tuesday night, let abc be your place for live up-to-the-minute results with george stephanopoulos andne sawyer. >>> the former president of penn state has been charged with a cover-up in the jerry sandusky scandal. graham spanier is accused of perjury, obstruction and child endangerment. his lawyer says the facts don't support the charges. and says the governor is behind what they call a politically-motivated frameup. >>> he's a scene across montana as police chase a wanted man from virginia. the suspect started throwing pipe bombs out his window. some of the bombs went off. but no one was hurt. the chase went on for 40 miles before officers disabled the suspect's car. now, he faces charges in both montana and virginia. >>> and in hawaii, an incredible record-setting feat. a washington high school teacher became the first man to make it from the mainland to hawaii by rowing kiting. cory wilson took 43 days to complete the trek from san diego in his modified kayak. congratulations. better shape than i am. >> same here. >>> get ready to fall back. it is that time of year again when the

let's get the latest photographs from abc-7 meteorologist leigh glaser. >> leigh: the live shot was high atop mt. tamalpais. doppler d. -- live doppler 7hd aimed at the system just to the north. this next wave of rain is coming in from the north trajectory, which means it's a colder storm and it's going to hold less moisture. so we won't see a lot of rainfall compared to the storm system that moved through yesterday. santa rosa, all of this is moving from north to south and will slowly advance across the bay area overnight tonight. some moderate rain over towards western mine road. even get something report of rain developing under the novato area. also over towards vacaville. and here is a look at that storm system. starting to narrow a little bit. not as strong as the one that moved through last night. and this is going to move through the bay area overnight tonight. by tomorrow afternoon, we will return to sunshine. so that is good news. >> ama: we'll now take you to the north bay where tomas roman is live. and i understand flooding is a concern and sand bags are available. reporter:

let's go to abc's dan harris, our colleague, who is in staten island tonight. dan?reporter: good evening to you from in front of what remains of a neighborhood restaurant here. the people in this area say they were hit by a sort of tsunami. in my ways, it was a secret tsunami, because the vast majority of the media attention has really focused on the jersey shore and lower manhattan. so, today, we decided to travel to staten island to see for ourselves this hidden pocket of utter devastation. we woke up this morning to alarming images out of staten island. people being plucked off their roovs two days after sandy, in scenes reminiscent of katrina. also reports of a desperate search for two children, swept away from their mom in the storm surge. and then word that the death toll had nearly doubled to 14. it was becoming clear that staten island, a sleepy enclave best known as the name sake for the famous staten island ferry, was a world away from the rest of this city which today was getting moving again. so, we hopped in the car outside of our office in manhattan, e

let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. i'm not ready for this cold weather. oh, my goodness. well, unfortunately water main breaks do continue in mount vernon today following the break on madison street. now, madison street has reopened. you're able to take that and make a left onto guilford avenue to get downtown. here's what it looks like, construction under way and that will continue today. they made major progress yesterday, but this is a 30- inch main, so it's going to take a little while to fix, but, again, the roadway will be reopened. not so lucky, though, on north charles street. there was a break last week there and that does remain shut down from north avenue to 21st street. we, of course, will bring you the very latest developments on both breaks as they do develop. now, if you are traveling out on the roads this morning, this is what 95 looks like downtown at 395. traffic moving right along. there are no delays through the fort mchenry tunnel, harvard tunnel also going to be

romney racing to cram in 13 states in seven states there, 13 cities in those seven states so let's go to abc'sr who has been racing across the country with him in the states that could decide it. ohio. david? >> reporter: no big surprise there, diane, where you find us tonight, right here in columbus, ohio. take a look here to give you an idea where we are inside a hangar at the airport packed with romney fans on the eve of the election. these voters know how high the stakes are here in the buckeye state. on the eve of election a rare quiet moment between mitt romney and his longest running mate, his wife. captured by mitt's body man as they call him on the campaign before they greeted a crowd of thousands in virginia. >> are we going to be neighbors soon? [ cheers ] >> reporter: then the crowd with its own election eve countdown. the frenetic push to the finish. romney starting in florida then virginia tonight here in ohio. but in these final days romney made it clear the states they need. >> the battleground of the battlegrounds. >> is ohio going to do it for us? >> all: yes. >> reporter: th

let's check the abc timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: off to art but we of sleep on sunday. problems on the roads. a water main break shut down the westbound lanes of route 40 and this is northeast baltimore. there's another water mayne break on york road right near cold spring lane. the one northbound lane is actually getting by at this time the southbound travels being detoured. so, you want to avoid york road if possible this morning. stick with charles street or 83 as an alternate. as we check in and look at some of the main lines 695 moving right along here at dulaney valley road. no problems to report from parkville up to 8 3. and this is with the west side at liberty road. looking at a normal 9ment ride on the outer -- 9 minute ride on the outer loop. and an accident cleared from 95 at fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza but no delays. looking at typical 8 minute ride northbound from 695 to the toll plaza. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >>> news time is 6:32. an update to a story we brought you out of atlanta. atlanta journal constitution is

>> let's hope so. abc's matt gutman there in tel aviv tonight. matt, thank you. >>> as we head now across the border to gaza, where for eight days, families have been living under threat of rocket fire there, as well. scrambling into bunkers. but tonight, many are celebrating there. abc's alex marquardt is in gaza city this evening. alex, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, david. just a few hours ago, the israeli navy was pummeling this shoreline with artillery. both sides literally firing until the last minute. and tonight, there's a jubilation on the streets of gaza that hasn't been seen in years. the green flags of hamas waved across the gaza strip tonight. palestinians poured into the streets. there is definitely a sense of relief on the street, but make no mistake, this is a victory celebration. after a week of fighting with israel, these palestinians feel like they've won. won, because for the first time, militant groups were able to fire rockets into israel's biggest cities. jerusalem and tel aviv. you feel this is a turning p

let's turn to abc 7 news for another look. >> okay. we've been talking about waves of rainfall.e've got a wave moving through throughout the bay area now. some off shore, much moving inland already. this has been a pattern looping the image, it's been coming up from south and southwest throughout the afternoon into evening hours.vnl now, we're looking at a cell moving throughout sonoma county. moving into the general

first, let's go to abc 7 news laura anthony reporting from the snow in truckee tonight. >> it's beginning look like winter. up in lake tahoe. north star families took to the ice rink perhaps working up an appetite for thursday's big thanksgiving dinner. it was a storm that made it easy on those trying to get to the mountains as snow levels stayed awell 8,000 feet. on slopes that wasn't so good. producing just an inch or so of new snow making the stuff at bottom slushy. >> i was shredding hard. and it was fun. it's getting slushy as the day goes on. it's a good day. >> at north star runs were open were crowded as skiers tune up for some thanksgiving turns. >> did you think you'd be seeing before thanksgiving? >>. no. no way. the earliest we thought would be january, february. >> my favorite part is going up with the chairs. like when you come down. you can go as fast as you want. then as slow as you want, when you want. >> by tomorrow, north star plns to make sure more people can go up and down, opening&yr a lit going up to the top of mount pluto. >> opening here, meaning they'll be ski to

let's get a check now of the abc 2 news time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. if you are traveling in mount vernon, we are still dealing with water main break repairs. now, madison street has reopened. you're able to take that down and make a left onto guilford avenue to travel all the way downtown. but as the morning rush does progress, you will want to expect congestion. and this was a look at the scene from yesterday. you'll notice a lot of construction in the area. that will be the same case. they did, however, make a lot of progress yesterday, the 30- inch main that did burst and no word yet on exactly when it will be finished. you will want to stick with calvert street or 83 instead to avoid the delays. if you are traveling this morning, 83 going to be your best option. and this is what it looks like just north of 695. normal conditions in the area, no problems traveling from southbound from 695 all the way to downtown. that stretch will take you just 11 minutes. and the beltway nice and clear all the way around you're l

let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. i'm not a fan of this cold weather. please warm it up a little bit. unfortunately season only going to get worse. we are dealing with two water main breaks still in baltimore city, in mount vernon, it's still going to have an impact on all the madison street, but it has reopened. you are actually able to make a left and get downtown on guilford. as the morning rush does progress, you will want to anticipate delays. use 83. this is a look at the scene yesterday. you can see a lot of work under way. they made significant progress, all of the water had been restored to residents and businesses in the mount vernon neighborhood. but no word yet on when the 30- inch main will be repaired. it could take quite a while. about a mile away from this scene we're still dealing with last week's massive water main break. it continues to shut down north charles street. that's going to be right between north avenue and 21st street. your best alternate routes are 83 a

let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. we are dealing with some fog up in fredrick, so do expect reduced visibility. and in anne arundel county we do have a crash on route 50 that's blocking all eastbound lanes right now at bay dale drive. if you are traveling in baltimore city, water main break repairs continue on madison street right near falls way. now, madison street is now open. you can actually take it, make a left onto guilford avenue to get downtown, but you will want to expect delays. more break break repairs on north charles street. that's actually going to be shut down north avenue to 21st street. your best alternate routes are going to be calbert street and 83. and there are no delays right now on the jfx. if you are traveling the beltway, this is what it looks like on the west side. traffic starting to pick up. we are looking at a 14-minute ride right now on the outer loop from 795 down to 95 and congestion starting to build here in parkville at hartford road. inner loop nice

not a major storm but one dampened most of the bay area by now. >> let's go straight to abc 7 weather can see on the wide view here, we have pockets of light rain and areas of showers, waves of showers. much of the bay area experiencing dry weather. closing in a bit here looking down towards south bay, we see a spot of showers near san bruno and another line of showers from fremont across and portolla valley. far south heavier activity in a wider path into the

. >> eliot: for more on the situation on the ground, let's go to abc news correspondent brandy hitt. thanks for joining us. [ sirens ] i hear in the background some sirens. what is the latest -- let's begin with the death toll. has the search and rescue now terminated and are we moving on to the next phase? >> reporter: it is really, really sad the numbers we're starting to get eliot. we're approaching close to 100 people killed according to "the associated press." a couple of updates we received throughout the day including recently. two little boys who vanished and were ripped from their mother's arms in staten island when the storm hit, they have found the bodies of the 2 and 4-year-old little boys today. just devastating to hear that news. also, as they were searching homes in staten island today they found two more bodies inside a home they believe are a couple that lived there. the death toll just continues to rise. here in lower manhattan the power is obviously still out but it is slowly starting to come back online. of course, the city telling everyone they hope to have the po

abc news, new york. >> we want to tell you what measures you can take to make sure your vote won't be called into question. >> let'slisten to what abc's political contributor donna brazile had to say about this. >> remind every citizen they have the right to vote. standing in line as polls close. they may cast their ballot. bring voter registration card, i.d. if you have a utility bill, current utility bill, please bring that as well. >> that's a great advice. can't argue with that. >> we will be right back. >> you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after sharon osbourne has never been shy about sharing the struggles of her life. this time it is no different. >> she has gone through a 13 hour double mastectomy for preventative reasons. and now linsey davis reports she is telling the world about the procedure. >> she was there for her son when he announced his battle with ms. >> he's great. he's doing really, really good. and i want to thank everyone for all of their good will. >> but now it's sharon osborne's turn to lean on her family, revealing to "hello" magazine after discov

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eliot: for more on the crisis left by hurricane sandy in and around new york and new jersey let's go to "abc correspondent brandy hit in lower manhattan. thanks for joining us. >> hi, eliot. >> eliot: what is the latest you can report in terms of transportation hospitals power, evacuation, what have you heard most recently from those in charge. >> there is a lot to update for you. first when it comes to power. the power is slowly starting to come back online in lower manhattan. that's a good sign. when it comes to transportation we know there is limited subway service tomorrow morning. in manhattan, you can't get around on the subways because many of them are still underwater. but we saw traffic backups throughout because of people trying to get back to work. when it comes to the airport two of the three major airports are operational. and we learned that laguardia will be opening tomorrow with limited service. we're not out of the woods yet. there are power outages in this area. bellevue hospital is being evacuated by national guard troops. they've been without power for several days. they'

. >>> let's get from abc's martha raddatz.artha, the fbi was circling petraeus, while he's dealing with the fallout from the killings at the consulate in benghazi. and we heard that petraeus was clashing with others in the agency. and how and when he's going to be testifying to congress about that. >> reporter: i think petraeus is eager to defend the cia during the benghazi attack. and he had argued to get a timeline out about what happened and was clashing with some people. he still has a security clearance and knows that story better than anyone. what he will not be talking about is the sex scandal that forced him to resign. but last night, admiral william mccraven, the man who planned and carried out the raid on bin laden, called petraeus an american hero for his service to the country, while saying he did not condone what happened. petraeus will not be talking about the sex scandal before the committee tomorrow. >> no, he will not. meanwhile, martha, the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, caught up in all this. several republica

let's see what's coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6. >> gordon peterson is live with a buck a head. quite a bit of a shocker. we bring you the latest developments in the surprising announcement that david petraeus will step down as head of the cia. will the president and congress be able to come up with a deal to avoid going over the fiscal cliff? we hear from the president in the house speaker today and their ideas. maureen and i will see about 6. >> be sure to check their ied's. -- their i.d's. >> how many more friday night's will have weekends this good in the forecast. clear skies, i have them. because have pushed off to the north and west. if you high, but it will mark real have any effect. in silver spring, 51. 48 in mclean. the high-pressure directly overhead and it suppresses when its overhead. clear skies, win the coming in, and maximize and below tonight. -- the wind coming in. down to 40 in the city and probably down to 36 in many suburban areas. men's 60's with sunshine tomorrow. upper 60's on veterans day sunday. endy observe the veterans day looks terrific. the chance

i'm going to fight through this. >> reporter: for "good morning america," paula faris, abc news, new york. >>> let'sr ashton. we just saw brooke right there. it's very common. but the good news, very curable. >> thyroid cancer is on the rise in this country. over 50,000 cases diagnosed each year. the majority of them are women. as we say in the medical community, if you have to hear the "c" word, if you have to be told you have cancer, the prognosis for most cases is excellent. >> to go through the surgery, what will that mean? >> this is a butterfly-shaped tiny gland in your neck. it tess the hormone producer in your body. patients have to tyke life long thyroid medication. >> what are the symptoms or early warning signs you might have thyroid cancer? >> most of the time in its early stages, george, there are no symptoms. most common one is a tiny lump that you and your doctor might feel in your neck. but the key here is, while we don't understand what's causing it, common sense prevention, if you're getting x-rays, ask for the lead neck shield. that's the best you can do. >> thank you very much. >

let's head to marin county now checking in with abc 7 news with the situation there. >> rains:xon here have been stey but no huge deluges of rain or gusts of wind or anything to deal with. and it has not been that much of a cold rain until a half hour ago, it's been warm here. still, it's a great idea making sure have you rain jackets on. and to make sure you carry your umbrella. right now, traffic moving along as you'd expect on a friday evening. it's packed and slow moving and the rain has another layer, we did not see crashes or fender benders so seems like drivers are taking time so far for the last hour and a half rain raz has not been coming down in buckets but has been steady. i understand it there are bands of rain forecast to come through here, as the evening goes along, and as of course, the evening sets in, it will be colder. reporting live,. >> a tense situation because of the weather tonight. residents don't want to get stuck in the mud, again that. is what could happen. abc 7 is live in that neighborhood tonight with the latest there. >> officials came by about an hour ag

speaker boehner spoke with abc. let's listen to what he had to say about that interview. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. putti putting increased revenues on the table, but through reforming our tax code. and i would do that if the president were serious about solving our spending problem, and trying to secure our entitlement programs. >> reporter: so there you have it. he said raising tax rates is unacceptable. this is really the new slash old mantra. he says, again, revenues are on the table, but they have to come from the right place, which means tax reform and not raising rates on higher earners, so we're likely to hear more of that today. i spoke with a spokesman who said right now, no scheduled meetings between principles or staff. we're going to hear him continue to make the same points, most likely, ashleigh. >> all right. athena jones, thank you for that. we'll continue to follow and wait for those remarks, too. >>> so now i'm going to move on to this. it's been

. >> thanks to alex, and now let's bring in abc's global affairs anchor christiane amanpour who joinss from jerusalem. christiane, what is the situation there militarily? are there still fears of a ground war? >> reporter: martha, from the military point of view, they want to just get rid of as much of hamas' rocket-launching capability as possible. i just talked to a senior military official here, an israeli official, who said they seemed to be quite pleased with what they've done so far. in about a thousand sorties, they've taken out quite a lot of the rocket-launching capability, so if there is to be a ground offensive, it looks like they're amassing to keep the military track going to give a threat to hamas to say they're serious or as they say to me, cocking the trigger ready to pull it if hamas does something like kill a huge number of israeli civilians here in jerusalem or tel aviv, and from hamas' point of view they have have shown something that can reach the distances of to tel aviv and jerusalem. will that be enough for both to get off the exit ramp? we'll see. >> just quic

. >> in oakland abc 7 news. >> let's check on the forecast now inching towards thanksgiving. >> yes.are changing just a bit. >> let me show you a time lapse. this afternoon, you can see these neat-looking clouds. you're getting clouds out of the storm headed our way. rainfall in eureka, 60 degrees there. 0 degrees by afternoon. 69 in san diego. 72 degrees if los angeles. tahoe getting rain, perhaps snow. woor looking at rain in the north bay. temperatures upper 50s to 60s, sprain reign spreads across the area. showers for wednesday morning, thanksgiving is dry. black friday is dry. milder pattern into the weekend. temperatures into the 60s going into monday is looking dry. thanksgiving donl only three days ahead. if you gift 35 meals or cash equivalent we'll mention your name, here are the donors. mike and suzy, 150. students and staff in fremont, 120. student skpsz staff at mill's college, 91. he liz benl ferguson, 50. a total of 4483 meals so far. you can give by calling the number on the top of the we have the abc 7 share your holiday food drive coming up december 12th. we'll take

let's look the our abc 7 waze app, one of the tougher commutes this morning out of the central valleywestbound 580 slow and go up and over the altamont pass into the dublin-pleasanton area. if you would like to navigate around download this app, it is free, available on the app store and google play. >>> still ahead, t-shirt that got a lot of attention at the giants' victory celebration. >>> also, suspected drug smugglers who didn't let a border fence stop them from trying to make a crossing. >>> first highlights from the giants' victory celebration. >>> good news for most of the bay area steadier, heavier moving into the eastern sections of contra costa, alameda, santa clara, santa cruz mountains and monterey bay going to continue to slide south and east away trust. rain and mountain snow northeast all airports open there warm weather around dallas, 50s around seattle and portland, flight arrival delays just announced into sfo, nearly 70 minutes. >>> the sun will come out tomorrow. today on katie one of the most be loved musicals of all time annie is back. katie sits down with the ne

our partners at abc news project barack obama will capture 3 electoral votes and mitt romney 33. >>> let's take a look at the projections state by state. the states in blue are for obama. the runs in red for romney. romney in south carolina, indiana, and kentucky. the projections give obama 3 electoral votes and they hope the number adds up to 270 or more needed to win the election. obama and the first lady arrived at home in chicago. the president wrapped hip his campaign with a visit to ohio and other swing states and criticized his opponents economic policies. he said romney would only increase the gap between rich and moor. romney voted in belmont, massachusetts. he, too, visited ohio and other swing states at the end of the campaign. he told voters obama failed in his efforts to fix the economy. we're drawing on the projections of our partners at u.s. broadcaster abc news. before the ballots are counted they're using exit polls to project the results state by state and analyze the counting and feed that into the model. we'll update the electoral votes projected for each candidate and

brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> let us check on the commute. >> on a public transportation good.metrorail, 10 trains, and virginia railway express running on time. we start to fill any gaps of the delays. 395 of the beltway, stop and go. gorgeous morning. maryland on 270 a lot of volume. but will be stop and go down toward 109 adding to see delays as we headed down toward germantown and rockville. back to you. >> thank you. d.c. police trying to determine our body ended up in our burning car in northeast. john gonzalez it is i haveis live with more progress good news for traffic the parkway has reopened for traffic. the disturbing discovery was made behind trace academy high school in northeast d.c. the fire department got the call at 10:00 p.m. last evening, it reported a car on fire. when they arrived, not only did they find the burning car about to wondered feet from the roadway, but also a body lying next to it. the homicide unit immediately called out to investigate. right now it is only been described as a suspicious death. the body ended up in a ravine near dormsivine. nea

this is abc news, washington. >> let's go back and talk about the storm coming in. sandy is in for spencer tonight. this is a doozy. >> it is going to be indeed da dan. it's already starting to intensify. rainfall in santa rosa check out the winds over the higher terrain gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour. even 60 miles per hour wind gust writ now at the lower elevation we now at the lower elevation we are let's check out live doppler 7 let's check out live doppler 7 hd. becoming active. we havew 32 miles an hour out of the south east. heavy rain and strong winds for the morning strong winds for the morning rush hour. rain continues on all this moisture will only do intensify the rainfall here in the bay area so we get dumped on here. 11:00 p.m. tonight the front is approaching the north bay and we'll start to see the rainfall picking up. at 4 a.m. heaviest rain orange and yellow still centered in the north bay. notice the slow moving nature of the storm. at 6:00 a.m. it's barely pressing south and east. that's where we will see some gusty winds continuing. potential fo

let's start with the abc news/"washington post." 48% of likely voters supporting the president. 48% supporting mitt romney. how about nbc news/"wall street journal," pretty much the same story, a 1 percentage point ahead of mitt romney. and pugh research center, they came out with obama with a 3 point advantage. that's within the sampling error. this is just about dead even as we get into the election. >> act what battleground states? >> that's the key here because this is not a popular vote, this is a battle for the states and their electoral votes. we look at those eight battleground states, polls in two of them just came out last night and nee're interesting. this is in des moines, iowa. you have the president with a five-point advantage there and nbc news "wall street journal" maris poll had results that were similar. romney started his day in iowa, the president will end his day tomorrow in iowa. take a look at this from wmur, this is once again, dead even in new hampshire. the president started in new hampshire today, mitt romney is going to end his campaign in new hampshire. >> and paul

let's see what is coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> we are gearing up for a big night. >> the clock is ticking. if you live in virginia, have a little more than an hour. you have a couple of hours in d.c. and maryland. what the candidates are doing. as they wait for the vote count. scott talked with the present one on one. -- with the president one on one. we will see you at 6:00. >> let's get another check of our weather. it is about to change big time. >> we will not have the real impact this nor'easter in our area. duffel along the coast and the north. -- death valley along the coast and up north. a 39 definitely along the coast and up north. is gone to be a cold night. it is going to be blustery as we head through the day we will start to be on the western fringes of this developing nor'easter. it is an organization of rain developing. watch what happens. it will be cold, it will be a bigger impact than the precipitation. might take a break and the storm gets a little closer to ocean city. that will be the story into the nighttime hours. early thursday morning, it should s

that is business news live at bloomberg headquarters in new york linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. >> let's check in with jacqui. loving your new i-phone app? >> i'm using the one to get you up. >> you left that on the cutting room floor. >> that is probably a good thing, me singing. you can hear steve say buzz buzz, buzz kind of like that. if that doesn't get you going i don't know what will. how about this great weather? what a wonderful weekend we had and that is spilling over national workweek. today this is the final mild day we will see in quite a while. 50 to wake you up. we will be lucky to see 50 for highs later this week. 48 at dulles 39 manassas. 43 in martinsburg. 50 in frederick. annapolis at 53 and yesterday we hit 7 11. that sounds so good. the average is 59 degrees so way above the average. today we will top the average. we have clear skies for the most start a hreullittle fog in the outlying areas but clouds increase from the west throughout the day. you see a strong cold front from the great lakes to the gulf coast and huge difference in temperatures. look at the temperatu

. >>> let's look at the more positive sides of that story. abc'sy of giving, huge success at least 15 million dollars has been pledged so far. we are expecting a new update. if you donated, a big thank you. if you haven't, you can still give text abc to 90999 to give $10 automatically to the relief efforts. you can call 1-800-help-now or go online to redcross.org/abc7. >>> let's see what the weather is going to be like. >>> we are looking at san jose, 87 heading northbound towards hp pavillion, clear, we still have fog in the north bay, live doppler showing fog is not causing issues as far as wet weather. it is dry right now. when that storm comes from the north and west, thursday we'll have it first. we have thick fog in the north bay, everybody else clear, 49 in fairfield, 65 in fremont, most of us in the 50s, san francisco warm at 61. 63 salinas, mid to upper 50s watsonville, santa cruz, 49 in gilroy. as we head into the afternoon, record highs, today is the last day, cooler tomorrow, thursday, drop about 16 to 26°, by the time we get to thursda

we have information for you on abc 7 news.com. >> let's move on to talk about the weather. >> two morplive doppler 7 showing we do have showers up in the north bay. around marin county we're seeing light returns, dry l road taking you down to street level. you down to radar tracking wind advisory going up for lake county. thursday this friday, southeastern winds gusting 45 miles per hour. watch out for broken branches, and could see more power outyajz. we're concerned about the rain expected over next several days.zósz currently russian river above a foot there. is expected to riseezu rapidly. tomorrow afternoon highs temperatures mid-50s to mid-60s, rain in the north bay shifting south into night time hours going into friday. wet, windy. saturday afternoon sunday morning looks like the worst of the storm that will hit. we dry out monday through wednesday. >> thank you. >> big decision with 49er autos yes. >> this decision the new starting quarterback for the week, he's gone with a >>> hairy beal is off. what a day. >> yes. >> got a choice. >> i've been saying now, he's healthy but no

abc. >> wonderful to see how people respond. they always do. >>> let's talk about the weather forecast. a beautiful day at the polls. that was certainly no excuse to not vote. >> changing though. >> changing in a big way, carolyn and dan. good evening to you. it was great looking weather for elections. as we look at the doppler the fog has cozied up to the coast. it is going to be tracking some major changes in the days ahead. let's look at the new records for today. we had about seven new records. oakland airport 82 and redwood city and san jose tied at 8 degrees. gilroy shattering 88 with the record. here are some of the other highs for the day. 77 in san francisco. pretty warm in santa cruz, 80 degrees there. 82 in napa. 84 santa rosa, concord, antioch and the upper 70s. these record high temperatures, history. we are headed toward change. here are the current conditions. the fog dropping visibility to less than a quarter of a mile in half moon bay. it is dense. the fog has developed around santa rosa and fairfield. so visibility is dropping. here are

abc news. i want to flip over right there at the very right-hand side of the screen. we have got it here for you. let me draw that up quickly. my apologies for that. abc news.com on the right-hand side see right here. sandy, before and after and whatnoaa and google did came together with aerial images showing you the before and after scenes of some of the hot spots before and after sandy in new jersey. the first one is seaside heights. on left hand side you see what it was like before the storm. this is the amusement park the pier going out an area shot a bound of this because after sandy rolled through, this was the result of what was left. again, before and after. so many of these out here this is one of the marinas that was a before shot and this before sandy and this one after once again one of the piers in new jersey bridges also have been hit hard by the storm. this one is an impressive shot before. that is bridge across. this is the before shot and an area shot of the bridge in new jersey. and across one of the bay areas and after shot the bridge taken out. once again, after the storm rolled t

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let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. my car is a mess too. maybe weeb can wash them together. i actually woke up and had some frost on my windshield, so you very well could be waking up to the same conditions this morning. we are still dealing with repairs to the water main break in mount vernon. so madison street is now open. you can actually take that, make a left onto guilford and travel downtown. but as the morning rush does pick up, you will want to expect a lot of congestion. calbert street or 83 will be your best alternate routes. we're still dealing with a massive water main break from last week. north charles street does remain shut down. that's going between north avenue and 21st street. calbert street a good alternate route. there's always st. paul street and maryland avenue. 83 right now nice and clear. if you are headed out to 695, as we check in and take a live look at the top side here in towson, delaney valley road, no delays whatsoever, it will be an easy ride headed up