gray and mild this morning. 59 to about 61 degrees. as we head through your 12-hour day planner, we'll stay in the 60s at the coast, 70 to 74 around the bay from noon to 4:00. 76 to 83 inland. we'll become breezy and below average. enjoy the 60s and 70s. a delightful evening on the way. let's get more news with jessica. >> thank you. >> we want to get back to breaking news in oakland. b.a.r.t. police giving an update on a search for a man wanted for two unprovoked attacks. tiffany wilson is live for us at the lake merritt station. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. yes, that pressonference is beginning right as i speak, so i'm going to send it over to you so you can get a live listen in on the latest updates. >> let me first introduce chief ed alvarez. ed. >> good morning. brought you here together this morning to discuss a couple assaults we had occur from thursday and again saturday evening. we're looking for appears to be the same thursday night assaulted a patron on the train with a pair of bolt cutters. and the second assault, which occurred on saturday evening, was an unprovoked attack as well on a train of the same suspect we believe ended up punching a patron of ours that was standing on the train just waiting for the next stop. description and photograph in hopes that our patrons and people in the community could hopefully recognize him. so our investigators who are working this case diligently could go out and make the arrests and get him off the streets. >> again, you're getting a live listen right now at the news conference discussing the suspect who has had two unprovoked and violent attacks on b.a.r.t. trains, on thursday and on sunday. this is happening right now at the lake merritt oakland station. we'll continue to gather more information about this and update you throughout the morning. abc7 news. >> thank you. now, let's talk more broudly about crime on b.a.r.t. robberies and assaults are up. while felony arrests are down this year. according to the chronicle, in the first half of this year, there was a 35% increase in robberies and a 27% increase in assaults like the ones we just saw in that news conference. that does compare to the same time period last year. the chronicle also reports there's a 23% decrease in felony arrests. police arrested 132 people for felony crimes from january through june. compared to 171 during the same period last year. >> it's 6:03 now. happening today, the start of motions in the kate steinle murder trial. on friday, judge samuel fang chosen to preside over the trial. a judge could set a date for jury selection. juan francisco lopez sanchez is accused of killing steinle two years ago. the killing sparked a national debate over sanctuary cities and immigration. >> oakland police are investigating a shooting that left as many as six people hurt. it was first reported on e street between 105th and 106th avenues late yesterday afternoon. some were taken to area hospitals by civilians and others by ambulance. police do not believe any of the injuries are life threatening. a berkeley man is credited with saving his neighbor's life after running into a burning building and rescuing him. the fire started around 7:15 last night on addison street between sacramento and actin. a man heard a resident yelling for help. he ran in to help him. the victim taken to the hospital to be treated for burns. residents of three units have been displaced. it's unclear what caused the fire. >> vice president mike pence is denying a report he will run for president in 2020 if president trump does not seek re-election. "the new york times" reported that some republicans were forming a shadow campaign as though mr. trump were not involved. pence called the article disgraceful and offensive. he said his team is focusing their efforts to advance president trump's agenda. >> secretary of state rex tillerson met with sergey lavrov today in the philippines. tillerson said russia is showing willingness to talk about a resolution to the ukraine crisis. the trump administration will send its new special representative for ukraine negotiations to moscow for talks. tillerson also said today the u.s. is open to talks with north korea if it halts its testing of ballistic missiles. >> thousands of cars are being recalled by general motors. >> plus, the city of chicago is suing the department of justice. the beef that is taking it to court. >> looking live outside, it's 6:05. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza all stacked up this time of morning. time of morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience 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interchange, five vehicles involved in a collision. four are off on the shoulder, but one is still blocking the far left lane. on top of that, just hearing about a new crash involving a motorcycle on the sunol grade, so we'll check on that next. right now, let's head over to mike nicco. >> good morning. hi, everybody. let's start on the peninsula where we have menlo park and woodside, 54 to 50. some of the cool spots. the rest of us in the upper sgichts to low 60s. take a look around. 63 right now in fremont and san jose. some of the warm spots, concord, 62, along with hayward, 63. and san carlos, 60. san rafael at 61. 1:03, the arrival delay at sfo. going to the beach, mainly gray. nothing extreme if you're out exercising. on the bay, a small craft adviso advisory. let's get more news from natasha. >> if you own a gm, listen up. the automaker recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles for a steering issue. 2014 chevrolet silverados and gmc sierra trucks may have a problem, a glitch that may 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sleep number store. the city of chicago will file a lawsuit against the department of justice today. officials say it is illegal for the federal government to withhole public safety grants from sanctuary cities. jeff sessions said cities applying for grant will have to allow to two things, to allow federal immigration access to detention facilities and to allow 48 hours of access before they release immigrants. >> chicago will not let our residents have their fundamental rights isolated and violated. and chicago will never relinquish our status as a welcoming city. >> the doj responding saying it's tragic chicago's mayor is less concerned with the murder rate than he is in protecting criminal aliens. >> jury selection is set to begin in denver in dueling lawsuits between pop star taylor swift and a former radio dj. dj david muller sued swift saying she falsely accused him of groping her in a backstage photo session in 2014. he was fired from his job shortly after that. swift countersued claiming sexual assault. she's expected to testify in the trial. >> a lot of people talking about this, hollywood stars chris pratt and anna faris are separating after eight years of marriage. the couple have a 4-year-old son. pratt and faris issued statements on their social media account. they said they tried hard for a long time. they're asking for privacy moving forward for the sake of their son. the statement says we still have love for each other. we'll also cherish our time with each other and continue to have the deepest respect for one another. >> people on social media losing their minds. >> they're saying love is over. just generally, love is over. >> 6:15 now. some guests at a new jersey couple's wedding got a big surprise when president trump stopped to chat with him. this photo shows the couple smiling next to the president. they were attending a wedding when they bumped into him. he's spending his -day working vacation at the bedminster operty. he's another video of the president askin questions if they're having a good time. he has been known to stop in on weddings in the past, including one in june. >> gone fishing. russian president vladimir putin spent his days off to take a trip to siberia last week. video shows the leader snorkeling and fishing, hiking, kayaking, doing it shirtless, and even hunting for mushrooms. putin was accompanied by other russian officials. it comes days after president trump signed a bill imposing new sanctions against russia because of the alleged interfeence in the 2016 election. >> i think he did this to prove you could go shirtless in siberia because i would assume it's way too cold. >> alexis, it's been a busy day when it comes to the bay bridge. >> unfortunately, several issues this morning, and there's one left, it's a big one, a crash before you get to the yerba buena island tunnel. you can see the flashing lights. multi-car crash with injuries. sounds like they're trouble getting some response out there on the scene. not sure if we're still waiting for an ambulance or a tow truck or what they need, but i don't think that's going to clear anytime soon. you can see the results, just total gridlock there on the inkrein. no issues getting to the maze. westbound 80 from 4, in the green. 36 minutes into san francisco, if you're heading southbound, san francisco to the airport, in the green at nine minutes. also quickly, want to head to the sunol grade. a crash involving a downed motorcycle. that's in the far left lanes. southbound 680 past state route 84, you're slow all the way back up to 580, so i would recommend avoiding that if you can. a little good news there, sounds like the rider is up and walking around. let's check in with mike nicco. you have a pretty quiet week ahead. >> the big story is just how cool it gets compared to average and how long the clouds are going to hang around and how fast the sea breeze is going to be. we do have some variables to talk about every morning. we'll start by opening the weather window on san jose, 280 and 17. it's cloudy here. below average highs today. cloudy tonight, cool to mild. and the extended, minor tweaks. here's one of the tweaks. small craft advisory from 1:00 today to 11:00. afternoon to evening. southwest winds at 15 to 25 knots. from theolden gate bridge through the delta, could get up to 30 knots. let's talk temperatures. sea breeze reaching our east bay neighborhoods. mid to upper 80s. heat staying away today. in the north bay, breezy near the bay, but calmer deeper into the valley. that's why napa and santa rosa at 79, and then closer, san rafael at 76. same thing with novato. if you're going to the fair in santa rosa, 67 at 11:00. at 3:00, 79. warm sunshine. sunset, about 8:14. temperatures falling to the mid 60s and yeah, have the hoodie with you at 11:00. 57 degrees. down in the south bay, mild to warm, from 79 in san jose to morgueb hill at 85. on the peninsula, sunny and about 78 in menlo park. san mateo, 75. only about 64 and cloudy in half moon bay. check out how gorgeous it's going to be along the east bay shore. 70 to 76 degrees with 72 in oakland, and breezy temperatures in the mid to upper 60s around san francisco. my seven-day forecast. there you go. low to mid 60s around the coast, low to mid 70s around the bay. 80s inland just about every day. let's get more news. >> a letter from a google software engineer disparaging women is called an example of what many believe is a sexist culture throughout silicon valley. the ten-page letter says, quote, we need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism. it goes on to say, women on average have more nuroticism. this may contribute to the higher levels of anxiety women report on google guide and to the lower number of women in high stress jobs. a professor says the underrepresentation of women in tech is likely do to opinions like that, but not due to biological factors. >> having an unwelcoming atmosphere where you're told that you're probably not someone who belongs there makes it hard to succeed. >> google's vp of diversity e-mails employees over the weekend, reiterating the kaempg's commitment to diversity. >> japanese telecommunications giant is interested in investigating in uber or lyft. they said they would be willing to invest in either of the two companies. soft bank is a big investor in ride companies in china, india, and latin america. it wants to break into theist in north america. it says it w like uber and lyft at the same time about a possible investment. >> los angeles police are following leads they hope will help them catch a person who brutally attacked a lyft driver. all of this caught on video. tunisia bennett had dropped off a customer and stopped to gas up when two women jumped ouft a car and started hurling insults and punches at her. they dragged her by the hair and threatened other customers who tried to intervene. they took her wallet, her phone, and her rent money. lapd traced the car's license plate and has a lead on the suspects. they issued a statement saying our thoughts are with tunisia as she recovered from this terrible or deal. >> a girls softball league from virginia has learned about social media and sportsmanship. they have been disqualified from the junior league world series after the 12 to 14-year-olds won their first game, one of the team members posted a picture on snapchat showing some of the girls giving the middle finger to the host team in washington state. the coach says the post came after several incidents of harassment by that other team. after the girls were disqualified, the team they targeted in washington ended up taking their spot. ouch. one of these things is not like the other. and there it is. a square watermelon. they're rare. in fact, so rare that they fetch a whopping $150 in japan where they were invented. the new square watermelons are not for consumption. they're used to be an indoor ornament. a japanese farmer created the first square watermelon in the '80s by using a square mold. >> very cool. you're not into it, i think it's amazing. >> i think it's a real waste of money. >> that's true. just give me the $150, right? >> michael finney tackles a question about phone service coming up next. >> plus, a venti sized hoax targeting starbucks. >> keep on top of live weather and traffic on your screen throughout the commercial break. our way of trying to make this a better start to your monday. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. starbucks apparently the victim of an internet hoax. bogus ads circulating online saying this friday will be starbucks dreamer day. the ads say that all day, undocumented americans get a 40% discount on any menu item. that fake ad also includes the #borderfree coffee. staffbacks officials say that promotion is completely false. >> time to ask finney. ruby from oakland has a question about her telephone service. >> she spoke to us in alameda. michael finney has her answer. >> i had a phone problem, and my phone -- i'm trying to get my phone restored. it had been turned off at one time. what it i do to get my phone restored in a timely manner? >> hey, ruby. sorry to hear about that. sounds like they turned off your service. if you're current on your payments, call and ask what's up. if they don't have a good answer, then call or write me here at the station, and i'll ask them to check into it. good luck and thanks for your question. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone and send it to us on social media using the #askfinney. or you can go to our website, abc7news.com/askfinney, and we may be able to answer your question right here. >> we're coming back with another full 30 minutes of news including details on a breach affecting thousands of uc students. >> plus, the reason governor jerry brown is having reservations about californiapunge sanctuary state legislation. >> the maker of the iphones catching up with the times. i know they're on trend, but i'm going to explain why they're getting more social next. >> traffic not a lot of fun today. a major problem on the bay bridge just before you get to the yerba buena island tunnel. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. up to 40 minutes once you make it through the tolls into san francisco. i'll have an update after the this busy mom spends her days driving all over town. so why is she smiling? because she shopped during the safeway anniversary sale and filled up her trunk with grocery savings, plus earned 4 times the gas reward points. now that's something to smile about. right now, get pepsi 12-pack 12-ounce cans, buy 2 get 2 free, and lay's chips, 9.5 -10 ounces, 2 for $5 with your club card. the safeway anniversary sale. come in and explore. good morning to you. it's 6:29 on this monday, august 7th. thanks for making time for us. >> we appreciate it. unfortunately, traffic a bit of a mess. alexis is tracking that for us. >> good morning. yeah, i want to take you back to the bay bridge here. not much has changed. we still have the far two left lanes blocked just before you get into the tunnel on westbound 80. yeah, just barely moving here, all across the incline. that stretches all the way back to the toll plaza and beyond at this point. zooming in on our traffic map, you can see the ripple effect back into the berkeley area and impacting 580 and 880. down to 7 miles per hour. we do have a crew on the scene, so we should have video shortly. hopefully an update too when we get more lanes open. eastbound 80 before you get to 37 in the vallejo area, hearing about a vehicle that went down an embankment, landed on its side. sounds like serious injuries involved in that crash. southbound 6 yath past the 80 interchange, earlier five-vehicle crash has cleared so that's starting to unwind. sig alert for our crash in sunol that involves a motorcycle. an update on that next. let's check in with mike nicco. >> thank you very much. hi, everybody. welcome to monday, and welcome to cloudiness there. you can see as i have overlaid the clouds on live doppler 7. this is the way it looks above from mt. tamalpais. isn't that awfully colorful? love that picture. 12-hour day planner, 59 to 61 at 7:00. the bottom is the coast, 60, 61, and 60. your noon, 4:00, and 7:00. 76, only 83 at 4:00 inland, to 74 at 7:00. really comfortable evening followed by a very delightful evening. i'll have more on your seven-day forecast. let's get more news with reggie and natasha. >> we want to get you to breaking news. a search for a man accused of two attacks on b.a.r.t. >> b.a.r.t. police say they're taking this very seriously. tiffany wilson live at the lake merritt station with the pictures you want to see before you leave the house this morning. tiffany. >> absolutely. those pictures are very clear. they show the suspect at the center of two unprovoked and violent attack and b.a.r.t. police say that in one of them, the suspect used metal bolt cutters to hit another passenger in the head. take a look at these images again. this was from thursday evening around 7:30. b.a.r.t. police say the man in these photos approached another passenger and struck him in the head with bolt cutters. witnesses say the suspect then punch and kicked the victim before running off the train and out of the san leandro station. the victim was transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. then on saturday, around 7:30 at night, the same suspect punched a passenger in the face two times near the embarcadero station. both attacks were unprovoked and neither involved a robbery. >> don't confront him. he seems to be violent in nature. we don't know what type of mental state he's in. again, be aware of your surroundings and let us know if you see him. >> b.a.r.t. officials say that the newly installed cameras were a huge help in getting these images of the suspect. again, they want everyone who is commuting this morning and this evening to look out and if you see the suspect in those photos, call police. live in oakland, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> thanks for that update. >> developing news now. a northwestern professor accused of a gruesome murder in chicago is due in court in the east bay. >> wintham lathem and another suspect turned themselves in on thursday night. matt keller is live frus in dublin. matt. >> reporter: natasha, the associate professor was under intensive observation while in jail over the weekend. he is scheduled to be in court here in dublin later this morning. these two men were fugitives for eight days before they turned themselves in to authorities in the bay area last week. 42-year-old wyndham lathem is an associate professor at northwestern university. the other suspect is andrew warren. he's a treasury assistant at one of oxford's residential colleges in england. warren is in jail in san francisco. they're accused in the stabbing death of 26-year-old cosmotologist trenton cosmo they found his body inside lathem's apartment about a week and a half ago. >> guys aren't caught and there's a murder seven floors beneath us, kind of weird. now that they're in custody, we'l sleep better at night. >> friends say prior to his death, they were dating and he wanted out of the relationship. warren had arrived in the u.s. just three days before the homicide. laem is expected to waive extradition and be sent back to illinois by the end of the week. reporting live in dublin, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you so much. it's 6:34 now. happening today, one of the two suspects accused in a child sex abuse case is expected to enter a plea in the south bay. 56-year-old michael kellar is scheduled to appear in court at 9:00 this morning. he was arrested a week ago at mineta san jose international airport after getting off a flight. investigators say he sent messages about sex abuse to the second suspect. what happened is a fellow passenger saw the disturbing messages and immediately told the flight crew. police say two young children have been identified as victims. a man is recovering in the hospital this morning after a two-alarm fire burned an apartment building in berkeley. >> this could have been so much worse if it weren't for the kz as of one brave neighbor. the fire started around 7:15 last night on addison street. at one point, all 27 units were evacuated. inside the burning building was a man lying on the floor yelling for help. a man who lives in the building next door saw the smoke and ran to help that man get him outside before rescuers got there. >> started yelling for him, get up, get out. finally, he kind of snapped out of it and came to. i said, don't worry about yourself. just get up and get out. his hands were all burned. but i just felt like i had to get in there and help someone, so i did. >> thank goodness. that victim was taken to the hospital and is being treated for burns. the red cross is helping residents of three units who were displaced by the fire. >> firefighters are expected to make a final sweep today add the grizzly fire in the east bay hills. 20 acres burned when the fire broke out on wednesday afternoon. half of the fire was on oakland land and the other half was on land owned by the lawrence berkeley national laboratories. investigators are looking into whether this was set intentionally. happening today, the driver who led chp on a chase from dublin to oakland last week will make his first court appearance. 30-year-old james sims of antioch tried his best to get away, even driving the wrong way and leading officers on a chase that lasted nearly two hours. you'll see the aerials only here on abc7. there were plenty of close calls with oncoming cars. a chp officer finally brought it to an end with a p.i.t. maneuver. sims was charged with car left, evading police, and driving with an expired license. >> governor brown is expressing reservations about the sanctuary state legislation. he wants more amendments to the bill. the bill would prevent state and local law enforcement from using resources to help federal agents enforce violations against undocumented immigrants. brown said he believes national immigration policy will eventually be decided in the courts. >> 6:37 now. california state university taking a big step to get more students to graduate within four years. starting with the new semester, incoming freshmen will no longer have to take english and math tests. nearly 40% of students have been required to take the courses for no credit. that often sidetracks students' degree work. >> it was not uncommon for students to have one full year that was just in those noncredit bearing courses. >> student assessments will now be made by standardized testing or high school gp arb. the hope is to boost four-year graduation rates from 19% to 25% by the year 2025. >> there's been a huge jump in toxic waste left behind by illegal growers in california. investigators have detected 45 more times solid fertilizers on forest land. some of it is so toxic, just touching the plants has actually sent law enforcement officers to the hospital. use of chemicals in national forests is against federal law because it can cause algae blooms and bacteria problems in our rivers and streams. clean-up of just one site can cost as much as $100,000. and that's in taxpayer money. there's a backlog of more than 600 pot farms needing to be cleaned up. >> nothing has changed. we had this crash for over 30 minutes now, westbound 80, just before you get into the tunnel here from the bay bridge commute. you can still see the flashing lights. we have a multi-vehicle crash, sounds like a motorcycle is involved. that is still blocking the two left lanes. still just barely moving through the incline area and really back to the bay bridge toll plaza and beyond. a quick check of drive times. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 38 minutes. 48 minutes once you make it through the toll booths, and san francisco to sfo, you're in the green still at nine minutes. in the meantime, another sig alert, this one on the sunol grade. southbound 680, told you about the crash also involving a motorcycle. that's blocking the two left lanes. it doesn't sound like we have life threatening injuries, but an ambulance is on the scene. 30 miles per hour, 8 miles per hour. today, really the busiest day we have had in quite some time. let's check in with mike nicco. if you didn't like the heat last week, this week is for you. >> really think you'll love this week. i'll keep it around as long as you'll happy. at least i'll try. here's a look at the san mateo bring looking westbound. let's talk about your commute weather wise. cloudy this morning to sunny away from the coast this afternoon. if you're on mass transit, cool around san francisco, but warm as you head out to the east bay or south bay, north bay. and breezy. all across our northern waters, from north of the bay bridge. quick look at what's going on in the rest of the country, showers, you can see delays in houston. dew points out of the 60s and back to the mid to upper 50s. pleasant feeling when you step outside. low to mid 60s in theouth bay. for most of us, 63 in san jose. 52 in the hills of los gatos. we have about 60 in san pablo. lafayette, livermore, san francisco, checking in at 57, napa. quick look at the south bay. 8:00, 64 noon, 75. hang around 80 in the afternoon hours. by 6:00, 77. 70 at 8:00. we won't even be close to our average highs in the east bay valleys. they're 88. we'll top out from 83 to 2:00 to 4:00. if you're heading out for lunch, 76. if you're heading out in the evening, 70 by 8:00. the accuweather 7-day forecast up next. >> thanks. >> from sex in the city to running the state. the new push for cynthia nixon to become new york's next governor. >> san francisco wants to buy a troubled mcdonald's re raunlt, but not to serve burgers and fries. >> we keep weather and traffic information on your screen throughout the commercial break ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 6:43. hayward police arrested a man accused of stealing a truck and then opening fire at the owner. the victim tells abc7 news he was visiting a frnd in hayward saturday night when he heard the engine of his dodge ram truck start up. he ran outside and he found someone was stealing that truck. so he borrowed his friend's car to follow the suspect and caught up to him. that's when the suspect pulled out a gun. >> i pulled up right to the back and said hey, that's my truck. he said so-and-so you and pulled out a gun and shot. so then he took off and i didn't bother to follow after that. >> hayward police chased that suspect through city streets where he crashed into several cars. at one point, police say he even drove toward officers. one officer opened fire but missed the suspect who then crashed the stolen truck and then got arrested. san francisco has put in a bid to buy a mcdonald's it's identified as a mginate for trouble. the restaurant in the news on thursday when a man was shot and hurt inside. city officials want to replace the fast food gia with affordable housinginstead. a mcdonald's spokesperson said the proposal is currently under review. >> ucla is alerting thousands of students about a possible security breach. a hacker gained access to a server containing personal data with more than 30,000 current and former students. it is offering people affected free identity protection services for a year. >> quarter to 7:00 now. a woman is pleading to get her stolen computer equipment back that contains priceless videos of her father. a surveillance image shows a man rummaging through liz kane's parked car in san francisco. this happened on june 6th on oliver street near van ness. the man leaves in a hurry with several bags. kane was in the process of moving so she forgot her six laptops and five external hard drives were in the car. video of her dad who is battling stage-4 cancer is on the computers. now, the videos are everything to r. she says whoever has her items now, she just wants them back. no questions asked. still much positive and negative reaction coming in surrounding a post from a man who says he loves his wife's curvy body. here's the photo. you may have seen it on social media. some are calling him a hero husband. others, a fake feminist. that couple's opening up on "good morning america." he said it was a jen ws expression of love for his wife sarah. at first the post received overwhelming approval. then, as often happens, critics came calling with articles titled dear nice guy, dating a curvy woman does not make you a hero. >> i am not ashamed of anything robby wrote. he celebrates all aspects of who i am as a woman. >> if i were to write a instagram caption about all of the things i love about my wife, it would be a novel, a 700-page book. >> robby says that sarah, his wife, is his favorite subject to talk about. he says he does it all the time. it's just that his posts have never gone viral before. >> we're learning what caused a thrill ride to fair at the ohio state fair. the company that makes the fireball found excessive corrosion inside of a support beam led to the accident last month. an 18-year-old young man was killed. seven oereople we hurt when the gondola on the ride broke off. the company says the ride was 18 years old. the fireball ride at the santa cruz beach walk remains closed until cal-osha inspectors finish their safety test. >> the manhunt for an accused rapist is continuing after his escape. powell was in shackles at the time, somehow he managed to put the deputy in a headlock. the car crashed and powell grabbed the deputy's weapon, forcing the officer to undo his shackles and then handcuffing him to the steering wheel. powell ran off. u.s. marshals and the fbi are joining ohio law enforcement in the manhunt for the armed and dangerous escapee. >> happening now, jordan's king abdullah is visiting the west bank for the first time in five years. he's meeting with mahmoud abbas to talk about a contested shrine in jerusalem. israel then installed metal detectors which triggered muslim protests. the devices were eventually removed. abbas suspected security ties with israel over the crisis. >> actress cynthia nixon's name isminationed as a possible candidate for new york governor. they reported that liberal groups approached nixon encouraging her to mountd a challenge against governor andrew cuomo. her agent has not returned questions for comment. >> okay, i do have some good news. we finally are all clear, westbound 80 on the bay bridge, but here's the video from the crash scene that we have been dealing wh for exactly an hour. it happened a 5:44 this morning. it clearedt a 6:44. this did involve a motorcycle. for a full hour, we had the two left lanes blocked. at one time, we had three left lanes blocked. we had injuries reported as well. pretty large response, and now a pretty massive delay that is going to take a while to unwind. i want to flip over and show you the backup. this is the baybrage toll plaza. check out the carpool lanes. usually those are still moving on fine. we are just gridlocked there and you're backed up well if to the maze this morning. tough, tough commute if you're doing the bay bridge drive. southbound 880 at 92, a multicar crash. that's blocking lane four right now. some delays through hayward as you head towards the san mateo bridge. and you still have your sig alert on southbound 680 just past 24. another crash involving a motorcycle. that's in the two left lanes and your backup is solid to 580. let's check in with mike with a look at our forecast. enough of the bad news. what do you have? >> the easy summer commute is ending. >> i think those days are numbers. >> let's talk about, yeah, i do have good news. if you were tired of last week's heat and touchy humidity, have a nice week of pretty average weather if not below. you can see from san rafael, some of the clouds hanging out on the marine layer. let's go to our accuweather highlights. clouds and sunshine. have sunglasses today. below average highs. clouds return to the coast. nothing taxing coming in at all this week. here's a look at your cloud cast. you can see everybody becoming cloudy by about 8:00. and then it quickly retreats back to the bay. the east bay shore, and the coast by noon. and eventually, the bay by about 1:30 we'll be completely clear. while the coast will be cloudy. and already by 6:00, it's starting to make a trip back to the east. we have a cloudy night coming at us. let's talk temperatures. san jose, 79. gilroy, 87. santa cruz, 70. mid to upper 70s on the peninsula. millbrae, 61. south san francisco, 67. sausalito, 70. then about 75 to 80 up through the north bay valleys. until you g to clear lake, about 90 for you. 69 in richmond. oakland, 72. 76 in fremont. castro valley, 75. 84 to 88 is our spread in our inland east bay neighborhoods. taking a look at tonight's temperatures. mid 50s to low 60s. maybe even a touch cooler than this morning. here we gowith my accuweather seven-day forecast. how about the low to mid 60s at the coast? low to mid 70s around the bay. mid to upper 80s inland. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. a little breezy around the bay. summer's here. going to stay a while. here at the live desk, want to show you something that's really picking up steam. apple finally catching up with the times. yes, i know, the maker of the iphone and mac book is a trend setter, but when it comes to social media, the tech giant has really been a little behind until now. look at this. apple is finally on instagram. typically, apple has stayed away from social media, but now they're going to be using instagram to highlight some of the best photos taken with the iphone. and this page launched a little -- about an hour ago. and they have really had a lot of followers. i checked about 15 minutes ago. they had about 600 follower. i just refreshed the page and they have slightly under 3,000. so word getting out there, natasha and reggie. >> well, welcome, apple. to 2014. >> broad way star and frozen singer idina menzel closed out a concert in texas by inviting all the kids to join her onstage and sing "let it go." >> an 11-year-old boy volunteered. menzel said she finds boys prefer other songs. >> trols and justin timberlake. >> trols and justin timberlake. >> heck to the no. i'm offended. >> love him. >> his name is luke. and right after this little conversation with idina, he blew everybody away, got a standing ovation for this performance. ovation for this performance. ♪ >> wow. >> when you impress idina, that's something. she asked him to sing the song twice. >> to that, we say absolutely. well done, sir. well done, sir. we're time now is 6:55. these are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, unfortunately, a traffic alert. we did get the all clear about ten minutes ago, but check out the drive times. westbound 80, just before you get to the tunnel on the bay bridge, westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, still in the red in 24 into san francisco. >> number two, take a close look at this man. b.a.r.t. police say he's wanted for two attacks on bartd. one on thursday, the other on saturday. the attacks appear to be random. if you see him, call police immediately. >> one of the men accused of a deadly stabbing in chicago is due in court in the bay area today. northwestern university professor wind lmham lathem turned himself into officials on friday. >> severe economic sanctions approved by the u.n. has north korea reacting today. it says the u.s. should not assume it's safe from an attack because it's an ocean away. >> number six, another way to apply for passports. richmond city hall will accept applications monday, wednesday, and friday. you do have to make an appointment. >> number six, let's talk about your weather forecast. summer is back. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. temperatures a little below average. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, and 80s inland. >> number seven, taylor swift getting ready to take the stand in her civil suit against a radio dj who she accuses of groping her during a photo op. he is suing swift, saying that the pop star is lying. >> i'm not going to touch that with a ten-foot pole. let's go back to idina menzel. can you imagine having the brievry to do that if you're a little kid. >> and she got him 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heartland, people kayaking through streets in new orleans. and emergency crews rushing to rescue those stranded drivers. >> breaking overnight,north korea's new threat. kim jong-un's vow to launch more saying it's a mistake to think we're safe after those sanctions. president trump's urgent calls with world leaders overnight. taken. the model who says she showed up for a photo shoot but was drugged, kidnapped, stuffed in a suitcase and handcuffed for