The search for survivors this morning in morocco after a major earthquake rattled the region, killing more than 2000 people. The reaction from one bay area family who was there when it struck and it is september 11th, 2023 today, marking 22 years since the deadly terrorist attack on nine divided by 11. Ceremonies and tributes are happening across the country this morning, including right here in the bay area. Good morning, everybody, and thank you here for being with us. Its monday, september 11th. Were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Hey, good morning. Its going to be a nice day today. A lot of sunshine, warm temperatures. Look outside. Heres our east bay hills camera. We are lacking fog this morning. You can clearly see all the city lights across the region. So were going to see sunshine pretty fast this morning. But we do have some chilly spots right now. Look at Half Moon Bay and nevada waking up to temperatures right now in the 40s. So we do have some chilly air in spots. Might need the light jacket and a couple of locations this morning. 50s and 60s for the most part away from the coast. Heres future weather as we go hour by hour. Were getting into the 60s. By 9 a. M, well have some patchy cloud cover along the coast. Our marine layer is pretty mixed out right now, so were not expecting any dense fog throughout the day. And as we head into the afternoon, our warmest areas will go into the 90s. We expect a lot of 70s around the bay shoreline. Its a day filled with a lot of sunshine and temperatures, maybe a couple of degrees above average for this time of the year, 70in the city today going to 75. In oakland, 82 in san jose, 88. In santa rosa, up to 90. In antioch, 92. In fairfield. Thats your monday weather. Lets check out traffic. Good morning, sue. Good morning, drew. Good morning, everyone. Fog free on the golden gate. Just a beautiful morning. A little sliver of a moon coming up and over the waldo grade. You are three lanes southbound, three lanes northbound for now. Before the zipper truck gets in action and gives you four lanes in the southbound direction. I did find a stall. It looks like they have moved it out of lanes, but you can see the red cones and the right lane are the red flares, i should say, blocking off the right lane. Its clear, as you can see, that car just now merging before those flares. So no slow traffic here, but they got that accident or that stall out of the way. Thats good news. And we will Check Another accident car facing the wrong way. Middle lane westbound 80 near potrero. Things are stacking up into richmond now. Ladies thank you, sue. New this morning bart is rolling out its latest plan to revitalize the Transit Agency and that includes retiring older train cars and overhauling the scheduling system. Abc seven News ReporterGloria Rodriguez live this morning with the details on all the changes. Good morning, gloria. Good morning. Yeah, starting this morning, you will notice some big changes coming to bart and many riders are excited about these new changes. So here they are. First of all, there will only be a 20 minute maximum wait for a train. There will be more trains running at night. The wait for a train on the yellow will only be 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays and more trains will run to sfo. Now we know that more people are traveling on the weekends and in the evenings, so weve increased the service by 50 on evenings and weekends and night was the last time the old style bart trains were running in the system. So theyll only be used on rare occasions, trains. And by the way, today is barts 51st anniversary, and thats why theyre rolling out these new changes today. Live in San Francisco, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Thank you, gloria. Today marks 22 years since the nine by 11 attacks, 2753 people died in Lower Manhattan that day. And just this weekend , the medical examiner identified the remains of two more people, 40 of those lost are still unidentified. The testing of remains all these years later is part of a pledge so that the families of as many victims as possible can have closure. 341 members of the new York Fire Department have now died from ground zero related illnesses. The tribute and lights shined during a test overnight just hours before the tribute to the victims of the World Trade CentersSan Franciscos Fire Department will be holding a commemoration at 645 this morning. That is the moment when the twin towers in new york city were hit. The names of the fallen First Responders will also be read aloud. Todays remembrance ceremony is happening at all San FranciscoFire Department facilities as this list now started over the weekend here in the bay area, Santa Clara County officials hosted a remembrance ceremony yesterday morning in san jose. In San Francisco, mayor london breed and members of the citys Fire Department took time to reflect on the events of that day at saint anne of the sunset church. Abc news will have live coverage of the moment of the moment of silence thats being held this morning at ground zero in new york city. You can watch it live around 544 right here on abc seven. And wherever you stream, develop news, north Korean Leader kim jong un is reportedly on his way to russia. A multiple south korean Media Outlets say kim is traveling by train for a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. The kremlin confirmed the meeting overnight, but they did not give specifics of the meeting. But putin reportedly already arrived in the city where the meeting is said to be taking place. Us officials believe kim and putin will discuss the arms negotiations that have been advancing between their countries in morocco this morning. Its a race to find survivors days after a devastating 6. 8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country on friday, entire villages have been leveled. It is the worst seismic event in Northern Africa the Northern African country has seen in decades. I should say more than 2100 people have been confirmed dead. Thousands more have been injured. Right now, many terrified moroccans are spending the night in the streets to afraid to return inside their homes. The epicenter was not far from the popular tourist hub called marrakesh. Historic sites there have been damaged as well. Us secretary of state Antony Blinken says it has been very clear to morocco that the us is prepared to assist in any way it can. A bay area family was visiting morocco as that shaking began and now they are sharing a frightening story. They tell abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard. The quake Ready Training they learned growing up here in the bay area helped them stay calm. Its insanely beautiful. Its really an interesting mix of cultures. It was a dream moroccan vacation for my friends. The garnet Hunter Family from marin and San Francisco. But their last day visiting marrakesh was truly unforgettable. This was the terrifying moment, the 6. 8 magnitude quake struck morocco late friday night. It was the scariest earthquake ive ever lived through. Christina garnet and daughter natalie say they feared their three story hotel would collapse. Me and my mom are just looking at each other and then suddenly were like, we got to run to the door because weve been training for this. Our whole lives. Were from San Francisco. Weve lived through earthquakes and we know about earthquakes. But theres still a few seconds where youre like kind of in disbelief. Many ran for safety from homes and restaurants. The epicenter about 45 miles south of marrakesh, the heaviest damage in moroccos atlas mountains. The family capturing these images of quake debris in the old medina section of marrakesh. We evacuated after about 15, 20 minutes. Our host made us leave and we walked to the main square where there were hundreds of people gathered. Heres what they saw. Patrick says many people were in shock and there was fear of aftershocks. Its really difficult to hear about the damages that were done. The next morning we walked through town and the bakers chimney had fallen off and we had talked to him the night before and he was trying to get bread out to the community, trying to feed people. Amid the tragedy and rising death toll, the family says theres hope and resilience. So its just this Amazing Community spirit that really struck us. It was just it it was wonderful. They were just going to keep going. The family has now traveled out of morocco but hope to return soon. We just want to send a lot of love and support to the people of morocco. In San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc seven news. Happening now, some spectacular images are coming out of hawaiis big island. Mount kilauea is erupting again just three months after it last spewed lava. And you can see it shooting into the air. This all happening overnight. Geologists say there isnt an immediate threat, but the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has raised the alert level to a warning as they assess potential hazard. They say strong winds send particles flying to further distances, which if people are exposed to, can cause skin and eye irritation. Hurricane lee churning in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to ramp back up after it weakened yesterday to a category two storm. The National Hurricane center says its expected to strengthen to a category four today. Now its still too early to know how significant the hurricanes impact is going to be on the northeast. But for now , the east coast is being warned about large swells and rip currents drew. Were watching the storm very closely, the track especially. But of course, those rip currents are the immediate concern along a lot of the beaches across the east coast for us. The week ahead, it is going to be a very quiet pattern. We have a lot of sunshine in store, really comfortable temperatures outside this morning. We have great visibility. We are clear out there. Your air quality is good today. Tomorrow wednesday, and really for the entire week ahead, our aqi will stay in the green. Heres live. Doppler seven along with satellite. We do have a cold front off the coast. Its a dry, cold front, meaning when it crosses over us late tonight, early tomorrow morning, it will not bring any moisture, but it will kick up our winds and introduce some cooler weather into the forecast tomorrow afternoon. But taking a look at your day planner today, we have that sun early on coming up here at 648 this morning. Its mild for lunchtime and then its sunny and warm throughout the afternoon. Well have some patchy fog along the coastline keeping temperatures there in the 60s. But away from the coast, it is bright, 70 and 80 for most of us. Later on this afternoon. And then that breeze will kick up later on this evening. Highs today, very nice when it comes to our temperatures. 70 and 80 around the bay shoreline, our warmest spots in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees and a few locations. Looking at the three day forecast, well have that cold front move through overnight. That drops temperatures a little bit breezier tomorrow, but well bounce back a bit by by wednesday. Well take a look at the complete seven day forecast, jobina. Coming up in about nine minutes. Thank you, drew. Still ahead here, the grizzly bear attack that has portions of a National Forest shut down this morning. And the annual dreamforce mega conference kicking off tomorrow in San Francisco. But the city has been hard at work preparing for the event. And up next, a look at the preps and a sneak peek into the topics. Sure to lead many of the seminars this year. The future of ai upgrades are coming for those of us who have the privilege of texting in blue text bubbles. I know because dont mess up the group chat, please. The change is apple is preparing to announce about the new version of we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. Where he was once mayor. He called it, quote, remarkably resilient while also touting his administrations push to solve the states homeless and Affordable Housing crisis. Then came the questions on the 2024 election. Governor newsom doubled down on his support for president joe bidens bid for reelection and said he does not intend on running himself. I hope we dont have to experience that, but i worry about democracy. I worry about the fetish for autocracy that were seeing not just from trump, but around the world. And notably across this country. Newsom went on to add that Vice President and former california senator and attorney general Kamala Harris would be the one in line to run for president if biden were not available. If youre in San Francisco, this week, the streets may feel a bit more crowded. 43,000 people are expected to pack the city for salesforces annual dreamforce conference. It runs tomorrow through thursday at moscone center. This year is all about Artificial Intelligence. Its really three days full of learning, connecting, having fun and giving back. Now, the one thing on a lot of attendees minds the citys crime, drug and homeless concerns ceo mark benioff has said the conference could be on the move next year if things dont improve. Meanwhile, organizers expect dreamforce to pump 90 million into the local economy. They convert the city into like this magical dreamforce land and its hugely impactful for the Hotel Industry and all of the restaurants and the uber drivers and cab drivers, the entire economy and were really geared up at all of our hotels. Things get underway tomorrow morning starting at 7 a. M. And benioff will hold his hold his keynote at ten. This years speakers include everyone from the ceo of openai, the company that created chatgpt. Actor Matthew Mcconaughey and animal activist dr. Jane goodall. Salesforce is billing this weeks dreamforce conference as the biggest ai event of the year. Tech companies everywhere are now seemingly in an arms race to win in the Artificial Intelligence space. The Parent Company of facebook and instagram, menlo park based meta, is now reportedly working on an ai system designed to be as powerful as the San Francisco based openai system that created chatgpt. Thats according to the wall street journal. Meta is aiming for the system to be ready by next year. On wednesday, Ceo Mark Zuckerberg will join other top tech executives to discuss the future of ai in a summit organized by Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. Ceos from openai and google will also be attending a local tech company put up 2 million for the city to host the apex summit in november. According to our Media Partners at the San Francisco standard cryptocurrency platform, ripple labs made the largest donation to the event so far this brings the total raise to 11 and one half million since no public funds can be used. Other companies to contribute include Kaiser Permanente, visa and salesforce. Fans of the iphone are about to find out about a new change this week at apples headquarters in cupertino. The iphone 15 is rumored to ditch apples lightning charger in favor of the usb charging, which could help streamline the charging process across various devices and brands. The move comes less than a year after the European Union voted to approve legislation to require smart phones and other devices to support usbc charging by 2024. Not me, just buying a charger. I know, i know. I know. Friday. And i threw away the boxes. No, you know, i like to keep the boxes. And i was like, girl, why are you keeping these boxes . You are not returning anything. And then i threw away the boxes. Is it too late . They are in the trash. Oh, no. Apples pretty kind. You could try. You could try. You could try. Theyre like, well, we dont need these anymore. So you keep these. Yeah. This always happens. So say, but it will be nice when they are streamlined because youre looking for the ipad one and then your iphone one and its just like too much. Its too much for cords everywhere. All over the house, all the cords, but never the right one, never the right one. Yeah, thats true. 50 of the other ones. Yes. What was that . White whiterun cant find it outside this morning. We do not have a lot of fog. Half moon bay is the only spot right now. That is dealing with any sort of reduced visibility. But three miles is not all that bad this time of the year. We can get visibility even lower than that. So out there right now, we have clear skies, temperatures for the most part are in the 50s. But you see a couple of pockets along the coast and in parts of the north bay, were in the 40s right now, 48. Some of our cooler numbers. So some chilly spots first thing this morning, but well bounce back very nicely. That sunshine going to warm us up for above average temperatures, but the breeze will kick up again this afternoon. That onshore flow will strengthen as we watch a cold front move through here. And that