that competes with salesforce. it is software that helps sales and support will help customers. >> reporter: he is the ceo of fresh works. like salesforce they may cloud- based crm or customer relationship management products . software that is designed to keep track of customers and keep them happy. >> every time you call your phone company or every time you call your cable company come you get on the phone with an agent or a sales representative . they kind of struggle with, who are you? tell me your name and your social security number. your phone number. tell me why you are calling. what product do you use? the better the software is for the representative , the better experience you have is a consumer. >> reporter: there are millions of sales reps and millions of support agents using salesforce products. if you are a business and you're trying to sell stuff to a lot of people what you want to keep track of them. >> figure out what they are buying an online. >> reporter: not as personal as facebook and not as p

in front of salesforce tower. quite a confusing scene for passengers trying to get to the new transit center tonight. those passengers are being directed to the temporary transbay terminal at howard and main until the inspections are complete. the closure is effect immediately. we're currently at first and mission where the mta has the area blocked off. right now, first street between market and howard is closed as those inspections are being made because of the issue that you guys have been mentioning. we've been in touch with the joint powers authority. it's closed. the salesforce transit center out of caution. passengers being directed to the old transbay terminal tonight as you can imagine, traffic is a nightmare especially on market street into the other surface streets. of course, the area near moscone center because ofrefoe. all of this combining for a major problem in downtown san francisco. >> chris, i know it's early in the process of inspecting that beam and possibly other ones to be certain that everyt

we bought a well run profitable - >> do they run on salesforce >> they run on salesforce. >> okay. >>hat's not why we bought them we bought them because that's an important institution that is having a positive global impact on the world and is deeply aligned with our family's values and we're delighted to be the new stewards of "time" magazine. i hope, jim, you and everyone else will help us make it a huge success. because i do believe for time success is all of our success. >> well, i wrote for them for a long time so i agree when i look around i do not see the typical crowd that i expect from a consumer electronics trade show or something like that speak to me about who's here. >> i so strongly believe not only that business is a platform for change, but that everyone has to be included in this fourth industrial revolution look who's on this floor this is every gender this is every religion, every race, every -- we're bringing everyone in. this concept we have of exclusive capitalism is made possible by trail head you have gone to trail head.com. >> yes. >> you can get trained on t

the salesforce transit center shut down over a cracked beam. what c now from abc7 it, live breaking news. >> wow, that's crazy. that's really unsafe, you know? >> it took eight years and more than $2 billion to build. but after only a few weeks in operation, the salesforce transit center is closed tonight because of a cracked steel beam creating a huge mess for commuters. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. it was first discovered around 10:00 this morning on the third level bus deck. foys from a "san francisco chronicle" photographer show a e area.e rm natas closes and evacuated around 4:30 in the afternoon. bus service being moved to the old temporary transbay terminal at main and folsom streets only a few blocks away from where the salesforce transit center is locked. team coverage for you on this breaking story tonight. cornell bernard has the impact on the commute. kate larsson begins with how the crack was first discovered. kate? >> reporter: larry beil, that's right. inspectors are here right now. at least through tomorrow trying to a

salesforce transit center is closed. if you're just joining us this morning, they are doing safety inspections today. zooming in, look act surface streets, the closure of free mont between howard and mission around the salesforce transit center. that is really starting to stack up as you exit the bridge. take harrison off-ramp instead. or better yet, use mass transit. leave that vehicle is at home. now let's check in with meteorologist drew. >> the three-day forecast, mild in the 70s most parts away from the coast. peninsula, east bay, well into the 80s. hottest spots in the 90s. a little bit of relief tomorrow. the big cooldown friday. dramatic drop in temperatures. back to reality to finish out the temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s. matt, jessica. >>> drew, thank you. a milestone for the san francisco asian art museum. the mayor was in attendance for the ground-breaking ceremony on a major expansion project. the museum on larkins street is adding a new exhibition pavilion with a huge open floor space. and an art t

for the salesforce tower. they offered a preview tour of their new observation deck. kpix 5's juliette goodrich was there and got a look. >> reporter: ken we are at the lobby of the salesforce tower and you ken see behind me the transit center that is shut down. as we walk over here it's bustling with activity. you see a lot of people here, and our tour went on as scheduled. we got to go inside salesforce, specifically up to the 61st floor. it is a long way to the top, but salesforce ceo mark says take a view. >> we think this is the world's best living room. the tallest building west of chicago. >> reporter: the top floor, the ohana floor. >> there's an exhibition kitchen, there's a barista bar there is beautiful residential seating. >> reporter: and a spectacular view today. you ken see the transatlantic holding on one side and as you walk over here we will give you a 360 degrees view. you ken see the bay bridge, all the water and sailboats. if you are afraid of heights, don't look down. one floor down a con

into the san francisco commute where the salesforce transit center is closed. street clocher and part of the off-ramp from the bay bridge closed too. this is the first time i have seen things back up onto the bay bridge. all the details for the closures, tell you everything you need to know coming up in a few minutes. >>> this just in at the live desk. president trump is standing by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> he's an absolute gem. he has been treated very unfairly by the democrats who are playing a con game. the republicans could not be nicer, could not be more respectful to the process, certainly could not be more respectful to the woman. and i'm okay with that. i think i might have pushed it forward a lot faster. >>> the woman the president is referring to is dr. christine blasey ford. she will testify on capitol hill tomorrow. republicans say they will vote on kavanaugh's nomination on friday. >>> and we have a brand-new mug shot of bill cosby this morning. the pennsylvania department of correction s released the booking photo. he was sentence

thank you. >> the salesforce transit center opened to great fanfare august 12th. there were three days of events where huge crowds showed up and stayed for hours. just a month after the opening, problems started to show up a couple of weeks ago. the walkway in the public park that sits four stories bob street level started crumbling. chunks broke apart. workers have been patch package the holes. another wrinkle to the story is is the legal dispute between the owners of millennium tower and the transit authority. the tower is sinking and the owners blamed the nearby salesforce transit center. a judge ruled transbay power must pick up some of the millennium's legal bills. today the executive director said he didn't think the cracked beam will anything to do with the sinking tower. the transit center's closure will likely cause major headaches for the morning commute. we have you covered at 4:30 tomorrow morning. alexis smith, track reporter, will help you get around the mess on abc 7 mornings. >>> dream force is only adding to the traffic headache that drivers are d

this is salesforce center. the beam aware of the crack was discovered okayed above the third level buses duck. if you look at the bottom, that is the rel duck that has already been built. then the other docket for the buses and the street-level and the park on the top. the beam of the center located on the fremont side which is why the street is still closed at fremont and admission causing major construction in the area. here are one of the street closures. this is the bay bridge on the right to coming in weston. you see the yellow. that is the fremont exits right down to where the traffic sensor was. right where jesse was. the cars are not being allowed for ministry causing a huge backup because people are confused or using harrison street just a few blocks away. you can see on the left bottom where dream force is going on at howard street closed between third and fourth. my best suggestion comey did yesterday. i took apart. spot that is what you have in thing and we have been saying, all morning long. to get

. >>> breaking news out of san francisco, the new salesforce transit center is under evacuation. the entire center is temporarily being shut down after a crack was found in a steel beam there. san francisco police tell us the street between howard and mission is closed and 27 bus lines that use the terminal have been rerouted. you will recall the brand-new transit center just open to the public a short time ago. we received a statement from the power authority saying quote crews today discovered a fissure in one of the steel beams into the ceiling of the third level bus deck of the eastern side of the salesforce transit center. out of an abundance of caution, the trans bay joint powers authority, after conferring with design engineers and contractors, will temporarily close the transit center as the agency works to investigate and repair the issue. we are expecting more information on the story at a news conference that is set to happen in less than 30 minutes and we will bring it to you. >>> two scares on back-to-back days, brush fires on a hillside forcing quick responses from

you know that it's salesforce dream force right now. that's two blocks down the street at mosconeny center. there's 150,000 people here for that event. salesforce tower just to my side here, and millennium is next door. some of the practices we've been reporting on for months, all of this in close proximity. in san francisco, sam brock, neighborhoods news. >> you mentioned it, the nearby medical linen yum tower having problems of its own. under orders from city building inspectors, experts were checking that 36th floor window that suddenly cracked over labor day weekend. all 116 units in the tower will be checked for similar window cracks and damage within 90 days. the big unanswered question is whether the turbo's tilt is to blame tot cracks. our investigative unit are working on this story. >>> a led to a near catastrophe at san francisco international, that's what the ntsb says is the cause from a plane flying 50 feet from a packed commercial flight at sfo. we look at the mistakes made, who was to blame, and a new revelation about an

emily: salesforce founder marc benioff.oming up, we just heard marc benioff share his take on instagram founders leaving facebook. we will dig into what really like to their departure and how the street took the surprise announcement. that is next. and, check us out on the radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: instagram's cofounders unfriended facebook tuesday. sources told bloomberg they left over growing tensions with mark zuckerberg. the duo had been at the company since facebook acquired instagram in 2012, and had largely been able to operate independently of facebook and zuckerberg. keeping control over their brand and product. but lately, they had become frustrated with an unusual uptick in day-to-day involvement by zuckerberg, who is now more reliant on instagram, now worth $100 billion, for facebook's growth. sarah frier followed the story. sarah: facebook is so much more dependent on instagram now than it ever was. because facebook's own growth is going to slow. they are going to have to spend more to grow in new ar

on behalf of our board, i want to welcome you to the salesforce transit centre and the salesforce park. i will also be introducing you today to our masters of ceremony. the former mayor, willie brown, in a few moments to begin the program. before that, i want to start by personally thanking all of you for coming. you have been waiting for this day for a long time. you all received a commemorative pin and that is our official opening date. august 11th, 2018. that is eight years to the date of the actual groundbreaking for the center. four years ago, i had the honor of being appointed to the tjpa board by mayor ed lee. i have watched this project, weather at challenging times and come together and exceed our expectations. the salesforce transit centre is the true regional partnership designed to help bay area commuters get to and from their destinations. it also will become a destination all over town with beautiful gardens, and out court -- outdoor amphitheater, public arts, and the children's play area. in the future, there will be cafÉs, and great places to shop. the center mean so mu

the salesforce transit center is closed until further notice.idge wb 80 at fremont st. left lane closed. fremont st also closed howard to mission. . howard st closed 3rd to 4th. plan ahead after a foggy start for some afternoon temperatures will boost under mostly sunny afternoon skies. high temperatures will top out in the 60's and 70's along the coast and the bay with 80's and 90's again inland. today's temperatures are expected to be the warmest in the forecast before a not so subtle drop in ( james ) california is one of the worst states for bicyclists in the country. according to the national highway traffic and safety administration... california... florida and texas were responsible for almost 40% of the cyclist deaths in the country. dating back to 2007... california is fifth on the list of most cyclist deaths per 100-thousand people. according to transportation officials... the reasons for the rise in deaths include more overall traffic and more driver distractions. ( sara ) the brand new transbay transit center in san francisco is shut

earlier, there was an active protest about one of the clients for salesforce, and they want salesforce to stop the contract with the u.s. border patrol. they funded billboards and the company was called on to cancel those contracts because of the policy of separating families at the border. co-ceo marc benioff said he is open to hearing about those concerns. >> technology is going to have these key stakeholders saying, how will you use this technology. we've created a whole new structure we will announce called the office of ethical and humane news so we can engage and have those conversations. so important to us. >> reporter: will have to wait to see what the announcement is and what channels or venues salesforce will initiate for people to express concerns with the company's clients. back out here live at third and howard is the intersection you are looking at and you can see the street is completely taken over. howard between third and 4th street is shut down for the salesforce conference going on. 170,000 people are attending this four day event. a lot of activity and you can see o

the charitable arm of salesforce -- salesforce- dot-org...han 50-million dollars in donations to bay area schools. that includes the nearly 16-million dollars it's c-e-o marc benioff announced tuesday that it is committing in grants this year to the san francisco and oakland unified school districts.vincent matthews/sfusd- "we've established a program called "pitch," and we're looking at providing resources, uh for low-income students of color and we're gonna use these dollars to do just that." the san francisco unified school district receives eight- point-five millions dollars. oakland unified about seven million. oakland unified superintendent doctor kyla johnson-trammell (truh-mel) says she intends to focus the money on middleschool students... like the ones who attended the first day of "dreamforce."kyla johnson- trammell/ousd- "it really helps us to address many of the opportunity gaps that keep many of our students, um, from actually reaching their full human potential." the school districts say the money will help expand their compute

the salesforce transit center is closed down. just getting into san francisco, my suggestion is to use b.a.r.t.. b.a.r.t. is the best way. i used it yesterday and it worked like a charm. let talk about the other commutes. this is a look at 880 n. and south. traffic is moving along all right. southbound on 880, there is slowing in hayward and that is all. i will show you on a map you can see a slowing of hayward and slow with a minor crash on fremont. it is not a big crash but it could lock traffic. the crash northbound on 85, it was involving the fire truck. no one was injured but the traffic is slow on 85. let's go back to the desk.>>> there is more developing story, widespread transit challenges is affecting both sides of the bay. the transit center, there is a cracked roof. >> they are covering the challenges that commuters are facing around the bay area but let's go to jesse. you are the salesforce transportation center that the problem engineers are looking into. jesse? truck good morning. at least it did not happen on a mon

that is where salesforce has a lot of untapped opportunities. keith we have made a lot of : investment to drive growth in the international space. aipac was 28% growth in the quarter. really, this is a strategy born out of driving success for our customers globally. we want to be able to service our customers globally, so there is a lot of room to run. we are excited about those results. you can see it in error q2 -- our q2. emily: you worked at oracle for 26 years. we have heard marc benioff trade barbs many times. is oracle in dire straits as he seems to think it is? keith: we are in a wonderful place. i have been with salesforce five years, just celebrated my fifth year anniversary in june, and i could not be more thrilled to be here. we are excited for the future. emily: who is the competition then? keith: there is competition and every element. our category of crm continues to broaden. we see competition. look at our results. we are growing at twice the rate of the market, taking share, operating at scale, growing at scale, executing at sca

emily: salesforce has been known for making big deals.ow much will a mandate be part of this -- m&a be part of your strategy and where? >> our ideas always come from our customers. we listen to our customers. they give us our great ideas. our most recent acquisition and two, we gotthey -- that idea from our customers. emily: i've heard plenty of salesforce acquisition rumors. we've heard twitter come up. is that something that has ever been of interest? >> will listen to our customers and that is our guiding light. that is how we decide how we innovate. emily: let me put it this way, would you do a deal that big? are you open to big, potentially transformative deals? >> real soft was a largest acquisition we have done in the history of the company. emily: let's talk about international expansion. what is the actual status? that is where salesforce has a lot of untapped opportunities. >> we have made a lot of investment to drive growth in the international space. strategy borns a out of driving success for our customers globally. we want t

we built something, jim, called salesforce einstein. salesforce einstein.r one artificial intelligence platform in enterprise applications. we now are doing billions of einstein transactions every day. the ability for our customers to radically use artificial intelligence to make them more productive and smarter about their customers. so what we do is we're connecting einstein to siri or einstein to any other voice platform then we take that voice recognition and we're moving it to the database. don't forget when i say i want that turkey sandwich or i want my favorite sandwich, siri knows what i'm saying with my voice. but then we have to be able to take that and retrieve it or insert it into the customer database that's the magic that's einstein voice. it is the glue, the middle ware, the energy that links all the voice systems that you are using in your home, on your phones, with the number one crm salesforce. >> let's talk about what salesforce is doing. on that last conference call i was astounded, you said it ceos are spending like you have never seen

are starting to see a backup on the bay bridge, westbound 880 getting into san francisco, that salesforce transit center is closed and we have part of the fremont off-ramp closed as well, exiting 80 and then fremont itself is closed, as well, right around the salesforce transit center. keep all of that in mind, if you can leave the vehicle at home, that is definitely recommended. zooming and checking out these surface stree at bit of red starting to fill in. >> and speaking of that fog, look behind me, you can barely see the bay bridge.

salesforce transit inspectors took a look and decided to evacuate that portion.horities ultimately decided to close the entire facility. fremont street is shut down entirely between mission and howard. they do not know how long the -- large the crack is or how long it makes there in the structural integrity of the center. >> i want to make sure investigations are ongoing. we will be working tonight, tomorrow morning to have a better understanding of the calls and whether other locations are impacted. once it has been determined we can determine and decide which portions of the building can be open to the public again.>> reporter: because of the closure the buses are picking up and dropping off pack -- passengers at the temporary terminal. that was the one that was being used before the $2.2 billion center opened in august. the new terminal will be closed indefinitely as inspectors try to learn more about the cracked seal being -- beam. we may know more in a day or two about the possibility of reopening at least some portions of the transit center. we are anticipa

dream force by salesforce.ll that it entails. >> but for these students from willie brown middle school in san francisco, an opportunity to learn something new. >> the coding that they're doing and the activities they're using in school will one day translate into hpi wecom better community. >> as they coded away, salesforce co-ceo marc benioff kicked off the four-day event by sharing this. >> if you want to participate in all of this amazing energy and activities and this incredible economy that is emerging, you need a strong education. >> that's why salesforce is donating $15.5 million to help support students and staff in both the san francisco and oakland unified school districts in the upcoming year. a major investment towards math, science and computer science innovation as well as teacher training and programs for low income and immigrant populations. the company also announced a $2 million grant for organizations that work directly with the homeless. part of which will go to lark instreet youth services

the charitable arm of salesforce -- salesforce- dot-org... made more than 50-million dollars in donations to bay area schools. that includes the nearly 16-million dollars it's c-e-o marc benioff announced tuesday that it is committing in grants this year to the san francisco and oakland unified school districts.vincent matthews/sfusd- "we've established a program called "pitch," and we're looking at providing resources, uh for low-income students of color and we're gonna use these dollars to do just that." the san francisco unified school district receives eight- point-five millions dollars. oakland unified about seven million. oakland unified superintendent doctor kyla johnson-trammell (truh-mel) says she intends to focus the money on middle school students... like the ones who attended the first day of "dreamforce."kyla johnson- trammell/ousd- "it really helps us to address many of the opportunity gaps that keep many of our students, um, from actually reaching their full human potential." the school districts say the money will help expand

the annual salesforce convention dreamforce is underway. filling mosconi north south and west 170,000 visitors brought to the san francisco area a boost to the visitors and convention business. but salesforce cocrest o announced a major boost for bay area schools. 15.5 million dollars going to san francisco at oakland -- and oakland schools saying it's part of the responsibility as a native san franciscoan and san francisco businessman. >> when you have the stake holders, employees, customers, partners and customers, the public schools and you bring them altogether, a company can be a catalyst for a change in a city. look what salesforce is doing with san francisco. >> reporter: oakland mayor schaaf says previous donations have paid off. >> because of salesforce, this year, 1300 students took computer science courses in oakland. >> reporter: san francisco's mayor saying it's an investment in the future. >> we are going to change what is normal in san francisco because we are going to invest in our kids on the front end. we are going to make

emily: salesforce has redefined customer relationship management. what are the white spaces you see out there that still you see out there that still exist for you? keith: there's plenty of opportunity just athat we play, but also we are considered to be one of the most innovative companies in the world. having the market share leader in sales, service. there is a lot of room to run. focus on our industry solutions, international expansion, all that just realizes great customer success. and great growth, like our success in the quarter. emily: salesforce has been known for making big deals. we have seen you make big acquisitions. how much will m&a be part of your strategy and where? keith: we think about organic and inorganic and our ideas always come from our customers. we listen to our customers. they give us our great ideas. when we acquired wheel soft, our most recent acquisition in quarter two, we got that idea from our customers. we got that idea from our customers. so we listen to our customers for innovation strategy. emily: i've heard plent

second morning of the closure of the salesforce transit center. everybody is back at the old temporary trans bay transit center. fremont closure in effect, along with part of the fremont off-ramp from the bay bridge. there you go. you got that all straight? i'm still trying to get it straight in my mind too. we're looking at heavy traffic on the bay bridge. that's because we have the two left lanes blocked around harrison due to road work. it should be wrapping up any minute. take either ramp. once we make it to the surface streets, i'll zoom in on traffic maps, we are looking pretty good today. keeping a close eye all morning. next traffic updates coming up in 10 minutes. >>> as alexis said, a lot of uncertainty for the salesforce transit center. >> a second crack that be found. amy hollyfield joins with us a better timeline of when this could all be fixed. amy? >> reporter: it's going to be a while, jessica. the transit center and fremont street will be closed at least through next week with engineers saying they do not want to reopen the street

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i have been running salesforce for 20 years. me most important thing to is the success of our stakeholders, customers, employees, partners, public schools. that is what i focus on. i'm excited keith is now co-ceo with me. emily: there were reports that salesforce was interested in buying twitter. investors did not seem to excited about that. do you see the possibility of salesforce having a consumer facing subsidiary someday? marc: today, we have billions of users using our products in one direction or another. the most important thing to me is that i am managing for all of our stakeholders and that i'm listening deeply. investors are one of my key stakeholders. customers are a stakeholder, employees are stakeholders, public schools are stakeholders. investors are stakeholders, and i will meet with them. when i meet with those investors, i am deeply listening to them. when they said we would like you to buy this company or do not buy that company, or we want this relationship, i take that seriously. we have been a public company

they say it is five routes to that salesforce are rerouted to the temporary terminal. ac transit has diverted all bus lines to howard and peel street. golden gate transit says route 30, 70 0.01 will pick up and drop off at first mission as well as howard. all vehicle traffic will are not allowed on fremont street between howard and mission street until further notice. the start of the commute, the center was locked enclosed after 4 pm with the power authority announced they were shifting all bus lines and operations to the temporary terminal. this was while the center was being built. that traffic is at the height of the evening can be. buses ha confusion. that is live with buses that are showing up. not started yet. may see more commuter traffic on bart as well. we do expect to hear the update later this afternoon as to where the salesforce transit center will reopen. ktvu fox 2 please. >> the closure the center comes as salesforce is holding the dream force covers. the estimated 170,000 people from around the world are there just a few blocks away from the transit ce

london breed: thank you, mark, and thank you to the salesforce team. i am london breed, and i am honored to be mayor of such an incredible city. welcome to the city and county of san francisco. mark and i both grew up in san francisco, native san franciscans. we know the experiences of the city over the years and how much it's changed. we have a growing economy where we have a 2.4% unemployment rate, but yet, we still see the challenges that exist on our streets. i went to public schools, but so many of my friends who i grew up with, sadly, ended up behind bars, sadly, dropped out of high school, and sadly, lost their life to gun violence. we are going to change what is normal in san francisco because we are going to invest in our kids on the front end. we are going to make sure that the doors of opportunity in the technology field are available to them. that's what this contribution is about, leaving no child behind. many of you know that making sure that our kids get a good education and the companies that are part of san francisco contribute to pain

which of course, includes the iconic salesforce tower. we can all be grateful that he also helped us secure with the help of leader pelosi, senator feinstein and boxer, the $400 million to build the rail levels which will fulfil the mandate of the public to bring commuters and high-speed rail into the salesforce transit centre. i want to acknowledge all of them. there's too many people to thank you. i think all of you for all of your support. in closing, when you visit the new center, give yourself time to experience all it has to offer. reflect on the words circling the beautiful light column in front of me. walk-through the floor garden. can you identify the cultures represented by the patterns found in the florida? can you find the hidden key? make your way to the rooftop park. brief in the varied and lush plants that come from all over the world. have fun observing the whimsical water fountain as it announces the arrival of the buses below. stroll along the parks pathway. relax in the amphitheater. the possibilities are simply endless

today we learned that two beams at the salesforce transit center are cracked. it has been shut down a little more that 24 hours. probably won't reopen before next week. >> sky 7 is flying over i-80 over san francisco so we can see an impact on the drivers as well as people taking transit. you can see with sky map 7 you can see all of the roads there. >> traffic actually looks pretty good even exiting the city on 80, which is normally bumper to bumper. maybe people are taking public transportation or worked at home. i don't know. let's look at the real-time traffic maps. oh, boy. rd means slow traffic. purple means the street is closed. as you can see, it is a little tough getting to the bay bridge, but otherwise this is actually a lot better than it was last night at this time when it was complete grid lock all throughout the downtown area. >> we do have live team coverage tonight from the perspective of commuters as well as investigators. let's begin with "abc 7 news" reporter melanie wood row to understand exactly what the problem is at the transit center. me

and of course you can't pass that salesforce transit center. some blocks aren't as jammed as others. but one bus agency you to give yourself more time. near the bay bridge a new detour around the shutdown fremont street and $2.2 billion salesforce transit center. >> in fact, one of my co-workers is kind ever complaining because we can't walk underneath the terminal to get to a place we wanted to go for lunch. >> reporter: this man says his ride in on ac transit wasn't bad. it brought him to the temporary transbay terminal. he's used to it. >> i'm going to take off a little bit earlier to see if -- to make sure i don't have any delays going home. >> reporter: ac transit spokesperson robert lyle said operators didn't report many significant morning delays but for the evening they have this advice. >> afford a little bit of extra time during your evening commute. we anticipate more riders and we anticipate more cars and invariably there will likely be a slowdown on the streets. >> driving it wasn't easy or recommended. rex sanders was 45 minutes l

the new salesforce transit center will be the new normal. while crews the transit, they won't reopen fremont street to the public until two cracked steel beams on the third floor . >> the beam basically supports the roof and spans -- it's holding up the bridge over free metropolitan street. >> reporter: crews found a crack tuesday morning and a second crack during a second inspection. >> very scary. >> reporter: the closure means thousands of commuters are back at the temporary bus terminal facing longer trips on snarled streets. >> just get it fixed, get it done right so we can get back to normal, a more efficient service. >> reporter: engineers believe the problem is isolated to the fremont street structure but they don't know what caused the beams to crack. >> i'm going to get to the bottom of who knew what when and why did this happen. >> reporter: they plan to hold hearings about the structural failure. it's the second big failure. president first is when the transit center needed city bailout. >> the actual cost to operate it is more t

this gorgeous view from our salesforce tower camera.see the clouds and fog but of but that are the golden colors in the sky. the sun is just about to rise. you can see mt. diablo there. the sunrise coming in at 7:01 am. our temperatures, we are looking at concord at 55, oakland a 56, livermore at 55, san francisco at 54, seven is a test accent hosea 57 and 49 in santa rosa. it's foggy again this morning. hayward, one quarter mile a mile and a half in oakland and a quarter mile in petaluma as well as santa rosa. dense fog in spots along the coast and parts of the bay. as we head through the afternoon, most of us will see the sunshine. for the bay and inland communities they will warm up. the fog will pull -- the fog will pull back. as we head into the weekend, cool for all of us with rain chances possible next week. let's talk about the microclimates. that is our big story for today. ocean beach a high of 57 and conquered at 95. they are about 40 miles away but a temperature difference of 38 degrees. our microclimates in action today. he

>> we are very safe, salesforce transit center is bolted to bedrock . >> reporter: confirmed? >> confirmed. [ laughter ] >> >> reporter: i learned that the foundation is socketed into bedrock and the team wants you to know they are safe here. a lot of people are so busy with the dream force convention it hasn't come up except for the traffic issues. as for the traffic coming, it's open to the public and the 61st floor will be open early next year. in san francisco, juliet goodrich, kpix 5 . >> we will have the latest developments on our website at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com. >>> coming up next, the latest , as another woman accuses supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual conduct. >>> and the award-winning roof from right here in the bay area.[ music ] testify in a hearing tomorrow fore the senat >>> now, to washington where christine blasey ford will testify in hearing tomorrow before the senate judiciary committee. also today the palo alto professor released her testimony. she will describe the alleged attack saying that brett kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to k

a live look at the bay bridge from our camera high atop the "salesforce tower" camera. clear conditions this morning. >> it's clear and beautiful and it will be warm. taking a live look out at the different angle from the "salesforce tower," you can see coit tower all lit up and beautiful. breezy. right now your current temperatures, 57 degrees in concord. san francisco 55. santa rosa a little cooler just dropping down now into the 40s. 49 degrees in santa rosa. your headlines for the day, mostly clear this morning. maybe a little bit of visibility issues along the coast. that's about it. it's going to be sunny and warm today and that's going to be the story all the way through the weekend. it's going to be sunny, warm and also it's going to be dry. taking a live look at your highs for today, 90s in the north bay. 91 santa rosa. warmer inland. 93 fairfield. 91 concord. 70s and 80s at the bay. >>> traffic is bunching up towards treasure island on the upper deck of the bay bridge. we have a car blocking a lane outside just past the bridge blocking that far left lane. it l

and the salesforce made such contributions to the city. there is a complaint about who he does business with but i don't get into that. i will not comment on that. it is amazing how we sit here going out tonight. we are in a technology advance spot. amazing. what a wonderful city and how great it is to be living here. what a place to be right now. >> president cleaveland: thank you. i feel better already. left monk -- [laughter] >> president cleaveland: is there any public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. madam secretary, would you cause -- call the next item. >> clerk: item eight is future agenda meetings. >> commissioner hardeman: we like to stick together as spoiled brats. [laughter] >> president cleaveland: s. or any public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. commissioners? what is your pleasure? >> commissioner covington: i am sorry. my name must have been left up. >> president cleaveland: all right. >> clerk: would you like to currently read what is on the docket? we have peer suppor

the bay bridge, you already know you have the salesforce a lot of streets around that. causing so traffic. dream force is close between third and fourth. south of market is going to be very slow. we would suggest taking bart and set of let's go back to the death. >>> more on the traffic in a big developing story. widespread challenging emergency closure the transit center in san francisco because of a cracked beam. leigh martinez covering the challenges commuters are facing around the bay area. we bring an jesse gary live at the salesforce traffic center with the problem that engineers are looking at. >>> morning. just to the right we have transit police who are talking to folks all morning long they are walking up asking questions i was talking this morning asking about more information about the inspection work later today and then how much longer will the transit center you see behind me. him much longer will it be closed. we are waiting for the response. let's take a look crews will inspect all of the beams to keep the public safe one crack is not the sign of a larg

that includes information on every bus line that uses the salesforce transit center.ou will have to go back to the old center for that, which is a block or two away. go to the app or abc7news.com right now to get that information. we should point out that he was saying they will be inspecting tonight into tomorrow morning, so this is a situation that could go on for a while. >> and don't forget the dream force convention continues tomorrow with all of those people needing to get into san francisco. >> right. >> that exact area. so you will definitely want to check out the "abc 7 news" app to get the latest and help you get to work. >> for sure. >>> coming up on "abc 7 news" at 6:00, find out what air canada is blaming for almost causing the worst aviation disaster in history when a plane came within a few feet of landing on top of other planes at sfo. . >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. hot, fall weather again for our inland communities tomorrow, but a major shift in the weather may be coming. i'll have a loser look straight ahead. . >>> and at 6:30, the clock is t

salesforce transit center closed the next week. crack discovered and the effort to find out what went wrong >> just 30 minutes to go. this morning christine blasey ford takes her story of sexual assault to congress. what we already know about her testimony and how judge brett kavanaugh is defending himself >> you're kids and screen time. the alert to parents for how much screen time they're getting and the affect on the child's brain. >>> one more hot day despite the fog. then a big cooldown arrives. and it's finally call. >>> changes coming here on this thursday, september 27th. >> thanks for joining us, everyone. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. drew tuma, tell us you need a sweater at the end of the week. >> you do. today is hot inland one more day. cooler weather works in here tomorrow. right now fog is an issue in the coast. visibility mode showing you half moon bay, santa rosa, petaluma, one-mile visibility at this hour. the fog is going to lift by 9:00, 10:00 this morning. hour by hour

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a lot if you're salesforce.uperstar janet jackson rocking the will graham civic center in san francisco tonight. part of the raising money for benioff children's hospital. lots of people packing the house, even though tickets were $1,000 acket. >> 1,000 bucks? >> the rock band metallica, one of you know who's favorites, also performed outside of civic center plaza. salesforce organized the show for its dreamforce conference which is taking place in san francisco this week. and if you haven't met metallica's number one fan -- >> i'm right here. janet jackson and metallica. >> janet? >> come on. >> miss jackson if you're nasty. >> that was good. >> that's going to do it for us tonight. we'll quit while we're ahead. thanks for joining us. have a good day tomorrow. >> bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart tonight show starring jimmy fall