an east bay man to death. a major milestone, the warriors' new home takes a visual step forward, in just hours. another sign of the times in san francisco. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good friday morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off today. we'll get a check of why you are weather in a second. let's check with mike and traffic to get you out the door. >> we'll give folks a local look. our roadways and as you expect most of the bay is smooth but not here. look at that flashing lights across that san mateo bridge over on thees, that's why slowing as we saw flashing lights appear, both vehicles are over on the service area. the lanes are clear but the flashing lights distracted me and you and distracting drivers. that's why there's a slower drive. hayward toward the end of the flat section midway the flashing lights and a little slowing at the incline as well because that's what happened, as folks make that climb up the hill. the dumbarton bridge sees more

traffic flow, slowing from fremont through newark and the east bay, facebook a band mark over there, nice light drive through palo alto. the south bay shows a little build as well and i want to show you the quick look at the golden gate bridge, lower clouds hovering around the area. kari, i saw the zipper truck it went across there, that's about 50 minutes late so we have lanes prepared for the morning commute. >> friday light maybe? here is an update on hurricane florence. we continue to give you more updates oen this as it has just made landfall this morning, as a category 1 hurricane, in wilmington, north carolina. here is a look at the storm right now, we've deployed our storm ranger from our philadelphia station, and we are getting live updates of what the rain bands are looking like, as this storm continues to make its way inland, and it's producing a very high storm surge. we can see the rain bands and so

far, as we are getting the winds shifting, we are getting some calmer weather right in the middle of that eye near wilmington right now and this may be the opportunity for search and rescue to help people that may be stranded. right now wind speeds downgraded to 85 miles per hour, as it moves inland, and the forward speed of this storm just so slow, moving west-southwest at 6 miles per hour, we may see this kind of jogging back and forth as it makes its way inland as it interacts with that land that may drag that storm into different directions over the next couple of days, but this will be over parts of north carolina, moving into south carolina for today, tomorrow, and on sunday. so this will be a long duration rain event that will cause a lot of problems, and here's a look at some of our top wind speeds we've measured this morning around those areas, cape lookout 106 miles per hour, just unimaginable wind speeds and peak wind gusts. wilmington 105 and davis

90-mile-per-hour winds, and then once those winds shift direction, we could see a lot more damage and debris in the areas. we'll continue to monitor that as we look at our current fo highs today will reach into the upper 70s for our inland valleys. more updates coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. we have nbc reporters all over the carolinas as hurricane florence continues to move in. it may have lost some of its intensity but still delivering quite a punch as it moves over land. so big, in fact, in the international space station, they used their wide angle lens to capture it from space. the area of tropical force winds spans 300 miles across, storm surge, watches and warnings about 450 miles of coastline. >> the eye of the storm itself made landfall a little more than an hour ago. kind of calm here as this live look that we take in carolina beach where "today in the bay's" jay gray is with the latest. >> intense conditions here, and

we're about 10 to 15 miles from the eye of this storm. i want to give you a look at what we're dealing with, sheets of rain, a driving wind, and you can see the tarp on the top of this restaurant ironically called hurricane alley that is just being ripped away by the winds. it's been an intense attack by florence overnight into the early morning. unfortunately looks like it's going to continue for a full day or more. florence continues to batter the carolina coast right now, moving in overnight with violent winds, driving rains and a growing surf, this just the beginning of severe conditions across the strike zone. >> the heavy rains and high winds are likely to spread across north carolina and linger for days. >> reporter: the water has already washed over roadways and is starting to swallow communities all along the coast. hundreds of thousands have lost power in north carolina alone,

and that number will grow. as the massive storm lingers. >> this is enormously dangerous. >> reporter: meandering along the shoreline and dumping rain for another 36 to 48 hours here. >> unfortunately it looks like we're really just at the beginning of what's going to be a long, very difficult time for a lot of people, really from virginia through the carolinas. >> that was jay gray reporting. 6:05 right now. the california air national guard on the way to help. members of moffit's 129th rescue wing loaded gear and helicopter into a c-17 last night and flew to the east coast overnight, they are specially trained in rescuing people by helicopter. >> unfortunately, if everyone doesn't get out, you may see people on roofs with help signs and things like that, so the goal is just to get as close as possible and be ready to go. >> the citizen airmen deployed last year to hurricanes harvey and irma. bay area locals flew there,

evacuating north carolina, some firemen from oakland, fremont and santa rosa left the bay on monday night. you can see them there, 16 arrived at kingston airport in north carolina to help hurricane rescue efforts there. they're geared up with boats, rescue swimmers and medical specialists to try to save people trapped in water. 6:06. follow-up to day story we first brought you in july, a suspect accused of killing a concord man has turned himself in to authorities. terrance dixon has been charged with the murder of michael downey, a 64-year-old concord resident. dixon has been on the run since officers discovered downey's body in his apartment in late july. downey was beaten to death with a fire poker, investigators said. he turned himself in to mr.is in bandon, oregon, and is now in a contra costa county jail. to other headlines a major milestone for the future home of the golden state warriors.

part of a construction boom in san francisco. >> pete suratos is there with what is happening this morning. ood morning, pete. center here in center where the warriors were hoping expecting to win a number of games here and and later today the topping out ceremony, construction workers continuing work on the chase center said to open next season. i want to show you an aerial view of the chase center. this topping out ceremony will be a symbol of sorts of the steel erection of the arena which we'll see the final beam hoisted up later today. as i mentioned we're about a year away from the chase center opening where the warriors will play their games in san francisco not this season but the following season and is already causing some changes to the area and we'll see more changes when the arena is built. there will be increased traffic in the area and possibly a large video screen with advertisements

here at the arena. that was previously restricted in the mission bay area here in san francisco. and of course with the warriors moving to san francisco, what's we know oakland raiders may move sooner than expected with the city of oakland planning to file a lawsuit to the team due to damages with the team moving to las vegas. that would be the only team in oakland as the oakland athletics, working oen a new stadium with their team. back out here live to what will soon be the completion of the chase center, not this season but next season but the topping out ceremony will happen later today at 12:15. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> busy time there, thanks a lot, pete. right now it's 6:08 on this friday morning. we step out the door to a nice clear sky and we're about 40 minutes away from sunrise. live look over san jose over to santa clara, we'll be at 54 degrees at 8:00, a cool start

and then the skies clear. we're going to see temperatures today staying very comfortable, s. as we get the kids up and out the door getting ready for school this morning in martinez we'll be at 56 on wal to school at recess, mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-60s and then low 70s with that last school bell ringing. here is a look at our highs today, napa up to 75, also 75 in san jose, and in livermore, 74. mike, you have an update on a couple of crashes. >> two crashes of note, one big one will affect the san mateo bridge. i'm concerned about this new one here south 680 right at the walnut creek interchange. chp has a note and it may be indicating that the effect on the transition from south 680 to westbound 24, it sounds like only one lane is blocked but i'll continue to track that. we have that build out of bay point and into concord and that is one concern. the bay bridge toll plaza has your metering lights on but it's

farther south we're having an issue. south bay itself is just fine. the san mateo bridge what i talked about at beginning of this report we still see all that slowing. the crash quickly got pushed er. the live shot we see the flashing lights and yl thuntil clear the two vehicles and the service vehicle from the right shoulder there will continue to be that distraction. folks slow half way across the flat section and with the build from the hayward side this is a concern and we see more traffic headed toward the dumbarton bridge, consider west 84. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. coming up on "today in the bay," what did she say? the tv moment going viral overnight. julie chen's first comments since her husband's ouster as the head of cbs. at 6:25, a san jose man told us an auto dealer wasn't paying attention to detail, so we put our response on the case. it's all coming up when "today in the bay" continues. it's 6:10 right now. many people living with diabetes

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the time is 6:13 on your friday morning. live look at fremont as you get ready to head out. it's a cool one and we'll see the clouds clearing with temperatures headed into the low 70s by early afternoon. another beautiful day, we'll talk about the weekend and i'll have an update on hurricane florence, that's coming up in less than five minutes. all of these brake lights traveling west across the san mateo bridge, we do see the flashing lights over on your right. it's just aclear.

the san mateo bridge is a troublesome spot. we'll show you how this is rippling around the east bay. >> 6:14 here are today's top business headlines. wall street looking to add to yesterday's rally. markets held by apple wose more than 2% following the launch of the new iphones. investors were also boosted by rapid inflation, tempered by benign data on consumer prices. on today's watch list, reports on retail sales, import prices and consumer sentiment. dow up 147, nasdaq up 49. tesla and general motors activated features for owners in the path of hurricane florence. tesla temporarily activating super charging on older cars unblocking battery capacity as well. gm activated its onstar crisis assist for owners with the built-in feature. drivers will have access to real time information to help find evacuation routes or navigate through disaster zones and find important resources such as hotels, gas and food.

amazon's ceo jeff bezos says the company will announce the decision where it will build its second headquarters before the end of the year. he made the comments during a speech in washington last night. but didn't drop any hints. amazon previously identified 20 finalists in north america for its planned investment of $5 a. the wife of an embattled former tv executive les moonves shows a subtle sign of solidarity with her husband, who has been accused of sexual misconduct. >> from outside of "big brother" house with brent i'm julie chen moonves, good night. >> julie chen signed off in the latest edition of the reality show "big brother" as julie chen moonves. chen normally only uses her maiden name. her husband, les moonves recently stepped down from his position of ceo and chairman of cbs this after six new women went on the record with the "new yorker" sharing a range of sexual allegations against him.

julie chen has not yet returned to her co-host position on cbs' "the talk." the emmy awards rolling out the red carpet, actually this year it's gold. iconic red carpet is not red. all gold in there for the 70th annual emmys. michael chse and colin joest will host the event, the ceremony monday night at 5:00 p.m. here on nbc bay area. >> they're on "ellen" today for a preview. >> i love their weekend updates. >> i think we're ready for the weekend around here. >> yes, we are. we'll have great weather across the bay area. we are looking at a lot of sunshine, cooler than normal temperatures and as we go into the next several days, really no change. we can enjoy it, as we take a live look at the sunrise over palo alto it's all clear this morning and going to be another beautiful one, if you got that

camera ready, i really appreciated all the picre clouds clearing o around noon, temperatures starting out in the 50s, headed into the upper 60s today, so it's going to be comfortable throughout the afternoon, if you're going out for a workout this morning in morgan hill it's going to be cool to start. you may want to head to the gym, but later on today, it's going to be one where you'll want to work out outside today, low 70s. getting up and packing the backpack for school this morning in san jose, as you walk to school it will only be at about 53 degrees so you will need a jacket, make sure the kids are dressed nice and warm later on today. it's going to be comfortable, so the jackets will be coming off, keep the name on the tag on the inside so you don't lose it. our highs today will reach up to 76 in concord, 75 in napa and 65 degrees in san francisco. wre m than normal, and if you plan to head out this evening, here is one thing you might want to check out, a drive-in movie

night in san jose, and it's going to be nice and cool this evening, and you will need a jacket, some long sleeves. it's going to be temperatures are going to see temperatures dropping back into the upper 50s. for tomorrow, we've got the mexican independence celebration in san francisco, this happening at the civic center plaza, and throughout the evening we are only going to see those temperatures in the 50s and it's going to be breezy as well, so make sure you're wearing an extra layer or two. and then all weekend long we've got the indy car grand prix going on in sonoma and by sunday, as we wrap things up, looking at the finals, it will be 75 degrees during the middle of the day, and then some low 70s for the evening. here is an update on hurricane florence, for our friends and family in south carolina, and north carolina, dealing with the rain bands right now. at up to 85 miles per hour, with sustained winds and some higher wind gusts. the problem will be the high storm surge, we're approaching high tide right now and the rivers and creeks that feed into

the atlantic will begin to flood over the next several hours. we're keeping an eye on that, also all of the heavy rain bands will drift into parts of south carolina and cause problems throughout the weekend, with some very high rainfall totals. we'll have live updates all morning long coming in from north and south carolina. our temperatures for the inland valleys reaching into the upper 70s for the weekend. we will still have some cooler than normal weather, even going into the middle of next week. san francisco no major changes here. you will see the return of the clouds and fog over the next several days, and mike, you have an update for the san mateo brimming. >> an update on the good side of things. we have the flashing lights that cleared just a few seconds ago, i was watching and they moved out of the right service area and we have less ofaffi the volume should start to move better. i've seen speeds improvinghe hi 92 your commute direction from hayward over across the span, so we'll see some slower sensor

reads across the peninsula as a burst of traffic flowing much more smoothly. your alternate is the dumbarton bridge but look how light the traffic is around the bay, because of the light traffic through hayward you should have a chance for that westbound commute across the san mateo bridge to recover, of course the friday benefit i guess. we're looking over here south 680, there was a crash reported at the 24 interchange to west 24 into lafayette and another one around north main street, that may be an issue. we saw the sensor reads start to improve south of 242, so we'll watch the walnut creek interchange closely as well, but overall, cocoa county really light as you'd expect for friday, also coming down into almeida county we have a little slowing. i think there's one patch of the area where we had the grinding and paving work still hanging out so you'll find construction out of richmond and headed toward that golden gate field after. you're cleared toward the bay bridge. the rest peninsula will see mor

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carolina. hurricane florence slamming right now it's 6:30 on your friday morning. video out of north carolina. hurricane florence slamming that coastline, making landfall overnight. really rough run for the people there. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. kari does not, she's watching our local weather and the hurricane as well. >> hurricane florence made landfall earlier this morning as a category 1 near he storm has really caused a lot of problems, and it's really just getting started, as we've seen the first half of this hurricane making its way inland. it's kind of wobbling right now. we've deployed our storm ranger from our philadelphia station into hurricane florence and it's giving us a very detailed view of those rain bands that are starting to make its way inland, as we are going to see some bright reds and yellows showing some intense rainfall, as the

storm kind of wobbles and the slow-moving nature of this hurricane what's going to cause a lot more damage in the incoming days. as we look at the storm and the track over the next 24 to 48 hours, this will move into south carolina, and then weaken to a tropical storm by late tonight into early tomorrow, and then kind of make a curve to the north. right now, here's what we know, and the wind speeds are going to peak, we are breaking records there in that area, wind speeds over 100 miles per hour. this willft south carolina by tomorrow. hazardous flooding as we are looking at 20 to 30 inches of rain, and there will be atorm s into all of the rivers as well, causing them to flood even for the inland area family that as we bring it back ho are dealing with this, and then at our high temperatures for today, we are going to see those highs in the bay area only reaching into the upper 70s in antioch, and most of us in the low to mid-70s, nice comfortable and breezy as we head into the

weekend, and we'll talk more about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. mike, you have problems for two bridges now. >> that's right, we have an issue for two important commute spots, this one is west 580. look at the jam here on the richmond side, cutting aross the richmond/san rafael bridge into the north bay san rafael side, jammed up, sounds like there's a crash just past the toll plaza what's holding up traffic right here. you see it on our maps as well, a lot of pronounced slowing coming off the east shores wi' the crash is not affecting the eastbound direction coming from the north bay, so we'll track that. we also see some slowing south 680 the second of two crashes at north main looks like they're making progress. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive except for smack drive, now iddle tha crossing we saw the crews clear and i just saw another big jam as another set of flashing lights arrived over the shoulder. sounds like there's one more car they have toer cloo, the

distraction slows west 92, consider west 84 the dumbarton bridge. back to you. >> we have breaking news out of the nation's capital. president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort pleaded guilty reaching a deal with special counsel robert mueller with charges of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent. manafort's plea deal comes with potential implications for president trump. right now it's unclear what's in that deal, if it means manafort has agreed to cooperate with special counsel mueller's investigation. >> it's hard to imagine an agreement that doesn't involve some cooperation. the special counsel would be well served by his cooperation because he knows a lot about russia collusion as alleged against the president of the united states. >> the president has publicly distanced himself from the one-time campaign chair. manafort is the fourth former trump aide to plead guilty to

crimes uncovered during manafort's investigation. at 6:33, developing this morning a bombshell announcement from the san jose diocese of the catholic church. to name names. >> kris sanchez is live with details and reaction. >> reporter: hi there, laura and scott. this is going to happen very fast and the bishop says this is a move toward greater transparentally not only in the diocese but in the church and also a way to highlight children and put them ahead of any priest who has been protected by the church. part is revealing the names of the priests credibly accused of abusing minors and vulnerable adults. another critical part of the reform is the review how the church leadership handled those allegations. in a statement yesterday bishop mcgraw released a statement saying he'll release the names

by mid-october and the diocese commissioned an independent review by a former fbi director whose firm will review all records to see how the church handles those allegations and the bishop will hold three listening sessions in september and october for folks to talk about their experiences with abusive priests or their experiences of their family members. one survivor of sexual abuse says it's about time. >> you teach us to go to confession and to confess our sins and to move on. well, you know, when are you going to do your part, you know, and here is an opportunity for them to practice what they preach. repter: here m the only way we can address the failed leadership of so many in the catholic church in the united states and around the world is for the diocese of san jose to do what we know is right and just." the san jose diocese is the first diocese in the bay area to go public in this way. we'll continue to follow the story as the listening sessions

get under way and the names of the priests are published. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> really major announcement. thank you very much, kris. the man charged with stabbing and killing 18-year-old nia wilson on an oakland b.a.r.t. platform is expected to appear in court today. john lee cowell is expected to enter a plea, accused of attacking wilson and her sister in july and also faced an attempted murder charge for stabbing wilson's sister who survived. >> it is 6:35. a warning out now from gilroy police, that's where a oferday they say a man was hannah and ninth streets nea police say he offered money for sex and ordered the children in his car. fortunately a neighbor stepped in and stopped everything before it happened but the man sped off. police are asking for help finding him. a man who operates a vallejo-based children's charity has been arrested. investigators say brian

rosenthal tried to meet up with a 14-year-old girl through social media. neighbors in antioch on edge following a string of arsons. multiple fires have been set over the past few weeks, in one case a fire spread to a nearby apartment. it trapped a woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter inside. >> i opened my front door to discover that the hood of my car was completely on fire. my granddaughter and i literally had to run through fire bare feet to escape. it was so terrifying. >> fire investigators are working with police to figure out if the cases are linked and who is behind them. >> 6:37 right now. >>housds of volunteers are ready, going to scour beaches, creeks and parks for litter in san mateo

county. actually along all of the coastline. the more than 30 cleanup events last from 9:00 a.m. to noon. county conservationalists say children are welcome as well, bring the bags and let's pick up! >> i did that with my son's class last year. lot of events going around the bay. kari is talking about those across the bay. one of these events is sticking around, still the police and chp activity off to the right shoulder there as we had that crash. lanes are clear and now moving a little bit better across west 92. this is the san mateo bridge, and this is the slower drive you see in the backup there with the disabled vehicle as well. make sure your tank is full of gas. if you encounter a slower drive, unexpectedly slow drive that may be an issue. we don't want any more stalls out. hayward moving well. the dumbarton bridge west 84 that's a good option for you. the rest of the bay moves nicely, south of the san mateo bridge and north of there we're looking at west of 580, the arrow shows you just past the toll plaza for that richmond to

san rafael bridge we still have that crash over blocking your left lane so be careful there, but getting toward the bay bridge and the backup there, we are just fine, 21 minutes between the backups. reference point >> who needs the weekend? >> i do. >> i do! >> yes. >> raise your hand. >> it's going to be a great weekend, too. we've got some beautiful weather for the bay area. lot of events going on. here is your saturday forecast reaching the mid-60s for the coast. the bay low 70s and inland upper 70s, more of the we'll keep that sunshine as well with the wide range in temperatures. if you're planning to go to the cupertino carnival this is happening at st. joseph's of cupertino school it's beautiful out there tomorrow, all day long we start out with low 60s, sunshine only heading up to about 70 degrees so really comfortable. if you're in san francisco maybe on your way to the giants game or will be around at&t park stop by our treat truck.

we'll have some of our on air people out there handing out free ice cream. come by and say hi and the temperature will be in the low 60s, so kind of cool out there. wear a warm jacket for the game and if you're going to the wine country concert, it's going to be a beautiful one in carmel. this one happening on saturday evening and it will be 62 degrees to start and some upper 50s later on. if your weekend plans include the sierra, squaw valley is looking nice, reaching up to about 60 degrees tomorrow, cool temperatures during the morning, but this is great hiking weather, hiking and biking weather as well, looking at sunshine, highs in the mid-60s on sunday. if you're going to napa, it's going to be so much more comfortable this weekend compared to last. only reaching 74 degrees for saturday, and 78 degrees on sunday. on the beach it's going to be cool, santa cruz reaching low 70s. we will start out the morning with some clouds, but clearing out and mostly sunny skies for sunday as we wrap up the weekend. how about a few people reach out

and let me know what they were doing this weekend? get a personalized forecast, i'm @karihallweather on facebook and instagram. temperature reading coming up in three minutes. after years of telling some amazing stories about amazing people who give back to our community, nbc bay area's garvin thomas giving back in his own way. tomorrow he is holding his second annual bay area blood drive in san jose helping people who need blood in an emergency and for researchers who tackle diseases like cancer. the blood drive from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the princeton plaza mall in san jose over at blossom hill road. head to nbcbayarea.com for details how you can schedule a time that is most convenient for you. >> 6:41. coming up next on "today in the bay" t happened again, another apple store robbery in northern california.

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right now it's 6:44. we are four minutes away from sunrise. live look outside over san jose,

as we go into the day, our temperatures in south san jose and santa teresa will go from the mid-50s to the low 70s. i'll talk about that and an update on hurricane florence that's coming up in less than five minutes. maybe not amazing but better, the traffic flow improving as that crash at the bridge from richmond to san rafael cleared. san jose getting a little more congested as the sun rises and in between we'll update the slow drive across the san mateo bridge. >> thank you very much, kari and mike. quickly approaching quarter to 7:00. more breaking news on this busy friday morning.whil you were sl in san francisco removed the controversial early day statue. these are live pictures where the statue once stood at the civic center plaza. yesterday morning we told you the board of supervisors changed their minds and voted to remove it and now it's gone. the statue taken without any fan

fafa fanfare. it showed a native american sitting on the ground with a mission padre and vuqueiro standing over him. critics called the statue a symbol of oppression from a once the statue ived,t will go into storage. another top story major milestone for the future home of the golden state warriors, a topping out ceremony at the chase center in san francisco, that means crews will actually hoist and attach a final beam to the roof. the warriors are supposed to be playing at mission bay area at the start of the 2019 season. city leaders hope the chase center will revitalize that neighborhood. today's ceremony takes place at 12:15 this afternoon. new this morning, while apple released new iphones, police near sacramento say apple store robbers were at work but they arresteded them. three men tried to steal devices in roseville. they're investigating whether the suspects are connected to a recent string of robberies here in the bay area. you remember this one that

happened in burlingame about two weeks ago. group of men ran into the store, pulled $50,000 worth of iphones and laptops off the display and ran away. police say more than five bay area apple stores have been hit in the p month. state attorney general half djerba javier ba serra says he was invited to the capital. jeff sessions holding the september 25th meeting, it will focus on whether or not social media companies are "stifling the free exchange of ideas." a handful of states attorneys general are expected to attend that meeting. 6:47 right now. happy birthday to the shark tank. live look at the s.a.p. center in san jose. not too bad looking for 25 years, just a few miles away at the shark's practice facility, the team is starting its training camp this morning and many experts say team teal one of the top contenders to win the stanley cup.

especially since yesterday's trade for defense sen eric carlsson from the ottawa senators. he's named the best league defenseman twice in his career and now we can call him a shark. >> there was a lot ofal across about how great a trade that was for the sharks. >> oh, yes. going to be humaybe this year. >> you got it, all right. >> check of your weather. >> it's going to be a great weekend for the bay area. the marine layer isba rolling bn francisco this morning. the past couple of mornings have been pretty much clear. here is a look at our shot of the transamerica pyramid with the low clouds starting to roll in. that's going to keep it cool and we'll be slow to clear throughout the morning hours. let's head out the door to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station with our temperature starting out in the low 50s. it will be a cold morning. we all need to grab a jacket and as we go through the day it will start to clear out here in

fremont, we'll be at 67 degrees at noon. take the lunch outside it will be in the low 70s by early afternoon. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen, as we get the kids ready for school this morning in san jose, your school day forecast will be in the mid-50s as you go through that drop-off line and then we'll see some sunshine as they head out for lunch and recess. it will be in the upper 60s, and by the time you pick them up or walk home from school it will be in the low 70s. headed up to 75 in san jose. 76 in concord, and napa today 75 degrees. 65 in san francisco. here's another look at that beautiful sunrise, really can't get enough of that. that's our treat for waking up early, right? as you get that look at that view out of the window, and getting dressed this morning, you will be comfortable with some light long sleeves today, and don't forget the sunglasses. as we give an update for hurricane florence, all of our friends and family in north and landfall earlier this morning as a category 1 hurricane.

wind speeds currently sustained at 85 miles per hour. we've had some very high wind gusts and the slow movement of this storm will cause a lot of problems over the next couple of days. as it wobbles, moves to the south and then starts to move to the north by the end of the weekend still bringing lots of rain over the next few days. we're looking at 20 to 30 inches of rain, and song s e records there, 106 miles per hour in cape lookout as well as ft. macon. wilmington had a peak wind gust also record there 105 miles per hour, so not only will they see the shifting winds as the eye moves its way inland, we will also have a lot more wind damage and also some flooding. we'll continue to monitor that as we look at our focast for th, it's going to be very pleasant here headed into the next few days. again, just leave the air conditioning off as we enjoy the sunshine. san francisco staying in the

mid-60s. heading over to mike, the delays now getting into san rafael? >> kari, we continue to see from the richmond side across the bridge. i showed you just before the commercial and now we have the much better flow of traffic over here for these folks in the cash lane, i mean fast track lanes. cash has to pause and we have a lot of activity in the hov lanes, west 580, the crash cleared just past the toll plaza and kind of makes a much better view over here from this caer t richmond, over to san rafael, waze reports it's about a 40, 35-minute delay now, it's continuing to improve. e t bay shows friday light, why we're able to see improvement after earlier crashes at the richmond to san rafael bridge. tri valley no problem and slowing from hayward toward the peninsula. 880 seeing more traffic toward the dumbarton bridge, which is a good alternate. we'll take a live look at that san mateo bridge west 92 a crash, a couple vehicles and flashing lights still there. mid span across the flat section

it's a distraction, but they're slowing and that's why we have a slower drive toward the peninsu peninsula. we have chp activity, be careful and allow the extra time over here. another 20 minutes to get across dumbarton bridge again looking good. back to you. >> mike, thanks. coming up next on "today in the bay," at 6:51, a quick look at the top stories we're covering. including the sound of that hurricane, the eye of florence finally makes landfall overnight. we've got anotherupte on that storm coming up. also breaking, paul manafort's plea deal, details we're learning within the past half hour. at the u-s open .. is getting in the chair: carlos ramos penalized serena williams one entire game .. amos has now been assigned to the davis cup semifinal .. this weekend in croatia. croatia )s opponent - the united states. more after the break.

bef welcome back on this friday morning to "today in the bay." before you head out the door, here are the top stories we're covering. >> breaking news, president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort pleaded guilty, reaching a deal with special counsel robert mueller in the charges of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent.

manafort's plea deal comes with potential implications for president trump. right now unclear what's included in that deal, and if it means that manafort has agreed to cooperate with mueller's investigation. since manafort's first conviction last month the president publicly one-time campaign chair. manafort is the fourth former trump aide to plead guilty to crimes uncovered during the mueller investigation. the carolinas this morning continue to take a pounding from hurricane florence. the storm may have lost a bit of its intensity, but boy, it is sure delivering quite the punch, as it moves over land. look at it here on our radar. the eye of that storm made landfall a little more than two hours ago, but it is just sitting and spinning and dumping rain. stay tuned for team coverage up and down the coast, coming up in just minutes from the "today" sh

show. a live look at the cathedral basilica of st. joseph? san jose. south bay bishop patrick mcgraw plans to name names and list each and every priest who niced credible sexual acuse acsituations part of the ongoing church session into sexual abuse. mcgraw plans to announce the names bit end of next month but so far, no date set. he'll also hold three listening sessions he says he will allow abuse victims to share their stories. a follow-up to a story we first brought you in july, a suspect accused of killing a concord man turned himself in to authorities. concord police say terrance dixon has been charged with the murder of michael downey. 64-year-old concord man. dixon had been on the run since officers discovered downey's body inside his apartment in late july. investigators say downey was beaten to death with a fire poker. dixon turned himself in to police in bandon, oregon, and is now in a contra costa county jail. it is the third and final day of the global action summit in san francisco.

today's notable speakers include former secretary of state john kerry, former vice president al gore and grammy winning musician dave matthews. yesterday governor brown signed a slew of new environment bills signing them on board the first plug-in hybrid electric ferry in the bay area. it is the ongoing effort by the governor to dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions. >> california will keep its progressive tradition of blocking offshore oil, encouraging the charging of veh for a state that has a great economy critics of the summit say he's taken a lot of money from oils which undercuts affected his agenda. this weekend will be yournc racing in the north bay, at least for a long while. on sunday the series champ will be decided at sonoma raceway, but after the race, indy car will not come back to that race

trar. next season legua eca hosts the race. the owner says keeping indy car is not financially viable. >> we're racing into the weekend at least right now. kari has a look at the forecast. >> more pleasant weather across the bay area, looking at highs in the 70s for today, as well as tomorrow. sunday 77 degrees, and then it's still going to continue, heading into next week. as we look at san francisco, the low clouds and fog back this morning. we'll see that for the next few mornings and highs in the low to mid-60s. those gusty winds picking up as we go into the afternoon. some slow traffic on the san mateo bridge? >> yes, which normally isn't a big deal but it's friday so expect a lighter flow. we've had some problems and very slow drive right here for this time on a friday, with those tail lights creeping along, but the big issue is there is a crash over on the shoulder, looks like all the activity just about to clear that flat section. i'll continue to follow that but the dumbarton bridge might be a better choice for you, smoother choice. san jose picks up the volume so

now we're seeing the south bay kicking in with the commute and it will be a tougher one. we've seen this all week from about 7:00 through 10:00 in the morning. very tough for south bay freeway, as traffic restores to the fall commute. over here, this is friday, that is the maze and the berkeley curve and that looks well but still backup at the toll plaza. >> sounds good. thanks so much. we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us at 11:00 and check everything else at nbcbayarea.com. have a wonderful friday. >> good morning. breaking news. florence's fury. hurricane florence roars ashore in north carolina this morning, slapping the region with torrential rain. a life-threatening storm surge and high winds. hundreds of people trap and in need of rescue.

damage and power outages piling up. we have complete coverage live today friday, september 14th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today." hurricane florence with savannah