Left lanes blocked by a crash that happened. Im going to zoom out for a second. Im going to show you these areas. Im monitoring carefully. Bob redell will talk about why this will not clear in the shortterm. Reporter good morning to you, mike. The reason is there is damage embarcadero overpass. You can see the chipping there. A section of concrete missing there. Whats happening is chp shut the road down because they are waiting for an engineer from caltrans to come from sacramento to come here, get on a flat bad, scissorlift and make sure the overpass is still structurally sound. The estimated time to get it reopened, southbound 101, the approach to the embarcadero, not until noon. This is the result of a vehicle accident just before 11 00 last night. A dump truck driver just finished dropping his load at a work site on 101 when he forgot, according to chp, to lower the dump box. That became detached from the trailer and cab, wedged between the pavement and the overpass. That had to be removed. Believes he popped a wheelie. As a result, the driver smashed his face into the steering wheel, broke his nose. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay other than the fact has a broken nose. Chp does not believe he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He made a mistake by not putting the bed down. Your headlights heading southbound 101. Number one and two lanes, the far two left lanes are shut down. There is some slowing. Im going to guess looking at the rate of flow of traffic this is not terribly significant. They will get the Structural Engineer to see if is sound and if not they can fix it at a later date. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks, bob. Breaking news overnight on the east coast. This is new video into our newsroom showing a massive fire that burned several buildings along the jersey shore. High winds in the area made it tough for firefighters to get the fire under control. And at one point the fire was so intense it caught a nearby condo complex on fire. We just learned moments ago two firefighters have two minor injuries. We will continue to bring you any updates as they come into our newsroom. In the meantime, we are following a developing story it of stockton. The fbi involved in a case against that citys former mayor, anthony silva. A warrant is out for his arrest, but hes out of the country. You may remember he was arrested last august after he was accused of eavesdropping on at a youth camp and giving alcohol to underaged kids. The fbi searched his house yesterday and the kids club that he run. They were seen carrying boxes of documents from his location. I saw cops running in saying we have a warrant for this house. Silva is currently vacationing in colombia but will cut his trip short and return early next week because of the arrest warrant. Bad news if your weekend plans are heading to yosemite. Big oak flat road has a massive gap in the pavement. They found a contractor to make repairs. But highway 140 is the only way to get to yosemite valley. Helicopter crews Monterey County will begin an unusual airlift. It is helping isolated in big sur that are now cut off because of a collapse on highway 1 during recent storms. A mudslide took out Pfeiffer Canyon bridge. Today crews will deliver food, fuel, and mail to stranded residents and pet food. We are getting ready for another rainstorm to move in this weekend. Kari was talking about that. We sent a crew to the reservoir overnight. This is new video showing companies right now. The Anderson Reservoir is at 99 . More potential flooding for people who live in morgan hill and san jose. They levels really do need to drop more. The reservoir is only supposed to be at maximum 68 because of structural concerns in the event of an earthquake. And now to the president s first 100 days. This morning President Donald Trump is defending his attorney general Jeff Sessions. We are looking at a live picture of washington, d. C. Right now where it is 9 00. President trump is calling the controversy a witchhunt. A very clear pair for the capital. It all comes as Jeff Sessions announced he would recuse himself. Edward lawrence joining us live from washington to unwraful this story. Good morning, edward. Reporter good morning, sam and kris. New, the Russian Foreign minister out of moscow saying almost the same thing that the president did, that this is a witchhunt. The russians deny any involvement in meddling with our elections and deny any involvement in trying to influence this administration. Now, democrats, they dont buy it. Theyre asking for the resignation of the attorney general. Attorney general Jeff Sessions defends him, he should have disclosed his election season meeting making an important distinction about the conversation. Let me be clear. I never had meeting with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. He recused himself from any investigation into russian meddling. During his confirmation hearing, sessions did not disclose his communication with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. I did not have communications with the russians. In a statement, President Donald Trump said he could have been clearer, but this is a total witchhunt. I think it was hyped beyond reason. And i think it was unfair. I was glad to be able to address it today. Democrats dont buy it, calling the new attorney general a liar. I dont think it has anything to do with confidence in the attorney general. I think it has to do with not telling the truth under oath. The attorney general is the top cop in our country lied under oath to the American People is grounds for him to resign. Now we are learning that the soninlaw of the president area kushner and Michael Flynn met with the Russian Ambassador in trump tower before the inauguration back in december. That meeting was more of the equivalent of a 15minute meet and greet. Live in washington, edward lawrence. Back to you, sam and kris. Thank you, edward. President Trump Supporters plan to gather tomorrow at u. C. Berkeley for a march and rally. This is part of a larger nationwide effort called march for trump. It is one of three protrump marches planned for tomorrow in the state. It is scheduled at 2 00 at Martin Luther king plaza in brooklyn life after kevin durant. We are getting a look at what that is like. It doesnt appear to be too pretty. That is matt barnes, the former warrior signed to come back and fill the spot on the warriors roster. The first full game they have done something they have not done in almost two years. Backtoback losses in the regular season. It wouldnt be such a big deal. Barnes trying to help fill a void for durant the next couple of months. Bulls win 9487. He is going to be out at least four weeks. 6 10 on this friday with clear skies. A nice sunrise. Again, very cold. You get ready to step out the door in palo alto, 45 in San Francisco. Fairfield, 40 degrees. And still dry out there. If youre heading out this evening for first friday in oakland, it will be in the upper 50s. Still cool as we go throughout the evening with a mix of clouds and also clear skies at times. Heading into the weekend, im helping you make some plans. Well talk about that as we go into the forecast in three minutes. As we get ready to head out to the roadways and an update on the rails. So far the bart issues we had earlier have all cleared. We have bay bridge metering lights. Palo alto, we are now seeing problems. This is for the crash that the bob redell reported a dump truck slammed into the overpass at em darrow. Im watching 280. 101. Im watching 880237. Some folks might avoid the dumbarton bridge. Look at this southbound just over the last seven minutes. There is that Shopping Mall with ikea. Thats where it is slowed. A of a mile approaching the embarcadero. Narrowly avoiding a martian moon. New overnight, the preventive nasa sat is light from colliding with one of marss moons. Plus snapchat i po makes millionaires out of a couple of kids from stanford. Its okay to cry, right . No more we dont want anymore [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. Speeds up to 45 megs, for 30 a month. Its 6 14. As you make plans for the weekend, ready to head to the sierra, this storm system will bring in snow. And we are looking at the potential of the possibility of a couple of feet of snow this weekend. And you want to get out on the roads as soon as possible take the tire chains. Ill let you know how much this will bring as far as the bay area coming up. Rough time on the peninsula is slow. The last few minutes we have seen build from 101 to university. Details coming up. Mike, thank you very much. The satellite was circling mars and had to avoid crashing into one of the two small moons. It was circling mars and had to move to avoid crashing into one of the planets two small moons. May haven spacecraft is studying marss atmosphere. It had to steer clear of the martian moon. Mike could have controlled this traffic situation. Nasa regularly monitors for possible collisions. Meanwhile, your costco membership is about to get a little bit more expensive. They are raising fees in june by 5 to 60 bucks a year. Costcos executive membership, which offers 2 rewards is going up 120 a year. Costco hasnt raised member fees since 2011. Were going to call this the first day of the rest of snaps life. It is is the parent company. It has to figure out how to not be the next twitter. Twitter roared ahead in its first days. Now isnt even worth its own ipo price. 26yearold evan is worth 5. 3 billion. Ben murphy picked up 4 billion yesterday. I do want to point out a few minutes ago Nbc Universal which owns this tv station bought a half a billion dollars of snap at the ipo price. Now we are a part owner. Shares in snapple were higher yesterday. It is called the dr. Pepper snapple group. I wonder if some people confused the stock yesterday. Hightech companies trying to fight harassment. One of the worlds leading experts spells out what Companies Need to do and how employees can use social media to inspire other women to speak out. Well, i dont think its ever easy to come forward when you have been discriminated against. A, its a personal decision. I think you have to take into account your family and the impact you as a result on a socioeconomic standpoint. I dont ever want to suggest that it is is easier. We will look at General Motors new program called may haven that allows you to rent cars by the hour. Like the cadillac and new chevy volt. It is is one more reason not to own a car. It is fascinating that General Motors, who makes cars, is getting into the thing that allows you not to own a car. If we share this car, we dont need that many cars out of detroit. Cutting the ribbon on a new Entertainment Complex in memphis. A 200,000 square foot complex across from Elvis Presleys home. It was dedicated to the kings early years and a showcase to his cause. This could be the shot of the lifetime. This is the portland trail blazers. A thunder player makes this three quarters court. Deflection. He did it he throws it. That is about approximate as hard of a shot as you can make. Sadly for the thunder, despite the theatrics, they end up losing this game. Well, i think hes hoping they will talk about that. Nothing else matters at this point. It is going to be nice. Clouds will start to roll in. The rain holds off. As we get started, 43 in san jose. Great start to the weekend. 45 degrees in palo alto and San Francisco. 36 in santa rosa. As you get ready to get the kids out the door, it will be cold. Heater is on in the car or waiting for the bus to arrive. You will be needing the jackets. It wont be as sunny. As the sevenday forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen, it wont rain the entire time. Take a look at the timeline. We head through today. Starting to see spotty light showers. Especially for the north bay. And then that progresses to the south in time for dinner for of the south bay, east bay, and the peninsula. And it continues to roll on through with waves of rain early sunday morning and throughout at least the first part of the day with much cooler temperatures. Looking how much rain we can see, most of us getting a tenth to a quarter inch of rain. Where some of the pockets of some of theier downpours set up, a half an inch of rain. No flooding. If youre going out on saturday morning for Little League opening day, it is going to be starting out in the low 50s. Throughout the day, seeing the highs at 60 degrees. Once again, it will be dry. So great day for that. Going farther to the north, Russian River valley. It will be cooler saturday. Looking at the traffic jam in palo alto. Especially on the peninsula. Willow all the way down to embarcadero. Hitting the brakes. Only two lanes up embarcadero road. Ill show you on the maps. This is south 101, embarcadero. Two lanes blocked. Bob redell will get more updates on that. 280 a good option for you. Stay on on the dumbarton bridge. 237. Well track the rest of your commute. No for the rails. Thats good news. Back to you. Still ahead, good news if you have allergies. Coming up in three minutes, the new drug that could provide major relief for certain kinds of allergies. In medical news this rning. Relief coulde on the way r peopleith allgies. The fda approved n drug to welcome back on your friday morning. 6 25. Relief could be on the way for folks who suffer from allergies. The fda approving a new drug to treat allergies from dust mites. It is a once a day tablet that dissolves underneath your tongue and is an alternative to allergy shots for people over 18. It effectively reduces naval congestion and eye infection. Headsup for moms and dads. More than a half million plastic rattles like these are being recalled because of a choking hazard. It covers the oball rattles. The clear plastic disk can break releasing the small beads inside. So far there have been 42 reports of this happening, including two where bead were found in the childrens mouths and three reports of children gagging on those little balls. The rattles were sold basically everywhere. Target, walmart, other retail nationwide, as well as several websites online between january 2016 through last month. The target store at fremont. People are lining up with their blankets. This is all for the new Nintendo Switch gaming console that goes on sale today. Gamers are enthusiastic about the switch. It is a home console and handheld device. Some of those folks as you see have very particular thumbs up to you. No doubt die hard fans. What they had to say just a short time ago. The hole culture has been a big part of my life. I got off work at stanford. Im a respiratory therapist. Ive been waiting for this to come out since they announced it. A lot of us remember having game boys. This is the new real dole. The last guy is a pediatric respiratory therapist. He will take that game for his young patients to enjoy. The entire package including games is pretty pricey. 430 to 450. Scott says the games are pricey. Coming up next on today in the bay, once again, still ahead the reason one family says bart is partly responsible for annan Armed Robbery that targeted a young boy. A dump truck with an overpass slowing down part of the morning commute. The reason it could be several hours before this section of 101 is reopened. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 30. A moing com kris li right now at 6 30, it is a morning commute mess. Youre looking at a live look at highway 101 at embarcadero. The overpass in palo alto. Two lanes still closed after a late night crash involving a dump truck. Thanks for joining us on this friday morning. Bob redell is out there. A live report from him in just a moment. Kari hall, you do these Facebook Lives every single day. People ask for my weekend plan, am i okay . Yeah. Ill be doing Facebook Live at 9 00. Once you get to work and settle in at your desk without the boss looking, of course, tune in to Facebook Live. At times there will be showers rolling through. I hope you make some plans. 37 degrees in the trivalley. Very cold to start patchy frost in spots. And in the north bay, check out that sunshine. 36 degrees right now. As we head through the day, going to see temperatures reaching the midsix. Not as warm as yesterday. More clouds. Thats ahead of the weekend rain. Now as we head over to mike, tracking all the issues on the roadways. Thats right, kari. Most are focused on palo alto. Everything is standard backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Build over the san mateo bridge. Unexpectedly slow for 101. Monitoring 280. 880 and 237. Ill show you how they play out in terms of your alternates. The crash blocks two lanes at embarcadero road. I want to show you the extent of this friday backup. We look at the palo alto camera, theres ikea and home deShopping Center. Look. Traffic now coming almost to a complete stop except for the folks in the fast track lanes southbound. They will have to shift over as well. South of university. Bob redell has this problem. Two lanes blocking because of a dump truck crash overnight. We are getting an extent now with the light the extent of the damage. You see the broken piece of concrete. Well, thats the initial point of impact. If you look to the left and the right, you see a 27footwide crack which loosened that section of concrete. The reason the number one and two lanes are backed up. It will still be another five and a half hours. Theyre waiting for a caltrans engineer to get here to see how structurally sound the overpass is. This accident happened just before 11 00 last night. A worker just dumped his load at a site on 101. According to chp, he forgot to lower the dump box. In the process of colliding with the overpass, chp believes it popped a wheelie. The driver ended up smashing his nose into the steering wheel, broke his nose. He was taken to the hospital. Chp does not believe alcohol or drugs was involved. Headlights southbound 101 through palo alto, emba