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category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. after earl strikes north carolina, it is expected to move north but will likely stay offshore. a hurricane warning is in effect from bogue inlet, north carolina, to the virginia border. a hurricane watch from cape henlopen, delaware, and also includes marthas vineyard. karen brown is in kill devil island with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. earl picked up steam and it is tracking closer to the outer bank...

they just cleared all lanes of westbound highway 4. were still seeing a few little bit of residual slowing on some live traffic sensors but hopefully that should dissipate here in the next few minutes. well continue to watch that but again all lanes have re- opened. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delay here and no metering lights. well have a full look at all your bay area bridges coming up. in the meantime, back upstairs to you guys. >> elizabeth, thank you. 6:01 a killing spree...

gate bridge. back to you. thank you. a killing spree may have have been prompted by jealousy. efren valdemoro is possibly linked to four murders, one of the victims his 46-year-old girlfriend, cindy tran, found dead in the car after a high- speed chase. he is suspect of killing a hercules man because he that the there was something romantic between tran and a victim or his son, who is still missing. the latest piece of evidence, this cadillac escalade that had been missing from a val...

the bodies were chopped up, according to police. police have not positively confirmed yet if they are indeed two missing women in their 60s that have been missing since last week. one of those women did live here. they were both acquaintances of a man suspected of at least two other murders and here is that man. his name is efren valdemoro, 38 years old. now, he was shot and killed by officers last night. officers say that valdemoro fled the chp on a high-speed chase that began in plea...

earl is expected to move northeast of the bahamas today packing 135-mile-an-hour winds. its a large category 4 storm with hurricane-force winds extending outward 90 miles. earl is moving towards the northwest and is expected to glance much of the east coast. north carolina has ordered tourists to evacuate ocracoke island this morning. a hurricane watch is in effect from north of surf city, north carolina, to the virginia border. but it is still too close to tell just how close earl mig...

of august. >> good morning. lets get you out the door with a quick check of traffic and weather. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning. we have a new problem in san jose. coming up the guadalupe parkway, northbound 87 near curtner, two cars hit some debris that was in lanes. everything is off to the right shoulder. so nothing in lanes now but possibly watch out for slow traffic there as you head up towards the airport. one more life traffic camera near milpitas. 880/237, havent seen...

>> reporter: this was triggered by suspicious items found in their luggage, but its still unclear if it was a misunderstanding or a dry run for a terrorist attack. these are the men in question, al soofi and al murisi. both natives of yemen, both picked up in amsterdam monday after a flight from chicago. security officials found these items in al soofis luggage. watches, cell phones taped together and watches taped to a bottle of pepto-bismol. they also found $7,000 in cash. >> anytime...

far behind. a hurricane warning is in effect for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. earl is expected to become a dangerous category 3 storm later today. >> well have to watch for the possibility of perhaps landfall somewhere in the eastern part of the united states. although at this time, the national hurricane center is saying that probably it will make a turn to the east. but by then, it doesnt mean were out of the woods because right behind that we have potentially another tro...

the bay with temperatures ranging from the mid-60s to lower 70s. coming up well have your seven- day forecast. looks like an indian summer will be on the way. i have that and more in a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. 5:01. a fremont police officer is in critical but stable condition this morning after he was shot in oakland friday. anne makovec is at highland hospital in oakland where the officer has been in surgery twice. good morning. >> reporter: surgery was to his abdomen...

according to the latest cbs news poll, more than one-third of americans thing the economy will never get better. ashley morrison is in new york with more. good morning. >> good morning. like the name suggests, a double dip recover only to fall back. with the bad economic news continuing to pile up, fears are rising thats exactly where were headed. despite cheaper prices, an all-time low mortgage rate, new home sales fell more than 12% in july to the lowest level on record. home values ...