bay isolated areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms are likely to be seen today. expect partly cloudy skies interspersed by these thunderstorms. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) happening today. crews will be breaking ground on the 680 express lane in contra costa county. .( james ) kron 4 s sara stinson is live in martinez with the details on the traffic impacts. construction begins this week on an 11-mile i-680 express lane from just south of marina vista ave. in martinez to rudgear road in walnut creek, establishing a continuous southbound express lane through contra costa county. the $127 million project includes expansion of the southbound free
awful all day long. these people along with millions of americans are taking advantage of all of the deals and stores are raking in the big bucks. holiday sales are expected to top $655 billion this year. online sales are already breaking records with thanksgiving day spending reaching nearly $2 billion. amazon said its sales yesterday exceeded both thanksgiving and cyber monday last year. today s online sales are $3 billion mark for the very first time. amazing. news 4 s justin finch has been talking to shoppers all day long and joins us now from tysons. i could still see a smile on your face and you are in one piece. are you doing all right? reporter: susan, it has been very, very busy out here. the tyson s mall opened at 6:00 and since the crowds began showing up in mass at 11:00 a.m. and continuing out here every and inside of the mall, the same story. very packed and it all makes sense because black friday is the biggest shopping day of the year. black friday parki
people living in the area hope this crime gets police to take more action. we ve soon see we re been seeing an up tick in robberies, gunshots. when it happens 50 feet from your house and there s a bunch of kids outside playing all the time it s not an ideal situation. this is the seventh homicide in alexandria this year. police are trying to figure out who killed him and why. a day care provider is neglect tonight. this is nay young park of the kiddie academy in gainesville. on november 19th investigators say a 3-year-old walked away from the facility and wandered into a near by business when people there couldn t find the child s parents they called police. park is out on bond tonight. so this is one of four nooses found at a construction site in calvert county. now an investigation is underway to find out who is behind the message that they re trying to send. wusa 9 s delia gonclaves is live with the latest. reporter: two nooses were found back in april, anoth
miley cyrus catching everyone off guard today. monday, august 26th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m carl quintanilla. mike bettes has the morning off. did you stay up to watch the vmas? no. i never felt so old in my life. miley, wow. wow. we ll have a lot more of that including the reaction from inside the hall. a lot of people couldn t believe that shall we say, dramatic performance. also ahead, a dramatic 911 call from a 12-year-old boy who was home alone and kept his cool when two burglars broke in. but we ll begin with the crisis in syria and how the white house will respond to the government s apoeur pair apoeurant use of chemical weapons. we have two reports this morning. we ll start with richard engle. she in turkey near the syrian border. richard, good morning to you.