as we were before when we we imported more from the middle east because the reality is the middle east is a very important region of the world and a global power like the united states just can't sit back and say well we don't care what happens there so the notion that somehow we can just ignore all of this not worry about it that ain't true the point is look the point on iran the saudis are worried about a u.s. iranian approach what are they going to happen that's going to fail with the saudis are worried about is living with the blowback of that failure and the point is that it's a very good point of all of the me just being here will continue on that point but we have to go to a short break and after that show frank will continue our discussion on saudi arabia state with r.t. . if you will. to be yours you don't know if you don't hurry chorused response to ruse. most everyone in my life that i cared about their goal but when that happened i came to skin well. i was national champion in track and field and also i was able to go and qualify for the olympic games. you know nine hundred

that's going to drag east. i don't expect the heavy snowfall that we saw in the upper plains of the united states like we did last week, but saskatchewan, you could see some snowfall out of this, into the lower elevations going through the weekend, as that storm system tracks off there toward the east. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> canadian novelist alice monroe has been awarded the nobel prize for literature. she's known as a master of short stories. >> the nobel prize in literature for 2013 is awarded to canadian author alice monroe. >> members of the swedish academy made the announcement in stockholm. munro is 82 years old. her piece was published in 1974 and became a canadian best-seller. the view from castle rock depicted a three-generation family that drew high praise from critics. the academy members say her works are characterized by clarity and psychological realism. some say she is a canadian checkoff also famous for his short stories. >>> that's the newsfor th

so big difference out there from the mid-30s to the mid- 350s south and east. -- mid-50s south and east. early rain. blustery today, even an isolated shower. more showers in the mountains. your highs mid- to upper 50s but even colder temps on the way tomorrow and friday. seven-day in a few. right now monika with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> coming in from the south at the beltway, things are good at branch avenue, although the roads are wet. you can see that if you look closely at the monitor. no problems to report because the volumes are light but i do want to warn you with the wet road conditions, you may need to give yourself a little extra time. >>> good morning. 5:10. if you're just waking up, here's a look at what's new. winds fanning the flames in australia have now been clocked at 80 miles per hour in some places. the first continue to rage. emergency resources are starting to get stretched to the limit and one of these wildfires actually jumped a road that crews were hoping it would contain. the fire is now threatening homes. >>> white house officials are defending the u.s.

as we were before when we we imported more from the middle east because the reality is the middle east is a very important region of the world and a global power like the united states just can't sit back and say well we don't care what happens there so the notion that somehow we can just ignore all of this not worry about it that ain't true the point look the point on iran the saudis are worried about a u.s. iranian reproach what are they going to happen that's going to fail with the saudis are worried about is living with the blowback of that failure and the point is that it's a very good point of all that me just being here will continue on that point but we have to go to a short break and after that show frank will continue our discussion on saudi arabia state with r.t. . if you would. please. camarena like the polish face you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question for. welcome back

east of south east of danville.he earthquake had a depth of about 7.6 mi.. >> some big waves are headed for the coast tonight. the national weather service is warning fisherman and beachgoers to stay back from the water through tomorrow afternoon. sneaker waves are expected, along with strong rip currents. those who are fishing or visiting should avoid rocks and jetties and always keep their eyes on the ocean. >> we will be right back. >> welcome back. what the bart workers still on strike, the san francisco bay ferry will put out all available vessels on today for the bart strike. kron4 jackie sissel is live at the jack london square. >> right now, it is pretty quiet. we anticipate this to grow. let's take a look at video from friday when a lot of people turned to the ferry for an alternative. monday have set up on a normal day to carry about 6000 people. but because of the increase service they can now do about 20,000. this has more than tripled. this is what happened the last time when the first strike happened i

inland in the east by at 72 and east bay has the most sunshine so you will be close to 80. by 7:00 this evening, grab a coat for the coast, but mild inland at 70. >> 5:11. >> healthy menu items are shrinking the bottom line at the fast food chains. >> east bay store is hit by robbers again. the owner hopes this video makes other criminals think twice. >> new video of the capture of the two convicted your sleep number setting. it will give you the soundest sleep you've ever had. it's a bed so intuitive it even knows you by name. the sleep number bed. clinically proven to improve sleep quality. now it's easier than ever to experience deep, restful sleep thanks to our advanced dual air technology. at the simple touch of a button, the sleep number mattress adjusts to your ideal level of comfort and support, with exceptional pressure relief on each side. experience the newest innovation from sleep number. the only bed that knows you. and there's only one place in the world you'll find the sleep number bed: at a sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699.99. an

as we were before when we we imported more from the middle east because the reality is the middle east is a very important region of the world and a global power like the united states just can't sit back and say well we don't care what happens there so the notion that somehow we can just ignore all of this not worry about it that ain't true the point is look the point on iran the saudis are worried about a us iranian approach what are they going to happen that's going to fail what the saudis are worried about is living with the blowback of that failure and the point is that it's a very good point of all to me just being here and we will continue on that point but we have to go to a short break and after that show frank will continue our discussion on saudi arabia state with r.t. . if you will. player welcome to the future to some show thirty five can just bend over to see billion euros in full she says to each one hundred fifty million degrees becomes automatic fuel to sell something peaceful to france we travel in search of the song. knowledge we've got the future covered. great hope

it is as far east as alcatraz. 42 do 58, chilly. but it will be mild by noon. 66 at the coast and increasing sun at the cost but more clouds than the last week. 6 to 80 inland and more of a summer spread. in the evening, everyone should be quiet at 60 to 70 so grab a coat. for the weekend, the temperatures take baby steps backward but the coast is mainly in the 60's and in the 80's in most neighborhoods tomorrow and upper 70 for low 80's sunday and mid-70's to near 80 monday. we will look at cooling coming up. katy and eric? >> next our coverage continues with how ferry boats will pick up some of the lack with an update from the east bay where commuters are lining up. >>the government shut down hits the rock hard. we will tell you how much money alcatraz lost. >> a look at the san mateo bridge, traffic there at this time of morning is average and it is a friday and it could be friday lite. that is what we are keeping our fingers crossed >> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. i

upper 70s to low 80s in the east bay. the exception livermore, the warm spot today, at about 83 degrees. tonight, temperatures back in the 40s to low 50s with the clouds thickest along the coast and some of those spilling into the north bay valley, so look out for fog there. the accuweather seven-day forecast. today and tomorrow, probably the warmest days, and then the slow cooling trend as we head through at least friday. we'll try to rebound the temperatures saturday and sunday. but another seven days without rain. matt, kristen? >> thanks, mike. >>> president obama is speaking to the nation this morning, addressing the computer chaos that's plagued the rollout of the affordable health care act. the president is expected to fix online issues people have faced in trying to sign up under the new health insurance law. the health and human services department says it's working with the best minds inside and outside government to fix glitches. republicans are calling on health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius,

in the middle east during the middle century. this is about an hour, 20. [applause] >> thanks very much. thank you, sherman, for that introduction. >> and what i've asked scott to do is to give his own autobiography to ground us in the linear ethic of what the world is. >> yeah. i'll just talk briefly on that. my, i was raised overseas, and my father was with a.i.d. in east asia, so i actually grew up in asia, really didn't spend any time in the states until came here just to go to high school as a teenager. and i think that having with that background, the idea of having a conventional career, um, and basing in the united states was a little hard to imagine and with my brother also, john lee anderson. so we both immediately tried to figure out how we could get back overseas and stumbled into journalism as a way to do that. we, john lee and i did two books together, "inside the league" which sherman mentioned and "war zones" which was a oral history from five different worlds taking place in the mid 1980s around the world. and in the years since then, i've

east asia have been colonized. africa had been colonized to the americans were not going to let europeans into the western hemisphere in any significant way because of the monroe doctrine. so what was left was essentially the middle east. and the ottoman empire. by the outbreak of the war in 1914, the ottoman empire had been in a long state of eclipse. the different european powers -- every european power with the exception of germany had taken turns snatching bits of the ottoman empire. the french had grabbed rocco. the british grabbed in the. the russians had moved into what was the former ottoman lands of southeastern europe. so this was going to be the place where the next generation of colonies and the building of empire. but what happens when the war started is they very quickly realized -- very few people, the war started in august 1940. most people thought the war was going to be over by christmas, but what they forgotten to take into account is one thing the machine gun arab tribesmen when they're armed wi

so we were supposed to be in the east. my dad was from jerusalem. he was from west jerusalem but we were arab so we were supposed to be in the east kept happening. i was supposed to be in the east all the time and i was always in the west. i only realize that reason only. it's fascinating. how much that played into these categories. these divisions we create and house completely arbitrary they are. i used to go to school in new york and i used to go to the east side and i would be worried that if somehow there would be a war and they would close off the west side and i would want to go home. these are very real things that were prevalent in my childhood and my consciousness and my psyche so this trip scared me for a lot of reasons. so i'm just going to read -- we went to jerusalem and visited the house in which my thought it was born and grew up which was as they sit in west jerusalem. my father wrote about this for the observer that although we were frightened my brother and i were convinced that we were going to see the

here's a look from our east bay hills. quiet. inside slider a storm system that travels inside off to the east over the sierra. it will chip away a little bit at this warm air mass. we'll drop 2001 five degrees but still talking mid-70s to around 80 degrees. temperatures at average if not just a little bit above. here it is. there's the high pressure that brought us a warm day yesterday. getting squeezed, pushed to the east by this cold front. that's also going to stay to our north and east. it weakens that offshore flow and temperatures will drop just a little bit today. once that cold front passes, we'll see another warming trend as we head towards the weekend. for today still not bad. look at mid-to-upper 70s clue the santa clara valley. we'll be in the low to mid-70s from half moon bay. upper 70s to low 80s in the north bay valleys with sonoma 81, the warm spot. another nice day to be at our beaches. you get closer to the shore, berkeley 77, richmond 75 for some of the cooler spots. as we head into the east bay valleys most o

the last half hour we went east. let's go to the peninsula this time around. 58 in belmont. 56 in foster city. what i am seeing if you do not have that breeze outside your door you will have it. it's a cool start in santa cruz with light winds there. for the afternoon today temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. by several degrees. 83 in sonoma for the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. 82 for san rafael. againth winds lightening up but not going away all together. 82 for pleasanton. upper 70s and low 80s for hayward, san leandro, oakland. into the south bay 85 for los gatos. 82 for santa clara. along the peninsula for the afternoon upper 70s to low 80s. a beautiful day in san francisco. 78 for the afternoon. a beautiful day along the coast with mostly sunny skies. and temperatures in the 70s. tomorrow even warmer. a great day to be outdoors for your saturday. and the winds will lighten up greetly. we'll see a nice day for your afternoon on saturday. sunday just a tad cooler. may not notice a bigger drop in temp

the nonprofit has built about 115 homes in east oakland. but it was last tuesday when eight volunteers were robbed of their wallets and cell phones, of course oakland police and the secret service going to work on security today. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> nice to see that program continue. >> well mr. president, you're in for a treext a nice day in store. meteorologist christina loren serving up good news for president carter. >> right. chamber of commerce weather for president carter. good morning to you. i want to start with this live picture over the beautiful bay bridge. what a gorgeous start. some ripples out there on the bay this morning. we did have windy conditions but those have died down. we're looking to to start. clear conditions mean a cold start. 47 degrees. we're at 56 in almost, 49 degrees in gilroy, and 57 in san jose. we'll take you through your changes. we stop the clock at lunch time. what a beautiful day we have in store. 73 at noon in livermore, 66 in oakland. not that much cooler in san fr

we have a growing problem in the east.turkish -- you have a hezbollah in the west and in the south. we have to change our calculus. what do we want to accomplish today? again, it's a change of position for me but not. if he goes today we're in serious trouble. not because he's gone but the chaos that ensues. everybody is going to try to get their hands on the sophisticated weapon cache. we better change -- we better reconfigure ourselves. i believe in covert action. i believe it played an important role since george washington engaged in the revolutionary war. it is a part of advancing u.s. national security breast. maybe it's a better place for us to do something that influence the outcome there so we gate peaceful less chaotic, more supportive of the allies in the region outcome than the pathic we're on today. >> congressman, i want to ask you a question posed by one of our audience members, tom. identifies himself as a senate staffer and asks what are the u.s. national security interests associated with syria? if i migh

it has forced a closure both west and east down.rprises me a bit because so much of this traffic is backing up. at are you really have to do is go to the next exit which is central, if you turn towards the east, and complete connect. at the very easy-- it is time to write and here is so low that the tanker that has turned on inside. it was hauling a propane. it will be held here for an a few hours. we will see this backup continue to get worse. >> the bridges, the conditions are okay. the bay bridge has backed up to the westbound commute. there is a small problem because of the closure of the island of flack. you will have to head into san francisco and turn around. the same is true from the island will have to drive into san francisco and then turn and run if you want to get on the westbound side. >> your ride to the san mateo bridges problem free and we have seen a slight increase in volume but no increase in drive time. >> take a look at the temperatures right now we are in the mid 40's currently in santa rosa. upper 40's through

we begin with a developing story in the east bay.

mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and low 80's throughout the east bay valley. less cloud cover along the coast and cooler conditions and 47 at half moon bay and most of us in the 40's to low 50's. we have a fall festival in poet -- in petaluma. it will be 63 and in the mid-to-upper 70's from 1:00 o'clock until it ends at 5:00. for the adults we have block party in a taste of oakland tomorrow from 5:00 to 8:00 and we will start at 74 and end up at 64. as you move from places to east you may need a light coat in the evening. the seven-day forecast shows the temperatures are dropping slowly all the way through monday and then they continue to drop, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday with increasing clouds but no rain in the from the. temperatures next week are close to average. have a good one. >> peninsula firefighters are on the scene of an early morning house fire that break out in east palo alto at a home at 2:00 a.m. >> no one was hurt. there was a lot of damage to the home. the cause is under investigation. >> next on abc7 morning news, thousands of additional

this may be extended to the north and east. what to do when the tornado threatens, we will have the storm team 4 weather center. chuck? >> i want to update you to a severe thunderstorm warning. the same cell that generated, that storm is planning to go over the potomac and a severe thunderstorm warping that includes portions of charles county, prince george's county, king george county and spotsylvania county. this new warning goes until 12:30 and you can see on the radar where the most intense part of the storm is going. we are going to stop the loop here and i will circle it so you will know where we are looking. this southern portion of prince george's county and the western half of charles county and king george county, virginia. this is all for the cell coming across the river. this is the same dangerous storm that generated the tornado warning about 15 minutes ago. we will be watching this carefully here over about the next two to three hours as it works across the river and into +0 heavy rains with the possibility of dam

in mind this is part of the new east span but the damage has been done. >> the east shore freeway istopping the traffic. >> viewers were sounding off this morning that news that bart trains were not running and then they were running. >> a lot of people are still upset including all bircher that says " are you serious i canceled my car pool just to hear this what did they say they were able to staff the trains when they cannot in " >> this is hilarious bart workers that within one but will be shut down to mark. >> michelle says it is time that the public go on strike and let bart feel what we did. >> most people are really and i had about this morning's confusing. >> we are expecting bart service to be fully was stored by this afternoon we will let you know if and when that action happens you can go to our facebook page and twitter and also our web site at kron4.com. whatoes at first spooul tte le? ok. hoy bunches oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mm! it's thoats. honey. yeah. hoy bunches oats. come back to the kron4 morning news the time now is 7:44 a.m. and i will say it it has been one of

that front will continue to the east.ll see storms capable of producing winds and isolated tornados from ohio down to northern louisiana here. we'll watch the gulf coast. most of the convection with tropical depression is off to the east and south of the actual central area of low pressure. we are going to look at heavy rainfall. the south-east had to deal with heavy rainfall. not just as of now, but the last couple of months. this heavy rainfall will create problems up the coast on the i-10. 1-3 inches of rain is expected from coastal mississippi and alabama, and will track to the north into georgia, along the i-95 corridor to the north-east. the remnants of karen will bring heavy rainfall from atlanta, philadelphia, washington d.c. we are looking at showers now, and the heaviest of the rain is the frontal boundary concentrated across louisville, kentucky. it will push into pennsylvania and into new york. grab the umbrella - light rain, heavy rain will be inland. across the south-west a different story. they need the rai

to the east of mobile.y rain is going to be the primary threat here along the gulf coast. we're talking about six inches of rain. we could even see strong storms out of that to produce a few tornados. so we could see up to 4 inches of rain to the east of new orleans, a lot of major roadways here that will be effected. elsewhere we have a strong area of low-pressure continuing to track across portions of wyoming and up in to the dakotas. today the threat of tornados really exist in idaho. this is going to interact with this really warm air mass across the central plains. all the way from minnesota, we have the threat of damaging winds, hail, and the chance of tornados. we have blizzard like conditions developing across wyoming and into denver. again, the threat for damaging winds, hail, and a few isolated tornados. >> jelelah thanks. and thank you for watching. i'm stephanie sy. for more throughout the day go to aljazeera.com.

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mid-70s to 80 in our east bay valleys. notice tonight's temperatures will be warmer, most of us in the 50s because of those breezes. here's your acu-weather seven-day forecast. notice the temperatures peak about saturday. the best day to be at the beaches. a few clouds will gather along the beaches sunday that will bring a cooling trend to you. the rest of us will get a cooling trend monday, tuesday, into wednesday. >>> we're starting off with construction and we also have report of an accident here. we'll get to that in a moment but first i want to take you over to 580 if you are heading along in the westbound direction you'll find this construction project blocking a couple of lanes between hacienda drive and san ramon. it's not causing any delays it looks like things are getting picked up as we speak. it is supposed to last until 5:00 this morning. no slowing as you make it over the altamont pass and through livermore and into pleasanton. let's go to the major accident which is three minutes ago southbound along the nim

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we're following this, the on and off ramps for east 80 are closed. i got an update, the westbound off ramp was also closed. that's the commute commute direction. that will be an issue if it lasts more than an hour, hour and a half. let's take care of that as the morning progresses. note the carlton off ramp is closed westbound 80 as well. use central. a live look for the south bay as well. here is 101 fwhb headlights at 680 not a big concern. looking light but we'll lay it out coming up. >> thank you. now to the government shutdown entering the seventh day. almost half of those furloughed are headed back to work even though the shutdown is on. the pentagon ordered 300,000 employees back to work and 400,000 remain at home because congress can't agree on a budget. good news, though, in the house members agreed to give back pay to furloughed federal workers but only after the shutdown ends. the senate will take up the measure but a date has not been given. >> the affordable care act market place is up and running. now there is a warning about scam artis

it was at rush hour for several cities. >> from the top of the east coast to the bottom of the east coast. ground stops at baltimore, washington, reagan, newark, la guardia. let me show you this picture. we started getting tweets from all over the place. can we put the picture up? is that possible? i can't -- wait -- one more time. when we start getting tweets like this up and down the eastern seaboard, you take a front that's powerful enough to shift seasons, throw in tropical moisture, and it's not going to end well. the entire east coast, from florida to maine, under a curtain of pounding rain, and tree-toppling winds. >> it rained so hard here, you couldn't see nothing. >> many in places like burgeon county, new jersey, with a quick but energy-packed storm. howling winds, snapping power lines. this one becomes a glowing fireball. >> it was as bad as i've ever seen. >> reporter: in minutes, trees ripped from the soaking ground and slammed into homes. the cleanup, also dangerous. watch as this worker gets out of the way, just in time. in washington, d.c. -- >> i saw a crowd of green lea

this is a big deal coming over from points east. we'll show you the maps because that's a dramatic shot there. the air is pointing to the area coming through oakland. that's where the flowing is starting and the real big backup is near 580 westbound near north 880. we will see this overcrossing backing up to the curve. and also the east shore freeway is slowing down right at the berkeley curve coming through emeryville to hit the brakes as well. this is changing very quickly and the sensors will change over the next few minutes. the rest of the bay is looking good. the south bay peninsula, no problems on a typical friday. 880 through hayward is looking all right just now. a look at the hov lane hours, so 5:00 to 7:00, the hov is observed. no solo drivers for most of the stretches. here at 580 out of livermore, a pretty standard pace heading through dublin and pleasanton. this is a closed bart line, so we'll track this as well through the area. then over to the area here near 880 northbound, we'll have a heavier commute with the hov

most of them are east now.one for a few hours and breaks this afternoon, 68. warm for halloween. isolated showers, 74. best chance of rain will be friday for the first half of the day. drier for the weekend. cool by sunday. monika? >> we are going to look at the beltway. look at that on the outer loop. it looks like this from route 1 in college park. westbound through silver spring. the accident at colesville road was moved to the right side of the road. >>> hey, everyone. it's divali. it's india's new year. the festival of lights and we're having one big party here at channel 9. we had jay varma from bombay tandoor, paradise springs winely and all the kids from raaga dc. thank you. we are having so much fun. happy divali, everybody. >> once a year, you guys. ♪ >>> good morning. it is wednesday, october 30th, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." the woman in charge of rolling out the president's health care law faces an angry congress today. cbs news learns the white house had weeks of warnings. >>> only on "cb

more throughout this east bay portion. this corner of the bay will have folks over to the bay bridge for interstate 80. west 24, south 680, also north 880 and west 580. areas through oakland will be crowded. the nimitz starting to show a heavier flow with the live shot. more cars than we see about this time. more traffic also across the san mateo bridge. nothing dramatic. south no big deal right now. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> maybe you heard of underwater basket weaving. one of my favorites in college, also underwater weddings. we're going to give you a little under water pumpkin carving. >> this is in floxt. 30 divers suited up and went to work in an unts water pumpkin carving contest. they had to work against the natural buoyancy of the pumpkins. the winner featured a retainer wearing smile. the diver brought down an oversized tooth brush to give the teeth a cleaning. mae that person is a dentist. >> that had to be one of the happiest pumpkins i've seen. no plaque build-up too. >> 4:56. still to come, we contin

. >> we are seeing massive delays in the east bay and an earlier 5 car crash on the east shore freeway cleared a half an hour ago but the damage is done, you can see that things are really congested, back to past golden gatefield so obviously folks are not getting through the maze and on to the bay bridge toll plaza as they normally would, so definitely give yourself extra time coming from the east bay heading into san francisco or further down toward the hayward area. >>> a live look here at the bay bridge toll plaza, those lights have not yet gone on, i predicted they would but because of this back up we will see them go on later. >>> a live look at 680 near the sunol grade, a back up there but not too bad at this hour, still moving. 6:03. back to the desk. >> the chp has re-opened a sonoma county roadway shut down for hours following a fatal two car collision. christien kafton has been along 121 all morning and christian investigators say alcohol likely a factor in this crash. >> reporter: yeah, that is one of the things they are certainly looking into, they believe it is a likely f

about two miles east of berkeley. we have several calls into our news room for people who if he want it. at this point, no word of damage. and, a grass fire takes over part of the island setting up a orange glow near the bridge. don knapp reports it also backed up traffic, don? >> reporter: it was a spectacular fire, sitting here in the middle of the bay. a lot of people saw it. we saw the orange glow itself as we came across the bridge earlier this evening, probably right after the fire started. we saw fire engines backed up. we wondered how they would get in there and fight the fire. here is matthew mcknight. >> we have 2 fires near under control at this time. as the fires bring up the terrain and go upward on the hill, you need to take the fire break to douse it with the water and secure it so we can jump the hill here. >> we deployed the fireboat. it can get into the spots around here that is down below. unable to get the manpower in there with the hose lines. >> they did manage to keep the fire from structures. t

it pushes this ridge of high pressure to the east. once that happens the on shore flow will bring cooler numbers but between now and then it is the opposite. it is the offshore flow from the inland east bay to the coast. we are looking at warm weather and very little variations. in fact we are looking at more 80s tomorrow in oakland. here is what you can expect if you are planning the week ahead. more 80s for sunday and the numbers drop about 6 dries on monday thanks to the on shore winds. and then by tuesday we l are looking at increases clouds and maybe light showers wednesday and the numbers will be trending back upward slowly by the end of the workweek. today a little change from yesterday in san jose. but the winds have backed off. 85 in san jose and 86 in los gatos. santa cruz into the upper 80s. half moon bay and pacifica, how many times are you in the 80s? more typical in october. 84 in palo alto of the mountain view 85. the average highs in san francisco should be 70. we are 80 today. a degree warmer than yesterday. up in the

we're looking toward the east shore freeway. i'm concerned about a crash reported, in the direction of the arrow, up to powell reports of a crash. no mother details but we'll follow this. let you know but we're looking at the rest of the approach and the commute, or 24 westbound as well moving smoothly through the caldecott for highway 24. easy drive there. also starting a little tiny build here for west 580 and 84. no big deal as far as speed sensors. you see there is the san mateo bridge. >> appreciate it. happening now, this is one of the examples how far people will go for free stuff. they are lined up to win chick-fil-a meals for a year. you can see it become tent city. people jamming and camping out. that area headed this morning 6:00 a.m. the new chick-fil-a near mati ta avenue. they will get free chicken for a year. >> people are up and about. >> you got to get ready. start burning off calories. >> what kind of sauz are you going to put on? >> barbecue. each winner will get a meal per week. >> they are ready for that. >>

wepts are east, northeast at six. bay planner will be a chilly day on the waters with the air temps running cooler, which is up to 70. it warmed up through the end of the weekend. air temps tomorrow will be cooler and morning steam coming off the water first thing in the morning. take a look at the setup. 50s in the mountains. much more october like, very cool and crisp through the overnight hours on a north breeze, which will remain light. humidity does start to creep up, especially for the eastern shore. really from baltimore into the chesapeake bay. the higher the moisture could help your additional rain. the chance for rain will be higher to the east. that's where we see the clouds, to the beaches, to the eastern shore. the closest rain remaining down toward virginia bee. the main rain maker is centered off cape hatteras. this is our main rain maker but i still believe that the bulk of the rain will stay offshore but this will spin some showers inland into the eastern shore in particular. take a look at the surfac

starting with a magnitude 3.1 earthquake in the east bay. and you can see the spike on the seismograph. the quake was reported before 9:30 about two miles east of bushingley. berkeley. no word of any damage. >>> a grass fire takes over part of ribba borna island. we're live on the island where the fire is snarling traffic. >> reporter: and that fire was seen just about all over the bay on the san fransisco side. very spectacular fire. we can't say there were any serious consequences to it except it was difficult to fight. we were coming across the bridge around 8:00 when we saw a couple of fire engines in the right-hand lane. we wondered how they were going to get off the bridge before the island and get over the side and down there and fight the fire. obviously they did so. they've been fighting the fire for the last couple of hours. traffic, of course, always when there's something like this, was backed up, two lanes eastbound were blocked for a while by fire equipment. a lot of traffic coming from both sides of the bay, we had traffic com

nomplet and east of town we're watching another batch of showers east of college park.a samtani, happy wednesday. >>> yeah, happy wednesday other than the fact that the traffic really stinks right now. we've got a lot of heavy traffic and a couple of incidents that are slowing things down as well. both coming in from the east on the bw parkway inside the beltway a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. inbound route 50 at route 202 an accident on the shoulder in cheverly. both of those corridors very, very heavy. bw parkway trying to get to the beltway and beyond and route 50 inside the beltway trying to get through cheverly. again the lanes are now open. let's take a live look from our sky 9 at the beltway here at new hampshire avenue jammed from the 95 interchange. that's going to be westbound on 495 right into silver spring before the pace picks up. this is just your normal rush hour volume believe it or not. let's go back over to the maps this time out west. on the inbound side of 66, one continuous slowdown. manassas, centreville, fairfax. it improves in very enthat. we

as the winds go from north to east at 5 to 8 miles an hour.ooking at a few clouds streaking over the region this morning but they have moved off to the east. you can follow them. there they go across the delmarva. clouds well to the south, especially south of i-64 and a chill in the air. it's 39 now in bowie. 40 in springfield. 40 also in ashburn this morning. dumfries 39. look at that, some low 30s in northern loudoun and northern montgomery county. this afternoon sun, clouds mix. pretty comfortable day. all a he need a light jacket. 63 in fairfax and 62 in rockville. let's turn it over to monika samtani. you said at the desk a moment ago you have some bad news for some. >> it's just a prediction. right now it's terrific tuesday. today my prediction is that although we're calling it terrific tuesday, i'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but i think it's going to become terrible, if not today then tomorrow morning until people get used to this new closure that's going to be in place for six months. kalmia culvert which is like a bridge betwe

take a look at the east shore freeway. i will apologize and that's-i want to show you the ride on a 80. this is backed up all went to san tableaux in the westbound direction. westbound 24 is backed up through the macarthur mayes. 30 minute drive times. back to the san mateo bridge, take a look. they are looking as slow and dull conditions. this is for westbound ride and this may be due to reports of debris on a high-rise. we're just looking at an early rush to the san mateo bridge. >> again, if you thought you were getting a drop on the commute you are too late. the golden gate bridge is not a problem and the traffic is still light. >> we would take a quick break. we will be right back. female announcer: sleep train's sleep train's inventory clearance sale, ends sunday. save 10, 20, even 35% on a huge selection of simmons and sealy clearance mattresses. get two years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. even get free delivery! sleep train stacks the savings high to keep the prices low. but hurry, sleep train's inventor

the east shore, berkeley curve, the approach. it backs up on 24 approaching the bay bridge coal plaza. you will are packed up. how severe this is becoming, the last 20 minutes at the berkeley curve off 580 and west 24 slow. you exit the caldecott tunnel you slow, then all the way over to the maze 24 is down with speeds in the 40 es and crueling as you make the transition to the maze. everybody really starts to hit the roads. nothing usual. here is the try valley. the south bay is not a problem. we didn't expect it to the first 101, the peninsula looks okay. so far you're okay. not a lot of slowing but the volume is heavier so we're watching for the peninsula coming up. >> 5:50 now a. twist in the case of the hom counseled dead in a hospital stairwell after being missing more than two weeks. the chronicle reports a hospital orderly reported stepping over an unconscious woman a week before her body was found. the orderly told a nurse who then reported it to the sheriff's department. newspaper says it's unclear when the sheriff's de

these are moving off to the north and east at 50 miles per hour. don't be surprised even if you don't see a tornado. we are going to probably have damage with this particular line. we'll zoom in a little bit, this kind of looks like spin art. it does help us kind of determine where the sheer is, if you -- the sheer is, if you will. howard mentioned rainfall totals. these were pretty impressive, in fact we'll zoom in a little bit now to go to montgomery county. damascus, west of 27, 2.2 inches. that is fairly impressive. again flooding is not out of the question with these storms either as we go through the next couple of hours in prince george's county and eventually off to the east. take you through the rest of the forecast. here is howard. >>> in dc the worst of it is past us. the worst of it is southern maryland, prince george's, down to the northern neck. still toasty. strong storms still to go through you. the day planner for the rest of the afternoon, cooling temperatures, we are actually in the mid-60s. we may cool a little bit and drop off

is let's move along and take look at the east bay freeways. the traffic moving along relatively well. the road sensors which turn red when we see it slow has not -- to contra costa county. even highway 4 is not that bad. we will see what happens here. so far so good on 680, 24 and highway 4. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. the fog has returned very shallow. probably pockets of it are pretty thick on the coast. highway 1. but inland it will not make much of a difference. we will see a cooler pattern for the coast. the coast, fog has returned. it has been absent for a long, long time. temperatures upper 70s to near 80s. however there are hints of something sneaking in underneath next week so we will see in that materializes. but the forecast models are coming together on that. i believe it. you can see that fog bank which was nonexistent for a long time and it was a little patchy yesterday but it never made it to the coast. well, its made it to the coast today. 50 in san francisco down nine from yesterday at this time. that is a huge diff

. >> commuters from the east bay said they tried to plan ahead by lining up hours early for buses. >> i left my house at 7, i started work at 11 but so i could make it on time because i didn't want to be late for work. >> for out of town visitors it is an even more confusing friday. >> we flew in to sfo and now i have to get back out to see friends, i am checking the buses. >> san francisco's muni france sit system is offering beefed up bus service along bart lines. the expectation is this afternoon's commute will get off to an early start with folks trying to leave early. casual commuters are being warned that lines could be very long this afternoon for folks looking for a ride to get out of san francisco to the east bay, that has been the case in the bart strike in july. we will be monitoring the situation going into the afternoon and have a complete report later today on our 5:00 and 6:00 news, for now live in san francisco david stephenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> more news on the comiewft, people began lining up at 4:00 a.m. at the station to board free charter bus

by 5:00 the bulk could be east of us. the morning commute and the afternoon commute will be dry with sort of the rain sandwich, the heart of the day, being wet. more moisture in north carolina and south carolina is going to feed into this front. you can see it coming up through raleigh now. in the roanoke area, heavier showers extending up into west virginia. harrisonburg going to see it first, and temperatures mild now, but going to be much cooler by the end of the day. monika samtani, lots of commuters out and about this morning. >>> especially if you travel on the eastbound side of 495, this morning it is different because we have a confirmed fatal accident on the inner loop right here at the 95 interchange traffic is being diverted on to i-95 northbound. turn around at the park and ride and get book to the inner loop with no problem, but some delays now forming as you can see. no problems in virginia no, ma'am from the west on the dulles toll road, 66 on 95 northbound all the way to 395 and the 14th street bridge, a l

concord is seeing more haze but the rest of the east bay develop is clean right now. san jose has visibility at four miles. dense fog advisory issued for the north bay interior valleys until 11:00 this morning so expect a repeat of yesterday. as far as the temperatures, most of us are in the low-to-mid 40's and novato is cool ever at 40. san rafael and napa at 46 and bodega bay and mill valley at 41. santa rosa is 45 and we are finding 50 for the warm spot to sausalito. in richmond and half moon bay and lafayette at 50. san jose is 53 and 48 now in san carlos. dress for 46 in san ramon. in san rafael, you can see clouds or fog on 101. it will lead to a hazy afternoon sunshine for most of us but the coat will be mostly cloudy and the east bay valleys will be clear and not is much haze. seasonal highs are likely through the dry extended period. temperatures today are vick at half moon bay and mid-to-upper 60's in san francisco. low-to-mid 70's for the rest of bay sure to the south bay and mid-70's to 80's in the north bay and low-to-mid 80's in the east bay valley. the

we have five treaty allies in east asia. and the rhetoric that we use, the relationships we seek to improve, the deployment of our forces to the region can sometimes be depicted or cast as our attempt to contain china and the reality upon examination or analysis that's not, in fact, the case. our military presence in east asia for a generation, you said seven decades since the, during the cold war and since, facilitated china's rise. it was very good for china. the stability that exists as a result of the u.s. military and diplomatic presence in east asia. we are very much a pacific nation. and our interests have always been grounded very heavily in east asia and in particular given the economic development of east asia, our economy is tieder revocably to china and the other economies in the region. so the rebalancing or the reemphasis by the united states in east asia is as much about our diplomatic, economic and political reemphasis as it would ever be about the military reemphasis, and it's not about containment. it can b

from mount tamalpais you can see the wonderful colors off to the east and livermore because of the eastleys seeing sunshine, you will be above average but everyone else is close to average. san francisco and the coast, your temperatures are below average. here is how the cloud cover plays out: thick are by the moment and spilling into the south bay. by noon all of this is clearing and you can see a lost haze around the bay and cloud cover over the coast. you will struggle in the mid-60's and same in san francisco and richmond and upper 60 to low 70's and mid-70's in the south bay and mid-to-upper 70's in the north bay and upper 70's to mid-80's in the east bay valley. the seven-day forecast is the same tomorrow and the low approaches and the temperatures drop gradually through friday and a rebound on saturday and sunday. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go. [ male announcer ] it is more than just a new car... more than a new interior lighting system. ♪ it is more than a hot stone massage. and more than your favorite scent infused into the cabin. it is a completely new era of in

we'll have mid to upper 70s along the east bayshore and mid-70s to about 80 into our east bay valleys. tonight's temperatures will be up in the 50s. no more 40s thanks to the breezes that will be blowing during the overnight hours. in fact, here you go. your acuweather seven-day forecast 48 degrees warmer tomorrow. fastest winds will probably be tomorrow morning. the winds will start to taper saturday. that will be the warmest day and then the cooling hits the coast sunday and spreads through the rest of our neighborhoods, monday, tuesday, and wednesday. hope you have a great day. be safe. >> good advice, mike, thanks so much. >>> we head over to mare island with an accident involving a big rig along the westbound side of highway 37. it sounds like it's over to the shoulder so it's not blocking any lanes but we're looking at the usual bit of slowing in the westbound direction. as you pull out you can see where it ends right at highway 121 and sears point. 37 miles per hour before you get there and jumping up to 38 miles per hour as you continue in the westbound direction. we do have o