American idol kicking off its new season. The high hopes, high emotions, and cringeworthy moments as the judges passed out eight Golden Tickets to hollywood for the season 18 premiere. Its monday, february 17th, president s day. Good morning, everyone. We cannot wait to talk about American Idol. Its back. I was going to say, i missed the nba allstars game but i did catch American Idol. We will get to that in just a moment, but we do begin with breaking news from overnight. The Natural Disaster facing the south. More rain is on the way for a region already soaked and unable to handle more. Rivers are rising and flood warnings are in effect until at least tomorrow. The pearl river is overflowing its banks in the jackson, mississippi area and is expected to crest this morning. Rob marciano reports. Reporter relentless rain causing more river flooding and major damage across the south. Dramatic video capturing this tennessee home collapsing after a massive landslide. Watch again. You can s
Pleasanton, danville, all socked in with fog. Its heading in to the east along 24 so lafayette, Pleasant Hill, orinda may get foggier. This is looking north towards the maze, you can see how foggy it is there. Temperatures running 42 to 48. Upper 50s to low 60s at the coast. Breezes picking up in the hills this afternoon. Temperatures in the upper 60s near 70 with high clouds and sunshine at 4 00. A touch of spring in the air. Heres jobina with a look at the commute. Thank you, mike. The commute is very light now. This is a look at the map. Its green across the map. 580 past the Altamont Pass, getting up to livermore. This is cleared up in American Canyon, along 29, some fog there. Along the coast, still in the area, half moon bay, highway 101, in that area. Tracy to castro valley, 30 minutes. Highway 85 to the san jose airport, 15 minutes. This morning wildlife officials are combing through open space in Santa Clara County to find a Mountain Lion that pounced on a young girl. It happe
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Jose. Topping out at 72 for santa rosa as well as for fairfield. We will talk more about what you can expect taking a through the week, details on that coming up. Gianna . Good morning. Taking a look at the the roadways right now, if you are heading out the door early, if you plan on taking the san mateo bridge, headsup, we got a crash still in the clearing stages. That is our busiest spot this morning. Two lanes are blocked because of this. Give yourself a few extra minutes. You can always use the dumbarton bridge. As drive times go, 30 minutes. Between 880 and 101, as opposed to the dumbarton bridge, only about a 10minute ride if you go between 880 over towards marsh road. Now, the there is not a lot of volume on the roadways this morning. It is Holiday Light overall because of the president s day holiday. A live look at the san mateo bridge. This is closer to the toll plaza. We are dealing with some fog across the span there as well. 880, starting to be able to see the freeway a lit
66 and the breezes will push us to near 70 this afternoon. Thank you, mike. I have been tracking the fog this morning, its impacting the commute. This is a live look showing you the golden gate bridge. We do have low visibility in the area. Things looking much better at the richmondsan rafael bridge, light traffic moving in towards the toll plaza. We have a crash im following on the san ma tray teo bridge. This is reported as a crash with minor injuries, westbound 92 at high rise there. Speeds are down to 4 Miles Per Hour. Tey pick up to 19 Miles Per Hour once you move past that. Just be aware. This was initially a twocar crash, now three. Its foggy and the visibility is so low. So take your time. This morning wildlife officials are combing through open space in Santa Clara County trying to find that Mountain Lion that pounced on a young girl. It happened yesterday morning at the Rancho San Antonio park west of cupertino. Julian glover has more on the attack. Good morning to you both.