showers still lighting up the radar and more on the way. we've got your full forecast coming up. and that rain going to affect your morning drive. we'll tell you where there are reports of flooding and an earlier accident for oakland coming up. and the rain may have stopped in san francisco as we give you a live look at the palace of fine arts, but the good vibrations still flowing out there. the g-membership headin heading series. they do it tomorrow. this is "today in the bay." and it is a good day. >> it is. >> those giants doing their thing. it is 5:00, good morning. always a pleasure to have you along with us, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll get to the coverage of the giants big win but first more showers in today's forecast. even thunderstorms could be on the way. >> yeah, we're actually expecting some. tuesday morning, world series bound san francisco giants. we've got showers on the radar this morning, so even though you

might be wiping the sleep out of your eyes as you enjoyed that game last night, give yourself ample time to reach your destination safely. we had a lot of rain come through overnight and you'll likely find slick conditions. from san jose to morgan hill watch out for slick conditions on 101. we have more rain headed our way as we head through probably 5:00 p.m. to about midnight tonight. and then we'll see another wave of moisture come through tomorrow morning and get rid of these showers, at least for a little while. but in the meantime we have mountain thunderstorms in the works for today. we want to detail that for you. we'll let you know how much your city accumulated so far and how much more we're expecting of the we'll also take a peek at five tornado reports yesterday in northern california. so there's a lot to talk about when it comes to your full forecast. 5:01. mike, when there's rain objecn radar, it's a slow go. >> luckily we have rain in the sierra, traffic and chain control because of that for i-80

so keep that in mind. check the web for the updates as well. look over here toward foster city and peninsula side of highway 92, the san mateo bridge which had construction, it's open, no problem for the flow this morning. on the other side on the toll plaza side, the hayward side of the bay, we're looking at a nice, easy drive as well. 880 farther north, we see a smooth approach to the maze, but northbound past the earlier accident and flooding at park, all incidents are clear now, guys. back to you. we can tell the weather not the only thing the bay area buzzing about right now. you may have heard there's a new national league champion in town. >> and the giants have won the pennant! 9-0 the final in game seven. >> it's awesome to see, let the champagne and good vibrations flow following a stunning comeback, rolling off three straight victories to advance to their second world series in just three years, the giants

took it. until last night they had never won a game seven. the party was a brief one, though. they head right back to work tomorrow night. game one of the world series is at at&t park hosting the american league champion detroit tigers. >> and with that smell of champagne still in the air i'm sure, christie smith is live with all the fan reaction to last night's monumental victory. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. you know, it ended in the pouring rain but the fans didn't care, i didn't care. i stayed up way too late watching every single inning of this game and, boy, was it worth it. at&t park rather quiet right now. we saw one or two fans coming by to snap a quick picture but i wanted to show you the headline from the "san francisco chronicle." wow! what a giant win and, boy, was it. the giants just never stop playing. right after that stunning 9-0 win over st. louis, fans swarmed

the giants dugout store to buy the limited number of hats and t-shirts that went on sale right after the win became official. 43,000 fans packed into at&t park. those that didn't even have tickets came anyway just to soak up their win bringing their superstitions, good luck, whatever they could. >> we've got to buy the same beer, we've got to wear the same socks, we've got to wear the same clothes, everything. >> lets go, giants. >> came across country from florida just to get to game six an game seven. i'm a season ticket holder. i'm here for the world series, baby. >> reporter: now, as we've done in this before, we've been checking stubhub for you for tickets and what is up there posted this morning, world series game one tickets for the giants/detroit game. well, standing room only now starts at $429.

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, christie. if you want to look for a hero in this series, take a look at marco scutaro. >> he had a good one. he bounced back from that slight injury and named mvp of that series last night. batted .500, had 14 hits over seven games. is he a great pickup or what? oh, yeah, he got the final out of the night. this is all amazing considering this right there, took that hard hit in game two. he bounced right back. the guy's a warrior. many thought that would end this series but he came in and continued to work the imagimagi >> game one of the world series once again tomorrow night at at&t park. game time 5:00. barry zito will pitch for the giants. the third and final presidential debate now in the history books and the candidates are back on that campaign trail

as they make that final push for election day which is two weeks away. the focus last night was on foreign policy and produced a few zingars. marla tellez has in insight from a professor. >> joining me is dr. tim cottrell. your specialty of course is political science. let's start with the overall take of this debate, the feel of the debate. one take is that president obama controlled this debate much like mitt romney controlled the first one. is that a fair assessment? >> i think the president feels really good about his performance in the debate. it was much less contentious than in the town hall. it was much more civilized last night. i think the president was probably very satisfied with his performance and most reports i've seen suggest that he feels like he's the winner of that debate last night. >> in your opinion, do you think that's fair? >> i do think that he did what he needed to do.

that he seemed in command. usually the president has a home court advantage when it comes to foreign policy, and i think that he felt much more comfortable than he did in the first debate. he felt very comfortable talking with what he's done. mitt romney has no record on foreign policy since he's not been the president so that gives the president a natural advantage and i think it made him feel more comfortable and helped set the tone. >> there are definitely a few moments getting quite a bit of play today in the media. let's talk about some of the highlights. one of those happened when president obama essentially mocked romney's suggestion that russia is the greatest threat to the u.s. >> governor romney, i'm glad that you recognize al qaeda is a threat because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda, you said russia. and the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> that reference to the 1980s, that comment there, do you think that actually may have hurt

obama? >> i'm not sure that independent voters find that level of sarcasm to be presidential. i think obama supporters probably like that line and social media they would be talking about that as sort of a zinger of the evening. but i'm not sure that independent voters need that level of sarcasm. >> we will see. the election just two weeks away. thank you for your time this morning. we're going to continue to talk to you throughout the morning. laura. >> thank you very much, marla. it is 5:08. apple is getting ready for another big announcement a month after its last big one. scott mcgrew joins us live in downtown san jose with the details this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you're absolutely right, laura, it has been about a month since the last one. that would be iphone 5. if you're only talking about ipads, and we are talking about ipads today, then you're looking at something like 200 plus days since the last ipad, in ipad 3. what we expect today at the

california theater here in san jose is an ipad mini. now, one of the crews out here said oh, look, you have the ipad large. i said yeah, i guess that's what we're going to call it from here on out. the big question is not what it's going to introduce, it's how much it's going to cost. they're trying to compete, apple is, with amazon.com which sells that seven-inch kindle essentially at a loss. amazon knows it can get enough kindles out there, it can start charging for all that content. apple doesn't tend to sell things at losses. in fact they get about a 33% return on every ipad they sell. so the exciting thing at 10:00 a.m. this morning out here at the california theater in san jose won't be what will they introduce, it will be the ipad mini, it will be how much does it cost. back to you. >> have they ever done an event there? >> reporter: they have. in fact my favorite event here was when they introduced the ipod with the u2 colors because

bono game and played on the stake. it was pretty cool to have your on concert. >> i wish they were playing today. we'll wait and see. 5:10. meteorologist christina loren telling us more showers. a little letup and then it comes back, right? >> yeah, we've got more in the works. good morning to you. i want to start with some severe weather that came through not too far from where we live right here in the bay area. butte county, yuba county, you may be familiar. look at this, we had five tornado reports yesterday. the national weather service has to investigate this area. we've got a slight chance of some mountain thunderstorms here in the bay area later on today. the chance for tornados is not really a factor for us. we're not going to rule it out entirely. whenever you get these strong thunderstorms it's really hard to dictate where they will head.

i'm not leaving this office today until 2:00 p.m. our up settled pattern continues here. spotty showers this morning, mostly to the south. we'll see a cool, cloudy afternoon. thunderstorms, the best chance over the north bay mountains. we have a fair chance over the south bay mountains and the east bay hills as well. we'll be watching that for you mostly between 11:00 and 5:00, so stick with us today. as we get through tomorrow, a little bit of shower activity in the morning and then we'll get some sunshine. the sun comes back out tomorrow. we'll tell you when coming up. 5:11. let's check on your morning drive. >> but the sun will come out tomorrow. thank you, annie. we are looking over to the south bay. that's christina over there. this is the traffic 101 north from 680. i want to show you 280 on the maps. we're going to travel north on 280 towards 10th where there's an accident reported. single car involved reportedly hit the wall. a lot of times this is a spinout

involved. the earlier accident still working there in the northbound on-ramp from lawrence expressway onto southbound 101. still have some activity but the on-ramp is open getting on to 101 itself. some sprinkles and wet road pavement going on where the green areas are marked so keep that in mind especially for 85. some sprinkles on the lens from earlier rainfall as well, guys. back to you. it's 5:12. some bay area businesses making big news on wall street this week. that and a look at how futures are trading coming up in a live report. also investigators looking for your help after a body washes up on a state beach.

it is 5:14. welcome back, everybody. nothing short of a significant day for mark zuckerberg and

facebook with the company issuing its third quarter earnings following at that's opening pbell. they did reach one billion active users earlier this month. it debuted on nasdaq back in may at $38 a share. yesterday, check these numbers, facebook, just one of a list of companies reporting earnings this week, causing a lot of action all over wall street. for that we'll take a look at the futures trading this morning so we'll turn it over to bertha coombs. she is live at cnbc world headquarters running the show out there. bertha, good morning. >> reporter: i don't know about running the show, but good morning to you, jon. yeah, the futures are pointing to a lower start, similar to what we saw yesterday. disappointment around earnings. but late in the day we saw a big turn-around. the dow managed to erase a triple-digit loss. the first time it's been able to do that in ten months. the tech sector was a big factor in that rebound. no economic data on tap this morning but we will be watching the federal reserve.

they kick off a two-day meeting, a decision on interest rates. we've gotten a bunch of earnings this morning. some disappointments from dupont which missed on revenues and earnings. also united technology a little light when it came to revenues. we'll get some numbers from 3m. harley davidson was better, xerox was better and facebook is going to be the big event after the closing bell. the big issue there, can they figure out how to monetize that mobile strategy. the dow closing up 2 points at the end of the day to 13,345. the nasdaq will start today at 3016 after adding 11. and of course the big event midñay, apple's expected unveiling of the ipad mini. so lots to watch today, particularly when it comes to the tech side. >> thank you very much, bertha. we'll keep our eyes on all of it. the giants and the rain. >> pouring down rain and we're all loving it. >> soak it up. soak up that win too. the rain not dampening the

giants' spirits. they completed their amazing comeback against the cardinals last night in the pouring rain and now, oh, yes, celebrated. they're headed to the world series. game one tomorrow night in san francisco. >> clearly last night the giants proving that not only surviving in the rain, they thrive in the rain. game three tomorrow, what's that forecast going to look like? >> i think we're going to pound, pound detroit as we head through tomorrow but you want the weather. i think we're going to see a little bit of rain, but nothing heavy. i think if anything maybe a 15-minute delay at best. nothing that could rain out that game. first game of the world series of course right here on nbc bay area, your proud broadcast home of the san francisco giants. exclusive coverage all week long as we head through this week and next week as well. nice clear conditions from high atop san bruno. we are expecting that fog to settle in. it's going to be a cool, cloudy day with temperatures only climbing an additional 5 to 8 degrees from where they are

right now. 48 in novato, 49 in san jose and 52 in livermore. i don't think you'll make it out of the 50s today in san francisco. and we still have slick conditions with some showers coming down right now to the south of san jose between gilroy and morgan hill. watch out for slick conditions. as we head throughout the second half of the day, starting to get a little bit of breaks of sun, but not much. it's going to be mostly cloudy and cool. you'll need your jacket just about all day long. we stop the clock on your futurecast. as we get into tonight it's going to start to come back. we've got another wave of moisture coming through and i think we'll see slick conditions again tomorrow morning but by tomorrow afternoon we clear out, we get a few dry days and that's good news. the 70s will return. cool today, though, 64 in livermore, 63 in gilroy and 63 in oaktown. as we head throughout tomorrow, showers early. tomorrow, thursday, 60s. we make it into the 70s by friday. saturday and sunday the upper 70s and we bring back that chance of rain as we get into your monday. let's check on your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. as christina just told you,

boex, anywhere south of san jose you're likely to get wet roads. the pavement is starting to dry out and that's better news. your drive here north 280 as you're passing by 7th, one of your san jose state exits, there is an accident still reported at the off-ramp but not really blocking the lanes. watching for activity and updates. 280, 880, 87 all looking pretty good as far as those speeds go. first we'll take you to the peninsula. here's north 101 coming past university. we're looking at the sheen off of the roadway and you see it when the cars are not there off of the streetlights. still wet a little bit here for 101 but so far speeds are maintaining all the way up into san francisco. on the other side of the bay, 880 past fremont and the truck scales, we have a nice flow of traffic at the truck scales themself. we're moving nicely all the way through union city and fremont as well. we'll look at the map as well. as we move up toward the maze, a smooth flow off the caldecott tunnel and also we'll look to

the tri-valley with a little slowing starting out of the altamont pass. back to you. it is 5:20. east bay police turning to the public to try to help solve a very suspicious house fire. today the alameda county sheriff's office releasing the name of a woman who was found dead in a castro valley fire last week. she was discovered at a home on san carlos avenue just off the interstate 580/238 interchange. the home's owner was allegedly out of town at the time of that fire and death. investigators have not named him as a suspect. meantime on the peninsula, investigators at this hour trying to make sense of a disturbing find, a very disturbing find. the san mateo county sheriff's office said this past sunday a body washed up onto the shore near the san gregario state beach. the woman was wearing jeans, black boots, a red top and had pink braces on her teeth. a cause of death and identification is still being investigated. 5:20. school bus safety is an

important issue and one that's the responsibility of the california highway patrol. this morning an eye-opening investigation. bus drivers reporting problems ignored by the chp. chief investigator tony kovaleski has discovered the breakdown and joins us with the details. >> reporter: here's the issue. two veteran bus drivers were concerned with buses that were breaking down and not getting fixed. they risked their paychecks and their careers. now we want to know why the chp didn't hear their calls for help. >> was there an accident or something? >> no, broke down. >> we had one day where we had six to seven breakdowns in one morning shift. >> reporter: you can hear the frustration in his voice. >> buses that wouldn't work? >> buses that would not work. >> my bus leaks massive, and the brakes are going out right now. and every time i take it in for

maintenance, they tell me, oh, we ain't got the parts. >> reporter: you can see the frustration in her face. two dedicated bus drivers speaking out, concerned buses are breaking down too often. >> it's about time durham is put on notice that, hey, fix it or get it off the road. >> reporter: durham bus serves is the second largest bus operator in the country, currently providing buses and drivers for several bay area school districts. >> when you have bus drivers going in front of a television camera to say that their buses are concerning, they're not being repaired when they should, is that a problem? >> yes. in some instances it can be a problem. >> reporter: the california highway patrol inspects all buses in the state. it's responsible for bus safety and the safety of students. >> you have bus drivers who have come out publicly concerned about the condition of the buses they drive every day. has theriv5p (t&háhp &hc& patrol investigated their claims? >> have we done an investigation

specific to one person's complaint? >> there were several bus drivers. >> not that i'm aware of. >> reporter: ultimately that's the issue, why has the california highway patrol ignored the concerns of veteran school bus drivers. durham bus services continues to point to the fact that it has passed its most recent inspections with the chp. tonight at 11:00, our nbc bay area investigation will take you inside the conflict, raising critical questions about the performance of the california highway patrol. in the newsroom, i'm tony kovaleski, nbc bay area news. >> all right, tony, thank you very much. we'll be right back after this. [ woman ] dear chex cereal,

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utilities commission. members claim he brokered a back room deal for med yagss of hearings in the investigation. this morning san mateo county could give the green light on the ban in unincorporated communities. the ordinance would eliminate plastic in all retail stores. nearly two dozen peninsula cities are also considering a ban modelled after san mateo county's. they include south san francisco, mountain view and milpitas. >> you need a plastic bag to cover your hair today. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> you probably don't need to carry that umbrella with you all day long. the only showers we're expecting today are actually coming down right now in the south bay. i want to show you a wide view. nice and dry in the north bay. the south bay is starting to clear out a little bit as well. we have one more batch of moisture and then our focus

shifts to the potential of afternoon thunderstorms. today you'll need that jacket. it's going to be cool out there. 62 in concord, 59 in san francisco. we'll have your seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. let's check your drive with mike. >> that forecast is affecting our drive. i see a little sheen on the golden gate bridge. farther north 101 moves slowing and maybe slick pavement through the north bay. we'll end with this upper deck shot. a note, watch the winds across the bay bridge, guys, back to you. 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay," apple getting ready for another announcement. a live report inext.

the greatest thing ever. >> that's right. how sweet it is. the giants, the new national league champions and now headed to the world series. and 43,000 fans don't care as all about the pouring rain at at&t park. they watched the giants move right into the world series.

i'm christie smith. we'll have that story, plus information about world series tickets, a free giveaway. and some cities picked up over an inch of rain yesterday. we'll tell you who and we're not out of the woods just yet. more showers in the forecast. we'll take you through that coming up. and still some rain and wet roadways. we're watching your commute as you come across the bay. right now let's take you across san jose, a spanning shot before the sun comes up. get ready for a great one, a lot of good vibrations in the air. go g-men on this tuesday, october 23rd. this is "today in the bay." good tuesday morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. it is 5:30 on the nose. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll have live coverage of the giants win in just a moment, but we are tracking more wet weather in the bay area today, meteorologist christina loren says showers and thunderstorms actually possible today.

christina. >> hey, good morning to you. santa rosa yesterday picked up over an inch of rain. no, we are not even close to being finished just yet with the showery pattern. we'll get a few dry days and then more rain on the way for next week. so i wanted to talk about some of the big winners. santa rosa over an inch, almost three-quarters of an inch in oakland, almost half an inch in san francisco. we picked up half an inch in walnut creek. san jose, almost 0.10 of an inch. we didn't do as well but that's because we are surrounded by mountains. 300 days of sunshine right here in san jose. watch out for slick conditions on 101 between san jose and morgan hill. gilroy starting to get a little bit of a break. we'll take you through your full forecast in just a few moments. that seven-day is ready to go and we do have a chance for thunderstorms. first we'll check your drive with mike. >> christina just gave you that warning for the south bay but right now we're cross get pay on 92. here's the flat section in the

distance. the high rise for the san mateo bridge. we'll look at the peninsula side and see folks coming off of the crest there from the foster city view of highway 92, the san mateo bridge. note for the bay bridge as well as the san mateo bridge watch those higher winds, maybe gusty conditions. keep that in mind, the potential there. the south bay, the volume picks up, the rain farther south than san jose or farther south in san jose. a live look at the camera shows you the volume really starting to kick in right at 680. back to you. just in case you had to go to bed and you missed it, let us be the first to tell you the giants winning. the team focusing on that real prize. >> we need to enjoy this but still have some work to do. >> yes, they do. the team needs to win one more series before being called world champions. it's going to be a tough one against the detroit tigers. game one is tomorrow night at at&t park. >> oh, yes, time to get it on. today in the bay's christie smith is live in san francisco

right now where the giants, get a load of this, the giants giving away free tickets to the world series. christie, a very good morning with that news. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, jon. you know, that win was absolutely stunning. not just a win, but a shutout. i have to say i stayed up way too late watching the whole thing. but apparently one of the last tweets that the giants sent out last night was information saying that they would be giving away two free tickets to the world series. that information coming out sometime around 9:00 this morning. so you'll want to keep an eye on their twitter page. at&t park rather quiet this morning. all of the celebrations over. but i wanted to show you the kinds of things that we're finding out here this morning. you mentioned champagne. well, we are finding the celebratory corks all over the sidewalk this morning. of course champagne showers all around after the giants won it last night. fans swarmed the giants dugout to buy the limited number of hats and t-shirts that went on

sale after they became the national league champs, shutting down st. louis. of course next up, detroit. even fans who didn't even have tickets to get inside just came to soak up the win outside. it was incredible. >> it's awesome. >> i love it! >> pure joy. pure joy. i knew it! it's amazing! the best feeling ever. >> reporter: as we've done before in these games, we've been checking out stubhub, the ticket reseller for you. and right now for the world series game one, standing room only tickets starting at $429. so, jon and laura, i just wanted to mention that my birthday is coming up this month so if you were looking for something to get me, i would certainly accept those from you. >> but you'll be going by yourself. >> we have enough for one ticket. >> you're the girl. >> all right, christie, thank you very much. we'll check back with you later on. time to mark your calendars.

here's how it shakes out for the world series schedule. games one and two are wednesday and thursday at at&t park. then the series moves to detroit for games three an four saturday and sunday. if needed, game five would be in detroit on monday. if sixth and seventh games are needed, they'll come back to at&t park next wednesday and thursday. go g-men. all right, apple making a big announcement again today. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew is live in san jose. scott, didn't apple just have an ipad announcement a few months ago? >> reporter: yeah, it did, jon. that was the ipad 3. it was about 225 days ago. apple has really begun to speed this process up. if you're thinking to yourself wasn't there one just a couple of weeks ago, the iphone 5. today what we'll hear about in the california theater in san jose, we suspect, is an ipad mini. and this will be historic in the sense that this will be the

first product that steve jobs did not really have his hands on. in fact he rather famously thought a smaller tablet was a bad idea. but amazon proved that wrong. amazon has sold tons of those kindle ebook readers and the kindle fire in fact is the best-selling product amazon sells period. apple clearly needs to compete. so the big question, jon, will not be do they introduce the ipad mini, that's what they'll introduce at 10:00 a.m. this morning, it's the cost. will it compete well with the amazon kindle. will apple be willing to get rid of some of that profit to compete on the smaller tablet level. >> thank you very much, scott. new this morning, a los gatos mother is fighting to keep her daughters in school after the district ordered her to keep them away. the mother says the girls are being kicked out because they suffer from severe nut allergies, but the district says the decision had nothing to do with that. arturo santiago spoke to the

family this morning and he joins us live from los gatos this morning. good morning, arturo. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the mother of these two little girls tried to meet with the school superintendent yesterday. she said the superintendent would not meet with her. she does know that police officers have been told by the district to be here at the school and not allow edwards and her daughters onto campus. well, the mother knows this, but she is still going to try to take her daughters to school. now, her daughters are 9-year-old ella and 7-year-old sara. they have severe nut allergies. contact with just trace amounts of nuts could be life-threatening. their mother says the school would not provide a classroom environment that's safe for her daughters and they have been told that the girls are not allowed to go to the school anymore, basically kicking them out. edwards calls it discrimination. the school district asserts that the edwards don't live at the address in los gatos that they used to enroll an do not belong at the elementary school. >> really hoping that it's not something that's going to scare

the girls. i have all of my residency paperwork action everything that we brought to the district originally to sign the girls up for school, we will have. by law the girls are entitled to go to school in their district so there should be no reason for us not to be allowed on campus. >> reporter: now, when it comes to nut allergies, each school district does have its own policy. they are not regulated by the state. but again, edwards is expecting there to be police resistance when they arrive at van meter elementary later on this morning. school will start sometime around 8:00. we will be here to see what happens. live in los gatos, i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." 5:38. time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren. you have been busy in that weather department. so what's the latest, young lady. >> well, you don't need the umbrella so much today. you'll need that jacket certainly. and then by this afternoon, we could be talking about mountain thunderstorms. so keep that in your back pocket for now. 48 degrees in novato, 54 in

stinson beach. good morning to you up in bodega bay, 51 degrees there. 49, kind of cool start here in san jose. so we still have some showers on the radar. nothing heavy. most of the activity now has pushed south of san jose, kind of on the western-facing slopes surrounding san jose. as we head throughout the morning hours, the showers will continue to push to the east and deteriorate. that means we'll see a cool, cloudy afternoon. any activity that does develop will be south of san jose from here on out. as we head through the afternoon, we could see some mountain thunderstorms. we'll be watching that for you all day today. as we head through tomorrow morning we'll get a round of showers early and then some afternoon sunshine, so that's the good news. temperatures will warm up a little bit as well. it's been cold out there. another very cool day in livermore, 64 degrees. 60 in san jose and 59 degrees, that's it, in san francisco. we have that seven-day outlook ready to go that shows you exactly when you clear out. first we'll check your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning.

here's the san mateo bridge. we have the westbound traffic flow but we just got word of an accident at the toll plaza. i'll track that and let you know if it affects your drive out of hayward. getting a little crowded here. now we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza and there in the middle of the screen you see those flashing lights, the fender-bender. one of those fastrak lanes, that's what we see. look at all those cars coming. we'll track that accident. we'll get a look at fremont. 880 moves smoothly. southbound target to pick up the volume as you're heading into the south bay. the time is 5:40 right now. the final sprint to that november election is under way. what the presidential candidates are doing an we'll also have in-depth analysis of last night's debate coming up. ♪

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now to decision 2012. the final presidential debate is over and president barack obama and mitt romney are starting the

final sprint to election day. all the focus now is on the nine states that electoral votes are still considered up for grabs. tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill this morning with a look at where the candidates will be stumping for those all-important votes. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're going to be in a lot of those states and traveling in teams. we'll see governor romney and his running mate, paul ryan, today at a rally in nevada in afternoon and later tonight they'll be in colorado without side denver actually in metro denver at red rocks amphitheater doing a rally there. on the other side, president obama and vice president biden are going to appear together for the first time in the general election. in the primary they did some traveling together but now in the general election they're traveling to five states in two days. he'll be first in florida and ohio today and then he'll also be tomorrow in iowa, colorado and nevada. your going to hear those same states other and over and over

again because those are the battleground states that really seem to count in these last two weeks. laura. >> thanks so much. no doubt about it, it is a tight one coming right down to the buywire. it's almost time to head to the voting booth. but did president obama and governor romney go out with a bang in last night's foreign policy debate? marla tellez joins us now with more insight from a political science professor. good morning, marla. >> dr. jim cottrell teaches political science. thanks for your time. last time we spoke at the top of the hour and you mentioned governor romney's lack of foreign policy experience because he doesn't have that control in the white house. one could critique as romney struggled to differentiate how his foreign policy differs from president obama's policy. do you think he distinguished himself? >> i think one of the difficulties is to distinguish your policies from what the president has put in place. i think that governor romney in many instances, there seemed to

be a lot of similarity between how he would approach things like iran and syria, because the president has really tried to score some points there and say what would you do short of going to war that would be different than what we're already doing? and the president tried to make the point that there's not that much distinction there and that really i have the experience and so i have the edge there. if there's no other difference, then i should have the edge on this issue. >> one particular moment making headlines came when governor romney talked about the size of the navy and no surprise president obama had a comeback. here's a look at the exchange. >> our navy is -- excuse me, our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> you mentioned the navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. >> that's all over twitter and facebook today. do you think that sarcasm from

the president is going to win over votes? >> that's a good question. i think that the president supporters probably enjoyed that line and thought that it's a good way to basically debunk that point and suggest that, you know, there's a reason that we maybe have fewer ships, that we're focused on other areas of our military strength. again, independent voters, it's an open question whether they will like that level of sarcasm and making light of that answer. i think that strategy may be -- might back fire. there was another incident where he was a little sarcastic and we'll see if that plays well to the voters. >> we were talking off camera and you think romney needed to win all three debates. do you think he did that? >> well, the president is the incumbent so he's the front runner. so i felt like romney really needed to win three in a row and unlike the giants, i'm not sure that he actually did that. it remains to be seen whether or not that last debate will be seen as a flat performance. i think probably the polls in the next few days will suggest that the president bounced back a little bit. >> okay, professor, thanks so

much. jon and laura. >> thanks, marla. 5:46. fall is looking a lot like winter in the sierra this morning. the first major storm of the season bringing a blanket of snow, brian hickey is live in blue canyon this morning with a fresh look. looks like winter there, brian. >> reporter: yeah, it's a beautiful sight up here if you're into winter and like the snow. let me show you blue canyon here. there's my little house down there, survived another season in the sierra. with about a foot of snow here at the 5,000 foot elevation. now we'll send you over to interstate 80 and that is the story this morning. while it's a beautiful sight up here, it is anything but pretty on interstate 80 this morning. drivers last night were stranded. in one case we talked to a woman who spent nine hours with her three kids in the car stuck on westbound interstate 80. anyone that's been over 80 this summer knows there's a huge construction project going on there. that project is not done and traffic is down to one lane right around the yuba gap area.

last night around 5:30, that's where a jack-knifed big rig blocked that one and only lane and tied up traffic so bad that even responders couldn't get to that truck. they eventually had to come the wrong way up the freeway to get that truck out of there, which took, again, as much as nine hours one family said they were stranded. we talked to another woman who had her 80-year-old mother in the car and sat there five hours. another woman said she called chp after sitting there four hours and even they were surprised that that car was still stuck in traffic. so it was just a huge mess. now they're still holding traffic on both the westbound and eastbound side. there's still a lot of trucks and cars that were stuck off on the shoulder. the problem was when that accident happened there were no chain controls so everyone got up into the sierra. the accident happened, they shut the roadway down. it snowed like mad last night and everyone became stuck with no chains on. so you get the idea of what a mess it is. if you're coming to the sierra, just know what you're getting into. eastbound not a big issue but westbound a very volatile side of the freeway until they get

that construction project wrapped up. otherwise when you get here, this is what's waiting for you. if the conditions keep up and the weather stays cold enough, they're going to run their snow makers and have the lifts spinning by friday. >> really? wow. >> let's hope they can get the issues sorted out on the westbound side of 80 as well. >> you've got to take 80 to get up there. we'll keep tabs on it. thanks so much, brian. >> a little rough for driving but great for skiing and snowmen. 5:49 right now. christina loren, what kind of weather are we looking at closer to the bay area. >> you make a dainty snow angel. >> his wing span would be big. >> well, we're still making it rain out there this morning, but only areas south of fremont. let's go ahead and talk about what we're watching for you. you can still see from your live satellite/radar picture, you see all that blue over tahoe. they're still getting snow and that will continue to be the case as we head throughout this evening into tonight. then we all get a nice, dry break for the second half of

wednesday through the weekend. more rain on the way, though, on this system's heels. 49 degrees in napa to start, 48, it's chilly out there in novato and 46, good morning to you, in sonoma. 53 in san francisco, home of our world series entrants. oh, we are so excited for those boys. made it to the world series. we have your back all the way. nbc bay area, i don't know if you know this, but we are the proud broadcast home of the san francisco giants. you're going to get exclusive coverage right here on nbc bay area. right now i'm watching this little batch of moisture. it looks like this is going to be the last one impacting gilroy. watch out for this, though. if you've headed over the pacheco pass any time soon, that's where this system is also headed so travel cautiously through there. 101, slick conditions from gilroy to morgan hill. so we stop the clock on your futurecast right at 8:00 p.m. look at this, more rain on the way, mostly for the north bay as we head through tonight. the system will dig to the south as we head through midnight and that's where you might pick up

some pretty good showers. stop that clock for you again at 4:00 a.m. san francisco, slick commute yet again tomorrow. watch out for that. we'll be here to guide you through it. 63 in santa teresa and 60 degrees in san jose. if you're looking for warmer weather, we've got that for you as well. it's not going to warm up all that much but we'll be out of the 60s by friday. 72 degrees inland on friday, up to 75 degrees as we get into the upcoming weekend and 76 on monday before another round of showers moves in looks like late monday into tuesday we get more rain. 5:51, let's check on that drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. folks, look who is here to greet you, this is 101. all your friends here just north of the 680 interchange. we'll show you what's going on. when all those cars hit that roadway, right before 6:00 a little heavier because it's a traffic tuesday. we're looking north from tully all the way up from 880 with the slowing. the orange section speeds down toward 40, lower 50s as you see. northbound routes for the other freeways looking pretty good but

87 starts the slowing coming up and into downtown and 85 going to follow closely in suit. we'll watch the wetter roadways as well. pavement still damp in many spots, especially south of san jose. we'll get a look outside as well and show you how traffic is flowing across that san mateo bridge. you can see flashing lights and actually see the tow truck if you've got a wide screen. but we're looking at one issue here on the span itself right by the toll plaza. then over on the dumbarton bridge there's another issue, so both westbound directions, highway 84 and 92 have an issue working on the flat section right now. we'll track that. so far no major slowing for either of those spans just yet. back to you. >> just yet, key words. 5:52. coming up, all eyes on the fed today. they're meeting to decide the future of interest rates. we'll show you what analysts are predicting.

in the wee small hours of the morning, all quiet in san francisco. certainly not the case last night. >> you dream of this when you're a little kid. you never know what it's going to be like until you get here. it's unbelievable. i can't believe we just did it. >> the giants ecstatic over coming back to win the national league pennant last night. the detroit tigers fly into town today. the world series starts tomorrow night at 5:00 at at&t park. >> the party is on. four more wins, world series title. fresh off having all his tour de france titles stripped away, lance armstrong did not waste any time getting those off his twitter page. late last night his biography was changed and it no longer mentions those seven tour de france wins. yesterday the international cycling union stripping armstrong of those titles and also banned him from the sport for life for his involvement in

what the u.s. anti-doping agency describes as a massive doping program. don't expect any major change of course from the federal reserve this week. it kicks off its latest policy meeting today. analysts predict interest rates will stay low through the middle of 2015. the economy has shown some flashes of strength but isn't growing quickly enough to create many jobs or increase americans' income. the fed has made it clear it will probably hold rates low even after the recovery has strengthened. it is 5:56 right now. there is an accident down in southern california. we've got a live chopper shot for you here. this is actually eight big rigs have been involved in an accident closing a freeway in the new hall pass. this accident happened on the transition road between i-5 and the i-14 freeways. this happened at about 3:35 this morning, just a couple of hours ago. the highway patrol has closed that transition road. they have, however, reported

they think it will remain closed for several hours. so far no reports of injuries. as you see the fire truck there checking out the scene. it looks like -- >> looks like it was one of those trucks that hauls cars, you know, to car lots and whatnot. >> it looks like it burned up or something too so the fire department has put that out, still spraying water on it. we will keep you posted from southern california as this one progresses. it's 5:57 right now. it also may be october, but it is the last day of school for two sisters at a bay area school. an allergy is keeping them out of class. we'll show you what the family is doing to try to fight for them. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done what i thought was impossible: you made good-for-you, gluten-free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband rob found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is,

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enjoying every second of it in that dugout. >> time to pop the bubbly, champagne celebrations an a huge comeback victory. our san francisco giants