the united states of america. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. >> we are just an hour and a half away from a key vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. we have a live report from washington. and traffic 12 over on highway 17 overnight after a truck smashes into an overpass. and -- >> for a second day, don't check in, check out is what hotel workers are saying around the country and here at home. the demands they are making of marriott hotels. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for joining us on this friday morning. i'm kris sanchez in for galaura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington first we look at the weather today because kari, this weather is looking nice going into the weekend. >> a lot of changes here as we are dealing with high humidity,

for the past couple of days but it will feel much more comfortable through the day. live look at san jose, to santa teresa with temperatures in the mid-50s as you head out the door, in the low 70s by 2:00. that looks perfect, as we go over toward walnut creek, a little bit warmer for the afternoon with mid-70s for 2:00 today. our microclimate showing we'll see some 60s for the coast and some upper 70s in the valleys. we'll talk more about that coming up and mike, what's up with that traffic alert in concord? >> it continues, kari. this is the surface street i know but a major concern for folks traveling through concord. you see the flashing lights and the flares. these folks are slowly shuttled off here at myrtle. that's from westbound kirker pass road. let's show you the map because it will make more sense as we show you kirker pass road is the cut-through from highway 4 coming out of pittsburg koord c toward concord. westbound forced off the freeway because of a crash involving a pickup and a horse this morning,

that continues. avoid the area, use bailey perhaps as an alternate. zooming out, almost all of the rest of the bay shows a typical friday lighter commute. 680 southbound is the other traffic alert for the tri valley, south from 580 down to just about vernal avenue or sunol boulevard, we have this big jam by the traffic alert, a spill, a crash, and now tom jensen is out there, just arrived, what's the latest out there? >> reporter: i can tell you right now that traffic is backed up here on 680 southbound. let us show you what happened here. this big rig pulling two trailers full of dirt turned over on 680 here, dumping 27 tons of dirt across the far two lanes on 680 southbound, all three lanes are closed right now. the vehicles that you see driving here on 680, they're driving in the median on the southbound. we're standing in the median on

the northbound lanes. chp is still trying to figure out exactly what happened out here. i talked to one officer as the morning shift comes on, they're trying to get information from the graveyard shift folks out here. you can see there was one other vehicle. you might not be able to see it back there involved. we see one other vehicle smashed up, and then this big rig turned over. the tractor actually over the embankment on the other side, we do not yet know if the driver of that truck is okay or the driver of the, looks like a black sedan that may have been involved in this accident is also okay. we'll bring you as much information as we can get when we get it, but for now, chp has its hands full here on 680 at pleasanton trying to clean this mess up. we're live in pleasanton, tom jensen, "today in the bay." >> it will be a rough morning for those folks. back to our top story, in about two hours the senate will hold a critical vote on judge

brett kavanaugh's controversial supreme court nomination. >> let's get the very latest of what's happening on capitol hill. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is joining us. lot of activity expected today. >> right and marcus and kris, something is about to happen in the next couple of hours that normally does not happen here on capitol hill. the head of the judiciary committee said this morning they don't know this close to the vote how it's going to land. after that, they're expecting up to 30 hours of debate and possibly a final vote on this nomination as early as tomorrow afternoon. more protesters are expected at the capitol today, as the senate takes a test vote this morning on judge brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination. >> they turned their back on america's women. >> reporter: a simple majority wins. three republicans and one democrat remain undecided after viewing the fbi's interviews on alleged sexual misconduct.

republicans released a summary overnight, their conclusion? >> none of the allegations have been corroborated. >> reporter: democrats want to see white house instructions to the fbi. >> we believe it greatly constrained the investigation from the get-go. >> to put it bluntly, it smacks of a whitewash, even a coverup. >> reporter: kavanaugh pleading his case in the "wall street journal" this morning, he calls the allegations wrongful, and vicious. >> i am innocent of this charge. >> reporter: and admits being too emotional at last week's hearing. president trump told a crowd in minnesota last night, it's all politics. >> democrats have been trying to destroy judge brett kavanaugh [ booing ] -- since the very first second he was announced. >> reporter: republicans insist no more delays. >> why don't we dunk him in water and see if he floats. enough. enough already.

let's vote. >> reporter: it's a tight margin. republicans can only afford to lose one vote. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> 6:05. we are watching this morning's developments closely. nbc news coverage of that vote begins at 7:30, and you can watch it right here on "today in the bay," and of course our scott mcgrew is tracking the latest details as well. he will join us again with another checks and balances segment in 45 minutes. medical examiners now identify the man who died after a violent confrontation with deputies in millbrae. the incident stopped traffic on el camino reale wednesday afternoon. deputies saying that 36-year-old chindu okobi of redwood city would not stop running in and out of traffic. responding deputies eventually deployed their tasers. the exact cause of death has not been determined but firearms were never used. the deputy injured in the melee is now home from the hospital.

new this morning at 6:06, a convicted sex offender is facing new charges, after his arrest in the north bay. santa rosa police yesterday arrested benjamin schumate from rio nito, accused of having sex with a minor. he is already on parole for arranging to meet with a minor for sex in the san diego area and that happened three years ago. a south bay volleyball coach is also accused of sexual assault. this is peter samante, who was arrested this week. investigators say he inappropriately touched three even age boys. he was the head volleyball coach at independence high school in san jose. the school once they heard of the allegations promptly relieved him of his duties. for a second day marriott workers will be striking, demanding better pay and safer working conditions. across the country and here in the bay area, workers took to the streets in front of marriott hotels in downtown san jose. many gathered yesterday. they say they are not being paid enough to survive, and they

are pushing for job security. the union says the contract negotiations will affect 8,000 hotel workers in more than 50 bay area hotels. happening now, all lanes of southbound highway 17 are open once again after this mess last night. truck carrying an excavator struck an overpass at blossom hill road in los gatos. this happened yesterday afternoon, but it continued to cause big traffic headaches throughout the overnight hours. in fact you may not have known until you woke up this morning that it was resolved. tom jensen was there preparing for his morning report, when the chp removed the barricades and started letting traffic through once again. that overpass is now stabilized, but it's going to need some bigger repairs. work is under way in san francisco for the first phase of the geary rapid project. muni is working to make safety improvements along geary boulevard in alfaro. the sf mta says nearly two miles of transit only lanes in each

direction are being added for more reliable bus service so here is what it's going to look like. new bicycle markings and signalized crosswalks are created. as part of the project, the bus stops and parking spots will be removed all together. right now at 6:09 as you get ready to head out the door, it is cooler now than it was yesterday. grab a jacket. here is a live look outside in dublin right now, as we see a lot of people already up and out the door, and if you're on your way to the b.a.r.t. station, it's only going to be in the low 50s and then as we go through the day, it's going to feel very nice, with some low 70s by early afternoon. also a nice day to go out hiking. we'll have a beautiful sunrise, some upper 50s at 7:00. we are at 57 degrees, and then at 10:00, it's so cool, 64 and headed into the mid-70s today with some very pleasant weather. also cool for half moon bay with no clouds and fog today, you can enjoy your time there at the beach. as we head over to mike, you've got some live chopper video.

>> that's right, we have sky ranger that's just arrived over the scene, kari. this as we clear this shot, our chp trying to clear it but they're not getting much success. we have the overturned rig. tom jensen on scene southbound 680, just past burnow. this is your commute direction through the tri valley. you'll see a large person who is not really that tall, southbound 680 this rig, 27 tons of dirt, there is another vehicle in the darkness over here. we're checking on the details behind the crash. folks watching here will just know about all the lanes of traffic funneled over to just that center median right here, the access lane the service lane where tom jensen continues to follow the cleanup. as far as we know it's just dirt but if it turns out to be hazardous material, maybe some other chemicals or fuel involved it will take even longer. look at your map a huge backup, registering about an hour and a half coming out of san ramon and down in the area. the bulk about an hour for the backup. foothill road will be impacted as well and now we're seeing a

shift folks cutting through 84 and stanley, holmes, just keep that in mind for city streets through livermore and pleasanton. even though it's friday you'll have this disruption for the tri valley. the rest of the bay toward hayward and rest of the east bay moves smoothly, pushing west across the peninsula with no delay there is. the south bay mild traffic. the bay bridge toll plaza we have the metering lights there and getting down there, a little slowing for the east shore freeway but very little. this is a typical friday as you approach the maze. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up on nbc bay area "today in the bay," a dmv dilemma. long lines and frustrated people boiling over there. now that agency saying it's making headway. opposite of that is jackpot, the lucky story. what are your odds of winning today's $400 million mega millions jackpot. and the best jobs number we've seen in 50 years and meanwhile musk misbehaving

again. still ahead at 6:25, caught on camera? look at this, a parking officer appears to ticket a car, then hits that car. we'll show you what that officer does next. that's coming up for you at 6:25. you don't want to miss that. you're watching "today in the bay."

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nice cool start. lot of sunshine today and it's going to be much drier than we've had recently. our highs reaching into the low 70s. now before you pick up that brush, you don't want to miss my frizz factor forecast coming up in less than five minutes. >> our chopper is over the scene, sky ranger shows you in the middle of the screen the overturned rig that spilled 27 tons of dirt but over on your left the flashlight activity, that's an officer checking out another car that seems to be involved. this and and the rest of the backup south 680 through pleasanton. we'll talk about the ripple effect. a happy friday to you. not just any friday, it's jobs friday. just got the latest numbers an incredible 3.7% unemployment, that is the lowest unemployment in my life time. the actual number of jobs added

were maybe a bit weak, 134,000, but phenomenal numbers. speaking of numbers, garden health in redwood city debuted on the stock market, and that company had a great day. stock rose more than 70% from its ipo price. perfect timing for its debut. garden helps doctors detect cancer. facebook is going to hold an all hands meeting today to try to deal with criticism from its employees about one of its executives. the "wall street journal" reports many employees are upset facebook's head of global policy, the man there, joel kaplan, who sat behind brett kavanaugh at kavanaugh's hearings into allegations of sexual assault. you see the angry faces and then kaplan behind them. kaplan is a long-time friend of kavanaugh. mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg will lead today's all hands meeting at facebook. you think elon musk would have learned not to tweet so crazeily.

he's making fun of the securities and exchange commission online. he's already in trouble with the sec and now mocking the same organization. i talked to a silicon valley, one of their most serious leaders about musk's behavior, may yard webb says ceos have to remember you have to behave like a ceo every hour of every day. >> we learned early in my career once you're a leader there is a different standard. >> yes. >> but in today's world, that's 24/7, by anybody walking by you, anywhere. there used to be places you could relax, whether that was at a ball game or anywhere else. >> maynard and i will sit down and talk about leadership this sunday on "press" after "meet the press" sunday at 9:00 a.m. maynard was chairman of the board at yahoo! helped hire marissa mayer. he has a lot of great advice for all of us. >> the long history of it, not just the now, now, now.

>> exactly. >> thank you very much. if you're feeling lucky, how about playing the mega millions today? tonight's $405 million jackpot is in the top ten mega millions. the top ten mega millions jackpot of all-time. no one matched all six of those numbers on tuesday so people have until 9:45 tonight to try their luck out. the odds of matching all five white balls and one gold one are 1 in more than 302 million. if you get it, you're very, very lucky. >> folks have to remember if you're voting, no. >> machines, everything just shut down. make sure you're there on time and it's time to get ready for work this morning, and as you step out, you may feel the difference in the air. it is much cooler than yesterday, and on your way to work, you may have to crank up the heater a little bit. live look outside in fremont,

with a lot of people up and out the door. temperatures in the mid-50s and where we'll stay for a few more hours at 10:00, we're at 59 degrees. notice the sunshine today, and we're going to be in the low 70s for the afternoon. check out the seven-day forecast, at the bottom of the screen, it will show you some warmer air, headed toward the end of the weekend, but today, it's going to be very nice, antioch looking at that morning drive there in the mid-50s as well, at 10:00 we're at 63 degrees, and then the skies clearing for early afternoon, with some low 70s. our humidity is very high, especially in the north bay, where some patchy fog developed, in santa rosa, humidity at 100%, so the frizz factor today is going to be a day where you have to go over it with a flat iron and then some extra hair spray, because it is humid this morning. but things will improve as we go through the day, because it will be much drier, especially compared to yesterday. our high temperatures in the south bay headed into the mid to upper 70s. we'll be up to 74 in downtown san jose. east bay up to 77 in walnut

creek, and for the coast we're up to 71 in redwood city and if you're making plans to go to the air show this weekend, it's going to be coolest today, and mostly sunny skies, 64 degrees, some low 70s by the end of the weekend, but it's going to be very windy out there, and those winds may cause some concerns, especially over the hills as the winds pick up, coming from the north it's going to be very dry, and that could increase the fire danger, so we'll have more updates on that as our high temperatures reach the low 80s and as we look at san francisco, we're going to also have some gusty winds there, and then the fog returns early next week. mike, you have an update on the big problem in the tri valley. >> unfortunately i don't have lanes open or any more lanes open, kari. chopper overhead, sky ranger shows you the overturned big rig, both trailers tipped over. as tom jensen told us there at the scene spilling dirt across the lanes of the freeway and chp's waving folks through, you see the flashlight action in the center divide here. that's southbound 680, just past burnow approaching sunol

boulevard. this activity here just off the screen there's also a crashed car with the air bag deployed. i assume that was involved in the crash as well and on scene right there is our van in the center divide as well. tom jensen continues to cover the latest developments. as we look out to the map you see the extent of the jam for the tri valley. it starts back here at alcosta, across the dublin interchange past burnow and the speed sensors improve dramatically headed south past sunol boulevard, one of the cut-throughs through pleasanton and livermore and highway 84. slowing around valecitos, going to get more traffic. as we zoom out the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive, south bay we have the san jose rock 'n' roll marathon, keep that in mind for this weekend. over on the peninsula no problems. fleet week a lot of congestion and the closure for fremont street. you should have to stay away from the area because of the congestion near the transit center. the closure here for westbound kirker pass road because of a pickup versus horse crash.

we have this activity as we look at the map a smooth drive for highway 4 and a live look out there, crews show the flared traffic, more traffic coming off highway 4, folks forced off at myrtle, use the city streets to get back on to the roadway. that's a problem making that cut-through. back to you. >> thanks very much. coming up, new video you have to see to believe. take a look here, this bay area parking meter attendant hands out a ticket and then hits the car! >> ooh. >> see what happens next and we'll have you saying, what?! ti

how about a ticket and a dented car? we all know it is never fun to get a parking ticket but how about a ticket and a dented car? the new video from an sf mta parking officer ticketed a car and then hit that car and take a look here, drives off. this happened tuesday afternoon in vernal heights neighborhood tuesday afternoon. home security camera captured the whole thing. muni says the parking officer should have left a note and notified supervisors. the agency is investigating the crash. >> you think? slowly but surely the dmv says it's making headway an alleviating the long wait times. department leaders testified before lawmakers in sacramento. they were reducing wait times you've been waiting in by an average of 57 minutes, almost an hour. they credit new emergency hires and the use of tablets to

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bay. on the left side of your screen right now at 6:32, breaking stories in the east bay. on the left side of your screen, 27 tons of dirt dumped on i-680 in the pleasanton area. sky ranger is flying overhead right now and deep coverage from the ground. on the right side of your screen live pictures from concord, a major stretch of roadway is partially shut down after a crash involving a horse. >> good friday morning. if you haven't hit the road yet, thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington.

we're positioning our crews and will bring you live reports on the traffic situation in a few moments. first let's get out the door with the look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is standing by monitoring it all. >> it's cooler drier this morning thanks to a front that moved through and bringing in clear skies as we see the sun rising over the south bay right now. temperatures in san jose will be in the mid-50s. grab a jacket before you head out the door and we'll see our noon temperature at 69, some low 70s today on your way out to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, it's going to be at 57 degrees and our skies also clearing there. mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s. we'll get a look at oall of our microclimates and talk about the weekend. you start out with two big problems on the roads. >> the first is with sky ranger over 680 right here, we showed you this right at the top of the show. you're just down to the shoulder basically. southbound 680 just past burnow we have this overturned big rig with two trailers and 27 tons of dirt on the roadway.

another car appears to be involved in this crash and we're just trying to find out when they hope to clear but right now, chp is just trying to make sure no one gets into another crash by flaring off the area. it is jammed up. let me show you the update area where we talked about tmyrtle past kirker pass road, this traffic alert for concord has been a little bit of improvement, opened one lane of kirker pass road, that is an important cut-through but lighter friday traffic keeps highway flow moving smoothly and bailey road is an option as well. that's the crash involving the pickup and the horse we've been talking about for concord. still have lane restrictions for kirker pass road. the rest of the bay shows a friday dry that's a lot lighter of course than the rest of the week but over here again we're still following this traffic alert for south 680 jamming up traffic, taking you about an hour to get out of san ramon and down to just this portion of pleasanton, continuing down toward sunol. 680 had a lot of activity, for

chp as well as other crews and tom jensen is out there with the crew you saw in the helicopter shot. tom, what is the latest you have? >> we know this happened at about 4:55 this morning, so just before 5:00, as the early morning commuters were starting to come through here. this big rig overturned. it looks like there was two other vehicles at least involved, dumping what you just heard, 27 tons of dirt across the two outside lanes here. traffic now using the service lane but i think that's 54,000 pounds of dirt on the highway they've got to get cleaned up this morning before they can open up all the traffic lanes, and traffic is only going to get heavier and heavier, as you know as more commuters come in and head to work. as we can see traffic backed up on 680 southbound as far as we can see right now. we do not know what caused this wreck to occur. chp the morning crew just coming on has not been able to put this all together yet to discover

exactly how it happened. it looks like one vehicle may have actually gone through the guardrail and over the other side. we see the guardrail broken through on the drainage on the other side over there and a front bumper off the car. we will try to get you more details as chp is able to get over to talk to us. for now they're too busy. live in pleasanton, tom jensen, nbc "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, tom. we know you're working hard out there. more than 1 million people are expected to gather in san francisco over the next three days for fleet week so expect a lot of traffic particularly if you're going to be trying to drive within the city. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from the transit center. the fremont street closure is a big reason folks really should try to utilize public transportation this weekend. >> reporter: yes, that's right. good morning to you, marcus and kris. it would not be a good idea to drive in to fleet week. sf mta is telling folks to use

public transportation. fremont street is still closed as they do work on the sales force transit center, closed down after engineers found the two crack steel beams in the transit center. so the meantime the transit center is closed and folks will have to use the temporary bus terminal, they've been using that for the past week. of course this is only a few blocks away at main and howard street so that's why sf mta says public transportation if you're getting, want to go to fleet week this weekend is your best bet. >> if you're trying to get to fleet week, take public transit. it's the best way to get around, regardless of whether or not fremont would have been closed this weekend, we would have encouraged people to take public transit anyway because that's the best way to get around with the number of events going on across the city. >> reporter: sf mta says they will increase service on the metro and f lines and want to point out cal train will be closed in san francisco saturday

for construction. back out here live the closure on fremont street so you can expect a very busy weekend for folks headed to san francisco. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> a lot of things going on downtown pete, thank you. >> traffic of a different kind. one year later, and one east bay family is still trying to get answers about how their loved one was murdered. 37-year-old emily corshane was found shot to death in her uncle's home in byron which she was house sitting. her mother has a memorial to her daughter in her home on an urn on her shelf. she has a memorial to her daughter in her home including an urn containing her remains on the shelf. she said the last year has been devastating for her and her family. >> we'd like some closure. we want to know what happened, why it happened, who did this to her. >> the mother is planning a special memorial this weekend in concord and hope to release

balloons tomorrow afternoon from emily's favorite softball field. 6:36, breaking news. did you feel it, you see that blip on your screen, a 4.1 earthquake near hollister. we're trying to find out whether it was one of those deep ones we don't feel or one of the shallow ones. no reports of damage or injury, no one has called her newsroom. 4.1 near hollister. if you felt it, make sure you tweet us. we want to be part of your conversation. a follow-up for you no yw, looks like game on for the silverado high school football team. you might remember our story earlier this week, when vandals in morgan hill drove onto the school's football field causing nearly $10,000 in damage. last week, the team had to move their game but school leaders tell us the replacement field is ready for tomorrow's scheduled game. have you heard the term screenager? it's a modern day teen glued to their phone or computer screen. chances are many of us one or two have dealt with this. "today in the bay's" kira klapper joins us with tips that

will help us limit our kids' time on the computer or even the phone. >> all right, kris and marcus, here is some video to show you of little kids but the pew research center has new numbers that are showing more than half of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 say the mere thought of going to be a short time without their phone gives them anxiety. the report shows two-thirds of parents are concerned about their teen's screen time but the problem is, many parents don't have the tools to manage it. >> you don't just toss them the keys and expect them to know how to drive and you can't just toss your kids into all of this and set them free with a smartphone and expect them to thrive. >> tech companies are making it easier to see how teens are spending time on their phones. most smartphones now have built-in features. is what it's called in the later apple device update it's

called screen time, and the android devices called digital well-being. access time trackers on instagram and facebook settings to see a visual display of social media habits or your own and there you have the option to set time limits. the google family link app has an update to monday cor your teen's phone. parents can lock a phone through the app and say hey, it's time for dinner or homework. i was saying i have a not even 2 years old and worried he's watching too much videos of himself on my phone. >> they really like themselves. >> if you have not yet teenagers. >> i have a middle schooler. you can't have your phone during homework time. it's my calculator and i'm like i want a paper syllabus. >> an old-fashioned t.i. 83 calculator. >> using phones to check the weather, kari has been following a lot of the weather we've been dealing with today and also traffic, too. waze helps us out, join the nbc

bay area team. mike, you've been tracking a lot going on there. >> sometimes i use my casio calculator watch to figure out the delays. no, i don't have those anymore. ethan our photographer turned the camera to show a lot of chp activity out there, folks are being allowed past the myrtle drive. this is kirker pass road as we look at your map, a crash involving a pickup and a horse, a horse had to be put down as a result of injuries. the person in the pickup had to be pulled out of the car after they pride it open with what they call the jaws of life. that was a big crash. we don't have an update on the driver of the pickup but we have that update for one lane open for kirker pass road. friday sees lighter volume, highway 4 has been able to manage all right through the area. we look at the area for southbound 680, the continued closure for almost all lanes. you have access on that center area of the median, south 680 jammed about an hour extra, if you're traveling from san ramon on 680. foothill road is also jammed because of that dirt spill. tom jensen continues to follow

that out there. i got to tell you despite the two big problems, lighter friday traffic overall is helping things out so that will be an issue san jose has the marathon this weekend, cities had fleet week, kari has been telling us about the great stuff this weekend. >> yes, we mentioned quickly that earthquake near hollister, i don't know if you felt it, kari, you said you didn't feel it. the national weather service out of monterey didn't feel it. downgraded to a 3.9 near hollister around 6:29 this morning. >> just tweeted out how you can get to the nbc bay area quake map and look at where it happened and then also send in your reports as well. we're getting started with the weekend. it's been a crazy week. we are so ready to unwind out there. as we look at our saturday forecast for the inland valleys up to 77 degrees, breezy winds in the bay 72. we'll see some mid-60s for the coast and on sunday, the winds will be picking up. is going to be windy but also warm we are our inland valleys

reaching up to 82 degrees. 68 degrees for the coast, and 72 degrees for the bay. so are you going to the air show this weekend? it's going to be cooler today, and breezy with mostly sunny skies. 64 degrees. 65 degrees tomorrow, and then by sunday, it's going to be heating up to 71. if you want to hang out in the south bay, go to campbell, this is a funny event to check out, all weekend long the st. lucie school fun fest happening and temperatures tomorrow reach up to 78 degrees during the middle of the day and cool down nicely, also some life music and rides going on there. in san jose, right in the middle of downtown, there will be the rock 'n' roll half marathon going on starting at 8:00 in the morning. for some of the runners a nice and comfortable start and starting to warm up, in the upper 60s by noon. and then if you're going to wrap up the weekend at strickland's blue grass in san francisco, of course, this is another all weekend event and it's going to be in the low 70s. the warmest day will be on sunday, up to 71 degrees, but

also some gusty winds picking up. if you're just getting out of town going to the sierra, it's going to be in the low 60s today. nice and comfortable, but cooling down, as we go toward the end of the weekend. by sunday the high temperature only 50 degrees. if you're staying closer to home, in russian river valley it will be in the upper 70s and a lot of sunshine by sunday, and also some nice weather for our beaches, with santa cruz reaching the low 70s. we'll talk about today, that's coming up in about three minutes. >> thank you very much kari. coming up next on nbc bay area, a toddler gives his parents a valuable lesson in saving money. the reason they will never leave cash laying around that kid ever again. brett kavanaugh makes a last-minute appeal to americans and to senators. let's take you out to the big board, astonishingly good news about the economy, lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. dow industrials gained 19.

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good friday morning. it is 6:46 on a clear sunrise, and lower humidity as well. it's going to be a chilly start, as you head out the door in palo alto, expect temperatures in the upper 50s, and we'll see it reach into the low 70s today. very nice and comfortable, but a warmup is headed our way. i'll have more on that, the weekend forecast coming up in less than five minutes. we continue to follow this sky ranger over 680 southbound,

down to just that center divide lane. traffic packed because of this overturned rig, they're trying to clear. we'll figure out a strategy to clear this rig. and kirker pass road a problem for concord, one lane westbound is open but that's your commute direction, we're showing you the backup through concord. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:47 now. new this morning, a live look in the east bay, commuters are dealing with a big road closure there, this is at kirker pass road near concord pavilion. mike's been mentioning it all morning long since we came on the air. now westbound lanes are partially open. this is because a car crashed into a horse that was running in lanes of traffic just a little before 4:00 this morning. that horse had to be euthanized, and the driver is in critical condition. all lanes of southbound highway 17 are open again. this after a truck carrying an

excavator struck an overpass at blossom hill road in los gatos. now all of this happened yesterday afternoon. it was contained but caused a big traffic headache through the overnight hours. our tom jensen was there preparing for his report this morning and chp reopened all lanes. that overpass is now stabilized, but it will need further repairs. the senate will start a procedural vote on brett kavanaugh in less than an hour. >> good morning to you. we have four senators who could be upset about all of this, who could upset the vote but it does look like we will get a procedural vote 7:30 our time. we'll have live coverage of that as it happens, and then a full vote we expect on saturday, and brett kavanaugh may very well be the next associate justice of the supreme court. now, kavanaugh knows it's close and he knows some of his closest

supporters were taken aback by some of his behavior during the hearings into allegations of sexual assault. angry words, challenging senators, blaming the clintons at one point. in an op-ed published to the "wall street journal" this morning, kavanaugh says "i was very emotional last thursday, more so than i have ever been. and i might have been too emotional times" and then he says "i said a few things i should not have said. "you can count on me" kavanaugh writes in that article. blt trump spoke at a rally yesterday in minnesota. >> on democrats, have been trying to destroy judge brett kavanaugh since -- [ booing ] -- the very first second he was announced, and he was announced for one simple reason, he is an

incredible intellect, an incredible person, an incredible talent. >> now, in an unusual moment, at that rally, president trump criticized former democratic senator al franken for stepping down after an accusation from a former "playboy" playmate. trump said franken "folded like a wet rag." franken stepped down as senator last year after a woman accused him of forcibly kissing her. trump implied franken should have stood his ground and trump last night never mentioned another minnesotan, democratic national committee chair keith ellison but never mentioned he has been accused by his girlfriend of emotional abuse. ellison is an easy target but the president ignored it. we will be covering everything that's happening today. nbc will have live special coverage at 7:30. i will be tweeting as well as we watch this first initial vote.

you can follow me on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. >> as many parents will tell you it's important that your child know the value of a good old dollar. >> when it comes to $1,000, there was not a lesson big enough for this little toddler. he's just a toddler. young children, shredders, they don't -- looks harmless but the shredder wasn't. the utah mom and dad said their toddler leo found an envelope with $1,060 and he put every one of those dollars through the shredder. the parents are asking the government for possible reimbursement for mutilated cash. i'm thinking they should put it at the bottom of the hamster cage. >> slow motion. >> sitting in there trying to glue and paste it, put that back together. >> the soda machine won't take it, kari, it's all taped. >> so we're starting out this

morning with some mostly clear skies, cool temperatures and here is a live look outside if you have a flight out of sfo, no fog, isn't that a treat but you can see it lingering in the distance. as we get ready to start out, we are going to be watching that fog and see if it moves in to affect our air show and the fleet week activities for the weekend. as you step out right now, 56 degrees in san francisco, and oakland, and it's 55 right now in san jose. it's a cold morning in the north bay, and you'll feel the difference as you step out. you'll step outside and then go back in for a jacket, because it's 16 degrees cooler now and napa than it was yesterday morning at this time and as you head out for that morning commute in antioch you may turn on the heater for a little while inside the car but later on today let the windows open. it will be comfortable as our temperatures head to the low 70s by 1:00 and walking to school with the kids this morning, in san jose, it will be in the mid-50s so you will need some long sleeves and then as the kids head out for recess it will start to feel a lot more comfortable with some upper 60s

and then some sunshine throughout the day. here is a look at our highs for the bay area, looking at some upper 70s for our inland valleys and staying in the low 60s for the coast. as you're getting dressed this morning, you need a jacket for those chilly temperatures this morning and wear some come fo d comfortable shoes. you'll want to spend more time outside enjoying the nicer weather, going hiking in the east bay we'll see the temperatures headed into the mid-70s with some sunshine. our inland areas will be heating up for the weekend, and the winds increasing as well. we may have an increased fire danger, so we'll be watching that and updates to come. mike, you're still tracking the two main problems on the road. >> that's right, there are smaller crashes around the bay but the two main ones for this friday given a laighter volume f traffic, the one in concord, the kirker pass road, one lane is open as you travel from highway 4 cutting over there past myrtle drive and the concord pavilion area crash involving a horse and pickup. lighter flow of traffic so

highway 4 is not seeing as much of a problem as we might see, the ripple still strong on a friday but more slowing toward bailey, another alternate for you. the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on, but so far this is the lighter friday traffic. getting into san francisco, fleet week activity is right there and that will take you as far as the guidance goes past that trans bay transit center. fremont street is closed that, is a problem you have to route around the center but not quite so far as taking the golden gate park, that's strictly blue grass festival as well. the freeways are moving fine. not really affecting the freeways, it will affect downtown streets and over here we have the continued closure of most of your lanes, all of your lanes it's your service lane south 680 which is opened there. check quickly with waze, about an hour additional delay. you can save an hour if you cut through the city streets coming over from dublin to the area. sky ranger is overhead, a quick look we want to show you, they still have the rig overturned on its side. there we go, over here and that's what all the activity is, just that service lane south 680

out of pleasanton. back to you. coming up next, the latest on the small quake that just hit the area. we're getting some calls from viewers, plus breaking news on i-680 right now. big rig dumps 27 tons of dirt on a crashing near pleasanton. the live report from the ground next. but first happening now, it's beginning to look not like summer in san francisco, but christmas in colorado. that state saw its first snowfall of the season. severe thunderstorms and snow moved in through denver yesterday. more rain and snow are expected through the weekend. so enjoy your bay area forecast. we have more news coming up after the break. before you head

here are the top stories on today in the bay-- welcome back. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> we want to get you up to date on the breaking news, that 3.9 magnitude quake that hit near hollister around 6:30 this morning, no reports of damage, but someone did call us here in the nbc bay area newsroom saying it felt like a pretty good jolt, four to five seconds of shaking, not a rolling motion but definitely jolty and of course that description can only come from someone who lives in earthquake country. >> 6:58 right now. more breaking news to tell you about, a big closure on i-680, after a big rig dumps 27 tons of dirt there on the road. >> tom jensen is there on scene. tom, we were hoping this would reopen in time for the commute but not looking good, is it?

>> reporter: it is not looking good. you guys, they haven't budged this at all. we did find out this isn't actually dirt. this is sand, a concrete company using the sand for cement. we know now a lot more details. it looks like this truck was trying to avoid a speeding vehicle, a white honda, it sounds like, was speeding through traffic, caused an accident, not far from here, and then caused this accident. we're getting more details, but it will be a terrible morning commute for folks this morning. back to you guys. >> all right, tom, thank you. we want to get a look at weather before we get to traffic and want to get a look at weather today, looking good? >> a nice day, nice weekend but starting to warm up. upper 70s today and low 80s inland by the end of the weekend. >> thank you, kari. you did not get a friday light today. >> tom is out there, but folks traveling through the tri valley, view from our sky ranger again, that overturned rig the two trailers there and

apparently sand, not dirt, spilled across 680, so that's a huge issue, about an hour delay. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back at 7:25 with more live local news. good morning. breaking news. the vote. good morning. breaking news, the vote. today is the day senators will stand and be counted for or against brett kavanaugh. tensions at a boiling point. with protesters descending on capitol hill again today, brett kavanaugh out with an extraordinary op ed admitting some of his testimony went too far but fighting for his nomination. will it convince this list of unwavering senators. the uncertainly on capitol hill at this hour. crews refusing to give up the search for possible