"sig alert" in east bay area of livermore past livermore eastbound 580 past greenville jacknifed big rig three lanes blocked big problem especially noncommute direction heading out of town towards i-5 that is going to delay you, as you leave the altamont pass area. may want to wait a little bit until they get that cleared. elsewhere westbound 84 off the dumbarton past 880 car into the median there. north 101 in cortamadera accident at tamalpais take extra care san mateo south 101 at third overturned suv blocking left lane. >>> 5:11. >>> next, local official accused of living the good life on the taxpayer's dime why he's asking the public to ignore the allegations against him. >>> last second move by local basketball star that will keep a holiday tradition from a holiday tradition from t's play: [ all ] who's new in the fridge! our mystery guest: ensure complete... uh...do you support bones? [ ding! ] i've got calcium and vitamin d. oh! immune system. [ ding! ] one word: antioxidants. heart health? [ ding! ] my omega 3s never skip a beat. how 'bout muscles? [ ding! ] i have protein an

eastbound 580 at greenville road jackknifed big rig.s effecting westbound traffic as well as people take a look at it. eastbound greenville road three lanes are blocked with an overturned truck there. actually it's a jackknifed truck. we have a solo spinout northbound 880. we've had a lot of spinouts all over the place. i want to mention that there is a house fire in san francisco in the bay view near thomas and, ingalls that could have started with a car that started on fire first. we have a lot of fire units heading to that scene right now. and they're arriving. i'm hearing there -- there is fire in that building. let's go out and take a look at the toll plaza. it is light so far getting into san francisco. and on the east shore freeway, westbound 80 traffic is moderately heavy already. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a very good morning. decent rain. 1-3 inches so far to the north. lesser amounts south. the system is moving south. and there is enhancement taking place. a little break between but it will be a misty drizzly morn

eastbound 580 past greenville, jackknife big rig three left lanes "sig alert" in effect there backed up towards your getaway at i-5. westbound typical commute slowing out of the central valley. southbound 280 before 101 "sig alert" in san francisco, truck fire out, blocking a couple lanes there. north 101 in cortamadera flooding and slow, earlier accident cleared out of lanes there. north 101 at 13 in san jose, multi-car accident on to the right lane. >>> 6:11. >>> will black friday shoppers face a picket line? >>> hot list apple's ipad is finding itself on, again just in time for the holidays. >>> first, breaking news overnight, bomb rips through a bus in israel. new efforts today to reach a cease-fire. >>> check out our roof cam looking at light rain falling right now across the bay area, let's look at live doppler, definitely getting a little drier out there as we speak, definitely going to be moist through the morning hours. the key to the forecast is once we get past noon it looks like things taper considerably as front washes out more so than moving through. mid 60s again this

. -5 eastbound 580 three lanes blocked with jackknife big rig, "sig alert" in effect, just past greenville, you will find slowing to the scene and we will check back on that to make sure trying to get cleared out of there eastbound past greenville jacknifed big rig, three lanes blocked. westbound 84 past 880 car in center divide slowing things as you come off the dumbarton bridge. drainage work high street on-ramp to northbound 880 standing water and pooling areas take extra caution. southbound 880 at 980 a taxi spunnout two lanes blocked, tow truck on scene, northbound 280 at cesar chavez accident blocking a lane in san francisco. >>> baby girl in texas is amazing her family and doctors as she recovers from surgery for a rare heart defect. the mother hasn't been able to hold her five week old daughter born with part of her heartbeating outside of her chest. s did say this condition is usually fatal, -- doctors say this condition is usually fatal but she survived after doctors created a space in her chest and repositioned her heart. >> they have no idea how thankful i am. if it wind for th

this is a live little sneak peek right now through sausalito and eastbound 580 approaching north greenville. three out of four lanes blocked from roadwork. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> today is the second day of the strike against raley's grocery store in northern california and nevada. the walkout began after contract talks broke out. the issues are medical benefits, elimination for premium for working on sunday and a proposed pay freeze. >> okay with the freeze. we want to keep what we have and keep the medical that we have with the union but nent to take that away. basically, when we retired, they probably -- we have no medical. >> raley's says it needs to cut costs like most companies because of the growing number of stores selling groceries. this is the first strike in the 77-year history of the company. >>> 4:41 now. you might be feeling a little less pain at the pump. how much gas prices actually dropped overnight. >> plus, a trip to a zoo takes a tragic and deadly turn. how a toddler fell into an animal enclosure. >>> people climbed the steps of the willis tow

you will find roadwork in the eastbound lanes of 580 through livermore from greenville road to north flynn various lanes blocked for the next little bit. up the nimitz in the east bay 880 through oakland this looks great from hayward all the way up towards downtown and the macarthur maze. 15 minutes is that drive time right now between 238 and the maze. elsewhere to the south bay now, more roadwork this time southbound 880 from coleman to bascomb avenue. this is ongoing roadwork in the area. otherwise through downed 280, 101, by san jose airport everything clear and mass transit also off to a great start once again. no delays for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:38. black friday the biggest shopping day of the year is still four days away but people already lining up to take advantage of some early deals. they are the diehards. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at a best buy in pinole where shoppers have staked their ground already. they are camping out. >> reporter: that's right. talk about dedication. these tents have been u

gone, very slow traffic over livermore reports of a problem with the big rig eastbound 580 past greenville. >>> 6:20. >> mike has been talking about a flash flood warning in petaluma with one stream in particular exceeding flood stage. katie marzullo has rushed to i'm rob nelson. >>> welcome back. 6:23 on the abc7 morning news. heavy rain around the bay area causing flooding concerns in the north bay, gusty winds toppling trees, power lines, thousands in the dark the penngrove creek in petaluma is an especially important point now. let's check in with katie marzullo. >> reporter: we are inching our way there we just arrived in downtown petaluma you can see lakeville street behind us rain steadier but later than in marin where we were earlier the ground is soaked, puddles everywhere. it is the national weather service that has issued a flash flood warning for here in petaluma they are talking about the penngrove stream they say it has exceeded its flood stage and is rising continuing to rise when they issue a warning like this it means it is either already flooding or the flooding is immine

first reports of another big rig accident at greenville westbound up towards woodside, 84 closed due to downed power lines between grand view and highway 35 north 101 flooding into petaluma area several problems with an accident near petaluma boulevard north peninsula very slow due to accident before whipple all of these accidents due to flooding in lanes. slow it down folks. >>> from power outages to dangerous driving to flood warnings south bay to the santa cruz mountains all being hit hard by this storm. kira klapper joins us live from los gatos many. -- >> reporter: luckily for my photographer the camera has to turn against the rain so it is hitting my photographer's back coming straight at my face, so windy here along highway 17 we have video from an hour and a half ago higher up the summit from where we are standing, a tree fell near summit road there are signs warnings drivers to reduce speeds. from standing along 17 now, it doesn't appear they are slowing down. of course, people who drive through the santa cruz mountains everyday now the roads well there's a lot of standing w

p you but it turns out greenville is several hours away from every place else.rive and we drive and we drive. and we pull up to a small fieldhouse. and she was going to organize a little meeting for us and we walk in and there were about 20 people there and they're all kind of wet, too, and they don't look very excited to see me. but i'm running for president, so i do what i'm supposed to do and i say how to you do, nice to meet you. and i'm making my way around the room and suddenly i hear this wo voice cry out behind me, fired up. and i'm startled and i don't know what's going on. but they act like this is normal. and when the voice says fired up, they all say ready to go. i continu around, there's a small woman, about 60 years old, looks like she just came from church. so for the next few minutes, she just keeps on saying fired up. and everybody says fired up and she says ready to go and everybody says ready to go. and i'm thinking, you know, this woman is showing me up. now, here's the thing. after a few minutes, i'm feeling kind of fired up. i'm feeling lik

a concern now, the earlier accident i told you, east 580, right around greenville. well, it's now a sig alert. a jackknifed big rig. no details on injuries. three out of four lanes blocked. countercommute through that wet area where the rain just traveled as well. and in your commute, another accident right around north livermore. wet roads throughout. we're tracking all these areas. >> keeping it on the roads. we suggest you pack a little extra patience. millions of people planning to travel for that thanksgiving holiday and most of them will be driving. he's in the south bay this morning. how many people are estimated to be out? >> good morning, jon. we're heading north here. aaa is predicting there will be more californians hitting the road, traveling overall this holiday thanksgiving weekend compared to last year. this is a trend that we've been seeing for the past four thanksgiving weekends. this will be the fourth one in a row where we are seeing an increase. aaa anticipates almost 5 million californians will travel 50 miles or more this holiday weekend. that'

unfortunately, the two closest ones are 90 minutes away, eergtd in greenville, delaware or harrisburg, pennsylvania. we received a copy of the contract. this requires patients to signing a agreement basically saying they won't make negative comments about them, even on the internet. we reached out by phone and email but we have not heard back. joce sterman, abc 2 news. >> doctors have long warned about the possibility of pregnant women death the flu shot. now there's more evidence to link that up. >> have you seen this? a sideline shove. >>> a crash leads to a brawl after a nascar race. the fallout from yesterday's debacle on the track. that's coming up. >>> alarming results of a new study on pregnancy shows moneys to be have a much greater chance of having a child with autism. researchers out of denmark found that children of women who had the flu while they were pregnant had doubled the risk of being diagnosed with autism by the age of three compared to kids whose mothers did not have the flu. they also found the risk tripled for moms who had a fever for more than a week while pregn

that happened around 11:00 last night near greenville road.hp is investigating why that driver lost control and slid across all of the eastbound lanes. then the truck burst into flames. the lanes were shut down for ten minutes. the driver was taken to the hospital. he had minor injuries but no one else was hurt. >>> some local school districts may cancel class today because of the storm and also because of the dangerous roads. santa rosa school district may close down individual or all of its schools today. they will check out all of the schools and also the roads to make sure they are safe. any closure announcement should come by 7:00 this morning. now make sure you're watching us. stay tuned to ktvu and our channel 2 website ktvu.com to find out about school closures. >>> if you have a flight out of sfo, you are being urged to check the status before head together airport. as of right now most flights seem to be on time there is few cancellations and delays listed on sfo's website. yesterday they issued an advisory due to a low cloud ceiling

drive times heading out now, 580 altamont pass, roadwork eastbound between north greenville and northflynn, due to be picked up 11:00 this morning. drive out of antioch good towards concord under 20 minutes east shore freeway smooth ride under 20 minutes as you drive into the macarthur maze. we saw the toll plaza, no problems there. >> time now is 4:40. >>> toxic danger an environmental group says is still covering neighborhood around the chevron refinery in richmond. >>> bishop of the san jose diocese apologizes for the controversy involving a convicted child molester. kx;ñ;ñx >>> beautiful picture of the embarcadero center holiday season kicked off last friday with the opening of the skating rink. head on down and enjoy holiday weather, today not so much in the 60s. >>> new this morning, the chemical fallout from the richmond refinery fire my coat your yard and vegetable garden three months after the fire. environmental group found high levels of cancer-causing hydrocarbons in five of the eight samples taken from different areas near the refinery. dusted dirt samples across nine mil

here's the situation eastbound 580 past greenville, jacknifed big rig cleared out of lanes. noncommute direction now it is gone. chp updating their information, westbound what we thought were two incidents turns out to be one, west bound first livermore accident blocking right lane there. >>> the rain is going to make your commute slower and slick they are morning. amy hollyfield is live in fremont. how is it going there? >> reporter: good morning. some have soggy trick-or-treaters last night wondering if you are going to have a soggy commute it is pretty wet out here. we came here to fremont because the storm looks like it is headed toward the fremont redwood city area we wanted to show you what it is looking like now. we did experience a steady rain. it has let up now for the moment but it does come and go the kind of rain where you want to grab your rain gear, umbrella, jacket put the kids raincoats on don't cancel the day. there's not driving winds, it is just a nice, steady rain. did check in with the chp. they said their number of calls has increased overnight, typical

the eastbound lanes approaching north greenville. 880 the nimitz we like this camera. everything quiet towards downtown and the macarthur maze. that's a check of your time- saver traffic. for more on this crazy weather forecast, mother nature just cannot make up her mind. >> no. i know. we like it. i mean, today is going to be just something else outside. we had a beautiful weekend weather-wise. today is going to be warmer and lots of records being set outside. temperatures mainly in the 50s. we are seeing some patchy ground fog showing up in the north bay valleys into napa and santa rosa. so watch out for that early on this morning but this afternoon, enjoying that sunshine all the way to the coastline. it's a beach day and we won't have many of these days for t remainder of the year. 80s, a beautiful day everywhere in the bay area. high pressure holding on with the offshore wind bringing lots of sunshine coming our way today and into tomorrow. after that we have some major changes. records though likely for today around much of the bay area. these numbers returning a

they issued a traffic alert eastbound 580 approaching north greenville so we have a slightly different location for this accident now but again it is blocking three lanes, traffic squeezing by slowly in both directions across that stretch. there's the drive time on eastbound 580. usual brake lights in the commute direction out of the altamont pass going towards the dublin interchange. a lot of folks heading towards the airport. one one towards sfo looks okay past candlestick. once you get farther south towards san mateo, we actually have numerous flooding reports in the area and an overturn accident approaching dore. this is a live look at the nimitz. a little difficult to see northbound 880 traffic heading up towards downtown but we have not seen too many major problems towards oakland airport which is the good news, those headlights are heading towards the coliseum and the airport so we know that lawrence is very busy with his doppler tracking the storm. let's go over to him with the latest. >> yeah. boy, we have that doppler out checking things around the bay area. the rain continui

eastbound 580 approaching north greenville, so very heavy traffic right now. actually in both directions through livermore. if you are heading towards oakland airport, this is a live look at 880. it is slick all across the east bay. southbound 880 moves okay from 980 to the macarthur maze towards oakland airport and the coliseum. bart is going to be a great option. chp is working several dozen different traffic accidents and incidents flooding reports all across the bay area. so bart will be a great option if you are heading towards downtown san francisco or sfo or oakland airport. that is a check of traffic and weather together every 10 minutes the back to you guys. >>> we are approaching one of the busiest travel times of the year and bay area rain is only expected to make things a little more hectic. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at sfo with some tips on how to ease your time at the airport. we need them. >> reporter: ease time and frustrations. these are tips i haven't seen before so i think that our travelers will find them helpful. but in general, yes,

biden is at a high school in greenville, delaware, not far from his hometown of wilmington where he spent night. >>> of course, the presidency isn't the only thing at stake today. nbc's kelly o'donnell looks at very close senate races happening across the country. >> reporter: the power struggle for control of the u.s. senate runs right through massachusetts where democrats see a big chance to gain ground with harvard professor and consumer advocate elizabeth warren. >> what i see is lots of enthusiasm, lots of momentum. mostly it's people coming up to me grabbing my arm and saying, girl, you've got to win this. >> reporter: up against a well-liked republican incumbent, senator scott brown, who won ted kennedy's seat two years ago. the rare republican who stresses his cooperation with president obama who's expected to easily carry massachusetts. >> i was just named the least partisan senator, and i take great pride in that, in working with others trying to get things done. >> reporter: voters are deciding 33 senate races, and for much of the year republicans believed they had a good shot

. >> reporter: finally, we stop in greenville, delaware, vice president joe biden and his wife casting votes in biden's hometown. the vice president served 36 years in the u.s. senate serving the first state and returned to the polling place where he's cast ballots in many of the previous races. >> this is the eighth time i have run statewide in delaware and it's always a kick. i hope everyone exercises their right to vote. this is a great honor and people are standing in line in a lot of placeis. i encourage them to stand in line as long as they have to. >> reporter: after all of the speeches, ads, rallies, conventions and debates, it coming down to election day. today on the trail, november 6th, 2012. >> we're going to bring in fox 5 political analyst mark platkin. i want to zero in on the state of virginia right now. we have 27 minutes before the poll comes to a close tonight and specifically, let's look at nowhere virginia, the big four. loudoun county, fairfax county, arlington, prince william -- of those four, where is it most critical for either one of these candidates to lock u

all lanes of eastbound 80 approaching north greenville road in livermore.er this morning, we had a really bad accident involving a big rig, an oil spill approaching the dublin interchange in the westbound lanes of 580. drive time sensors are work. it's up to almost an hour it looks like between the altamont pass and 680. 51 minutes. it is super slow through the livermore valley. south bay getting hammered now by rain and a slew of accidents including one in milpitas. you can see the flashing lights on northbound 880 approaching 237, accident there blocking lanes. mass transit great option this morning. all bart trains are on time. that's traffic and weather. back to you. >> take bart if you can. >>> drivers need to watch out for high wind advisory on the bay bridge. we found out firsthand. >> no kidding. we needed both hands on the steering wheels this morning plus the lights just came back on after being off for the morning. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran can see it all from the embarcadero. that's a sight familiar at this time. >> reporter: i know. thankful

he and his wife stood in line with other voters outside of a high school in greenville. biden's served four decades in elected office, 36 as a senator from delaware. >>> back to battleground virginia now. and it's predicted the presidential and senate race will be close. and in maryland, hotly contested ballot issues like expanded gambling, gay marriage and the dream act are bringing out voters in high numbers. lauren demarco is live in laurel, maryland, watching the issues and we'll start with karen gray houston live in virginia. karen? >> reporter: in burke, virginia, this is lake braddock's secondary school. the voting has been heavy here all day long. there were 250 people waiting in line when they opened the doors here this morning and there has been no lull all day long. it's taken as long as an hour and a half to get through the line. as little as about 40 minutes. these are people strongly motivated to help decide whether the next president will be barack obama or mitt romney and on the way in to vote, the potential voters are able to listen to some calm, soothin

here eastbound 580 at greenville, we still have an accident. a jack knifed big rig blocking the slow lane. west towards north livermore avenue, the accident moved off to the right-hand shoulder. no major injuries. you see the blue and the green scattered throughout the tri-valley pretty much all throughout the bay. as i take it away so you can see a little easier drive now, again slick conditions but there's an accident there. we'll end with a live look at the peninsula, slick on 101 through palo alto as well. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:39 right now. how's this sound for fans going to a 49ers ball game, getting in shape and some easy parking. the team will start providing bike racks. those racks have not yet been installed. the grounds keeping staff is still trying to decide exactly where to put them. planners also considering bike parking at the new 49ers stadium that's being built in santa clara. >> i need a rickshaw to take me there. >>> 4:40. new jersey's governor taking heat for his praise of president obama. coming up, how

eastbound 580 past greenville big rig accident still blocking lanes with "sig alert" lots of standingnold and broadway, due to flooding. >> stay [ cheers and applause ] >>> look at that crowd out in times square. put the camera on the kid that ran in and stole a seat behind the turntable. that's 8-year-old d.j. kai. he's going to be spinning the tunes all morning long on this deejay friday. i know someone at home now who is laughing right now. that's robin roberts. amy robach here. >> he'll be back to auto tune in about a month. >>> coming up ahead, the haircut that is making headlines. kate middleton's new do. and we have two volunteers from our "gma" family here showing you how to get it. >> i'm supposed to say, amy, you and i tried kate's new cut. there you go. there's amy. and i guess i'm coming up next? go ahead. oh. hi. >> "charlie's angels." >> there you go. >> both are healthy looking. >> thank you. >>> britney spears also has a new song, everybody. she's looking better than ever. the brand-new music video, looking great. how does she stay so fit? we have her secrets to stayin

interchange but if you are continuing eastbound 580 right there in livermore approaching north greenville, we have a jackknifed big rig blocking several lanes of traffic, a costco big rig, traffic stacking up behind it, it's against the commute but good sized delays. elsewhere it is wet all across the bay area. this is a live look in santa clara near great america parkway. this is 101 traffic. it looks okay at this hour, 101 coming up from san jose. but again, be extra careful. we're seeing about 13 different incident reports right now from chp kind of marking all the different accidents across the bay area. this is what it looks like across the golden gate bridge. a lot of the overnight roadwork has been suspended so we are not seeing major roadwork on either en of the span of the golden gate bridge so it looks good heading into san francisco from marin county no big delays to san rafael towards the waldo grade. this is a live look at our milpitas camera 880/237 where things are light. the only roadwork we can find this morning is crossing the dumbarton bridge so heads up. westbound and

vice president joe biden and his wife, jill, voted this morning at a high school in greenville delaware. biden represented delaware as a u-s senator for 36 years before becoming president obama's running mate. as he was leaving the voting booth, biden was asked whether it was the last time he'd cast a ballot for himself. he smiled and answered, no, i don't think so. increasing speculation over a possible presidential bid of his own four years from now. before heading to cleveland to join romney. vice presidential nominee paul ryan, along with his wife and children, cast his ballot this morning in janesville, wisconsin. ryan has another campaign event this afternoon in richmond, virginia. besides the presidency, control of congress is at state in the election. at present there are 242- republicans 193-democrats. democrats would need a net pickup of 25-seats across the country to regain control. several of the key races are in illinois. in the u-s senate-- 33 seats are up for election. the democrats currently hold a 53 to 47 voting majority. seven races are considered toss ups, including

to greenville, south carolina. >> houston, texas. >> reporter: abc's linsey davis flying from cleveland early this morning. >> security line is starting to build, starting to wrap around a little bit here. >> reporter: checking in four hours early -- >> this is delta, long, long, long security line. >> reporter: heading to toronto. >> at least we've checked in and we are done. >> reporter: and roads were mostly clear on the way to the jersey shore. >> it's already looking a little hairy at times, but at least it's moving. >> reporter: but no matter how far or how long the journey, at the end, there's that reminder of why it's worth it. a hug from grandpa. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: that look on mom's face. the love of a sister. that embrace. and that kiss. and a sign of just how easy the day has been here at los angeles international, the check-in counter is virtually empty. good news for those of us who are flying tonight, me included, i'm headed home this evening to see my family in san francisco. david, happy thanksgiving. >> and you, too, cecilia. all worth it for the hug a

personally expect jeb bush is going to be the twenty sixteen republican presidential candidate george in greenville south carolina george we have thirty seconds left it's yours. ok tom and i'm going to bring up with the fact that i've been on lifetime republican and i would not support either john mccain and mitt romney because they simply wanted to extend these useless wars in the mideast here like the fact that even get into the mideast and just fight just least senseless wars. x x x a lot or any of the major parties excellent point. thank you very much i appreciate the call my dad was a republican his whole entire life he was a good and decent man to eisenhower was a republican and he was one of the greatest advocates for peace this country's ever seen because he saw how horrible war was and i just i'm mourning the loss of a rational republican party that's it for your take my take it live thank you for all your calls but don't get your calls that i try is back next week. coming up the only way america is going to get the change that it desperately needs is a congress works together and ends the

dupont high school in greenville, delaware.ife is standing next to him as well, and looks like a strong turnout, waiting in line right there, they'll be casting their votes momentarily. guys let's talk about some of the other headlines that are out there today, some of the business news headlines, australia's central bank holding rates steady at 3.25%. policymakers citing higher inflation at home and improved global environment. the central bank still left the door open for more stimulus if needed. >>> tens of thousands of greek workers beginning a 48-hour strike today protesting a new round of austerity cuts. the unions say that the changes will devastate the poor and drive a failing economy to collapse. >>> and a new survey says that chinese consumers put prospects for jobs and income at the lowest level in a year. the fastest growing worries include concerns about career choices and job security. back here in the united states san francisco fed president john williams says the central bank could buy more treasuries than it i

cokenis sets up greenville as stanford upset top ranked baylor. >>> cal men and the doctors were in denvero play in their first road game of the season. the cal bears got 13 points from alan crab. that's big because alan crab becomes the 42nd cal player ever to score more than 1,000 points in their career. warriors climb over 500 tonight in minnesota. makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an irregular heartbeat for several years now. and while jim may need to reevaluate his diet and caffeine consumption, harbaugh still loves football coach. >> doctor said you need to go in and you need to get this done. this procedure done. so yeah you know you're no

elsewhere, westbound -- or eastbound 580 approaching north greenville overturned cement truck blockinga rockslide closing westbound 84 in fremont. that's traffic. for your rainy forecast, here's lawrence. >> a lot of rain and winds over 50 miles per hour numerous power outages around the bay area. the storm continues to pummel us right now. you can see on our high-def doppler radar, some yellow and oranges, those are pockets of heavier rainfall. and as you look toward the east bay, some very strong storms moving there near san ramon also pleasanton and livermore. going to stay unsettled and wet throughout the weekend. ,,,,,,,, >>> quick, remember that contest the obama campaign had? donate and you might win lunch with the president? you are not going to believe who won! >> president barack obama, mitt romney just wrapped up lunch in the private dining room at white house. >> hey, romney, what's up, man? hey, isn't it funny, you almost lived here. 3 million bucks. if you lived here, you could be doing this right now. yeah, yeah. give me a monte cristo sandwich. do you like adele? yeah,

stall blocking a lane of traffic in the oakland area at 16th eastbound 580 roadwork between north greenvillelynn until 11:00 this morning. westbound commute slowing over the altamont pass, bart, muni, caltrain everybody on time. >>> 5:54. >>> if you are hitting the road for thanksgiving, there's good news. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning. good news for drivers, gas prices keep going lower nationwide average $3.42, down 30 cents from a month ago. stores like toys "r" us, wal-mart, target starting black friday sales on thanksgiving day. now, cyber monday is starting earlier, wal-mart kicking off this year's sales two days earlier on saturday. allowing shoppers to order online and pay with cash in the stores. holiday flavors just keep getting weirder this year peppermint pringles retailers go to new extremes to get your attention. $33 ice cream cake that looks like a turkey. if you don't want the whole turkey you can just get the leg, $8 forever a two-pack. -- for a two-pack. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business repor

>> i'm edith childs from greenville south carolina and i'm the one that got barack obama fired up. >>ayed fired up and ready to go. >> fired up ready to go. >> it shows you what one voice can do. >> president obama wanted edith childs at his final appearance as a candidate. >> we knew we were coming back to des moines for the last campaign rally i will ever do for me and so, you know we were getting kind of sentimental and we called up edith childs and we said why don't you come on up. [ cheers and applause ] >> listen to this. we said why don't you come on up and we'll fly you up from south carolina and you can do this chant one more time. for all good times sake. it is like getting the band back together again. and you know what she said? she said, i'd love to see you, but, i think we can still win north carolina so same taking a crew into north carolina to knowledge on knock on doors on election day i don't have time i have to knock on some doors. [ cheers and applause ] i have to turn out the vote. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm still fired up, but i got work to do. [ cheers and a

cokenis sets up greenville as stanford upset top ranked baylor. >>> cal men and the doctors were in denvern their first road game of the season. the cal bears got 13 points from alan crab. that's big because alan crab becomes the 42nd cal player ever to score more than 1,000 points in their career. warriors climb over 500 tonight in minnesota. makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an irregular heartbeat for several years now. and while jim may need to reevaluate his diet and caffeine consumption, harbaugh still loves football coach. >> doctor said you need to go in and you need to get this done. this procedure done. so yeah you know you're not going

. >> unless you want to be secretary of state for greenvil greenville, south carolina or mesa -- >> sheequested this meeting was with specifically senators lindsey graham, kelly ayotte and -- >> they were upset. john mccain over the weekend. >> john mccain backed up. >> so it's really cool when she said i'm sorry. >> she did the brave thing and went right in there and said i want to -- >> how did that work. >> and talked about her initial account of the attack and explained to them she was relying on faulty intelligence and talking points from the intelligence community. >> they said? >> they said, you know what, we still don't get it. >> throw the video. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. it is clear that the information that she gave the american people was incorrect. >> bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before. >> if you don't know what happened just say you don't know what happened. people can push you to give explanations and i want to say -- >> i'm more troubled today knowing having met with the acting dire

this is greenville, delaware, where the vice president is now entering the voting booth.is wife, dr. jill biden, is also there in line with him as they vote. i should tell you that governor romney is expected to vote at 8:30 this morning. he'll do so in belmont, massachusetts. congressman paul ryan will cast his vote in his home town of janesville, wisconsin at 9:45 eastern, and as we know, matt, president obama cast his vote early in chicago last week. i guess it's just that fast. >> we saw the vice president in line earlier. imagine the pressure on the woman in front of him online as they were standing there discussing the vote today. i wonder if she was completely honest with the vice president. >> well, we're going to have more on the election throughout this morning. we want to remind everybody that nbc's election night coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. that's 4:00 pacific time right here on nbc. >> let's get to the other headlines of the morning. natalie is across the street at the news desk. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt and savannah. good

. >> reporter: lines were long all over even before daybreak in smaller towns like greenville, north carolina. >> this is extremely important election that determines two different directions our country is going to take. >> reporter: certainly it was more of a struggle in the storm ravaged northeast with temporary tents, sheltered makeshift polling booths. and generators provided power that has been out since sandy hit. >> i'm sure it will be because of sandy, a little chaos here and there. that's just natural when you have a big event, a disaster like sandy. >> reporter: new jersey's governor brought up the same plea. >> get out there and vote. a lot of things in play in your life right now but it is a national election. it is important to vote. >> reporter: important but also frustrating for many whose patience has indeed been tested. >> i've been here three time. they finally got machines in. now the machines are jammed up. it is total chaos. >> reporter: after a chaotic weekend in florida, relative calm on tuesday. voters faced only long lines which was also the case from huntsv

. >> earlier today, vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their ballots in greenville, delawares optimistic, not just about this election day and also for the future. take a listen. >> i hope everybody exercises the right to vote. it's a great honor and people are standing in line for a lot of places. stand in line as long as you have to in order to vote. >> any prediction? >> i'm feeling pretty good. >> last time you'll vote for yourself? >> i don't think so. >> joe in 2016. two small towns in new hampshire got a jump on the election day, and opening the polls just after midnight, of course. legendary dicksville, made famous in 1960, split vision, five votes for each candidate and there were 23 votes for the president and nine for mitt romney. polls are closing at 6:00 eastern in kentucky and indiana and we'll begin to see some important results roll in after 7:00 when polls close in another half-dozen states including virginia. it should be interesting. with us on set we have msnbc contributor and former senior strategist from the mccain-palin campaign, steve schmitt, good to

so we land in greenville, south carolina around midnight, we get to the hotel at 1:00 in the morning.'m wiped out, exhausted. back then we didn't fly on air force one, the accommodations were a little different. and just as i'm about to walk into the room, one of my staff pats me on the shoulder and they say, excuse me, senator. i was a senator back then. we're going to have to wake up and be on the road at 6:30 in the morning. i said, what? why? well, you made this promise to go to greenwood and it's several hours away. and you know, i try to keep my promises. so a few hours later i wake up and i'm feeling terrible. i think a cold's coming on, and i open up the curtains to try to get some light to wake me up, it's pouring down rain. and i take a shower and get some coffee and i -- i open up the newspaper and there's a bad story about me in the new york times. i was much more sensitive at that time to bad stories. i've become more accustomed to these now. and finally i get dressed i go downstairs and i walk out to the car and my umbrella blows open, and i'm soaked. by the time i'm in

so we land in greenville, south carolina around midnight, we get to the hotel at 1:00 in the morning.'m wiped out, exhausted. back then we didn't fly on air force one, the accommodations were a little different. and just as i'm about to walk into the room, one of my staff pats me on the shoulder and they say, excuse me, senator. i was a senator back then. we're going to have to wake up and be on the road at 6:30 in the morning. i said, what? why? well, you made this promise to go to greenwood and it's several hours away. and you know, i try to keep my promises. so a few hours later i wake up and i'm feeling terrible. i think a cold's coming on, and i open up the curtains to try to get some light to wake me up, it's pouring down rain. and i take a shower and get some coffee and i -- i open up the newspaper and there's a bad story about me in the new york times. i was much more sensitive at that time to bad stories. i've become more accustomed to these now. and finally i get dressed i go downstairs and i walk out to the car and my umbrella blows open, and i'm soaked. by the time i'm in

ryan promised to turn the state red this year and in greenville, delaware, vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their ballots. yes, they did. >> two small towns in new hampshire got the jump on election day like they always do, opening the boys after midnight. it was a split decision, five votes for each candidate. there were 23 votes for the president and nine for mitt romney. >> looking ahead to tonight, polls began closing at 6:00 eastern time in kentucky and indiana and we'll begin to see important results roll in after 7:00 when polls close in another half-dozen states and we'll have a sense of what's going on, possibly. >> possibly. >> possibly. >> perhaps. >> nbc chief white house correspondent chuck toad, co-anchor of cnbc's "squawk box"a andrew ross sorkin and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and "the huffington post" sam stein, all morning joe and me. >> the person who followed you, andrew ross sorkin is the guy that we accused of skipping prep school. >> did your parents vote today? >> my parents voted today, and i made it to school on time and i made it ou

this is a big rig crash obviously near the greenville exit.on of your screen is westbound. bottom portion eastbound so you can see it's very slow going in the eastbound direction. definitely give yourself extra time. now if we take a look at our maps we can show you a little bit better where that is. this is the sig alert that has been issued. this is where claudine wong has been for the past hour. and eastbound 580 we also have an accident and we also have slow going there as well as a mud slide that happened on highway 84. 6:58 here is steve. >>> tara, thank you. some of the heavier rain is pushing east and south. there is a river upstream that still has to come over us. heavy rain is giving way to more of a general rain. we'll talk about the advisories, warning, watches and how much longer this will last coming up. >>> also coming up here on mornings on 2 just as bad as everyone predicted the bay area getting pounded by rain and wind on this stormy friday morning. we just heard that one sonoma county school district just canceled classes. c

we land in greenville, south carolina at around midnight. we get to the hotel at 1:00 in the morning. i'm exhausted. i'm dragging my bags to my room. back then we didn't fly on air force one. the accommodations were a little different. just as i'm about to walk into the room one of my staff taps me on the shoulder and said excuse me senator, i was a senator back then, we're going to have to wake up and be on the road at 6:30 in the morning. i said what. why? you made this promise to go to greenwood and it's several hours away. iowa i try to keep my promises so a few hours later i wake up and i feel terrible. i think a cold is coming on. i open up the curtains the try to get some light but it's pouring down raining, terrible storm. i take a shower and get some coffee and i open up the newspaper and there's a bad story about me in the new york times. i was much more sensitive at bad stories. i've become more accustomed to them now. i get dressed and go downstairs. i'm walking to the car and my umbrella blows open and i'm so he could. by the ti

she joins us now from our affiliate, wyff in greenville, south carolina, where she is a weather anchor she's on tv, she's beautiful. she's also a lung cancer survivor. you went in for a heart scan, doctors weren't even looking for lung cancer, you didn't smoke. what did you think when you got the news? >> actually, i thought they had the wrong scan, initially. because it can didn't compute. i was like, how is this possible? i've never smoked, i'm healthy, i work out every day, and i was coming to check my heart. so what is this you're speaking of with a tumor in my lung? and it was true. >> how are you doing? >> today's a great day. it really is, i feel great. you know, it's a -- every day struggle to get up and be positive and be strong and be courageous, because the fight is not over. and as of right now, there's no cure. but, you know, i'm still here so i'm not complaining and i'm hoping i have several more birthdays. >> we hope so too. you know, your necklace, i asked you in the break, was it a bow or was it a butterfly. and you said, it was a bow because -- >> every day is a presi

the vice president voted in greenville, delaware, early this morning. >> every time i do it, are this is the eighth time that i've run statewide in the state of delaware and it's always a kick. >> any prediction for tonight? >> oh, i'm feeling pretty good. >> the last time you're going to vote for yourself, do you think? >> no, i don't think so. >> a little smile there. plans to vote for himself again some day, huh? the choice between two fundamentally different visions of the proper role of government could come down to a few thousand voters in toledo, ohio and aurora, colorado. both candidates returned to their roots to make their closing arguments. holding final rallies in the states that launched their respective campaigns. the president got emotional, tearing up before a crowd of 20,000 blocks from his first field office in des moines, iowa, and he repeated the rallying cry of his first presidential campaign. >> this is where our movement for change fwan. some said we couldn't. you said, yes, we can. you said, yes, we can. >> for some supporters the energy of 2008 is harder to co