new this morning, the day of occupy oakland's general strike is here, people being asked to take the day off, not go to work, not go to school. come downtown oakland and join them. i'm christie smith. i'll show you how they're getting prepared in a live report. b.a.r.t. says it's ready for lots of riders this morning. some people say they're steering clear of the station, and joined no longer, twin sisters from san jose will wake up in separate beds this morning after a life-changing surgery. a live look outside this morning. it's wednesday, november 2nd, this is "today in the bay."

good morning even one. i'm scott mcgrew. let's check your forecast with christina loren. >> good morning. temperatures on the cool side. but winds are keeping you warm in places like fairfield. fire broke out in napa yesterday, we'll talk about when. a lot of rain headed our way. first mike has an early morning accident to tell you about. >> an accident happened just after 2:30 blocking all of eastbound highway 4 in antioch. the lanes have cleared, but there's still debris reported in the roadway and the accident activity over on the shoulder. because it's so early, scott, there's no slowing in either direction. a better look at your commute coming up. this morning the east bay getting ready for a major protest. it could shut down parts of oakland, many other parts of the east bay as well.

"today in the bay's" christie smith live in oakland where the impact of a so-called general strike could leave a lot of people with a pretty bad headache. good morning. >> good morning to you. ready or not, we've been talking about this for days, but the day of the general strike is here. we're of course at frank ogawa plaza in front of city hall. the signs up, plastered around downtown this morning. some businesses have these signs up too saying they are shut down. others will stay open. there are folks out here this morning making signs, getting ready for this. this could potentially be the biggest demonstration oakland has seen in years, where people are being asked to skip work or school and come to downtown oakland with sgath ergs at 9:00, one at noon and another one at 5:00 with demonstrators heading to banks and corporations essentially trying to shut them down. there are now at least 100 tents back out here at the plaza after

police raided it last week, and everyone left. now, the police officers, the association weighed in saying the mayor sent conflicting orders. for her part mayor kwan is saying she hopes things are peaceful today. at noon demonstrators will march to the port of oakland, their website saying they're going to be in solidarity with long shore man and try to shut down the evening shift there. some demonstrators calling for demonstrators to police each other. of course, we'll have to see what happens. occupy oakland urging people, even if you can't come, to just maybe join them on your lunch hour or after work, but everything getting started very early at 9:00 this morning and should go all the way through the evening. that's what we have from here. reporting live from oakland, i'm christie smith. scott, back to you. >> christie, you say they will be in front of stores that stay

open. there's sort a physical intimidation factor to that, is there not? >> reporter: well, what they've been doing -- there are these signs. i want steve to pan over to them f. you go around downtown oakland, you see quite a few businesses that have them up, basically saying they support the strike. we were out here a couple days ago and talked to quite a few businesses. they were saying they'll go ahead and support it. they'll shut down. others are saying they might shut down, not necessarily because they support the whole thing, but just because they don't to get caught up in the crowds. also talked to some workers, some who say they support it and won't come in, others saying with all the crowds and everything down here, they don't want any part of it. >> sure. christie smith, keeps us updated as that continues. commuters who ride b.a.r.t. through oakland preparing for a very uncertain day. b.a.r.t. is putting longer trains into service for the entire day so it can carry more people.

b.a.r.t. will have increased security at several stations. it has in the past closed stations at the location of unrest or violence. regular commuters who just want to get to work frustrated by the system, once again affected by protests. >> maybe make some other arrangements. >> it's not just affecting the people they want to affect, it's affecting everyone else. we're not the 1%. >> the b.a.r.t. police officers will have other officers available if needed. oakland's interim police chief will not talk about the occupy movement or what's expected today. chief howard jordan remains tight-lipped about the police department's stance, not everyone keeping quiet though. in an open letter to the city of oakland, the president of the police union says officers are confused and frustrated over how the mayor and the city have

handled all this occupy. he says he's baffled the city is allowing municipal workers to take time off to show support for the movement because that means police who didn't get the day off may square off with their own city co-workers. >> one side of city workers is going to be on the strike and the other side us, are going to be all by ourselves working, kind of putting us in a bad spot, almost putting us in a position like we're the establishment, and that's not the case. >> many occupy oakland protesters now calling for police officers to walk off the job and join their cause. occupy santa rosa will remain quiet. the city council there agreed last night to start negotiations with the protesters, working towards a permit to allow them to camp in front of city hall. protesters have been camped there for about two weeks t. santa rosa press democrat reports last night several city council members expressed their support for the occupiers, but made it clear they'd like to see

the protests brought to a close before winter sets in and creates problems for the encampment. all quiet in san jose, the mayor there thinking about pot clubs, not occupiers. mayor chuck reed says he will let voters decide whether to shut down most of the pot clubs in the city. the city council pushed to close all but ten marijuana stores. pot clubs submitted thousands of signatures from voters for a referendum to repeal that measure. the city council can either repeal the regulation or put the issue to the public for a vote. if it does come to a vote, the mayor wants pot smokers to pay for it through an extra marijuana tax. california's high-speed rail, not only more expensive than everyone thought, it may attract fewer riders t. shy speed rail authority unveiled its highest businesses plan yesterday, pegging the cost to just under $99 billion. the state now expects the system to attract a little less than 37

million riders per year by 2040. when voters approved this plan three years ago, they were told it would attract 55 million revenues. revenue projections have also dropped and the report suggests the train may not bring in enough money to pay back its own construction costs. l.a. dodgers are up for sale. late tuesday the dodgers and major league baseball agreed to a court supervised sale of the team. they filed for bankruptcy in june after a dispute between owner frank mccourt and commissioner bud selig over media rights. the new owner will be the third since the o'malley family sold the team to news corp. in 1998. a cold start to the day. let's join christina. good morning. >> good morning. we have a windchill factor to deal with in some cities. fairfield, sustained wind speed at 23 miles per hour. concord has a wind out of the eat at eight miles per hour.

livermore, only 19% relative humidity this morning. it's dry all across the board. 24% at san jose and 36% in santa rosa. just to put it into perspective for you, normally at this time we're in the 80 to 90% range. if you are someone who suffered from chapped lips, get the chap stick handy, this is very, very dry for us. it will change as we head through the second half of the day. 43 in santa rosa. we will see cloud cover come back tonight. the day works out like this. 7:00 a.m., 52 degrees inland. at noon, really comfortable day. we'll keep the sunshine in the mix. 65 in san francisco, 72 in san jose. we'll round out the day in the mid 70s. a touch cooler with increasing clouds for the second half of the day. high pressure driving the marine layer out to sea. as we head through tonight, the area of low pressure that is slated to bring us a lot of rain moves in. we'll talk about how much is expected in your city and talk about the fog that redevelops.

first check on the accident with mikey. >> antioch all clear for highway 4. great stuff. we take you to the south bay where green means go for the speed sensors. at the top of your screen, 237 in both directions, construction around first street. that should be clearing up within the next half hour. by just after 5:00, the crews should be clear. the middle of your screen, 880 between 101 and 280 that's a construction zone, various spots with construction there. alameda off-ramp watch that until potentially 9:00. so far no major impact because of light traffic here. oakland, live shot past the coliseum shows a nice stream of the southbound traffic. we're moving construction crews through downtown oakland. looks like a lefty flow. the big lights off to the left-hand side, that's on high street itself, not on the freeway. they're getting prepared for a weekend change over there. >> what do you think it is, mike, cold? >> the sparkling lights? >> yeah. >> there's not a lot of moisture

in the air. sometimes that camera is a little foggy. we tried to wipe it. that's just the effects of the bad focus of our computer system. >> just bad focus. >> our technology, and thank you. >> i thought maybe it was because it was so chilly out. coming up, conjoined twin sisters in separate beds. hear what the mother had to say to the surgeons who changed their lives. plus a major bank changes its mind on a debit card fee that sparked outrage. why they did it coming up. herman cain's contradiction why he admitted to paying off a woman who accused him of harassment. you're looking at a live picture of the golden gate bridge. we'll be back in just a minute. ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet

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welcome back as we take a live look at the booth there and gabrielle, 4:44. herman cain in washington to pitch his 9-9-9 economic plan on capitol hill. his talking points have been over shadowed by questions of sexual harassment. one of cain's two accusers wants to be released from a confidentiality agreement, one she signed in exchange for a payout. her lawyer says cain is hiding the truth. a second accuser reportedly received $35,000 in severance. cain initially denied there was a settlement. he now admits there was an

agreement, but he vigorously denies the original claims. we'll eleven today when the country's most closely watched primary will be held. new hampshire secretary of state will announce the date of the granite state primary, historically the first in the nation. a few states moved their primary dates up. new hampshire is expected to do the same so it can hold on to its claim of first primary in the country. bank of america backtracking on their debit card fee. more only that in a min. first we'll turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc. >> good morning. futures are mod evidently positive right now. we'll get a reading on private sector payrolls coming out in about a half hour. also this afternoon we'll hear from the fed. they'll close out a two-day meeting with a press conference ben bernanke. you can watch that live on cnbc. if you're inclined this afternoon, 2:15 eastern time. markets still dealing with greece but feeling better after

greek prime minister george p papandreou called for austerity measures that are required for greece to get a bailout deal. folks are still worried about that. as a result of that we saw the dow yesterday had a horrible beginning to the month, falling nearly 300%. it will start today at 11,658 having erased half of the october gains. and the nasdaq is down to 2607. the fbi wants to look at emmett's books to see how the bankrupt firm may have used client's money. there are questions about whether mf used customer funds to support its own trades as they went bad. that violates rule. it's run by former new jersey governor jon corzine filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on monday. bank of america is caving, dropping plans for the

controversial $5.00 monthly fee for customers to use their debit cards, coming under extreme pressure from folks in washington and from its own customers who threatened to closed their accounts. but if you're a consumer, you probably won't see the last of new fees. they're going to sneak them in one way or the other as banks try to make up lost revenue due to government regulations restricting what banks can charge every time you swipe your debit card. we see it every time you fly, spirit will charge you for printing out a boarding pass at the airport. they're all trying to make up those revenues. that's unfair for people like my mom. my mom is not really online, she's not doing that. older folks who come in and may not be able to print at home are the ones who are going to be penalized. >> bertha coombs, thank you very much, in new york city there. fire crews in napa county still fighting a wildfire this morning, started around 8:45 last night. fire officials say one house has

been destroyed. several other buildings have been burned as well. more than 90 acres have burned. as of 2:00 this morning, the fire is about half contained. evacuations still in place, though. no injuries have been reported. i know wind, christina is a huge issue in those fires. how do we look? >> we'll see the winds start to relax a little bit, especially after sunrise. as we head throughout the afternoon hours, you'll start to see the winds not only shift more out of the south, but they're also going to come down. we're at 23 miles per hour sustained right now in fairfield. everywhere else looking good. calm winds along the peninsula. in napa winds are calm. take a look at what those dry northerly winds have done to your relative humidity readings this morning. we're in the teenless. 12% in fairfield. 14% this concord and 12% in napa. the combination of the dry, dry air mass settling in overhead and the winds make for explosive fire danger out there. we have the red flag warning

that is slated to expire at 6:00 a.m. i wouldn't be surprised if the nws extends it until 9:00 or mid morning. your temperatures, not that cold this morning in some cities you have the 40s. elsewhere, 62 in san francisco, 60 in oakland with the northerly winds keeping things nice and mild. 52 degrees, we will drop off as the winds start to relax. coldest time of the day is sunrise. so right around 6:45. that changes as we head through sunday and fall back. another day of 70 as at the coast. high pressure continuing to drive that marine layer offshore. we or not talking about fog, we're talking about rain. starting tomorrow and fog returning tonight. this is what it looks like as we head through tomorrow, 7:00 a.m., right when we meet back here, rain showers starting in the north bay, lasting throughout the bay. we'll see the first sweep as we head through probably nine to noon. greater bay area getting the

first round of showers. a nice break by 4:00 p.m. on friday and another round of rain moves in for the second half of the weekend. not only is it going to be wet, but cold, cold air settles in. time to break out the parka. looks like the pineapple express is settling in. that means we've got more rain late week next week. 4:50. two sisters joined at the chest since birth will wake up in separate beds this morning. a huge team of surgeons, physicians and nurses at lucille packard children's hospital spent nine hours separating and reconstructing angelica and angelina sabuca. they cut their livers, diaphragms, chest and abdominal wall muscles. the mother in tears as she thanked the doctors for the live-changing surgery. >> words cannot express how the family -- words cannot express how the family feels for the successful separation of our

twins. >> angelina and angelica have over come all kinds of odds. most conjoined twins never survive the pregnancy. only about a quarter survive from there on out. doctors say they the girls have a long road to recovery but expect them to have a healthy and happy life. coming up, california schools getting better, but not fast enough. where our state ranked in the nation's report card. it's not every day you see a police chase with one of these. what led to this not-so-high-speed-chaet. >> highway 24, not that interesting.ffak bres ahi the t they're popping up through oakland, i'll give you the update coming up. s

welcome back as we take a live look at san jose. 4:54. if sort of news california parents hate to hear. california schools have gone from failing to failing. the nation's report card released this week measures fourth and eighth grade achievement in math and reading, critical junctures that predict whether kids will go on to college. california ranked near the bottom and followed only by alabama, mississippi, louisiana and the district of columbia. math scores did inch up a tiny bit. state officials say the results don't accurately reflect california performance because the state has so many kids in its school system for whom english is a second language if they speak it at all. a red-tailed hawk shot

through the head with a nail expected to be released to day. the hawk has been recovering at the san jose wildlife center. she was captured ten days ago after someone reported that, the nail through the head there. the nail actually fell out during the hawk's capture. her caretaker says she has fully recovered and is well enough to be released this morning. we continue to monitor the situation in oakland. laura joins us in the newsroom with more on what we're working on and some of the situation there. good morning. >> good morning scott and good morning everyone. occupy oakland protesters gathering. it could cause headaches on your morning commute. we have the latest details on b.a.r.t. and where protesters will be marching. plus remember that incredible picture of those humpback whales breaching next to a kayaker in monterey bay. wildlife officials say more people are trying to get that same shot, but it could actually be dangerous to whales and, of course torques people. hover crafts on the east

bay? transit officials want to make them the ferries of the future. we'll have this and much more coming up in just a few minutes. let's check in with mike. i'm going to skip how one would call a whale. don't do it either. >> we both speak wlael. >> don't do it. >> we have an earlier accident and sig alert, even the debris cleared from chp system. we'll take a look at the north bay travel times and a very clear visibility and a nice smooth drive from highway 12 all the way down through san rafael into the golden gate bridge, close to the limit there. as we look at oakland, the live shot there shows you the southbound side. we continue to pick up spots with temporary traffic breaks scattered from downtown to the coliseum. also b.a.r.t. and ac transit, even capital corridor reminding there may be disruptions to service as a result of the general strike. plan accordingly and monitor our feed.

we'll update you when you can. police in utah not exactly in hot pursuit when they chased down a man in front end loader. there's the dash cam video. the suspect actually started with a cadillac. when it ran out of gas, he stole abusic and wrecked that. he found a front-end loader and kept on driving. police caught up to the slow-moving vehicle quickly. the problem is how do you stop a front-end loader. the loader eventually got stuck near a warehouse. police arrested if driver. coming up, "today in the bay" with jon and laura. fau can check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area morning news.

new this morning, proponents of medical marijuana clubs that are potentially doomed in san jose, they collect more than enough signatures to keep their clubs open, but it could end up costing