joining me to talk about drones and drone war fair is tim crockett, the president and ceo of pioneer consulting and a former member of the u.k. special force asks an expert in the area. in give me a sense of why you consider drones are important in modern warfare. is. >> they are a useful tool. they can go where other conventional weapons and other systems cannot. they limit the exposure to danger from aircraft going down, those sort of things, that would put our servicemen and women at risk. they have their place, are they perfect? far from it. i think we'll see perhaps an increase in the use, not just by the u.s., but many other nations as we progress into this knew era of warfare. >> there has been suggestion that the u.s. will cut back on the use of drones in the united states, that the white house is moving in a different direction, but you suggest maybe that's - that that might not be the case? >> well, the timing of the reports, and again the visit from the pakistani delegation tomorrow highlights some of the controversy over the use of drones. but we are seeing that the u.s.

these are the vessels that are getting attacked. >> tim crockett, al jazeera contributor joining us. >>> in australia, strong winds caused a bush fire to flare up again. just west of sydney, dozens of fires burning in the state of new south wales. live weapons exercise in which the acting chief of defense has apologized for. hundreds of homes destroyed. >> good afternoon, i'm molings kevin corriveau. we are not in the bush fire season yet. actually the peak goes from december through february. we are getting a head start here. we have seen a lot of wind, heat, now a few changes, and the wind is better in terks o termse the smoke is going. a lot of the smoke was trailing over sydney, a little bit more from west to east really affecting some of the coastal cities and towns just to the north here. the good news is we'll be getting some rain but not until probably monday or tuesday. up until then things are going to be fairly dry across this particular region. here in the states, it's been the cold weather, chicago to the northeast, some people saw some snow. what we're going to be talki

famed bridge builder are in jail tonight after authorities say they stabbed a man over the weekend in crockett. contra costa county sheriff officials and 24-year-old richard zamba god -- got into a fight near pomona street. he suffered multiple stab wounds and he will be okay. he was booked on attempted murder charges. his brother was booked for assault with a deadly weapon. both are related to alfred zampa who survived a fall from the golden gate bridge. he worked on the bay bridge and for whom the car keen nays bridge is named. >>> and the redskins are sticking with their name, but the san francisco chronicle is not. they say they are adopting a policy limiting the use of the name "redskins" the paper will only use the team name when necessary for instance covering a name about the controversy. the cons cons city star has also stopped using the team's name. >>> coming up next, sometimes good fences are not good enough. a proposed new law in one east bay city designed to protect residents from their neighbors. >> and what was touted as the best iphone yet is running into problems and running

famed bridge builder are in jail tonight after authorities say they stabbed a man over the weekend in crockett. contra costa county sheriff officials and 24-year-old richard zamba god -- got into a fight near pomona street. he suffered multiple stab wounds and he will be okay. he was booked on attempted murder charges. his brother was booked for assault with a deadly weapon. both are related to alfred zampa who survived a fall from the golden gate bridge. he worked on the bay bridge and for whom the car keen nays bridge is named. >>> and the redskins are sticking with their name, but the san francisco chronicle is not. they say they are adopting a policy limiting the use of the name "redskins" the paper will only use the team name when necessary for instance covering a name about the controversy. the cons cons city star has also stopped using the team's name. >>> coming up next, sometimes good fences are not good enough. a proposed new law in one east bay city designed to protect residents from their neighbors. >> and what was touted as the best iphone yet is running into problems and running

famed bridge builder are in jail tonight after authorities say they stabbed a man over the weekend in crockett. contra costa county sheriff officials and 24-year-old richard zamba god -- got into a fight near pomona street. he suffered multiple stab wounds and he will be okay. he was booked on attempted murder charges. his brother was booked for assault with a deadly weapon. both are related to alfred zampa who survived a fall from the golden gate bridge. he worked on the bay bridge and for whom the car keen nays bridge is named. >>> and the redskins are sticking with their name, but the san francisco chronicle is not. they say they are adopting a policy limiting the use of the name "redskins" theonly usel only use the team name when necessary for instance covering a name about the controversy. the cons cons city star has also stopped using the team's name. >>> coming up next, sometimes good fences are not good enough. a proposed new law in one east bay city designed to protect residents from their neighbors. >> and what was touted as the best iphone yet is running into problems and running ou

in crockett, you can see some there. it will still be mostly sunny today and a little warmer. we'll have the forecasted highs. >>> welcome back. live pictures. this is fairfield. a big crash we're focused on right now caused a real traffic nightmare for drivers in both directions. it's a mess out there. we'll tell you, though, how you can avoid this traffic trouble spot -- coming up. it's the middle of the week. it's wednesday, october 30th. i'm dave clark. >> almost halloween. >> almost. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. >>> a little chilly, steve. >> no doubt about it, tori and dave. thank you. cold for some. there's also pockets of very thick fog. kind of late getting to the party. but it's here now. some on the san mateo coast. really cold. 35 santa rosa. name, 39. i've seen colder closer to town. san jose, 44. fairfield at 41. san francisco now officially i saw 51. but i saw some upper 40s. 51. we'll go for a high of 61. 59, 60 and today 69. 22 up in tahoe. 19 in truckee. ukiah, 289 degrees. you can see the -- 29 degrees. you can see

in crockett, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> california's upset the feds by opting out of any standardized testing this year to concentrate on learning the new way of educating and testing students under the "common core" standards. but many districts will take practice tests this spring. >>> coming up in the next half hour, a trial is under way for the bay area teen accused of stealing guy fieri's lamborghini. how they are taking steps to be sure he doesn't escape from court. >> getting ready for a bay area visit from a former u.s. president at habitat for humanity sites. >> and why the government shutdown is shuttering some of the bay area's best known attractions. coming up. ,, lamborghini. what they didn't see is an unusual ta, to prevent this accused aspg mobster from getting away. >>> jurors get a look at the man accused of stealing a lamborghini. the fact of the celebrity chef's lamborghini and possible murder plot all to get the attention of a girl. kpix 5's don knapp was in court today as prosecutors laid out the wild crime spree they are trying to pin on max wade. two years ago a

crockett, can't seen the carquinez bridge. napa, foggy and drizzly. there you go. i think fog is the best bet this morning. and the good folks at the national weather service have included the san francisco bayshore line. a few locations don't get the fog line. if you don't, you are lucky. it's thick. 40s, redding, eureka, monterey, sacramento. 50s in the interior unless you are down in southern california. there's a lot of lows bouncing around. just not making much of an impact. this will probably enhance the fog tomorrow. what? i know. and then maybe chew it p a little bit by the -- chew it up a little bit by the weekend. there's another low in southern california spinning up clouds. snow indiana, ohio, heading to the northeast, very ton seasonably -- unseasonably cold system. also hurricane raymond is now a tropical storm moving away from acome pole co -- acome pole co -- acapuloc. we have temperatures inland getting into the mid-80s. you see some of the cloud cover associated with the weak low. otherwise look for temperatures, 50s, 60s, clearing to the coast. s