ahead. first this morning live doppler 7 is tracking more rain for your commute. some roads dry, others wet. tomorrow is just going to be a deluge. sounds like everyone is going to be wet. find that umbrella wherever it is. >> plan on staying home and watching us all day long. >> that's a good plan. i like that. >> that's a great plan. by the looks of your traffic everybody stayed home today, the wrong day. we'll get back to you on that. if you are traveling highway 24 you can see down to street level in m you can see showers there, 580 to 280, what a mess around castro valley, hayward and san leandro. burlingame, san bruno, heading right up to sfo where we will have some flight delays today. in fact, look at the wet on san mateo right now. they may uptick a little bit

noon to 4:00, pull back before the big storm arrives tomorrow. more on that comes up. let's talk about that commute with alexis. >> overall we're looking good. we're seeing a few areas starting to look soggier. you can see drops on camera lens on the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. a little sheen on the pavement as well. traffic volumes are filling in, too. no major incidents to report this morning. overall drive times decent. 58 0, westbound to dublin, 48 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard 18. 101 to cupertino looking great at 16 minutes. now to our breaking news, broadway icon and bay area native carol channing has died. >> her publicist confirmed her passing this morning. she died at her home in rancho mirage in southern california from natural causes. channing had suffered strokes in the last year. the actress starred in some of broadway's most iconic roles in the '40s, '50s and '60s including her biggest role in

her most famous roll "hello dolly" which she won a tony. channing was born in seattle but actually grew up in san francisco. in fact, she graduated from lowell high school where the theater is named after her. carol channing was 97 years old. caricaturist shares this, takes her final bow. sandra bernhard, i am so sad, just lost my incredible original inspiration. i saw hello dolly when i was eight and she changed my dna. love you lady forever, one of the greatest entertainers of all time. >> that was certainly a very full life she lived. >> absolutely. she brought a lot of joy to people. >> nice tributes today. now that we know pg&e is filing for bankruptcy, there are a lot of lingering questions about how that affects all of us. >> as customers face the possibility of rising bills, the company's former ceo is going to walk away with millions. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live for us in san jose this

morning. matt. >> reggie we want to make sure everyone at home knows this isn't going to affect the gas and electricity flowing into your home. obviously other impacts. pg&e did file for bankruptcy 18 years ago, all the way back in 2001. that was due to california's deregulated energy market and market manipulation by enron. pg&e faced a credit crumple like it might now due to down grades in its credit rating. some of the natural gas sellers are concerned about selling to pg&e on credit so the state might have to step in again and issue bonds to buy supplies for pg&e. department of water and resource bonds are part of your pg&e bill today. >> we could end up in exactly that type of situation with the state through dwr having to buy power again. once again a dwr bond charge that goes on for 20 plus years. the city of san jose is launching its own clean energy service in three weeks with pg&e

handling delivery of power and billing. pg&e says it will be business as usual in spite of the bankruptcy but experts say some sort of bailout from the state and customers might be needed. the ceo resigned on sunday. bloomberg reports received a severance of 2.3 and $4.46 million. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. have a question about what all this means for you, whether rate payer, employee or shareholder, we want to hear from you. right now on abc7news.com, commit your questions on this forum and we'll work to get you some answers. new developments in the case of a mother accused of trying to drown her newborn son at a redwood city mcdonald's. sarah lockner is taking a plea bargain. she faced child endangerment after prosecutors say she gave birth in a mcdonald's rest room and tried to drown the baby in 2017. the d.a. said lockner pleaded no contest. the judge offered her a sentence of four years in prison as part

of the plea bargain. happening today parents will deliver petitions to change the controversial name of the dixie school district in san rafael. critics of the name say dixie is a reference to the confederacy and slavery. there are several proposed new names for the district including big rock and live oak. parents plan to attend the board of trustees meeting tonight where the issue will be discussed. the board is required to vote within 40 days. teachers in the oakland unified school district are locked in a negotiation battle and say they could walk out. could walk out. >> it is like li strike in oakland in early to mid february if there's no significant movement to truly address ending the teacher retention crisis. >> oakland teachers held a rally over the weekend in support of l.a. teachers. teachers of life academy in oakland have called for a one-day strike on friday. they say this so-called sickout is to show district officials that teachers are ready to strike for higher wages and

smaller class sizes. educators from other schools are expected to take part in the rally and strike on friday. praup olgt. only about a third of students showed up the first day of that teachers strike. more than 30,000 teachers walked out after contracts broke down. teachers are demanding smaller class sizes, more support staff and higher pay. l.a. is the second largest school district in the country. district officials are working to assure parents campuses are in full operation. happening now tsa officials are closing more security lines after more agents are calling out because they are not being paid during the government shutdown. tsa says there are more than double the normal number of sick calls. in the bay area private security staff at sfo, so no security issues there. san jose does not use tsa agents. oakland international airport says it has not experienced any problems with staff.

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you don't have to dress too warmly this morning. temperatures from 47 to 53 across the south bay. we've got 46 in lafayette to 53 in alameda. the 55 in half moon bay. very mild this morning. here is a look at lighter rain moving right across the bay bridge as we speak. out and about rain not necessarily steady but going to be more numerous than yesterday. use our app if you're out exercising and you want to find a dry spot in the radar. for the bay, it's going to be calm but wet today. it's going to be gusty and wetter tomorrow and thursday. north bay, look at this. a chance of rain just about every hour from 8:00 to 8:00.

we go from upper 40s to low 50s to upper 40s. east bay we've got a chance of rain from 8:00 to 6:00. it starts tapering this evening. we hang out around 55 most of the day. san francisco our best chance of showers from 8:00 to 4:00. then this evening it will be mostly cloudy and temperature around 54 degrees. all right. let's get it over to alexis. >> good morning, mike. we have one issue to talk about in the central valley. a five-car collision for westbound 205. that is just before we get to 11th street, right where the back-up begins. i'm not seeing too much behind it yet. that will probably change. i'm stale waiting for details from chp. sounds like the left lane is most likely blocked. we've got average delays passed that as we get closer to altamont pass. highway 4 to maze 24 minutes. bay bridge 12 minutes. metering lights on san francisco to sfo still in the green at 20 minutes. louis c.k. in the south bay

after stepping away from the public eye two years ago because of the sexual misconduct. the 54-year-old set to perform at the improv wednesday and thursday. the comedian admitted to behaving inappropriately in 2015 after multiple women accused him of exposing himself. recently he was criticized for a comedy joke about teenagers who survived parkland shooting in florida plus folks about gender nonconfirming. by the way, both shoes in san jose are sold out. government shutdown is impacting southwest plans to fly from hawaii to bay area. >> new at 6:00, this little girl thought she would feed an animal at an english safari park but she got more than she bargained for. for. >> as we head to this is secret clinical. this is not secret clinical. secret clinical. not secret clinical. a single use of secret clinical is the same as two uses

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the deal is likely to be rejected. if that happens, britain's march deadline to exit the eu could be in jeopardy. to south bay a middle school community is joining forces to help a beloved teacher. >> dave hill taught math for 23 years. he was forced to retire in october much sooner than planned after his symptoms from parkinson's disease progressed. next friday the dartmouth community will celebrate him. former students say hill went above and beyond teaching. >> always knew he cared about the students, so that came first rather than making sure of the grades. >> the community set up a gofundme page for hill and raised more than $10,000 in a month. the teacher says that money will allow him to spend quality time with his family. >> new at 6:00, a little girl from england got an unexpected surprise when she went to feed an animal at a safari park.

>> that's so good. the animal stuck his hold head in the car as you can see, she flips all the way out. the dad shared the video of the encounter saying that's why they say only wind your window down halfway at the safari park. she's not hurt. she's fine. the animal is fine. >> you ate it all. get away. >> the animal is like where is the rest? i'm still hungry. >> exactly. >> why is this girl getting crazy on me. >> this is the way we do things. were you not informed. >> it's a safari park. >> she wasn't ready for that. >> no, i don't think so. you learn as your kids get older, you want to kind of prep them for those things. >> like a huge head is about to enter our window. >> you stick your hand out there, a head is what you're going to get, a very hungry one. oh, my goodness. we've got a chance of rain, a lot. so let's transition to that and talk about some seriousness. you can see the bay bridge toll

plaza, rain, moderate shower coming down a little sideways. breezes aren't too aggressive now, not like they are going to be tomorrow. a few showers, a thunderstorm possible. a little more isolated tonight as we let off the gas a little bit but then we floor that thing for tomorrow thursday morning with the strongest storm rolling in. here we go, mcarthur boulevard heading over with the heavier cell, danville, 680 through alameda, walnut creek and ross more. we had a cell move through the bayview district and now headed to downtown san francisco. we do have moderate showers, yellows embedded with this. that's the change from yesterday. look at that the wall of water from the south. even though it's a one, stronger than yesterday's one. i want to focus on three. that's when we have potential for damage. flooding causing trees and power

lines could come down. wake up to light showers, through the morning, all the way up to 3:00 when mother nature says, hello, i'm here. look at this. yellows, oranges, reds through the 9:00 all the way up to midnight. so we're going to have about an eight-hour span where our concerns are just about off the chart for hydroplaning and downed trees. flooding on roads and small stream flooding that is also possible. here is accuweather forecast. more thunderstorms are going to develop thursday. we'll keep at a two. friday and saturday dry. sunday and monday looks dry. mike, we have one issue to talk about in the south bay. if you're traveling northbound 85 right around highway 17 connection we've got a three-car crash. one of those vehicles off to the left shoulder, another one on the right shoulder. another one blocking lane number two. scattered across the roadway.

definitely seeing delays on the approach to that. we will keep an eye on that one. a quick check of drive times. 101 santa rosa to petaluma looking good, green at 16 minutes. castro valley to the maze, wide open at 15. filling in northbound 101 between 280, 680 split and highway 85. that is 16 minutes through san jose. it's a boy. kim kardashian just confirmed the sex of her and kanye's fourth child. the reality tv star revealed baby news during an interview on watch what happens live. like their youngest daughter chicago kim and kanye welcoming the baby with the help of a surrogate. the baby due sometime soon. okay. it appears prince harry and his wife meghan are keeping the sex of their baby a surprise. >> when duchess meghan visited an elementary school a 9-year-old girl asked if she was expecting a girl or boy. meghan told the child she didn't know. the duchess told another student

she's six months pregnant and expects to give birth in april or early may. one city, the most stressed in america. help for parents. new research showing what even one cannabis joint can do to you were child's brain. >> what's ahead on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. good morning, coming up, two mainly storms moving in that will barrel across the country sparking mandatory evacuations out west and bringing snow, rain, and ice to the east. i'm going to go ahead and track it all only on "gma."

every single neighborhood has a chance for damaging winds starting at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon for a 12-hour period through 1:00 thursday morning. so if you can, bring it in or lock it down. we'll have gusts up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. that's severe thunderstorm range and why we could have possible downed trees, blowing debris and also power lines that come down, too. reggie. >> thanks, mike. the government shutdown is having impact on one airlines' plans it fly to hawaii. this is going to affect a lot of us. southwest said it cannot move forward with its planned service because it can't get faa approval for the flights. faa inspectors have been furloughed. when southwest adds a route, prices drop. a lot have been looking forward to hem going to hawaii.

teenagers who smoke marijuana one time show changes in their brain. researchers looked at dozens of 14 years old who smoked pot once or twice. they had a larger amount of gray matter in areas associated with emotion processing and memory development. it's unclear if there's any long-term effect on teens' behavior. actress selma blair is opening up about living with murlt pell sclerosis or ms and how it's affecting motherhood. she's been open about her struggle. in a recent interview she calls it a state of uncontrolled anxiety at times but she's remaining optimistic. abc coordinator jennifer ashton explains why it's difficult to diagnose the disease. >> we're talking about how signals are received and that goes on all over the body. head to toe, affects in the brain. it could be vision, cognitive

abilities, it could be mood. coming up on "gma," hear what you can do if you or someone you know is living with a chronic illness like ms. that's at 7:00 following abc 7 mornings. the bay area loves being number one, but maybe not for this. oakland was just declared the most stressed city in the area. the job site zippia did a survey. oakland 19th, san francisco 28th, san jose appears to be more relaxed. it's 91st on the list. what's stressing people out, long commute times, housing prices and long work hours. no surprise. at 6:30, new trouble behind the company with the controversial cleanup of the san jose shipyard. >> san jose mayor sam liccardo is set to attend his first city council meeting after being hit by a car. an update on his recovery. president trump getting out president trump getting out his own credit life can change in an instant.

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the way. this is just the beginning, my friends. good morning, welcome to tuesday january 15th. mike nicco calls us the appetizer, right? >> thank you. see, i'm listening. >> i appreciate that. i notice you had some green on your maps, too. hopefully that stays the same. it's hard when you look at live doppler 7 when you look at the nasty nimitz 580, 880, piedmont, skyline boulevard, emeryville, also berkeley and caldecott. so 24 is about to get wet. we saw an uptick in yellow, but now taking a breather. more moisture on the southerly flow. today while it is a one like yesterday, i do expect more rain today. it's just no winds, no flooding, any of that stuff we're going to see tomorrow. here is walnut creek. showe showers will taper, give you a

false sense of security until they show up tomorrow. in the north bay, novato, southbound 101 past rowland, we've got what started off as a solo vehicle spinout crash. that driver trying to correct the vehicle and hit another one. two left lanes blocked and definitely seeing delays in the petaluma area. plan on a longer commute if you're traveling through the stretch. 680 walnut creek to dublin in the green, 101 san jose to san francisco that crash not helping this one out, one hour seven minutes. northbound 17 through santa cruz mountains fill in and slowing down. highway 1 to los gatos now 28 minutes. we start with breaking news from kenya. an upscale hotel in nairobi is under attack right now. this is new video from the scene. heavy gunfire and fires have been reported. one man tells the associated press he was hiding inside the hotel until he could make his escape. he added there was a lot of

shooting inside. in the last few minutes al shabaab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack. we'll track the story and have updates on our abc 7 news app. police say this happened on monterey road north of bernal. you can't see the back of the silver ford fusion is destroyed. the white mercedes suffered damage to the hood of that vehicle. first responders treated at least one driver at the scene. both drivers were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. no word on what caused that crash. developing overnight in the south bay, san jose police are investigating a stabbing at the hilton hotel on almaden boulevard. you can see firefighters examining a man in the neck area. he was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. the suspect was arrested and faces assault charges. he was not a guest at the hotel. it is unclear what led up to the incident. now to a bizarre story out of solano county. we just learned minutes ago the

man accused of stabbing two people before dousing a home in gasoline and setting it on fire has died. 37-year-old nathaniel holland was shot by an officer last night. he later died at the hospital. it all started before 7:00 p.m. at a home on alderwood drive. when police responded they found the two stabbing victims and a house on fire. a witness tells us about the commotion. >> i hear what sounded like an explosion, and then i see children just running out of the house screaming bloody murder. i get out of my car, walk up to the house. the front doors open, and it'sen gulfed in flames. a 4-year-old girl was burned in fire. the stabbing victims was a 16-year-old girl and 40-year-old woman. both expected to be okay. the stabbing and fire led to an all-out search for holland. flabs were asked to stay in their homes. he was found in a wooded creek

area. when officers tried to take him into custody he was shot. as mentioned, he died at the hospital. no officers were injured. developing news about the raiders. remember we told you the team probably played their final game at the coliseum last month? forget that, maybe. >> it turns out that the door could still be cracked open for the raiders to return to oakland for one last season. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at team headquarters in alameda. amy. >> reporter: hi, alexis. we have a little bit of hope. executives have looked around for another place to play the team this season but looks like they are willing to give their old home one more look just maybe. just maybe play there again. the executive director of the coliseum authority told our media partner the bay area news group that there's a possibility that an agreement can be reached for the team to play its last season at the coliseum in oakland. the raiders back out of their lease with the coliseum last

month after the city of oakland sued them. the team has looked at other stadiums such as oracle park in san francisco where the giants play. they have considered levi's and santa clara, even the stadium at cal. once they have exhausted all of their options, they are planning to sit down with the coliseum and talk one more time. the report doesn't say when that meeting will happen but speculates it could be as early as next week. they have a deadline coming up. nfl wants to know where the raiders will play. they want to know by next month so they can work on the schedule for next year. the raiders, as you know, only have one season left before playing in their new home in las vegas. now we've got got to wait and figure out where that is going to be. reporting live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. the company accused of faking soil samples and falsifying records during the cleanup at the hunters point shipyard is facing new trouble this morning. the justice department is now

suing tetra tech. federal lawyers for the navy have filed three new lawsuits. those will replace whistleblower lawsuits by former radiation technicians hired by tetra tech contractors. the suits claim in addition to employees admitting to faking the tests, several higher level managers are also responsible. a u.s. district judge will meet with attorneys and defendants next month. the remaining third of the 800,000 federal workers will not get paid as the government shutdown includes day number five. that includes 53,000 members of the coast guard, the only military service branch working without pay. thousands of coast guard members are deployed around the world on active duty. president trump is making it clear he's not going to back down telling a group of farmers to stick with him despite short-term pain. several businesses are offering help to federal workers during the shutdown. they include banks offering special credit programs and flexible mortgages and loan payments. we have links on the website,

abc7news.com. happening now senate beginning a confirmation hearing for william barr. you're looking at a live picture from capitol hill. looks like everyone in their seats there. they are getting ready to go. that, i believe, is senator orrin hatch. that's what i'm hearing from my producer. looks like that will start shortly. barr will face tough questions about president trump and the russia investigation. he said yesterday he's willing to let special counsel robert mueller complete his work but democrats say they are not convinced barr can resist pressure from the white house to interfere with the probe. barr would replace jeff sessions who mr. trump fired in november. in the north bay, some staff members at a marin county school district may be out of a job after the school year. the marin district is proposing to reduce the budget by $3 million. that means librarians, kitchen,

custodial and contracted athletic training staff could be laid off. other recommendations include cutting evening classes, reducing computer purchases. there will be a community meeting tomorrow night at redwood high school. we are going to be exploring the teacher crisis all week long on abc 7 as part of our commitment to building a better bay area, and we would love for you to be involved as well. join the conversation by adding the #betterbayarea on your posts to twitter and facebook. mayor liccardo will attend his first city council meeting since he was hit by a car. he tweeted a photo with his staff yesterday. he's wearing a brace. a car hit liccardo while he was riding his bike new year's day. the mayor broke his sternum and two vertebrae. liccardo has to undergo months of physical therapy. >> you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. this is not the typical storm. this storm instead of coming from the west and southwest where santa cruz mountains gobble up moisture and you get

rain from the south bay, that's south to southeast. you've been having rain throughout the morning hours in the south bay. this is how it looks 280 at 17. new drops developing there. let's head up to san francisco where we had a moderate shower moving across the western span of the bay bridge right now. let's see what it looks like from our roof camera. you can see the drops developing here also. so for your commute, on and off showers. it's going to be wet for the better part of the day. it will be calmer tomorrow and thursday. it's going to be wet from time to time. mass transit, be ready for the rain. have your raingear ready. east bay valleys, scattered showers, 8:00, 10:00, a little steadier from noon to 4:00, starts tapering at 6:00 and almost gone by 8:00. all right. planner from peninsula skers from 8:00 to 10:00, a little steadier, scattered at 6:00 and 8:00. for the south bay temperatures low- to mid-50s with scattered

showers at 8:00. a light rain at 10:00. a little more rain and wind from noon to 4:00. then it becomes scattered during afternoon hours. boy, if you think you're getting stuffed on these appetizers we've had today and yesterday, wait until the main course comes in tomorrow. you're going to fill like after thanksgiving dinner when we finish thursday. in this case probably not a good thing. you're seeing accidents develop now? >> we have had a couple of problems come up in the last 20 minutes or so. we're not looking at an area that has collisions right now but we definitely have heavy traffic. westbound 80 if you're coming through the emeryville stretch. that really has filled in. depending what camera, we have wet pavement. we started dry but a few areas with sprinkles are getting sowi soggy. that's one of the things adding to the slowdown through the emeryville stretch. westbound 580 richmond to san rafael pretty google, in the green at eight minutes.

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thursday. so if you can try to travel today, you'll be traveling in snow wednesday and friday but it will not be as heavy as thursday which will cause whiteout conditions. fingers crossed it doesn't cause delays or closures of 80. once you get past that friday and saturday and more snow sunday. thanks, mike. lingering questions after pg&e announced it's filing for bankruptcy. >> as we face the possibility of rising bill the ceo will walk away with millions. matt keller is live in san jose with the latest. matt. >> reporter: hi, alexis. yeah, a lot of people upset that the ceo getting a reported semps p -- severance payout of 2.3 to $4.46 million while wildfire victims may be left out. michael finney explains. >> wildfire victims, they, too, will be hurt, because with a bankruptcy all debt before filing are up for grabs and creditors get first shot at the

cash. a pg&e bankruptcy happened before back in 2001. customers are still paying a charge on their monthly bill because of that. the payoff bonds sold by the state. circumstances are different. the case tied to market manipulation by enron and others that led to a sharp rise in wholesale energy cost. pg&e faced a credit crunch like it might face now due to down grades. that means natural gas sellers are concerned about selling to pg&e on credit. the state might have to step in again and issue bonds for pg&e. the department of water and resource bonds part of that p&e bill today. the good news, the bankruptcy isn't expected to impact services you receive. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. pg&e's bankruptcy is going to continue to generates questions and we're committed to coverage. you can find more answers online, abc7news.com. >> happening today, the vote to

disprove of one congressman's remarks. iowa steve king faces criticism from democrats and fellow republicans over a statement he gave to "new york times." he said, quote, white nationalists, white supremacists, western civilization, how did that language become offensive. house gop leaders have removed king from all committee assignments. another solution to reprimand him may be voted on later this week. there are growing calls for him to resign. we are getting a first look at gillette's new ad, and it's not about shaving. >> yeah. it's about men in the wake of the #metoo movement. >> boys will be boys boys will be boys. >> is this the best a man can get? is it? >> gillette is questioning toxic masculinity in a new ad campaign. the company released the nearly two-minute commercial on social media. it's getting millions of views and a lot of reaction. gillette is asking men

everywhere to, quote, act the right way and take a stand against harassment and bullying. but not everyone is happy about this ad. one person on twitter said the video puts all men in bad light. gillette is pledging to donate $3 million to organizations that help men become role models for the next generation. new this morning facebook says it will invest $300 million over the next three years in local news. the company made the announcement overnight. the money will be aimed pat grants for newsrooms and investing in nonprofits that support local news. the push to support local news comes as facebook tries to shake off its reputation as a hotbed for misinformation and election meddling. whole foods is disheveling 365 concept stores. you're a huge grocery store person. >> i know. i still haven't been to one either. >> i haven't either. >> according to the business journal, the grocery chain will not open any more stores going forward. however, the 12 locations opened

across the nation will remain open so they still have a chance, including the one in concord. the 365 stores are smaller than a normal whole foods, less dispensive. the focus is on the company's in-house brand. the company's ceo said lower prices at all stores mean the price distinction between the two brands is less relevant. >> interesting. that surprises me. i thought that was going to be the future. san francisco-based gymboree is expected to file for bankruptcy again. they first reported the children's clothing company plans to seek bankruptcy protection this week with plans to close all 900 of its stores. gymboree filed for chapter 11 in 2017 and shut down nearly 400 stores. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange looks pretty much the same, up about 45 points here this morning. concerns about the trade war and the chinese economy are weighing on investors this week. a lot of reaction this morning about the meal the white house served to the college

football champions. the government shutdown apparently forced the president to get creative. it was a fast-food buffet complete with pizza, 300 mcdonald's burgers and plenty of fries. the clemson football team pyesterday following their win t levi's stadium last week. the white house says the president bought the team this food because much of the staff is on furlough. >> i had a choice. do we have no food for you, because we have a shutdown, or do we give you some little quick salads that the first lady will make along with the second lady, they will make some salads. i said you guys aren't into salads. >> president trump paid for this food out of his own pocket. "the washington post" added up all the cost of the burgers, fries and pizza. get this, they say mr. trump spent close to $3,000 for that fast-food feast. i guess you don't want to run out of burgers when you have a large football team coming to visit, right? i'm sure those guys can eat a

lot. >> that's one way to justify it. yes, it is. >> i've learned something about alexis this morning. i'm always learning things about her, that's wonderful. she'll eat any food cold, including fries. >> i'm not one of those people that like my food hot. >> fries. >> i didn't know it was served hot as a teenager because it was always served cold on picnics. >> learning new things about mike nicco. >> it's a midwest thing. it's got to be. proud of the president, he really owned that mcdonald's trip. let's take a look at what's going on outside. you're never more than seven minutes away from delays at sfo. expect them today, tomorrow and thursday until we can finally get off stormwatch for a while. we are on it today with a one. but still tomorrow is going to be the strongest storm. then from friday on, it's starting to trend dryer.

look at this, rain from the south touching all of us today. we're going to get more rain than yesterday even though the storm is a one. here is our break tonight, storm tomorrow into thursday. starts out as a three strong. we'll have the potential for flooding and wind damage. look at that, thunderstorms not only wednesday but thursday. wake up tomorrow morning is pretty quiet. light showers just green. scattered all the way through 9:00. then we get a little break before mother nature says, hello, i'm here at 3:00. look at that, yellows and oranges. as if that wasn't enough, look what comes on in the evening hours. there's reds there. that's the potential for the fastest winds and flooding. by midnight most of it is over by this round. let me show you the high wind watch. we have a 12-hour span from 1:00 morrow afternoon to 1:00 thursday morning where the 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds could cause some damage. storm concerns very high for hydroplaning, especially tomorrow during the evening commute. high for downed trees.

moderate to high for power lines and ponding on roadways and small stream flooding. it's the real deal coming in tomorrow afternoon. thursday we have a two. more thunderstorms are possible. friday and saturday looking dry. sunday still a one. it is trending dryer as is the rest of the forecast as is the forecast the next two weeks. alexis. >> sounds good, mike. a couple of updates on earlier problems we had this morning. we had a crash in the novato area southbound 101 passed roland. we had a spinout that turned into a two-car collision blocking the left lanes. that is clear. residual delays in the petaluma area. south bay we had a crash, involving three vehicles, northbound 85 past highway 17 connector. that pushed off to the shoulder as well. again, about a 20-minute delay lingering because of that. westbound 580 tracy to dublin 45 minutes in the yellow. antioch to concord 31 minutes, southbound 101 san rafael to san

francisco stop and go about 20 minutes. miracle on the hudson. ten years ago today when ten years ago today when passengers piled on the a plane. 155 passengers and crew members on board that day. now a decade later. "good morning america's" amy errrohrback speaking to some ofe passengers including the captain. >> what's it like? >> surreal. >> appreciation for all these extra days we didn't think we would get. >> being the stewards of the story and part of living history gives us a purpose. >> you'll hear from more passengers coming up on "gma." first of all, it's been ten years? process that. >> i know. it was interesting hearing robin

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time now is 6:58. whether you're joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know. number one, breaking news at kenya, a terror attack in nairobi. the al shabaab extremist group claimed responsibility. the members still fighting inside. you can get the latest on the abc 7 news app. number two, good-bye dolly. broadway icon and bay area native carol channing died. she won a tony for her role in hello dolly. channing had the theater named after her. she's 97. >> going to miss that voice. here we go. looking at live doppler 7. monterey southward, that's

what's coming our way. we're definitely getting more rain today than we did yesterday even though the storm is a one on storm impact scale. it will start to taper this evening. remember, stronger storm tomorrow. >> number four, the man accused of stabbing two people in vacaville is dead. 37-year-old nathaniel holland is accused of stabbing a teenager girl and woman. a 4-year-old girl is recovering from burns during a house fire where holland lived. number five, pg&e stock down another 20% this morning after losing half of its value yesterday. the utility is moving forward with bankruptcy as it faces big liability charges for its role in the california rainfalls. >> number six, looking pretty soggy here, richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge. a new two-car crash reported in the left lane once you make it through the toll plaza. >> number seven. not fancy but a fast-food feast. "the washington post" added up the cost of all the burgers and fries the president served to clemson's football team yesterday. they say mr. trump spent $3,000 for all that food.

bon appetit, baby. >> we've been talking boult frosties all morning, fries. we're hu good morning, america. breaking news for our viewers in the west. terror attack at a popular hotel come mrek overseas. the new alert as we come on the air, families in california told to evacuate this morning. fears of flooding and mudslides as multiple storms take aim at that area hit hard by wildfires. and the new warnings as the storms move east bringing snow, ice, and rain coast to coast. new trouble for republican steve king. calls growing for the congressman to resign from his own party, after those comments about white supremacy. she was walking towards me crying, saying, you gotta help me, you gotta help me.