morning. >> 800 people set to watch the final debate right here in the bay area. we will talk about the questions that people might be thinking and asking. that story straight ahead. >> i'm bob redell live in san francisco where the talk of the town of course is the giants. the team just arrived back in the bay area within the past hour and a half. we will hear from them coming up on today in the bay. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. >> time now is straight up 5:00. it's going to be even hotter than it was yesterday. >> in some cases napa is starting off thanks to the offshore wins. no escaping the heat. we are talking 90s around from the peninsula to the inland spots and a look at the

seven-day forecast coming up. first breaking news with respect to the morning commute with mike. >> good morning. the deadly accident i told you about, let's get a shot of northbound highway 87. the flashing lights, the entire freeway is closed between capitol and kurtner. this is northbound 87. the alternate is to get over to almaden expressway getting back on to northbound 87. this closure will last up to five or hours. there a number of accident scenes that force people over to 101. we are watching for the ripple effect. this won't be good for san jose, folks. back to you. >> thanks a lot. the two candidates in the race for governor will battle it out in the final debate. meg whitman and jerry brown are dodging controversy. we expect to hear questions about whitman's former house worker and brown's staffer using awful language in reference to whitman and charms that foreign money is being used to fund the

attack ads. christie smith is live in san rafael with more questions they may face. >> dominican university is certainly ready. they will have 800 people in the audience for this last televised debate. folks here on campus thinking of a lot of questions they would like to see answered. california has at least 1/5 of voters undecided and that's who they are going to probably aim for. republican meg whitman is under fire for her treatment of her undocumented housekeeper and democrat jerry brown is under fire for his staffer's use of a sexist remark when discussing whitman. the dominican university event allows the candidates to reassure their base and democrats are not as

enthusiastic as republican this is year. both trying to pull in those undecided voters. >> the majority of the people want someone who will turn the state around and bring it back to where it used to be. >> tonight's debate will be moderated by veteran television journalist and former nbc anchor, tom brocaw. that's the latest live in san rafael, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, christie. the debate will air tonight. our predebate coverage starts at 6:00 and stay with us for more indepth analysis after the debate. you can see it live and participate in blogging on nbcbayarea.com. new this morning, the man accused of master mining a murder for hire in los gatos over the love of a woman planned to take the stand in his defense.

he is not on the witness stand, but he told his lawyer he wants the jury to hear his side of the story. garcia is accused of hiring a middle man and a hit man. if convicted, garcia could spend the rest of his in prison. >> a story out of the south bay. a substitute teacher is charged with sexual assault on minors. police say 64-year-old most recently taught at mckinley elementary school. they say he could have worked for san jose unified. if you have information about the case, call crimestoppers. california is selling off property and that includes four buildings in the bay area. it's a move to close the state budget. they made a deal with the private companies to sell 11 state buildings for more than $2 billion. among the buildings, the civic center, public utilities commission and the harris

building in oakland. the judge joseph a. ratigan building in senta rosa. ownership will change hands, no government offices will move. the san francisco district attorney is now getting a big endorsement in her run for state attorney general. president obama is supporting harris over republican steve cooley. the president and harris are old friends. she cochaired the campaign for president two years ago. president obama said harris understands the needs of all americans and he needs allies like her fighting for change across the country. meanwhile coolly is getting support from papers up and down the state. the bakersfield californian, fresno bee, l.a. times and sacramento bee endorsed him. the president will make a california stop on his list before the november election. he said he will be in los angeles october 22nd to support barbara boxer's senate campaign. she is in a tight race with

republican carly fiorina. on october 27th, michelle obama will be in los angeles campaigning for boxer. >> politics to a little baseball. giants riding high this morning as they wake up closer to a world series title. >> a real battle in atlanta. the braves took the lead twice. the jin his to fight back. they did it big in the seventh inning. another one of the braves's scores right here. this is the final out of the game. anyway, the giants go on to win it, 3-2. after a little champagne, they flew back to san francisco. today in the bay's bob redell is live at the pine crest diner, hoping to catch up with a few fans who might be up early this morning or staying up late. >> good morning to you. you have a lot to watch here. they have been watching the highlights and know this will be the talk of the town this morning. the giants will have the first

time before the championship series since '02. the team is on cloud nooirngs their bodies had to come back to earth as they play for atlanta. atlanta at sfo. the buses dropped them back off at at&t park so they can get their cars. a tired team anxious to gear up for saturday's first game against the phillies. hear what the team's president, hoarse from all the cheering against the braves. >> it's exciting. everybody is getting ready for another trip working out and getting ready for a tough team. it's a good assignment to have. >> what was the plane right like? >> everybody was happy. knowing that they have eight more games to win, but very, very happy. >> do you know what's next for you to get ready? >> boy right now. >> that was freddie sanchez anxious to get home.

i'm sure go to sleep. they were very tired when they came off of the bus. the first game against the phillies is in philadelphia and that will be this saturday. reporting live here with bob redell, today in the bay. >> game three is the first game the giants will be playing at home on tuesday. we checked out stub hub this morning and cheapest ticks so far are $138. as you see there, it's standing room only. if you want to see, be prepared to pay as little as $168 per ticket. also we are sure someone was screaming when they listed this. the most expensive ticket is $235,225 for a bleacher seat. think they will get it? i think i will watch it on tv. >> yeah. time now is 5:08. mike inouye has an update on your commute in the south bay. >> we have to take you to the san jose area. we talked about a deadly

accident that occurred early this morning. northbound 87 has closed in the last half hour. fully close friday capitol expressway to kurtner. that will remain in place, that closure for five hours. that will be a major impact to the morning commute and highway 87 as it gets congested. the alternate with monterey highway and highway 101. it's early right now if you get on to the roadways. light volume and get over to almaden and take that north and up on to the 87. the reason for this length of closure is because it is a deadly accident, a number of incident scenes and possibly five or six related incidents in the area. the chp has to investigate. we will follow it closely and it does not look good for the south bay commute. >> sounds like it could be a tough one. >> yesterday was warmer and it could be warmer today. >> it will be out to the coast. we are talking 92 in san

francisco. 90 in san jose and 95 in livermore with a red flag warning. excessive heat warning up and down the inner bay. oakland and san francisco and hayward and fremont. hot temperatures through thursday and we cool off for the weekend. >> time now is 5:10 and a northern california principal is in trouble for the unique way she got a student to stop talking. 40 u.s. states won an investigation into the recent foreclosure scandal. scott will explain why that may not be in your best interest. [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore.

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eastern ukraine killing 40 people and leaving 10 in critical condition. the accident happened as the bus tried to cross the track, ignoring a siren that an on coming train is coming. they ordered the government to pay each family of the dead victims $12,600. >> it's a showdown with the government. we will plan to raise the retirement age by two years to 62. it would raise the age of eligibility for a full pension from 65 to 67. france would still have among the lowest retirement ages in the world. secretary of state hillary clinton not doing any campaigning for the mid-term elections. she is spending the week ahead doing administration business. that hasn't stopped rumors that she will still go after joe biden's job in 2012 or even another white house run in 2016.

reports that american soldier may have accidentally killed a british woman in a failed rescue attempt in afghanistan. british aid worker was held captive by the taliban. u.s. and nato tried to rescue her, but the grenade exploded. she died friday. president obama has called british prime minister david cameron to express condolences. they say the rescue attempt was necessary. it is essential to try to get to the bottom of what went wrong. >> an elementary school principal got creative with duct tape in the classroom. she used it to take over a first grader's mouth. it happened in the sacramento suburb. elizabeth is accused of using duct tape after the child refused to stop talking. the parents say they support the principal's actions. the school board decided to refer the matter to the legal

counsel. >> attorneys general and as many as 40 states are going to announce a huge investigation into bank foreclosures today. california is deciding whether to join in. they want to know if lenders broke foreclosure laws when taking back homes from delinquent borrowers. it's an issue process being called robo signing. bank employees and affiliates sign off on paperwork on foreclosures without reading or reviewing the thousands of required do you means. >> the fear is that if this practice is taking place at a couple of servicers, it may be taking place at all. >> investigators want to know if people that are losing homes are losing them for legitimate reasons. a big issue going on. >> a slow down in the number could sound like a good thing, but if you are a regular homeowner making your payments, this can hurt you. >> the housing market is a mess.

not because of low prices and very little buying, but because of high uncertainty. if you take the homes that were likely to be put on the market due it foreclosure and hold them off the market by not foreclosing on them, that is going to adto the uncertainty and depress prices. it's an imperfect analogy, but you want to take it off quickly or slowly. the housing disaster is the biggest obstacle to economic recovery and jobs. the problem that the banks once again created is extending the length of suffering. >> more pessimistic news. a well regarded group called business economics expects growth to slow down. put another way, while they think things will get better, the speed at which things will get better will slow to a crawl. they expect housing prices will gain about 1%.

well under the rate of inflation. it may be up to the fed to solve the problem. they will talk about buying more assets. the fed is one of the biggest legals now that there is. we live in a world in which the government owns home mortgages is a strange world indeed. >> lots of things changing. you can call it as the silicon valley turns. here the new ceo will start his job by testifying in court. he is a witness in the corporate espionage trial of oracle. that's why where he works for more than 20 years. the fight is over damages that they stole customer support material from oracle and allegedly tried to steal it for customers. the peninsula humane society said they lost more than $2 million in private donations and a contractor ran into a series of problems and has been holding

the money. the new center at burlingame should be ohm. it will have a two-story indoor dog park with sky lights and cage-free living quarters. nearly $20 million in private donations have been raised, led by larry elson. the humane society has filed a lawsuit against the contractor. good morning. it is 5:19. we have an accident. a deadly accident shows you here northbound 87, all these flashing lights in towards downtown san jose. this freeway is close friday capitol expressway because of an overnight deadly accident and a number of others at that scene or along that stretch. we will take you back to the maps to show you what's wha i'm talking about. this is where we see slow downs around 6:15. a lighter volume of traffic and folks are getting by almaden expressway and back north of kurtner.

that is getting by, but over the next hour or so, the volume increases and as it moves past the 6:00 hour, we will see the impact on the rest of the freeways. get on the roads early. more traffic on monterey highway. highway 101, you will see slowing and we typically see this in addition northbound 87 as well. to stay clear, you might want to take 85 to northbound 17. that's a lot of extra miles. keep in mind the south bay will be thrown into a jumble because of this investigation that will continue because of a series of accidents between capitol and kurtner, the most severe is a deadly accident between a car and a motorcycle about 4:30 this morning. the rest of the commute is shaping up smoothly throughout the maze and the vicinity. northbound 880 and the map i showed you had speed sensors showing you close to the limit as you approach the toll plaza. northbound coming up past the colise

coliseum. this is a tuesday. we expect to see a heavier volume of traffic. we will see how things shake out. we expect to see a lot of folks at the toll plaza. to cross that upper deck, it's a clear view of the upper deck shot and a pleasant drive. we will have a look at the forecast in a moment. esquire magazine named the sexiest woman alive and she is an nbc star. we will see who she is coming up next. is not just a warranty.

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we have an update on the developing news out of antioch. firefighters now say they do have a fire knocked out at an apartment building before 4:00 this morning at a large complex on gentry town drive. we are told there was a gas line feeding the fire, but it has been capped. seven unis are so badly damaged that nobody can live in them now. it happened near buchanan road and no reports of jurisdiction, but we are checking into it. there is a breathing support unit to help just in case. what started the fire is under investigation. because of the dry and at times warm conditions.

69 now and 67 in san francisco. the flag is pointing off to the west over the buildings there. 59 in oakland. further inland out towards the trivalley and livermore starting off to 70 degrees. we show you the temperatures and 75 in napa. look not too far away. the incredible temperature difference seeing the winds this morning and seeing dry continues and higher up in elevation. the north and east bay, also a heat warning, eszive heat warning in san francisco over oakland, hayward and fremont into the afternoon for today and tomorrow. two days of low 90s. we suspect even near the water line. satellite view is impressive with a storm missing us to the north. we are being baked under this high pressure and we should start seeing changes. low 90s inland, but finding the

90s near the water close to 90 in san jose. look at san francisco and offshore winds near 92. close to 90 in oakland. up and down the trivalley, highs near and 92 for the forecast. a big drop in temperatures as the sea breeze roars back in. back to you. >> esquire magazine named the sexiest woman alive, but you may not know her. she is mika kelly who starred in friday night lights and has a small part of the new show called parent hood. esquire chose her for her girl next door charm and a blend of unique qualities. you probably know her boyfriend. she yankee baseball star derek jeter. past sexiest women were halle

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>> new this morning, an accident closes the northbound freeway through a south bay because of a deadly accident. i will tell you thou get around it for the time being. in oakland a three-day nurse's strike at children's hospital is about to begin. what the rub is between what the nurses want and what the hospital can deliver. . >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. we start with breaking news. mike has the latest on the morning commute. 87 is a mess. >> that's right. we will take you back to highway 87 northbound with the maps. from capitol expressway to kerner avenue, we have the complete closure of that major south bay highway. the northbound direction is

closed or just about 4:08 this morning, we had an accident involve ag i motorcycle. reports are there is a deadly accident. in the meantime, a number of other beings between capital and kerner. an investigation for each one. at least three and possibly five. we are looking at possibly five hours before that opens. you see no cars and just the emergency vehicles. you are looking at highway 101 that causes the ripple effect. we will follow this close to the 6:00 hour. watch as it happens on the other freeways. we will follow this closely and send it back to you. we are watching the winds chloely. red flag warning into the afternoon. an excessive heat warning for highs around san francisco and oakland approaching the 90s. mid 90s further inland.

back to you. >> thanks a lot. meg whitman and jerry brown will meet face-to-face for the final time before the election. the latest average of the polls shows brown is pulling ahead. he now has the lead of six points. tonighty gubernatorial debate will take place at dominican university. that's where christie smith joins us with more on how the university is getting ready for this. it will be a big event. >> it is. hundreds of people out here. i wanted to say we had a chance to talk with a couple of students up bright and early this morning. they are going to be watching this very closely. what they are telling us is their decision comes down to the economy and education, specifically education funding. they want to hear from republican meg whitman and democratic challenger jerry brown on what they would change as governor. the state has a $19 billion deficit and they want the leader

who can take the state in a new direction. here's what a graduate student just told us. >> i have left leaning tendencies so i say brown, but if meg whitman has a strong debate, i would not rule her out, especially on the education issue. >> a spokesperson for the university told me they have been feeling a number of e-mails from people hoping their questions might be passed on so they can be answered in the debate. live in san rafael, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks for the update. >> the debate will be moderated by tom brocaw. >> approximate are scott joins us and brocaw will get the questions to the canned days and ask them tough ones. >> shake them up a little bit. we are tired of hearing the same message, politicians speaking

without specifics. he thinks politicians are too rhetorical with no conclusive answers. he is going to ask pointed questions. not necessarily ask the same question of both candidates which should give them less time to prepare a stock answer. >>. >> do i have a kind of inventory of the issues i think are most important and i want to get to them, but i want to address exactly the frustration you have just voiced. we can get to a beginning, middle, and end and try to get to a solution. >> hoary got his start in california in l.a. and has known every governor since 1966. in 1966, would have been pat brown. >> a lot of browns in politics. thank you very much. voters in the east bay will weigh in on a big decision. that affects women. measure bb is considered by some a crime-fighting tool to keep the streets safe.

measure bb is a revision of measure y. a bill that brings in $20 million a year. programs like street outreach depend on the money. >> when there is a shooting in oakland we are in the hospitals and the funeral homes because that's a part of the violence in oakland. >> those who are against measure bb said if it passes, they are not sure if it will be properly used because a lot of problems were made with the measure y money, promises that were not kept. >> a new traffic light is about to be turned on and people in the community hope it will save lives. oakland councilmember brooks will flip on the switch on the new signal at the corper of 64th avenue and foothill boulevard. it's near a school zone where a girl was struck and killed by a driver as she walked through the crosswalk on her way to class three months ago. brooks helped secure funding for the stoplight and a lot of

drivers speed in that area. the signal is set to be activated at 10:00 this morning. 5:35 and nurses plan to picket outside a hospital this morning, protesting they haven't had a contract since july. the hospital's proposal would cut benefits. live from oakland this morning with the latest on today's strike. good morning. >> the strike doesn't officially begin for another hour 1/2 or so, but folks started gathering outside the hospital under a welcome sign that you can see behind me. the problem is that the nurses want a contract that does not include a pay freeze or a contribution on their part for their health care benefits. the hospital said they cannot afford to do that. they lost $69 million over years and can't afford to pay nurses a raise or fully for their health care benefits.

although the nurse's union said 700 members are agreeing to strike. they will be out here today, tomorrow, and into thursday to prove the point at the hospital that they could lose more than just money if they can't come up with an agreement. >> this hospital being able to provide the kind of care it has been, it needs to have the nurse there is to do it. >> children's hospital in oakland said they had replacement nurses ready to step in. if you need to bring your child to the hospital, you get the care you would have gotten yesterday. more 700 nurses say they will be out here picketing and striking come sunrise. they expect to see all of them out here lining the streets near martin luther king and 52nd avenue. we are going to go inside and talk to a representative to get their side of the story for you this morning. live in oakland today in the bay. >> thank you very much, chris. on to the next round. the giants getting geared up for

the national league championship. the team landed in san francisco just a few hours ago. most likely tired. they are headed home to get a lot of sleep. much-needed before getting back to work. the team has a few days to prepare for filly and it's back on a plane and off to pennsylvania. here's how the series will work. two games in philadelphia, on saturday and one on sunday and they are back in the bay area in san francisco for game three and four. those will happen on tuesday and wednesday. so far we don't know when the games will be played. as soon as we know, we will let you know. . good morning. it's 5:38 and take you out there for a major issue. i have the motorcycle on the map there. that's on northbound 87. the freeway is currently closed between capital expressway and kerner. we will continue to be closed for possibly another four or five hours. that's well into the morning commute and pushes folks over to

the right. you see monterey highway 101 marked as alternates. it's early and you can get by over towards almaden expressway. you can get by that scene through surface streets. as well as a number of other accidents to investigate. you see that slowing through horizon lane and bay point in pittsburgh showing an easier drive. the slow down triggers the beginning of the slow downs. we will follow the ripple effect. >> thanks for the update. >> watching the weather for gusty offshore wins not so much at san jose, we are at 61. look at san francisco. winds pointing offshore and a mild start to the morning. oakland is 59 and livermore is one of the spots near 70 this morning. look at the humidity down to 25%. that is dry for the hour. some of the headlines in the afternoon, gusty in the hills

and hot and dry everywhere. even santa and san francisco near 90. excessive heat warning and red flag warnings up across the north and east bay hilltops. 1,000 feet up all the way into wednesday. we have the heat warning for the inner bay locations. this will continue today and tomorrow. the temperatures are really ratcheting up. 92 in san francisco. 90 in san jose. you can't find reif you head to santa cruz. north bay locations are dry and breezy. high fire danger through tomorrow. everybody starts to cool off as we move through the weekend. back to you. >> time is 5:40. we will talk to a speech expert about what you should listen for. >> eye to eye for the accused ft. hood shooter. he is in court today. >> san francisco's talk of the

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the giants are a step closer to being in the world series. >> it wouldn't be right if the game was a breeze. the braves led for most of the game and threatened to take the game in the ninth. they were able to shut the door on the rally. >> live at the pine crest diaper in san francisco, he is looking for fans who might be up early. >> the operative word is looking.

there is a nice couple over here from australia. they know a lot about the afl. this gentlemen down here is from england. this guy is not a giants fan. we are striking out in the literal sense as far as fining fans, but we want to show you video we shot a couple of hours ago. this was a scene outside at&t park as the team came off of the buses that picked them up at sfo. a tired team. some players were not very chatty. they were anxious to get home and they are probably comingly down from the high from last night's game in atlanta where they did finish up taking on the braves. this will be the first time getting in the national league championship series. the fifth time ever. we will hear from the president of the giants and freddie sanchez. reporting live here in san

francisco, today in the bay. >> thanks a lot and the time now is 5:44. thanks for joining us. >> i'm laura garcia cannon and we are talking giants fever and a nurse's strike part of the top stories. first decision 2010. the final gubernatorial debate between meg whitman and jerry brown is here in the bay area. christie smith joining us from san rafael with a preview. >> this is hot ticket. you actually got into the debate through a lottery system and a university spokesperson is telling me that initially they got about 4300 requests to come here tonight for only 770 slots. i have been speaking with students who are going to the debate and this comes down to education and the economy. they say they won't focus too much on the back story going on

between republican meg whitman and jerry brown. whitman under fire for treatment on an undocumented housekeeper and jerry brown under fire for a staffer's use of a slur towards meg whitman. >> i don't like the negative smear idea. it affects me if one candidate pushes too hard in a negative way as opposed to telling me their vision. there positive things they can be focusing on instead of spending the money in a negative way. >> a spokesperson also said this has become so popular that journalists are coming here from as far away as germany and hong kong. live in san rafael, today in the bay. >> thanks a lot. scott conditions our coverage. the candidates know they are going to get tough questioning from a real veteran too. >> tom brocaw will be moderating

this debate. a long veteran of politics. he was white house correspondent and the anchor of the nightly new for more than 20 years until 2004. he is well aware the candidates have been sticking to a script, not saying much beyond carefully thought out talking points. he will try to get them off with pointed questions. >> there will be some areas in which i will ask the same question of both candidates and other areas in which i will ask different questions, but in the same area. >> jerry brown siseasoned pois politician and meg whitman a bit less experienced. tom brocaw is actually injured. he broke his ankle, but none the less will be moderating the debate. we will have reporters anda anchors throughout the debate

from the green room to the spin room. full coverage tonight on television and nbcbayarea.com. >> we look forward to it. jerry brown of course is a very seasoned politician and meg whitman, former ceo of ebay used to addressing large crowds. the public speak suggest tough for a lot of people. it's the greatest fear even over death. kimberly hill is the associate professor of santa clara university and joins us this morning to talk about ways people can get over that fear. thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> are people born with the ability to just be able to speak in front of others or is it more of a learned behavior? can you get over that fear? >> there things that you can do. with children you watch children playing and a lot of them are very exuberant and gregarious and through experience as we grow up and sometimes in our

classroom when is we have to do things in front of our peers, we have a fear of being judged. that is what people are most afraid of. the fear of being judged and saying something wrong or being caught in a lie. a lot of politicians have to choose their words carefully for that very reason. >> they are measured sometimes. you can see the thought process. >> absolutely. they are processing a bunch of different things. mostly how is this going to affect this wide swath of listeners i have to address and how am i going to please all of them or make sense to all of them at the same time? >> what do you think you should look for when watching a debate? >> i completely separately from public speaking, you are looking for the things that affect you and are important to you. if you are looking from a technical point of view and a speech teacher's point of view, you can see where they are on and off script. they are straying from the

preparation. that's one of the things you can control in your public speaking when you are afraid of speaking in front of people. the thing that helps is preparation. >> being ready. you are saying there breathing exercises and things that can help. the whole mental thing. >> absolutely. again, i'm a teacher of theater and dance so one of the things we have to train is that ritual of warm up and preparation and breathing and being able to inspire your creativity and your thought with a series of exercises and stretches and deep breathing exercises to keep you on voice the whole time you are speaking. a lot of politicians suffer from vocal exhaustion and you hear it over the course of a campaign. they start off strong and they have a completely different voice all of a sudden. it has a lot to do with breathing and keeping voices healthy. >> there is a way to get over it. we thank you for joining us.

>> new? morning, an army psychiatrist accused of killing 14 people at ft. hood goes to court. a hearing will determine if there is enough evidence to try the army major. he is accused of opening fire last november, killing 13 and wounding 32. the hearing is expected the last three weeks and will expect testimony from victims. china is accuse foreign governments of trying to change the system by awarding the nobel peace prize. prison leaders are giving the winner better food. he started serving a sentence for the prodemocracy writing. his wife said the prison began serving him individually prepared food with rice yesterday. the wife gave a rare interview after meeting with the husband in beijing.

she spoke from her apartment where she is under house arrest. she said that she is not allowed to leave her home and cannot have visitors. un human rights experts are calling on beijing to free the democracy campaigner from prison. good morning. 5:52 and i have to start off with an update. we have the entire freeway closed. shoulder only is the note i made here. let me give you a live shot. we will see the progress they made at the scene of an overnight deadly accident. there is the live shot. you see the headlights coming through the area with all those flashes lights as well. a lot of folks working here and the shoulder is open. from capital to kurtner, you can get by the scenes. multiple scenes in the investigation after that early accident involving a motorcycle and a series of others involving a couple of cars and a motorcycle and potentially

pedestrians on the side there as well. we are following this as it develops. big, big issues. i will take you back to the map and show you the impact. use almaden, but we see a burst of traffic through the south bay. use monterey highway and see slowing on likely all of the freeways. down into the area, sunol moving smoothly and 680 as well. over the grade into fremont into the 101 interchange achl clear view. what impact does it have on the forecast? >> it's windy earlier this morning. the gusty offshore wins with the red flag warning and north bay hilltops with excessive heat warning due to the fact that we see 90s near the water's edge. that is the effect shutting down the ocean air conditioning. 92 in downtown san francisco. 92 in petaluma. hot weather inland through

thursday. some relief starting at the coast on thursday. cool off inland big time towards the weekend. the controversial medal of honor video game comes out. the newest product from redwood city's art. the game is banned on military bases because it would have allowed the player to play the part of the taliban. it was altered after intense criticism from the military families. the new medal of honor is for ps 3 and windows for about $60. google tv hits stores today. log tech and right on your screen, you type in what you are looking for and google tv will find it. it is being offered as a factory-installed offer. next year other manufacturers may join in.

new this morning, clean up continues on the toxic sludge that spilled in hungary. workers are trying to build a war to protect the area in case there is a flood. the damaged reservoir where all of this came from has several millions of gallons in it. it's not leaking though. the government took control of the company that is responsible for that spill. in chile, final tests are taking place on the capsule that will bring the 33 miners back to the surface. we don't know exactly when the rescue will begin, but the team coordinator did tweet "the miners sleep their last night together." means they could get out by tomorrow. medics will go down into the mine first to determine who gets to come out first and last. 5:55 and closer to home, nurses at oakland's children's hospital will be walking the picket line. they haven't had a contract since july and they don't like

the proposal in front of them. it would cut health benefits. chris sanchez joining us live from oakland with more on what's happening this morning. >> good morning. you can see the folks that started to gather for this strike that's going to begin in about an hour or so. 700 nurses will walk the savement outside oakland children's hospital to protest the contract that they say they just can't swallow. here's what we are talking about this morning. the unionized workers and nurses got raises over three years and the hospital wants to put a freeze on it for the next contract negotiation. they want nurses to pitch in to support the health care costs. one option requires the nurses to pay between $11 and $311 forever the coverage of their families. the hospital over the last years, this is a lot of numbers, but over four years they lost $69 million. they just can't afford to cover

the full health care costs for nurses and they need them to pitch in in the tough economic times. one nurse said that it's not just about money, but being able to provide the care at the hospital that folks deserve. >> this hospital being able to provide the kind of care it has been, needs to have the nurse there is to do it. >> a children's hospital oakland has replacement nurses ready to hit the ground running. we are going in the hospital right now to talk to a hospital spokesperson to see what it's going to mean for today and over the next three days as the strike continues thsday.e t ty.inba today in they.ba >>ore news coming up. ne