brandon watkins works at the children's hospital in stanford and is taking on the monumental feat to raise money for the children's fund. yesterday he finished his first marathon in automatic lunde, new zealand. here's a look at all the places he'll run. he calls it a monumental life experience. the funds will go for children and expectant moms. >> i hope he has comfortable shoes. >> let's talk about the forecast. richmond-san rafael bridge, showing you the rain drops. mt. diablo, 27. definitely watch out as you look at live doppler 7. it is not a big storm but certainly enough on dampen the roadways. in the north bay, we'll start out around sausalito. you will notice the street level radar, it is getting wet. and in the east bay, seeing some light rain. san francisco, daly city, seeing the wet pavement as well down the peninsula heading into the south bay and parts of santa cruz mountains. here's a lye look from our santa cruz camera. they've seen some rain drops as well in case you decide to check out the waves. there is a beach hazard statement that has been extended until 9:00 a.

we are talking about 44-year- old brandon watkins. he is running his second race today.n australia. he completed the first one yesterday in auckland, new zealand. he works for sanford children's hospital. he is raising money for the lucile packard children's fund. >>> after years of uncertainty, art experts have now determined that a vincent van gogh self portrait is real and genuine. it is one does it is one of more than 30 self-portraits van gogh painted. in the 1960s, researchers look at unusual techniques. x-ray analysis in a six-year investigation has resulted in the finding that the painting is authentic and the only known work that van gogh painted from when he was suffering psychosis in 1889. that painting belongs to an art gallery in norwood. >>> the time is now 7:58 am. the golden state warriors will be off tonight before laying tomorrow against the utah jazz. last night, they played in a shootout against the trailblazers. it was all about trailblazers star guard damien miller, a native of oakland. he was on fire. he had to 51 points. he would later hit a three

hopes of accomplishing what is known as a triple-a quest. 44-year-old brandon walk-ins is running a race today in australia. watkinsks for stanford children's hospital and is raising money through all of this through the lucile packard children's fund. good luck to him. >> just the travel alone would render me useless. to travel and run the marathon does >> but raising money. >>> do you know what we are not talking about? pitchers catchers. reported today. >> that is what happens when you go to a super bowl, right. >> thanks for watching everyone. our next newscast is at noon. don't forget, wendy williams is up next. [cheers and applause] >> announcer: live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show"! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> wendy: how you doin'? >> announcer: now here is wendy! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> wendy: hi! [cheers and applause] thank you so much! show. please! welcome my studio audience!