at the transbay transit center has shut down parts of san francisco. we're tracking the c domino a cracked the method trends bay transit centerhashut it down. we are tracking the domino effect on the traffic. >> the transit center is shut down until further notice for

now. buses are operating out of the temporary transbay terminal at howard and maine. we are live at the transit center now with the latest. >> reporter: it's a recipe for disaster. construction, street closures and now this cracked beam at the brand-new salesforce transit center . all of those factors meant for a difficult morning for a lot of people. >> i am glad that somebody said, this looks dangerous. let's close it down. because the whole thing looks dangerous to me. >> reporter: she is just one of thousands of commuters whose morning started off rougher than usual. >> i am late. i am glad they put out some signs and told me that the 38 will be here. i have to transfer to get to work. and transfer to go home. >> reporter: for others who came into the city an hour before her, they are commute

was more tolerable despite having to return to the temporary transbay terminal again. >> i work across the street from the temporary transform -- transbay. >> it's 15 minutes. normal traffic. >> reporter: a cracked beam that was discovered at the brand-new salesforce transit center yesterday morning forced the transbay joint powers authority to close the building. buses were rerouted all morning. the beam supports the roof garden and sits above the third level bus a deck. >> it's a safety matter and we take it seriously. out of caution we closed it. until we determine the cause. >> reporter: today the transbay joint powers authority said it has engineers taking a look at it. structural engineer said, if a crack is visible to the naked eye, it's a major concern. >> something they have done

wrong. it may have been in the design, it may have been in the construction. it might have been inadvertently overloaded. >> reporter: employees are scattered throughout wearing bright neon vests helping people try to get where they need to go in the most efficient way possible. let's take a look at the current traffic conditions. in downtown san francisco. things have cleared up significantly since the heart of the morning commute a few hours ago. you can see plenty of yellow on the roadways. especially around the muscovy center. that is where the dream of force conference is going on right now. things are certainly going to get worse as we look at the evening commute. if you have to travel, now maybe the time. this statement from ac transit,

employees are in for a sick colored safety vests. they provide to riders direction. they will closely monitor all information from the transbay joint powers authority and remain committed to immediately updating our riders with the latest details. the transbay joint powers authority will give an update in about one hour and we will be streaming the press conference live on our website. the state attorney general announced a multimillion dollar settlement with uber over a data breech in 2016. today he and seven cisco district attorney announced the $148 million settlement with uber. this comes after testate ons that the rid data security laws. and paid off hackers to cover up the bridge. instead of reporting it. >> the innovators, those people who make it possible must rememberac stomers is not

just the right thing to do. in california, it's the law. >> the breach was in 2016 and exposed about 57 million users personal data. the uber ceo said this, none of this should've happened and i will not make excuses for it. while i cannot erase the past, i can commit on behalf of every uber employee that we will learn from our mistakes. we are changing the way we do business. putting integrity at the core of every decision we make and working hard to earn the trust of our customers. new accusations of sexual misconduct against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh head of the hearing tomorrow. we want to note cbs news has not independently verify the information in this decoration. >> reporter: attorney michael are not has released a sworn statement, accusing brett kavanaugh at high school parties

running up to rape girls. julie swetnich said i witnessed efforts by mark judge, brett kavanaugh and others to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be gang raped in a side room or bedroom by a train of numerous boys. the lawyer said, his client is prepared to testify about the claims. >> the details in this decoration are specific. they are shocking. but above all else they are true . i client stands behind them 100%. >> reporter: julie swetnich said she was the victim of a gang rape. a statement was released to the senate judiciary committee before it was made public. judge kavanaugh said the allegations are not true saying they are from the twilight zone. the first woman to accuse kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will testify before the senate tomorrow. dr. christine blasey fordha cho der l of questionsr he rachel major -- mitchell.

>> ferreting out information of allegations of sexual assault. >> reporter: democrats say she is not on trial. >> it's passive aggressive. >> reporter: regardless of what she has to say, the ditches erie committee will vote on kavanaugh's confirmation on friday. to show support for the multiple accusers, nancy pelosi and fellow democrats can be that capitol hill this morning. >> we are here to show our solidarity. we are here to show our respect for all women who have a case, have it respected. due process, investigated by the truth. not fear it and also to remember the responsibility we have to the integrity of the supreme court. >> it's possible the full senate could vote on kavanaugh's confirmation by this weekend. the majority leader mcconnell said he is confident that despite the allegations he has

the votes to confirm kavanaugh. just hours ago, president trump made a bomb threat new accusation at the united nations . he said china has attempted to interfere in the november elections. >> regrettably, we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election. coming up in november. against my administration. they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade. and we are winning on trade. >> earlier in the day president trump took aim at iran again. >> reporter: president trump led a meeting of the united nations most powerful body wednesday to discuss the nonproliferation of nuclear chemical and biological weapons

. >> certain weapons are so dangerous and can inflict so much suffering that all of us have a vital interest in preventing their further development, spread and use. >> reporter: the president also lashed out again at iran. >> the iranian regime exports violence, terror and turmoil. a regime with this track record must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: the comments echoed in his speech on tuesday to the un's general assembly. >> iran's leaders so chaos, death and destruction. >> reporter: the speech was a hit with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who sat down with president trump ahead of the security council meeting. >> thank you for your strong words yesterday in the general reme in iran. t teorist you backup your strong words and actions. >> reporter: president trump has a two state solution.

>> that is what you think works best. >> reporter: he expects to reveal his administration's peace plan for the region soon. once known as america's dad, bill cosby spending his first full day behind bars at a pennsylvania state prison. yesterday a judge sentenced the 81-year-old to 3-10 years in prison. many of his accusers are pleased with the sentence including one bay area woman. helen hays is one of her oldest accusers saying during a tennis tournament the comedian stopped her and groped her. >> at 38 i said, what you think you are doing? he turned around very quickly and said, have a nice dinner lady and he was gone. >> to this day she remains in close contact with the other victims. she said she hopes cosby remains behind bars for his full sentence.

she decided not to attend the trial in pennsylvania and she recently wrote a book called secrets, shame and silence. we have seen a salesforce tower. it is artemis. what do they actually ? it's nice to see the sunshine. the sun breaking through the clouds g xi s beautiful live lookfoe tower we will talk about what you can expect. big changes on the way. a cool down and a chance for showers. details coming up. you could gee your

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have flocked to san francisco ..for salesforce's big event. it's that time of year. nearly 200,000 people flocking to san francisco for dream force. >> a lot of people ask, do you

know what salesforce does? >> reporter: you live in san francisco. do you know what salesforce does? >> not really. >> i think it's about financial planning and they hire people all over the world. something to do with the cloud. >> reporter: as we live beneath the salesforce tower, maybe you were embarrassed to ask. this is something that has puzzled a great many of us. what exactly is it that salesforce does? we thought we would let a salesforce competitor try to answer the question. >> fresh works as a company that competes with salesforce. it is software that helps sales and support will help customers. >> reporter: he is the ceo of fresh works. like salesforce they may cloud- based crm or customer relationship management products . software that is designed to keep track of customers and keep them happy.

>> every time you call your phone company or every time you call your cable company come you get on the phone with an agent or a sales representative . they kind of struggle with, who are you? tell me your name and your social security number. your phone number. tell me why you are calling. what product do you use? the better the software is for the representative , the better experience you have is a consumer. >> reporter: there are millions of sales reps and millions of support agents using salesforce products. if you are a business and you're trying to sell stuff to a lot of people what you want to keep track of them. >> figure out what they are buying an online. >> reporter: not as personal as facebook and not as practical as google not as tactile as apple. salesforce is the tech giant for people who sell stuff. >> there is the apple and there is a salesforce. it's for a much smaller slice of the world than apple.

>> reporter: that is salesforce. about the blimp as you may have guessed, it's a view to kill my fresh works. they hope to position themselves as crm to smaller businesses. salesforce is just a goliath. the company pulled in nearly $8.4 billion in revenue last year. and that is how you get your name on the tower. instagram founders announced that they are leaving the photo sharing site. in 2012 they sold to facebook. users had concerns that instagram would become just like facebook. the concerns did not materialize. users are afraid that instagram could be cluttered with ads or track their personal data for advertising. some of silicon valley's big-time tech executives appear before a senate committee on

capitol hill. they are holding a hearing on examining safeguards for consumer privacy data. executives from amazon, google, twitter and apple were invited to appear. they want to know what each tech company is doing to protect consumer privacy. consumer and advocacy groups were not invited. time for a check on the weather. another spare the air day. >> a second day in a row. with the air-quality unhealthy for the east bay and south bay. let's take you out to the south bay. you can see hazy sunshine. watching the temperatures rise. 80 in concord. 80 in livermore. 66 in seven cisco. -- san francisco. the air-quality unhealthy for the east bay and south bay looking at moderate air-quality conditions everywhere else

across the bay area. the big weather story, the microclimates. the big temperature span. from ocean beach to concord, about 40 miles, the temperature spread is 38 degrees. from cool additions to the coast, really heating up inland. today the warmest day out of the week. a high pressure in place with the clockwise flow. we are looking at offshore winds and that is a dominant weather feature for inland communities helping them to warm up. we have low pressure to the south and that is bringing in onshore winds for the coast and for parts of the bay. that is why we started with areas of fog. a big difference with the weather from the coast and inland. we are tracking some changes. this is tropical storm rosa. that could provide some tropical moisture for us. and the chance of showers by

next week. we could use the rain. it has been five months since we have seen rain in the bay area. in san jose, today making 163 days in a row without any measurable rain. that puts us now in the seventh spot. by friday, we tie the 1962 record. we definitely need the rain. it's been very dry over the last several months. daytime highs today, 69 in san francisco. 76 in oakland. 88 in napa. here is the seven-day forecast. warm on thursday.: friday. much cooler for the weekend. check out monday and tuesday. we are talking a chance of showers and much cooler. survivor showdown. a new season premiering tonight.

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i-x 5 news at noon. the bold and the beautiful is next. i love these they start to shrivel up. taken by this time. they are so good. and so popular. when you buy them you want to make sure they are green all the way around. this one is not good. the stems attached. when you bring them home, put them in your refrigerator. they don't last long. one of my favorite things for appetizers or to snack on.

after you broil them with olive oil. i could eat one right now. always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. >> no littering. >> they are good. you have to watch out because there are hot winds. -- once. that will do it for us. we will keep you posted on everything traffic wise in downtown san francisco with the closure of the transbay transit center.

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