let's do and let's go towards the dublin interchange. westbound traffic on 580 cruising towards 680 through pleasanton. coming up, we'll check the south bay and the east bay and mass transit in the meantime back to you guys. >> thank you. new this morning, the chp has just cancelled a statewide amber alert for 13-year-old girl from hollister. chp officers found cristina ramirez with her father in san bernardino just before 5 a.m. and they say that she is safe. her father marcelino ramirez is in custody. this all started yesterday when her dad signed her out of school and did not bring her home. but the search is still on for two people who kidnapped and robbed a 73-year-old man in morgan hill. investigators released the sketches of the two suspects. police say the victim was forced into a car at gunpoint in the parking lot of a dollar tree store on thursday. the suspects then drove him to a nearby bank where they forced him to go inside and withdraw money from a teller. they then followed the victim

home and robbed him again. the victim told police he only obeyed their demands because the suspects threatened to kill his wife. in the end, though, no one was hurt but those suspects are still out there and considered armed and dangerous. she worked for the san francisco giants until the team accused her of embezzlement. anne makovec in san francisco where the losses were in the millions, right, anne. >> reporter: that's right. about 1.5 million according to the fbi. this is a big scandal at the giants front office. she is now facing federal felony charges and is out on $500,000 bond. robin o'connor worked in the payroll department for the giants in charge of making changes to other employees' direct deposits but the fbi thinks she has been depositing some of their money into her account since last year. some red flags went up last month when she applied for a home loan according to a federal affidavit. in that loan application, she

attached a letter supposedly from giants human resource department explaining a couple of mysterious extra payments she had received because she, quote, assisted us in accomplishing our goal of winning the 2010 world series. the bank called the giants and she knitted embezzling $600,000. when they went through the records, the fbi said it was more like $1.5 million. the giants released a statement yesterday saying, "we're working with the federal authorities to ensure this matter is thoroughly investigated and that any wrongdoing is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." she has two federal charges against her and is expected in court on september 30. she is no longer working for the giants organization, needless to say. >> not surprised. thank you, anne makovec live at the ballpark this morning. a date set for barry bonds

to be sentenced for obstruction of justice, on december 16. bonds was convicted on one count in his federal perjury trial back in i'm he could get up to 10 years, but federal guidelines actually call for 15 to 21 months. and by the way, the judge in the case has sentenced other athletes in similar cases to just home confinement with no jail time. after nearly a year, federal investigators say pg&e is largely at fault for that deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. the ntsb says a power outage caused a pipeline to surge beyond capacity and explode. investigators blame pg&e for faulty welds and inadequate management and procedures. >> it was compounded over the years by a litany of failures including poor recordkeeping, inadequate inspection programs, an integrity management program without integrity. >> that pipeline was installed in 1956 and it had no automatic

or remote control valves to shut it off during an unexpected surge. the ntsb also points a finger at state and federal regulators say they did not adequately oversee pg&e's operation. pg&e has released a statement following yesterday's report saying, it has made several changes to its gas policy in the last year including we reducing pressure on pipelines. they also expect to conduct pressure tests on 165 miles of line this year. the company is using cameras to inspect interior welds and says it has increased its coordination with first responders and is developing a more comprehensive emergency response plan. a new general manager for bart expected to be named today. the transit agency board has reportedly selected this woman, that's grace crunican. she is a former chief of seattle's department of transportation. bart has been without a full- time gm since april, when the board ousted dorothy dugger stop. 6:04. lawrence called it. it was going to be socked in yesterday afternoon.

he was right. i don't know about today though. >> i think it's going to go kind of early today, isn't it? >> yeah. i think it will break up earlier today. temperatures still running below average for this time of the year, guys. starting out with low clouds and fog. thick in parts of the north bay. clouds early on and then toward the afternoon, sunshine and temperatures cooler than average. 48 degrees the expected high -- 84 degrees the expected high in livermore. 80 and sunny in san jose. patchy fog at the coastline and in the 60s there. but warmer weather is on the way. we'll have more on that in a moment. right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> we are going to check the roads in the bay area, north bay southbound 101 nice drive through mill valley to the golden gate bridge. fog not as much of an issue as previous mornings across the span. right now south bay looking good. we have been relatively accident-free so far this morning so off to a nice start.

hopefully it will stay that way for the 6:00 hour. nimitz busy past the coliseum but 15 minutes out of hayward towards the macarthur maze. and mass transit continues to roll along on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. more traffic in a bit. back to you guys. >> thank you. hackers who can break into facebook can earn some bucks. >> the social media site actually wants hackers to find security holes in its system. this new campaign may be in response to a threat by the hackers group "anonymous." the group announced that it will take down facebook on november 5. now, the bug bounty actually starts at $500. the company though has paid about $40,000 to hackers who have revealed vulnerabilities. we'll have a live report on this at 6:30.

6:06. just days after irene, a new threat emerges, the early prediction of tropical storms that's gaining momentum. >> plus a man's head impaled by shears during a freak gardening accident. his tale of survival about how it happened. >> you thought your college tuition was expensive? think again. how much more it costs to pay for daycare. when we come back.

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and water to 13 towns cut off because of flooding there and down in new jersey, thousands of people have been evacuated from towns that are just simply under water. >> the home we built for our kids is gone. adults can handle it. the kids, you know, they don't have anything. >> and in new jersey, a third of the downtown area paterson still under water. rivers in a number of states continue to rise this morning, as well. general david petraeus retires today. he wraps up his 36 year career in uniform and starts his new career as cia director next week. he handed over command of u.s. and coles forces in afghanistan to general john allen last month. >> imagine working for the queen of england.

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back now at 6:14. let's look at the top stories on this wednesday. an amber alert ends in southern california this morning. chp cancelled it when they found the 13-year-old girl with her father in san bernardino just before 5:00 this morning. the girl is safe. her father is accused of kidnapping her from hollister. he has been placed under arrest. former san francisco giants payroll manager is facing federal charges now. the team accuse her of embezzling more than $1.5 million over a one-year period. president obama is calling on congress to pass a transportation bill he says will save a million jobs. the current bill runs out in a month. the president will speak in the rose garden this next hour. good morning, folks. if you just getting up and heading out we are looking at a good day as you have some partly cloudy skies over the bay right now. some of the low clouds extending into the valleys with fog at the coast. a good day better than

yesterday. but still, temperatures mainly in the 50s right now. it's slowly pulling back through the middle of the day. sunshine in the afternoon, 80s in the valleys as you get inside the bay some 60s, some 70s further to the south. even some low 80s toward the santa clara valley. sunshine and clouds at the coast. we have a finger of fog at the coastline right now but looks like it's going to fade away. temperatures well below average for this time of the year. sunshine for most by this afternoon. by tomorrow temperatures coming up. here's our futurecast giving you an idea of the fog and low clouds throughout the bay area this morning but by the afternoon that pulls back and, as a matter of fact, clearing things out a bit toward the coastline, as well. looks like a nice day around the bay area today.

temperatures heating up in spots. 91 in sacramento. 89 yosemite. around the bay we'll see plenty of 70s and 80s toward san jose. 66 in san francisco, 84 the expected high in livermore in the north bay temperatures as high as 75 in the napa valley and 79 in santa rosa. over the next few days, high pressure strengthens that offshore wind may blow. temperatures up into the mid- 90s as we head into thursday and friday. slight cooling latter part of the holiday weekend. right now looks very nice just patchy fog at the coast. let's check traffic with elizabeth. this is 101 near alum rock. things slowing down in the northbound lanes and there is an accident reported just before the alum rock exit. it sounds like it's in the center divide but obviously there are some slower speeds heading into santa clara. watch out for extra volume.

couple of new problems coming in along 880. negotiable 880 approaching stevenson boulevard an accident involving a big rig at least they have the right lane blocked off. again that accident just reported so chp heading to the scene. past the coliseum, things are moving well past overstock.com. looking good towards downtown oakland. but this was the accident the nimitz or the macarthur maze that i was mentioning if i can get past this map here. it is -- well, it was westbound 80 to southbound 880. there we go. westbound 80 connector ramp southbound 880 an accident involving a fedex truck and dump truck cleared to the right shoulder so fortunately it is not causing any major delays. bay bridge toll plaza should be turning on the metering lights very shortly likely in the next couple of minutes. so far no big delay and mass transit continues to look great, as well. bart, ace, muni and caltrain

everything on schedule. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's your traffic and your weather. back to you. >> that tricky technology, elizabeth. >> i know. >> 6:18. a weight imbalance may be to blame for a crane collapse at a sacramento amusement park that injured two people. two workers were using the crane to work on the screamer ride support beam. it appears when the final bolt was removed, the weight overwhelmed the crane and it toppled with the ride support beam injuring two workers. cal-osha is investigating. why you mate want to save for your child's daycare. >> the man behind the flip cam cooks up a new business plan in the bay area. can he find success with a simple childhood favorite?

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the speed limit has already been lowered near some of the schools in san jose's rose garden area and they have had good results. forget saving up for college daycare. it's now costing most parents about as much as a public university education. that's according to a new study from a national child care organization. it found most parents are paying more than 10% of their annual income on infant child care. add a preschooler to the equation, the cost is nearly as high as a monthly mortgage for most families. >> unbelievable how much people spend. >> if you have two people in the household, why doesn't the mother stay home? crazy. the man behind the flip cam wants to cash in on comfort food. he has a business plan to make grilled cheese sandwiches the next starbucks. jonathan kaplan opened up the melt in san francisco soma district blocks away from

another spot selling grilled cheese. he has visions for expansion. >> lots of coffee shops and then there's starbucks. we think they will be lots of grilled cheese restaurants. our hope is the melt will be the brand that americans know and love. >> kaplan is using a tech savvy system which allows customers to order and pay for sandwiches on their smart phones. his backers include silicon valley's famed sequoia captain as well as a famous restaurateur. britain's royal family has a proverbial help wanted sign hanging on one of its castles. queen elizabeth is looking for a cheap gardener at balmoral in scotland and according to the job posting those duties include maintaining plants in the greenhouses, tending to the flower beds and lawns and growing vegetables. there is no salary mentioned but one of the perks is live-in quarters on the property. an arizona man is recovering from a freak gardening accident. 86-year-old leroy was working

in the yard a month ago when he fell on the handle of his clippers. the handle went into his eye socket. >> it wasishit was excruciating. >> they will be able to correct his double vision but the shears went just under his eyeball. very lucky placement. >> apparently it just pushed the eye to the side and then went into the sinus cavity. so he can see pretty well outside of the double vision. he is lucky to have the eye. there is a 92-year-old man in michigan who says retirement is for the birds. at 92 he continues to show up for his 9 to 5 job at the better business bureau so you better be good. his coworkers recently honored him for his big milestone been there for 35 years. has agreat sense of humor and -- he has a great sense of humor and is constantly asking

for a pay raise. >> it's a place to go and you're out with people, social, rather than just sitting home and watching television. >> well, he looks great, sounds great. he says he would like to keep working for a couple of years, maybe another eight when he's 100. good for him. 6:25. coming up, a race to help the victims stranded by hurricane irene. this morning the one thing the red cross says it needs the most. >> they flew off store shelves but now there's another chance to score one of those hp touchpads that are going for about $100. the big question though, is about the price coming up. a scandal in the giants front office. a woman is accused of embezzling straight from some of the players' accounts. we'll tell you the surprising way she got caught coming up. it's a usually criminal to do this but you will not only get away with it you will get paid to do it. facebook offering you money to hack into its system. we'll tell you about this bug bounty program coming up.

starting out with some patchy fog and low clouds this morning. by the afternoon got sunshine coming your way. 86 in and antioch, 79 santa rosa and 65 degrees in san francisco. more on the heatup coming up.

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it's the last day of august what will it bring on wall street? we'll see in just a little bit. it is the end of a wild and very volatile month in the stock market. futures are up this could be a good sign after the fed met to discuss multiple options to boost the economy. the nasdaq is up 4% this week. there is the bell running by futurefuel hopefully ringing in a good day. good morning, i'm grace lee. >> i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:30. let's get you out the door with traffic and weather. kick it downstairs to lawrence karnow and the cool new graphics. >> they are pretty slick. we are still working on them. heading around the bay today you will see patchy fog early on. by the afternoon a lot of sunshine today especially in the valleys, temperatures up in the 80s, 60s a few 70s around the bay and out toward the coast alone 60s and a couple of patches of fog and a mixture of sunshine. we'll have more coming up but let's check traffic with elizabeth.

>> unfortunately things are busy out there including on the nimitz. 880 we actually have a couple of accidents reported one in fremont, one in the macarthur maze. they also turned the metering lights on at the bay bridge. things are stacking up there. we'll break it all down for and you show you more live cameras. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, a 13-year- old girl missing from hollister. she has been found safe and sound down in southern california. there was a statewide amber alert issued when her father signed her out of school and didn't bring her home. about 90 minutes ago a drive spotted the car down in san bernardino, alerted the chp. officers found the girl with her father and arrested him. morgan hill police meanwhile are looking for two people who kidnapped and robbed a 73-year-old man in morgan hill. investigators released these sketches. two suspects. police say the victim was forced into a car at gunpoint in a parking lot of a dollar tree store on thursday. suspects drove him to a nearby bank where they forced him to go inside and withdraw money

from a teller. they then followed the victim back home and robbed him a second time. the victim said he obeyed the demands because the suspects threatened to kill his wife. nobody was hurt. suspects are armed and dangerous. a million-dollar scandal. a former payroll manager for the san francisco giants is accused of padding her bank account. anne makovec is in san francisco on the giants embezzlement case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. she is now free on a half million dollars bond. her name is robin o'connor, facing felony federal charges, worked in the payroll department for the giants in charge of making changes to other employees' direct deposit but the fbi says she has been embezzling since last year. red flags went up last month when she applied for a home loan. in that loan application, she

attached a letter supposedly from giants hr explaining a couple of mysterious extra payments she had received because according to the letter she, quote, assisted us in accomplishing our goals of winning the 2010 world series. yeah. all that from the front office. the bank called the giants, who confronted o'connor. they say she admitted embezzling about $600,000, but when they went back through the records the fbi says it was more like $1.5 million. the giants said, "we're working with federal authorities to ensure that this matter is thoroughly investigated and that any wrongdoing is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." she is accused of buying fancy cars with this money, a new home, as well. the charges she is facing, wire fraud and fraud in connection with the computer, federal charges. she will be back in court on september 30. >> anne, do we know if there is any chance that they could

recover some of the money that she allegedly embezzled. >> reporter: in fact, the giants say she actually paid back that $600,000 that she admitted to embezzling. as for the rest, i'm not sure. how much did she spend on keep? i'm sure the case is going to continue to unravel for weeks. >> i'm sure they will be looking for that money trail. thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. the date is set, december 16, when barry bonds will be sentenced for obstruction of justice. he was convicted in april and could get up to 10 years. federal fight lines call for 15 to 2 months. the judge in his case has sentenced other athletes in similar cases to home confinement and no jail time. federal investigators say pg&e is largely at fault for that deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. the ntsb says power outage caused the pipeline to surge beyond capacity and explode last year.

investigators are now blaming pg&e for faulty welds and inadequate management and procedures. >> it was compounded over the years by a litany of failures including poor recordkeeping, inadequate inspection programs, and an integrity management program without integrity. >> the pipeline was installed back in 1956, had no automatic or remote control valves to shut it off. pg&e says it has made several changes though including reduction of pressures on gas pipeline but for many that live in san bruno that's just not enough. >> hang 'em. take them up to placerville. it used to be called hangtown. you know? they used to do that in the old days. too bad they can't do it now. >> the ntsb also points a finger at state and federal regulators saying they did not

adequately oversee pg&e's operation. 6: 35. the phrase of the day, fancy schmancy. >> oh, yeah. graphics and it's lawrence. >> lawrence's debuting them. >> we are just beginning to put these things together but yeah, this is a whole new graphic system. trying to bring you the best he're we in the bay area. today temperatures in the 50s around the bay area at this hour. spectacular day this afternoon. still 85 in fairfield, 83 concord, 80 san jose, 60s and clearing at the coast. next couple of days here's the good news, we have warmer weather and less fog maybe an offshore wind kicking in tomorrow. looks like nice weather into the holiday weekend. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> we have our own special graphics. we have photographers lawrence, standing out live showing us traffic conditions around the bay area including this one in san jose approaching the alum

rock exit. things are getting crowded. it's busy in the northbound lanes towards santa clara. just the usual stuff there and at the bay bridge. this is traffic approaching the pay gates. metering lights are on now so it is stacking up almost to the end of the parking lot almost approaching the west grand overcrossing already looking at up to 10 minutes to get on the bridge. this was the traffic alert just issued now because of this accident in fremont. northbound 880 before stevenson boulevard. big rig accident blocking at least one possibly two lanes. also some damage to the guardrail. that is why they went ahead and issued the traffic alert. that is your traffic. back to you. >> no fighting, you two. the heads of fema and homeland security will tour damage from hurricane irene today and they are going to be in new jersey and new york after touring vermont. the national guard is using helicopters to get food and water to 13 vermont towns that are cut off because of all the flooding in the area. some rivers are still rising. the red cross is urging people in the bay area to

donate blood in the wake of hurricane irene. the organization had to cancel more than 70 flood drives along the east coast because of all the storm damage. the red cross is stressing the need for platelets which have a short shelf life of only five days. bart is expected to name a general manager today. the transit agency board has selected grace crunican the former chief of seattle's department of transportation. bart has been without a full- time gm since april when they fired dorothy dugger. facebook is calling on all hackers to help spot security bugs in their system and wants to pay them for their efforts. stephanie chuang is outside facebook headquarters in palo alto with more. >> reporter: good morning. hey, if people have ever wanted to do something kind of illegal but not only get way with it, get paid to do it, facebook has a good offer. it's willing to pay anyone who can hack into its site so long as they report bugs that they

find in the system. now, it's a three-week-old program called bug bounty. it invites professional security researchers and hackers to find security problems and notify facebook. so far the company has actually shelled out more than $40,000 to about 50 people from 16 countries. you can actually see a list at facebook.com/whitehat. white hat is apparently what these good willed hackers are called in the tech world. in a blog, the chief security officer of facebook said the company paid someone 5 grand for just one, quote, really good report. someone else informed facebook of about six issues and got paid $7,000. so a good deal there. the minimum payment is $500. the company also says it will not seek legal action against these hackers so long as it's good will and they report these problems. the reason of course for facebook doing this is the fact that they have got these security issues. they have millions of users worldwide and in fact we have

learned of a "anonymous" hacking group behind the bart protests has threatened to hack into facebook on november 5 over privacy concerns. so frank, you can see why facebook is taking all these different measures to keep the system safe. >> so if you want to dive in, do you like sign up on their website and start hacking away? >> reporter: no you know, they have security website in part of the facebook website so you can contact those people. but yeah, they have all the instructions there just go to facebook security once you sign in and they should have all instructions for you. >> not quite sure i'm going to hack in, but if you are interested and want to make a couple of bucks, what the heck. all right, steph, live in palo alto, thank you. >> could be a few extra bucks for you, frank. >> i'm not holding my breath. apple, watch out. the retailer giving the tech giant a run for its money coming up this holiday weekend. >> and careful with that cup, the stanley cup damaged after

being dropped. and the market opened about 10 minutes ago. futures were up, let's look at the numbers holding true and steady so far. just out of the gate. coming up we are going to get an update from kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks.

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good morning. we have patchy fog around the bay area this morning. looking good from the mount vaca. sun coming up. looks like more sunshine toward the afternoon. still have to get through early clouds. a little thick in spots. temperatures running in the 50s all around the bay area right now. by the afternoon, though, sunshine cranking the numbers up into the 80s. cooler than normal but not bad in the valleys. inside the bay mostly sunny skies numbers into the 60s, some 70s further to the south even some low 80s toward the santa clara valley. and at the coast alone you will find a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures into the 60s. that finger of fog continuing at the coastline this morning. some of that pressing onshore. but it looks like that is going to start to break up. still a trough of low pressure continues along the west coast pumping in cooler than average temperatures here in the bay area. but by the afternoon, really sunshine for most. and then high pressure going to start to build in and it looks like for the next couple of days, we are going to start to

heat things up. our futurecast showing you fog this morning starts to break up throughout the day even at the coastline more sunshine today and that will be very nice if we see that happen. temperatures still going to stay down at the beaches and the breezes are going to blow but hopefully squeezing in a little sunshine out there, as well. around the state 78 degrees in lake tahoe, gorgeous there. 64 in eureka, 95 in redding, 91 in the sacramento valley. 80s in the tri-valley. 65 half moon bay. 75 napa valley, 79 in santa rosa and 81 in novato. next couple of days, heating up. offshore winds may kick in sending temperatures back to the 90s in some of the valleys. i think looking very nice as we head in toward the holiday weekend. let's check the roads with elizabeth. back out to fremont where they issued a traffic alert for this accident involving a big rig northbound 880 approaching stevenson boulevard. we know at least one lane is

block. you can see some traffic backed up behind it. sounds like there was damage to the guardrail so that's why they issued the traffic alert and why it's taking longer to clear. tow crews should be out there. brake lights out of the altamont pass. 24 minutes westbound 580 between there and 680 and the dublin interchange. an accident just reported as well westbound 580 right there before the vasco road. out tow bay bridge busy morning at the bay bridge. this is our back-to-school commute stacking up beyond the west grand overcrossing. the metering lights are on. so it's sluggish from the incline towards the "s" curve. golden gate bridge this is not looking too bad. if you are commuting through petaluma in the north bay, there is an accident reported southbound 101 right before petaluma boulevard north. so we have actually just taken a couple of calls from the kcbs phone force, 15- to 20-minute delay across the stretch of southbound 101.

that is the north bay. let's check the south bay. 280 traffic looks okay right now heading out of downtown san jose. it is a little sluggish on 101. 280 looks good. no problems on mass transit. bart, ace, muni and caltrain all on time. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. we have some new numbers this morning on job creation and job cuts. >> and here now to talk about it, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> reporter: the report is not giving anybody a big lump in their throats in morning but really when it comes to the job market the two reports we'll look at this morning kind of show that we are still stuck in first gear when we really need to be in overdrive when it comes to hiring in order to

help out the economy. first one regards to private firms coming from adp says 91,000 new jobs created in august. that's about 9,000 under expectations a little less than what we saw in july. services sector gaining most of those jobs with 80,000, manufacturing coming in at 11,000. it was some job creation though so a little bit of good news not nearly enough. the other report coming from challenger gray and christmas focusing on firing, layoffs and the number came in just over 51,000. that was about 15,000 better than in july and it came after three straight monthly increases. about 18,000 of those cuts coming from the public sector the biggest number of cuts by state, local and federal governments, the second biggest number this year. on friday we'll get the august employment report, with the unemployment rate at 9.1%. oracle reportedly under investigation from the fbi and

the justice department for potentially violating federal antibribery laws in regards to dealings in several western and central african countries. they are investigating whether or not employees or agents for oracle may have violated those laws when trying to secure deals on database and application software deals. oracle is not commenting stock market off to a decent start this morning. right now the dow is up 89. nasdaq up 20. s&p up higher by 11. oracle shares by the way up a little more than 1%. >> so jason, what was the highest the dow was three or four weeks in the mid 12s or -- >> yeah. it was about a little over 12 at that time. so we are still under that point. it was a really rough four weeks but we are now actually positive for the year. so despite that horrible month that we have had, we are positive for the year. we have had a good run over the past few days. >> that's incredible. we're inching back.

>> getting back. >> hard to tell with the wild swings. thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. it is the latest push to boost the economy. this morning, president obama will push for more money for transportation projects. the president will urge congress to pass a federal highway bill he says will save a million jobs. the current spending bill runs out at the end of september. the house and senate have different versions of the new bill. hewlett-packard is giving its touchpad tablet computer one more run after all. hp said this month that it was getting out of the tablet and smart phone business in order to focus more on selling to corporations. the company dropped tablet prices and said there was a stunning demand for them. so hp is going to produce another run of touchpads to meet the demand. you can't find them now. apple's biggest competition this upcoming holiday season may be amazon.com. industry analysts say amazon will sell three to five million tablet computers between october and december. they say if amazon prices that

tablet just right, it has enough demand, it can give the ipad a run for its money. time now for a look at what's coming up later this morning on "the early show." >> erica hill joins us from new york. good morning to you. >> good morning. just ahead, we are going to look at the lingering effects of hurricane irene. as you know, there are still some 2 million people without power on the eastern seaboard and boy that flooding is really taking its toll. rivers continue to rise. new evacuations in new jersey, people are stranded in vermont. we are going to check in to see if there are enough resources to cope with the extent of the damage and whether or not some proposals that would change the way fema is funded how that could affect the way they respond to future disasters. when you talk about disaster, a lot of focus on these wildfires in texas and oklahoma several other states where there's been no rain, terrible drought. now there's some focus on a new storm brewing in the gulf which they would actually like to see

come their way, not at a destructive storm of course but if it can come with just enough rain, a lot of folks think that could give them more of a fighting chance. you may wan to be careful where you post the invite to your next party. like if you put it on facebook and get 2500 people to show up. it's in fort collins. it's an annual back-to-school party that i don't know must have included the entire school. well, parties are different than when i went to school. >> it looks more like the playboy club. >> yeah. okay. well, it should be a good show. see you at 7:00, erica. thanks. hockey season is only a few weeks away but for now the stanley cup is still making its summer rounds in the northeast and parts of canada with the boston bruins players of course who won it last june. unfortunately a little mishap. watch.

yeah. this happened as the cup was on its way to michael rydeer who played for boston last season. there it goes again. the 35-pound cup was slightly dented no serious damage. the stanley cup often gets bumps and bruises during those off season travels. each player gets it for 24 hours and as i mentionled earlier there is more than one cup so that's not the one you see in the hall of fame and probably not the one they raise over their heads, either. >> i'm sure there are lots of scratches and dents ton. >> it's a road cup. 6:5367853. a million-dollar bust and the mistake that tip the giants off to embezzlements. coming up. i've got nothing against these do-it-yourself steam-cleaning enthusiasts. it's good for the customer to get to know their own carpet. and spending the day moving furniture and lugging around a hot water extraction unit can be a rush! i know. that's why i'm carpet for life.

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ended up busting herself according to fbi affidavits. here's her picture. robin o'connor worked in the payroll department for the giants in charge of making changes to other employee direct deposits so the fbi thinks she was depositing some of the money into her account since last year even some of the players' money. red flags went up last month when she applied for a home loan. according to that federal affidavit in that loan application, she attached a letter that was supposedly from giants hr explaining a couple of mysterious extra payments she had received because she, quote, assisted us in accomplishing our goal of winning the 2010 world series. the bank called the giants who confronted o'connor and they say she admitted embezzling $600,000. when they when back through the record, though, the fbi says it was more than like $1.5 million. she is charged with wire fraud and fraud with a computer. they say she bought fancy cars including a bmw, also a new home with some of this money. and now she is due back in

court on september 30. >> thank you, anne makovec live at the ballpark this morning. thank you. 6:57. new this morning a statewide amber alert is over and a father is under arrest. a driver in san bernardino spotted the minivan and called 911. the chp found the 13-year-old hollister girl with her father and they say that she is safe. it all started yesterday when her data signed her out of school and didn't bring her home. general david petraeus starts his new career next week as cia director. he officially retired from the army today wrapping up his 37- year career in uniform. he handed over command of u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan to general john allen last month. 6:58. let's find out how the weather is going to be not only today but if you are a labor day fan and we are by the way. >> got to get a nice day here and temperatures will stay cooler than average but not bad. still some 80s inland, 60s and

a few 70s around the bay, 50s at the coast. next few days heating up, the holiday weekend looking great. if you plan to head to the giants game today, check it out. we are going to see some sunshine and nice weather at the ballpark, mostly sunny, 67 degrees. come on, giants, you got to get one of these games. all right, let's check out your traffic now with elizabeth. >> just one. >> i'm jealous of your graphics. that's cool. >> here's a live look at milpitas. westbound 237 traffic getting crowded already committing milpitas toward san jose. northbound 880 at stevenson boulevard was an accident involving a big rig and southbound 880 in the commute direction is also slow across that stretch. bay bridge metering lights are on it is backed up to the 880 overcrossing with a 15-minute wait. live to the south bay you can see 101 traffic approaching the alum rock exit just