This friday. Thanks for joining us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. How many times have we said friday and were like 30 seconds into the show . Friday, friday, maybe six. Good morning to you. Im laura garcia. Well get to that morning commute friday morning commute with mike. But first the friday morning forecast with kari. Happy friday we are going to see more sunshine as we go into the afternoon but were starting out with some drizzle here and some cooler temperatures and this is part of the reason why, a thicker layer of fog along the coast and here in the city thats going to transport some of the cooler air inland. Were coming down a few degrees from yesterday with the south bay reaching 78 degrees. 78 in palo alto. 68 in oakland. For napa look for a high of 81 degrees. Well talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. Kari road work which is good news for those doing the work. Theyll be on to their weekend very soon. When you come across the cone zone, be careful. Im concerned about fremont, southbound 880. A Construction Zone around thornton and that is where a crash is reported. I think there may be a caltrans vehicle involved. We have a few scattered along the nimitz. More on that coming up. On the watch list the recent surge in coronavirus cases is putting a spotlight on the city of san jose. But Santa Clara CountyHealth Leaders say the attention is misguided. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us now. Dr. Birx will be talking about this this morning on the today show. Reporter yes. Shes talking on the east coast so well have access to some of that sound later on this morning. She could offer some clarification as to why san jose is now at the top of the watch list even though local leaders say they didnt have any idea about that. The city is one of 12 that the White House Coronavirus task force is now tracking following an uptick in cases. Lumping the bay areas most p populous city with phoenix and miami. In an audio clip obtained by the journalist Nonprofit Group center for Public Integrity dr. Birx said local officials should be ready to react aggressively to stop the spread of covid19. Here is what dr. Birx had to say this morning earlier on the today show. Texas, california, arizona and florida. Those major metros and throughout their counties. I just want to make it clear to the American Public what we have right now are essentially three new york major states. And so were really having to respond as an american people. Reporter in a statement from the county of santa clara which is leading the response, they say we are concerned about increases in cases nationally and believe that this highlights the need for a coordinated National Approach to address the pandemic, something the president has failed to put into effect. Despite this concern, again, local leaders say they werent part of the conversation that happened just yesterday, but dr. Birx speaking on the east coast so the today version on the east coast thats already aired. We will hear more and will bring that to you at 5 30. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Well look forward to that. Thanks so much, kris. In the meantime cdc leaders will talk later today about new guidelines emphasizing schools reopening during this pandemic. Among those recommendations announced yesterday inperson instruction should include social distancing, wearing masks, and keeping the same groups of students and teachers together. Also using other areas of the campus for classrooms like gyms or outdoor spaces. The guidelines suggest transmission for children is low, but many administrators in the bay area say it is simply not enough. Im not willing to take that responsibility. Im not going to be cavalier about it not only for the protection of our students but protection of our staff. State and local districts are making the final decision on inperson learning. New details this morning, Sonoma County leaders considering hefty fines and even jail time for covid19 rule breakers. The press democrat reporting supervisors yesterday showed strong support for fines up to 1,000 and six months of jail time. The final vote expected august 6th. The bay area added more than 1,000 new cases yesterday. Heres a look county by county. At least 729 people b we learned a sheriffs deputy also died after a battle with covid19. Deputy sheriff oscar rocha passed away last night. The Sheriffs Department saying on twitter in part he put up a courageous fight to the end and will never be forgotten. Next tuesday marks one year since the deadly rampage of the gilroy garlic festival, but the spirit of the festival will still live on this year in a virtual setting. There was a virtual kickoff on facebook. The next three days it will be all things garlic. Online with events celebrating one of the worlds most popular. A small memorial will be held. That event will also be live streamed. The family of a little boy in the east bay desperately needs your help. Hes fighting cancer, and they need some help covering all those medical costs. Tomorrow a local restaurant will hold a fundraiser to support jameson he eveverson. He goes by jammers. He was diagnosed with an extremely rare type of brain cancer. His parents say hes undergoing chemotherapy at stanford for the tumors in his brain and on his spine that number over 100. If i can do anything i would rather it be happening to me. I feel helpless as a parent. You do what you can. You have to leave it to the doctors. We try to stay focusefocused. You hear cancer, especially in a 3yearold, were trying to keep the positive in personality and stuff like that. Lets keep the positive vibes going. The fundraiser is all day tomorrow at osullivans sports bar on thornton avenue in newark. It will feature a menu with items like jammer smashed nachos. Help them out. Sounds good, too. 4 37 right now. We want to go back to our pandemic coverage. San franciscos Ferry Building is now fully reopened again. I know its confusing. All the malls were closed. Now the building operators are saying it is no longer a mall but a transport terminal. All those shops reopened yesterday. Less than one month into its new fiscal year b. A. R. T. Is behind on a lot of revenue leading to a pretty dire situation. B. A. R. T. Is taking a huge hit from lower ridership and is still nowhere near projections for riders even coming back. Now the agency expects to receive even less money than it anticipated meaning b. A. R. T. Will have to scramble to make up the deficit through loans or even reducing service. Google is expanding its effort to hem more people make it in the bay. Google will invest in an additional 50 million to the Housing Trust in silicon valley. Last year google pledged 1 billion to create affordable housing. Google says the money will help lead to 4,000 homes over the next ten years. The first Housing Project will start in san jose and newark. Well, a final goodbye. What were learning about plans to honor the life and legacy of congressman john lewis. Plus, an unusual pandemic problem continues. Can you spare a dime . How about a nickel or a quarter . The plea being made this morning amidst the coin shortage. Well be right back. Right now at 4 41 we start out with some clouds this morning. Well see our temperatures in the upper 50s. It is quickly clearing out for a beautiful day. Some low 70s by late morning. Well head over to Mountain View coming up in a couple of minutes. And i talked about the nimitz where we have three crashes, well, right near the nimitz. The first one we talked about is at thornton southbound in a Construction Zone, so out of the available traffic lanes the other one at the top of the screen just before or just after you get off the freeway and a third right there at davis, again, the northbound side traffic slowing smoothly. Well check out more on the freeway coming up. Good friday morning. Im dominic chu at cnbc global headquarters. Here are todays business headlines. Wall street is set to open lower. Investors are keeping track on rising tensions between the u. S. And china. Stocks fell yesterday with microsoft and apple leading the Broader Market lower as there was disappointing economic news. The number of people filing for Unemployment Benefits was higher last week and marks the 18th straight week in which jobless claims totalled more than 1 million. In focus for traders today data on new home sales and earnings reports from American Express and verizon. Iphone fans may have to wait at least another month before they get to see the new version of the smartphone. A tech blog is reporting that apple is delaying its annual fall event until the second half of october. Remember, that normally happens in the early part of september. The company is being forced to push back the event for the 5g compatible iphone 12 because of production delays caused by the virus pandemic. Apple is expected to announce four new iphones with the 5g model available later on in november. And can you spare a dime . How about a nickel or a quarter . Even just a few pennies . The u. S. Mint is asking americans to please use more change. Businesses nationwide have posted signs asking for exact change because there is a coin shortage being caused by the virus pandemic. The mint says they are working toward resupplying but social distancing measures have put a damper on spending and people pay more with credit cards or their smart phones than with physical money. The mint says the pace of circulation is so slow right now that sufficient quantities of coins are not readily available where they are needed. Im not sure about you folks out there but i use venmo, paypal, apple pay a heck of a lot more these days. Meteorologist, kari hall, im not sure about you. I have, too, but i think im going to go into the restaurant this weekend with a big old jar of change and see if theyll take that. Lets head over to Mountain View with a look at our temperature trend. We are going to see a very nice day, a lot of sunshine by this afternoon and much more comfortable air. Well talk about whats happening in the tropics up next. Something like this, kari . I have my change jar right here as well. Were looking over here to see if theres any change on the freeways. No. We dont have construction either. Well check out the general area coming up. And a good morning to you on this friday. Taking a live look out in san jose this morning as we get started. Dark and early for you. 4 48 for you. And we have a lot to tell you about this morning. The team is all here getting ready for the weekend, of course. Just a little bit. Im going to go into the other room for the weekend. What about you . Ill just leave work and go home. But you guys are already home. I guess so. There we go. But i think its going to warm up this weekend, right, kari . Yes, its going to be warm. Ill be in the backyard watching the kids play in the little pool, so we are going to have the kind of weather we want to try to cool down. As we get a look at our live start this morning in dublin, were watching the cars rolling down 580, people heading to work early this morning. We are going to have a beautiful day, so maybe take that lunch outside as our temperatures will be a bit cooler for this afternoon. Once again there will be a warmup for the week. As we look at antioch today were reaching 86 degrees. Oakland will reach 68. We can see some low 60s for San Francisco. Then you head up to clear lake and its 93 degrees again today. So were back in the 90s. Im also tracking the tropics, and this is something that will be making headlines over the weekend. Check this out. We have a category 4 hurricane out in the pacific. This is hurricane douglas, and this will continue to move off to the west over to hawaii. A big concern for our friends and family there even though this will continue to weaken, its going to cause high waves an of rain in south texas today, just south of corpus christi. Well see this moving in as the Tropical Storm the next few days. Further out in the atlantic we have Tropical Storm gonzalo that is expected to strengthen as it moves to the caribbean islands and just to the south, the Dominican Republic and haiti going into the weekend. Were looking at some mid80s for today in some of our warmest spots. Well be in the 90s for the weeke weekend. Next week its looking warm. Were not going to see a major cooldown but in San Francisco were not going to see a change here going into the week. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Overall the speeds are great. Out of the altamont very slow. Getting into fremont looking southbound on the maps we see that the south bay and the peninsula are great. Again, that crash we led off with still there in the Construction Zone may involve a caltrans truck. No injuries. Thats 84 as it jogs over from the dumbarton bridge and to the city street there. Were looking at the rest of the approach, a crash around davis has cleared. We still have the closure southbound 101 at the alemany project. Keep that in mind. And crews clearing from the northbound side. Youll see the cones and the flashing lights. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Well, new video to show you this morning of a small but very strong protest that happened in Southern California in Beverly Hills tied to racial injustice. A dozen activists were arrested after blocking busy santa monica boulevard. One person is facing charges for assault on a police officer. Developing on capitol hill, ember alexandria ocasiocortez confronted a colleague who had mixed words for her, insults laced with profanities. That happened in front of a journalist and included a lot of harsh words not fit for television. The congressman lashed out after she said poverty drives crime. I walked back out, and there were reporters in front of the capitol. The representative called me, and i quote [ bleep ]. These are the words that representative levied against a congresswoman. I rise to apologize for the conversation i had with my colleague from new york. That does not mean we should be disrespectful. You also heard pologize there. Ocasiocortez called that excuse not an apology. Our first looks at plans to honor congressman john lewis who died a week ago am services will be held over six days and across three states. His body will lie in state at the alabama capitol, georgia capitol and the nations capitol in washington, d. C. On wednesday his Funeral Service will be held at Ebenezer Church once led by the reverend Martin Luther king job job. Thomas will be the fourth ceo in its 43year history. Thomas worked as an investment banker at Barclays Capital and also served as a senior Economic Policy adviser to senator dianne feinstein. Mayor sam liccardo issued this statement. Our valley needs someone with ahmads extensive experience in the private and public sectors, his collaborative spirit and his creative intellect. Thomas will start his new role on august 10th. A fantast tatastic finish. Thats being worked out for nfl players. Plus Jennifer Lopez revealing the origin of her iconic nickname j. Lo. And it is not from our producer justin. He goes by j. Lo. As well. Shes not only a pop icon making headlines overnight, well sample the all new surprise album from taylor swift as well. First, movie theaters in beijing are starting a gradual reopening today. Theyve been closed for six months now. Onlywsk areas are allowed to restart operation. Of course with strict Safety Measures in place. Attendance must be limited to 30 . Hollywood is cheering, too, because many believe that china may soon become the Worlds Largest box office audience passing the u. S. When its made with love, its made to be shared. Nfl Training Camps are officially under way. Much of it still has to happen before youll actually see any of the players actually playing. Rookies were supposed to report three days ago. Next week veterans are supposed to arrive. Nfl owners and players still havent reached a deal on some thorny issues including who is taking the hit on projected revenue loss. Trending for you at midnight taylor swift dropped a brandnew album called folklore. She also dropped a brandnew video of the first single on the album called cardigan. Well, j. Lo. Revealing more about how she got her iconic nickname. It started while dating rapper sean combs. When she was cutting her first album rapper heavy d would come to the studio and call her jennylo. I remember hearing about that. Next here on today in the bay our washington insider breaks down the new federal relief bill and who may be in for another stimulus check. Plus, the boys of summer are back. The oakland as open their season at home. But lawmakers on, at this hour, say they have a plan to save Unemployment Benefits. What s in it for you . Theres no answer. I dont have an option. Americans on the brink of losing it all. The lawmakers on capitol hill this hour say they have a plan to save Unemployment Benefits. Whats in it for you . A live report is next. The showdown in houston. Today is the deadline for china to clear out its consulate. The latest on the developing story coming up. And batter up. The as and the coliseum getting ready to start baseball season. Today in the bay continues right now. Nice to see the guys on the field. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington