as deadly waves pound the bay area coastline. they won't be as big as yesterday, but there will be some big waves out there today and our final day of warm sunshine, then temperatures crash. we bring in the drizzle. rain moves in as of tuesday night. we have a lot to go over this morning in your microclimate weather forecast. and hanging ten, more like six over here at the bay bridge toll plaza. a new crash in san jose. a live picture from san bruno mountain. you're getting ready to kick off your workweek. we're here with you. it's monday, october 13th. you are watching today in the bay. a good monday morning. thank you for joining us. >> developing right now. health officials in dallas are keeping an eye on some 50 people who may have had close contact

with a nurse now fighting ebola herself. she contracted it while caring for thomas duncan, the man who died from the virus in dallas last week. stephanie, this news case has hospitals and nurses even here in the bay area voicing their concerns. >> that's right. imagine your job means you have to have first degree contact with ebola patients. that's what these nurses are dealing with. the health care worker who contracted ebola from thomas eric duncan of liberia is in isolation herself. the woman has quote extensive contact with duncan as his condition deteriorated and he became more infectious. the agent ji has confirmed a breach in protocall led to this, but cannot pinpoint what went wrong and now, nurses here in the bay area are demanding more protections on the job. >> we are saying here today that

not one more patient, not one more health care worker or one more nurse should be infected, but only as with the nurses just said with proper training. >> and in a new survey by national nurses united, 76% of the almost 2,000 surveyed said their hospital had not told them about a policy for ebola admissions and say they don't have enough eye protection or fluid resistant gowns. as for the south bay here, santa clara county officers say the hemt department has been working with local doctors and paramedics, but also admits there are gaps in the county, including the need to find a company to safely remove infectious wastes, so again, a lot of questions both nationally here and in the bay area. >> when we continue to follow closely. thanks a lot.

an ebola scare forced an american airlines jet to be quarantined overnight. a passenger on board the dallas fight got sick on the way to nashville. the passenger was removed from the plane and health officials say they believe the person does not have the virus and say he or she posed no threat to anybody on board the plane. this comes as several major u.s. airports will be implementing new procedures this morning. they started at jfk over the weekend. passengers traveling from parts of west africa will be escorted to a separate area. stephany truong is is going to be monitoring the story all weekend long ch later in the newscast, we'll go live to dallas for an update on the nurse's condition. that's coming up in our next half hour. a caution for anyone going to the beach today. watch out for big waves and strong current. the warning comes after two fishermen were swept out to sea in north bay. it happened in the marin head

lands. the men were on fishing, off fishing off a rock when a wave knocked them into the ocean. the coast guard responded along with several agencies. one manmade it to a rock an was rescued. the other didn't survive. conditions were rough with high surf warnings in effect. >> it is 6:04 as we take a peek outside downtown san jose. still dark as we start our workweek and we're keeping eyes on what's going on on the weather front. a nice start to your workweek, but things could change. good morning. >> oh, they are going to change. good morning, everybody at home, but you know what? it's that season where things start to change across the bay area. speaking of which, isn't it pret i out there with all those trees starting to shed their leaves and the beautiful colors coming in along the process. it's just so lovely out there. i love this time of year.

now, temperatures today are going to feel summer like. plenty of 60s out there and this afternoon, another unseasonably warm day. kind of sticky out there, but i can tell you overall, these temperatures are going to crash tomorrow. so anything you wanted to do outdoors, even if you just wanted to have one more day the work on your tan safely, sp ff plus, you head east toward the trivalley, temperatures get much warmer. low 90s for today. let's dive into the changes because they're going to start to come in. low clouds return this evening and for us, that means temperatures are going to be mild overnight. kind of a balmy night with temperatures in the mid-60s as we meet back here tomorrow morning. we're not going to see much of a temperature climb tomorrow with cold air rushing into the bay area. the time in my next report, i

want to show you the week. by wednesday, temperatures stay nice and cool, we are expecting showers for the first part of the day, but they'll start to head out of town and by thursday, a nice bump up in temperature, good air quality. a good day for outtoor plans, then the rain returns on friday into the weekend, so we're going to talk more about this coming up, but a really easy drive in terms of weather conditions. let's find out all the particulars from mike. >> good morning. easy drive once you get back moving again because we have those meters lighting on. yes, indeed, dry roads, but we have a lot of folks heading across those roads. we're looking at oakland coming up into the area as well. northbound 880 with those ta tailligh taillights. you'll see optical illusion, that's what you call it. big vocabulary. over here, the maps.

highway 37 the top of your screen, just the start from -- trivalley, typical build there and southbound shows more volume heading south and still holding in the upper 50s and that is a great drive. the rest of your bay looks good. speeds on the peninsula, you're looking at the south bay with a little yellow. we'll get a live look at where the slow down starts. we have a crash just north of this shot, but i've been tracking this shot, swung it around and just north of here, that's where the crash is reported, but i haven't seen any slowing in this area for the last few minutes, so even though it's reported, doesn't look like traffic's able to get by. we'll track that. >> that can be busy in the morning. a new milestone is one step closer to san jose. >> construction ends on a key stretch of roadway today, but

even before bart moved through, traffic going to improve. kris sanchez joining us live in san jose with what is next and what is next? good morning. >> if you use the road to commute to work, you can no longer tell your boss it's because of traffic that you are late. there are now three lanes opened in each direction, which has not been the case for the last nine months here. we'll show you the map of the stretch. it was narrowed down first in one direction and then in the other. he's why. when bart runs through this part of san jose, it will run through a trench below the road and as you might imagine, that's a big undertaking that requires a lot of road preparation. also a street level bridge in the works. this is because bart can go over every sbrer section. this is the first major road project in the $3 billion south bay bart ek tension to be come

meet. there are 16 miles of track in all between fremont and san jose. now, in addition to today's reopening here on hoffsetter, a good news for folks who use capital and -- that's reopening to two lanes, southbound, however, for folks who use trade zone boulevard in san jose, that traffic is shifting north. dixon landing road is going to be a pickle going forward and -- as well where all lanes are going to shift to the south with just one lane in each direction, but you don't have to worry about that until closer to next week. according to valley transportation authorities, this project although it is a massive project and a massive undertaking, it is on schedule to start transports people on bart train by the end of 2017. in san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> we like the words on schedule. >> that's huge. awaiting his sentence. oscar pistorius prepares to hear his fate. we'll have the latest from

inside the krurm, next. we'll talk about the strange world of sun glass, plus another apple announcement coming up. >> good morning. live to the san mateo county coastline to take a look at this year's top contenders in the pumpkin weigh off. could we see a 2,000 pound pumpkin? we're going to try to find an answer to that question coming up. >> the question of the century. will we see a 2 thourk pound pumpkin? while you ponder that, we'll take a live picture outside of san francisco. that's the trans america building on your monday morning. getting your week started on the right foot, more weather, traffic and news right after this break.

if you are sick of the heat, good news. those low clouds return by evening and we have showers on the way by tomorrow. that's coming up in just moments. >> and welcome, you've just joined us. i'm tracking this crash this san jose as well as a build up for the east bay. a nurse in texas has become infected with the ebola virus. health officials say she is part of the specialized team that cared for thomas duncan, the first person to contract the disease in the u.s. president obama is calling for a swift investigation into the

case. oscar pistorius is back in court today for the sentencing phase of his trial. he faces up to 15 years in prison for shooting and killing his girlfriend. he was convicted of culpable homicide last month. the city council is expected to vote today on an ordnance that would penalize adults who provide alcohol to underage kids. the fine for a first violation would be $1500 and would go up by $500 for each violence. and yet another consume r scare. kmart now warning customers they may have been hacked. >> yeah, pf changes, dairy queen, home depot, target. they say hacker wrs able to steal credit card numbers, though we're not certain how many. it's going to be in the thousands upon thousands. it may be enough for people to make fraud charges, so keep an eye on your credit card statement. by my math, it's been 864 hours since apple last had a press

announcement. there's another one coming thursday. maybe new ipad. not clear what you can do to an ipad to make it new, but we'll keep an eye on it. stocks have had a tough dpo of it lately. the nasdaq had its worst week last week since spring of 2012. earnings from wells fargo and sbel tomorrow. do keep an eye on the irish. the company may be thinking tax loopholes. there's a new ceo at jc penney. just a few minutes ago, the store said it would appoint marvin elseson. in italy, the head of luxotica has quit his job. they make pretty much every sin glass in the world. owns sun glass hut and pearl vision and lens crafters. its ceo quit today after 40 days. not entirely clear why he quit so quickly.

he was once asked about google glass. he's not a big fan. he said he would never wear them. in fact, he said it was, embarrass me you to wear them. i have not used google glass. it would embarrass me going around with that on my face. it would be okay in the disco, but i no longer go to the disco. >> now he'll have time to go to the disco. >> he uses the word disco. >> 1970s. >> everybody can use a little disco on a monday morning i think. the excitement though, it is now headed where? to at&t park. this morning, the giants will make their way back to the bay to try to take care of the cardinals in front of the hometown crowd. thanks in part to home runs off the bats of the cardinals. none more painful than this walk off blow from coll kolten wong. the giants fall to st. louis in a heartbreaking fashion. 5-4.

>> we battled our butts off to the last out and i took bochy just asked for us, never give up. we didn't. and you know, we know it's going to be hard to beat these guys and weave just got to come in and rest up and go fight them again. >> giants players also asking who is kolten wong? for the cardinals, the win is better sweet. the team turning their attention to yadier molina, who left the game with a strained oblique. if he's not ready to go for game three, that would be a big loss for the red birds. that game is set for tomorrow afternoon. tim hudson gets the start for the giants. first pitch, 1:07 p.m. the 49ers are hanging out in st. louis taking on the rams this evening. >> we know what we're doing tonight and tomorrow afternoon. >> and is also is entwined. >> and maybe over the coming days, you could head to half moon bay. this morning, heavy rains roared into the area for a shot at

smashing the record. >> when you say heavy weight, you're talking about pumpkins, of course, that weigh nearly a ton, maybe more. bob sh what are we talking about? p several hundred pounds, maybe more than 1,000 or 2,000 pounds? >> they're hoping to hit a ton mark. 2,000 pounds. that's the scale over there. we're going to know which of these four atlantic giant pumpkins. these are the fourment everyone's thinking these are going to be the big guys. russ pugh, good morning. right behind me is a 1639 contest over the weekend. this is the one you're entering in this morning. this one is clearly bigger. what's your estimate? i was hoping between 1800 and

1900 pounds. not exact science, but do you think it could hit 2,000? >> it could. there was one at a contest on saturday that should like 1700 that went 200 t2. >> so the world record was just set yesterday by a guy in europe by a guy with 2300 pounds plus. >> don't even like to talk about that. that's terrible. >> absolutely, but one of your buddy, you think he could bet the ton mark? >> he's the guy that had the one that was super heavy for its size on saturday. >> right. >> so, he may have something going in his patch that they like and just makes them want to go heavy. >> quick question. do you think we'll hit a weight limit in this event? >> i mean, is there a point where these things can't get any bigger? >> at this point, i'm going to say no. when i started growing 12 years ago, if you had a 1,000 pounder, it was a huge deal. >> i remember when they broke 1

thourk. >> then a 1500, everybody thought, oh, can't go any further. then we had 2,000, now, 2300. the genetics just get better every year. we learn more and more how to take care of them and feed them to make them heavy and at this point, i'm going to say they're just going to keep getting bigger and bigger. >> unfortunately, it's like my stomach as i get older. $6 a pound for a winning pumpkin and if the winning pumpkin were to set a new world record, which seems unlikely, they would get a grand prize of 30,000. so, again, the thing today we're trying to see if we can get past that 2,000 pound mark. last year, it was 1985. that's the champion. >> hey, bob, do they ever when it's all over cut it open and take those lucky seeds inside and take them and use them again?

>> so, what gary miller did my understanding, he handed out his seeds from last year's pumpkin. as far as the guy in europe, we heard something he's definitely going to be doing something with his seeds, but absolutely. they are distributed, whether people are paying for them. >> interesting. >> carve them out and scare the daylights out of any kid because that would be one scary looking pumpk pumpkin. 6:21 as we give you a live picture of the bay bridge and the city of san francisco. pumpkins need rain to get to be that big and there is some rain that could be coming. >> or a good garden hose. we have good rain coming. that means if you have sprinklers set on an automatic timer system, you want to turn those off for tomorrow night into wednesday because the entire bay area expecting this rainfall and yeah, those pumpkins when they get that big,

they look like they're melting. can't wait for that pumpkin festival this weekend and of course as the days get closer, the festival will have all the good stuff. we'll give you the weather forecast and tell you what's going on out there this year. last day of hot sunshine for the bay area. big changes on the way with this storm system brewing and right now, that system is tracking very slowly. but closer to our coastline. 83 degrees for the south bay today. still under the influence of high pressure for one final day and as a result, it's going to feel summer like. but this is it. 86 degrees for the peninsula, taking these numbers down a good 5 to 10 degrees for most spots. this is what we're working with. area of low pressure starts to move in throughout tomorrow night. i stopped the clock on your future cast at 7:00 p.m., this could impact your commute home tomorrow shlgs so i want to keep you in mind. we stop that clock for you again. 2:00 a.m. wednesday morning, we will be in the thick of it. the bulk of the moisture is

going to come through during your morning drive, so you want to keep that in mind. overall, the whole thing will high tail it out of here, we'll get another round friday, so totals are looking decent. somewhere around three quarters of an inch. we'll have more on this and what it means for the south bay coming up. right now, here's mike. >> we're going to take a look at here to san jose where traffic flow is nicely northbound. we'll show you the map while there's concern about this, a crash just north of this on 101 at allen rock avenue. you see where the crash is located, but all indications, moving from the shoulder. i don't get confirmation other than the visual. the rest of the bay, nothing unusual. typical slowing through hayward and approaching the bay bridge, of course you have the crowd just at the tail end of the approach. back up for all these lanes

because the metering lights are on, but no problem for visibility on the freeway. back to you. >> time right now, 6:23. putting differences aside. why two political rivals are hitting the road together in san jose.

the two men vying to lead the areas biggest city plan to take a bus tour together starting today. the candidates will be touring city neighborhoods this evening

on their way, they'll be talking with neighbors and hear their stories about education, immigration and public safety. the bus tour runs from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight. the event ends with a community forum on center road. nice to see them collaborating. >> very much so. 6:27. still ahead, bringing down isis. what world leaders are doing to ramp up the fight, collaborating in a sense against the terror group. ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪

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the parents of an american held hostage by isis speak in hopes of freeing their son. zblmpblt and o and this is the final day of summer like sunshine. temperatures crash tomorrow. we bring in a little drizzle and then the rain moves in starting tuesday night. a series of storms on the way. some of those same words, changes in your commute and a crash in the east bay.

it's been a tough go of it on wall street lately. the dow in fact had its worst week in months. there we see the opening of the nyse. on the nasdaq, the worst week last week since 2012. we'll take a look at your money coming up. >> and we want to hear that on a monday morning. we've got to turn things around. taking a live look outside, beautiful san francisco view. it is monday, october 13th, this is today in the bay. >> a good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> the world is ramping up it fight against isis this morning. tomorrow, president obama will be meeting with dozens of defense leaders to try and figure out a plan to bring down the terrorist group. tracie potts is jouning us with more. is there a new where i thinking now. >> reporter: perhaps a good one

for the u.s. turkey is opening up its air bases so they can launch air strikes from closer in syria and also in iraq, but the question is are these working with boots on the ground. the u.s. has said no to that, but the president said he needs to keep his options open. it's part of what they'll talk about at this meeting tomorrow. the president, the joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey and leader frs 20 countries that have pledged support. these are defense leaders who are coming to talk about this campaign against isis. isis does seem to be making head way as we've shown you in ko bani in syria and now near baghdad, where they almost took the baghdad airport we learned over the weekend. only about 15 miles away and it was only u.s. apache helicopters that stopped them. >> see if turkey's help makes a difference. thank you very much. at 6:31 this morning, the parents of an american man held hostage by isis will speak

publicly in hopes their son will hear their message of love and support. peter cassing worked as an aid worker in lebanon and syria before being captured one year ago. isis has threatened to behead him if the u.s. does not stop air strikes. you can watch the story coming up at 7:00 on the "today" show. 6:32 right now on your monday morning as we take a look outside and you just love these transitional photos. >> gorgeous. >> live pictures. transitional live pictures, just beautiful today. we are going to start out our workweek very nice. where it goes from there, we'll have to see. good morning. >> i think it's going to go in the right direction if you want rain. good morning to you, sam, laura, everybody at home. brand new week, new forecast to go over and this morning, our temperatures are all over the place. we have fallen to the upper 40s

in santa rosa and down the road in san francisco, you're at 65 degrees. that's part of the reason why even with the onshore flow, you're going to make your way towards that 80-degree mark. 59 degrees, good morning to you. 61 in beautiful san jose. so here's what we're expecting. it's the last day of hot sunshine with temperatures ranging anywhere from about 10 to 15 degrees above average for one final day then these numbers crash. i mean drop like a rock into tomorrow. so for today, 87 degrees in the south bay, 86 on the peninsula. 81 on the east shore as you head into the trivalley, much warmer meanwhile, places like sinole, dublin, pleasonton getting into the low 90s and hazy, but the good news is our air quality is going to improve dramatically as we bring in the rain starting tomorrow. now, therest a big event happening for the next four days

in san francisco. i'm going to be out there live. today at 11:00, make sure you can catch that. we have big name interviews and there's a lot going on. a whole other kind of cloud out there for today, but look at the difference. monday, 78 degrees. tuesday, we bring in that rainfall and coming up in my mex report, i'm going to time out the first of a series of storms to your doorstep and tell you how much we're exp gting. >> just recapping a series of storms. >> we know about this, we expect it. look at that beautiful view of those hills. we haven't seen that for a week. a smooth drive facing the other direction, so the sun is at our backs now. continues over the hill, remember, 92 takes dwrou half moon bay as well. that's where bob is with the pumpkin weigh off. this whole month is going to be

crowded heading to half moon bay and back. a typical build through hayward. same thing for the trey valley. no problems for the south bay, 85 in 101. 87 starting to show now. we talked about the trivalley, 680, the one that continues to see more and the changes south from pleasonton. we get a quick live look outside towards san jose northbound 101, over at allen rock, it looks like it's clear ed from the roadway and in fact, traffic looking lighter than we often see on a monday, so a smooth drive through the south bay. >> take it when you can. >> that's the kind of monday morning news we like. >> thank you very much. it's been a rough patch for the markets. we're in the middle of that. they've been open for a few minutes. >> let's check the numbers. >> numbers are not bad. they're fairly neutral. that could be because the bond markets are closed because of columbus day. meanwhile, a check of the big

boards, there you see the fairly new neutral numbers. up 11. dream force just getting underway. it's going to close howard street. tens of thousands of people including former secretary of state hillary clinton and christina there for the annual sales force conference. runs through thursday. sales force by the way doesn't come up in conversations much. it's the largest tech company in san francisco and lease es more space in the city than any other company. >> good to know. >> big event. lots of dig nitaries there. >> 6:36 now on your monday. disturbing news out of north korea. the remains of thousands of american solgss ni flekted. why that country said it's sending a clear message to the united states.

north korea says the remains of thousands of soldiers killed in the war are being neglected. in a statement, the military spokesperson said remains are being carried away because of construction prokts and flood damage. they're pressuring washington to

resume costly war recovery efforts. oscar pistorius appeared in a courtroom in south aftera kai where sentencing began in his trial. he was convicted of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend. it's similar to a manslaughter conviction in the u.s. in the courtroom this morning, a defense psychologist called him a broken man in the aftermath of the trial. he could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison or could leave court as a free free man. it could take several days. >> the world will be watching this. something else the world is watching right now, ebola spreading on u.s. soil. why bay area nurses say more needs to be done to keep you safe. plus, a house party crackdown. the city considering fining parents who give alcohol to minors. and a milestone for bart. the changes you'll notice the next time you drive through the

south bay. and nothing says fall like pumpkins. live look there now. we're back with 15 minutes of non-stop news. they're going to have a big weigh off there.

health officials in dallas are keeping an eye on some 50 people who may have had close contact with the nurse now fighting ebola herself. that nurse contracted ebola while careing for thomas kuhn dan, the man who died from the virus last week in dallas. today in the bay, stephanie truong has a look at how bay area hospitals are reacting, but we begin with jay gray.

do officials have any idea what went wrong? breached protocall perhaps? >> reporter: yeah, and that's what they're calling this, a breach many hospital protocall, but they haven't identified what that may be. we hope to hear more about that from the cdc, which has called this quote, deeply disturbing as the fight shifts to one of their own. this morning, a member of the specialized team that treated the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states is inside the isolation unit at texas health presbyterian hospital now fighting the disease herself. >> it's deeply concerning that this infection occurred. >> overnight, the agency stepped up its presence in dallas to prevent a quote, further spread of the deadly virus. officials will not release the name of the infected hemt care

worker, but say the woman has extensive contact with thomas eric duncan before his death, including when he was placeded on dialysis and a ventilator as his condition got worse and he became more infectious. police had been stationed outside the woman's taped off apartment along with hazmat teams that will begin disposal and decontamination work later this morning. now, doctors say it appears their colleague only came into contact with one person while she was sick. that person has been isolated, they're being monitored, but they also warn that because this was a breach in hospital protocall, there could be even more health workers that could be potentially infected with the virus. that's the latest here in dallas. back to you. >> hope it doesn't grow. thanks a lot, jay. zblncht and now, let's bring in stephanie. this latest development has bay area nurses questioninging if hospitals here are even prepared. >> good morning.

we keep hearing the word protocall. well, the nurse in dallas seemed to follow it. wear a mask, gown, shield and gloves. the question is, how could she till kkt it? we asked bay area registered nurses and they say that is the message in oakland in front of a hospital yesterday, members of national nurses united say local hospitals need to add personnel and training as well as more protective equipment. they point to a new survey of nearly 2,000 nurses across the country. 76% of them say their hospital has not told them about a policy for ebola. more than a third said they don't have any eye protection our fluid protecting gowns. >> not one more patient. not one more health care worker or one more nurse should be infected, but only what the nurses just said with proper training. >> and kaiser permanente has said it is completely prepared

to evaluate and treat suspected and identified cases of ebola in a statement, a specialist points to case in august in south sacramento when a person was suspected of having ebola, but they were negative. the patient was placed in a specially equipped negative pressure room and we provided those caring for the patient with appropriate training, which includes personal protective equipment. here in the south bay, santa clara's public health officer says the health department has been working closely with doctors and paramedic, but admits there are gaps including the need to find a company that can safely remove infectious waste. >> thank you very much. enhanced screenings will begin this week at o'hare, dulles, newark and atlanta. the cdc started the screenings at jfk over the weekend. passengers traveling from west africa will be escorted to a

separate area. our conch of this developing story continues in just minutes on the "today" show right after today in the bay. >> but first, want to check the first as we fwif you a live look outside, what a beautiful start to our day. clear skies, going to enjoy today. some rain later this week. >> yeah and at this time tomorrow, you will only be able to see about half of that beautiful trans america pyramid. good morning to you. welcome to the new workweek. we have a whole new forecast but, i want to say thanks for waking up with us. it's not the easiest way to get up, but we're here for you and i want to keep you two steps ahead of the changing coming. the coldest weather we've had in months, we're talking about rainfall and a complete change as we get into the second half of the month of october. you can still see what's

happening there. we've got high pressure and offshore flow, but that's going change throughout the day today. you see that clockwise rotation. that wind really warms up as it moves from land to sea and negates any sort of marine influence. low pressure comes in tonight and high pressure clears out as a result. the temperatures are pretty mild to start the day. we're in the low 60s. temperatures about 60 degrees on the peninsula, about 81 degrees on the shore today. on the peninsula, getting close to 90 degree, but not too bad especially when you keep things into perspective. tomorrow, a good 10 degrees. sit in the trivalley, but one more day of heat. tonight, you'll start to see the first changes by this evening. those low clouds rolling back in. and then the rain moves in as we head throughout tomorrow night. however, as we head throughout tomorrow, you'll notice those clouds increasing and the cold air moving into the bay area. at 8:00, that's when we're expecting our first showers to

move in to the knot bay. the bulk of the activity is anticipated here on wednesday morning and we are counting on kind of a rough ride to work. all of this moisture races off, fresno and the central valley, so that's good news and we have more on the way throughout friday. this friday system is kind of giving me a headache right now. the models are out of and on. i think we're going to get more moisture than what they're calling for, so we'll hold out of on that for now, but count on the rain to start out of. thursday and friday,ing the pattern changes again. here's mike and your drive. >> so, we're looking for a wet wednesday commute, but now, we're dry. look at that beautiful sunrise over here. a smooth drive down the east shore freeway. there's a crash west 80 at university, but should move quick ly to the shoulder. the north bay shows volume starting to increase. so, you know, a little light,

but visibility, no fog in the area. just a little bit of moisture and as we look at your maps, you see the area, only slowing is for west 37 and down through nevada. that's the build that's starting through the area. richmond center and the bay bridge is starting the build that volume. of course, we've got the back up at the toll plaza and no real drama for oakland. hayward, we have your traditional slowing down in toward union city for the southbound on the nimitz. the trivalley there, southbound 680 through pleasonton. no big, big slowing. we have areas for 87, 85 and 280 startsi starting to see the build. we got a report just north of here right around mckey of a crash that should be on the shoulder. that's the second one for the morning. this one looks like it's moving to the shoulder, but that might be enough distraction to slow these folks down back to you. >> all right. hopefully things will speed up at bart south bay extension hits a major milestone.

bringing with it some traffic. >> a welcome side, but let's not get too far ahead. what is the launch time for this project? >> we're talking about years down the road before you can take bart to san jose, but it also gets a little bit better along the way and today, the monday blues will be a little less orange for drives commuting here where the traffic has been reduced by one lane in each direction for about nine months now. take a look at the stretch of road where it has been narrowed down. first to two lanes in one direction, then in the other direction because when bart runs through this part of san jose, it's going to go on a trench below the road and as you mightagmight a imagine, that's a big undertaking. this is so that bart can go

under or over every intersection across the way. it is the first major road project in the $3 billion south bay bart extension. 16 miles of track between fremont and san jose. you can expect road changes today. capital avenue and millpedes is reopening, so some relief there. trade zone boulevard in san jose should be north. the reduction there is one lane in each direction an later on next week, all lanes will shift to the south. so you'll have to worry about congestion there. this bart an san jose project is moving right along on schedule and should start trans portding people, which is what they were hoping for, by the end of 2017. >> it is coming. thank you very much. >> places to go. pumpkins weighing nearly a ton are rolling into half moon bay. >> bob is sizing up the

competition and there must be a ton of pumpkins out there. >> brace yourselves. you ready to see what we think is going to be the largest? >> let's do it. >> unbelievable. jane's enter tri, she's from half moon bay. about 70 pounds. said it was a fluke, huh? >> this one was just thrown into the side of the garden. we thought we would see what happened and we got this beautiful pumpkin. >> going for the heaviest. that's the most beautiful. this would be for the heaviest. the pumpkin, not the man of course. >> oh, wow. >> what are you estimating? >> 1700, 1800 pounds. >> but you know your buddies are saying this could be the winner. maybe go over 2,000, which hasn't happened here. >> it would be super.

it would have to go some to get there, but anything's possible. >> all right. are you sandbagging? >> no. like i said before, i'm happy to be here. we were here last year without a pumpkin and having this one is fup. i'm not going lie. >> yesterday in europe, a man set a new world record for a pumpkin. over 2300 pounds. no one is expecting that to be broken here today. what do you think though would be the weight limit? do you think these pumpkins would ever get to a point where i don't know ha the weight would be, but where they just can't get any bigger? >> i don't know, for the first time, you're seeing people talk about 3,000 pounds. >> back in 2000, only 1,000 pounds. >> all's i know we need bigger toys. bigger tractors. it's going to get more expensive here pretty quick. >> best of luck to you.

if you look at the scale behind you, any moment, they're going start bringing these pumpkins out. you've got gary miller, defending champion. also from napa. me doesn't think his pumpkin is as big as it was last year. he thinks this one's going to be in the 1600 range, but you've got these four out here. another one in the back. good five contending for those top five places. whoever wins gets 6 bucks a pound and if there were to be a new world record set here again, that's highly unlikely, given the record was 2300. that person would get 30,000, so we'll know in about four hours what the new weight is here at the half moon bay pumpkin weigh off. again, it's never been at a ton here, so we're hoping to see the 2,000 pound mark broken sim later this morning. >> a lot of pie, bob. >> a lot of prize fighters. in this corner, we have bertha. >> and go out and see them later, too.

there is yet another new ceo at j.c. penny this morning. the company appointing an executive from home dee toe. >> the company has worked its way through several krrk eos. >> trying to undo the damage from the apple executive. they have been struggling ever since they brought in ron johnson. johnson tried to make it cool again, but it appears shoppers didn't want to be cool. he lowered prices a lot. he said let's stop having sales. we'll just have low prices. shoppers hated that. in a survey, i'm not kidding, they said they wanted high prices and then for those to go on sale. they brought back their old ceo. now, he's stepping down for yet another. they're up about 3% on that news. meanwhile, just when you were starting to enjoy the idea of using portable devices gate the gate, the flight attendant's union is going to court to stop it. it's mostly a safety issue

because it means you're not paying attention to the safety briefing. we have a flight attendant who works here part time. i'm not going to say who she said, but she works over that way and she has very strong pins about it. i'll tell you more about it at 11:00. the it is time to have a final check of the day's top stories for you this morning. authorities are warning people to watch out for big waves and strong currents at the beach today. two fishermen were swept out to see in the north bay yesterday when a wave knocked them off a rock. one was rescued, the other did not survive. the city council is expected to vote today on an ordnance that would penalize adults who provide alcohol to teenage kid. the fine would be $15000 and go up by $500. zblncht the. the giants headed back to the bay area for game three. the series is tied at one game apiece after they lost last

night. game three is tomorrow at at&t park. first pitch is at 1:07, which is good news because i stayed up late last night watch iing the game. >> it was a good spirited effort. >> do it at home. >> do you sometimes go ahead and watch that must see show together, but you do it without your significant other? >> a survey found 59% of those surveyed say they watch a must see show together without their other half. to make matters worse, 27% have lied about watching the program. when the viewers were asked how they show cheat, the top response was quote our scheduled are too different to make it work. do you watch a show with tracy? >> i don't. i tell her. we watch shows at different times. it's curiosity. you can't wait to find out how the show resolves. >> i save my shows. i like to enjoy my best times with my husband.

>> throw that out there. see you again in 25 minutes. >> married three months. >> i love it. that's awesome. good morning. breaking news. a crowded american airlines plane quarantined on a runway in nashville overnight other fears of ebola. one of three incidents across the country in the past 24 hours. while in dallas the first person-to-person transfer of the viergs in the u.s. as one hospital is now turning ambulances away. a massive storm system moving across the midwest and into the east over the next two days. tornadoes, heavy rains and flash flooding expected. dylan is tracking it all. rallying for the victims. the community of sayreville, new jersey, comes together in the wake of that football hazing