Deadly diseases. Today in the bay starts right now. Good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. All right. Made it through monday and mike is back, and we will check in with him. Yes, it was too hot yesterday. Yes, it was. And see what we are in store for today and it was kind of weird yesterday. Oh, my goodness with all of the humidity and the smoke and the lightning aunnd all of the wildfires, we are seeing the Strange Weather out there, and now that humidity that brought in the thunderstorms and the lightning has moved to the north of us, and so we are going to hopefully have some quieter weather today, but the smoke is going to be drifting by as we have another really hot day with triple digit temperatures especially for the inland valleys. We will talk more about this coming up, and mike, any issues for the Early Morning drivers . Well, carr shg, kari, we are about the peninsula, and take a look at the maps and what we are talking about on southbound 101 as you are going to third street, a Construction Zone there and causing the slowing. Watch out with cones or perhaps a disabled vehicle and not specified what the roadway hazard is. Everything else is green with the senensors, but approaching oakland road, there a little fire there, and i will track that because we are all on guard. Back to you. That is right, because it is dangerous times right now, and to stay on the breaking news this morning, the fires are ravaging parts of our area right now, and here is the roundup as you start your morning. First to two fires burning in napa at this hour. The large zest is the hennessey fire, and it has burned 2400 acres and zero percent contained. Lightning is suspected to be the cause there. And mandatory evacuation orders there for the People Living there, and it is threatening 200 buildings including a family home and winery. We are waiting for the phone call and hoping that the flames will spare them. It is looping around the canyon and now just where the smoke is there, so it is kind of at our perimeter. It is important for us to protect the house that he built and the winery that he built and you cant replace that. Meanwhile, the other concern is the gamble fire near lake veriesa. And the deer zone fires are still burning and the pair of fires have ascorched 1,400 acre and it is near deer valley road and marsh creek road in brentwood and evacuation efforts are under way there. And lightning is also believed to be the cause of this one. In sunol, the firefighters are on the ground battling the marsh creek fires burning close to 1,800 acres in the area of calaveras road. You can get up to the minute weather alerts right to your phone and the latest evacuations under way. This is all free to download. And happening today a day of action to save the u. S. Postal service. Speaker nancy pelosi will be on the ground in San Francisco today along with three local bay area leaders to hold the meetings to discuss what they say is an attack on voter rights by the trump administration. This is after a lawsuit by the president and usps to say they are trying to hinder the election in november by mailin voting, but they say it will lead to fraud, and nancy pelosi is going to be in the bay area to discuss her plan to bring the house back in session to calm claims that usps wont be able to deliver ballots in time for counting. And perhaps a small sense of closure may come for some of the victims of the Golden State Killer with some of the victim impact statements today. The trial begins for Joseph Dangelo as part of the deal in june, he is going to receive life in prison when he is sentenced friday, but today, more than 30 victims and survivors plan to tell their stories and confront him in the sacramento courtroom. He admitted to targeting 30 victims over two decades ending in the mid1980s. Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic stands at more than 634,000. And the number of deaths is more than 11,000 as covid is thethir the United States behind Heart Disease and cancer. In the meantime, here in california, the number of deaths fell to more than 130 sunday as the rate also fell. Leaders will consider budget cuts to san joses largest hospital. Supervisors are debating the options to reduce the costs at the countyowned valley medical, and one plan is to reduce health and overtime costs and another is eliminating other costs from verite health. And if you would like to be tested, another pop up center is near mountain view. You will need an appointment for this one. Meanwhile, alameda is going to announce a new testing site at madison park in oakland and they say that once it is up and running the tests will be made available to everyone who needs one. Happening today, dr. Anthony fauci is making a virtual appearance here in the bay area. He is going to be joining the conversation with a Commonwealth Club and he is going to be speaking about being on the front lines of being against diseases and not just covid19, but aids and ebola. Well, under fire, and still ahead for you today in the bay, all new claims are being made against President Trump by one of his own former aides. The wildfire aide that wildf aid that tried to block california from getting. And Carnival Cruise i. T. Systems and the data that was taken in a hack. We will be right back. 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Here in freemont, no problems, but a good amount of traffic here and everyone is doing well. We will check more traffic coming up. Good morning. Im Frank Holland at nbc Head Quarters with the top headlines. Wall street is flat to slightly higher with stocks higher yesterday and nasdaq closing at a record high, and nasdaq trying, but closing short above the record it set in february and despite the stalemate in washington over the fresh stimulus to help americans and business impacted by the pandemic. And that with earnings from home depot and kohls, and home depot recorded a record second quarter. And tiktok is reporting that oracle is having a talk with byte dance, and with shareholders who hold shares in the company, and the president is saying they should sell their shares because it is posing a security threat. Twitter has expressed interest as has google. Larry ellis is a trump supporter, but it is unclear if the white house is more supporter oracle over microsoft. Carnival cruise lines is launching an investigation into the attack of a hack into their lines. It says that the attack included unauthorized access of personal data of guests and employees and the company did not identify what brand was hacked, but it adds to the woes that the carnival has been experiencing along with the covid19 effects. Back over to you. Than you, frank. Right now at 4 42 walking out of the door with temperatures in the mid50s along the coast. We will talk about a warmup in the forecast again for today. That is coming up in a few minutes. And it is look like the issue i was tracking for 101 at the woodside exit is affecting only part of the exit and it is still opened. You are okay, but use caution. We will check out the bigger view, and Something Else is going on in the east bay coming up. And a good morning to you right here on today in the bay on this tuesday and dark and early as you see there. A live look in San Francisco, and a dark Early Morning, but bright lights with all of us and smiles, too. Too early for you sh, laura . Yes, i need an i. T. Team to come in and help me. Oh, no, working from home. Such is life, and maybe a good fan, too, because it has been so warm. Yeah, at least you have power, laura, and you remember what happened to me in the midday show, and suddenly the lights flickered off and that is a warning shot from pg e and so we have to conserve the energy today, and we are still going to have the hot temperatures as we take a live look outside in dublin right now. We will see the steady flow of traffic coming out as we are already seeing many people up and out of the door as that sevenday forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen as the microclimate comes up looking at the south bay first and los gatos is going to be back to 100 degrees for today. Downtown san jose, 98. For the east bay, up to 104 in concord and 89 in hayward and also, not as much of the humidity, but we will have the drifts of smoke coming in, and hot is hot. We are looking at the temperatures in the mid70s for half moon bay, and palo alto is going to reach into the mid90s for this afternoon, and for San Francisco, we will be coming down a few degrees and we will see the 70s on embarcadero but the triple digits in santa rosa and reaching 103 degrees today. We also will have the unhealthy air quality as the strong area of High Pressure pumps in some very dry heat. As we go into the next few days, that tropical moisture that was streaming in will move to the north of us, so that we are left with the heat as the High Pressure doesnt budge. It is not going to change, but at least we will have enough of the ocean breeze to cool off some of our immediate coastline, but for the valleys, it is still going to be very hot, and we are looking agent this to continue even into next week. Something else that may change for us as we look at what is happening farther to the south as we see now category 4 hurricane jengenevieve that is l to the west of cabo and moving for the next few days, we will see it continue to weaken, but we are watching closely to see if it is going to do the same thing that the last couple of the tropical systems have done, which is drawn into the High Pressure, and then drawn into the bay area to increase the humidity and the potential for thunderstorms. That wont be until next week, but we will watch out for the possibility of more of the tropical moisture coming in by next tuesday and wednesday. A lot to watch here as we continue on with some well above normal temperatures. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . Well, people are probably irritable if they are like me, with a little warm out there. Not a lot the complain about compared to other places in the bay area. Watch out, folks, because we will be hitting the heat wave for a while, like kari said, and so stay hydrated. Green sensors around the bay, and that is what we would expect, a couple of spots with a few exceptions and northbound to 680 coming up towards washington and report of a crash there or perhaps a disabled vehicle. We are watching the bend as you come up through sunol through freemont, but the typical commute from southbound to westbound out of the altamont pass, and looks like traffic is moving smoothly there. And as you would expect, the weather there is cooler than it is in front of these lights. Back to you, marcus. Than yk you, mike. And now, firefighters are battling this fire near santa clarita. The lake fire has scorched about 19,000 acres and about 38 contained. And the flames have destroyed 12 structures and 21 outbuildings, and evacuation orders remain in effect. Meanwhile, another fire in Southern California is keeping the crews busy this morning at the hols er canyon. And volunteer evacuations are under way. It is zero percent contained. The white house is responding to explosive new political ad accusing President Trump of trying to withhold fema money for california fire money. Democrats put out the ad featuring myles taylor who says that trump ordered wildfire money to be withheld because california did not support him. There is no evidence showing that federal aid was ever withheld. Some say that taylor is trying to cash in, and never understood the president s agenda when he worked in the administration. And a case of plague at south tahoe is being report and the first in california in five years. That person is under medical care while at home. They say that person might have been bitten by an infected flea while walking the dog. It is caused by bacteria and commonly transmitted by fleas. The states Inspector General says that the state inspectors were not consistent with screening employees and visitors while inside of the corrections facilities, and that is a result of vague rules and they allowed people inside of the facility that were not screened and however, it does not link the practices to the states worst prison outbreak at san quentin. Researchers in Southern California are moving forward in the vaccine trial, but it needs specific volunteers. Usc is now starting phase 3 of the covid19 trials, and it is looking for 500 volunteers, but it is specifically looking for those who are more susceptible in contracting the virus, and researchers that are targeting the meat packing workers around l. A. Who have a constant rise in those cases, and seniors and the one usc professor says it makes sense to test where the problem is. You know they are at risk, and in essence, we want to show profession or no profession, safety or no safety precisely in the risk of acquiring the infection. Dr. Jones lopez says that the only true way to control covid19 is a vaccine. Well, 4 52 for you this morning as many professional sports seasons are resuming, we are seeing the empty stands. Next on nfl in the bay, the nfl is looking to change it, and allowing some fans at the games. It happens for you now, a quake in the philippines. The 6. 2 magnitude quake hit around 8 00 local time, and the quake damaged roads and destroyed homes in the coastal town near the epicenter. More for you after the break. Welcome back. 4 55 for you this morning. If you watch any sports at all, you have seen the empty stands with the baseball, basketball and hockey, but dont expect the same thing when nfl season gets going. Expect to see some fans in stands when the super bowl champs, the chiefs are hosting the seasons first game right here on nbc bay area. So local health 1 5 of the full capacity which means nearly 17,000 diehards are going to be there. Okay. Niner fans, dont expect the same at levys, and the team went full speed for the first time in the training camp, and the nfl is limiting contact of course as part of the distancing rules. Topseeded lakers are starting the quest for the nba championship tonight taking on oaklands Damian Lillard and the portland trail blazers. And so last night the rival clippers got under way and paul george hit a huge three down the stretch, and the clippers held off a late challenge from dallas, and winning the game 118110. Well, trend for you this morning, the leader of british columbia, canada, reached out to Ryan Reynolds to inform teams that it is unsafe to party amid the covid pandemic to let them know that they can catch covid19. And the young folks in b. C. , they are partying and dangerous, and they probably dont know that thousands of young people are getting covid19 and dying. Reynolds also encouraged them to social distance and good rules there. All right. Breaking news this morning and many flames across the bay area, and the efforts to tame those hot spots. Sgloot a and recapping tonight one of the Democratic National convention and who is expected to speak today. We will be right back. Dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. Right now at 5 00, raging from napa to the south bay, multiple wildfires are burning and threatening homes with evacuations with no containment, and the team is live on both ends of the bay to bring you the latest on the overnight firefight. Plus we have to vote for joe biden in numbers that cannot be ignored. Democrats unite behind joe biden and Kamala Harris as the dnc kicks off. Up next for you, a live report of what to expect on day two. Both from democrats and President Trump on the campaign trail. And happening today on the covid front, and the bay area cities are considering help for businesses and a safe watch list grows. And safe in the bay continues right now. And we say continuing because we have been on since 4 30. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington, and mike is back with all smiles and a look at the commute for you, but first, we have to talk about the hot temperatures, because they are sticking around, kari. Yeah, and i am so glad to not be tracking storms this morning. The humidity has moved to the north along with the potential of the more storms this morning, but we are still in for some hot weather today, and take a look at the high temperatures reaching up to 105 degrees today in morgan livermore, and 102 today in napa and looking at some