Satellite, and what youll notice just off the coast, the clouds are blossoms. The moisture is gathering. And this will all be pushing to the east over the next several hours. Bringing us that chance of some wet weather. So future weather will begin late tonight. 11 00. You do notice the clouds are in place. Shortly after midnight the rain will start developing. First it will be spotty in nature as were headed out the door to work and school on your thursday morning. 6 00. Just some light showers developing. But watch as it gets to midday. Some downpours are developing. And the heaviest of the rain will wait until the afternoon to move into the bay area. Well time out the rest of your thursday and show you how long that rain lingers at the full accuweather sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. All right. Great, drew. Thank you. The engineer who was driving the amtrak train that derailed in philadelphia last night claims he has no recollection of the crash and his attorney tells abc news that he has no explanation for what happened. This is the scene tonight where that train derailed. At least seven people were killed last night. Another eight are in critical condition. And authorities continue to look for others in the wreckage. Caltrain officials confirm that the engineer 32yearold Brandon Bostian, once worked for caltrain here in the bay area. Caltrain says he ran some of their trains before 2011. He still worked for amtrak, but caltrain contracted out train engineers at that time. And during that period bostian lived in San Francisco. His myspace page features a picture of him in front of the building, the San Francisco ferry building. There you see that image. Bostians Attorney Says he is distraught and suffered a concussion and head wound that required 14 staples in the crash. Abc News ReporterKaren Travers is in philadelphia. Reporter speed appears to be a factor in tuesday deadly amtrak accident. When the engineer induced brake application was applied the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. Reporter the engineer was identified as 32yearold Brandon Bostian of queens, new york. His lawyer told abc news bostian suffered injuries. 14 staples in his head and stitches in his leg. He says bostian spoke to police while he was in the hospital receiving treatment and submitted a blood sample for testing. The rail lines north of philadelphias 30th street station are straight but approaching the frameford neighborhood a left corner the speed is cut to 50 miles per hour. When amtrak train 188 got to that spot it was traveling more than twice that speed. Bostian applied the emergency brake, but it was too late. In the next three or four seconds theed of the train could only decrease to 102. The train jumps the tracks and leaves them twisted and deformed from the force. The oneyearold hightech electric engine came to rest upright in the dirt. But behind it the first Passenger Car twisted and mangled. The next three cars on their side. The last three still standing. This work is not anywhere close to being over. Reporter four out of the seven fatalities have been identified. But officials would not offer information on the others. Rescue crews have expanded their search area, and are now using dogs in case any victims may have been thrown from the wreckage. Karen travers, abc news, philadelphia. Graphic details were revealed today in a San Francisco courtroom where a former political consultant to the mayor faced child pornography charges. Enrique pierce faces six felony counts including possession and distribution of child pornography. Prosecutors say pierce was in possession of nearly 5,000 images of child pornography including video. The District Attorney argues pierce is a threat to Public Safety. Some photos depict children and infants being sexually assaulted. In addition, investigators say they found more than 100 images on his cell phone showing young boys who do not appear to know theyre being photographed. The judge raised pierces bail from 250,000 to 400,000. I think that based on the totality of the circumstances the bail that has been set is very appropriate and i believe that the judge made the ruling accordingly. Hell be posting the bail and getting out and well be fighting these charges and well be reviewing and taking a look at the evidence and allegations over the next few weeks. Do you think hes a Public Safety no, i dont think hes a safety risk of any sort. Hes lived and worked here for over 20 years. Investigators say a man theyre calling a witness got an online message from pierce and the two started communicating about their mutual sexual interest in boys. And pierce ultimately sent the witness pornographic pictures. Authorities searched pierces home last thursday and arrested him. The d. A. s office has asked us not to identify the witness, and theyre not saying if hes a citizen or Law Enforcement officer. San Francisco Police are warning residents of a new scam out there targeting older women in their homes. Investigators say these two men entered six homes during the first week of may and stole valuables. Heres how they operate. A man tells the homeowner their neighbor is installing a new fence and he needs to take measurements for the job. While hes in the back yard with the homeowner a second suspect ransacks the house. Runs through the house stealing all the jewelry bracelets, rings, anything they can hold and run out the door. Specifically gold and silver and diamonds. The men dress professionally and wear safety gear. Police say its okay to call the the Contractors Company to verify their Employment Status before allowing them into your ho. An outrageous robbery in the middle of the night at stanford Shopping Center. You can see the incredible damage after the newly built bloomingdales was hit by a crash and grab. The thieves escaped with a lot of jewelry. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee reports that they were in and out in just two minutes. I think people will do anything they can to get anything now. Thats insane. Im like, in this area too . Reporter customers at stafrnds Shopping Center were shocked at the boldness of the robbers. Heres how it went down. Shortly after 4 002349 morning a red Jeep Cherokee smashes the large glass door. Three people run into the store. Palo alto Police Agent Marianna Villaescusa describes what happened next. They were wearing black hoodies, using some kind of tool smashed several open jewelry glass cases, removed several items of jewelry. It happened quickly. The thieves were in the store no longer than two minutes. Five hours later a veteran officer finds the jeep. He knew exactly where to go. A small road next to San Francisquito creek where stolen cars have been dumped before. But the thieves have left along with their loot. This was the second crash and grab robbery in palo alto in three months. K. Eble and shuchat photography store was hit in mid february. Two men rammed the front glass door then pushed back the steel chain gate just enough so they could crawl into the store. They shattered glass cabinets and stole cameras and gear. Salesman Don Dimitratos couldnt believe bloomys was hit by a crash and grab too. Im surprised they keep doing this and getting away with it. So hopefully the police will finally catch them. Reporter San Francisco has had at least a half dozen crash and grabs since last fall, including this one at wells fargo. So far no arrests. Vic lee abc 7 news. An Oakland Community was stunned when a 14yearold boy was shot and killed by an unknown stranger last february. Well, today the man police say was behind that senseless killing was charged with murder. And now weve learned the teenage victim davon ellis, wasnt the only target. Abc 7 News ReporterLeanne Melendez is on that story. Reporter a march 5th shoot skrout between a suspect and Hayward Police linked 28yearold Donald Higgins to the murder of 14yearold davon he ellis several miles away in oakland. Im happy. Finally some justice dealing with my sons murder. Reporter thats the 14yearolds father who was in court today as higgins was charged with several counts of murder and attempted murder. One day after his sons death the alleged gunman barricaded himself inside his mothers home in hayward after Police Spotted him in a white 2004 infiniti suv. When the officer attempted to stop him he jumped out of the car and shots were fired between the suspect and the officer. Reporter his suv matched the description given earlier by five other victims at California State University east bay. Police say several hours after higgins killed the 14yearold he shot several times at their car. They were not hurt. It hurts because i basically lost my son for nothing because somebody else had a fit of rage. I lost you know, the most important person to me. Reporter after the Shootout Police found a handgun with a 30round magazine. According to the report the bullets matched casings recovered at the hayward shooting scene. Police say they have evidence and statements that connect higgins to the murder of the 14yearold. Davon attended oakland tech a School District spokesperson described him as a promising student and football player. At his age youre really just beginning to paint a picture of what you will be. So who knows what he could have become. And thats a tragedy, that hell never have the ability to achieve that potential. Reporter in oakland lyann melendez, abc 7 news. A teenager has turned himself in for a brazen Home Invasion in the upscale evergreen district of san jose. A 17yearold says he was one of the people caught on video armed with knives breaking into this house last friday. The family inside ran to their master bathroom and called police. The intruders eventually ran off. Authorities are still searching for the second person. All right. A lot more ahead for you on this wednesday night. Up next, an update on the new bay bridge. Whats causing the bolts to rust . And how much is it going to cost just to investigate the problem . Also the man in charge of making sure americas roads are safe visits the bay your. What the u. S. Transportation secretary thinks about the selfdriving cars Silicon Valley tech giants are developing. And some midmay rain is on female announcer its posturepedic vs. Beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep people in gilroy are dealing with a tragedy that is just so heartbreaking. Four People Killed in a car crash. Young people. Police have arrested the driver for driving under the influence. It happened late last night. Three of the victims are 18yearold young women who attended three different high schools in gilroy. The fourth victim was a 24yearold man. The driver 23yearold anthony imbranone, is the sole survivor. Hes been arrested on suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter. Sarah Jean Williams was among the victims. Her sister cant believe it. She had no control of it. She was in the back seat. She wasnt the driver. And im sure she didnt know when she got in the car that this was going to happen. I dont think any of them knew. Students at Christopher High School where one of the victims went to school have been asked to wear black to School Tomorrow in memory of those who died. Tonight inspectors are trying to assess just how safe the new bay bridge is. Lets take a live picture of the bridge. Hopefully from our emeryville camera. We apologize, we dont have that for you right now. But salt water is seeping in and rusting some of the 400 steel rods that its built with. So far inspectors have looked at only a small fraction of them. Abc 7 News Reporter janet oh has more. This is avoidable. Reporter at issue again is the integrity of the steel rod, also known as bolts on the new bay bay bridge. This after salt water was discovered at the foundation of the landmark tower. Where that salt came from we dont know yet. It could have come from when it was constructed. It could be coming from other ways that it can get in there. One way can be the bay water coming in there. We dont know yet. Reporter during routine testing a steel rod was found to be corroded due to water exposure 37 further testing showed corrosive closhide in the sleeve thaen cases a 25footlong rod. Crews are now systematically going through more than 400 of them to assess the severity of the situation. The first time the steel rods broke two years ago they were repaired at the cost of 45 million. But we are very mindful of the costs. Were very mindful of who should be responsible for this. Reporter metropolitan transportation commission, one of three organizations on the bridges oversight panel, says 4 million collected from bay area toll bridges will be used to investigate the problem. Theyre not sure how much more it will cost to fix it. Toll payers have mixed feelings. 4 million. Just i just dont know what to say about that. At the end of the day you know, were all paying for it one way or another. Now it just seems like were backtracking. Theres nothing we can do about the 4 million going forward. Its going to have to be spend to keep the bridge up and place. Reporter they say theyre still within budget for unplanned expenses. Janet oh abc 7 news. As for the old bay bridge the structure that runs across the shipping channel in the bay is now gone. And whats left should be dismantled in the next two years. To avoid zruptding the birds that call the structure home the contractor has been taking the bridge down in whole sections and dismantling them on land. The next challenge is whether or not to remove the underwater peers that supported the span. Well, look for longer commutes and heavier traffic over the next 30 years. Thats the warning tonight from u. S. Secretary of transportation anthony fox. He was in Silicon Valley today. And abc 7 News Reporter david louie caught up with him as he looked to new technology for solutions. Reporter think traffic is bad now . Heres the u. S. Secretary of transportation. For those of you who enjoy riding next to trucks on the road, get ready. Its going to get worse. Reporter by worse secretary fox means a 65 increase in truck traffic. Thats why hes in Silicon Valley talking to ceos of companies and seeking their help. Over the next 30 years fox says freeway congestion will worsen as the population grows by 70 million. Climate change that will put some airports underwater. Hes especially concerned about how local and State Government along with the federal government will manage the transportation challenge. One of our Biggest Challenges as a country is that we dont have National Goals and transportation anymore. Think about the Transcontinental Railroad as a big call to action for this country. Many decisions are made locally. Stanford university, for example, uses economic pressure to reduce cars on campus. If you choose to drive your car, you have to pay 500 a year to park. So were trying to really push people, and thats enabled us to go from over 70 of our commuters driving alone to less than 50 driving alone. In his exchange with ceo, secretary fox today heard an overriding message. Many would prefer that washington set goals rather than choose what to do. So set a goal like increasing the amount of Renewable Energy you use or reducing emissions and then let Great Companies like a lot of those in Silicon Valley compete for the right approach. Reporter as bay area drivers are forced to endure longer and more frustrating commutes that could be the impetus to get more engineers and entrepreneurs to develop solutions. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. Thats just what we need more time in traffic. All right. Could we see a wet commute tomorrow . Drew tumas tracking some wet weather coming in. Well be dodge something downpours. The wipers get a little workout tomorrow. Well talk about how much rain you can expect where you live. Live doppler 7 hd right now its a quiet scene but this time tomorrow morning around 9 19 in the morning well track some green on the screen. Well take you live outside our studios along the embarcadero. Some of the roadways will be wet but i think the best chance for the wet weather is going to happen midday around lunchtime. If you have outdoor plans, might want to have a second plan as the downpours will be moving through. Out there right now were generally in the 50s. 55 currently in San Francisco. 57 in concord. 53 and danville and san jose coming in way temperature of 58 degrees. Satellite radar. Heres the story were tracking. Theres an area of low pressure sinking to the south. Ahead of it theres a ripple of energy ahead of the main storm. And thats developing the showers off the coast right now. And this will all be purk east overnight early tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, the bulk of the energy is going to go to the south. Southern california is going to see more rain out of t