Freeways. Amazing. Lovely. Looking at the san rafael, the commute along 101 is foggy and socked in. When you get to the Golden Gate Bridge it is looking wide open and clear. We had early construction there and it looks like we still have cones to be picked up. I will show you when that happens. We have something in the roadway on 880 and oakland. I will tell you about that in a few minutes. Thinking of th nature of mike. A lot going on with i80 and amtrak both opened now through berkeley. Protests shut them both down. Demonstrators turned out in the largest numbers yet over alleged Police Brutality cases across the country. Amy hollyfield is in emeryville with latest. The biggest problems were on interstate 80. Officials managed to coral the protesters to a parking lot. They were arrested. C. H. P. Says it arrested 150 people last night. They are being booked into the jail in dublin. They block the interstate 80 in berkeley in both directions for an hour and a half. According to the c. H. P. Some of protesters threw rocks at officers. This was a woman who was stuck in traffic who was in labor. An ambulance came and took her to the hospital. On the city streets, police made nine arrests and say there was no Property Damage from last nights protest, no destruction, no looting. Officials estimate that 1,500 people showed up to protest last night in berkeley and it was mostly peaceful. Another protest is scheduled tonight and organizers hand to target the Berkeley City Council meeting. The st. Louis county prosecutor has released new documents from the investigation into the death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown at the hands of a white Police Officer. According to the Los Angeles Times documents include Dramatic Police radio clips and a recording of the gun slots and includes partly redarked transcripts of f. B. I. Interviews with witnesses and the federal autopsy which matches two other autopsies released earlier. Showing solidarity with protesters over the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner, leave leave and others wore i cant breathe, tshirts last night before the big game. The players were not face fines for a uniform violation. The most powerful storm of the year, possibly in several years, is headed to pay area. You still have time to get ready. We are in San Francisco with more on the storm preparations. Nick . Good morning, this is a popular sight in the mission and throughout the bay area because people are getting ready for the heavy rain and wind headed this way. This is video from last night. People were preparing for storm headed this way. This is an area that is prone to flooding. Business owners are fought taking chances. Many started to prepare. The manager for the online clotting company is moving merchandise off of the floor because more than 20,000 of damage was caused to equipment and merchandise after water got inside. It is not ideal. We have a ton of stuff here, this is the warehouse and we need to getting off the ground. In San Francisco, the city is lending a hand, the department of public works filled sandbags and in past delivered them to businesses that have flooded. They have also cleared storm drains and trimmed low hanging branches that will fall during the storm. We checked around the bay area and spoke to different averages and they are asking the people sweep away from the door, sweep your drives, doors, anyway any of fallen tree branch and looks that may drift into the drainage and cause the backup because it is the backup that is hitting the homes and businesses. We can all survive this storm together if you do your part. Thank you for that. You can track the storm where you live with the weather app that mike was talking about by downloading it on Apple App Store or google play. We have more information at abc7news. Com app. In response to the on going drought there will be recommend dayses to period of federal water and raise rates. The acknowledge will consider the second purchase of water and 14 percent sir charge and an increase called for customers to serve. The acknowledge call on people to cut back water use by 10 percent. They will raise that to 15 percent in january. In washington, dc, house of representatives republicans will vote on a drought relief bill for the california farms that would allow agencies to divert water from Northern Rivers and reservoirs during the rainy season and send to the farms. The bill faces a battle to be considered in the Democraticcontrolled Senate and white house advisors have recommended the president veto it. American embassies and military are policing for possible violence and security threats this morning. It is all over a report on capitol hill today that details the c. I. A. Torture used against alqaeda detainees in the years after 9 11. We are in washington, dc, with the details. Good morning, the report is being called a blockbuster and it is already making waves around the world. A top secret report sparks an urgeent wanting to United States interests around the globe. The Senate Intelligence committee will released report today and it is described as extremely graphic with shocking detail about waterboard and other methods of interrogation the c. I. A. Used on alqaeda detainees during the presidency of george w. Bush. The white house is reporting the release as a step to transparency and says security concerns have been addressed. The administration took steps. Embassies and military units are bracing for what could be a violent backlash to techniques. Waterboarding, all was halted years ago but the Senate Intelligence committee concluded that the c. I. A. Misled the Bush Administration about the methods and results conducted at black sites outside of the United States. These are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base. The c. I. A. Maintains that waterboarding was key to stopping future lots against america but in finding osama bin laden. Had will be disagreement at the end of day about the value of information. The president has said that the use of torture was unwar rapped and that it did not enhance American National security. Thank you, susan. There is still dispute whether that information led to the whereabouts of osama bin laden. Right now, meteorologist mike nicco is checking out live doppler hd. Sprinkles across the not bay so do not be surprised if it is wet. The rest of us have moisture hanging in the air in follow of humidity and fog. This is just too much moisture being pumped into the atmosphere this morning where the democrat and the dew point are close enough that it is ringing out the moisture but when the storm comes up and the temperature responds that subside and we will have mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon. Your temperature is 60 at san rafael and napa, and midtoupper 50s elsewhere so normal high temperatures. We have 52 at san ramon and brentwood and 53 in lafayette and cupertino which is as cool as it gets and 59 in San Francisco, and 59 in alameda. In walnut creek, it is changing a little and before we could see one or two cars and now we can see more with the fog moving in, inland neighborhood and limited sunshine, hazy, and above average and it feels warm outside and that is due to the humidity. Lowtomid 60s at the coast and midtoupper 60s for the rest of the us. Moving forward tomorrow, we will be dry until sunset and let the storm door open for thursday and less are extent on friday. I can feel the humidity with the againing rain in the bay area if you are making travels into the mountain areas and you are headed up to lake tahoe be prepared to bring chains or snow tires because you are going to be driving through pretty nasty weather as you make it to the mountains. At home we have a fog advisory over the cartinez bridge so from American Canyon up to 680 you can see the traffic could slow down. We have an obstruction in the lanes northbound 880 at oakland, at 23rd avenue trying to move out of the lanes but it is not slowing things down. Berkeley, 80, making the drive to university after and to the maze traffic is loading up a little bit but we are still looking clear and this is how long it will take you albany to the maze is four minutes and 880 subfremont to san jose, 14 minutes and 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes and mass transit, we have bart on time, ace train 1 and 3 are rolling and muni has in delays. Now 5 11. Honda is expanding an airbag recall. Again. The americas money report is next. A vote that will clear the way for a pay raise for thousands of workers in the bay area. Stay on top of weather and traffic by keeping tabs on your screen as you look at San Francisco just a little bit foggy. Foggy in the east bay shot and mike shows up a few minutes ago. Be careful. Back with more news and weather back with more news and weather and my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. My baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. Look here, daddy, im never coming back. Discover the new spirit of cadillac and the best offers of the season. Lease this 2015 standard collection ats for around 329 a month. Covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. It is tuesday. A look from our east bay hills camera looking west across to San Francisco you can see clouds and fog and very humid ahead of the big storm that is making a comeback on thursday. We will talk to meteorologist mike nicco in a moment. An arbitrator has upheld the firing of former bart Police Officer for his role in the 2009 shooting of unarmed train rider oscar grant curing to a van chronicle. Bart fired the officer in 2010 after investigating how he detained grant at the truth veil bart station on new years detail in 2009. Ones say after grant got into a fight on the train the officer pulled him to the station platform and need him before another officer shot grant in the back while trying to arrest him. The santa clara board of supervisors is expected to approve an ordinance to increase the living wage which will require employers doing business with the county to pay their welcomeers 19 an hour. If passed it take effect in july. Santa clara county is getting more and more expensive. The living wage is designed to help workers pay bills. First time home buyers get a break on downpayments. Here is americas money. A potential boost if housing market. A program from fannie mae and freddie mac, home buyers with good credit but little cash could qualify for down appeals as low an 3 percent. And airbags made by takata have been linked to five deaths and honey da has 2. 6 million vehicles being recalled for a total now of 5. 4 million vehicles. Finally, General Mills is bringing back french toast crunch. It debuts in 1995 but was discontinue asked now the company says it is coming back because of the overwhelming demand of fans on solve social media. Very excite. I am looking forward to blue berry crunch. That is americas money. He are just making everyone hungry. I was thinking of count chocula. Dont let the next storm blueberry, you. We have a couple of days to get the storm drains and gutters and everything taken care of. You can see the satellite, with High Pressure that will be dry and mild today and tomorrow with the high in its clockwise flow pumping in a lot of the warm tropical air so it is human this morning. We are already at our average high in the midtoupper 50s ander going to go to record levels in the upper 60s to nearly 70 in some areas and this is steering this front to the north. The fiscal year front is coming in and this is going to stay here for a second and wait for these two chunks of energy to spin up as they ride along the 175 Miles Per Hour jet stream and the difference between the especially cold air to the north and the warm and humid air to the south is driving or giving the energy to the jet stream and the reason why this next system will have so much potent moisture and winds as the two waves of energy engage, increase and energyze the cold front. Sun will set at 4 51 with sprinkles until 7 00 and you can see tomorrow evening at 7 00 moderatetoheavy rain in cloverdale with the heaviest rain in the Morning Hours so you will have waves of rain during the overnight and nothing like the oranges and reds which is moderate to half rain dug the morning rush. So the hard of the place to get around thursday morning will be the north bay with gusty winds. We will have the winds and the flood rain in the forth bay through most of the rush hour and it starts to pull to the heart of the bay around 9 00 and 10 00 and lining up on interstate 80 and red everywhere along the front and into the south bay with red and rain shadow, sure the Santa Cruz Mountains will get more but you will get 2 and the rest of us will get up to 3 and possible up to 68 in the north bay. Headed to thursday afternoon the strongest of the storms with the cold front are moving away but we will still have more strong storms behind the front and rain showers with that. That is how it will look. The sevenday forecast shows rain and wind late tomorrow, stormy on thursday, accountered showers and thunderstorms on friday and our next chance of rain is sunday night into monday. Our active pattern conditions and all eyes are on thursday. The fog is Something Else and as you drive through walnut creek, coming in from highway 4, that drive is going to be socked in and you can barely see the tail lights on 680 southbound direction. We do have construction in the northbound direction northbound 680 from treat boulevard to monument boulevard and as we climb the north you can see the orange is an indication of where the fog is affecting the commute and c. H. P. Ing forking 680 you will find benicia bridge is soupy, too. 101 San Francisco to sfo and other areas of the bay area at top speed 8 immediate northbound from 1238 to the maze is 14 minutes and 101 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport is 11 minutes. Straight aheads seven things it know as you start your day. How the bay areas biggest sport stars came out to help atrisk children. You can keep up with weather and traffic throughout the commercial break with abc7 news now. 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Here are seven things to know today 150 protesters have been arrested following another night of demonstrations over alleged Police Brutality. The demonstrations were in the east bay. The c. H. P. Says up to 1,500 people marched through the streets of berkeley and stopped traffic twice on interstate 80. Unlike previous nights no damage to businesses was reported. Bay area residents are being advised to get homes and businesses ready for a big storm headed our way from sandbags to cutting back trees and cleaning gutters people are taking steps for the storm which moved into the north bay tomorrow night. Three, here it is, the warm before the storm, record highs today and tomorrow and coming up in the sevenday forecast, we will talk about a high risk of urban flooding, wind damage, high surf and moderate rock and mudslide risks. It may not be the rain that is troubling the commute but the fog with advisories across the bay area and socked in conditions and travel along 101 through the Authority Bay and across the cartinez high fog advisories issued. Five, a big storm tomorrow, across the country they are getting hit with a increase with a noreaster today with possible flooding from delaware to massachusetts. Warm warm is not to blame if californias extreme drought and lower resip station. Some scientists are criticize this say it does not say how the report warm the worsened the drought. The royal couple went to an nba game last night and met president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton. We will have a report on couple later in the second half hour. Now, something that was fantastic, atrisk children in the bay area have more Funds Available for services this morning because of an amazing fundraiser at at t park. Sports celebrities and families took over the ballpark for a Winter Wonderland at the ballpark. Cheryl and i joined celebrities to have an it estimate experience if children. We just wait and hope that they will be able to come this year and it is everything to me. It keeps me going during the more difficult and challenging time. Time. Sports her res ainted we were star truck ourselves the amazing and very large raiders star justin tuck. We know you are 6 5, he must be 8 11. Tried it take that in landscape mode but it did not work with the height difference. We had to use portrait mode. They were wonderful. Just wonderful. Good event, great participation by the athletes. Coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. Including details on the massive fire that destroyed a massive los angeles complex under construction and arson could be the cause. A look at abc7 news now from the embarcadero. It is a bit foggy and there is thicker fog elsewhere in the thi