pushing it over the ocean shoving it our way, when it does it is going to bring thunderstorms for us thursdayy if you are driving thursday into friday especially thursday afternoon friday morning 5 to 10 inches of snow down to 7,000 feet and three to five inches of snow below that it will difficulty a little winds 45 miles per hour gusts. tomorrow 10 to 15° cooler than today, under a partly cloudy sky clouds and rain start to come in lucky we'll make it into the 50s and 60s thursday probably won't make it out of the 50s in most areas friday this is going to be windy, blustery thursday and friday. saturday through monday below average. saturday night into sunday first frost of the season watch out sunday morning you want to cover those plants bring the cats in my case cats, dogs in during the overnight hours. >> kids too. >>> abc viewers opened their hearts and wallets to the victims of superstorm sandy. >> wait until you hear how much they gave during abc's day of giving. >>> katie will be on 2:00 today with kelly ripa and michael strahan. >> abc7 news will work around the clock to bring you

pushing it over the ocean shoving it our way, when it does it is going to bring thunderstorms for us thursdayy if you are driving thursday into friday especially thursday afternoon friday morning 5 to 10 inches of snow down to 7,000 feet and three to five inches of snow below that it will difficulty a little winds 45 miles per hour gusts. tomorrow 10 to 15° cooler than today, under a partly cloudy sky clouds and rain start to come in lucky we'll make it into the 50s and 60s thursday probably won't make it out of the 50s in most areas friday this is going to be windy, blustery thursday and friday. saturday through monday below average. saturday night into sunday first frost of the season watch out sunday morning you want to cover those plants bring the cats in my case cats, dogs in during the overnight hours. >> kids too. >>> abc viewers opened their hearts and wallets to the victims of superstorm sandy. >> wait until you hear how much they gave during abc's day of giving. >>> katie will be on 2:00 today with kelly ripa and michael strahan. >> abc7 news will work around the clock to bring you

forecast calls for the chilly weather to hang in for tomorrow, cool weather as the storm leaves us thursday, and the warming trend. by the weekend, we are seeing highs in the mid to upper 60's. >> baltimore is playing a key role in the effort to use them cells to repair parts damaged by heart attacks. in studies conducted in miami and baltimore they looked at 30 patients who had previously suffered heart attacks and develop heart failure because of scar tissue. a stranger's stem cells could work as well as your own when it comes to repairing the damaged tissue. that means stem cells could be banked for future use justice it is just as blood can be. a study shows that a patient came down with hepatitis and there are linking that to medical -- a medical technician. approximately 30 people nationwide have been affected. 1700 patients have been notified to be tested for hepatitis c. finally, doctors in georgia are working with a man who has no collar bones. he has a condition that is so rare, the chances of being born with it or one in 1 million. officials said the genetic defect is not particu

us. by thursday night into early friday morning, once again 5:00 a.m.ve across the bay area. check out 3:00 friday afternoon, some very heavy rain moving across the region, as well. how much rainfall between wednesday and friday, north bay, higher elevations could see as much as five inches. quite impressive three inches elsewhere in the north bay. two inches around the central bay and lesser amounts as you head to the east and south. once again, these are estimates, these storm systems still building off the coast. the timing may be off a little bit. we'll keep you updated tomorrow. how about some highs. 61 in san francisco. interior east bay, oakland locking livermore valley, mid to low 60s. 66 in santa cruz. here is how the week shapes up. monday and tuesday should be dry. clouds thicken up by tuesday night. rain and wind, storm number one on wednesday. brief break on thursday. storm number two on friday with more wind and rain. then we'll look for periods of rain to continue saturday and possibly another storm moving in next sunday. >> ama: thank yo

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thursday night and friday. it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> thank you for waking up with usarly thursday morning. >> early is the operative word. let's go over to steve paulson for the weather, it is on its way. >>> well, it is already getting a little breezy as the south wind kicks in. there will be hit and miss showers but the front is up towards crescent road

thursday morning. a storm looks like it's going to aim well to the north of us on thursday. friday another round ever rain moves nheavy rain. sunday, another rain of heavy rain in the morning with showers monday, tuesday, and wet weather through the extended forecast. >>> former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords made a rare appearance today to accept an award. she and her husband and navy captain mark kelly were given the legacy award, honoring those dedicated to improving the state of arizona. giffords accepted the award and said a few words today. she continues her rehabilitation from a bullet wound to the head. >>> still ahead, the 49ers give one of their key defensive players a $45 million contract extension! plus, barry bonds is on the hall of fame ballot. well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry ho

overhead bringing us the warmer air mass keeping the storm track to the north at least for now but eventually this is going to shift. that ridge of high pressure will be moving out of here thursdayfriday and with that, wet weather will return to the area cooler conditions and the on shore breeze will be back with us for thursday and friday, as well. giving you a look here i want to pick it up wednesday morning. tomorrow morning we wake up partly cloudy mostly cleefrment wednesday looks good. thursday increase in clouds and by friday morning, a chance for some rain in the forecast for the morning drive, and i see rain and showers throughout our friday possibility saturday more rain on sunday. as we start tomorrow morning, partly cloudy skies, it will be a cool start once again. temperatures at this hour few greece warmer than 24 hours ago. that's how we will wake up tomorrow morning, dhilly but not as cold as this morning. 49 in oakland, 50 greece for san francisco, 47 mountain view, low 40s in santa rosa, as well as napa. extended highs for tomorrow we are looking at temperatures a few frees warmer than today. 72 for santa rosa, 70 degrees expected in novato. upper 06 #s to low

thursday and friday. before we get to that check out this forecast. 70s at the coast near 80 4:00 for the rest of us in the60s to low 70s by 7:00. temperatures drop 16 to 26° thursday with a chance of showers best thursday lingering into friday. >>> heavy traffic on the east shore freeway if you are headed from richmond towards berkeley, el cerrito into the macarthur maze. it is heavy, crawling, no major stalls or accidents. i had ward still with injury accident north 880 past a street on the right. here's a look at more crowded drives, 101 out of santa rosa, 90 to the san mateo bridge and there's your east shore commute from the carquinez bridge into the maze. >>> still ahead, live to obama campaign headquarters chicago. >> we'll show you the emotional moment from president obama, during one of his last rallies before heading to his adopted home city. >>> we want to see what is happening at your polling place if you get photos or video of long lines or any voting irregularities you can e-mail us also up load photos or video. >>> here's your three-day forecast once again looks like that cooling arrives tom

it will expect to have us thursday heading into friday. we could see rain for your morning commute. the chance for residual shower last on saturday. another system dropping down from the gulf of alaska could bring heavy rain and gusty conditions sunday into monday. the possibility of four wet weather in to next tuesday. we will continue to fine-tune your forecast to the traffic center. >> an accident and injury reported in the counter flow direction eastbound arawn camino pop low. a vehicle fire in a veranda. over to our bridges and disquiet. and of delays at the toll plaza. the san mateo bridge is just fine westbound 92 towards foster city. south bound 101 no issues with visibility. no accidents to report. a couple of headlights making its way into san francisco. the drive is 22 minutes out of novato into the city. any. >> new this morning a fire in contra costa county. the fire broke out around 1130--12:30 p.m. on the 50th hundred brblock a share would force drive. the cause of the fire is unknown. estimated damage is around $100,000. the governing boards of california state unive

this stays further away from us, you are dealing with the euro, sit a colder model, that's why we have the chance for snow in to wednesday and thursday. for today, the planner, afternoon temperature, coming in at 50 degrees, this is what the seven-day forecast looks like, brings us warmer as we head in to the weekend, especially for the ravens game. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >> good morning, hopefully the weekend hurries up. i don't know if i can handle the cold weather. several accidents to tell you about, trouble in baltimore, a crash in middle river, right on pulaski, martin boulevard. another accident, north baltimore, on charles street at northern parkway. 83 will be nice and clear, as we check in and look at warren road, notice everything moving along, no delays once you get onto the jfx, downtown, as far as 95 is concerned, here is what it looks like downtown, 395, no problems to report, traveling through the fort mc henry, checking in and looking at the time saver traffic drive times, 695, going to be delay free, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95, all the way up to 83, the west side in great sh

low to mid 40s san francisco]6Ñ÷ in the afternoon 50s coast low to mid 50s the rest of us best thursday have to come to san francisco, great morning to do it, pretty, chilly, light at the bay bridge toll, no issues, into metering lights no problems upper deck light out of novato through central san rafael past freitas parkway to north san pedro road past civic center moving at limit couple problems with ace trains, number 120 minutes late, number 3, -- number 1, 20 minutes late, everybody is on a regular schedule this veterans day. >>> ahead, lance armstrong makes a decision about his livestrong charity following the doping scandal. >>> splintered wood and charred earth is all that remains in an indiana neighborhood. the ongoing investigation into the mysterious weekend blast. >>> trading underway on wall street. dow up 11 points. >>> good morning. here's a look at doppler covering the entire state, a few radar returns in the central valley mainly north where storm is going to stay, 63 eureka today, 59 chico, low to mid 60s sacramento, fresno, big sur, low to mid 70s san diego, los ange

, but a lot brighter especially by tomorrow afternoon, chilly wednesday, 50 degrees, dry for us here thursday, friday, saturday, next chance of showers sunday into monday as we have a bit of a coastal storm throwing some moisture back our direction. >>> we're hoping to see more throwing of the football this week. redskins had a bye. we'll find out from scott what they're preparing for. >> this is the verizon sports desk with scott smith. >> they had the best regular in regular season and now have the most wins in the offseason. the nationals claimed a majority of baseball's top individual awards so far including three silver sluggers, a gold glove and new tonight a rookie of the year. who else could it be but price harper? the nats slugger hit .270 with 22 home runs, second most from a teenager in big league history. he knocked in 59 r.b.i.s all while playing last season at just the age of 9 nine years old. harper edged out todd frazier and wade miley to win the award, first rookie of the year in washington in 53 years. >> just being able to be in with the names of jackie robinson and mike pi

. >>> thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. it you buy too many treats to hand out for halloween or maybe your kid came home with too much candy. here's a suggestion. over the last few years many have initiate these candy buy back programs. what you can do is take those treats to a dentist office in exchange for cash. you can visit the web site halloweencandybuyback.com to find a dentist near you that's participating. the candy is sent to operation gratitude, one of the few groups that puts the treats in care packages for u.s. troops serves overassesses. >>> a school district in missouri says it may stop teaching kids how to write in cursive. they say technology has made the practice obsolete, so what do students think about it? >> i think they should teach it, like, because we will have a second way to write. >> you don't use it because if you order something online, if you don't need cursive. >> no word on when the final decision could be made, but banning cursive could be a thing that's happening in districts. >>> $1.84 for

it will be a slip for us in thursday's forecast. >> jeff, thank you. >>> back to our local issues now. another local issue getting national attention, that proposed soda tax in richmond. its measure n. that would put a penny tax on all drinks with sugar in them. think of soda, and certain juices. obesity rates in richmond are higher than in some areas. it's being defeated in a big way. 68% to 32%, no on measure n in richmond. >> we talked about proposition 30, which is up 3.4 points, where it was just a few minutes ago. that's continuing to claim and prop 38. there's a lot of other propositions to talk about, as well. janelle wang joins us with how those are faring. >> there's three propositions had to do with convictions. with 43% of the precincts reporting, it is failing right now. 46-54. nbc bay area is calling this race as defeated. let's move on to proposition 35, which increases prison sentences and fines for convicted human traffickers. and would require them to register as sex offenders. this is winning overwhelmingly, 82% to 18%. nbc bay area calling this one as passing. and

. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great thursday. and thanks for joining us, everybody. >> live and in hd this is "good morning, washington." >> more problems for storms until the northeast. 60,000 customers who lost power. some are in the dark again. it is november 8, thursday, i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. let's get to jacqui jeras. >> we really got off easy on this system. if you take a look at the radar you can see the center and the core of this storm impact in new england. it is winding down for new jersey and us as well. we will see clearing skies today. a chilly start. not terrible. high pressure will be moving in today. these guys will be clearing out. it still will be breezy and " what is in the lower to middle 50's today. it is time for traffic. >> not too much roadwork. 270 lanes open through silver spring. taking a look off in the distance heading across the bay bridge. mid-60's's at the bay bridge. we have an interstate on -- an incident on interstate 95. a box truck is rolled over on its side. the left sid

rain likely for us on thursday.e'll update that forecast for you tomorrow. >> ama: mike shumann is here. >> mike: we had a huge upset in college football. the top dog. the bcs rankings will be interesting. why is this man spending most of the day on the ground but still >> mike: how about standard quarterback kevin hogan. first start of his career on senior day. got a little help from his friends as they knock off oregon state. a must-win to keep their rose bowl hopes alive. 14-10 stanford at the half. beavers took the lead with 23 unanswered points but hogan answer. slips out to stepfan taylor. makes it to endz. the first stanford back to rush for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons. jody vaz, pump fake. hits his knee and fumbles. stanford recovers. hogan finds ertz back of the ene zone. 254 yards, three tds. cardinal up four. vaz nowhere to go. taked the stack, oregon state cannot convert. huge win for stanford, upsetting osu27-23. oregon next. >> last game in the stadium, and want to go out with a win. it wa

it used to be thursday through monday. i started to work there since i was 16. i am asking the sheriff's offices or the state office or my third cousin barack obama to look it up. so that needs to be shutdown real soon. they run all kinds of drugs out of there. the chief of police backed by asian mafia, ed lee they don't mind at all. [speaker not understood] i hear that the sheriff is going to do something about it and jerry brown has our back and so did obama. so the whole office should be further investigated and we want to support our local businesses. i would suggest that anyone who loves local businesses -- i hear on good authority there will be six new supreme court justices because they are just not doing their job. thank you. >> any other public comment that is not on today's agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> commissioners, you are now on item 5, discussion and briefing -- mr. president, would you like to take items 5 and 6 together? >> sure. >> item 5 discussion and briefing on supervisors file no. 12096 3 business and tax reg

or so, then this trough will start to move closer to us when it does, it will bring unsettled weather, first with a chance of storms up north thursdaytter chance for all of us friday, lingering chances saturday, wettest day this weekend will be sunday, we'll have one more chance of scattered showers monday, looks like it is going to be a little difficult to get around the next couple of days. maybe not this morning, let's find without sue. >>> good morning. live shot of the san mateo bridge tail lights from hayward towards foster city making turn to highrise traffic flowing nicely as you leave the toll and head westbound no delays here just a little bit of brake lights towards highrise. now bay bridge toll, metering lights on you can see backing to the west grand overcrossing, sluggish upper deck of the incline section towards treasure island. once there speeds pick up. west highway 4 somersville still "sig alert" accident blocking left lane, getting off at a coming back on at 10th to avoid that. earlier problem, good news westbound 580 before patterson pass both directions clear the damage is done westbound from 132 towards the 205

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rain likely for us on thursday.pdate that forecast for you tomorrow. >> ama: mike shumann is here. >> mike: we had a huge upset in college football. the top dog. the bcs rankings will be interesting. why is this man spending most of the day on the ground but still found his way to the ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >> mike: how about standard quarterback kevin hogan. first start of his career on senior day. got a little help from his friends as they knock off oregon state. a must-win to keep their rose bowl hopes alive. 14-10 stanford at the half. beavers took the lead wi

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we hope you will join us for movies & money on thursday. om all of us at first business, thank you for watching, and have a great wednesday. . >> it looks to be the first of three systems. >>> and talking about the calm before the stamp, we will let you know when that rain hits. >>> the storm could bring winds up to 45 miles per hour, it's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and good morning everybody, it is wednesday november 28th, i am brian flores. >>> and i guess this is the beginning steve of a very big storm. >> yes. >> he paused. >> not all in one day. >> that is correct, brian and pam, if you leave right now you might miss it, i only had a few sprinkles and the main core is still offshore but it is getting close and you can see rain is starting to pick up a little bit. we see the yellow and green and

. >>> good morning thank you for joining us this thursday morning, i am pam cook. >> mark is here, do we need a jacket? >> it would be a nice accessory. >> remember, we had record heat and we have a complete 180 and some rain showers are up to our north and some rain snow showers are right to our east and lake tahoe reported some mixed precipitation. there is a chance of a shower but the bulk moves into the afternoon hours. 55 to right around 62 degrees. and sal right now has an update on traffic. >> you can feel it especially if you are in a small car across the bridges. you can see traffic moving along well, it is 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> at 5:00, we are tracking developing news, a hazmat scare in burlingame, carbon-monoxide was found, what is going on tara? >> well, officials have let the second and third floors get back into their rooms in order to get their belongings and if you take a look behind me, psych the windows are still open here. those folks have actually been coming out after getting into their rooms and they are packing up their cars and heading out. there

. >>> thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. if you like to have a doughnut with your morning breakfast, the story might intrigue you. >> there's a bakery that's whipping up fresh homemade doughnuts with something extra inside. alcohol. delight pastries in chicago sells what it's now calling drunken doughnuts filled with a type of liquor infused jams and custards and you might try anything from a custard vodka to a chocolate godiva liquor doughnut. they date back to the 17th century. >> wow, mosey doughnut. >> oh my god. i love them. >> sounds like she's had a couple. now just in case you were wondering you cannot get drunk off the drunken doughnuts. they cook the fillings which eliminates a lot of the alcohol and leaves behind the flavor. they sound pretty good though. don't they? charlie's apparently had a couple of them too i guess. what we're doing during the commercial breaks. >> yeah! [ laughter ] >>> oh wow. coming up this morning, at 6:00, those black friday deals are good and some may be too good like the doughnuts. >>

. >>> good morning, thank you for waking up with us on this thursday, november 14th, what is going toe like, steve? >>> we'll see increasing clouds coming in, it will lead to more rain tomorrow but not too bad right now we will end up cooler today and highs will be in the 60s for many i guess my graphics are not of ming but you'll just have to trust me, here is sal. >>> we have had a couple of accidents west 80 san pablo road. let's go to some live pictures here. this is traffic you can see it is moving welcoming to the willow pass grade and this morning if you are driving in

mainly dry for a lot of us on thursday.s we head to friday that is when wide spread rain is returning. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow wide spread cloud cover and areas of fog. so definitely want to be watching out for that even though the ground will be dry. throughout the evening hours there comes the next storm system. it is mainly an event for you tomorrow with the highest chances of rain. as we head throughout thursday night and friday morning the next storm arrives with heavier pockets of rain. right now friday morning looks like the next heaviest zone of wet weather. we will see the storm linger around. and that is why we have flooding concerns with us. this is what our computer is estimating when it comes to rainfall. not exact totals but where we think some of the numbers will lie. it is totally something you can handle in the east and south bay. up into the north bay we can see rainfall totals surpass 4 or 7 inches for some of the highest elevations. this is a huge litmus test of what could happen. the russian river at guernev

only tapers on wednesday night for the second storm to hit us on thursday. when all said and done wednesday through sunday updated written fall total. the wettest north bay location up to 8 inches as we head into sunday. 6 inches across the heart of the bay area. 3 to 4 inches across the south pay east bay and heading out to the peninsula. tops off heading down towards the monterey bay. but with this kind of rain we are concerned so flood watch is up from wednesday through saturday. lake county the straits and sacramento valley and northern san joaquin valley. the creek may flood. be aware of that. with those strong gusty winds could even see down tree and power lines. tomorrow afternoon could see few sprinkle in advance of the storm. upper 50's to low 60's. increasing cloud cover as the day goes on and around the monterey bay. temperatures pretty much on the mild side with low to mid 60's. here's a look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. we are going to see periods of heavy rain and wind wednesday thursday. really heading into the weekend not much of a rel

leading cold air mass funnel system bringing us showers thursday morning at 5:00 o'clock by 10:00 o'clock thursday morning showers arriving in the north bay. by early afternoon showers in the south bay and other parts of the bay area with few trailing showers into early friday morning might even see a thunderstorm developing overnight thursday night into friday morning. that cell could also produce mixed precipitation atop mount hamilton cold air and winter weather advisory in effect from thursday morning to friday morning up to foot of snow likely there in the higher elevation. here's our 7 day forecast much cooler tomorrow but dry. showers thursday maybe thunder shower friday morning dry cool through the weekend and maybe some frost monday morning. big changes coming our way. >> it ace change. thanks very much. >> we want to take you back now to chicago. of course the votes keep coming in and we'll have more election results but here you can see the celebration under way in chicago. >> we expect to hear from president obama at some point this evening but before we hear from him we hear

40s through 7, mid 50s lunch hour, upper 50s to low 60s 4:00, most of us in the upper 40s to 50 by 7:00. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, temperatures hit low 60s along the coast, mid 60s for rest of us rain will stay north tomorrow mild wednesday dry thursday afternoon then a storm system approaches thursday night into friday for a better chance of showers. time for traffic. >>> good morning. happy monday a lot of folks have the day off. right now traffic light, highway 87 san jose couple cars headed northbound past hp pavillion. first look at bay bridge toll, light, no problems, no issues on upper deck into san francisco, drive out of antioch looking good, no problems here as you make your way towards pitburg and concord. nice drive out of the -- central valley at the limit westbound from tracy up and over the altamont pass, less than 15 minutes. >>> deadly blast levels homes in indiana. next, the big mystery police and firefighters are trying to solve. >> officials begin adding up damage from superstorm sandy, the huge financial aid new york state alone could be (kx;x;x;x;x;x$j >>> welcome back. clear from sutro to

heavier the rain will be trade and certain on the is one ofk, but this overnighthowing us wednesday and into thursday isning that rain into snowfall. we will keep a close eye and be thatred for any changes to forecast in the next day or so. partly sunny skies today. high temperature between 48 and 53 degrees. for tonight, downright cold. cloudy, 27 to 35. there is a look at your seven- day forecast. partly cloudy to parlay sunnis 9 degrees for the high. -- partly cloudy to partly sunny skies. 49 degrees for the high tide finally, in a little bit of a in the temperature. we have a long way to go between then.d >> thanks so much. up, a day at the suit s tragedy. >> the very latest on the search after young child' so, maybe you're trying to figure out question seven. well, let me give it a shohot. if y you're ok with marylanders spending five hundred and... fifty million a year gaming in other states, fair enough. but if youou think we should kep that money here... add twelve thousand jobs, and generate millions for schools... well you should probably vote for question seven. because if it doesn't pass,

recently militias have concentrated on army bases across syria hoping to stop the regime from using them on thursday they took over an artillery out in the oil rich eastern province near iraq. the u.n. human rights commission plans to send a team of experts to bahrain this week amid growing concern the nation is slipping into protest chaos the main opposition party very says it will resume pro-reform demonstrations despite a government ban on gatherings bahrain's uprising has been going on for almost two years with activists calling for more freedoms and access to jobs and education from their sunni leaders people have been killed and thousands thrown behind bars during the government crackdown on disk. and on wednesday court sentenced to twenty three medics to three months in prison for treating injured protesters and taking part in rallies that comes after a report by a leading human rights group amnesty international which concluded torture and oppression are on the rocks. below we have is that actually the situation is much more spending months ago it's really the terry rate when we're talking a

us. thankfully gets out of here wednesday afternoon into thanksgiving thursday.nday some of our warmer weather some of our drier weather, mid to upper 60s from the coast. >>> busier san mateo bridge from hayward towards foster city, brake lights when you make the turn towards the highrise, 15 minute drive across the bay, east shore freeway commute, busier, bunching up, 580 merge and things pick up as you make your way towards the act arthur maze. traffic app in san jose north 101 tully earlier accident still blocking lanes, traffic bumper-to-bumper past blossom hill in the northbound direction the capitol expressway also slow. >>> 6:52. tonight on the abc7 news at 11, i-team investigation into adoption. day family desperate for children trusted a local man to bring them happiness they say they were deceived. dan noyes tracked down the man who works as an adoption facile day for. >> reporter: are you being -- straight with families about the kids they are adopting? >> what he says about the children that needed more than a good home and what the i-team has uncover

militias have concentrated on military bases across syria hoping to stop the regime from using them on thursday they took over an artillery outpost in the oil rich eastern province near iraq. brings up to date for the moment all news in about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime our special report exposes the reality of women in afghanistan deprived of any rights or prospects by harsh religious and social traditions as our special report after a short break. looters that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these paul it's no prepackaged confort but they joy is a while these guaranteed guineas a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in russia every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like these anywhere else in the world. by going off the list below sea line. if i go wrong the wrong and surprise you will go straight to the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper failed. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot agrees the he

us. this is a thursday and we like to spend our time with derek on thursdays. tell us how to get your plants to survive the cold. that's coming up next. >> if you think it's cold outside, you haven't visited ice. holly is taking us to shrek the halls. back with more of that. it's 9:43. :43. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. >>> well, this morning, we are learning all about ice. that's the latest wintertime fun event for national harbor. based on dream works shrek the halls. and holly joins us live with more. >> reporter: you guys are over the top. >> how about that? >> reporter: maybe the 9 degrees is getting to me. i can tell you how impressive this is. when really important people show up and tell you how amazing it is. then that's a different story. if you listen quietly you might hear some bells and coming around the corner right now as we speak i think you'll recognize him. oh, santa. look at him. this is a very busy time at the north pole for santa.

confederation of greek civil servants' trade unions thank you very much for being with us it's appreciated thursday we saw those cuts of thirty going to have believed pushed through tonight knowing point three billion euro cuts may be i mean what are you expecting out of this budget. of course we expect nothing because of this budget is a catastrophe for this country all the measurements say it will lead does look at past of the end we know it because after two years of memorandum and all for the same or measures and the same politics of the i.m.f. and the e.u. don't get. me out of the crisis we are getting more in the crisis and of course in two people that's. absolutely so what will protest occur. yes of course i on wednesday as a person for we have some brokers of the public servants because we are. on our way out of the services first of all and second the four oh no wednesday the fourteenth of november we have made. in greece but not only in greece also immediately in portugal and everywhere in europe even in the england they will all people will you join their voices against this policy that

. >> but maybe wednesday or thursday for us and the northeast. >> roll it in and out quickly. >> yes. >> we need a win this weekend. >> and it won't be easy. carolina is coming to town, 1- 6, but watch out. won't be easy. washington or carolina, which team will turn around their fortunes on sunday? if washington's defense has anything to do with it, it won't be burgundy and gold. and how hurricane sandy is impacting d.c. united. that's coming up. >>> redskins defense on pace to give up 5,000 passing yards this season. let that marinate. no team has ever done that. a lot of reasons for the foul smelling defense. defensive backs who don't cover well, all of the above so would do you do with cam newton as he comes to town? last year's rookie sensation has morphed into this year's sophomore slumper. he's still dangerous. we know he's got legs. the redskins don't stop anybody which has jim hazlet turned gone and he certainly knows that. >> we've given up too many yards, big plays, and then the rush, you know, we haven't had as many sacks as we did last year. i thought we did much better la

forward to that. >> i'm glad you are. >> a little preview that have. >> trace will be here with us thursdayh, okay. >> not now. >> the parade. mr. roker, how about a chase of the weather. >>> 8:33 now. skies turning dark over city by the bay. you can still make out the golden gate bridge in the distance. the showers are on the way. heavier rain as we head into this afternoon. this is sunol. the micro climates making for a tricky forecast. it works like this. showers will stay to the north of the golden gate bridge until we hit this afternoon when the front arrives. the bulk of the moisture comes through at 5:00 p.m. we stop as we head through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> and that's your latest weather. of course, it's that time of the year. time for our annual "today" show toy drive. start taking your donations to the plaza next monday. please donate. our friends at amazon.com once again stepping n.craig burrman from amazon.com is here and you prout a special guest with you. >> i brought my daughter caroline. >> how are you? >> first of all, how easy is it to donate? >> so easy, the 12th

until it does wednesday into thursday best chance of rain today is up to our north. tomorrow warmest day, most of usn the 70s from the coast, slowly cool increasing clouds thursday, friday best chance of showers saturday, sunday, monday, still looks unsettled. best chance of rain probably sunday. >>> san rafael southbound 101 some sort of police activity in the area of north san pedro, flashing lights. we'll follow that. maybe just a police officer pulling over a speeding motorist. elsewhere, no problems south 101 through marin to the golden gate bridge which is fog-free san jose 87 northbound headlights past hp pavillion on the left moving, light. first reports of accident westbound 580 before mountain house parkway, chp arriving on scene, four cars, left lane blocked that could wreck your commute out of the central valley westbound 580. to the santa cruz mountains highway 9 closed accident knocking down power wires outage in the area between upper and lower glen arbor in the ben lomond area. northbound 101 shoreline boulevard debris in lanes causing flat tires. chp en route to clean that up. >>> u

>> now one of the things that michael orrin, the israeli ambassador told us last thursday on the program is, we want to get to those stockpiles of rockets. how realistic is that when they are higher grade, longer range rockets being smuggled in in the last couple years, you don't have an egyptian partner like mubarak who is going to try to shut down those tunnels. israel has some real concerns and hamas has access to much better weaponry. >> it does. that also gets back to part of the purpose of what the israelis are doing. a, the israelis going after targets designed to destroy this capability that hamas has. so when you talk about collateral damage, it's because a lot of the rockets are put in highly populated areas. >> this is one of the most dense populated areas in the world. >> in the world. absolutely. >> the square mile of gaza. >> when one talks about collateral damage on the other side, hamas is shooting rockets at civilian areas. their targets are civilians. it's not collateral damage. their targets are that. there's an asem try built in. the israelis would like to have an out

us. it is november 1st, thursday morning. i hope you had a happy halloween. we have a lot of news to cover, sandy still the big story. thousands of people in new jersey still trapped in their homes and the cleanup is only just beginning in some of the hardest hit areas. we're hearing that the death toll has risen in new york city and of course a lot of people are still devastated by the fires. they can't go anywhere, and water conservation also a huge issue. let's head live to hoboken where we see remay marsh. >>> the national guard are still on stand by, yesterday they rescued people trapped inside their house, but this morning some good news. that contaminated flood water in this area is all gone. >> it's been three days since super storm sandy bore down on the east coast, but recovery is just beginning. governor chris christie of new jersey is asking for patience. >> i need you to have patience as i'm trying to get all these things done. >> christie accompanied president obama on a tour of storm damage yesterday. the president said americans go through tou

thursday? still we've got that ridge protects us, and it looks even right on through thursday.howers stay offshore. we could see a few of them head our way late thursday. but then a more significant system wants to set up by next weekend. so that could mean some snow and a more seasonable conditions around here as we get closer to thanksgiving. 61 in fremont today. notice a few more 60s around the bay with upper 50s downtown. 61 livermore with half moon bay coming in at a cool 55 degrees. 62 in watsonville. 60 for salinas. here's the abc news whenever seven-day forecast. the numbers in the low 60s today arounded bay and our inland east bay, mid-50s at the coast for the parade starting out cool and them by 3:00 we should hit the lower 60 mark. tomorrow a little bit milder. that will take us through tuesday. increasing clouds on wednesday. it looks like the rain showers i think are going to stay offshore. i'm going to fine tune that forecast, but all in all it looks like a pretty cool week. maybe some bigger rain by next weekend. >> so the tiny change you were talking about is on

that's that area of low pressure that is going to organize offshore, shoot us with high clouds today as we head towards thursdayht into friday, will bring us a chance of rain the second system from alaska, colder for the weekend, heavier rain maybe even thunderstorms. couple of inches around the bay area we are getting to have a great start that means more snow in the sierra with this storm also. here's a look at your seven day forecast, tomorrow mild not as warm as today, thicker clouds dip the sunshine showers roll in thursday night hang around through friday another chance of rain saturday cooler showers sunday into monday. have a great day. >>> i heard four ski resorts planned on opening over thanksgiving, neat. closer to home light traffic at the bay bridge toll, reports of a stall westbound right lane at the s-curve, hopefully crews will get that cleared out fast. macarthur maze everything flowing nicely from 580 and 880 and 80 into the bay bridge toll no problems. earlier car fire eastbound 24 at wilder has been put out and cleared, no issues. roadwork north 101 hills detail three right lanes until -- hi

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us. and then thursday sun returns, 53. as we head toward the weekend, we got warmer temperatures. saturday 66, so a nice day for the heart walk at nats park and 67 on sunday for the ravens. monica, good morning tou. >>reporter: we've been getting questions as to what potentially could be happening on 270, and, really, it's incident free. it's just a slow, slow traffic this morning. in fact, a long slow stretch, 16 miles an hour off and on as you leave fredrick and then it gets really slow as you head from 109 toward 121, and then suddenly it breaks loose down past that toward gaithersburg and rockville. let's take a live look near route 109 on the southbound side on our mdot camera. this is what you're dealing with. all the lanes are open, it's just very, very slow and heavy this morning. let's go back over to our maps and this time we'll head out west where there's accident cleanup continuing for a good two hours now here on route 234 on balls ford road, prince william parkway at balls ford road. again, that accident cleanup continues. hopefully they'll have it wrapped up in the