i agree that you cannot leave the middle east at this point. we need one or the other to decide what to do about iran's nuclear weapons. the region is in turmoil and side ofand on the other the ocean, china will wait. and the notion that this is the time we have to suit up and it was china, there is just no evidence. china has a huge amount of difficulties and such, but let me go back to the middle east. where we differ and it is good to differ with him. he is such a sweet -- such an optimist. so when it comes to what he wants in the middle east, he basically wants to apply economic means instead of military means.he talks about a marshall plan. it is there on page 170. we should do for the middle east what they did in europe.>> all of these solutions, including an essay of yours i just read about syria, suggesting very complex things. a lot of moving parts that nations do not implement things with a lot of moving parts well. what do you think, linda? you are an old middle eastern hat.did you have a bigger in the middle east? >> yes, i did. i t

i was in the east bay last night. had the ac on all night long because it's just too hot. >> it's been really warm and lawrence, you have been keeping an eye on this for us. >>> you know, today is a little more muggy outside. we are seeing a little more subtropical moisture coming in so you have heat and high humidity so it will be uncomfortable. monsoonal moisture with patchy fog at the coastline. warm temperatures, numbers in the upper 60s even some low 70s inland. now, as we head toward the afternoon, we're looking at some temperatures moving back up into the triple digits inland, 70s and 80s inside the bay and plenty of 60s at the coast. here's that ridge. you can see that wraparound moisture bringing that subtropical moisture, monsoonal moisture making it feel muggy hot inland again today with triple digits. those clouds will continue to filter through our skies today on and off. going to make for a beautiful sunrise. a chance of an occasional sprinkle near the coastline. otherwise it looks like the temperatures

buses leave from four east bay b.a.r.t. stations and make their way into west oakland into the b.a.r.t. station there. those passengers then get off the buss, board new buss that will take them to the embarcadero station in san francisco. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live at west oakland b.a.r.t. station this morning. how it's looking for commuters? >> reporter: right now, laura, surveying the line to the right from allen can pan over and give you a look. the people came from the dublin/pleasanton station, they are on the second leg of their tour. right here as angel barbosa from pleasanton. this is the third day you've done this. how has it been going for you? >> smooth, believe it or not, it is. >> reporter: -- >> close my eyes and get to work. >> reporter: you're one of the few. everyone else is frustrated. you still have a smile on your face? >> we're getting to work and it's free. this is my last day doing it. i have a four-day vacation. i'm excited actually. >> reporter: keep that positive spirit up. you can take

into east bay. taking it south, that drive is about 22 minutes you're moving along at 50, 55 miles per hour. dunbarton moving along the best. 14 minutes to get to from east palo alto. a's and cubs tonight we're seeing tons of traffic by the stadium. take a look at traffic in the bay area, eastbound, westbound 80, 30 minutes. 25 minutes, 71 minutes more than an hour already eastbound heading out of castro valley to tracy. a live look to the bay bridge. traffic moving pretty well out there. >> want to take a look at the ferry terminal, again people have been lining up to board ferries back to the east bay. extra boats have been put on route. and right now, things are looking okay. this morning commuters tried to beat the rush showing up early for boats at the alameda ferry terminal. by 5:00 a line stretched down along the water front. some are beyond frustrated by the delays. >> shame on the unions for doing this. not too happy about this. this is a bad public move for bart. that is for sure. i wish i

east bay drive times in the clear, green on 580 on the nimitz and east on the eastshore freeway. gren is what we likes to. green is what we like to see. back to you. >>> there are a number of issues to be resolved in the bart contract talks. >>> there are still several issues to be resolved in those contract talks, one of them pay. the unions want raises for workers who agreed to a wage freeze and other concessions four years ago. bart is asking workers to pay more for their healthcare costs. and the district wants workers to start contributing to their pensions. stay with us for coverage on the strike. find our strike survival guide with commute alternatives on kpix.com. >>> fireworks may be responsible for a fire that came dangerously close to homes and businesses in the east bay last night. kpix 5 reporter da lin joins us from pittsburg. da, we understand people living in the area brought out their garden hoses to stop the fire, is that right? >> that's right. they were working hard to make sure they can save their homes. we understand the fire actually burned in an open field

along the east bay shore. more prevalent along the peninsula shore. patchy fog is what we have this morning. sunny afternoon on the way if all of us. there will be a few clouds at the coast and mild are nights with patchy fog hanging around and it will be near normal all the way through the extended forecast with no real wild swings easing in a summer pattern. temperatures are down in the south bay around 80 in sunnyvale and santa clara and los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy near 90 and low 60's around mill bay she a breeze from this and upper 70's to low 80's and south, and let to mid-60's along the coast brighter than yesterday, and downtown south san francisco and sausalito will make a run at 70 to 72, and low to hid 80's through the north bay valley but mid-60's with more sunshine and 82 in castro valley and fremont and our warmest weather in the east bay valley upper 80's to low 90's until we get to brentwood at 93 degrees. wrapping up with the reds tote 7:15 first pitch cooling down to 58. mostly in th

east bay mud says pg&e didn't properly mark the line. pg&e says it asked crews to use hand tools because they weren't exactly sure where the line was. when east bay mud hit a pg&e gas line yesterday morning, the emergency was very real. a county supervisor says the alert system worked, but another alert system sent out a text message to people outside the affected alert area.

barely holding on to 100 in the east bay interior neighborhoods on thursday. but 64 at the coast and temperatures in the 80's for a high on saturday and sunday and 70's around the bay and only 60 at the coast. have a great day. >> a group of illegal fire works is off the streets after a san francisco police officer, a story you will see only on abc7 news. here are the fireworks, an officer spotted the so-called runner in chinatown, runners are young people who illegally sell fireworks. when the officer approached the man who took off dropping the bag full of fireworks. many of the runners are now selling fireworks online. >> it is gearing up to be another challenging commute around the bay area as we enter day three of the bart strike with a rolling perspective from cell 7 and our engineer is pulling to the bay bridge tolls. >> surviving a deadly inferno a firefighters tells how he got out in arizona while desperately trying to save 19 comrades. >> coffee apparently is not enough. the new drink starbucks is >> welcome back on day three of the bart strike. well

east bay mud crew on scene trying to divert the water. residents urged to the aindividual the downtown area. >>> up next on 7 news at 11:00. vac ateed from cairo streets increasingly intense in the egyptian cap to. hear from california students who just arrived at sfo tonight. >> also. volcano that is forcing several u.s. carrier to cancel flights. to cancel flights. >> and fourth of july l around >> back to the top story. bart service will begin running tomorrow afternoon. bart management and bart union agree to extend 2 striking union existing contract by 30 days. so service is expected to be restored on bart by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> the crisis is boiling over in egypt. crowds are amassing in cairo square after the country first freely he legislatureed president was deposed and sits under house arrest. tonight there are concerns that egypt may on the brink of civil war. >> uncertain political situation in egypt has forced 10 uc students to evacuate the country. many returned to the u.s. this evening. lillian was at sfo for the return.

in the east. it is a cooler day. the forecast is ahead. >> wonder what barbie would look like with a more realistic figure? these photos were taken with the first barbie the classic barbie. the second is barbie looking like with the average 19-year-old american female. critics say the thinner barbie is an you will realistic image and others say it is just a doll. >> i will go with the cooler temperatures. it is safer. mike? >> we still have fireworks at alameda county fire in pleasanton at 74 this morning. 84 at 1:00 o'clock. a cooling breeze keeps the temperatures in the mid 80's in the afternoon and at 9:30 for the fireworks you may need a light jacket at the upper 60's. big game at at&t park, dodgers are in town. it will be breezy and cool and increasing clouds. leyla gulen? >> we have a couple of ghosts along highway 17. if los gatos there are a couple of ghosts in the road. want out for that. looking clear other than that as you make it to san jose. here is a wide view of your san jose drive

north bay and 60's and 77 and sunny at noon and upper 80's is the north bay and the south bay and the east bay valley will flirt with low-to-mid 90's for better part of the afternoon. hopefully you can find a way to stay comfortable. leyla gulen has the commute. >> it is getting busy. we had one accident were that now is blocking a lane and causing quite a bit of a slow down westbound 80 at central avenue there is a buildup of traffic at the hoffman split and to the north, another report of an accident with no clarification on that, yet, but it is south of highway 4 along westbound 80. as we take it over tough southbound 880 loan the nimitz we have this accident on the shoulder, before you reach highway 92, the rest of the drives though, headed along the san mateo bridge is looking clear. >> new this morning, from the east bay, a high speed chase stretched across several cities and ended in san leandro. katie marzullo join us with the details on what happened. katie? >> i have new information at this hour as you take a look at the scene, the fire hydrant knocked on its side is all that is

from the east bay hills, a few clouds trying to make it into the east bay valley but they are having a hard time and that is where we fine the warm of the weather. early we have average highs and warm of the days are this weekend. today, mid-to-upper 60's loan the coast into san francisco and mid-70's to low 80's around the bay, and as you head into the east bay valley it will be warmest in the low to mid-90's. it to up more 90's inland over weekend and low-to-mid 80's around the bay. >> we have unknown object blocking a lane in san francisco along 280 in the northbound direction this is south of the city college of san francisco. you can see it is not causing any delays but we have a sport traffic there willing southbound away from ocean avenue. our drive time traffic shows 101 san francisco to sfo ten minutes and 880238 to the maze is 13 minutes and 101, 85 to the san jose airport is 14 minutes. >> 5:52. the royal baby watch continues. ahead in our 6:00 hour, the world awaits the baby. >> next, scientists make a discovery that could lead to treatment for down's indream and >> welco

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from the east bay hills, the clouds are getting thicker. they have nod made it over to concord so the east bay valley is still cloud-free and that will be the one with the warmer area in the forecast. temperatures today are warmer, and up near average because of the early sunshine and we get an hour quicker than year. our warmest days are ahead of us, friday, saturday, and sunday. if you are a week warrior get plenty of fluids. now, the moisture to the south, the upon soon, this time of the year, it could back up to us next week, but that is a while away. it will take the steam or starch from this heat wave. the cloud cover shows moving all the way in and retreating quickly by noon and back to the coast and we will see sun along the coast and as much as we saw yesterday but notice the temperatures in the 60's and possibly 90's and stop just short around 88 or 89 and low 80's for the rest of the south bay and 78 in santa cruz. on the peninsula, 72 at mill bay and 76 at san mateo san mateo ag the coast, low-to-mid 60's this afternoon with dal

of richmond you will find us there, just east of the east bay shoreline, just east of castro valley you will find in the morning and into thursday as well. all the way to gilroy and parts of sunnyvale. some of us a tad hotter this afternoon, some of us noteablely cooler, i will explain why and talk about how much longer this heat will last. >>> continued high temperatures and extreme freudians -e danger will close a popular park tomorrow -- the park has been closed since sunday -- the emergency closure was triggered by temperatures near 100 degrees. >>> more than 8,000 customers are without customers pg&e says because so many people are cranking up air conditioners power is at a premium and they hope to restore service as soon as possible. >>> tonight we know the names of two victims shot and killed -- in oakland this evening. do police think these two workers were targeted. >> that's the question we asked the police chief, he says it is an open and active investigation so he wouldn't say -- but he did say this was not a robbery. he says crime scene surveillance video and customers

the fire burned near indian fire road on the east side of mount tam. investigation under way to determine the cause of that fire. >> sight and sound of illegal fireworks filled the sky over oakland this evening. sky 7 hd captured these images of illegal pyrotechnic display in east oakland just after 9. oakland police extra patrol on the streets this evening to curb the use of fireworks. also targeting people who fire guns into the air. shot spotter technology can notify in seconds and alert nearby officers. >> more breaking news. this caught on home video. take a look. this unintended blast injured more than a dozen people. it happened in simi valley in ventura county. show organizers medley cancelled the rest of tonight's display. investigators still trying to figure out just what went wron wrong. >> spectacular flames rose above trail view circle in a tip dear dry section of mary tip east tonight. fire briefly threatened homes in the area. flame broke out around 9 this evening. firefighters had it knocked down in 15 minutes. no word yet on the cause

chopper 5 over the freeways in the east bay.ng towards the bay bridge, which is this is heading towards the macarthur maze now, you can see overhead from chopper 5, this is the worst of it right now. let's check the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see how it is stacked up. the metering lights were turned on early. westbound 24 approach that is the worst. that's the one you'll want to avoid this morning. it is starting to back up from lafayette into oakland. the carpool lanes are looking okay. as you can see in this camera, they are having extended hours so you can use those carpool lanes all day long. we saw it backed up to the macarthur maze before 5:45 this morning. and, of course, it continues to grow am if you are looking for an alternate, look at the golden gate bridge. traffic was lighter yesterday than on a typical morning with this bart strike going on. so obviously folks can use this if you just want to go the long way around, use the richmond/san rafael bridge cut over towards the golden gate. 101 is not backed up right

they have moved to the east. in fact the inland east bay in livermore reporting cloudy skies. you can see the sweep on top of mount st. helena. we have been picking up the subtropical moises alou cross parts of california and that does continue today. so if you are headed to the mountains, it will be pleasantly warm, but perhaps some thunderstorms in the southern sierra. take a look at mt. tam with all of that sunshine above the marine layer. it will work to evaporate the low fog and clouds throughout the morning hours. we are looking at sunshine after the 9:00 hour in the north bay. here we are with temperatures from half moon bay to santa cruz, mid-and upper 50s. oakland at 59. mountain view lost a degree at 61. and not to be outdone, the beautiful east bay. this is vollmer peak. wow, this is mt. diablo here. the marine layer up to 2,000 feet deep. it will take a little bit of time to scour out toward san francisco, but you will be getting to the sunshine throughout the early to midmorning hours in the east bay. fairfield a healthy wind there with the delta breeze, allowing

another saying it too 90 minutes to get from east oakland to the toll plaza. that driver's van overheated. caltran said it is bringing in extra toll takers to accommodate the crush expected here at the toll plaza in the next couple of hours. carpool is the best bet, casual carpool if you can. carpool lanes are closed at this hour and open at 5:00 a.m. and fast track was running very well yesterday. cash-paying lanes, not is much. if you have fast track, that is your best bet. >> we have the information you need to get through the bart strike including all the commute options on the web site at abc7 news co. you can down led our waze traffic app to negotiate the freeways and be sure to follow us on twitter. >> breaking news in oakland from the grand lake district. police have confirmed to abc7 news that two employees of a wing stop were shot and killed inside the restaurant last night. this happened around the corner from the grand lake theater. abc7 news reporter is there. matt? >> in the past half hour the alameda county coroner arrived on the scene on lake p

kerry and his new middle east point man are optimistic. the state department says both sides agreed to a nine-month timetable starting with dinner tonight. from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >>> and health matters, back pain is a common problem. people may not be getting the right treatment. recommended treatment usually starts with over-thcounter pain relievers and physical therapy. a new study shows many people are being prescribed narcotics and undergoing expensive scanct scans which can unnecessarily increase patient's expose your to radiation. >>> mothers know diapers are expensive. a new study says that is stressing them out and causing depression. the study says diaper concerns are right behind concerns about food and housing. the study found many moms leave their children in wet or dirty diapers so their supply lasts longer. >>> there are possible new recommendations that could make millions of long-time smokers get annual ct scans, especially for those at high risk for lung cancer. people between the ages of

the east will hold in the east. right now, above the marine layer, it is in the low-to-mid 80's on top of hamilton, diabolo, and mount tamalpais at 2,600' at 78 degrees. tomorrow, from 60's at the coast to 100 inland and falling to normal range by the week the throw head 90's in the south bay with san jose at 92. if you headed to santa cruz at 80. millbrae is 80 and mid-to-upper 80's for the let of the peninsula and the clouds will dissipate and stubborn at the coast and mid to upper 60's for you and mid-70's arrested downtown and south san francisco and north bay beaches are cool with mid-to-upper 60's and mid-60's to low 90's, rather, mid-80's around petaluma and sonoma could be the warm spot at 94. 77 at berkeley and oakland at 79, and richmond at 76 and low-to-mid 80's along the east bay shore and 100 degree temperatures in the interior east bay neighborhood. as far as the game, fireworks game 74 at 7:05 first pitch and 66 by the time you head to the field. is a land debt and possibly a sweatshirt. see the sprea

alameda's parade was the first to kickoff in the east bay. officials call it the second longest independence day parade in the nation, second longest running. 170 floats traveled 3.5 mile route. fremont had abc7 news reporter as grand marshall. >> she looks great. mike nicco looks great, as well, welcome back. bring in the "big chill." >> i like that, absolutely. can you feel it? >> you can, actually, when you step outside. the big chill with temperatures dropping around 6 to 16 degrees today. live doppler 7 hd shows it is rather quiet. you can see the clouds, they are developing along the coast with visibility at four miles at half moon bay and most of us are cloud-free but san francisco is starting to see the clouds try to spill across from west to east right now. here is a look at the golden gate bridge and it is looking quiet. the forecast shows it is over. highs dropped dramatically today. breezy and cloudy if you are headed to the weekend beaches, they have been sunny and mild. not anymore, back to 50 and brick wind. near average temper

the east bay and the south bay light arriving clouds and the east bay never getting them and by 11:00, a few open spots in the cloud deck along the coast where the peoples are in the 50's and 60's and 70's and 80's for the rest us and in the south bay we have 78 and low-to-mid 80's elsewhere, and 83 in san jose, and millbrae is the cool spot on the peninsula. toward the south bay at 80 degrees and 62 at half moon bay, the warm spot along the coast and 58 in daly city and on the bay side, more sunshine and 67 this downtown and 72 in south san francisco. sausalito is 70 and 78 to 82 degrees through the north bay valley and temperatures about 20 degrees cooler at your beaches. we will go from 72 in richmond to 74 in oakland can new york to 78 in fremont along east bay shore. the warm weather is mid-to-upper 80's in the east bay develop. if you are headed to at&t park, dress as you normally would for summer baseball at 62 degrees at 7:15, increasing clouds and breezy and 58 degrees by the end of the game and overnight the temperatures are back in the 50's and cloud cover will not be so ex

at noon, 64 at coast and 88 inland and hot in the east bay valley and interior east bay, that is where most of the heat will be where you will get to 100. 66 at the coast and a summer spread 66 to 86. the golden gate bridge this morning shows reduced visibility here, and we will get to 100 one more day on thursday and we are back in the 80's by saturday and 70's around the bay and 60's at the coast close to where we should be. kristen and eric? >> we continue to follow the latest developments in the bart strike of the. >> pictures of the guantanamo ty bridge toll plaza which is still okay the car lanes are not open yet. they will be in 20 minutes. that is the best way to go to avoid the long backup. >> from alameda at the main street ferry terminal, ridership have fluctuated the first two >> simultaneous views of bay area traffic during the bart strike. on the left, the toll plaza are backing up so we see trouble. on the right, cell 7 technology headed toward the toll plaza on interstate 80 and he will run into the backup. his tip is if you are paying cash, try to bring exact change so

services say they've seen an increase in demand from the east bay. side car is and uber are two of the new ways to get ash. customers use an app to request a ride. companies make money but taking a cut. fees riders pay to driver autos and coming up at 4:30 you'll see how commuters are doing there and how ferry service did today dur morning commute. >> we've put together a range of resources for you on our web site to help you out. >> we have information there from the latest on bart talks as well as help down loading our waze traffic app to help you negotiate freeway autos it's about one, it's there in one spot for you. so just go to abc 7 news.com. >> another top story is a brush fire that is threatening several homes. 150 acres charred by the flames starting around 1:30 and quickly spread. flaichls forced authorities to shut down kerker pass road in both directions. this is about 50% contained. temperatures topped 100 degrees this weekend leaving the brush more dry and brittle. >> state officials issued a flex alert. >> they're asking people to red

there will be some options from the east bay.st, just some general transit service. a weekend holiday schedule for public transportation dog owners have been warned of poisonous meatballs. when the dog became sick the owner went back and they found others on the street. these appear to have been laced with poison. anybody with information is expected to go to police. the commute seems to be getting more organized as we state lawmakers are floating a bill that would require all california k-through-12 schools to allow transgender restrooms they use. biology. choose which athletic teams they join. some school districts across similar policies but the bill would be the first time a state made the policy official. legislation california is >> korea is proposing ""working-level"" talks with north korea. the topic is expected to be about restarting an industrial park that has been shut down in the north. the south is asking to hold industrial park and other scrapped ventures had taken place briefly last night but ultimately broke down.

here is the east bay hills camera looking to the east at highway 24, you can see it is barely showing the outline of mount diabolo and it looks clear. the clouds are having a hard time climbing over the marine layer. temperatures are from two to five dead warmer and a lot of us are in the 80's and the 90's away from the bay water. as far as what is going on today, rip currents through the weekend in los angeles and san diego if you are head that way and triple digits through the central valley and in tahoe, sunny today and record highs are possible all weekend and a slight chance of a thunderstorm on saturday and sunday. safe travels. leyla gulen? >> more construction and no crashes which is good. but veto a project that is causing slowing in dublin/pleasanton and westbound 580. to san ramon it is 47 miles per hour and eight miles per hour behind it and down to the single digits approaching dublin interchange. the rest of the drive to castro valley is locking clear and 680, as well, from walnut creek through danville to dublin, good news, cheer. everything is on time with ace, caltrai

. >> the breaking news is from the east bay where a high speed chase ended when the suspects crashed the car. >> abc7 news katie marzullo is on the scene. katie? >> matt and kristen they crashed the car where i am standing at orchard. look behind us: this is what is left of the scene, an overturned fire hydrant under a police cone at the corner. it is drive the you will not believe what led up to this. look at the video of the fire hydrant after it was hit. we will try to get the video as soon as we can. a police officer at 2:15 who was patrolling at pontiac street saw someone firing a gun out of a car and we have reports that some cars, parked cars, were pit but no reports of injuries. the officer sees this is follows the person and calls to backup to pull the car over. when he pulled the car over the car gave chase. coming to end, now, where you see this video and the fire hydrant spewing water in the air in san leandro four or five miles away. the car, after a police pursuit, crashed here and people remain arrested. those who were arrested also were taken to the hospital, possibly

we have an accident on ashen blocking things off on 80 east. another accident on alameda so very sluggish on all three of those freeways. also we have the disabled vehicle before to mom boulevard. just across richmond bill bridge it will take you about 15 mis. right now under drug time to get to the airport or from the airport i should say across the cemetery bridge is about 45 minutes. traffic moving ok and either direction. >> pam: we are about 28 hours away from san francisco's annual fireworks show. one you can see in person or right here on kron 4. >> pam: today preparations are underway at the municipal pier at aquatic park. that's one of two locations the fireworks will be shot off from. the other is a barge off pier 39. you're looking a the mortar tubes that will hold the individual pyrotechnics. they vary in size, and today crews were assembling the containers for the tubes to get the best effect possible. >> you want some going to the left and some going to the right so you can get it clear across the sky. as an >> pam: >> pam: as in

also the east shore freeway still very slow as you can see. cars are actually moving.nt sign from what we saw just about a half hour ago. the south bay, i don't know if we will have that camera but we will see. 101 northbound into south bay in san jose you can see traffic moving smoothly. the real issue right now is 580 through livermore. otherwise if i didn't cover your route this morning you are good to go. bart is not running this morning. route. cal trans and you are encouraged to car pool. it is a lot day in the car. you may need the ac. >> or a spray bottle, whatever it takes because it is going to be scorching out there. my heart goes out to you if you are one of the many people in the bay area who do not have an air conditioner in your home or car. 72 degrees in livermore. you are still at 66 in san jose. welcome to the coolest point of the day. here is what we are adding to your forecast today that we didn't have to deal with yesterday. we did have humidity. today we double that humidity. lots of moisture out there. you can feel it when you walk out your front

cross-talk the future of democracy in the middle east i'm joined by stephen bucci in washington he is director of the allison center for foreign policy studies at the heritage foundation also in washington we have gareth porter he's an investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book manufactured crisis the untold story of iran's nuclear scare and in beirut we cross to solemn he is a professor of international affairs and diplomacy are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encourage it steven if i go to you first in the wake of the coup in egypt what is the future of democracy in the region i think democracy still has a great chance in the middle east democracy and the transition to it does not happen overnight in anyone's country and to think it was going to go without any hiccups in all of these different countries was a bit naive so i'm very optimistic for the future but stephen it was you know it was unconstitutional and he was removed from power we don't know what's going to happen to him he hasn't been charged with

leif view from the east bay camera emeryville.d across the bay forecast feature see area of cloud and fog wide spread overnight tonight. cool to mild again much like today. but warmer pattern will settle in bit end of the week. carry us through the weekend. pool of cool air from the north west riding the jet stream that is of course partly responsible for this cooler than average weather we have right now. will continue to have for another day or 2 before we start to warm-up to more seasonal level. overnight tonight low temperature mainly low to mid 50's so rather uniform range of low. forecast animation 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning beginning rush hour reduced visibility in many locations around the bay area so if morning commuter give yourself extra time. but the fog clouds will burn back to the keingt by late morning to midday giving way to mainly sunny skies inland. high pressure will range from upper 50's low 60's on the coast. to 60's and 70's right around the bay to low 80's in the warmest inland location now in the south b

attacked on nine eleven remain and actually have been exacerbated we still peppered the entire middle east with military installations and bases we still prop up autocratic dictatorships that terrorists us apostates we still support israel overwhelmingly over the palestinians even as it carries out illegal activities in the occupied territories and we've killed in a men's almost uncountable number of muslims in the arab world since since nine eleven so we have not changed anything for the better and we've only costed lives and money and treasure and blood ok max a lot said there do you want to reply to any of it yeah i mean by yes i mean my my colleague in washington d.c. left out an important point in that is that we've killed. innocent muslim civilians but i'm not sure if he's aware we've also killed a very large number of terrorists themselves including numerous senior al-qaeda members all the way from the top to low level operatives and the question that we should ask ourselves is not simply what is the united states achieved in the war on terrorism with counterterrorism focus but what

bay shore and mid-70's to near 80 in our east bay valley.ere it is, the a's and the blue jay's, cooling to 356, and you will need a coat or a hoodie. below average temperatures through thursday and friday, saturday, and sunday, summer is back in the forecast. have a great day. >> we have good news, it looks like traffic is saturdaying to ease up in terms of accidents as we head over to san francisco with a wreck that is now on the shoulder and the tow trucks are on the scene and southbound 101 before 280. southbound 280 at extension is loading up into daly city, and northbound traffic, though, is moving along at top speed and as we head to the east bay into richmond, westbound, along 580, we have this accident and it is over on the shoulder and cleared but we are looking at a little slow and go traffic out in along 80 in the eastbound direction and we are fining slowing there as you can see indicated by the yellow if you travel in the westbound direction, though, all is quiet, and not too bad. it looks like your bart is running on time again

so walden east jerusalem cuts right through east jerusalem and puts 55 palestinian arabs out. they can not want the whole west bank because of the famous phrase of the prime minister. we want the dowry, we do not want the bride. we want the land but not the people. >> it is the 50th anniversary of the march on washington next month. we are speaking at a time when the civil-rights movement is alive right now. are there any lesson that a palestinian on by the movement could drop from the history of civil rights in the u.s.? complains about the united states putting pressure on the palestinians and not israel. for me that is a given. the palestinians are now demonstrating any power, so of course they will be clobbered by the united states and israel. the question is, can you change the power equation? there are realistic possibilities for change that equation. the most important thing is, number one, using the instrument of international law to isolate israel and public opinion. number two, you need massive palestinian civil disobedience the ideaortunately, reduce pressure. the c

no such luck in the east bay valley upper 90's to low 100's. the game will have fireworks and the cubs are here, a last night and we hope we can win and celebrate. at 10:00 we will be 66 so it will be cool. take a blanket when you are watching the fireworks. attorney, in the 50's around santa rosa and san francisco and half moon bay. like this morning, it will be comfortable when you step outside. yesterday was the warmest morning we will have. 100 possibility in the east bay again on thursday but look at saturday and sunday, upper 80's inland, mid-70's around the bay and 60 at the coast and our typical summer is back by the week. have a great day. we will re-cap the other top stories on the abc7 morning news. >> a look at traffic out there on the left that is the bay bridge toll plaza and on the right, cell 7 with our engineer stuck in traffic and it took 15 minutes to get from here to the toll plaza and five more through the metering lights ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the ready-for-anything chevrolet sonic chevrolet. find new roads. >> 6

when did lower east side, become the east village and why was the name changed? >> as, the first written version of, that i can see is about 1956. there was an ad in the village voice, it was by a businessman's association. a full-page ad says, come to the blooming east village. certainly bit '60s people are beginning to call it that. it was to contrast it from greenwich village. the east village was rock and roll, hippie, the new thing. greenwich village was the old, bohemian jazz place to be. so, it begins around then. >> sort of a marketing ploy? >> certainly was. one of the things it was. it was a way for people to say, greenwich village is over. we're in the east village now. yeah. sorry. >> i'm wondering why, with all the jean jacobs and mumford and brendan gill, even standing up for the jefferson market. >> yep. >> building, fighting for it to become a library, why they didn't perhaps try to stand up for some of these great cultural houses like the special one on 10th street between 5th and 6th? what retain some of that, that cultural, you know, oasis wher

and back to the five east bay stations. we talks to a man catching a flight this morning from san francisco international airport. >> i believe in plan "b" and plan "a" doesn't work we should have plan "b" but i grew up knowing to have b.r.c. >> 6:00 a.m. shuttle is taught convenient with his flight much later this morning and he said he has no choice because the bart strike is on. >> stay with abc7 news for complete coverage of bart strike with the latest developments on abc7news.com. we have the latest on negotiations, up-to-the-minute traffic maps commute options and you can download the exclusive waze app to help navigate the freeways. follow us on twitter@abcnewsbayarea for instant updates. >> fours with city college will appeal a decision to take arm the accreditation. angry students protests yesterday afternoon when they learned of the decision. the commission says the college has failed to address problems that were identified last year. pending appeal the accrued dangerous will end next july. the administration say

of course that's in the east bay all along the east bay right there.u are going to be seeing those brake lights. certainly we are going to be seeing delays as we come out towards el cerrito. take a peek at this. we are only looking at 21 miles per hour as you make that drive in the westbound direction along the richmond san rafael bridge. farther to the south, take a look at 24, that is jam-packed, 50 minutes to get out of walnut creek to 580. your top speed 19 miles per hour. we also have this brand-new consistent involving a motorcycle, westbound side of 580 at lake shore avenue blocking a lane and bumper to bumper traffic. let's look at our weather. good morning, mike. >> good morning. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. excessive heat once again today, tomorrow with the dangerous heat holding on until thursday. temperatures taper by saturday and sunday. eric? >> thank you very much. take you outside right no >>> 8:00 a.m. on july 2nd, the second day of the b.a.r.t. strike. cell 7, abc7 news engineer dick epstein has been on the road all mor

of 17 along 85, wedgewood avenue, and moore ahead in that area, headed to the east of the park that is where we are seeing the best chance of wet weather reaching the ground. we have another section coming out near piedmont in the north toward milpitas on 680 traveling across 880 and 101 and 237 headed to the west and northwest. here is a look at what is happening from our east bay hills camera, you can see the lack low clouds this morning, mid-to-upper level clouds bringing us sprinkles and the possibility of a shower. eastbound areas are warmest at mid-80's to 90 and around the bay we have 70 to 82 degrees and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. it will be partly sunny and humid everywhere with a chance of shower possible. the morning commute, laying leg? >> good morning, everyone. at 5:02 we are taking it to the maze where we had the construction project that lats until 7:00 a.m. and the eastbound 80 transition to eastbound 580 that is going to be shut down and that is because of road work out there and we are seeing a few cars in the when direction to the bay bridge toll plaza. as we

and the maps farther east, the dublin interchange, through livermore, not a concern. the red zone, there was overnight construction. and this is a little bit severe for the construction that typically happens through the area. i'll let you kn. chp hasn't given me any special notes but i'll do more homework. we'll send it back to you. >>> in the meantime, we have breaking news in the east bay. an armed robbery suspect is dead. shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy in alameda overnight. the alameda county sheriff's deputy said two suspects tried to rob the market just after 10:30 last night. the deputy who was off duty and inside the grocery store at the time pulled out his gun and at some point, deputies say he shot and killed one of the suspects. the other got away and is still on the run this morning. we're told there were a couple of employees and customers inside the store during the chaos. christy smith is gathering information at the scenement she'll have a live report in the next half hour. >>> we will finally learn this morning what caused the death o

usually our weather moves from west to east and now it is moving west to east. you best radar returns are headed to the peninsula and the peninsula coast. we have more developing out around tracy and moving through the altamont pass, so it looks like the east bay valley you may get a few sprinkles the next 45 minutes or so and you can see the sprinkles moving away from santa rosa headed to the northwest condition of sonoma county. as far as what is happening our temperatures are in the 50's to mid-60 so it is definitely warmer than this time yesterday by two to eight degrees. now, moving forward the next 12 hours we will keep a chance of sprinkles or a shower in the forecast in the middle-to-upper 80's and low-to-mid 70's in the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast by 4:00. is this affecting your commute? leyla gulen? >> go have a sig-alert in the north bay and that is affecting the transition from northbound 29 to highway 37 and this is all involving a big rig that hit another truck and they are off loading the gravel is we have a transition shut down until fur

the east bay and downtown oakland is looking gray with low clouds and traffic zipping by. we will have a nice day ahead. thanks for joining us. >> nice day. if you like it warm. mike? >> some of us warmer than others. >> we the have a spread from 60 along the coast and mid-to-upper 90's in the east bay valley but before that, visibility is good, at two miles and back down in novato and three-quarters of a mile santa rosa and 2.5 miles in half moon bay and everyone else is okay with no flight arrival delays at sfo. the day planner next 12 hours a gray start around the bay and mostly sunny by noon and 6 and -- 66 and mid-to-upper 70's in the afternoon and back to 70 at 7:00. inland valleys, 58 and fog in the not bay and sunny and near 80 by noon and getting warm at 90 by 4:00, and back down to the upper 70's to low 80's in the evening. comfortable there. at the coast, off to a foggy start and 52 with clouds and mid-50 and topping out at 4:00 under sunny skies and 60 and you will need the coat as we drop into the 50's at 7:00. now the friday morning commute, we are hoping if

and like we had on wednesday, most of that action is moved off to the east.r areas around yos might and south of lake tahoe, keep in mind isolated thundershowers still a possibility around the cierras. today fairly healthy sea breeze. east bay inland valleys, you'll start to see numbers closer to 90 degrees around livermore and pleasanton. we'll continue to see foggy conditions. 80s to near 90 inland tomorrow. today we'll see some clearing, briefly so around the coast during the afternoon. you're going to want to find someone this weekend, santa cruz will be the place7fu to be. look how quickly the fog starts to spill back in. by 8:00 tonight, we'll see it spreading back across the east bay. close to 80 in san jose today. south of san jose we should see mid 80s. tri-valley temperatures in the mid 80s. over to oakland, highs closer to 70. 65 in san francisco and mostly 70s around the north bay. the three-day forecast will bring a slight warmup to the inland valleys. not much change on the coast. as we approach monday, sea breeze fires up again, we start to coo