with more than 1,400 people now confirmed dead after friday s earthquake and tsunami on the island of sulawesi. efforts have largely been focused on the city of palu, where most of the confirmed dead have been counted, but the un has warned that large parts of what might be the worst affected rural areas have not been reached. here s one of the rescuers in the village of donggala. translation: we ve been here since friday. there hasn t been any rescue operation. we re still looking for the missing people manually. villagers alone, no heavy machinery. many of those from isolated places are taking matters into their own hands. translation: we walked for ten hours through the mountains from our village that was completely destroyed. we were that desperate foraid. iwas destroyed. we were that desperate for aid. i was so stressed about the children. the un says there are nearly 200,000 people in urgent need of help. that figure includes thousands of children, and many have no ac
about 20 degrees cooler this afternoon than yesterday. a significant change in the weather. four things you need to know about. cloudy start this morning. it ll be a rainy finish later today and tonight. ood watches are up for late tonight into early tomorrow morning. here s good news.s the rain e early tomorrow. the weekend is looking oh, so much nicer. that plume of moisture coming in our direction here. no heavy rain for the morning commute. just hit and miss sprinkles and showers. no big impact. there s the flood watch. could get another inch of rain overnight tonight. temperaturewise, this is as warm as it s going to be all day. don t plan on it being any warmer than this. stuck in the 60s today. yoneed yourjeans, your umbrella, and your rain boots. today s daily grade, a d-minus. it would have been lower, but s already that close to the weekend. you re feeling generous. chopper 4 over this crash in takoma park. this is southbound new hampshire avenue between universi
in the stocks open lower. yesterday towards the end of the session. now higher by not even a point. in stocks in asia over night. almost on 1%. they are soaring on reports that the company is now reaching out to potential buyers but there may be some hurdles in all of this. fbn:am starts right now. it is 5:01 a.m. i m gerri willis in for cheryl casone. let s get straight to the breaking news this morning. the extraordinary day that we are expecting on capitol hill. in just a few hours from now supreme court nominee judge brett cavanaugh set to face one of his accusers. dr. christine ford. she is ready for public testimony. this is what she will say. i don t have all of the answers and i don t remember as much as i would like too. the details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i don t want to forget. ahead of all of this a new accuser has come forward she s shares the same attorney. she claims in a sworn declaration that she was drugged in gang wrapped
the interior valleys. it will be very quick to warm. by 11:00 a.m. we ll be in the 70s. interior valleys will climb to the 90s. i ll break down those rain chances in just a bit. i know there s some slowing going into san francisco. a because of the pattern we re seeing into the city from yesterday. here s the bay bridge toll plays. with those cash lanes on either side of the fast track lanes. we almost see this at 4:30. it will kick in at 5:30 when the metering lights kick in. just like yesterday and continuing, we have transbay transit center, salesforce transit center is closed and that means the closure of fremont street. folks are slowing and backing up off the fremont exit for the westbound commute. you see it s slow coming off the skyway. we ll track that and i ll give you more information about how that affects your day. we ll talk more about the transit center but for now back to you guys. live look at capitol hill. today s historic hearing gets under way in a l
clouds will be decreasindecreas. settling into the 90s. closer to the coast and around the bay shoreline, cooling off compared to yesterday. 60s to 70s, to near 80s. the sun going down shortly before 7:00 in the evening now a check of the roads with alexis. keeping a close eye on the salesforce transit center closure and the free mont closure. right now it s not causing any delays. hopefully we have a smooth day like we did yesterday. a lot of folks decided not to drive into the city, or at least it looked that way because we didn t see much of a backup. bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights yet. give it another 15, 20 minutes and that will probably be be a different story. drive times are looking good once you make it onto the bridge. highway 4 to the maze, 17 minutes. 9 in san francisco. and san francisco to sfo, wide open the at just 9 minutes. alexis, thank you. as alexis mentioned, it is likely going to be another challenging day for drivers trying to get into th