Line at the metering lights. Back to san jose where we had that accident cleared to the shoulder northbound 101 to mckee, but the backup youre look at speeds bf 35 down ton 15 moufrz when you pass the 280 680 junction so expect delays there as well. Were going to come back with mass transit options in just a fuse minute. Now a live desk update. We want to begin here at the live desk with a update in texas the death toll in harvey hasries tone 7 and right now theres a zbrait celebrate search for a family swept away in houston flood waters. Two grandparents and the four children. This is from our colleagues, our abc station in houston. Those kids range in age from 16 ton 6 years old. And our colleagues there spoke to another Family Member this morning, an uncle of those kids who said the grandparents had alzheimers, that they were trying to evacuate when they were swept away. And the red cross says houstons biggest shelter is beyond capacity right now. Its original capacity was 5,000, but it has nearly 9,000 people in it this morning. The red cross says no one will be turned away. Theres just flooding everywhere. Is your grand baby okay. Yeah, she okay. Tell me what the experience has been like. Devastating. Im devastated. Devastating and for so many people. First responders have rescued several thousand people at this point so far. Numbers are staggering. Reggie. It is unbelievable to watch. Thank you. We have seen incredible acts of heroism throughout this disaster. Rescue teams going in risking their own health and safety to save others. As jessica said, thousands of people are now safe but theres a lot more work do. Bay area teams are now on the front lines. Alameda county fire posted an up date saying the Task Force Four arrived yesterday after a 30hour drive. They got rest and should have just arrived in katy, texas, which is about 30 miles west of houston they will focus on search and rescue efforts this morning. Task force three should be arriving in san antonio any moment. 14 members come from Fire Departments in menlo park, palo alto, san jose, and south france San Francisco. The teams have enough equipment to stay in texas for a few weeks. Want to check in with mike neek crowe conow what is their forecast looking like there . Its going to be wet again for several days. The good news 50e67 and every day after today the tlelt of thunderstorms starts to drop significant fli houston as harvey will start to move off. Heres the latest look at the radar. You can see that the biggest thunderstorms are too the east of texas or east of houston in eastern texas and now continuing to pummel new orleans and heading up 55 towards jackson. Heres whats going to happen over the next several days. I have the track and projected rainfall and you can see some areas are going to get 6 to 8 inches of rain, the red to ma gent an as this storm moves over eldore radio, arkansas, and up towards memphis. And a second air of moist area come willing in alabama. Mobile may be dealing with flooding over the weekend. Bay Area Companies are doing what they can to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey. Apple gave them 2 million for victims. And san ramon based chef ron donated a million and oakland based clorox sent some of its products and supplies to the dit after thor zone. Go pund me says that nearly 300 harvey related campaigns have raised more than a Million Dollars so far. Now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. I have Something Else coming in i want to show thank you happening right now. President trump and the first lady on the way to texas. The president left only seconds ago from joint base andrews. We just got this hitting the live desk. This is video we just turned around four. The president will visit parts of hardhit texas, although he will be steering clear of the houston area, the hardest hit area where it might only be disruptive to have the president visit as you well know and as weve been showing you throughout the morning, the houston area still inundated. There are thousands of calls for rescue as flood waters continue to rise. The president and first lady will instead be visiting and landing in Corpus Christi in only a few hours. Reggie. Okay, thank you. The victims of Hurricane Harvey need your help and the red cross tells us cash donations the best way do that. An easy way to donate is by texting the word harvey to the number 90999. That will add a 10 donation automatically to the red krots on your cell phone bill. You can also call the red cross to donate and that number is 1800helpnow. Berkeleys mayor wants o stop conservative speakers from doumg berkeleys campus. We are following reports this morning that he wants cal to stop its plans for free speech week which is supposed to be happening next month. Abc 7 news report Amy Hollyfield lye forever us at berkeley city hall. Amy. Reporter hi, reggie. The mayor is worried. The San Francisco chronicle is reporting this morning that the mayors concerned maihem will come to campus and then spill out on to the streefts berkeley. According to the chronicle, mayor jesse ar gene wants cal to cancel scheduled appearances of conservative speakers. A cal spokesman tells the paper they cant. The university cannot legally kans sill a student groups invitation to speerkz. The group patriots has lined up my low yew no poe lis to speak in september and ann cultor and steve bannon to speak. Theyre calling it free speech week. The mayors worried it will attract extreme activists who will violently pro protest and do damage like we saw in february the last time he was scheduled to speak. He says he doesnt want berkeley to become a punching bag. Cal says all it can control is the safety plan which they are working on. Lye in berkeley, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Happening today, five koernt protesters arrested in berkeley are due in court. The bay area antirepression Committee Says 11 of their people face charges in connection to sundays protest in civic center park. Five will be arraigned today. Their supporters plan to rally outside the courthouse. Court dates for the other six people have not yet been set. Were keeping an eye on the mines fire burning just ouj of livermore. They tweeted this photo last night saying the acres burnt remains at 44. They have made progress, it is now 80 contained. Fire broke out around 7 00 sunday night in a remote area off mines road. How old should you be to vote . Whats happening today in support of lowering the voting age. West nile in the bay area, west nile in the bay area, how now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. A few 50s down know the south bay, milpitas 58, everybody else about 60067 degrees, san jose at 63. Remember los gatos we were in the 80s at this time so its cooler out there. 60 in napa right now, livermore and redwood city, San Francisco about 57. Look at the east bay valleys temperatures barely in the 90s as the sea breeze is taking the stink out of our heat the next couple of days. Hourly temperatures in the north bay, noon 77, upper 80s from 2 00 to tower 00 down to about 70 by 8 00. Lets get a check of that morning commute. Sue hall is in for alexis. Good morning, everyone. Back to san jose where weve had this earlier accident, its been cleared to the shoulder. Its northbound 101 near mckee and traffic seems to be improving a little bit. It was backed down past story road for quite some time. But traffic seems to be thinning just a little bit as they move that out of the shoulder the up to millbrae reports of a new accident apparently a solo spinout blook blocking the left lane its southbound 101 near millbrae avenue and ive not seen a significant amount of slowing here. And just for grins lets take a look at your mass transit for this beautiful tuesday morning, 51 bart trains on time, ace trains working great although way out of Central Valley to the south bay and caltrain running on time. Vector control crews were out spraying for mosquitoes after a west nile virus was defected in brentwood. It was balance for road were armstrong way and walnut boulevard. Crews finished fog around 11 30 last night. 56 people in Contra Costa County have been diagnosed since 2005 and two people died with from it in 2006. A city on the peninsula moving forward on a proposal to find if you leave your car idling. Also each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. Thats the height of mount everest. 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On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, new orleans is dealing with the remnants of another storm, harvey. Flooding is a big issue. They say 90 of the citys pumps are operable. Theyre urging people to stay home today since theres uncertainty about the storms pattern this week as well as the drainage system. Now breaking news from the live desk. That breaking news happening overnight a house fire, i want to show thank you new video were just getting. It appears a potgrowing operation caught fire. Happened about 2 30 this morning. Firefighters tell us the fire started in the basement of a twostory home near pa knoll valley road and san pablo avenue. They say the electric system down there was overpowered. Firefighters have called in pg e as part of their investigation to determine if that pot operation is truly what caused the fire. The homeowner was inside the home when it sparked, but firefighters say he was woken up by his smoke detaekttor. The Fire Investigation is still very much underway right now. Mdma rrk the main ingredient in ecstasy may one day be used to treat pts dynamics. Theyre moving fod with the recreational drug granting mdma break through status for trials. They say there is substantial evidence that medication could benefit sufferers by helping ptsd patients cope with the linger effects of trauma. Drug has the capacity to produce feelings of euphoria and empathy and trials could begin as soon as next spring. On the peninsula, the city of palo alto moving forward way plan that is a unique way to stop idling cars. It would prohibit drivers from leaving their Engine Running for more than three minutes if theyre parked or waiting in line. The state already has similar rules for trucks and buses. People caught idling would likely be given a warning first, a fine could be imposed after that. The city Council Voted unanimously in favor of the plan last night. The next step is for city staff to craft the actual ordnance. If they approve it it could be ennorrised by fall. An organization dedicated to helping the homeless could be in danger of losing its nonprofit status. They have received 1. 5 million in city grants to help the homeless. The chronicle reports the organization has not kemt a clear record of where that money going. A city audit shows more than ate r 88,000 in expenditures are unaccounted for. A top city official is defending the organization saying its working to correct thedy fish sense sies. Bay area students will help support the plan of lowering the voting age in california. They urge lawmakers to allow 17yearolds to vote in the next election. Twothirds of the legislature has to approve of that bill for it to advance then it would be put on a statewide ballot. They say lowering the voting age will help give them a political voice and i crease turnout. Theres a new study out and it finds that people who drink four cups of coffee a day have a 64 lower risk of death. They surveyed about their Coffee Consumption and Health Conditions and followed up ten years later and they say coffee can be a part of healthy diet and people but they say the Health Benefits are knee negated if you pour in all the creamer and sugar. Its got to be black. But four cups, guys, prepare to be highly cav nated. This Early Morning job is driving me to drink coffee. I have ive not done coffee my whole life and i have started sneaking it in to my weekly routine. I dont know how i feel about this. This shift will make do you a lot of things you didnt really think youd do before, but, yeah, they dont have time to die, theyre moving too fast. There you go. Four cups . Wow. Thats a lot. Let us know when you get there, reggie, so we can watch you. Youre already animated as is. You can imagine reggie on four cups of coffee . Watch out. Love to see it though, who wouldnt. Good morning, 6 20 almost on this tuesday morning. Heres a look at walnut creek from the east bay hills camera, mount diablo. This is a little strip of cloud cover right there, thats the sea breeze topping east bay hills and bringing relief to just about all of our neighborhoods today. More clouds a little drizzle near the coast and east bay hills tonight and heat comes and it doesnt leave twuns comes back for maybe a week and a half, two weeks. All right. So its still hot inland, were still in the midto low 90s just not near that 108 yesterday in walnut creek and livermore yesterday. 88 in santa rosa, vallejo 85, napa about 87, still pretty warm in the south bay, 80 snichl san jose, 90 los gatos, sunny hill cupertino, 84 degrees. Millbrae 75. Palo alto about 82 degrees, 65, though, 64 to 65 at half moon bay. 73 oakland, 72 berkeley, our last stop, check this out, mid to upper 60s all throughout San Francisco, sunset at 64, balboa park, 65. Mid60s i 50s to low 60s tonight, then look at the heat thursday through the labor day monday. Sue. Were heading over to the san mateo bridge right now where traffic is starting to thicken up just a little bit. Were look the at about a 23 money drive from hayward west downed plow the flat section and highways over towards foster city. Once you get over towards the peninsula we do have a problem way solo spinout it was partially blocking the left lane southbound 101 near millbrae avenue preponderance an ambulance has been called, heads up there maybe a little bit of slowed traffic. And being look at your pras mass transit this weekend, something to look forward to labor day weekend, beaware that bart will be suspending service between fruitvale and west oakland this weekend. There will be a shut until place there but if youve got labor day plans that would take you on bart between those stations, may give yourself a little extra time. Guys. 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The same saim to protect young frogs until they grow. It helps strengthen their immune system against deadly fung zblie did you say air listed. Airlifted. Its not easy being green. Annabel from mill valley has a question about kpeer size. She spoke to us at our ask finney pop up. 7 on your sides michael fin nip has her answer. I was wondering now a College Student can keep up with a workout routine without breaking the bank. Hi, annabel, thats a question. An important one because College Students dont dr. Have that much money. Most colleges have free workout facilities either at the schools gym or a student body center. Check there first. Sometimes they do a small charge. If those arent options at your school, check out local gyms. Many offer a Student Discount all you have to did is show your student i. I. D. If thats not available or costs too much, grab a friend and work out at a local part. Thanks for your question. If you have a question for Michael Finney record it on wrur smartphone or tablet and share it on social with the askfinney our can go to abc7news. Com ask finney. You can see your question answer the right here on abc 7 mornings. Here at the lye desk and upstairs in our newsroom our whole team tracking the very latest on whaenz whats happening in texas, watching things closely in houston. Well have an update in a few minutes. We have april update on the 911 Call Center Crisis in snns San Francisco. Some be laep, others may not. The response after north korea launched a missile that korea launched a missile that flew over without pg es assistance, without their training our collaboration with pg e is centered around Public Safety. We could not do our mission to keep our Community S