if you're heading to the carquinez bridge it looks pretty good. there have been some road work on 80 westbound in the hercules area. not causing a big slowdown. it should be gone soon. you might see it as you drive through. they were doing some paving work and the traffic was reduced to a couple of lanes. it is lightly traveled and people are getting through without major delays. it is taking 15 minutes. that's the lowest number i have seen from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze . the average it speed is 75 miles an hour. the road to sensors don't lie. that is above the speed limit. there you go. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge. this is about the time we start seeing people backing up. i don't see anyone doing that right now. no problems getting into san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> new this morning, police in queens new -- new york investigating a stabbing overnight at a daycare. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening, but three infants are among five victims. the adults who were hurt were a parent f

we have a long delay between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze of more than 40 minutes. opened the lanes. it was one hour, 51 minutes, but now, 42 minutes. when they open the lane, the traffic can get through and you will see slowing to the maze. the bay bridge, a typical delay a 15-20 minutes before you make it here. 8:80, a little bit early for it to be slow. we will check this out for you. i don't usually see this kind of slowdown that quickly. traffic is going to be slow. 580 could be an option with no problems reported. let's move along and take a look at the bridge with an accident near mission. they got the crash out of the way and things improved but when the crash gets out of the way, we still have some unwinding to happened during the area. southbound on the map, you can see it's slow. in the south bay, slow traffic on 85 northbound coming from southern san jose. let's bring steve in with the forecast. >>> some delays. sfo for arriving flights and oakland, i believe the departures to laguardia. they are having the remains of florence. philadelphia having some d

this mornings commute 17 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. that's about as low as it gets. later in the morning sometimes we get 40 or 45 minute commutes to do the same drive. that's why people get up early to avoid that. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with a little backup in some of the cash lanes. let's go back to the desk. >>> a top story. a mother devastated. her son was killed in a hit and run in santa rosa. >> oh no. you have got to be kidding me. he was hit twice? holy jesus. where do these people come from? >> the police are searching for two different drivers 37-year- was hit by two separate cars last saturday night neither driver stops to help them. witnesses say the first car hit him and while he was on the ground still alive other cars drove by and even when around him until a second car hit him and dragged him about 100 yards to a restaurant parking lot. >> i don't understand why two cars had to hit him and just leave. that is so mean. someone new those drivers. someone saw those people. >> authorities say eck was ja

westbound 8032 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze.ge we have a 20 minute delay before you make it onto the span. the accident list has become rather small there is a lot of slow traffic out there. 880 northbound still looks good . and or slowing on hayward s southbound commute. capital expressway and after 280. let's go back to the desk. >>> the bay area woman who has accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault says she wants the fbi to investigate her claims before she testifies in front of the senate judiciary committee. leigh martinez is live in our newsroom this morning following all the development which have lead to confusion on capitol hill over a hearing that is scheduled for monday. >> reporter: christine blasey ford says she has been than target of harassment and death threats and had to move her family out of the bay area to protect them. the big question looming over washington is will she or will she not testify on monday on her allegations that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted

off tay carquinez bridge and we'll that advisory over the last few minutes. sounds like they're having trouble getting a tow truck there because of all the traffic on the freeway getting there as well. anywhere past that let's say richmond past golden gate field and berkeley look at the big benefit, two sites to the drash, the jam off the carquinez bridge and easier drive toward the bay bridge but the metering lights are still on there. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> 6:32 for you right now and happening today, on alert right now, police are increasing their presence at one east bay school this morning, after a suspicious note was found on campus. >> this is the third such threat in the east bay over the past few days. "today in the bay's" bob riddell joins us live outside livermore high. do we know what the note says?r. it was a handwritten note some students found in a restroom here at livermore high school. it was anonymous according to school officials but the superintendent of the school district send out a voice mail and email to parents and i'm quo

the traffic on the east -- see the traffic on the east shore freeway is taking 45 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur bridge maze. 880 northbound is now a little better. but it is getting slower past high street on the way to downtown. there was say crash earlier near mission. and it is slow from hayward to union city. to the south bay, the slowest freeway is 58 and -- 85 and 101. in sunnyville, the freeways are looking okay. back to the deskment. >>> additional police officers will -- to the desk. >>> additional police officers will be at livermore high school after a threatening letter on campus. we are live there with the precautions being taken. >> reporter: the precautions include an increased police presence in and around the livermore campus. we saw one of the officers drive up and park in the driveway. so extra law enforcement presence is something that the students and parents will notice. this is because of what the students discovered yesterday, a threatening note in one of the bathrooms was found. they don't know what the note said. but they found the note message

the drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze will take 26 minutes.ly good for this time of the morning. it looks like that has been cleared up. that is a good drive there. 880 n. and southbound at oakland okay past the coliseum. a little slow approaching alameda northbound. bay bridge toll plaza not bad. not quite as busy as it was at this time yesterday. it will take you no time in the carpool lanes to get onto the span. let's go back to the desk. >>> we will be watching developers in san francisco later this morning. a cleanup crew will remove hundreds of drug needles from a luxury vacation home. the owner says it was trashed by the renters. christian joins us live from the city with the story. >> reporter: good morning. the owner of the home doesn't want us to reveal any details about where this home is located. not even the neighborhood. i can reveal that we are in one of san francisco's most desirable neighborhoods. we learned about this overnight and so far we have only seen photos of the inor of the home for those photos revealed used hype of

maybe just a little backup as people get onto the carquinez bridge. you go from there to the macarthur maze in about 18 minutes. eastshore freeway looks busy. traffic is moving along. circling back to highway four the bay point area this is highway four just east of port chicago highway. a collision involving a car and a motorcycle. chp has everything moved into the right hand shoulder so traffic is getting around without much of a problem. 880 n. -- 880 in oakland north and south looks good. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza and it is taking about 15 or 20 minutes to get onto the span unless you are in a carpool lane. let's go back to the desk.  >>> today top executives from facebook and twitter are due to testify on capitol hill about what they are doing to stop foreign influence on us midterm elections. twitters ceo jack dorsey and facebook's coo sheryl sandberg will testify before the senate intelligence committee. sandberg did release her opening remarks and says facebook needs the governments help to identify a tax and the mo

this is the problem for drivers coming off the east shore freeway and the carquinez bridge. lot of slowing as folks come here and off of that san rafael to richmond bridge as we're looking at the focus of the construction zone around gilman. looks like things started to pick up because the speed sensors are improving and supposed to pick up around 5:00 anyway. the rest of the bay a smooth flow of traffic, no major problems. slowing on 17. there are no crews headed to the summit. it's a slower read because we have no problems. we have low cloud cover in the north bay but drivers seem to be fine. what do you have for us? >> it is going to be a clear morning for most of us as we ea wilmington, north carolina. this is a live look from our storm plalphia station down to the hurricane, so we're getting a very detailed view of this hurricane as it continues to move inland. right now, wind speeds at 90 miles per hour, moving very slowly only 6 miles per hour and as we look at the wind speeds with this system, that will stay as we go into the afternoon as it slowly makes its way off

something going on off of the carquinez bridge coming skyway a pile of asphalt off to the shoulder but folks driving by are worried it might be affecting the slow lane. be careful if you use cummings skyway. highway 80 a nice flow through contra costa county. little blip highway 84 toward isabel, may be moving crews through the area right thousand. live look at the live sensors for our transit agencies and no delays. 24 train is running on time for b.a.r.t. they keep adding trains over the course of the next hour. 92 across the san mateo bridge a clear drive and view. the high-rise is moving well. no fog problems not like yesterday. but it's a little chilly out there. >> you can certainly feel it. thank you very much, mike. 4:47 right now. >>> when you get into an uber or lyft, how do you kno is behind the wheel. the nbc bay area investigative unit has uncovered an underground market that lets people rent ride share accounts. >> which allows them to drive without being vetted. investigative reporter liz wagner shows us the scam that's putting a lot of passengers at risk. >> reporter: a

an easy drive down the east shore freeway from once you cross the carquinez bridge. getting there is slower, vallejo westbound 80 and west 37 out of vallejo, those are the two areas that are showing us the north bay commute, the longer drive is really starting to kick in toward novato and down toward the east shore freeway. across the bay the san mateo bridge even though there aren't any sensors other than green across the span, you do see a lot more company for you, folks the commute is building. back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you. 6:01 right now. >>> new this morning, a fuel leak at sfo is canceling a valeras flight to mexico. a viewer shot this video for us last night. the plane was supposed to take off around 1:00 this morning, but then about ten gallons of fuel leaked. he says that crews are still cleaning up jet fuel off of the tarmac. that flight is canceled and the airline is working to get passengers on to other flights. we're working to find out what caused that leak. no other flights are affected. >> 6:02. >> now to developments with supreme court

looking at the carquinez bridge traffic is moving along as you drive out to the macarthur maze with no major issues. a little slowing approaching highway four and hercules as they pickup a little road work. no major problems there. it is taking about 21 minutes to drive through heading out to the macarthur maze with no problems. at the bay bridge a couple of lanes are taken away there have been no major problems heading out toward the maze. let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today, man accused of killing nia wilson and seriously injuring her sister at oakland's macarthur bart station will be back in court this morning. john lee cowell was arrested july 23 and he may enter a plea today. last month alameda county prosecutors added a special circumstance in their case against cowell, saying he was lying in wait for the victims. that charge would make cowell eligible for the death penalty. >>> hurricane florence already causing widespread flooding and damage in north carolina. look at these pictures. florence is now a category one storm, but it is expected to cause life-threatening s

that's good news for drivers. 18 is from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. bay bridge toll plaza cash lane is getting a little slow, but no problems if you take fast track across the span. here is an area we were talking about this morning on westbound 580 e. of schaeffer ranch. the crash moved out of the way a little bit of slowing in the westbound direction just past the 580, 680 interchange. overall, traffic is recovering from that earlier incident. let's go back to the desk. >>> monica lewinsky will appear in a new documentary about the sex dal involving president bill clinton . the is a six part documentary that features never before seen archived video and exclusive new interviews with monica lewinsky. the a any network will televise the program that will be called the impeachment of bill clinton. it will examine that scandal as well as other topics including the media, feminism, and political power. that documentary will start airing november 18, 20 years to the day that bill clinton was impeached in the house of representatives. >>> india's supreme c

a 17 minute drive between the carquinez bridge and macarthur maze. no major problems getting to the bay bridge. at 4:32, let's get back to the desk. >>> as you continue to talk about hurricane florence, 5 1/2 million people along the carolinas are under hurricane warnings or watches. a state of emergency has been declared for north and south carolina and virginia. many people living along the coast packed up and headed inland. authorities escorted cars down the highway, and in what normally would be the wrong direction, as you can see there. this was to speed up the evacuation. there is a satellite look at the storm. north carolina's governor urging people to follow mandatory evacuation orders. he says don't bet your life on trying to ride out what he calls a monster storm. president trump's administration is ready for hurricane florence. he invited the news media to the oval office to hear from fema administrator brock long about the agency's safety plans. it is helping with evacuations and providing emergency shelters. >> we are supporting the gove

no problems if you're driving in the crockett hercules, or pinole heading to the t carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. at the bay bridge we are getting some crowds in some of those outside lanes. let's go back to the desk. >>> the death toll caused by hurricane florence keeps rising. that storm remains stalled over the east coast. nortrona has devastating flooding and widespread power outages. lauren blanchard is right now in wilmington north carolina which is almost completely cut off from the rest of that state. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. you are exactly right. that's because a lot of the highways coming in and out as well as roads all flooded. although florence may have weakened there is still a lot of rain. let me show you this, a lot of debris still on the streets, sidewalks, roads. that has led to a lot of power outages while some of the terrible weather was strong winds and they may have let up but there is still the threat of rain, rising rivers, landslides, and even the threat of tornadoes. all a major concern. nd rescue operatio l weekend after almost nonstop rainfa

let me show you that it is now more than an hour and a half just to drive the carquinez bridge to theing 100 minutes. you really want to do this? some people have to. they just have to get out there and get into traffic. if you do not have to, don't do it. make this easy. do not drive into san francisco via the bay bridge from oakland. it is going to be a long time. a two hour wait. this is the biggest backup that i have seen in a while and it all started because of an earlier accident in san francisco that was there for a long time. it was there for two hours because a tow truck cannot get the big rig out of the way. this is a look at the rest of the east bay. some people have been using 680 to get around 80 and some people are stuck in a bunch of slow traffic. this has had a regionwide effect. let talk about -- even in marin county people went there. that a so as well. let's talk about the south bay. today is the big apple event in cupertino and more people are arriving. all of the freeway the getting up to west valley are slow. let's go back to the death. >>> here is a look at some

but as i look at the commute, 44 minutes from the carquinez bridge so the maze is not an awful time.erent crashes that cleared to the side that are partially to blame for the slow traffic. and a lot of people on a monday. this is the good news. the bay bridge seem to be getting better. here it is at 8:00 in the morning that is a good sign. if you have fast track, you're in good shape. you have slowed way down from davis street to downtown oakland. and if you're looking at the lauren county commute, it is normal. here's the approach to the richmond bridge. we have slow traffic there. and now back to the desk. >>> a california highway patrol is searching for a driver involved in a freeway shooting and hit and run in castro valley. alisa harrington spoke to the officers. >> reporter: the officer told me that the driver of the suspect vehicle fired four to five rounds. the other driver was not hit and the officer said it involve two cars. they were traveling southbound on 238. the person behind the wheel of the station wagon was driving erratically. someone inside the station wagon fired

the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze is 26 minutes. minutes at the tobin bridge. you can see traffic is a little bit slower on 880 from hayward to fremont. we had earlier problems to blame better finally clear but traffic is on the slow side. it will be slow around pleasanton. it st valley. this area looks okay on the bayshore freeway. no trouble as reported in moran county to san rafael. -- is reported in moran county to san rafael. >>> they're making a push as they approach the north carolina coast as a strong category two. it can cause a lot of damage. the storm surge and the slow- moving nature will bring torrential rainfall. wind gusts are already 30 to 51 miles an hour, picking up. there up to 51 -- it is beginning to make a move. even though it is a category two, it will stall out and drift south from wilmington towards myrtle beach. the storm surge on the coast is going up the rivers and inland areas are getting 15 to 30 inches of rain. fayetteville, that is a lot. i would say 16, 25 to 30 around wilmington. it has begun. the n

roads will take 30 minutes to drive from the car tenets bridge to the macarthur maze -- from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. it will start being crowded on that bridge deck itself as you can see it is getting crowded in the treasure island, getting off of fremont street it will mean a traffic jam for you because of fremont street is closed between howard and mission because of the building that has faulty beams. that is going to put more traffic on other streets and be a mess. here is interstate 880 north of southbound and you can see traffic looks okay. westbound 90 due to the high rise looks good. san mateo and doug martin bridge is not too bad. the southlake commute is getting crowded but still plenty of room for you. let's go back to the desk. >>> there could be some very dramatic testimony this morning with judge brett kavanaugh . she alleges she was sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh when they were both in high school years back. we are joined live mac in washington, d.c. -- we are joined live in washington dc. things get busy right now. --

slowing as you head to the carquinez bridge which is typical. 37 is already backed up.ause of crashes, just a lot of volume. it looks all right from hercules to richmond and getting to the macarthur maze. eventually, to the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. let's go back to the desk. >>> firefighters in napa county continue to battle that wildfire that has forced evacuations. the snell fire is burning near butts canyon road and snell valley road., southeast of tuttletown. it has burned 24 acres since saturday afternoon and it is still just 20% contained. that fire is threatening almost 200 homes in berryessa estates. mandatory evacuation orders were given for people who live on the west side of berryessa, knoxville road from pope . the bridge to the napa county line . the evacuations also include areas of snell valley road and berryessa estates. >>> a 45 mile stretch of interstate a 45 mile stretch of interstate 5 n. of redding remains shut down because of the delta fire which has grown to more than 40,000 acres and is only 5% contained. it started

traffic is a little slow on 37 and but on the carquinez bridge approach it looks pretty good headingeastshore freeway. staying good all the way down. there was a little road work on 80 westbound and a little bit of construction work on 80 westbound right near the 580 interchange causing some slow traffic. it could still be there metering lights are on. let's go back to the desk. >>> man accuse at the macarthur bart station in oakland will be back in court this morning. john lee calla was arrested july 23 and he may enter a plea today. last month alameda county prosecutors added a special circumstance in their case saying that he was lying in wait for near and latifah wilson. that charge, if convicted, would make cowell eligible for the death penalty. >>> management at san francisco's millennium tower building which has been sinking and tilting faces deadlines today. city officials threatened to yellow tag that building. this comes after the recent discovery of a cracked window on the 36th floor. in a letter to the millennium tower management the city says by this afternoon a canopy h

now is taking about half an hour to drive a from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. part of it is across and part of it is just people getting on the road. there's a little backup here because of an earlier stall. leave the house an extra five or 10 minutes early and that should probably do it but this is 880 northbound. looking good into downtown oakland. southbound 880 slows at 238 and it gets better after an earlier crash on the shoulder. 680 is slow through pleasanton heading south . the south bay commute to cupertino or sunnyvale, the silicon valley drive still looks pretty good. you might want to jump ahead of the crowd before he gets a lot slower. >>> let's bring in steve paulson. >> a friend of mine moved to tampa say pete and he said i have to wait until one a clock for the game to come on. if you go from 4:00 to 7:00 there they see how sunny it is here. >> we have just me almost an 11 degrees difference between downtown clayton and uphill at oakhurst. i can actually do better than that by the concorde pavilion it is 55 and a black diamond it is 74. there is

taking about 25 or 30 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze.ffic at the toll plaza is all right. 880 okay, but just down the road we had a report of another accident to tell you about. a quick look at san francisco, looking all right. southbound 880 at tennyson has another this is the c kind of a bad one. the south bay commute still looks all right. let's bring in steve with today's weather. >>> mainly inland warmer today. still some fog on the coast but tuesday and wednesday look like a north wind will take over. extremely dry conditions as one the higher elevations. single digits on the relative humidity. the wind is not a huge factor, the red flag warning takes us until tuesday afternoon including the santa cruz mountains and east bay hills and the wind is not a huge factor. i can't find much there, but it is dry in the higher elevations. 70 in san francisco today. that is average. they hit 83 last thursday. since then downhill to 81. bumping up a little bit today. there low is 52 . the average is 55. record low is 50 from 1884. you can see

looks good from fairfield, vallejo, across the carquinez bridge, and down to the macarthur maze. that's not a bad commute. at the toll plaza it has been looking pretty good. 880, we will keep an eye on it and let you know more in the next traffic update. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are getting a firsthand look at a violent incident involving police officers in the east bay. the pittsburgh police department released to body cam video overnight of an arrest last saturday. police say the man matched the description of a man believed to be stealing gasoline. the man was carrying a crowbar which he eventually through to the ground . the two officers ordered him to drop to the ground. he refused and there was a struggle. pittsburgh police officers resorted to what is called distraction blows, which are open and closed handed punches. police believe he may have stolen gas but the theft investigation is still ongoing. we will have a live updates on that story. >>> the palo alto professor who has accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault says that she is willing to testify before a

you can see by these commutes, 22 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. that's a pretty good time for 6:20 in the morning. we do have a backup of about 15 minutes near the bay bridge. back to the desk. >>> the new home of the warriors is scheduled to open next year. the big achievement today for the jason center in san francisco. >>> also, democrats with new allegations against brett kavanaugh. what information they say has been handed over to the fbi. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you h, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. (music throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. today the mayors of oakland, san jose, and los angeles are teaming up with a nonprofit to help people in their communities the mayor's along with the state treasurer john chung will announce a partnership today the accelerator four -- accelerator for america which connects people with jobs and mentorships the group also focuse

notice the absence of low cloudies around the tri-valley or the carquinez strait as the marine air is compressed and most of the cooling from that will be felt around the inner bay and coast. inland, sunny skies, hazy sunshine due to some of the smoke drifting in from the north. our temperatures tomorrow will have a chance once we get out of these morning 50s to climb maybe into the low to mid-90s around the inner portions of contra costa county. you head into the inland valleys of the east bay. low 50s for the morning. still jacket weather with some misty skies possible around the coast and san francisco. then high temperatures tomorrow up a few degrees. downtown san jose, mid-80s. chances of finding some low 90s south of downtown heading into morgan hill and gilroy. for the tri-valley, highs in the low 90s. still 70s bayside here. oakland into hayward, about 87 in vallejo. 93 in pittsburg. close to 94 in antioch tomorrow. up and down the peninsula, lower peninsula, 70s and 80s. san francisco, stuck in the mid-60s. that's still better than 102 degrees we had a year ago. and 80s here

traffic will be a little bit slow coming up toward the carquinez bridge.drive through you can see approaching 780. a little further down you -- we had a crash reported on westbound 80 near central. that traffic is not materializing it but we will see no injuries there. it was reported five minutes ago. we will see what happened in that commute. this is a look at the bay bridge getting into san francisco. at the toll plaza it is backed up for a 10 - 15 minute wait. let's go back to the desk. >>> this morning in north carolina emergency workers are airlifting food and water to people in wilmington, north carolina. lauren blanchard is right there in that area is cut off from the rest of north carolina because of heavy flooding caused by what is left of hurricane florence. good morning. >> reporter: that's exactly right. we just heard from one of our other crews where they had heavy equipment coming over to highway 40 to try to clear some of the damage and flooding. florence, although it has we can do, there is still a lot brain damage and a lot of flooding. t

looking at your drive on the eastshore freeway it looks pretty busy from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze not too bad. westbound 80 looks pretty good. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza we have been alerted truc in the process of towing away a gray honda accord that is stuck. i don't know if that's the tow truck you see with the flashers on the bottom right of the screen, but that could float things down further at the bay bridge. san mateo bridge also pretty slow going. however, there are no specific incidents or crashes to tell you about. same story for highway four and bay point, getting a little crowded, but no specific accidents. that's good news. i will send it over to steve. >>> yes, now we finally have some delays for arriving flights at sfo. one would think due to low ceilings and fog. usually it is about 50 minutes or so. that's arriving flights to sfo. otherwise we are green. a deep fog bank again with another cool morning. having a hard time buying into too much of a warm-up. no big changes coast and bay. too much fog. the city, the average high this time of y

it will take you 90 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. be aware in eastbound direction there is a semi truck blocking a firm right lane -- a far right lane on eastbound 80 at ashby. on lafayette things getting busier. same with golden gate bridge. we are probably just about 15 minutes away from the metering lights turning on. right now traffic looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. i will send it over to steve. >>> the remains of what was gordon continue to bring a lot moisture mainly to the great lakes. ohio valley and st. louis and cincinnati to chicago. that might be one area of concern. some of that cooler air continues to work its way in. i haven't seen any record lows. temperatures unseasonably cool settling in for a few. there are no flight delays that we can see so far. weather headlines, fog burns off sooner today. warmer for most. 80s and 90s inland. cooler sunday into wednesday. temperatures bumped up yesterday for some brentwood hit 90. gilroy 89. walnut creek 85. morgan hill 84. east san jose was only 78 as san jose was 71.

if you are getting from the carquinez bridge and macarthur maze it will take you about 19 minutes . the this is a look at the approach from the eastshore freeway. a little slowing approaching the toll plaza. we want to skip over to san francisco because on southbound 280 n. of 101 there's a report of a ladder in the slow la westbound highway four earlier a crash at san marco in port chicago highway, that seems to be recovering them although, things are somewhat slow in that area . the bay bridge toll plaza is circling back and things are slow getting onto the span. in the carpool lanes you should have no problem. let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today, after a rocket start the senate confirmation hearing for judge brett kavanaugh is set to resume in about half an hour. in his opening statement kavanaugh says he is an independent judge. >> i am not a pro plaintiff work pro-defendant judge. i'm not a pro prosecution or defense judge. i am a pro law judge. today senators will begin question kavanaugh. christian has been following all of this very interesting development from th

you can see traffic is taking 22 minutes to make that drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthury bridge the metering lights are turned on. let's go back to the desk. >>> a twist in the case involving a palo alto psychologist who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault it appeared that both christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh will testify next monday before the senate judiciary committee. ms. ford's lawyer sent a letter to the republican committee chairman saying she has been getting death threats and someone hacked her emails. now before she will testify on capitol hill she wants and fbi investigation to identify facts and witnesses in a nonpartisan way about her allegations against brett kavanaugh. street most of the rain from hurricane florence has stopped. now it is time to start assessing the damage. in about an hour president trump will had to north carolina where he will get a firsthand look at the destruction we already know that at least 37 people in three states have died . thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 10,000 people

gave the all clear for lanes so likely to see the sensors improve and everybody at speed from the carquinez bridge down to the berkeley curve in the next few. unfortunately it's the same time for the bay bridge wherehtset t on the map, a little slowing out of vallejo for west 37th, stan a you through mayor island. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up, the very latest on the construction of the trans bay terminal center in san francisco. it's still not complete but there is some good news why the end is near. >>> plus singer carrie underwood is on "ellen" today, what she's sharing about her frightening accident that left her seriously injured. the final peice of san francisco )s sales force transit center is almost done --- the much anticipated gondola. the center officially opened last month. but the gondola wasn )t ready. >>> the center officially opened last month we took you there live but the gondola wasn't ready, we saw crews testing it earlier this week and there's a lot of buzz going around that it may debut in a matter of days. so far, no formal announcement, though. today

is it take being 40 minutes to get there from the car -- carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze bridge>>> we have may have some rain coming in. but the forecast models are not in synch. but some of them do bring, but not for a couple days away. you're going to get warm weather before you get anything else. our friends up in clear lake. hello monday, a cool, calm and clear start. 49 in kel see. we have a lot -- chelsea we have a lot cooler than that. we have 40-degree temperature swings. that is true. my furnace kicked on this morning. i tried to explain to that i've yet to remove the air- conditioners from the windows. we go from 44 to 88 in santa rosa. polk valley is 48. a little fog on the marine coast. so morning fog, mostly coast and a little bit in the bay. 60s on the coast and 80s inland. the city has dipped to 51 degrees. the record slow 50 set in 1884. normal is 55. they hit 83 last thursday. that was the warmest temperature so far this month or this year. since then, they went down and a little bump upyesterday. and we'll go 70 today. and there is a little more fog than i want

the speed between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur bridge is only 15 minutes.e had an earlier accident to blame. and the same thing at the bay bridge. it is a little slower than it normally is. but it is not to the point where we were last week when we had an hour and a half commute. this is a look at 880 northbound. you see that the traffic is getting a little slower. we don't have a lot going on. we had a couple of minor crashes here and there. and the sam te'o bridge is heavy all the way across. and the bundunn -- dunn bun bartton bridge is okay. >>> throw people were rescued a couple hours -- three people were rescued a couple hours ago. and one pulled out of the frigid waters. give us the latest on the rescue. what happened out there? >> reporter: i have lieutenant baxter with the san francisco fire department to talk about what happened. i want to show you where the people were. they were on the other side of that barrier, correct? >> that's correct. around 5:20 call this morning, we have had a call for a potential rescue aquatic park. and they went out b

the earlier traffic alert cleared 45 minutes ago but still slow coming off the carquinez bridge but nowaffic headed toward berkeley. we have one alert for southboun. one lane is blocked. it's an alert because it will take a while to clear this one lane but slowing only at the scene is the counter commute. getting toward the bay bridge is just fine through oakland. it is away from that and headed toward the san mateo and dumbarton bridges, 880 looks slow there. recovery for sunol after the earlier alert cleared 40 minutes ago as well. slow north through san jose. >> thank you very much. another update in half an hour. ♪ ♪ meet geor jick,all or vit a store today. >>> chrissy, i can't believe what i heard. and that's you don't pronounce your last name teigen. >> i do. but my father -- >> what are we going with here? >> i'm going to stick with teigen. we found out and we had to ask. that's one of our moments on the gold carpet. >> we had a bunch of those moments. we're going to show them. it was fun. >> john legend was also confused. >>> let's start this half hour with a check of the headli

forty fort minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and when you get to the bay bridge. about a 20 minute delay before you make it on to the stand. 880th potted -- crowded through oakland. we have had a very ordinary commute. not a lot of major incidents. not justin justice low traffic. 8: 47. let's bring stephen with the forecast. >> thank you.already bounced of the lows. if you thought it was cold, it was for if you. it dipped to 36. brady was 39. sonoma state university down to 41. woodside down to 41. it is still 40s and 50s and a couple of low 60s. rio vista and there andy tracy is close. the castro valley and 50 -- san jose 52. the city made it to 52. 3 degrees below average. 3 degrees off of the record low. go ahead and drop that off. west southwest brees myself brees and onshore is there. the officer will kick in later. it has a for some to the north. and is not going to be a whirring offshore event but we will get a northerly breeze chewing up fog on the coast. manely south of san francisco, still holding on from 70s yesterday to the 80s today. it will bounce u

focusing on traffic here and now we would like to talk about the fog like a 35 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze bracketing into san francisco on the bridge will be tough. so traffic this is not typical. this is partly due to the confusion and the congestion at the fremont street exit. if that is direct that every month you will notice it is closed near salesforce tower. the transit center be howard mission street adding extra congestion to see if presented to the bridge. interstate 880 and oakland traffic is moving well 92 westbound is okay and you get the other maps that they are beginning to get more cloudy -- crowded. a 80 southbound as a get to industrial there's a crashed to union city that is a very slow entity south bay the commute is beginning to fill and. at; 06 let's go back to the death. track now to continue coverage of a major problem downtown san francisco. the city's new 2.2 lee miller salesforce transit center will remain closed until the end of next week. that is after inspectors found a second cracked still be next to the one discovered earlier in