program how much you ask? we're talking 56,000 pounds, more than worth $82,000 if redeemed. our state pays out 5 to 10 cents on certain beverage containers if you recycle them. out-of-state containers aren't eligible. it is 6:00 right now. tracking florence, a view from space as the monster storm gets ever closer to the east coast. some towns looking like ghost towns right now as others evacuate. we have updates from the ground. saving the earth. we expect protests through the streets of san francisco as the high-profile climate conference. what to watch for today. plus -- >> i certainlyhe selection deeply >> google under fire after a conservative website posted a clip of company leaders predent.

mainstream outlets giving fresh fuel to accusations of bias in silicon valley. "today in the bay" continues right now. heading south through fremont and intog fm orange to orange and yellow. sometimes that means speeds in chp folks coming from 680 going towards the slower drive for the tail end. that will be an issue for most of the folks coming out of the trivalley. from the east bay, the that will

be an issue. the rest of the bay everything looks clear. do we have a clear forecast, kari? >> yes, we do. as we take a look at dublin and our forecast for today, we'll start out with a few clouds and temperatures cool. 55 degrees. at noon, 67. look at these numbers for today. only reaching 71 degrees in the middle of the afternoon. livermore heading up to 75. san jose, 73 degrees. it's still going to be breezy and really nice with highs mostly in the 60s and 70s all across the toove into north carolina as we go into tonight. you can see the outer rain bands approaching the coast right now. very close to myrtle beach as well. this is now a category 2 hurricane. the problem will be the high storm surge and the slow-moving nature of the storm that can dump copious amounts of rain. for that, i'll send it to you. >> hurricane florence bearing down on the east coast this

morning. hundreds of thousands of people evacuating from virginia through the carolinas. >> the major effects from the monster storm are expected to intensify over the next couple of days. we'll show you a live look from wilmington, forecast to get the brunt of the storm. look at the winds picking up there. the eye of florence is now about 230 miles off the wilmington coast. we have a live look further south at the myrtle beach area in south carolina. the waves are churning there. wind speeds have actually dropped, however, from 140 miles per hour to 110. it is now a category 2 storm. "today in the bay's" jay gray is in the middle of it all on a carolina beach in north carolina with the latest. >> reporter: hey there, good morning. look, the track of this storm meandering just a bit. not exactly clear where/when it may make landfall. what is clear is that florence has the potential for historic flooding and catastrophic damage. >> to pick up my boat.

>> no, ma'am. >> reporter: much of the southeast is shut down right now. >> powerful, damaging hurricane is hours away from our coast. >> reporter: as florence starts to move in. >> this is a mandatory evacuation. all residents must be off the island. >> reporter: many along the shoreline have moved out. >> it's big and dangerous. we need to get out of the way. >> reporter: coastal communities from virginia through the carolinas are for the most part empty. signs of what's to come are on boarded windows and doors, sandbags to block flooding rains. and what could be a devastating storm surge. >> expert modeling here at north carolina emergency management shows that storm surge alone is likely to flood tens of thousands of structures. >> reporter: still, there are some in the strike zone who have stocked up on supplies and plan to stay. >> just batten down the hatches and get ready to ride it out. >> reporter: likely the worst storm to batter the carolina coast in decades.

look, now it's important to remember this is a massive storm system. everybody talking about where it's going to make landfall. that strike point is important but understand that the effects of florence are going to be felt for hundreds of miles. in carolina beach, north carolina, jay gray. back to you. >> thanks, jay. we told you yesterday morning, more evacuees from the carolinas are making their way to the bay. jay manages a hair salon in florence, south carolina. he arrived at sjc last night. >> in the last hurricane, i was out -- without electricity for a whole week. i'm like, i'm not doing it this time. i am not taking a chance. i'm going to go. >> he's one of 2 million people following evacuation orders. his aunt and uncles evacuated all the way to baltimore. others went to georgia. he says some of his family members are going to ride that storm out. 6:06. happening in san francisco. the global climate action summit heads into its second day.

>> it's expected to be a rowdy one, not only a-list celebrities expected to be there but also plenty of protesters. "today in the bay" pete joins us. if you have plans to be anywhere south of market today, you better pack some patience. >> reporter: that's right, lauren. it could be an issue if you're traveling around the mascone center. we're standing on howard street. between fourth and third you have this area barricaded off as they get this global climate action summit under way. thousands of leaders will talk about the issue of how to deal with climate change, but some folks believe the folks inside there aren't going to be going far enough when it comes to discussing this topic. that's why we'll see some protests in this area later this morning. we saw some protests over the weekend on march tus street. thousands marching down marcus street.

they say they want to send a message to the attendees at the summit, to focus on underserved communities and not to focus on renewable energy from a profit-driven standpoint. the groups will start north of jesse square at 7:00 a.m. as they make their way to the mascone center. we've seen a number of events. yesterday california county leaders signing onto the county climate coalition. that's calling on county governments to use 100 m% renewable energy by 2030. former u.s. vice president al gore taking the lead on all this. he was at that event. here's what he h t >> getting the counties into the action in an organized way could be the tipping point to move us into the solution phase. >> reporter: we'll hear from several speakers over the next few days when it comes to the

summit. today i'll have mayor london breed from san francisco speaking. you have house democratic leader nancy pelosi as well as actors harrison ford and alec baldwin, who are activists when it comes to dealing with the issue of climate change. as i mentioned, there will be some protests taking place today and we're expecting the protesters to arrive roughly at 8:00 a.m. live in front of the moscone center. 6:08. a state supreme court decision has now cleared the way for san francisco to seek disciplinary action against a group of police officers who exchanged racist and homophobic texts. this stems from a federal corruption case back in 2012.en thousands of inappropriate messages between officers. but by the time the evidence emerged, it had passed the department's disciplinary deadline. in may a lower court ruled the officers would get a chance to appeal the disciplinary

proceedings. yesterday a state supreme court justice overturned that decision. new this morning, the ballot size in one bay area county is shrinking. no, i'm not talking about the number of candidates. we're talking about the size of that ballot. contra costa election officials say they will now take that ballot down to a regular 8x11 inch piece of paper. as you can see here, this makes reading that ballot easier and speeds up the counting process, but voters can also expect more than usual number of pages there. that includes six pages for the upcoming fall elections. as we approach 6:10 on this thursday morning, we are starting to get closer to sunrise. here's a live look outside over san jose. you can see we still have those clouds, but a filtered sunshine to start out the day. we will still have a really nice one. let's head to south san jose to

santa teresa. we start off in the high 50s and top out at 70s. in martinez, upper 50s heading into the low 70s by noon. as you go back to pick up the kids for school, it will be comfortable, low 70s as well. we'll get a look at all of our microclimates coming up. mike, you're tracking the jam in fremont. >> now the jam is? the jelly. i don't know if that metaphor works. all the sensors aren't bad. typical pattern, 880 traveling south through fremont approaching milpitas. we have recovery speeds back into the yellow because that crash has cleared. those two right lanes that were blocking for about an hour. no major injuries. south 880 at warren, the exit coming up, traffic flow is much better. over the last three minutes we've seen this go from slow to basically at speed once again. the other side of the freeway, the lights, that's the parking

lot for tesla to give you reference. to the east bay, bay bridge, 20 minutes, and metering lights are back on. i have a question for you this morning. how often do you eat out? >> whenever i get asked. >> there you go. there's a new report out, outlining the financial splurges we all make. plus, suing uber. the law a limo company says the ride-share is breaking. a google secret that may not be much of a secret. i like to talk to people i'm familiar with. >> 6:25. surprising new research says we put more faith in doctors who look like us. the group most likely to feel that way. 6:11. you're watching "today in the bay."

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north bay. we're looking at 37 westbound slowing. a very good morning. happy thursday. glad you're with us. broader markets should trade a bit higher this morning. shares in apple fell about 1.25% after the company's big announcement yesterday. we told you that would happen ahead of time. google under the microscope again after conservatives discovered a video of google at an all-hands meeting in which nald trump has been elected t president. this is from the president's re-election chairman. to be clear, it was google's weekly all-hands meeting which was on the friday after the election. anyone who follows silicon valley politics even a little bit knows google's leadership leans much to the left, as do a lot of companies here in the valley. google executives, after all, went to work for the obama white house. silicon valley certainly has conservatives, of course, but they tend to be libertarian. type of conservatives.

this comes after google failed to send an executive to last week's senate hearing on cyber security. turned out to be a very reasonable, sobering hearing with good points made on both sides. apple announced all kinds of stuff at its big announcement yesterday in cupertino at the steve jobs theater. updates to its apple watch and updates to x, xs max. that's how you say it, of course. it's want the iphone x. this whole roman numeral thing has people confused and it's led to weird branding problems. the iphone xs, the update to the iphone x, could be said as the iphone excess, but nobody wants to be excessive. you could call it the iphone xs for extra small, but it isn't the smallest. it's the iphone tennxs, which ss

like tennis. this is one of those things, let's move past this, iphone 11 we'll figure it out, or possibly the xi, i don't know. >> i say look at the price tag and you'll be able to tell. >> it will change your mind. uber is being sued in federal court by a los angeles limo company for what it claims is unfair competition. diva limousine claims uber saves up to $500 million a year by classifying its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. they argueompany to save on paying drivers minimum wage, overtime and other benefits. uber is not commenting on the lawsuit. study out this morning says americans spend nearly $3,000 each year on financial vices. 38% of americans say they dine out at least three times a week. that accounts for just over $2400 a year spent at restaurants and at takeout.

lottery tickets are also a big splurge among households in the lowest income bracket. 28% play the lottery at least once a week. hoping to strike it big, i suppose. >> good luck. >> i have never even gotten $5. >> really? >> i've gotten $3. >> i think i got $20. >> wow. >> oh, yeah. >> i need to borrow some money from you. >> oh, yeah. let's take a look at the weather out there for you this morning. cool out there. ye. >> you play the numbers? >> all the numbers. i don't really play the lot are i and i haven't won anything. so, we're going to start out this morning with a few clouds. here's a live look outside over san francisco as we head towards sunri sunrise. beautiful view as you start out your thursday. i just want to get it started for you before you head out of bed and getting out the door. seven-day forecast is at the bottom of the screen.

you don't have to wait for that. it's in the south bay right now. we head over to antioch to see pe up for the morning commute. may have to turn on the heater a little while in the car to be in the upper 50s but later on today, windows down. we're enjoying cooler weather with highs in the low 70s. walking to school in the south bay, it's going to be in the mid-50s. the kids need a jacket. they'll probably be comfortable wearing pants all day long, too. we'll see those temperatures heading into the upper 60s by the time you head back to pick them up from school. here's a look at our south bay high temperatures. it won't be as hot in gilroy today. we're going to see the high up to 77 degrees. nice little breeze to make it feel cooler, too. we head over towards concord with a high of 78 degrees. 73 in martinez. for oakland, 66 degrees. 67 the high in san mateo. for san francisco, it's still going to be windy with marine district reaching 60 degrees. 65 in the mission district. and the north bay looking at

some low to mid-70s. all thanks to that trough that dropped in. it's still bringing us clouds and a beautiful sunrise. if you saw the sunset yesterday evening, it will be look just as amazing this morning. get your cameras ready. as this dips to the south, we'll be on the other side of the cool air so it continues for a couple of days before we start to see a little bit of a change. slightly warmer temperatures early next week for our inland valleys. for san francisco, the marine layer, the cloud and fog return tomorrow morning. it's still going to be a really nice weekend. mike, you were looking at something that's happening in the tri-valley. >> i wases looking with chp's help, no luck checking twitter and scanning sources, we see slowing south 680 past mission north. we'll check again in a couple of minutes. right now that's the only surprise we have. southbound 880 continues to recover. that crash did clear the alert at warren on the southbound side. now the arrows show you the typical build, which we expect

to see. i'm tracking why that slowdown has just popped up south of mission north heading to mission south. that's the direction it goes. that's your commute direction, fremont out of sanol. i don't see any problems on the san mateo bridge but you see you can see stacked up here. lights heading down the decline as well. we'll track that quickly. very critical over to the peninsula side. 580, typical side. you expect it on the richmond side approaching the toll plaza. these folks heading towards san rafael without any problems. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. september it national suicide prevention month. this week we're talking about what you do if you have a loved one considering ending their lives. the national suicide prevention life life says check in with the person you care about on a regular basis. making contact with a friend or family member in the days and

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downtown sunnyvale. right now at 6:30 on your thursday morning. want to take a live look outside. we're looking downtown sunnyvale. a nice start to our morning. maybe grabbing a cup of coffee. good morning to you. thanks for joining your morning with us. >> let's head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at the nice, cool temperatures we're experiencing. >> it's a great start to thursday with a few clouds moving through. as we take a live look outside, san jose, sunrise happening as we speak. it's going to be a beautiful one. our temperatures go from the upper 50s and then by noon we'll see our skies clearing. we'll be at 68 degrees. look at the highs today, only reaching the low 70s. we should be in the low 80s. take it in. here's a look at our school day forecast as you get ready to head out around livermore.

we'll be at 56 degrees walking to school. recess, mid-60s and heading home we'll be in the low 70s. we'll talk more about these temperatures and the weekend coming up. mike, you're checking in on the sensors in fremont. >> that's right. we saw that unusual slowing that showed up over here for south 680. you notice it's gone. that's good news because there was nothing in the area. not even construction. that would have led to that. the computers corrected themselves. over here, southbound 880 shows the build but northbound there's a crash. left lanes are reportedly blocked by a crash getting up to 230. we'll watch the slowing from hayward up into san lorenzo but castro valley looks great for your commute. the bay bridge, of course, the metering lights on. back to you. today the b.a.r.t. board

will discuss its surveillance policy amid accusations that b.a.r.t. staff went behind the bored's back in collecting people's information and sharing it on a databasis available to i.c.e. >> kris sanchez joining us with a story we've been following for months. it goes beyond personal security and into issues of privacy, kris. >> reporter: yeah, the b.a.r.t. board is under a lot of pressure to make people feel safer while riding b.a.r.t. but now they're us prur under pressure on a way not to undermine privacy. it was reported b.a.r.t. collected and shared people's personal information at the b.a.r.t. station and then shared the images available to i.c.e. after the b.a.r.t. board passed a sanctuary possibly which would have barred that. the license plate readers were

installed without public notice. this is why civil rights and public advocacies are trying to put the brakes on the policy before the board today. here's what's on the agenda. expanding the surveillance system, which the general manager contends won't include facial recognition technology or the collection of personal, identifiable information or cell phone tracking. also notice of surveillance. people know when they are being watched. also the no panhandling ordinance will get another discussion today, as will the raising of barriers at fair gates. also the addition of more inspectors particularly at last month b.a.r.t. did go forward with some safety protocols including more visible police officers patrolling b.a.r.t. trains riding them during the work days. that's been done through denial of vacation requests, time off requests and also overtime and also the addition of emergency call boxes on all of the platforms. that was the least controversial part of this whole surveillance

and safety policy, which the board will discuss at 9:00 today. of course, safety and security will take a backseat to privacy at that board meeting today. in fremont, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks. 6:33. developing this morning, the string of shootings in central california leaves six people dead, including the gunman. investigators say that gunman went to a bakersfield trucking business. this is along with his wife last night. confronted another man. first, he shot and killed the man, then his wife. when another man showed up at that same business, he was also shot and killed. perhaps because he witnessed those first two shootings. police say that that gunman then carjacked a vehicle and went to another home and that's where he killed two more men. >> certainly there is a connection. you don't randomly go to a certain residence. i'm speculating right now at this point, but i'm pretty comfortable there will be a

connection between all of these players. >> when a sheriff's deputy confronted that man at the home, that gunman killed himself. a woman and child in that carjacked vehicle managed to escape the car unharmed. new for you this morning, san francisco's board of appeals has actually revealed something new. >> actually they reversed an earlier repeal and will now allow the removal of a controversial statue. the "early days" statue near the main public library in the civic center depicts a native american sitting on the ground with a mission padre and vaquero standing over him. they say the statue is a symbol of oppression from a euro-american point of view. the historic commission plans to remove that statue and safely store it. happening today, san jose, the deadline for people living in the south bay homeless encampment there. state authorities expect them to clear out later today.

that camp called hope city is at rough drive, south of the airport. it has big tents and each houses up to ten people. with access to showers and clean water. there is growing support for this community that popped up not too long ago, but because it's on state land, the state has the final say. 6:35 right now. a south bay teacher has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a student at his former school before he started working here in the bay area. jonathan san matino is charged with statutory rape while teaching in san diego. he just started teaching at the harker school in san jose. the school district released a statement saying, in part, we are concerned to hear these charges. in this case the charges weren't filed until last week, which was well after the school had done its extensive background checks. folks, let's take you out to

the roadways which are looking pretty pleasant. much more pleasant in fremont through milpitas. the last traffic alert long since cleared. now we're back to a typical morning for your commute. 6:36 right now. we're showing the build on 880 heading onto and across the san mateo bridge. the bum barton bridge picking up volume as well. later in the morning, in an hour, things will pick up across the 84, heading to the facebook side, that's what i call it over there, a major business over on that side of the east palo alto, m menlo park. southbound 101 shows a lot of slowing kicking in. the russ by the timou t morgan hill, you're back at speed for 101. you're not at speed right here. the tail lights, more brake lights across west 192, san mateo bridge. there were no incidents, just a lot of traffic. more cars than the lanes can handle right now.

>> pretty busy out there. busy weekend? >> oh, yeah. >> we've got some great weather and a lot of events around the bay area. let's check out your forecast for saturday. as you start to make plans, it's going to be still in the mid-60s for the coast. no major changes. the inland valleys reaching up to 79 degrees. very nice. more of the same on sunday. with mostly sunny skies and some mid-60s for sunday for the coast. cloudy skies, 73 for the bay. and 80 for the inland valleys. and then as you try to find something to do, if you're around morgan hill, check out the family fun festival happening att. catherine. starts out at noon. it's going to be really nice. it's high temperatures only reaching into the mid-70s. it will feel a little more like fall. if you're in san francisco, near at&t park, stop by the nbc bay area treat truck and get some free ice cream. all you have to do is come by and say hi. we'll be at about 60 degrees. it will be cool and breezy.

you'll need a jacket throughout the day. and for the end of the weekend, if you're going out around lake merritt in oakland, you can check out some beautiful, colorful dragon boats. the festival happening on lake merritt from 10:00 to 5:00. it will reach into the mid-60s. meanwhile in the tri-valley, it won't be as hot as last weekend, so you'll enjoy more time outside, going to some of the restaurants and vineyards we'll see mostly sunny skies on saturday, reaching 73 and 77 degrees on sunday. some upper 70s and sunshine throughout the weekend. in a ltle closer to home, santa cruz will also have some really nice weather. highs reaching into the mid-70s but the clouds and the fog will return for the early part of the day. and sunshine with a high of 72 on sunday. we'll talk about what's going on today. our temperature trend is coming up in three minutes. >> looking forward to it. dimming the millennial tower.

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right now at 6:42, take a peek out the window. a beautiful sunrise. here's a live look in fremont before you get this thursday started. it will be partly to mostly cloudy as we go out the door, temperatures in the mid-50s. later today, some upper 60s. it's going to be cooler than what we've gotten used to. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. it's coming up in less than five minutes. over here, oh, look at that beautiful view. yeah, there's a light backup. relatively light backup at the bay bridge. you can't be mad at that. look at that view coming into the east bay out of san francisco. here's a top story we're watching. the global climate action summit heads into its second day. we expect protests from people who don't think the leaders are going far enough to fix the problem. protesters plan to call on leaders to not make

profit-driven decisions when it comes to renewable decisions. the troubleyellow-tagged. or have given managers of the tower until the end of the week to make safety the building could be limited. an investigation is under way as to why a window on the 36th floor cracked. that crack has inspectors concerned. if it falls through, they want to protect pedestrians from potentially falling glass. the city wants the tower to fix a broken window washing crane so inspectors can inspect the windows from outside. our investigative unit first cracked the story that the tower is sinking and leaning. part of the county's new cut the sugar campaign. happening today, health leaders

will visit cesar chavez elementary school in san jose to kick off that campaign. they're bringing fun activities for the kids as well as the parents. the campaign will run in english and spanish through the end of next month. as hurricane floe southeast president trump is causing a storm on a different side. >> the president says very few people were killed by the early hurricane in puerto rico. >> it's a very strange claim. good morning. to bring it up in hours before florence pummels the united states is also quite odd. here it is. it's a long one. 3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit puerto rico. when i left the island after the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. as time went by, it didn't go up by much. then a long time later they started to report really large numbers, like 3,000. this was done by the democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when i was successfully raising billions of

dollars to help rebuild puerto rico. if a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them to the list. bad politics. i love puerto rico. as with many of there are untruths. he is right, few people were killed by the hurricane itself in puerto rico. obviously, that's only part of the story. the number of people who died after the storm from all the kinds of things like lack of medicine or electrocution or disease has by experts from george washington university as nearls very simil happened in new orleans. new orleans wasn't flooded by hurricane katrina. in fact, in the hours and days after the hurricane, we all said new orleans dodged a bullet. came through okay. and then the levees failed and the cities drowned. was it katrina? indirectly it was katrina. this morning's tweet reinforces trump's critics who believe he never really took maria

seriously. here he is visiting the island shortly after the storm struck, distributing supplies. whether you believe the president or sicientists, the ky number, the 3,000 number, is called the excess mortality rate. the number of people who died who wouldn't be expected to die under normal circumstances. so report that maria was more deadly. a live picture of north carolina and the warning flags out there. one flag a storm, two is a hurricane. we're monitoring this, of course, across our nbc system. we will monitor all that. yes, there we go. we'll have all the latest on twitter. you can find me @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. it's 6:47. many raiders fans may be think monday night's loss at the coliseum was a real stinker but turns out we're not just talking about the game itself. we have a live look at the

coliseum this morning. according to raiders' head coach, jon gruden, a skunk got loose in the locker room and sprayed the tunnel where the players run out. they say the smell was so strong, it permeated throughout the stadium and up to the press box. the skunk was never found but everyone is hoping it's moved on to a different venue. by the time the team plays its next home game in three weeks, or at least to the visitors' locker room, perhaps. that stinks. that's a strong smell. >> people are happy to have coach gruden back in town but they say he who smelt it -- >> dealt it. >> no. oh, yeah, you're right. >> i've had my dogs attacked. before i came to work once. >> taking a look at the weather outside. >> nice, school breeze. >> let's refresh the air with some nice little winds picking up.

as our cold front dips in, this is our treat for being early birds. we get to see a beautiful sunrise. a live look outside over san jose. get your camera, snap some pictures. send them to me. i just posted a picture on facebook and twitter of the sunrise. let me know what you're seeing where you live as we start out this thursday. looks pretty good out there. it's also a little cooler as you head out to the dublin b.a.r.t. station. temperatures in the mid-50s. the high clouds we're seeing will start to clear out. it will be clear by noon. look at these numbers. only 70 degrees at noon today and 1:00 with our high today reaching 75 degrees in livermore. 78 in conc se. now we're normally in the low 80s. if you're getting dressed today and you will need a jacket starting out, but the rest of the day, maybe some light long sleeves and pants will keep you comfortable as we see this trough, this elongated area of low pressure separating the couple of air masses with cooler

air to the north and slightly warmer to the south. it's right over the bay area right now. that's the reason why we've seen the dip in the temperatures and also a shift in the wind. thosaz let's head over to north carolina and hurricane florence and how wide the system is. the wind field has expanded. we request see how wide those clouds are. the impact this will have on the east coast. they use a measuring tool to show you how wide those clouds are. 770 miles confidwide. this will have a major impact and producing large storm surge along with rain over the next couple of days a lger for a couf days and the storm surge could be over ten feet plus, and rainfall totals of unimaginable amounts. 20 to 30 inches, possibly over 40 inches.

as we look at our forecast here, we'll see those high temperatures in the upper 70s. some low 80s over the next few days for the inland valleys. san francisco, you'll see the fog back as early as tomorrow morning. mike, the real commute is getting under way now. >> the real, real commute now. when i say that, this is when it starts to build and then really build for the morning. unlike the little blips we see early in the commute. we see the patterns. san jose shows that build pushing into silicon valley. the south bay has been a nightmare for the last few days. this week has see trafficoolsk gotten back and families have gotten back to thip cal patterns. we're looking at the walnut creek area, concord, westbound 280 showing the build off highway 4. san francisco river, pete talked about all the river there for the climate summit. that closure at howard between third and fourth will remain in

place through the end of the month because we have a series of three events including dream force over the next couple of weeks. keep that in mind. one block of howard. meanwhile, we're looking at now 35 minutes is showing slowing for the upper shore freeway does make a difference bridge. we see a good, steady flow. these folks waiting for the hov lanes. bring your cash. back to you. 6:51. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay." >> including tracking florence, a view from space as that monster storm closes in on the east coast. some towns resembling ghosttowns and others evacuate or hunker down. plus, a big change. people in contra costa county will notice on their ballots. first, happening now, russia's biggest war games in recent years are still under way. president vladimir putin is

attending along with 300,000 troops from russia, china and mongolia. the week-long maneuvers are showcasing the military ties between moscow and beijing amid their tensions with the united states. plus, most of the attention in the tropics focused on hurricane florence but parts of the caribbean are now bracing for a th dominican republic hung down as tropical storm isaac takes aim. the biggest threat is heavy rain. more news in two minutes. before

here are the top stories on today in the bay-- you heard kari say i 6:55. here are the top stories we're covering on "today in the bay." >> you heard kari talk about it all morning. hurricane florence is bearing down on the east coast this morning. hundreds of thousands evacuated from virginia through the carolinas. looking live right now at a picture, this is wilmington, north carolina. you can see those wind gusts are really picking up. now the forecast to get the brunt of that storm right there, the eye of florence is now about 230 miles off the coast. further south down in myrtle beach in south carolina, the outer bands of hurricane florence will arrive later today. that storm is supposed to make landfall some time tonight. make sure you stay tuned for team coverage up and down the coast there. coming up in just a few minutes on the "today" show. >> is a live look at the b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. leaders will take a look at what could be a last look at current safety and surveillance policy. then they'll vote or send it

back to the drawing board. part of the security ordinances already in effect, if you're a rider you may have noticed more b.a.r.t. police patrols. all time off requests were canceled and officers have been working six to ten-hour days since august 9th. at issue today, some of the surveillance policies that some community members claim are being pushed through without transparency. today's meeting is at 9:00 a.m. a state supreme court decision has now cleared way the for san francisco to seek disciplinary action against a group of police officers who exchanged racist and homophobic texts. this stems from a federal corruption case back in 2012. that's when fbi agents discovered thousands but by the time the evidence emerged, it past the department's disciplinary deadline. in may a lower court ruled the officers would get a chance to appeal the disciplinary proceeding. yesterday a state supreme court justice overturned that

decision. the ballot size in one bay area county is shrinking. i'm not talking about the number of candidates. i'm talking about the actual size of that ballot. contra costa election officials say it will now be the size of a regular 8x11-inch piece of paper. they say that this makes reading that ballot easier and it speeds up the counting process. but voters say they also expect more than the usual number of pages. that includes six pages for the upcoming fall election. colin kaepernick is being inducted into his high school hall of fame. >> pitman high where he played baseball, basketball and football there. the ceremony is set for november 3rd. last week kaepernick's just do it nike ad caused quite a stir across the nation. despite the mixed reaction to the ad, nike's stock is back up. so, will this be the year

tic-tac-toe makes it into the toy hall of fame? just ask that magic eight ball. those are a couple of finalists for the toy hall of fame. the list includes tough competitors. you see uno, american girl dolls, chutes and ladders and tickle me elmo. even chalk is on the list. fans can vote online for their favorites this week. the winners will be announced on november 8th. joining classics like barbie and play-doh. >> i'm pushing for uno. i love uno. >> chalk -- >> i never even thought about it. >> let's get a look at our weather before we step out this morning. >> if you haven't done so already, just look out the window. amazing sunrise under way right now across the bay area. we'll have beautiful weather all thanks to that trough dipping in, giving us an interesting sky. our temperatures today reaching into the upper 70s. more of that as we head into the weekend. >> we've seen the commute kick in across the bay area. now san jose is catching up?

>> looking at san jose camera, we see 101 bog down. silicon valley will see that change over the next half hour. peninsula moves smoothly. the sun in the sky there. smooth drive on 101. bay bridge toll plaza has a new view coming from san francisco to oakland. but that's your view from oakland to san francisco. >> not bad, come on, we got to love a bay area morning. >> it moves. it moves. we're moving on as well to the "today" show. that's what's happening today. we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. join us for bay area news at 11:00. closing in. the first rains and wind from hurricane florence begin lashing the east coast. this monster storm growing even larger overnight. time quickly running out for millions ordered to flee. the region bracing for a life

threatening storm surge and catastrophic flooding from what could be the biggest storms to hit the u.s. mainland in decades. we have it covered from on the ground to al with the forecast. breaking overnight. deadly rampage. a gunman goes on a terrifying shooting spree in california killing