drivers to keep their distance for a long time. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good friday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we talked about those traffic fiascos yesterday. mike, this happened after your shift ended. >> but i still sent it out on twitter. >> rob is keeping us updated on the weather forecast for the weekend. >> another warm day today before we see more clouds and a few changes midway through the weekend forecast. this morning, not much in the way of fog. in fact, mostly clear skies, 50s from the north bay into the south bay and 78, still above average. mid 60s into half moon bay and close to the 80s again today around the tri-valley. >> that stuff we're talking about, that happened yesterday, calm on the roadways, wait until you see that video. looking at a nice smooth drive, easy start to your build. no problems for the north bay,

the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on. no problems out of the maze. look at your drive times, holding steady out of the altamont pass. grant line road to the dublin interchange, 24 minutes. no slowing for pleasanton or sunol. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:01 right now. a frightening home invaks in hillsborough. police looking for several men who held a woman at gunpoint while ransacking her home. bob redell is live in hillsborough with the full story. bob? >> reporter: hillsborough police are asking neighbors, people who live nearby to check their surveillance cameras to see if they have video of the suspects coming and going from her house this past wednesday night at a home near marlboro and whitwell roads. according to police, three men all wearing gloves and black hooded sweatshirts entered the home through the garage door

that was open and the interior door that was unlocked. one man held the woman at gunpoint while the other two stole items from the home. we spoke with the woman's husband who didn't want to be identified. >> they pistol whipped her, threatened her and put a gun to her head. >> i've been here 28 years and i can count on one hand the amount of times we've had a crime of this nature. >> reporter: hillsborough police tell us they do have several leads in the case but no arrests. a captain tells us this home invasion robbery is strikingly similar to one that took place last week in nearby portola valley. investigators have not yet been able to establish definitively between those two crimes. live outside hillsborough police headquarters, bob redell "today in the bay." thank you very much, bob. at 6:02. no problems on cal berkeley's frat row ahead of the football game. a voluntary suspension of all on

site social activity for sororities and fraternities. councils have decided the suspension will last until the council can evaluate risk management practices at a et mooing tomorrow. >> happening today in oakland, a police officer accused of engaging with a prostitute and tipping her off about confidential vice operations is expected to be arraigned. this is the latest scandal for a police department that has been operating under a cloud of controversy for months. 26-year-old officer ryan walterhouse is facing two felony obstruction of justice charges as well as misdemeanor prostitution charge. according to court documents, walterhouse informed a sex worker about stings on two different occasions. oakland mayor libby schaaf is outraged, especially because the city is already dealing with another sex abuse investigation. >> it is incredibly disturbing that in light of what happened

this summer any officer could think that it was at all acceptable to engage in this type of behavior. >> the other case we mentioned involves a teenager named jasmine. it led to several bay area police officers being arrested. officials say the two cases are not related. there is a shakeup in the sex abuse scandal. late yesterday evening attorney pamela price says she's no longer representing the woman at the center of this case. the police sex abuse scandal involves dozens of east bay law enforcement officers. in a statement, price says she believes, quote, jasmine deserves a second chance at a first class life and she would never abandon her in that ave e effort. effective immediately plies will no longer be representing her. no further explanation given. on the peninsula maybe you were among those caught in it, some say it was the worst traffic jam they've ever endured, a massive backup during last night's commute on highway

101. it happened after an rv camper carrying model rockets and a propane tank started spewing flames. it didn't just bring traffic to a standstill, it literally had some drivers standing on the freeway. >> absolutely crazy. >> couldn't have happened at a worse time. it's commute hour, everyone trying to get home. >> all lanes were closed for more than an hour. the northbound direction didn't even get going again for at least two hours. the chp says the rv was transporting model rockets when one apparently exploded. luckily everyone made it out safely and no one was cited. >> hours before that, another freeway backup farther north. the bomb squad called to investigate a car parked off highway 101 and interstate 80 about 11:00 in the morning. police say a suspicious note was left on the car that included the word bomb on it. both freeways were closed and a shelter in place was ordered at the nearby hall of justice after a three-hour-long investigation.

the bomb squad determined the car did not pose any threats to public safety. also scary moments yesterday at a san francisco skate park. >> the bomb squad called out there, very busy day for the bomb squad. there was a report of a suspicious device at the soma skate park on debose avenue. crews determined the device was not an explosive and the shelter in place was lifted about 9:00 last night. 6:06. a public apology for and act of vandalism that outraged many people. 19-year-old jared vance last night addressed veterans in danville. that's where last year he spray painted the veterans war memorial. cameras not allowed inside to hear what he said. they could only shoot through the window. those who heard his apology say he regrets what he did and now understands his actions hurt many people. weekends just in front of us, a lot of people making plans.

hallelujah. >> and the weather will be cooperative, unlike last weekend where we had lot of rain in the santa cruz mountains right now clear skies, san jose 54 degrees. hour-by-hour temperatures into the upper 70s. average high is 73. it will be another day of above average temperatures around the bay area. not quite as warm as the highs we saw yesterday. 78 in san jose, 70s in san francisco. 80s in the tri-valley today. the weekend will involve more clouds. we think those rain chances should hold off until about late sunday night in the north bay and the rain does come back monday to tuesday of next week. mike? >> drive times are great right now, as you would imagine, this time on a friday. light, easy build, no problems showing up on our maps. mild slowdown. for drive times, in the south bay, despite mild slowing through 101, between 680 and 880, still just 20 minutes from the split with 85 to the join with 85 in mountain view. the san mateo bridge across the bay westbound, we picked up the volume a tad bit. reports that one of the trucks

across the bay was worried about the straps holding on the cargo, but it made it across the bridge without any problems. there you go for 92. back to you. up next, keeping both drivers and animals safe. an update on plans to build an underground tunnel along highway 17. starting today, getting around the bay area's biggest airport is about to get, sorry, a little more difficult. the closures at sfo that will impact travel for the next two years. >> if you go higher than that, a full house in the international space station. somebody has to go home. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech.

==rob/wsi== (rob ad li) good friday morning. 6:11. temperatures in the 50s. moefrtly clear skies. as we move through the weekend, clouds and rain chances making a comeback. no surprises for your friday. it's lighter. approaching the toll plaza, 17 minutes from highway 4 to the

maze. the backup filled in because the metering lights are on. the peninsula, nothing like yesterday when we had the rv fire. minimum eight minutes from sfo heading um from 92. let's hope it stays clear. well, construction of a tunnel running under highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains is getting under way, it's actually not for cars. caltrans has agreed to spend more than $3 million to build a so-called wildlife corridor at highway 17 and laurel road. it will allow dear and mountain lions to cross under the high y highway. if add deshl funding is secured through measure d, the project could be completed by 2020. a little turbulence for travelers, maybe more than a little as they are ramping up a massive renovation at sfo's terminal one, which means people traveling through terminal one will have to deal with closures for the next two years. it's a $2.5 billion project

taking place in phases. when it's completed, terminal one will include central security and baggage handling along with new detail and dining space. passenger operations are not expected to be impacted, but an interim boarding area b will be set up to help with the backups. more troubs for takata this morning. government officials confirm a california woman died last month as a result of a faulty air bag. the national highway traffic safety administration says the woman was driving a honda civic when she crashed in riverside county. that civic was first recalled in 2008. the repairs were never finished. this is the 11th death in the united states linked to those faulty air bags. more than 100 million inflaters have been recalled worldwide because the air bags can inflate with too much force causing shrapnel to spray into the vehicle. going to the highest bidder which apparently is no one. san francisco-based twitter has hard choices this morning. >> it put itself up for sale.

scott mcgrew, nobody bought it. >> twitter with nobody wanting to buy it has to figure out, laura, what the future is. it was oriented towards the sale. now the company is going to have to consider something else, possibly cuts. the company's stock fell hard over the past week or so after sales force said it wouldn't buy twitter. at which time are reports profits next thursday. i think we'll hear fairly big changes then. prosecutors now believe a worker at the national security agency stole far more secrets than first suspected. harold martin is accused of taking copies of sensitive documents and the software the nsa uses to spy on people here in america and overseas. it's now thought martin copied as many as five million sensitive documents. hackers attacked a data center that handles the internet naming system. that's causing slowdowns but is

largely fixed now. it's getting crowded in the international space station. a few minutes ag goal the three astronauts who blasted off from earth on wednesday joined the three astronauts who were already there. three russians, two americans, one from japan. the woman on the left, guys, one of the americans, that's kate ruben from napa. she'll get in the capsule that brought the new astronauts and return home to earth. she worked at the u.s. army felt working on ebola. you know the in the movies that level four bio hazard with the space suits and everything, that's what she did. i think she's not after rated of anything. >> not even martians. >> not martians, not ebola, space, space capsules. she's my hear row. >> no kidding. 6:15 right now. bierp beware, apple claims about 90% of chargers sold on amazon are fake. the tech giant says the new jersey-based company has been

passing out counterfeit apple charges as the real thing. it's filed the lawsuit against a firm called mobile star. apple believes the counterfeit charges have a significant risk of overheating because the chargers are not put through the same types of tests as real chargers, apple chargers that is. amazon is not named in the lawsuit. now to real savings, from broken phones to faulty appliances. nbc bay area's consumer investigative center is recovering money for our consumers every day. it's been a busy week. here are some of the cases our team is closing behind the scene. deepak, we helped recoup $38.99 from his cell phone provider. pamela in the east bay reached out to us and got $100 after a delinquent citation for a, paing ticket she paid last year. don on the peninsula, he signed up for a 10% cash reward credit

card but the reward didn't kick in. we helped him get that reward in place which put $250 back in his pocket. since we started back in may, we have returned $317,547.45 to viewers like you. we want to help you get money back, too, you can call us. the number is 888-966 tips or visit us on nbcbayarea.com/responds. have a great weekend. speaking of the weekend, what do you know? friday morning. >> i hadn't noticed. >> the weather is going to be nice. last weekend, not so nice. we had very strong winds in the sierra, heavy rain around the bay area. this weekend different. we'll see more clouds on the way, but at least another mild day in the forecast taking shape for today. outside right now, not much in the way of low clouds or fog. nothing weatherwise to slow you down. for the afternoon, not as warm

as yesterday. still these numbers well above average. 78 in san jose. a few spots south of downtown, could see some low 80s around cupertino towards morgan hill. look at san francisco, could see low 70s south of downtown. peninsula temperatures in the mid 70s. north bay, highs in the upper 70s, close to 80s in a few spots. should be walnut creek out towards pleasanton and livermore, highs approaching 80 degrees. 70 today, we'll see cooling as we go through the weekend. north of interstate 80 sunday night into monday, might see a stray shower or two. nothing much for the weekend. swells of 68 feet. on the north coast north of bodega bay. monday morning you're starting to see the rain dropping south by monday evening. that's the first of two rain chances we're tracking in the seven-day forecast. round one, monday to tuesday, brief midweek break and an

interesting setup next week we could see heavier rain in southern california on friday. the projection puts higher totals we think around the north bay where we see more chances for rainfall as we get through this up coming weekend. around san francisco, cooler with more clouds, dry for the weekend and monday to tuesday, the rain makes a comeback. north bay locations might see rain north, talking sonoma county north by sunday evening. most of the rain should hold off monday and tuesday of next week. >> a calm drive right now. it's friday so an easier lighter build, although a couple of crashes, one of the dublin interchange. i'm watching that, so far no lanes reported blocked, chp will get more information coming up. in san jose, slowing north of 680 cleared from 101. no problems, both of these roadways, 85 and 101 around the entire silicon valley, 20 minutes for the travel. we'll show you the travel times approaching the tri-valley, 26

minutes out of the altamont. smiled slowing into livermore. a crash at the dublin interchange. the bay bridge toll plaza shows a mild backup on the approach. the toll plaza itself showing a little lighter flow of traffic. the metering lights are on here. the change, treasure island exit westbound in towards san francisco. that exit moves from the left side to the right side early tomorrow morning. the peninsula side, palo alto 101 looks great. no problems like the rv fire we showed you from yesterday. that was a crazy situation. all clear today. back to you. >> good thing. it's 6:20 right now. most quality bike locks are good enough to deter most thieves, but what about the ones a little more determined? they may have lock pick, bolt cutters, even power tools. >> it stinks when someone steals your bike. one inventeder has the answer that also skin, it's called skunk lock. if anyone tries to cut off the lock, it instantly emits chemicals that smell so bad that they induce vomiting.

the skunk lock on the i understand go website, where anyone pledges $99 will receive a lockerbie next june. >> make sure it's not a faulty lock. >> or you've got a bigger problem. >> no kidding. a recall alert to tell you about. up next, a popular halloween declaration you should not have in your house this holiday. babies, go ahead and face time away with grandma. new guidelines released this morning that show just how much is too much when it comes to kids and screen time. good morning, coming up on "today," donald trump and hillary clinton trade harsh jokes at a charity dinner. we'll talk about the man in the room with cardinal timothy dolan. also ahead, no costumes, no candy. what's behind one school's controversial decision to cancel halloween. jenna heads back to texas to talk southern style, success and snap chat with oscar winner reese witherspoon. all that when we see you on friday morning here on "today." san francisco policsathey've

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target is recalling these gel clings that you may have in your home. take a look. it involves about 127,000 halloween-themed designs. they have two non-replaceable cell button batteries. i tell you that because it can separate and expose the batteries and posing a choking hazard for children. that can be very, very serious. maybe your kids are checking out some kind of video screen right now. this morning child development experts issued new recommendations on kids' media usage. it's designed to get rid of guilt. instead of keeping kids away from online games, tv and social media, parents are encouraged to join in the fun. the updated guidelines represent a shift to making mom and dad

media mentors. >> we don't think of it as screen time anymore. we think of it more as how can we use media as a tool to suit our family's goals and values. >> previously the academy suggested no media before the age of two and a media limit of an hour a day for kids up to age 6. now they say there's evidence toddlers as young as 18 months could actually learn and benefit from some forms of technology as long as parents are there to guide them. >> interesting. the first generation of parents dealing with this new technology. as we speak about new things coming up next on "today in the bay," a first for the super bowl of surfing. the historic change for the world famous maverick surf competition set to happen just off the coast at half moon bay. presidents. >> reporter: pete suratos at uc berkeley where frats and sororities are suspending off campus parties, i'll tell you why coming up. awkward moments at a charlt dinner in new york city.

i'm edward lawrence in washington. i'll show you coming up. woman: how do we protect them from $4 billion in new cuts to california schools? man: vote yes on proposition 55. woman: prop 55 doesn't raise taxes on anyone. man: not on working californians, not small businesses. no one. woman: instead, prop 55 simply maintains the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. man: so those who can most afford it continue paying their fair share... woman: ...to prevent new education cuts... man: ...and keep improving california's schools. woman: vote yes on prop 55 to help our children thrive.

woman: vote yes on prop 55 good friday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. yes, friday. i'm sure many of you very excited about that. we are seeing some rain on the horizon here. first clear and dry for your weekend. >> timing working out good for friday and the weekend. we'll be seeing a bit of a cooldown today. temperatures well above average

for this time of year. numbers in the 50s. pretty sunrise view. 78 in san jose, 70 in san francisco, 72 in oakland and still near 80 degrees inland. you see the clouds to the north, that will eventually bring rain chances next week. to see what's happening with your commute, here is mike. >> mild slowing, down to maybe 55 miles per hour except for right here into concord out of pittsburgh, disabled vehicle around san marco boulevard. that's the slow drive. can't get over to willow pass road which is your cutoff. that's a problem, but not a major one and tow trucks should arrive soon. still 20 minutes from highway 4 down to the maze. that's the upper eastshore freeway. slowing through richmond. back to you. no fraternity parties at cal for now. the greek system at uc berkeley is voluntarily suspending all fraternity and sorority parties

on campus because of recent accusations of sexual assault. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joining us from uc berkeley. these alleged assaults actually happened off campus? >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. you are correct, they happened at an off-campus frat party. you have the fraternities and sororities taking action and volunteering to suspend the parties for the time being. a big issue of concern for folks on campus when it comes to safety. look at the latest stats from the uc berkeley police department. it says 22 cases of rape reported on campus in 2015. of course those aren't all related to fraternities and sorority parties. i want to read part of the e-mail sent out by the council to different chapter presidents. it reads, quote, the mem brerps of the executive board of the

interfraternity council at the university of california berkeley on behalf of our 1500 constituents wish to express our condemnation of the vial and unjust incidents that have recently occurred in our community. while we have no reason to believe these were committed by fraternity men on campus, it's disheart earning that they occurred on fraternity property. you'll see beefed up patrols by uc berkeley's pd. no timing on when the suspension will be lifted. i'm told the fraternities and sororities will have a council meeting to discuss the issue later today. live at uc berkeley, pete suratos for "today in the bay." 6:32 this morning. police are searching for a man who claimed to be an undercover officer who tried to lure a de anza community college student into his car. it happened just before 9:00 on wednesday night in lot a at the college in cupertino. the victim said the man told her she shouldn't be walking alone

and told her to get in his car. the student was able to get to the car safely when another car drove in between them. police say the man was driving a black late model four-door bmw with heavily intoed windowtion and there were two passengers in that car. investigators in mountain view are searching for more possible victims after a man was arrested on child molestation charges. 73-year-old donald morris was arrested in nevada. authorities say he once worked as an apartment manager in mountain view. police say he committed those crimes several years ago in the bay area. and the evidence only surfaced later this month. a car crash sent a mother and three young children to the hospital late last night. san ramon police say the mother slammed into a light pole on crow canyon road near el capitan drive about 8:15 last night. the 4-year-old boy was airlifted to children's hospital in oakland. two other children and the mother were also taken to the hospital. all four victims are expected to survive. a short time ago police told us

that alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash but they're awaiting results from toxicology tests to make it official. a long road to recovery for a san francisco police officer who was shot in the head while in the line of duty. officer kevin downs is out of the hospital this morning and he's in a rehab facility. police told the community in a meeting last night that officer downs is paralyzed in one of his arms and his legs. the department also detailed the gun battle near stern grove between officers and the shooter nicholas mcwherter. >> he came out and fired at the officers. they returned fire and there was a shootout. he went down. they stopped firing. they then did a tactical move-back and waited for the special operations bureau to come anywhere they flash bang -- >> you hear from chief toney chaplin. police say they found nearly two dozen rounds in the bushes where the suspect was hiding. they're reviewing body camera video from the officers involve.

this morning a man in the east bay was assaulted. casey pletz says it all started when he confronted young men for being loud near his home by walt disney elementary in sapp ramon. that's when a martial arts fighter started punching and kicking him. then others joined in. >> i ended up getting choked out and was unconscious. they proceeded to kick me in the face and body. >> a neighbor heard that attack and stepped in. all four suspects have been arrested. politics now, in the race for the white house, both candidates are in battleground states today. they are busy, but just hours ago we witnessed a face-to-face in what was supposed to be a lighthearted charity dinner. >> with awkward moments i would say. "today in the bay's" edward lawrence live in washington, d.c. with some of the funny and a little awkward, don't you think, edward? >> reporter: exactly. that's the word, awkward.

maybe cringe-worthy moments. the good news is that $6 million was raised for catholic charities for children in new york city. the event was designed to be republicans and democrats laughing together. just take a look. >> reporter: donald trump finally shook hands with hillary clinton. the republican candidate started off his speech being political. >> hilly believes it's vital to deceive the people by having one public policy -- >> boo -- >> -- and a totally different policy in private. >> reporter: after a round of boos, trump finally got the message this night was about fun and charity. >> this is the first time ever, ever, that hillary is sitting down and speaking to major corporate leaders and not getting paid for it.

>> it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he would be okay with a peaceful transition of power. >> clinton did her part for the roast. >> getting through these three debates with donald has to count as a miracle. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, president obama in florida and his wife in phoenix trying to rally support for election day. >> and says today he will accept the results if he wins? that is not a joking matter. >> reporter: trump held a rally in ohio before the charity dinner. >> if i win! >> reporter: leaving the door open to challenging the results if they don't go his way. >> reporter: donald trump will be in north carolina and pennsylvania, hillary clinton will have a rally in cleveland, ohio. live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you sam and laura. >> thank you very much, edward.

6:37, watch this. for the first time one of the most dangerous surf competitions in the world will now be co-ed. six female surfers will be in the waters off half moon bay for the titans of mavericks. organizers say it's about time as women become more prominent in the world of big wave surfing. the with women's event will be held on day one of maverick which begins november 1st. the california coastal commission adopted a request by a female activist. >> it's amazing that we're going to have -- we're actually going to see women from around the world coming to maverick and putting it on the line. you've got to put it on the line when you see that monster wave standing out in front of you, who is going to second-guess who is going to go. >> the opening ceremony will be held today at mavericks beach. >> your hanging ten painted toes now. >> hanging 25.

that's how high in feet some of those waves get. it takes some spine to do it. men or women. >> there you go. want to check in with rob who has a look at the forecast today. maybe a peek of that weekend, too. >> the weekend looking good if you want to head to the coast, wave heights not up to 20 feet like we typically see around maverick. you see northwest winds offshore of half moon bay at 27 miles per hour. the onshore winds a little cooler today, along the coast, 66 half moon bay, 70s in san francisco, 78 in san jose. then we'll see more clouds and more cooling this weekend. the rain chances will hold off until late sunday in the north bay and for everybody else, late monday evening into tuesday, you see a weekend cooldown with a few more clouds as we head into sunday. >> a quiet morning but we do have a crash on the nimitz freeway heading through oakland as the volume builds. we see typical slowing patterns. approaching 29th, the slowing on the southbound side, although the crash reported on the

northbound side. let's take a look from our coliseum camera and see how things are shaping up here. we have the build, a little build in the volume toward high street, but no slowing here, we'll get you back to the maps. we'll talk about the possibility that this is on the southbound side right around the park street bridge. that's where at least we see the slowing. that's where you'll have the delay. travel times over here for the south bay, not really a problem. we're slowing a bit for 101, not a big deal. just up toward the airport. ten minutes from 101 to 85 taking 280 north. a little more slowing around highway 17. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:40 right now. coming up, you've probably seen the adds about a soda tax being proposed in some bay area cities. groups against the tax claim it will raise the prices of other groceries. they're using bernie sanders to try to push that message. but we're going to tell you what sanders has to say about the ads this morning. >> what appears to be a fairly serious hack of the internet this morning. we'll take a look at that and take you out live to the big

board in new york city. dow down 98. nasdaq doing pretty well.

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close to 78 degrees as we watch increasing rain chances returning to your seven-day forecast. will they arrive for your weekend coming up? >> we're looking at drive times approaching the bay bridge. everything looks great. the upper eastshore freeway, 23 minutes from hercules to the maze. still tracking the crash in oak lapd. live shot will get you slowing by the coliseum. over here on the peninsula side, nothing to slow you down. just six minutes southbound from the airport to 92. >> all systems go. mike, thank you very much. a former southern california state senator ron caldron will be sentenced. he's admitted to taking cash bribes and getting jobs for his children. he faces up to five years in prison. he was one of three state senators charged with separate crimes in 2014. one of the other senators was san francisco's leland yee sentenced in february for performing political favors in exchange for campaign cash. a hijacked endorsement according to bernie sanders.

you may have seen soda tax ads that shows senator sanders against proposed taxes here. the one cent soda tax is on the ballot in san francisco, oakland and albany. the anti-tax ads says sanders opposed a similar tax in philadelphia. he says he opposed that tax specific lip because it was too high. he's telling the soft drink industry to stop using his name in these ads. sanders says he's not taken a position on the proposed taxes in the bay area. forging a new blueprint. after what happened at millennium tower, the group behind the now sinking project is changing how it's building another project. that includes new construction. it will now run the piles all the way to the bedrock, something not done to the mill yen yum tower. that caused millennium tower to sink and tilt. the new project was going to have a matt and pile foundation similar to millennium tower which did not rest on bedrocks, but in light of the millennium

investigation, developers have changed their minds and they're opting for the more expensive bedrock foundation. right before this building exploded in portland this week, a firefighter risked his life to try to get people out. it was certainly a close call. lieutenant peter st. john is still in the hospital, both of his legs were broken. officials say minutes after construction workers hit a gas line, st. john and hips crew were the first on the scene. as they got everyone out, the building exploded, throwing st. john across the street. listen to him describe the moments at that building blew up. >> i think there was fire because i saw orange. all i know is after an initial bla blast, i must have blacked out for a little bit because next thing i knew i was on the ground. >> st. john is getting a lot of praise. he says he's not a hero. >> a lot of families are going to want to give him a big hug. 6:46. fremont's new downtown construction crosses a major milestone. here is new video of main street

which was once capital avenue. it's now connected to fremont boulevard. this afternoon the city will celebrate the project with food trucks and trick-or-treating for the little guys. construction is far from over. more work to be don. >> stanford will inaugurate its new president as the university's 11th president. the inauguration will take place at 11:00 this morning. stanford has been celebrating its reunion homecoming this whole week with more than 10,000 alumni and guests visiting the campus. a special treat today for children battling cancer at stanford hospital. celebrity chef will show healthy foods to give them strength. this is video of the chef here. he'll be at the ronald mcdonald house at 3:00 today. it's not quite terminator, but the robot revolution is here. >> the purpose is to interact with humans. >> meet pepper, the four foot tall robot, coming to give us a glimpse of how we might shop in the future.

pepper is said to have the humanoid face and head, using text, voice and recognition software to interact with people. the makers hope the robot will eventually be in your home. at your service. >> pepper is such a peach. >> 6:48. a fairly significant hack of the internet causing slowdowns all over. >> scott mcgrew here to explain what's going on. >> it appears this is a denial of service attack, where the bad guys send a lot of data all at once. it was aimed at a set of computers that handle internet names. it happened on the east coast this morning, slowing down websites like "the new york times" and twitter and air b &b. most of us were asleep during the worst of it. a company that deals with water will make its first trades on the stock market this morning. here they are owning the nasdaq. it's not a local stock because

we know water is going to be big. watch microsoft as well. that stock set to hit an all-time high after the company turned in very strong profits. >> hello miami! >> the. of the united states is banging on samsung. president obama was in miami pushing more people to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. the president admitted not everything is perfect with his health care. he said if there's a bug in your smart phone, you don't go back to the dial-up phone. so a burn from the president this morning. this is a super sonic airliner that will get you from new york to london in less than four hours. think concord, but much smaller, about 40 seegts. right now just an idea. a high-tech company called boom technology is getting hard at work readying test flights. these planes will not go super sonic over your house. >> that's where we or starting,

new york to london, san francisco to tokyo, seattle to shanghai. all kinds of routes that are mostly over water where you can get speed up without worrying about the sonic boom. >> they've been able to attract some of the top talent for his airplane. a real success story. the ability to bring that talent together. he'll be my guest on "press here" sunday morning after "meet the press." >> a reminder of the sonic boom -- >> boom a visitor to london. thank you, scott. get ready to get scared virtual reality style. a new halloween attraction at universal studios in orlando. everything you're seeing isn't real. it's all in your head or secondly in the vr set. there are haunted houses, escape rooms, virtual reality games you can play all year-round. nbc universal also owns universal studios. looks like quite the place to visit. >> we are not scared at all

about this forecast heading into the weekend. gorgeous weather. >> yesterday a lot of 80s, 70s near the coast today. maybe not quite as warm. very nice for this time of year. nothing weatherwise slowing you down. pretty pre sunrise view. look at that, across the board. a bit cool. 51 degrees to start. 54 around san jose. peninsula clear from san bruno mountain and tri-valley. san francisco, numbers in the 50s. for the afternoon around san francisco, highs upper 60s to low 70s, still mild day around the city by the bay. you can see towards san jose and morgan hill, numbers in the upper 70s and low 80s. another warm afternoon with just a few high clouds. peninsula temperatures running in the mid 70s. around the north bay highs in the upper 70s. another day of chances of finding low 80s around sunol, pleasanton, dublin an livermore for the afternoon. heading towards lake tahoe, 70

today, cooling into the weekend. it looks like a dry forecast for most of the weekend. areas north of interstate 80 might see a stray shower sunday night. look at the time frame here. sunday afternoon, northern sonoma county might see light rain sunday evening. it looks like it will hold off until about monday evening and monday night before the first of two weather systems bring rain back to the bay area. we're beyond the weekend now. monday to tuesday you see the chances of rain. wednesday a bit of a midweek break. thursday to friday, the next system in, as we add everything up, next seven to eight days, looks like the north bay will see the most out of this next round of rain as we see the totals adding up starting monday. the weekend not as warm. still pretty nice, increasing clouds saturday and sunday into san francisco, highs back in the 60s. locations cooling off with more clouds as we head towards sunday. rain returning on sunday. now issues for your oakland commute. >> we have a typical build except for oakland. i can sort out the problem -- the discrepancy with the crash.

south bay has building in the northbound direction. we're focusing on the southbound slowing we saw in oakland. the crash is on the northbound side right in the fast lane, visible. so the headlights and the flashing lights now that chp is on scene, big distraction south of 880. let's show the view from the coliseum as well. on the northbound side, traffic stacking up at 66 past high, past park, all the way to the scene of the crash just north of there as well. that's a big delay for 880. 580 is clear through the area. looking at 580, the travel time through the tri-valley. grant line road to the dublin interchange, just 26 minutes, mild slowing out of the altamont. also in the area, vineyard we heard is closed because of an early morning crash where a car did hit a power pole, that's vineyard at isabelle. isabelle is open. that's better news for the tri-valley. back to you. >> trying to keep your cool during that traffic. we do know dogs help provide valuable therapy to people. now donkeys getting in on the

action. >> therapy donkeys out of peru takes them to senior centers and nursing homes for children, especially those disabled. they say they make great therapy animals because they're kind and very smart. top stories in the bay area you need to know before you head out the door. >> a bold move by uc berkeley. we'll show you how the university is planning to fight back against sexual violence on campus. it will have a huge impact on greek life. that's next. happening now, a new mom in massachusetts called it a complete shock. she said she had no idea she was even pregnant. now she has a newborn. on our facebook page, how a stomach ache she thought she had turned into an incredibly unexpected arrival. plus a weekend light show, the orion meteor shower peaking this weekend. read more about it on our twitter page where is the best place to catch the show. we'll be back in just a few. before you head o thdoor -

here are the top stoes on nbc b ==sam/rail==happening today.an accuse before you head out the door, here are the top stories on nbc bay area. an oakland police officer is accused of engaging with a prostitute and tipping her off about confidential vice operations, expected to be arraigned today. 26-year-old ryan walterhouse faces felony obstruction of

justice charges along with prostitution charge. according to documents, he informed a sex worker about stings. no parties ahead of tonight's cal berkeley football game. a voluntary suspension of all on site social activity for sororities and fraternities. the greek system decided the suspension will last until further notice. some called this the worst traffic jam they've ever endured. an rv camper carrying model rockets and a propane tank starting spewing flames. all lanes were closed for more than an hour. the northbound direction didn't get goings for at least two hours. everyone in that rv made it out safely. no citations were issued. we'll avoid anything o of that scale this morning. we'll get to traffic in a second, first, the start to a beautiful day. >> the weather shaping up very nicely this morning. clear skies, pretty sunrise

views. north bay 49 degrees for now, but mostly 70s to low 80s for your friday afternoon. >> all right. in the meantime, a crash to tell us about in oakland, mike? >> yes, nothing like that 101 closure. looking at 880. the rest of the bay very light for friday. both directions of 880 are slow heading toward 29th. there's a crash on the northbound side heading toward the bay bridge, past the coliseum where things are starting to jam up. the southbound side also slowed as there was debris that has been cleared in the last couple minutes. slow from 980, recovering, but northbound continuing to build from the coliseum toward 29th. 580 westbound a much clearer drive. >> hope it makes for a smooth frood for you as well. thank you for joining us. we'll be back at 7:25 with a live news update. >> you made it through the week. congratulations on that. we'll see you again for nbc bay area news at 11:00. hope you have a great day and a great weekend.

. good morning. dinner served cold. donald trump and hillary clinton trade jabs at a charity event. >> i took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here. >> this is the first time ever, ever that hillary is sitting down and speaking to major corporate leaders and not getting paid for it. >> but trump jokes fall flat. even drawing boos. >> hillary is so corrupt, she got kicked off the watergate commission. [ booing ] >> this morning we'll talk to