Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240714

Blocking right now your left two lanes, the fast lane travel south to the Golden Gate Bridge. We see slowing, no major injuries so we hope that clears quickly. Visibility is just fine in the area as well. A crash over there San Pablo Dam road onramp to westbound 80 is the issue. Small crash not affecting the upper east shore as well. Highway 4 moves smoothly, a slowing through bay point and slow west 580 the crash blocks one lane as you approach airway. West 580s aa big rig blocking the slow lane, maybe up to another half hour before they get the tow truck there. I hope its the right sized rig. The south bay starts slowing, ill check on 280 for the crash. Thanks, mike. To the explosive whistleblower complaint from inside the Trump Administration and the troefrcontroversy is ge bigger, about a phone call between the president and thor. The Washington Post reports the Complaint Centers on ukraine as House Democrats are investigating the role of trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani. Theyre also looking into whether he made efforts to influence the government of ukraine to help the Trump Administration get reelected campaign. Giuliani was asked about this last night on cnn. You never asked anything about hunter biden, you never asked anything about joe biden. The only thing i asked about joe biden to get to the bottom of how it was that rutsenko who was appointed, dismissed the case against so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. Of course i did. Craig boswell is live in washington where all of this is setting off a firestorm. Craig . Marcus, a firestorm indeed. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. The bombshell report setting off a fiery standoff between the administration and congress. New reverberations across capitol hill surrounding a bombshell report one of President Trumps interactions with a foreign leader involves a promise from the president. The action prompted a rare whistleblower complaint from an intelligence officer. The Washington Post reporting the whistleblower Complaint Centers on ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. While nbc news has not confirmed ukraine is at the center of the issue, nbc news learned the whistleblower complaint involves a phone conversation that trump had. We do not have the complaint. Reporter House Democrats are demanding the acting director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire turn over the complaint but maguire is overruling the Inspector General who said the allegation was credible and urgent. This doesnt involve some policy disagreement. This involves an allegation of serious wrongdoing. Reporter a top democrat accusing the white house of trying to keep it a secret, republicans dismissing it. This is not something id ever see the president doing and i would instead of jump to conclusions actually get the facts first. Reporter President Trump rejects the entire report as president ial harassment. The acting director of National Intelligence is scheduled to testify before the House Intelligence Committee next week marcus, this is far from over. Back to you. A lot of people will still be talking and watching for that. Thank you, craig. Later analysis of all news out of washington, scott mcgrew has checks and balances coming up for us at 6 45. It is 6 04 right now. A deadly shooting is under investigation in oakland. Shots were fired about 9 00 last night near 85th and international, were told a man was shot and killed. Police say they do not have a motive and so far no arrests. A first for santa clara county. Park rangers in san jose are now armed with the antiopioid drug naloxone. The rangers were trained to administer the drug and also to recognize the sign of people who have overdosed on heroin or opioid pain killers. Park Officials Say they are usually on the first of the scene of a emergency and being able to administer the drug right away can be theifference between life and death. Law enforcement agencies throughout the bay area have included naloxone into their field equipment for the past five years. Vacaville police are asking for help identifying two men they say are part of an atm card skimming operation. They posted images on social media, two men illegally withdrawing thousands of dollars from atms in vacaville and fairfield. Investigators believe theyre using cloned bank cards taken from a skimming device. They dont know where the skimming device was used. Call Vacaville Police if you have any information. 6 05. Around the world and as kro the bay area, students are leading a climate strike today calling on lawmakers to make Climate Change a top priority. Roz plater is live in san ramon this morning where students at one school are participating. Good morning, roz. Reporter good morning, they indeed are here at doherty valley high school, students will hold a rally. They are just as passionate about this issue as counterparts around the globe. Lets show you protests going on in berlin, germany, where massive crowds have come out and they are basically asking politicians to make this a top priority and calling on them and demanding they do something about it, what they call a climate crisis. It is the same message students will be sending in walkouts and protests on and off campuses around the world and around the bay area. Students here at doherty valley high say they have to do something. Theyre frustrated. They want adults to take it more seriously because its the students generation thats at risk. Its going to have serious impact on the earth and were going to have to live on the earth in the future, so its going to impact us more than it will the older generations. Reporter students at uc berkeley are gearing up for protests as well, first on campus and join High School Students for a big rally in San Francisco set to start about 10 00 this morning. There are a number of protests going on around the bay area. We have put a list of the locations and the times on our website, just go to nbcbayarea. Com to find that information. Were live in san ramon, im roz plater, today in the bay. Thank you, roz. 6 07 right now and i want to you take a look, this is what people in Southeast Texas are dealing with right now, massive flooding. Tropical depression imelda dumped more than a foot of rain on houston and surrounding areas. It is the regions second 1,000year flood in two years. This is the new rescue video to show you from overnight. Several rescuers pulling people to safety through those rushing floodwaters. Its been playing out all night long. At least two deaths have been reported. Reported. Right now rescue crews are out in full force. The coast guard is using helicopters to rescue people by air and other First Responders are using boats. There have been more than 1,000 calls for help. It was like the highway in there was a creek. It just flooded, nothing you could really do. Get the out onto the road theres a lot of water and youre headed into dangerous conditions. The governor of texas is already declaring a disaster in 13 counties. In the pacific, hurricane lorena already striking mexicos west coast, taking aim at baja, california, where Hurricane Force winds are expected in los cabos tonight. Kari, the storm will slowly break apart, as this moves north, right . It will. Its still going to bring some heavy rain and gusty winds to Cabo San Lucas over the next couple of days. Vacationers may have their travel plans changedlorena. Out of our door in walnut creek the sun is rising, we have clear skies. Well start out with a cool start to the morning but warm up going into the day. It will be a little warmer today, compared to yesterday and our high temperatures in a few spots reaching the low 90s, but we have a lot of upper 80s in the forecast for the valleys today reaching 85 in santa rosa. 85 in san jose with livermore topping out at 89, and 73 today in San Francisco. Well talk about some hotter temperatures in the forecast. Mike, now you have a new crash in san jose. Looking toward northbound 17 at the 280 interchange, right here, were concerned about north 17 on the south 280. Here is moorepark. A car went off the ramp and possibly into a building near moorpark or the intersection, that would be an issue for chp and san jose pd, both of which are headed out there. Were tracking this scene. I dont see any major slowing. A marker for our maps just off that interchange but i believe its over there southbound 280. Well track that. The rest of the bay shows a lighter flow of traffic. The bay bridge toll plaza has your metering lights on and sler drive west 580 toward livermore at North Livermore avenue closer to isabel the big rig still blocks the slow lane. Its a distraction. Tr tow truck is not there yet. There are questions after the latest scare in the sky. When youre on a roller coaster and you go down a steep hill the stomach comes up into your throat. How passengers reacted after a plane dropped 30,000 feet and what we know about the reason why. Well tell you why now is a better time to buy a house and the new iphone 11 comes out todaas well. Youre watching today in the bay. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Right now at 6 13 on this friday morning lets head outside to palo alto. As we get out the door, it will be a cool start with some upper 50s. Well be at 64 degrees at 9 00, and then in the upper 70s early this afternoon. Youll feel that it will be a little bit warmer this afternoon, compared to yesterday. Well talk about that and how hot it gets for the weekend in less than five minutes. And were looking at the Golden Gate Bridge, a nice smooth flow of traffic. Wow, that looks great. We have a crash coming down here from the north bay, well let you know how things are doing 101 out of marin. A very good morning to you, and a very happy friday. With may see the dow move higher after we got word some of the tariffs are easing off. The white house said it would make exceptions on the tariffs placed on chinese goods, things like skateboards and christmas lights. Not really the what thats important, its the signal it sends. Beyond meats slightly higher though its competitor, San Franciscos impossible foods will soon be sold in Grocery Stores starting with geltsen markets in southern california. The packages will be expensive, about nine bucks for 12 ounces. Housing seems impossible to the bay area but good news if youre buying this week, this coming week is statistically the best time to buy a house. Realtors say the week starting september 22nd is the time with the most inventory of the year, because families want to be in a house before school starts, so there are fewer buyers and more sellers. The reverse is true, next week is a bad time to sell a house. It depends on which side of the transaction youre on. Today is the first day you can buy an iphone 11, those go on sale in stores today. People used to stand in long lines. Now people just sort of get them delivered. Mark zuckerberg met with President Trump during his goodwill trip to washington yesterday and amazons jeff bezos, who is often a thorn in trumps side, committed his company to new environmental goals pledging to have net zero Carbon Emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the paris accord goal. Meet zach bogue, venture capitalist investing in clean energy. Hell sit down with me sunday morning on press here to talk about making money off doing good. I use the example of the owl in the tree. Environmentalists want to save the owl. The capitalist wants to cut down the tree because theres no money in owls. Right . How can you make money off of doing the right thing and zach and i are going to talk about that. A little trivia also, one of the few times ive had both a husband and a wife on, different shows but zachs wife is this young woman, marissa meyer. Well talk about some of that and well look at the environment coming up sunday morning at 9 00, after meet the press. Perfect, thanks. 6 16. This morning, delta apologizing to passengers who experienced the scare of their lives. Shortly after takeoff, pilots made an emergency descent, dropping 30,000 feet in just a matter of minutes. Many prepared for the worst outcome, saying they quickly texted what they thought would be their last words to loved ones. Definitely every second that we had the oxygen masks on, without any information, people sort of grew more and more stressed. The plane landed safely in tampa. Delta says pilots performed the descent over an abundance of caution when a depressurization alert was activated. They had to be very frightening to those people. I know, when you hear so much about planes and its just scary. Everything is okay. Lets get a look at the forecast for today. Its going to warm up again over the weekend. This is the last weekend of summer, right it is because fall starts on monday. Were enjoying some summerlike temperatures over the next few days. Lets get a look at the way were starting our morning in dublin, as we head out the door as the sun rises, skies are all clear, and we will have a cool start to the morning, with some low 50s there through 8 00 and then as we go into the afternoon, were heating up into the low 80s. Check out the sevenday forecast, its already up at the bottom of the screen showing we will have hot weather headed our way. As we get up and get the kids ready for school in the south bay, expect it to be mostly clear and 57 for that walk to school, and then as we go throughout the day, theyll have some comfortable weather for lunch outside and recess and temperatures reaching the upper 70s by early afternoon. We are going to see a pretty quick warmup for the afternoon hours reaching 85 degrees in san jose. 86 in palo alto. In oakland today well see a high of 80 degrees but up to 90 today in concord, and in napa and clearlake, expect a high of 86 degrees. So our temperatures heat up, as High Pressure comes in. This only happens briefly before we get a shot of some slightly cooler temperatures on sunday. Next week, High Pressure returns, well see a shift in the wind, kind of blowing offshore, and thats going to create not only some gusty winds but a higher fire danger for tuesday, as well as wednesday. Look at our temperatures over the next several days, our inland valleys reaching 90 today in some of the hotter spots, up to 94, and then some low 90s for sunday and upper 80s for monday and then it jumps up to 97 degrees on tuesday. Upper 90s still on wednesday and cooling down next thursday and San Francisco also has some warming, more sunshine and highs in the 70s throughout much of the forecast. As we get ready to head over to mike, youve been tracking the roads and have quite a few issues for the trivalley and also the east bay. Thats right, kari, showing a build. Its friday. The live look from our camera on Operations Center we were talking about this, we turned the camera over here. There is the city college, theres moorpark, looking toward north 17 and onramp over to the south 280. We dont see anything on this live shot and we did scan back and forth. This is the area reports of a crash, the car went off the roadway. I can also tell you we dont see slowing on our sensors but should be over there. Theres an insurance building over there, the car carrier for insuran insurance. There is no fire truck headed out there, thats good news. We dont have any slowing either but we have the activity that may affect you if youre traveling north 17 on to south 280. This crash 101 at 880 cleared up and a nice recovery, just a mild build northbound routes. You dont see any slowing for Silicon Valley for our speed sensors. We stn continue to see westbound 580 approaching the airway, the slow lane blocked by the big rig, 22,000 pounds of big rig, and the build is gradually growing out of the altamont through basically all of livermore. The dublin interchange though traffic held off back in livermore means dublin is just fine. The rest of the the bay shows a great drive as well. Disabled vehicle not a problem for the nimitz and coming down from the Golden Gate Bridge that crash looks like it is clearing as you travel south past highway 1 on the bay shore freeway, 101 toward the Golden Gate Bridge. Back to you. Coming up at 6 30, vandalism at the office for the oakland gay mens chorus and tell you how the group is responding this morning. Climate in crisis, the final installment of our weeklong series. Kari explains why what happens this winter may mean for next summer. First our team is always on social media. Kari hall sharing a video of herself outside running, saying in part as a mom, its always a good time to make time for yourself. Be sure to follow kari on facebook, twitter ayn instagram. Youre watching today in the bay. Face buried in your phone. Stop look up. Look both ways. Lets start looking out for each other again. Its a busy world out there. And were all in it togeth. Go safely, california. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . Objection overruled. One hour. Sweeten the deal by doing the dishes and ill consider it. I wouldnt do it. I hate the dishes. One hour with the tablet, you walk the dog and do the dishes. If you insist. Congratulations. Only xfinity xfi lets you take control of your familys online time. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. Manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. Welcome back. Its 6 24 right now. Were talking about less snow, changing water supply and warmer temperatures, all of this having a big impact on our atmosphere irrivers in the bay area. Today in the bays meteorologist kari hall has more on the lack of frozen precipitation in the winter might translate to a bigger impact in the summer. Our winter rainfall is the focus of todays climate in crisis series. You may hear us talk about rain coming from an Atmospheric River or pineapple express. Its a long, narrow region of clouds and rain rolling from hawaii across the pacific into california. And the position of the jet stream can guide where that Atmospheric River flows. Now researchers are seeing a change in the transporter of our water supply. The air temperatures are getting warmer by four degrees. It may not sound like a lot, but the temperature difference now and in the coming years has huge ramifications on the weather in northern california. That means that instead of snow falling in the sierra, the precipitation could come down mostly as rain, and that Sierra Snowpack provides most of our water storage for those long, dry summer months. I think more importantly on a deeper level it affects our water supply. It affects our ecosystem and suggests in another way the kind of water issues that well face in the future may be different than in the past, even if the overall amount of precipitation doesnt change very much, because if more of it is falling as liquid rain rather than solid snow that changes the characteristics of the water supply we have moving forward. Scientists say if we continue with business as usual and not make an effort to reduce our environmental impact, sierra snow will become a thing of the past. Thank you, kari. Its 6 25. This art feature made its way around the bay area and out to the nevada desert. Now its making a stop at the s. A. P. Center. The silver shark fin is made by a russian sculptor and titled no swimming. It made its debut at burning man and made a stop at google headquarters for a couple of years and now i think its perfect at the s. A. P. Center. The sculptor says it represents his concerns about the impact of human activity on mother nature. As a bonus, its also a perfect sculpture for the home of our san jose sharks. Certainly a conversation piece. There you go. 6 26 for you right now. Still ahead big stories were following and watching this morning, including the nurses strike set to start in less than an hour at three hospitals across the east bay, and its bigger than just california. But first when we came down, people were like this lady she was like i wonder why people evacuated us. A scary few days for san jose state students and their families. The scene were still seeing this morning, after a shooting on campus. Well have the details. Youre watching today in the bay. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Right now at 6 30 on your friday morning taking a live look outside at the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge. What a great shot out there this morning. Nice way to start our friday morning. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Right now we want to get a look at what we can expect with that weather. Kari has been following it all for uts. The Golden Gate Bridge is very clear. Also the view from the cupertino hills this morning as we get ready to start out the door in the mid50s and were going to see i warming up today. A look at our highs reaching up to 09 in concord. 88 in antioch and the high today in napa up to 86 degrees. Well be warmer today but it also gets hotter tomorrow, so ill talk more about that coming up. Mike, youre tracking some slowing and some clearing. And at 6 30 in the morning we usually only find any opportunity for clearing on a friday with lighter traffic. More slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza. The build happens as folks kind of converge there throughout this entire area. Contra costa county slowing for highway 4 Holding Steady there. A little bit of clearing for other patches coming down highway 101 out of marin county, crash cleared headed toward the Golden Gate Bridge, thats improving and Holding Steady for this big rig as a result of a crash blocking your slow lane, a tow truck should be arriving at isabel any minute. Well track on that as well, laura, back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Its 6 31. Big question in the south bay this morning, who fired gunshots into Martin Luther king library at san jose state . Kris sanchez joins us live on campus this morning where we understand youre still seeing some caution tape thats out there but the lockdown is lifted. Reporter right. There is no more campus alert, that was lifted around 9 00 last night and as you said, there is still caution tape here at the Martin Luther king jr. Library and also a gunman who is on the loose. Police have not made an arrest in this case. Well show you the two windows that were shot out here at the mlk library, happened on the seventh and eighth floors and there were also several windows that were shot out on the parking structure right ac ross the street, its a parking garage owned by the city. Although police told us they dont know where the shooter was firing from, it is unlikely that person was on the ground level, where we are, because it happened so far up. People who were in the area when Police Arrived describe the chaos. We heard sirens coming from like multiple directions. Once we got to the stoplight here, there were some cars parked right here across the street from the library. Two women ran into the street, waved down a cop car and after that, i just saw a bunch of cops coming. Reporter this happened just a day after the arrest of a san jose state student on wednesday, this was an unrelated incident. Sunnyvale police were investigating threats made on social media reported by a Homestead High School student in cupertino. When they identified that suspect as a 17yearold san jose state student, the student was taken into custody and when he was, he had a loaded handgun on him, also ammunition and a knife. He was arrested without incident but again, those two incidents are not connected. Might feel like a ragged nerve day here at san jose state. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks for the very latest, kris. 6 33 right now. New this Morning Police in oakland want to know who targeted the oakland mens gay chorus. This week its Office Banner was targeted by vandals. This is photo of the damage the group shared. Thousands of nurse, are going on strike nationwide including several in the bay area. Bob redell live in alameda. What are they trying to accomplish with the strike . Reporter theyre trying to get their employer back to the bargaining table, according to nurses behind us. We have about 400 nurses going on a 24hour strike starting at about 7 00, a half hour. Theyre already preparing. Its a 24hour walkout, to protest what they describe as unfair labor practices. We spoke with one of the nurses, she teld us theyve been negotiating with their employer, Alameda Health system for ten months, have met 18 times at the bargaining table and have gotten nowhere. The union has already filed charges with the state accusing their employer of failing to bargain in good faith. Ive been on the negotiating team five different times over the years. Ive been here 30 years and literally i have never experienced the kind of disdain and disrespect that, across the table that we have had with the Alameda Health system leadership. Reporter Alameda Health system just issued a response within the past looks like 20 minutes, some of that response we put on your tv screen. They tell us they are taking the appropriate steps to minimize the impact of this 24hour strike on patient care. They say they understand the nurses or valuable care members, critical to quality care and despite the planned activity we believe the bargaining table is the best place to reach a mutually beneficial agreement. We look forward to continuing to negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement that enables us to provide quality care. Nurses at San Ramon Regional Medical Center are also walking out for 24 hours, unrelated to this strike here in san leandro and alameda, part of a nationwide 24hour strike involving 6,500 nurses not only from california but arizona, florida and illinois. The nurses in california, arizona and florida are protesting their employer tenet health care. According to Business Insider weve been negotiating for a new contract for over a year and a half. They want better nurse retention and nursetopatient ratios. A spokesman tells the insider theyve been negotiating in good faith and are disappointed the nurses are walking out. Reporting live on alameda, bob redell, today in the bay. Bob, thank you. The lack of housing is a major issue in every corner of the bay area, but san jose mayor is planning to keep developers fees low to try to build more highrises. That is running into opposition. Its an ongoing 2012 program the city council will soon vote to extend it but some labor and housing advocates are against it claiming developers will pocket millions in subsidies for luxury housing. We should not follow the washington, d. C. , donald trump model of subsidizing billionaires. In a statement, mayor sam liccardo says more housing will not get done unless the city reduces the cost to build. A live look at sfo, and this morning, a lot of travelers are finally breathing a sigh of relief because the runway construction is now over. Reopening last night at 9 00, one week ahead of schedule. Work started on repairing runway 28l nearly two weeks ago. Very first day thousands of cancellations and delays followed. Not a fun ride for travelers, as you can imagine. Many wondering how the airport and the airlines werent prepared for the closure. You buy a ticket for a reason, a certain time and you tell me they dont have a runway, thats not my fault. Delayed flight 5 00, and 6 00 was delayed and 8 00 flight. Frustrating, but they had to repair the runway. This morning the first full day with runway 28l is open and as you heard from that last traveler, the airport is catching up so there might still be some lingering issues today, so check that flight status before heading to sfo. More changes to tell you about to sfo, next month the airport will renumber all of its gates. The changes to make it easier for to you find your way around. The updates could make things a little confusing to people who are familiar with the current layout. The new system will be a combination of letters and numbers as opposed to numbers like it is now. Well talk about those frustrations when they happen. Congratulations, we got rid of the potholes on your street and everybody has a new address. There you go. Well see how that plays out over at sfo. The runways are open, 28l once again open. In the south bay things look nice. We have a roadside fire reported hazard sign 85 at 87, apparently visible from the freeway. No structures involved from what i understand. This is involving a big rig blocking your slow lane west 580 continues the lower drive, waiting for that big rig tow truck to arrive around airway so we have that slowdown for the spectacle and the volume of traffic coming out of the altamont pass. Fine through the dublin interchange and no major problems, great for walnut creek and the bay bridge where the metering lights are on. Looking good because its friday. The weekend were hoping we have a nice forecast, a clear one. Well have a clear forecast but also warmer. Well kick it off today with our moon festival happening in san jose at the east ridge mall, starts at 3 00 this afternoon. Well be in the low 80s. If you go later in the evening, it will be much more comfortable, upper 60s at 8 00. The inland forecast for saturday well see some low 90s so it will be hot and reaching 85 degrees for the bay, mid70s for the coast, and as we go into sunday, were looking at more of the same, just coming down a few more degrees for the valleys and also mostly sunny skies. We have this battle for the bay volunteer challenge, happening in San Francisco and oakland, as well as san jose. Its all to help clean up some of our areas of creeks and rivers as well as the beaches. Well be in the low 60s in San Francisco to start the morning for the volunteer event, and then going into the low 70s, but right across the bay well see some warmer air so its best to get out there as soon as it starts at 9 00. Well be at 67 degrees and then were also going to have some great weather for the lafayette art and wine festival. We found out that b. A. R. T. Is all good so youll be able to catch Public Transit there and its going to be in the upper 70s in the morning, but it will be hot in the middle of the day, with a high of 90 degrees. Make sure youre Drinking Water along with that wine. Thats a live look outside in lake tahoe this morning. If youre going there this weekend, expect low 60s today. Highs in the mid60s tomorrow and sunday up to about 69 degrees. Where youll find some comfortable air, Half Moon Bay only reaching 73 tomorrow but slightly cooler going into sunday. Well take a look at todays east bay temperature trend, thats coming up in three minutes. Thank you, kari. 6 40 right now. Next and all new, the latest Bay Area Community to ban flavored tobacco as the vaping crs getting worse. And later, take me to your leader. An update onlans some people claim to have to storm area 51 to see aliens for themselves. Plus President Trump in washington having some trouble filling some key jobs. Lets take you out to new york city as well, the dow industrials gaining 74 points, as the feds take some of the tariffs off of chinese goods, just a little bit, but its a move to the positive. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now its 6 43 on this friday morning. Lets head outside to fremont. We start out with some clear skies. Well get a lot of sunshine today. It will be a cool morning, with some upper 50s, as you head out the door, then well lead into upper 70s, a nice afternoon, but some spots will feel much warmer. Well talk about that and a look ahead to the weekend forecast in less than five minutes. Here the san mateo bridge looks great from the east bay, traveling west, with the tail lights starting to see the breaks being tapped. How the slowdown builds across the bridges and well track that problem over in livermore area as well. Well check back with you. Thanks so much. In just a few hours students from across the bay area will join hundreds of thousands of others from around the world in a Global Climate strike. The protest and walkouts are designed to put pressure on lawmakers to do more about Climate Change. Nbc bay areas roz plater is in san ramon this morning, just one high school where students are expected to participate. Good morning, roz. Reporter good morning. Yes indeed here at dougherty valley, noon with songs, just as passionate as folks are around the globe. Lets show you some of the video of these massive protests taking part around the world, in india, in the czech republic, in kenya, in thailand, all around the world, all those crowds demanding action on what they say is a climate crisis. Thats the same message students will be sending in walkouts and protests on and off campuses around the bay area, too. Students here at dougherty valley high say they have to do something. Theyre frustrated. They want adults to take it more seriously because its the students generation most at risk. They havent done anything to change it and it has just been happening so i hope this generation can change it. Reporter students at uc berkeley are also gearing up for protests on campus and theyll join High School Students at a massive rally in San Francisco, set to start about 10 00 this morning. There are a number of these locations around the bay area. We put together a list of the locations and the times own our website, just go to nbcbayarea. Com. Were live in san ramon, im roz plater for today in the bay. Roz, thank you. Fremont is the latest bay area city to ban flavored Tobacco Products and ecigarettes. This comes as we learn another person died from a vaping related illness, the eighth death of its kind across the country. As cases of vaping sicknesses rise, the cdc is getting a clearer picture of the victims. More than half are under the age of 25 and threequarters of the cases are men. The cdc says there are 530 cases of vaping related illnesses in 38 states. New details on what appears to literally be a war of words surrounding a divisive east bay ballot measure. Measure l centers around allowing a Large Scale Housing Development in brentwood that would also span city limits. According to the online news site the press a judge this week ruled measure l opponents must change the wording of their statement in the voter information guide. The judge ruled that statement in its current form is misleading in how it ties a School Funding issue. Here is a map of the proposed development. Voter also decide measure l this fall. Area 51 may be facing an invasion. So far half a Million People signed up for todays Facebook Event to storm the military base in nevada. For decades alien hunters and conspiracy theorists considered area 51 to be a case where the government stored and possibly tested alien spacecraft and several brands are trying to cash in on the event. But light released limited edition alien cans of beer. Arbys september a food truck to the storm area 51 base camp, also creating a galaxy milkshake. With a taste probably out of this world. All right, dr. , can, can is not the only staffer causing the Trump Administration problems this morning. Scott mcgrew joins us. The president has a lot of jobs to fill. He does. He has an acting chief of staff, marcus, acting faa administrator, acting labor secretary. Hed like to use former congressman darrell issa to fill a spot on the u. S. Trade Development Agency but the senate says issa is having trouble passing his fbi background check. His confirmation hearings have been delayed. Now issa has warned if they dont approve him, he may pull his application and run for congress again, trying to scoop up fellow republican duncan hunters spot. Hunter has been indicted on charges of fraud and misuse of caaignunds. And a fellow of the white house asked to run fema pulled his own nomination over questions about his background. Not clear what those issues are. Jeff bayard was supposed to replace brock wong who quit among accusations of misusing government transportation. President trump tweeted out a denial he was involved in some kind of inappropriate or even illegal promise made to a foreign leader. We walked you through those accusations yesterday on today in the bay. Theres also more ahead on the today show. The context of this is morning. President s make promises all the time. The issue with this one, it was soapparently, it set off an official federal whistleblower investigation. Logically it was a promise the whistleblower thought was illegal or changing u. S. Policy in exchange for personal gain. On a happier note the president and first lady hold their second state dinner tonight for the australian Prime Minister and his wife. Here you see the preparations. The first day dinner was for french president Emmanuel Macron but the two have since had a falling out. It also means there will be a joint press conference this morning as the Prime Minister has arrived. The main topic will no doubt be that phone call, so well tweet about it. You can follow me there, im scottmcgrew. Thanks, scott. 6 49 right now. Trash talk between bay area mayors. Something we hear about often but this is all about the battle for the bay. Well have volunteers come out of the woodwork and we look forward to taking on your two mighty cities. Tomorrow is the day that california coast cleanup day, a nearly 30year tradition. This year san jose mayor sam liccardo raising the stakes, challenging mayors london breed and libby schaaf and the people of their cities on who will have the largvoluntr turnout. Mayor liccardo says it will be san jose, and the other mayors will have to wear shark teal as well as black, but breed and schaaf are saying hang on there for a minute. Not so fast. Get ready to wear a San Francisco giants jersey, because San Franciscos going to win this one. We are all going to be battling for the bay and oakland is going to win. Come on, people, i need you to sign up if you want to rep. Your city, now is the time. Sign up online at battleforthebay2019. Org, pick team San Francisco, team oakland or team san jose. The numbers have grown for san jose, over 500. The first one was mayor liccardo, when he signed up right there. Probably. There you go. It will be a good day to get out on the beach and youre making a difference for the bay. Thats really important, and so as we have our temperatures heating up, youll want to make sure that if youre out there youre cleaning up, wearing something comfortable and drinking lots of water. A live look outside in San Francisco, with a clear start to the day. Were going to see more sunshine throughout the weekend and as you get ready to step out for school headed to school this morning well have mid50s in the south bay, so it will be a cool start but actually a warmer afternoon so well go from 55 degrees to the mid70s at noon, and upper 70s by 1 00 today eventually reaching 85 degrees. Oakland today will see a high of 80 degrees and 87 in martinez. In santa rosa expect a high of 85. As we go into the weekend, big changes ahead. As High Pressure moves in, i t going to cause us to warm up but that happens fairly quickly before this storm system moves across the Pacific Northwest and gives us a little bit of cooling for sunday and monday, but then well see High Pressure building once again and its going to shift our winds with its clockwise flow, bringing in a northerly wind and blow offshore. The dry wind will increase fire danger so thats something well be watching out for headed into tuesday and wednesday. Monday is our first day of fall so this is our last weekend of summer and its going to feel like summer, reaching into the low to mid90s in some of our warmer spots in the inland valleys and as we go into next week, some upper 90s inland, while San Francisco also warming up with some mid70s throughout the weekend and upper 70s early next week. Mike, you have a note for commuters in contra costa county. I did note your note for the second day of fall as well, its a breezy 97. Over here looking over toward the south bay, an easy build, no problem but we have slowing south down to 880 and along that east bay drive. We have the slowing we showed you for the san mateo bridge but the other bridges are looking good across those spans and out of contra costa county, we have good news as far as this flow. Vasco Road Conditions with under 40 minutes from marsh creek down to 580, slowing down toward the one lane section there, but it brings you into the backup for 580 which continues, we have another dump truck blocking your slow lane. A heavyduty rig needed to clear that, why the buildup approaching airway. The rest of the drive for the east bay looks great, getting to the bay bridge 23 minutes from highway 4 to the bay bridge. No delays for b. A. R. T. Or any of the other agencies. Vta has weekend work, a bus bridge between the milpitas and hostetter stations. Back to you. Happening now, family in san antonio, texas, still recovering after sta scaffolding fell on a building downtown leaving the family with minor injuries, is it happened as severe storms swept through the area. The family of three was on a bus bench when the scaffolding collapsed. Luckily they have minor scrapes and bruises. A last look at top stories for you this morning. At 7 00 a dramatic rescue as floodwater rages in Southeast Texas. A live report from the region as a new hurricane takes aim at a popular vacation spot in mexico. It is 6 54 for you right now. Ir youre watching today in the bay. Ok, whats the situation . Shes been searching for hours. Shes suffering from searchitis. Ok, elevate her feet, whats her name . Carol. Carol, you have the x1 voice remote. Just ask it, what should i watch . Oh of course. And shes back. Search easily with the xfinity x1 voice remote. Do i consider myself a hero . Thats not for me to say. Thats for you to say. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. 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Shots were fired around 9 00 last night near 85th and international. Were told a man was shot and killed. So far no arrests. Nurses representing two Health Care Systems at alameda and san leandro hospitals part of at lame da health system. The strike includes tenet strike, part of a much larger labor action today involving nearly 7,000 tenet Health Nurses in california, arizona, florida and illinois. Iphone fans todays your day. The new iphone 11 drops along with new apple watch series 5. Apple Stores Across the bay area supposed to open their doors early at 8 00 a. M. To celebrate tim cook visited an apple store in new york to the delight of many fans out there. Looks like he was taking lots of photos as well. Maybe with the new camera. Better not have a samsung. Right. No kidding. I guess they were saying the new thing will be the slowfie. Our forecast is looking good but warmer for the inland areas, reach the low 90s and then some mid90s tomorrow. We will have even hotter weather in the forecast and the valleys by early next week so keep checking in for updates on that. San francisco more sunshine and highs in the mid70s from now through the first day of fall. First day of fall, wow. Thats on monday. Another ongoing problem in the trivalley . Take a slowfy there, actually dont if youre driving. Toward the map, everywhere except for the trivalley looks great and only 580, which is still bogging down, because of that dump truck thats blocking your slow lane. They need a strong tow truck to clear that, was supposed to get there at 6 30, still probably stuck in traffic getting there. The rest of the bay, standard friday. It is friday, thats a good thing. Hope you have a great one and a great weekend. Well be back at 7 25 a live local news update. And more news at our midday show at 11 00. Dont you miss it. See you then. Have a great friday. Enjoy the weekend good morning, breaking overnight, catastrophic, a state of emergency in texas to deal with the historic flooding. 3 feet of rain in two days turning cities into islands. Were trying to get everybody out of here, trying to open up the roads the best that we can. At least two deaths now reported, thousands evacuated with the rescuesngoing. Houstons airport temporarily shut down. The latest in a live report. New questions, no answers, growing calls for an investigation into predeumps p with the ukrainian leader that led to an explosive complaint from a u. S. Intelligence