now at noon, the fbi looking into a driver who hit a group of pedestrians in sunnyvale. police say this could be a case of domestic terrorism. good afternoon. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle

griego. police say that may have been intentional. >> anne mackovec say the feds may be involved. >>reporter: police are going to give us information about their condition at 3:00 p.m. as well as release the name of the driver. they believe plowed into this crowd on purpose. it was 6:40 last night when the driver of this black corolla plowed by a crosswalk on el camino real and drove up on the sidewalk where he continued to hit people. 8 people were injured. some in critical condition and the youngest patient is a 13-year-old girl. after careening through the crowd, the driver crashed into this tree. >> he came out of the vehicle, and basically gave up. it looks like he was waiting for the police to arrive on scene. >> he's been in police custody since. this intersection is surrounded by busy shopping centers and there were a lot of people nearby. >> we had no idea what happened. there was two male bodies lying on the

cement. they were hit by the driver. >> several witnesses told police there were no signs the driver tried to avoid the crash. information corroborated on scene where investigators found no skid marks. they say the driver may have even accelerated at the last minute. >> there was an active investigation going onto determine the motivation and motive as to what led him to do this. >> among the charges, the driver can face assault with a deadly weapon or attempted homicide. they will be releasing more information on the suspect as well as his mugshot at 3:00 this afternoon. they've been spending the morning talking with people who work with him, who live near him, and they're hoping more witnesses will come forward. live in sunnyvale, anne mackovec, kpix5. police are searching an apartment complex in sunnyvale that may be connected with the crash investigation. these are pictures just in from the scene. it's unclear exactly what authorities are looking for. we'll have much

more on this developing story coming up on the kpix5 news at 5:00. meanwhile, april is national distracted driving awareness month. san francisco police are out in full force in the sunset district making sure drivers are paying attention. the safety operation comes of two deadly deaths in soma. a bicycle was killed ride riding her bicycle on 7th street and yesterday a skateboarder was killed on 7th. >> we want people to be focused on the road and what they're doing and be free of any distractions whether it's a hand held device or anything else. stay focused because we want to get all accidents and fatalities in the city down to zero. >> just a reminder, police say holding a phone while driving is illegal even when stopped at a red light. a first offense, ticket starts at $162. new at noon, another headache for the transit center. emily turner joining us with the latest problem

setting back its reopening date again. >> first it was the cracked beams and it's the path that runs through the rooftop garden and the project expected to cost up to 1 million and the project has been inaccessible to the bubble. small -- but its continued to get worse even without foot traffic during the closure. now, the brand new transit center has been shutdown since october when workers discovered cracks in two beams and crews installed two new beams and that work is expected to be completed in july. the contractors -- with this new issue of the pathway, it's not clear when that's going to be. michelle. >> emily, thank you. taking a live look outside.

blue skies across the bay area. the temperature is setting a record in contra costa county. >> we have where things are heating up with mary lee. >> michelle and kenny, we are watching those temperatures rise, and a few spots will likely break records for today. record highs. and you can see temps right now in the 70s and in the 80s at this hour. a live look of our oakland airport camera. temperatures compared to yesterday at this time, looking at similar temperatures, some spots a little cooler. other spots a few degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. but in concord, likely breaking a record today. today's record high is set last year of 85. forecasting 89 in concord this afternoon. we'll talk about when we'll see temperatures a little bit cooler in that 7-day forecast coming up. kenny. >> thank you. president trump is taking to congressional democrats. he says he doesn't want his staffers complying with their investigators. nicole killian is at the white house.

>>reporter: president trump is pushing back against democrat led investigations on capitol hill. >> i say it's enough. >> the president told the "washington post" his staffers should not testify on capitol hill. he says they cooperated fully with special counsel robert mueller. end quote. there's no reason to go further especially in congress where it's very partisan. this follows a house judiciary committee of former white house committee mcgahn who was quoted in mueller's report more than 150 times. >> we're fighting all the subpoenas. these are impartial people. the democrats are trying to win 2020. >> house speaker nancy pelosi has congress has the constitutional responsibility of over sight and she denies the investigations are purely political. >> it's not political, it's about -- >> president trump is also trying to prevent democrats from looking into

his business dealings. he's suing how oversight cummings after his committee subpoenas the president's personal accountants. >> we cannot afford to allow our president to be above the law. and he cannot dictate to us what we look into or what we don't look into. >> treasure secretary that knew shan missed a deadline tuesday to turnover the president's tax returns to congress. one government official who will speak with congress is attorney general william barr. the justice department confirms he's still scheduled to testify about the mueller report next wednesday and thursday. nicole killian, cbs news, the white house. >> the house oversight committee will vote on holding personal security director cline in contempt of congress after the white house instructed him not to testify about security clearances. potentially the last big name candidate is about to enter the race for the democratic presidential nomination. sources tell cbs

news, former vice-president joe biden will launch his campaign. he's leading the 2020 hopefuls of 20%. that's 7% ahead of san ders and biden's pack sent an e-mail to supporters on tuesday hinting an announcement is coming soon. he's been toying with the idea of getting in the race for a year now. biden has made a run for president twice before. at 76, be the second oldest candidate. jong un is in -- today kim met with russian officials near a train station before travelling to the port city of vos to being for today's summit. no joint statements are said to begin. there's talks between north korea and the united states. the death toll from sunday's easter bomb attacks

in sri lanka stands at 360. authorities say more suicide bombers may be out there. new security video shows two suspected bombers inside one of the hotels moments before it exploded and ices is claiming responsibility and the man in the middle is believed to be the master mind. foreign agencies warn of threats even up to the final minutes. >> we were told even ten minutes before the blast, indian intelligence had said this is going to happen. >> as families continued to bury their relatives, some muslims are fleeing their homes while they -- charles manson follower and convicted murderer leslie is getting a new shot today for being released. she stabbed a wealthy grocier and his wife in 1959. her attorney will be arguing an

appeal for her release after a federal judge denied her parole last year. authorities are responding to a derailed train near texas. it has been burning since this morning. crews attempt to douse the flames with an industrial crane. four train cars have been derailed but there are no reports of any injuries so far. first responders have been working since well before sunrise to contain the blaze. nearby homes have been evacuated and a hazmat crew have been deployed to monitor the nearby air quality. dangerous weather is causing problems across the dallas fort worth area. parts of the parking garage at love field airport are flooded with officials estimating that more than 30 cars are under water. a truck load of tv dinners spills on a sierra roadway. the crash that led to this mess. plus a new look at the dangerous toxins that may be

found in popular e-cigarettes.

back to our developing news in sunnyvale. right now, police are searching an apartment complex. we're hearing this may be connected to the crash last night when a car plowed into 8 pedestrians. this is a live look from chopper 5 over this apartment complex. it's unclear what authorities are looking for inside. we're going to have the very latest on air and of course online at kpix.com.

caltrans spent much of the morning mopping this up mess in placer county. you're looking at 30,000 pounds of frozen food -- lanes opened an hour ago. this happened after a semi truck caught fire before 6:00 this morning. a truck turned on its side. it's not clear what led up to the crash and no word on the driver's condition. two teenage boys are under arrest following a smash-and-grab robbery on the peninsula. palo alto police say johnson and flores of daily city were breaking into vehicles at a parking garage last week on bryan street near an apple store. police caught the 18 year olds as they were trying to leave and stolen property was returned. investors will keep an eye on reports from tesla and facebook. they're due out this afternoon. as we take a look at the big board, seeing how the dow is doing with about 45 minutes to go and the dow is down

15 points. parents are having a tough time cutting the cord. 50% of parents are sacrificing their retirement funds to support their adult children and that includes from paying cell phones to car costs. a study suggest that popular e-cigarettes may be contaminated did dangerous toxins. that's in addition to nicotine and other products. there were traces of inflammatory bacteria and 81% had signs of fungal contamination and exposure to those toxins is associates with asthma and reduced lung function. another new study suggests that many kids don't know what they're vaping or how addictive it can be. researchers at stony brook children's hospital surveyed people under 21 about their tobacco e-cigarette and marijuana habits. they found 40% who used in the past week didn't realize their products contained nicotine. but test show they had significant levels of the

chemical in their system. >> these kids are using these high content products, and they're potentially going to get addicted and they don't know what's going on. >> meanwhile drug store chains crackdown on the purchase ever tobacco products, and rite aid will raise the minimum age to 21 within 90 days and walgreens says it will increase the age requirement to 21 starting september 1st. cvs stopped selling tobacco products in 2018. lynch is hanging up his cleat. >> lynch was a stand out for the seahawks for a decade and retired from there in 2016 and joined the raiders a year later and suffered groiing injury -- the a's take on the texas rangers and tonight, the

warriors take on the clippers in game 5 of the first round of the playoffs. the warriors have a chance to close out the series tonight as they lead the clippers three games to one and tip off at 7:30. sharks' fans are celebrating the miracle come back against vegas and they rallied from a three-goal deficit forcing an over time win against the golden knights and the 5-4 win brings the avalanche to the tank for round two on friday. >> it was a miracle on ice down in san jose. we're celebrating them as well as nice temperatures today, mary. >> that's right, kenny and michelle. plenty of sunshine and temps are warming up. here's a look at our dublin camera. 86 degrees in dublin. another hot day especially inland. watching the temperatures rise and coming closer to high -- concord looking at breaking the record high for

today. cooler along the coast. already noticing onshore flow kicking along the coast, so cooler for you, and the strong sea breeze for you later on in the week with temperatures cooling down. here's the strong ridge of high pressure in place for now. it's going to shift a little bit to the south. and with that clockwise flow around that ridge looking at an onshore wind component. as we go through the day today, enjoy the sunshine, and we will continue with sunshine as we head through the day tomorrow. because of high pressure sinking air acting like a lid, it's trapping the air pollutants to the surface. we have an a moderate air quality across the bay area. our sunset at 7:53. and our sunrise tomorrow morning at 6:21. check out our date time highs, mid to upper 60s along the coast. we're looking at temperatures around the low 80s in oakland to mid 80s for fremont, san jose, 90 degrees for fairfield as well as for livermore. upper 80s for napa. above average temperatures across

the bay area. here's the 7-day forecast and what you can expect. we are looking at temps a little cooler thursday and friday. but especially for the weekend with stronger onshore throw kicks in for all of us, and then much cooler by early next week. so we're going to see those temps take a dip, but mild. >> i feel like we're never happy. we want it to cool off and then warmup. >> i'm happy. >> because you're going to the beach. still ahead, getting social media worthy vacation pictures at the fraction of the trip's cost. we'll explain how. to simone, i leave the van gogh.

to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads.

the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. merriam webster added 600 new words and phrases to its dictionary and among them is buzzy is someone or something that draws a lot of attention and bottle episode. that's a cheap episode of a tv show that sticks to a single settle. new definitions are given to compton words and examples are snow flake which can refer to someone who is very sensitive. and purple which besides the color can also refer to an area that has an even amount of republicans and

democrats. meantime, there is an unofficial world getting a lot of attention today. >> it's called a fake-cation and it's called a fake-cation allows you to do that. the company is photoshop you on backdrops of hawaii and the grand canyon and popular travel spots and customers pay for a fake-cation to spice up their social media pages. >> get better at photoshoping and you'll save money. >> or go to the beach. >> if you have a consumer problem or question, e-mail us, consumerwatch@kpix. com or call us at 1-888-5-helps-u. we'll be right back.

today's tip of the day is red row makeup. romaine is great as caesar salads or just putting them on a sandwich because of its texture. there's a red it has. let's talk about storage. when you buy them, nice and red. you see that. look how beautiful that is. where it has been put. nice and clear. look where the red starts at the bottom of the steam of the leaf. it's beautiful. when you bring them home, in your refrigerator right away and it stays crispy. a little water and take any leaflet tuesday and put it in there and take it off and shake

off the access water and put it in the refrigerator. that's called crispy and that's what restaurants do, it keeps it crispy than in a bag in the refrigerator. red romaine, i'm tony tantillo. after the wet winter months, the bay area enjoying summer-like temperatures but they come with a pesky problem. we'll have that story and much more tonight at 5:00. >> all right. get out there and enjoy your day. we go for a walk everyday and you can come and join us. >> i like sitting on the bench and chilling. >> i know. >> fantastic out there. enjoy it.

>> kelly: dada! >> thomas: s-sorry, i di-- i didn't mean to... >> hope: no, it's just... it's heartbreaking, little kelly missing her dad this much. [ sighs ] i can tell how much she misses liam. >> thomas: uh, i-i remember how attached douglas was at that age. he couldn't be apart from me for, uh, an hour [snorts softly] let alone weeks. it seems painfully clear. kelly and phoebe need their dad. >> wyatt: i know that this has