homeland security officials, top law enforcement in the country have been briefed awaiting additional information. there has been great concern with the upcoming holiday season. two officials i spoke to were just so thankful it appears to be contained with limited injuries, george. this has major implications for the upcoming holiday season.

clearly someone was trying to hurt or kill as many people as they could. >> everyone will be on high alert. our former special agent for more on this what may have been the saving grace here, brad, it was a relatively crude weapon. >> this is going to be amateur hour, george. he probably learned online how to build the pipe bomb. the tricky part obviously is the timer. that obviously didn't work out well for him. and it's interesting he had it on his person. >> okay. that's what we have right now, an explosion at the port authority here in new york city at the height of rush hour. you can hear the emergency vehicles outside. we'll stay on the story all morning long here on "gma" and abc news. 6:00 a.m. and we continue following that breaking news out of new york city's times square. you just heard that special

report. i want to go over the latest information we have as we have been tracking this throughout the morning. i also want to show you the live images coming in. they have at least one male suspect in police custody and he was injured. we just learned seconds ago that speck was from bangladesh and had been living in the u.s. for about seven years and did have a pipe bomb on his person. apart from that police are now saying there were no other injuries so that is a bit of good news considering, and these are images from new york that i've been watching all morning long and i can tell you, you see some cars starting to come through the area but for the most part that area has been evacuated throughout the morning and we have seen a ton of people just trying to get out of that area, times square, where so many tourists are