this peninsula -- it could help the whole security of the northern and southern peninsula. i want to wait -- and make one more point -- i want to make one more point. there's discussion about the role of china. it is time to address our problem to the chinese people, especially the young chinese, more so than rely on the information from the internet. -- most of them rely on the information from the internet. through the chinese internet -- i read chinese, russian, all of that information -- what they are talking about with korea is information fed by others -- there is no north korean or south korean opinion known to the chinese youngsters. if you ask the young kids things, if you are hit by someone else, what would you do? they will fight back. that is what i am talking about. that is that point we're making. we need to have a more active diplomacy to the chinese, especially the people and youngsters who were using the -- who are using the internet the most. that is the point i would make on that. >> thank you. we have reached the indy of our -- of the end of our time for

i new tropical depression that formed south of the baja peninsula, heading west. then there's earl, a different story altogether. this is our very large system that is moving up the atlantic coast. let's take a look at the most recent figures. earl is a category 2 storm. it is moving at 30 kilometers per hour. looks like it's going to be making landfall either in new brunswick, probably on saturday morning, local time. now, you need to make sure you check all of your local watches and warnings that are being posted for areas all along the coast. there's going to be heavy rain and that will mean flooding as well as dangerous storm force winds. another storm we want to talk about is fiona. a much weaker storm, but this is passing close to bermuda and could bring quite a bit of strong wind and heavy rain as well, as much as 70 millimeters in 24 hours, and that's going to be on saturday as well. for the rest of north america, clear out quite well in the u.s. but we'll see heavy rain heading up into eastern parts of canada. temperaturewise, hot in the southwest. and up

i mean, this is the peninsula. this is san bruno avenue. basically, it runs from 101 on the peninsula due west up to highway 35, which is skyline boulevard. now, it's sort of a mixed residential area. there used to be a driving range in that area. there are homes an shopping centers, stores. there is even not too far away from there, uhm, the college campus there, skyline college which is the community college in the area. this is a fluid situation. we need to remind viewers of that. we don't have any facts in terms of what's going on. we have reports, though, unconfirmed, we should mention, that a plane has gone down. this would be consistent with the flight path of a number of

this is redwood city again on the peninsula. there is a hotel close by. the sofitel hotel is a landmark in the area. you can see how the houses have docks that back up right there. so there are people out there on their own boats, apparently helping with a rescue effort. but this small plane in the water now for about 10, 15 minutes. so we'll keep an eye on that chopper 5 there and, of course, a ground crew on the way, as well. >> i have to wonder if he went in on purpose. >> like a mini version of the hudson river landing. >>> it's hot but there is a break coming. we have serious heat around the bay area now. we haven't had many days like this all summer. it's a beach day today. get out and enjoy it not going to be there for very long. as a matter of fact, only maybe for just a few more hours outside. you can see sunshine all along the coastline just some great weather out there, only a few people, a lot of folks back in school now. as you head inland, of course, you have plenty of sunshine and the heat really getting cranked up all around the bay area.

down along the peninsula to of your coming in around 60. the mid-upper 60s. '60s for the east bay attract berkeley could only get up to 58 degrees today 57 into richmond. hayward 63. will sarah vaughan is bringing centers in the '60s, 73 looks enormous can get. in the acting is the warmest temperature is 69. and continuing with cool weather and tomorrow. a little bit of rock stars to move in a slight warming by the weekend. james. thank you >>, we will take a break, we have much more news for you coming up on our 5:00 hour stick around for that. here's a live look of golden gate bridge traffic is moving well as the reconfigured for the morning commute. we'll be right back. they do not have to worry anymore city leaders in richmond has 83 schools from closing their doors for good we'll have details coming up. a string of our sins and sunnyvale has police searching for a suspect. the latest sergeant the elements in a moment president barack obama will pitch a trio of economic proposals in ohio. much more on those stories and others in a momen

. >> hiroki yajima covering issues regarding the korean peninsula joins us in the studio.hank you for joining us. north korea has named kim jong il's third son, kim jong un, vice chairman of the central military committee of the workers' party. now, this is a key post. tell us a little bit behind this. >> it seems that kim jong il hurried the transfer of power because of his poor health. actually, he has been -- it's reported he has been suffering from a stroke which hit him two years ago. kim jong il took over the power from kim il song more than 20 years. during the intervening years he strengthened his grip on the workers' party and pardoned his rivals. however, kim jong un suddenly appeared in public way four-star general and vice chairman of the central military committee. kim jong il and his family act as guardians for kim jong un because he has no military experience and is still in his late 20s. but the transfer of power will not be smooth. north korea postponed the party conference, originally it was set on september 7th, so there is a speculation of dissatisfacti

if you plan to take the freeways not a bad idea, no delays on 101 along the peninsula. everything looks good. if you are taking the golden gate bridge or actually the bay bridge, rather, traffic cruising along, no delays at the toll plaza. here's a look at your forecast. tracy? >> hey, thank you, gianna. forecast for this morning, heading out the door, partly cloudy conditions inland, mostly cloudy conditions around the bay and we have delays on arrivals at sfo around 50 minutes on arrivals for the morning. cloudy with fog at the coast with temperatures ranging from the lower to the upper 50s. for this afternoon, your temperatures will range from the upper 50s along the coastline to the lower 80s well inland. plenty of sunshine with mild temperatures inland, mix of sun and clouds around the bay with temperatures up to 70 degrees and cooler along the coastline. we'll take a look at some more bay area cities, we'll pinpoint who will see what today in just a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, what happened to many of the pets who lost their homes in the

we-the seasons ago moving their way south porch along the peninsula. might need your under lip. james. >> we have some of some video of hawaii where the red bull cliff diving world series. could these people. the event took place at the can you we false. points are awarded four former and degree of difficulty as the cliff divers the ball 88 ft.. the reach speeds about 50 mi. per hour. the crowd favorite was the reigning world series champion. orlando to shape. but the winner of the overall title went on to gary hunt took a four of six wins to win. kind of a feinstein out there. we're going to take a break, you're watching the kron4 news, with a program note for tomorrow night nbc will be during the giants did so as usual we will carry giant programming that includes a series premiere of the apprentice so if you're looking to watch that you have to tune here to kron4, this thursday night at 8:00 p.m. we will follow up with a special edition of the kron4 news at 10. we'll be right back. and we're back, top story this morning the investigation continues i

a route on the peninsula for california's high speed arail system.y will run along the caltrain line from san francisco to san jose to the pass. if it all sounds familiar, that's because the rail authority chose the same route in 2008 but a lawsuit filed by environmentalists in 2009 forced officials to start the route selection process all over again. an independent study finds no accuracy problems with pg&e's smart meters. thousands of consumers complained about high energy bills soon after the utility began installing the evices. the utility commission hired an outside consultant to test the meters. >> no surprise to anyone that lives in pg&e territory that their customer service could be better. we know that. this investigation does not put all the customer concerns to rest, absolutely not. >> among those concerned, possible communications flaws in the smart meter system. the consultants said some customers saw higher bills because the meter installation coincided with rate increases and a heat wave. making a bid to host the next america's cup rac

. >> we are covering issues regarding the korean peninsula and thank you very much for joining us. north korea has named kim jong-il's third son vice chairman of the central military committee of the worker's party, a key post. tell us a little bit behind this. >> kim jong-il plans to transfer power because of his poor health. he has been suffering from a stroke which hit him two years ago. kim jong-il took over the power from kim il-son more than 20 years ago and during the intervening years strengthened his hold on the worker's party. however, kim jong un suddenly appeared in public as a four star general and vice chairman of the central committee. kim jong-il and his family act as guardians for kim jong un because he has no immediate experience and is still in his late 20s. but the transfer of power will not be smooth. north korea postponed a party conference originally set september 7th. there is speculation of dissatisfaction among some party members. but now it has been the purpose of the conference was to show the succession of power. >> so the change of power continues, wha

or down the peninsula.good on the 101. and on 280. 6:48 now. here's steve. >> happy monday, everybody. system made it but didn't. north of the san francisco, oakland vallejo line. there was light rain south of that. but first of the season. and at least it did make it with a lot of cloud cover. not much sun. and left behind a lot of low cloud. fog is a factor, along with low clouds. some of the rain, up towards willits, not towards willits, right at willits. 15/100th. pointsz 08 from our little system there. and temperatures today. now, for some, they'll warm up. santa rosa, 72. they'll get more of a west wind. and fog. not the high clouds. and a little south wind. walnut creek, rebounding from 73 to 78. oakland didn't change a thing there. and a little more of a west/northwest breeze is why. 50s and 60. san jose. everyone is close. palo alto, 56. that's closer to town. actually closer to airport. town. stanford itself at 52. napa at 54. 30s in the mountains. tahoe, truckee. and 50s and 60s, you go down to

i mean, this is the peninsula. this is san bruno avenue.asically, it runs from 101 on the peninsula due west up to highway 35, which is skyline boulevard. now, it's sort of a mixed residential area. there used to be a driving range in that area. there are homes an shopping centers, stores. there is even not too far away from there, uhm, the college campus there, skyline college which is the community college in the area. this is a fluid situation. we need to remind viewers of that. we don't have any facts in terms of what's going on. we have reports, though, unconfirmed, we should mention, that a plane has gone down. this would be consistent with the flight path of a number of airports. it could be sfo, it could be the airport in san carlos. there is an airport there, general aviation airport. a lot of times they will pull to the west if that's the way the wind comes in and that's what they need for a take-off. again we don't have that confirmed right now. we're working on that. as you guys mentioned, we have our chopper on the way. you can

highs today topping out in the 60s along the peninsula and the coast into the afternoon and by about:00 p.m. if you ladies out there and then present also in line spots back down to the '60s by the 7:00 are steered their temperatures for you getting that 80 degrees since then rose at 81 and served chilled down 3 san rafael mill valley temperatures low '70s along the peninsula keeping in the '60s very cold weather for san francisco 62 is down a san mateo 72 for redwood city. it's big keeping it cool in berkeley 6370 through union city and hayward city. san ramon valley not getting more than the upper seventies may be 81 in antioch, south bay keeping it in the '70s or across the board. upper '70s los gatos. tomorrow even cooler day in fact warm and 1 spots barely getting to 70. stay in the '60s around the bay and '60s around the coast check gone traffic with george. >> yesterday's drive didn't see one single hot spot already this morning we are tracking our first 580 yen to 05. let's talk about the livermore dry it out of trees secured by it has backed up traffic slowed traffic pass th

peninsula numbers, upper 50s to 69 menlo park. 70 in palo alto. 62 downtown.hange here expect you won't see the higher clouds today. 77 in sonoma. 75 in santa rosa. richmond and berkeley today with low to mid-70s for hayward and fremont and union city. out over the hills, mid and upper 70s, dublin and pleasanton and a few low 80s. 79 in gilroy with 54 and clouds hanging through the morning hours. we'll be looking at temperatures coming up about 2 degrees right through thursday. then increasing clouds on friday. that is bringing us a slight chance of showers on saturday and clearing out by sunday. we'll fine-tune that for you as it gets closer. >> bay bridge toll plaza, a crash but i don't think it's going to cause much trouble. we'll see a minor back-up before the toll increases but so far not this morning. >> let's go to the peninsula, 101 in millbrae, traffic is light. moving northbound toward san francisco, they may encounter some road work, lanes are scheduled to be blocked between oyster point and candlestick. that is outer until 6:00 this morning. >> sou

light rain up through the north bay starting push southward in come sending these bay and peninsula continuing through the day sunday. into the afternoon we will see widespread showers starting to move down so much of view san jose may pick up raindrops' expected to be lighter further south you are. then by 9:00 dealing with quite a bit of rain. wet weather a prominent part of it again forecast. 58 for san francisco 53 is san rafael warmer in the south bay. as we head through the day we get into the 80s inland '60s for the coast. >> as we start off with a looks at the bridges around the bay area because there are no major problems in the hot spots for the early morning commute thing should find up some early morning commute possible in the short freeway and the commute on 580 through downtown oakland cops leading to the bay bridge much lighter than any day this week even for the 6:00 hour. sam retail branch still looks good here let's grab the shot for you the commute direction the right side of your screen. plaza across the span area leader which wipers for sure. you don't see the fog here sm

off the coast of the peninsula, you'll see a few returns. some of this won't even make it. before it hits the lower elevations. but be mindful that the roadways could be damp and we will look for some precipitation early on. here we are early this morning. notice how it stays together throughout the north bay. sonoma, marin. but then as we head towards the 8:00 hour and the 9:00 and 10:00, it really begins to fall apart and maybe just a few isolated areas of light rain along the peninsula by the afternoon. we're looking at partly cloudy conditions and really not a bad afternoon. here's the way it looks. most of the activity heading to the north of us and behind it we're looking at a pretty decent day with drier conditions. so temperatures today with the cloud cover and some of the light rain held down a little bit. 73 san jose. look for some clouds along the peninsula, some light rain early and then partly cloudy this afternoon, 71 redwood city. san francisco a mild start with muggy conditions throughout the day. 67 for you. 72 novato and napa today. near east bay clouds, d

if you want to use the freeway 101 and 280 looking nice along the peninsula right now.o san francisco. do we have a live shot here of 680? a paving project. first stretch of striping is finished on the 680 express lanes. drivers might notice a double solid white line. live look at 680 near washington. two new exit and entry points. heads up, it doesn't mean the express lanes are open. this is only for carpool use until next monday so no tolls will be charged this week through that area but again it is only for carpools. here's tracy with the traffic. >> thank you. the weekend was nice today, yeah it's going to be nice too. here's a look at what we are expecting. lower 80s inland with plenty of sunshine. a few more clouds the closer to the bay with highs in the mid- 60s and definitely clouds at the coast with a few breaks of sunshine with highs in the lower 60s. no major changes into tomorrow. wednesday and thursday a mini warmup. friday through sun cooling down again. we have a mypix photo. i love animals because of course i'm an animal lover. if you have a cute picture

along the peninsula we're struggling to get that the peninsula. 68 san mateo, 72 redwood city and palohalf moon bay, 770 central valley, hayward, union city. 73 fremont. 771 the creek, pleasanton. 78 pence for the livermore. overall we're going to continue to see a cold and even tomorrow. check out those numbers 70 degrees that is the warmest to get this of indian lands by saying in the '60s around the bay. stay in the '50s along the coast, mostly sunny, the badgers may rebound a little but keeping it cool for the remainder of the workweek into the weekend. there could. >> thank you, not a single incident report on the bridges. wrapping up the hours of the creek project a couple more cars the was on our last report but still very easy conditions from all purchase headed westbound just nine minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze and to fremont. it is also is selling on your red december sale conditions are looking very clear is a major win the commute direction those bright lights making their way into hayward so clocking a pretty ideal 14 minutes from end to end. no problems whats

problem-free here heading all the way up the peninsula.he golden gate bridge, we're still following a water main break, southbound 101 right at highway 1. the right lane blocked off due to water in the roadway. also a crash northbound 101 approaching highway 1, two lanes blocked there as well. a check of drive times for your friday morning commute, northbound 101 from 280 to 237. that's 11 minutes. no delays westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze and 85 to north 1st street a nine minute drive time. for the latest traffic updates, go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link under abc 7 extras. eric? >> megan, thank you very much. it's 6:20 now. travelers getting ready to hit the road this labor day weekend as the summer travel season comes to a close. aaa predicting more than 4 million people in california will travel 50 miles or more this weekend. that's an 11% increase over a year ago. people will go by car with gas prices down. most of the other half million travelers will be flying. we have a very welcome update this mo

storm system dropping from the north of us could bring showers from the peninsula north toward. >> thereas a stall on interstate 580 westbound it has been cleared not only from the lanes but also from the shoulder. no longer any activity out there. a bridge check on the westbound ride for the bay bridge you can see the traffic conditions are still pretty good we probably are minutes away from the meter and lights being activated so far not yet. we see no back up for delayed for the westbound bay bridge records from here to the san mateo bridge already getting heavy air south on the right side of your screen fifth taillights are those westbound. it is moving well no problems across the bridge. the ride through the golden gate bridge looks good through marin county and across the span no problems or fog on the deck for lanes already available in the southbound new direction. let show you interstate 80 is we pick up our camera in albany looking at the s curve which was a parking lot yesterday during the peak hours of the commute. so far much easier ride there was a report of the hit and run

on the peninsula a partly cloudy sky. start 66 millbrae and as you head to the south bay, 71 los altos. we'll see some sunshine on the coast today, maybe 60 in the sunset, sausalito mid-60s. san rafael 68 with low to mid-70s through the north bay valleys and even with sunshine only 50s at your beaches. mainly cloudy around the monterey. caramel 59. upper 60s to low 70s for hollister, gilroy and morgan hill. clouds around the coast and into the bay tonight. should be clear the north bay valleys mid to upper 40s once again. the clouds kind of disappear. still around from time to time today but not nearly as gray as it was yesterday. overnight we'll have the clouds move back in around the bay and the coast and tomorrow afternoon you can see the high pressure start to move in. keeps the clouds away from the coast and we'll have sunshine and seasonal temperatures starting tomorrow all the way through next week. in fact, we'll have low 60s at the coast starting tomorrow. mid-70s the bay and inland. mainly sunshine in the aftern

keeping in along the peninsula in the '80s.the upper '70's for san francisco still pretty pleasant. east bay 82, 84 oakland. hayward union city temperatures and the upper 80s. 96 san wrong. 94 for antioch. down in the south bay temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. you can see some nineties and your cupertino and campbell. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. big drop in temperature come to moscow we're talking 16 degrees. los '70s by wednesday so i will be a huge gold banner next couple of days likely today looks to be the nicest and it is a day off for most of it. labor take me with their good. >> labor day commute is looking just fine. not a single from to report. you can see cars are moving on by with no problems coming from all perches headed westbound towards the city no signs of any overnight construction nice easy ride just wrote the minutes from the foot of amazing to fremont. no problems on your right to san mateo. you can see the tail lights moving just fine as a major way towards foster city, those headlight

pleasanton missions are on the peninsula. one itunes and the warmer in the spots, maybe a little coastal fog by friday a little bit cooler by the end of the week. well. >> thank you, we have been calling for a warm summer whether and when it comes i better not hear anybody complaining because all my desk stage manager i hope you like it is going to be a warm one major condition today, you want major breaks. does your head in from oakland to san francisco. here's the bay bridge, hit not a problem. traffic is like running very lights are off, no construction mark. you should have no problems, be careful out there the chp they're patrolling obviously the eskers. we want to be saved this year than to work. another camera here, san mateo bridge. and always looks a little bit foggy, i drove across said it might just be a camera thing, i promise you it is just a myth. it's a beautiful ride above the water. only about 12 minutes to go from hayward over to 11. golden gate, if only view will know how light is on the golden gate bridge

one, korean peninsula is still at war. we're at war with north korea and china and the united states and south korea on the other hand. we have a constitutional struggle between it parliamentarianism of south korea and communism -- hybrid communism of north korea appea. third, north korea's military threat has not been weakened as many experts have said. especially, we have to take account of the threats -- [unintelligible] i think, also, the rivalry between north korea and south korea appears when we absorb this tradition -- the trend -- when we experience the power transition between kim jong il and his son. despite the world wide tendency to change, a left mentality of it is notis over -- over on the korean peninsula, at least. overview of china. let me focus on the u.s. response. from the beginning, i think there are many different issues about president obama and defense policy, as far as the peninsula is concerned, the foreign policy is quite good. the korean people are very satisfied with the obama administration. a

lines to the peninsula has been reduced by 10 percent. we asked pg&e what exactly they are going to do and what is the plan for this inspection. they said they cannot reveal that, and they're putting together that plan together as we speak. >> state regulators have ordered pg&e to einspect all of their gas lines to california. and we have this map. and it is important to know that not all of these are high-pressure lines like the one that exploded and san bruno on thursday. you can see major gas lines run to the bay area. san francisco, daly city, the entire peninsula to san bruno. all of these lines left be inspected by pg&e. we ask pg&e for a map of their high pressure gas lines and yet to return a call. >> as we said today, pg&e m release a multimillion-dollar relief fund for san bruno. and the wake of last week's explosion. haaziq madyun and pg&e made one big promise connected to the large sum of money that is offering. >> no strings connected to $100 billion of the side for the city of san bruno and his residence, revealed. according

in the a bad drive at the peninsula.t on 280. 280 construction eastbound 92 and northbound 280 between black mountain and trousdale. that will be there until 7:00 a.m. eastbound 92 connector to 280 shut down until 7:00 a.m. for roadwork so plan for those delays. san mateo bridge, traffic is actually free-flowing across the span. no troubles an easy 13 minutes from 180 or i-880 to 101. that's between hayward and foster city. no delays out of the east bay. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. if you are taking 580, so far, so good. lots of green on our sensors. no delays to report. mass transit problem-free. no delays systemwide. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. tracy, i saw some drizzle this morning. >> yeah, drizzle out there this morning. low clouds, fog, a little misty, too. you can also get constant weather updates on kcbs radio. here's a look at what you're expecting out the door. areas of fog especially inland with temperatures in the upper 50s. low clouds and fog around the bay an

a couple of light showers moving through the iberian peninsula. for highs today, looking mild and pleasant. 21 in london. 23 for paris. a lot of teens as we look towards central-eastern section. 17 for kiev. 15 degrees in warsaw. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> japanese meteorologists say june through august was the hottest since recordkeeping started 113 years ago. the agency said on wednesday that the average temperature for the period was 1.6 degrees celsius higher. the highest period since recordkeeping began in 1898. the average temperature was calculated based on data from 17 observation points in the country that are relatively unaffected by the heat island effect that hits highly urbanized areas. the average temperature for june was 1.24 degrees higher than the benchmark. for july, 1.42 degrees higher. and for august, 2.25 degrees. the agency contributes the summer's record heat wave to westerly winds that blew more northward than usual. global warming is cited as another factor. >> in washington,

very wide and up through santa rosa along the peninsula moving into the south bay as well. as we move through the hour we continue see that the fog suddenly into place. 10 a.m. a good amount of lifting and then we head towards 11:00 a.m. fog thinned out keeping along the coast and the peninsula as we head towards the afternoon we will get bricks of sunshine. low fifties for the north bay upper 50s in the south bay in the state as well. your afternoon highs coming into the 80s 81 for san rosa, down into the south bay seeing some 80 is down and lost gore got us more than hell 81 through livermore your as we take it through saturday there's a chance of showers as a storm system drops in from the north. best chance of showers in the north bay but we could see some rain moving south of the golden gate bridge on your saturday or sunday. chance of rain stays in the picture through much of the weekend. we will start to dry up the remainder of next week. >> then climb section of the bay bridge and the westbound direction we heard some reports there may have been a stall a past the i

as that system has suffered will see a few along the peninsula just south of the golden gate bridge evenys of jars as far south as the state. chance of showers for this weekend, not a washer. deftly a change of the forecast. temperatures are restricted to drop off ever so slightly. let's get a checked on your traffic with america. off to a great start in the traffic department, to get the bay bridge toll plaza still just a few cars on the road headed west from towards the city but again i want to process vacates you'll run into is an were worked on the upper deck between the incline and treasure island shutting down the to read and lanes began this really should not get in the way traffic is very nice and light out there. the minister in the foot of amazing to fremont, your record team is bridge to the may 17th minutes. , be honored your id san mateo no proms in either direction across band but 92 in both directions we dare some overnight construction that is foreign to close down a couple lanes for you again and traffic is pretty good across spent just four minutes from and to end. choi

it is 5:21. >> and we continue to follow our major story on the peninsula. let's show you where it all began in san bruno. a natural gas line exploded into flames yesterday evening just around 6:00. we are confirming three people were killed but the search resumes at first light for any others that are unaccounted for. 53 homes are destroyed. 120 others are damaged. >> we have been getting dozens of photos from viewers who witnessed the explosion. here's a viewer photo sent to us taken on sneath lane and sequoia street sent to us by andrea rodriguez. you can see the smoke rising up over the neighborhood there. another photo sent in, this was taken from lunardi's market at sky crest shopping center that's at san bruno avenue near skyline boulevard. she heard the windows shake loudly when the explosion hit. it is 5:22. >>> there are a number of stories of escapes from the fire. >> coming up next, how one man gets out just before his house burns to the ground. emerging, abou,, ,,,, this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. t

is also the author of the book north korea on the brink and a member of the korean peninsula delegation many thanks for speaking to us mr ford who quoted in the media today as saying that you think kim jong un is the chosen there so what do you think it means for the future path of the country. well i mean he's the chosen there but he is not actually officially yet the heir apparent promoted in the last few days to the general and of course the almost unprecedented korean workers' party conference is opening today and it's expected that following that conference you will be getting a high position in the party i think that's a signal to the rest of the world maybe not to korea that in fact he's been designated as the successor to the kim jong il some stage in the future and will he be bringing change with him if he doesn't succeed as you've mentioned the serious change going on in pyongyang with a chance that many senior think is could be replaced by people who have more experience in dealing with the west could this be an indication do you think that the country is going to break from

the iberian peninsula. 33 for lisbon. here's your three-day outlook. >>> lawmakers of japan's governing democratic party will vote to choose their party leader later on tuesday. the race is a close contest between former dpj secretary-general ozawa and prime minister kan. the winner of the election will most likely be the country's prime minister. nhk tells us more. >> reporter: i'm at a hotel in central tokyo. the dpj convention is scheduled to start here at 2:00 p.m. japan time. former secretary-general ozawa and prime minister kan started their campaigns on september 1st. it has been a tough competition. during the campaign, ozawa stressed he has the leadership to implement the needed policies. >> translator: i'll work hard until the last moment. >> reporter: kan, meanwhile, said the party has to do away with old-style money politics and become more transparent. >> translator: i'll do my best to convey my ideas at the party convention. >> reporter: all of the bal otsz will be added up based on a points system. each of

in >> carolyn: a huge mess on highway 101 along the peninsula today. for more than 12 hours drivers heading north and south were limited to a single lane while crews worked to clear a deadly head-on crash. a wrong-way driver smashed into an oncoming cor. the backup stretched for miles. investigators still have two lanes shut town in both directions and do not expect to open all lanes until 6:00 tonight. >>> robbers shot and killed a man overnight in berkeley as he and his fiancee were walking home from a party. it happened just before 4:00 this morning on the city's south side. police say one of the robbers shot the 34-year-old victim, the other punched his fiancee in the face. >> these are community members that were walking home from the party, in the early morning stroll some blocks from their house and it turned into a just horrific tragedy. >> carolyn: the robbers took off in a mid-size two-tone sports utility vehicle along ashby avenue. i berkeley police want to hear from you. >> one of three uc graduates helped captive in iran could be released

we have encountered contaminated ground water on that segment of the peninsula. contaminated ground water is also an issue on the east bay side, where we have an alignment close to the sfc site. we are having to deal with treating that groundwater to greater levels to be able to discharge as planned. on the east bay side, we also had to change the alignments of a micro tunneling operation when we encountered an underground and derriere on a crossing of the union pacific railroad. this will result in cost increases. i will be coming to you if not next meeting than the next couple of meetings with a request to increase the construction contract, the cost of these construction contracts because of these field conditions. i wanted to point out that because of the large cost savings that we had because of the low bids, there is money in these projects to be able to cover those costs. but i wanted to give you advance notice before i come before you with those agenda items. i also wanted to talk about the three projects in october. those are three key regional projects,

kind of along the peninsula were seeing some pockets of fought to the state. the conceit and the broken and not really ride spread this morning. 57 and san francisco. broken oakland tempters in the '60s. 62 hayward done in the subway mid to upper 50s. as we head into the afternoon we should see a little bit cooler than yesterday. yesterday when the '80s today looks like to will top out around 75 degrees. 73 livermore down into the south bay temperatures and was gone as an morgan hill mid-70s. the seven jurors are in those 67 bridge tempters all lanes topping out into the low 60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. sharing those temperatures continuing to decline wednesday looks to be the coldest day of the week and then the first of all kicks in. the opposite effect happens it starts to warm up tempters getting back into the '90s mid to upper body into the weekend. let's get a check on your commute. >> thank you, a great start for your tuesday morning dealing with a little better overnight construction not much else to getting your way creek project

north bay is better and so is the peninsula. as i mentioned, those two areas east bay and the south bay, they get pretty hard. 99 in danville. 102 in livermore. forecast highs for a tuesday. they are hot. i don't know if we'll see any records tomorrow. we'll have to watch that closely. we had numerous records today. tomorrow, there might be a couple of spots that could break a record. 91 in san mateo. downtown san francisco, about 82. that's down from 93 today. there is your cooling. 10 degrees right there. five-day forecast, fire danger is high. it's interesting. we haven't seen a heat advisory we haven't had a fire weather advisory. even though it's really, really hot we're missing those two things. >> funny how fall seems a lot hotter than summer. >> it sure does. >> thanks, bill. >>> you know the saying, a rose by any other name but that does that carry over to the tradition in pasadena? why the 122-year-old rose parade is changing its name. >>> but first a look at the closing numbers on wall street. stocks went into negativ

along the peninsula deathly beach weather. the characters come in the upper seventies.yward, union city fremont about the same. prius temperatures above that century mark. pop down and assess a tempers are coming in in the upper 90s. also the triple digits. sharing a cooling trend eased this week los row. the weekend should be pretty clef heavier traffic continues also are other hot spots is 17 and the sets and direction. it will be there until we are off the air because the earliest opportunity to get lanes reopened at present will not be in tel 11:45 a.m.. cells down lanes have been blocked a tractor-trailer rig last a trailer overturned was during 43,000 lbs. of pure, some of it is building still on the roadway. the one no one, so again today, not as bad as this year the day before. were seeing a return to normal heavy traffic patterns is the end of summer fun way traffic on the bay. drew were is our was to reject from here? we're in a head over to the bay bridge for a look at the red on the bay bridge. here it is this is not bad the bacharach cnn's justice said the

rain to continue and intensify in areas where these storms are headed, especially for the korean peninsula. we're seeing very heavy amounts of rain expected to start later on today. keep a close eye on local watches and we will be keeping a close eye on developments as well. >> thanks very much, saki. >>> well, prime minister kan says his government will study effective methods to support the reconstruction of afghanistan. last year the japanese government promised up to $5 billion in aid for afghanistan over a five-year period. it has set up a task force to discuss ways to help the war-ravaged country. at its first meeting on tuesday, prime minister kan said the government should offer effective assistance and the task force will play a central role in devising relief programs. the president of the japan international cooperation agency, sadako ogata, and representatives of non-governmental organizations reported on irrigation facilities in afghanistan and the political situation in pakistan. the government will draw up measures that include training for police officers and helping former

along the peninsula 83 dancers san francisco and daly city. upper seventies along the coast.sam antar, hayward dunnage union city temperature 94. getting it to 96 in castro valley. inland temperatures in the triple digits through concord, walnut creek, antioch ringing in the triple digits. we could reach them into the afternoon. upper 90s, a triple digits expected for at your south bay forecast. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. hot day to day cooling trend as we head toward the rest of the weekend to address the weekend. labor day in noticeable call them. darya. >> let's see if we notice any more cars on the road. still freeing clear the drive from here to the maze is is nine minutes. that is looking good. 10 minutes away from them to finishing up that work on the upper deck. san mateo, is what i said it was the busiest you can still low and traffic. westbound 92 on the right-hand side that is clear direction golden gate has been a very quiet. no one is up yet. may be in about 45 minutes. but rainout the golden gate is terrific. court is on the sun comes up becaus

southern peninsula. there's discussion about the role of china. it is time to address our problem to the chinese people, especially the young chinese, more so than rely on the information from the internet. through the chinese internet -- i read chinese, russian, all of that information -- what they are talking about with korea is information fed by others -- there is no career in opinion -- no north korean or south korean opinion known to the chinese youngsters. if you ask the young kids things, if you are hit by someone else, what would you do? they will fight back. that is what i am talking about. that is that point we're making. we need to have a more active diplomacy to the chinese, especially the people and youngsters who were using the internet the most. that is the point i would make on that. >> thank you. we have reached the indy of our time for the first panel. i think the people who wrote and discuss the papers have done a very good job of raising the strategic challenges which exists in the k

now all involving the east bay on the peninsula.orth bay spreading into the afternoon the south bay starts to pick up sprinkles as well light rain continues right into leaving and even until 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. we could deal with wet weather. so into the afternoon bringing high is up to about 80 is an rosa 75 san rafael los '70s revival in richmond down into the south bay temperatures for the most part staying in the '70s 80 degrees in los gatos 77 for redwood city. 7 day around the bay shows changes storm coming in bringing us cooler temperatures more clouds and rain as we head towards the last first day of fall which begins next week wednesday. 10:23 a.m. we will be right [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney appreciation sale we're showing our appreciation with extra savings this friday and saturday. save an extra 15% on all regular, sale, and clearance items. everything! no exclusions! save an extra 15% on all brands for her. ...and all brands for him. ...and everything for home. and if you use your jcpenney card, it's not an ex

mid-80s on the peninsula.o upper 70s downtown south san francisco and sausalito with upper 80s to low 90s through your valleys. near 90 morgan hill, gilroy, hollister. about 79 santa cruz, 68 monterey. the cooling trend will continue. there you go, sunday, monday we'll go through the coolest days. temperatures nearly 10 to 20 degrees cooler than today. hi, frances. >> good morning, everyone. nice and quiet this morning. can't find any accidents to slow you down. there's a couple stalls reported. that's about it. a live shot of 680 at walnut creek. traffic looking good southbound. you can tell it's more crowded highway 24 the top of your screen. we'll check out the oakland maze for westbound 80 heading to the bay bridge. that's westbound 580 and northbound 880. no problems on all those freeways in the east bay. on the peninsula you'll find light traffic on 101 through millbrae. that's headlight traffic moving northbound to san francisco and it's also fine in the south bay. we'll show you a live shot of the 101

down towards the south, still pretty unsettled picture anywhere from the florida peninsula, across the caribbean islands and central america still continuing to see some significant amounts of rainfall, especially in southern mexico here, we're still seeing some pink areas showing up. heavy rainfall amounts are going to be expected. highs today looking at mid to upper 20s across the east coast, a little cooler for chicago only 19. it gets a little hotter during the day in denver, a high of 34, and l.a. still dealing with some of the late summer heat. and finally a look at europe. it's still pretty unsettled for continental europe. we've got this long frontal boundary in place, that is where a lot of the rain will be today. starting to head more north in towards the baltic states as well as spreading really in towards western russia. elsewhere, settled and dry, the mediterranean will see a couple of scattered showers showing up. and for the british isles, looking at this long rain band coming in out of the west. ireland looking wet, but the uk should stay dry for most of the night and l

atçç the peninsula we are dealing with patchy fog.l. 56 for several cisco's tinkle of this san rosa napa temperatures in the '40's, the afternoon we should break into the mid 70's so much cooler them aboard word yesterday no east today in the '70s and some of the warrant inland spots for 73 '60s and i]'70s right around the bay feared 69 for oakland 70 in red was sitting down to the south bay temperatures low to mid '70's. tiring house 648 a check gone your commute with george. >> so far no hot spots are big problems the bridge is still doing well the bay bridge has a backup for the west bound ride but it is fairly stable here back down from the end of these parking lot but stillç not back up to the 880 over cross or anywhere near the macarthur maze. westbound ride moving about moving well. sam to ride pretty stable here no increase at the toll plaza and no delays across the span for the west bound ride golden gate bridge still problem free southbound and northbound heavier traffic for the south bound ride but otherwise is to his comm

we could get in to 90 in sonoma and fairfield is well along the peninsula 78 degrees of close to 80 notquite there for san francisco but we could see eighties from san bruno. is bay 78 through berkeley. chester valley 87 degrees these are the villains bot's bringing temperatures and to a low 90s 92 is a common no. 3 san ramon valley. temperatures into the '80s may be '90s heading to los gatos. much former forecast for the weekend plenty of sunshine clear skies out there absolutely beach weather and by monday we might have to look for fire concerns because of dry conditions and high temperatures monday keeping a warm through next week to allow wednesday or thursday temperatures drop off by 10 degrees or so. back down into the 80s in the warmer spots. >> the local celebration for the world famous festival kicked off last night this is preparation for the octoberfest by the day. all weekend long festival goers can enjoy a german beer and music and food. we spoke to organizers to find out what people can expect? >> experience everything we have professional dancers every couple of hours you

delegitimizing al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is important to break the cycle of radicalization. take advantage of various insecurity worsened by internal conflicts and competition byte non state actors. . the myriad social and political problems in the context of under governed spaces means they are serving as incubators for extremism. the only way to address the problem of terrorism in yemen is from a comprehensive and long- term perspective. we are working to help strengthen yemen's capacity to provide basic service and could government. yemen is grappling with a severe poverty. it is the poorest country in the arab world. its per-capita income of $930 ranks at 166 out of 174 countries. its oil production is steadily decreasing. water resources are fast being depleted. with over half of the people living in poverty and the population having grown from 8.4 million in 1982 and estimated 23.8 million today, economic conditions threaten to worsen and further tax the government already limited capacity. moreover, corruption is all too prevalent in various sectors and further impede

and brentwood, and out to vacaville, upper 80s, santa rosa, napa, 90 calastoga, and mid-80s on the peninsula. sunny and warmer, key days sunday and monday, temperatures inland 90s, the coast will stay in the 70s. pam and dave. >> another emotional day for victims of the san bruno pipeline explosion. today the crews will start day 2 of that clean up of the more than 3 dozen homes destroyed by the gas pipeline fire and explosion. claudine wong is out there with the latest aced all the details. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, demolition will begin again, once again at about 8:00 this morning as crews continue

in the peninsula and the east bay.tions in san francisco not bad 58 degrees currently get up to 68 this afternoon. san jose police under fire amid allegations of racial profiling. a new survey that paints a grim picture of police behavior. >> through an interpreter she says she was pulled over by san jose police recently because she is latino. >> to did however >> survey by their group delgado and other parishioners claim to of been stopped by police because of that cause. >> a survey that was done 600 people are afraid. just from this church 600 people. >> 51% don't feel safe in their neighborhood. chief rob davis is stepping down at year's end defended racial profiling issues. >> we have been over backwards to try to put out the policies. if constantly reeducated. we have to make the connection. >> one thing the organizer survey says would be dead keep the same police officers in the same neighborhood longer than six months. they're asking the city to make racial profiling a top priority in the search for a new polic