80 to the altamont pass. A little bit of a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. And if you have fast tracks, no problems. Heading to texas this morning to get a firsthand look at the flood damage. Its raining in and around houston and it isnt expected to let up any time soon. Three people are dead and there are reports of several more. Officials expect the number to go up dramatically as they survey the area. Theres so much damage its impossible to know how many people are trapped or missing. Don champion is in houston. Overnight in the houston area, heavy equipment normally reserved for hauling rock and soil instead saved lives. Residents were packed into haulers and driven to a walmart parking lot where they were picked up by loved ones. Were going to my sons house. Harvey could break a u. S. Record for the the most rainfall from a tropical system with 911 call centers and the coast guard inundated with pleas for help. Some flood victims are taking to social media. On facebook i seen
American culture. 91yearold hugh hefner passed away at his famous and infamous playboy mansion. We have a look at his life. Reporter a revolutionary indeed with his First Magazine published back in the 1950s a pioneer in many ways who was never far from female companionship or controversy. He was the man who brought sex to newsstands with playboy magazine. Nudity is still big in america. Its good for america but says how unsophisticated we are in terms of sex. Both hugh hefner and his magazine were born in chicago. The first one sold out when it hit stands in 1953. Future issues had the same success, launching an entertainment empire. By the end of the decade, playboy was selling more than 1 million copies a month. In the 1960s, he took the brand global, opening several clubs, including this one in San Francisco in 1965. In the 1970s. Hef moved west buying a home in los angeles, to be known as the playboy mansion it became notorious for parties and scantily clad models and tonight its
So were mainly seeing that fog and those clouds along the coast, but, yes, it is going to be another warm day, our biggest cool down comes into play tomorrow. Lets check in with mike. The fog getting a lot of screen time. Chp warns about lower visibility here. We have lower attendance right now on this Golden Gate Bridge shot. So we will look at the Speed Sensors, no problems. Coming down through the north bay and a nice easy flow of traffic across the Richmond San Rafael bridge. While we reopened the freeway after the Police Activity in emeryville, that was almost 5 30 p. M. Speed sensors showing little blips here and there as construction crews are in spots but no full closures for freeways. Many consider him a cultural icon who brought sexuality out into the open. Celebrities across the spectrum this morning are reacting to the death of playboy founder hugh hefner. He died at his playboy mansion last night from natural causes. The empire built in large part by the magazine that he s
Speckles of light precipitation, most of you will enjoy a dry commute. At times youll get a drizzle drop on the windshield or a light shower out there. As we look at cloud cover wide on satellite, you can see it out to the west. Well see sunny breaks and occasionally a shower or lateday thunderstorm is possible. 66 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. 59 in allentown. As you go south were in the low 70s in a couple of spots and close to that down the shore. 66 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 77. 3 00 p. M. , 79 theres a chance of a spotty shower popping up through the morning. As we get past 2, 3, 4 00 p. M. There is a gusty thunderstorm mixing. We stay unsettled for the next several days with showers around, check out pollen very low theres one advance we have when we get rain in the picture. Karen, ill map out the sevenday forecast and tell you whats going to happen with the thunderstorms later on thats coming up. Reporter we have a sprinkle or two in spots. This is the sc
We dont need to dits cuscus things. Were on the same page. I need you here some other days, when the other guy is sitting there. He shut off my commuters. Did he do this . This is work from the inside. Ill help you get in. Okay. We will. Steve is with us for the hour. Weve been watching the u. S. Equity futures this morning, after the markets ended on a mixed note yesterday, similar story today. Yesterday we watched the averages slowly, after some weakness at the open, well see things even out. Calm trading throughout the day despite the attacks in the uk and despite concerns about whether or not the healthcare reform bill would get passed. The average closed around the session highs. Right now dow futures are indicated down by two points. S p futures indicated up by one. And the nasdaq up by 1 1 2. Overnight in asia, the nikkei was up by 0. 25 . Slightly higher for the hang seng and shanghai composite. In europe, in the early trade, after everything that we were watching so closely ye