the north has set up a special committee to carry out the investigation. now north korean leaders will give the special committee the power to launch an effective investigation into any organization in the reclusive nation. in return the japanese government will lift sanctions that include restrictions on travel, port calls by ships and tight regulations on money transfers. now this easing of sanctions will happen once north korea begins a new investigation into the abduction of japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. for those of you just joining us this is our lead story this hour. japan's prime minister has made a diplomatic decision aimed at solving a long standing and emotional issue. shinzo abe plans to lift some sanctions against north korea once investigators start a fresh probe into the kidnapping of japanese citizens. >> translator: the results of the inter-governmental talks between japan and north korea, an investigation into the fate of all japanese nationals will be conducted involving the north korean national defense commission, the nationa

mid-to-upper 70's through the north bay. loan the east bay low-to-mid 70's and a last stop inland east bay, upper 70's to my 88. our best chance for showers tonight is off the coast in the chance it will be less than what we are dealing with this morning. the seven-day outlook shows well below average with the thunderstorms through the noon hour in the north bay and tomorrow we are two to four degrees warmer and the heat is on thursday through monday five days of mid-90's inland and mid-80's an the bay and 70 at the coast. streets are getting slick because of the reef -- brief pouring lane. leyla gulen? >>> at bay point we have a sig-alert now canceled. we started off with two deadly accidents. this shut down bailey road but now re-opened involving one vehicle. highway four is not affected. katie marzullo is on the scene northbound highway 101 at great america parkway and all the slowing has dissipated. it was a fatal motorcycle crash through san that clear and all lanes have re-opened. we are look at areas getting wet. the g

the u.n. report to put pressure on north korea. in the un security council we have already had an informal meeting where we had 13 of the 15 members attend, discuss the report and discuss its recommendations. we are also in the process of looking towards activity in geneva, continue our pressure in geneva at the human rights council on the human-rights report. we are also going to have discussions in the general assembly in october in which the commission of inquiry's report will be discussed, there will be a resolution that will be prepared and adopted in the general assembly at the end of the year. we are very active in terms of looking at how we might further push this forward in terms of actions in the security council. with regard to sanctions, we are looking at sanctions. one of the issues we need to do is to do whatever we can in concert with other countries. sanctions by the united states alone are very limited effectiveness. we have very little relationship with north korea, very little economic connection. to the extent we

one day ahead of the visit in the south, the north fired two rockets into the sea of japan. observers think china will be careful not to irritate north korea too much, for fear of triggering an extreme reaction. >> translator: i believe china notified north korea of the visit in advance as always. and i think the north launched its rockets to remind both china and south korea of its presence and revive tensions on the peninsula. >> reporter: china also wants to send bilateral cooperation by finalizing a free trade agreement with the south, which it hopes will boost investment. the port city of qindao is pinning its hopes on the two sides signing an agreement. since bilateral diplomatic relations were established in 1992, it's been a stepping stone for south korean businesses entering the chinese market. many chinese people calling ancestry who speak korean have moved to qingdao in search of jobs. this street was named after a south korean company. many factories located here and they employed many workers. but the situation is changing. china's strong economic growth has led

for the governor of north carolina to update on evacuation notices. trans can replace a bridge ifit's going to make the peninsula commute a problem this morning. hundreds more firefighters are headed to the wildfire burning in the north bay. we'll have the latest on containment numbers. as we've said, arthur is now a hurricane. there's a warning out for much of the north carolina coast. and a mandatory evacuations for visitors to the outer banks'. and although it's not expected day. a hurricane warning in effect for the north carolina coast expected to intensify the half with and that i of tonight. to undo some that may have live pitches. the will of the aftermath tomorrow morning. put fifth boston is celebrating the fourth of july today due to the storm tomorrow. the big news today is the close of interstate 280 until monday morning in with arson and the fear the effects of it. if it did not been the day before a holiday with some of the impact before. texas tech a look at the one 01 in that direction. that would otherwise be the connecting from the t

the choice is clear. if north korea does not take this action, it will continue to face greater isolation, condemnation an increasing pressure from the international community. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, mr. ambassador. members will now have five minutes to ask questions. i'll begin with myself. ambassador davies, on july 20th, secretary kerry was quoted as saying that north korea has been "quieter." i wouldn't describe the historic number of missiles and rocket and artillery launches this year so far -- nearly 100 -- as quiet. i also don't believe that solely because north korea hasn't staged another nuclear test this year that we would necessarily call pyongyang's behavior "quiet." can you perhaps clarify why secretary kerry is describing north korea as such and tell us how you can justify that classification. >> mr. chairman, the secretary said a lot of things. that was one thing he said. i think that to kind of place it back in contempt, the secretary was referring to the fact that we are

. >> the hurricane are threatening the north carolina and evacuations are underway. >> we are watching israel today, and they are firing bad. palestine continues to mourn the death of a body found yesterday and some believe it was a revenge death. nick is live and the funeral for the 16-year-old is delayed? >> yeah, this is news just in to aljazeera, del, the family lawyer told us that there's been an agreement between the police and the family, that the funeral is delayed and the family requested that the body be turned over and with the custom they want to bury somebody as quickly as possibly. the lawyer is saying there is an agreement between the police and the family and the funeral is tomorrow. that is most likely increasing the hostility on the street in the neighborhood with the classes increasing and the anger on the street, and increasing the grief that the family is feeling. the anger is still smoldering and the family is burying their 17-year-old and outside the tear gas is hanging in the air, inside a mother surrounded by her family saying there is a hole in inside of you.

we have drizzle out there. >> sprinkleses s ts to light r the north bay. radar returns more impressive than reaching the ground across the boundary draping the north bay. we'll head up north of sonoma. you can see this whole area is where we could be possibly see sprinkles right now and just north of napa could be wet and also around petaluma and to the north around sonoma mountain parkway is where we could see sprile

it will continue to move its way over the north bay hills there. will catch this and the next half- hour. >>: you and the kind of see it moving off with that stretch of 8680 were all seem somewhat weather right now. all the parts of the east bay maybe a few light showers in and out of the envelope. were seen some light rain falling above that stretch but that's about it. this is a portion of was found 18 we also saw some rein earlier we can make out that wetness there on the road. >>: particularly in the east bay and the northern portions you may have some wet weather. the satellite radar shows that the system is pushing on through. " walking through more details about today's forecast coming up at 615. >>:geaorge were not tracking any hot spots for the bay area problems on 152 but it does not affect your bay area. meter relays have been active for about 20 minutes now. that a 80 approaching south the starting to back up. the san mateo bridge ride is incident free across the span and a trip to the golden gate bridge is a easy one through marin count

i cited the numbers before. northarolina is among the states that has done the most over the last decade to increase voting by young people. it's number ten in the nation. we don't yet know what the impact of h589 is going to have on the numbers of people that vote in north carolina. but even if a smaller number who would have otherwise voted had stayed away from the polls, we believe it's a problem that democrats and republicans and independence need to address. >> hillary shelton, we're close to the end of our time. can north carolina live out the intention of the legislature and meet you halve way as you opposed legislation that's put into place? are there measures that the state can make where you can live with the result of this legislative action? >> i don't think that anything should ever be done to compromise our democracy. one of the things that we did talk about, the fastest dem drastic of voters in the country were actually african-american youth between 18 and 24. and now because of the opportunity where y

they want to know how far the north koreans are prepared to go. representatives of the national defense commission and the secret police will sit on the panel. investigators will be divided into four groups, each of which will cover a different area. they'll examine the fate of the abductees, other missing people, those left behind during world war ii, and spouses of north koreans. and finally the remains of those who died around the end of the war. some analysts fear those looking into the abductions will have difficulty investigating the agents who carried out the kidnappings. they say it's hard to dig up information on secret missions. the families of the abductees will meet later on friday with prime minister abe. they fear the north koreans will not carry out a thorough investigation and they don't want abe to back down. izuka leads the group. his sister went missing in 1978. he and megumi disappeared in 1977. they're expected to ask abe to proceed carefully and to determine what north korean authorities are trying to do. leaders in pyongyang

carolina as the moves further to the north and it will weaken. right now is yes category storm a hundred all our peers for miles and are over the threshold. as it crosses the border between north carolina and virginia the service sector is only in the '70s you need 82 degrees to assist in a hurricane and a glossary carry or to appear ill be weakening down to a category one week and a bunch of trouble star as a mixes life for their no. definitely by there. trouble some of the masses and masses of massachusetts. again to a tropical storm that occur in tropical depression >> : is the path of the storm how violent it is right now. plenty of heavy rain even some rotations in some 0200 warnings in effect as a result the store >> : here is a word tepic answered by off to of the storm dissipating as the storm starts to die down over the waters offshore of virginia. definitely to be our eye on this and more as a storm progresses >> : and other developing story to my 11 year old boy is being treated in hospital this evening after being shot in antioch. >> :

bay, moving up to the north, north of st.ena, you can see radar return and it stretches up for clear lake this morning so do not be surprised if you are going for an early morning walk or a drive if a drop or two ends up on the wind shield or on your face. that is fine if you would like the rain while we are running. the east bay hills camera, you can see the mid-level moisture and high level clouds dominating our forecast today after some of the low clouds start to paid and pull back to the coast, a lot like yesterday. we will have a chance of isolated shower and it will be brighter then it was yesterday afternoon. more clouds arrive tomorrow and we are above-average temperature wise through the weekend and that means lows and highs, with low-to-mid 90's in los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy and mid-to-upper 80's for the rest of the south bay with san jose at 88 and cupertino and more sunshine and. er in santa cruz at 78 and same in millbrae, 82 in san mateo and redwood city south mid-to-upper 80's and check out the 71 tod

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but further toward the north near hokkaido, you'll be dealing with a lot more rain. here's a look at the americas. and specifically in the central u.s., you can see how the clouds are blowing up over into iowa and missouri. this is going to be another focal point for some strong storms. already saw strong storms on monday. as we go into tuesday this frontal passage will introduce severe possibilities of storms from the northeast into the tennessee valley area. sob prepared for some rain, thunderstorms, some hail possibilities, some strong wind gusts are also part of the forecast going throughout our tuesday. another area dealing with severe weather, the central portions of europe. anywhere from germany down to serbia as this frontal system moves eastward. already the western portions of the continent into france saw a lot of heavy rain. some possible wind gusts and damaging hail will be a part of the picture from tuesday into wednesday as we go into the central portions of the continent. look at this, berlin, vienna, paris all seeing thunderstorms. highs will be anywh

try to wait for it to pass moving to the north at 30 miles per hour. it will not hang around more than a couple of minutes. then it is safe to venture out. more storms to the south. that is coming up. >>> we got video we will show you of the thunderstorms in san francisco. send us your weather photos and video at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on facebook page or share them with us on twitter twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> a california company is recalling fruits that could be contaminateed at trader joes including peaches and cherries we also sold at costco and sam's. >> police in denver are investigating one of their own when he pulled over a uber driver and claimed it was illegal. the drive and passenger were pulled over by the officer would said the ride-sharing service was illegal and wrote a speeding limit. it is legal if colorado. denver police opened an internal investigation and apologized to the man. >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> it is busy. the storm is losing the punch moving through san francisco at van ness and thr

. >> hurricane arthur roars ashore pounding the north carolina coast with whipping winds and drenching rains. >> the crowds have arrived at the jersey shore ahead of the holiday weekend. accuweather is tracking hurricane arthur along the coastline. >> the sun is up, they are getting ready for the 4th of july festivities. 4th of july forecast david murphy and matt pellman filling in for karen rogers. >> reporter: hurricane arthur is barrelling up the coast and still on a track that will take it well off our coastline. the closest that we have right now in terms of rain is off to the north and west ahead of a frontal boundary we've been dealing with, not a whole lot of rain directly from the storm a little bit spinning off through cape may and atlantic county. not a whole lot right now. as we go into the morning and the afternoon, we're looking at the flood watch it's still up for south jersey and delaware, because that's where if we get any bands from arthur that's where we would see them. we have an issue with rip currents with the storm off our shore. remember if you get caught in a r

at 24 to 48 hours, it is going to scream up to the north and east. we are looking at a storm is that going to be offshore. the wind feel associated with it is large enough that impacts are going to be felt. we are not looking at hurricane force winds across the islands of massachusetts or cape cod. the potential is there for tropical storm force winds that is why we have extended the warnings to the tip of cape cod, which is provincetown for the next 24 hours. this scoots off and heads toward halifax. the worst of the storm, no question about it, is being felt right now across the carolinas, specifically north carolina. by the way, this is the strongest hurricane to make land fall in the united states since back in 2008 when ike hit galveston. quite an impressive scene going on in north carolina especially in the month of july. cat 2 at this hour, 5:00 a.m. advisory from the national hurricane center. >> appreciate that. it's a point to note. it's early, a month earlier than we see. >> it normally comes mid august to mid october. of course you wonder,

more building to the southwest and this is headed to the north bay. r and hour and 12 minute flight delays at sfo. it will be humid and below average 65 at the coast and 84 inland east bay are for the warm spot. >> we have a multiple vehicle crash eastbound highway 12 at 101 and it involves an overturned vehicle and a big rig and along highway 12 at 101 so be careful. in the southbound direction you will find heavy slowing through petaluma as you move by lakeville highway the area shaded in green is an indication of where we have dump roads. in mill valley through the golden gate bridge you will find it is looking dry and traffic is moving along just fine. we will look at the golden gate bridge to he the traffic is not slowing whatever and northbound traffic is moving along without a hitch. >>> in the south bay the c.h.p. is investigating a fail accident that claims the life of a motorcyclist in santa clara. c.h.p. says the motorcyclist was speeding weapon he crashed into the back of a big east conference on 101. it happened at 2:30 this morning. the m

to be the great artistic explore but when perry claimed to have made it to the north pole he was not telling anyone and shifted the position to the south pole in bin then he had superb dog planning and but that was late december, the seasons are reversed in the south pole and but it was more like of polar plateau and is in the middle of their summer which means you can leave in october or november which is there spring gold digger as fast as you can then come back and he made it back before it turned really cold. he went in through south new zealand the closest to the poll by ship you could only get there in the internet summer because it is frozen with just the eyes so we ship cannot get in but it opens up but to think of it as the plate wray a dish credit has a peninsula so it has the big catch like a piece of the pie is taken and not. so to go south of new zealand for in this way you can sail so what he had done but then in 1911 when wintered over in the base at the southern part and and he brought down his dogs and his men and winter there. they headed out in a mad dash he had mas

the strongest gusts are expected right there in the north bay. you get the strongest wind gusts in the areas where you lack that friction. so the higher elevations also at the immediate coast. futurecast showing you, we stopped that clock for you at 8:00 p.m., we've got 30 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts on the way to the north bay later on tonight. the progress that is made over the next few hours going to be worth watching. hopefully really making progress, significant progress this morning. we'll keep you updated. covering you from the sky and on the ground. check your drive with mike and we'll get to your local forecast in a bit. back to you guys. >>> 6:05. starting today, normally busy stretch of interstate 280 in san francisco will be closed. crews trying to make the freeway safe from earthquakes. "today in the bay's" chris san cheese live in san francisco. work expected to last through the fourth of july weekend, so if you're heed to the city by the bay, be prepared. >> reporter: yeah, usually these projects are great for a holiday weekend,

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way of a slight chance of isolated as thunderstorms in the north bay. ake a look at that and war weekend ahead coming up a little later in the hour >> : developing story about men texas walked in the home of relatives last night trying killed six people four of them children >> : he is in jail tonight because of the child he assumed was dead was able to call 911. >> : houston police say the center intended to be affects delivery man talked his way into a household young children waited for the parents to arrive >> : when he had all seven family members together he started shooting at >> : six members of this family died the 15 year-old girl who survived on love to manage to call 911 and identified the gunman. she apparently prevented more killings >> : as he was leaving this location your contacted by one of the victims' notify us of the location she believed he may go from there. our officers quickly responded to that location before the suspect did >> : 33 year-old ronald is married to the sister of the woman who was killed police say he stormed over t

you can see 97 around walnut creek. 80s and 90s up towards the north bay. the heating of the day and the hot air rises, cool air from the ocean comes in to replace it. we have a windy evening right now. parts of the bay area that's not good news for fire danger. humidity at 66% in san francisco. the fog coming in. livermore, breezy, winds out of the west at 17, and the humidity it is 6% relative humidity in livermore. we're watching winds for you which will stay gusty through 8:00 tonight. complicating firefighting efforts perhaps around the state over the next 24 hours is the risk and an increasing risk of seeing mountain thundershowers, especially up towards the sierra, and then overnight we'll see some of this moisture trying to spill toward the bay area which we have to watch out for spot fires being caused by lightning strikes in the high country. during the day tomorrow you might notice around the coastal hilltops around the north bay, there is a chance we could see isolated showers or thunder up toward lake county. looking east of san jose you've got

where the first hurricane of the season is battering the north carolina coast. overnight the category 2 hurricane hit land. nbc's chris malone is live at kill devil hills. >> reporter: good morning scott, we're in the last reminisce of hurricane arthur. . delivered a solid punch to the north carolina coast before moving out to sea. after days of anticipation, arthur crept ashore under the cover of darkness. the first hurricane of the season made land near cape lookout, north carolina, before midnight, backing 100 mile per hour winds, a category 2 storm. right in the middle of the fourth of july holiday weekend, usually at a time for big business at north carolina's beaches. the state's governor urging those who didn't evacuateo stay safe. >> we really might not know how extensive the damage might be until mid-morning or even later based upon what the conditions might be. >> reporter: some parts of the outer banks were put under

of hosting the north's athletes. the news agency reports that the south argued over the planned size of the north's delegation. the agency says north korean delegates told the south they may reconsider its participation. sources say north korea may be bargaining for better conditions for its athletes. >>> the u.n. security council has called on north korea to comply with its resolutions not to fire any more ballistic missiles. it's condemned the country for carrying out three rounds of missile tests between late june and early july. the council members held an informal meeting on thursday. south korean officials have requested it. in a statement, the council president criticized the north. >> the members of the security council condemn these launches as violations of security council resolutions and urged the dprk to fully comply with the relevant security council resolution. >> the council issued a similar statement in march after north korea conducted other ballistic missile launches. >>> to the latest in business n

pushing to the north-west. new delhi looks dry for tomorrow and the day after. >>> the leader of the nigerian armed group boko haram pledged allegiance to the leader of the islamic state, known as the islamic state of iraq and levant. he declared support for the leader of the islamic state, abu bakr al-baghdadi, and al qaeda. >>> meanwhile, our correspondent is in naming , meeting sol -- nigeria, meeting some of the families of the schoolgirls kidnapped. she has called her 17-year-old sister shot in the face by the taliban because of her support for female education. before talking about malala in the nigerian capital, i want to talk about an allegiance to the islamic state by boko haram. how did that come about. what is the response? >> well, this kale in a video released or reported by the french newsagency. of course, it's a clear indication that the leader of boko haram is trying to ex-band his reach the the interesting aspect of the video is abubakar shekau is claiming responsibility for the attacks in lago

we're looking to the north. fires growling in the distance, coming back around. so, more explosions. so, really, from day one, the tunnels have been the objective, and the question was, did the idf, the israeli air force, do enough with the air strikes? and the answer was, probably not. now, so then, that raised the specter of a ground assault, a ground offensive, and now that is what we're seeing as we go into the 11th day on the ground near gaza. you can see the red light there, the -- obviously that's probably something burning in the distance there to the north, the smoke. coming from that constant shelling, the barrage of artillery fire on locations there. flares go up. they go back down. fire commences. we saw those flares very close to us, around the corner to the right of the camera, right up the road, shepard. maybe a couple hundred yards. haven't heard anything yet. but you know that israel is taking -- the israeli military is taking a hard look at something over there, and again, this area, as we have

north korea. there's current dissent about what is happening in japan, and the abduction talks between north koreand japan, they are walking away from a passivist constitution, allowing troops to fight abroad with an ally. that's seen as a militaristic move by the murns of japan -- minister of japan. china and japan with memories of what they did in the colonial period and the second world war. >> harry fawcett reporting from seoul. >> it's the first anniversary of the overthrow of egypt's prime minister mohamed mursi, and he has been replaced by former military leader abdul fatah al-sisi. mohamed mursi's supporters from the muslim brotherhood demand his re-instatement. >>> july the 3rd, a day when egyptians will remember for grpations. the -- generations. the defense minister surrounded by secular leftist and religious leaders makes a stunning declaration. >> translation: this roadmap includes suspending the constitution, holding early presidential and parliamentary election, and a reconciliation committee including young people. >> it was a decision welcomed by this crowd of army supporters who

the storms are moving off towards the north and east. it is warm and humid, the temperatures in the middle to upper 70's, 80 degrees. that is only going to add fuel as a front comes through tomorrow. the timing of that and what to expect the rest of the week coming up. >> meanwhile, this lightning strike is blamed for blowing up part of aid chimney and a home in northeast, washington. the roof also caught fire. saul sparks shoot from an electrical outlet. nobody was hurt. thee that happened in district, a massive tree came crashing down, blocking glebe road in arlington. >> jay korff was the first on the scene and is with us now live. how is the cleanup going? >> leon, still part of the road is still closed. i will step out of the way, a tremendous amount of police and road crews and dominion power trying to deal with the cleanup. the tree is still there. , thethe storm only lasted hard rain, about 20 minutes, but it unleashed a lot of damage. it's pretty dangerous to be out here if you're not careful. with and theing rain fell in arlingt

. >>> the japanese government has confirmed north korea has set up a newgative panel. the panel is re-opening cases of japanese citizens abducted decades ago by north korean agents. they will look into cases of missing japanese. the japanese government responded by formally deciding to lift some sanctions on north korea. japanese seizing three sanctions on north korea that have been in place since 2006. they cover restrictions on travel, money transfers and port calls by ships. prime minister shinzo abe and his ministers determined the panel's investigation will be effective. they noted a senior official at the north's top state organization has been named the committee's head. chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga told recorders easing the sanctions were meant to urge north korea to change its attitude. >> translator: our ministers will work together to get north korea to take concrete and proactive action to resolve the abduction, nuclear test and missile launch issues. we'll keep some of our sanctions in place as well as those based on u.n. security council resoluti

there's widely scattered sprinkles over the north bay, none of this from the sierra so sonoma and marin counties will amount to much in the next few hours. if you see any unusual summer weather in your neighborhood, take a picture and share it with us. upload your photos at www.kpix5.com or tag them with the #kpixtv. >>> the chronicle reports the drought could slash the amount of clean energy that could be utilized from the dams. there is nearly $10 million in emergency drought aid for rural california communities to keep them supplied with drinking water, but vilsack says that's just a band-aid. >> it will say other efforts to create storage facilities and things of that nature which over time can address the issue of water quantity. now we're focused on providing immediate help to people. >> he also called on congress to pass legislation to create better water storage. >>> to continue the theme, santa cruz is setting up a drought version of traffic school for people who wastewater. they can have the fines waived if they take a two hour course on conservation. one customer had a $4,400

moisture off to the east and north. it will stay away from us. news if you are headed to lake tahoe, it will take away the record heat and 85 and muggy with scattered thunderstorms. we will be warmer than 100 in chico, palm springs at 110 and dangerous rip currents to the south. 75 in san diego and 83 in los angeles. safely travels. >> we have a report from san francisco that a car has slammed into a bank of america branch. this is at the corner of mission street and geneva avenue. mission street southbound is closed. traffic control is in affect. northbound traffic is open. traffic should be moo-ing -- moving through. avoid it. along 280 up the extension, 67 miles per hour over to portrero district. and 101 is slowing down approaching the curb and as you can see the traffic on the lower degree of the bay bridge is slow-and-go in the east bay. >>> coming up, imagine this, a $36 million cell phone heist. was it an inside job in selfie safety, danger the popular pictures are causing at the tour de france bicycle race. >> sonoma county deputies are

and the trend here, north bay and tri-valley. temperatures are climbing into the 90s as we pass the middle part of the week. back to you. >> rob, thank you so much. >>> coming up, ready to play ball at the oakland coliseum. >> a new milestone for the boy who threw out the first helibotic pitch. >>> it turns out babies know more about language than you think from the latest research done. babies listen to a series of syllables while their brains are scanned. other areas in their brain lit up as well as the areas crucial to forming speech. researchers say it suggests babies can grasp speech long before they form words on their own and it reinforces the belief that talking and reading to babies from birth is important for language development. >>> today's first pitch at oakland's o.co stadium brought a story full circle. 15-year-old nick la grand tossing out the first pitch in person. you might say to yourself, what's the big deal about that? well, last year nick threw out the first telerobotic pitch from his hometown in kansas city.

this severe cell is moving towards the the north. look the at the lines that are developing through allentown and reading, moving toward the south east, this is a very persistent line that we're seeing through or northern and western suburbs going all the way down towards the baltimore, washington area. we will continue to see heavy rains here. one particular area in montgomery county seeing very heavy rain along 202 north, and thinks the second or third cell this afternoon that has popped up, and right here, we have a hail report in montgomeryville report, quarry cile hade reported. , 1 inch in diameter. this particular cell impact ago lot of people that live in this neighborhood in montgomery county. just to the north and west of upper dublin. we will continue to track this storm. this is moving towards the northeast, at about 25 miles an hour, and, continuing on this track, and, if it continues at this same speed, which we do expect, it will be an upper dublin by 5:25, warminster, bucks county by 5:42. newtown, grant by 6:02 and up

. >> sprinkleses s ts to light r the north bay. radar returns more impressive than reaching the ground across the boundary draping the north bay. we'll head up north of sonoma. you can see this whole area is where we could be possibly see sprinkles right now and just north of napa could be wet and also around petaluma and to the north around sonoma mountain parkway is where we could see sprinkles. temperatures will be mild today to below average. 60s along the coast in san francisco. 70s around the bay. some 80s inland with clearing from south to north. let's get a look at that traffic with leyla. >> good morning, everyone. 6:01. if you are just waking up with us wiping sleep from your eyes, we're starting off with an accident here in concord. this is on clayton road onramp. an ambulance is headed to the scene. possible injuries involved there. let's go outside to some live cameras starting with golden gate. if you are coming in from marin to san francisco, traffic running smoothly there. if you are further to the north in the east

you can see, it impact in the north carolina coast right now. we are tracking arthur as it will pass closely to or over the the north carolina coast late night and strengthen, to a category two storm, and then it will accelerate out to sea and begin to weaken to a cat one by friday and into saturday. now, here's a look at its impact, showers and storms with a flash flood watch in effect, even down the shore, through tomorrow morning. and that is due to the moisture, of arthur, interacting with that approaching cold front that kate is talking about. also, we're concerned about the winds picking up, we're gusting to at least, 30 miles an hour right now, and rough surf and rip currents. that threat will continue, now, right through saturday, so long after the storm is gone, on saturday we will be feeling its impacts. coming up later in the broadcast, we will talk more to the experts and the officials here, about what is going to be going on this weekend. as far as fire works are concerned and plans to venture back into the water, when the hurricane

you can see coverage out there in parts of the north bay. mainly for the northern part of the region. what has been happening over the past 12 hours, a south easterly flow, to the north bay and san francisco as well a closer inspection of the radar coverage. basically, can you see the rain showers toward santa rosa, this one cell, yellow indicating a heavier rainfall -- starting around the napa area, approaching glenn ellen and sonoma. it's not clear, yet, in fact, the coverage has been increased over the past two our three others. not as much coverage to show you for this part of the region, but we still have quite 0 bit of activity for the north bay. here's the radar loop. over the past three hours. we'll hold onto the chance of showers in the forecast, based on the radar image with all of the activity showing up. coming up, we'll look at the sierra forecast and highlight the lightening strikes that have hit the mountains and changes developing. we'll let you know if the raindrops will be out of the bay area. >> >> going to the north bay. s

we are tracking the storm from north carolina. >> reporter: on the beaches of north carolina and virginiait is the calm before the storm. >> unless it gets really bad, we will stay. we will ride it out. >> reporter: beach goers are getting in another day of fun in the sun before arthur moves in. >> some people are talking about evacuating. some aren't. >> reporter: from space the storm looks ominous. forecasters are saying it will bruch the east coast. north carolina governor is warping not to get complacent. >> while the current forecast does not indicate this will be a major impact, we are taking this storm very seriously. i ask that all coastal residents and visitors do the same. >> reporter: it generate dangerous rip currents a recipe for disaster on this crowded 4th of july week. >> we need to be prepared. people make poor decisions. they don't heed warnings of the emergency service individuals. we will have to get wet. we will be pulling people out. >> reporter: as the storm draws closer, another warning from the governor. b a s o put your stupi hatlly,s rorm.r:on ts hu gai >> a ine

it is pushing off toward the north, north/northeast. going back to the wide view a little bit more precipitation around philadelphia this is very light stuff in through parts of chester county and kind of skirting the northern edge of montgomery county. as we get get into the afternoon in particular, it looks like things get better. stepping outside, we have sky 6 right now we are looking at mainly cloudy skies over the airport, got a little bit of break in the rain here, of course we had thunderstorms last night as expected, some of them were gusty. a lot of them dumped a lot of rain. the dewpoint up at 68. it's fairly high it still feels humid. but the winds are going to turn a little bit out of the north and as we go through the day, the human will drop. we have scattered showers and thunderstorms coming in, by noon, most of the area should be seeing and end to the rain with the exception of the areas right down by the shore. quickly after that, though, it does clear out, the story of the afternoon is going to be drying but the return

ahead of the storm, north carolina governor pat motorcycle cory put more than two dozens counties under states of emergency. >> we might not know how extensive the damage might be until mid-morning, or even later. >> arthur is pounding the north carolina coastline, and washing out july 4th holiday plans for residents and vacationers here, many of whom did evacuate, some did stay to ride out the storm. >> police took door-to-door to take note who stayed hine. vacationing in nags head from north virginia, they decided to pack it in. >> we saw the state trooper on the road. we asked him. he said that is mandatory evacuation. that's when we decided to leave little early. >> the impact is felt far beyond north carolina. boston moved its independence day festivities up a day, putting on annual boston pop concert and fireworks show last night. arthur expected to arrive there today, as weaker storm, as it continues its path northwards. >>> you can see how the winds and the rain have died down, as this storm moves from the outer banks off shore. many people have taken refuge in shelters, we foun

the government is maintaining its ban on it entering japanese ports. north korean negotiators are asking the japanese side to lift the ban and seeking permission for the ship to once again connect the two countries. prime minister abe says he is eager to improve ties with china. the japanese prime minister says he wants to meade president xi when he meets for the cooperation forum in november. abe referred to strained relations at a lower house committee meeting. both sides need to recognize they are tied together. he stressed the importance of managing problems as they arise to keep the relationship strong. >> translator: it is very unfortunate that our two countries have been unable to hold a summit meeting. i want to improve relations and move towards a strong mutually benefici benefici beneficial strategic relationship. >>> we are seeing a tropical system in the western pacific. let's bring in robert speta. we just had a powerful storm last week. how bad will this be? >> this does not look like as strong as last week but hitting a coast line which is muc

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also to the north, shasta lassen toward the oregon border, the higher clouds are moving north. he humidity is going with it. the temperature is about 15 degrees cooler. the high clouds moving north. there are a few isolated showers. less humid. i remember him from meteorology 101. remember less humid. it will be a cooler forecast. entertaining myself sometimes. i apologize. a few showers, mendocino county. not a big deal. there might be a few others into lake county as well. the temperatures in the higher elevations have come down almost 30 degrees since monday. the pattern is changing here a little bit. low 60s, mid-60s. brentwood 65. 61 castro valley. 60 in orinda. la fayette. 62. temperatures are really close inland and bay. i mean for july usually there's a big spread. that's not the case here today. the low clouds will burn back slowly for some. some showers to the north. we're kind of caught in between but the low is winning out. cooler, breezy pattern. mostly sunny, south bay looks good. it will probably be warmer in the santa clara valley. for most locations, the delta b

here's the map of the foreclosure north want to win the to the portal one and a change a pastry northtcher also close contras will exchange the season's star of his accent and the big into the concrete replacing the french and pouring a concrete. sheila for young children in the car at night as she went into the casino and gambling. for the decay by and saw that the rich children alone in that car on the third level this parking lot the key was in the ignition and the opposition and there is a 10 year-old girl in the front see her baby brother was in the back. and it's a maneuver child unattended in stages in the first place but would you leave them a commercial a virus like that it's still expert really dangerous. she says she's just going into a casino for a few minutes into it will bring in her baby and her 10 year-old because the baby was sleeping. in addition to be a band of fervent life from the casita she faces child endangerment press charges. bella here's a video from the plane. the coxes airways and that the play was forger passengers are aboard. the airline says that there

security council has imposed sanctions on the north korean shipping firm. one of its ships was seized last year for carrying undeclared weapons. now the company is banned from engaging in international trade. the north korea sanctions committee added the ocean maritime management company to its sanctions blacklist. the decision was made after china agreed to support the action. omm operates the "chong chon gang," the cargo ship was seized by authorities last july in the panama canal. the vessel was carrying a huge cargo of arms from cuba to north korea in violation of a u.n. embargo. the company is believed to operate multiple cargo ships and have offices in china and russia. it will now be placed under an international asset freeze. and its officials banned from traveling overseas. 20 north korean companies and organizations are on the u.n. sanctions list. observers say the latest addition could deal a blow to north korea's trade and may draw sharp reaction from pyongyang. >>> in addition to the u.n. blacklist, the u.s. house of representatives has passed a

it will continue to weaken as it turns to the north. t it's still a minimal typhoon, or a very strong tropical storm. these are bands of these storms that go into the eye. these bands are going over the same area of land so flooding will be a problem. it will continue to push north. we have continued updates here. we're also looking at flooding and the potential for more severe weather across the country. >> dave warren thank you very much. >>> the defense resting its case in the oscar pistorius murder trial. he admits he fatally shot his girlfriend back on valentine's day last year, but he says he mistook her for an intruder. >>> coming up, nigeria has lots of oil, but most of the people there don't have power. now the government is stepping in to fix things. when you think of investing, you probably think of wall street, but some farmers found an invest or >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in co

converging on the north bias the wildfire threatens dozens of homes. live team coverage, next. >>> plus, the fight to shut down a bay area hotel. why some new york city leaders say hotel's more trouble than it's worth. >> good wednesday morning. cooling clouds have returned to the coast. also to the inner bay. a live look here at emeryville. we're going to drop temperatures for today but wind will increase. we'll talk about that. plus your fourth of july forecast coming up in moments. >>> of course, a lot of traffic coming on 580 westbound. through livermore reports of lumber in the roadway. san jose, i've got some bricks, we'll talk about those building materials coming up. >>> san jose, live look outside, we're awaiting the sun's arrival. it's wednesday, july 2nd. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. following that breaking news this morning, firefighters battling a large wildfire in the north bay. more