warehouse fire. >> i understand there's a new fear that the warehouse might actually collapse? >> reporter: at this point, we haven't been told that, but i'm sure that is a possibility because as fire consumes the building, the structures holding it up get weakened. the crews are still battling this blaze. we're told that san jose police one of their officers was driving by the area and saw the fire here near highway 87 between coleman and west julian and called it in. now, it appears that what was on fire is an abandoned warehouse, the wire fence around the

building seems to indicate that it is empty. the fire began around a quarter to 4:00 this morning. it quickly grew to a three-alarm fire. as we were headed here on highway 87, we could see the flames shoot up into the air, and see the orange glow in the night sky. the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but many of the empty buildings in this area are occupied by homeless people, and they often start a campfire to keep warm. again, that's not been confirmed that that's actually what started this fire. but it has been known to happen in the area. we are also hearing reports of wires down, so that could also be a possibility of the cause of the fire. but in any instance, wires down does hamper crews from fighting the fire. back here now live on the scene, earlier if you saw me a half-hour ago, there was a lot of white smoke in the area. that is dissipating. that's certainly a good sign, that crews are getting the upper hand on this fire. for now, welcome back julian is

closed near bassett, so fire trucks and crews can stage their equipment in the area. so far, we're not hearing of any injuries, and hopefully the scene here will calm down as the morning commute begins and will not affect workers trying to get to the downtown area. live in downtown san jose, for "today in the bay." >> looks like they have a better handle on that. >> we'll be following that, keep you updated. some concern as well that the smoke in the area could be spreading, but not a lot of wind out there this morning. >> no, you were right earlier when you pointed out how that smoke is just going straight up into the atmosphere. we did have a sustained speed of 3 miles per hour. that is now relaxed to zero miles per hour. but i do want to point out, a little bit of patchy fog out there and that could definitely mix with some of that smoke, so we could see visible drop off in the area. we're going to keep tabs on that for you. let's find out how it could be impacting your drive. here's anthony slaughter. >> good morning to you, christina. not a lot of wind, so that smoke

is building up. i'll start you off with the bay bridge approach. we are starting to see some cars fill in here from time to time, especially on the cash lanes, but the metering lights are not on. so about another hour to go. let's show you what's happening in dublin. this is where traffic is starting to stack up. on our traffic map, this is what i want to show you, because earlier in the program, we were showing you that the yellows were starting to appear on 101 and 880 and 87 around the fire in san jose. and you'll notice on 101, major slowing right where that smoke is. ing up over the freeway, and i imagine it's going to be the case as we head through the morning eyes. right in that connecter where all the highways connect. >> thank you very much. of course, stay with us for continuing coverage of the story this morning. nanette miranda on the scene gathering information. christina as well will keep tabs if the weather changes, and anthony slaughter keeping track of traffic changes.

now to a story that is developing this morning. some tense moments 220 miles above the earth. an ammonia leak on the u.s. segment of the international space station forced its six-person crew to move over to the russian side. no one is in any danger right now, and no word yet on what caused that leak or when it will be fixed. we do expect an update from nasa within the hour. this morning, bart officials taking a long, hard look at how safe it really is to make mass transit. >> this comes of course on the heels of a deadly metro train emergency in washington, d.c. at a very busy station, la font plaza. the metro train filled with smoke while trapped at that station earlier in the week. one woman died and dozens more were injured. stephanie truong with more on what bart officials can learn from what happened in d.c. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. you know, bart saying its own system here in the bay area very

similar to the system in washington, d.c., where the smoke incident happened this week. plus, bart's had its own close calls caused by electrical fires. also known as arcing. that can lead to what you see here in the video from the d.c. incident. you'll see smoke filling a metro train. it is so sickening, it chokes passengers, even killed one woman and sent about 70 others to the hospital. national transportation and safety board investigators say it was arcing that caused the emergency. arcing has also caused smoke inhalation on its tracks in the bay area and it's trying to learn from what happened in washington. >> when you're dealing with a third rail and things that can be in the trackway, it definitely can happen. >> reporter: bart was able to safely evacuate passengers, but now there are questions about why it took so long to evacuate

the passengers in d.c. apparently the train operator told people to stay where they were, waiting for the third rail to be deactivated. now, bart says if there's an emergency on the train here in the bay area, talk to the operator. there is an innercom on every car. coming up, how the new trains may actually help in this kind of situation, that's in about 40 minutes. live in daily city, today in the bay. >> good questions to be asking right now. thank you very much. there's a project that would bring millions of gallons of toxic oil to san jose. it's now not going to happen. last night, san jose city council voted against the phillips 66 rail project. the project would have carried -- had trains carry oil to morgan hill and san jose. the mile-long trains can carry more than 2 million gallons each. some see it as a disaster waiting to happen. >> our concerns are what would happen if a derailment occurred?

and in particular, the load that trains are carrying. >> it's coming right through our senior, 100 feet of homes in my council district, going through farmland and my council district as well, coming through downtown. >> phillips 66 says it has decades of experience transporting cargo safely and always takes precautions. people in paris lined up at newsstands before dawn to buy the new issue of "charlie hebdo" today, and within hours, the define new issue sold out. three million copies of the satirical weekly were printed and distributed across france this morning, one week to the day after the attack by two gunmen who killed 12 people. usually 60,000 issues are printed. >> intense interest. kris sanchez is joining us with a new claim of responsibility. >> on the same day that the prophet mohammed appears on the cover, an official claim of responsibility, one that had long been suspected. al qaeda in yemen posted a video

on youtube, and the leader of al qaeda there says that the attacks were ordered by al qaeda leaders as vengeance for the insult to the prophet mohammed, whose name was also invoked by the shooters on the day of the attack. you can hear the brothers shouting. what they're saying is "we have avenged the prophet mohammed." the brothers then took aim at police. four officers were among the killed. they were laid to rest with the highest honors, as french lawmakers consider what they can do to thwart future attacks. on table, something like this nation's patriot act, which was enacted after 9/11. the french government says this morning at least 50 people have been detained for defending terrorism since the paris newspaper attack. and just this morning, the french parliament ordered a crackdown on any speech that glorifies terrorism, is anti-semitic, or is hate speech.

so as the "charlie hebdo" issue, an iranian foreign minister said that putting the prophet mohammed on the cover was provocative, insulting and would only create a vicious circle of extremism. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the iranian minister in geneva, but it is an interesting contrast that at the same time they're cracking down on hate speech, which is what a lot of muslims consider "charlie hebdo" to be, the issue sells a record-breaking amount of copies. >> thanks very much, kris. today the white house will announce a new plan to cut methane emissions nearly in half, but critics say it's an empty threat. the plan will call for methane emissions to be slashed by 45% in 2025 in hopes of fighting global warming. but critics tell the l.a. times the plan would require the industry to police itself and would only apply to new oil drilling operations, not those that are already in operation. right now, we have another battle we're trying to fight,

the drought, and as christina has mentioned on several occasions, this is the month, if it's going to happen, january is a prime target. good morning. >> that's right. statistically speaking, sam and laura, january is our wettest month here in the bay area. and unfortunately, it's been 20 days so far without any significant rainfall. as we head throughout the next couple weeks, though, it does look like the pattern is going to change. stay tuned. i'm going to dive right into that. but you're right on point, sam. everybody wants to know how are we doing when it comes to this drought and what are the prospects of rain? looking pretty good for late week. here we go. fog right now. pretty thick out there. but you'll notice what's really happening is that fog is creeping right through the delta. as we head throughout the day today, i do believe we're going to see a little bit more development, especially over the next few hours. likely dealing with fog until about noon today. we'll have more on that forecast

coming up. >> we're watching the north bay where it's not too bad. but from time to time, you get a steady stream coming in on the southbound 101. and you can see lots of green coming through. once you get in san francisco, not too bad. and really, as we head through the tri-valley -- or the palo alto area, this is 101 northbound coming in, you can see those cars starting to stack up. the good news, no accidents to report. back to you guys. 5:11. coming up, an update to the breaking news. the latest on efforts to put out a warehouse fire in san jose. >> that developing story, plus it makes one of the bay area's most well-known cars, but coming up. why tesla is not going to be profitable for years.

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sierra nevada's new beer is set to be released tomorrow. industry insiders call this one of the biggest spats ever in the craft beer industry. >> a lot of taste tests will be going on, no doubt. it's 5:14 right now. tesla motors says his company won't be profitable for at least five more years. autoan automotive conference last night, elon musk says tesla should have a profit. musk says the company is still growing and investing money elsewhere. >> that does not stop the stock from being profitable. >> or the popularity of those cars as well. verizon wants to use new technology to help you diagnose car problems actually on the go. for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell -- >> we return now to landon doughty, live at cnbc's headquarters. verizon getting into car

diagnostics land. >> i'm not scott mcgrew, but i'll see what i can do for your business updates. they're giving more arrows on the wall street. the dow was up nearly 300 points during the session on optimism over alcoa's earnings, but also fell as much as 120 points on profit-taking. oil prices dropped to a six-year low before closing higher, but crude is down again today. we get data on retail sales and import prices and earnings from jp morgan and wells fargo. the nasdaq slipping three to 4661. young workers have their eyes on the corner office. a new survey shows more than half of millennials or those born after 1983 say they aspire to the top job at their company, but only about a quarter believe their employer makes full use of their skills. tech, media, and communications are the most desirable industries for young workers.

and verizon wants to put a virtual mechanic inside your car. the company has a device that you can plug into your dashboard that can diagnose what's wrong with your engine when your check engine light goes on and it can provide in-depth info on the problem, and what it will cost to fix it. the device will be available for any car made after 1996. guys, back after to you. >> i do think there could be a future collaboration here, landon, between you and scott. when he's back, we're going to pitch it. >> i don't know, she's giving him a run for his money. >> we'll talk to him tomorrow. >> thank you, landon. the long lost mars lander may finally have been located. it's been 11 years since the probe dropped off the radar in mars. it took off in december '03 but space crews never got confirmation in it landed. experts believe it crashed on the planet. it was designed to study the red

planet's geology, its weather and climate and search for possible signs of alien life. a news conference will be held on friday that could reveal that the lander was actually found. >> and we continue to find breaking news from downtown san jose this morning. a live look at firefighters still on the scene. they certainly put out the flames that were leaping into the air from this warehouse fire. it is very close to julian and 87. in fact, julian is shut downright now. we don't know the contents of the warehouse or exactly how the fire started, but we believe that a passing official in the area actually saw the flames break out and called in the fire department. this was a scene of earlier this morning when the flames were just leaping high into the sky this morning. but the good thing is that they've managed to tackle it from above, and at least -- we don't know the structural integrity of that building as well, but firefighters remain on the scene this morning. >> from what we're hearing,

those are the primary concerns moving forward. how safe is the warehouse. for all intents and purposes, that fire looks to be well under control. the discussion point on the front has been that the conditions look relatively consumer. >> h >> our humidity levels are high. tip our hat to the local heroes. thank you for protecting and serving us every single day. i get to report weather here in the beautiful bay area. and we hit this sweet stride of gorgeous temperatures. but our air quality was suffering. we're not stirring the airport. we didn't yesterday. looking pretty good to improve. what we really need is rain. right now, let's focus on the right now. up in santa rosa, 35 degrees. you're talking about the possibility of some frost up there. i like to put things into

perspective for you. temperatures have really cooled off. as a matter of fact, we're running about eight degrees cooler at this point in santa rosa. high pressure is going to start to move off to the east for today. that's going to make our winds start to shift, and for us, that's good news. it will be a little breezy through the hills. a lot more sunshine. not as much fog out there. and we're also looking towards better air quality as that wind continues to pick up. we had that stagnant air massover hemass overhead for much of the week. 64 degrees for the peninsula today. gorgeous conditions will persist. in san francisco, much above average. we're talking about average temperatures. 57 to 58 degrees in the city. meanwhile, we're going to see the 60s all the way through midsection of the week, with showers arriving by saturday. stay tuned, i'll show you your future cast coming up. right now, let's check your drive. mike has the day off. anthony is in the house. >> let's talk about this drive this morning.

we don't have any accidents to report, so i wanted to take you through your commute. this is dublin coming through 580 westbound. but again, to accidents. i want to show you on the maps what it looks like. lots of yellow tick marks going through here. you can see as you get down towards 84, things do start to slow a bit. the other area that we're watching is the south bay. but as you get into the south bay, no problems. even on 101, no problems there. and you can see as we take a look down in the south bay, that's where we have the fire burning. and of course, the traffic is moving smoothly around this area right now because we don't have a whole bunch of cars on the road. i want to show you 101. this is approaching the area right here as we take you outside. you can see the cars are starting to flow heavier here, so we're starting to see traffic move heavier, but otherwise, we're not looking at any major accidents. really good news, of course, on top of that fire that's burning this morning. back to you. >> thank you very much, anthony. a teenage burglary suspect is being credited this morning with helping save a police

officer inside of a ft. lauderdale jail. the incident happened last september, but police just released this video of the incident. they say that jamal rutledge was being held in a booking area while an officer was doing some paperwork, and suddenly the officer just collapses and starts clutching his chest. handcuffed, rutledge immediately begins kicking the security gate and calling for help. officers were able to do cpr on the officer and even used an aed to help stimulate his heart. rutledge and the two officers who saved the officer who collapsed will be honored next week. it is 5:22 right now. coming up, we do have new details on the measles outbreak that's going on. >> more on that coming up next.

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measles kacases that started in disney land. a passenger lives in orange county and got measles while visiting in december. doctors say she became contagious on december 28th and then flew to seattle the next day. she wasn't diagnosed until january 8th here in california. there are now 26 cases of measles in four states tied to disneyland. 22 of those are in california, including three in alameda county. one of at least 32 people got sick from eating tainted caramel apples has filed a lawsuit against three companies. darlene and her husband filed a lawsuit against the companies and wal-mart. last month, the fda determined that caramel apples were behind a listeria outbreak. she says she got sick in october after eating apples bought at a

wal-mart in rockland that's near sacramento. she was later diagnosed with listeria and the lawsuit says she's still receiving medical care for it. several by the end of this month, the university of california plans to buy power from suppliers other than pg&e. university officials say there are two reasons they're doing this. first, they want to become more energy efficient and plan to get energy from a variety of sources eventually, even solar. and they say it will save universities money in the long run. right now, the change affects uc san francisco, santa cruz, irvine, san diego and merced. >> i think it's fair to say they could use every dime they can get right now. coming up next, firefighters still on scene of a warehouse fire in san jose near san pedro square in the 87 overpass. we're live with the latest. plus, the international space station evacuated because of a potentially deadly lead.

how the american astronauts onboard escaped, next. a live look outside right now. that is i believe the bay bridge. oh, yes. it is. getting ready to rev up, start your day and find out what's in store. we have all sorts of local news updates, weather, and traffic right after this break.

we continue to follow breaking news in san jose. firefighters starting to get the upper hand on a large warehouse fire in the downtown area. >> those flames erupted at an abandoned warehouse not too far from san pedro square. >> nanette miranda joins us. how are things going since we last saw you? >>. >> reporter: it looks like fire crews did get the upper hand on this abandoned fire. only one is now spraying water on the building, so it looks like things are under control.

to give us the latest update now is captain mike van elkhort. what do we have here? what happened? >> good morning. so we had a warehouse that's an abandoned warehouse in san pedro at bassett. we had a report of a fire in the building. it was a heavy fire, through the roof. the fire ended up caught underneath the collapse, so we went to an immediate defensive operation, which is when we put large master streams, fire streams around the outside of the building. >> reporter: so we hear that perhaps you're looking into that homeless people may have started this fire. >> this is an abandoned warehouse and it's fenced up and locked up. we did notice that one of the fences had been forced and one o'. the doors had been opened and the fire did appear to start in the interior.

so that's one of the things we're concerned about, is that people were squatting and potentially started a fire. so our concern is we hope everybody got out safely. by the time we arrived, if anybody had been inside, they would not have survived. >> wow. okay. thanks for the latest update there. if you heard that, the fire captain says that investigators are looking into the possibility that the homeless people living inside the abandoned warehouse could have started this fire. they are looking into it. perhaps they're wait iing to ge the building deemed safe. that's the latest. nanette miranda for "today in the bay." >> hopefully there was no one inside that building. thank you very much. let's find out what is going on with respect to your weather scenario. yes, you are almost halfway through the week. that's good, a positive sign there. >> definitely. want to help you get over that hump to enjoy what looks like a pretty good-looking weekend. we're going to dive into that in just a moment.

i just want to pount out some good news for firefighters in the area.int out some good news for firefighters in the area. it's going to give us a good shot of clean air. right now, wind is calm, temperatures are really chilly, so make sure you bundle up this morning. right now we're mostly clear. let's see if that fire is impacting your drive. >> we're going to start off with this accident. you can see the accident right near the overpass, the flashing lights. the stack-up goes towards livermore. this is becoming a concern, just because the accident was in the fast lane. and of course, that is the car pool lane. there is going to be major slowing through this area. the slowing does continue all the way back to the 84 connecter. there's some issues there. also on 880 northbound, there was a report of a car fire, so we'll get more information about

this. but now, it doesn't look to be slowing traffic too much. of course, we continue to follow the abandoned warehouse fire that broke out in downtown san jose. firefighters still at the scene. nanette miranda also there gathering new information this morning. christina keeping tabs on the humidity and any wind in the area, but firefighters appear to have the upper hand on this one, and of course anthony keeping abreast of what is going on with the traffic changes in that area. julian street is closed by 87. now to a story that's developing this morning. tense moments, 220 miles above the earth as the u.s. side of the international space station evacuated about five hours ago. we learned that mission control reported an increase in cabin pressure, something which could be indicative of an ammonia leak. is all six crew members put on emergency oxygen masks and then moved over to the russian section of the space station. everybody we're told is okay. now, while russia space agency initially called this an ammonia leak, nasa says there's actually no hard data showing that to be the case.

nasa stressing right now this could have all been due to a false alarm. crews in houston and moscow are now working to try and fix that problem. it is 5:33. people in paris lined up in newsstands before dawn to buy the new issue of "charlie hebdo" today. within hours, the defiant new issue sold out. >> three million copies of the satirical weekly were printed and distributed across france this morning, one week to the day after the attack by two gunmen who killed 12 people. typically, 60,000 copies are printed. >> excuse me. kris sanchez joins us now with the very latest on the attack, including a terrorist group claiming responsibility. >> good morning to you, sam and laura. on the same day that the prophet muhammad appears on the cover of the magazine, there is an official claim of responsibility. al qaeda in yemen posted the video on youtube in which al qaeda's number two in command worldwide says that the attacks

were ordered as vengeance for the newspaper's insult to the prophet muhammad, whose name was also invoked by the shooters on the day of the attack, which you can hear in this new video. one of the brothers is shouting "we have avenged the prophet muhammad," as then they calmly reload their weapons an fire on police as they arrive on the scene. four officers were among the killed, and they were laid to rest with highest honors, as french lawmakers now consider what they can do to thwart future attacks. on the table, something like this nation's patriot act, which was enacted after 9/11. also changes perhaps to the prison system to prevent further radicalization. the french government says this morning at least 50 people have been detained for defending terrorism since the paris newspaper attack. and just this morning, the french parliament ordered a crack du crackdown on glorifying terrorism, anti-semitic speech, and hate speech.

as "charlie hebdo's" latest issue sold out, they were condemning the decision to put the prophet muhammad on the issue again. saying the decision was provocative and insulting and would only create a vicious circle of extremism among muslims there in france, saying they feel offended also by that "charlie hebdo," as many people say this is the way to show that we are moving forward. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the iranian foreign minister. they are talking about nuclear matters, but of course, this is going to be a topic of conversation. >> most definitely. >> and the u.s. already criticized for not being active enough in the grieving process, now getting more engaged with france. thank you very much. appreciate that. 5:36 right now. new video showing divers retrieving the cockpit voice recorder. this solve the crashed airasia jetliner. yesterday's discovery is actually the second black box that's now been located. investigators hope that recorder may explain why the jetliner crashed on december 28th. this morning, search crews found the fuselage of the plane.

it's believed most of the 162 people onboard are in that section. only 48 bodies, though, have been recovered so far. it is 5:36. san jose firefighters will have to take "extra" caution in the field after making a troubling discovery. a fire official fell through a booby trap. he was covered with burlap, as you see there, and filled with sharp wooden spikes, two feet depp. firefighters believe it was not intended for them, especially since it was at a former homeless encampment. >> our guess is that it was there for sometime, maybe as a means of defense from one encampment to another. >> the firefighter that fell through the trap is okay, but it's still unclear who set the trap and why they did. issues over surveillance. questions, at least. san carlos city leaders have approved a controversial new plan to monitor drivers. the mercury news reporting that police will be equipped with two automated license plate readers. this week council members agreed to a trial plan that's going to

last at least for the next six months. those devices will be collecting and storing license plate data. one reader is going to be placed near the busy 101 on-ramp at britain avenue. critics call the devices an excessive surveillance tactic. we'll see where it goes from here. >> let's see where the weather is going for this now wednesday morning. halfway through that workweek. >> that's right. you can taste the weekend at this point. you might want to make those plans. we do have some shower activity on the way. it's not going to be a washout. you don't have to cancel anything. but i want to time-out what we are expecting. this morning, i want to show you the difference, what a difference a day makes. really dense fog at this time yesterday and temperatures were a lot milder with that blanket of low clouds. we lose those clouds, temperatures drop like a rock. now ten degrees cooler than 24 hours ago up in santa rosa and that means a return of the 30s. same for napa. 42 degrees in concord. 40 in livermore. probably going to hit the upper 30s right here in san jose. as we don't have a lot of fog

out there this morning, which is much safer for your drive. but here is the deal. you can see this fog is starting to creep through the delta. that's truly fog. and if you're headed down 5, and in southern california in particular, or even headed up to sacramento this morning, treacherous conditions. you're better off waiting until about 9:00 a.m. when a lot of this fog will burn off. otherwise, what a pretty day we have. bright sunshine coming your way. 64 degrees in the north bay and 66 in the south bay. around 65 degrees to the east bay. same for the tri-valley. we'll let you know when those showers come through. i'm going to show you your future cast in my next report. mike has the day off. anthony is in. good morning. >> i want to show you the bay bridge approach right now, because cars are starting to stack up here. really heavy traffic for the fast track lanes and for the cash lanes. we'll show you what's happening in dublin. earlier, there was an accident. here's the accident. and it's on the shoulder now. but this is right on the westbound side and you can see that traffic goes all the way back towards livermore. you can actually see it better on the maps as we show you the

marks. there's the accident. all the way back to livermore at the 84 connecter. we have another accident on 880 at thornton on northbound side. so this will be causing some slowing if you use that route. back to you. >> thank you very much, anthony. we're still learning more about the bizarre death threat against the speaker of the house. coming up, why john boehner's bartender is under arrest. plus, a man arrested after police scroll through his facebook page. coming up, what they found that caused serious concern here. 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather is just a couple minutes away. we'll be right back.

why he's pushing for faster and cheaper broadband in iowa today. >> you know what it feels like when you don't have a good internet connection. everything's buffering. you're trying to download a video. you've got that circle thing that goes around and around. it's really aggravating. that may mean money if you're trying to do a business deal. >> we're going to make another run at breaking through that problem, and getting something that the president can sign. >> reporter: after a sit-down with congressional leaders, president obama's also looking

for breakthroughs on trade, tax reform, and going after isis. >> the key now is for us to work as a team. >> reporter: but republicans are still focused on approving the keystone oil pipeline and blocking the president's immigration orders. >> it's not about the issue of immigration. what it is, it's about the president acting lawlessly. >> this is frivolous. they know this will not become the law. >> reporter: a house vote later will include debate on five republican amendments to block president obama's orders that allow millions of undocumented workers to stay here legally. now, that may actually happen in the house, but in the senate, it's a much tougher sell. >> thank you tracie potts live from washington. we are learning more details this morning about a bizarre death threat against one of the

most powerful politicians in the country. former bartender has been indicted on suspicion of threatening to kill house speaker john boehner. the suspect used to work at a country club near cincinnati where boehner is a member. he allegedly had plans to poison or shoot the lawmaker. court documents obtained by nbc news show the man thought boehner was to blame for the ebola outbreak. investigators say the man is disturbed and is currently under psychiatric evaluation. an illinois man who reportedly posted a rap video on facebook that included lyrics about shooting police officers will face a judge this morning. gerard coleson is charged with threatening a public official. the video was posted last week. some of the lyrics mention a specific police officer by name and his intent to shoot that officer. other posts apparently led officers to believe gholston had a gun. deadly smoky train emergency that's grabbed national headlines also has the attention of bart officials, with good

reason here in the bay area. >> the train system in d.c. is very similar to bart. >> reporter: stephanie is live with more on what they can learn moving forward from what happened in d.c. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam and lawyer. we're talking about electrical malfunctions on the third rail. and that can lead to smoke, a lot of it. that's what federal investigators say happened in d.c. thick, black smoke filling a busy subway station, stranding riders. it killed one woman. we learned it was a mother of two. bart says that's also what happened in september 2012, and arc filled the station with smoke. but there were no reported

injuries. in d.c. there are reports people self-evacuated. a move bart stresses will put other people in danger. >> opening that emergency latch to open the door, the problem with that is the train operator may be very close to move the train out of the area and if you open the emergency latch door, it's beginning to cause that train to not move. >> in case of emergency, bart says what you should do is talk to your train operator. there is an intercom on every call. ask the volume in your car to be turned up. what may also help is the new bart trains arriving late next year are set to be equipped with a brand-new state of the art p.a. system, so hopefully that will help in the sort of situation. come up in our next report, we actually speak with a bart passenger who says she has been in a smoky bart car before. what she says happened and what needs to be done to help prenott

passengers. >> thank you, stephanie. lawyers for the suspect in the boston marathon bombing are using the events in france as an argument to delay his trial. dzhokhar tsarnaev's attorney have asked the judge to suspend jury selection for at least a month. they say the recent attacks in france and comparisons to boston will cloud the jury pool. jury selection began three days before the "charlie hebdo" massacre. the judge has not ruled here, but experts believe a suspension at this point would be highly unusual. two women are under arrest this morning accused of posing as police officers, robbing people. the women reportedly did this several times last week in rancho dominguez in l.a. county. the department says these are the costumes the women were wearing when they stopped the bicyclist last week, handcuffed him, and robbed him. deputies say minutes later, they tried to rob someone else, but that person had nothing valuable to give them. deputies arrested the women

yesterday after reportedly finding a fake gun, handcuffs, dip ties and other items inside the women's home. >> okay, no posing here. always quiet on the home front right now. >> i'm glad that i don't have any posers that i work with. that was a woerd thrd that we g with. whatever it is that we like to do indoors, outdoors, temperatures comfortable today. mother nature is going to do that warming for you, and i can tell you it's going to be nice out there. we've got good air quality. enjoy it. pattern change on the way for the weekend. in terms of your weekend plans, you don't need to cancel anything outdoors. a little bit of drizzle and possibly, just possibly some light showers. that chance is north of the golden gate bridge. we have a better chance as we get into next week. right now, wind is very light out there, which is good news.

really help the firefighters out there blting that blaze. the warehouse fire in san jose -- so that's just to the east of 87. chilly start to the morning. temperatures have fallen into the 30s in many spots across the bay area, so we're running about five to ten degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. you're going to want to pull out that winter coat. 65 degrees for the east bay. 62 in france. 64 in the north bay. here's the deal. temperatures climb as we head throughout the next couple days. it's going to be really comfortable. then by saturday, i do think we're going to see soupy conditions. a little bit of shower activity. i always like to keep you updated as to where we stand in terms of the drought because of december's rainfall. we're still doing okay for the water here in san jose. we're at 161% of average, but this average is beginning to continue to drop off as long as we don't get that rain. looks like it will return to the forecast. i'll show you your future cast

friday. better chance for saturday. like i said, coast, north bay. that's going to be for you. might see a little drizzle in the south bay. let's check that drive. here's anthony slaughter. >> lots of folks were out this morning. we've got lots of heavy traffic coming in from the southbound side. even on the northbound side headed towards the bay bridge approach, and it is stop and go right now. we had an earlier accident in dublin on 580 westbound right before acienda. that has cleared. it actually was in the car pool lane, so now that that is cleared, traffic is starting to recover very nicely. let's show you on the maps what it looks like and you can get an idea for yourself. there's the accident that just cleared. traffic is starting to pick up there. firefighters still trying to get that fire under control at 87 and julian. that's going to continue to cause slowing. but not too bad, even in 101, you can see cars are starting to slow because they're probably able to see some of that smoke

that is billowing up over the highway. become to you. >> all right, anthony, thank you very much. a 3-year-old utah boy is home safe this morning after using his cell phone to get him out of his mother's stolen car. >> pretty incredible story here. yesterday the mother dropped off her other son and saw somebody take off in her car with her son in the back seat. police dialed her cell phone that she left in the car and the son answered it. the thief abandoned the car on the spot. officers told the boy to honk the horn and within minutes, mother and son were reunited. great coordination there. police are now on the lookout for that car thief. >> she'll never leave him alone in that car again. >> learn your lesson. iphones are such a hot commodity right now in china, one man went to extreme lengths, shall we say, to bring in black market versions. now he may be using them to call a lawyer. >> look at this. authorities detained the man at a port in southern china. this is a photo of the 94 iphones taped to his body. but he tried to smuggle them in

from hong kong. he's now being detained. they say what really gave him away was his funny looking walk. >> not the metal detection or anything like that, his gait. follow-up now to mochi the pit bull, who is become home safe and sound. >> we first told you this story yesterday morning. mochi disappeared when her owner's san francisco home was broken into on friday. she was later seen with a female suspect on surveillance video. owner david baker says he didn't care about his stolen things. he just wanted mochi back. >> right when i saw her, i just broke into tears and hugged her. it was a feeling i can never really explain. it was the most stressed i've ever had to feel in my life. and i wasn't able to eat or sleep for three days. >> this message spread quickly on twitter and instagram. police say they found mochi with this woman who has since been booked into jail on a ver ryety of misdemeanor and felony

warrants.ariety of misdemeanor and felony warrants. >> we've been told santa rosa's kevin jorgensen and colorado's tommy caldwell will likely reach the summit of the don wall today. for the past 18 days, they've been navigating this slippery vertical rock with nothing but their hands and their feet. the climb has captured the attention of people across the world, wondering how strong those fingers are. >> a lot of pins and needles. people nervous. just how impressive is this historic attempt? the wall they're climbing is 3,000 feet tall. for comparison, about three times the height of san francisco's transamerica pyramid. four and a half times the height of the washington monument. experts say the vast majority of climbers have never attempted a route this hard even 100 feet off the ground, let alone 3,000. >> not even those climbing walls with a harness. happening today, mountain view hopes to put an end the a smelly problem. starting this morning, the city

will begin flushing out its main water pipes. people have been complaining that the tap water just smells like rotten eggs. the city normally flushes the water mains everyier, but has had to push lastier's flush back to conserve water during the drought. the work should be finished by the end of the week. no doubt to the delight of many. >> water main and flushing, not usually three words you want to see strung together. let's check in with christina. >> did you hear that? did you guys hear? >> i'm not even going to go back to it. 40 degrees in the south bay. 47 in san francisco. on our way to the mid 60s. it really wasn't that good. let's check your traffic. here's anthony slaughter. >> not that good, right? let's show you what's happening with the bay bridge approach. the lights are on, so the traffic is really slow coming through this thoroughfare.

we don't have a whole bunch of red, but we do have the red at the approach. once you come in from berkley, not too bad. also keep in mind on 880 later this afternoon, the golden state warriors have a game at 7:30, so evening traffic will be affected by that. but otherwise right now, no major accidents to report. that one in dublin has cleared. so that's some good news. back to you. >> dare i say the first place golden state warriors. thank you very much. recent wildfires in australia have destroyed dozens of homes, but it turns out humans are not the only ones suffering. >> the victims unfortunately include these guys. nine joeys or young kangaroos are now being treated by veterinarians at a zoo in south australia. most of them are under 6 months old. they began arriving last week. most are suffering from burned paws, but there's some good news on the way. vets say once they're healed, the joeys will be returned to the wild. what a bundle there, right? >> in the meantime, they have some red shoes. that is really cute. we are following breaking news in downtown san jose.

we have been all morning. a fire breaking out in an abandoned warehouse. crews have been able to corral it now, as investigators looking into the suspicious cause, still some concerns about the structural integrity of that building. firefighters also concerned about this, falling into booby traps while on the job. who investigators think built this one, coming up. a live look outside of san francisco. for the last couple of days, we've had a hard time getting a clear view of this vista because of all that fog, but not today. christina will be clueing you in on what you can expect for the rest of the day leading up to your weekend, coming up right after this break. ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪

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breaking news at 6:00. explosive flames keeping firefighters at bay. right now, san jose crews are keeping their distance. the walls of a burning warehouse could crumble at any minute. not as foggy this morning. it's certainly cooler out there. sunny and mild for tomorrow.

we're getting close to that weekend. and we have a big pattern change on the way. i'm going to tell you all about it for your specific microclimate in just moments. tracking those hot spots on the roadway. we do have an incident to tell you about that you'll want to know about. >> let's take a live look outside on this wednesday morning. a clear look. it's january 14th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. >> we mentioned an update to breaking news. crews slowly gaining the upper hand. they've made progress on an aggressive fire in downtown san jose. as far as location is concerned, this is happening right by highway 87.