Tracking the chance for rain returns to the bay area. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good tuesday, no, thursday. Goodness. Thursday morning. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first lets start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari . We are starting much cooler again now that the skies have cleared and well see a mostly clear sky today and comfortable afternoon. And then by tomorrow evening rain chances go up as a cold front arrives it brings in scattered showers and its all out of here by early saturday morning. We will have a nice weekend ahead. As we check out what to expect for today. Look at for those highs to reach into the low 60s and, once again, that sunshine continuing. Well talk about the timeline of the rain coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, things are clear on the roadway for the most part except for road crews. Lets
Roadways approaching, the maps show all green. A little slowing south 880 through the Construction Zone just about cleared at 23rd. For san jose 101. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Happening now power shutoffs continue across a lot the bay area. Take a look at this map giving you the latest look. The purple triangle shows where the outages are mostly in the north bay and along the peninsula. Pg e says san mateo and napa counties are the most impacted. At least 30,000 customers dont have power from Shasta County down to the bay area. Pg e plans to restore to all today. The north bay still feeling the most impact with some Customers Using generators to provide relief. Decision 2020. 18 days until the election and President Trump and joe biden are in a mad dash to get the votes including doing competing town halls on different networks. To washington and tracie potts this morning. Two very different messages from very different men last night. Whats the reaction this morning . Reporte
Lets show that you overall nothing alarming about this. Weve come to know more intensely that there will be slowing through the Construction Zone north 680. The westbound your drive out of the Altamont Pass is standard and so is the westbound drive across the bay bridge with no delays. Back to you. Thank you, mike. In washington this morning a president in recovery and a stimulus plan in limbo. On his first full day back at the white house after being hospitalized for covid19 President Trump stopped negotiations on pandemic stimulus and then appeared to reverse course leaving the white house to explain. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us live from washington this morning with a look at how this may affect your next stimulus check. Tracie . Reporter if that check comes, and its looking more and more, marcus and laura, like that check will not come before the election. Shut down by a president recovering from covid19. He first tweeted negotiations are off until after the election. T
San francisco will reach 72 and 85 in napa and 80 in martinez and well see mid 80s, as well, for parts of the south bay. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . We have a few slow spots, kari. Ill talk about both sides of the bay. But, first, i want to show you crossing the bay at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Were holding pretty steady with the middle lanes as the slowest one and we see more traffic coming off that 880 overcrossing. Well look at the map and see metering lights turned on soon and the arrows on either side of the san mateo bridge and earlier crews are just clearing. Back to you. Thanks so much. Well, lets start out with ka today in the bay bob redell and the power shutoff. Hundreds are still without power right now. As a precaution to prevent wildfires we are in a red flag warning. You can see behind me the weather is pretty nice here as you look over from the hills over dublin but other parts
Under way right now. Tracie, you know about all the counts. This looks like it is a done deal. It looks like its a done deal because we have some sense of whether 12 republicans and 10 democrats will break when it comes down to voting for her or not. Looking live in the hearing room now. They are getting under way. She is done with her questioning. Shes not expected to be there today. But we will hear from members of the American Bar Association and outside witnesses on her nomination. A vote is not a final vote, but we will get a sense of where this committee is headed. We already know because weve been listening for several days as lawmakers questioned her with democrats questioning whether shes a threat to the Affordable Care act and womens issues. This hearing has done nothing to alleviate the concerns raised about why this nominee was chosen and why this is being rushed when the American People deserve to be heard. This is the first time in American History that weve nominated a w