>> announcer: right now breaking news. happening now in san jose, a fatal accident a big rig has crashed on to a car northbound i-680 be neat the mckey road overpass, you are looking at live pictures. the chp has shutdown one northbound lane in east san jose to deal with the crash as well as the connector ramps to mckey road. here's another live look it is going toe take some time to clear the scene since this is a fatal crash no word on what caused it. we'll bring you more information as we get it. good morning i'm eric thomas in for cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. president obama has just left the bay area he took off 40 minutes ago, more on his departure in a moment. first, terry mcsweeney is live in san jose where the president hosted an expensive breakfast before he left. >> reporter: yes he did right

here at the fairmont hotel, 20 asian-americans and pacific islanders joined the president for breakfast. they paid $35,000 each. add it up, $700,000 the president raised over breakfast. all you can say is you gotta hope those bagels were fresh. maybe 100 people gathered in the park in front. fairmont to take a look at this. video right now this is what everybody wanted to see the president leaving the underground garage at the fairmont about 10:00 this morning. it is an saw some and highly precise security detail that surrounds the president, any president really it is awesome. people cheered. no protesters. i could see the president waving from the second car in the motorcade. others saw him waving too it excited him. some stood in front of the fairmont for hours for that glimpse. some were happy, some wanted more.

>> trying to take a picture historical picture my phone camera. it going to be worth money in the future. >> reporter: this is an investment. >> yes. >> we are from the same hometown he's from hawaii, so am it. i think he's a great family person and good for our country. >> reporter: there's a clear picture of mr. obama. this is from last night's fundraiser at the fox theater, 1100 people were there paying between $250 and $12,500 to be there outside there were protesters, protesting the pricing. before that atherton, $38,000 a head. add up the fundraisers the president heads off to iowa with four million dollars more in his reelection campaign account. he's going to need it going up against mitt romney, come november.

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. there was no gallery waiting for the president typical for a departure he quickly climbed the steps and air force one took off 45 minutes ago heading for iowa where the president has a few appearances supporting alternative energy ventures. the man jailed for the murder of sierra lamar is due in court in two hours. 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres is set to be formally charged with murder and kidnapping. investigators found his dna on clothes lamar had in her backpack. her body has not been found. volunteer searchers continue to look for lamar holding out hope they will find her alive. new york city police have a man in custody in the cold case kidnapping of 6-year-old etan patz. the first missing child whose picture appeared on a milk carton. a man owned a convenience

store in the neighborhood where boy disappeared in 1979 has confessed to kidnapping and killing the child. the golden gate bridge turns 75 with a big party this weekend. temporary closures will cause traffic problems sunday. katie marzullo is live near the bridge with the latest details. >> reporter: see this beautiful spot at fort point. do not drive here sunday. don't drive anywhere near here sunday the event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge are from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. sunday. mark my words, there is no parking, no parking at the marina green, not at the presidio, not at fort point you want to move your cars out of any of those parking lots no later midnight saturday into sunday. set-up is underway on the marina green, tents and stages and a lot of port-a-potties.

tens of thousands of people are expected. there will be a partial temporary closure of the bridge because of the fireworks show at 9:30 that show will be from a moving barge starting at the bridge. the bridge is going to be closed, pedestrians and bicyclists starting at 6 p.m. until after the fireworks show. it will close to vehicles at 9 p.m. until after the fireworks if you are coming from marin, alexander road will be closed to vehicles at 6 p.m.. bottom line, traffic will be bad. >> it is difficult because it is the 75th anniversary, exciting time for us and it going to be difficult to get to the event. we hope everyone plans ahead call 511, go to golden gate, bart site, the various transit sites and make your plan now. >> reporter: additional highlights including fireworks show vintage maritime display and watercraft parade, vintage

karpa raid, artist exhibition at fort point and music and dancing all day long on two stages within at kristi field and one on the marina green. for details go to abc7news.com. once there, click on see it on tv. live in san francisco, katie marzullo, abc7 news. coming up, we are staying on top of developing news at a naval base in maine. the latest information on that nuclear submarine fire. part of two an abc7 news i-team exclusive. the wife of suspended sheriff tells us whether she plans on coming back to the u.s. in light of the

update on our breaking news. a big rig has fallen on and crushed a car off northbound 680 at mckey road. you see the the picture from sky 7 hd live overhead and abc7 news reporter david louie is on the ground. what can you tell us about how this happened? >> reporter: that in a second. let's set the scene. mckey road overpass you can look straight down and see where a toyota camry on the passenger side the big rig overturned as the big rig and the vehicle were both on the access road to 680 northbound

this is the first time we are seeing the driver's side door open. there's a fatality involved on the passenger's side the driver is supposedly okay. the big rig was taking the transition route, the on-ramp from eastbound mckey on to northbound 680 it has broccoli inside. let's talk to the public information officer. tell us first of all do you have any idea how this happened? >> right now our preliminary investigation finds the big rig driving eastbound mckey to northbound 680 was traveling too fast to negotiate the curve and that caused it to crash into the -- caused the rollover on to the camry. >> reporter: there's one fatality what about the driver of the car and big rig? >> driver of the camry now at the hospital with minor complaint of pain to injuries as well as the big rig driver. they also have minor complaint of pain and injuries. >> reporter: as we pan back to

the scene tell us what the crews are going to have to do to upright this big rig? >> we have two toes trying to coordinate this effort it is going -- we have two crews trying to coordinate this effort it is going to be hard, at least two more hours. >> reporter: as you can see the lanes of northbound 680 are still passable. they -- traffic is a little slow as people rubberneck and look at the accident scene. 680 northbound all four lanes are still open. we will have an update later on abc7 news. we are live in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. san francisco's suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi and his wife eliana lopez are firing back at city officials who are trying to remove him from office. >> they both give interviews only to the abc7 news i-team. here's part two of dan noyes' exclusive report. >> reporter: when i methylian

that in her hometown of caracas, venezuela saturday she told me leaving san francisco and the spotlight of the domestic violce scandal was like having a huge weight lifted off her shoulders. a lot of people think you are not coming back. >> i think san francisco has not been nice with me >> reporter: eliana struggled as a new mother, workaholic husband san francisco supervisor ross mirkarimi who became sheriff this year. she longed for her hometown and the security of her family. the tensions bubbled over new year's eve. ross cut short a drive to get pizza, because of an argument. >> i grabbed her arm. i caused a bruise. i will always regret that. and always will be sorry for that >> moment i said stop, he immediately apologized and he realized that was wrong. and then i said we were talking and i said we need therapy, we need help. >> reporter: before the couple

could go for counseling the scandal exploded. eliana says her big mistake was trusting her neighbor, ivory madison, with the story. whose idea was it to make the video? >> her idea. >> reporter: it was her idea? >> yes. >> reporter: through an attorney madison said eliana never asked for it to remain confidential. madison call police and turned over the video showing a bruise to eliana's arm in response to a search warrant. >> the police asked are you afraid? of course no, i'm here making lunch for theo. i'm not afraid of anything. actually, if i want to go, i can go. if i want to call the police, i will call the police. >> reporter: still prosecutors charged mirkarimi with domestic violence battery. he pled down to misdemeanor false imprisonment. then mayor lee suspended the sheriff without pay, and asked the ethics commission to fire him. mirkarimi is preparing his defense. >> with that conviction, for a

low level misdemeanor, that does not at all inhibit me from being i think, effective sheriff. >> reporter: ross and eliana are also dealing with the remnant of the criminal case the judge imposed a restraining order that neither of them wanted. >> is it painful? yes. but i want them to be happy. >> reporter: eliana and their 3-year-old son theo are in caracas but he misses ross badly and cries for him often. >> last night he says one day i'm going to open the door and daddy is going to be there. >> reporter: when the scandal first broke and the judge had not yet allowed visitation for ross and little theo his mom says the boy broke out in a rash. >> i run to the hospital and i called the doctor and they told me this is allergy and this is an emotional thing for him. >> reporter: he an emotional

thing? >> this is emotional. >> reporter: because of the separation? >> i think so. that is why i to the family court to ask -- why i to the family court to ask theo needs to see his dad. >> reporter: now theo has daily visits from his dad by skype. >> daddy. >> reporter: >> it is my lifeline. i regulate my whole day in anticipation of having that contact with our son, with theo. >> reporter: the family is bracing for the next blow. mayor lee is pressing the d.a. to release the bruise video to the ethics commission and the public. eliana can't imagine it being on the internet. >> it is really right to release the video? don't think of my son or my career, my life?

looks like it is right for them. >> reporter: eliana tells me she can't even think about repairing her marriage until the ethics commission plays out and the restraining order gets lifted. the big question everybody wants to know is, are you coming back to san francisco? >> i don't know yet. i think how i tell you, we are daddy and mommy. daddy is going to be forever. >> reporter: do you see a future with ross? >> it is hard to tell. now we are living in a we don't know if he's going to get back his job. >> reporter: do you still love him? >> i think i love my family. i'm going to do whatever i can to help my family. >> reporter: dan noyes, abc7 news. checking out this picture, can you believe we may soon see rain or maybe snow in tahoe? >> got a lot of people's attention going to fall on the friday before the unofficial kickoff to winter. update on the rain and when it

will get here and where and that snow in the sierra.

in developing news a fire aboard a nuclear attack submarine in maine is finally out. the uss miami burst into flames late wednesday afternoon the navy says the weapons had been taken off while i was being overhauled the nuclear reactor is

shutdown and the navy says it was never in danger. the fire started in the forward section from unknown causes seven were hospitalized, including five firefighters suffering from heat exhaustion. the damage to the sub is being called major. uss iowa departs for new home in southern california this weekend the world war ii battleship has been docked in richmond where it was restored and converted into a floating museum. it is scheduled to leave saturday morning. the battleship should pass under the golden gate bridge between 2:00 and 3:00 it was supposed to head out to the port of los angeles last weekend but rough seas delayed the trip. the seas won't be rough today, right? >> a little choppy because of the winds, there's no warnings or anything hopefully once they get out there they can start riding that wind down there. let's look outside and show what is going on. good morning. 11:21. san jose, lots of sun, trees moving a little as you see.

they will be moving more during the afternoon. one more stop as we take a round robin of the bay area, we are going to look from vollmer peak looks nice as we look back towards treasure island, all the way past the golden gate bridge you don't see much cloud cover nor the satellite from top down most staying offshore winds bringing in drier air you can see clouds dissipating over the the last couple of hours. winds gusting around 22 in santa rosa, up to 31 sfo, 26 half moon bay, 62 in hayward has been transposed by the computer probably more like 26, 18 at -- mountain view, either way gusting and going to get faster into the afternoon. we are running right now in the 50s and 60s around most areas a little chill in the air, windy, cooler and sunny during the afternoon. you can see winds 20 to 30 along the coast, 15 to

betweeny inland. by 2:00 up to 40 near the coast around 20 inland they peak around 5 or 6, gusts up to 30 inland and 40, 45 an coast. 10, 11:00 they calm. let's start in the low to mid 70s east bay valleys. mid to upper 60s along the east bay shore. mid to upper 60s around the south bay los gatos 70. low to mid 60s peninsula today, mid to upper 60s blowing sand along the coast not the best day to be walking on the beach. 60 sausalito low to mid 70s north bay valleys. around the state showers up in the northern sections today 56 eureka, sunny 97 palm springs, tahoe 60 today, that's today. as far as what happens tomorrow morning, mid 40s north bay valleys, low 50s for

us, a few scattered showers around during the morning hours. these are going to be scattered unusual to get this type of system this time of the year. through the morning hours isolated showers mainly higher elevations noon not much brewing north bay mountains some of the higher east bay mountains and santa cruz mountains where you see shower develop, snow in the sierra taper towards saturday do not cancel any plans all outdoors door graduations should be fine tomorrow and saturday. best chance of thunder will be in the north bay and down south of the santa cruz area even down into salinas. the weekend is going to be much warmer. still ahead, our partner cheryl jennings honored for her reporting. [ male announcer ] what if we told you

the 100% electric nissan leaf was the perfect car for you... that you can charge it at home like your smartphone... that you'll never have to buy another tank of gas? [ brian ] really looking forward to not having to put 75 bucks in the tank twice a week just to go back and forth to work. [ shannon ] i have absolutely no idea what the price of a gallon of gas is. [ male announcer ] or that it's never been a better time to check out the nissan leaf. ♪ and the best part is, you won't miss a thing. [ ryan ] they built this car from the ground up thinking about things like

how can this integrate with technology? drives like the regular car, looks like the regular car, but underneath the hood, it's really different. [ male announcer ] so, don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind car for the real world. the 100% electric, zero-gas nissan leaf. nissan -- innovation for all. [ female announcer ] check out yestoleaf.com and learn how to get a nissan leaf for as low as $25,200. ♪

today michael finney shows you the trick forgetting great hotel deals. then the punishment three bay area middle schoolers face under a new law that cracks down on cyber bullying. those stories at 4:00 and 5. finally, anchor cheryl jennings is returning from los angeles where she just picked up a prestigious award. >> she won a gracie award in beverly hills they are presented by the alliance of women in media to honor

programming created by women for women. >> congratulations, great job. >> from all of us here thanks for joining us. >> we hope you enjoy this beautiful if little windy day. >> watch out on the water. >> bye-bye! [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home.

so call now to get at&t u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. that includes access on-the-go to our entire national wi-fi hot spot network, with nearly 30,000 hot spots. at&t u-verse high speed internet. now on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection your whole house can count on. ♪