the east coast is not along a plate boundary. it's in the middle of a plate. >> reporter: scientists say unlike california quakes that virginia quake has not had as many aftershocks. and based on the fault's history it probably will not lead to another, quote, big one anytime soon. now, back to our little quake here, a lot of folks logging into facebook and twitter to report what they felt and we have a couple of comments on facebook: >> reporter: a couple of scientist from the usgs in menlo park are heading to the east coast to study that quake and i'm sure they will also study our little overnight quake, as well. back to you guys. >> the reaction in the east coast they run outside which you're not supposed to do. people in california know you're supposed to stay inside and take cover. >> reporter: and stand in the doorway. they didn't know what it was. they are not expecting to have earthquakes. a lot of people said, you can mock us but we had 9/11. i can understand that. you hear loud shaking and you're freaking out. >> thank

coast and the east bay.d where people felt the shaking last night. >> cell phone shutdown, bart tackles a free speech issue today in a public meeting at 9:00. the five demands protestors are

east coast. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. here is a live look from walnut creek. a lot of sunshine. >> have been talking about the decor earthquake on the east coast. we also had some wrestling in the bay area. the magnitude 3.6 center near san leandro near the hayward fault. people throughout the east of san francisco, the peninsula and marin, even up to santa rosa. about five minutes later there was a 2.3 magnitude aftershock. hakka >> we are waiting here for the press conference from the mayor of washington and washington d.c. who will be talking about the earthquake of that was killed in the city. monuments in the nation's capital are closed for the day. >> look at these pictures out of california. in lincoln, a perk frame -- a propane truck exploded. as you can see, the fire is still going strong this morning. look at all of those flames. the red cross has set up evacuation centers for those who aren't written in the evacuation zone. -- for all of those in th

what kind of impact can we expect on the east coast? >> thomas, all eyes are focused on this one because we do anticipate some potentially very serious impacts. i'm going to bring you the latest stats. 150-mile-an-hour winds, that's not changing. northwest movement at 12, so it's not nearly as much of a westerly component as it is a northerly component, just now coming through the bahamas, turks and caicos getting hit very hard here. this shows the eye which basically is a stadium effect as the center of that eye just fans out at the top here. it's a beautiful view down inside, but you can see as it comes over the islands just how powerful it is. this is certainly a strengthening storm. we anticipate it potentially going to a category 4 storm. right now category 3, hurricanes in effect and the computer models shows us the short term and then they fan out quite a bit. there could be a near miss or a direct hitov over the outer ban of north carolina. this would happen on saturday. and then potentially go to new england striking new jersey

live look now at the east coast.arolina there, where again the winds just really shaking around that camera. the winds -- hurricane-force winds, 85 miles per hour right near the center of that storm. >>> the president cut short his vacation because of hurricane irene. overnight the first family went home. they then got on to marine one. president obama wanted to monitor irene from the white house. >>> the upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up. this morning the president called on americans to rekindle the spirit of union ty that characterized the nation's response to the terrorist attacks. >> so as we mark the solemn anniversary, let's summon that spirit once more, and let's show that the sense of common purpose that we need in america doesn't have to be a fleeting moment. it can be a lasting virtue. i not just one day, but every day. >> on september 11th, mr. obama plans to visit ground zero, pennsylvania, and the pentagon. the attacks killed 2977 people. >>> relatives and friends of the 40 passengers who d

germans had been moving from east to west ever since 1944 and they're moving today, east germany continues -- >> yeah. >> it's not losing population because they have a dictator. but it's for economic reasons. >> they flee. they don't move. you don't flee from ohio to new york and you move. >> if that's what you think of ohio. [laughter] >> >> if you lived in cleveland, you might think differently. whatever. >> 2 minutes for professor smyser to respond to the comments. >> i'd prefer to take questions but i want to just say one thing about kennedy's speech which was i saw at the kennedy library about half a dozen of the drafts. and all i can say kennedy was so damn smart to throw those things away because they were absolutely god all of including including sooner or later the war will come down. sooner or later he understood he couldn't say. and he made it up as he went along. as he drove through the city and as he was inspired by the crowds. and, of course, it was the kind of speech which the crowd loved. jackie kennedy was heard to say many times, perhapsest that she was sorry the famous

hurricane slammed into the east coast within the past few hours.... >>> all eyes on irene. the hurricane slams into the east coast within the past few hours. heavy rain, fierce winds. we'll have a live report from north carolina. >>> cracking down on game day brawls and drinking at candlestick park. football sounds off. next, the debate over the tough new rules. >>> and new help for service members returning from the front lines. the bay area source that is helping them find homes. >>> it is 7:00 on saturday morning, august 27. thanks for joining us today. i'm anne mackovic. >> and i'm jim bernard with a look at your weekend weather picture. >>> first, let's take a live look at the east coast. you've been tracking hurricane irene, jim. >> big weather story here for the weekend, as irene is coming ashore across north carolina here this morning. not sure what we've got right here. >> that is a live look, but they are having technical difficulties down there. it's very, very windy, very wet, and the storm has just begun. it lost a little muscle by the time it hit the east coas

>> live pictures here of pounding waves on the east coast. it is the first physical signs of the approach of a monster storm that is threatening millions of people. good afternoon. i'm torre campbell. right now tropical storm force winds are arriving in the carolinas as hurricane irene approaches. the national weather service has downgraded irene to a category two with top winds of 100 miles per hour. severe weather is preponderated to hit the u.s. mainland tomorrow. evacuations are in effect from north carolina to new york city where mayor michael bloomberg has just ordered mandatory evacuations for low-lying coastal areas and the city's massive transit system will shut down tomorrow. people on martha's vineyard are among those getting out of the path, including president obama. he announced this morning that he is cutting his vacation to martha's vineyard short by one day. he'll be returning to washington, d.c. today and advised anyone near the coast to take precautions. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the prosecute cor

this could have further effects on the price of oil so the crisis that we see today in the middle east as far as i'm concerned is nowhere. near the conclusion i think we'll see more ripple effects and the economic consequences of that are yet to be seen and if we're going to if i go to you right now what about you i mean that's a very good point because we see we see a lot of these riots that brought about these revolts in maybe revolutions we have to see how it's played out because of food prices and we have the added in element here that some of these countries like libya are major oil producers right well it's ironic that you know the trigger of these really revolutions were were food prices were the cause of the rise of inflation these markets and i'm not saying that was the only cause of these rises or long simmering. regimes that have never been popular with that with with their people so the rise in inflation was really the spark not the cause but those prices were rising in the first place because of federal reserve policy i mean it's the united states that's primarily flooding

developments in this and thirty minutes from now in the meantime cross-talk debates when the middle east instability will see the world oil supplies taking a bite out of your bank debate is next. if . hello welcome to crossfire computor lavelle the price of oil the curse of oil with the ongoing unrest in the arab world petroleum markets are more than reacting is the global economy on the edge of another deep recession and are a high oil prices here to stay is the price of oil time to arab revolutions and aspirations. to discuss the impact of all of this on oil prices i'm joined by michael klare and in springfield he is director of five colleges program in peace and world security studies and author of rising powers shrinking planet the new geopolitics of energy in new york we go to and he's director of communications and marketing at euro pacific capital and in frankfurt we cross to william engdahl he is an economic researcher and the author of a century of war anglo-american oil politics and the new world order and another member of our cross talk team in the hunger for it gentlemen thi

east bay, 74 for oakland. 80, castro valley.erior east bay, 90 for concord and danville. 893 for brentwood, and 92 tomorrow for gill arrival here's the next seven days ahead. you can see for yourself that cooling weather -- or the cooling mechanism will move in tuesday, wednesday, thursday, return to 80s inland, 70s around the bay. low 60s at the coast. minor fluctuation in temperatures all week long. >> dan: shu is here now with a preview of sports. >> mike: i thought you were going to say, speaking of looking good. slow day with all the hurricane events cancelled back east. another extra inning affair for the dog days of august. could they pullçkçkçkçkçkçk clcll >> mike: giants left-hander jonathan sanchez might be done with a left ankle sprain that isn't improving. torres and romo came off the dl. giants celebrating the dog days of summer at at&t park. and your best of show. he looks happy. bud norris, 96 on the gun. ten strikeouts, the kid had a one-hitter through six. but in the seven, trouble. aubrey huff coming through. t

what made this rare east coast quake unique? >> getting people water to drink is nice, but the sanitation department. >> why porter potties are sprouting up along one bay area's road. >>> pulling the plug on charging stations. why some say the big box chain will regret the decision. good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken. all along the east coast tonight, officials are assessing damage following the most powerful earthquake to hit the region in nearly seven years. >> this video caught the shaking in virginia. there were no serious injuries, but the quake sent people running into the streets in new york and washington, d.c. the magnitude 5.8 quake hit about 40 miles northwest of richmond, virginia. but people felt it as far away as toronto and georgia. so if this was a moderate earthquake by west coast standards, why do those waves travel thousands of miles? sharon chin with the answer. >> miles from the virginia epicenter, people felt the shaking all the way from maine to atlanta and cleveland. >> there's another tremor. ho

east coast. as far as maine are warned they can see extreme flooding, power outages or worse even if irene stays off-shore. jenna: some projections said this storm would hit, but j.d. reminds us we are still a few days out. >> reporter: four days out there is a 200-mile margin of error with the cone of uncertainty. one thing is for sure, i'm getting emails saying what is my weekend going to be like in the ham tomorrow's? you shouldn't be going to the ham tomorrow's. i know that's terrible to say. long island, new jersey shore, you really need to be paying attention. i don't think the people across the northeast realize what this could mean in the next couple of days. this could be a tropical-storm force winds, heavy rain for a matter of six to 12 hours over the weekend, so, just, you know, we need to pay close attention and i'll make sure everyone knows the forecast. this is a look from outer space, a beautiful image but a potentially destructive storm. look at that well-defined eye there. you ca

rain and heavy winds battling the east coast. mandatory evacuations are in place and flights are canceled. in a few hours new york transit will slow down. the storm has weakened overnight but it will remain her case force winds into new england. >> hurricane irene already made landfall in north carolina leaving an estimated 200,000 people without power. it has the potential of affecting tens of millions of people as it makes its way north. hurricane irene made landfall near cape lookout n.c. this morning. cities along the east coast are bracing for this major storm. the strongest hurricane that they experience and perhaps 20 years. >> is surfer in virginia beach died after being caught in a recurrence. thousands of people are without power. new york ordered a mandatory evacuation for low-lying areas of the city. >> the best thing that could happen is this storm turns east and heads to see. that is not likely to happen. unfortunately there will be a serious storm coming in. it is better to take precautions and get out of the way o

and these are five other nuclear plants along the east coast. hope creek, new jersey, salem, new jersey, oyster creek, new jersey, and susquehanna, and three mile island and in maryland, calvert cliffs, and we are making it clear, we are not saying that there is an emergency there or any concern of an emergency, but they have declared or notified the nrc of unusual events, and so they go through a number of steps to insure that the plants are safe. but the north anna plant at lake anna, virginia, that plant has two reactors and came online in 1978 and both reactors have tripped and shutdown au automatically and the plant has recorded unusual event and now beginning the procedures to assess any, any concerns whatsoever. and while i have you on the line, several airport control towers were evacuated. and they include jfk in new york as well as newark airport on the new jersey side of newark as they inspect the towers for potential concerns, but the a airstrips themselves to make sure there is no serious cracks in the foundations at that point. tha

may now be spreading to the east bay.u's patti lee is live now in oakland where they're holding a meeting to speak about the decision to cut off cell phone service. >> reporter: yesterday's arrests did nothing to help that situation. in fact, those arrests may supersize the scope of future protesters. organizers are already talking about expanding protests to the east bay. >> anonymous needs a few people to go to 344 20th street. >> reporter: that's where b.a.r.t. special meeting will be held tomorrow to address the decision to shut off cell phone service. the public is invited to make comments. >> let's apologize and move forward. >> reporter: board member lynette twin says the board meeting will be just a chance to vent. >> what we need to do is to figure out if they will enact a policy to shut down cell service. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has a different idea. he says the threat to public safety more than justifies b.a.r.t. controversial decision. university of san francisco law professor josh toblot says that it'll be a to

it could be the most destructive east coast storm in half a century.'s check on weather and traffic. >> you saw the clouds behind eric there and flight arrival delays about 62 minutes into sfo. marine layer is not as stout and it means we will see more sunshine today, about an hour or two quicker in the east bay valleys about 10:00 or 11:00, and probably 1:00 around the bay but a lot of clouds, mid-50s, warmest weather low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. >> a sig alert in effect, northbound 880 at embarcadero, fifth street, big rig and multiple vehicles still blocking the two left lanes, traffic is backed to 238 in san leandro. a place to avoid this morning, use 580 or the san mateo bridge to get around. >> sue, thank you very much. >> thank you very much for joining us for the abc morning news. we'll have a local update at 7:24.

travel between the east coast and the caribbean are suspended. amtrak canceled service south of washington at least through sunday. trains operating along the northeast corridor are moving at reduced speeds. >> terrell brown here in new york thank you for that live report. we bump, and bromance, a close non-sexual relationship between men. >>> in sports, slam, slam, slam, the bronx bombers liven up or actually live up to the name and make another mark in the record books. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york partly cloudy 84, miami showers and 90 degrees there. chicago sunny and 79. sunny and a whopping 103 in dallas and l.a., a sunny 88. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows hurricane irene off the florida coast, moving toward the carolinas. clear and dry from the great lakes into the northeast. stormy in the southwest, while the west coast is clear. later today the carolina coast gets hit with heavy rains and dangerous winds as irene approaches. hot in the s

irene is now hitting the northern half of the east coast. we have a live report. >>> rowdy football fans kicked out of candlestick park. the results of beefed up security. >>> and a little boy shooting death triggers calls for more security in the east bay. it is 7:30 on sunday, august 2/8. imc five. phil has a morning off, but we are starting off with hurricane irene coverage. jim, i know you've been watching it. >> that's been the main story all weekend long. we will have updates throughout the show. >> we have a live look at stonington, connecticut as irene slams into the most densely populated area of the nation. she has lost some steam. you can see it still plenty windy but irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm. up-and-down east coast, 4 million homes and businesses are without power. at least 11 people have been killed in the storm in five states. the california national discard -- they are going to be on their way, guardsmen flying to the east coast today. susan mcginnis is joining us live from long island, new york. susan, wh

low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys.lley, fremont low to mid-80s. 70s for the east bay shore. let's head down in the south bay mid to upper 80s. close to 90 in los gatos. 85 in san jose. on the peninsula, mid to upper 60s millbrae, san mateo. as you hid to the coast low to mid-60s during the afternoon hours. upper 60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. low to mid-50s, and upper 80s to 90s no north bay valleys. morgan hill will be around 90. 78 in santa cruz. the heat is on and fresno, 101 and 117 in palm springs. nice 82 in tahoe and 72 in big sur. 50s are back in the forecast and more widespread cloud cover, 60s possible in antioch. seven-day forecast, couple degrees cooler tomorrow. that will hold steady through friday. warming trend for saturday and sunday when the clouds, maybe head to the beaches and see sunshine then. good morning, sue, welcome back. >> good morning everyone. we do have thick fog if you are crossing the golden gate bridge. it is down on the span. you will need windshield biopsyers.

off to the east. sun will be coming up in 20 minutes or so. let's talk about temperatures. waiting for you this morning, it's comfortable outside, a lot of low to mid-50s, santa rosa and san rafael. 50s around monitor have you voo and antioch. monterey bay and inland, clouds are thicker and drizzle a little more prevalent especially along the coast. temperatures in the low to mid mid 50s. highlights, we'll see a lot of sunshine and keep temperatures pretty close to average which is pretty close to what happened yesterday. more clouds tonight. tonight is when the changes begin. we'll have more coastal drizzle tomorrow and the clouds signify slight change in the air mass that will bring a cooling trend for the middle part of this week. today could be one of the warmer days over the next couple. compared to average, 5 degrees warmer in livermore and exactly right on in napa and oakland, 2 degrees cooler in redwood city and san francisco. let's talk about what is happening outside into the next couple hou

, east of the east bay hills. most of us have cloud cover right now and temperatures near seasonal because of the low spinning off the coast but this high is going to build over in the weekend bumping those temperatures up inland and around the bay so nice weekend in store and your friday looking good too. highs look like this. 64 in half moon bay. 74 in san mateo. milpitas making it to 81 today. 82 san jose, almost to 90 in morgan hill. a few high 80s and low 90s far inland. bay shores looking at 60s and low 70s mostly sunny by this afternoon. coastline line foggy all day. kentfield 77. 92 fairfield. 80s in sonoma and napa. your weekend forecast, plenty of sunshine temperatures in the mid-90s in some of the inland locations and then we start to see a cooldown for the start of next workweek. pretty gradual monday into tuesday. as you look at wednesday and thursday, really seeing the numbers drop down into the high 80s in our warmest locations. that's a look at the forecast. let's check traffic with elizabeth >> an

thousands of flights to and from the east coast and to the east coast have been cancelled affecting flights here and at other bay area airports. there's three flights to washington, new york and boston will head out as scheduled tonight but are cancelled saturday and sunday. a man from baltimore, a woman from the east bay and a man headed to new york all said the hurricane is on their mind. >> actual little i'm here for a wedding. it just so happens that i'm out of town for the hurricane. i love it like that. >> everybody was talking about getting out. there was golf tournaments and a lot of stuff going on. everybody is passing on that, so i came home a day early. >> i've lived in the east coast for a long time. we can handle this. we've experienced a lot of things. rain and water are not going to kill us. >> reporter: no matter where you're flying you should check your the airline's website and see how your flight will be affected by hurricane irene. live at oakland airport, i'm john sasaki. >>> even though the full force of hurricane irene hasn't hit the bay area, many people are already

it will be a heavy weekend along the east coast. meanwhile along the west coast we are looking pretty good. waking up with partly to sunny skies. we have a nice warmup expected for the weekend. wide spread 60s for the coast. 70-80s for the bay. temperatures wide spread 50s. we have been holding steady. low 60s out there. mountain view reporting 62 opinion afternoon highs for today 80 z and low 90s for inland area fortunes synura clara valley 83. 67 in the city. 80 degrees for san mateo. ly 70s in santa -- low 70s in santa cruz. and then we begin a bit of a cooling trend monoand tuesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's now 6:11 and right now hurricane irene baring down on the east coast. as people evacuate, the storm is now effecting washington, d.c. martin luther king june memorial. >>> there is a new controversy tied to america's terrorism nightmare ten years ago. >>> welcome back to the morning news. hurricane irene is expected to hit the u.s. mainland this weekend and the nation's capitol is one city caught in the line of fir

it is destructive for my coworkers to have to go to the east bay. bart is closing not only civic center, but montgomery and embarcadero. they are stranding a lot of people. >> freeways are clogged as well. anonymous will protest the decision to turn off the cell phone service on the trains and underground. >>> the lawyer for two american hikers sentenced to eight years in prison on spying charges in iran is filing an appeal today. shane bauer, josh fattal and sarah shourd were detain and shourd was released on bail and did not return. the men were sentenced to years for espionage and illegal entry. the lawyer told the associated press the appeal could be granted immediately or take up to two months to be processed. there is hope that the pair might be pardoned. the sentence was handed down during ramadan when court traditionally show compassion. pardons are issued on the last day. ramadan ends this tuesday. >>> the story of steve jobs inventing the apple computer in his garage is well-known. his boyhood home has been a magnet for tourists especially

train and bus service on the east coast has also been scaled back. here major travel troubles tonight at san francisco airport. jade hernandez talked with travelers who have been told it may be days before they can get home. >> that's right. we spoke to a lot of people that want to get home and can't but for one family in particular their urgency to get home has more to do with medical issues than vacation. this family vacations hadn't heard about hurricane irene's path. >> we came out and everybody was facebooking saying how are you getting home? >> reporter: nine hours later melissa and her family don't know when they can get home. american airlines said the earliest flight to new york city is next saturday and they aren't the only ones. american canceled flights to new york and chicago and united, continental, virgin and u.s. airways did the same. >> somebody said we can -- there is a plane for us and then after a second, there is no plane and i don't know. i'm really confused. >> reporter: it's also tough news for the family that wants to get the

the east and west are both taken essentially by the rebels. european country he wants to land in will immediately hand him over 0 the international court. so south is where the desert is. south is where there are more places to hide. south is where the rest of africa is and places in africa where he is popular and well liked. so i think every instincts of his would be to head south. the big question is, was he able to get out of tripoli? even the way out was blocked by rebels when they began to come in. >> i think the other question is is this really over? even if it seems to be military xwli is it over until we know where gadhafi is? >> it's over in the way baghdad fell in 2003, it didn't matter that saddam eremained at large another seven months. it was important the regime had fallen. i think we're pretty close to that in tripoli. another day or two, if the rebels keep their momentum going and get the majority of his army to surrender, his exact whereabouts may not matter so much. he may be in a rat hole just as saddam was, but his regime h

stun and aftershocks shook the east coast, what happens in a real emergency? >>> a fighting spirit, a champion and role model now facing the challenge of alzheimer's. >>> and balancing act. can working moms really do it all? new research tonight of what happens when they try. new research tonight of what happens when they try. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. still trying to shrug off yesterday's rare earthquake, the east is tonight bracing for irene. the now category 3 hurricane we have been telling you about is striking the bahamas at this hour with 120-mile-per-hour winds as it cuts an unwavering path toward a potential east coast landfall. tropical storm winds are blowing more than 200 miles from its nt.er. forecasters expect irene to intensify for a bit and then essentially hug the i-95 corridor up the east coast and as we look at the forecast track, that potentially puts tens of millions of americans at risk from flooding, rains and dangerous winds from north

the east river is coming over the banks. it's suddenly calmed down, and the wind is calmed down and you don't see it coming up in surges, and the water is pushing up between the boardwalk. if you are walking on it, the east river, and this is saltwater and part of the ocean, and it's coming over right now. this is not the lowest part in manhattan. as you go further down the tip of manhattan, you cannot see the tip but you can see the buildings, that's lower, and around the corner is battery park city, and that's lower. the problem that we were concerned about water come into manhattan, even though here it doesn't feel like what rob and john are feeling, the winds are not that high and the rain is sustained but not that bad. this is the problem, the east river broken its banks in lower manhattan, and this is the fear that the authorities had, and most of new york's electrical cables are underground. we had seen the water recede, and we'll keep a close eye on this to see how it gets. lower manhattan now starting to flood, ande

yanks and sox tied for first in the east. a couple of kids helped the braves increase their lead in the n.l. wild card race. 22-year-old jason hayward hit a grand slam then craig kimbrel. that tied the rookie record. braves beat the cubs. martinez with a fly ball to shallow right. look like it would drop in for a hit. then carlos gonzalez came out of nowhere to make the diving grab. from a sing toll an out in the bling of an eye. rockies blind side the astros. mariners and the indians when that earthquake hit the east coast. it rattled upper deck for nearly a minute. shin-soo choo sent an after shock through cleveland. indians flipped their doubleheader on a wild day in the east. that's an early look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> early today sports the brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> reports that one of hollywood's biggest power couples son the rocks. your headlines are straight ahead. summer heat got you longing for sights like this? in texas, of all places, it's closer than you might think. >>

now it could cause havoc along the east coast. more than half a dozen states have declared states of emergency. the storm is growing in size and danger stretching 1,000 miles wide. it's expected to bring powerful winds, drenching rain and massive flooding. more than 65 million people are in irene's line of fire. i am worried about storms that is going through one of the most populated areas on the east coast. >> it first struck north carolina coast. >> i hope people heed the warnings. i know it's hard for folks that have small businesses to leave but already should take this seriously. >> in north carolina residents boarded up their homes. >> the wind was 130 miles an hour. >> businesses shut down and one stayed open last night. >> i'm trying to get rid of as much food as we can. >> coastguard is taking no chances they are battening down the hatches. >> they don't realize the strength of hurricane winds. >> all along the east coast from small beach towns to big cities the message from government and emergency officials is the same

east bay a gorgeous day. 76 in oakland. upper 80s low 90s walnut creek. 92 anti okay this afternoon. how about the santa clara valley? you're looking good with sunny skies. mid-80s, 73 in santa cruz, going to be a nice day there. 81 red wood city. low to mid-60s. pacifica, half moon bay with an afternoon breeze. so, again, just a nice one. extended forecast here, inland areas will continue to warm into the weekend. we'll see modest warming, a slight cooldown. that ahead of a bigger cooldown monday and tuesday. it's going to be warm. back to you. >>> we're still talking about hurricane irene. it's a big one, and it's getting close to crashing into north carolina's outer banks. we'll have live coverage of the last-minute preparations. >> reporter: we're here at sfo. they're changing their travel plans because of irene. >>> also, overnight news from the east bay. deadly gunfire tied to a home invasion. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in b

at least three aftershocks have been recorded, the strongest to hit the east coast to hit the east coast since world war ii was felt from atlanta to maine. more than anything it rattled the nerves of millions who were not used to experiencing anything like this. joel brown is in washington with the latest. good morning, joel. i'm sure you felt a little bit of it. >> i did, no deaths, serious or major damage to report but for the 12 million or so of us who felt our typically stable ground shaking beneath us yesterday, this was one of those events we're going to remember. the washington monument remains closed indefinitely as engineers look for any more signs of damage. a police helicopter spotted cracks at the top of the landmark following tuesday's 5.8 magnitude earthquake. >> all of the sudden you felt the floor rumbling under your feet. when i stood up to see what it was, the whole building shifted like that. >> reporter: a chandelier swayed in a building in new york city, while officeworkers poured into the streets. >> first felt like 9/11, okay, what's happening here. earthquake in n

that was from the high definition east bay cam. you are looking down emeryville, and you saw a little fuzzy sky as the low clouds have started to move in toward the coast there. mild temperatures right now. 60s extreme east bay and 58 right now in livermore. clear sky there. the closer you get to the bay, the temperatures start to come down thanks to the marine influence. 56 right now in san francisco. overcast skies and novato 58. 57 for half moon bay. redwood city at 62 degrees. here is a look at some weather highlights to get you out the door. areas of dense fog redevelop and move inland overnight tonight. we will keep some drizzle near the coast. form we will still nudge into a few 90s in the east bay. after that that's when the cooler air mass will settle into the bay area. tomorrow morning back to work and back to school. the low clouds and fog will get into the bay and possibly towards the east bay. we are still getting into a northerly wind component and the low cloudiness and fog is scattering out of the north bay. you may

head east to upper 80s. 90 degrees pittsburgh. we are looking at livermore checking in at 90,000,082 a popular number sunnyvale. 67 degrees san francisco. extended forecast warmer tomorrow. wide spread low 90s for the weekend. partly sunny skies we may see moisture pull in in the afternoon. high clouds a possibility. monday into tuesday warm up. >>> a developing story we are following an overnight power surge is causing big problems in east palo alto. blowout effected dozens of homes near glenway. tara moriarty joins us now. >> reporter: television sets were blown out. lightbulbs popped and then it went completely dark. that is according to neighbors that live within a ten block radius from where we are standing. pg&e crews are here. they are up on their cherry picker. as we pan off to the right it looks like a tree. you can see where it snapped right there. we don't know if that is is the cause for this outage right now. pg&e crews trying to fix a burned out wire from a high power line. they have been out here since a little afte

it could take until about 11:00 for the east bay.y the afternoon, sunny skies, 60s for the coastline and your lunch hour, temperatures upper 60s low 70s around the area and inland around 90 for the second half of the day. 82 degrees for the lunch hour. here are your forecasted highs. 85 for napa. a beautiful day, 79 in heyward. mid-90s for livermore. it's going to be another mild day. 70 degrees in the city. heading south, 81 degrees. 8 degrees warmer for morgan hill. 94 in morgan hill. maybe head into san jose. extended forecast as temperatures are going to be dropping off. starting tomorrow, may not notice it so much, we will see a few degrees of cooling. it's keeping the coast mild. tuesday and wednesday, temperatures fall, we see the same pattern, another trough dragging temperatures back into the 80s. low 80s excepted on wednesday and a slight bump on thursday. the coastline just subtle changes in the forecast. back to you. >> time now 8:25, tropical storm irene is not only causing damage on the east coast, it's at the weekend b

low to mid 90s for the rest of east bay valleys.lot of 70s until castro valley, union city and fremont around 80-82 degrees for you. 80 degree temperatures around the south bay with low to mid-80s in most neighborhoods, los gatos usually warmer at 88. lots of 80s and sprinkling of them in the southern parts of peninsula but from menlo park northward, 77 in menlo park. heading out to the coast, one of the areas, half moon bay, pacifica, daly city, mid-50s. downtown san francisco and sausalito, upper 50s to low 70s. more sunshine along the north bay beaches. mid-50s and cloverdale, clearlake, low to mid 90s. low to mid-80s around the valleys. heading down to the monterey bay clouds will keep pacific grove in the mid-60s. more sunshine down santa cruz. >> giants taking on the cubs. cubs are in town and they are not very good either. 7:15, 65 dropping down to 60. let's hope the giants can feast on them the next couple of days. >> we're in the 50s, drizzle along the coast. antioch around 50s, more extended cloud cover, 2-4 degrees cooler

may now be spreading to the east bay.tvu's patti lee is live now in oakland where they're holding a meeting to speak about the decision to cut off cell phone service. >> reporter: yesterday's arrests did nothing to help that situation. in fact, those arrests may supersize the scope of future protesters. organizers are already talking about expanding protests to the east bay. >> anonymous needs a few people to go to 344 20th street. >> reporter: that's where b.a.r.t. special meeting will be held tomorrow to address the decision to shut off cell phone service. the public is invited to make comments. >> let's apologize and move forward. >> reporter: board member lynette twin says the board meeting will be just a chance to vent. >> what we need to do is to figure out if they will enact a policy to shut down cell service. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has a different idea. he says the threat to public safety more than justifies b.a.r.t. controversial decision. university of san francisco law professor josh toblot says that it'll be a

>> we are barely on the east side and strongest part of the east side you add the storm to that, theere intense. you could stand up and head were only two for three feet above the ground and it was really intense. we have an armored tank designed to intercept tornadoes and it was bouncing up and down. >> shep: reed with his armored tank. reed, thanks a lot. this is visual loop but i think this is visual satellite loop. it's the radar that gives us a better idea. rick riechmuth chief meteorologist in the extreme weather center. >> that one you are looking at is infrared. it's the visual loop or visual satellite. here you go. flood concerns. we've been seeing 10-12 inches across a widespread area. 17 inches and major flash flooding, inland getting flash flooding been causing problems in the coastal areas and getting the surge along that. flooding concerns will be all the way up across the northeast. shep, the radar gives us an idea what the center of the hurricane is doing. we saw it take an eastward jog right there. looks like it's a little bit continuing off to the northeastern jog.

nice and warm in the east bay. what is it going to be like it today. >> i don't think it will be quiet as warm. several areas of low pressure, big trough of low pressure out here off the coast bringing the onshore wind or sea breeze back in the forecast. you'll notice a lot of clouds this morning and abundance of drizzle around the bay area. temperatures are running in the 50s, same areas as they did yesterday, that would mean the same areas along the coast to san francisco up to the north bay valleys. 50s, low 60s to start the day but that breeze will keep us in check this afternoon. still be warm in the east bay valleys. upper 80s to near 90s. 80 in the south bay. mid to upper 70s in the north bay valleys. low to mid 70s through most of the bayshore and mid to upper 60s around half moon bay, san francisco and richmond. down around monterey bay, sunshine in santa cruz and salinas. low to mid-70s for you. 65 in monterey. seven-day forecast, cooling continues tomorrow, look for slight warming trend, sunday, possibly

there's a lot more solidarity in the ground in the east coast. you don't have a lot -- as many fault lines splitting it up like we do in california. i those waves, that motion te o spread further. that 5.8 had wide impacts in terms of people feeling it. when you look at the overall fault system here, there is the fault system just outside of washington, d.c. here's the interesting thing, you guys. the usgs is still saying they're going to need to research this even further to pinpoint exactly the fault area that this came from. and in fact, this could take anywhere from six to possibly 18 months. there is no definite fault area point of causation at this point that they can pinpoint. we do know once again the strongest quake in about 100 years. >> thank you very much. >>> a couple of bay area residents who were at a business meeting in washington, d.c., when the quake struck were surprised at how differently people there reacted. >> nothing big. if you were in california you would have turned -- like, wow, that was a pretty big one, anyway -- got

thunderstorms just east of san meis obispo this hour.t is going to try to spill closer to the bay area this weekend. >>> $2 million dead or alive. that's the bounty being offered by libyan rebel leaders for colonel moammar gadhafi's arrest, there's still sporadic fighting as small bands of loyalists fight the rebel troops. today, reporters got the opportunity to tour gadhafi's compound in the center of tripoli. it's completely ransacked but you can see how he survived. the compound, an extensive network of tunnels and bunkers, that may have helped gadhafi escape. tripoli has remained tense as rebels hunt for gadhafi and his allies. the libyan capital is in short supply of food, water, and medicine. >>> richmond police are investigating a home invasion/robbery and shooting that killed a mother and critically injured her son. it happened around 4:00 this morning on moran avenue. police say someone walked into a home and opened fire. the son was shot several times. he is listed in critical condition. the mother was in another room, and she

a 5.8 earthquake hit the east. up and down the east coast, no one was taking any chances. >> we just saw a bunch of people from the offices just taking the stairs out. so we all just decided to follow. everybody at the lobby, they were encouraging everybody to get out. >> everything started shaking a little bit. >> reporter: as far south as north carolina and as far north as new york city. people evacuated billings. the earthquake even interrupted the district attorney who was giving a conference on the strauss-kahn case. intense enough to cause damage to well built structures. today's earthquake was the second most powerful in virginia in recorded history. and the geological service says those residents along the eastern seaborg should be warned, there mite -- there might still be aftershocks. >>> evacuation orders were issued, but there was no major damage and no disruption to power or water service. mayor michael bloomberg tried to calm the city. >> i do understand for many people this was a stressful afternoon.

we had a trend to the east, now it's trending to the west. it looks like new york city, philadelphia, jersey shoreline, maryland and delaware coastline, you're not going to miss this storm. this is an historic storm everyone will remember when it's all said and done, and then the storm will rocket and disappear as we go throughout the day monday. by then it should be dissipating. our computer models is where we get our guidance, where the hurricane center gets their guidance of where the storm is going to go. we had a couple off the coast yesterday. no longer. they've shifted west, and that's why the shuhurricane center shid their forecast. we even have one that inc. webr up the chesapeake bay. the favorite track is right along the jersey and maryland coastline and up into southern new england. that would bring the storm surge over the top of southern new england in a significant way come early sunday morning into sunday afternoon. and as far as our forecast, this is just one of our computer models. there is the storm down here, and we can tr