still a little bit warmer than here's alexis. >> all right, mike. i will take you back to a major traffic alert. a live picture from the scene. you can see the investigation conditions. this all started 10:40 last night. breaking down some of the details here. a tour bus rear-ended a smaller sedan. it hit another sedan. the vehicle in the front hit a semi. two drivers of the sedans were both killed in this crash. so they are reconstructing this accident scene. amy hollyfield live. they still have a lot of work to do. we'll see if that happens or not. we will talk about alternates. another full closure of 880 that time for construction. we will do that just before 5:00. >>> alexis, thank you. >>> apple's new gadgets ready to hit the market. >>> pizza hut unveils a new pizza factory. here's "tech bites". >>> apple unveils an ipipad al lot like the new iphone. >> it uses facial recognition technology to unlock the division. they have a macbook air with a high risk screen. >> uber is offering a monthly subscription service called ride pass. >> you can g

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we will temper this with what alexis is following. so sad, alexis. >> yeah. we have a really unfortunate situation on northbound 880 -- excuse me, you're diverted to alvarado-niles. it happened at whipple road at 10:40 last night. four vehicles in total, big rig, limo bus, two is sedans. both drivers of the sedans did not survive. we are looking at the scene from sky 7. quite a bit of activity in the last few minutes. i'm guessing that the investigation phase has wrapped up is and they are starting cleanup mode. let's get to amy hollyfield covering this live for us this morning. what can you tell us? >>> a alex hreb chp. they think they will make the 6:00 a.m. deadline. they have to get the cars towed and then a quick sweep of the road. this is interstate 880 northbound right before whipple just past the hayward city limit. they have been here working this accident since 10:20 last night. chp explained why this is taking so long. >> we are recreating the scene. that usually takes a while to collect evidence, take photos. currently they are getting the vehicle

. >>> alexis also tracking major sig-alert on 680. first, you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. >> no need for the umbrella today, at least not for rain. it is silent on live doppler 7. fog in the north bay valleys as we expect. it will be there throughout the entire morning commute. be careful for that. mid-40s to mid-50s. 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. seublg 60s everywhere at noon. grab that jacket if you're headed out this evening. now alexis with the news >> unform, we have a major problem in the tri-valley, mike. live to sky 7. they are over the scene right now. a truck hauling a lot of dirt that flipped over on southbound 680, bernal. it is just a huge mess. traffic-wise, they are letting the center divide through. it's one of the areas where there is a wide shoulder. the three main lanes of this road are blocked. you can see one line of vehicles is getting by. however, it is a complete parking behind that for a little over three miles. sky 7 is saying backup is beyond 580 in the dub lib, pleasa

here's alexis. >>> thank you, mike. we are looking good. a stack up in the cash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. of course no issues using fast track at this early hour. zipping into the peninsula, full closure between willow and university avenue in the palo alto area according to chp, this was ahead of schedule. it is supposed to go until 5:00. all lanes open 4:15 this morning. we'll take a look at drive times coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. >>> a handcuffed man who stole a san jose patrol car is now in jail this morning. 6th led officers on a chase. he was pulled over in a stolenr. he slipped the handcuffs to the front, got into the the driver's seat, and drove all the way to hayward. he ditched the cruiser on clawiter road. they found and re-arrested him at an auto parts story at smalley avenue and mission boulevard. he stopped to tell his dad he was okay. they watched him arrive in yet another stolen truck. >> he was smart enough to change his clothing. ans. >>> crews are testing water across san francisco after a few neighbors

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. this is one of the areas where we are friday light. carpool, cash, and fast track all looking good. cruising through without any issues. drive times. oh, there we go. westbound 80, still lanes down there. 32 minutes. 10-minute drive across the bay bridge. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, still in the green at 9 minutes. >>> thanks alexis. south bay police officers responded to a gas station overnight. it sparked fears of possible credit card fraud. abc 7 news reporter is live in sunnyvale to explain. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. th sup to open at 6:00 a.m. but that's not going to happen. two people broke into the pumps and tampered with the wiring system for the credit card. they are investigating what the two suspects were doing here in the middle of the night. they were inside the machines of the pump doing something with the wiring. one of the suspects may be connected to a similar type

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. we are starting off with an issue with bart here this morning. about a 20-minute delay for 'em baker darrow in the antioch and dublin directions. normal service is resuming. that was some issue they had on the track. hopefully that starts to come down soon. quiet start for the south bay.r. we have not had any incidents so far in san jose. drive times looking good. highway 4 to the maze, 2 is minutes. you're in the green. 11 minutes across the bay bridge. san francisco to sfo in the green at 9 minutes >>> thanks, alexis. get ready for the return of electric scooters in san francisco. >>> you will see them back on streets next week. scoot and skip can rent up to 1,200 scooters in the first facings of a pilot program. they must be parked in designated areas. helmets are required. they are banned from sidewalks. >> interesting to see how it works out this time. construction started at bart's dublin pleasanton station. the new garage will add 700 spaces. many commuters can't find spaces af

next update at 5:00. >> thanks, alexis. susan g.en race for the cure being called another big success. >>> that's kate larson who emceed yesterday's event. they raised $200,000 for the fight against breast cancer. many people showed up decked out in bright pink. >> i'm standing up for my aunt. this is my first time running. it feels awesome. >> race for the cures across the country raises millions of net 5:00, calirnia rsushe trump whent s to a new law over equal access online. >>> hear why the company being blamed for the cracked beams is reportedly being blamed to problems linked with bart. >> you never he know whe the cat >>> one thing we love in local news and this morning is no different. prepare yourself for a muggy monday. >> rain is in the forecast this week as well. >> which is something we haven't heard since what day, drew tuma? >> may 23rd is when most of us saw our last rain system. outside we go. a live look at the exploratorium

bring alexis in here and talk about the morning commute. how is it going? >> it hasn't been the best friday commute. not terrible. boy, we have some changing conditions in the north bay. as mike has been telling us, the fog rapidly developing in the north bay. skhe check this out, visibility on the traffic maps. fog is thick on state route 37. no dense advisories issued by chp. certainly slow down and drive for conditions. tri-valley, westbound 580, before isabel, two-car crash was briefly blocking two lanes. everything off to the left shoulder now. we had injuries involved there. a bit of a delay as well. mass transit, san francisco bay ferry vallejo, mechanical issues. departure 6:00 a.m. and 7:15 departure could be delayed up to 25 minutes. >>> breaking news from orange can, florida. check out this stunning live shot. you can see on the left side of your screen that is a school bus. and as we look around, the yard went through a home, into a fence, and into a swimming pool. nine children were on board when the bus took a nose dive after it was involved i

alexis, good morning. >>> good morning, drew. we finally got official word that the metering lights were turn odd 5:30, 6:00 this morning. they were on a little bit earlier just judging from the backup we saw. pretty typical start as you make your way to the bay bridge. once you make it past the metering lights, everything looking just fine. over to traffic maps, residual delays from an earlier problem in the berkeley emeryville area. a disabled vehicle was in the middle lane. we saw on our camera that did clear. definitely still seeing delays coming from richmond. that is certainly stop and go. and keeping a close eye on the san francisco commute once again with continued closure of the salesforce transit center. fremont closed between howard and mission, along with the bus line on the fremont off-ramp. stick to harrison instead. mostly seeing green at this early morning hour, though. >> from scooters to robots, new technology constantly showing up on san francisco streets. now the city wants to change it. >>> but first, why som

alexis: it is one extra step. think one of the signs that this team was onto something was that three years ago, they knew this was a coming trend. in the age now where the average consumer is thinking a lot more about their privacy and data breaches, this is a very real situation, i think it is one extra step, but it is one that more and more americans and people all over the world are more keen on taking. emily: how much do you think people care about their privacy? if it came down to you can't use facebook, would they stop using facebook? despite all of these data breaches, when you look at facebook's results, they continue to see engagement and have 2 billion users. alexis: i think what was so spectacular about this is that by starting with email, you are creating a user experience that is no different from what to do today. you still go to your iphone and mail account. the difference is the server where your email is stored is physically yours, it is in your home. that is the foundation that got us so excited

here's alexis. >> all right.ve to sky excellent d up cones northbound 880 hayward union city line. two lanes fully back open. it will be fully back open when we check in at 6:30. the last of the cones getting picked up. things are slowly starting to improve. if you haven't heavy yet, you will be okay to take northbound 880. plan on residual delays as this thins out. we have a few lanes open on 880. a full closure of ashby bart station due to police activity. ac transit is helping out with that. >> a tough commute. alexis, thank you. a big change coming to public parking lots. it is raising privacy concerns. >>> and the investigation into california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every pub

any issues, alexis? >> well, we're doing okay. we have a handful of collisions already, but none seem to be causing any major backup. we'll show you another area where things are slow. cash lane specifically. pretty decent backup on either side of the bridge. if you are paying cash, you will have a bit of a wait. no delays using fast track. the metering lights not on yet. that happens 5:20. delays out of the central valley to westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 45 minutes. antioch to concord in the green at 14. and san rafael to san francisco, still wide open at 15 minutes. we'll check out the vallejo area coming up next. >>> thanks, alexis. we are staying on top of breaking news in the north bay. thousands of pg&e customers are still in the dark this morning. >> the company decided to cut the power in areas under red flag warnings in an effort to prevent wildfires. this is calistoga where the power was turned off 9:00 last night. this restaurant hoping it comes back on soon because they about $10,000 worth of food in the fridge. some

alexis. >>> unfortunately we have a major problem. a suggest alert through to a flipped semi hauling a lot of dirt, several dozen tons of dirt neuer of bernal avenue. lanes are currently blocked. traffic able to get by on the shoulder. you're essentially not moving from 580. checking out drive times. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, not terrible at 42 minutes. look at this one. sound 680 to mission boulevard, 1 hour 20 minutes. don't do it. stick to 580, south on 880 or even 84 isabel would be better. no delays in the south bay. the east bay and walnut creek, southbound 80, friday light. we are good in several areas but not the tri-valley. >>> now an abc exclusive interview with monica lewinsky. she is launching a campaign called defy the name. >> now she's teaming up with an army of celebrities to fight back against harassment. >> we want people to change their disblaming on all social media platforms to include your bullied name. so that's what i've done. and my bullied name is monica chunky slut, stalker, that woman lewinsky. >> is

over to alexis. how's it going this morning? >> a couple collisions. two.tbound 580 before you get to highway 13. a crash around 1:30 this morning that took out a light pole. unfortunately they were working on clearing that light pole when a motorcycle struck that. we possibly have injuries. they were able to finally get it cleared from the roadway. we had to run a traffic break 20 minutes ago. that backup has cleared out. mass transit, 27 bart trains in service. no delays. ace 1 on time. normal service, no delays so far for capital corridor. >> thanks, alexis. facebook is testing a new feature that allows users to unsend a message. >> that could come in handy. don't drink and drive. tesla may be out with its own tequila. >>> in today's "tech bites", facebook testing an unsend button for users. >> news first featured in april. reports say the unsend option appears to be available for a set time after a message is september. >>> could it be the end of the scroll? >> s >> users will tap to see the next post much like a stories feature. instagram say they are

drive times coming up next. >>> alexis, thank you. a san francisco blocks a plan to deport 300,000 immigrants. and he uses president trump's own words against him. >>> relief could be on the way for people living near sfo. how technology could replace the play >>> traveling around the state, i wanted to show you the doppler. in the mountains, whether to our east or north, that's where we are seeing the greatest concentrationeror tahoe northward in this area shaded in sea foam green. tomorrow, nobody has a chance of thunderstorms as quieter weather will roll in. 69, chico. low to mid-70s in sacramento. in my 7-day forecast for tahoe, thunderstorms today. one last chance sunday. highs in the 50s and lows in the 20s starting sunday. >> mike, thank you. new details in a shooting that left a sheriffs deputy dead and six others hurt in south carolina. a man opened fire on officers trying to serve a search warant. three were wounded. four others shot while trying to rescue the hurt deputies. authorities eventually took the suspect into custo

alexis, good morning. >>> good morning. lots of layers today, it sounds like. >> peel them off as you need it. >> we're doing okay on the roads this morning. no major issues to talk about. i want to head out to the central valley. once again, we have road work scheduled eastbound 580 between greenville and 205. not supposed to last quite as long today. they should wrap up at 9:00. it has been 11:00 a.m. the last few days. right now, though, we are not seeing much. just seeing some filling in on the westbound side. 30 miles an hour. westbound 92 slowly filling in. next traffic update in just about 10 minutes >>> new video shows a controversial san francisco police shooting from a different perspective. the reaction is provoking. >>> from ashes to art. we'll take you to a new argument exhibit capturing the devastating wildfires in an unexpected way. >>> speaking of hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh. uh. [indistinct announcement

here's alexis >> good morning, mike.verall, we have had a quiet start to the wednesday morning drive. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. no official word that the metering lights are on. if they are not yet, they will be be. filling in the fast track and cash lanes. carpool lanes are open f. you're using those, you should be able to cruise through. giving you the thumbs up westbound 84. we had road work early this morning before 680. that has cleared. we are back in the green. before that, livermore, westbound 284, we are seeing a little bit of ta traff30u. rare illness t polio-like symptoms are now being report stkpwhraod abc news reporter candice gibson >> reporter: three new cases reported in pittsburgh. the disorder called acute flaccid mile approximatitis or afm, looks like a cold or flu but quickly temperatures into polio-like symptoms. so far this year, clusters have been detect indeed 16 states. 38 cases total, already sur passing last year's total. >> your typical 2-year-old. before this, she w

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. we have a couple new issues in the north bay.o surprise that is where we're seeing the heaviest rain so far today. looking live at our camera in sansan rafael. we have a crash on the off-ramp around north gate. emergency crews are on the scene. four to five vehicles involved in that situation. look how slow the main line is going. you can see h mstes onhe pavhis morning. got to slow down and drive for conditions. we've had a lot of crashes today. most of them have been solo vehicle spinout crashes. live doppler 7 showing you, coming down from lucas valley into the san rafael area, that's where we have one crash. another one just on the south end of robin williams tunnel. sounds like a vehicle hit the wall. that is now blocking the far right lane, the slow lane. next traffic update coming up around 6:30. >>> "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> ginger zee with a look at what's ahead. >> hi, reggie. hi, jessica. great to be with you both. coming up on "gma," we've got a lot on a tuesday morning. the l

her name was alexis torres. >> alexis torres was the last person to see ashlea alive, and was the actualast person to leave her apartment. >> reporter: that is certainly somebody you'd wanna talk to. >> obviously. yes, sir. >> reporter: alexis said she and ashlea had gone to an early thanksgiving dinner with friends in ashlea's complex. so you had thanksgiving dinner, and that was -- >> i think it was from 12? >> reporter: sure. and then hung around for the afternoon? >> yes. >> reporter: but ashlea had to work that night. >> ashlea's shift was supposed to be from 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. and alexis agreed to come over during the time she was working to basically take care of ashlea's dog. >> reporter: then alexis told the police and later us that she went back one more time after ashlea got home from work. how long did you stay? >> i stayed for an hour. >> reporter: that would make it 4:00 a.m. if alexis was telling the truth, the police had the beginning of a timeline. but before they could check her story or anyone else's for that matter, a neighbor gave them even more to work with.

it should happen around 5:20. >>> thanks, alexis. the fbi expected to wrap up its investigation into allegations of supreme court nominee brett calf knauf as soon as today. >>> meanwhile, prz is on the attack ridiculing blasey ford's testimony in front of thousands at a campaign rally. emily rau is live in washington with details. emi emily. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. president trump says it's a scary is time for young men in america. and he spoke at a campaign rally in misssipast night surs chaweankanaugh. tuesday night in mississippi, getting laughs from the crowd as he openly mocked christine blasey ford, when claims brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at a high school party in the early 80s. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: while his son, don jr., denied the president was mocking blasey ford, her attorney sending this scathing quick, calling the remarks a vicious, vial and soulles

alexis, thank you.orning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >>> ginger zee live in new york city with a look at what's ahead. hi, ginger. >> good morning, representingy and jessica. good to be with you this morning. we are talking about president trump's rally. he was mocking dr. christine blasey ford, the woman accusing judge kavanaugh of sexual assault. trump faces a bombshell new report on his taxes. his father lent him millions. and the new questions about dubious tax schemes. one of the reporters who broke the story will join us live. also ahead, the secrets to co-parenting from alicia keys, her husband and his wife. one of the most buzzed about movies of the year ""a star is born"." it is all coming up only good gma. >>> i'm so excited. i heard the movie is great. and suspect lady gaga also coming to gma? >> everybody is saying it's perfect. yeah, we've got them all. this is a pretty special week here. i haven't even seen the film, and i'm that excited. >> we're excited too. >> ginger, se

so far no significant delays >> alexis, thank you. happening today, san mateo county set to role out a program that allows people to text 911 to report an emergency. congresswoman jackie speier is expected to join law enforcement of san bruno police department to launch the new service. calling 911 is still the fastest way to get help but there are instances where a text to 911 could be a life-saving incident. >>> changing newly announced pay raises after some employees complained. >> i will own a big portion of this airline. i'm going for blood. >>> and one woman's fight against the was kicked off a plane with her emotional support squirrel. >> yeah. >> yeah. take it olay deep hydrating eye gel breaks through the competition olay eyes with b3 complex hydrates better than $100, $200 even $400 eye creams. that's something to see. ol well, we made it through another this year was a close one.eaten. yeah, tell me about it. ooh, feel that chill? i don't feel anything. uhh, this can't be good. in the beginning. fresh but that plug...quickl

first a check of the roads with alexis. good morning. >> overall, we have had a pretty good start to the monday morning commute. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we didn't get word that the metering lights were on. they came on at 5:27. a quick check of drive times. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, residual delays from an earlier disabled vehicle around university. 32 minutes for your drive time. hearing about debris in the roadway around albany. that could be add to go that. westbound 80, bay bridge, 10 minutes. san francisco to sfo, n green at 9 minutes. >>> thanks, alexis. this morning california is facing a lawsuit by the trump administration over that new law with strict net neutrality restrictions. >> it was signed yesterday by governor jerry brown. only hours after he signed it, the justice department filed a lawsuit. amanda del castillo has that story. amanda >> reporter: net neutrality has been one of the hottest topics of debate the last few years. ahead of the midnight deadline, governor jerry brown di

here's alexis >> good morning, mike. i want to follow up on a couple of situations we talked about in east bay. southbound 880, around a street, we had an earlier hit and run collision. incident was pretty minor. the vehicle damaged but no injuries. that has cleared. traffic heavy from 238. and well south past the split as well. eastbound 580, north flynn road. not really causing any backups. the other direction, unfortunately, very heavy out of tracy. you're stop and go for a little over seven miles. >>> construction now under way to ease the commute for thousands of people in the east bay. abc 7 news was in martinez when local elected leaders helped break grouped for 11 miles of express lanes on southbound 680. once the lanes are open, solo drivers can pay to use them. they will stretch from martinez, walnut creek and construction will cost $127 million. >>> are you feeling down? new research shows a simple hug could help >> maybe kanye could use one. he was ranting on a tabletop. it somehow involves elon musk. we'll e

alexis >> all right. good morning, mike.

let's get over to alexis. >> anticipating the entire commute to be really busy. we have a handful of spinout crashes involving one or two vehicles. definitely want to slow down and drive for conditions today. two incidents on westbound 24, first one near central lafayette, and the other one -- sounding like that's closer to acalanes road. i'm not seeing a big backup but you really want to slow down and take it easy. it's the first time it's rained oils rising to the surface. westbound 80 before you get to university in emeryville, we have reports of a fire that may be catching on fire. i have a few more details and update you on that before 5:00. >>> microsoft will unveil new products at an event today. >> if you watch us on the daily you know robots are taking over. now there's one that can even install drywall. here's this morning tech >> microsoft is holding an event in new york city where new products will be unveiled. they're expected to show off a new surface laptop, surface pro and an update to windows 10. hp has a laptop made of leather. >> it's bound in

thank you, alexis. a school board meeting gets off to an unexpected start when members skip the pledge of allegiance. >>> a massive bomb found in a man's home. the target he was planning to blow up on connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, before they even turn into cancer. if you're over 50, get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives. >>> let's talk about our beaches. issues developing at 5:00. so 2 eakers coming up from the south thank to tropical storm sergio. it will create rip currents and sneaker waves. 67 in monterey. not as much sunshine. a

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights have been on 5:24. check out the flags as well. they are definitely blowing around this morning. no bridges. sething to keep inin if youre gng to be iprofe vecls 1 ur 5minus. antioch toco you'ree 10 saf ancisco,ti greent 16 minutes. next traffic update 6:10. >>> now we want to get you updated on the situation in the north bay. pg&e has turned off power to thousands because of the fire danger. >> amanda, we just heard mike said the winds subsided. any update on how long the power outages will last? >> reporter: well, they tell me that they're going to actually have to monitor, keep monitoring localized weather patterns. so that's something that we'll have to keep in touch with pg&e about. we have an update on those numbers. 17,000 people pg&e customers in the north bay and 42,000 in the sierra foothills are without power because of this proactive action. this is all part of the proactive approach to preventing fires in tie

alexis says it's a little quieter this morning. >> just a tiny bit. yeah, we are looking great so far this morning. mostly green on on our traffic maps. no major issues to talk about. one problem in the south bay. westbound 237 past the 880 split, milpitas, a multicar crash. that quickly sounds like it is being pushed off to the shoulder. chp heading to the scene. as soon as possible i have more details, i'll give you an update. a bit of red. bay bridge toll plaza, in the sweet spot. no metering lights yet. cash lanes thereined out. everyone cruising through with no major issues. an update in 10 minutes. >>> geoffrey the giraffe may be coming back from the dead. >> there's a movement to possibly bring back toys "r" us after it closed all stores over the summer. abc 7 news reporter a map da del castillo is at one of those stores in san jose >> reporter: something weird happened in the last minute. toys "r" us sign just came on just within the last minute. i don't know if that's a sign of things to come. but we only said good-bye to the retail giant and

tense time for friends and family watching the launch we managed to speak to the wife of cosmonaut alexi of children. don't you suppose of us are you discouraged that so. little pile of. stuff that in that people are damn near the surface just of all of us or or to any number of objects you know a lot have one way. look that way is your credit. could have been so much worse is amazing to see them back looking safe and pretty well physiologist all a goal or spoke to us he's an expert on the effects of space flight he told us what the crew went through during the urgency landing in a bit more detail. the more you put in your emergency rescue system works by separating the caption away from the malfunctioning rocket to keep it away from disaster in the case of an emergency landing the crew experience is precious six times the force of gravity all cosmonauts familiar with this level of pressure yes of course as they experience it during the selection process and in training before launch so this feeling is familiar to them they know how to deal with it and moreover they are inside the capsul

here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. very busy day on the roads with all the wet pavement out there today. i want to update you on several crashes this morning. the first one, eastbound 80 near university and berkeley area. we had this on camera. on the right side of the screen. you can't see all the flashing lights gone. that crash was pushed to the university off-ramp. traffic cleared out quickly. trying to recover here in the lafayette area, still about a 15-minute delay on westbound 24. all lanes stopped at acalanes road. that was released before 5:00 but yet another solo vehicle spinout crash. that's the theme this morning. onlooker delays for people heading through that scene. two updates for crashes on southbound 101, a rollover crash pushed off to the shoulder. definitely heavy rain in that area. slow down and drive for conditions. southbound 101 before central san rafael, another crash pushed off to the side there. busy morning. you get the idea. give yourself a lot of time today. >> be careful. thank you. >>> i

let's get you over to alexis. >> good morning. we have a couple traffic alerts to talk about at this point. i want to head back to the dublin area. westbound 580 near the 680 split. it's a sig alert chp saying only the far left lane is open. this is that crash we were talking about with amy hollyfield. that resulted at the end of a short pursuit by chp. i think they'll have this back open shortly. in the meantime, i would use dublin boulevard or stone ridge drive to the south to get around that. hearing about a westbound 580 pothole, we have four vehicles with flat fires and chp advising you use the truck bypass instead. a sig alert in the north bay that we'll talk more about at 5:20. >>> in the east bay, new details involving a human skull found in west oakland last week. the alameda county sheriff's office now believes the case is connected to a male torso discovered in that same general area about a month ago. the skull was found in the backyard of a home on the corner of 29th and west streets friday morning. investigators beli

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. a quiet start here this morning with the exception of one area. we have about a 25-minute delay headingw on 580. due to road work between greenville and 205. closed until 11:00. it was previously red. i'm hopeful that's an indication they are picking up one of the lanes a little bit early. 3 miles per hour is your average through altamonte pass. heavy on 205 as well. 4 miles out of tracy. 17 past 580. the bay bridge commute coming up next. >>> lexis, thank you. >> sears getting ready to file bankruptcy. >> reporter: good morning, the stock price this morning more were than 10 years ago it was $144. it closed yesterday, let me get that price for you, 59 cents. the at east ridge mall in san jose is still open. we have seen several close in the bay area through the years. a bankruptcy filing could come as soon as this week. the company hired an advisory firm and added a restructuring expert to its board. sears has been losing money for years and has a big debt for $134 million deadline n

how is traffic starting this morning, alexis? >> i think i got the gremlins out of my system here too. we're looking live at emeryville. no issues to talk b. west bound 80, no trouble there. no metering lights at this early hour. and it's friday, so prepping for friday light. tracy to dublin, 30 minutes, n green. dublin to mission, looking good at 15. and 101 to cupertino, wide open at 15 minutes. >>> alexis, thank you. happening today, the sky over san francisco belongs to the blue angels. >> if you are in the area, it will be impossible to miss. cornell bernard live in san francisco >> reporter: the marina kind of on loan to the u.s. military this weekend.e blic in just a few hours. lots of military on display, followed by the best airshows you have probably ever seen. the amazing blue angels, of course. maybe you heard them practicing this week. kind of hard to miss. the noisy f-18 hornets flying low over the city with jaw-dropping precision by the navy pilots. fleet week super fans say they never miss it. >> this year i think

>> reporter: good morning, reggie and alexis.k to normal business here at this post office in burlingame. this is the place where they found the suspicious package friday. one of several places across the nation. now the man who sent that package here and is accused of sending that package here is scheduled to be in a florida courtroom later today. now, the package discovered here was addressed to tom authorities believe it was sent by cesar sayoc, a man with an extensive criminal history and trump supporter. similar devices were sent to a dozen other prominent democrats and cnn. steyer blasted the president on cnn for his violent rhetoric, riling up supporters. >> he does not understand that in a civil society the kind of rhetoric that he uses, his attacks on the press, are absolutely wrong. >> reporter: after that appearance on cnn, president trump called him a crazed and stumbling lunatic in a tweet yesterday. steyer called it unthinkable that trump would resort to name-calling instead of restoring the fabric of our country. h

capture we got some amazing pictures coming up with for exclusive ones to both the russian commander alexi of chin in the u.s. flight engineer tyler haig said to be in a good condition. right . before a good. well this just within the last hour this exclusive video of those two guys looking reasonably well as you can see that's the that's the russian on that side and then we'll pan around again the american and that to me too wriggles in the head of cosmos there was very quickly on scene to give them his support to try and chart through the feeling. these are other pictures we've got as well of them the baikonur basis about to get on a plane back to moscow again these exclusive and really new in within the last half hour or so. they're on a plane we think it's going to take them couple of hours to get back now this taken on someone's mobile phone just as soon as they. got to the scene seven hundred kilometers away from baikonur where the pod came down let's just keep on these pictures a minute because in a second you'll see that paul this is a bit of a distance there we go you'd expect it

. >> reporter: hi, alexis. 165 people are staying here. the pastor tells me there was a lot of anxiety overnight as people wondered what was going to happen to their homes. if their homes would be okay, if everyone here would be safe, when they could go home. a lot of emotion here this morning. it all started 8:30 last night. it was pretty frantic. church officials were just getting out of a board meeting when officers showed up and said can you open your church. they said we sure can. evacuations were ordered because of the risk of an explosion because of a grass fire and utility pole that fell. no one has been hurt. there has not been an explosion. officials have isolated the line. there is still a risk. that's why they wanted to get the evacuation orders in place. they are still in place this morning. they have even canceled school at willow cove elementary in pittsburg just in case. here at calvary they are considering. the pastor said when people first started arriving last night there was a lot of emotion. >> when they first showed u

here's alexis with the morning commute. >>> we do have one new issue in the south bay. solo vehicle crash. a minivan lost control on state route 87 just south of the 280 merge. hit the center divide and ended up over on the right-hand shoulder. emergency crews on the way to the scene but no lanes are blocked. so far 87 is wide open. our drive times looking good. westbound five 80 tracy to dublin, you are in the yellow at 45 minutes. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard still in the green at 15 and northbound 101 to cupertino also in the green at 15 minutes. we'll talk about the caldecott tunnel next. >>> speaking of the commute, southbound 101 back open after a deadly crash shut down all lanes for nearly eight hours in san jose. a man and a dog died after the pickup truck that they were in slammed into the back of a caltrans truck near brokaw road around 10:30 yesterday mornin the caltrans truck was acting as protection for a sweeper that was in the center divide. the driver's name has not been released. a worker in the caltrans truck was taken to the hospital to

he is there this morningment hey, matt. >> reporter: hi, alexis.ave a story that amount of people can relate to. i went to chinese food on saturday. we got the fortune cookies. they have the incomes on the back. i went up, paid for my ticket. i got my particulticket here. i have 30 numbers here. one number on this ticket matched the numbers from the drawing last night. so i'm a big loser. but there is a big winner at the safeway. someone matched five of six numbers. they won $562,472. those are real lucky numbers for that person. seven other places in california sold a similar particular he, stockt stockton, san luis obispo 6789 you'll remember an employee at a safeway in the marina dollars. one winner in south carolina getting $1.5 billion. don't give up hope. the powerball is at $620 million. one more quick note about my neu fortune cookie. incident was you will go to work on wednesday. back to you guys. >> that tells you everything you needed to know right there, matt. >> reporter: i knew it. i knew it. >> okay. one more tip here. do not throw a

hi, ginger. >> good morning, reggie and alexis. so nice to be with you here on a friday morning on gma. we have big developments in the race to find who is behind the suspected pipe bombs sent to top democrats and frequent targets of president trump. authorities are focusing their attention on florida and a postal facility there. >>> also ahead, an important warning about the flu. another child died from the virus. that's the fourth so far this seson. dr. ashton is here with what you can do to protect your children. i know we got the booster for my tphaeb just yesterday. were how doing after a raise. that's the next topic. it is from barbara corcoran. one of our absolute favorite guests is here. tiffany haddish. you never know what will happen. you never know what she will do or say. but you know it will be fun. >> the last time was crazy. i can't wait to see this morning. morning. ginger, thank you very much. proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closes

let's get a check of the roads with alexis. >> good morning. we still have some traffic alerts to talk about, drew. this we can barely not see it on this traffic camera, but a two-car crash before you get to the san mateo bridge toll once you make it to midspan, n earlier disabled vehicle. that has cleared. and we still have a sig alert for a crash getting into san francisco. northbound 101 before the 280 merge, we have a five-car crash. that's still blocking the three left lanes. they're working on getting more tow trucks to the scene. that's causing about a ten-minute delay. i would stick to 280 instead. next traffic update come up in ten minutes. >>> we're following developing news in the east bay. a child is in the hospital after he was shot last night. >> it happened on roblado drive in oakland near the san leandro border. amy hollyfield is at benioff children's hospital where that boy is this morning. >> reporter: the child was brought to this hospital but not right away. the shooting happened at about 7:30 last night in east oakland. it

nobody likes a deal better than my friends reggie and alexis, riht? >> you got it.'t pay retail. >> please. we're pleased to see you are wearing purple today. i assume that's for spirit day, is that right? >> absolutely. no bullying. i broke out the purple. i support it all. >> looks great. rob marciano, thanks so much. >> breaking news in the east bay. thousands are evacuating because of fears of a gas line that could explode. our team is gathering new information for you coming up at 6:30. >>> but first, building a better bay area. we have a great update on this woman. she has been working two jocks but still has to live in her car in the east bay. >> all right. a live look outside as we head to break. this is a view of the bay bridge. we'll be right back. minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level tra

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alexis? >> okay.ok in the roads in emeryville, we had a disabled vehicle blocking two lanes that did just clear. definitely some delays on the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. and let's check out a few of our drive times here this morning. there you go. albany to the maze, 11 minutes. northbound 280 recovering from an earlier crash, 101 to cupertino, 38 minutes. >>> and coming up, "gma's" sp k spook-tacul spook-tacular. a morning full of incredible surprises. you never know who's going to show up. stay tuned. >>> we'll have ♪ it's the final countdown >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. countdown to halloween. ♪ the final countdown >> we've built an empire and been scandaliciously spooky, and come in like a wrecking ball. and who can forget the baby? >> we've been super. we've been stars and this morning, how will we top it? a full house of all these stars from "happy days" to holding out for a hero. ♪ i need a hero >> you'll never guess who is also showing up. our totally rad takeover for

here's alexis. >> thanks, mike. a commercial diver and filmmaker is recovered after he was rescued by the coast guard after getting pweutd by a shark. he was driving in fairlawn islands 30 miles off the san francisco coast when he was attacked yesterday afternoon. he was rushed to stanford >> reporter: ron elliott has always considered himself a lucky man. he has been diving, swimming among the sharks oyears, always without the protection of a cage. but his luck changed. sky 7 was already here at sanford medical center when the diver arrived for medical treatment at 12:43. he was bitten by a white shark on the right hand. you see his hand bandaged and elevated to reduce bleeding. he was able to walk on his own with someone on his side. he will well-known for doing under water documentaries on sharks. this is prime season for sharks at the fairlawns with a population estimated at 100. elliott is featured in "near miss" in which he talks about his love for diving and never being attacked by sharks is. he was bitten on

here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike.ack to our walnut creek camera, just some normal volume southbound 680 right around treat boulevard. a crash was quickly pushed off to the shoulder but a lot of folks riding the brakes. a new crash northbound, around ignacio valley. we have heavy traffic in tracy due to lane closures on eastbound on 205. mass transit looks great this morning. 54 b.a.r.t. trains in service, no delays. ace 1, 3 and 5 on time and normal service for mta. >>> warriors' quest for a three-peat tonight against the oklahoma city thunder. >> fans are asked to be in their seats by 7:15 for the ring ceremony and the unveiling of the championship banner. team officials have issued a fraud alert warning people from buy tickets from a nonverified third party. larry beil and mindy bach will have live reports tonight. tipoff is at 7:30. >>> also happening tonight, the connors set to make their big tv debut but without roseanne barr. >> the roseanne spin-off will answer what happened to the family matriarch. abc cancell

then communication was cut off with growing and control two people were on board russian commander alexi of chinon on u.s. flight engineer tyler haig who was on his first mission to the international space station there are three people aboard the i assess it would have taken six hours for them to get there no word yet as to when another launch will be taking place because of course people on board the i says will be awaiting. supply and more information on of course so these are quite dramatic scenes coming from the step as we say just less than. half go these are where all russia is space flights have been launched from baikonur it's the world's first that's laur largest operational space launch facility and indeed since the retirement of the american space shuttle program water run seven years ago baikonur has been the only launch site from the international space station missions. it would have taken as we sit six hours to get to that they would have been staying up there for six months until april twenty nineteen a lot of different experiments to be. on the fly with me here in this

. >> reporter: good morning, alexis and reggie. of i know what you're both thinking. it's 6:00 a.m., why haven't we dne some math he yet. this is the fun kind of math because we will count money. mega millions jackpot at $868 million. and powerball at $345 million. that's tonight. when you add the two up, you have $1.2 billion worth of jackpot money that is there for the taking. maybe tonight i won't be a loser. state lottery officials say a ticket that hit five of the six numbers was sold at the boulevard safe way. the money keeps rolling over and gives you another chance. the last time someone won was july 24th when a group of wells fargo employees won the $543 million prize. previous record was $656 million back in 2012. $868 million now. drawing set for friday for the mega millions. the powerball set for don't. if i win both of them, i promise i will give you guys at least 2, 3, 4 bucks each. each! >> wow. i was just about to say you're a win winner in our books no matter what. thanks, matt. good luck. >>> a search is on in the north bay for a truck that hit a bic