they were ensuring that north koreans did not deviate from the socio ideology of behavior. >> north korea is the single most closed repressed society in history. >> every thought and action is monitored. there's a fear of a blackmer said that will show up at your door one day. >> there are tens of thousands of christians there? >> there are churches in north korea under ground. it is the most persecuted church in the world. you have tens of thousands of churches in the goulage. >> it is probably like anything you saw in the 20th century. >> most important is creating a new personality around this man the father's first son about him little is known. >> we don't know how old he is. we assume's in his late 20s. >> he now commands the world's 4th largest army with a nuclear arsenal with 6 bombs. the popular 22 million act with blind devotion to the new leader. some are begin to go show unprecedented consent. >> the new under ground railroad is a network of safe houses and secret groups helping north koreans get out. it is among christian missionaries. >> we tracked down one man who risked ev

for north korean human rights and the projection of north korean refugees. and joseph kim, who is a remarkable individual who himself escaped from north korea at the age of 13. hudson is that he was founded 51 years ago as a forward-looking international policy research organization, designed to think creatively about how to achieve a better future in the face of an unprecedented challenges of the early 1960s. but the world has changed significantly since those days, our fundamental way of looking at it has not. since the days of the founding hudson is to do, work has been shaped in part by the belief that dedicated efforts of a few determined individuals can make a significant difference in the fight for human freedom rights. the book we discussed today, "escape from north korea: the untold story of asia's underground railroad" embodies this concept. a highly anticipated volume by hudson senior fellow, melanie kirkpatrick, has just been published and is already received very favorable reviews in "the wall street journal," the weekly standard, publishers wee

they were insuring that north koreans did not deviate from official ideology. >> north korea is the single most closed and repressive society arguably in human history. >> every thought and action is monitored. will there's a fear of the blackmer said that will show up at your home one day and take you off. >> you say there are tens of thousands of christians in north korea? >> there is an under ground christian church within north korea. christian organizations ranked as the most persecuted church in the world so we have tens of thousands of christians. >> it is probably unlike anything we saw in the 20th century. >> most important for the regime is creating a new cult of personalities around this man kim jong-un his father's third son and heir to the kingdom about him little is known. >> we don't even know how old he is. north korea hasn't released his birth date. we assume he's in his late 20s. but that's never been confirmed. >> he is believed to have studied in switzerland. we are not sure. >> what is known is he now commends xhands the world's 4th largest army with 1.1 million soldie

they were ensuring that north koreans did not deviate from the ideology and behavior. >> north korea is the single most closed and repressed society arguely in human history. >> every is monitored. there's a fear of the black americamer that will show up and take you off. >> you say there are tens of thousands of christians in north core use? >> there is an underground church. it's ranked the most persecuted church in the world. >> the cult of personality established in north korea is probably unlike anything we saw in the 20th century. >> most important is creating a new cult of personality around this man, kim week we don't know old he is. we assume in his 20s but that's never been confirmed. >> he believes to have studied in switzerland. >> what is known is he now commands the world's fourth large e army with 1.1 million soldiers and awe nuclear arsenal with six bombs, although the population act with blind devotion, some people inside the country are beginning to show unprecedented dissent. >> we have this exodus of north koreans. >> the underground railroad is a network of safe

they were ensuring that north koreans did not deviate from official ideology and behavior. >> north koreaia is the single most closed and reimpressive society in history. >> there's a fea er of the black mercedes that shows up to your home one day and takes you to the gulag. >>i you say there are tens of thousands of christians in north korea. >> there is an underground christian church within north korea. >> christian organizations rank it as the most persecuted church in the world, so there are tens of thousands of christians in the gulag. >> the culture personality established in north korea is nothing like anything we've seen in thee 20th correctory. >> most important for the regime creating a new cult of personalities around this man, kim jungkim jong un. about him, little is known. >> wime don't even know how olde is. north korea hasn't released his birthdate. we assume he's in his late 20s, but that's never been confirmed. >> he's believed to have studied in switzerland. we're not sure. >> what is known is he now commands the world's fourth largest army with 1.1 million soldiers and

live doppler shows most of the activity in the north bay.a few showers moving over into american canyon, through sonoma and napa, these are very light and brief this is all in advance of our next system the winds are going to kick up throughout the afternoon out of of the south because of that we are starting out middle 50 redwood city 57 san jose as well as the coast and downtown we are looking at temperatures today to stay on the mild side this is a system coming from the pacific that will allow for temperatures to stay in the 60s. heaviest rain will be in the north and then by the late afternoon into the evening commute, it -- 63 downtown, 65 in livermore today, heaviest rain through the overnight hours, into your friday morning commute then the biggest system, latter part of the weekend with that one we are concerned about flooding perhaps in the north bay. let's look at our morning commute with sue hall. >>> good morning. so far, so good. we are at the golden gate bridge live shot crews picking up lanes and reconfiguring. roadwork on no

today's ran stays in the north bay, a -- today's rain stays in the north bay.steadier rain tonight through tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon through monday it is going to be dry. you can see steadier north yellow going to pick up a little this afternoon as cold front draws near, mid to upper 60s everywhere even the coast. mid 60s monterey bay mid to upper 60s inland no threat of rain until the overnight hours. traveling the state today, sacramento north up to chico, eureka, mt. shasta that area getting rain with high elevation snow. cloudy in tahoe today 53, tonight low to mid 50s, widespread rain moving through during the overnight hours, cold front will get a little kick by in disturbance behind it and start to accelerate front during the evening and overnight, 7:00 morning through noon best returns still across north bay even at 5:00, by midnight to about 3:00 in the morning heavier, steadier rain moves through the bay exiting the south bay tomorrow 7:00 by noon gone quarter to half inch around the bay probably half that in the south bay, double that in t

sprinkles possible for all of us this morning, rain north bay at noon, more rain in the north bay at 4:00, starts to move into the rest of the bay bay 7:00. evening and overnight hours we get our best chance of rain through tomorrow morning, then the showers taper to sunshine late wednesday, sunshine for the rest of the forecast into thursday and friday. >>> macarthur maze traffic flowing nicely traveling from 80 westbound into the toll or 880 around looks good, 580 at the limit into the bay bridge toll, wind advisory for the span of the bay bridge, take extra care if you are headed that direction. southbound san rafael, 101 past the civic center, a little busier, light rain here, traffic at the limit through terra linda into lincoln and central san rafael. san mateo bridge busier, tail lights, few brake lights towards the highrise towards foster city, 15 minute drive from hayward towards san mateo, bart will be having extra trains tomorrow to the airports and coming home sunday, for black friday shoopers, extra trains, thanksgiving it will be sunday service which means everything be

we are in the north bay we'll be watching all morning. be sure and tune in throughout our newscast to get a sense of what it is like outside. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> boat owners are being warned to make sure their vessels be properly moored. katie marzullo continues our coverage from pacifica. >> reporter: the rain just started here but not big drops it is half rain, half sea spray and it is blowing hard within the last few minutes. my hat just flew off my head but i was able to grab it. waves starting to churn under the pier you can see. nothing big, but it is loud and it does look like it is getting messy. signs along the railing that warn people the waves can break up over the railing on to the sidewalk. video of people who work on the water don't need to be told twice to be careful of a storm like this. we talked to a crab fisherman in half moon bay coming in early yesterday afternoon off the water and getting ready to batten down the hatches. >> i guess gusts of 50 coming. time to come in. wait it out. >> going to add an extra

north of it, though, look at these clear skies. one thing you are watching is some fog, especially through the early morning hours, there in poland. that's going to dramatically reduce the visibility so slow down on the roads. as far as temperatures, single digits into the east, but getting into the double digits in london and paris with a pair of 12s. now here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> recapping our top story, people in japan will vote in a general election next month. prime minister yoshihiko noda dissolved the lower house of the diet. >> the speaker of the lower house announced the dissolution of the chamber. voting day is december 16th. noda later said he is keeping the promise he made to seek a new mandate after reforming the social security and tax systems. he said the main focus of the election is whether to move forward or go back to the old political ways of the liberal democratic party, currently the main opposition. noda's democratic party beat the ldp in the 2009 election. >>> senior diplomats from japan

stray shower possible across the north bay.emperatures in the low to mid 50s now, will hang out in the upper 50s at the coast, low to mid 60s for rest of us. >>> what a a couple minutes make. bay bridge toll, metering lights on, traffic backing towards the west grand overcrossing from the maze into the tolls, beyond the toll moderate upper deck incline section busier southbound 101 through marin tail lights past civic center, golden gate bridge clear, new accident north 101 before tully in san jose, slowing things there's some of the busier commutes 580, 24 and east shore freeway. >>> we have breaking news just in from silicon valley long time ceo of intel, the santa clara company making chips has announced that he will step down in may. that and he's been ceo of intel for quite a long time. recently, the company has struggled as chip-making demand has fallen worldwide. the company is struggling, he's stepping down in may, seeking a replacement now. >>> also new, just released study shows more teenagers are using muscle enhanci

>> take the north korean situation.e north koreans not to go you'll out and build a large arsenal. we have to tell them if north korea continues to build or test nuclear weapons, we will take off from south korea the pro hibation we have of south korea buildings and in which case i don't think chinese would like it much. i think unless you're willing to make statements to these folks you don't get much cooperation. china looks upon north korea rightly. they would be unhappy if the north korea regime were overthrown they see capitolist democracy, marching right up to their border right on the border. >> what about north korea? how do you describe what the president has done? >> the obama administration is like the bush administration, let it get out of hand. you give them food sh they promise to stop stepz development. they continue to build bombs. >> tafsh them to death? >> no. ice yol yait the regime, try to bring out the best in the people. but ice yol yait them. at the end of the day, they're starving their people. >

live doppler tracking rain up to the north and mainly going to stay north if you are traveling the statech out north of chico and reading a lot of rain, very high elevation snow this is a warm system, mostly cloudy in tahoe, 47, 57 yosemite, upper 60s afternoon sun san diego and l.a. near 80 in palm springs. >>> 5:49. this morning flee bay area boaters are thankful for -- three bay area boaters are thankful for good samaritans who saved them from their capsizing boat. a group of fishermen rescued two in the water the harbor master picked up a third person. the coast guard says the three suffered from exposure but did not appear to have serious injuries. no word on what caused the boat to capsize. >>> san francisco may be shedding anything goes image when it comes to public nuti. board of supervisors set to -- on nudity -- [ unintelligible ] >>> bond film star daniel craig introduced latest installment to a special audience this weekend. flushed with the success of skyfall craig dropped in on british troops serving in afghanistan. the camp was buzzing with excitement, hundreds were about

bay. -- continues from the north bay.amy hollyfield joins us with conditions now. >> reporter: good morning i hear all of you talking about the wind, we are not dealing with any wind here. we have getting a steady rain, from drizzle to good solid raindrops. let me step out of way to see if you can get a vision hard to show in the dark, it is coming down the streets are wet, something to keep in mind for sure in the north bay. it hasn't been a downpour yet, although we keep hearing it is coming, looks like it is going to save up for the thick of the morning commute when you are actively out there dropping off kids and making your way to the office for whatever you have to do this morning. looks like that's when the downpour going to hit. we are just getting a nice steady rain now. the people that we've talked to this morning tell us that i been paying attention, they heard it was coming, cleared out drains, all pulled out their rain jackets. >> same schedule, it is with going to be wet i did a lot of prep around the house.

china looks on north korea as its buffer state i think they would be happy if the north korean regimehrown and they say capitalist democracy, marching up to their border and having a large apply of the united states on their border. >> what about north korea? how describe what the president has done vis-a-vis north korea? >> obama administration like the bush administration let it get out of hand you give them food they promise to nuclear weapons development. >> starve them to death? >> no, you try to isolate the regime, try to infiltrate the country and bring out the best if the people, but isolate them. at end of the day they are starving their people. >> they are isolated already north korea, people are starving to death there. >> you go there a lot with frank lynn graham. we are in a dangerous time, the japanese and koreans are not getting nuclear weapons because they know we are in the region. chinese have a lot of leverage over north korea. if you wanted to change north korean policy have the chinese help you. the chinese are making the security council in the united nations a j

in the north bay. this is a sad sfo with the rain in the street lamp coming in sideways. cloud cover all last night while folks writing to bed. the threat was there when you went to sleep and now it has materialized. we are in the thick of it. at 7:37 a.m. we will take a quick break. don't forget to send us your pictures at breaking news at kron4 dot com. we will keep showing them during our newscast this morning. the wet weather pattern is pretty large as over the bay area and extends all the way out to tahoe. welcome back to the kron 4 morning new is a big problem at the bay bridge the metering lights are out. with that a big back up this morning. along with a heavy rain that fell another accident will have more where the hot spots and more on our forecast. >> a live look from the supreme court in washington d.c. after more than two years after a federal judge in san francisco ruled that proposition 8 was unconstitutional the supreme court will decide today and possibly take up that case. if the cour

>> take the north korean situation.ersuade north koreans not to go you'll out and build a large arsenal. we have to tell them if north korea continues to build or test nuclear weapons, we will take off from south korea the pro hibation we have of south korea buildings and in which case i don't think chinese would like it much. i think unless you're willing to make statements to these folks you don't get much cooperation. china looks upon north korea rightly. they would be unhappy if the north korea regime were overthrown they see capitolist democracy, marching right up to their border right on the border. >> what about north korea? how do you describe what the president has done? >> the obama administration is like the bush administration, let it get out of hand. you give them food sh they promise to stop stepz development. they continue to build bombs. >> tafsh them to death? >> no. ice yol yait the regime, try to bring out the best in the people. but ice yol yait them. at the end of the day, they're starving their peo

north bay mountains two inches.best chance of steady rain after 9:00 north bay with scattered shower until the evening. thursday dry, same friday through monday, low to upper 60s everywhere. be careful this morning. >>> big problem this morning is big caltrain delay, fatal accident at the charleston station in palo alto, caltrain reporting one hour delays. bus bridge set-up in the northbound direction between san antonio and palo alto, buses are rolling, folks are getting moved along. southbound now open they were holding trains at redwood city they are letting those trains go but very slow, 10 miles an hour, single tracking southbound. best bet if you are traveling on the peninsula, take vta or get in your car and drive, caltrain not the way to go this morning. they are working to clear that up, it will be sometime. no other mass transit delays. other big problem westbound highway 4 port chicago that accident is clear. our waze app westbound direction you can see slow out of antioch damage is done, even though that

best chance of showers to the north. as we need the afternoon warmer than yesterday, mid to upper 50s along the coast the rest of us in the low to mid 60s. if this is falling in year neighborhood let me know what is going on. here's sue. >>> light so far hoping that is the case if you have this day off, so far, so good no roadwork on the go -- on the golden gate bridge roadwork southbound 101 through mill valley strawberry area and lower sausalito side of the waldo grade headed southbound just right lane blocked. northbound embarcadero closed tonight for roadwork at 9:00 until 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. >>> our top story, frightening overnight accident, car flies off an overpass on i-80 and flips on to the freeway in contra costa county in pinole on appian way. this picture sent by the fire department. the dodge ended up on its roof, going southbound on appian way when it hit a concrete guard rail off the overpass and landed on its roof on westbound 80. the car blocked two lanes of traffic. the 20-year-old driver and 21-ye

best chance will be north and east. be honest with you here in the district and close to the district, we could see some flake flying a little later this afternoon. be ready two it. we're in the going to be shoveling anything here later today or tonight but it is a little early for winter weather across the region. 40 right now in washington. 37 at dulles. 38 this morning in baltimore. 42 in annapolis. here is your developing storm system. this nor'easter we've been talking about for days and days it seems like. now taking shape. first thing i want to emphasize, north and east of washington, that is where the greatest impact is going to be. that is where the biggest oomph with the storm will be up into new jersey and new york. we are sort of on the western edge of it. even right now, we are on the western edge of. it as it passes to our north, some of the band of rain and eventually snow will make it back as far west as about the 95 corridor. if you are watching out towards frederick, port royal out into the mound taupe

the main energy right now up to the north.'s storm number two, still offshore and it will bring in that heavier rain throughout the evening. the overnight hours into friday morning commute. here's the last system for the latter part of the weekend. 1:00 scattered showers more widespread throughout the afternoon then main band of rain sinking south tonight here's the commute tomorrow 5:00, through 10:00, front pushes through, a lot of showers behind the front, friday into saturday this is number three. rainfall amounts really gonna stack up with this second system, grounds will be saturated by the third system, problems up to six inches this is just the second system in the santa cruz mountains, far north bay, three to six inches, 1 1/2 to three inches east bay, 63 san mateo, six i four concord today with scattered showers -- 64 concord today with scattered showers and we don't dry out until monday. >> el cerrito, richmond berkeley 80 westbound getting a little busy but still moving over the university overcrossing as you make

fso is mainly towards the north bay and the front is still up here. the system will play into our weather if not for rain it will be for clouds and wind. it is already getting blustery around here and gusts are up around 30 in higher elevations and rain moves in overnight tonight and wednesday it will be out of here. fso, oakland, napa airport we have a south wind developing also fairfield and livermore and most locations are mild. you can see some of that rain moving in, in advance of that system for the north bay so rain start early. see this, clear lake, santa rosa north so northern some what county, the front will not only be a strong system but cold. rain to the north could be some south fso very mild temperatures due to the nature of this system, 60s for some, upper 60s to 70 and livermore pleasant on it, 68 in red wood city as well. and although for some, it will be in the north bay but it will clear out and once the wind calms down, it will be all right as far as conditions and there will be some rainy conditions out to the north. >>> and what

the roads are slick, you want give yourself extra time, flooding north bay cortamadera, north 101 atrake boulevard, standing water there. westbound past north livermore to 580 accident blocking lane of traffic you can see by the sensors we don't have significant slow-downs. north 880 ramp to montague expressway blocked with accident in the san jose area. more standing water in san francisco, southbound 101 at paul right lanes have flooding there. >>> our time is 4:55. >>> we mentioned the number of californians who can vote now at an all-time high we had give event the number of one million that sounded low. it is 18 million registered voters in california with 1.4 million new voters. >>> riding bart in bad weather might be more pleasant. bart is developing a canopy prototype forest lay fors to shield riders from the elements -- for its escalators to shield riders from the elements. the civic center station recently shutdown because of filthy k including urine and feces. >>> 9ers are installing bike racks at the stick starting with the november 11th game against the rams. it is the f

the main activity stays well to the north of the north bay.nd then as we go through wednesday and thursday, still we are looking at the rain remaining offshore. and it's by next weekend things get interesting. 61 today in oakland with 58. the football game today, it will be cool but nice and sunny out there. upper others palo alto, 60 in san jose with 62 antioch a long way to go from where we right now. 63 gilroy. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. necessary the numbers really coming up into the middle to upper 60s by the milling of the week. even a 70-degree reading not out of the question. increasing include on thursday. a chance of showers favoring the north bay but then by next weekend it does look likely. so from milpitas to the city, danville, concord, tons of event for the veterans today. and it looks just terrific out there. although a little crisp to start. >> yeah. and i understand our crisp weather is partly responsible for an end to the wildfire season that has been declared for tomorrow. >> yeah. >> thank you lisa. and com

you can see the system sitting around your rica that will hit the north bay first the north bay will get the brunt of the storm. possibly 2-4 in. thursday into friday. the rest of the bay area will be hit with wet weather, downpour that time but only expecting 3 in.. 10:00 a.m. this morning light rain starting to pop up in santa rosa. we put the clock into motion 4:00 p.m. later today most of the rain sticks north of the golden gate bridge. heavy rain for santa rosa, napa in petaluma. into the 11:00 p.m. tonight the showers start to push their way south. there will be relatively light in nature and at first. this is a slow-moving system. as the wake up tomorrow morning look at the yellow on your screen even orange indicating moderate to heavy rain. you will need an umbrella not only for the morning. this storm is different from the first one. the showers will linger into the afternoon and into the evening hours. we could contend with residual showers as we transition into saturday. mild temperatures now. we have low 60s as we head into the afternoon we have the chance for showers beg

from the north bay hired to range.ntinue to monitor your forecast we have a lot in traffic. >> as we will of our traffic maps still dealing with the police standoff weston eastbound treasure island the off ramps are shut down. it is yellow on our centers indicating speeds are just below 50 mi. per hour. it is not impacting the lanes of traffic on the bay bridge itself. word has gotten out my guess is people are slowing down to see if they can see. the chp and the police have no estimated time when the lanes will be open. it depends on the outcome of the police standoff. will continue to monitor the standoff. another incident in milpitas and standoff officer involved shooting. jacqueline roque close in both directions between north milpitas boulevard at arizona ave. avoid the area if you can and seek an alternate route. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza good getting to the bridge from all the approaches. san mateo bridge doing fine towards foster city. off southbound 101, the golden gate bridge no delays in to s

it's still focus in the north bay. 4 a.m. slow moving could see thunder. stronger winds coming and really it continues with the east bay and south bay getting pounded 8 to continue am. after noon is when we start to see a reprieve but another storm will follow significant rainfall totals coming. we have flash flood watches. wind advisory high surf advisory back with all the details in a few minutes. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> 7 news reporter allen has already seen some of the damage oul out there tonight live in santa rose along the santa rosa correct for us. allen? >>reporter: we are watching a graduate rise in the water of santa rosa creek but so for no threat of flooding. it has been coming down steadily and we are beginning to see the winds pick up but we haven't seen the hard pounding rain. then again it's still early. it's the first down tree of the night for this sonoma county road crew. this one fell acrosses side road just east of the town of windsor around 6:00 o'clock. >> over sat asian. old oak tree they are big. once the water up in th

that this is the last project and i want to especially thank. north beach community for your patience, for your persistence and your perseverance to have the state-of-the-art library here in your neighborhood. [ applause ] thank you so much very much. [ applause ] >> let's talk a little bit about this library. it's going to be 60% larger than the other library that sits over there. 60% larger. that means more books, more media, wonderful technology, wi-fi access. if you envision this space and if you look that way you have a wonderful adult area. as you walk in from the mason street side, you have an amazing teen center for all the young adults. absolutely. yelling back here, [ applause ] . that was our deputy city librarian, what can we say? a wonderful space for children. this north beach library serves over 30,000 diverse residents and it's way overdue to have a state-of-the-art library. clean it's really a true partnership with our city departments and i want to thank our dpw folks and their team. mindy, lena, fantastic work in managing this project. [ applause ] and another super

you can see rain approaching the north by the north. -- north bay to the north. most rain is in northern california but it is expected to sag south into the north bay so your morning commute, spotty showers north of the golden gate bridge. dry south of the golden gate bridge. showers to the north bay in the morning, into the evening another round of rain. we will time it out and look at your thanksgiving forecast coming up. >>> people all over the bay area, they are already camping out, waiting to take advantage of black friday deals. kron 4's reggie kumar found people that have tents. yep, they are still there. >> reporter: they are still there. so far most of these people are staying put. none of them are leaving. they are allowed to leave, go hone and come -- home and come back. some of these people have been here since yesterday. so far 15 are in line. this tv just $179. original price $419. this tv just $99. and this laptop $349. original price $574. these bargains forced her and her kids to camp out in front of best buy. this is her first time doing this. s

rainfall amounts impressive up north, system coming from there up to an inch in the north bay mountainshalf inch to inch north bay, 15 -- south bay around a 10th. a few degrees cooler than today, same wednesday, thursday sun comes out, temperatures start to warm, 70 in a few areas for friday and saturday, more clouds make it slightly cooler for sunday, only a couple of degrees. big weather story is the rain tomorrow and wednesday. >>> a community organization in san jose knees your help. it is trying to provide thousand -- needs your help. it is trying to provide thousands of dinners. some lined up overnight just for a chance to sign up. >> reporter: good morning. the good news is dough' -- is donations are coming in at a steady pace. but look behind me, people are also continuing to come who need help. the message here is, we need donations, we need 'em fast day is almost here. one of the first in the door this morning at sacred heart community center for the non-profit's annual turkey giveaway. >> i'm a single mom on a fixed income. i don't work right now. >> reporter: what concerns e

north of it, though, look at these clear skies. one thing you are watching is some fog, especially through the early morning hours, there in poland. that's going to dramatically reduce the visibility so slow down on the roads. as far as temperatures, single digits into the east, but getting into the double digits in london and paris with a pair of 12s. now here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> recapping our top story, people in japan will vote in a general election next month. prime minister yoshihiko noda dissolved the lower house of the diet. >> the speaker of the lower house announced the dissolution of the chamber. voting day is december 16th. noda later said he is keeping the promise he made to seek a new mandate after reforming the social security and tax systems. he said the main focus of the election is whether to move forward or go back to the old political ways of the liberal democratic party, currently the main opposition. noda's democratic party beat the ldp in the 2009 election. >>> senior diplomats from japan

the most cloudness will be found into the north bay. there's a storm up to the north. i'll show it to you in a second, but it's not quite going to get here. temperatures for the afternoon, a little bit warmer. we'll be a little be warmer still for tuesday with a chance for some sprinkles to the north of santa rosa. here's the satellite, and there's the weather system. note that we have some showers showing up on the north coast even around ukiah right now but this system is really going to struggle to make it to the south. it's going to try but break up by the time it gets here so we'll see some clouds and, again, on tuesday, maybe a sprinkle sonoma county. here's future cast. midnight tonight, note all of the rain is here, but we do see some clouds stretching into the bay area and that's going to be the case as we go into monday and tuesday, as well. so the bulk of that storm, all of the rain staying to the north, mendocino and into counties on the north coast. tonight's temperatures look for readings close to freezing here in the north bay as well as the east bay. mi

be surprised if your car thermometer in the north bay valleys, touches 90 today.>>> bay bridge toll metering lights on traffic bagging towards the macarthur maze sluggish upper deck into san francisco, san rafael southbound 101 past freitas parkway moving nicely waldo grade into the golden gate bridge. that is your waze app bay shore freeway earlier accident cleared traffic still slow from bay shore boulevard heading northbound. >>> that's it for this edition of the abc7 morning news. we are going to continue in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america". >> we are always on at abc7news.com.

a lot of the clouds will take aim toward the north bay and cape mendocino north as it falls apart. we have to deal with it for today. after that high pressure builds in. that means temperatures will be on the way up. mostly sunny patchy fog. very mild temps. highs today will be in the 60s to near 70 degrees. it's the bigger jump will be on the temps will be tomorrow and then into sunday. set the clocks back one hour. upper 70s to near 80s. monday looks to be record setting territory with very warm temps and nice on election day. >>> 5:06 is the time. happening now a small group of people lined up outside the apple store in palo alto. they are waiting to buy the new ipad mini which goes on sale today. janine de la vega is in palo alto with a noticeably different response to apples late east gadget. >> reporter: yeah there is. first let me show you what the new apple store looks like. you can see it's completely black vail here in front of the store because they're trying to hide it from the public and then they have a sign out here displaying the ipad mini because that is the featur

it is already in effect in the north bay.cene last night in pacifica the surf as been picking up all night this advisory is expected to last through most of the weekend. >>> we just got word from the faa 3 1/2 hour arrival delays. >> airlines will start taking actions to mitigate, they will cancel flights and combine others in hopes of keeping it under three hours and 34 minutes. >> it can't be pleasant landing this morning at sfo. >> i imagine not, there is an airport warning through at least the morning hours because of gusty winds, fastest now through about the 10, 11:00 hour then showers and winds start to taper. but they will still be around during the afternoon. live doppler 7 hd you can see some of the strongest radar returns, yellows, oranges that are punching through the area now, let's talk about that flood warning one more time in petaluma, it expires at 6:15 because we are still waiting for the reside wall moisture to congregate in the penngrove stream, radar return quiet now. we go to just to the east of berkeley

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favored in the north bay where it will be lingering 3-6 in. and a hell. cinches in the north bay. flood advisories, 3-inches in the north bay. flash flood advisories for the north bay in the cemetery coastline that will be in effect until monday monday. for the san mateo-coastline and even gusting at 65 mph for tomorrow. for the sierras, we're going to see snowfall but only for the highest elevations. over 1-ft. expected with the 7500 on saturday. . taking a look a your extended forecast with sunday. it will be pushing through but the good news is that it will clear up berlin next week, coming up gabe slate tech report and easy way to pay for your coffee at starbucks. >> coming up later, alex smith no matter what you hear he is not happy about the way things are turning out. and also, the recess not been caught yet only suspended. getting into the coach's face, telling you, later gabe slate tech report >> t mobile wallet is the future the mobile wallet. the banks want it, the cellphone retailers and it cellphone carriers want it and they are enticing and promoting retailers to car

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slow traffic towards morgan hill north 101 whipple injury accident in two left lanes, north 280 cesar chavez word of a stall blocking a lane into san francisco, extra time and caution is the key to getting where you need to go in morning. >>> sic:53. >>> our storm watch continues, next. >>> back >>> live look from our rooftop camera past the embarcadero at the bay bridge where the lights are back on skies very grey and wet with our rain still coming down in most parts of the bay area. >>> we've been telling you about flooding at the penngrove stream in petaluma where katie marzullo is now. >> reporter: getting closer we are at the intersection of corona and old adobe. traffic moving freely and more cars than i would expect this time of morning through this intersection, that's good news for now. overall, not good for petaluma this morning there are reports of flooding all over and multiple streams and creeks and different things flooding their banks mike just mentioned willowbrook creek flooding also penngrove stream include flooding and the national weather service has issued a -- fl

we have a system cuing up to the north of us spreading very heavy rain along the north coast this iswhat spread south throughout the day our second system will bring heavy rain tonight into tomorrow. as you head out today, cloudy skies, chance of showers upper 50s to low 60s at our coast around the bay the same, mild, a little breezy in spots, isolated showers, then more widespread throughout the evening. evening commute could be rain and the morning hours shouldn't be bad, once the rain starts getting going again, not going to stop right through the weekend sis/ second system today, for now a little break out there >>> good morning. hayward towards foster city, live look at the san mateo bridge tail lights towards the incline section and highrise i should say moving at the limit, a little sluggish on the flat portion of the span, 15 minute drive from hayward, clawiter toll towards san mateo southbound 101 past civic center busier, light to the golden gate bridge no problems coming into san francisco. look at mass transit, everyone on time great way to get around no delays. new accid

more clouds to the north. highs in the 60s. we'll have aened monday night forecast coming up. >>> right now traffic is getting a little crowded here at the bay bridge toll plaza. it does not look lighter than usual. you can see traffic is a little busy. also we're looking at the commute on highway 4 it's also getting a little slow. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> all right thank you sal. topping our news a man hunt is under way in the south bay for the second suspect of a violent crime spree and police shooting. now you're looking live at the 7-eleven. this is where a memorial has been set up to remember the 22- year-old victim who was killed when the suspects tried to take his car. now that was just one of the violent crimes police say the men were involved in friday night. one of the suspects is 26-year- old jonathan wilbanks. he was arrested. the men were also involved in four armed robberies before firing shots at officers. one officer was injured. a 10,000 reward is being offered for information leadi

steady rain coming down across the north bay. coming down heavily. santa rosa already picked up an inch. san rafael getting you down to street level. sir francis drake boulevard to larkspur, heavy rain right now. pedro road san francisco out to the east bay you are seeing the moisture. take you in to street level radar where we see rain around the pre-situated yochlt mission street. market street. it's light there. in the east bay around san lee ann to, 98 avenue, definitely around oakland, castro valley, light to moderate rape right now and the wind are going in the south bay. alma deny expressway. san jose north first street lighting showers at this hour but the winds are kicking up and it will get even rougher for the morning commute. look at the sierra nevada some of the highest elevation starting to l and state route 4. strong winds morning commute. rain continues on saturday and it's stormy on sunday with flooding possible so let's get rate to the storm. it's a very large circulation. thing that concerns me about this one is it's slow moving. l