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so why could the drivers of the car that struck him be charged with felony. we're live in east palo alto where pg&e crews are trying to restore power to dozens of homes. this crash in oakland is causing a huge traffic jam as you drive up to downtown oakland. we'll tell you how to get around it. mornings on two starts now. good morning to you, welcome to mornings on. i'm dave clark. >> tori and dave, it's going to be a huge traffic problem. two lanes have been blocked for an hour. a big rig was involved. several other cars. we're hearing new details, it was three separate crashe...

water kind of churning around there. this powerful storm is slamming into the eastern seaboard starting tomorrow. irene has already caused widespread damage in the bahamas. winds around 115 miles an hour. in effect from the carolinas up to new jersey. new york city is preparing for the worst with subway stations and airports. the big apple not seeing the effects of a big hurricane for decades. drew levinson reports. >> reporter: up and down the east coast people are packing up and getting out of irene's way. >> i'm taking this one more seriously than any one i have seen. >> reporter:...

>> we did. >> almost. >> almost? >> going to be a long weekend. >> for a long people weather- wise on the east coast but here not too bad. >> full of sunshine and warmer than the past couple of days but for today, conditions looking nice, as well. inland plenty of sunshine. full forecast in a bit. how's traffic? >> you know, we had a problem the last hour or so for a while all lanes the entire freeway northbound and southbound 101 before university avenue in east palo alto they were blocked by a bunch of downed wires. sounds like caltrans knocked down some kind of a pg&e power line. ...

carolina which means federal agencies can coordinate disaster relief efforts in that state. forecasters project irene will make landfall in the outer banks on saturday and move up the coast over the weekend. right now irene is leaving the bahamas. >> the entire eastern seaboard are going to see rain and flooding. >> reporter: strong hurricanes in new york are extremely rare but they do happen. south carolina, georgia and florida should be spared. but the effects of the storm have been felt in south florida. irene churned up the ocean water causing eight injuries and one near drowning...

punishing companies for creating jobs in california. >> every time an out-of-state company moves a job out of california, then they get a tax break and every time they hire in california, they increase the taxes they pay. >> reporter: brown's plan is to change the tax code. it means rewarding high-tech companies like genentech for hiring new people in california. >> so this will help create a stronger business climate in california? >> absolutely, particularly for growing industries like the biotech industry. >> reporter: the governor was surrounded by nearly a dozen business leaders...