People are making their way to the Chabot Space Science Center this morning. We saw a line of cars in the parking lot we will tell you about the party planned for the Solar Eclipse. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Monday, august 21 im Gasia Mikaelian good morning im dave clark lets talk about the weather with the eclipse. Steve paulson knows how important it is. It is looking pretty gray and my concern is we need the sun and if we start going dark it will fill in. Some of it wont burn off at all. There are always a few breaks but there are a lot of low clouds in place as well. A couple of breaks around the airport but it looks like it is filling in for almost everybody. Good morning Gasia Mikaelian. A friend of mine Michael Polanski sent me a picture from his friends house in salem, oregon and they are mostly clear. Oregon and idaho are looking good although there is fire with smoke and haze. I dont see how we will get around the low fog and less some areas get some breaks but for the majority of us we are dealing with a lot of fog. Even the Higher Elevations you might have to get above 3000 feet to see this because there is too much low clouds. It is a lower cloud deck and some fog. If you get the opportunity dont look directly at it. Use those sunglasses only use the approved sunglasses. Cloud coverage in oregon starting to clear out even in idaho. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s so many people in oregon much better than down here we have a lot of gray marching inland and we have howling onshore wind ushering in the clouds. 50s with 60s for a few. 64 santa clara, 60 felton, lowrie and santa cruz with fog at the summit that is going to obscure things. Southern california 62 degrees so we have a lot of haze and smoke from the fires. 60s 70s and a foggy day with 80s. We have a message from chp to get started. Do not pull over not even on the side of the road. If you are watching the eclipse do not do with while driving. Lets go take a look at the bay bridge. Traffic is backed up all the way to the maze. 10 to 15 minutes on the delay going into the office today or wherever you are going into San Francisco before making it to that span. On this commute traffic will be okay in Oakland North and southbound 880 passing the coliseum. On the other side we have slow traffic on the san mateo 101 and bayshore freeway. This long is moderate on dunbar and also. Lets go back to the desk. We are just a few hours away from the total eclipse. Millions will be watching the moon cover part of the sun for several minutes. There is a total eclipse roughly every 18 months somewhere on earth but this eclipse is only visible in the United States. We have shown you the path of totality. Stretching from oregon to south carolina. 13 Million People live in the past but today the number could double here in the bay area we will see 76 of the eclipse. In oakland the Chabot Space Science Center will be a popular spot for the eclipse even though you heard steve say the fog may obscure the view. Allie rasmus is live with the preparations underway. Reporter the fog has been out all morning it is pretty thick here in the Oakland Hills so it feels like we are in the middle of a cloud because it is foggy. The Officials Say they hope the fog clears in time and certainly it has not discouraged people from coming here. They open in one hour. People are already waiting to get in line and people just want to be together to experience the event. Chabot Space Science center is planning for a party they are open from 8 00 until 1 00 this afternoon. People will be watching the eclipse through their telescopes if the weather permits, if not they will have a live stream from nasa. The director of Visitor Experience says they are hopeful the weather will clear in time. There has been a bit of a microclimate but as early as 6 30 we had one person who walked out waiting for this event to happen. I am often on the late side but i like to be early for the airport and stuff like this does not happen often. You never know. It could burn off but we are hopeful. Also we will be doing a live feed in the planetarium and the megatheater totaling 450 people. We have also opened up classrooms for the live feed. Reporter even if you cant see the moon partially blocking the sunlight outside for the eclipse we will be able to notice something different, the sky will get darker. We expect the partial eclipse that we will see or experience about 75 of the sun will be blocked. Other science museums and many libraries are hosting eclipse viewing events like the Lawrence Hall of science and the alameda library. Even if we cant see it because of the fog this is still something people want to experience in the social setting. 10 15 is the peak time where we will be at 75 blocked. So that is when we expect the most people to be out this morning. Back to you guys. We will check in with allie rasmus throughout the morning hopefully the fog will clear. Sotelos online are you watching the eclipse in person online or perhaps youre not watching at all. Let us know by voting on ktvu. Com or on twitter. We have a developing story from france where an investigation is underway into a deadly rampage involving a van. A van crashed into bus stops in france, one woman was killed and another was injured. The van driver has been arrested. The 35yearold is being treated for psychological problems. A motive is not known and anti terror investigators have not entered the case. Another developing news story near singapore a search and rescue underway for 10 american sailors unaccounted for after u. S. Navy destroyer collided with an oil tanker. Christien kafton in the newsroom with the latest on the search for survivors and what happened out of there. The collision happened in the Early Morning at 6 24 local time. Now forces are all searching for survivors. The collision left a gaping hole in the side of the uss john mccain which flooded crew areas machineries and communications rooms. Quick action by the crew prevented further flooding. In addition to the sailors missing five sailors were injured in the collision. Four have been evacuated by helicopter. At this point investigators are trying to figure out how the collision happened in the first place. What we know is that both vessels were coming from south tennessee. Both vessels, so i do not want to speculate how the incident happened. This area is a busy area. The uss mccain was headed for singapore after performing an operation last week sailing close to one of chinas islands. The shift is now into singapore it is named after john mccains father and grandfather. Senator john mcqueen mccain has tweeted saying that he and his wife are keeping the sailors in our prayers we appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. The john mccain is a guided missile destroyer now the second ship to have a major collision in the last two months. The uss fitzgerald collided with a freighter off the coast of japan where seven sailors died in that accident. The captain has been relieved of command. We are monitoring developments surrounding the latest collision and search for the missing sailors and we will have those details throughout the morning. Christien kafton, thank you. Spanish authorities have confirmed the identity of the driver is a deadly van attack. The 22yearold man is the last of the terrorist group who had not been captured. Spanish officials believe that man walked away after the attack. There has been a manhunt underway across northern spain. 15 people died and 120 people were hurt last week. People bring candles toys among other items to the area where the van slammed into pedestrians. It is a very busy first day in oakland, coming up how an east Bay School District has a lot on its plate including eclipse viewing and opening a brandnew school. Tonight President Trump will lay out his plan for the nations longest war. Im ellison barber and i will tell you more in just a minute. People love my breakfast burritos. And my french fries. Wait what if i put them together . a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. Ill call it the california breakfast burrito boom. Someone got that, right . Scrambled eggs. Guacamole. Bacon. French fries. Youll call it the california breakfast burrito. Boom. Good work everyone. Another winner. Introducing my New California breakfast burrito. Only at jack in the box. President trump will address the nation tonight he will be laying out his plan to move forward with the war in afghanistan. Ellison barber with more on what the president will be talking about. The president will lay out a plan for Us Engagement in south asia and afghanistan. The nations longest war that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives since it began 16 years ago. James mattis told reporters President Trump settled on a plan but he would not give any specific details. I am not willing to make significant changes until we know what the strategy was and what was the commitment going into this. In that regard the president made a decision. Last night the white house announced a speech monday at 9 00 pm from fort myer President Trump will tell the world and troops how he plans to proceed in a war that began in 2001 and has claimed the lives of more than 2000 us troops. Democratic senator ben carson told foxnews more troops is not the answer. The objective needs to be to have a regime that can maintain some security so we dont see growing terrorist organizations again within afghanistan. This is not the us fight i dont believe putting more soldiers in afghanistan is the answer. This comes five days after President Trumps Infamous Press conference on charlottesville. There is blame on both sides. There is no doubt about it. Tomorrow trump is headed to arizona for a rally in phoenix despite calls from the city mayor to be lay. The mayor says he is disappointed in the president decision to hold a rally in phoenix when the nation is trying to heal from charlottesville. In washington ellison barber foxnews. Sal is right over there taking care of the folks on 880. That is right we have the commute on the east bay lets take a look first getting from the east bay into San Francisco it is backed up to the maze this has become more crowded. When we first saw this it was not quite this crowded. 880 northbound the same thing we have a crowd near the coliseum. I want to mention if you are traveling to drive to alameda there is an overturned vehicle in the webster tube that moves to alameda. Overturned vehicle as someone was seen crawling out hopefully it is not a serious situation but if you want to move south and use a bridge that would be better. This is now a look at the south bay commute. A little but of slow traffic on 85, 101 and 280. 7 17 lets go to steve. Good morning everybody. We have a lot of fog every station says cloudy except for the napa airport which says mostly cloudy. I dont see how we will get around this. Some areas inland are burning back but remember as it gets dark some of the fog might fill in. From salem, oregon i can see the sunshine. Somebody is going to see that in oregon. Thank you to Michael Polansky for sending me that. So things are looking good in oregon but not your. The fog has marched west and south with a lot of haze and smoke it looks like it is going to be foggy on the coast. May be parts of the sonoma or marin coast could clear but remember as the sun burned the fog off and as the sun disappears some of the fog might fill back in or really slow off the burning of the low clouds around the bay for many. The further east and north you move there is a Good Opportunity for fog. A few high clouds here but they are okay in oregon and idaho. They do have a lot of fires with haze but that should not obscure the view. 50s for temperatures, with a decent onshore breeze gusting up to 30 at travis bringing in the fog inland. 60s for many with water temperature rising much warmer for the lows. There are mid60s with a few 50s at napa airport and santa rosa. Glenallen 59, bodega bay 58, rohnert park 61. We have a few client high clouds from those thunderstorms in the sierra. Lake county looking good mostly sunny with a couple of clouds but no issues in lake county. 60s and 70s with some 80s for temperatures looking like this could be the coolest day of the week with gradual warming more so toward the end of the week. Coming up, why the bell of big ben is out of commission and when it will be hurt again. Also, the Powerball Jackpot is still up for grabs. Elon musk speaking out about killer robots. Also walmart is taking a step to keep up with amazon. Pam cook with a look at your money business. Walmart has filed a patent for a new warehouse and a team of drones the plan is to improve delivery times and keep up with amazon. Amazon has filed for a patent for an airborne fulfillment center. The opening bell, starbucks posting a gain after positive articles over the weekend about the success of its mobile order and pay options, projections for stock to gain in the next couple of months. 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Some rare deals with a rare sight some of the Companies Offering special treats and deals because of todays Solar Eclipse. It is the first day of school for many students and they will be walking in at the start of the eclipse, coming up with will hear from teachers and what they have planned. In about 1 1 2 hours all eyes will be skyward hopefully protected by those special glasses. The Solar Eclipse is about to happen but my goodness the bay area is not cooperating. We will talk to Steve Paulson to find the best possible place for viewing but first, im Gasia Mikaelian good morning, im dave clark lets get to Steve Paulson over here. This is as bad as it gets for the eclipse. Reports of drizzle and rain in livermore and pacifica. Although antioch and brentwood are good people said we are good out here so people have been asking where should i go . Go past walnut creek north of cloverdale and a look at the fog filling in even over there. Fairfield is all right the last i heard fairfield was clear so if you go past it in broke or america canyon keep going east you will find the edge of the fog bank. Usually by about 9 00 the fog starts to burn back but the key is that you will need sunlight and sun to burn the fog off. If it goes dark the fog could put on the brakes. It is looking very tough for many on the coast but there are some breaks we will see how this develops with lower clouds around the bay. Inland is your best opportunity some of the Higher Elevations are even socked in as well. Santa cruz had reports of fog but we look okay into oregon and idaho with high clouds but overall much better there with 50s 60s and 70s everything is set in salem, oregon. Eastern Contra Costa County looking good again the further east you go the better opportunity with a good breeze near travis hold onto your hats in that area. 60s and kind of muggy with lows way up. We have some upper 50s and lower 60s for many. Thunderstorm activity off the sierra with high clouds drifting back but that should not cause any issues. 60s and 70s for most of us. 7 31 what can you tell me sal . Today is the first day of school for a lot of people. I got a tweet from livermore and they say the rain showers are out in livermore. I see that on the radar. Thank you, tom and steve for letting us know. Lets look at the bay bridge toll plaza as you come up on the pay gates. It is looking typical and we are starting the fall pattern even though it is still summer. We ha