>> coming up on 6:00 a.m. you're never more than seven minutes away from accuweather forecast. mike nicco, take it away. >> let's look at live doppler 7. look at the lack of gray over our neighborhoods. we're starting off pretty clear, needing the sunglasses early this morning. here's a look at 7:00 after the sun rises at 6:48. we'll be in the upper 40s, low 50s elsewhere. 62 at the coast. breezes are going to keep us in check. 68 to 74 around the bay. breezy at 75 to 84 inland. by 7:00, back in the 50s and 60s. here's alexis, how is it going? >> okay in most areas, mike. i have a little good news if you're traveling in the tri-valley. we had a crash westbound 580 that cleared a couple moments ago. that is good. we no longer have thatiddl la bl hopefully this backup you're seeing from state route 84 will thin out.

i think it cleared out earlier enough. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have been on for 30 minutes. 5:30 the official start time. we'll take a look at drive times coming up at 6:10. breaking news. >> we have b coming into our live desk. this is brand-new video just into the live desk showing crews battling a fire in the east bay. it broke out near a propane manufacturing and storage plant near pittsburgh, forcing firefighters to evacuate the plant as a precaution. the big concern is the embers floating toward the plant. investigators say the plant produces oxygen and has propane canisters. this all began about 1:30 this morning when a grove of trees caught fire. it destroyed a couple of acres, according to the fire captain. we'll keep tck and have updates as they come in. we're following breaking news out of marin county. a wildfire is forcing

evacuations and prompting road closures. >> let's show you a map of the irving fire. it's burnt 100 acres in the wooded area of samuel p. taylor state park. people living on mountain king road, portola avenue, alamo road down to barranca road were evacuated. road closures are all of alamo road and portola avenue. marin county fire says firefighters are dealing with steep terrain but they are making some progress. at last check it was 10% contained. amy hollyfield is in marin county for us. she'll have another update coming up at 6:30. snell fire evacuees are back home. officials lifted advisories yesterday. that fire is burning 40 miles north of napa.

it's burned nearly 2,500 acres and 45% contained. happening right now in new york city. thousands of first responders, survivors and relatives are paying their respects on the 17th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. [ bell tolling ]

>> mary katherine -- >> we pause for that moment of silence when the second plane hit the world trade center. the south tower. now we are listening as some of those names are being read of the victims that died on september 11th, 17 years ago. earlier this morning there was also a moment of silence held at 5:46 our time. that was the moment the first plane hit the twin towers. >> they'll have a couple more moments of silence for when the towers fell and also for when the attacks happened in washington, d.c. and shanksville, pennsylvania. you can continue to watch this live at our website, abc7news.com and also i tweeted out a link if you want to take a look. vice president mike pence is marking the somber day at the pentagon, the names of the 184 who died there will be read. there will be a moment of silence and a wreath-laying

ceremony. president trump and first lady melania are traveling to shanksville to mark the anniversary at the flight 93 national memorial. >> ceremonies will be held in the bay area today to honor victims. in va lllejo a memorial at statn 4. menlo park will display all those who died and in san francisco, firefighters will hold an annual remembrance in less than an hour. abc7 news reporter matt keller is live at station 7. >> reporter: we're about 40 minutes away from the ceremony starting here. they'll be taking place at all fire stations across san francisco. the public is invited to attend. they start at 6:45 this morning. here's video from last year's ceremony at station 7. this one in san francisco. it's hard to believe it's been 17 years since the attacks on the world trade center, the pentagon and flight 93. san francisco firefighters are making sure the people who are killed are never forgotten.

today's ceremony starts at 6:45 when fire engines and trucks will flank the driveway on both sides. firefighters will then assemble at attention in front of the station's flagpole. at 6:59 a.m., the time of the south tower collapse, three sets of three bell rings will chime signifying the last alarm. then at 7:00, flags will be lowered to half-staff followed by a minute of silence. at 7:02, all names of new york firefighters killed on 9/11 will be read allowed and flags will remain at half-staff for the remainder of the day. a team of oakland firefighters driving across the country to north carolina are bringing a week's worth of supplies that they'll need when hurricane florence hits the east coast. that 16-member true is trained for water and flood rescues. last night firefighters packed their rescue boats, food and fuel. right now florence is a powerful category 4 hurricane.

you see an airplane flying through the eye of the storm. florence is expected to make landfall on thursday. people in north carolina, south carolina and virginia are being told to evacuate. the governors of all three states have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. of course, major airlines are letting you change your reservations if you're traveling through airports affected by florence. you see the carr carriers, alas delta, frontier, jet pleblue an united. an abc news exclusive, donald trump jr., what he's saying about his father's presidency this morning. never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. yesterday we said good-bye to the 90s. today we'll say good-bye to the 80s. look at the highs today and thursday, in the 60s

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tons of sunshine today. we'll crack into the 60s and hit the mid to upper 60s by noontime. let's take a look at traffic. >> we have a handful of issues. southbound 101 before airport boulevard hearing we have a brush fire pretty close to the freeway there. they have the right lane blocked on the southbound side. looks like some folks may be slowing down to take a look at that on the north bound side. some drive times, we're heavy getting out of the tri -- or central valley, excuse me, due to an earlier crash in the tri-valley.

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. coming up on 6:15. president trump's son is defending his father this morning in an abc news exclusive, donald trump jr. says the person who wrote "the new york times" op-ed piece about a resistance inside the white house was likely a disgruntled low-level person who was thrown out of the administration. he says it's made his father more isolated in the oval office. >> i think there are people in there he can trust. it's a much smaller group than i would like it to be. >> who do you trust? >> i'll keep that to myself. >> and they're not family? >> i'm talking outside of family. i think that one goes without saying. >> donald jr. has been on the campaign trail. you can watch more of his interview with abc news reporter tara palmieri coming up at 7:00 on "gma." in the north bay, a push to stop teen smoking. marin county supervisors will

discuss an ordinance that will ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. county officials say they get teens hooked on smoking because the candy-like flavors mask the taste of tobacco smoke. the cdc says e-cigarettes -- e-cigarette use, i should say, among middle and high school students has increased 800% between 2011 and 2015. in the east bay pop-up restaurants are allowed to stay, at least for now. county officials say they will stop closing pop-up restaurants as long as they follow safety laws. last month they shut down several pop-ups because they lacked permits. officials are working on permit programs and hoping to enact clear rules by october 8th. when it comes to online shopping, ordering what you need can be super convenient but returning it if you have to maybe not so much. a southern california company is hoping to change that.

they call themselves happy returns. ioide toany is partnering with make returning online purchases a lot easier. all you have to do is bring your item to one of its return bars and they're going to process your refund. >> wanted to create a service free for customers and much easier so you're able to walk into a store like paper source and hand your items to someone. >> happy returns started with one return bar in santa monica 2 1/2 years ago and now has hundreds of locations at major shopping malls, boutiques, and as you mentioned paper source stores. here in the bay area, the service is available in san francisco, oakland, palo alto and santa clara. i looked into this because i thought, how can they do it and not charge anything for it. it's because these stores want you to be in there. >> oh, really? >> yeah. >> they're losing out, obviously, the amazons of the world, so they want you to return their item inside the store and maybe when you're there, you'll pick up a couple things. >> yeah. you return an unwanted item and

you maybe spot something out of the corner of your eye. they have one at westfield mall in san francisco. >> just downtown. >> a little foot traffic never hurts. let's talk about being outside today if you're walking, grab the sunglasses, you'll need them. here's a look at san rafael that may see fog this morning. it's clearing 64 degrees. all of us see sunshine and become breezy this afternoon. that's going to take our temperatures down a couple of degrees. clear tonight, high clouds rolling in, patchy fog in the north and a roller coaster of temperatures thanks to the cold front yanking temperatures down from alaska. tomorrow we'll ake 80s tomorrow. san jose and southward will be mid-80s. on the peninsula, a lot of mid to upper 70s. a breeze through the san bruno gap keeping you at 68 in

millbrae. upper 60s near 70 for downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. north bay coast, low 60s for you. 20 to 25 degrees warmer inland as you hit the valleys, low to mid-80s here. along the east bay shore, low to mid-70s. 84 to about 89 degrees in our east bay inland neighborhoods. if you're going to the game tonight, braves and giants, first pitch at 60. more cloud cover the next two days and temperature in the 60s and 70s but 80s return inland and stay that way through the weekend. have a good one. >> we have what is not sounding like a good situation in the oakland area. we started off with a disabled van southbound 880 around 23 tt. within that slight backup. we had a motorcycle crash and we

have three left lanes blocked now. sounds like a lot of vehicles in that crash. a new collision in the south bay, southbound 101 before san antonio road. that's on the shoulder but very heavy. once you get to state route 116 in petaluma, that's about a 20-minute delay. south bay, 280 and 17, inbound side starting to get busy but so far no major problems for you. >> "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc7 news. >> paula farris with a live look at what's ahead. >> live from san francisco. >> you got it. >> great to be with you on this tuesday. is it tuesday? >> yes. all day long. >> it is tuesday, right? >> all day long. >> all day long. all right, good morning to you. happy tuesday. coming up on "gma," hurricane florence is barrelling towards the east coast right now. states of emergencies have been declared in four states as this hurricane is a major category 4 storm. it forces more than a million people to evacuate.

we're talking to one of the hurricane hunters flying over right now. our team on is the ground tracking what's ahead. a social media scam. this woman accused of faking a firefighter husband, pretending he's out on the front lines. she even faked a pregnancy. she collected thousands in money and supplies. how to know if you're donating to a legit cause. this couple is traveling around the world on their points. find out how you could, too. don't they look so happy? plus, a big "dancing with the stars" reveal. who is tangoing into the ballroom with former champ whitney. it's coming up live only on "gma" on this tuesday. >> we want a stupid idea to pitch to the network. dancing with the puppets. >> there's no stupid idea. >> remember where alf is one of the dancers. we also have miss piggy. >> lambchop.

>> dancing with the puppets on abc. >> my ifp isn't working right now. i don't know what you're talking about. >> it's such a pleasure. >> we could tweak it a little bit. >> we can work on this. >> a teeny bit. >> it's so bad, she can't even hear us. >> we should definitely pitch that to somebody, reggie. >> okay. >> we'll slide into your dms and give you more details. thank you, paula. >> have a good day. >> if you're looking to add a new pet to your life, a local shelter has an idea you'll want to hear about. new testing requirements for cannabis in california.

you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. the smoke is wafting down otherwise air quality is pretty good moving forward. oakland raiders hit the field again in less than a week. they'll be on the road taking on the denver broncos this sunday. it comes after a disappointing start to the new season. a 33-13 loss to the l.a. rams last night. rumors of a lawsuit are also swimmering. the raiders are planning to move to a new stadium in las vegas in two years but the city of oakland might sue the team over money still owed on the coliseum renovations. if the lawsuit does happen, the raiders have threatened to rip up nextyear's lease he the

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right now at 6:30, breaking news in the north bay. the fast-moving wildfir wildfirr evacuations. 17 years later, the memorial marking the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. plus, the climate change conference about to start in san francisco and how it will impact your commute starting this morning. good morning to you. it is tuesday, september 11th. >> obviously, there's a lot going on. you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco. >> i thought we would start with the wind since we have the fire in marin county.

the winds are blowing towards san francisco and gusty at 24 miles an hour. that is some concern as we head throughout the day. at the lower levels we're calm, a little sea breeze but much in the way of cloud cover. we have temperatures from the mid-40s to mid-50s through 7:00. my 12-hour planner, 60s and 70s at noon with low humidity. mid-80s inland during the afternoon hours. those 90s are gone and not coming back in my accuweather seven-day forecast. in fact, it gets cooler. here's alexis. >> good morning. we have a traffic alert in oakland. a sigalert north of 16th avenue. it's sounding like a serious crash. a motorcycle involved, a semi, and one other suv, possibly another vehicle, too. the two left lanes are blocked on the southbound side. the two right lanes 580 is wide open eastbound and

westbound. i have not gotten word from chp that they're permitting big rigs to use an alternate. if you're in any other kind of vehicle, i recommend you get off or use surface streets because that's slowing down to a crawl. everyone else, it's typical. bay bridge metering lights on for over an hour. everybody got a bit of a wait unless you're in the carpool lanes. to the breaking news in the north bay. a wildfire burning in samuel p. taylor state park in marin county. >> so far 100 acres have burned and the fire is 10% contained. evacuation orders were in effect for some areas. amy hollyfield is live for us with more. >> reporter: they opened up this community center as an evacuation center. they have some people who spent the night inside, others slept in their cars in the parking lot. they said it was very last minute, they had to get out quickly and the community came

together. here's a look at the fire. overnight marin county fire saying they are making some progress on getting containment. they got it 10% contained. they say it's burned about 100 acres. residents say it was pretty scary last night as the fire was growing. >> the sonoma fires from last year are all fresh in our mind and our community center was an evacuation center for ten days last october for the sonoma fires. now we're an evacuation center for our own wonderful community. so, yeah, it pretty much -- you go through every emotion that there is. >>r:heurng steerrain and t get to it. those that live along mountain king road, portola road are

evacuated. 20 to 30 structures are being threatened by the fire. the red cross is here at the community center to offer help to anyone who needs it. reporting live in marin county, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. shasta county, interstate 5 is reopened but it could close again if the flames change from the delta fire. vehicles carrying flammable material are prohibited from using a 17-mile stretch closest to the fire. the delta fire has burned nearly 50,000 acres of brush and timber and only 5% contained. several neighborhoods north of redding are still evacuated. take a look at this photo that came into our live desk during the newscast. it's a homeless encampment fire that broke out overnight. it was first reported around 2:45 this morning near east 12th street and 22nd street.

we have a call into the fire department. as of 4:00 they were still battling this fire. we're still waiting to get word from them. as soon as we get an update, we'll let you know. >> today the nation is pausing to remember one of the worst days in our history. today marks the 17th year since the september 11th terror attacks. here's a live look at the 9/11 memorial ceremony in new york city. there was a moment of silence at the 9/11 memorial less than an hour ago at 5:44. it marks the exact moment the first plane hit the north tower of the world strait trade center. there's a new push to pay tribute to first responders who have died since the attacks. they were exposed to toxic dust and debris and what one retired agent calls a cesspool of cancer. it is impacting police officers, firefighters and federal agents. >> only now we are beginning to understand and witness the ects because nobody knows what

tomorrow may bring. >> this number puts it into perspective. the 9/11-related deaths is eight times more than those who died on the day of the attacks. more than a dozen firefighters have died in the last year. >> expect some extra traffic delays around san francisco's masconi center. howard streets will close at 6:30 and it's for a global climate action ceremony that kicks off tomorrow. governor brown is hosting that event. he signed legislation to put california on a path out fossil fuels by yesterday people gathered to talk about biodiversity. >> this is very important for the world, not for the country, this country or w

are all living in this planet. >> the summit is expected to bring some protests. a coalition of groups accuses the governor of not doing enough to stop fracing. that's a controversial method of extracting oil. new details in the frightening muni bus crash in san francisco. muni is telling us the driver is a 66-year-old man who's been a long-time bus operator. we brought this to you as breaking news yesterday. the bus first hit the car, then the tree and a business. jenis patel couldn't believe what was happening in front of him. >> it was totally in a shock. i can't even say a word and for at least ten minutes, my entire body was shaking. >> the bus driver is being treated for life-threatening injuries. three passengers are also hurt. officials hope to learn what went wrong by looking at the on

board cameras. today san francisco's district attorney will announce a new safety campaign and this comes after several recent ride share attacks around the bay area. we don't have all the details of the campaign quite yet but we're told representatives from uber will be at the conference. it's set for 1:00 this afternoon. new data shows nearly one in five marijuana products failed state safety tests. the state began requiring safety tests back in july and the associated press found over the past couple of months nearly 11,000 samples were tested and 2,000 of those failed. some products failed because of unacceptable levels of pesticide and bacteria. industry experts say the standards are too strict and technical glitches are adding to the high failure state. the state is considering revising some rules. in the east pay a city council man is calling attention to the homeless problem.

he'll move into a tiny home and live there for two days. lany college students who are currently homeless will move in. lany carpenter students are building the home thanks to an $80,000 grant. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we're running 82 in the sunset to 53 in the financial. bayview is about 55. 52 in palo alto. look at pittsburg, 57. here's a look from the south bay, the western span of the bridge. sunny start. on the roads once again today becoming breezy if you're going to be on a ferry ride. in fact, a little sooner. yesterday about 3:00 the breezes kicked up. they'll kick up about 1:00 today. mass transit will be comfy to

warm. nothing too hot. especially in the south bay. we start off at 58 this morning. 68 by 10:00. mid-70s by the lunch hour and upper '70s for the afternoon hour. back to 65 by 8:00. here's a look at what's going on in the east bay. hanging out in the low 70s in the afternoon hour. jacket weather by 8:00. up in the north bay, we start off at 53. no fog. the air too dry. 75 at noon. hanging out in the mid to low 80s. 68 under the stars at 8:00. pretty comfortable day weatherwise. i want to bring alexis in here to tell you about what's going on. >> we have sky seven, a sigalert in oakland. let's take you live to them. they're over 880 on the southbound side just before 16th avenue. to me it looks like we're down to the far left lane and shoulder blocked due to this crash. you can see a large emergency response. we had a motorcycle that went down and, unfortunately, sounds like they were involved in two

separate crashes there. i do not know the condition of that rider. ambulance is on scene. this pickup truck was involved as well. you have an suv facing the wrong way. initially calls into chp said a semi, a tractor/trailer was involved, too. sky7 pans back, check this out, a tough area to have anything blocking. even though we're down to just one full lane block along with the shoulder. we have at least a 25-minute delay on 880 and onlooker delay that's filled in on the northbound side as well. 580 is looking good, eastbound and westbound for an alternate. unless you're in a big rig, they have not given permission for big rigs to use 580 as an alternate. if you're leaving the maze heading through oakland area, you can plan on extensive delays. we'll talk more about this in ten minutes. say good-bye to subway's $5 foot long. big change coming to the sandwich change for a second time. the 9/11 anniversary

memorial is happening across the country. an event about to get under way in san francisco to honor those who died

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conditions at tonight's braves/giants games. the fire danger is increasing across the state. you can see everything in red, which makes it down into mendocino county. that's today through thursday for the red flag warning. around the state, 88, sacramento. 96 in fresno. around 80 for los angeles. about 83 and breezy in yosemite and tahoe outlook, the 80s are gone. only 62 for a high by thursday. back in the 70s by the end end of the weekend. we want to take you live to shanksville, pennsylvania. that is where president trump is speaking this morning to mark the 17th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. this is the flight 93 national memorial. >> you'll see that remembrance ceremony is already under way. flight 93, you'll remr,as bound for sfo but hijackers forced it to divert. it crashied as crew members and passengered tried to regain

control. this year, by the way, there is a new 93-foot tall structure with chimes that represent each of the people killed in shanksville. rows of trees that ring the site symbolize. >> more than 300,000 people visit that site every year, which is surprising because it's really in the middle of farm field. >> and it's a really small field in next to that site. >> people have not forgotten. the san francisco fire department is also honoring those who lost their lives on 9/11. >> matt keller is live at station 7 in the city's mission district where that ceremony is just getting under way. hi there, matt. >> reporter: hi, jessica. it's just getting started o bot sides. you see firefighters are assembling at attention in front of the station's flagpole. we're expecting that flag to be raised at any moment. 6:59, the time of the south tower collapse, three sets of

bells will chime signifying the last alarm. at 7:00 flags will be lowered to half-staff followed by a minute of slenilence, at 7:02, all nam of the new york firefighters killed on 9/11 will be read. flags will remain at half-staff for the rest of the day. we'll be out here taking a look at this and we'll bring more on later editions of abc7 news. back to you. >> thank you. now breaking news we're tracking from oakland. right now the oakland police department is searching for a missing 1-year-old boy. the department is telling abc7 news the boy's mother does not seem to remember who has her child. he's now being held by police this morning. we're expecting a name and a photo of the missing 1-year-old shortly. we'll give that to you as soon as we get it and post on it on our abc7 news app and

abc7news.com if it does not come in by the end of our your morning money report. >> the main hotel on columbus avenue is now shufting down. almost 200 xeemployees will be laid off and 342 hotel rooms will disappear at the end of october. the property owner did not renew its lease. the holiday inn express across the street will stay open. $5 foot longs could be a thing of the past at subway. the chain will allow each shop to decide if they want to sell the discounted subs. many franchise owners were upset because of the lower profit margins. other changes are coming including new food and redesigned stores. in the south bay a generous donation is keeping a beloved tradition alive. christmas in the park will shine bright thanks to a $15,000 donation from the owners of garden city construction.

now, in the past the sponsor has been orchard supply, but they backed out after announcing they're going to close all of its stores. it features hundreds of christmas trees decorated by local schools and other groups. a new report ranks the most valuable college majors. >> number one on the list may surprise you. bankrate.com says actuarial science can look to an annual salary of $109,000. zoology is number two, followed by nuclear engineering, health and medical preparatory and number four, applied mathematics rounds out the top five majors. it studies factors like salary, employment rate. as we've been telling you, journalism is number 87 on that list. >> hey, at least it's 86 -- or, no, beats 88. >> you clearly didn't go for mathematics. >> that is why -- >> that's why he never picked

actuarial science. >> wow. >> it's early. >> i don't know what i meant. >> it's 2:00 a.m. wake-up call. >> yes, i've noticed that. i can't remember things as well as i used to. let's let the scientist take over on this side of the deck. here's a look, it's a hazy start. some of the smoke from the marin county fire will waft southward. get ready for sunny and breezy conditions and just a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday. a dry cold front means our cooler days are ahead of us. look at the lack of clouds on the forecast. 3:00 in the afternoon. there's 7:00 in the evening. we'll have high clouds roll in

tonight. as far as today's temperatures, mid to upper 60s along the coast. low to mid 70s along the bay. we'll have mid to it upper 80s in inland east bay neighborhood. temperatures tonight drop back into the upper 40s and 50s. a little more cloud cover along the coast and fog along the north bay. here's what's going on along hawaii. a direct hit. you can see maui at 11:00 tomorrow morning. high surf warning right now, flash flood watch issued for the entire island chain and florence that could hit north of wilmington north carolina as a category 4 during the darkness of night thursday, which makes it scarier. we actually havest one in o you get to 16th avenue. we still have the left lane blocked along with the right shoulder.

sounds like a really serious crash volcainvolving a motorcyc. also seeing some pretty hefty delays on the northbound side. looks like a lot of folks slowing down to take a look at that. in either direction, i highly recommend taking 580 unless you're in a big rig to avoid those backups. that's pretty long on either side of 880. southbound 101, we initially heard the crash is off to the shoulder but it's in the left lane and that's causing a 40-minute delay from north of state route 116. here's a live look at golden gate bridge. once you make it to this point, everything is wide open and decent travel conditions. back to oakland. we have an update on a story we first told you about at 5:00. this is at east 12th and 22nd. a live look from sky7. a fire broke out in a homeless

encampment overnight. we're getting our first look at what's left. i want to show you photos from the oakland fire department showing those flames earlier this morning. that was a fire that broke out about 2:45. we have a phone call into oakland fire department to get more information on the investigation that is now ongoing. we'll switch gears to new details on prince harry and meghan markle's first visit to new zealand and south pacific next month. the centerpiece will be harry's invictus games going on in sydney. trip to australia are a rite of passage for royal newlyweds. we saw charles and diana visit with baby william and then william and kate with prince george. ou beculture. we may finally get to figure out who the better dancer is, william or harry.

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6:57. here are the seven things to know before you go. number one, a wildfire is forcing evacuations and prompting road closures in marin

county. the irving fire has burned more than 100 acres in samuel p. taylor state park. it's 10% contained. today marks 17 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. this is a last look at the commemoration ceremony in new york city. right now loved ones are reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed that day. number three, live now to shanksville, pennsylvania, where president trump is about to speak this morning to mark the september 11th anniversary at the flight 93 memorial. flight 93 was bound for sfo but hijackers forced the plane to divert. number four, hurricane florence is gaining strength. the category 4 storm expected to make landfall on thursday in north carolina. president trump has approved an emergency declaration for the state. number five, we'll keep an eye on that. we'll also keep an eye on olivia that will hit maui directly tomorrow. hazy due to the smoke to the north. y.dvisory

are all c tt and. sigalert on the southbound side of 880 just before 16th avenue. that was a crash involving a motorcycle and a few other vehicles. that's the good news. the bad news is we have significant residual delays on either side of 880. down to 6 miles an hour on the southbound side. 14 miles an hour on the northbound side. i recommend sticking to 580. number seven, something to make you smile. a top trending story on twitter. the high school photo of raiders' running back marshawn lynch. abc aired it last night on "monday night football." he graduated from oakland tech. he's changed quite a bit since high school. >> the meme is so good. is says me on monday versus me on tuesday. >> i saw one that was just like, i went beast moden that chemistry exam. >> he was like steve urkel back in the day.

who knew. >> he was a handsome man growing up. of course, this tuesday we remember the good morning, america. bracing for impact. hurricane florence, barrelling toward the east coast right now. the potentially catastrophic category 4 storm with winds topping 140 miles per hour closing in. the new images right inside the eye of the hurricane. what could be one of the worst storms to hit the east coast in decades. more than a million people preparing to evacuate. hospitals clearing out right now. officials warning of life-threatening storm surge, flooding, and winds. our team is spread across the zone with the latest. abc news exclusive. donald trump jr. one on one. out on the campaign trail for the midterms. and slamming the anonymous official who wrote the op-ed blasting his father's administration. what he's saying about fears his father could be impeached and his own role in the russia investigation. >> are you scared you could go