alexis: it is anybody's guess. think there is broad agreement that raising trade barriers is bad for the economy. we've seen examples where it was quite costly. take some time. neither side wants to capitulate. china does not want to be bullied. manus: the other thing anna and i have managed to ask in 50 different ways, the yuan at its worst quarter since 1994 and goldman sachs made a point this morning, there is a risk of a real miscalculation. got is the scenario you've to run. the real risk of the miscalculation. what would that look like an is that more likely from the u.s. side? alexis: i think raising trade barriers is costly on both sides. gets,ing on how bad this how much further it escalates, at the moment, the tariffs have been relatively small. it actually raises inflation. the slower this goes, the more likely it becomes that we have a global recession. anna: what does it do to the trajectory? does it raise prices in the united states? would that be the wrong type of inflation? alexis: it depends on how

jane: alexis simendinger, thank you for joining me. alexis: thanks for having me. jane: as we mentioned, the idea for letting russia question 11 americans sparked a fierce reaction. er, whohem is billro urged greg s to pass the -- who urgedto congresass the magnitsky act. my colleagues katty kay andst chn fraser got his reaction. bill: i'm glad president trump will not hand me over to president putin, but i do wonder what it took him three days to come to the response. i undetand why putin is so mad at me, because of the magnitsky act and the fact that his money is at risk all over the world. but i'm a little amazed that this whole conversation has taken place over a three-day period when trump shouel have immedirejected it as any other head of state would have. christia you are not the only one the russian prosecutors wanted to speak to, because ambassador mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia, was 11 theyed as one of t would like to speak to. you are annoyed, are you, that the president or at least the white house through sarah sanders was equivocating yesterd

alexis? >> mike, the bay bridge commute. if you're coming from the east bay, trying to get in from san francisco, i did give you heavier volumes a few minutes ago. nothing reported, though, along that stretch by chp or through our partners at waze. i will keep an eye on that. it's looking better than two, three minutes ago. maybe that will turn out to be nothing. we had a fire reported before king road. just before that 101 merge in san jose. still according to chp, we have fire crews on the scene but no delays approaching that either. drive time slowly starting to fill in especially out of the central valley. tracy to dublin. now in the red. 52 mince. 52 mince. no delays, southbound 101 to cupertino, no delays. >>> a bumper beny worried there enough demand for the nuts if china demands to hit them with a tariff. 2.5 billion pounds expected to be harvested at the end of next month. it's good for growers. but tariffs could raise almond prices by 50%. >> export 70% of the california crop. obviously, anything that obstructs fre

here's alexis. >> i have one new issue, though. if you're traveling through the santa cruz mountains, this is the counter commute direction. highway 17 near summit road we've got a disabled vehicle blocking the far right lane. whoever called it in, it's a blind curve there. no lights on that vehicle. obviously, dangerous situation. hopefully that driver is out of the vehicle and chp is on the way to the scene. still on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. we'll take a look at drive times coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. east bay residents are shocked after they got an anti-semitic robo call to support a republican candidate running for congress. >> john fitzgerald says he has nothing to do with the call despite his own anti-semitic views. >> fitzgerald denies the holocaust ever happened and he says that israel uses congress and american soldiers in their quest for world domination. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim has more. >> republican john fitzgerald of concord is hoping to unseat another congressman. many have n

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. we are looking live at the bay bridge commute trying to get to the bottom of this. we have a backup as you get into san francisco. we did just spin that camera around to see if we could spot anything. we saw a lot of brake lights. didn't see an neweactual crash. our partners at waze say there is a crash right around that harrison exit, maybe past that. i am working to get to the bottom of that. meantime i'll show what you i'm talking about. westbound 80 stop and go from before treasure island into the city. you're down to about 25 miles an hour. i think something is going on because we have lighter than average volumes pretty much everywhere else. richmond/san rafael bridge, six minutes. a 13-minute drive. ten minutes if you're taking dumbarton bridge. >> thanks, alexis. >>> if you're planning on taking a trip, be prepared to take the snack out of your bag at the airport. airport. hey, do you want to take this? >> sure. according to guidelines -- travel across the golden gate bridge t

alexis. >>> we are looking live. a pretty picture here if you are traveling almont pa traveling altamonte pass. this is 580. it's heavy before you get here coming out of the tracy stretch. hard to tell. it sounds like you still are able to possibly see flames through part of the stretch of 580. that's slowing things down a bit. all lanes are back open for this morning's commute. flipping over. a look at the drive times. we are slow but not terrible. westbound 580 tracy to dublin. 1:09 for the commute. antioch to concord 15 minutes. san rafael to san francisco is looking okay in the green at 15 minutes. >>> starting today, a new way to report arson in oakland. the city launches a new tip line and reward fund. mayor libby schaaf along with the oakland fire department and jobs and housing coalition are releasing more details tonight. >>> the midsummer classic, known as the mlb all-star game. we know who will represent our bay area teams. blake treinen, the lone a's representative, his first all-star game and buster pose

alexis has more on that. alexis. >> good morning, drew. i want to take you back to san mateo where we had a crash since about 10:30 last night. crews still trying to clean up this mess. a big rig that had about 80,000 pounds of lettuce flipped over on the connector from northbound 101 to eastbound 92. a sig alert is in place. i have been checking the surface streets. they're looking fine. i'm not seeing any backup. if you need to head eastbound across the san mateo bridge, you can take hillsdale to edgewater or foster city boulevard. you shouldn't have any major delays. northbound 101 still looking okay. if this goes into the late morning hours we'll see a backup. everybody else looking okay. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard, 16. and northbound 85, looking good in the green at 15 minutes. >> thanks, alexis. >> next, the push to strengthen california's vaccination law. >> plus, why mgm is now suing survivors of the las vegas mass shooting. >>> and another issue for uber. >>> and another issue for uber. this time, it and they got

>> good morning, reggie and alexis. yes, it was a secret program until now. even the air marshals are not big fans of this program. so what exactly is this program that's taking place all across the nation at the airports? the quiet skies program specifically targets u.s. citizens not in the terrorist screening database or suspected of wrong doing according to the tsa. as first revealed to the "boston globe" thousands of unsuspecting americans have been watched by armed, undercover air marshals. they take notes on what passengers do, who they talk to, even if they use the bathroom. >> we're seeing examples of the tsa following around people who are in no way significantly suspect. the criteria that they are applying does not point to people who are potential terrorists. >> reporter: the tsa tells abc 7 news they follow individuals who may have erratic travel patterns and not a surveillance program, it does not take race or religion into account. the air marshal association president released this statement to the globe,

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike.s we mentioned earlier,ioth a couple times crossing the bay bridge this morning. we're looking live at the toll plaza. no slowdowns here. no metering lights yet.he cash lanes. maybe a little bit of moisture this morning. be prepared tore that. golden gate bridge, a six-minute dlief and westbound 92 san mateo bridge look great. >>> a group of neighbors homes made unlivable after a mudslide, now a demanding -- they confronted them yesterday. the slide tore apart a little along augusta drive in march of 2016. the hill is owned by the district. homeowners sayettes bay mud is responsible for fixing their damaged homes. >>> it looks like a war zone there. i have three little kid, my father-in-law lives with us. we want to go home. >> it's a complicated issue. we sympathize with the homeowners but we are challenged that we can't fix someone's home if it wasn't actually caused by work we did. >> board members say developers knew the hill was a scene of a large land sclislide before the propert

>> yeah, good morning, alexis. that big development since i last saw you, the big rig is now upright there, and now they have to work on getting this thing out of here. take a look at the new video. they needed three tow trucks get the job done. the big issue is how much this trailer weighs. i's 80,000 pounds and filled with lettuce. while they were doing it, my photographer and i were standing here. you could feel the ground shake whenever they moved it. in fact, the tow truck tried to get this thing uprighted, it broke the first one. so they had to bring in the three other ones. the truck was the only vehicle involved in the crash. the driver was not injured. it will still take time to open up the ramp and remove all the equipment, the tow trucks, all the crews here. caltrans will then clean up the road and you can expect traffic rolling through once again. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> growing backlash against president trump over his recent comments following a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> la

alexis? >>> mike, and speaking of those winds, high-wind advisories for altamont pass along with the ben he's yeah and antioch bridge this morning. very few issues, though, so far today. looking live at the richmond side of the bridge. westbound traffic coming towards us. eastbound we had a two-car crash just before the toll plaza and that did clear a few minutes ago. back to no lanes blocked there on either side of the roadway. no delays from the eastbound or westbound 24. tracy to dublin not terrible but some stop and go traffic. >> jurassic world is still ruling the box office rumbling to $1 billion in ticket sales globally. pixar's incredibles 2 in its third weekend out. "sicario" debuted in third place followed by "uncle drew" and "oceans 8." >>> next at 5:00 a.m. workers in twoill be making a little more money starting this week. >>> a family reunited this morning. why this mother is holding her 12-year-old daughter tightly after a month apart. >>> plus, here at the live desk i'll have

here is alexis. >>> good morning, mike. so far we're not looking at any major issues for the monday morning commute. a couple minor trouble spots popped up including one in the south bay. someone made a call into chp of standing water in the lanes. a sure where the water is coming from because it's dry everywhere else. should be a minor issue, though. northbound 280. offramp to southbound 101 san francisco area. sounds like someone possibly ran out of gas and the vehicle is blocking the far right lane. no delays. next traffic update coming up just before 5:00. >>> thank you, alexis. harvey weinstein is back in court in new york to face charges that he assaulted a third woman in 2006. his lawyer says the hollywood mogul plans to plead not guilty to two counts of predatory sexual assault. the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. a grand jury previously indicted weinstein on charges involving two other women. >>> movie pass has a plan to make good with users after a big problem friday night. >>> drake's new albu

here's alexis. >> hey, mike.the only trouble spot we have been talking about for the last hour or so has been in mill meets, northbound 680, we had a vehicle fire, but looks like that has cleared. the actual fire was off on the right shoulder, but when the emergency crews arrived, they took up the two right lanes. that's cleared from the board, according to chp. hopefully that line of red you're seeing approaching the scene will thin out quickly. we also have a little bit of heavy traffic on northbound 101 from san jose to just south of the 880 merge, but not terrible. you're stop and go at about 39 miles per hour. here you go, this is what things look like once you make it to 880, the traffic coming toward us, the northbound side. things are looking pretty good in the south bay at this point. >> alexis, thank you. >>> "good morning america" coming up at 7:00. let's say hello to ginger zee with a look at what's ahead on the show. >> hi, reggie, how jessica. so nice to be with all of you. coming up, the great news

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alexis?couple issues to talk about, one of those on eastbound 80 for folks trying to get out of town. a roll over crash. looks like a little bit closer to the fair field area around suisun valley road. that is all off on the shoulder. we're seeing the backup on the westbound side. i think some folks may be slowing down to take a look at that. not much of a backup eastbound, the direction of that crash. westbound 80, another crash off on the shoulder. this one involving a motorcycle, possibly some injuries there. and the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights have been on for about an hour. a backup into the maze. drive times up next. >>> the county fire continues to burn out of control this morning. containment only at 2%. i want to show you this new video that came in to our live desk overnight. you can really see the large flames burning on the hillsides. it has forced evacuations across yolo county and is starting to creep into napa county. let's check in with reporter amy hollyfield w

here's alexis. >> good morning.e have gotten to the bottom of the slowdown, westbound 80 across the bay bridge into san francisco. nothing on the chp boards, but obviously, that's a lot heavier than it normally is at 5:30 in the morning. according to our partners at waze, there's a disabled vehicle sitting in the middle lane with its hazards on right around the 101 split. so well into the san francisco area. hopefully they can get that cleared shortly. not sure what the problem is, if it's a mechanical issue or a blown tire, ran out of gas not sure. i'll update you on that coming up in a few. in the meantime, still no bay bridge metering lights so it's pretty light on the other side of the bridge. just not once you actually make it on the midspan there. next traffic update around 5:40. >> thank you. >>> new overnight, a deadly crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in santa clara. this is video from stevens creek, and kylie boulevards. the motorcycle hit the side of the truck, and that motorcyclist di truck

how is the commute, alexis?check out how quickly things are moving on southbound 680 through the walnut creek stretch. no delays. typically, we see brake lights at this point in the morning. so far, holding on to a smooth commute. not so smooth. but nothing blocking the -- 56 minutes. southbound 680. dublin to mission boulevard looking good in the green at 19. northbound 85 at cupertino. you look good in the green. new at 6:00, you're looking live at three of the worst cities in america to drive in. according to a new wallet hub report, san francisco is the second worst city, oakland third and san jose is ranked 12th worst city to drive in. the ranking compared the largest cities from gas prices to hours stuck in traffic. the absolute worst city, detroit, michigan. te best, raleigh, north carolina the average driver spends 290 hours on the roads each year. that's equal to seven weeks vacation. >> everyone would prefer a seven-week vacation. how do you avoid the traffic? >> that's the problem. >> raleigh is in th

hi, dion. >> alexis and reggie, good morning. yes, we are in one of the hardest hit areas of redding, 15 minutes northwest of downtown and the smell of smoke is still so thick in the air. as we were driving along this morning, we came along this giant tree just toppled on its side undoubtedly by the high winds and flames which also took down this home you see behind me. now nearly 40,000 people have been evacuated since the fire started and for many this has become their new normal. sh fire spreading to om cal fire 95,000 be acres but containment, the god news, has more than tripled toicture come from a marina at whiskey town lake where you can see there dozens of burned out boats one of the most badly damaged area the berry lake subdivision. police are still concerned about hot spots and live gas lines. many homeowners were turned away. >> we're anxious to get home. >> to get home. my children and our cats are in lake california and we've been staying in an rv part. we didn't have anybody that could take all of us. >> reporter:

here's alexis. >> good morning. we still have that disabled vehicle blocking one , westbound 580 on the bay bridge. sounds like the tow truck is stuck in traffic, too, but they should arrive very shortly. that is causing a delay as you head into san francisco, and metering lights are on, too, so double trouble there for you if you're about to head out the door and use that route. mass transit looking okay with the exception of muni. we have police activity between 16th and 17th. that means inbound/outbound 33 ash bury streets being rerouted but they're not missing any stops. next traffic update at about 6:20. >>> new at 6:00, this is usually a fun story every year. the sounds of a san francisco tradition, though, going to go silent this year. according to the examiner, the 55th annual cable car bell ringing contest has been canceled. this is video from previous contests. sfmta hasn't confirmed a reason but muni oprarlts say they're boycotting the eventlaht cable s been scaled back, causing a dozen people to lose shi

a check of the roads with alexis. >> hey, yeah, so far so good this morning.e don't have major issues. the volumes starting to fill in. the san mateo bridge, westbound 92, leaving hayward over to foster city, not having any trouble and same thing coming eastbound as well. we expect that to remain lighter most of the morning. muni, the m ocean view improvement project over the weekend should be wrapping up any minute now scheduled to wrap up at 5:00. northbound lanes of 19th between winston and eucalyptus and bus lines m 28 and 29 should resume normal service as well. >>> this morning, people can't get over how adorable prince louie is. kensington palace tweeted royal family photos after the prince's christening last week. some of the portraits were taken at clearance house in london. the duke and duchess of cambridge hired matt holiok to take the photos. prince louie was baptized at saint james' on monday and born on april 23rd. >> look at the smile. almost about three months old. >> yeah. >>> i don't know him. you know. >> that's true. you don't know him, hav

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike.e're looking live at our driving conditions here through walnut creek, and everything is looking okay so far this morning. southbound 680, just north of 24, split there, we're looking at things filling in, but no major delays, and we don't have incidents around the route either. really the only red i'm seeing on our traffic flows is in the tracy area through altamont pass and eastbound 580 between greenville road and 205, various lanes closed until 11:00 this morning for grinding and paving. yeah, you're slow. that's at least a 20-minute delay. down to 12 miles per hour on the eastbound side. you're stop and go at 11 miles per hour. quick check of drive times here. westbound 580, 7 minutes. 12 across san mateo, and nine-minute drive across the dumbarton bridge. >> thank you. >>> president trump is about to battle california over its emissions standards. bloomberg news reports the white house this week plans to strip california of its clean air act waiver. the waiver allows the state to

a check of the roads with alexis. >> good morning.e were doing really well here so far this morning. it is sounding like we have a new pretty details but southbound 880 near freemont we had an initial crash sounds like maybe sort of a riplvfter. so maybe up to sev involved in the collision and i believe we have the two left lanes blocked. not seeing a huge backup but give this a few more minutes and this could be a problem. i will definitely follow up in a few minutes. also, westbound 580 before the 680 merge, sounds like two dump trucks collided off on the right shoulder, but we have a bit of a delay approaching that scene. drive times overall are looking good. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 18 minutes, 8 across the bay bridge past the metering lights and south bay 101 san francisco to sfo wide open at 9 minutes. >> looking good. thank you. >>> a possible new streaming option for you walmart is apparently considering launching its subscription service. the company would want to charge $8 or less a month to make it less expensiv

looks like everybody is heading back to work today, possibly, alexis. >>> oh, yeah! i think the majority of folks are after the holiday weekend. traffic in san jose. northbound 101 is jammed. looks like this to trimble road. north of there we've had flooding all morning. sounds like the roadway has been blocked for about ten minutes while they try to get the large puddle out of the slow lane. should be reopening. all those lanes, any minute now. i'll show you the backup on the traffic maps as well. beyond the 101 interchange. there you go past trimble the lane is closed. >>> you can see what firefighters are dealing with right now. there are 16 active wildfires burning in california from the oregon border all the way down to the mexico border. >> two are right here in the bay area. and the big one is called the grant fire. calfire crews are trying to determine the cause of a wildfire that burned close to interstate 580 in alameda county. this is what it looked like when the grant fire started around 5:00 yesterday afternoon. you see the cars on the freeway there, dri

hey, alexis. >> good morning. we are looking at some pretty calm conditions here on the road this morning as well. really one of our only slow spots for the moment is the cash lanes here for the bay bridge toll plaza. so quite the stack up. we seem to see this every morning as a lot of folks paying cash when they don't have enough booths open to accommodate. fastrack no delays and no metering lights, should happen around 5:25. southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek, 5 minutes, walnut creek to highway 13, another 7 and westbound 580, tracy to dublin, another slow spot, in the yellow at 49 minutes. >>> trump chicken made an appearance in the san francisco bay over the weekend. the abc 7 exploratorium camera spotted it on the bay. the blimp was on a boat dressed as a prisoner and circling alcatraz, organizers were referring to as the big coup. this is intended to protest the policies of the trump administration. the chicken made its debut in april of 2017 at the san francisco tax march. since then, it's popped up

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che of the traffic with alexis. >> good morning. a headache in the south bay, 101 around oakland road, multicar crash, sounds like two vehicles involved and that is blocking lane number three. so that middle right lane you are already slow south of the 268, 80 merge. that is a tough spot to have lanes down once you make it past that everything is looking great. here's 101 at the 880 interchange and the northbound traffic moving. a trouble spots in tracy and the bay bridge toll plaza is pretty stacked up this morning. we will check out those coming up next. >> thank you. >>> happening right now, at this very minute, presidents trump and putin in helsinki, finland, for a summit in a final crucial stop on president trump's week-long diplomatic tour throughout europe. >> president trump hopes to improve relations between the u.s. and russia, however he is blaming president obama for the deteriorated relationship rather than blaming russianhi ts morni trump predicted his meeting will go fine. the two are behind closed doors one on one wi

here's alexis. >> good morning. we are looking at a traffic alert unfortunately.his is a big problem in emeryville westbound 80 between ashby and powell. we have a truck that lost control and took out barrels and they cannot move it. it's blocking the three right gt a tow truck in position. they need a street sweeper to get the sand from the barrels cleaned up. one lane inching by at the moment sort of having a weird effect, the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on because so many folks are stuck in this. coming in from 580 or 880 enjoy. that is one of the benefits of coming in another direction. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, bart the way to go there. eight minutes across the bay bridge. the rest of the way into san francisco, san francisco to sfo in the green nine minutes. >> thanks. >>> want to take you to this live picture from our sister station, kabc in los angeles. this is the cranston fire we were telling you about a few minutes ago burning east of l.a. this is near the town of idyllwild. 4700 acres and at last count it was only about 5% cont

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. a little wait already in the cash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. not too bad yet. hopefully a few more booths are openrtly inho s you're using fastrak, no delays. quick check of drive times, westbound 580p tracy to castro valley. still in the grnuten.ees. airport.d 101, highway 85 to northbound 280, highway 1 to san francisco, in the green just nine minutes. >>> alexis, thank you. president trump heads to london today fresh from the contentious nato summit ise.n the president stunned world leaders by openly questioning the purpose of nato. >> just about an hour ago, a reporter in brussels asked him if hensla p bo t nato. >> are you still threatening to potentially pull the united states out of nato for any reason and do you believe you can do that without congress's explicit suprt poapproval? >> i think i probably can but that's unnecessary. the peoe have stepped up today like they've never stepped up before. >> president trump's comments this morning came after that th quote, p

hi, alexis, how is it going? >> good morning, frances. doing pretty well. check out the traffic maps, pretty much exclusively in the green. we have had a couple rollover crashes this morning. they are both in the clearing stages. one on northbound 880 around the maze totally gone. we still have reports of the fire department on the scene here at eastbound 80 near appian way in the hercules ar another rollover crash and a person hit some debris. no delays approaching that. check this out, the richmond side of the richmond san raphael bridge, i am not seeing any at the moment. you should have an easy commute. late drive times coming up. >> now a live desk update, from "abc 7 mornings." >> good morning, fourth of july not starting well in san jose. this new video we're just getting into our live desk. at least two grass fires have broken out in the past few hours. you can see firefighters there battling those flames. one fire at zenker and mccarthy lane. the firefighters found a one acre vegetation fire and immediately had to call in for more help. there have

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until december of two thousand and nine kitto attacked and killed alexis his trainer. but that only became public knowledge much later. in its line of business the park had no interest in saying what really happened namely orca attack. because that would have had a negative impact on visitor numbers. so they played it down claiming that it was the fault of the trainer not the orca. yet the autopsy report clearly states that alexis and his his body displayed shark bites and internal injuries but to this day the marine parks owner won't call it an orca attack. us that's right how do i explain it it was an accident accidents happen i can't say more than that. but the animal is still with us today the animal is loving sociable and friendly how should i know how it happened with you. these words are like a slap in the face for may say this and this the police investigation into those responsible went nowhere. now she's fighting to free the very animals which killed her son. insanity and a mother a round the canaries in the sea invite around us there are around thirty differ

here's alexis with more. >> we sure do.e're starting off with a sig alert left over from a crash that happened at 10:30 last night. matt keller said it is a big rig, and that's probably part of the reason why they can't get it cleared. just weighs too much and the first line on the tow truck snapped so they had to bring in another tow truck. northbound 101 ramp to eastbound 92 is still closed. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 44 minutes. no delays westbound 4, antioch to concord, and southbound 101 looking good at 15 minutes. >> thanks. >> tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, could the day be near when you spend cryptocurrency the way you spend dollars. some people are already using it for their everyday purchases. michael finney looks at the developing trend in a special report tonight on ab krrb 7 news at 11:00. >> he's gone from wonder kid to world champion, and now we know he has a heart of gold. france's soccer phenom seen here holding the cup says he'll give a children's charity the entire $500,000 he received for winning t

let's get a check of traffic with alexis here for friday. of course we always hope for friday life but we have a few incidents to talk about one out of tracy unfortunately a tough commute as it is. but it sounds like we have one lane blocked westbound 80 before grant lynn road. two-car crash one vehicle on the side possibly flipped or partially down an embankment. emergency krous on the scene and you're already heavy out of tra is. down to 12 miles an hour. good news shall, bay bridge missouri no metering lights and no delays into san francisco. >> alexis thank you. >>> stuck for hours. a man is recovering this morning after being rescued from the cement mixer. once freed miraculously he managed to walk down on his own. >> this dramatic seen uchlded at the u.s. pipe and foundry company on whipple road in union city. our reporter amanda caliphahas details. >> a man in a frightening position, a work here had fallen into the cement hopper thursday afternoon. crews found him 12 feet beneath the opening buried up to his kmeft in dry cement. >> ou

here thanks don it is now under two hours until kickoff at moscow's luzhniki stadium artie's alexy on a chef ski is their first soaking up the atmosphere alexy the sun is shining the funds are smiling the world cup final takes place in that stadium beside you is there anywhere else in the world you would rather be right nah. no you and i would never be anywhere else this is the pinnacle of world football the world cup final at luzhniki it's actually hard to believe that the four weeks have passed so quickly and i just remember like for weeks ago i was standing on the very same spot saying that you know the world cup is opening the moment the world the waiting for the last eight years now it's the final stage game sixty four against france the atmosphere here is building up nicely i would say maybe slight dominance on the gratian fans a lot of checkered yellow white and red shirts all over but obviously the fans of france are in full voice as well now before this final the president gratian who we are expected to be in the stands tonight issued a very heartfelt thank you to russia for

what do you see, alexis? >> not too much at this early hour. we don't have any major incidents to talk about on the roads and pretty light volumes as you hope this early in the morning. westbound 92 slowly starting to fill in across the san mateo bridge. no problems on the eastbound

alexis. >> all right, sounds good. and so far so good for the commute, too.e're looking at relatively light volumes here. this is the south bay. 101 and 880. traffic coming toward us, the inbound side. that typically fills in much faster than the southbound side across the bay area. no major blocking issues. the only red showing up on our traffic maps, you guessed it, getting out of tracy. westbound 205, 13 miles per hour up to 15 miles per hour once you make it to 5 yathd, and overnight repair work on 580 has wrapped. all lanes are back open. that's the typical crawl getting out of the central valley. >> thank you. >>> microsoft rolling out a new tablet with a cheaper price tag. >> and uber teaming up with electric scooter company lime. >> in today's tech bites, microsoft's new tablet. >> the surface go has a ten-inch screen, windows 10, and 64 gigs of storage. starts at $400, about half the price of microsoft's larger more powerful surface pro. >> snapchat may team up with amazon. there's a hidden code for camera assisted shopping in the latest android app

whizzing alexis or bradley wiggins and chris froome tricky champagne. we will set to see more of that here. and back in wales. —— drinking champagne. thank you. geraint thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour de france tomorrow. hugh woozencroft‘s over at the touchscreen to find out more about the new man in the yellow jersey. a fantastic moment for geraint thomas who puts himself further into the history books as one of wales's best sportsman. he only expected to pace chris froome. now he is set to go back on the card for the yellowjersey in hand.

a check of traffic with alexis. >> good morning, drew. head back out to the central valley, westbound 205 to 580 not bad. using our speed sensors you can see you're down to about 17 miles an hour. is that filling in. but on the eastbound side we have the two left lanes closed for road work between north flynt and grant line road and a three mile backup using the distance measuring tool. not a lot of fun. usually that is an easy commute heading in the counter commute babr tplaooking good this morning. we are starting to see a lineup in the cash lanes on the left-hand side of the toll plaza. metering lights should have about 45 minutes to go. >> thanks. we're learning facebook swooe ceo mark zuckerberg called president-elect trump after the election. buzzfeed reports the call was to congratulate mr. trump on his victory. facebook has acknowledged how successful the trump campaign was at leveraging the social network to reach voters. the campaign spent $44 million on facebook. the clinton campaign spent $28 million. >>> speaking of facebook,

don't feel too bad, alexis.ou get to hang out with us. >> i know. >> you know, i didn't feel too bad when i was walking out the door at 2:30 and my baby was up crying and i said bye, guys, i have to go. sorry, honey, deal with that. we have something to deal with here on the roads this morning, unfortunately. sig alert here in san mateo county. state route 92 between 280 and skyline we've got a major crash with at semi and pickup truck. they had all traffic stopped for about an hour. they are doing one-way traffic control now. so little bit of a traffic getting through there. doing one side at a time. we are light. a lot of other areas, check this out, bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights yet. it is friday light here. check in with meteorologist drew tuma. >> looking nice on that bay bridge toll plaza camera. this view right now, it's gray, it's cloudy, shrouded in the fog. look from our exploratorium camera see the skyline chopped in half with the low cloud cover. your 12-hour day planner, we have the cloud

a check of the roads with alexis. >> good morning. i want to start off with a sig alert we have on the lower deck of the bay bridge. a crash happened about 3:00 this morning just a few minutes after 3:00 on the off ramp to treasure island. apparently a pedestrian was there for some reason and was hit by a flatbed truck. investigation continues there. that red you're seeing is on the westbound side. things are filling in as folks head into san francisco. i'm not seeing delays due to the crash on the eastbound side. good news for our other sig alert that was canceled. eastbound 24 inside bore one of the caldecott tunnel. that two-car crash is cleared. all lanes are back open. a quick check of drive times, southbound 101 to petaluma, probably going to have fog along that stretch. 14 minutes, not slowing you down. westbound 580, castro valley to the maze 15 minutes and slight delays northbound 101 to highway 85 in the yellow at 17 minutes. >> thank you. >>> new at 6:00, the smart train about to officially add a new station. >> first, a lo

a traffic alert with alexis. we sure do. i want to take you back out to san mateo county, state route 92, two lanes in this area and we've got one of them blocked due to a crash that occurred right around 4:45 this morning. between 280 and skyline one-way traffic control in effect, a sig alert and still have a long backup on either side of the roadway. sounds like minor injuries and tow truck having trouble. i believe the pickup truck is wedged underneath the semi. this could be a long cleanup. live look at golden gate, it is foggy. a dense fog advisory in effect again today. >>> thanks. you could be getting a refund from wells fargo soon. >> the company in the process of giving back millions of dollars to customers for products like legal services or insurances added to accounts even though some customers didn't understand or need them. the bank stopped selling these products last year. >>> go from the bay area to l.a. for ten dollars? do i have your attention. the company offering huge savings on road trips. >>

come in at 16 minutes. >>> thanks alexis.t of adult star stormy daniels at a strip club in ohio. it happened during a performance in columbus last night. this is new video of daniels being taken into the station to be booked object charges. daniels touched patrons with her breasts. that's tech anily not allowed in ohio. here's the mugshot just released. her lawyer claims the whole thing was politically motivated and a setup. here is daniels leaving the jail. obviously, she's out on bail. she made headlines for claiming that she had an affair with donald trump. >>> the founder and the face of papa john's pizza has now resigned from the company. the racial slur that has cost him his job. >>> looking live at the big board. up about 140 points. another update on how the markets are doing, next. >>> shining a spotlight on oakland. w check in with oakland native daveed diggs about his film featuring his hometown. featuring his hometown. >>> first, ice cream inspired iced coffee is here at dunkin' in the flavors you love, cookie dou

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike.ash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. not too bad yet. hopefully a few more booths are en

let's get you on the road with alexis. >> good morning, drew. this morning on the

hi, alexis. >> nice and light. you should not have issues if you're just about to head out the door with one exception. not here, the bay bridge toll plaza looking good. just a little stack-up in the cash lanes on the left side. we'll see. i think maybe the metering lights will be on a little later than average due to the holiday tomorrow. a lot of folks are off. here's our one kind of trouble spot. slow spot, anyway, westbound 580, tracy to dublic back down to an hour, due to earlier roadwork. southbound 680, in the green at 16 minutes, and northbound 85, 101 to cupertino looking good at 15 minutes. >> lyft is now getting into the bike sharing business. it has acquired motivate, but you would probably not know that name, but you will know this. they operate the for go bike frahm we see all over the area. lyft's rival uber has acquired jump bikes. they did that in april. both companies are hoping to be one stop shops to get you to your destination by all sorts of means. and a growing problem in san jose. >> oh, wel

hey, alexis. >> good morning. and we've got one issue to talk about on the roads so far today. that is in the pittsburg area, westbound highway four, just before you get to railroad avenue, a two-car crash. one of the vehicles off on the right shoulder. the other one is still blocking the slow lane, though, and they're calling for an ambulance to the scene. so pretty large emergency response, and we have about a 15-minute delay approaching that already here this morning. hopefully they can get that fulfull y pushed off to the side shortly. looking at the san mateo bridge, no issues. wstbound 92 still light. next traffic update at 5:00. >> alexis, thank you. >>> parents can try to get their toddlers to stop being picky eaters but it won't change their behavior. that's the news according to a new study pulished in the journal appetite. researchers followed a group of 24 toddlers over a year. they looked at the impact parental pressure tactics had on picky eaters. they found no evidence it would help control weight or improve behavior. were you a picky eater? >> very, and it didn'