Temperatures are going to be where they should be for this date in august which is really the last time well see these average highs. East bay numbers stacking up to the 90s either way in the north bay p cingulars to 80s. Full forecast coming up. Right after this now back to you. Reporter thank you. Right now there are extra security measures in place as police prepare for protests in the bay area. One of the biggest is expected at San Franciscos crissy field. [ sneezing in the background ] kpix 5s Neda Iranpour reports. Reporter this Patriot Prayer rally is going to be starting tomorrow at 2 p. M. But the organizer expects it to begin earlier and counter protestors are planning to come out to crissy field. Already this morning we are seeing barricades, signs up, warning people of closures here at this popular park. Now, today also a rally is going to be held. Mayor lee, london breed, board of supervisors, Community Leaders gathering at city hall to celebrate San Franciscos values of compassion, love and inclusion. That will be the theme at city hall today and Civic Center Plaza. This is happening at noon. It was a different story when a fight started at the Patriot Prayer event in portland two weeks ago but the organizer joey gibson says he comes to San Francisco in peace. He does not want another portland or charlottesville. On facebook, he blasted San Francisco mayor lee for not speaking out about violence by left wing activists. He invited people of color. Volunteers will create a huge human heart at the ocean beach and at civic center an event. In the mission, counter protestors were making signs ahead of the Patriot Prayer rally. Frisco resistance. [ speaking spanish ] his group does not represent our america. We are the grassroots. We are the people of color on the streets. If they have some token people of color there that are being puppeteered and they are not conscious of that, then they should come over here and get some lessons from us. Reporter now, to prevent any kind of violence, crissy field will be divided into two zones. No pedestrian, bike or vehicle access from Golden Gate Bridge. Streets will be closed in the presidio and crissy field and the only way on to crissy field tomorrow will be from the east, thats at the marina gate on Marina Boulevard near the palace of fine arts. No weapons are allowed. So they will block off the area and have one entrance so they can check everyone make sure they dont bring things not permitted. Neda iranpour, kpix 5. Berkeley denied a permit to sundays antimarxist rally but it is expected to go on anyway and the police chief says that Law Enforcement will be ready. Chief greenwood wouldnt give specifics on how officers will handle violent clashes at the rally in berkeleys Civic Center Park but he says authorities have learned from past events and that this time around, there will be one major difference. The number of officers on the ground. We are prepared with plans. Greenwood also said people should consider attending sanctioned peaceful events scheduled for sunday morning and stay away from Civic Center Park during the rally. Stay with us throughout the weekend for complete coverage of all the bay area rallies on air and online at cbssf. Com. In just a few hours, a prominent figure at this years rallies in berkeley will face a judge. Kyle chapman charged with felony possession of a leaded stick at a demonstration in berkeley on march 4. Youtube videos of the rally in Civic Center Park show him with a stick and hitting counter demonstrators with it. Harvey is quickly making its way towards the gulf coast and is expected to be a category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall. Early this morning, the storm was upgraded to a category 2 with winds predicted to be greater than 111 Miles Per Hour and rainfall close to 3 feet in some areas. It looks to be the most powerful storm to make landfall in the United States since 2005. Coastal residents are taking it seriously and many have boarded up their homes and stocked up on supplies as officials urge them to evacuate and head inland. Im watching it. Im going to take the chance. The governor of texas has already declared a preemptive state of disaster in 30 counties. In washington, dc, a fiscal Storm Brewing over the debt ceiling as President Trump battles with republicans leaders. President trump criticized men needed to get things done in congress. He accused Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan of botching efforts to avoid defaulting on the National Debt by not including debt ceiling legislation in a Veterans Affairs bill. I think the relationships are fine. Certainly there are going to be some policy differences but there are also a lot of shared goals and thats what were focused on. Reporter speaker of the house paul ryan said he is not worried when asked about the debt ceiling telling boeing employees its going to get done during a town hall meeting in washington state. Congress only has until the end of september to raise the debt ceiling and pass a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. President trump heads to camp david today for the weekend. And the president s attacks come a day after the white house and mcconnell issued statements pledging to work together. Privately its been reported they are feuding. This morning President Trump said, few if any administrations have done for just 7 months than the Trump Administration. Bills passed, regulations killed, border, military, isis, sc. A proposed universal healthcare bill at the capital after speaker Anthony Rendon received backlash from democrats for shelving a universal healthcare bill passed by the state senate. Claims that the former bill lacked key details about how the system would be funded. Rendon says that an Assembly Committee will explore options for universal healthcare in the state. State lawmakers also making a push to ban the marketing of pot edibles to children. This comes just months before shops can start selling marijuana for recreational use. The proposed bill was recently approved by the senate. It prohibits packaging and labeling of marijuana products that show pot edibles such as cookies and candy bars. The San Jose Police department launching a new campaign to recruit members of the lgbt community. The departments plans to use these ads which show the actual families of three officers. A heterosexual couple, gay and lesbian couples. Chief garcia is trying to drum up interest in the police force during festivities in san jose this weekend. All lanes on eastbound interstate 580 are back open this after a big rig rollover crash blocked lanes for hours overnight. The crash happened when the truck driver lost his brakes and pulled off the road to slow down. But he lost control and the tractortrailer rolled on its side. It took crews several hours to get the truck upright and re open the roads. No injuries. Check out how quickly flames engulfed this Apartment Building on dutton avenue in santa rosa. You can see plumes of smoke, ash floating from the window as firefighters put it out yesterday. The red cross is helping two families to relocate. No injuries. The cause is under investigation. A big day for north bay commuters. Smart train officially launches today. Well have all the details coming up. Right now, we are starting to see more delays build along the eastshore freeway. Well take a closer look at the travel times coming up. I definitely have a friday feeling that well be spiking into the triple digits this weekend. Ill talk about just how long the heat wave will last. Plus, in our tech report, when apple is expected to host its iphone 8 launch event. Well be right back. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. But we now know it would be way over budget. A state audit finds the university of california wants a new payroll system but it could be way overbudget. A state audit finds the system would cost at least 200 million more dollars to operate than originally expected. It was also supposed to be put in place by 2014. Now its not going to be finished until at least 2019. Starting today in the north bay a muchanticipated Public Transit project makes its debut. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in san rafael this morning with all we can expect once smart trains get rolling. Reporter good morning. This is a pretty big day here in the north bay. We have been talking to leaders who say they have been envisioning this day for more than a decade. Full Service PassengerTrain Service here in the north bay today launches today and on this opening day, rides will be free starting in the afternoon. If you do want a free ride, you can catch it from this sonoma airport station. That will go around 12 49 or so. And that will be the first free ride of the day. Commuters will be able to catch trains at ten stations between Sonoma County airport and downtown san rafael. And this is expected to ease traffic on highway 101 by giving commuters an alternate route. Through labor day, fares will be half off and then after that, regular fares will be 3. 50 to 11. 50. Thats all depending where youre going. The train runs 7 days a week and has an onboard cafe where you can buy food and drinks and wine and beer. Smart train has a soft launch with limited service earlier this summer and we were there. We caught up with some excited passengers. Reporter are you excited . Yeah. Reporter what are you looking forward to . Looking out the window. Im ready for it. It will be great. Reporter the train will make 34 trips a day between the airport and san rafael. It takes with an hour to go the 43mile stretch. Now, we did talk to some smart train officials who say they are planning on extending Train Service to larkspur hoping to open a station there next to the ferry terminal. Reporting live in san rafael, im Jessica Flores, kpix 5. So we wont get the benefit of that for this mornings commute. But that is going to drastically change things in the north bay. Oh, for 101 drivers . Yeah for people coming into the city. So starting i guess monday well see that. That will be very exciting. So it will be interesting just to see if there are changes in the traffic pattern. Right now, were tracking no delays with mass transit. An excellent choice if you would like to avoid the roads this morning because they are not looking good. Especially for drivers heading along 680, two separate accidents. The first one southbound 680 near coopman and one in the backup near sunol boulevard so traffic backed up to 580 at this point and 20 minutes is your travel time southbound. 880 getting a bit sluggish out of san lorenzo on into hayward. But still moving. We are in the yellow. But its about 13 minutes if you would like to use that as an alternate and over to pacifica where were tracking an accident blocking at least one lane. This is northbound one right at highway 35 and traffic starting to back up stretching towards manor at this point. So do expect delays if you are trying to get out of pacifica this morning. Over at the Richmond San Rafael bridge, things are starting to stack up just a bit and we are getting reports of an accident in the eastbound direction as you approach the toll plaza. Well take a look at that coming up. Check this out. Its our live weather camera looking out from our kpix 5 studios past pier 9. The flag on the fly with the winds up to 10. Also, notice the sky. Thats a compressed deck of low clouds and fog. Now look at this from sutro tower. Looking in the direction of mount tam this morning. This is a 1,000footdeep marine layer. So we are going to see earlier burnoff all the way to the beaches. Right now, santa rosa 48 degrees. Thats the coolest temperature i have seen in at least three months, seriously. San jose at 59 degrees. Its in the mid50s in livermore. John miller is in santa rosa. Tgif its a cool 51 degrees. Clear skies for him in his neighborhood. Thanks, john i appreciate you checking in and have yourself a great weekend. Satelliteradar confirms all these reports. We have the deck of stratus right here hanging tight to the san mateo coast. But again, its relatively shallow. We will see earlier burnoff and then the heat is on this weekend with the prolonged heat wave in the forecast. Here we go. Were looking at our futurecast. We have the temperatures heating up sunday through wednesday under this strengthening ridge of High Pressure. This is going to be a prolonged heat wave when we finally start to see some cooler temperatures by wednesday, thursday. Its only by a degree or two. 70s to the 90s. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, across the bay area today. Take a look at these temperatures. This is where we should be for this time of the year. Its the last average august day this month. The extended forecast shows triple digits. Michael j. Foxs tour de fox is a fundraiser tomorrow to fight parkinsons disease in santa rosa. Its going to be a great bike ride. And the goodguys car show this weekend in pleasanton. Sunny and hot at the fairgrounds. 102 degrees. Anne, were talking hot guys and hot cars. [ laughter ] right up my alley, roberta. Apples iphone launch event might just be weeks away. Nine to five mac reports that apples annual event will take place on tuesday, september 9. The site claims that apple told wireless carriers when to expect the event so they could prepare for influx of new inventory. We are expecting the event to feature the debut of the iphone 8 and a new lteenabled apple watch. Google wants to help people with their mental health. U. S. Users who enter depressionrelated searches will now receive a prompt saying check if youre clinically depressed and will be invited then to fill out a screening questionnaire. Google says the assessment is designed for users to start a dialogue with their doctors and that no information would be recorded or shared. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up, should Colin Kaepernick be a Football Player and an activist . An nfl legend weighs in. And you think its possible or impossible for the 49ers to get to the playoffs this year . One player says, think again. First whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolsch ools kpix. Com, and we may feature your school on the thursday morning show. The plus california lawmakers are firing good morning. Buffalo bills running back lesean mccoy yesterday said that Colin Kaepernicks talent as a quarterback is not worth the distraction he would bring to a football team. And yesterday, kaepernick tweeted out a thank you to the people who rallied outside nfl headquarters on his behalf. Hall of fame running back jim brown said kaepernick must choose between being a Football Player and activist. Then added this i dont desecrate my flag and my national anthem. Im going to work within those situations. But this is my country and i will work out the problems and doing it in an intelligent manner. The 49ers are looking for a win. Sundays third preseason game is a dress rehearsal and is important for veterans like elvis dumervil. One thing is for sure, he is saying all the right things. This is a playoff team. Its playoff talent. Its a matter of everybody understanding the scheme, gelling together, but without a doubt we got a talented roster for sure. Reporter 214 a playoff team . To be a playoff all you have to be is 97 to win your division. Im high, right . Eight ejections handed out yesterday between the tigers and yankees after some bean balls detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera and romine had words at the plate and the donnybrook was on it was one of three times in this game that the benches cleared and detroit won 106. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. Our play of the day, a potential home run as the yankees take on the tigers. High flyball left field. It is hit well to the track and to the wall and its caught both runners tag. A run will score. Showing his athleticism, upton nice, aaron hicks hit it deep to left but justin upton robs the score. The replay shows him jumping perfectly to stop stop the home run. Tigers win thanks to this play of the day. The popular access that you know of into crissy field will be blocked off. Coming up, we are going to show you how park police are preparing for whats expected to be a pretty massive protest along with counterprotests. Plus, california lawmakers are firing back at President Trump over his comments about the deadly charlottesville protest. The action they could soon take strengthens overnight as local officials warn residents time is running out to leave. We expect as much as six to 12 feet rise of water. A live report on the affects the gulf coast is already experiencing. Plus i hope that San Francisco is a peacesful place that stands up to its name of st francis. As neighbors hope for the best right nowsecurity measures for the patriot rally are in place. The rest know about bef Hurricane Harvey strengthens as local officials warn residents to evacuate. We expect up to 12 feet rise of water. A live report on what the gulf coast is already experiencing. Plus i hope that San Francisco is a peaceful place, that stand up to its name of st. Francis. As neighbors hope for the best, right now security measures for the Patriot Prayer are in place. The restrictions you need to know about before heading to crissy field. And rolling full steam ahead. What smart train is offering riders as it rolls out service today. But first, the National Hurricane center says that Hurricane Harvey is rapidly becoming more powerful. The storm is now a category 2 hurricane. Its friday, august 25. Im kenny choi. Im anne makovec in for michelle griego. It is forecast to become a category 3 by the time it hits the east texas coast tonight or tomorrow morning. We have a report from Corpus Christi. Reporter the storm is slowly heading to the coast of texas at about 10 miles an hour. Seems slow but the window for texans along the coast to try to evacuate if they choose to do so is quickly getting smaller. Southeast text battenssoutheast texas battens down as Hurricane Harvey moves closer to the coast. Businesses, residents and governments taking the storm seriously and taking steps to protect themselves. We have a bulldozer on call in case our buckets get stuck. Were expecting the worst but hoping for the best. Reporter some coastal residents boarded buses and headed inland. I didnt want to be there. Im shaking inside but im trying to be strong. If i was 30 years younger i might try it but im handicapped and i dont want to be there. Reporter across the region residents stock up on necessities where they can. Thank you for calling. We are out of generators and water and sand. The lines have been in the streets. So its been really crazy. Reporter with massive amounts of rain forecast, it seems texans arent taking chances. With my wife and i we always joke about it going in the other direction when its supposed to be big but im going to take extra precautions. This is a serious storm and Everybody Needs to pay attention. Reporter texans are already preparing for increaseed winds and storm surges which makes the coastline dangerous with riptides as well as rain. This area could get as much as 15 to 25 inches of rain in some places 35 inches of rain which is a lot for texas or anyplace. Sonya, what have you seen from residents . Are they taking the advice from official who are urging them to evacuate . Reporter kenny, its a mixed bag. I definitely saw many, many residents evacuating as i was driving down south from san antonio to Corpus Christi in that main Evacuation Route that highway, i saw lines of cars going in the other direction and the direction that they are supposed to be going away from this coastal region. They had packed their cars up with their belongings. Many of them had taken their boats and their families headed more inland. I spoke to residents who were coming down here to pick up their boats or to go empty out their vacation homes along the beach. And i spoke to people who have loved ones further south in texas who said they were coming in. So i did hear many people heeding those warnings but i also saw many people saying they want to hunker down to ride it out. Thank you, stay safe. Thanks for joining us live from Corpus Christi this morning. Stay with us throughout the weekend. Well have complete coverage of the hurricane on air and online at cbssf. Com. Time now 6 33. Roberta, they are expecting a lot of flood there is in that area. Yes. Up to 35 inches of rain in that particular area between now and on wednesday again. Isolated area up to 35 inches of rain most likely 15 to 25 inches. Thats incredible. If you want to read a terrific book its called isaacs storm written by eric larson, about the deadliest hurricane that did hit texas back in the turn of the century. Its just amazing reading. It gives you a little perspective view on the hurricanes and their potential. Good morning, everybody. Well continue to monitor the progress of Hurricane Harvey as well as our progress as we start trending towards hotter weather here in the bay area. And look at that compressed of low clouds and fog. Right now its about 1,000 feet deep. We still have delays at sfo on one hour and five minutes on some arriving flights. We are in the 40s and 50s and later today we are talking about 60s through the 70s and 80s santa clara valley. 90s in throughout the tri valley and the delta. And 60s to high 80s in the north bay. Your full forecast with that prolonged heat wave, we have the details 48 after the hour but first heres jaclyn. Thank you. Right now, we are tracking a couple of problems causing major delays for drivers heading along 580 and 680. This accident is involving multiple cars. They are still trying to get all the details on it. But do expect delays if you are heading into livermore. Right now 30 minutes between 205 and 680. Thats been a mess this morning. We have two crashes, one over at the sunol boulevard thats finally cleared out of lanes. And one as you approach coopman road. They are waiting for a tow. Highway 84 a crash as you are approaching the toll plaza for the dumbarton bridge. Do expect some slowdowns in that westbound direction. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Thank you. Right now police are bracing for the possibility of violent protests here in the bay area. The group that was involved in these protests is coming to San Francisco. Kpix 5s Neda Iranpour reports. Reporter thousands of people are expected to be here at crissy field tomorrow. So they are going to block off several popular entries into the park. They are only going to allow one way in on the east side right off Marina Boulevard and thats just a way to try to keep the peace. They are expecting ralliers to arrive with Patriot Prayer along with counterprotestors so the fear here is of course there may be violence. And thats why also today the mayor of San Francisco, board of supervisors, all taking part in an sf unite against hate rally. Mayor lee joined by london breed, community and other leaders at city hall to peacefully celebrate what they claim San Francisco is known as, a city of compassion, love and inclusiveness. Everyone is welcomed today at polk street steps and Civic Center Plaza at noon. The Patriot Prayer tends to lead to violence. A fight started at the Patriot Prayer rally in portland a couple of weeks ago. But organizer joey gibson says he doesnt want fighting and certainly doesnt want another charlottesville. He said on facebook, some of his invited guests are people of color. That proves he is not a white supremacist. But people associate his pro Trump Movement with White Supremacists and they worry neo nazis. Kkk supporters will turn out here. So they do tend to come out in droves to counterprotest. Thats why streets will be closed in presidio, so will pedestrian, bike and car access from the Golden Gate Bridge. Its better to be prepared than surprised. I think the fact that sfpd is putting up barricades, i know the park police have worked diligently to prepare for the event. Park police is good at dealing with these things. Reporter several other rallies are planned for tomorrow to try to keep people away from crissy field. This includes a stop hate gathering at ocean beach. Volunteers will create a human heart there on the beach and counterprotests at civic center thats hosted by interfaith groups, musicians will also attend. Here at crissy field since there is only one entrance into the park, they do want to check everyone for prohibited items including firearms, pepper spray, selfie sticks, not allowed. They have signs up this morning that says no one will be allowed to park at crissy field as of 9 p. M. Tonight. Live at crissy field, Neda Iranpour, kpix 5. The city of berkeley has dealt quite a blow to an anti marxist rally thats planned for this weekend denying organizers a permit. People will still gather as planned sunday in Civic Center Park. The police chief says authorities have learned from past events and stresses this one will see a boost in officers a lawmaker is calling on california to become the first state to support a censure of the president. Tony thurmond introduced a measure that would support efforts by some in congress to formally disapprove of the president s response to the violence in charlottesville. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a resolution for a congressional censure last week. The last president to be censured was Andrew Jackson in 1834. Counterprotester Heather Heyer you probably remember was killed in the charlottesville rally after she was hit by a car. And today the Chinatown Community in San Francisco is hosting a vigil against hate groups and violence. Starting at 6 30 tonight at chinese cultural center. Interfaith vigil is planned in marin today to show solidarity with the victims of the violence in virginia. That starts at 6 p. M. At congregation [ nonenglish language ] in tiburon. California could decide to suit Trump Administration if it decides to shrink National Monuments in california. The Administration Says that shrink the size of certain protect and federal land could help nearby communities. Democrats say it could allow oil and Gas Companies to use that public land which could hurt communities and the environment. Some environmental groups are threatening to sue. This morning, Golden Gate Bridge district officials will consider banning special events on the structures roadway. Heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Bridge directors are increasingly concerned about the potential for the kind of van attacks that european cities have seen. Annual races like the San Francisco marathon are set to come up in the conversation today, as well. Two northbound lanes this summer were used in the marathon due to the deadline. Divers found a second missing sailor from the uss mccain that hit an oil taker near singapore earlier this week. Officials say the remains of 26 yearold dustin lewis doyan was an Electronics Technician were discovered last night in a flooded compartment of the ship. Eight others still considered missing this morning. They are believed to be in flooded come part elementary school. What is being said about progress at damaged oroville damage. A big day for north bay commuters. Smart train officially launches today. Well have all the details coming up. Plus, moving forward, the plans to transform a pier into a shipbuilding facility in San Francisco. The market just opened up. The dow is up 80 points. Coming up well get an update from kcbs radios financial reporter jason brooks. New york. Good morning. Thanks. Cbs this morning starts at 7 o clock. Norah odonnell is joining us live from new york with whats coming up later on cbs this morning. Good morning. Ahead we have multiple correspondents in texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies ahead of the tonights historic landfall. Plus, in our new whats working in america series, we go to the top of new yorks newest bridge can governor cuomo. What it took to pull off one of the countrys biggest Infrastructure Projects on time and on budget. It can be done. Also, melody hopson on amazons plans to cut prices at whole foods. And have you heard this song . [ music ] taylor swifts new single released overnight. So well talk about how her personal approach to her music is key to successful marketing and loyal fans. All that plus the eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. See you at 7 00. It is interesting. Its a pretty edgy new song. Be curious to hear more. It is edgy. See you at 7 00. I like norahs moves. Cool. Amazon is officially going to take over whole foods on monday as norah just said. The company says that that means lower food prices. Kcbs radios financial reporter jason brooks explains in your moneywatch report. Reporter good morning. Amazon wasting no time announcing big price cuts coming to whole foods. This has been expected with the Company Buying whole foods for 13. 7 billion. That merger getting approved this week. Amazon says its going to cut prices along a number of top selling items at whole foods. Says it wants to make organic and natural food affordable for everybody. Naturally, the grocery sector isnt too happy with this news. Shares in the 6 biggest grocery chains rivalling whole foods took a big drop yesterday losing a combined 12 billion in market cap. A key economic report out for the country. Durable goods orders in july fell almost 7 . Biggest decline in nearly 3 years. Aircraft orders redropped big time after big gains the prior month. The report is good, though. Core durable goods orders were up. 5 Third Straight monthly decline and Business Investment plans were also on the rise. Stock market looking to rise today after some mild selling yesterday. Looking good so far this morning. Dow up 75. Nasdaq up 30. S p up 8. Central bankers are meeting in jackson hole today. Well hear from fed chair janet yell lynn. Back to you. Thank you. All right. Uber could be pulling out of a plan to open an office in uptown oakland. The San FranciscoBusiness Times reporting that the Ride Hailing Company is considering selling the former Sears Building on telegraph. They bought it in 2015 for 123 million. The Company Released this statement yesterday saying, quote, as we look to strengthen our financial position so we can better serve riders and drivers, were explore several options including a sale. We remain committed to serving oakland and our broader hometown bay area community. A new housing proposal at San Franciscos pier 70 is moving forward. The Planning Commission approved the plans yesterday. The facility would be transformed into a neighborhood full of housing, parks, shops and offices. 30 of the housing would be affordable. Those against it say it wouldnt help the citys poor jobtohousing ratio. Today in the north bay smart Train Service gets under way. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores reports from san rafael. Good morning, thats right. Folks have been talking about this passenger train for quite some time. Today is the grand opening of smart train and its going to be free for you. Catch it at the Sonoma County airport station starting at 12 49 p. M. Thats when the full service starts. Commuters eventually would be able to catch the trains at 10 stations between Sonoma County airport and downtown san raphael. This is expected to ease traffic on 101 by giving commuters alternates. Through labor day, fares will be half price and then after that you will have those regular fares from 3. 50 to 11. 50. Now, the train runs 7 days a week. It even has an onboard cafe. You can buy food, drinks, beer and wine. Smart train had a soft launch with limited service this summer. Thats when we talked to a lot of folks who are excited about the train and leaders who have been envisioning this day for more than a decade. So for us to be having real people, real potential commuters on the train, this was a huge day. Reporter it will make 34 trips a day between Sonoma County airport and downtown san rafael. It takes just about an hour to go 43 miles. Now, today officials will be holding a grand Opening Celebration at the santa rosa station. Thats where you can get some clipper cards and free t shirts, balloons, that kind of thing. And if you do want to catch the train, it starts at 12 49 p. M. At Sonoma County airport. Back to you. Thank you. 6 49. Jaclyn has the traffic this morning. Yes. We are tracking some delays. Its exciting, though. You will be able to take a train from sonoma to san rafael. Thats awesome okay. We are tracking slowdowns over at the Richmond San Rafael bridge toll plaza. This is all due to some earlier problems with debris in the road and then we had a crash eastbound. No longer blocking lanes. But you will be tapping the brakes westbound. About 10 minutes across the span. Speeds dip around 35 Miles Per Hour. Golden gate bridge, a little foggy out there but still moving well in both directions. We are tracking an accident in pacifica. Looks like the tow truck is on the scene so we are still seeing those residual delays but hopefully everything should wrap up here momentarily and things will start to pick up again. This is northbound one at highway 35. And northbound 85 at winchester crash on shoulder slowing you down, 23 minutes northbound from 101 to 280. Its really interesting, at 6 50 this morning, our live weather camera looking from the embarcadero towards the port of oakland, if you look at the top you can see some sky out there. Its a very compressed deck of low clouds. Thats the view from sutro tower. This deck of cloudiness is roughly 1,000 feet relatively shallow. 48 degrees, clear skies in santa rosa. Wow thats the coolest temperature i have seen in months. Mid50s in livermore. 57 now in oakland. Bill moon is our weather watcher in orinda. He is reporting partly cloudy skies and a steady barometer at this hour which means stable weather conditions. Good morning to you, bill in orinda. Thanks for checking in with us. We have clearing skies inland. Stratus stacked up at the coast. Since the shallow deck, it leads me to believe well see earlier burnoff and the heat is on this weekend. Its a prolonged heat wave that i want you to take precautions for because this is the last seasonal day for the month as High Pressure strengthens. Triple digits for several days. So if you are thinking about going to santa cruz for the weekend beach fun in the sun 82 degrees, over the weekend. The surf will be waist to chest. The water temperatures roughly around 62 degrees. 91 at the state capital. 100 in fresno. 100 in redding. Its warmer today in the tahoe area and we have yanked those thunderstorms out of the forecast. 66 with earlier burnoff for golfing plans in pebble beach and big sur and monterey bay. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s today. Take your pick. 94 outside number in discovery bay. Winds up to 20. Look at the string the succession of temperatures well into the 100s. Only a degree or two cooler by wednesday, thursday. Youll barely notice the difference. Join me and michael j. Fox tomorrow for tour de fox to raise money to fight parkinsons disease. Progress is being made on construction at the oroville damage. The department of Water Resources says the spillway is on schedule to meet a november 1st deadline for this years repairs. Demolition and preparation of the main spillway that will be constructed this year is now complete. Crews are on schedule to complete construction of the cutoff wall in december or january. Time now 6 53. Hurricane harvey rapidly becoming more powerful were tracking the storm as residents along the texas gulf coast prepare for the worst. Reporter and preparations are in place here at crissy field ahead of tomorrows protest and whats expected to bring thousands of counter protestors. Coming up well let you know how park officials will hope to keep the peace. Denied a permit to the organizers of thousands of people are expected to take over crissy field for a protest and counterprotest tomorrow in San Francisco. Today the mayor and Community Leaders holding a rally ahead of protests which many fear could turn violent. [ screaming ] reporter so this is what police hope does not happen here in San Francisco. A fight started at the Patriot Prayer event in portland two weeks ago but Patriot Prayer organizer doesnt want to see charlottesville or portland protests. He blasted mayor lee about not speaking about leftist violence. He has people of color coming to his rally. Crissy field will be divided into two zones, no pedestrians, bikes or cars accessing it from Golden Gate Bridge. Streets also will be closed in the area with one entrance on the east side through Marina Boulevard. People will be checked on the way in for items not permitted. Neda iranpour, kpix 5. 6 57. The city of berkeley just denied a permit to the organizers of sundays anti marxist rally but it is expected to go on and the city police chief says Law Enforcement is ready. He wouldnt give specificking on how officers will handle he wouldnt give specifics on how officers will handle violence at Civic Center Park. Gulf coast of texas bracing for Hurricane Harvey tonight. Mandatory evacuation are under way in certain areas. A prominent figure will face a judge. Kyle chapman charged with felony possession of a leaded stick at a march 4 berkeley demonstration. The San Jose Police department recruiting members from the lgbt community. The Department Plans to use these ads which shows the actual families of three officers, straight, gay and lesbian. Starting today, north bay commuters can catch the smart train. Ten stations will be open from san rafael to the Sonoma County airport. All rides will be free today. And expect delays heading across the Richmond San Rafael bridge. 15minute ride heading westbound. We had some earlier problems with some debris. Over in San Francisco, this is as you make your approach to the lower deck of the bay bridge, 80 at 6th street heading in that westbound direction from oakland to San Francisco, 22 minutes. Have a great weekend, jaclyn. Good morning, everybody. This is the scene we are getting so socked in looking out from sutro tower. Visibility an issue at sfo. One hour fiveminute delays on some arriving flights. 57 in oakland. Todays numbers in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. This is the last seasonal summer day for the month of august because well above average temperatures all the way true next thursday. All right, roberta. Thank you. Have a wonderful friday. Weekend is here. [ music ] good morning to our viewers in the west. Its friday, august 25th, 2017. Welcome to cbs this morning. Hurricane harvey intensifies overnight and threatens to devastate the texas gulf coast. Winds over 100 Miles Per Hour and massive flooding will hit millions of people. Our correspondents are along the coast tracking the strongest storm to hit the u. S. In nearly 12 years. The divide between President Trump and Republican Leaders in congress grows ahead of a looming debt ceiling deadline that could shut down the government. Also, new yorks governor takes nora to the top of a new bridge on time and on budget. Whats working