a white house official informed your pooler that conan the dog is male.e officials-previously said conan was a female. conan is a good dog. >> they're very special dogs. they're very hard to get. they're very hard to get >>> chief petty officer edward gallagher has been a cause celeb for fox news, specifically "fox and friends" cohost. he was accused of stabbing a person with a knife. he charged with posing with the corpse. and hitting a young girl and elderly man. he was arrested after men under his command complained to their superiors and several navy s.e.a.l.s testified against him. but a military court acquitted him. gallagher was convicted of posing with with the prisoner's dead body and sentenced to four months, and give credit for time served. fox news has been advocating on his behalf and gallagher was going to be expelled from the seals fall eoing his conviction on posing with the corpse but "fox and friends" has been lobbying the president to pardon him. so he did. and they not going to kick him out. then this weekend gallagher went on trump tv

car poolers still get to ride for free. everyone else has to steer clear. >> time is money. >> reporter: this man says likely use the toll lanes sparingly, but appreciates having the option. >> if i'm in a rush, i know i have to pick up my kid by 6:00 p.m., that's fine, i'll pay $6 but have less stress. >> reporter: there's a 7-mile stretch of new toll lanes connecting highways 101 and 880, one of the busiest and most congested traffic corridors in the south bay. still, not everyone is sold on the idea. >> i've already put so much money into the taxes on my vehicle, the gas tax, and now this driving lane too. >> reporter: the vta estimate it is full lanes could shave 7 to 20 minutes off the average commute. what do you say to people it's a better commute if you can afford it? >> it's definitely an option for people. you can opt to pay the toll. if you find your time is worth the money. >> reporter: even car poolers will need a new transponder to use the lanes. there are sensors and cameras to catch those that might cheat th

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drivers using the lanes will have to have a fastrak transponders and that includes car poolers, cleanair vehicles, car poolers and motorcycles can use the express lane for free but you still have to have that fastrak. >>> time is now 4:48 after a slow start to the season, the san jose sharks won again last night. the they're starting to heat things up on the ice. last night they played in anaheim against the ducks. and the sharks won 5-3. sharks are now one game under 500. tomorrow night the detroit red wings are in town. the play at the s.a.p. center. >> and tonight olympic gold medallist and bay area native christy yamaguchi ice indicating in san ramon. the event includes performances by salina edmonds. portions of all ticket sales will support. >> one day i'm going to learn how to ice skate. >> yes. >> i told kristi that she said i'll help you. i need sal's help right now with our commute. come on sal. >> and sal i have to ask you about traffic jams because it's been a tough and serious week but i feel like that's when we need music a little more. >> we have some ideas. >> okay. >>

car poolers and motorcycles can use the lane for free but only with the adjustable fast track flex tool tag. got it. >> i do. >>> 4:51 is the time. speaking of all that let's check in with sal on the traffic. >> we're hoping we're going to have a better commute than we normally do. we're going to go to these better commutes that are just beginning like the bay bridge and also look at the tracy commute and you can see there's already a little bit of slowing. i think people count on it now. it's going to be a little better out there. getting out to hayward and some of these commutes look pretty good. right now i'm here to tell you it's just a little bit better than it normally is. you can see there's only one area that's crowded. those are the people that pay cash. the people using the transponders are moving through without delay. . >> we'll get to it here. a little bit of rain up to the north we'll take it. >> that's okay. tell you, left 1/10" of rain for us in fort braggg. half moon bay. after that there was about a .01 for many. out to vallejo. danville maybe where you are. el cirrito

there's not enough car poolers. >> it will be great for me when i want to spend extra money and get to the city faster. a daily commute it will be a hardship. >> hold on a second says the transportation authority. the plan is move slowly starting with a new study. the look at where to put potential toll revenues and limit the impact on those who can't afford to use the proposed lanes. >> there's job growth and population growth and more vehicles. doing nothing on the freeway is going to mean more congestion in the coming years. >> i put this question to social media. adding to the already skyrocketing cost of bay area lving, plus spending $4 million to look into it. are they kidding? we encourage you to join the conversation. >> thank you. >> express lanes are added to more freeways in the bay. do they make a difference? we reached out to the transportation commission. we were told the internate corridor has gone from the most congested to no longer being on the list. the money goes to maintenance and enforcement. >> we do want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you c

the group is partnering with hitch an app ride sharing and pays car poolers. the hope is that cash incentives will convince more people to stop driving solo. >>> new badges. that's what the sheriff's deputies are getting. this is one-year anniversary. the camp fire was the most destructive in history. the badges commemorate the slogan, stng landmark the fire destroyed. those badges will be worn for the next year. a nice aur check on the forecast. it is very mild. enjoy the week we've had with the fire winds. i don't see any winds in the forecast this week. that's the good news. we are looking ahead toward the rainfall chances as we head through the next couple weeks and we'll lay that out for you. i wanted to look at last november. we did not see any rain until november 21. look how we finished. 82% to 140% average. we'll have more updates on my rain outlook coming up in about two minutes but i wanteady for . one of those starts where we'll have some areas of patchy fog. away from the bay, a mostly sunny start. that patchy fog at 50. the north bay, 45 and a fe

car poolers can still use the lanes for free, and electric vehicles get a 50 percent discount, but everyoneto pay. commuters also need one of the new transponders so use them. drivers are telling us that they have mixed feelings. >> time is money. if i'm in a rush, i know i have to pick up my kid by 6:00 a.m., that's fine, i'll pay $6 and not stress. >> i'm already putting so much money into taxes on my vehicle, my gas tax, and now they're getting us with this driving lane too. >>> new reports suggest california may be facing another drought. sense the start of the water year on october 1st, we've seen barely any rain. the federal drought monitor map shows 81 percent of the state is as they put it abnormally dry. >> the longer term question is what are the trends for california given now that we're fundamentally changing the climate. will we see more severe droughts more often or will we see more extreme rainfall events and flooding more often? >>> and now speaking of the weather. >> darren peck is out on the ice. we've been keeping our fingers crossed for you darren, just hoping that we do

if you want to go through the express lane as a car pooler and not pay the toll, you need this fast track >> if you are a driver and want to get through the express lane and pay the toll. you would turn it to one. if you are a car pool and you want it free. turn it to two. if you have two or three. motorcycles would also turn to 3. >> clean air vehicles required to get a different fast track tag. >> anyone with a clean air vehicle has to show proof they have a decal. and they will get a special transponder to get a 50% discount. >> in order to enforce the rules they will be watching. >> people are going through the lane, it will read the transponder and that number showed the person that was driving through the lane had it turned to two. >> both 580 and 680 require a fast track. the hours are 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and they have video enforcement so they would like regional consistency now for 237. >> now to a different roadway. this in pittsburg. a mom gave birth this morning. happened along the side of highway 4. drone view 7 flew over where it happened. audio seemed to indicate everyth

i suppose it would be fair to say that the putter resident —— pooler residents of delhi are worst affectedething to help you. how long is going carry on for? the season of the smug? as delegates courier, and because we have had such a long and so monsoon and a lot of rain and an active diwali which puts a lot of fireworks and dust into the air, itjust depends on how long crop burning goes on for and how the weather comes. if there is a lot more wind, and there is more movement, perhaps theyjust send the smoke will move out, but it is not going any time immediately. very quickly, with the firm is cooperating trying to combat this problem? is there something that the government would risk taking on? —— with the farmers cooperate. individual farmers often control a small area so you do not get the same impact from larger firms small area so you do not get the same impact from largerfirms in countries in the uk. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news. the latest development in the 39 deaths in the refrigerated lorry that was found in essex. we have a statement here from essex police. t

car poolers and motorcyclists can use the lane for free but they have to use that add justable fastrakl. >>> the trail on the top of the richmond bridge will be open tomorrow. now the trail will be accessible from the intersection of tuksberry in main street in san rafael. when it opens, pedestrians and bicyclists will be able to cross the bridge without driving for the first time in hii guess i'll try over that. take a little spin. >>> 6:49 is the time let's check in with sal for a look at traffic this morning. >> all right, pam, dave, we do have a commute that is getting busier now. we're getting closer to 7:00 and taking a look at 24. it's still doing very well. i would be happy with this commute through lafayette and/orinda. there's some slow traffic through pittsburgh and bay point. but it seems just a little better than normal and if you look at 80, 31-minute drive especially with some of the incidents we had earlier. we had some crashes on this commute but it's only about a half hour drive and then at the toll plaza you add about 15 minutes. we did have some sort of car fire or

is definitely impact out there the drive into sa francisco will be busy for the ca payers the car pooler ers spilling back into the oakland maze, it's often on up e incline through the 11 to 15 minu-es to make it in and off to fremont street which is good. we're checkg in on on a 92 the drive across the 70 oh bridge no big trouble spots right now it's crawling from the tolls on to th flat section. no problems at the high rise just under 30 minutes. i'll take it that's good. we have a little condo right here so 85 is just slow off and on through los gatos in cupertino 37 minutes to make it into mountain view and then we're tracking in on e oh one nobody problems along the peninsula to san francisco. a very quick 10 minutesor your drive daria. thanks a lot rob and a 7.18 police in fremont haven't morning there are smash and grabgoing on and a lot of them in e day. and this is all early the morning, 15 cars were hit in the nile's district, there's one home looks like it was hit with a hard object, maybe iraq. it only takes a few seconds for mebody to grab all the stuff in your car. they're

traffic because it's going to take up a whole lane of traffic, and there's not going to be enough car poolerss of the city. >> reporter: the plan is to move slowly starting with a new study. they'll look at where to put potential toll revenues and how to limit the impact on those who can't afford to use the proposed lanes. >> there's job growth. there's population growth, and with that comes more vehicles. so doing nothing on our freeways is going to mean more congestion in coming years. >> reporter: especially since this project is just getting underway. we asked you to join the conversation, you can do that on abc7news.com. tell what you say you think the best solution is. live from 101, i'm kris reyes, now back to the newsroom. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >>> wildfires and power shutoffs were on the agenda between governor newsome, pg&e's top executives and attorneys. he reiterated his frustration with pg&e and pushed for a resolution that results in a transformed utility. ceo bill johnson defe

if you are a car pooler so pretty decent trip into san francisco. no other alerts are hotspots we have one on the dumbarton bridge remember that crash. we had 2 lanes shut down westbound that's gone. traffic has not recovered at one point it was over an hour. now we're down to 35 which is still not that heavier than normal to the peninsula, but it's better to 37 not bad 11 minutes from milpitas to sonny bill james. >>time now 7.19 for your money this morning more americans are considering a meat free thanksgiving, and which airline bump more passengers than any other we've got jane king live the nasdaq to answer that question. good morning, jack i j. >>good morning well, american airlines but more passengers this year than all well the us airlines combine and that's going to the department of transportation the carrier but more than 3400 passengers as comparison during that same time period southwest about 314 united boat, teen and delta did not both well december is the best time to buy a home data solutions says only 3 days of the year offer disco

bay bridge traffic looks normal to there's a long lines spilling into t maze but if your car pooler yous look fantastic cash res in fast trackers jealous, oking at the carpoolers as they just assume on by 10 minutes here to make it off to fremont stre. most of the bay area doing fine and our numbers are high. but that'snormal for this time of mourning the minutes 55 minutes from to 38 to 37, as you work your way south james, all right. thank you very much bizarre potential child abduction was caught on camera in los angeles police in lendale are investigating. >>a man who tried to lure an sarah donchey now with the story. >>it is ery pareat's worst fear a stranger seemingly trying to war a child into his car. thatear was a reality for this father who is going by gary my son readily start crying, it was those awfully know gary's wife and young son were visiting him at the endale restaurant where he works when a naked man and a female passenger drove up to what was happening in this s dash cam video which was rollingt the time and they rolled the car right next to my. >>cornered try like

nice improvement. 12 minutes to the north bay, the bay bridge traffic up mostly improve for the car poolerit your line right here down the middle spills back into the maze so the usual crawl into san francisco but trouble free. here's another look i'm leaving a san leandro in castro valley, 5 of the east from to 38 all along the dublin grady going to be heavy. it will pick up just east of crown king in or you think hang in rather and the boat before you get to foothill san ramon you are back at the limit but from castro valley along the grand lots of slowing and that's without any major issues for the south bay 14 minutes, san jose to milpitas 2.80 looks a pretty sluggish too. 23 minutes from san jose heading north to 85 in cupertino daria. thanks robin, a 47 big operation is underway in the east bay to clear out a homeless encampment to create safe space for people to park there are v's for free kron four's theresa stasi or has more. this homeless encampments that they're cleaning up here in oakland is only about a mile away from city hall but. >>despite the short distance, it's almost as

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