we'll have a full look at the morning commute with mike inouye coming up. it's 4:44. >>> i want you to chicaeck out s new video. whale watchers in alaska got quite the surprise this week. see there? look at that. whoa, right there next to the boat. that huge humpback whale leaps out of the water, nearly landing inside of that boat. despite getting drenched by the water, the whale watchers say they're really happy to witness really a once in a lifetime event there. >> i would say they got their money's worth. >> they did. good if their camera still worked after that. >> i was up there two weeks ago, and we saw nine whales. none were even close to that. >> which is okay. >> we were fine. my gosh. also, i'm ke real? >> beautiful out there. it's nice. >> beautiful weather that we're experiencing right here. >> we're enjoying nice cool weather across the bay area. we're going to start out with clouds and fog that we have seen recently. here's a live look outside in oakland this morning. and we still have the issues with the air quality. so hazy skies will contin

mike inouye with the question of the day. that's gary. he just came back from vacation.is back to work and back to school for a lot of kids around the bay area. in fact, we sort of spread out those start dates about five weeks over across the entire bay area. my kids don't start for another week or so and we went out last weekend for buying school supplies. common factor. elementary school parents around the bay are buying these supplies for school and i put out on the question of the day, the twitter poll, i asked, how did you buy your supplies? did you go online and buy them in store for in-store pickup, have them shipped to your house or old-school like my family and go for the real experience to sort of tradition of going do that store and fighting through the lines? we shows the lines. overwhelmingly online right now people saying old-school and go to the store. let us hear from you and follow us on twitter or go to the facebook pages and we'll keep in touch with you all morning. >> nothing like going into the store and getting excited about it. >> loading up the ca

i'm mike inouye here with my friend juan adopting me as part of the team right now. can adopt someone for your team, as well. you know about this weekend. we'll talk about it more. clear the shelters on the 18th. that's saturday. you have an opportunity to join with any one of our animals that are out there for dogs. vote what you would pick for dogs, wolf, cats, pigs or bunnies. i'm a linguists major. i was able to speak to the animals. you can go ahead and have your voice heard on twitter. for more on clear the shelters, visit clear the shelters.com or nbc bay area. it's the 18th. marcus and laura know because they'll be broadcasting from out there and we want you to grow your family, as well. >> that's right. you think they'll have any turtles? >> pretty cool. >> i was tweeting about this, this morning. not just turtles but slow it down. kids are heading back to school in many bay area cities this week. so good reminder. slow it down. hitting the roads. ♪ >> get up! >> there was no slowing down last night at outside lands last night. janet jackson closing out the

. >> we want to go right to mike inouye with a look at the traffic. >> skyranger on the scene. one of the vehicles involved. two trucks involved. the front hoot portion of this cab over there, that's away. it's away from this part of the scene and folded up on the side of the road. we have a fire truck and this backup as three of your four lanes currently blocked by a crash and oil spill to be cleared yo cleared up. the backup for three, almost four miles. a quick look at the map shows you the extent of the backup count tore the traditional commute. away from the bay bridge and jamming up from hill top drive over to pinol valley road. just off the freeway and that will be a problem on either roadway to the bridge. the morning commute typically westbound cleared up. we'll continue to watch it. this is a major headache for folks heading up through the north bay through that route. if you can, take over toward san rafael. take the bridge and head north from there. >> thank you, mike. >>> other top story, alex jones, the publisher of info wars suspended from tweeting for seven days

mike inouye here in the operations center. want to tell you about the question of the day which i have sent out over twitter. it is a poll. ladies and gentlemen, if you turn your attention here you'll find my question of clear the shelters which is -- shows you -- should you adopt a dog? that's the question. because a lot of people aren't sure whether or not they're prepared to add to their family with a four-legged friend. before you click on the link to the article, vote. yes or no. or i'm not sure. i haven't even thought about it. not even thinking about it, period. go ahead and give feedback. 40% of the people think they're ready to have a dog adopted into the family but i think you should check out the article and find out about some things you didn't consider. we're having clear the shelters this saturday, august 18th. laura and marcus, we will be out there and out around the country and visit clear the shelters.com and nbc bay area.com. look for clear the shelters, as well. from the operations center here at nbc bay are

a very busy thoroughfare in the morning, but i have been in touch with mike inouye, and there is no impact to trasks at this point because all of the big rigs, the big firefighting trucks and ladders are gone. so you won't notice anything out here as you're passing through, but fire is under investigation and as the fire department is ready to release details we'll pass them along to you. kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thank you for that update. >> we'll toss it to kari hall with a look at our temperatures. very mild start to our morning every day this week so far. >> right. we have see low clouds rolling by, especially for parts of the bay. we also had some hazy skies. once clouds clear out of here, so that's what we'll see again today. often and on smoke at times, and if you do smell the smoke and have breathing problems, you may need to limit your time outside. let's check out our temperatures for today where we start out with mid 60s and then we'll be at 75 degrees at 2:00 today. heading into the upper 70s this afternoon. so we are enjoying a bit of a cooldown. not only for the coa

mike inouye is monitoring that. >> because traffic is light early in the community, you have options. there's a closure from alum rock avenue up to berryessa. that's the full closure. you're forced off the freeway at capitol, just before you get there. bob was talking about folks not being allowed to enter the freeway from alum rock. you can use capitol avenue alongside the freeway or stay clear of all the activities and any of the other -- maybe the easier route would be king to the south. that's between 680 and 101. 101 is also a great option for you, so you have good alternates in the area right now. if they do open by 5:15, that will be pleasant for the rest of the morning commute. if it lasts beyond 5:30, we may have a ripple effect, move nothing to other portions of the commute. the rest of bay looks like an easy drive. we zoom out and see no problems as your travel north. contra costa county, all at speed except for highway 4. early slowing shows up. i'll double check that. i'll make sure there's nothing going on. for now, the forecast with vianey. >> we have a little cloud cov

mike inouye, is there lingering traffic impact now? >> 680 recovered relatively quickly.101 is actually the one that is still causing more slowing. there you go. northbound 101, still showing a little slowing and 87 off the capitol expressway. because it's in the pre-holiday weekend, thursday tends to see lighter traffic, and that's what saved us as we travel throughout the day. anywhere north of the sill acanvalley, we see a typical pattern. recovery, north 880, a little slower as they clear debris. let's see what the forecast looks like. >> we have definitely seen that we have a little more cloud cover out there. woodside using our underground weather cameras. our temperatures have showcased themselves as mild. 64 in san jose right now. a nice light wind speed of 6 miles per hour. today's forecast is going to be in the upper 70s and some 80s on the map. 65 degrees expected for san francisco. 82 degrees for antioch, and our temperatures will once again start to climb into those 80s and still above seasonable for the weekend as we head into labor day. >> thank you very mu

mike inouye in. >> we can barely see because of the haze in the air. spare the air day.wer drive there. an earlier crash looked like it clear around oak street. another crash eastbound 580. reported eastbound but look at the slowing westbound so at least a distraction. just two hours in oakland which show the focus of the commute. the rest of the area looks great. approaching the bay bridge, almost no backups there. south bay, pleasant. >> we'll have another local update in 30 minutes. ♪ >> 8:30 now. a friday morning. we are so happy to have a great crowd out on our plaza, the 24th of august, 2018. beautiful day out here. and we are ready to get going. singer janelle monÁe is here, and she is just goabout ready t take this stage right here. >> oh, look at that! >> hi. how are you? >> who is your little friend? >> this is a part of the team. >> everything. >> hi. good morning. you're all so up. you have me up way early this morning. >> i know, it's early. >> i'm going to talk to somebody about that. >> she's going to be telling us about her new album, her new film coming

our mike inouye is monitoring that. >> the problem is you cannot be cl delayed, the plane will not waitr your morning commute. you cannot access the airport from this 87 flyover. suggestions are that you use the coleman or airport ramps. i suggest you take 101, over towards brokaw, will take you over towards airport parkway like they're talking about and that will get you towards the terminal. you cannot use that flyover pay pal to get to the airport because it is closed for this fire activity. we'll follow that in the newsroom. for now, just know the alternate. >> we'll have more local news in an hour. >> stay connected to your world wherever the world takes you. get the nbc bay area app. techno. the push to expand surveillance cameras in one contra costa county city. and trouble at the airport? our consumer team has the quick way to get your airline )s attention. )today in the bay ) - tomorrow- 4:30 to 7. good morning, it )s 7:26... >>> good morning, good morning, welcome to the show. stephanie gosk and dylan dreyer, "rolling stone" editor and podcast into the studio joe levy. we begi

right now, speaking of the commute, head over to mike inouye. >> we're not following any stolen vehiclese some debris reported west 24 into orando right around cut. we're looking at 880 and 580 coming through oakland. west 80 heading toward the bay bridge tol plaza, that's the volume here. slowing towards mountain view and also slowing off 880, typical. here's south 101, slow part mars and then towards universiti s u disabled vehicle. >> another local news update in 30 minutes. >>> 8:30 now, tuesday morning, the 14th of august, 2018. nice pretty day out on the plaza. that's a good looking trophy right there. >> jenna almost knocked it off the table. >> but i didn't. >> jenna, this is why we can't have nice things on the plaza. it's one of the most coveted in golf, the ryder cup. we have jim furyk here. >> two years ago dominated european team winning for the first time since 2008. right? >> sure did. sure did. >> that was on home turf. this time heading to paris. europeans looking for revenge. jim furyk, team captain, good to see you. >> couple days ago at the european championship eight

. >>> right now for your morning commute, let's head over to mike inouye. >> a pretty smooth drive.go. we had that crash clearing from north 280. that backup did extend. now that's starting to clear for the san jose area and we're seeing more traffic flowing on 880 and starting to clear up there as well, 101 now, pushing up towards sunnyvale. again this last half hour has been a recovery period for silicon valley. meanwhile, the east shore freeway shows a little more slowing as you pass by golden gate field. the rest of the east bay, slow through concord and oakland, typical for 880 and 580. a live look at 880, past the coliseum. there's the jam, right past hiat street. >>> morning, everybody. it's 8:30, thursday morning. it's august 23rd, 2018. it's a pretty day out on our plaza. almost feels like fall is in the air. and music will be in the air tomorrow as janelle monÁe will put on a concert for us. you know it's going to be a good one. come early. >> she is amazing. do you have a crowd moment? >> my thing just fell out. i'm looking for diana. here she is. you're diana? you are so