a bad crash with a semiseriously hurts an oakland police officer. we're learning more about how an early morning call led to the officer being rushed to the hospital. thanks for joining us. we've learned this morning the impact of that crash was so significant the officer had to be rescued from his patrol car. jessica castro live for us in oakland. >> reporter: you can see the road is still blocked off. this investigation is still under way. thed ways back behind me. and you can see as we zoom in three vehicles that

officer was inside, a silver car, and a semi-truck. right now the officer is hospitalized in critical condition. an oakland police officer involved in a horrible crash at the port of oakland. the officer crashed into two vehicles, the impact so hard he became trapped inside his patrol car. the officer was unconscious as firefighters rescued him. >> the officer was trapped inside the vehicle. oakland police officers attempted to try to get the door open to get the officer out. they were not able to. the oakland fire department came and was able to extricate the officer out of the vehicle. >> the crash happened just before 3:00 this morning as the officer responded to a call about a suspicious person in the area. >> the first vehicle was coming out of the port entry which is berth 55 and 56.

the officer struck that vehicle and often where the semis will stage where they're coming into the port area, and that's where the patrol vehicle then collided with the parked >> reporter: and back here live another look at that crash involving three vehicles still here as the investigation continues. oakland police have released few details about the officer but they say he's quote, fairly new to the force. as for this road it will stay closed for quite some time as the investigation continues. there will be an impact to semi-truck drivers as well as an port.the operations here at >> certainly hoping for the best of that officer. a smart train hit and killedin

woman ended up on the incentmorng commute. a bus bridge was setup to help passengers. new at 11:00, a billionaire's push to impeach the president. tom stiers just pledged $10 million to that cause. ahead of the november mid-terms stier is targeting different groups of voters that typically have low turn out at the polls. it'll be used for ads, phone calls. >> what we're trying to do is give people a series of things they can do of increasing commitment so you can write note cards and we'll send you pre-stamped, preaddressed notes you can then send out to people in swing districts. >> and his overall goal is to help democrats take control of the house and move towards the t ocs.

>>ewetails in the case of the man now accused of being the golden state killer. police in the central valley town say that james deangelo killed clod snelly after o abdu 16-year-old daughter. deangelo is being charged with first degree murder. he was a professor at the college. he's in a sacramento county jail and accused of several other rapes and murders in southern california. we've just learned the names of two teenagers killed on walnut creek. the car fell up to 50 feet off the connecting ramp. the victims are identified, both from antioch. police say the driver, the 18-year-old was intoxicated behind the wheel. reports have

come back at this point, so we don't know what actually occurred. we're asking everyone to send-up good thoughts. i can't begin to imagine the pain that those families are experiencing right now. >> ramy and another girl were hurt in the crash. and ramy is under rest for multiple counts of felony manslaughter and dui. the ranch and river fires which make up the mendocino complex fires and 59 which is and 93% contained respectively. the river fire burning nearly 49,000 acres. and today firefighters on the front lines will be getting more help when a crew from new hampshire arrives. as for the carr fire, it is 61% contained. and authorities say it has now burned nearly 203,000 acres in shasta and trinity counties. no estimated containment date. later today two of president

trump's official cabinet members will visit redding for briefings with local leaders. the secretary ryan zincy and secretary purdue will also walk through ravaged areas. peter struck faced off republicans in june during a bitter congressional hearing regarding those text messages. according to struck's attorney the fbi's deputy director ordered the agent's termination on friday even though officials decided struck should be demoted and suspended for 60 days for his actions. struck's attorney says his client was fired because of political pressure for expressing his first amendment rights. people using public transportation inebrate this morning. the first bus for the commute.om

the reaction from some of the first riders and what this means for your commute. >> reporter: this must be as big of a celebration you will see on a monday morning. the first ac transit bus rolled in about 5:48 a.m. >> loved it, nice easy ride as always. but just coming into the new station, to me that's great. this has been a long time coming. >> reporter: the $2.26 billion transit center has been in the works for eight years. sf muny calls it the grand station of the west, capable of getting people to any destination from any region from one central location using only one transportation. phase one connects the services with muny services in san francisco. it's 1 million square feet and four levels above ground. more bus space means more buses. rider capacity increases from about 13,000 to 24,000 daily.

>> that's impressive because we think it'll reduce emissions, it'll reduce congestion and most important it reduces stress. you get out of the car and you can just ride. >> reporter: it allows buses to flyover downtown traffic, that means avoiding six busy streets. >> the old way when it used to come in it came straight in, and now you have to make a little loop and it's like you're on a bus sightseeing. >> reporter: phase two will bring in a bus for the cal peninsula and eventually an underground station. it is the newest white house scandal making headlines. omarosa versus the trump administration. the secret recordings that have both sides firing back. plus what we're learning about the queen of soul and her health this morning. and lots of cloud cover this

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ordered by the off the road and rest president trump is responding to omarosa and quotes this morning. in a series of tweets he called her vicious, whacky and not smart. the latest on this white house scandal. >> reporter: president trump is fearing back on twitter at former apprentice contestant turned senior white house aide omarosa manigault-newman, writing whacky omarosa who got fired three times on the apprentice now got fired for the last time, saying she begged him for a job with tears in her eyes and adding that people in the white house hated her. the president didn't dispute of omarosa's latest claim of audio that shows he didn't know she was fired. she shared that. >> i just saw that on the news

you're leaving. >> general kelly came to me and said you wanted me to leave. >> no, nobody even told me about it. >> in her new book unhinged she says president trump is a racist and multiple people said there's a tape of him using the n-word. >> once i heard it for myself it was confirmed what i feared the worst that he is truly a racist. >> reporter: omarosa says after kelly fired her the trump campaign offered her this consulting contract that promised $15,000 a month and was obtained by "the washington post." she describes the nondisclosure agreement as a hush agreement. as it states she could not demean, disparage publicly through any form or public medium the campaign or mr. trump. the white house says that's simply not true. >> that's not hush money.

>> reporter: omarosa says she was complicit staying by president trump's side after he made racially explicit comments. happening today federal investigators will send the black boxes from a stolen passenger plane to washington, d.c. they found the flight data recorder and part of the cockpit voice recorder in the plane's wreckage south of seattle yesterday. the devices should provide some clues about what was going on inside the cockpit of that horizon air. he stole the plane and flew it around puget sound for more than an hour. he made wild loops before the plane crashed into an island. and people who knew russell are stunned. >> you could tell he was in pain, kind of seemed a little delusional, and i was just shocked to see that someone who was so nice and so helpful and caring -- actually, he cared about his job to do such a

thing. >> authorities are trying to confirm recovered human remains are russell. he was a ground service worker for horizon air and did not have a pilot's license. there may be a new job hunting app, tinder. after the break how some people are using dating apps to find work. and there's some haze in the east bay valleys. you can see it in this live shot. i'll let you know what kind of air

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live doppler 7 and the satellite image, notice we are socked in at the coast. the marine layer has deepened. onshore flow has increased, and temperatures are going to be coming down the next couple of days. winds already breezy in san francisco. 17 miles, 18 miles per hour in fairfield, and the wind will pick up this afternoon. 10 to 20 miles around the coast and along the bay. and that's why things are still pretty cool in san francisco. only 56 degrees right now, oakland 63, and san jose already 72 as well as morgan hill. half moon bay already cooler, 57. looking towards emeriville out towards those gray skies, already starting to break up, though. nevado, 64 and check out concord and livermore already in the mid-70s. you see some haze there in mount diablo, so air quality will be monitored in the east bay. this is due to high containment

in the fires and also that onshore breeze. only partial clearing at the coast. 16 half moon bay, san francisco 64, oakland 69 degrees, san jose plenty of sunshine, 83 degrees. and the inland areas near 90s in a few spots. lake port, 92, some 86s in napa and also in santa rosa. now, because of that onshore flow it means the clouds will push back in again later on tonight and we'll wake up to some drizzle along the coast, and it will get chilly dropping to the 50s in some spots. san jose will be 59 degrees. now, i want to show you what you can expect the next seven days in antioch. we'll be dropping temperatures into tuesday. tuesday, wednesday, we'll stay on the cool side. and then we are coming back up

to near 100 by saturday. for san francisco, though, not too much change with onshore flow. we're going to be below average but then in the 70s friday, saturday, sunday. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. morning fog, cooler afternoon today, and then tomorrow we wake up to some possible coastal drizzle. temperatures will be cool for august, in fact probably below average for wednesday. then things start to turn around. heating back up, getting way more sunshine on friday. warming up friday, saturday, sunday possibly near triple digits on saturday. so get ready for the heat inland. >> people are going to lose their minds this weekend. it hasn't been that warm recently. >> i know along the coast it gets that warm but inland areas -- developing this morning bayer taking a huge hit. on friday the jury ruled in

favor of former grounds who saidects poegts exposure ca cancer. he bought mansato in june $66 million. happening today the state assembly has voted on a bill. if the bill from san francisco assemblyman ting passes, it'll go to the governor's desk. advocates say some landlords refuse those payments as a tactic to evict residents and raise rents. apartment associations are against that measure. how's this for an unconventional approach to landing a jump? using a dating app.

ripple an app that lets you swipe right on a potential mentor. one freelance photographer says he's received about ten job referrals because of dating apps. >> assuming you feel confident in the power dynamics or boundary setting that might lead to, it actually does allow access to a group of people or a conversation or getting in front of someone you might not get in front of otherwise. >> if this is raising some red flags for you, you're not alone. experts warn if you're using dating apps to find jobs, be transparent. you could risk setting yourself up for an uncomfortable situation, tarnishing reputation or even getting fired. stuck in a hole for several days, no food, no water. what authorities did that allowed this tortoise to

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church by boats because no cars firefighters helped rescue a would take them. and look at this, the bride tortoise named bentley. the poor thing got trapped in a waded down the aisle, she was hole, no food, no water. barefoot. the groom sitting there on this they shared this video of the like little dry piece of -- i don't know what that is. and they put some chairs onto rescue. the 25-year-old tortoise had been stuck in the hole for protect them from even more several days. nudge from the water. and you're telling me in the philippines this is their monsoon season? >> this is their monsoon season. they're committed. >> i mean they literally are committed. and maybe they should be committed because can't you wait, wasn't there a better time to get married. thanks for watching. who wants to be a millionaire is anything up next.

>> one player. 14 questions. $1 million on the line. that's what i call drama. that's what i call "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to "millionaire." are you guys ready to go today? [cheers and applause] well, let's welcome our first contestant, a marketing director from philadelphia, pennsylvania. dawn frisby-byers. >> thank you! >> welcome to the show. >> thank you very much. >> you are about to face

14 questions. the money values growing from $500 all the way up to that $1 million. >> okay. >> you have your three lifelines there if and when you need them. >> okay. >> so good luck. >> thank you. >> and let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause]