the overcrossing is a problem but the freeway is now accessible. this is the blot some hill overcrossing. you might have heard about highway 9, it is okay. i show you the speed sensors. closer look we'll get rid of the speed sensors the overcrossing at highway 9 currently closed because of damage from the impact yesterday. highway 9 is actually your alternate if you need to get across from one side to the other for highway 17. to the north mark avenue is also open but the issue is here as more folks head toward highway 9 this will impact the area around los gatos high school. again we'll follow that story this morning butay 17 itself has reopened. back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike. >>> developing right now, the stage set in washington for a crucial vote on embattled supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> a lot of folks believe his nomination may still be in the air. u.s. senators are taking a close look at the fbi's report on kavanaugh. it follows last week's hearing on sexual harassment allegations made by palo alto professor christine bl

it's to partially remove one of the overcrossings there. there is a detour in place. 580 is also a great alternate. we'll zoom in and take a look at the slow traffic volume as you make your way southbound. it's bumper to bumper on the 3-d camera. we have open world, that's oracle open world in -- south of market moscone center. >>> ipodsea at ne of t fst groups to have one. i'm never that person. >> i remember my roommate's boyfriend had one and we were like, what is this? >> it was amazing. >>> plus, the social media platform teens are using the most. >> more teens flocking to instagram. >> it's the most used social media platform for teenagers moving ahead of snapchat. fewer teens use facebook. >>> uber may be delivering food by drone. >> "the wall street journal" spotted a job posting on uber's job postings to make food delivery drones. the job would be under the company's uber eats division. >>> today we celebrate the gadget that celebrates >> $400 17 years ago. >> have a good one. >>> new this morning, comedienne/actress amy schumer is

headlights headed northbound right underneath the 880 overcrossing. tail lights headed southbound. no delays here whatsoever. we look at that big mess over the altamont now. this pickup truck partially blocking the hov lane westbound near north livermore. they said tow truck 30 minutes ago, on expedite. the the damage is done. one solid line of traffic from the 205 merge. speeds under 20 miles per hour. lu 45 minutes to get through and past this accident. consider ace coming from the central valley. >>> thanks, sue. we're learning more about the story behind this surveillance video. a woman frantically ripping the doorbell, knocking and leaving a 2-year-old boy behind. sheriff's deputy have identified a friend of the mother, who was in the hospital at the time. they meant to drop him off at the father's home but ended up next door. >> had she waited 7 more seconds, the homeowner would have opened the door and started a conversation and directed her to the correct house to drop the child off. >> it's unclear why the woman ran off leaving the boy. she could face child endangerment ch

this is 101 with the headlights headed in the northbound direction be he low the 880 overcrossing. everybody is moving fine both northbound and southbound. a little busy as far as leaving san jose. once you get around the 17 overcrossing, which is what we're looking at now, things thin out towards cupertino for an eight-minute drive. >> thanks, sue. developing news in the east bay. atv investigators are expected at the site of the five-alarm fire in oakland. >> they will look to see if this is the latest in a string of arsons to hit the east bay. amy hollyfield is live in oakland this morning. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, alexis. well, they are protecting this site. you will see oakland police officers are here watching over this damaged building. they have been here all night. this building at west grand and filbert was a big ball of fire yesterday morning at 2:00 a.m. townhomes were being built here. the builder says he will continue on this project. there will be more than 100 townhomes here. the project has the full support of the mayor. >> we are in a housing crisis. we need to b

they are trying to demolish that overcrossing. golden gate fields into the macarthur maze. lots of gaps in the headlines. take a look at hercules into the city. just 25 minutes. of course at the bay bridge toll plaza, minor delays for cash paying folks. no metering lights yet. no problems from the bay bridge on the upper deck. slow and go in the central valley. purple is never good at our traffic maps. a detour in place at 23rd avenue. you are delayed. 580, though, a great alternate route. that is wide open. >> thank you, sue. the c w attacked by a shark >> a security >> all right. coming up on 4:42. a t cud coveross the state, but that's all it is. chiropractic co, 76. eureka, 56 with a sprinkle possible. mid to upper 70s in the central valley. in socal. my 7-day forecast for tahoe. average high 60. 62 today. look at that. 70s friday and saturday. oh, it gets cold next week. 48 for a high by tuesday. here's alexis. >> thanks, mike. a commercial diver and filmmaker is recovered after he was rescued by the coast guard after getting pweutd by a shark. he was driving in fairla

we'll take a look across town at 280, 17/880 overcrossing. drive from cupertino to san jose, eight-minute drive. overall, traffic maps are showing a typical slowdown out of the central valley. your drive times this monday morning. 33in st driverom mar io san francisco, also not a problem across the golden gate. tation, hero north bay fires rage. see the fires through the eyes of those who rushed through the inferno to save lives. >>> facebook hit with a new connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. >>> we're not the only ones dealing with a high fire danger. look at the central valley. 3.5 million people under a red flag warning until later this morning. coming up about 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. low to mid-80s. afternoon sunshine. 88 in palm springs. 72 in yosemite. here a look atta hoe

that will be the first issue foss drivers past 23rd, and the overhead work on the overcrossing is going on. they plan to have that planned closure in all those lanes southbound off and on is what i understand they're going to do, and it should be solve as far as the construction crew in the next few minutes. meanwhile, over here, the entire of the freeways into the maze may be affected by this fire around grand and market. that's where we have the fire activity. it's a big blaze. five alarms from what i understand. you can see it from the emeryville camera. 880 is over here, 24, 13, they all mae possibly see smoke as the sun starts to come up. from time to time i see spotlight right here into the smoke. that really lights it up, making it a big distraction for drivers. so you see the traffic is flowing at a pretty light volume. there's always a lot of activity over here. a smooth drive over north bay and through the north bay, a nice drive down toward the golden gate bridge. back to you. >>> thank you very much, mike. a san francisco judge has upheld a jury's verdict that found monsanto

headlights headed northbound under the 880 overcrossing.body is moving at the limit here as well. overall general traffic map is green. pretty good. a half hour, 35 minutes from tracy up and over the altamonte pass. no major stalls or accidents. knock on wood. we hope that is the key for the morning. >> hopefully we're not jinxing anything, sue. >>> youtube back up and running after an outage. >> this morning's "tech bites". >> in today's "tech bites", it wasn't you. it was youtube. >> the site stayed down for an hour. pages loaded halfway, then stalled. viewers got an internal server error message. >> so many people flocked to youtube it became number five on its ownrein list. >>> and apple cooked up a new bagel emoji. >> they remade the outside and added a sizable smear on the inside. >> people are serious about their bagels. >> absolutely. those are your "tech bites". >> have a nice day. >> no one wants a dry, boring bagel. >> everybody is doing way too much. cld set seats are put to the test. results should concern parents. >> he they d

san jose, 280 at the 17/880 overcrossing. one or two headlights headed towards cooper ttieen -- cupertino. six-minute delay. overturned southbound 680 near vargas blocking the left lane. backup off the sunol grade. we will follow that one in our next report. >>> thank you, sue. next, cleaning up the streets in the south bay. city leaders have a plan to help solve another problem. >> safety on bart. watching you and trouble makers. watching you and trouble makers. >>> a caravan of big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling. prop c is a common-sense plan. the top 1% of businesses pay their fair share to tackle homelessness for all of us. companies with revenue greater than $50 million pay, not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you. when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next

but that backup is stretching towards that west grand overcrossing. if you have fastrak, you're good to go. it's 11 minutes into san francisco. that's a check of your traffic. kenny, hello sailor! >>> some of the stars are docked in san francisco. chopper 5 overhead as carriers, destroyers and cruisers took up positions along the embarcadero as well as all the sailors. in the coming days, thousands of visitors will climb aboard to get a look into the lives of the sailors who serve on them. >>> we are inviting to you use our exclusive "salesforce" cameras to watch all the action this fleet week. if you are at home or you're working, this will be the place to see the blue angels fly right over the city. we will be streaming this view of the san francisco waterfront this afternoon. the airshows are friday through sunday and it will be on kpix.com, facebook page, periscope and youtube sites. so very exciting to see in person. but if you can't, that's a wonderful option. >> kudos to the graphics team, that cool shot of the blue angels going through and the

of 101, those headlights headed northbound underneath the 880 overcrossing. everybody moving nicely there as well. it is not on the freeway. sit eastbound hegenberger on-ramp. a big rig tipped on its side. frhe live desk, back to as your breaking news involving first lady melania trump. her plane had mechanical issue. she was on a flight to philadelphia. this is video of the first lad >> this is new video into the abc 7 newsroom. it landed safely at joint base andrews within the last 30 minutes. we are awaiting information on what that scare was for the first lady. mrs. trump's trip was being reevaluated. >>> developing news, an investigation this morning into an officer-involved shooting at aquatic park. amy hollyfield is live for us in san francisco. amy. >> reporter: damocles cleared out about an hour ago. municipal pier is open this morning. they did get this area cleared out. they were here for eight hours investigating this area. look at new video taken withined hour -- within the hour the tow truck s taking the vehicles out. san francisco police say a

the bay bridge toll plaza is crowded, it's crowded from about, not the maze, the 880 overcrossing that you see in the back there, it's backed up from there and pretty soon it will be backed up from the maze. lets talk about the tracy commute, it has been very slow and we see slow traffic eastbound as well because of road work eastbound and westbound we had an accident westbound at mountain house parkway, not in the lanes, this whole area is kind after mess you can see. this is your commute, has been this doesn't only last for the morning, the early-morning hours, this usually continues for the entire morning commute. otherwise we would look okay as we drive out to haywood, you can see traffic on 238 heading down south, southbound 880 in oakland if you're trying to catch a flight at oakland airport. lets bring steve in with today's weather. >> tropical storm michael, northeast at 21 miles per hour, it's moving along. 50 miles per hour winds, it's producing rain, and it's producing rain in areas where you don't want it. it's in south carolina, it will be out of the picture in a couple of

this is the overcrossing. a bit sluggish in cupertino in the northbound direction leaving san jose. slow traffic over and around the altamont pass and also on 880. on 880, debris in lanes. seven or eight cars pulled off to the right-hand shoulder due to debris. we are seeing a solid line of traffic from 238 down towards newark and fremont. guys? >> thank you, sue. >>> next, we're tracking more breakinge investigation under w after a deadly fire in san francisco's inner sunset. >>> there's a pretty big story happening right now on wall street. you can see we're down 330 points but we started down 400 points. we'll explain what the markets are doing, at least try to, coming up. ♪ >> that is the donkey with the magical voice. you will want to hear it again so, let's talk about conference calls. there's always a certain amount of fumbling. a lot of times it doesn't work. we have problems. comcast business goes beyond fast. by letting you make and receive calls from any device using your business line. and conference calls you can join without any dial-ins or pins. (phone) there are curr

. >> kari, look at palo alto jamming up southbound toward the overcrossing.sabled vehicle cleared from the lanes. little slow but not so bad for the bay shore freeway. 680 is cleared but west 84 is jammed up. no need for the alternate now. get back to 680 itself. the recovery as well north 880 and north 238 coming off the castro valley y. the crash the marina has cleared. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. warning, california. a handful of billionaires have spent over $70 million on campaigns to undermine our public schools. and electing a former wall street banker named marshall tuck to superintendent of public instruction is all a part of the billionaires' plan to take money away from neighborhood public schools and give it to their corporate charter schools. that's why tony thurmond is the only candidate endorsed by classroom teachers for superintendent of public instruction. because keeping our kids safe and improving our neighborhood public schools is always tony's top priority. public schools big corpor

things are just crawling along in the northbound direction, past the 17 880 overcrossing.north 101 near railroad, partially blocking a lane of traffic there. and back to the sunol side of things, southbound 680 near sunol, an accident blocking >>> now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> hey, good morning. weather-wise, pretty quiet commute other than some fog up around napa and american canyon. cool this morning, but mild this afternoon, 60s and 70s. the 80s return thursday inland. and we may be tracking those getting into the bay saturday. >> thanks, mike. another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and ♪ all your life >>> welcome back to "gma." it is great to have you all with us because we're kicking off something very special this morning. it's called "tell t.j." >> t.j. holmes. t.j. holmes. look at him. he's all ready. he is traveling the country to find incredible stories of unsung heroes celebrating the people going above and beyond to help others and this morning he's there in ohio with a man whose life is about to change and

cross town to 280, headlights headed in the northbound direction directly under the 17/880 overcrossing-minute drive from downtown san jose towards cupertino in the northbound direction. not bad at all. a quick look at our overall traffic map. slow traffic beginning to build. metering lights on at 5:30 this morning. slow in the central valley. >>> thank you, sue. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> our pal rob marciano with a look at what's ahead this morning. hey, rob. >> great to be with you. we have a lot coming up on gma. new details on the alleged grisly murder of that "washington post" writer as the paper publishes his final column overnight. what the president said as he prepares to meet with secretary of state mike pompeo this ho dos girlfriend charged with drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women. appearing in court, more women are now coming forward. >> and an abc news exclusive. rmember that 13-year-old boy miraculously survived a shark attack, a little banged up, 1,000 stitches. he returned to school. wait until you hear what he had to say to h

that backup just beyond the 880 overcrossing. that's a check of your traffic. >>> today a bay area man accused of having ties to a white supremacist group is due in federal court this morning. anne makovec reports from oakland. >>> reporter: his name is cole evan white. and he is going to be facing a federal judge here in oakland this morning at 9:30 a.m. the federal investigators say cole evan white attended a march on august 11th on the campus of the university of virginia in charlottesville last year. the 23-page criminal complaint says that white intended to harm people when he went there from california. the charge in the feral indictment is inciting a riot. it says white, along with three other men from california are part of a white supremacist group called rise above movement. and that they came with their hands taped, punching and kicking people at the rally. our kpix 5 security analyst says people who come to protest sometimes confuse them as a free-for-all. >> people feel they have the right to riot. and during that pe

turned the metering lights on a little early so everything is starting to back up towards the 880 overcrossing at this point. we'll keep an eye on this and hopefully they'll clear it soon. san mateo bridge looks clear. better news on the peninsula, all lanes reopened. traffic has recovered pretty quickly. there is a crash through the altamont pass at grant line. it's been off to the shoulder for a while. traffic is slow in both directions. heavy traffic on westbound 205 coming out of tracy as you make your way into the altamont pass. >>> fema is to announce new funds to mark the upcoming anniversary of quack in hayward district. you can get up to $3,000 to retro fit your house. it's part of the earthquake brace and bolt program. on to see if your eligible, go to our earthquake alert system designed to keep passengers safe. >> shake alert can provide up to a ten-second warning before the grounds begin shaking. lawmakers and local leaders were on the train during the test yesterday and the idea is trains can slow down and warn passengers before any violent shaking limiting any potential accident

traffic slowly starting to back up as you can see here towards that west grand overcrossing. however, no metering lights on just yet. but we know when those go on, we may see some more backups. mass transit is all on time. the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi could wrap up by tomorrow. >>> sources telling cbs news that the saudi investigation into the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi could wrap up tomorrow. both the "new york times" and the "washington post" say that a top saudi general may be accused of going rogue. an explanation that would deflect blame from crown prince bin salman. meantime, president trump has said that jamal khashoggi is dead. >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. certainly looks that way. >> the "washington post" journalist was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october 2. president trump is warning of severe consequences for those found responsible for his likely death. the saudi government has been given a few days to conduct its own investigation. >>> the committee to protect journalists amnest

it's getting towards that west grand overcrossing. bridge crews usually clear it fast. but keep it in mind. everything is on time for mass transit. >>> here's a live look taking you out to the south bay this morning. our san jose cam waking up to cloudy skies as we start off the day. so our temperatures out there, 54 in concord. oakland 56. 50 livermore. 50s in the area this morning. here's what it expect. morning low clouds for the coast and parts of the bay. as we head through the afternoon, looking at mostly sunny skies. another cool day with below average temperatures across the bay area. if it's too cool, we'll warm up tomorrow through the weekend. high pressure well to the west here. with that flow onshore flow. southwesterly winds keeping us cool for today. very similar conditions to yesterday. but some changes are coming. the slow drop to the south and with that counterclockwise flow, around that low, drawing in northeast winds beginning tomorrow, and that will help to warm us up and through the weekend. so daytime highs today, looking at the mid-70s from morgan

the overcrossing was moving smoothly until 90 seconds ago.ighter volume of traffic expected as we see coming out of the maze on a wednesday at 5:30. so just that little bit of slowing there at the toll plaza. it feels like a lot, folks coming at speed off of there, 24, 580 and off the east shore freeway. mild build approaching golden gate field for west 80. the crash is off of the roadway south 680 as you come through cocoa county around marina vista, easy drive through the walnut creek interchange toward alamo. the earlier crash cleared without any remaining slowing. south bay a little build for north 101, traditional north of the 680/280 interchange. back to you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of crimea. we've got some video in to our newsroom just within the last 30 minutes or so. at least 13 people have been killed in an explosion. it happened at a vocational college in eastern crimea. at least 50 people were injured as well. now the explosive device itself was discovered initially they thought it was a gas explo

we see fastrak and the backup off the 880 overcrossing. it's lighter for the cash lanes.e don't have that much traffic coming out of the maze but we are watching that. some fog registering. maybe some fog for the north bay. that incident we talked about up here is not on the nimitz or 580, it's over off on city streets. that's in oakland with police activity. that's one of our big stories. i handing that one right back to you. >>> and that breaking news, several streets are shut down in the east bay right now. s.w.a.t. teams are out and it seems that police are looking for a suspect. >> pete suratos has been on the scene since 5:00 a.m. what can you tell us so far? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. i wish i could tell you more on what's taking place here. we've reached out to oakland police. i haven't got many details but they're hoping to give us an update at some point. we're here at 22nd avenue and foothill. there are police cars blocking off this area. of course we showed you over on 23rd avenue you have the street taped off due to the police activit

the university overcrossing west 80 with the headlights towards the curve. congestion pushing down towards emeryville and the maze does move smoothly. more folks meeting at the bay bridge, more delay out of oakland. that's really only the only issue. for everybody else the south bay, the peninsula starting your typical pattern. in the tri-valley one issue reports of a fender-bender west 580, it's been there a while and the live look does show you traffic does smoothly. you just have company up through the dublin grade. >> thank you, mike. >>> don't call it a comeback they've been here for years. >> a travel agent is going to offer you so much more than the internet can offer. >> the reason more millennials are seeking out travel agents. a job many people once said was extinct. >>> a mysterious car explosion have people asking what happened. investigators say it's criminal, but next, why they say people who live nearby don't need to worry. >>> first happening now at 5:51, overnight a doctor with bay area ties honored with the nobel prize. dr. james allison an

more crash no, major injuries and everything is back to green for the nimitz underneath the 23 overcrossingthings are backing up at the bay bridge. we know that's going to happen but getting off of the bay bridge in san francisco, this is the change, we have a crash here and folks, chp has held all traffic just for the next couple of minutes, from what i can tell there's a motorcycle-involved crash south 101 just off the skyway. we're following up to see if there's any major injuries. think it's just because we have to get a tow truck there and trying to keep everybody away from the scene for a couple of minutes. we'll follow that in san francisco. anything south of there looks just fine. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> coming up, halloween giving a scare at the box office, bringing in big bucks. you can look. >> no. >> is it any good, what critics and audiences are saying this morning. >> i did not realize that was happening. >>> meanwhile, the saudis joined the russians in causing trouble at twitter, kris. >>> paula abdul going viral for her performance in mississippi. we l

tom jensen still over there blossom hill road overcrossing, still closing, a couple of schools over there. 680 i'm tracking the latest update is that three lanes, your three right lanes indeed are blocked, only your far slow lane gets by as you're traveling through the area, southbound 680 as you're passing by burnell a truck, a big rig spilled 27 tons of dirt on the roadway, so that has to be cleaned up. this will be a major problem until they do. however, folks coming out of the altamont can take that livermore cut-through, take stanley or perhaps highway 84 down toward 680. this cut-through, kirker pass road coming off of highway 4 cutting through clayton toward concord we have the closure. it sounds like you can access myrtle drive, coming through the area past concord pavilion. pickup truck crashed into a horse that was wandering on the roadway there. the driver for that pickup had to be taken away from the scene to the hospital. sounds like serious injuries. still this activity and there is the slow drive westbound of course going through kirker pass road, your cut-through from high

though, they're moving for the fast track lanes, just got reported right here somewhere along this overcrossing reports of a crash. i'm tracking it, but i don't see any interruption to the flow of these lights as you are approaching the toll plaza. we'll continue to follow those reports though and we still have that one we're following west 24 just before you get to the caldecott tunnel, there is a disabled delivery truck in one of your lanes approaching the right bore. south bay the two crashes on the shoulder, so 101 is the only slowing that we see down here in san jose. that's not too bad. >> no, not bad at all. >>> also not bad to think towards the weekend, coming off of a nice one. >> we just got back. >> he had an extended weekend. >> i'm about to have one, too. >> we'll be here. >> yes, so we're just getting through the week with some warm weather around the bay area, and it will continue even into the weekend, so as we look at those mid 80s for the valleys, we're going to see that on saturday as well. and then as we check out san francisco and the seven-day forecast, it will be slightly

north 880 also slows right around that overcrossing there.slow. recovery for 880, the crash still leaving debris south 880 at dakota. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening now, crews are working to reer to power to thousands of customers in the north bay, after pg&e purposely knocked out power due to high fire danger. as of 4:00 this rng morning, th were 4,000 customers without electricity. pg&e expects full power to be restored today. >>> oakland arena tonight the warriors will raise their championship banner. go to twitter feed for links and video and the complete back story. i'm marcus washington. more local news in 30 minutes. l. the moves san jose state is taking to acknowledge athletes... who are also activists. plus, the way our consumer unit "served up" answers after a mix up at a bay area chef )s restaurant. tomorrow morning from 4:30 to 7. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, searching for the truth. overnight, secretary of state pompeo, meeting with the king of saudi arabia, amid reports a "washington post" columnist was kill

your screen, northbound 85 i believe that's the connector actually off of northbound 101, the overcrossingy may have shut down that connector. we're following that in the newsroom, and will let you know you can move back around for now, that should get you on your way. the rest of the bay shows a standard build, a crash west 24 at central lafayette looks like it has cleared. we have more traffic coming back with the walnut creek interchange, prepare for more delays. back to you. >> another update in half an hour. see you then. >>> back now at 7:30 on this monday morning, october 15th, 2018. we have an image we all wanted to see. that's the thai soccer team all together after that cave rescue that captivated the world. they sat down with ellen. nice to see. we'll have more coming up on "pop start." >> they look so cute. they're in their uniforms. they're looking good. >>> let's get to the headlines. the president sounding off on a wide-ranging interview with "60 minutes." he also spoke out about his relationship with north korea's leader, kim jong-un. >> why do you love that guy? >> i like