60s over by the coast. Here is brian thank you. Were off to a good start here on your friday morning. Westbound 580 looking really good as you approach hayward. Earlier there was a crash near hacienda but that has cleared. Head in toward the south bay looking really good. Nice and green. There was an general incident interstate 280 northbound there was a wrong way driver. Chp did a traffic break but that has cleared. And you are taking a look at the san mateo bridge. Interstate 880 looking good. It is relatively early. And toll plaza looking good. A little bit of a backup in some of the cash lanes there. But still 810 minutes to get you across the span. In the meantime we are following breaking news out of concord where a motorcyclist was killed in a late night crash. Alex savidge is on the scene with why police played a role in the crash. Reporter the motorcyclist blew a red light according to Concord Police here at this intersection. That is when he slammed right into a car that was
Military being used by militants. The fighters took off this morning from the aircraft carrier, the uss george h. W. Bush in the persian gulf. We had people in irbil and if we see an advance, were going to hit it. Reporter president obama promised yesterday military action would be taken if the islamic militants were a threat to americans. When the lives of american citizens are at risk, we will take action. Thats my responsibility as commander in chief. Reporter late this morning, president obama made a call to jordans king abdullah, likely discuss the unrest in the region. But as isis militants take control of dozens of iraqi cities and towns, some experts question whether the u. S. Has a real military plan. This is not decisive use of military power, were not on the ground in the area. I dont think we know what were doing. Theres no word yet on how many isis militants may have died in this mornings air strike. Jennifer johnson, nbc news. In the meantime, the faa, the federal aviatio
U. S. Fighter jets launching a new round of air strikes in iraq after bombing islamic militants early this morning prompting the faa to ban u. S. Flights from iraqi airspace. Check out the markets. Not what you would have expected. Investors appear to be completely unfazed, all three major indexes in the green with the dow and the s p 500 posting largest gains since march 4th of this year. So is your portfolio out of woods . Jonas max ferris is here with important you need to know. What do you make of what you saw today in the markets, jonas . You know, it doesnt seem the conclusion would be, but at the end of the days, this kind of political stuff doesnt hurt the markets as much as financial crisis. We havent seen a financial repercussion just yet, maybe a bank in russia failing because of sanction that led them not being able to get money. Rates skyrocket in certainly countries. Youre seeing Interest Rates lower not just in america but other countries. Investors are not taking money
Anchor Spencer Christian who is tracking the storm. Spencer . Here is how things look on the radar image. Two storms approaching the big island. Iselle, hurricane category one hurricane is just about ready to make landfall within the next couple of hours. Let me give you some statistics of the two storms. Hurricane julio is a powerful category three, but thats far off right now. Were looking at iselle which has a center only about 95 miles east southeast of hilo, maximum sustained winds 75 miles per hour. Probably will be a category one hurricane. It will pass over the ill aslad move quickly over the chain of islands over the next couple of days and then Tropical Storm julio moving north of the island. It may be far enough away that it wont deal much of a blow at all to the islands, but once again, expecting landfall from iselle within the next couple of hours. That would be around, oh, 8 00 p. M. Hawaii aleutian standard time. Tropical storm warnings in effect for the remainder of the
Little bit. Came in south of hilo. More toward the south coast. It finally made landfall. 6070 miles an hour winds moving west at 7. Julio is expected to go north of the islands. But right now they are teaing on the big island with iselle. There is a lot going on in the pacific. It will set up shop right off San Francisco. That will enhance our 50s more so. Fog, sun, warm. Fog along the coast. Here is ever brian. Traffic is starting to back up on the bay bridge. Lets take a look at the bay bridge incline. Im taking a look at the toll plaza as well. Traffic is starting to back up. Going now to the san mateo bridge not too bad as you approach the highrise into foster city. Traffic looking good there. Westbound 580 traffic a little backed up from tracy. There was a stalled big rig but it has moved out of the way. Taking a look you can see the slow and go traffic. As we go back down south. And highway 24 to the caldecott looking really good adds well pip do want to mention if you go past t