available to them. >> the property was put up by 15 to 20 family, friends, business associates people that believe in tiffany and think she will come to court and isn't guilty. >> reporter: and li and her ex- boyfriend were in a custody battle when he was found shot dead on the side of the road last year. but in just a few hours at about 8:45, she is expected to be in front of a judge where he will then finalize the bail posting and the conditions. live in redwood city, maria medina, kpix 5. this morning, a court hearing could spell deportation for a canadian woman accused of murdering a man, injecting him with a lethal dose of heroin. alix tichelman pleaded guilty in the 2013 death. she killed forrest hayes by injecting him with a fatal dose of heroin. the u.s. green cardholder was sentenced to six years in jail. the san francisco police union is requesting an investigation into chief william scott's recent round of promotions. that's according to a letter from the union obtained by the "chronicle." according to the "chronicle," the union sent the letter to the city's human resources department. it states that the officers association has gotten complaints from both male and female members because only men have been appointed to scott's command staff. the letter adds, quote, to add insult to injury, one female member of the command staff was also the most senior ranking member of the command staff and an lgbt member was reassigned to the airport bureau. the police union says they haven't yet gotten a response. a new audit shows that the raiders owe more than $800,000 in parking fees. they have to pay the authority that runs the oakland coliseum. according to the audit the team has only been making minimum payments since 2013. they owe an estimated $25,000 more per game since then. the team is expected to play at the coliseum for two more seasons and then move to las vegas. turning it the commute, bart riders be prepared for closures on the week. the transit system is planning to stop service between lake merritt and fruitvale stations on the weekend this saturday and sunday to repair rails. bart will provide bus bridges where the trains are shut down but it's also warning you to allow an extra 25 to 40 minutes for your trip. time now 603. right now, our worst backup is in richmond. so let's take a look at the new crash to report in richmond. it's a rollover crash blocking the right lane. a backup from mcbride to richmond parkway gives you a pretty hefty delay. up to 40 closer to the accident scene. moving to the bay bridge toll plaza heading into downtown san francisco that's now a 15- minute drive and we have metering lights on the first chance i'm getting to let you know that the lights are on. if you are traveling on westbound 4 pittsburg to concord slow at 30 miles per hour, down to 242 and 680 in walnut creek looking good. >> thanks, roqui. good morning, everybody. a little deceiving because you see green on the screen means that it's raining outside. but what we're looking at, at this particular time is a lot of virga. that's where the rain is evaporating before it hits the land mass. that's because we have a lot of dry air mass in place. keep in mind it's been sunny, humidity has been down. the temperature has been up all the way into the 80s. it looks like like it's raining right now into the golden gate bridge. live weather camera looking towards the golden gate bridge. pavement is dry. no windshield wipers operating. one of our weather watchers dane in from novato says she had some rain and that's about it. 349 to 59 degrees that's the temperature span right now. winds under 10 except in san jose. east winds at 6 miles per hour. these winds will be powerful by later tonight overnight through tomorrow morning. high wind warning in effect for the red highlighted areas. the blue is the advisory. yellow is the watch. bottom line, breezy to windy for the bay area tonight overnight. some gusts to of 5. it's been on course and clipping along its current pace for over 10 days now. with the mostly cloudy skies in san jose today, air temperatures 70 at mineta international airport then it dropped after lunch hour. willow glen and cupertino. temperatures in the 70s everywhere except pleasanton at 72. rain and when the bulk of it is going to arrive. it's going affect the evening commute. that's 18 after the hour. roberta, thank you. today a vote in the state senate could mean major repairs for roads across our state. but a smoother commute will come with a catch. anne makovec is here it break down the fees and tax. zara california roads are in bad shape but do you want to pay for it? this bill means it would cost the average californian about $10 extra.so this would cost the average californian about 10 bucks more a month to drive a car. it is a $52 billion road and bridge repair bill. the bill calls for a 12-cent a gallon gas tax increase. a registration fee increase would cost on average about $48 a year and electric cars would pay an extra $100 a year since they don't pay gas tax but still use the roads. california already taxes a gallon of gas 18 cents cents. yet the state has a backlog in road repairs of almost $140 billion. and it shows. >> god's honest truth, this is needed. if we don't do it, the roads will crumble! >> reporter: we did a poll last week after that plan was released. and out of 500 respondents, only 23% think we need the extra money. 61% think the state needs to make better use of what it has. the bill does have a provision that says the money raised can only be used for transportation. >> this is a heavy lift. i have been governor for 14 years. i know what i'm talking about. you you have to pay for it. with new money. >> reporter: california already taxes a gallon of gas 18 cents. yet the state has a backlog in roadway repairs of almost $140 billion. the bill does have a provision that says the money raised can only be used for interesting. but that doesn't mean exclusively road repairs and that could mean public transportation. so that's one of the sticking points for some of the lawmakers that are now on the fence. >> so the bill needs a supermajority to pass. how many votes are we talking? >> reporter: it needs a two- thirds majority in both houses of the legislature to pass. that means almost every, single democrat in the legislature needs to vote in favor of it. it look interesting to see how much it runs on party lines. if the republicans say no almost every democrat in the legislature has to vote in favor of it. >> thank you. today president trump will meet with his chinese counterpart at mar-a-largo. they are expected to discuss north korea's missile program and u.s. trade with china. secretary of state rex tillerson helped arrange the visit during his trip to beijing last month. the president's meeting comes amid a power shift on the national security council. steve bannon is out and former texas governor rick perry is n mr. trump announced the decision about bannon in a memo. bannon's role on the council had been criticized by many who said it was inappropriate for a political adviser to play a role in security matters. today the senate is expected to take a procedure vote to end debate over supreme court justice nominee neil gorsuch. republicans do not have the 60 votes necessary to prevent a filibuster from the democrats. if it fails, majority leader mitch mcconnell is poised to change senate rules to a simple majority known as the "nuclear option." >> the american people will be watching. history will record the decision democrats make and there's simply no principled reason to oppose this exceptional supreme court nominee. >> they can change the rules and traditions of this great body or they can sit down with us democrats and the president to come up with a mainstream nominee. >> a final confirmation vote on judge gorsuch is expected tomorrow. a new marijuana tax force is reviewing pot laws this morning for the department of justice. it was created this week by attorney general jeff sessions. the team will analyze how the feds enforce marijuana policies in several states including california get ready to make the sale of recreational marijuana. sessions wants recommendations from the task force by the end of july. time check 6:09. a break for taxi drivers in san francisco. the cash cabdrivers are now expected to save thanks to the transportation agency. >> plus, shelling out cash. who is due to get refunds from amazon? that's still ahead. >> and here we go. you have been hearing about the impending rain showers. we'll track the first raindrops and when you can get wet. >> all right. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the maze to downtown about 15 minutes but the problem is before you get to the maze on westbound 80 in richmond. we'll tell you all the details about the rollover crash coming up. ,, ,,,, imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to 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not yet ready to have federal inspectors sign off on the system. they still need to test the electronic warnings and train control systems. they hope to launch the service for passengers very soon. the sfmta has scrapped annual fees for hundreds of taxi medallion holders. the vote spares about 700 drivers from paying $1,000 in yearly fees but more than 1,000 will have to pay because they don't have the same full time driving requirements as those who benefit from the waiver. the city council in union city has approved a new rule to protect renters from unjustified evictions and harassment from landlords. it requires landlords to meet certain requirements before evicting renters. landlords will also be barred from harassing tenants by threatening to cut off utilities or refusing to maintain the units. time now 6:14 let's check traffic and weather. >> we have heavy rain on the evening commute. good thing you're not working then. >> got that right! i'm not complaining! let's head to pleasanton. southbound 680 at sunol boulevard four-car crash causing a three-mile backup so give yourself extra time to get through there. if you are heading out there in pleasanton. he westbound four from pittsburg to concord you're moving at 35 miles per hour. so looking good though if you are heading down to 242 or 680 into walnut creek. the bay bridge toll plaza maze to downtown will take you about 20 minutes but the problem getting there is in richmond westbound 80 at mcbride that rollover crash still out there. the crash is off to the shoulder but we have emergency crews blocking the right lane. you're moving at 19 miles per hour. and the backup is between mcbride and richmond parkway so give yourself extra time to get through there. >> i have been tracking this storm for days. the intensity is on course on its current past clipping towards the bay area. it's intense! it has huge winds associated with it. this is our live hi-def doppler radar. you're seeing a lot of green on the screen. a lot of this is virga lighter shades of green where you see the darker shades of green, that's the light rain that's fallen in the santa rosa area. this yellow and orange is moderate to heavy. and that's still lingering offshore. but as we zoom in on highway 101, making tracks out of santa rosa into rohnert park, you definitely need the windshield wipers. you will need your umbrella from time to time throughout the day. even though it's a scattered light shower the heavier rain later on tonight. 50s across the board according to our weather watchers with overcast skies. it's at the transamerica pyramid. but we can still see the bright lights of the marco etcheverry and the port of oakland as well through alameda. we can still see the bright lights of the estuary and the port of oakland as well as through alameda. winds pick up tonight. we have a high wind warning in effect for the red highlighted areas if you live in those counties. bottom line wind gusts to 65 miles per hour along the coast in the highest elevations. mainly dry today until late this afternoon. the heaviest rain overnight tonight up until about 5:00 tomorrow morning. and then mostly cloudy and breezy cooler for the weekend. let's pinpoint your forecast. here comes this area of low pressure. remember it develops in the gulf of alaska so it has a lot of cooler air mass associated with it. and as it plows up against the warmer air mass in place associated with this high pressure, we are going to see the strong pressure gradient and gusty winds with it. that's going to be a main feature with this incoming fast- moving system. here we are at lunch hour today just a hit-and-miss scattered shower. far reaches north bay. there's your evening commute. it will be wet. heaviest rain overnight with the gusty winds. that's certainly good news for most of us. tomorrow morning for your commute lots of ponding and puntling on the roads very gusty winds a second round of rain moves in right there towards the late hours. friday night into throughout your saturday morning. then scattered lingering showers up until the early afternoon hours on saturday. a hit-and-miss scattered shower until about 6:00 saturday night. by then, we'll see easily up to an inch to two inches around the urban areas. easily two to three inches of rain in the wettest locationsof the north bay. going to tahoe you will need the chains. by lunchtime friday, we'll start to see the rain turn to snow at the lake level. and i'm forecasting at least a foot of snow around 6500 feet. above 6500 feet, we could see two feet of snow. you know what? they need it in tahoe, right? again. you will need those chains. temperatures dropping from the 40s today and tomorrow into the 30s over the weekend. 6:46 is our sunrise. not going to see much of the sun due to the fact that it's mostly cloudy. temperatures are in the 60s except for pleasanton at 81 yesterday. 72 today. cooler friday through the weekend. the bulk of the weekend will be dry. we have pleasant conditions on the game monday for the home opener. >> thank you. this just in. we have learned fewer workers across the u.s. applied for unemployment benefits last week. the number of applications plunged by 25,000. that puts the four-week average at 250,000. the march jobs report set to be released tomorrow is expected to show that employers added 170,000 jobs last month. in our tech report, twitter is launching a lighter version of its app. the company says it will help users who have small data plans. it works through a web browser instead of a stand-alone phone app. twitter officials say it will look and function the same as the normal version. it will reportedly use about 40% less data than the app. and amazon plans to refund more than $70 million of purchases made by children on mobile devices without their parents' permission between 2011 and 2016. last year a court found the company didn't do enough to get parents' consent when kids made in-app purchases of games and other apps. netflix is ditching its five-star rating system for thumbs up and thumbs down. the company says to make things simpler it's now displaying a percentage match score based on the user's viewing habits. if the tv show or movie suggestion is a perfect match, user can give it a thumbs-up. i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up why last night's game couldn't guarantee one more home game for golden state warriors fans. >> and the giants first error of the season led to three unearned runs. could they recover? tell you about it coming up. >> and what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at [email protected] and we may feature your school on the show. it's 6-- work,, good morning, everybody. the warriors took the court in phoenix last night with two hands tied behind their backs. draymond and andre iguodala got the night off. 1st quarter, it was the steph curry show. hits the three giving golden state a 29-13 lead. curry ended up with 23 in the 1st quarter alone. final seconds of the quarter shaun livingston tries to throw the alley-oop but instead banks it in for a three-pointer. 41-18 lead at the end of one. the suns come back in the fourth. it's now a three-point game. curry knocks down his eighth three of the game. golden state winds the 13th straight, 120-111 and clinch the number one seed for the third year. giants also in phoenix playing right down the street from the warriors. top of the fifth, 3-1 giants. brandon belt makes it 4-1. that's his son right here loving every minute of it. matt moore trying to keep it tied in the 6th but the pinch hitter for the diamondbacks brings home the go-ahead run with a shot to right. matt moore allowed six runs just tree earned as arizona wins 8-6. a's rookie cotton making his season debut versus the angels. top of the 2nd l.a. leading 1-0. espinosa who had the game winning home run last night singles home two more runs and the angels are 5-0 winners. also, golf note here. dustin johnson injured his back falling down a flight of stairs yesterday. we don't know if he is going to tee it up in round one of the masters today. we'll have highlights tonight at 6:00. i'm dennis o'donnell. have a great day. it is 6:26. working to prevent another disaster. the action the santa clara water district is taking following the coyote creek flood. >> governor brown's self- imposed deadline for a vote on his road repair bill is today. coming up we'll break down how the plan could affect you. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - everything we stock at grocery outlet has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. we've got name-brand, top-quality groceries priced 40-70% off every day. bargainomics. that's our business model. and our business model is... delicious. ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ what ticked him off is the fact that i didn't vote for him and said i'm not going to vote for him. >> the war of words ranges on between president trump and arnold schwarzenegger. and the clock is ticking for california lawmakers to pass governor brown's road repair bill. >> our roads are falling apart. we can fix 'em. [ applause and cheers ] >> good morning, it's thursday, april 6. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:30. today that vote in the state senate could bring much-needed repairs to roads across california. but the improvements will take place with a gas tax, anne makovec joins us. >> reporter: several fees which would cost the california driver about $10 more a month to own a car. it's a $52 billion road and bridge repair bill calling for a 12-cent a gallon gas tax increase, a registration fee increase which will cost on average about 48 bucks a year and electric cars pay an extra $100 a year because they don't pay any gas tax. but, of course, they still use the roads. some drivers we spoke with say they see the need for road repair but are mixed on the idea of paying for it. >> i would like to see better roads and if it comes from my pocket, i don't mind. >> i think i already can't afford to live in california and this is just going to make it worse. >> reporter: the state gas tax has not been raised in 23 years. and one of the selling points the governor has been touting, it will bring jobs throughout the state. the money would be earmarked for transportation and gathered and used over 10 years. republican assemblyman matthew parker said the democrats new plan is more of the same. their so-called reforms are smoke and mirrors continuing to send driver tax money to pork projects that have nothing to do with the roads. now, this has been a real slash campaign on both sides. the proposal was just announced last week and since then we have been hearing ads on the radio from both sides and there's major lobbying behind the scenes. >> this is politics. so sounds like this is another partisan issue. how does it affect the vote? >> reporter: it is. the governor is trying to -- the governor is trying to sell it for all of us using the roads but it's republicans speaking out against it and if they all say no the governor needs all the democrats to get behind it to get the two-thirds majority needed. some democrats are from areas where people drive a lot like the central valley. so they are facing some major pushback from constituents. >> thank you, anne. governor schwarzenegger -- former governor schwartzenegger schwarzenegger is taking aim at president trump again this morning. the former governor blasted the proposed cut to after-school programs while speaking at the national after school summit at usc. >> try to balance the budget on the backs of the kids. i think there's something wrong. this is why i spoke up and this is why i challenge him on that. and he has talked so much about making america great. and i just feel like taking $1.2 billion away from the kids is not making america great. >> the comments come on the heels of a feud between trump and schwarzenegger over low ratings on the show celebrity apprentice. several california prosecutors are protesting the new immigration policy. they are standing behind the state's chief justice who objected to immigration raids at courthouses. the prosecutors including the san francisco and alameda district attorneys sent a letter to the trump administration. it says courthouses should not be used as bait in the necessary enforcements of our country's immigration laws. federal officers have arrested immigrants who are showing up for court in california and at least 4 other states. today the santa clara valley water district holds its first of three public meetings after tension between a recent meeting between the city and water district officials. mayor sam liccardo said the district left it with flawed data to make predictions about how much water the coyote creek channels could handle. but the district maintains that city workers had plenty of time to warn people of a crisis and failed to do so. today the department of water resources is holding a briefing with new details on the oroville dam. crews are still figuring out how it will cost -- how much it will cost to repair the storm battered spillway. experts say it will cost up to $1 billion to rebuild the concrete waterway. the state has not released any official estimate. meantime a large part of lake oroville near the dam has been roped off by buoys and is coasted off to boaters because of the repair project. a live look now at the ocean beach this morning. avoid the water as strong winds and rain approach the bay area. roberta, i have a lot of friends out there yesterday. because the waves were looking good. >> they are going to be blown out today. and all the way through about saturday because we have some wind gusts anticipated up to 65 miles per hour with this incoming system. it's a powerful storm. it's a major player. good morning, everyone. our live hi-def doppler radar is all lit up at this hour. let me explain to you when you see the lighter shades of green that's virga. rain evaporating before it hits the ground. the darker green is actually light rain. that's now being reported around the santa rosa area. the shades of yell row and orange that's bona fide moderate to heavy rain poised and positioned off our coast now. carry an umbrella out the door today. we'll see some light showers from time to time but most of the energy coming in tonight. overcast skies, we still see mount diablo due east a good 45 miles from san francisco. visibility is great. upper 50s and 40s. wind speeds under 10 miles per hour. we have a high wind warning in effect in addition to a high wind watch for most of the bay area. we'll have more coming up. here's roqui with track. >> thank you, roberta. okay, it is now 6:35. and it's just getting worse in richmond on westbound 80. so let's check the details here. westbound 80 at mcbryde avenue. it was a rollover crash blocking a lane here. but it's off the road. the damage is done here. you're moving at 13 miles per hour in the thick of it and beyond richmond parkway in the backup into pinole we have a new crash to tell you about westbound 80 at appian way a two-car crash blocking a lane. moving over now to the bay bridge toll plaza, the maze to downtown will now take you up to 25 minutes so plan for that if you head into the city and if you are traveling along westbound 4 between pittsburg and concord you're moving very slowly at just 14 miles per hour. not looking too bad as you head down 242 but then once you get to walnut creek you slow down there, as well. let's move to pleasanton. southbound 680 at sunol boulevard there was a four-car crash out there. that backup up to 3 miles. so pretty bad out there right now. i'll send it to you guys. this just in. oakland firefighters are finishing up at the scene of an apartment fire right now. it started just after 5:00 this morning on pearl street. not very far from 580 and 980. at least 15 people were displaced. one person had to be rescued but no injuries reported. it appears a candle started it. a bay area plan suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend in front of her two young children is now behind bars. but it took a search across multiple counties to find her him. officers brought 43-year-old "lawyer dushan mcbride" into richmond headquarters yesterday afternoon. authorities say called from the community helped them find spect at a sacramento fast- food restaurant. he is accused of shooting 29- year-old rashanda franklin as she drove her children to daycare. surveillance video shows the driver pulling up beside her car, pausing during the ambush shooting and then speeding away. an update this morning on a deadly officer-involved shooting in napa. the suspect was shot and killed by officers. he has been identified as 65- year-old steven connor ferry. investigators say he drove a car out of a garage on bueno street and started firing at officers. they fired back killing ferry. several officers are on leave this morning penning the outcome of the investigation. -- pending the outcome of the investigation. a bay area woman is about to pose one of the highest bales in history. she is accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend. kpix 5's maria medina is live in redwood city to tell us what she agreed to do to get out. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. she has agreed to be put on house arrest and also surrender had your passport and here's a breakdown of the bail amount. she agreed to post $62 million in property and $4 million in cash. one of the highest bail amounts in u.s. history when she posts it. she accused of conspiring with her boyfriend and another man to kill her ex-boyfriend the father of her children. the father of her children. >> she is no more likely to flee because she has money than anybody charged with a serious crime and the constitution assumes that. that there's motive to flee which is why the bail is $35 million. >> >> reporter: and li and her ex were in a custody battle when he was found dead on the side of a road last year. but in just a few hours, at about 8:45, li is expected to be in front of a judge here in san mateo county. the judge is then expected to finalize that bail posting and her conditions. live in redwood city, maria medina, kpix 5. he what's the status on the two other suspects right now? >> the two other suspects in this case do remain behind bars on a no bail status. back to you. >> thank you. today witness testimony continues in the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar. a friend of the missing 15-year- old testified yesterday claiming lamar had confessed she was interested in girls. the defense suggested this alleged conflict about her sexuality prompted lamar to flee out of fear her mother would disapprove. berkeley's acting police chief is officially taking on the new job. chief andrew greenwood we placed michael meehan after he resigned in october. greenwood was born and raised in berkeley and has served on the force for30 years. he will be sworn in on april 20. 6:39. a view from the top. next, amazing new vantage points from the tallest building in the san francisco. >> hitting the market. how much san francisco's most expensive home is going for. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's check the big board here. you can see the dow is up about 17 points. coming up we'll get an update from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. charlie rose joins us now from new york. good morning. thanks. cbs this morning starts at 7 o- clock. time now for a look at what's coming up later on "cbs this morning." charlie rose joins us now from new york. good morning, charlie. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. former secretary of defense ash carter is in studio 57 we'll talk with him about president trump's reaction to the crisis in syria. and also, the north korean threat. plus, we'll look at the diplomatic role the president's florida resort is playing in his meeting today with china's president. and we're at the kansas high school where investigative reporting by students forced the new principal to resign. and we have gayle's conversation with julia reports, that and more at 7:00. >> the kids aspiring journalists did a good job. >> exactly. >> charlie rose. >> they did a very good job on that. >> yes. thank you. in just a few hours, the "salesforce" tower sales will be recognized as the tallest building west of chicago. here's a live look outside the building. it's near first and mission in san francisco. the building is 61 stories tall. it was named the "salesforce tower" back in 2015 a topping off ceremony scheduled at 10:30 a.m. to mark the milestone. it will be the second tallest building west of chicago. got an extra $40 million lying around? who doesn't? you could be in the market if you do for san francisco's most expensive home. the spec house in pacific heights is up for sale. the developer bought it for $8 million seven years. he tore it down and built this new one from top to bottom. stunning. it's more than 11,000 square feet with just about everything you need in it including two wine rooms, a home theater, and a gym. $40million -- >> all you have to do is come up with something like "salesforce tower" and you will have enough money to buy something like that. >> or win the lottery whatever. positive news on the job front this morning as a major retailer unveils plans plan to add thousands of workers. >> joining us now with that and more is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> who doesn't need two wine rooms in their home? the stock market coming off a down day yesterday. we did get some good news on the job market this morning with the labor department reporting a big drop in initial jobless claims down 25,000 to 234,000. that's the second lowest level since the recession ended. labor delivers its march jobs report tomorrow. the economists are expecting to gain around 180,000 jobs. adp earlier this week said the private sector added over 260,000 jobs. that was way more than expected. amazon continues to conquer the retail world. online sales growing so it needs more people to ship stuff. and it says that it's going to add 30,000 new part-time jobs in the u.s. over the next year. 25,000 will be in the warehouses fulfilling orders. another 5,000 will be at its virtual customer service force which is starting to grow a little bit more where employees will actually work from home answering customer phone cause, emails and engaging in chat. amazon says that allows them to tap into a workforce that's unable to leave home such as parents or military veterans and their spouses. looking for a better day from the stock market. but there is caution as president trump and china's president ping meet for the first time. lots of questions on trade, currency manipulation and, of course, north korea. let's look at the big board see how we're doing so far this morning. dow down 18. nasdaq down a couple. s&p also moving lower by a couple of points. kenny and michelle, back to you. >> thank you, jason brooks from kcbs radio. is 6:47. let's check the roads with roqui. >> thank you, michelle. okay, we have one ofyour trusty photographers out there getting us live pictures in oakland of 24th. it good. but not good to go is highway 4 in contra costa county. so let's check that. if you are heading from pittsburg into concord, you're moving at just 13 miles per hour. so pretty slow conditions there and down to 242 and 680 into walnut creek moving slowly, as well. but then we have a problem in pleasanton. southbound 680 at sunol boulevard a four-car crash. it's off to the shoulder. but, of course, the damage is done. you're moving at about 30 miles per hour. and it's just adding to those normal slowdowns you would see in the area. moving now to the bay bridge toll plaza, if you are heading the maze to downtown that's about 20 minutes but getting there from richmond is the issue. rollover crash off to the shoulder but you see you are stuck in that 18 miles per hour slowdowns there and traffic is backed up into hercules and we have a new crash to tell you about westbound 80 at appian way in the backup. crash in the two left lanes and you're moving at just nine miles per hour. so not good. i'll send it to you. >> thank you, roqui. a look this morning at damage from tornadoes that hit the midwest and south over the last 48 hours a dozen tornadoes destroying homes, trees and power lines. areas also got pounded by heavy rain from the storms. atlanta picked up nearly 4 inches of rain in just 24 hours. that caused a cancellation of hundreds of flights at atlanta's international airport. roberta is tracking rain in our forecast. i just saw across the wires also there is a tornado warning in effect for portions of central florida. very unusual places with inclement weather. we are now picking up some showers according to our live hi-def doppler radar. these showers are in advance of heavy rain in santa rosa on highway 101 but looking towards the pacific ocean and look at that cluster of yellow and orange as we zoom on in. it appears as if we have some light rain that's now falling around the golden gate bridge. let's verify that. pavement is now getting wet. if you look at the cars they are using their windshield wipers. can you see this? it's light rain falling there. you need the umbrella as you step out. winds increasing in san jose southeast at 11. otherwise the winds are still pretty much under 10 throughout most of the bay area. these winds are a big part of the story. everywhere, the wind gusts are to 65 miles per hour over into the tonight through your friday morning. winds up to 35. yellow is the high wind watch. bottom line it will be breezy then windy. then blustery. with the spotty showers today the increasing winds overnight we'll see the heaviest rain and the gusty winds. most people will be asleep at that point and friday on-again, off-again showers before a second wave hits us on friday night. here's the activity as it begins to push into the state of california. all from a cold front. this has a history developed in the gulf of alaska, and it has stayed on its current path every day for the past 10 days. now it's tapping into a little bit of subtropical moisture. by the evening commute, rain across the north bay, sliding into the central bay. into the peninsula. then the heaviest rain overnight. there you have it. midnight tonight, through about 3, 4:00 in the morning hours, when most people begin their commute around 5:00 in the morning. lots of ponding and puddles on the road a sporadic shower throughout the day. then there's that second wave that comes through on friday night. and by the time that pushes out, we are going to have the lingering showers in its wake until saturday early afternoon. this fast-moving system will be out of here on saturday around 6:00 in the evening hours. but up to an inch, inch and a quarter throughout the urban areas, easily two to three inches of rain in the wettest locations. this means at least a foot of snow around lake level. it's going to start as rain and then it will be snow by lunchtime tomorrow. that purple highlighted area means that we have a winter storm watch in effect for the greater lake tahoe area. temperatures starting off warm but then dipping to the 30s over the weekend. heavenly will need the chains if you are heading to the south shore according to our tahoe report. so over the weekend, the snow tapers off on saturday evening. on the north star side of the mountain which is north shore, you will have rain first then snow again tapering off by saturday night. same in alpine meadows on the north shore. today temperatures in the 60s at 81 yesterday, 72 today. you will feel the difference. again, the wind is the other side of the story today. those blustery winds up to 65 overnight tonight, storm watch throughout friday tapering off on saturday by 6 p.m. a bright sunny day sunday. we have the home opener for the giants on monday. wouldn't it be nice if we had opening day on the delta last weekend with temperatures in the 80s? this weekend a little inclement weather and then cloud cover breezy in the upper 50s. >> thank you. time now 6:52. broken escalators, fill they elevators, some people say that bart is so dirty, so dysfunctional, it's unlawful and now they are suing. >> reporter: a bay area woman is expected in front of a judge. how she will make history when she walks out of jail today. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i'm maria medina live in redwood city where a bay area woman is about to post one of the highest bail amounts in u.s. history. tiffany li has agreed to post $62 million in property and $4 million in cash. now, according to state law, the equity in the property has to be double the amount of the bail. tiffany li is accused of conspiring with her boyfriend and another man to kill the father of her children. >> from the beginning of the case, the investigation by the sheriff's office has provided to us that she comes from a family that has many, many hundreds of millions of dollars available to them. >> reporter: and li and her ex- boyfriend were in a custody battle when he was found shot on the side of the road last year. but in just a few hours, li is expected in front of a judge at about 8:45 in the morning. the judge is then expected to finalize that bail posting and her conditions which involve surrendering her passport and being on house arrest. live in redwood city, maria medina, kpix 5. time now 6:57. time for your "final 5. >> reporter: this morning, a court hearing could spell deportation for a canadian who injected a lethal dose of heroin into a google executive and murdered him. 29-year-old alix tichelman pleaded guilty tuesday to her role in the death of forrest hayes in 2013. the san francisco police union wants an investigation into the round of prove motions stating -- of promotions stating that only men have been appointed to the command staff. happening today, the ceremonial topping off of the "salesforce" tower here's a live look at that tower. the 61-story tower will officially become the second tallest office building west of chicago. according to the "associated press," embattled house intel committee achieve devin nunes has just announced he is temporarily stepping aside from the russia probe until alleged dealings. today the senate is expected to take a vote to end the debate over supreme court justice nominee neil gorsuch. he will be approved on friday. starting here in richmond, this is a big problem for the last hour or so. westbound 80 at mcbryde avenue, this rollover crash off to the shoulder but, of course, that damage is done. in the backup, closer to pinole, we have westbound 80 at appian way this two-car crash reports it has now been removed off the shoulder as well but you're moving in that area at just 9 miles per hour. so give yourself plenty of time if you are heading on westbound 80 from the hercules area to the maze where we have the bay bridge toll plaza the maze to downtown will take you 20 minutes. >> if you have rain in your area i want to hear from you on social media. we have light rain falling around the north bay more moderate rain now "pushhhhing" into mill valley. we'll have spotty showers today. it's wet at the golden gate bridge. temperatures are in the 40s in santa rosa with light rain to the 50s across the board. the big part of this story will be the very gusty winds ramping up during the day but the gustiest later on tonight. high wind warning in effect for the red highlighted areas. the blue is an advisory. bottom line turning breezy today then windy overnight. today's temperatures much cooler 60s, blustery winds and gusty winds and the rain continues tomorrow on-again, off-again, tapers on saturday. >> blustery and gusty. >> that's all we need to know. >> we're on storm watch. thanks for watching. >> good morning. it is thursday, april 6th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump blames syrian regime for a deadly 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