This is a free app that can you download at the Apple App Store to navigate your commute. Thank you. Today the ntsb joins the coast guard in investigating the collision on monday by an oil tanker in a bay bay bridge towe. We have several new developments to report. The coast guard says it warned the shape by radio it was in dangerous and the coast guard is calling it a major marine casualty because this is more than half a million in damage. Here is a look from Treasure Island the overseas overseas raymar that remains anchored in San Francisco bay. This is a live picture there, you can see it is lit up and, again, there will be boarding this morning, so that crews can continue to investigate. Overhead, coast guard investigators were on before the tanker and they interviewed the bar pilot, guy kleess at the helm of where the accident occurred and he has passed an alcohol test, the results of a drug test yet pending. More on the investigation in 30 minutes. We have been tweeting about this since the story broke. You can keep up by following abc7 news bay area open twitter and more at abc7news. Com including a slide show with pictures of the damage. A Peninsula Community is mobilizing to prepare for a possible flood along the creek because major damage in a storm last month. Amy hollyfield is live in pal alto. What are they doing . They will give the creek a new look a sand bag necklace. It is quiet now. The crews know it has risen to the fence here. They are worried. They have 4,000 sandbags ready to go. It took a day just to fill them all but they are ready. Today, the crews will line the correct with them. Officials know that this is nut a permanent fix but they hope it will hold the creek until they can make permanent improvement. They are concerns about what can happen next. On Christmas Eve it came up way too high and it flooded the streets and damaged seven homes and caused 2. 7 million worth damage. The storm caused erosion problems that have folks worried this could happen again. However, the problem is, to fix it, it is expensive and the city does nut have the money. While they figure out how to pay for a permanent fix, they have to figure out how to get the water in the banks of the creek when they know we are in the rainy season. They will try to protect everything with sandbags, live in west palo alto for abc7 fuzz. Thank you, amy. And it is too wily to say if the flu outbreak will hit california hard but there is an uptick in other illnesses. Kaiser permanente were says they are busy with sick patients at calling centers with breathing viruses and common colds. Doctors say it is still not too late to get the flu shot but you may want to act soon because the vaccine takes two weeks to kick in. The Gun Task Force headed by Vice President biden meets today and tomorrow in the capitol, holding the meetings at white house. The task force was set up in the wake of the Connecticut School shooting tragedy. At 6 15 we will take you live to washington, dc to find out who will attend the meeting and the timeline president obama is urging to get new Gun Legislation into law. One of the Newest City Council members in oakland wants do use a Controversial Police tactic to get guns off the street. Gallo says he supports strategies that include stop and frisk. Police have the authority to stop and frisk someone if they have suspicion the person is breaking the law or armed. Opponents say officers take the practice too far and a judge rules Similar Program in new york city was unconstitutional. Candlelight vigil is planned outside st. Francis hospital for a young mother set on fire, starr lamare. She will be in the hospital for severe burns for the face and throat. The boyfriend set her on fire and remains in the San Francisco county jail facing charges of arson and attempted murder. We have traffic and weather together next on abc7 news. The san mateo bridge shows track looking to be heavier now but still flowing. It is not foggy this morning but it could get wet today. Certainly we have the cold air coming in and mike nicco will have the forecast and the commute is next. The Landmark Church in the in additions capitol is now taking a new stand on samesex marriage. [ fingers tapping ] [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great now. And feels great later 20 delicious flavors of yoplait light, now at 90 calories each. Yoplait, it is so good here you go, look at these temperatures. They are running in the 50s this afternoon. Cooler than year. We talked of the dense fog advisory. Here are reporting stations. Quartermile visibility at concord and santa rosa and half mile in napa and livermore and 1. 5 mile in fairfield. Most of the bay and the bayshore are okay or the coast. 50s with increasing clouds. Chance of a scatter showers in the Authority Bay in the afternoon. The rest of us later in the afternoon and evening, another isolated chance of a shower tomorrow and cold the next couple of mornings. Foggy weather out there looking at our traffic app, 680 is foggy by the benicia bridge so take extra caution through martinez and into concord because the fog could be patchy and heavy. Abc7 app store at google play you can get a free app to livermore, North Livermore we have debris there causing flat tires and the westbound direction and we have a stall southbound 238 beyond 580 blocking one lane of traffic and first reports of a new accident west 37 at highway 121 leaving vallejo headed to novato. New this morning the most Prominent Church will begin performing samesex marriages. Officials at the washington, dc cathedral are announcing they will be among the first episcopal congregations for host the samesex marriages which is part of community that jesus would have us be. It is a Spiritual Center holding funerals for expresident s and celebrations if new president s. The new gadget at the Consumer Electronics show promising to replace your mouse and key board. But, first, represent biden gets to work on new gun control measures and the groups he is fremont, pal alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Welcome back. Here is a look at our temperatures as you step outside, we are 37 in fairfield, 39 in santa rosa and the rest of us are in the lowtomid 30s until livermore at late degrees. As far as the wins, they are light to just a breath around three to five Miles Per Hour until Half Moon Bay and north at eight Miles Per Hour. We have foggy spots inland through 9 00 and temperatures in the 30s and 40s and mostly cloudy at noon but after the noon scattered showers develop from north to southbound across the bay area headed into the evening hours. Kristen and eric . At 6 15, weeks after the School Tragedy in connecticut the National Gun Debate is moving forward and Vice President biden is Holding Meeting today and tomorrow with victims groups and the n. R. A. And gun safety organizations. We are like in washington with a preview. Good morning, the Obama Administration does not want did lose momentum for new Gun Legislation. They think now is the time to act so the Vice President is meeting with all the stakeholders at the white house this week. The white house is speeding up efforts to roach a consensus on new Gun Legislation. A task force on gun violence headed by Vice President biden will meet this week with people on both sides of the gun debate, victims groups and gun safety organizations today and the National Rifle association and gun owner groups on thursday. It is not a problem that can be solved by any specific action. It is a problem that encompasses issues of mental health, education, as well as access to guns. With the anniversary of the elementary School Shooting fast approaching, washington, dc, is facing pressure to take action. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is taking a prominent role in the debate. She and her husband have launched an effort to push congressional action on questions of mental health, high capacity gun magazines, and background checks on purchases of a gun. I bought a gun at walmart. I went through a background check. Why cant we make it more difficult for criminals and mentally ihl to get guns . The shock over the elementary School Shooting led many communities to offer gun buy back programs. If we can prevent one child from being the victim of a random accident or for get of an unstable person it is well worth our time and effort. At the same time, gun stores say their merchandise is flying off the shelf. People want to be able to present themselves. The biden tack forts hopes to make recommendation by the end of the month and president obama may act before congress by executive order. Kristen and eric . Thank you very much. Do you feel cold yet . The temperatures are going to dip, mike . Everywhere. We are going for have freezing temperatures and possibly even in San Francisco that is how cold the air mass is going to be. A very dry forecast as far as cold fronts. We have scattered showers in the forecast we could get fromming in to. 1 rain today and tomorrow. Can see it is clean outside, a lost cloud cover showing up on live doppler 7 hd but no radar returns yet. To the north the showers are coming from, and we will give you plenty of notice before they get to your neighborhoods today. Temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s inland and lowtomid 40s at the bay shore and the cost. San francisco is the warm spot at 47 degrees. Gilroy is cooler at 39 degrees. Scattered showers the next two days. Frosty nights through the weekend and another chance of a scattered showers saturday but it will not have any effect on the game but it is out there. A couple of areas of High Pressure but between us, look at this system, diving down, look where it is coming from, from the arctic circle, a pool of cool air with not much moisture. But the snow level could drop to 1,500 feet the next couple of days and maybe we will get a dusting in our Higher Elevations if the showers develop. Right now the best chance is over the ocean. You can see by 1 00 oclock a scattered shower developing in the north bay and by 5 00 over the heart of the bay exiting the south bay by 9 00 and when the front passes the best chance of the scattered showers is to the coast and over the ocean and you can see by 11 00 and midnight and through the overnight hours, tomorrow, partly cloudy with a stray shower possible and if we get one the snow level could drop down to around 1,500 or 1,000. The showers be from nothing to. 1. Frosty conditions. Thursday morning. Friday morning. Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon. A stray shower is possible do not let it affect your plans, tailgating is awesome and monday and tuesday in the midtoupper 50s so warmer by then. Accident by the raceway at 37 westbound at 121 there are two lanes each direction so one lane will be getting by and it and partly blocking one lane. We will check back on that as we drive from vallejo to novato and Fairfield West 80 a big rig stalled at the offramp partly blocking the right lane there. The bay bridge showing metering lights turned on and traffic is stacking up toward mcarthur place and sluggish into San Francisco and san jose a lighted drive for you, 280 northbound with headlights passing toward sunnyvale and cupertino and light traffic conditions here and fog free for the moment in san he. Christian and kristen and eric . Lobbying north korea, what is being demanded during a controversial trip. Look, mom, no hands, a new gadget unveiled at the consumer electronic shows and how it promises here we go. The numbers show 54 in San Francisco, richmond and san rafael and 55 and 56 in oakland and fremont and appeal alto and san jose, no scattered showers this afternoon. The storm system is to the north where the showers and snow will stay above 80. To the south, springlike lowtomid 70s around los angeles, and sierra, snow this evening and snow showers tomorrow and sunshine and great skiing by friday. Eric . The breaking news is in new york. This is live pictures, aerials of the injured people being taken off a ferry that had a hard landing. It hit a pier in Lower Manhattan. There are a dozen injuries reported on the c street ferry which hit the dock pulling into pier 11 before 6 00 our time. 12 people are injured. Minor injuries including one with a head injury, probably the person you are looking as because he is on a backboard with the head stabilized. Other people are there on gurneys, as well. Do not know anything about the damage to the ferry itself. They run several ferry routes including a popular route to the wall street area. More on this as it becomes available. You can see the coast guard going to the ship and providing treatment. First responders, coast guard, firefighters, all are there and people are being treated on the deck. We will keep you informed as the information becomes available. The nhlowners are meeting to vote on ending the lockout. If the majority approve the league moves closer to the end the nearly four month lockout of no hockey. More than 700 players must approve the deal. The nhl will begin a 48game season on january 19. Train camp including the sharks are slated to open on sunday. Day two of the Consumer Electronics show is underway if las vegas. Day ago one brought the introduction of a measure motion sensing camera from intel which says the camera has facial recognition technology. You can see a man extending his happen into the video game. Intel things this could replace khobars and people can use a camera to control the camera with their facial expressions or hand gestures or speech. And the entertainment lineup for the inauguration says beyonce and james taylor and Kelly Clarkson will Prime Minister john january 21 on the west front of the u. S. Capitol. President obama issued a statement saying the artists music is the heart of the american story and speaks to folks across the country. Still ahead we will continue to watch the story you are reporting the breaking news from new york city when a ferry, a commuter ferry had a hardlining at a manhattan pier with 12 injured. First an electric fire and a fuel spill and an airline is reacting to the problems facing boeings new dreamliner but, first, mission to north korea, a top google executive and former governor reveal what is behind their controversial visit to north korea. Live on Treasure Island with new information in the investigation of an oil tanker that grazed the bridge on monday with two investigations underway and one1111111g abc7 news starts right now with like breaking news. Breaking news is from new york city. You can see the gurneys and stretchers with people lying on them. A commuter ferry there in Lower Manhattan had a hard landing when it pulled into a pier and more than 20 people are injured. We last told you that 12 people were injured but now it is tenth including one with a head injury and they are tended to by firefighting personnel and coast guard on the scene. No injuries are believed life threatening. What happened is they are being taken to a hospital and others are getting medical attention on the dock after a c street ferry running several ferry routes ran into that pier, hard and fast, and a lot of people are on the way to wall street for work. We will continue to keep our cry on this. This is live from new york city. You can get the latest on our website at abc7news. Com. A lot going on. Good morning, thanks for joining us. A lot going on here weatherwise. It will get cold soon. Mike . The transition could lead to scattered showers. Right now, live doppler 7 hd is dry. We dealing with thick fog as you look at the area, shaded in color, this is where we have the densest fog, this is where we could have visibility down to less than quartermile visibility through 9 00 so highway 4, 680 and 580 and 24, 80, all those areas could be dangerous. We are off to a mile start in the lowtomid 40s and mostly cloudy at noon and around 50 and scattered showers around 4 00 headed into the evening. Inland we have foggy spots and temperatures in upper 30s to low 40s and we will be in the midtoupper 40s with sure possible in north bay moving south law the afternoon and evening hours. Best chance for showers today is near the coast, especially up nor, near the cost by noon, scattered showers by 4 00 and temperatures in the 40s by evening. We have report of an accident at mcour thursday macarthur maze but i do not see slow active at all so we will check back with chp to see if they could locate the accident. To the san mateo bridge it is included in the westbound direction with the tail lights headed to the highrise and toward foster city. You will find the trip at 15 to 16 minutes between the hayward side and toward the foster city side. It ising fog free there. At sonoma raceway an accident blocking a lane and traffic is slowing out of vallejo where this are two lanes, most of the 37 stretch is only one lane. Northbound 680 at 80 reports of a stall blocking the right lane and if you are headed out 580 and highway 4 and 21 minutes from the carquinez bridge. Federal investigators will look at the Oil Tanker Crash in th