let's check in with a master, mike inouye. is that clear? >> it is. it is good for the sunol. as folks heading up the hill, a little slowing because of the volume so very good, very good. relatively speaking. 680 not a problem. the maze here, also not a problem. of course that volume picking up as well. we'll take you out to the caldecott tunnel, i got more details, a disabled truck. it's a green pick-up. chp is going to assist. this is into the one eastbound bore but the bore, that tunnel is open to traffic, a smooth drive westbound, both bores that direction. antioch, this area that i circled, the speed back up close to 60 than 50 so a lighter commute. and also showing us past the coliseum, 880, the like shot shows no major issues northbound with the taillights away from us. the volume holding steady down to hayward and that interchange with the san mateo bridge. >> in the midst of tight becomes and deficits san mateo county has found a way to give raises to its nurses and sheriff sergeants. county reached an agreement with the nurses association to give nurses an annual 3%

right now mike inouye. >> good morning. we're going to take a look at the maze. that's a big concern for a lot of the bay area. right now no concern. we're looking at a smooth flow at the bay bridge toll plaza. typical construction as a lane or two blocked on the upper and lower deck, just maintenance. at the peninsula, though, on southbound 101. i'm tracking an accident at broadway off to the shoulder. i'll give you more coming up. >> thank you much. the end of an era, the space shuttle "atlantis" now back to earth after its final mission in space. >> having fired the imagination of a generation the ship like no other, its place in history secured, the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time. >> just before 3:00 this morning our time the shuttle landed at kennedy space center, the touchdown closes out nasa's shuttle program after 30 years. a bittersweet moment for many involved in the space program. today in the bay's bob redell has a firsthand look at the shuttle landing with a former astronaut who commanded the first flight of "atlantis." >> when the a

let's get to you work at 5:30 with mike inouye. >> good morning. out to the south bay, you and i were talking about construction on 880. traffic through the south bay no problem. including the area of 880 up to the east bay, we'll catch up with folks on the nimitz in oakland, traffic volume starting to pick up. the glowing lights, there is moisture in the air. visibility okay for drivers. back to you. >> this morning a mother and her baby are safe after a fire ripped through their apartment. they forced their way in. the baby is now in the hospital recovering from smoke inhalation. firefighters were able to rescue the baby because the apartment sprinkler system was working properly. >> and still heavy smoke. the bedroom door was open, the entire apartment was full of smoke and another five minutes it would have been much different. >> firefighters have the fire under control in 20 minutes. no word on the cause. five got a wake-up call when an suv slammed into their door. marla tellez joins us live in san mateo with the latest. good morning. >> repo

mike inouye and myself watching very closely for you this morning. have changes, low pressure pushed a little further off to the north this morning and that means we're not going to see as strong of an on-shore flow. still a mild day at the coast. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, comfortable conditions in oakland where you're at 54 now, same for san francisco. on your way to about 68 degrees by noon with a mix of sun and clouds. so the good news is you're going to see sun break through quite a bit earlier today than previous days. that trend will continue as we head toward the weekend. less and less cloud cover to start you out as high pressure takes control of the weather pattern. by 4:00 p.m. 73 degrees. nice and breezy, should be comfortable in the city. good day for outdoor lunch plans. 86 in fremont later on today, 85 san rafael. santa cruz going to break out of the low 70s, 75 today. let's get you to work on time. 5:38, check the roads with mike. >> all right, christina, toll plaza approaching moving smoothly in all directions, 19 minutes

let's check in with mike inouye. >> good morning, laura. we have better news shaping up for the coast highway. highway 1, accident at devil's slide or south of there, it has cleared from the roadway, although the conditions have not cleared. watch lower visibility through the area and slick, drizzly conditions. a live look outside will show us coming into that area from the north bay. also that really kicked in from the fog out of marin county, the south tower not visible, barely visible into the city. slower roads, lower visibility through san rafael. no accidents reported for that portion of the bay, coming across the bay bridge, a live look there. volume starting to increase, low clouds hovering around the deck. antioch, slowdown started at 5:30, slower speeds into the 20s in portions there. look at 51, bay point and pittsburgh, issues through concord just about half an hour. we'll track it, laura, back to you paragraph 5:55, through threats from a shadowy group of hackers. scott mcgrew joins us. >> shadowy, the group anonymous. announci

right now let's get to you work on time with mike inouye. >> good morning. i'll take you over to the bay bridge. we have the lower deck out of the city, your construction zone over to treasure island, that stayed the same. disabled truck replaced by a disabled car. i hit refresh on the report and it has cleared. so looks like the disabled vehicle wasn't causing a problem, now not an issue. 19 minutes off of the carquinez bridge all the way flew the berkeley curve. we're watch for the start, a little bit of slowing but no major drama yesterday. it's tuesday, so heavier volume so you might see more traffic and more slowing early on. accident at the bottom, right around sir francis drake. some debris in the road so watch that fast richmond/san rafael bridge splixt slowing through construction. but a live look shows us the conditions at the golden gate bridge. we don't need to look at that. >> we mention in order major drama. a lot of drama here and the guy that lived to tell about it. a richmond teen survived a bear attack in the alaskan wilderness. he is telli

let's find out what's happening on the highways with our highway man mike inouye. >> good morning. like that. we're looking toward livermore. interstate 580 and the showing out of the altamont pass. speeds below 50 where you see the yellow. into livermore and around where the construction always has that reading about 50 through that zone. 16-minute drive here and the fog we're talking about with hovering around. skewing our view of the peninsula from the east bay side. a smooth flow but we'll see if that will affect your drive time. you're at the limit. marla, back to you. >> 6 chon 02. the family of a missing nursing student is still hopeful she'll be found safe nearly a month and a half after she was last seen. christie smith is live in hayward where her family raised the reward money to $100,000. christie. >> reporter: yeah, that is an incredible number. good morning. this isn't easy for her family organizing all of these volunteer searches, walking the creeks and wooded areas. this morning they tell me they are going back to the niles canyon area and look for michelle. this is

let's get to you work on time with mike inouye. >> all right. update, the metering lights turned on the toll plaza. first, i want to show you the approach hasn't shown that slowdown. we have slowing westbound 80 through richmond and across the carquinez bridge. showing speeds around where these turn to yellow. the benicia bridge not a problem. 780 the approach is slowing. approaching 680. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the build starts, we'll show that to you. >> thank you. later today protesters will be rallying at a san francisco b.a.r.t. station. over a recent officer-involved shooting. it's an important story this morning because it could have an impact this afternoon on service for b.a.r.t. rider who is use the civic center station. bob redell joins us live from the station with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this rally is organized by a group called no justice no bart. they plan it for 4:30 to 7:00 tonight here at the civic center b.a.r.t. station in san francisco and they made it clear their intent is to disrupt

let's get you out the front door with mike inouye. >> a lot of folks heading out the front door or through the garage or side door. whatever. going to antioch. highway 4 looking slow now speeds in the 20s. worse than our sensors have seen. going on right now through antioch. pittsburgh, became fine, walnut creek okay. no metering lights very smooth. 880 we have one issue at 29th avenue. laura, i'm going to hand it off to you. a lot of police activity. >> that's right. we're following this developing story all morning long from the east bay where a high-speed chase turned deadly of the chase ended 29th avenue off the highway 880 in oakland. that's where today in the day's christie smith joins us live with the latest on the chase. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura. the chp is still here taking measurements, taking photographs, making sure they do a very thorough investigation. now, when you look over at the car, the damage itself actually doesn't look that bad, if steve can pan over to it. chp tells us the driver was speeding. he wasn't wearing his seat belt and thrown from the car

someone is watching the roads, mike inouye. >> good morning. i depend on you to let me know what else we can't see. we're following that. livermore, we show a nice drive. you can see the slowing into livermore. i'm circling this spot that kicks off through central livermore. approaching airway. when that kicks off a tougher commute. 17 minutes for that drive. we know thattant wok is tough. 18 minutes on the l street sensor. that 55 continues to see speeds dipping through bay point approaching 242. the maze is moving very smoothly. the sensors not a problem in the commute direction. no metering lights yet. probably in about 15 minutes. a look at oakland, an idea for the volume. the headlights northbound coming up toward the coliseum where christie is, o dot co, there is more work going on there. >> don't you think half and half face paint will be interesting? >> it will be. >> raider nation. >> 6:12 now. still to come on "today in the bay" muni has a new chief. we'll get you up to speed. and we're going to take you live to the kennedy space cent

let's get to you work on time with mike inouye. >> might be late for some of the folks.least get a head start. this is the east shore freeway. we have the motorcycle accident blocking three lanes by the crews on the scene, the ambulance, the fire crew, the motorcycle driver reportedly sitting up. not completely okay but responsive from what i understand. here is the slow zone out of richmond all the way in toward university avenue. but in that backup another accident happening over the last few minutes. word of warning as you travel westbound off of the carquinez bridge. there is where the slowing starts. we track this and the rest of the commute coming up. >> this morning east palo alto dealing with a surge in violent crime as police investigate a deadly overnight shooting. "today in the bay's" christie smith with the latest. >> reporter: police are saying look likes they are going to be on scene at least two more hours gathering evidence from behind this building where someone opened firen two m ed on two me. the sixth homicide in east palo alto, the third this month a

yes, mike inouye taking a much-needed break. guy never gets time off. we're looking good this morning in the 60s in the east bay, the mid-50s along the peninsula. so that means you don't need a jacket when temperatures climb by about 5 degrees warmer than where we ended up yesterday. that means a couple of triple digits on the map. we'll get you through what we call a significant cooldown in the nbc bay area weather department. right now let's look at your commute. we have a sigalert, we told you about it a few minutes ago. it's still in effect. 101 past highway 92, it's near the ralston avenue exit in san mateo, three left lanes are blocked, one lane getting by. so the sigalert could be in effect for 15 minutes. right now traffic seems to be flowing around this crash but hey, we all know that commute is picking up so we'll watch this. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic looking good, looking light. no delays yet. no metering lights. we'll let you know when that changes. >> 5:01. san jose firefighters will keep an eye out for hot spots on

i've got that seven-day forecast ready to go but first let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. >> a new accident, a location further north from here. this is a southbound 101 between highway 87, guadalupe parkway. involves a motorcycle. the chp says the motorcycle looks like it is totalled -- just uped it to a sig alert with your two right lanes, two slow lanes closed. emergency crews are arriving on scene, and we don't know how long this closure is going to last. there's a van involved as well, bound to be spectators heading through the south bay in towards san jose and highway 87. we watch that, speed sensors will adjust over the next 10 minutes. northbound looks good, though. end with a live shot of golden gate bridge. fog could be an issue as well just starting to touch folks on the roadway from lorin. no slowing so far. >> isn't it amazing, you can't st see the bridge in that shot. >> won't last long. cooler day in san francisco. gorgeous. you saw the shot in san jose, not a cloud in the sky this morning. >> that's where we are so we like it. >>> more to come on "today in

we'll talk about that and what's to come for the weekend, but already this morning mike inouye is busy watching a serious situation in san francisco. what's going on? >> getting into san francisco, daly city there is a sigalert by chp. we don't usually have that because they usually don't have that much impact. this an overturned vehicle, an injury accident, this may be a deadly situation northbound 280 at the 19th avenue exit closing the entire exit potentially more because of the investigation that continues. so for the time being use the junip junipero serra exit. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, two people in the hospital after their suv crashed into of all things a peninsula fire station. marla tellez live at the crash site in san mateo with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, scott. yeah, the emergency services contractor van is still on scene. the guy, he is here, he just finished up boarding up the lower portion of the main apparatus store, this as far as we're told the main damage here at fire station 27. we're off of deanza boulevard in san mateo. i spo

right now get to you work, 4:31 if that's where you're headed with mike inouye. >> a nice flow, typical overnight construction out of san francisco on that lower deck heading towards treasure island. also 880 northbound at market, still some construction work going on there. i'm going to call out this police activity on surface streets at the 29th avenue off-ramp. use the 23rd instead. why, one of our top stories so i'll hand it back to you. >> a high-speed chase ended dead lichlt the chase ended at 29th street at the exit of highway 880 and oakland. christie smith is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. that pursuit ended here off 29th avenue northbound interstate 880 was the direction it was going. i want to show you the car involved here. it actually doesn't look like it's in that bad a shape this morning. chp telling us the driver was partially ejected from the car. they are also telling us that alcohol was likely a factor here. the driver taken to highland hospital in oakland and pronounced dead this morning. here with me is officer sam morgan with the chp.

mike inouye is back to get you on your way to work. >> good morning. thank you for your coverage there in traffic last week. looks like we have a smooth drive so far. thanks, guys. we're looking at one issue, aside from construction we do have a wind advisory for the bay bridge that was called up by chp. we'll watch to see if they give updates. sometimes they lift that before 6:00. >> all right, mike. welcome back. 4:32. new this morning, less than a week after a man was found shot in the head on the deanza trail in pittsburg police are investigating a second shooting there. christie smith is live in pittsburg with this. this is a strange one. >> reporter: yeah, it is. good morning to you. details are still coming in but i did speak with someone from east bay regional park police, they say that there was a shooting around 11:55 last night. they found a man down on this trail, the delta deanza trail in pittsburg. this follows a shooting days ago of another man in the same area, the "mercury news" now reporting that person a 20-year-old male from the pit

let's check the commute with mike inouye. >> we'll take to you the south bay, two areas. the accident 280 at saratoga is clearing but this construction work i hear that may be clearing, about a half hour earlier than expected. the full freeway closure, the last of this phase, clearing by 5:00. my phone is ringing. that may be confirmation. we hear the crews are clearing the scene right now. >> mike, thank you much. this morning a man is dead, another fighting for his life after an overnight shooting outside a restaurant in east palo alto, this as the city is trying to get a handle on the up tick in violence this summer. "today in the bay's" christie smith live on the east bay shore road with the latest. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning. this latest shooting happened behind this building. two people shot, two men, one of them killed, happened about 10:30 last night. east palo alto police still gathering evidence this morning. here with me is the acting captain jeff lu. can you walk us through what happened here. >> what we know is 18 and 19-year-old hispan

let's check the drive with mike inouye. >> always thinking about that weekend forecast even on a monday. looking here to the city where we had the earlier accident. 19th. it has cleared from the roadway, good news because the traffic is light right now as it is throughout the maze, but as you leave that area eastbound 24, just getting to the caldecott tunnel reports of a disabled vehicle. so watching for slowing, we don't see any yet very light volume. a live look at the upper deck, shows a smooth drive with the headlights into the city. the flashing lights on the screen, that's the typical construction blocking a lane as you get out of the city heading to the "s" curve. a light volume now. we're looking for this to build over the next couple of hours. >> mike, thank you. coming up our search engines replacing your brain's memory. how google embers brur ain forgets. what was i saying again? >> the time is 4:44. this is a live look at the metrian people are inside watching the final harry potter movie. they had a 3:30 showing. fans across the bay area are turning in to mark the beginning

time to check the morning commute with mike inouye. >> i'm still blown away by that connection over twitterat person. the south bay we're looking at a new incident. the sensors show the northbound commute and that's great but let me move the -- an accident on the south bound side. reports of one vehicle overturned. but just property damage from the initial report. we watch for this slowing, also around fairmont, starting about noon some road closures because of music in the park. we travel the peninsula where 101 and 280 are moving smoothly. we'll see low clouds, especially around the coast. might have to use the wipers crossing some of the bridges. san mateo bridge here at 92 t the vicinity moving nicely through the area. 101 and 280 with the sensors, sorry, let me show you the bridge before we get to the east bay. there it is, the crossing. there is a disabled vehicle on the right in the westbound direction. it's on the shoulder. we should a bridge crew arriving. give them room to work. highway 4 and look at that, this's the slowing through pittsburgh and bay point. we'll be watching this

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we sure miss mike inouye. westbound highway 24 at fish ranch road we told you about this earlier.an injury accident involving a truck and a van. it looks hike we've got emergency crews on the scene, they are starting to clear that crash. unless you are leaving in the next 15 minutes or so forget about it. a live cam now, traffic moving nicely. you're not going to be alone out there. quite a few kmiters hitting the highway but the metering lights are off. we have no issues. and flow looks good. >> the investigation into the deadly shooting on a b.a.r.t. train platform in san francisco continues. b.a.r.t. says it has 35 to 40 witnesses who were at the civic center station on sunday night. all but 12 have been interviewed. police they say shot a drunk man. there is surveillance video of the moments before the shooting. b.a.r.t. will release the video once the case is turned over to the d.a.'s office. both officers are on administrative leave. a couple visiting yellowstone attacked by a grizzly bear, the man was killed. they were walking on a trail yesterday when they surprised a fema

some people see out there this morning, mike inouye. >> inland for vitamin d, go into a health food store pill form. these icons, speed indicators, 43, top of the screen 237 slow right around 1st. watching for that slowdown as well. no incidents reported but i will track that over the next few minutes. 92 off 101 off san mateo bridge a plastic cart reported in lanes. let you know if things are clearing soon. might be tougher to see westbound through the mist and drizzle. the san mateo bridge heading towards us on the peninsula, slick quns on the off ramps because of the mist christina was talking about. >> exactly. a lot of it out there. >> good for inland. >>> 6:40 right now. it was a rough day at the running of the bulls. seven people are injured. show you how it happened. >>> lawmakers are taking on mystery phone fees in washington today. we've got a live report coming up next. start today on mystery charnls that show up on your phone bill. kristin dahlgren has more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. if you're a victim of what they call cramming, you

we'll check in with mike inouye for that and the rest of the commute across the bay area. it's thursday, june 14, "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. quickly coming upon 6:30 this morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren with our forecast. >> good morning to you. we've got a really nice day if you're waking up with us inland. if you're waking up with us near the coast a dreary start but the big story in the weather department is high pressure making for warmer days ahead. i've got your full forecast coming up in moments. 6:29. let's check your drive with mike. >> i have unpleasant news, more than the slowing in antioch. it's not really that good at all for this person involved. a motorcycle accident reported. it doesn't sound like the driver has serious injuries about thut will be a major distraction in the commute direction making things worse there. a little better for bay point and pittsburgh. going to the bay bridge there is a slow down. the metering lights are on. and of course i'll g

mike inouye, what are you watching for us? >> i'm watching this disabled vehicle.hat's better than watching paint dry. we're looking southbound 101 at the off ramp that should be cleared. chp is heading over to help those folks. be careful in the next few until they get that cleared. we show the rest of your south a smooth drive, close to the limit. a little construction for 85 around santa teresa and the split. the rest of the south bay traffic clear. starting to pick up a volume. a 15 minute drive. a couple of blips showing up around portola and livermore avenue. 38 for antioch. a typical spot. it's also slowing through pittsburg and bay point. another east bay shot oakland shows you a volume. it's a good meter. we pick up the volume and the lights are glowing. watch that because that fog you talk about, lower visibility as well. >> a lot of people on the road early. >> pretty good. >> or they have been out all night. >> heading home. >> who knows. a big monday night. we heard thinking things come in small packages. a pair of robbers getting more than what they b

mike inouye is here. he's got a look at traffic. >> we're looking pretty nice.n the report. we're watching for anything unusual. we have a warning about a concert this evening. so kid rock, sheryl crow playing. 22,000. not sold out but still mr. rock and miss crow welcome to the bay area. we love to have you come in any time. we don't need the 22,000 fans to do that. at the south bay, i check the report, a new issue did pop up. 280 northbound at saratoga, a motorcycle accident and may be blocking a couple of lanes. follow me on twitter and i'll give you those updates as we continue. a south of here, you're going to talk about that. north of here we have nice speeds along the peninsula from san mateo into san francisco. in the city, critical mass. watch for all of the bicyclists. safety for all a concern. the san mateo bridge, we have low clouds and the fog which impedes the view of the high rise on the peninsula side. on the east bay side you see traffic off 880. a look at oakland. slow past the coliseum. the metering lights are on. slowing at the berkeley curve

your seven-day outlook moments away now we'll get to you work on time with mike inouye. >> we'll takeut to the tri-valley. livermore, 16 minutes on the speeds, travel times as you look at a full screen. a slower drive, closer to the 50s in spots as you head toward that dublin interchange and past the interchange we have reports of debris, sounds like a book shelf might be in the lanes. that could be an issue. that's an earlier start for the slowdown so we'll watch for a heavier flow maybe today. >> thank you, mike. two suspects arrested in the beating of bryan stow head to court today. the two men will answer to charges they severely injured the san francisco giants fan in march. marla tellez is live outside san francisco general where this must be encouraging for the stow family. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the stow family has not officially made a comment about the latest arrest, just on friday, though, stow's sister saying they simply weren't ready to do so. no doubt their focus is on brian who remains here at sf general in serious condition. here is the latest information. 2

if you have those that's coming up, let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. >> hurricane dora. looking at the north bay, a different situation with fog, low visibility. this morning just slowing traffic through the construction zone, still going on 37. the disabled vehicle at the bottom of the screen cleared from san pedro road and see things change as the crews continue over the next 20 minutes. a nice easy drive through the maze, down the east shore freeway off the card inez bridge. antioch, 10 minutes in, 5:30 is the kickoff speeds down to 27 as you're coming through this area here from here. holding steady 54, 55 for baypoint. that might be an issue from concord from baypoint. a live look shows oakland and volume of traffic picking up just a bit. smooth driving, good spacing between the cars taillights past the coliseum. so far no drama for downtown oakland. we'll take no drama. >> we don't need drama. check out this amazing video from mt. etna. rupp's is spectacular. talking about a major tourist attraction in sicily. this the sixth eruption of the volcano this year. the

. >> lots of folks have the day off including mike inouye. he's taking a needed break. watching the roads, all free and clear as you can imagine. very slow this morning. right now high pressure is already warming us up, the sun is out. we're headed toward the triple digits in some bay area cities and very close in the east bay. 99 degrees today in concord. i have the full forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. we're also following a shooting in san francisco this morning on a b.a.r.t. platform. fired by police officers. a suspect is dead, two officers on administrative leave. marla tellez joins us live from the b.a.r.t. station where investigators are trying to piece together what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. it's pretty safe to say when you hear of a b.a.r.t. shooting you can't help but think of the infamous case involving oscar grant and johannas mehserle. here's what we know what happened last night. it all happened about 9:30, two officers, two b.a.r.t. officers responded to reports of what they call a wobbly drunk on the platfor

let's get your drive, get you on the road with mike inouye. >> the south bay looking good.nd, a new accident. a car took down a power pole affecting northbound 17. at least one lane blocked at bear creek. there you go, sensors showing slowing as you approach on the southbound direction as well. the east shore free, accidents cleared. also the north bay slow from novato into central san rafael. >> thank you. for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. i'll have a local up date in a half hour. >>> 8:00 now on this monday morning, the 25th of july, 2011. our crowd is full of smiles this morning. probably because the extreme heat we've been having over the past week has finally come to an end. it's nice here outside. and outside i'm ann curry along with lester holt and al roker. matt has the onning off. in this half hour, a very serious story. it's pretty much a tough story for any parent. >> it's a story about a mom. she crosses the street when her 4-year-old son was hit and killed. in a strange twist, that mother may serve more time in prison for the accid

let's check the drive with mike inouye. >> i love the 80s. we're looking here to the east shore freeway. interstate 80, speeds about 50 miles per hour. so 25-minute drive off the carquinez bridge. 680, a possible slowdown at the interchange and that is what we're seeing. slow southbound heading toward the san mateo bridge as well. an earlier accident has cleared at the 880/92 interchange. the fast lane should get by. closer to 55 through the area. then sunol, southbound side, heading to the left of the screen, that is a slow drive approaching that express lane. we've seen that kick off relatively early. we'll see metering lights, kicking off on monday. >> bright out there. thanks, mike. for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. i'll have another local up dit in about a half hour. have a great morning. >>> 7:30 now ona -- on a thursday morning, july 21, 2011. the big apple is going to turn into the baked apple today with temperatures in the mid 90s. >> sorry, forgot to laugh. >> the index probably greater than that. some

let's check your drive now with mike inouye. >> we continue to follow the deadly accident and investigation of the deadly impact. our chopper over the scene, south side of 101 approaching san tomas expressway, this chopper video from half hour ago. northbound direction very slow from 680 all the weighs up past capital expressway. repercussions on 77 and 85 as folks try to get out of the back-up. back to you. >> thank you, mike. for the latest traffic and news updates find us on facebook nbc bay area morning news. we'll be back at 7:5 >>> >>> 7:30 now on this wednesday morning, july 20th, 2011. another hot one here in the big apple and all around the nation as well. al is going to have more on that story coming up in just a few moments. >>> meantime, back inside studio 1a, i'm ann curry along with matt lauer. and coming up, you know, you know that they're an indulgence when you order them, but do you know how many calories and how much fat and sodium you're consuming -- >> what is that? >> -- some of your favorite -- i know. look at that. i can't even tell you what that is. these are some of

let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> getting crowded out there, approaching the toll plaza.looks nice. let me zoom in to walnut creek. the interchange, out of concord through walnut creek toward danville, very slow. typical pattern. almost cookie cutter from every day last week as well. slow through this portion. 880 also let's okay at the northbound direction past the coliseum, the coliseum shot will show you the slowdown. toward high street that really is the worst for 880. starting to build through downtown oakland. speeds at the worst into the 40s as you pass by the coliseum. >> thanks so much, mike. thank you for joining us for the latest traffic and news updates check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. i'll have another update in about a half hour. have a great day. >>> 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, july 26th, 2011. this might be the most perfect summer day. we're outside. you don't know where the skin is and the air begins. we have a lot of people who are happy to kick off their day this morning with us here in midtown manhattan. meantime, i'm ann curry al