gray shading on your screen. it's an overcast start for a lot of us. outside the exploratorium camera atop pier 15 showing you that cloudy sky over the bay bridge. your 12-hour planner will take you through your day on wednesday, gray start for a lot of us. by noon we have the sunshine first prevailing inland and then by 4:00 in the afternoon, most of us see sunshine but once again it is cool for august standards. temperatures similar today as they were yesterday. we do have a traffic alert. here's alexis with more. >> i want to take you back to the sfo area. this is a crash that we've been tracking since about 4:00 this morning. a deadly collision involving a pedestrian before you get to millbrae avenue. this is a sig alert. we got an update from chp that now just the far right lane is blocked along with the exit ramp to millbrae avenue. for some time there we had all lanes blocked that lasted about 15 minutes and then a couple lanes closed and looks like they are pushing this further over to the side. 11 miles an hour approaching the

scene. 4 miles an hour in one of those rare spots where there is an alternate that you can take. el camino real or 280 if you are heading to an early flight cut over and use 380 and head southbound on 101 to get to sfo. in the meantime, though, that investigation continues and abc 7 news reporter matt keller on the scene for us. what can you tell us? >> hi, alexis. yeah, a big backup on northbound 101, but the good news in the past five minutes they did open up a third lane here. people are able to go a little faster here on northbound 101 this morning. the slow lane and millbrae exit ramp are blocked off. a tragedy out here. the coroner is expected here in the next 15 minutes or so. this crash happened at about 4:00 this morning. chp told me it appears the person was just walking on the highway when they were hit by a vehicle. they died at the scene. the chp says they have not arrested the driver. it appears to be an accident. they're hoping to have 101 reopened by 7:00 a.m. or earlier. we have a tow truck out here at

the scene. it looks like they are towing away the vehicle involved in this crash. they are continuing their investigation this morning. reporting live in millbrae, matt keller, abc 7 news. new details on a deadly workplace accident last week in san francisco involving a worker at muni's west portal station. >> it seems there are questions about the contractor's safety record. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live at the construction site with those allegations. amanda? >> reggie, jessica, the contractor involved in friday's deadly workplace accident that happened at this construction site has a history of safety violations and issues that were never reported to the city. that's according to the "san francisco examiner" the paper found shimmick construction had been linked to almost 50 workplace safety violations over the last ten years. that's 5-0. however "the examiner" reports in 2017 shimmick construction and their current partner

answered no when an sfmta questionnaire asked if they had been cited for serious or willful violations. a spokesman told the paper shimmick construction represented they met the requirements to prequalify for the bid but last friday when a temporary steel beam fell on 51-year-old patrick ricketts working construction inside the 100-year-old twin peaks tunnel. now osha is still investigating exactly what happened on friday. we know that ricketts' funeral is expected next week. reporting live from the west portal station, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. >> from abc 7 mornings. the suspect arrested yesterday outside parliament in london. british media outlets have identified him as salih khater. police arrested the 29-year-old uk national on suspicion of

preparing a terrorist act and say he intentionally crashed into security barriers near parliament yesterday hurting three people. this new video shows the tow truck removing the car from the crash site overnight. investigators have raided several properties in central england for evidence. now to the latest on the northern california wildfires. people in glenn county forced out of their homes because of the mendocino complex fire. the larger of the two fires continues to push northeast. glenn county sheriff issued mandatory evacuations yesterday from the lake county and colouisa lines. all the way to the eastern edge of the mendocino national forest. a large section of the forest is now closed off. areas east of the forest are under an evacuation advisory. we are now learning more about the firefighter killed on the front lines of the mendocino complex. battalion chief matthew burchet from utah died suffered the day before. he had been a firefighter for 20

years, well liked in the community and leaves behind a wife and young son. we do have good news on the ferguson fire. tourists are allowed back into yosemite valley. it was closed for nearly three weeks because of smoke from the fire. fire officials hope to have it fully contained today but right now it is still burning near el portal road. look at how devastating the three major northern california fires have been. these are totals from the mendocino complex, the ferguson, and the carr fire. that's the one burning near redding. in total they have caused 11 deaths and akofrgccording to cae 1,370 homes are destroyed, the majority are in the redding area. the fires have burned 662,000 acres. that is more than alameda county, san jose, and san francisco combined. developing news out of san francisco, where this morning a man is recovering after getting shot in the mission district. police responded to shotwell and

16th street around 7:30. they found a man with life-threatening injuries and he was taken to a nearby hospital. anyone with information about the incident is asked to call san francisco police. we are learning more about what you can do to protect yourself from an expected cyber attack on atms. >> we first told you about this yesterday. the fbi is warning banks all over the world to beef up their security to prevent hackers from getting into their systems and draining accounts. and now officials have released a few tips to help you protect yourself. first, you'll want to set up fraud alerts on your accounts. unfortunately want to change your password and pin numberin the coming days. and if available, enable multifactor authentication. that requires two steps to withdraw money. entering your pin number and also getting alert on your phone with a second access code. >> a popular bar and music venue is about to go silent. when the last bands will play at hemlock. >> how warriors superstar kevin

durant helping to promote diversity in the tech industry. we are looking at your 12-hour forecast for the east bay. a lot of cloud cover this morning. sunshine does prevail in the afternoon. it will be cool in the upper 60s. 60s. we'll take a look at how

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> i want to give you an update, arrival delays increasing at this hour at sfo up to 80 minutes for incoming flights due to fog and low cloud cover. take note. if you're waiting for someone to arriving at sfo. no issues at oakland or san jose. back to school for folks today. san jose unified your afternoon highs in the upper 70s. santa rosa warm about 82 today. for south san francisco unified we were in the mid 60s. san leandro unified 72 degrees. good luck to the students headed back. 64 the afternoon high in san francisco. 70 oakland. 82 santa rosa. inland comfortable for this time of year in the mid 80s. >> taking a look at the roads we have a couple traffic alerts to talk about. the first one is around sfo south of there on northbound 101

the deadly investigation continues. a car hit aed 4:ow jusar a the off avenuelo investigation. matt keller checked in from the scene and said they are hoping ac have eve b about the nextryinthg 30 to 45 . i know they're waiting for the tow truck and the coroner to arrive. the sig alert at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you look closely there in the middle of your screen you can see we've got flashing lights, a two-car crash, a motorcycle involved blocking the two left lanes. no estimate on when they will clear that. that has the carpool lanes slow. a quick update for the trivalley, four car crash including a semi on the shoulder past livermore avenue. a least a 20-minute delay there. residual delays and those go past vassco road. >> a rough one on the roads this morning. thank you. warriors superstar kevin durant promoting diversity in the tech industry. according to the "wall street journal" he teamedamerican cebr.

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against social inequality and police brutality. a long-time san francisco bar and live music venue is going silent and the reason to make way for condos. the hemlock tavern on polk street will be turned into housing. the venue first opened in 2001 and now 17 years later, customers are soaking up the last suds before the bar is demolished and converted to a 54-units mixed use condo building. michael ross started working there as the fill-in sound guy and now he's the manager until the bar closes october 6th. >> hopefully some people will get the idea that this is a vacuum that needs to be filled and that they will make a new space for this adventurous music to happen. it may not be the official end for the tavern. developers reportedly want to reopen it inside the new condo

>> try to copy in n out and they may send you a funny letter. they posted a new picture of a new beer on instagram and the post said the n and stout beer is a barrel age neapolitan milkshake stout coming soon. in n out heard and sent the brewery a letter please understand the use of our trademarks by use of third parties ales us to the extent this could cause confusion we are attempting to clearly distill our rights by crafting an am mick kabul approach rather than barrel through this. seven stills found nine puns in that letter. >> drink in all those puns and get rid of it. that's what they want. >> yeah. >> essentially. >> you laugh in good, but stop it. >> please stop. our logo. >> i think a lot of people liked yesterday. wasn't too crazy hot. we will do it today. if you loved yesterday today is your day. you're in luck.

live doppler 7 and satellite, gray overhead with the sweep. you can see the bay bridge, showing you got some overcast skies right there, looking good traffic wise. a check on that with alexis in one moment. notice that sun going to be very slow to come out here later on today. let's go hour by hour, plan your wednesday out. by 10:00 see from santa rosa, antioch, san jose we're seeing the sunshine moving in, but still around the east bay shoreline we're dealing with the fog, similar story through san francisco and then by 1:00, kind of similar setup to yesterday. away from the coast the sunshine moving in. highs today in our micro climate, starting in the south bay, 80 for san jose, 87 gilroy, 77 cupertino. 75 the high in menlo park. cool in the city today, 64 downtown san francisco. 59 for the sunset. 82 the high. 80 napa. sausalito cool on the water at 67 degrees. the east bay and the upper 60s to mid 70s. inland we're not too hot out there. 81 for san ramon.

87 brentwood. the accuweather seven-day forecast we're cool for today. warmer air begins to move in tomorrow and friday and then it's downright hot away from the coast inland we're hitting the 100 degree mark to start off the weekend. we have a traffic alert withracr over two hours now, drew. this is northbound 101 south of sfo near millbrae avenue. investigation continues into a deadly crash involving a pedestrian that happened after 4:00 this morning. we are down to the far right lane and exit ramp to millbrae avenue blocked, but we have a backup. i'll flip to our traffic maps and show you over three miles at this point. sig alert still in effect. this is in an area where you have other choices. you can use el camino real or 280 for an alternate but, obviously, if you're heading to catch an early morning flight you have to plan on extra time there for your

airport. see everyone in the carpool lanes getting over. the two left lanes blocked due to a two-car crash. drive times, heavy westbound 580, tracy to dublin, crash in livermore off on the shoulder, one hour and four minutes for you, 680 dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 16 and northbound 101 to cupertino wide open at 16 minutes. >> thank you. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> look who it is, paula joining us from new york city with a look at what's coming on the show. >> what, wait, where? hi, reggie. it's a little too early for that. i'm still waking up on east coast time. it's early out there. great to be with both of you this morning. coming up on "gma" we are hearing from survivors of the sex abuse scandal rocking the catholic church. the fallout from the disturbing new report claiming decades of abuse and cover-ups and more than a thousand victims. so sad. also ahead, an exclusive with the couple trapped in an ice

cave burning their belongings to survive in freezing temperatures. they are now telling their story exclusively to "gma." how they survived and how their 1-year-old helped keep them going. take a look at this little girl. the story behind that devious smile and all those packages. wait until you hear what she did. if i get that many amazon page i have a huge smile on my face. that's like christmas when the fedex and ups guys comes with the boxes. the key to getting more vacation time at work. how to negotiate and when to ask. it's all coming up on "gma." >> i can't wait to hear that, guys. >> such a great story. who doesn't want more vacation time. >> you have to be careful if you don't ask at the right time you could get a permanent vacation. know what i'm saying. we will be listening. >> you know what, you just dropped the mic right there. good point. very good point. >> we'll see you soon. >> thanks, paula. coming up at 6:00, scientists revealing elephants might hold the key to curing cancer. what's discovered inside their

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we're looking at your three-day forecast today. we will have the gradual clearing of the cloud cover back to the coast throughout the day. it's comfortable, 70s and 80s away from the water but as we get into thursday and friday, warmer air will start to move in. you can see that reflected in

the inland east bay. tomorrow in the 90s and friday ending the week in the mid if not upper 90s. new at 6:00, elephants could hold the secret to finding a cure for cancer according to a study from the university of chicago. researchers discovered elephants have an extra copy of a gene that kills cells that show signs of damage. killing off the damaged cell the body prevents cancer from developing. cancer in elephants is extremely rare. scientists say this discovery could help researchers develop new drugs to fight cancer in humans. let's keep our fingers crossed. new this morning a warning for parents with infants or toddlers. >> consumer reports found common baby foods contain high levels of heavy metals they tested baby cereals, packaged food, vegetables and cookies. two-thirds of the products contained lead, cadmium and inorganic arsinic above levels associated with health risks. long-term exposure to heavy

metals increases cancer and type ii diabetes. the metals occur naturally in soil so buying organic won't help. experts suggest parents reduce the amount of tainted food kids consume and also talk toir doctors about healthy alternatives. and if you're eating breakfast right now you may want to hold off until the next story. san francisco getting proactive when it comes to poop. members of a new a patrol will focus on one of the city's worst quality of life issues. since the first of this year, believe it or not, san francisco has received nearly 14,600 complaints about this issue. crews will now search for waste before complaints are made. people we talked with like the idea. the mayor is starting to realize people are not coming to san francisco because of it. >> it's called the poop patrol and the team will have a staff

of six plus two trucks. it's a cost of about $750,000. they will officially start next month. they're using the power cleaners there. >> look, god bless those people doing that job. >> yep. >> keep our streets clean. >> yes. >> fingers crossed. coming up at 6:30 the warning out to people visiting east bay parks. >> plus the hidden costs of bad roads in california. you're probably spending thousands of dollars every single year. >> and we've got a major issue around sfo. taking a live look at the scene, northbound 101 around millbrae avenue. deadly collision involving a pedestrian happened just after 4:00 this morning.

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live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> a deadly crash near sfo, highway 101 backed up and we have the latest on the investigation and how you can get around the problem. >> instagram users reporting they've been hacked. what to look out for to know if you have fallen victim. >> don't try this on our bay area streets. the motorcycle rider seen doing a dangerous stunt on a busy highway. good morning. it's wednesday, august 15th. thanks for joining us. >> natasha and mike have the day off. drew is here for mike.

never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. >> a copy of yesterday. no intense heat. good news there. we'll take you outside, live loom right now, you can see fog settled over much of the bay area. we'll flip it to san jose. good morning, south bay. you have the gray skies this morning. similar story at sfo camera, just know arriving flights are delayed 80 minutes at this hour at sfo. your 12-hour planner is a gray start, sunshine moves inland by noon and everybody away from the coast will see sunnier skies by 4:00. cool for august, 70s and 80s away from the water. a traffic alert with alexis. >> good morning, drew. this is really unfortunate situation. a deadly crash happened just after 4:00 this morning right around sfo on northbound 101. a vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian just before millbrae avenue. sig alert is in effect for 15 minutes. all lanes blocked and oblpen up more. now we're down to the far right

lane blocked. checking out the backup, at least a 20 minute delay, down to 12 miles an hour and seven miles an hour approaching that. i would definitely stick to airport boulevard or el camino real or if you want to just swing wide and avoid that, stick to 280. the other alternates are great right now. check in with matt keller live on the scene for us this morning. what can you tell us about this investigation? >> well, alexis, since i last saw you the coroner has arrived and once they're done with their investigation they will open up all the lanes here on northbound 101. currently the slow lane and the millbrae exit ramp are still blocked off. this crash happened at about 4:00 this morning. chp told me it appears the person was just walking on the highway trying to get across it when they were hit by a vehicle. they died at the scene. the chp has not arrested the driver of the vehicle. it appears to be an accident. they are towing that car from the scene. they're hoping to have all lanes open by 7:00.

we will see how long the investigation takes with the coroner. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. developing news from the south bay, san jose police are searching for the driver who smashed into a car and then into this home. police were called to a house on angie avenue in south jackson street just before 11:00 p.m. when officers got there they found two cars smashed together in the driveway and one of them had a considerable damage. it's unclear right now if the home suffered structural damage. whoever caused the crash ran from the scene before police got there. now an abc 7 news live desk update. >> the death toll from the collapse of a highway bridge in italy has gone up to 39 this morning. rescuers are still searching up to 39 this morning. for survivors. a live look here in genoa. see the massive pile of rubble that search teams are going through. i want to show you new drone video from the scene, you can see the mess left behind when the bridge collapsed over the river. witnesses say the bridge fell

apart yesterday afternoon after being hit by lightning. new video of rescuers pulling a victim from rubble. up to 35 vehicles fell nearly 180 feet to the ground. 16 people were hurt. 12 of those have critical injuries. construction was under way on the bridge, but investigators say they still don't know the exact cause of the collapse. family and friends of two young men whose lives were cut short in an accident held a vigil in walnut creek last night. 17-year-old dakarai fagorala and his friend 18-year-old john walizada were killed in a car crash sunday morning. it happened as they drove back to antioch sunday morning after partying in san francisco. the car careened off of a freeway flyover in walnut creek. the mother of dakarai was there at that vigil. >> i am very overwhelmed and at the same time blessed to see the impact these young men had on the lives of all these kids.

the lives of all these kids. >> the driver of the car 18-year-old ramya ramey is facing dui charges. two passengers survived and were injured and remain in the hospital. we know the name of the officer in critical condition after crashing his patrol car near the port of oakland. 22-year-old jordan wingate graduated from the department's police academy just last year. officer wingate collided with another car early monday morning as he responded to a call. his patrol car then hit a semi truck. officer wingate was trapped inside. he had to be extricated. no one else was hurt. sonoma supervisors want to revamp the county's fire deployment and asking taxpayers to foot the bill. supervisors approved a plan to consolidate 39 fire agencies and increase the number of staff stations. they're asking voters to approve

a half cent sales tax next year that would raise nearly $42 million annually. that would just about cover the annual estimated cost of the plan changes. a report out of sacramento says the state has burned through more than half its annual fire fighting budget and we're only two months into the new fiscal year. wildfires this year have burned three times more land than what burned in all of 2017. governor brown says firefighters will get all the resources they need even if that means dipping into the state's sur plays. because of the high fire anger east bay parks have temporarily banned open flames. abc 7 news was at lake temscal where warning signs are posted and they say no smoking, no wood or charcoal barbecues, no camp fires. gasoline powered generators also banned. visitors will be allowed to use gas or propane fueled stoves. we know why southwest grounded dozens of flights last week. the airline had to re-check how heavy the planes were.

the chicago business journal reports the weights on record did not match those sent to dispatch. weight is important to calculate fuel and other safety data. the groundings come two months after a federal investigation launched to determine if inspectors had been too lax on southwest safety and maintenance checks. jo. 6:37 and flight delays at sfo due to the low cloud cover and fog arriving flights right now delayed up to 80 minutes. oakland, san jose, you're doing fine. your 12-hour planner we will take you inland, cloud cover early on this morning. by 8:00, limited sunshine but b out of there and into the afternoon a lot of sunshine but it will be comfortable. temperatury in the t region 64 and pretty cloudy in san francisco, 70 with afternoon sunshine in oakland. sunnier skies 80. the high for san jose 86 antioch, 81 the high in vallejo.

we take a look at the next three days. today numbers in the afternoon are pretty low for august numbers. 70s and 80s. we should be warmer than that. as we go into thursday and friday, we will see warmer air work into the picture and you can see really by the end of the week the inland east bay will feel the warmest air. we're into the 90s tomorrow but by friday most spots away from the water in the 80s if not mid 90s. enjoy the cool air today. it does get warmer by the end of the week. we've been tracking traffic alerts. do we have issues on the roads? >> we sure do. we are getting close, though, i think to having the significant one clear. we are looking live from the scene just south of sfo, northbound 101 before millbrae avenue. we had a deadly crash just after 4:00 this morning involving a pedestrian. matt keller updated us the medical examiner is on the scene and hoping to have all lanes back open by 7:00 this morning. for now though, you have at least a 15-minute delay. if you would like to avoid that take airport boulevard, el camino real, or 280 for a

nate. the last time checked in the carpool lanes were not moving. all lanes are back open. once again carpool lanes will save you time. everybody else backed up as usual into the maze. i want to head out to the trivalley. a multicar crash including a semi westbound 580 past livermore on the shoulder for some time. boy, we've got residual delays to the altamont pass area and that will cost you probably 15, 20 minutes there as well. it's been a busy morning on the roads. hopefully you don't see anything like this and do not try this yourself. a motorcyclist in san antonio pulled off a dangerous stunt on a highway. this is call the superman. the biker lays on his stomach raising his legs in the air and a passenger in another car recorded the video on his cell phone on sunday. police say if you see someone driving dangerously call 911.

>> super dumb. >> what did you call it last time, reggie? >> stupid man, instead of superman. >> that's like a death wish. that is insane. >> we as a species are in trouble. >> yeah. >> said it multiple times. >> not a great idea. >> thank you. >> thanks. a warning for instagram users this morning. you may have been hacked. the crucial clue to know if you've become a victory. >> and let's take a look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're down 131 points. an update on the markets next. >> new rules on royal caribbean. what you won't be allowed to bring on your next cruise. >> as you get your day into gear, keep on top of weather and gear, keep on top of weather and traffic throughout the entire

mornyou are never more than vem ings." >> 6:43 a.m. and it's back to school for sunnyvale. a look at the forecast for kids at the bus stop this morning. about 60 degrees, a light jacket 76 by that hour. the cloud cover pulling back to the coast by 10:00 away from the coast sunshine. san francisco like yesterday will be in the cloud cover for much of the day. i am tracking much warmer air moving in over the weekend. we will have that for you in six minutes. >> now on abc 7 news live desk

update. >> students at marjory douglas school heading back to class. it has been the shooting that killed 17 people on valentine's day. campus security is tight with 18 safety monitors, classroom locks and upgraded cameras and only one entrance and exit for visitors. we're getting new details on a deadly workplace accident at muni's west at abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live at the construction site with these allegations. amanda? >> reggie, records obtained by the san francisco examiner reveal that contractor who hired the man killed at this construction site friday did not tell transit officials about it project. now it was last friday when a temporary steel beam fell on 51-year-old patrick ricketts

working construction inside the 100-year-old twin peaks tunnel. he w by shimmick construction. the examiner found that back in november 2017 shimmick construction and their current partner answered no when an sf mta questionnaire asked if either had been cited for serious and willful violations by cal osha in the last ten years. however according to the paper the construction company had been linked to nearly 50 workplace safety violations in the last decade. this included six citations in connection to the 2016 death of a forklift worker in moore park, california. at this time the investigation continues into what happened friday and whether the company was up to standards. now i'm reporting live from the west portal station, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> thank you. we all know bay area's bad roads cost us. now we know how much. >> oh, yeah.

tripnet.org calibrated the amount of money we lose every year because our roads are so bad. potholes, cracks, the resulting car damage from hitting those things really does had add up. here are the numbers for san francisco, oakland and san jose. as you look on your screen it totals if you were to break it down per person about $3,000 a year. just from bad roads. and state wide it's a $61 billion a year. that's a huge cost. >> the trump administration has gone to court to try to silence omarosa who has accused the president of using the "n" word. now omarosa has been on a media blitz promoting her book "unhinged" about her time in the white house. the administration filed an arbitration against her claiming that she breached a nondisclosure agreement. omarosa says the level of the response from mr. trump is telling. >> if he hadn't said anything that was derogatory or demeaning to african-americans and women why would he go this extent to

shut me down. >> omarosa says there is a tape of the president using racial slurs on the reality show "the apprentice." white house press secretary sarah sanders says she can't guarantee such a recording does not exist. omarosa also claimed she was interviewed by the special counsel's office. the white house says if she was it wasn't while she was at the white house. happening today, closing arguments expected to begin in the trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the judge made the announcement after the defense rested its case yesterday without calling any witnesses or presenting evidence. manafort is accused of hiding millions of dollars offshore and failing to pay taxes. he could serve a life prison sentence if the jury convicts him. twitter suspending the account of conspiracy theorist alex jones for violating company rules. remember that twitter defended a recent decision not to suspend jones on account that he didn't break any company rules. that caused a tremendous on-line

backlash. especially since facebook, apple, youtube and spotify suspended jones for using hate speech. twitter says jones tweeted a link to a video calling for his supporters to get their battle rifles ready against media and others. well that violates twitter's rules against hundreds of insta accounts hacked within the past week and instagram is investigating. many have the same m.o. the contact information and bios were changed. oftentimes the pictures were changed to a disney or pixar character. e-mail addresses connected to accounts were changed to ones with a russian domain. again they're investigating. north face leaving the bay area. >> the outdoor active wear parent's company moving its headquarters to denver and taking 650 jobs with it. north face was founded in san francisco in 1966 as a climbing equipment store before moving to

alameda. ralocoff odo company $27 million worth of tax incentives. the move is expected to be complete by 2020. if you're planning a vacation with royal caribbean don't take your emotional support animal. the cruise line banning the animals immediately. the company didn't say the reason for the change but in a blog post it noted emotional support animals aren't protected by the americans with disabilities act. service animals like seeing eye dogs are allowed under ada regulations. a live look at the new york stock exchange where we are down about 200 points this morning. investors will be looking to the world trade organization today after china filed a formal complaint over the trump administration's tariffs on chinese made solar panels. mayor sam liccardo is about promote his city and retweeted a photo of the san jose logo tattooed on the leg of a man who ran every city street. the mayor's tweet says, quote,

my staff dared me to follow jake's example and i told them i would do it for 1il monli retweets. liccardo added a message to his wife saying don't worry, they tell me it's impossible. so far he is just at about 500 retweets, 518 as you see on your screen there. he has a long way to go. >> alexis has retweeted and then she encouraged me in an aggressive manner to do it and you have done it too. and then sam liccardo liked our retweets. >> good. >> good morning, mr. mayor. and we hope to see that tattoo soon. >> mischievous 6-year-old girl knows what she wants and how to get it. >> take a look at these photos of catelin posing near a tower of amazon boxes. she ordered nearly $400 worth of toys and her mom had no idea. she let her daughter order one barbie for doing extra chores. her mistake was elect her ulett

the phone again to check the shipping status. that's when she made her move. >> i left and i wasn't paying attention and she got on and ordered close to $400 worth of items. mostly barbies and a few dolls and a pony and a -- accessories. >> i love this last part of the story. instead of returning the extra toys, which i think most people would expect them to do, the family actually donated them to a children's hospital in salt lake city. >> that's super sweet. >> but to her point, barbie doe a car, barbie also needs some friends, right. >> barbie has accessories. >> i had a barbie shoe store when >> wha oh, boy.i good luck, mom. >> maybe even in ten months. >>n to that credit card before they go to the mall.

>> in weather we are tracking a cool start out there this morning with overcast skies. live doppler 7 with satellite lot of gray in the screen showing you that cumulus cloud cover overhead. pier 39, got the sea lions enjoying the gray start to our morning. temperature wise we're waking up to 50s to low 60s at this hour. as you step outside, grab the light jacket with you. it's definitely that time of the year where layers are key. highs today we warm up in the south bay, 80 in san jose, 78 for santa clara, 77 the high for cupertino. along the peninsula about 76 for mountain view, same for redwood city, much cooler along the coastline, 58 the high for pacifica. downtown san francisco some afternoon sunshine. we'll be cool in the city, 64. cloudier in daly city high of only 58 degrees. into the north bay we go. sunny skies this afternoon. warm in cloverdale, 91, 82 in sonoma, 79 the high in san rafael. sausalito cool on the water at

67 degrees. into the east bay later on today we'll have some afternoon sunshine after morning cloud cover. 69 the high in berkeley, 72 in san leandro, 76 fremont and inland in the 80s. 81 san ramon. 87 brentwood. with we'll plan out the next seven days, clouds to sun, warmer air by the end of the week and look what comes on saturday. away from the coast, it is going to be warm to hot. we do have a traffic alert with alexis. here's more on that. >> they are getting closer to clearing this. i heard from matt keller that said they gave them the warning hoping to have this fully cleared by 7:00 a.m. so getting very close here. this is northbound 101 near millbrae avenue in the sfo area. we do have this deadly crash investigation ongoing. just the far right lane and off ramp are closed at this point but unfortunately a pedestrian for some reason was walking on the freeway and that person was hit and killed just after 4:00 this morning. here's a look at the backup. this is still a sig alert. up to about four miles now of

heavy traffic approaching. seven miles approaching the speeds. if you have a flight to catch i would stick to el camino real or 280 cut on 380 and head to the airport on the southbound side of 101. quick check of some drive times, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 53 minutes coming down, just saw that tick down to 52, we had an earlier crash in livermore that has been pushed offer to the shoulder. westbound 4 antioch to concord in the yellow at 28 and no delays, san rafael to san francisco looking great at 16 minutes. >> thanks. happening today, san francisco's newest hospital will get ready for its big grand opening. california pacific medical center is opening its mission campus that will replace saint luke's hospital on the same block. the grand opening is august 25th but this afternoon hospital staff will take part in a practice run. the new campus will have an emergency room that is four times larger than the er at saint luke's. next the seven things you need to know before you go. >> let's look at our instagram picture of the day. if you haven't yet follow us at

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you go.e is .e thisnow before number one, we've been tracking a deadly crash all morning around sfo northbound 101 near millbrae avenue. we still have the far right lane blocked along with the exit ramp. sig alert is in place although matt keller has been reporting for us live there this morning. he and his crew got told to pack up and move. the roadway should be reopening any minute. >> number two, italian officials blaming the collapse of a highway bridge on the private company that operates the structure. at least 39 people are dead after that bridge fell yesterday afternoon. >> number three, it is back to school for students in parkland, florida. marjory stoneman douglas high school stepped up securiy since the shooting with safety monitors, new locks and surveillance cameras. number four, we know the bay area's bad roads cost us in the pocketbook and now we know how much. tripnet.org says here in the bay area it costs the average driver nearly $3,000 a year.

>> number five, omarosa firing back at the trump administration during an appearance on "the daily show" the former aide said the white house is trying to silence her. president trump's campaign has filed arbitration accusing omarosa of violating her nondisclosure agreement. >> and number six, in weather, right now this morning we're dealing with gray skies but into the afternoon sunshine will be dominant in our sky. you can see 64 in san francisco, about 70 in oakland, 80 in san jose, 85 the high in concord. >> number seven, "crazy rich asians" hits the screen today. the first contemporary set film in 25 years to feature an all asian cast. critics are loving the movie a 95% rating on rotten tomatoes and the director has bay area ties. >> it will be nice if this does ps make more then hollywood will movies with diverse casts. >> totally. >> oh, yeah. >> love it. >> not bad.

>> you say our weather will get better than"gma" starts now. good morning, america. and striking back. president trump's campaign now taking legal action against omarosa, but can they stop her from talking? and this morning, the new taped conversation from omarosa about the president and the tale of that tape. does it exist, and did the president use a racial slur? how the white house answers that. church sex abuse scandal. the disturbing new report claiming more than 300, quote, predator priests abused more than 1,000 victims over decades in pennsylvania alone. church leaders accused of covering it up. now the victims getting a voice, their emotional message this morning. high water rescues. overnight, record rainfall pounding the heartland.