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the devastation of hurricane ian. the president and governor ron desantis putting aside their differences. very good thursday morning to you. thanks for starting with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. let's get a look of the forecast for you. let me show you this view from emeryville this morning where it's hard to see out there, but the visibility at ground level is not too bad. we are headed back for the upper 70s in oakland. in livermore, 91 degrees, and 81 in san josé. this is a repeat of yesterday's forecast. we're keeping it cool near the coast. we'll talk more about what's ahead for the weekend coming up. mike, you have a major crash in

contra costa county. >> yeah, happened just about a hour ago. and notice the green sensors, and this is a major portion of your commute, slowing already, vasco. there's a crash and it may be blocking the entire roadway once crews arrive there, and it will be an issue for brentwood and discovery bay. that's one major issue for the roadways, and the other is there's fog in emeryville so it may be tougher to see. we begin with breaking news coming out of thailand this morning. a deadly shooting rampage in a childcare center. it happened in a small town 300 miles east of bangkok. this is new video of the aftermath. police tell nbc the shooter killed 36 people, including 22 children.

his own wife and child among the victims, some of who died outside the school as the gunman fled. he took his own life before officers could detain him.