haynes death a homicide, investigators called in mike lane, an expert in the field of fire investigations. >> all i wanted him to be able to do was tell me, was this an arson, was it not an arson, and if it was, where did it start and tell me as much as you can about the fire. >> the first thing he did was to conduct a room-by-room search trying to determine where the fire started and how it spread. >> if you have a large area, you can determine heat flow and directionality by cutting this wall stud in two. and when you cut it in two, looking down on the top, you can see that the fire came from this direction and flowed around this point with much more degradation right here than we do on this side. >> lane then drew a diagram of the floor plan and charted the burn patterns using an arrow to point toward the heat source. >> examining this pattern indicates the direction of fire flow starting at the bottom of this pattern, where we first see charring, and then at the top of this where we see charring. if we drew a line across there, it gives us a direction from which the fire started. >> t

lane closures. police lieutenant thomas chip michaels grew up in christie's hometown. he reports that mike kalchaels monitoring the lanes of traffic. he drove david wilestein around the area while traffic was at a stand still. those documents also show that michael sent text messages to wildstein about the traffic closures. governor christie denice having any involvement. >>> a celebration of black history this weekend when the tuskeegee airmen attended a celebration. it was the air man's alabama training grounds, hanger two, is being used to honor them. it shows the important role the pilots played in the war effort and afterward. taking us back a little. >>> let's get the latest in sports from veronica de la cruz. >> good morning, richard. we have a lot of action on the basketball court to tell you about starting with a big ten upset. unranked nebraska stuns number 9 michigan state. adrian payne misses the shot. nebraska gets the rebound and pettyway gets the lay-up. cornhuskers take it 60-51. wichita state is still perfect. they force 18 turnovers against evansville beating them 80-68.

. >> still ahead "today in the bay" as mike mentioned all kinds of lanes on southbound 101 shut down. the the whole lane as crews clean up thousands of gallons of gas. we'll have an update. >> a live look at the roadway in san jose this morning. we'll have live team coverage of the next storm making its way toward the bay area. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. get answers, and get covered. find out if you're eligible and enroll now. at coveredca.com. >> >> breaking news. a tanker overturned closing part of 101 in the south bay. we'll tell you when crews think they will have things back open. >> strong winds, high surf hit the bay area. more is on the way. we'll have team coverage. >> and this next system is tracking further south than the one yesterday which means we a

so, given the conditions, we're going to depend on the guys to open up a lane, shep. >> mike, standingfrozen lake. warm weather is not the problem in the winter olympics in russia but it is this year, a heavy fog in the mountains, so thick that officials have postponed snowboarding and biathlon events. one day it was warmer in sochi than in tampa. so, i don't know how they made the decision to put this thing there i hope putin is happy because he's the only one. there's fog here on the lift here. skiers who are having problems, and now they postponed the same event yesterday due to fog. a view from higher up the mountain here. you can barely see the lift chairs in the background through the fog. the signs are even hard to read. fog in front of the information board stating men's snowboard cross-seeding phase has been cancelled. snowboarders getting on the chair lift. limited visibility on the mountain. and then the view from the grandstands, sun in the background, it's foggy. when there's a lot of moisture and the temperature rises, it's foggy. are they going to try to do all that tomo

>> thanks, mike. >>> one lane now open, southbound 101 in morgan hill.ty, clear but heavy. kristen? >> thanks a lot. join us for ou announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today, star of the new action thriller nonnon, liam neeson. from the hit comedy, "2 broke girls," kat dennings. plus, your comments and questions when the hosts open up the inbox. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause]

lanes will reopen. recording live in morgan hill, risty smith. >> we check the commute with mike now. we have a look. >> there you go, christie talked about all of the southbound lanes being closed. northbound is your major commute direction but we'll show you what we're talking about. overall the main look at the bay area looks fine. pretty predictable for us. watch the slick conditions. this is where the close jury, through morgan hill down to san martin. head over to monterey road, monterey highway as your alternate. that opening time at 6:00 a.m. not happening for any of the lanes, possibly 10:00 a.m. that's seklation. the northbound side we see slowing around cochran and building up at dunn. now we have a slowdown because of all of the flashing lights, are a distraction on the northbound side. that's causing additional slowdowns. then smoother drive up in toward san jose toward that 85 split you're fine. slower drive at times, curtner, to highway 87. 101 slows with the burst starting to crack in. we warned you about spin-outs, lower traction. there are damp roadways, we had a spin

lanes. back to you. >> thank you, mike. richmond city leaders will talk about google's barge.y are going to decide whether to invite google to dock its barge in the port of richmond. construction on the four-story structure stopped after the development commission found the company didn't have the proper permits for building near treasure island. the barge reportedly will abfloating store. >> did you sach seth meyers, he made his debut as the host of late night. his fir featured appearances from another set of big night alum, amy pole e he had vice president joe biden. you can decide yourself. >> the arizona legislature passed a bill that would allow business owners asserting their religious beliefs to deny service to gay customers. some businesses put up signs that read, nice shirt, nice shoes, no service. >> you know, i was planning on making a maj every announcement tonight and but i decided tonight is your night. >> thank you. >> i hope you'll invite me back. >> absolutely. amy, your 2016 plans? >> i'm going to run for president. >> okay great. >> you heard it there first.

>> mike, a sigalert is block all lanes on westbound highway 92 as you come up to skyline boulevard.of cards," actress kata mara. plus, making their american television debut, a performance from the vamps. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause]

lanes have re-opened and it is still busy. now a look at weather, we will say good morning to mike nicco on the roof. good morning, everyone, we have a few high clouds coming in and another colorful one and i will put it open mike nicco at 7:00, and tracking the clouds with live doppler 7 hd and the fact the air is so dry there is no fog this morning. this is how it looks at 101, everything is moving smoothly and we don't have any wetness on the roads because of the dry air. from sutro tower we have a colorful mount diabolo push up through the wonderful colors, the increasing high clouds are bringing us bright and dry and warm friday through sunday and storms are possible next week. low 60's along the coast and mid-to-upper 60's in most neighbors and near 70 at cloverdale and antioch and morgan hill. tonight is cool if not slightly cooler than this morning. we will have temperatures in the mid-30's inland to 40 and low-to-mid 40's around the bay shore to half moon bay at 47. in san francisco. high pressure is dominating the weather and there are two of them, high clouds are streaming over that and th

it's blocking possible lanes due to injury. >> mike will ch >> you're starting to see breaking behindin the mid to upper 50s. ♪ all of me loves all of you loves your curves and all your edges ♪ ♪ all your perfect imperfections hmm ♪ >> what -- i mean, are you kidding me? what? >> the best song ever. >> that's why the man has won nine grammys. a great song "all of me." a song that has special meaning to him and just minutes from now will have very special meaning to a very deserving young couple about to walk through the rest of their lives together. it is going to be great. >> so exciting. jeremy and amy about to get married -- excuse me, alex, from pennsylvania. kicked off the competition. four couples in the showdown, jeremy and alex won and they're getting married in just a couple of minutes. >> all four couples were just absolutely lovely. look, they earned it. they earned the right to be here right now. the challenges and the clashes that they had, the relay race. and then tens of thousands of you weighed in voting for them online and they took top honors in our trivia competitio

lanes on interstate 80 shutdown as crews hope to clear this accident. they have managed to get the big rig off the center divider. costco kron4's mike pelton. l lanes closed at this time. so far this morning this is been going on for about three hours now. earlier they tell me they hope to have this clear when about 9:00 this morning and out of the pence until the center divider that was badly destroyed at this point they're not really is giving us an eta of when they should have that open back up but east bound lanes are totally shut down we're saying traffic backed up. the westbound direction still back the well beyond highway 4. the alternate route is fully jamming up 3680 south of mount you can even see people, is down on highway 4 try to connect with people. it's low all over the bay area. the solid stretch of about 20 mi. or so. and speaking of 90 to look at the entire was ever to the weather center. >>dan: over still dealing with some pretty heavy rain. take a look at the north ave. already starting to dry up. in jamaica when down to the golden gate bridge. but you will see a constant steady rain. take a look and san mateo. the some l

lanes at gilman street. but now well head over to mike nicco with the forecast. >>> good morning, everyone. look what happened overnight, mother nature followed the forecast and you can see on live doppler 7 hd we all are dealing with wet weather this morning. we can see this is moving from the east southeast and it is backfilling over the ocean and we are going to have steady rain through at least 9:00 and maybe 10:00 before it starts to mix out to scattered showers and an isolated shower this afternoon. we have bright banding happening with the national weather service radar and what you are seeing in the pattern is not so prevalent or impressive as this morning but you can see it, it is the freezing live at 5,200' so there could be small hail in the clouds but not reaching the ground and it is melting before it reaches the grounds and can increase the intensity of the rain that is falling and help bring more rain so we are see the lowest amount in the south bay. at 101 and 880 you can see light-to-moderate rain and this is how it looks from the camera. check out the spray coming up from

lanes, you got a bud tee go across bridge you get a break. the north bay, no major problems. back to you. >> thanks, mike.a peace deal cause an all-out brawl in ukraine. but will the deal end violent clashes between protesters and police. a look at central kiev where thousands of protesters are still out in force this morning despite street battles that killed dozens of people, injured hundreds more. with more on the latest developing story let's go to peggy bunker live in our studio. good morning. >> good morning, scott. after a day of relentless blood shed in kiev where opposition groups gained ground on government police the ukrainian president finally caved, agreeing to relinquish power after the peace bartering deal. this is a result of an international amount of pressure. the emergency session was held last night with foreign ministers from russia, germany, france, poland and critical to success it included opposition leaders in the meeting. the talks lasted all night, they ended about 7:30 this morning you crane time, described as extremely difficult. the president announced a coalition government

the coast guard is trying to keep shipping lanes open for roudz critical for commerce. mikee on lake michigan. >> well, goes without saying that it's been an unusually rough winter, especially given everything you see behind me. just like the roadways, when the weather locks up the shipping lanes on the great lakes commerce locked up as well so the nation depends on the ice breakers with the u.s. coast guard. with ice on the great lakes nearing record levels, the crew of the ice breaker biscayn ebay finds themselves close to chicago. you can see it from the satellites. great lakes are nearly 80% frozen. usually the normal tugs can handle the ice but this year it's getting a little too thick for them so the coast grd had to bring in an ice breaker to help. >> ice is broken from the weight of the cutter. even the wake is enough to cause a shipping lane. >> we're into now is windrows. the wind has driven the ice to stack up on itself. it's thick. the big ships can't get through this stuff and this is what they need the coast guard out here to break. when it gets thick like this

mike talked about the steady rain in the south bay. that is evident in the standing water at 87 southbound. we had traffic reduced to a single lane because c.h.p. noticed the flooding. i want to show you video we were able to capture when we were the only crews on scene. that is video of a trapped white sedan and that vehicle stalled out when it ran into the understooded area and we saw two people trapped inside. i reported earlier i did not understand why they had not got were out of the vehicle. when the wrecker arrived to remove that vehicle i had an opportunity to make my way over to the driver. the driver said he was fine and did fought want to speak on camera. the driver of the wrecker said it was the fourth vehicle he has removed from a puddle just this morning. that is because of areas of particular flooding that the drivers do not see, they do not heed the warning, or drives are not paying attention. you have to watch out for areas of flash flooding. we see this repeated throughout the south bay. on highway 101 we had several slick spots. be careful. we will continue to follow this story and others throughout the south b

lanes open. >> oh, my. what a great story. are you on the lake now, mike? >> reporter: yeah, we're right on the edge.from what would be the sea wall here. that's all ice and blown ice stacked up on itself. that pier going out there, that's all covered with the water driven up by the wind. >> just so you know, it looks brutal. be well. see you, mike. >> and stay away from that edge for sure. >>> well, coming up, a 3-year-old girl being recognized for her incredibly high iq. we want to know what you think makes a genius. >> how much time do you have? your best answers are next. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day women's 50+. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. >>> what makes you a genius? >> john says, yes, dear. >> and barb says, because

lanes blocked. >> all right. thank you. when we come back, meteorologist mike niko hales corners, wisconsin. by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> good morning from the top of the abc 7 news broadcast center, where it's about 7 degrees cooler here. a lot of upper 30s inland. low 40s in antioch. check out this beautiful picture. we're going to be about the same as yesterday. low to mid-60s. seven-day forecast, a few spin kls tuesday night into >>> where were you on saturday? i know where i was. >> same place you were. >> we were watching this. t.j. oshie. an overnight sensation at the olympics for sealing team usa's victory over russia. his fiance was cheering him on at home. we're going to hear from both of them. >> awesome. awesome. >> isn't that great? >> she's got a little plus one on the way too. a little oshie on the way

mike tobin on the move. >> reporter: bill what i want to draw your attention to is not the lanes of traffic but all the waythe median those are the now lanes and traffic is moving slow because of a pile up of four tractor trailers and jack-knifed have been cleared, a few of the lanes. moments i- 65 now was closed ten miles deep. and again, they are four trailers that were traveling fast and jack knifed and piled up. the bad news people go snarled. and good news, not much in the way of injuries. two injured. transportation is the difficulty of the day. mostly trucks moving. i don't see a lot of civilian or passenger cars like that one in the foreground coming this way. and we start to look at air travel. right now between o'hare and midway airport. more than 400 flights are cancelled and you know the rule of them. as o'hare goes and chicago goes, the rest of the country slows down because of connecting flights. word to the wise. call ahead and check the internet. most of the snow has calmed down and we have a lot of wind and drifting. we'll get back to the highways and runways in the airport there is a lot

mike inouye. >> bulk of the day. if you can schedule phone meetings, do that. cash lanes backing up. fas-trak not a problem.here's rain, puddling and ponding, nothing at bay bridge toll plaza. east shore freeway, close to the speed limit. radar showed you moving into the area, expecting wetter roadways. watch richmond off the carquinez bridge and other parts throughout the north bay. green highlighting and many patches around, watching 101 south bound, commute from novato into san rafael, you may get slick conditions. south, golden gate bridge, live view here. lights across the span. it's a smooth drive. roadway dry. no windshield wipers but tracking that carefully. back to the maps. speed sensors for the north bay. 101 typical build before 6:00. 87 and 280. last five minutes we've seen speeds change. fry v tri-valley, nothing unusual for livermore. >>> jason collins, first openly gay athlete to play in any major sport will take the court in honor of matthew shepard, shepherd was brutally murdered 16 years ago. tonight, the brooklyn nets will face the trailblazers in portland and colins will wear the number

mike. >> that observatory looks like a snowball. bay bridge, we started a typical pattern. lanest of the maze not so much of an issue. slow off of the berkeley curve. folks are unleashed, the earlier crash has cleared from west 80, a lot more traffic over to university avenue. the maps show you a slower drive for the castro valley y, down into union city continuing into the south bay. the northbound routes are slow. >>> good morning. drubbing. the seattle seahawks crush denver to become the super bowl champs. a long lackluster night for peyton manning and his broncos. mistakes, dropped passes and interception. the biggest highlight of the night? the halftime show from bruno mars. ♪ some are calling it the best one ever. one, two, three punch. three major storms set to hit the u.s. by the end of this week. two of them already bringing dangerous snow and ice. tens of millions will be impacted. al is tracking them all. >>> school scare. a gunman kills two people and takes a group of students hostage at a school in moscow

. >> well, in an e-mail after the bridge lane closures, christie's of former campaign manager, bill stepien called ft. lee mayor mike sokolich, quote, an idiot. back in january, he said he asked stepien to remove his name from nomination for state party chair because of his tone and behavior. let's ask the governor in action here. >> i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callous indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill stepien. and reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill's judgment. >> that is so lawyered up. to me, the real question to a person or answer would be, okay, i see these people working together here. i'm the governor. i didn't know they had all worked together without me being involved. i see the whole loop here where stepien is obviously involved in this punishment of the mayor. he knows all that is going on. he is laughing about it. he is enjoying it. he is part of it. it's not his attitude, it's fa that he is involved in what look likes a cabal, and the governor says it's just his attitude i don't like. wait a minute. whose govern

lane closings until after the fact. >> you will know about more rain coming in mike nicco? >> we could use 20 or 30 more days to get where we should be. but it was nice on super bowl day when most people were inside. >> just like ordering a pizza. done! >> exactly. >> we have an active pattern and a couple more chances of rain in the seven-day outlook and we will start with monday morning commute. laying is putting latest information together as far as traffic. let me tell you about the weather conditions, 1.75 visibility in santa rosa. watch for varying conditions as you travel about. temperatures are freezing cold up north, at 31 in petaluma, 32 in santa rosa, and 33 in california story and mid-to-upper 30's in napa and american canyon and novato and mill valley and guerneville and 40 in bodega bay and 41 is the warm spot in san rafael which is the same temperature this area here including newark and alameda. around 4 in lafayette. 42 in brentwood. in sfo, we have clouds but they are not low. we will not have flight arrival delays on monday morning. cooler-than-average. y

mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. news chopper 2 is over interstate 580 with the westbound lanes were just reopened after a shooting there pictures of you, but it is true, the loophole that allowed it. >> now sphraen district attorney says a -- san francisco district attorney says a simple change could be the difference in how police officer fight crime and who ends up behind bars. ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >>> westbound 580 just reopened 15 minutes ago. the freeway was shut down for an hour creating a massive traffic back up during the evening commute. julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the chp -- >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. officers were looking for bullet casing. ktvu's christien kafton is live with what we know so far. you talked to the driver of the car that was shot out. >> reporter: i had a chance to speak with the driver. let's show you the development. you can see traffic moving now on 580. a major change from 15 minutes ago where as you said traffic has been shut down for an hour. up from chopper 2 you can see the traffic

mike huckabee and jeb bush. with these new reports, which christie denies, that he may have known about the lane closures as theyhappening, one can only wonder how much longer he can hold on. joining me now, former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and bob jordan from "asbury port press." ed, want to start with you. this was supposed to be the beginning of his time on the national stage and yet if you look at these numbers, he's now -- now we've got 22% view christie favorably down from 33%, 29% view him unfavorably up from 17%. it's not looking good for him. >> it's going to be death by a thousand cuts. every couple of weeks there's going to be a new revelation or a new allegation, which may or may not be true, but it's going to continue to tarnish his image and bring him down. the biggest long-term problem, karen, if the governor knew about this before it happened and he okayed it, i think as a practical matter, he's finished, it might be an impeachable offense. let's assume for the moment, take him at his word, that he didn't know about it beforehand but he knew a traffic jam was going on endangering public sa

mike randal is telling drivers to stay below the speed limit during the stormy stint and be ready to see standing water in unexpected places. >> the fast lane has been building up most of the standing water, mostly because of the debris caused by the high winds. >> reporter: randal sees debris that has built up over the recent dry months now blocking drains in the roads, especially in areas of recent construction. >> this highway has been under construction and no fault to anyone, it's just in transition. >> reporter: now we have been talking to pge crews who have come in and out of this service sit all night and say even though the north bay has been hit hardest there are about 375 customers with without power on the peninsula and more than 120 in the south bay and say none of this is going to end because the ground is now saturatated and until the winds die down they expect to say busy. patti lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another look at how traffic is moving across the bay area. there are some trouble spots, but it seems like traffic is moving okay at this hour. >> the heavy downpours are causing concerns about mudslides on mount diablo i

mike. >> right here, present. looking here, look at these out the -- crossing the golden gate bridge. you can see them, they are walking around on the bridge. they physically have to pull the dividers from one lane and put them into the dividers for the other as it moves over and blocks one of the northbound lanes. getting ready for the southbound commute coming into the city. no slowing aside from the crew so watch for flashing lights. move over and clear a lane if you can southbound away from them and toward san francisco. a smooth drive into the city via either bridge. the san mateo bridge, told you about the earlier issue. still activity southbound 101 approaching holly but we don't have slowing. a little from time to time as folks slow for the flashing lights. the slow lane is blocked approaching 92. into the south bay no problems, actually most of this overnight road work didn't happen from sunday into monday. we have mission boulevard with the closure still over from warm springs to 880, and look at fremont as you come southbound in toward the same area i talked about. light flow with the headlights fast truck scales. it's light this morning. >> this morning b.a.r.t. trains are running in

mike inouye, away y'all. let's look at the map because we did have reports of a car fire. while the maze has a smooth flow we have a car fire, 24 at 13. it's out of lanest a lot of slowing in the westbound direction. on the peninsula a smooth drive. construction in mountain view. that's not the concern. live look shows you flashing lights, one set of lights northbound as you approach university avenue. light traffic but looks like actually is there a traffic break? they are running a traffic break. there you go. back and forth, that's called a round robin when you slow traffic. well, that stopped. >> cool to see. still ahead we're going to continue to cover the fire in oakland, crews sifting through damage of an early morning house fire. >> the super bowl comes to the bay area in two years. what organizers are already doing to make sure everything goes off here without a hitch. >> what we are learning after an early morning fire in oakland. >> taking notes, what local super bowl planners learning from the game in new jersey especially when it came to all of the traffic and those people. >> good monday morning to you. happy to be the bearer of great new

no problems, the cash lanes starting to build. 101 through san rafael, an easy drive as well. back to you. >> thanks so much, mikemine. a neighborhood in sunnyville coming together in hopes of warding off an arsonist who hit the same house more than once. the house south of el camino real has been set on fire three times in two years. the latest happened last week and spread to homes around it. the arsonist struck in 2012 while the family was in voncation. the next two happened while the home was being rebuilt. one neighbor wants to know why the family is targeted and says she is taking action in case the attacks are not over. >> we're going to put motion detectors so i think we're all trying to stand together and see if we can scare this person away. >> they do not think any one else is at risk. the family who owns the home is considering selling instead of rebuilding. >> the alameda county sheriff's office will use dogs to patrol oracle arena before and after and even during all home warriors games starting tonight. a spokesperson says the canine sweeps will be an important part of the arena safety plan. mayor

mike? >> tough drive for wednesday for you northbound 101 through san jose, two crashes, cleared north of 680. here 92 better news. earlier issue blocking a lane cleared. slower, smoother drive into the peninsula side. east bay, also. oakland, smoot drive. more company from high street into down ton. north bay, no issues. more company southbound. >>> 6:27. local girl lends her voice to one of the super bowl's most-talked about commercial. ♪ america, america >> we'll tell you more about the bay area singer featured and how the commercial's making a comeback for the olympics. >>> a woman shot and killed overnight by police. new details about why that confrontation turned deadly. >>> plus, coca-cola puts an olympic spin on the super bowl commercial. why the comeback is so controversial, just ahead. >>> live look at opening bell this morning on the nyse. twitter reporting earnings for the first time as a publicly trade company after the markets close. yelp talking as well. wednesday, february 5th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning, everyone. scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. continuing coverage of the investigation into the dead

lanes for some time, now clear toward the south bay. the south bay, 101 through san jose, picking up the slowdown. back to you. >> mike much. >> still ahead the 49ers ready to welcome the first openly gay player? we'll tell you what colin kaepernick has to say about it. >> and reporting for duty. take you to scottsdale. the squad gets ready to show their stuff. >>> 6:40. the 49ers colin kaepernick waking up in los angeles after a successful night hosting the hall of game award. he instagrammed this photo with cam newton as the two of them walked the red carpet. prior to the show kaepernick and newton sat down with espn. they were asked about michael sam, the university of missouri player who just publicly revealed he is gay. both said they would love to have sam on their team. >> hard to believe it's that time of year again. a few yó.im from now the giant will be in arizona, all of them gearing up for the 2014 season. >> a look at one of the new additions. >> reporter: reporting with the giants, here is a rundown of what's happened so far and what's coming up. the pitchers and catchers have been in scottsdale for a c

lanes closed there. we're going to stop here, you see the water on the lens as you head into the murk. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:22. jason collins that made headlines when he came out as gay met with the family of the boy who inspired his jersey number. collins tweeted throughout image, he with matthew shepherd's parents and brothers. shepherd is the boy who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. collins wears 98 in honor of the year shepherd was killed. shepherd's family drove from their home in wiming to meet with collins in ken ver. collins gave the family a signed jersey but not one he wore in a game. >> could the sharks play at at&t park with the giants. >> we continue to keep an eye on not only the roadways but the weather. it has been hitting the bay area. the rain hard. s the >>> good wet morning to you. a live look at palo alto this morning. heavy rain coming down, the storm moved in overnight starting in the south bay working its way north. we'll have lots of details from meteorologist christina loren in just a few minutes. now, the storm here, good news for snow borders and skiers.

mike inouye, definitely he is busy. >> good morning. a huge impact for the upper east shore freeway. this is east bound 80 where this blocks four lanes.destride affected and these two westbound lanes as well so. both directions. you see they are getting ready to move some of this and some of the vehicles out of the area. i was told by tim, the commute direction, expect it to open in one hour. eastbound should be two more hours until they clear this up. here is the effect. slick roads throughout. let's show you the map and the backup coming down out of rodeo and hercules jammed up approaching the scene. you saw all of the lights, slow eastbound 80 out of richmond, and in to san pablo, blocking both sides of the freeway. an earlier crash at university has cleared before you got there. the backup around the golden gate field. around the berkeley curve to the bay bridge toll plaza. the blue still showing us wet roads the rain tapering off. watch the slick conditions. here 680 through san ramon, more ponding as well. we'll show you oakland for a live look fast coliseum. water kicking up and on the windshields as well. back to the maps, tow

the right lane closed before 580 we had a big rig overturned and it has been cleared with the cleanup remaining and remark is improving at 52 minute from i-5 into the dublin/pleasanton area. mike is on the roof with the weather. >>> in the elements again this morning. from the roof we just had a shower pass over ahead and now dry el is falling. we had a shower cross the bridge so we will look how wet that is. it looks like the rain could be ramping up again. folks are coming at us from marin county and to the north. live doppler 7 hd shows the scattered showers around the heart of the bay, emeryville, oakland, san francisco, south san francisco, pacifica, daly city, san leandro, union city, all getting wet. it will continue through noon and we will see a tapering headed in the afternoon. light showers through the morning and moving out of everywhere by 4:00 and we will get a brief rain late this afternoon and the evening showers. at 10:00, round two coming in. it is wet outside. be careful. >> developing news a story we were first to break last night on twitter. we know why a plane coming into oakland airport was filled with smoke. passengers called it frighten frightening. ka

two-car crash blocking a couple of lanes causing a pinch in the commute at 21 miles per hour headed away from highway 24. 880 is a better bet and here is the fog that mikeng us about through santa rosa, into petaluma, a quarter-mile visibility and to the south dill -- to the south it will break up. at san jose we have other areas of foggy driving and that is what mike was showing up, so beyond julian street you can hardly see it, just headlights in the distance but later on tonight, at 6:00, there will be a concert at the s.a.p. center so expect heavy delays. >> thank you, leyla gulen, at 5:49. the mystery dumb starbucks is revealed. the health department shut down the coffee department yesterday afternoon and comedy central comic said he was the brains behind the fake store calling it a parody. the shop opened on friday and remain swad by customer would stood in line for free coffee and pastries. he will use video shot by a production again in the show on "comedy central." >> the helping hand to a homeless bay area family because of good samaritans in blue. >>> watch this tackle, dramatic police action caught on camera. car controversy, general motors

administration remains mired in that scandal of the george washington bridge lane closures and hurricanes any relief fund. for more, let's bring in mikewon't go away. did you think it would have at least kind of guy down somewhat by now? >> i think it is a slow news cycle, dagen. nobody has produced any evidence to say governor christie ordered the closure of the bridge or knew anything about it before it happened. i think this newspaper is embarrassing itself jumping the gun. i don't think this hurts governor christie at all. he is being touted as a candidate for president. if he were not being talked about, we wouldn't be hearing anything about this. dagen: do you think he is a viable candidate for president? >> absolutely. dagen: this heightens the perception of him as being a bully. >> it might. i think there are a lot of americans would not mind somebody being a bully toward a bad economy. i think he is a very viable candidate. it is not that any candidate will go through the process about a whole lot of scrutiny. he may have may be a difficult time with social conservatives in the midwest and south, that remains to be seen. but

an extra lane is taken away when they try to upright that so a sig-alert is in effect. you are advised it takes i 5 to 205 to reconnect you to 580. mikeving to the east bay through santa rosa and the drive will dry out through santa rosa along 101 to petaluma. over the richmond and san rafael bridge still looking dry. you can see the rain is not a factor just a glistening on the roads, at best. >>> as the pay area braces for another round of weather, some communes could be paying closer attention to water levels in creeks. amy hollyfield is in mill valley where the sandbags are already out. amy? >> they behind my. psychiatry's taco has them ready to go. so does the 2 a.m. club. shear what happened on miller avenue: three weeks ago dug -- during the last storm, the club had to close early on saturday -- ouch. the business owners say it usually floods during heavy rain which is frustrating but they are trying to be prepared for the storm today. overall, today's rain is celebrated. it is much needed rain and you have heard about the drought california has been experiencing. we are told this rain still will not get us where we need to be

mike inouye. >> good morning. i know about a tough drive, upper east shore freeway. at san pablo avenue we have reports of a big rig, jackknifed blocking all lanes. our chopper trying to get throughout as well. we're notifying all folks. we're looking at the peninsula, soupy here as well which is 101 through alto, the peninsula view with the blue, ponding is likely. watch 92. right now a crash clearing from peninsula avenue and another crash, a smoother slower drive across the bridges. especially north 280 at bird the off ramp is closed. slowing for 237 because of flooding and 101 because of the heavier volume of traffic. a quick look at 880 through oakland. you see how wet it is. the water kicking up. >> our coverage of the sochi games continues next. why organizers had to stop training runs on one of the courses. >> the local athletes starting competition. we're going to take you live to sochi. >>> welcome back. you're looking at the rosa khutor mountain cluster. home to some of the biggest olympic events including a brand new event snowboard slopestyle. >> first round got under way on the slopes without superstar shaun white. let's go back to

already affecting folks, mike, and when you have that drizzle that means during parts of the freeway you can find pooling so pick sure you are careful there and day in the middle lanesf you can. as we take you to east palo alto that is where we have the accident southbound 101 at oregon expressway, it it is a so spinout so it will be slick. that means reduce the speed. as we take you over to the east bay again, this fire has been knocked down at mission boulevard and niles canyon road but we have task in effect and that is a busy intersection so there will be slowing as the morning commute wears on so be prepared for that and try to avoid the area for the next hour or so. we will look at what is happening in the north bay, 101, southbound, the headlights coming toward us looking like a breeze making it into san francisco to san francisco not going to take you more than 15 minutes from 580. >> an important part of morning breakfast will cost you more in america's money report. >> through details in a hot hacking attack in the largest casinos in las vegas and could be more serious than first let on. >> a 91-year-old man does more than pull his own weight in an amazing

mike. no matter if it is rain or drizzle, it is causing problems. we have a brand new crash to report approaching the maze westbound at harrison street we have a solo spinout. a laneblocked closer to the maze and emeryville you will find that bumper-to-bumper track because the metering lights have been turned on. southbound 880, another crash out there with a car facing the wrong direction. that is to the shoulder. the richmond-san rafael bridge shows a few extra cars. >>> 6:31. breaking news we have reported all morning from fremont, investigators are questioning a homeless woman after a suspicious fire broke out inside a vacant apartment. it started on mission boulevard in fremont at 4:30 this morning. these are early pictures of the seen. it took crews 45 minutes to put out the fire. firefighters are staying on the scene. as leyla gulen has been reported drivers in the area could be impacted. >> breaking in oakland police are looking for the person who opened fire on a man inside a car a block away from police headquarters. officers discovered the victim lying outside his car when they got to 5th and flood way, -- broadway. detectives have not released descript

they are joined by the honorable mike hancock secretary of the kentucky transportation cabinet and current president of ashto. dr. p. lane president and ceo of american roads and transportation builders and jay timmons president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers. i want to say to all who are here that there will be devastating impacts felt across our economy if the highway trust fund is allowed to run out of funds later this year. we must not let that happen. here are the sobering facts. cbo and d.o.t. estimate that the highway trust fund may run out of funds as early as september 2014 which would create cash flow problems for states during the critical summer construction season. due to the uncertainty leading up to that bleak scenario states are already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for reductions in federal transportation funding which includes cutting pending projects from their current funding plans. this is terrible. for businesses, for workers and for our nation. according to georgia's department of transportation is federal funding is cut quote we wouldn't be able to fund an

lanes are blocking bumper to bumper traffic all the way into oakland. >>> we'll talk to mike [man] no this is how much we're going to get my friday evening. heaviest rain right now through the valley. ♪ let it go let it go >>> oh, a little cold weather, it's actually quite fitting, one could argue, as we get ready to celebrate "frozen," obviously the movie already out digitally. so many people right here and all across the country, the world getting excited. it's our epic "let it go" live sing-along here in times square. we stretch, in fact, all the way to bryant park, a few blocks from here where the skaters are getting ready, as well. >> there they are. everyone getting ready. so much excitement right now. so many people turning out right here, all across the country. ♪ get to me at all >> all right. i believe, george, we're going to look at some of the submissions, so many "frozen," hot, amazing, let's go. let's let it go. here they are. ♪ the snow glows white on the mountain tonight not a footprint to be seen ♪ ♪ a kingdom of isolation and it looks like i'm the queen ♪ [ singing i

lane. one of them was breaking into cars in the marin headlands. >> how's the weather, mike?e upper 50s along the coast. low to mid 60s for the rest us. >> leyla? >> we have delays on and this february, the crowd favorite meatball marinara is our featured $5 footlong. top it with melty mozzarella, green peppers or any of your favorites, on your choice of freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh. >>> good morning, america. >>> good morning, america. 8:00 a.m., and america's new sweethearts, meryl and charlie and a surprise super fan, derek hough, how he helped them bring home the gold. ♪ baby you're a firework >>> and jessica simpson opens up by the pressure she's under right now and reveals her -- shhh -- wedding plans. >>> also, are you prepared to enter the mega closet? women who figured out how to save big without spending a cent swapping clothes by shopping closets. all that plus matt leblanc and kevin spacey live as we say -- >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> yeah. >> yeah, all right. >>> a lot of star power here this morning. what about ginger and sas

highway one, mike was telling us we have the reduced visibility through half moon bay so be careful out there and use low beams and not the high beams. we have a stalled car here blocking one lane slow making it away from castro trail, along 238, the nimitz, through hayward and to union city so be careful. a look outside shows the drive looking at 87 in san jose starting to load up. >> don't forget you can watch abc7 news at 11:00 each united on our website at abc7news.com or our mobile app. if you want to watch the olympics at 11:00 use your ipad or smartphone. you can download the news app for iphone, ipad or droid at abc7news.com/app. >>> here are seven things to know before you go. one, hard hit marin county is still mopping up after days of rain with crews cleaning up after a business on miller avenue flooded. a home came close to being damaged after a hillside eroded. >> an intersection in sonoma county opened after being closed bit storm. steady rain forced caltrain to close the intersection of highway 121 and 12 yesterday. >>> it is still moist, good morning from the radio of the abc broadcast center and the rain has ended with breaks if the cloud cover to my south. tha

mike? >> shep, i saw it get a little harry particularly in northwest indiana. we came up on a wreck with four jack-knifed trucks on i-65 in the northbound lanes.d was a b big pileup. had to shut down the sboel whoel interstate in the northbound lanes. now we're in the neighborhoods in north chicago. actually i should say southeast chicago, close to the indiana border. i can give you a look outside and what we see is a lot of snow on the sides of the roads and snow coming back down, i would call this lake-effect snow because as we got away from lake michigan we couldn't see it. we're coming up on something i can show you that's a unique chicago tradition. i talked about it on the air. since we can see it one more time. see the chairs and crates out there. when somebody digs out a parking spot in chicago they call dibs and claim the right to a park there again when they come home from work. a lot of people didn't make it off to work and kids went to school today, despite all the show. >> i mentioned those salt supplies running low. any relief for folks coming? >> you know, it's kind of a double whammy, shep, because so many people are using so m

mike inouye, good morning. >> good morning. looking over to the folks getting to work. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on. metering lights working as well. slowdown for all lanes. backing up filling in the toll plaza but you see good movement in all lanes including cash lanes at bottom of the screen. that indicates lighter flow of traffic. we're looking toward the maps. a smooth flow down east shore freeway. maze slowing down. north 880 slowing off the 880 overcrossing through down ton. early slowing for that. smooth flow through the tri-valley, developing slowdowns for livermore, out of the altamont pass and look at bottom of the screen, southbound 680 early slowing but holding steady coming in towards sunol, might be because of rain and slicker conditions in that area. it continues for the build. here in the south bay, an issue as well. passed by one of the shots, fremont, a fire you've been talking about. wanted to mention 238, mission boulevard, traffic control, the sullivan overcrossing, the dip down underneath the railroad tracks through niles area, because of a fire that's going on, suspicious fire, that we can see the tracks. back towards the map. an i

mike. >> i imagine all the time. let me tell you about a crash west 92 past 280 toward skyline. the westbound laness of a truck with a fuel leak. we so a little additional flowing there. your northbound routes continue to recover. >>> it's premiere week on "tonight show" starring jimmy fallon. and tonight fallon welcomes first lady michelle obama and will ferrell. the new "tonight show" tonight. ♪ ♪ >>> it's 8:30 now on a thursday morning, february 20, 2014. the crowd enjoying the sounds and the sights of the all-ladies drumming group. it's a familiar sound around here. they've been marching around olympic park for the last couple of weeks. >> yeah. we've got some other special guests with us. beside the figure skaters we have seen on the ice here in sochi picking up all the flowers. they are so cute. we decided to bring them here and give them a little teddy bear. because they're always picking up those flowers and giving them away. we had to give them something to remind them of their time here in sochi. it's fun to have them with us. >> they have a big job tonight. >> yes, they do. it's a very b

mike inouye. >> same thing for the drive. not a good thing when everybody tries to come in at once but that would be by definition the morning commute. bay bridge toll plaza, two things, laneshe water on the road and the lens, getting the sprinkles here at toll plaza. there's a little bit of sheen on the roadways. lower the speeds down the east shore freeway, around the berkeley curve and sharper curves like overcrossing. no problems on the approach. san mateo bridge as well. folks making their way over. there's a sheen here as well. christie smith on the other side, palo alto, rain starting to come down by her, and the sandbags. slower drive developing because of the morning commute and green highlighted, traffic and weather tied together, radar that had been hovering over the area, activity has deposited on the roadways. you will have slicker conditions. there was a stall reported on the san mateo side. the foster city side i should say. highway 1 an issue through pacifica and san francisco all morning. watch for lower visibility and slicker conditions. patches of green through the south bias rain continues to travel in, we'll get wet patches. 101 and 87 bulk of the slowi

mike inouye. >> sounds good if you like pinnia cola das. interstate 80 across the bay into san francisco a smooth drive around the bend. there nor metering lights. the earlier crash looks like it's cleared. cash lane is still closed for some reason. a look at the maps, we'll see how traffic flows. a tiny bit of slowing and coming into the merge. no major problems at the maze. 580 at 980 reports of a crash. the car's off the road but in the report it says they lost control. that possibly could be because of slicker roadways, i've been warning about that. keep that in mind. pretty typical according to your friday commute. over here, livermore, west 580 not a big deal. slowing into central livermore toward the isabelle interchange. westbound to the dublin interchange no problems south through pleasanton and into pleasanton and livermore showing lighter volume. the south bay has your slowing northbound 101 from 680 to 880, the second for this area. 87 shows more volume. 17, much smoother than it was yesterday. it's drier but watch those slick roadways. watching for the speeds. we'll show you the peninsula speed. we're in the green zone for all of this action. through the north bay we have a smooth dri