this is tehachapi, south and east of bakersfield. >>> the u.s.ave cleared the way to allow both military to carry out airstrikes over syrian that's the record from russia's defense ministry. it reports now that the two countries have agreed on how to keep their fighter jets out of each other's way as there is a proxy war between the another and russia. we have figure out houston to keep our jets out of each other's way. it's comical almost but it is not. we talked to away for defense department staffer about the idea of the u.s. forming a coalition with russia to take on isis. u.s. officials say there's zero chance of that happening. the russian president, vladimir putin, claims his military air strikes have killed hundred's terrorists, and isis militanted but ace official says most of the airstrikes are completely targeting and killing cia trained rebelled, at least 150 of the rebel wes trained killed already in the proxy war by russia. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. i mentioned the united states and russia are not going to work together i

. >> reporter: on interstate 58, near tehachapi, jose vargas, fearing for his life. >> call 911! >> reporter: watch as the cars bob in the water, smashing into each other. the rain came fast and furious, six inches an hour, mixing with dirt and debris. the piles of mud making roads like this one impassable. >> stuck on the grapevine. in california. >> reporter: that 45-mile stretch of north-south interstate 5, the grapevine, also impassible. the interstate, so crucial to truckers, shut down for nearly 24 hours. causing delays on other highways, too. >> just trying to get to 41 north or south, it's ridiculous. >> reporter: traffic for miles, behind a graveyard of cars and trucks. and you can see it's still a mess here, cars buried deep. the fear now is that more loose gravel and debris will tumble down. it's miracle no one was killed or seriously injured. this whole area is under a flood watch again tonight. david? >> aditi, thank you. across the southwest and causing problems elsewhere. in chandler, arizona, this image of a dust storm, also known as a haboob. and let's get to rob

this one cell just around tehachapi, 5.63 inch was rain an hour! so this is still the one cell moving to the north and east. this is just over a 3-hour period. over 2 inch was rain. and the storm reports really are adding up as well. we'll just select a few of these. lots of mudslide reports. you saw the flash flooding. hail and eye few funnel cloud reports toward quartz hill. that may have been the same hill, toward lancaster. developing to the south and moving to the north. in the bay area, a different story. a chance for showers tonight. another weak system could be moving in. >>> developing news from the golden gate bridge. there is a massive traffic jam on the bridge because of what happened this afternoon. a car caught fire in the northbound lane. authorities have put out the fire and are in the process of cleaning up. it looks like they've towed the car away. actually it looks like it's on the back of the truck there there's only one lane open in the northbound direction. southbound is moving fine. in the northbound lanes, just one lane, and

yesterday but we were talking about the fact that i was 15-minute before the mud slides going over the tehachapis. when i got there, my uncle said, do you think we'll have a el nino? yes! >>> they are already experiencing el nino in southern california. it looks like we should be on the tail end of that on december -- the tail end of december when we should start seeing most of the activity. traditionally december when you have a very strong el nino could be very dry. we'll keep you posted on that but right now out the door we are seeing a little bit of condensation all associated with some areas of patchy fog. this is a look out towards sfo. so far no reports of any local airport delays. temperatures meanwhile are in the 50s and 60s. it is cooler this morning than just 24 hours ago. here's our satellite-radar. that you see we do have a swath of some clouds that's lined up parallel to the state of california as we have the exiting area of low pressure from southern california making its way in towards las vegas. here's what you need to know on this tuesday. we have cooler nights. it is about 6 de

on route 58 in tehachapi the highway looks like a parking lot. the thick mud has traffic backed up for 10 miles with some 200 vehicles stuck with nowhere to go. but at least one driver tired of waiting creating his own way out of the mayhem. a move officials warn against. instead, crediting motorists who chose to abandon their vehicles. >> they truly did the right thing. they stayed in the safe area spot which is what we would like the public to do. >> reporter: as crews try to make headway through the mud, more mayhem could be on the way. with more storms forecast for today. in northern los angeles county, jonathan hunt, fox news. >>> a fiery accident this morning backed up traffic for commuters in part of the east bay. this happened just before 6 a.m. on interstate 680 just south of highway 24 there in walnut creek. a gravel truck hit the concrete divider between the north- and southbound lanes sending concrete flying. the truck's fuel tanks caught fire closing all northbound lanes for hours. the highway patrol says several people suffered mino

here's a closer look at the heavy rainfall right now, closer to tehachapi, approaching bakersfield, interstate 5. and moving into the mountains here. there is one observation site around santa clarita reporting over 2 inches of rainfall just within the past three hours. so heavy rainfall still a big factor. you get the heating and the topography that enhances the storm development. it's heading up to the north. so we have some problems around bakersfield, heavy downpours. in terms of the storm reports, you can see these icons representing reports of flash flooding. quartz hill, flash flooding. we'll have more reports in the next few hours. reports of 1-inch hail at the 452. in the bay area we're picking up some clouds out even. and even -- clouds out there. and even some scattered showers. we'll hold onto that chance through tonight. coverage on the radar toward the golden gate. the western portions of san francisco. up in the north bay as well, novattedo, still some objection -- novato, still some action up here. current numbers still pretty warm. livermore, 78, concord 81. san jose, lower 70

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the road cuts through the tehachapi mountains through the tejon pass. chris martinez reports. >> reporter: slowly being reopened. we are just over highway 58. they had been working on this one all day long. as you take a look you will see all these flashing lights. that's the crews still there trying to free a lot of these cars, trucks and semis that are still at this hour stuck in that mud. state route 58 near the mojave desert is littered with at least 200 trucks and cars. torrential rain triggered powerful mud slides that trapped drivers in less than 15 minutes. trucker will nissan recorded this video on his cell phone. >> we got stopped and we were on the pavement and cars were going past me floating past me like crazy. >> reporter: melissa and her family were driving home. they say they barely escaped. >> the most terrifying part was when the hill gave out and the road was just gone. >> we thought we were going to get buried alive in the mud. we just thought it was done. the mud was coming down so fast. and the car filled up so fast. >> reporter: c

take a look at some of the aerial video we've got on nearby highway 58 near tehachapi. some 200 vehicles or so were still stuck there this afternoon because of the mudslides that came down. the hillsides that surround these freeways and the highways are bone dry because of the drought we've been going through, and when the waters came down like they did last night, those huge storms that we saw, it creates just a rush of rocks and mud. and as i say, according to the sheriff, it was a once-in-a-lifetime storm last night, listen here. >> the roadways are covered in mud, ice from hail. there is literally hail that came through about an inch in diameter. i haven't seen a storm like this in over 30 years. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, david, we have ominous look clouds. there are more storms in the forecast today. so this could yet get much worse. david: it is not over yet, folks, watch out in northern l.a. jonathan, thank you very much. melissa: bundle up this weekend. winter is coming believe it or not. the season's first big cold snap bringing snow to some parts