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orleans and louisiana. the system continues to move slowly. i will continue for some time. there many without power. >>george: the center of the storm is moving over louisiana. apart rainfall and a sustained winds of over 80 mi. an hour. one person said that left a huge hole in the roof pin >> i'm some praise the there's this kind of damage to this -- with this kind of hurricane. >> this is a rough -- when this is remnants of hurricane katrina. >> we have a lot of standing water in the city and potential for a lot of
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catastrophe. >>george: and this is a fee -- and this is the beam and they say is that this storm has brought more damage than expected. i say is moving slowly. that means some residents can't receive a tropical storm conditions for a day or more. >> wins coming go from time to time. -- wins-- winds there could be anywhere from 14-20 in. of rainfall. >> >>justine: let's go to erica. >>erica: of what to bring it
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up on satellite and radar. the hurricane actually hit landfall last night. this is a slow-moving system. you can see how wide it is. it is pretty slow moving. there have been an with speeds up to 80 mi. per hour. we will be tracking this throughout the morning. the stormy source is up to 12 ft.. it looks like you once it moves on to land it will lose some of its steam. it could move as far north
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as chicago. we will be the new updates throughout the morning. been dispatched to the golf course -- golf coast to is this those from the hurricane and i said. they're expected to be there for about three weeks. >>mark: as your flying out of the bay area this morning make sure you check with your airline to make sure you can reach your destination. right now the only flights that cancelled from the bay area of the flies directly to and from new orleans. >> here are some pictures of new orleans. >>justine: fired cruise
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responded to a fire at a commercial owners repaired this is a three alarm fire in san jose could. because of the amount of fertilizer at the nursery they are fire to burn off its to prevent chemicals and going into the guadalupe river. >>mark: and mass of water main break in san francisco burst you could see the
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damage here in the video. 14 homes had to be evacuated. our lady of the foul this school will be canceled until september 4th. >> crews are working to fill the 12 ft. wide hole. traffic was shut down. >>justine: police say the two people organize a home and so credit-card and made more than $30,000 for the purchases that also sold a vehicle. a plump with the use of the items identity to rent-a- car.
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they're also looking into the possibility of more suspects appeared this happened in june. >> police say the suspect got away with to develop some gas and fled on foot before the police to get a live look to the sky. no one was >> of pleasanton police and searching for a man who sexually assaulted -- insulted a woman well and impersonating a police officer. the heat level of the woman at an intersection and made her get out of the car and then handcuffed her. he took her to a remote area and sexually assaulted her. >>mark: let's get a of date and are forecast.
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>>erica: at this would be the last day of the two warm temperatures. we will see a noticeable cooling down as you head into the weekend. there clear conditions as you take alive look here from the mount tam camelhair in. we have very little fog to contend with appeared the fog will be slower to make it across like as we head into the evening hours >> here are the temperatures right now. as we go into the afternoon and expect mainly eighties. we could expect to see some
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>> i read at one. mid and i have a story book marriage. is storybooks never have a chapter on multiple sclerosis or breast cancer. i can't tell you what will happen of the next four years. i can only stand here tonight as the wife, a mother and a grandmother and an american and make you a solid commitment. i can make you a solid commitment that this man will not fail. >> this is chris christie.
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federal trade commission, they say the ftc has a you the book-unique authority to look into the reason for the high gasoline prices. the facts revealed the there is no excess of gas on the west coast so prices should not have jobs. that suggests the other forces may be in play in california. >>erica: everyone has enjoyed the past two days. today will be the last day of mild to warm weather. lucy in a cool down. right now we do not have
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>> a looks like we will see more and the way of morning fog as we head to the weekend. overall there would be pretty mild conditions. we're not looking at any hot spots of of the bay area. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is doing well. traffic is moving at clearly coming from all three of the purchase. the bride and her lights coming toward you were heading east bad into hayward.
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president obama was reaching an to college campuses. he went to the university to remind students that they hold a unique power to determine the direction of the country. and that they had jets as much steak and the november 6th presidential election as they did in the last election. >> the president campaigned officials say the the start of the school year is a crucial time in his campaign. >>mark: on to jerry brown to unveiled a pension plan that could save billions. it quiet -- requires employees to pay more toward the pension. the bill also increases retirement age by two years
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for of the employees. there would have to the work until the age of 67 to receive the maximum benefit. sacrifice. it is not easy. we had to make some cutbacks. that will require sacrifice. >>mark: the governor estimates the plan will serve the state's $7 billion of the next few years. >> here are the updated s -- top stories that we will be covering women come back.
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>> united airlines flights have experienced a nationwide computer glitch. many passengers had to stand in long lines. many of them said the hardest part >> they were told the the system was down until the system was back up the win was to move appeared. >> there was no one in control and no one to give you any direction. >>justine: the problem was fixed last night with the record is that the problem is widespread pin. the cause of the problem was not known and they're still looking into appeared >>mark: to enhance its other
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memorial hospital and no and sacramento were affected by more subtle. a bacterial infection. there are many at risk for infection. the outbreak started about two weeks ago pin. one parent who did not want to lend cannon can wrap was obviously upset. >> the responsible ones the hospital bill and sticking care of everything they should be more responsible. >>mark: aspirin show that this it may impact people dying from prostate cancer. the study is published in
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>> i would say that the levies are and a lot better shape. we can have an isolated incident and i am convinced now that anything that is built by man can be destroyed by mother nature. >> this area could see as much as 20 in. of rain of the next couple of days >> >>justine: paul ryan's speech is expected to focus his personality and said-0- >> if you want to watch the convention you can follow it on our comcast 193.
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erica >>erica: i did want to bring up this live shot-- a lot of the seats from yesterday has escaped pin we're talking about the '50s for the most part until -- '60s for the most part year and as we head into tomorrow we will see and cooling. i went to focus our attention on his ability. the little bit of fog in cloud cover rehab is isolated to the san mateo coastline. we do have 5 mi. visibility
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on highway one. by lunchtime he will see the majority of the bay area's sitting in the '70s and '80s. by 3:00 you can see some red moving toward the screen but it does not reach our area pin. you're the afternoon highs. the kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast does show for the most part a warm conditions.
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we will see more cloud cover as a haven to thursday evening stretching into friday morning. we will have a pretty cool conditions as temperatures dip below the seasonal averages to head into the we get rid >> here is a picture of the bay bridge. everything looks pretty clear. the san mateo bridge is also moving well. that taillights are your commute direction and looked pretty good. the golden gate bridge looks great. there are no issues through marin county. >>justine: fire crews are on the scene of a commercial nursery pit.
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because of the amount of pesticides for sale at the nursery the firefighters are allowing them to burn off pin there have been no interest in the cause of the fire is still under investigation. it should have a live report coming about 5:00 pin >>mark: there is a crackdown on christie graffiti. there will be some charges if they are convicted of graffiti in san. -- san jose. >> this is the wall of fame. this is near railroad trestle over highway 82nd.
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in this is a communications help. >> we are quite tricky on the lookout for the other graffiti artists. >> the district attorney offices bringing charges against a group. >> i think the increasing the punishment is great because if they're just offering a find that is not enough incentive to make him stop. >> says the critics say that is a bit harsh for a nonviolent crime. he says the problem has worsened since budget cuts have reduced the size of the
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police force. >> in short order if they repainted and if it -- if the county covers up the defeat in just a matter of days it is back up. >>justine: thieves are taking cell phone as an electronics from tables were people are not >> people what to put this stuff down and then other people were appointed to come and take it. >>justine: and oakland police have increased
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patrols in this area and they're asking people to be more aware of their personal property. >> one of the men and known as a speed freak killer is out of prison. they were convicted -- the man and his partner were convicted of killing four women and the 19 cities. >> they tell sherman time to this site where they were looking for the remains of some of the women that were killed. >> the california assembly woman pushed for their release.
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he is taken out of prison and into his own stopping-- at his old stomping ground her. they even offered him money a onetime for exchange of the tunnel locations. many are very pleased that the wheels and attorney. >> there has been many families that were involved with this the are relieved that something is happening again. this is a sight to where they're going to begin to dig her and.
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advanced piece of equipment ever has cents [music] back to earth. >> curiosity sent a message to nasa's and mistreated. >> this is an extraordinary feat. landing in rover on mars is uneasy. >> from that we had the first human voice from another planet paired well and not really. it was recorded on earth and
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then transmitted from curiosity. curiosity continues to send back and images from the marshals service staff -- surface. they are comparing this whole to the grand canyon. if it took the rover -- it would take the road for 100 days to get there. we are not sure the heat their real or descend the. by connecting to two satellites in orbit, curiosity has already sent back more dave david than any previous exploring
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>>mark: f. please a looking for three suspects and 7 cisco. -- police were looking for the suspects that have attacked people and san francisco. there was one instance where two people were attacked and sprayed in the face with pepper spray. the guy punched my neighbor in the face. the woman started attacking
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me. they started to try and grab my purse. >> one of the suspect is described as african- american male and the other one is female. the got away and the car driven by a third suspect. >>justine: let's go to erica for force gas. here's hoping that the weather and is a way to continue. >>erica: we are going to notice cooler conditions on thursday friday could. he has a look from the mt. tam cam this morning. piquancy the we do have a little bit of reduce
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show clear skies into the afternoon. the marine layer will start treaty then heading into thursday. we will see temperatures start to decrease as we start the next work week. >> taking a look around the bay area we see no hot spots. take a look outside at the approach to the bay bridge is a toll plaza. there is no way. the san mateo bridge is moving smoothly. golden gate bridge shows a lot of space between cars. on the traffic map will see a lot of green on the road away senses.
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-- roadway sensors. usually the all the mob pass is one of the first rise to slow down but it is looking good right now. >>james: a former navy seals book is coming out a week early. acclaims to document the operation last year to it that killed ban on the. it is coming out early because of the strong demand. >>justine: it seems that the public can it not get enough of prince harry.
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now there are rumors that this new pictures are just a tip of the iceberg. -- nude pictures. >> we will look forward to a wonderful display of sports. >> this is the first scheduled appearance after the naked photos. >> apparently there is much more to be seen with prince harry and his wild ways. and these pictures are have of him romping naked and a las vegas hotel room.
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the tabloids are having a field day. how does the world reacting? apparently in support of the prince harry. even though prince harry has removed himself from facebook, f facebook has splatter his picture across the net with naked pictures. one person said shame for those who broke the sacred code appeared what place since inveighed against states in vegas. >>mark: one woman falls asleep in the underground. you want to see what happens
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>>justine: and fresno county mother saved his child from a man that was tied to kidnap them. >> a parent's worst nightmare pin it almost became a reality and said this morning home tuesday morning pin a child was nearly kidnapped right in front of her mother. the suspect came into the back window and attempted to steal the euro. >> there was quite a big struggle. he grabbed the toddler and headed into the car. she grabbed a shotgun and told him to let go of her
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allowing water to come over. flooding has occurred. people are on the roof swimming rescue. -- people are on their roof waiting for rescue. this storm is expected to travel up to the north as it begins with the next 40 hours giving have the brains. with isaac coming ashore last night's the mouth of the mississippi river became stationery for several hours and that was the cause of the flooding. we can see heavy rain continuing. they have now built the greatest ponces of the world is ever seen. they can pump a equivalent
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to one swimming: and three seconds care. the man that led the post to treat sick recovery effort is weighing in it. >> we can have isolated incidents on the levee. we all know that anything that was built by man can be destroyed by nature. >>justine: el >>darya: 1800 people died from katrina. the cause billions of dollars of damage. the floodgates of enclosed for the first time. since they have been built by.
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lawrence is much better equipped to handle the storm surge. >> we have a lot of standing water in the city. >>darya: there are no mandatory evacuation. the people there told to leave the area of the patience of the rent residential nursing homes. >> you will see a ripple effect across the country. you will see a cancellations of flights to new orleans or of the country. >>mark: the red cross has volunteered to go to the golf course coast to offer assistance pin
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or the 2400 volunteers will arrive in the gulf coast pin >>james: this is a storm track of your expected. it made landfall last night and it pulled back in is making another landfall this morning. as you saw on some of the life pictures -- a live pictures you will see a lot of damage as it passes. the weather a round the bay , we see very little fog. you're looking for sunny conditions this afternoon and the fog return overnight. we would expect cooling as we head into the weekend. will have more on the forecastle it appeare we will he
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more on that later. >>george: of the commutes are light. >>darya: a pair of a much anticipated and speeches were highlighted last night at that republican national convention. chris christie put a fire under the nassau ken bentsen. he said stand at -- chris christie balefire under the republican national convention. mrs. romney spoke. cs second only stand as a
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look here as in life, a mother and grandmother and an american to tell you that this man will not fail. >>darya: today they will hear a speech from countries the right. -- kindly sun right. lima also speak at about hometown values. >> you cannot follow the decision 12 convention coverage on our new comcast channel appeared >>mark: we would be back in
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early as l in story pit affairs car at this scene at industry firepit -- an industry fire. >>will: firefighters are still here they are able to pounce on this fire quickly because they had a game plan. this is a day nursery with lots of plants. they were concerned about the pesticides going into the drinking water. >> when you got your capt. union exactly what you're pointing to care >> we need by the color of the flames that there was another excel or burning.
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with the nursery you can figure that it is fertilizer and such. he had to find where they were and and change our tactics. we allow the fire to burn up did chemicals instead have tried to extinguish them allow the chemicals to dump into though drinking water. >>will: so your plan was to burn all of the pesticides appeared because we had no wind the toxic smoke went straight up in the sow that was the best play the lead- way to protect our citizens. >> we had a hazardous materials team down here and they tested all of the water. it tested fine. there were no injuries.
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unfortunately the building is a total of loss. >>will: that you think that this fire is suspicious? >> we didn't do not believe at this time that there was any criminal activity in relation to this fire. >>will: and looks like there when to be here for most of the morning. we will come back and get more reaction from the capt. throughout the morning. >>mark: thanks will. >>justine: at of gulf port mississippi, we're tracking the very latest with hurricane icing. again see the white caps from the storm surge.
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at the camera is taking a little bit because of all all of the wind out there appeared we will continue to track this story throughout the day. >>darya: more than 1500 visitors from yosemite national park are getting and notices morning. they could have been exposed to aids virus. >> at keep your eyes on the weather. it was a gorgeous day yesterday. will find out what's coming when we come back.
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the relative of assemblywoman. she has been pushing to have him released. >> mean time the bounty hunter has been talking to him. this man and his partner were responsible for more than 20 debt-and '80s and '90s. >>darya: many visitors at yosemite national park may be at risk of catching a road been borne disease. may have been exposed to a disease.
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four people have contacted the virus pin the illness is spread by contact with the feces particles. a stockton resident said she became sick right after she visited the village. >> i went to get a blood test at the lab. after feeling very sick they tested my blood and said that i had been exposed >> >>mark: let's get more on the forecast with a james.
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>>james: here is a live look from the mt. tam cam. it is pretty clear out there. going forward it will be cooler after today. we have a another sunny and warm afternoon to look forward to at the coast. as we move into the rest of the week and will be more on the mild side but we will talk more about that later. right now the temperatures or in the '50s. it is clear out there this morning. here are today's highs. after today we are expecting
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temperatures to drop quite a bit weir. take a quick look at the three and day out loud. you can see as we head toward friday temperatures would drop dramatically. there is quite a cool down. women come back with our-- another look at the weather we will see what that the temperature will be like a the weekend. >>george: we cannot tracking any hot spots around the area. the conditions are good on the bridges. there is light traffic on the bay bridge pin the san
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mateo bridge ride on went into it looks good. for your ride to the golden gate bridge, cruisers on the span and the north and predicted that construction for the commute. was take a look at the east shore freeway ride. there's no slowing in the area. one of wind north bound looks good at of the coyote valley. in there and no delays through to the teen a. -- cupertino. >>mark: gov. jerry brown has
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unveiled a pension pot-- pension plan the can save millions. they're encouraging public employees to pay half of their pension costs. a also increase the retirement age by two years for new employees. >> is very important to note that employees are making sacrifices. it is not easy. this is because of what happened in the market and how things turned out. that will require sacrifice and we will recognize that on the part of public workers. >>mark: this will save this say about $30 billion of the next few years. >>darya: will be back with more in just a couple of minutes i.
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>>mark: dozens of babies in a local hospital have been exposed to the a's staff and action. -- and action. -- infection. it is very contagious. one person that did not what young camera is upset. >> that should have answers. they are the hospital. >> crews are cleaning pads and are-- cleaning debts and
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not to make sure that it doesn't spread. >> >>mark: the fda approves a new age of the drug. the company says that this is in line with some of the of the products for treating hiv. >>darya: and a new study did say that people who are happier have different gene. they have a specific kind of gene that help -- allows them to be happier when appeared it regulates how quickly the brain breaks down feel-good chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. prolongin--
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lawrence. i highs expect to pass over louisiana today and tomorrow. -- the guy-- eye is expected to passover. right now there is that half a million people without power in new orleans a levy is hole holding right now. their reports of people stranded on the roofs of their homes right now appeared in the hurricane is expected to slam in new orleans for the next 5-10 hours. >> that stormed search is
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the lens less and people did evacuate. we do have resources ready to go until the winds calmed down just a window are. >>justine: here are live pictures right now and new orleans. this is what is like right now. you can see there is a lot of water on the lens and camera shaking. in gulfport mississippi there is a different look. the storm surge is pushing through. you're seeing a lot of white caps pin you can count on us for continuing coverage. >>james: here is the latest information from the track in center. and can see it making a curve and heading out up toward the chicago area.
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but between now and then it will convert to a tropical storm and the strength will be downgraded. it will dump more than that 15-20 in. of rain in the next 24 hours or so. >> was take a look at were expecting. we have a nice northerly wind. and keeps the fog off the coast. we have one more nice day and that it will cool down as we head toward the weekend. >>george: a quick to meat check pin there are pretty good conditions around the bay area. when you get on to the bay bridge this morning there is
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a contested san touting had the honor to the bay bridge pin that will be closed for a little longer. and >>darya: techies sizzle is out there. it looks like they are doing some repair work. >>jackie: >>darya: it looks like we have a problem with the microphone. it looks like they're not working at the moment it will continue to fix this water main that progress to date. it did cause flooding in the street. >>
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>>mark: a shooting victim was lost injured in the obsess suspect that the manager of away. was into the hospital and died >> and armed robbery was caught on camera. they took nearly $200 in cash pin. he fled on foot before police arrived and will miss her. >>darya: liza looking for a man -- a police are looking for a man who was impersonating an officer. pulled her over and ordered her out of the car. then he handcuffed and took her to a remote area where
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he sexually assaulted her. >> in north oakland teams in our steeling itself cause and other electronic devices from a cafe tables from distracted customers. we put a things and the table to go inside the cups of water and never expected it pin >> i do not have my cell phone and i do not have my wallet. >> if he believed there equipment they're there and the taken and therefore to sell. >>darya: that asking customers -- customers to be aware of their property when their dining outside.
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they did not know where to go. the amoun >> the cast came when there was no direction. were pointed in several different directions. >>darya: the problem was fixed last night. the wide spread delays. united it will not charge any fees for people who want to cancel or we book. >>darya: we will be back with more and just a couple of minutes as we continue to track hurricane and icing. -- hurricane ice-- isaac.
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the water is running over the top of the 18 mi. stretch of the levee. 12 of water have come over the levees. this is the first test of the levees cent and they have been rebuilt in >> last night speaker included mrs. romney and chris christie. >>darya: cruiser on the scene at a mass of water break that happened -- water main break that happened yesterday. >>jackie: they have worked through the night. you can see this keeping hole in san francisco care a 42 in. water main broke.
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we have at some video of the massive amount of water that was billing out yesterday. he across the evacuation of several houses and knock down utilities to several more. we are anticipating pg&e and other crews to be out here this morning to restore power. also, there is a school nearby that had to be evacuated because of the enormous amount of water damage inside. they may be closed until sometime next week. obviously crews have to go in there and do the repairs necessary. as to come back out here live, we're waiting for utility crews to come out
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here. we can see that pg&e crews have just arrived to see what they can do to restore power. the building inspectors are expected to be out here sometime today to make sure that the buildings are all in. >> you can see how close this whole is to some of the homes. someone is when to have to get in there to make sure that this building has not been compromised. there is power in the neighborhood but there are several how was -- houses along the block that still remain without power. this is a 48 2 in. pipe.
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-- this is a 42 in. pipe. is a massive pipe. it is said to get in there and make the necessary repairs and get back up. >>mark: let's go to the weather and lookit the labor day weekend. >>james: this is a view from the mt. tam camp. you can see on the rise in the sun is starting to come up. here is the weather story: 4 repaired today expect another cleared day. -- here is the weather story going forward. today expected that a clear day. tomorrow be sunny and slightly cooler and then the on that will be much cooler for the weekend. there are the temperatures right now. they're mostly in the '50s appeared.
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we have a mile clear start today. then by 12:00 noon he concede a nice mix of '70s and '80s. by 3:00 in the afternoon we will see upper eighties and low 90s out to the east. we're not going to go well into the 90s. here are today's highs. after today the dramatically will take and. clear is a seven day of around the bay forecast.
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you will see that we have a quite a bit of cooling toward the weekend. we are quite to stay mild as we head into next week. do not forget to check comcast 4 channel 193 for constant updates pin >>george: we are looking at a current good commute around the area. we're not seeing any hot spot. here is the take a look -- here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the san mateo bridge shows a a shift in the pattern as we see more volume. with the golden gate bridge and ride looks good.
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of the lanes are open on the southbound side. looking into east bay ride looks good. for your trip into the san ramon valley and 680 we have a typical volume. in san jose is starting to slow. there is no change for the drive time from when the auto on 101. -- from novato on 101. >>justine: a passenger plane
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party was caught on video >> snookie is back then, after giving birth to her son lorenzo. >> and finally people are still talking about how doctor fills convertible was stolen-- dr.phil's classic car was stolen from a repair shop. marke >>darya: retracting hurricane isaac. these pictures are coming from cough or mississippi. they have a levee problem right now. >> there is a fire and a
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