one. we want to get you ready for a nice day. natural a.c. kicks in this afternoon. temps below average for most spots. hot out in the tri-valley. as of tomorrow, we've got a good chance for measurable drizzle. we'll crank up the heat. major changes coming to your forecast. we'll detail that in moments. >> of course, steadying carefully your morning commute. why the traffic flow at bay bridge is different. why this might be causing more of a backup already. 6:00 on the dot on your wednesday morning. as we take this live picture of san jose as the sun ready to peek out from the horizon. wednesday, september 3rd and this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. update to breaking news overnight. firefighters in san jose worked

quickly to knock down flames after a broken gas line caught fire. neighbors reported seeing the gats line on fire near a two-story office building near an apartment complex. this broke out around 4:00 this morning, very close to 880. firefighters were able to get flames under control and quickly. nobody had to be evacuated, and the damage does appear to be minimal. new this morning, putin responding to a reported cease-fire between ukraine and russia. putin has called on pro-russians in eastern ukraine to stop advancing and for the ukrainian army to withdraw from the region. earlier this morning, ukraine's president said both sides agreed to a cease-fire. but putin's spokesman said russia was not in a position to agree to a truce because it's not part of the conflict. however, as we just told you, putin asked both sides to draw back and says a cease-fire deal should be reached by friday. president obama is vowing to build a coalition to, quote,

degrade and destroy isis militants this morning. it comes after the u.s. verifies authenticity of a video showing beheading of steven sotloff with the latest on the developing story, we bring you "today in the bay's" kris sanchez. heart wrenching development. >> yes. quickly developing situation, too, sam. the british government now saying it's considering special forces operation to rescue a british hostage now in the hands of islamist terrorists in order to keep him from the same fate as steven sotloff. the only image we will show you of sotloff's last moments spent reading criticism of u.s. foreign policy. obama said he was a courageous journalist whose lives and a stark contrast to the mission of the isis group that killed him. >> they make the absurd claim they kill in the name of religion but steve. en, his friends say deeply loved the islamic world.

the killers try to claim they defend the oppressed but it was steve who traveled across the middle east risking his life to tell the story of muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity. >> speaking from is stonia, the president said the murders of sotloff and james foley only strengthened the u.s.' resolve to fight isis. and the president addressed critics who called for a quicker military response to isis, saying the first phase of degrading and destroying isis is to make sure there is an iraqi government in place while using air strikes to, quote, blunt isis momentum in iraq. in the video, sotloff, the masked isis killer, appears to be the same man who took foley's life. the killer threatened a british journalist would be next and that's the reason the uk is considering a possible special forces operation. we'll talk more about that coming up in the next half hour. >> as mentioned, the hostage's family in britain has mentioned

that they do not want to to identify him by name. prime minister cameron holding an emergency meeting today with senior officials. the uk government says it will examine every possible option to protect the hostage and it's possible great britain could join the u.s. in air strikes over northern iraq. continuing coverage of the story all morning long. we'll have online updates as well. just check out nbcbayarea.com. >> to recovery efforts after the south napa quake. small aftershocks felt south of napa around 3:20, it comes less than two week after a 6.1 devastated the area. stephanie chuang live in berkeley where top scientists around the world are trying to push for early earthquake warning system. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. in fact, the california forecast predicted a 94% chance of magnitude 7.30 quake hitting

californ california. talk of a early warning system critical here. governor brown pushing for a system that could give up to 60 seconds of advanced warning before potential damaging and shaking felt that could save lives and damage the south napa quake 6.0, caused $500 million to $1 billion in damage in napa alone. the city is estimating $300 until damage to privately owned homes and commercial property, streets are still blocked off with more than 1,000 buildings, red or yellow tagged. uc berkeley's system did give ten-second warning ahead of the napa quake. the state does have a current demonstration earthquake early warning system, being tested in long beach back in april. part of the development of the new system takes from other countries like japan. its warning system gave the vital advance warning of the 9.0

magnitude quake in 2011, broadcast with 52 million people getting the warning on the smartphone. the system stopped bullet trains and allowed businesses to take protective action and cover. topic at the three-day conference starts today. state lawmakers here in attendance. when can we see the progress on the advanced system and how much it will cost, coming up in 40 minutes. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. a warning for people on the coast, monthly emergency siren test will last longer than normally would. the siren will last three minutes today. this is instead of the typical 30 seconds. the siren supposed to alert people on the coast to dangerous incidents such as a tsunami. the test will take place at 10:00. good morning to you. time to check the microclimate

forecast this morning. let's take a peek outside. gorgeous bay bridge. illuminated this morning, waiting for the sun's arrival. we don't have to wait around for meteorologist christina loren. she's right here right now. >> nice-looking start out there. overcast sky, you can't see it yet because it's still dark. but as the sun starts to come up, we're expecting 6:37 sunrise. it's going to be pretty out there, especially extreme east bay. getting a sliver of sun to start. cloudy but nice. we're at 59, good morning, half moon bay. 61 san francisco. 63 to kick off the workday in san carlos. temperatures aren't going to be bad. we had a hot labor day, temperatures close to the triple digits out in the tri-valley. for today, and we'll low 90s. still getting hot out there. san francisco right now, you can see a good-looking drive on the bay bridge. we'll get all of the particulars

from mike in a moment. the a's have a day game for today. comfortable conditions out there. talking about the upper 70s to low 80s at 0.co coliseum. san jose showing you a little bit of the cloud cover here. this is enough to keep temperatures in the low 80s today. numbers are going to be comfortable in pleasanton for the first part of the day then hot, half to use a.c. 3:00, 4:00. 82 in the south bay. 80 peninsula. san francisco today at 70. looking good in the north bay. 86 degrees. whether a beautiful day on the east shore. 76. let's find out how the drive is looking. east shore's one of the spots that stacks up. good morning. >> good morning. off of the east shore freeway, a bit of unusual pattern at bay bridge toll plaza. let's talk you through. there at the top, middle of the screen, across the top, lights, toll plaza. flashing lights to the left, those are two hov lanes, three green lights, fine for cash payers. red light, down one cash lane on

your left approach, other angle from the bay bridge, there's a backup. you see folks moving over last minute over to the three cash lanes on the left approach, making things clunkier. backup past west grand avenue and the maze, predictable backup now. looking at another shot, smooth drive westbound 580 for dublin. slowing out of the altamont pass. bill through dublin, through 580, interchange. 680 slowing through pleasanton. typical pattern for the tri-valley. big jam at 680 sorted itself out. slower speed on the approach past tully, past 680, continuing to 880 where things clear up around san jose airport. 87 slowing into downtown, not unusual. but early start for the slowdown. we may be seeing more traffic building as schools are back online, had a couple of weeks to adjust. >> everybody falling into place.

>> exactly. >> more traffic than usual this time of year. >> but it does seem like more folks driving over the last few months. >> more people working. >> that's good. time 6:09 on wednesday morning. still ahead on "today in the bay," new video of a serial stowaway trying to board a flight again without a ticket. a live look outside. mccovey cove, close to at&t park. see how the giants will do. day game. is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. head in for the final days of the biggest sale of the year.

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"today in the bay." >> welcome back. good wednesday morning to you. clouds keep your temperatures down for today. actually looking towards a very comfortable day, even inland. and things regoing to change, depends on what microclimate you live or work in. we'll talk about that in moments. live look at san mateo bridge, we can see volume starting to increase in your commute direction. what's missing from the shot? we'll talk about that, coming up. >> right now, talk about today's top story. president obama calling for justice this morning, following the execution of american journalist steven sotloff at hands of isis militants. speaking from estonia, the president said the murders of sotloff and fellow journalist foley will strengthen american's resolve to fight the group. firefighters trying to figure out what caused a gas line to represent tuupture. the neighbors saw the fire

around 4:00, nobody hurt. new video showing serial stowaway marilyn hartman wandering around the phoenix airport before arrested last week. police caught up with her in the baggage claim area. arrested last month after sneaking past security at san jose international and on to a plane to l.a.x. speaking of flying, norwegian air says it will continue to fly out of oakland international, despite a setback from the obama administration. >> scott mcgrew, unusual airline. >> it is unusual. supercheap between here and europe. you can get on a flight tomorrow to oslo, last minute $300. but it's unusual. it's technically an irish airline, flagged in ireland, uses crews from southeast asia. the ceo quoted as saying norwegians are too expensive. the obama administration put significant restrictions on norwegian air. i spoke to the company, flights

between the bay area and europe are not affected. your tickets are good. apple insiders say tim cook himself will speak about the theft of celebrity photos, a day after apple as a corporation released a statement saying it is, quote, outraged. cnbc pundit weighs in, the question is how quickly apple can do damage control and whether people start using their own social media channels and start throwing away fabulous iphones for something else. critical point here, it would appear apple had a bug which allows hackers to try passwords over and over. but the bigger security issue, the take away, many celebrities did not understand icloud. one in particular was bewillered, she thought she deleted pictures years ago. anecdotes of people being confused about how icloud works. i know in my case, i kept getting notify indications on my iphone, i used all of my storage

space but it was my 13-year-old, kept taking pictures on his ipad, those got uploaded and that's how i used all of my storage. >> it's not just a mystery to celebrities. >> to lots of people. it is. some of them within apple itself. >> one thing to remember, icloud, not ivault. >> that as well. good idea. >> dual layers of protection check. >> old ones called, the polaroid. use a polaroid. >> don't take pictures at all. keep it up here. keep it up there. >> 6:16. >> time to check the microclimate forecast. waiting for the sun's arrival. i can't get over the feeling of fall, not just because of football, but feeling of fall. >> yeah, fantasy football. he's got it. this guy's got a team.

big time. 6:16. you know what. >> whatever you love about the fall, there's so many great things to choose from here in the bay area. the trees, they get really pretty as leaves change color. we'll talk about why coming up in a bit. but it has more to do with hours of daylight than the temperature drop-off. that's coming up in my next main weather hit, if you can stick around. if not, stick around for a couple more minutes and mike will help you get out the front door. today, 61 degrees livermore. plenty of onshore flow, clouds spanning inland this morning. that's the weather story of the day, even after clouds burn off, the flow will continue, cool ocean air moving through inland valley spots except the tri-valley. as we're cutting off the natural a.c. just about one specific airport clouds give way to beautiful day everywhere else. temperatures at or below seasonal averages.

widespread 80s through most of the inland valley spots with low 90s on the way to the tri-valley. 82 san jose. 70 in san francisco. on our way to the lower 60s as we head throughout your morning hours. temperatures are comfortable, overnight in san francisco. but we are going to see that change as we head into next week. starting to see shorter days make an impact on overnight lows. we'll talk about that and why leaves change color coming up in a minute. talking science this morning. overall, nice stretch of weather, no significant changes coming your way through the upcoming within. here is mike and that drive as promises. >> here than bay bridge. still looking at issue, come over here, folks. move my name. you know who i am. look at this truck. moving over, one lane to the left because this lane, the fourth cash lane, lane number 6, closed. that cash lane is not open and that's creating one-fourth less cash lanes available on the left

approach. slowering backup big or the bay bridge toll plaza. the map, we have the slowdown off of 580 and back towards 24 for that slower drive. east shore freeway, by comparison, comes over towards the right approach, that's moving more smoothly and predirectbly off the berkeley clove. oakland, there's an a's game, 12:35, midday traffic an issue around the area. take b.a.r.t. to the stadium if planning a long lunch hour. west 580, smooth through dublin. towards sunol, no dents, just more company. 580, castro valley, predictable. san mateo bridge, crossing over the bay, smoother drive. westbound, flat section, this sign, no longer lit up, because that was talking for months about the 280 retrofit, that has completed. no problems into or out of san francisco. let's catch up with the foster city peninsula side.

easy drive, west 92 good volume. 92 to 101, smooth drive through san mateo, picking up volume. 280 no problems on the peninsula. maps, south bay, northbound 101 sorted itself out after early bill. 87 early slowdown, that has cleared up through downtown san jose. watching for the build to continue. we have a big crash north bound, 17, right around the laurel curve blocking one of your lanes. two crashes, one involving a rig, a truck, another sedan, sports car, south bound side out of los gatos towards santa cruz. back to you. >> 6:20. ahead on "today in the bay," cvs goes smoke-free and changes its name. >> as you're waking up, live picture of the approach to the bay bridge, the eastern span. a day christina says will be another lovely one. more news, weather and traffic after the break.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back. very good morning to you. halfway through the workweek. look at the curve, by 101, san rafael. traffic picking up out there. we'll check in with mike with a look at morning commute. 6:23. >> nice speak of the north bay. major news for a big drug company chain.

cvs swept tobacco products off the store shelves. now the company's taking tips to help people kick the habit. bob redell live. we are told this comes with a name change. >> reporter: it does. good morning, sam. first, in the past several hours, start agent midnight, all 7700 of cvs locations nationwide they all stopped selling cigarettes, including this location here in san jose. now this is about a month earlier than their october 1st self-imposed deadline, making it the known national pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products. it has rebranded itself, known as cvs health. in place of the cigarette packs, there will be large ads that urge smokers to quick and offer products to achieve the goal. as you can see in the video handed out by the corporation. the move will cost them $2 billion in revenue from cigarette sales but the

company's hoping they can make that up with increased sales of medicine, health care products by being perceived as being health conscious, perhaps more customers will turn to them for health care needs. here's a health care executive. >> what look at ourselves as a pharmacy innovation company. bringing products and services into the marketplace that are helping businesses, communities, people, manage their health in more effective and affordable ways. >> across all of our stores, not only have we pulled tobacco product but inviting our smokers to help them quit. >> reporter: several small, independent pharmacy chains have already stopped selling cigarettes. cvs is the first national one, the largest of its kind to do so. live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> cvs, taking a stand. let's get ready for a federal food fight.

free lunches at places like apple, google, they could be a thing of the past. bay area tech companies give employees free meals all day long, not just breakfast, lunch and dinner but snacks as well, and that has attention of the irs. in fact, published reports show the irs is designating meals as taxable fringe benefits, similar to a company car or gym membership. >> regulated and taxed enough as it is. if employers want to give employees benefits like that, they should be allowed to. >> obviously they don't want to have pay extra tax and don't want employees to pay the tax on freets lunch so they'll fight the irs. >> the larger tech companies can afford to pay the tax while ones with smaller budgets may be forced to do away with free meals altogether. time 6:26 on wednesday morning. we'll take you live to wall street for today's opening bell.

which procedure gives you the best chance of surviving breast cancer? the surprising anners in a new study. search continues for a missing boy. no it doesn't. it's called off. what we've learned overnight. take a live look outside. look at all of the new friends at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. mike's got tabs on the commute. we're seeing it building, more people head to work, fall into place, taking kids to school. 6:27 now.

which procedure gives you the best chance at surviving breast cancer. >> the surprising results of a new study, next. >> good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. good news in the weather department. that natural ac kicks in today. temps maintain. we'll be below average all week and then a chance for drizzle.

a sneak peek at weekend forecast in moments. >> indeed, it does look like a big backup. is it at bay bridge toll plaza. i have better news. highway 17, not so much. good morning. markets are opening. nyse, cvs announcing something fascinating, bob redell will tell us about that, and the pga on the nasdaq as they sign away and the opening bell. a little golf love for you this morning for the folks that like to hit the links. 6:30 on your wednesday. a live picture of the golden gate bridge. today's wednesday, september 3rd, and this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. new this morning, hayward boy reported missing is back home with his family. police told us the 12-year-old

is safe. first reported missing from winton middle school around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. police are not saying where the boy was or how he was found. pittsburgh police are hoping this video will help them catch a driver who hit and killed a woman and then took off. the video that you're looking at is from a nearby gas station. a silver pickup truck driving by. the crash occurred sunday near willow pass road and mountain view avenue. police say the driver veered off the road, struck a light pole, crashed into the woman pushing a shopping carton the sidewalk. police have identified that victim as 50-year-old michelle brass. a study says a double mastectomy may not be your best chance for surviving breast cancer. the results come from researcher at stanford and the cancer prevention institute of california in fremont. looking at every california woman diagnosed with one chance russ tumor in a single breast between 1998 and 2011.

the study compared double mastectomy, single mastectomy, lumpectomy followed by radiation. it found no difference in long-term survival between those who choose a double mastectomy and a lumpectomy followed by radiation. the there is a higher death rate among women who choose ma somethi mastectomy. women are choosing double mastectomy, not clear why, though. many point to jolie's decision to remove both of her breasts. she went through the procedure because she carried a gene that put her at high risk. she has a family history of breast cancer. the new study in the angelina effect discussed tomorrow at 2014 breast cancer symposium in san francisco. 6:32 on wednesday. a quick peek at what's go on outside now. this, of course, downtown san jose.

we are moving right along to the weekend. on na note and for good news, meteorologist christina loren. >> anything that includes the word "weekend" is a good note, isn't it? san francisco showing you that iconic figure that will keep you cool later today. show you san jose. fog here this morning as well. we have low clouds lingering. oakland, which right now all is quiet. but there is a day game happening out there at o.co coliseum. mariners taking on the a's today, 12:35. 69 out there. up to 72 over the course of the game. it's going to get warm. if you're headed out there, consider a high uv index at an eight for today, lots of sunscreen. temperature wise, looking good for the day game in oakland today. as we get into the afternoon it will be warm out there in the tri-valley with temperatures in the low 90s today. that's the only hot spot. forecasting low 80s in the south bay, on the peninsula 70 for

san francisco. and 86 in the north bay. we want to get you thinking about the weekend. we tell you what's happening across the bay bridge, what's free for you and the family. this weekend the 43rd annual art and wine festival in mountain view, 11:00 to 6:00. temperatures comfortable. upper 70s. great-looking weekend. here's mike inouye and your morning drive. >> mountain view, art and wine festival, hopefully they cleared up the mess when i was in high school and spilled a slushy. standard backup. better news, all cash lanes are open lane number six was late. no problem. we still have the backup here at toll plaza. but look at your map. backup we had off of 580 and 24 easing, but that may have been enough to cause this to go back to the typical slow through the maze. that's what you expect there. oakland, a game that christina talked about, midday 12:35, you'll see lunch hour traffic

and post-lunch traffic. early to start off. dublin area, live look real quick, smooth drive westbound. no surprises slow out of the altamont pass. slowing towards dublin interchange. speeds coming down into the 50s, southbound 680, pleasanton and sunol. back to the map, northbound 101, not much of an issue. 87 and 85 with the latest slowing, arrows marking that. big issue, santa cruz mountains northbound two crashes blocking right lane around the laurel curve, big gem from the santa cruz side, heading for our view, los gatos, slowing. >> all right. pockets there. >> that's right. >> how much scarring was that arts and wine festival. >> not for me, for them. i'll spill a slushy again. >> we'll get you another one.

6:35 on wednesday. the markets have been open for a few moments now. >> scott mcgrew has a look at the numbers. >> reacting to good factory numbers, more proof the american economy's recovering, as we take a live look at big board. dow industrials up 67 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 moving higher as well. a very strange guest at burning man coming up in a bit. back to you. 6:36. raiders sign off on a new deal to stay in oakland? we'll tell you what it hinges on next. live picture of the san mateo bridge this morning. people moving in and out of the peninsula as they make their way to work at 6:00, 6:30 i should say. >> don't make people late. now blame me. sorry about that. we'll be right back. at 1-800-dentist, we're about one thing.

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"today in the bay." >> welcome back. on your wednesday morning, live picture from emeryville, looking out the city by the bay. michael sam could have a new nfl team this morning. espn reporting cowboys plan to

bring sam to dallas for a physical today. if he passes, he will be added to the cowboys' practice squad. sam recently cut by the rams, the same team that drafted him 249th overall earlier this year. the first openly gay player to be drafted by the an nfl team. >> raider as peer closer to staying in oakland and getting a brand-new stadium. the deal would build a retail complex called coliseum city. in order for that to happen o.co would have to be demolished. the deal hinges when davis signs off on it. an attorney representing backers say the basic terms of the financial deal have been worked out among the group, the city and the team. no word on what would happen to the a's if the deal is approved. remember the baseball team just inked a ten-year lease extension at the lovely o.co coliseum. coming up, update to breaking news. fire erupts at a gas meter steps

away from a south bay apartment. new details about the smoky wake-up call overnight. just seconds to spare, new effort to get california's early quake warning system ready for the next big one. >> i think we'd like to know, live look outside overlooking san francisco. back with 15 minutes of nonstop news. ♪ ♪ ♪ i gotta have that bag. italian leather? for an amazing deal, and i love that designer. [ shopper ] you paid how much for that? [ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls.

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building sits next to an apartment complex. it broke out about 4:00 this morning near heading street and the alameda, close to 880. firefighters were able to get flames under control quickly no one had to be evacuated and damage appears to be minimal. recovery efforts after the south napa earthquake, some of the world's top earthquake experts in the bay area to help push for an early warning system. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us. the conference comes as new aftershocks felt early this morning south of napa. >> reporter: that's right. magnitude 2.6 south of napa, at 3:20 this morning. good morning. those of us who grew up know how earthquakes and early warnings on the three-day conference is all about that, how to best create advance early warning system. the demo tested in long beach in april but governor brown is pushing for a more advanced

system a year ago he signed a state law to create one to give people 60 seconds of advanced warning. the office of emergency services has until january 1, 2016 to identify fundingen costs $80 million. the hope is early warnings could save lives and money. we saw the devastation when the 6.0 magnitude south napa quake hit causing $500 million to $1 billion in damage and that is in napa alone. yesterday governor brown asked president obama for disaster relief funding to rebuild the area, where the streets are blocked off, with more than 1,000 buildings red or yellow tagged. cal's ten-second warning came before the earthquake hit. live at uc berkeley, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> very important. thank you very much. 6:45, just in three bird

strikes within an hour at laguardia airport. live pictures of the airport now. good news, no injuries, no damage to any of the planes, two planes were delta, one an express jet. the planes were all approaching laguardia from portland, cleveland, and greensboro but managed to land safely. time to look at the microclimate forecast this morning. taking a live look outside, much closer to home, overlooking downtown san jose. check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. i've been on a plane right after one of the bird strikes and they do a thorough check after that, takes an hour. we'll get you more information coming up. as for our local airports, sfo, flight delays. thick, low ceilings out there and comfortable temperatures to greet you when you walk out your front door. 59 the temperature now in san jose. 61, good morning to you, livermore. it's going to be hot out there

today. but everywhere else, with exclusion of your extreme east bay valleys, temperatures right at average. that's where we have to cut off natural ac for today. but it will be back on as of tomorrow. 61 livermore. 61 concord, 63 oakland. 61 san francisco to kick off the day. live look here, over the santa clara valley, filled up like a bowl of soup with thick, low clouds and that bodes well for a nice day. from 4,000 feet here at the surface in san jose. kind of a murky start but clouds will give way to gorgeous afternoon. burning off here in the south bay by right around 10:00 a.m. 82 for us later today. 80 degrees on the peninsula. 76 today on the east shore, comfortable conditions there. and 70 degrees in san francisco. out in the tri-valley, warm day for you, 90 degrees coming your way this afternoon. we have changes to tell you about. just subtle at first. temperatures are going to drop throughout friday, maybe drizzle that morning, then saturday into sunday, leveling off for you

just in time for the weekend, comfortable conditions as we transition closer to fall. feeling like that until next week. a couple of hot days next week. overall pattern you can count on. autumnal equinox, fall officially begins september 22nd. that's a look at day and night of equal length and leaves change color as well as we get t waning daylight hours. great looking weekend for mountain view festival. mike wanted to bring you back to glory days. >> wearing tie-dye at the art and wine festival. here, the bay bridge toll plaza, still tied up because of the metering lights are on. better news after the earlier issue with one of the cash lanes closed late into the morning commute, things have cleared up to the normal backup. look at your maps. east shore freeway, no big ires there off of 580, 24, things are easing up. still you have the backup. big crash here, south bound 680,

pleasanton, into concord, we hear a crash involving six or seven vehicles, a couple stuck in the middle of the freeway. others in the center divide and right shoulder. cars on both sides of the freeway and the middle, this will slow you into concord, walnut creek, south 680. backup off of 642. chp on scene. south bay we have typical northbound route slowing, north 101 and 87 as well as 85. i want to show you the tri-valley, backup over there out of dublin with i live look westbound 580, there's a slow drive out of the altamont pass towards the dublin interchange, west 580 and same for south 680. peninsula, typical build as well. subtle one for north 101 through palo alto as you see, still at limit here. all the way up into san francisco, 101, and for 280. and back to your maps, the south bay. south of there, bigger issue here. folks coming from santa cruz, up through scotch valley, laurel

curve, two crashes blocking the right lanes. may have been progress, traffic moving better north bound through glenwood. slow through the area because of the distraction with all of the activities. president obama says the u.s. will not forget the beheading of a second american journalist and that justice will be served. overknit the video of steven sotloff's execution was authenticated and the president's response now a developing story. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us with words to sotloff's family and his killer. >> president obama sending words of comfort to steven sotloff's family and a promise to the isis militants who killed im. the only image of the video we will show you, last moments of steven sotloff, spent reading a criticism of u.s. foreign policy. president obama said sotloff was a courageous journalist who

sought to tell the story of the muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity. >> we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against the terrorists. >> the president addressed critics who called for a swifter military response before sotloff's death two weeks ago when isis killer beheaded another american journalist, james foley. the president said air vike strikes are part of the strategy that make sure there's a viable iraqi government in place and building a coalition against isis fighters. the brits may be more motivated to join a coalition, prime minister cameron is holding an emergency meeting today with senior officials to examine every possible option because there's a british journalist whose life is on the line. in the video, the ease sis killer said the british journalist will be next.

>> tragic. thank you. >> chilling. president obama's visit to estonia to meet with leaders of the baltic states meant as a show of solidarity against russia. earlier ukraine's president said he reached a cease-fire with president putin. but the ukrainian government is backing off of that statement saying those sides have a similar understanding what is needed to achieve a truce. about an hour ago putin said a chance a cease-fire deal could be in place by this friday. pg&e facing a record sething penalty for break downs that led up to the pipeline explosion. judges found pg&e violated more than 3700 laws, rules and regulations. if the record setting $1.4 billion penalty is approved by the cpuc, pg&e and its sheriffs will be required to spend $950 million to the state general

fund. $400 million to pipeline safety implementation plans and another $50 million to fund other safety improvements. if no one appeals the penalty in 30 days the cpuc will review the decision. five people involved in a bribery scheme at a south san jose land fill will be learning their fate today. commercial waste broker and four employees were charged with conspiracy and bribery for defrauding waste management out of millions of dollars in dumping fees. the prosecutors say he bribed employees at landfill to waive dump truck entry fees and misclassify contend to lower disposal charges. the five are expected to be sentenced today. 6:537 cvs is tobacco free. the company making good on its promise to take tobacco products off the shelves for good. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in san jose. move comes a month ahead of schedule.

>> reporter: yeah, they had a self-imposed deadline of october st. here we are a few weeks early, cvs becoming the only national pharmacy chain to stop selling cigarettes, something they started in the past several hours. all 7700 locations including one here in san jose has stopped selling tobacco products and they've renamed and rebrand themselves as cvs health. now in places of cigarette packs normally located behind the counter will be large yard that urge smokers to quit and offer products to achieve the goal as you can see in the video handed out by the corporation. cvs estimating that the move to stop selling cigarettes will cost them $2 billion in revenue sales. but the company's hoping to make that up with increased sales of medicine and health care products, the idea being perceived as being health conscious, more customers will turn to them for health care needs. here's a company executive in an interview conducted by the company's marketing department.

>> well, we see ourselves as a health care company. and there's nothing that is as bad for health as smoking. so selling a product in our stores that was actually causing people health problems really didn't make any sense. >> reporter: several small, independent pharmacy chains have stopped selling tobacco but again, cvs is the first national one to stop doing that. live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> $2 billion in lost revenue is not chump change. cvs on the new york stock exchange this monthing. >> scott mcgrew. >> it got me thinking when did the nyse ban smoaking? you've never been able to smoke on the floor of the nyse because of all of the paper that's there. but let me hoe you a vine video. on the floor of the nyse. look at look on that guy's face,

yes, i'm smoking but it's a blue cigarette. the ce of of lore yard make cigarettes. one guy has smoked on the nyse but a vapor cigarette. let's look at cvs on the markets this morning. there they are ringing the opening bell, dow industrials turning positive but looks quiet today. now that everybody's bang from burning man, the person you least expect to go to burning man went to burning man. grover norquist, known for getting every single u.s. republican law maker to sign a pledge to oppose new taxes, key figure in the government shutdown, just got back from burning man. and said this morning, sure some self-professes progressives whined at the thought of me attending what they believed to be a ghetto for liberal hippies. turns out, he and his wife had a lot of fun. burning man lived up to

representation of inclusiveness and hopes to bring his kids. burning man, everybody's accepted, even ultraconservatives. >> there you go. >> letting himself loose. >> sure is. 6:57 right now. final check of the day's top stories. firefighters in san jose trying to figure out what caused a gas line to rupture sending flames shooting toward an apartment building. neighbors saw the fire 4:00. no one was hurt. president obama calling for justice this morning following the execution of another american journalist, steven sots love, at hands of isis militants. the president said the murders of sotloff and fellow journalist james foley will strengthen american's resolve to fight the terrorist group. california politicians and response officials and scientists around the world will come together at uc berkeley. talking about how to develop and implement earthquake early

warning system. this following the strong earthquake in napa ten days ago. >> ten days ago, now another shock, aftershock, 2.6 magnitude this morning. think what to do with extra time, that would be very important. >> something we want to know more about. as soon as we know, we are going to let you know. 6:58. it's going to be a nice day, 80 for the peninsula, 76 east shore, 70 in san francisco for today. i like to keep tabs on climb logical data, we get typical reason first significant rainfall by september 30th. and so now that we're in the month of september, looking pretty good for that. seeing storms line up in the pacific. >> drought grass could use that. >> no grass on this side. forest here in oakland. traffic slowing past the coliseum. easy right now. midday game, congested midday, a's playing 12:35. look at the map.

good slowdown south 680 out of pless hadn't hill. tree bofld, six or seven vehicle crash. no injuries. jam from santa cruz because of the crash around the laurel curve. >> police have desperate to fine a serial shoplifter. >> i think this applies here, police calling this man -- >> mustachio the magician. >> -- ability to make bose speakers disappear from cosco. look four for someone trying to sneak speakers in his car. he popped up since july. in the recent pictures she's clean-shaven but police say it's the same guy. so hopeful someone knows who he is, they're offering this commemorative, what is it. >> mustachio. >> -- pint glass to help them identify it. >> it's funny, when they give come men rative of a thief.

>> i want one of those mugs. >> mustachio. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25, live local news update. >> join us at 11:00. good morning. >> so will the president's strategy involve air strikes in syria? nbc news exclusive. ebola survivor dr. kent brantly opens up to matt about his near-death ordeal and if he's concerned about how people will treat him moving forward. >> when i told friends of mine i was going to come here to interview you, you know what the number one question was?