this is southbound headed away from 66. southbound lanes are blocked. northbound, everybody is getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c. public schools will close 20 schools, most of them at the beginning of the next academic year. >> the reason, the growth in charter school enrollment. john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: cheryl bridge has given up on d.c. public schools. her sixth great daughter went for farabee hope elementary school from head start to fisk grade. now the daughter is in a publicly funded charter school. >> the cool are not up to where they need to be. here, they said my daughter was prefishent. charter school, she got bs and cs. that shouldn't have been. >> reporter: it is one of 20 d.c. public school buildings which will be closed and it is largely the growth of the charter schools in d.c. which is pushing chancellor kaya henderson to call for more closures. the school system closed 23 other schools in 2008. >> in some wards, more than half of all public school students are attending charter schools and

southbound 80 to 980, to 16th oakland area, two lanes southbound from 980 to 16th. bart system wide will have extra trains tomorrow to both airports and on sunday. thursday, thanksgiving day, bart will have sunday service which means service begins at 8 a.m.. >>> 4:40. >> investigation into that explosion that leveled a midwest neighborhood takes a new twist. why homicide detectives are now involved. >>> may be a new twist in the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. who a new documentary suggests may have been the killer. before cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. >>> welcome back. i thought we would mention streets getting wet, king ridge road, calistoga road, dillon beach road, a few of the streets that have light rain in the north bay. >>> 4:43. the fbi says four men with ties to southern california have been charged for plotting to join al-qaeda to commit violent jihad

and on 608 southbound -- 680 southbound, we have a nice drive on the sunole grade, let's go back to the>>> homeless women are being asked to take extra precautions as police are tracking down killer. here is the story of a young woman who has many people on edge, tara? >> reporter: well we are standing in the alleyway where a woman was brutally stabbed to death. now homeless women are being warned to remain on alert here. these are photographs of mckayla, a 24-year-old young mother who was attacked. she had recently become homeless, investigators believe she was likely killed where she was found, stabbed several times with a blade isn't instrument. and in the -- blade instrument. her former boyfriend and father of her two-year-old son said he left the victory outreach christian recovery home on october 11th with a man she met in santa rosa. now police are working in the area in humboldt county to see if they can come up with any leads. some say they knew mckayla had been asked to remain vigilant for their own safety. >>> the family of a man found dead in the hayward body shop are now de

an earlier southbound accident.it is backed up all the way to to create in san leandro. the back up just traveling farther down the freeway. we are really jammed up on 101 north bound there was late roadwork that forced the closure of the third avenue off ramps. that backed up onto 101. 101 is now backed up down to redwood city. we have major delays going in the san ramon valley with the south found stone belly accident that has backed up traffic into walnut creek and pleasant hill 4680 southbound and backed up into san ramon getting it to danville at 680 north bound. >> let us get to the what the centweather center with an update from erica. >> later this afternoon the sea breeze will kick in it will be a tad bit cooler than yesterday's. bic changes later tonight. we are tracking a system in the pacific that will approach the bay area and bring showers starting probably the overnight hours. here is the system you can see it rotating closer and closer to the bay. there will be more in the way of cloud cover wins wil

in santa clara county all lanes open again after big rig spilled its load on highway 101 southbound,in san martin at the east san martin avenue exit. chp says the big rig overturned and dumped a lot of dirt across several lanes around midnight, lanes were closed crews had to work several hours to get it cleaned up for the commute. >>> in daly city crews will be back along lausanne avenue after a wall of mud came down the hillside. amy hollyfield is back at the scene this morning, with what is next for affected residents. >> reporter: it looks so much better out here this morning. now the residents are a little nervous, could this happen again? the city officials still have a lot of work to do to build confidence of the residents. it took all day yesterday to clean the mud out, the mud invaded this neighborhood in daly city about 4:30 in the morning when a pipe broke and 45,000 gallons of water came rushing in, mud coated the streets. now the concern is the rain in the forecast for later this week and what that will mean for this waterlogged hillside in this neighborhood. >> worried a

we have delays on southbound 295. we have a left lane taken up by an accident and that is creating some backups. word of a crash in johns hopkins road. there's an accident on pulaski highway in middle river. delays on the west side. 23 miles per hour down towards edmondson. so far so good on 70. so far so good on the j.f.x. here's a quick, live look at traffic. there are your delays on the west side down towards edmondson. this is 83 at padonia road. still moving well down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. things will be about the same as the have been for the last several days. 45 in annapolis. 33 in parkton. there is safe little bit -- there is a little bit of cloud cover. this is the disturbance that become the nor'easter that we have been talking about. you can watch the time frame at the top of your screen. we have high pressure around baltimore. voting tomorrow will not be a problem. into wednesday morning, this computer mortar deepens a pretty good low. will be windy and c

slow, 10 miles an hour, single tracking southbound.best bet if you are traveling on the peninsula, take vta or get in your car and drive, caltrain not the way to go this morning. they are working to clear that up, it will be sometime. no other mass transit delays. other big problem westbound highway 4 port chicago that accident is clear. our waze app westbound direction you can see slow out of antioch damage is done, even though that accident is out of lanes. 40 minute drive at last from antioch towards highway 242. that accident cleared. to navigate your commute download this free app. >>> 6:53. >>> ahead, five things to know before you go. >>> the abc7 morning news return >>> as we get ready to hand things to have "good morning america" here are five things to know before you go: major delays for caltrain after a train hit a pedestrian in palo alto charleston avenue crossing. caltrain providing bus service between palo alto and san antonio stations. >> number two workers at port of oakland stopping trucks planning noon rally, they la

golden gate bridge 101 north bound, southbound no problems here the volume building in the southbound direction. a wet deck with drizzle. the east bay ride is good live than usual for interstate 80 and southbound 680 and westbound highway 24. the ride on 580 west is heavy to livermore. the south bay freeway looks good for 7:17 a.m.. there's hardly any slow traffic. >> thank you george. here and live look at the bay bridge toll plaza as we continue to talk about traffic. the bay bridge itself hit a milestone. not the one you drive on the new when the suspension one. if they actually transferred all of the weight of the new bridge to the cables that they have been slowly strangling their over the months we have been following the progress. all 32,500 t of the new debt is solely supported by those cables and not that to for structured they had parked underneath. that has been the big milestone again it will be sometime next year would weaken expected to drive on it. >> bart is changing its schedule in preparation for the busy holiday weekend. today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m

southbound 101 through marin pardon me north san rafael past freitas parkway light traffic roadwork southbound beginning cortamadera, two lanes cordoned off southbound, three lanes northbound until 5:30 this morning. police activity, amy hollyfield is there, westbound and eastbound treasure island off-ramps, closed. on-ramps are open the problem is on treasure island the main thoroughfare is blocked by the police so you can't access the bay bridge those past the road closure on t.i. and yerba buena island can get towards the bay bridge past the road closure. police activity in milpitas, jacqueline road between north milpitas and arizona avenue closed avoid the area there as well. >>> 4:41. >>> next, the important meeting today between u.n. ambassador susan rice and lawmakers over the deadly consulate attack in benghazi that killed chris stevens. >>> record breaking cyber monday. new stats find more of us are logging on to holiday deals. >> first the tech bites. >> don't look for the nintendo wii-u at stories for a while it sold out in its first week more than 400,000 units nintendo is shipping

southbound traffic is seeing some delays prior to 32.hat is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> president obama will be back on the ground meeting with the victims of super storm sandy. he is expected to visit s.i. and the rockaway -- he is expected to visit staten island and the rockaways. 11 people were killed after oil flooded the gulf. israeli aircraft are conducting air strikes on targets in southern gaza. so for three israelis have been killed by those rockets. egypt is asking for the u.s. to intercede diplomatically. >> safety officials are urging the government to make the latest technologies standard on all new cars and trucks. many of the safety features now come on higher-end vehicles. some stores are recycling black friday deals from last year. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. the food and drug administration investigating whether energy drinks or responsible for the deaths of people. it does recommend people consume no more than two bottles today. monster energy drinks are cited in the deaths of f

first eastbound ramp to southbound 880, left lane blocked eastbound 80 ramp to southbound 880, new accidentsouthbound 86, 16th two lanes blocked, delays are beginning to envelope there. look at your waze app, highway 4 westbound out of antioch, very slow bumper-to-bumper, as you make your way towards concord about a 20 to 25 minute commute. >>> 6:41 with >> not just soda getting the blame for america's obesity problem. >>> the tiny bottle promising a big caffeine jolt. new concerns raced -- raised about 5 hour energy. >>> dow is up more than 18 points. we go live to the new york stock exchange >>> welcome back many doppler radar covering the entire state, radar returns off the coast around los angeles and san diego where most of the moisture from our storm system is going now. it will shift north to the south of the monterey bay around big sur during the afternoon while the rest of us see increasing clouds 50s tahoe, mid 60s chico, yosemite, big sur, 68 san diego, 71, l.a. all of us will get rain tomorrow and snow over the weekend. >>> 6:44. let's check in with josh for a preview what is co

looking at our waze app looking at 101 southbound and northbound through petaluma moderate to heavy southbound very thick fog if you are leaving rohnert park towards petaluma fog is going to be a problem most of the north bay, take extra time and use those low beams download this free app, the waze app on the app store or google play and maneuver through your commute this morning. >>> choosing to work over taking vacation. >>> is the iphone 5 on your christmas list? the $1,000 discount one carrier is offering -- the $100 discount one carrier is aeufrg customers. >>> good morning. here's our airport delays, san francisco and oakland with an 8th mile visibility at sfo and a quarter of a nile oakland. check with your carrier all of the north bay less than a quarter of a mile and the best conditions now are over into the east bay concord and livermore, grab the jacket, chilly start, plenty 40s, even 30s, 52 san francisco, following lifts by 8:00, 9:00 hour, then looking at hazy sun and dry, sunny mild afternoon ahead. >>> 6:25. what's trending on twitter now in the bay area: cyber monday, amazon a

up shortly, four lanes southbound. dumbarton roadwork, until 5:00 in the process of picking that up now. southbound 880 alameda on-ramp closed to the alameda because of an emergency repair ongoing through the morning. in the american canyon area high 29 south kelley injury accident. >>> 4:54. cancer foundation created by lance armstrong is putting more distance between itself and the graced cyclist. livestrong is officially depositing his name from its title it will now officially be known as livestrong simply the informal name most used. armstrong created the charity after he came down with cancer he stepped away last month after officials ruled he used performance-enhancing drugs. >>> peninsula family pleading for the return of a puppy that was a close companion for a woman with special needs. thieves broke into the family's redwood city home monday and stole what they could including the family's 11 week old dog named gus. 20-year-old kate was bonding with the puppy the family hoped to train gus to alert caregivers

southbound 95 is better down toward fort mchenry.n boulevard at montevideo road, watch for delays due to an accident and we are tracking the crash for the south in croft in. we're looking at speeds on average around the area. a little bit of a delay on the west side with your drive * 14 minutes on the southwest side. 11 minutes on the outer loop northwest side. here is a live look at traffic on 895 south of the split and it is picking up in volume and much of that is due to the delay is leading to the harbor tunnel so avoid that. '95 looks pretty good in harford county and route 24. >> the only thing we have to worry about on the roads this morning may be a few raindrops. you may have to tap your windshield wipers a couple of time. they're pretty light in major in maryland and most of it is happening in the western part of the state. the mountains may see a rain/snow mex. 54 degrees near baltimore and 584 ocean city. ne sprinkles, is mostly baltimore and the west and everyone else stays dry but it will be breezy and chile today. we w

still blocking two left lanes southbound what -- southbound 280 before the 101 split. san mateo overturned suv blocking left lane, north 238 fly over to 880 accident right lane. a lot of accidents out there. once again slow speeds, lots of time. >>> 5:22. fishing is very good in stockton special sea lions, every few days a sea lion appears in downtown stockton, plenty of fish along the waterfront. he's surrounded by seagulls the birds are there to get any piece of fish the sea lion might leave behind. >>> two more stars get the boot on "dancing with the stars." that leaves three in a unique situation. >>> his coach told him to go for it, so he did. forget shaq, jack is the king of the basketball world this morning. we'll show you why. >>> welcome back. we are on storm watch, 5:25 on this wednesday low clouds around san francisco especially south heavier rain is rolling now as we look at live doppler, our best radar returns are from about the san mateo bridge south into the east bay, looks like the east bay valleys and south bay are going to have heavier rain over the n

southbound open, northbound still closed but even though the southbound traffic is open they are running very, very slowly. >> to the roads, you can expect extra heavy traffic on 101 possibly people aboard caltrain so heads up flying out of sfo using caltrain to get there. bad backups as well on westbound 4 from antioch towards concord because of an earlier crash approaching port chicago highway. that's traffic. here's lawrence with the drizzly forecast. >> it's wet around the bay area out the door. we have a lot of low-level moisture so we have taken the doppler beam and had to tweak it downward so you can see a little bit of that outside right now. we are seeing another line along the peninsula. we are seeing some of that in oakland. most of that moisture has been concentrated in the north bay where some spots have a third of an inch of rain of the precipitation now, some heavy drizzle into oakland right now. also along the coastline into daly city. some of that moisture moving onshore. the main cold front isn't even here yet. that's not going to get here until this afternoon. so we ar

but for delays on the b-w parkway southbound -- look for delays on the b-w parkway southbound. wet roads are an issue. this is 95 at the tydings memorial bridge. so far so good in this area. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. a colorado movie theater. a teenager was wearing a joker mask. several moviegoers' ran screaming from the theater. the teenager said he wore it to scare his friends. a bandit snow boarders were spotted but they remain trapped on the mountainside. they got lost during a snowstorm. they took shelter overnight by digging a snow cave. rescue crews will try to reach them at first light. police want to talk to john mcafee about the death of this neighbor. investigators are pursuing multiple leads. >> two more retailers will open their doors on thanksgiving day. target will open on 9:00 p.m. target will give out $10 gift cards to customers that spend $50 or more. there will stagger their discounts throughout the holiday weekend. confine a gift in singapore -- you can find a gift in singapore. it is a lamborghini. it topped out at 217 miles per

southbound 95 doesn't save you much time southbound from 216. a 30 minute ride and this is with all lanes open on 95 and 295. headed southbound towards the capitol belt. traffic on the outer loop remains slow. inner loop delays and approaching the bridge gw parkway traffic between 123 and the memorial bridge back up. all of the lanes are open. accident activity finally cleared eastbound on 66. the crash after west morland, the pace slowly improving headed inside of the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you. don't want you to think we forgot my first 5. >> can't wait. >> time is 8:20. it's a thursday morning . and coming up next, a mall robbery right out of a james bond movie. all caught on camera. >> later, straight from the source, holly is live at solitude wool for a look at where their spreshl yarn comes from. -- special yarn comes from. we'll be right back. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. ecial yarn comes from. -- special

and southbound 680.outhbound 680 was backed up martinez because of the delays on west bound to four. the drive time from here to here just 45 minutes. coming down from the phoenician up ridged almost the same amount time and really rough ride it has put extra pressure on highway 4 and interstate 580. also be delays for the right 1880 southbound for the fremont milpitas corridor. as a san mateo bridge moves pretty well we have seen less pressure on southbound 880 is a tough ride through milpitas down to 237. a quick look at the bridges. the bay bridge what back up no delays here west bound. mostly because the traffic on sunday 4 is being held up. your ride to the san mateo bridge still doing well a 13 minute drive time. we have not seen the spiked to 22 minutes that's been familiar for the last several weeks. for the golden gate bridge ride it has been heavy for about the last 35 minutes. in southbound direction. we have no reports of problems but it is jam-conceit. >> erica. >> good morning george we are

only one lane open southbound 101. you can see though conditions are very quiet right now as you head towards doyle drive in san francisco. more roadwork this morning out in the east bay. this is a new spot. southbound 13 is closed southbound between broadway terrace and thorn hill drive in the oakland hills. the nimitz looks good. mass transit still on time, no delays. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> this morning, the san jose police bomb squad detonated a pipe bomb found in a car that officers had pulled over. the ordeal began on the city's north side just before 9:00 last night at north first and may trick boulevard. traffic it was blocked in the area for hours as investigators checked the suspicious device. driver is now in custody and the area is once again open to traffic. >>> another arrest in the torching of a muni bus. the suspected vandals were caught in pictures and video setting the bus on fire after the giants won the world series. the post led to one arrest last week. yesterday police

we'll start with 395 southbound at glebe. had a disabled vehicle there blocking at least one of your lanes. now it's just on your right shoulder lane. the travel lanes are open. over to the beltway, inner loop and outer loop had road work taking away at least two of your lanes. it's set to end around 5:00 a.m. it should be in its final stages. over to the dulles toll road, taking the dulles toll road westbound at hupter mill road, left lane blocked by the road work there. and good news on 66 inside and outside of the beltway, no road work, no accidents to report right now. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> starting today, you'll get a little break if you get a speed camera ticket in washington, d.c. fines are dropping $25 for any speeding violation up to 15 miles per hour. if you're caught going 25 miles per hour or more over the speed limit fines are up to $300. the revenue from the fines will hire 100 new police officers. >> thanks to lower demand. gas prices are falling at a pretty rapid rate. the average price is $3.47

880 ramp to southbound 280. >>> 4:56. nestle recalling more than 200,000 containers of chocolate drink mix because of possible salmonella contamination it covers the canisters that say best to use by october 2014, three sizes, the two smaller containers have a promotion for disney movie wreck it ralph on the side. nestle says you can return for a full refund. >>> new survey reveals younger drivers are more likely to drive while drowsy than older drivers. one in seven between 16 and -- aaa says one in six deadly accidents involve drowsy drivers. the study released with the start of drowsy driving awareness week. >>> next, kidnapped from work. bay area woman is tied up, gagged and taken for a ride. what police are saying about her ordeal. >>> do you recognize this man? oakland police are anxious to get him off the road. >>> we have a power outage in san francisco with lightning -- developed with lightning appropriate for in storm. more on this coming up.

they have restored service and the southbound direction but there are major delays southbound.trains are running at 10 mi. per hour. and northbound direction there is no train service between san antonio and palo alto. a bus bridge has been set up. they party had one train pick up passengers at san antonio. there were no passengers on the st train injured as a result of this fatality but major delays northbound and southbound for countering this morning. the bay bridge and the west on ride metering lights cycle slowly but no incidents on the bridge. the back of regis to west grand avenue 18 to 20 minutes drive times. the san mateo bridge highway 92 has been incident free so far. although it follows the pattern in about an hour we may see extremely slow traffic here westbound. the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound is still a pretty easy ride. no delays the we have seen the suit that looked back wet with drizzle. these bay right even with a couple of incidents we're not looking at a slow traffic as we use the web. there was an accident at willow pass road but the drive time is o

is a traffic stop southbound 395 at route 110. i'm not sure how long this is going to be there right side of the road is affected but the ramp is open. i'll keep on top of this and have more traffic for you coming up at 5:01. back to you guys. >>> montgomery county is offering some help for the people who have tons of debris because of hurricane sandy. if you have pieces of branches and other things that are less than 4.5 feet in length and 4 inches in diameter, you can just put them out with the regular recycling. they'll be collected. if they're larger than four feet drop them off at -- >>> well, densely washington is back on the big screen starting tomorrow a new thriller called "flight." >> bigad shaban sat down with him in los angeles. >> oh lord we're coming out at 7,000 i see nothing but -- >> reporter: denzel washington plays a pilot whose life takes a nosedive in the new movie "flight." >> speed breaks. >> reporter: washington's character is 30,000 feet in the air. when a mechanical failure turns the plane and his career

no promise southbound down to the beltway -- no problems southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> president obama defeat governor romney. >> maryland voters made a lot of important decisions as well. we will have the different ballot questions scrolling along the bottom of your screen. >> tracie potts begins our coverage. >> a burst of emotion at the obama victory party in chicago. celebrations around the country from new york to los angeles and the white house where president obama will spend four more years. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. you have made me a better president. we're not as divided as our politics suggests. we're not as cynical as the pundits believe. we're greater and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we will be the estimunited stats of america. >> mitt romney said he gave it his all and said that the nation must come together. >> the nation is at a critical point. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> th

southbound along 270, southbound we had the crash at route 80 in urbana.etter ride conning out of germantown headed south towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. affic. -- better ride continuing out of germantown headed south towards the split. >>> we are following breaking news from maryland involving a fatal shooting. it happened in mount rainier where a man was found shot to death on 37th street near rhode island avenue. that was around 5:00 this morning. >> more than two and a half million twoits around the world are being recalled this morning over potential problems with the steering extension shaft. the recall impacted prius vehicles from 2004 for 2009. toyota says that adds up to about 670,000 vehicles in the u.s. -- more than two and a and a half million toyotas around the world are being recalled. >>> we'll find out who will take a heartedder hit, some people harder than others, if the fiscal cliff can't be avoided. that will be very interesting. we'll be back.  >>> if no agreement is reached to avoid the

one lane southbound 101 through marin beginning at around san rafael past central san rafael southbound through greenbrae, cortamadera, mill valley once you are in sausalito headed up the wall grade, all lanes reopened, that until 6:00 this morning. >>> san francisco police investigating overnight hit-and-run that involved several vehicles around 11:00 last night, the crash involved a car flipping over, several parked vehicles were hit, including a yellow school bus and muni bus. no injuries, police are still looking for the suspect who got away. >>> 5:10. next an important trip to the white house for yahoo's ceo, melissa meyer. >>> critical comments for one of the people on the short list for secretary of state. how susan rice is trying to appease republican leaders. >> first this morning's america's money report. >>> federal judge is ordering the tobacco companies to say publicly they lied about the dangers of smoking they must also take out ads that say smoke something responsible for 1200 deaths a day. congressional watchdogs say it is time to dumb the dollar bill. the government --

southbound basco earlier accident cleared, good news. san jose southbound 17 past hamilton overturn blocking right lane there. bart, muni, caltrain, all mass transit on time. waze app the free traffic app, highway 80 to the bay bridge highway 24 looks like a stopped car on the shoulder reported. great app to help you maneuver around if you you are headed out for your commute it is available free on the app store and google play. >>> 6:02. you have spoken, president obama is waking up this morning having secured a second four year term as commander in chief. women, young voters and minors helped lead him to victory. spoke to the nation last night in chicago. president whether i earned your vote or not. i have listened to you i have learned from you and you have made me a better president. >> following his remarks first lady and daughters joined the president on stage with vice president biden and his wife. mitt romney conceded last night before the president's spoke. he backed on to the take in boston alone and thanks his supporters and v

police brought in the southbound or eastbound route. everything is open.he 95 from dale city all the way up to springfield and onto 395 and the 14th street bridge. all of the overnight roadwork has been picked up so everything there on the inner and outer loop, everything moving smoothly. >> again be a while before d.c. washington post reports of a panel of administrative law judges ruled a contract to install the smart meters was improperly handled. the panel ordered the city to cancel the contract and now they will accept new -- the d.c. council-- >> it is 5:12. >> a cheerleading stunt goes very wrong. this was between the magic and the ne honey, don't use your sleeve. vo: for cold and flu season, there's clorox bleach. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. actual, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. >> live and in hd. this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> of baltimore bus driver suspended after

kennel worth aven southbound not too busy southbound. the trip southbound along 270 buckies town, more delays headed out of rockville. still along the right side of the road. heads up past that exit northbound on 270. there's where you are going to run into that delay. and top stretch of the beltway all the way over towards connecticut avenue. nothing found. but again, bumper to bumper traffic. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> new development in the patraeus resignation. now has a connection to the top american general in afghanistan. general john allen is the commander of nato forces. live on capitol hill. doug, what is going on? >> good morning. this is a long list of characters and we'll go through them quickly. this is general john allen, the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he is accused of engaging in inappropriate e-mail exchanges with this woman. this is jill kelly. she has been described as unpaid social liaison down in florida. she also happens to be the same woman who if investigators say received haras

southbound 880 at wynton on-ramp blocked with accident southbound 880 at auto mall parkway accident inenter lane. live at truckee you can see roads are open but chains are required between nyack and truckee on 80 also on 50 between kivers and meyers they did get nice snow, be detail if you you are drive going the high sierra. >>> -- ahead, five things to know before you go, including the lightning strike leaving a san francisco neighborhood in the dark . >>> good morning. you are looking at a live picture of lake that know gorgeous snow up there more snow showers, -- cold up there they are making snow as well skiers' delight resorts possibly opening before thanksgiving as a result of some of the storms and cold temperatures we've been having. >> lake is gorgeous too. as we get ready to hand off to "good morning america" five thing know before you go: number one, pg&e crews working to restore power to nowee valley neighborhood lightning knocked out five transformers around 1:00 this morning leaving 100 customers without service. it could take several hours to bring everybody back online

no problems to report number southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is the final day of campaigning before election day. >> both will be in ohio today. that is where we begin our team coverage with tracie potts. >> in cincinnati, the only line for early voting wrapped around a city block. a three hour wait. tony wilson was at the back of the line. >> you have to do your part. >> they have processed 22,000 voters. >> as long as they are in line by cut off time, they will get a chance to vote. >> rear a swing state and is important we get out the vote. >> president obama continues his star-studded tour. >> governor romney has set a tough time because everybody knows he was against saving the auto industry. >> this race is a dead heat, 48% to 47% barely favoring the president. governor romney is now focusing on pennsylvania. >> i cannot wait for us to get started. he is hoping we will settle. americans ettle. saddl all >> roads lead through ohio. both presidential candidates will be here in the last day of ca

live look at golden gate bridge down to one lane northbound, two lanes southbound. roadwork in the north part of the span that should be picked up in the next half an hour. very light conditions, no rain there. we did have a little rain farther north in marin this morning. west 4 at harbor, car fire on the shoulder. also roadwork or pardon me yes roadwork al 0 to eastbound 80 ramp closed until 5:00 this morning. there's a detour in place. >>> rain hit north bay first and that area is expected to get some of the most impressive rain and wind. amy hollyfield joins us live from san rafael. >> reporter: good morning. the rain just started seconds ago. heavy drops, not a gust yet, not a downpour. the rain is here. all the forecasts are coming true. grab your rain jacket this morning. take a look at this video, likes like this area is ready. people spent yesterday preparing, taking forecasts seriously, we saw a lot of people going to stations their cities set up, a lot in the north bay, where people were gathering sandbags, preparing, putting them around their homes, we s

an early morning crash blocking the southbound lanes. as you travel 395 southbound at seminary road, your three right lanes are blocked. over to road work on the dulles toll road, what's going to happen is from the access road, you're going to have to get in the toll lanes and follow directions from that area. around the beltway, outer loop at central avenue, can't see it on camera, there it is. construction blocking the left lane and continues on the outer loop this time as you make your way to university boulevard. you're going to be forced down to just one lane, eventually the shoulder lane, to get by the road work there. just be cautious of that because that shoulder lane pretty gravelly in that area. as you pass university boulevard, all your travel lanes are open. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >> news 4's angie goff is following breaking news at the live desk. >>> this morning a tough warning from israel after a gaza rocket hits the house. a rocket launched from the gaza strip strikes land in southern isra

santa cruz mountains southbound 17 at idyllwild, stall blocking right lane.mass transit great alternative this morning. bart will be less crowded today they had record ridership yesterday with the parade many great way to get around. let's look the our abc 7 waze app, one of the tougher commutes this morning out of the central valley westbound 580 slow and go up and over the altamont pass into the dublin-pleasanton area. if you would like to navigate around download this app, it is free, available on the app store and google play. >>> still ahead, t-shirt that got a lot of attention at the giants' victory celebration. >>> also, suspected drug smugglers who didn't let a border fence stop them from trying to make a crossing. >>> first highlights from the giants' victory celebration. >>> good news for most of the bay area steadier, heavier moving into the eastern sections of contra costa, alameda, santa clara, santa cruz mountains and monterey bay going to continue to slide south and east away trust. rain and mountain snow northeast all airports open there warm

southbound is blocked, westbound you can get by.report of an accident if you mets got a prince william county brinlkley rd. the toll road looks good, very light volume to start off your wednesday. >> thank you. it is 4:55. this is starting out to be an amazing week. you remember on monday, bryce harper won the rookie of the year award. >> and davey johnson named the national league's manager of the year. well-deserved with him a leading the nationals to the best record and all of the baseball. next season may be his last so he wants to make it worth his while. >> i am sending the troops come if we did not win the division i thought i was getting fired, if i won this award i thought i was getting fired. hopefully i can manage the nationals in 2013. it is going to be my last year anyway. >> we hope for the best. >> here is another way that can show your natitude. you can get specialty car tag s. >>. erupted think about that one. down to the finals for the as and with the stars. >> many were surprised about the elimination. christie al

laid peninsula delays on the southbound side.ontinue to do well as we checkedy toll plaza of the bay bridge still some lingering delays coming in from the east shore freeway. from the macarthur maze and the 880 approach is no longer backed out. we had better speeds today the man seen in quite a while from the san mateo bridge. we did not get into the double digits stopping no conditions here. by double digits i mean 22 minutes drive times. it is staying at 111230 minutes where should be all day. the golden gate bridge ride crews are busy reconfiguring the bridge. they have taken away one of the southbound lanes in order to accommodate more northbound traffic as they moved to a midday lanes configuration. >> this the view from our roof cameras and there's been a breezy and chilly start to the morning. it is also been for a beautiful but we are expecting changes. satellite and radar shows the system approaching ushering in cool air as a was an increasing cloud cover on the northern part of california. i will tell you when we can ex

it shut down all southbound lanes for hours. crews had to tow the truck away and clean up the dirt before drivers were eventually allowed back on. chp is investigating the cause of the crash. month word if the driver will face any charges. along with highway 101 city hall is expected to reopen this morning after an electrical fire late last night. firefighters say that an electrical panel started smoking and activated the sprinkler system in the basement. cell phone video taken by one much our producers shows some of the water damage shown inside of the building. building was not evacuated but power was cut off to the exterior lights and including the dome on city hall. pg&e crews were on the scene last night working late. month word yet if anything was actually damaged. >>> it is 4:33. new charges against the suspect in the kidnapping case of sierra lamar. santa clara d.a. added lee charges against garcia-torres unrelated to the case of sierra lamar. attempted kidnap during the commission of lee operate carjackings in march of

southbound 880 add oak street. the latest one on the shoulder but people are losing control throughout the rain and there is some standing water in some places if. be careful. and if you're driving in the south bay it looks okay. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. now let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. our front is moving east and also south. but not before it's leaving decent totals. 1-3 inches of rain especially san francisco up to the russian river area. still rain kind of hit and miss shower activity coming in behind this. clearlake over to clover dale. and the front continues to march off to the east. this is very warm. a lot of cloud cover continues to stream in. even the rain is ending we get a drizzly pattern. almost package to that. kind of steady to the east bay also over toward the peninsula and south bay. still working its way toward the santa clara valley. right along the san mateo coast. looks like an end to that system. not before we get a lot of drizzly light rain or moderate

traveling southbound and northbound, nice and clear. southbound to the beltway, no issues. a live look at the beltway from i-270 to i-95, nice travel speed. that drive will take you just ten minutes. >>> 5:41 is our time right now. it's the facebook page you may not even know you have. the latest addition to the social media website that's causing an uproar. >>> we have received reports of a shooting in a parking lot at a walmart in laurel. news 4's tony tull is live at details. >> reporter: 295 and 198 in laurel is where this walmart is located. anne arundel county police did respond to a shooting inside this walmart. that's all the information we're getting right now. this crime scene still very, very fresh. take a look right now. you can still see police going in and out of the front door. the crime scene very big. they actually blocked off the entire parking lot. not quite sure what they're looking for. we've seen police officers looking inside some cars, and we've seen officers going in and outside of the walmart. we did see officers talking to three people outside. no

no delays for the 1 01 in the southbound direction. is a little bit cool. can blow was a look for better weather. >> if you have the day off is a good day to stay under those covers. is a chilly start out there. clear and cold in the north bay areas. some areas could see fog of the most our visibility is not a problem this morning. this evening partly cloudy and cool. temperatures will drop in to the '40's were a lot of those locations. downtown san francisco comes in at 52 degrees on this monday morning. san jose 48 oakland 52 san carlos around 50 livermore you are around 44 degrees. i will let you know about the incredible warm-up in the 70 forecast and also in next forecast for some rain. >> leaders in washington try to figure out who knew what and when regarding the david petraeus is certain sudden departure of the cia. there also try to figure out what happens next. >> general david petraeus the sudden resignation from the cia believes washington with her questions and answers. he quit saying he had an extramarital affair. they sa

in-- southbound basco, accident right lane san francisco north 280 to south 101 ramp due to roadworkclosed for another 20 minutes. cortamadera roadwork northbound past paradise drive blocking right lane massive repaving project. elsewhere eastbound 4 massive project as well closed at loveridge detour in place for another 20 minutes. >>> overnight a fire races through an east bay home. a family narrowly escapes. the latest on investigation into the case, next >> first, more local election results. what are you doing there? i making crescent bacon cheddar pinwheels. wow, i'm impressed! [ ding ] dad, the cable's out! you got that right? [ kiss ] thank you ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. >>> here's the bay bridge bridge you can see how cloudy it is and foggy that is going to be the morning commute for most of us. if you traveling towards the east or south you wi

also moving along to the maps southbound 880 slow traffic. hayward, union city, heading down to fremont continues to be slow across the peninsula not all that bad. highway 101 if you are driving from eg to pacifica it will be a little slow for you. and the morning commute is going to be slow west 80 you can see on the shoulder there is a crash here at gill man. it is on the shoulder but traffic is slowing past the scene as you drive from el cerrito to berkeley. >>> cloudy, mostly cloudy, light rain. drizzly. my good friend john said paulson coming down here pretty good. we will show you that here in a second. the system is moving through. more toward the south bay and santa cruz mountains. after that it's hit and miss. a very warm system. it's been in the 40s. and raining at last check. rain all night. 40s something. oakland hills an inch and a half. san francisco almost an inch and quarter. santa rosa inch and a quarter. cazadero 2.83. broody sanders out by clayton not too bad. the system arrived late there. you can see starting to end out t

roadwork northbound and southbound 101 starting at sir francis drake southbound tamalpais drive exitclosed until 5:30 northbound between strawberry, mill valley, cortamadera for roadwork. highway 13 closed broadway terrace moraga avenue, emergency roadwork opening 5:00 this morning, detour in place there. >>> service should be back to normal following an accident on the tracks in redwood city. service was delayed after a train slammed into a car at maple street last night. a woman and a child were able to get out of car before the crash, no one else was injured. no word why the car was on the tracks. caltrans says oracle freezing rain says their trains were delayed up to 30 minutes. >>> 21-year-old behind bars after police say he broke too the napa county home of nancy pelosi. investigators say he broke into pelosi's home twice, once monday and again the next day. investigators say things were ransacked and broken. they say he had2dáÑ watch that was taken from pelosi's highways. pelosi was not there. -- investigators say he has admitted to burglarizing half a dozen homes in that area

southbound traffic looks good in that area.he city along charles near 21st and lanvale. north and south traffic can travel along the j.f.x. or calvert. we will keep you posted on that. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is 795 and starting to build in owings mills. this is 295 and we see building volume southbound down towards 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. the water main repair is diverting the 64 bus in that area. a diversion at central and monument because of construction. light rail and metro subway looking good. no delays to report there. updates are available by phone at 410-500-4444. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. it will be another breezy and chilly day today. first we say good morning to ava marie. she found a fun festival to talk about. >> there is always some kind of festival to talk about in baltimore. we are celebrating the irish festival. this is benefitin

northbound drivers are in the southbound lane. southbound drivers are redirected at this time. as being see in the massive hole, crews have been work around the clock to fix the main. 40 homes and businesses are without water because of the water main break. officials with the department of pub hick works says it happened one yesterday afternoon. people from victoria's ministries international were evacuated from the building. public works officials say crews are working on getting debris out of the way so they can get to the break to start repairch city has not talk about the cause but weather and change of temperature and an aging incause these types of things. crews are working trying to fix this. no word on when it will be repaired. reporting live in north baltimore sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> you might have to wait for hours in line but the voters who have done it say it's worth it. >> today is the last day for early voting in maryland and the election is tuesday november 6th. linda so is live at one of the polling areas. when do the polls open? >> reporter: they will

101 through mill valley strawberry area and lower sausalito side of the waldo grade headed southbound just right lane blocked. northbound embarcadero closed tonight for roadwork at 9:00 until 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. >>> our top story, frightening overnight accident, car flies off an overpass on i-80 and flips on to the freeway in contra costa county in pinole on appian way. this picture sent by the fire department. the dodge ended up on its roof, going southbound on appian way when it hit a concrete guard rail off the overpass and landed on its roof on westbound 80. the car blocked two lanes of traffic. the 20-year-old driver and 21-year-old passenger were able to get out safely. the cause is under investigation. the scene is now clear. >>> back at the bargaining take this morning. raley's and union refs will resume negotiations. amy hollyfield is live at the picket line. >> reporter: good news they are going back to the table. even at 5:30 in the morning the picket line continues, a small group making their statement in front of raley's. their union said it is not going to let its g

southbound traffic is creeping along.s the entire length of the span. >> we descend to the beginning of the bay bridge toll plaza and they westbound direction. this is the middle of your newborn island and kron4 is yoli is there. >> i know you're thinking what a pretty little wire there. you should be saying pass that. you cannot see anything. it has been really thick and the last hour. about an hour ago you could see at least a couple of lights going into the tunnel. now you cannot see that. imagine with in the tunnel is pretty thick. it easily fans out in that area but you cannot see the cars going through there. be aware, i know bay area people know how to drive in the fall was still dry with caution. >> this is bay area whilide. >> the san jose man of great wanted for a gang-related murder was arrested in the middle of black friday shopping very 18 year-old jacob are always taken into custody at a wal-mart. santa clara probation officer and had seen him and recognized and in the middle of the crowd. he called the poli

the golden gate bridge ride is passed the peak for 1 01 southbound. for the 1 01 southbound ride. >> maureen kelly went to san francisco street that lost power because of the storm. >> i'm on the 100 like a burr with dry in san francisco where 22 homes some of which your looking at right here are without power. this is a weather related problem that requires pg&e to shed the power off to the psalms. it had been right over here behind homes here. you could see it is a very overgrown area and that is the problem. pg&e crews i spoke with said that an overgrown tree was pushing these wires together causing the power to park. that is why they had to turn off the power. now they're waiting for one of their tree trimming crews to come out here and tram back those trees and see if there's any more damage that was done. they expect the power will be turned on to this area by the end of the day. >> at 950 will be back with more and a couple of minutes. there is the james lick freeway and it is a slick ride right now. it is also a slow ride. we will be right bac

and northbound and southbound so far it is a nice smooth ride. in fact, all of your major san jose freeways through downtown look good. let's go to our maps and show you what else is going on. we know a lot of people may be starting to head out of town for thanksgiving next week. catching a flight at sfo, southbound 101 looks good so far. 101 and 280 both moving at top speeds. looks like they may have finished the lane changes across the golden gate bridge. in our last traffic report we saw the lane change trucks and chp cars drive by so right now it is a nice flow but once again, you can see the roads are slick across the golden gate as you head towards doyle drive. elsewhere milpitas 880 and 237, this is a live look. westbound 237 is right now easy breezy. six minutes between 880 and 101 and another reminder, they still have those eastbound lanes of highway 4 shut down until about 5:30 right there at loveridge. that's ongoing overnight roadwork. mass transit might be a nice option on this rainy friday and so far everything looks good for bart,