weekend. mid 40s to mid-50s. >> state route 37. we have really dense fog. that is the 101 corridor. make sure you are driving for conditions this morning. no fog here at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights 5:27. you're wide open once you make it past the toll plaza, metering lights into san francisco. thanks, alexis. hurricane florence slamming the east coast. this is a live picture from north carolina. yeah. you can see intense winds and rain causing heavy damage overnight. this is obviously only the beginning. we have live team coverage right now with abc news reporter emily rau in north carolina where things have intensified

throughout the morning. sit really nasty out there. we have been check anything with emily throughout the morning. emily, how are things now? >> reporter: good morning. the eye of hurricane florence has officially made landfall bringing with it intense gusts of wind here in north carolina, in wilmington. gusts up to 105 miles per hour. florence is moving less than 10 miles per hour inland. but the wind coming with it, ten times as fast. >> once these winds start blowing, if at that tropical storm rate, it will be virtually impossible for the rescuers to get in to rescue you. >> reporter: they are now blasting an area hundreds of miles wide, ripping off this gas station canopy in topsail beach. the storm surge is rushing in. in new bern, people wading

through waist-deep water. >> right now i'm currently sitting in my truck watching the water rise, coming towards me. >> reporter: in wilmington, rain coming down sideways in sheets. families who chose to stay and ride it out now bracing for the worst. >> we have large pine trees in the backyard and they are bending the. the winds are howling away. i can hear it inside the house >> reporter: shelters overflowing. at least 300,000 people are without power in this area. more than 100 are waiting for rescue in new bern. this storm is just getting started. thank you. obviously they need help from states across the u.s. crews from the bay area are ready to do that in the aftermath of florence. others are on stand by to leave at a moment's notice.

amy hollyfield is live in menlo park with that part of the story. amy >> reporter: firefighters here in menlo park. hearsay picture of the team. part of the team is in hawaii helping with hurricane efforts there. now they have been dispatched to north carolina to respond to florence. they aren't the only ones springing into action? they have four medical teams on stand-by. they have bags packed and ready to go to north carolina whenever they get the call. >> the hardest part is leaving our family at a moment's notice. >> reporter: oakland's task force is already in the east coast. they shared pictures of their travels.

fremont fire, santa rosa and oakland fire. so the bay area is pitching in to help the east coast in this moment of need. reporting live in menlo park, amy hollyfield, nbc 7 news. amy, thank you. a look at live pictures coming in from the hurricane. hurricane florence continuing to move inland over north carolina. you can track the aftermath at abc7news.com. we have everything from a photo gallery to also live streaming coverage from our sister station wtvd in north carolina. check there for the very latest. in other news, on the peninsula, there may be more victims of a babysitter accused of sexually abusing children. >> he worked as a rideshare driver and babysitter on a child care website. he babysat for several families

and abused several boys under the age of 14. the sheriff's department is asking anyone who knew him to contact them. a male teacher apparently walked into a girls bathroom. it happened at the oakland military institute. an 11-year-old student told us she and her friend were chatting away, each using a stall last thursday when they heard someone come in and recognized his distinctive red boots. >> i made eye contact with him through the cracks of the stall. >> do you think there's any way he didn't know you guys were in there. >> well, he did because he seen our backpacks on the floor. >> the student said instead of turning around and walking out, he proceeded to urinate in the stall next to theirs. the school said in conversations omi's attorney we have come to understand the teacher's actions do not constitute a crime.

however, his actions are extremely serious and we are committed to fully investigating this matter. >> san francisco marriott overwhelming vote to any moment authorize a walkout. this is video from last week when nearly 1,000 workers marched in the city. the issue, contract negotiations between the workers union and the company. as for last night's vote to strike, 98.6% of workers approved it. that doesn't mean it will start a strike, but it means they can walk out at any time caught on camera. a fight between a small security guard and a group of people at a tribute for an actor. let's talk about tornados. they're possible in this area you see in red. 640,000 people under that threat. just about the entire state of north carolina and south carolina, nearly 5 million

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are 60 miles apart. the flooding you will see the rest of the weekend will be from freshwater or from the rain. you can see it just parks itself for the better part of the weekend, through the carolinas, then moves into new england as we head into the first part of next week. 50 in redwood city. 56 menlo. north bay, mid-40s. here's a look at what's going on as far as your activity planner. out and about, good. watch out for strong sunshine. not as breezy as beaches. not as bright either. alexis? >> okay. good morning, mike. we are checking out the roads here this morning. i do have a new problem if you're traveling southbound 680, walnut creek, we have a crash on the connector to westbound 24. obviously a busy route. we're just starting to see the effects on the traffic camera. one lane, at least one lane is blocked on the connector. i believe that is three lanes across. as many as five vehicles

involved. i should have for info in just a minute. off the shoulder, past the san mattei toe bridge toll plaza but heavy approaching that scene. thank you, alexis. the warriors will celebrate a milestone. a topping out ceremony at chase center 12:15 this afternoon. all 1200 construction workers, as well as the warriors, will autograph the final beam before it is hoisted into place. that marks the completion of the steel part of the new arena. chase center is expected to be completed next september in time for the 2019 season. this is all moving so fast. pretty cool. new at 6:00, the under water trail about to open at lake tahoe and the historic sites you will see for the first time. plus, a motorcycle with no ride senator bmw says this will make you safer on the road. a live look outside on a friday. a lot of people going to work and starting their weekend.

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welcome back. and a live look at wilmington, north carolina. heavy rain still coming down. really strong wind as hurricane florence continues to move inland. i want to show new from wilmington, the eye of the wall starting to move in early this morning. the winds so intense.

the rain even blowing sideways. i also want to show new new video into our live desk. marina in new bern, north carolina. you can see the blue boat there on the side. a lot of those boats really just bobbing up and down in those heavy waves that are battering the marina right now. a lot of the docks submerged. this is what it looked like in jacksonville, north carolina a few hours ago. victor okendo tweetingweetingweg his location. we will be more on florence throughout the newscast. a chaotic scene at a shopping mall parking lot in southern california. a crowd of hundreds of people roughing up two mall security guards. video shows damage on the guard's vehicle, including a crashed windshield. the side show in west covina wednesday night was in honor of "fast & furious" actor paul walker on what would have been

his 45th birthday. he died in a car crash in 2013. police hope to identify the suspects in the video. kidnapping survivor elizabeth smart is asking officials to reconsider a decision to release the woman who helped kidnap her. the now 30-year-old spoke in salt lake city yesterday. she was shocked to hear watch da barzee will get out next week. bar he zee was sbarzee release indeed 2024 but they miscalculated her time served. >> i do believe she is a threat. she is a woman who had six children and yet could co-conspire to kidnap a 14-year-old girl and not only sit next to her while being raped but encourage her husband to continue to rape me. so do i believe she is dangerous?

yes. >> what a statement. after she is released next wednesday, barzee will be under federal supervision for five years. her husband, brian david mitchell, is serving a life sentence. the a's won't be at the coliseum this weekend, but the place will be packed. the rolling loud music festival is expected to bring in more than 40,000 people. check out the lineup. 50 hip-hop artisting will perform. travis scott and wiz khalifa headlining the two-day event. e40 will perform on sunday. the people in northern neighborhoods can expect to hear their music. it runs from noon to 10:00 tomorrow and sunday. so you will hear a lot of rap music throughout the weekend if you're anywhere near the coliseum. >> noon, mid-60s. it will jump up to 70. it will cool back in the 50s. >> i just heard the beats are

going to be hot. >> well, that's like me earlier. i got some of the songs confused. >> i'm going to stay in my lane. >> >> i live shot out of jacksonville, north carolina. you can see freshwater flooding. you can see the wind blowing across some of the ponding on the roadways. there is a car that will drive-through a little bit of water. so far they have been spared at least this area. sit only getting worse from here on out. we have fog in the north bay. it is not hitting our reporting stations right now. you can definitely see it from our camera in san rafael, looking south on 101. you drive right into the dense fog. >> it will be around the next couple of hours. mostly sunny. maybe more cloud cover at the coast. cooler than average temperatures again. a little bit of fog in the north bay. a little bit of warming trend next week. the warmest we can get today, 80, morgan hill. 81, gilroy. everyone else in the mid to

upper 70s in the south bay. 72, milpitas. the cool spot. 67 to 73 our spread on the peninsula. a little less breezy along the coast today. 62 to 64 there. 65 in downtown san francisco. through the north bay valleys, breezy, mid to upper 70s in most neighborhoods. east bay shore, breezy, upper 60s around richmond and berkeley. everybody else in the low to mid-70s. breezy inland too with upper 70s to low 80s. tonight, the cloud cover making deeper penetration. temperatures about the same. pretty good sleeping weather. accuweather seven day forecast. a little bit cooler tomorrow. sunday, monday, tuesday a lot like today. warmer weather wednesday and thursday. alexis? okay. good morning, mike. solano county, a crash. a solo vehicle crash somehow. i car facing the wrong way. it is blocking the left lane. it has cleared from the board. we are just starting to thin out

westbound 80, mason street. residual delays. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights at 5:22 this morning. pretty early start for a friday. no major incidents if you are taking the commute into san francisco. overall, drive times looking good. santa rosa to petaluma, 14 minutes. westbound 580 castro valley to the maze, 13. 280/680 to highway 85, still in the green at 12 minutes. new at 6:00, you have to look at this. the new self-driving motorcycle. yes, you heard that right. bmw unveiled a driverless bike earlier this week on a test track and shared the video on youtube. this motorcycle is not made for the open road. bmw is using it to develop new technology to make riding safer for humans. but that just does not look right. >> oh, my gosh. >> interesting that it is able to stabilize like that. >> it feels lying there's ghosts

or something. i don't know. there's something just off about it, right? >> here's my idea. here's my million dollar idea. you make a mannequin, like a dummy and you put it on there. and then it drives itself. the dummy drives it. and you just hold onto it. >> no. >> no? >> we talked about dummies earlier. >> your carpool lane violating dummy, you it on the bike. sit behind it. then you're the passenger? >> yeah. >> that's even more weird than the driverless -- >> i have more ideas. we'll cycle through them. we'll get one. >> eventually. in a year. >> or more. food and fun this week in the bay area. a look at some of the events you might want to go to. ehle major announcement in the south bay. san jose diocese promi

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hurricane florence causing an air traffic control backup with our weather pattern. we will be locked in cooler than average weather and this clean air not only today but through the weekend and early next week. enjoy. here's reggie. thanks, mike. new, just when he we thought lake tahoe couldn't get more spectacular, there is a new under water trail. divers will be guided to four sites in emerald bay using gps. one of the locationsis a boat

graveyard from the 20s and 30s. it will be named the emerald bay maritime heritage trail >> if you're looking for something fun, a bit of food to go along with it, here's some ideas from our partners. there is a new pop-up that is sure to make your mouth water. drop by the lady m cake boutique and cry moon cakes or crepes. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 saturday and sunday on mason and eddie streets. lady m started selling sat some of new york's top residents in 2002 >> head to north beach fort annual italian festival. it is a traditional street festival for the whole family saturday sock a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on stockton street. watch an expert pizza toss by a 12-time world champion and of course grab a slice. and the very popular festival in chinatown i

there will be multiple parades along historic grant avenue between california street and columbus avenue. a lot to do this weekend. obviously autumn moon festival so historical thing to do. it's always a beautiful festival. next the bart board approves new measures at its stations. the one controversial thing it will not include the disturbing discovery on the site of a formal naval ship yard. plus, breaking news on hurricane florence. the storm making landfall overnight. we are live in north carolina with the conditions on the ground right now. a live look outside at 6:26. th

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right now at 6:30, breaking news on the east coast. hurricane florence making landfall just about two hours ago. the punishing winds, rain, and the danger ahead. we are live in the storm zone. a major announcement from the catholic church. the bay area diocese about to name every priest who abused a minor. and a new warning from sears about the future of the iconic brand. have you seen this giant polar bear? a big announcement about that

today. good morning. it's friday, september 14th. thanks for joining us. a whole lot going on this morning o. all morning long we have been watching florence. mike nicco tracking it for us. live doppler dialed up. it is starting to move south. it came ashore a couple of hours ago. look what it has done since then. it slowed down over carolina beach, moving south. it is about to head towards, say, myrtle beach. very big storm. for us we have a gorgeous sunrise. yesterday i kept telling you to look up. this morning you might want to look up againonce again. notice by noon, still in the 50s at the coast. rest of us, mid-to upper 60s. barely in the 70s at 4:00. jacket weather this evening. 57 at the coast. 66 inland. here's alexis. all right. good morning, mike. one new issue on the richmond

side of the san rafael bridge. you're seeing the backup here. four to five-car collision before the toll plaza. it sounds like they are all off on the shoulder. hard to believe that looking at this. i'm working on double-checking to see if that's true. definitely expect delays on the approach. another bridge basically in the same area for westbound 92 past the toll plaza for the san mateo. you're averaging 14 miles per hour. that is off on the right shoulder. the backup continues to grow toward the 880 area. hurricane florence batters the coast with relentless rain and powerful wind gusts. a live picture fromvil jacksonville, north carolina. >> how does it look now, derrick? >> reporter: yeah, the wind has calmed down a little bit. we did just get a little bit of a gust. there's still some rain. but that has slowed down as

well. as i say that, we get a gust. you can see the flag flapping violently. we are stand anything front of a hotel so i have some cover from the wind. but that shows you the extent of these sustained winds. the national weather service saying it is about 60-mile-per-hour sustained winds this morning. we have video from overnight showing you the conditions. heavy wind and rain in the jacksonville area, an hour kind of north of wrightsville beach where the eyewall was hitting this morning. the real big story is the the water with this, the flooding. in new bern, north carolina, we have video of that. extensive flooding. storm surge really hit them hard overnight. there are reports of 150 people in kneeled of water rescue in that area. reports of people stuck on rooftops. thankfully, though, no one has

died in that. there are no reports of any injuries. certainly a dire situation for people, who for whatever reason were not able to evacuate or chose not to evacuate. that will be the big story as the storm stays over this carolina coast the next couple of days. the rain and the flooding is the big concern. that is why officials were warning people, urging them to evacuate before this came in. not because of the wind but really because of the rain and the potential for that devastating life-threatening flooding. that is the latest here from jacksonville, north carolina. back to you guys in san francisco. derrick, you mentioned the people in need of rescue in new bern. have there been any rescues in your immediate area? and are emergency crews able to mobilize? >> reporter: so in this immediate area, we have not seen nearly as bad of flooding. new bern is about a 45-minute to an hour drive north from where

we are. it's about an hour inland. so it's pretty remarkable to see flooding there. but also it's -- there are no rivers. they have more water to deal with over there. in this immediate area, not nearly as bad. but certainly that can change. >> derrick, thank you. reporting live from north carolina for us this morning. stay safe. president trump says the government is completely ready for hurricane florence. >> the white house says 4,000 kproeuees are task to the storm. you can download abc 7 news app to get breaking news. enable push alerts. track the storm from your phone or smart device througout the morning. in the south bay, a major announcement from the catholic church regarding clergy abuse. it will conduct its own investigation into its own

priests and name names. it is something clergy abusette. matt >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. the san jose diocese says they will name every priest they believe abused children. >> for me it's a little surreal because it's taken, however you want to look at it. you know, 15 to 20 years for this to come out even though back then the church admitted guilt. why weren't they exploring it back then? >> reporter: that's john. one of the 12 men molested in the 1970s by the late joseph pritchard. patrick mcgraw said the only way we can address the failed leadership of so many in the catholic church in the united states and around the world is for the diocese of san jose to do what we know is right and just. along with naming names and statuses of those accused of

abuse, there will be three listening sessions, an internal investigation by a former fbi executive. you can find the dates and times of the listening sessions on our website, abc7news.com. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. facial recognition technology will not be coming to any bart stations in the near future. the board of directors unanimously approved new transparency guidelines for surveillance technology. the new ordinance requires bart as a public debate and gets board approval before buying new surveillance equipment or even seeking money for it. passage came just a day after it was revealed that some bart officials installed a license plate reader in 2016 and shared the data with law enforcement database i.c.e. could access. the police chief says when he found out about that he ordered that it be taken down. >> we uninstalled the one reared that we had. and no longer sent any

information. and somebody called and said, hey, make sure you delete all our information. >> still, we don't know whether i.c.e. accessed the tin foes. police are bracing for more protests outside the moscone center for day three of the global climate action summit. protests snarled trfbg traffic around the center yesterday. environmental activists say the summit is just for show. one protester was arrested after with what looked like a scuffle in the crowd. thousands of delegates licensed as governor brown blasted the trump administration. >> when trump says in fact, we like more methane going into the air, that is highly destructive. very highly destructive. i think he will be remembered, on the path he is now, i don't know, liar, criminal, fool. pick your choice. >> the governor says the summit

is intended to bring international leaders together to come up with action plans to fight climate change. the climate summit ends today. all right. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. i had to start with that. absolutely gorgeous sunrise developing right now. more low clouds came in and that's why a lot of us aren't seeing it. i will post as many as i can. all right. unfortunately let's talk about what's going on in north carolina. imminent threat. not only straightline winds but faster tornadic winds. north carolina and south carolina, nearly 5 million people going to be dealing with flooding this weekend. the reason why, florence is already starting to slow down. now, the winds are going to become less and less of a problem once we get past i'd say the next 24 to 34 hours. the tropical storm moves over columbia. it dumps one to two inches per hour. finally, by monday morning, it starts to move up to the tri

cities near tennessee and then accelerates way. the aftermath devastating. billions of dollars in damage. a lot of hog farms in eastern north carolina. 49, santa clara, allen rock. everyone else in the low to mid-50s. low to mid-50s until the north bay. let's take a look at the gorgeous sunrise from mount tam. it will be breezy on the bay starting noon through 9:00 and cool if you're head outing and taking mass transit. small craft advisory on the bay. all the areas in yellow will be a little dicey for a small craft. it is friday afternoon, so people want to get out and enjoy the comfortable conditions. how about on the roads getting to work? ? we started off quiet. starting to have a few issues. so i want to get to a few of those. westbound 580, richmond side of

the san rafael bridge, not looking great. we had a five-car crash just past the toll plaza. they said initially i want was off on the shoulder. to me it looks like we had to have something blocked to have this backup. chp confirmed left lane blocked. definitely causing a delay on the approach. we can flip over to traffic maps. i'll show you what that looks like. a 15 to 20-minute delay. there you go. if you are coming into the point richmond area, definitely plan on delays. if you want to head south, use the bay bridge instead. you have your own set of delays too. metering lights on at 5:22. a two-vehicle collision reported just before the metering lights. i believe that was a closed lane. it doesn't look like that is a blocking issue. next traffic update in just about 10 minutes. thanks, alexis. a controversial 19th century statue has been removed. city crews loaded the early days sculpture this morning and

hauled it away. it showed a native american man at the feet of a conquering spanish cowboy and a catholic missionary. some people called it racist and demeaning. on wednesday, the city board of appeals voted to remove it. we continue to watch live images from hurricane florence and the stunning video. it's hard not to think about what we would do in a natural disaster in an earthquake here. one app is getting a lot of attention. it could be crucial in an emergency. we'll show it to you next. of course it's terrible in the southeast u.s. but here in the bay area, it couldn't be a more stunning sunris

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giants have the rockies in town. rockies in first place. 58 dropping to 56. breezy. the niners play sunday in santa clara. 72 at 1:05 kickoff to 75. grab the sunscreen and the shades. 81, sacramento. low to upper 80s for southern california. tahoe, freezing cold mornings, followed by mid-60s to 70 in the afternoon. thank you, mike.

a live look now at jacksonville, north carolina. as you can see, plenty of rain through much of the weekend. >> the category 1 storm made landfall two and a half hours ago at wrightsville peach. heavy rains and powerful winds, the threat of catastrophic flooding. early this morning, ginger zee was live in wilmington, north carolina as the eyewall started to move onto land. >> reporter: the wind is not the only issue. i'm seeing streets here. we are on a very high part of wilmington. streets are filled with water. i am seeing signs flying across the street. boards are ripping up from the end of this. we are in the heart of the storm. the eyewall is always the most violent part. we are feeling it and seeing it. after we get into the eye, there is still going to be hours long

of at least tropical storm force winds. hopefully nothing like this. the boards are coming up. we're going to come in, guys >> she did go into safety and she is doing just fine. emergency responders are back east to deal with the aftermath of hurricane florence. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with efforts from the bay area. amy? >> reporter: hi. good morning, jessica. this firestation is very busy helping all over the country. part of their team just landed at sfo moments ago. they're arriving home from hawaii where they have been helping with hurricane relief efforts. another part of the team on its way to north carolina to help with hurricane happening there. so a very busy team here. this isn't the only team ready to go and spring into action.

travis air force base is ready to go. they have four medical teams ready to go to north carolina whenever they get the call. they have their bags packed. >> there's lots of people we have to remember that can't evacuate and that need that critical care. in any different situation. so that's a skill set that we are able to provide if needed to come in and get these people to safety that may not be able to do that for themselves. >> reporter: an oakland task force is already there. this team took pictures as they are headed to north carolina. they are staging at a regional airport in north carolina and will move in when it is time. it is made up of rescuers, free plant, oakland fire. the bay area is ready to help, jump anything to be there for the east coast. reporting live in menlo park, amy hollyfield, nbc 7 news. thank you, amy. hurricane florence is serving as a reminder to be prepa natural disaster including here in the bay area when we get

earthquakes. >> becky wuerl is talking about it on good morning america. she said never too early to prep your smartphone. 911 should always be your first call. but if you can't reach them and you have wi-fi for data connection, a few apps can really help. >> the first one is zelo, the number one social media app. it turns your phone into a two-way radio, sort of like a cb. it works on even the weakest wi-fi for cell signal. you can join channels and listen for people who needs help, reach out for help yourself. >> there's another app called crowd source rescue. it maps people in need of rescue and connects them with volunteers. becky will have a report on two other emergency apps you can use during a natural disaster at 7:00 on gma. >> developing news out of massachusetts. a teenager has died after nearly 40 fires and explosions in boston and two nearby towns.

investigators say there was a problem with the natural gas main. one explosion toppled a chimney off a home. it hit 18-year-old leo rondon in his car. he died at the hospital. officials say at least 10 other people were hurt. now we turn to your morning money report. another dire warning from sears. >> the company ceo is saying its future is in question. this is the second time in two years sears warned it could go out of business. the company managed to slow its losses. sales were down just 3.9% in the most recent quarter, compared to 11.9% the previous quarter. you newest apple iphone is available for preorder. the brand-new iphone 10s and 10s max started at 12:01 this morning. sor is slightly cheaperer at

$750. there are fewer pixels and lower quality camera. a dedication center for a giant polar bear outside the ferry building. it was put this week for the global climate action summit. it is made from salvaged car hoods. the public dedication is set for 2:30. >> it looks like the coca-cola bear. >> i said, mike, did you see the huge bear on the embarcadero? i guess it was still dark. how could he miss it? >> sometimes you see things at that hour that aren't there. it was good of you to do a check. >> yeah. was it just me or was it really there. >> did you think it was a real bear? >> yeah. that's why i was speeding downed

embarcader embarcadero. in all seriousness, no, losing the ice cap in the arctic is serious. >> oh, yeah, the message behind it. >> exactly. if you get a chance, do some research. it is fascinating how it is affecting the entire global weather system. and the polar bears, they will have to live. i'm glad they put it up to start thinking about that. but it reminded me of coca-cola too. we are tracking a dangerous situation. a look at radar. this storm itself is about 285 miles wide. but then you look at the effects. it's about 540 miles as it is starting to push rain up into southern jersey, delaware, maryland, and also towards virginia. so there could be some issues with flooding there as we head through the latter parts of the weekend and early next week. back here at home, gorgeous sunrise. high clouds will hang around. low clouds at the coast. autumn breezes keep us cooler than average. a little bit warmer next week.

a bowl of cold air sitting on top of us. the reason it's not moving to the east, florence. florence developed a roadblock. it is stopping all traffic. 81, san jose. oud certhe ast. not as breezy as yesterday. low to mid-60s for you. mid to upper 70s through the north bay. and then you head over to the east bay shore. a few upper 60s richmond and berkeley. as you move into the valleys, we have upper 70s to low 80s. still very comfortable. tonight you can see a little deeper penetration of the lower clouds. temperatures in the you mid-40s, mid-50s. because of the extra cloud cover tomorrow morning, slower sunshine. tomorrow our coolest day moving forward. sunday, monday tuesday a lot like today. a little bit warmer wednesday and thursday. have a great weekend. here's alexis

>> good morning, mike. things are looking better. all clear from chp. six to seven vehicles just past the toll plaza. the left lane blocked. that is improving. another problem area, walnut creek, southbound 680 connector to westbound 24. several vehicles involved in that one. four total. they are still working to clear that. 680 is stacked up. it is spilling on the 242, concord. another problem westbound 92, crash off on the shoulder. we can see that on camera. that backup is solid to 880. maybe a little bit spilling over. >ty of a second trial next week. according to the ap, prosecutors filed new charges against manafort this morning. that's a sign a guilty plea may

be coming because a document can only be filed with the defendant's concept. it is unclear whether any agreement with prosecutors would require manafort to cooperate with the russia investigation. he said he would not cooperate in the past. he is accused of lobbying violations and witness tampering san francisco muni says it knows why the city subway system is suddenly playinged with delays but still working on a fix. the agency said it damaged equipment that controls trains when they are underground. they began randomly stopping trains last weekend. muni says replacing the damaged equipment hasn't fixed the issue. they are now getting outside help to try to fix the problem >> a highly radioactive object found at the hunters point ship yard. the small object was found next to a housing area that has been declared safe and free of radioactive contamination for

more than a decade. the object was mention indeed a progress letter sent from the state health department to the ship yard homeowner's association yesterday. health officials have not commented on that discovery >> the 7 things you need to know before you go. >> instagram picture of the day. follow us on abc 7 news bay area. you can see a lot more great pictures like this one. you can share your photos and video and use that hashtag abc 7 now. before we go to break, a live loo

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before you go. number one, hurricane florence. it has made landfall in north carolina. that is what it looks like right now in jacksonville. the category 1 storm is now slowly moving down the coast to south carolina bringing heavy rain and flash flood warnings >> number two, storm surge from florence has left devastating flood anything new bern, north carolina. 150 people are right now waiting to be rescued after 10 feet flooded the city >> number three, bay area rescue cre

crews. >> it is only going to get worse the next 24 to 48 hours. the rain continues to fall on the carolinas. we have a few low clouds, more than yesterday. high clouds and sunshine this afternoon. autumn breezes keep us in the low 60s at the coast. low to mid-70s in the afternoon. number 5, catholic leaders in the south bay are working to be more transparent about child sexual abuse. san jose diocese says it is ready to name names and will soon release a list of every priest believed to have abused minors. number six, looking better on the richmond san rafael bridge. pretty long residual delays. crash has cleared but that's about a 30-minute backup. number seven, preorders for the brand-new iphone xs and max started at 12:01 this morning. if you weren't up that early, you may have to wait. preorder shipments now stretching into september.

plenty of time to save up. continuing coverage good morning, america. breaking news. hurricane florence slamming the east coast right now. makes landfall, pounding the coast with life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds, hitting 90 miles an hour. >> the emergency situation right now in new bern, north carolina where hundreds are trapped in homes, on roofs, in cars. we're speaking with some of them live as rescue crews and the cajun navy rush to save them. >> eight month's worth of rain in just a few days. power knocked out for hundreds of thousands. we're tracking the monster storm as it barrels ashore on our air. our team right there in the storm zone. a special edition of "good morning amer