let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. and all we got is that overnight roadwork that could slow you down. chp we just checked in with them and no big incidents out there as far as accidents. you can relax if you are trying to get to work this morning. we'll show you some of these live traffic cameras spread out all across the bay area. here's one in the south bay 101 near trimble. obviously traffic is extra light. let's get a bridge check and show you the san mateo bridge. the drive time is 14 minutes out of hayward. that's the flat section of the bridge and it looks good over the high-rise. bay bridge toll plaza no delays. usually things start filling in in the far right lanes later on but for now no delay and no metering lights. we do have the usual overnight roadwork northbound 880 this morning various lanes blocked until about 5:00 between 23rd and broadway. the results is a full freeway closure in the eastbound lanes of 4 through somersville and "a" street. in the commute direction, so far everything is on time. and

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. and at 4:46 this morning, except for some overnight drizzle and a little bit of roadwork out there not much to slow you down no big hot spots. so we'll show you some of the first spots that usually tend to back up. westbound 4 looks really good coming off of the antioch bridge towards concord. there was a wind advisory on the antioch bridge earlier but that has been canceled. so checking the other rides that tend to back up quickly is westbound 580 looking crowded as you head towards the dublin interchange. but traffic is still move at the limit out of tracy from 205 to the altamont pass, 14 minutes between the altamont pass and pleasanton. down to the south bay you will notice some slowing on 880. it's because of that overnight roadwork. it's northbound and southbound. it looks like 280 at stevens creek. again, now both directions our sensors are picking up some brake lights and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, some drivers reporting some slick conditions this morning headin

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. mass transit check this morning. so far everything is good for bart and caltrain and ace. caltrain service was shut down but pg&e capped the gas leak. we'll have more on trains coming up. in the meantime, everything so far

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. we are talking overnight roadwork once again usually before 5 a.m., we got a lot of it. and today is no exception. eastbound lanes of 4 this morning looks like between somersville and contra loma they have various lanes blocked and this one is one of the unusual cases scheduled to wrap up by 6:00. we'll let you know if it wraps up a little early. more overnight roadwork this time overnight roadwork rudgear and ygnacio valley four right lanes closed until 5:00. a live look at the 880 freeway if you are traveling towards the oakland coliseum. nimitz 880 fine between san leandro and the macarthur maze. but you will find various off- ramps approaching marina, davis, in san leandro blocked until about 5:00. san mateo bridge bridge traffic at the limit this morning and bart off to a great start all trains on time. that is traffic. back to you. >> thank you, liz. >>> some developing news right now in kenya. the al qaeda-linked group that attacked that upscale mall saturday saying it's still

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. and unfortunately, it's not a very good birthday if you are traveling through the caldecott tunnel. postal truck blocking one of the right bores, the right bore of the caldecott tunnel. it is eastbound so that is the good news. it is going against the commute. they only have one bore open in the eastbound direction heading out of oakland towards orinda likely going to see at least some small delays heading towards contra costa county. if you are coming the other direction, no problems. in fact, it is free and clear across the bay bridge. chp issued wind advisories for the bay bridge, one for the san mateo bridge that might what about that sign there says just warning you of high winds across the span and also one for the richmond/san rafael bridge. we'll let you know if they continue. sometimes they continue to add bridges as the morning commute continues. let's see one more live look outside. here's a live look at the south bay drive. 101 near trimble exit in san jose. and obviously

and we'll get the latest from syria's capital of damascus with elizabeth palmer. it's all ahead on "face the nation." 7 captioning sponsored by cbs >> substituting for bob schieffer, white house correspondent major garrett. >> major: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." secretary of state john kerry joins us from the state department. mr. secretary, good morning. >> good morning, major. >> major: mr. secretaryish know you believe the president's decision to seek congressional authorization is courageous, but isn't it bowing to a political arrangement that was communicated to the president late this tweak that there would be significant congressional backlash in he didn't give congress a exproal that back lash, in part, reflectedly the inability of the administration to make its case this past week? >> major, i disagree with that premise on all accounts. the fact is the president clearly had sufficient case presented to the american people that assad had engaged in an outrageous crime against humanity. and that it was vital to take steps. i think the pre

elizabeth scours the mall throughout the year for bargains. most importantly she saves. >> i set aside money not only for gift budget but side budget every month automatically as regular, county as regular expense. >>reporter: that's really sound advice. andrea is a consumer expert. >> you can really rack up enough money for few different gifts were you the feeling like you have to put it on the credit card. >>reporter: elizabeth, she condition start putting away money. even if you begin today setting aside as little as 10 dollars a week you have at least 120 dollars tl when your christmas card bill arrives. clothes you no long era wear or 55th you never use. >> post them to my ebay accoun account. last year i earned 175 dollars i believe it was. >> rae word point accumulated on the credit card and consider redeeming them for gift cards. >> i did that last year as well and i was getting the gift cards and 50 dollar gift card at amazon.com. >> total savings 395 dollars. once you know how much you want to spend stick to it. elizabeth knows that

i am allen martin. >> i am juliette goodrich in for elizabeth cook. commuters are still making their first evening drive across the new bay bridge. but this evening, transit leaders have their sights set on the next big transportation procorrect. our ken bastida says the price tag on this next project will surpass even that of the new bay bridge. ken. >> reporter: yeah, julia, there is always one more. that's the case in the bay area as swell. believe it or not, the bay bridge was the last of 2 thousands overpasses that had to be retrofitted. so what do you do after you finish, you look back and then right away, you look ahead >> director of the metropolitan transportation commission says yesterday's bay bridge opening went off without a hitch, but, he says, looking back on this monster project, they probably should have asked a lot more questions early on. >> i think all of us went into this project correct -- in the mid nineties. i don't think any of us had nearly enough humility about what we didn't know. and the fact is the cost estimate that we w

elizabeth warren represents a vision that strikes a deeper chord among millennials. that said, millennials still may want someone who fights in a way that president obama has not fought and so there may be new interest behind hillary clinton for that reason. so i see either elizabeth warren or hillary clinton or opting out as the three possibilities. i hope it's the first two. >> that is the other thing. >> she's built that, though. >> she has so much latino support. >> right. >> in terms of millennials and latinos -- >> these are two rock stars in the party and i think they've got a role to play and i think people are figuring out elizabeth warren's message, unabashedly progressive, resonates on main street as well. i think millennials and other ls see hillary clinton as a unique figure just in the gravitas, the seriousness, the experience she brings, and i think millennials want someone who will be able to do the job and do it well. and i think there's a lot of confidence in her. i think while it's a useful meeting to set up, i think hillary clinton has a tremendou

good morning elizabeth. >> good morning, heather. white house officials made it clear the president was willing to meet for a handshake or a casual meeting but nothing was set in stone. the two didn't meet. new york post is saying it was an assault of iran's new leader hassan ruhani. the first snub was when he skipped president obama's global address that took place in the morning. instead he was at another meeting and tweeted about it. the president did the same during his afternoon u.n. debut. the he cousecond instance is why had time to meet for lunch but they didn't. one said alcohol was being served. one was an afternoon meeting but despite this we know the new leader has been pushing for international improved relations during his address he said quote i propose as a starting step for the consideration by the united nations against violence and extremism let us all join this wave. i invite all states. th it is important to remember how long it has been the relationship between islaran an the u.s. has been in turmoil. they allud

ashade senator elizabeth warren will be with us. we'll ask her if she thinks larry summers stepping aside is good thing. dick durbin will tell us how congress can prevent a government shutdown. and chuck todd, msnbc's political director. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. peace of mind is important when you're running a business. century link provides reliable it services like multi-layered security solution to keep your information safe & secure. century link. your link with what's next. we're not gonna give up what we love. and when the pounds still come off... we'll be like, "whoa!" wow! wow! weight watchers. because it works. join for free. offer ends october 19th. >> what i haven't been willing to negotiate and i will not negotiate is on the debt ceiling. >> the presidents have done it in the past and you have done it in the past. >> no, george. if you look what has never happened in the past is the notion that in exchange for fulfilling the full faith and credit of the united states that we are wiping away, le

elizabeth kran, live from our d.c. bureau with the latest. >> hi. america waits to see if congress will allow the president to carry out a limited attack in syria. it's hard not to look at administrations past and what retaliations took place. dating back almost three decades the u.s. bombarded beirut during lebanon's civil war under the reagan administration. one month later shiite muslim suicide bombers struck marine barracks in beirut. more than 200 marines were murdered. fast forward three years later. the same administration ordered a bombing raid. under the clinton administration officials ordered attacks on al qaeda camps in afghanistan and a factory in sudan, a country that supported al qaeda. the radical group retaliated by attacking the ""u.s.s. cole" in yemen followed by the september 11th attacks. >> moreover, the chairman has indicated to me our capacity to execute this mission is not time sensitive. it will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now. and i'm prepared to give that order. >> while some critics argue an atta

co-director of liberty and national security program at the brennan center for justice elizabeth thank you so much for joining me so these documents are going to be coming out today we thought they would be coming out a little bit earlier unfortunately they did not but what can we expect to learn from them i think we will finally see the secret files of courts rationale for approving the bulk collection of all of americans telephone records i think we've had a hint of what that rationale is because the justice department released a white paper back in august setting forth the government's legal justification for the program presumably what the court found is something along the lines of what the government put forward in that paper. but at least we'll have the chance to see how the court hopefully weighed some of the competing arguments about whether in fact every americans telephone records are relevant to an authorized foreign intelligence investigatory very important information and ron wyden who's been on top of this you know back in two thousand and eleven he said this quote when

elizabeth pran is live in washington with more details on this story. elizabeth? >> >> after union workers dealt with skyrocketing cost, they took the case to the white house saturday. he called the sweeping law, quote, highly disruptive, his labor union saying they'll no longer support the health care law unless changes are met to protect union employee plans. the white house, however, saying members are still not eligible for tax subsidiesubsidies, rele statement saying, the department does not see a legal way for individuals and multi-group health plans to receive individual market tax credits as well as the favorable tax associated with health insurance at the same time. republicans such as senate leader mitch mcconnell are drawing attention to the fact one of the president's biggest supporters is displeased with the outcome of the law. >> we know big labor is leaning on the president. we know they want him to let them rewrite the same law they helped ram through, and apparently he's lyistening to them. but what about everybody else that's not in big labor? >>

a question for you, elizabeth. you noted that extremist groups in particular are leaving the front lines and starting to consolidate bases up across the country. could you be specific about the areas that you see these groups having a stronghold in? thank you very much. >> thank you, and right in front, right there. >> i am curious for any of the commentators, to what extent you think this gradual escalation in the middle east, north africa region, of at least the countries who are vulnerable at the moment, is indicative of the declining respect for the word of america on the global stage, and indeed, to take the question a step further, whether it threatens the deliverability of a declared shift to the asia- pacific region? >> thank you. we will take one more. yes, sir. >> [indiscernible] barry, i think you have correctly put the conversation where it needs to be on the question of objective. to summarize, i think it is the objective number one was to influence assad's behavior. elizabeth, in some of your writings

elizabeth, welcome. don't forget "fox and friends" starting every morning, really all 5, on the fox news channel. that is all the time we have left. as always, thank you for being here, let not your heart be troubled. greta, standing by, take it away. >> you can't talk about increasing the debt limit unless you're willing to make changes and reforms that begin to solve the spending problem that washington has. >> what i have not been willing to negotiate and i will not negotiate is on the debt ceiling. >> the budget is on an unsustainable path. >> when you want to borrow more money, we're going to have some government. >> we think that the treasury will probably run out of cash sometime between the end of october and mid-november. >> we can't negotiate it over the debt ceiling. and we can't be irresponsible in shutting down the government. >> the president is the individual that is talking about shutting down the government. the democrats in the house and

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we have chopper 5 live up over the mount diablo fire right now. at last check, more than 3700- acres have burned. 100 homes are threatened and several homes in clayton are under mandatory evacuation orders. the good news, in just the past hour, we have noticed less smoke coming from the fire zone. here's new video still pockets of -- there are still many pockets of intense flames. you can still see black smoke mixed in with the thick white smoke coming from these areas but again, it looks like crews are making some progress. >> cal fire dc-10 has joined the firefight. earlier chopper 5 spotted that plane dropping retardant made a couple of passes. cal fire using two planes and three helicopters in its aerial attack. our crews spotted one of those choppers refilling its water tank as helicopter crews making use of small lakes around the mountain to fight the flames. the fear started near morgan territory road yesterday afternoon and as we said a minute ago homes on several nearby roads are under mandatory evacuation. kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo is l

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. emergency crews arrived on an injury crash. southbound 680 approaching bernal, our sensors are continuing to pick up slow speeds. 34 miles per hour now. one person sounds like is trapped in his vehicle. that's why fire, ambulance on the scene trying to get the people out. delays are growing in the area south through pleasanton. except for that, just overnight roadwork continuing north- and southbound 880. this morning you will find a lot of it in oakland a lot of lanes there blocked approaching high street and then farther south as well from washington down towards "a" street in hayward. checking in with bart, it is looking great right now. they have 27 trains all on time. that is your latest "timesaver traffic." back to you. >> thank you. >>> developing news as we wake up on this thursday morning. a chemical plant fire sent huge fireballs into the sky in western oklahoma overnight. it happened near the town of thomas about 90 minutes west of oklahoma city. last night's fire hit chemi

of this young man named montravius king trying to run for city council in elizabeth city. he's a student at elizabeth city state university which is the locally historically black college. the chairman of the local county republican party has been challenging voters from that school. he got dozens of them purged off the voter rolls in april. then last month, he challenged the right of montravius king to run for city council in elizabeth city. he said because mr. king lived at school he couldn't be a real resident. going to college there doesn't count for a living there. and the real kicker is that the requirements for running for office are the same as the requirements for voting. so if college students in north carolina can be barred from running for office, can they also be barred from voting? the supreme court decided in 1979 students have the right to vote where they go to college. it's clear as day. if pasquotank county has this new precedent, would the precedent hold throughout north carolina? is it about voting rights in that county and north carolina, but other sta

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could elizabeth warren run for president in 2016? what are they are chances of winning? well, first of all, i hope she does run. i hope someone from the left runs so we can have a genuine progressive discussion in this country and i know that if elizabeth warren were to run, she would be the darling of the left because she knows all about wall street and if you want to talk about income and equality, tax fairness and supporting the middle class in this country, if that's all important to you and the fundamentals of health care and education, well, elizabeth warren would certainly keep the conversation honest. her chances of winning, who knows? who knows? i wouldn't hold anybody out right now. a lot of crazy things happening in politics. rapid response panel coming up next. >> aim mary thompson with your market wrap. stocks and a five-day losing streak and the dow gaining and the nasdaq adding 26 points. new jobless claims drop by 5,000 last week to the second lowest level in six years. and the economy grew by 2.5% in the second quarter, an improvement from the first thre

elizabeth says . . . and darasays . . . strong words. you the community are the third host of the show as always. join the conversation by tweeting at us live throughout the discussion with ajamstreet. >> after admitting to a crime, the perpetrator got 30 days in jail, the 14 year old committed suicide. advocates say this is one of many examples of the criminal justice system failing sexual assault survivors. >> i think the way i was treated was so traumatizing, and when i sought mental health services after the crime occurred i focused more on my treatment by the police than what happened with the sexual assault, and i have heard that that is not uncommon. [ sighs ] plot faster, if i hadn't reportd to the police. >> a recent human rights report lists washington, d.c. as one of the worst. one of the key findings, the need for new interview techniques. so there's a fundamental shift required in the way that sexual assault is investigated and prosecuted. we are joined by a former prosecutor, he consults in the investigation of sexual viole

elizabeth, big changes today. a cold front swinging into town will usher in some good winds along the coastline and inside the bay. and it looks like some cooler temperatures too. mostly clear and then by the afternoon, in fact part of the morning we'll see winds picking up and it's not going to be as warm. below average temperatures through the middle of the week. a cold front is moving in after high pressure brought us sunshine yesterday. temperatures coming down, cooling trends in effect winds picking up as the cold front passes through. how about sfo? well, no delays to be reported today. and that's good news as we have mostly clear conditions toward the afternoon. around the country. 91 degrees the possibility of showers. clear skies and 72 degrees in new york. around the bay today, should be brisk out toward the coastline. you will really feel the wind out toward the beaches today along the great highway. 70s in parts of the bay and then really only mid- to upper 70s in the warmest spots inland. next couple

back to you. >> thanks, elizabeth. house republican leaders will meet to avoid a federal government shut down. president obama spoke in the white house on the 5th anniversary of the start of the financial crisis. the president warned republicans they could trigger new economic chaos if they demanded the delay of affordable care act. >> federal reserve begins a two day meeting to set interest rates. most economists believe the feds will take the first step towards reducing stimulus program and helped economy rebound. on wall street the dow rallied after larry summers took himself out of the running. the dow was up 118 points. s&p also went up. the nasdaq dragged down by shares of apple since the company unveiled new iphones just a week ago. >>> forbes says bill gates is still the richest person in america for the 20th year in a row. worth $72 billion. warren buffett is a distant second with $58.5 billion. and larry ellis is third again worth $41 billion. strong stock in real estate markets help the rich get a whole lot

happy birthday again, elizabeth. >> happy birthday, elizabeth. >> thank you. >> are you going to sing? >> no. [ laughter ] captions by: caption colorado c comments@captioncolorado.co m >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, september 25, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." while you were sleeping, senator ted cruz spent all night arguing to defund obamacare. we'll ask fellow republican bob corker if there's room for compromise. >>> white house and iran walked a fine line at u.n. does america think it will go anywhere? >>> gas prices fall to lowest level in months. why and how long will it last? >> we begin with your eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> intend to speak until i'm no ng

let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thanks, guys. once again, back out to hayward, it is become our hotspot this morning. it's southbound approaching "a" street. a motorcycle accident is blocking one lane. and the road sensors are picking up pretty much gridlock from at least marina boulevard. that's in san leandro. so if your commute tax you through hayward maybe towards the san mateo bridge, expect some delays especially once you get past 238. that's when it bottlenecks. in oakland, though, the nimitz freeway looks good northbound and southbound once again just north of the oakland coliseum towards the maze. we are not seeing any delays. if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza, obviously there is some backup here, as well. once they turn those metering lights on shortly after 6:00, we saw backups from the cash and the fastrak lanes jammed up towards about the foot of the maze now. and also not helping things we are just getting word of a new fender-bender past the pay gates. we can't see it in this camera so that's cau

. >> connie briton and elizabeth moss. you have both of their dresses. what did you think? >> i liked the dresses, i wanted to swap them. thought it would be fun to see connie in something a little more modern and clean so that her hair that all of us women envy -- >> great hair. >> see the swap, you will see that the black and white really allows that to be her accessory and then you will see -- >> oh. >> right? >> i love the silhouette on her. gives her a more balanced frame. i think it looks fresh and youthful. on liz weth -- elizabeth moss, i love the silhouette on her. gives her a more balanced frame. i think it looks fresh and youthful. on elizabeth moss, see the vintage look a gatsby, the haircut balances the vintage feel and i felt it was fun. >> who made the black and white one? >> gosh. the one, not armani is it? i had it in the notes. total brain fart. >> that was a cool idea. i like it, especially on connie's frame. let's move on to kaley cuoco. >> on her, she's wearing a vera wang. what i just didn't love was the horizontal line that the halter had on her frame

this is a question for elizabeth. that the aid we have given two rebel groups is extremely limited, reportedly not including anything more than what is thes, perception among rebel groups of what it is we are trying to do? clearly, it is short of either supplying or promoting supplied by others of game-changing levels of support that are capable of overthrowing assad. so what is the perception -- what is the u.s. gain in the alliance of the rebels, and to what extent do they consider we thatehind those supplies exceed our minimal levels in terms of any tank weapons or other heavier stuff? >> take you for that. yes, sir. >> from the atlantic council. one, the considering deterring the use of chemical weapons in the future, is a u.s. strike against syria and the assad regime have to include specific targeting of assad himself in order to be effective, or to be sufficiently severe that it clears late leads to his near- term downfall? i wonder if he is able to that level has not been reached, it will not be an effective a

good afternoon, i'm elizabeth wenger. frank and michelle are both off. we'll get to that in just a minute. but first, we're watching some developing news. we now have 911 recordings of the shooting at the washington navy yard where 12 people were killed. >> we had a report on the fourth floor a male with a shotgun multiple shots fired, multiple people down. >> we have conflicting reports about the scene security. we're sorting it out now. >> and today two days after the massacre, the mother of shooter aaron alexis is speaking out. cbs reporter danielle nottingham has more on her emotional apology. >> reporter: aaron alexis's mother is speaking for the first time. in an audio statement, kathleen alexis said she doesn't know what drove her son to open fire on coworkers at the washington navy yard on monday. >> i'll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer harm to anyone and for that i am glad. >> reporter: alexis had a history of mental health problems. a friend says he was sometimes depressed but never violent. >> it's

i will start with elizabeth because we talked about loudoun county. yesterday i went out to the rural parts of loudoun county, bluemont. this is as far west as you could go. it used to be horse country. the bluemont arts festival was there, and when looking at the parking lot, there were far more beemers than pickups. a lot of the people there came from the eastern part of loudoun county, like yours truly, but it was a symbol of what has happened there, and what has happened in the past 10 years. that is your kickoff. >> yes. loudoun county -- and i'm not sure how many folks in the room are from the d.c. region or if you're from elsewhere in the united states -- but loudoun county is the wealthiest county according to the last census in the nation. the d.c. area has eight of the 10 richest counties in the country, and loudoun is at the top of that heap. what you are seeing is a place that used to be just a green expanse of rural americana turning into some of these urban suburbs that dante and antoine are describing. it is interesting to see how this

kpix 5's elizabeth wenger on the evacuation centers keeping animals safe. >> reporter: as black smoke billows from near mount diablo, these horses eat their breakfast unaware of the danger threatening their homes. >> here they're happy. we call it a spa day. [ laughter ] >> this is a little bigger than they are used to. >> reporter: they board their horses on morgan territory road near the fireline. a half dozen horses were brought to this equestrian center in walnut creek. >> we are, you know, ready for quite a few more if the need arises. so hopefully it doesn't. >> reporter: and in crisis comes generosity. volunteers say this is a very tight-knit horse community around here. so when there was trouble, many stepped in to help offering their horse trailers and horse arenas. sharon says it was frightening as the flames and smoke got closer. what do those horses mean to you? >> oh, -- sorry. [ pause ] >> uhm, they're just part of the family. [ crying ] >> reporter: a horse owner himself, bob beck volunteered to spend the nice outside the stables just in case someone sought safer ground

and if elizabeth warren jumps in, or howard dean, for that matter? i mean, those two candidates, warren and dean, what i think push clinton and biden to be more progressive to speak to the very issues we mentioned. >> the only thing about senator elizabeth warren, she was reluctant to run for senate so i don't know if she would right away want to jump into a presidential race. but i think that as long as hillary's advisers are giving her the messaging around these progressive issues, she'll do really well, because she has the experience to back that up. >> will the president play a factor in '16? >> don't -- >> here's the president with abc over the weekend with george stephanopoulos. play this. >> what i would say to folks out there is we are tremendously lucky to have an incredible former secretary of state who couldn't have served me better. and an incredible vice president who couldn't be serving me better. and i suspect if he has both of them, they would say it's way too premature to start talking about -- >> he's in iowa. >> 2016. well, you kno

let's get a check on the roads with elizabeth. how's it looking? >> it's looking great. we don't have any major hot spots out there now. they did turn on the metering lights on the bay bridge. we'll talk about that in a minute. first a live look at the south bay 101 near mckie. you see it definitely starting to get crowded in those northbound 101 lanes. the commute has definitely begun. here's a live look at traffic sensors through the altamont pass. westbound 580 begins to build out of tracy and continues past vasco road now. once you get closer towards the dublin interchange we are problem-free. if you are traveling along the peninsula, this is what it looks like pretty close to candlestick. no delay. 101 and 280 are both moving at the limit and checking the golden gate bridge and the richmond/san rafael bridge, actually it's a nice loop all the way around through marin county, southbound 101 all in the green this morning. so yeah, i was going to say that the bay bridge wasn't quite as backed up at this time yesterday since -- or this time today as we saw yesterday but

kpix 5's elizabeth wenger talked to neighbors who described smoke, fire and the efforts of emergency crews to get into that burning home. >> this is a neighborhood that looks after one another. so we feel really, really sad about this. >> reporter: that's why howard simon dropped off flowers this morning on his neighbor's burned-out front stoop. a fire killed a father and his 2.5-year-old daughter this morning. the medical examiner identified them as raymond and khloe shea. >> had a lot of flame and a huge amount of smoke. and really dark billowing smoke. >> we're all in shock, total horror. everybody was just standing around the corner, and it was surreal. >> reporter: the two-alarm fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. on the 1900 block of 18th avenue near pacheco. in addition to the father and toddler, a grandfather was also living at the moment. he is in very critical condition. a fourth person, the mother, was able to get out a back door and should be okay. firefighters say she works late and was likely the only person still awake when the fire broke out. >> everyone is hurting this m

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check out the roads with elizabeth. >> first accident of the morning. it's overcoming into san francisco northbound 280 by the alamaney road accident. 101 is looking good as well past candle stick towards the skyway. no brake lights in any of our traffic sensors. now we're coming on 5:00, a lot of the overnight road is being picked up. this morning was in san leandro approaching washington. once you get past there, all the cones should be picked up. drive times are still all in the clear including the westbound 3580 commute. no delay through the livermore valley. let you know when we start to see delays. bart continues to run on time. that is traffic, back to you. >> developing news in san francisco. a man has life-threatening injuries after being hit by taxi overnight in sannc

kpix 5's elizabeth wenger has more. i know you just got an update from the police. what did they say? >> reporter: yeah, we literally just got out of this press conference. so this was a case of giants- dodgers rivalry. excuse me. giants, dodgers rivalry. kind of a reverse of the bryan stow case where of course he was severely hurt, a giants fan down at dodger stadium. so this was a similar thing that happened out here pretty close to at&t park. so i want to show you some exclusive video. we just got this. this is as investigators walked out of the police department with evidence from that stabbing. you will notice a giants hat in there. chief suhr was able to confirm that the suspect one of the suspects was wearing that giants hat. also, local neighbors in southern california were able to confirm that the victim, 24- year-old jonathan denver, this is his mugshot. this is taken several months ago. this is when he got a dui. we still don't know exactly where that victim, where mr. denver is from. but police have confirmed that he was killed. there are four suspects.

go ahead, elizabeth. respond to that. >> i was just going to say, i would actually push back on kind of the sectarian nature of the conflict. i think it has taken on an increasingly sectarian dynamic. especially with the involvement of iran and hezbollah. but that being said, what really started and initiated this process was really based on socioeconomic conditions that have continued to today. to the extent that the regime has operated as a sectarian regime, that's simply not true. a large support base for the syrian government has been a sunni business class that had economic interest in preserving the current governing structures. again, when you really are on the ground talking to people and looking at these dynamics on a very localized, small level, you can see that these socioeconomic dynamics play much more importantly into their calculations than the sectarian narrative does. >> here's what i want to know. if the u.s. ultimately decides to go in, then, and with some sort of military intervention,

joining us now is elizabeth fira. elizabeth, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. what trajectory do you think these talks are now going to take? >> well, the talks are taking place in the security council. and what we hope is that there's a strong message not only that assad will get rid of his chemical weapons by june 2014 because there's a strong enforcement mechanism and that seems to be the sticking point. >> yeah. and so if we have that as a sticking point, if we don't resolve it, what happens? >> well, then there's a question of whether or not there will be military intervention, if there are other means that can be used to persuade assad to go along with the deal that's been struck, try to get rid of the chemical weapons. >> elizabeth, i'm just wondering, if you don't have this, if assad is not facing the threat of force, how -- can he really be expected, can you trust him to let the u.n. in and give up they will these chemical weapons? how reeltistic is this scenario if the threat of force is taken out of the equation? >> if the threat of force is taken ou

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, damascus. >> there's been more sectarian violence in iraq this morning. gunmen opened fire on two shiite muslim families, killing 11. nearly 60 were killed in coordinated attacks across the area yesterday. the deadliest attack took place near restaurants and shops near a northern suburb. the u.n. said about 800 iraqis were killed last month. in sectarian violence. >>> and coming up on the "morning news," too close for comfort. a research team is sent running for cover as a volcano erupts before them. this is the "cbs morning news." over as a volcano erupts before them. this is the "cbs morning news." f our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. yes. yes. noooo! [ male announcer ] yep, subway broke the 200-cal

my goodness, the pictures, elizabeth, the young faces of the kids -- >> just so awful. >> what is sarin and what does it do? >> as we can see in the story is one of the most dangerous and toxic chemical warfare agents out there. and it can cause death within minutes as chris mentioned and even when it doesn't cause death, it will cause as we saw in his story paralysis, convulsions and the, you know, whether you die or don't die has to do with the dose, how concentrated it is when you breathe it in or touch it. the way that sarin works is the glands and muscles have an on/off switch. you don't want them constantly stimulated. sarin turns off that off switch so the glands and muscles are constantly working. that's exhausting for the body and that's when you see the con vungss and paralysis and the death. >> yeah. i thought it was fatal. not always, though, you said? >> some people don't get a high enough dose, some people might be able to run away or wash their bodies. we have seen, for example, some of the victims in the hospital so sometimes people, you know, do manage to get away and t

our elizabeth palmer has just returned from interviewing one of the country's top officials. she's in damascus. olympic swimmer diana nyad is close to her dream. will the 64-year-old finish her swim from cuba to florida? and hollywood building on a strong summer at the box office. this fall's coming attractions. first, here's a look at this hour's eye opener. >> a number of members who say they're either on the fence or leaning no. >> the president requested a vote in congress. for now at least any attack is on hold. >> if he does not get the authorization in congress and he goes ahead and acts anyway, he's even more isolated. >> diana nyad is trying to become the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. >> you shoot for the stars. you don't give up. you do tap your potential. >> sir david frost, famed british broadcaster, died over the weekend. >> so that is obstruction of justice -- >> no, just a moment, that's your conclusion. >> a controversial new theory says life on earth actually began on mars. >> for that matter, when we look at all these studie

as well, you look at other issues, elizabeth warren is not a crazy leftist. she's prag mmatipragmatic, she' a lot of issues. one of the other things happening though, steve, is i think moderate democrats or democrats who wanted to compromise, and have been through now a few years of seeing the scorched earth approach of the other side, what ted cruz and his colleagues are doing is pushing democrats further to the left. it is why should we even offer moderate principles or policies or alternatives when these guys are going to vote against everything no matter what we do. >> and they'll call obama socialist. >> if you get a movement that is so far in one direction, it almost inevitably breeds a counterreaction. that's a challenge for obama now too. what may help him, and the same thing happened to clinton, would have been a reaction against him, except the impeachment process, the craziness of going after him united democrats behind him. if some of these crazies on the right actually prevail more, and create more turmoil, it may give obama more traction than he

elizabeth wsaange -- wanger is monitoring the roads. >> so far no big problems. launch chopper 5 gives you pick pictures -- pictures over head. traffic is moving at the speed limit all the way up the incline. no more s-curves so it should be a nice drive between oakland and san francisco. coming down the east shore freeway, that drive time still in the clear, 18 or 19 minutes. i want to update you on a quick problem we're having in the sunny vail area. a traffic around north baund 85 at fremont avenue. a possible injury crash. we are just beginning to see delays. let's get a check of your forecast. back to work for a lot of people. >>> the bridge opening up. very nice for folks headed out. patchy fog around the bay area to start this morning. thick approaching the beaches and drizzle outside there as well. it's patchy outside. it's broken over san francisco right now. i think the temperatures not bad. fairly mild conditions outside. the numbers in the 60s out the door. 64 san jose and oakland. you can see that broken cloud bank alone the coastline. another nice d