Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240712

We may have some rain by the end of the week. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is the commute rolling . Well, kari, its not rolling so smoothly or quickly i should say at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is moving smoothly when you get to move there. The metering lights turned on just before 5 30. This may be in part due to lower visibility. Low clouds here. Theres fog across the span. Just a little closer to the middle of the screen circled west 580. The bridge from richmond to san rafael. A disabled vehicle there. A little toyota could be causing a bigger problem as the backup starts to form. The rest of the bay as you would expect. Back to you. We begin at the Walter Reed Medical Center where President Trump is being treated for covid19. Live pictures now. Also at the hospital today in the bays tracie potts. Tracie, we just heard that the decision to discharge the president will be made later on today. What will that entail . Reporter well, the president and his medical team will get together and decide if its safe for him to continue treatment at the white house. That came from chief of staff mark meadows saying together they will make that decision. Perhaps late this morning after the president is evaluated or late into the afternoon. One of the emergency room doctors is critical of that lastminute trip the president made yesterday. These are new pictures of President Trump working inside Walter Reed Hospital after a brief driveby outside to thank supporters. Doctors say the president could be released today, a high fever and low oxygen levels over the weekend led doctors to give him oxygen and a steroid typically reserved for the sickest covid19 patients. Were getting great reports from the doctors. Reporter the president s condition vastly different from the mild symptoms reported friday. I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president , this course of illness has had and in doing so came off we were trying to hide something. Reporter democrats are concerned the white house isnt telling the whole story. When it comes as vital as this, the health of the president , the health of the people around him, we need to know the whole truth and nothing but the truth. A brief from the white house here. Hell be at walter read. Well do it by secure videoconference. He was animated and ready to get back on the campaign trail. Reporter thats on hold as the worlds most watched patient continues treatment. And there are new concerns, as i mentioned, about that trip outside the hospital. The president made yesterday. The walter reed emergency physician is now saying that everyone who accompanied the president , including those who were in the car with him, now need to selfquarantine because they were exposed to a positive covid patient. Back to you. Thank you very much, tracie. What are the antibody cocktails the president got being tested at uc davis. The university is working with Biotech Company regeneron, the maker of the drug, in conducting trials with patients. Researchers say the trials are in early stages and just because the drug might work for President Trump theyre still a long way to go before it is authorized not for emergency use but for public use by the fda. More than 820,000 californians have now contracted covid19 and more than 16,000 people have died in the state. In the bay area cases have now surpassed 104,000. Alameda and santa clara counties are showing a slight uptick in the number of cases. And because of covid we know so many businesses have been shut down, people fired, let go. If youve been out of work the past two weeks or so your wait is over. Can you file for those unemployment benefits. Lets check in with today in the bays bob redell this morning. He joins us live with people that have been waiting for these checks for some time. People are just trying to survive, bob. Reporter laura, correct. As of september 30th, 1. 6 million californians have been waiting for their unemployment checks. Thats how great the backlog is. Governor newsom ordered the Employment Development department to stop processing new unemployment claims for the past two weeks. That ends today. This was so the state can catch up on the backlog of the enormous number of claims and to allow the state to improve its technology. The state has since upgraded its system to reduce fraud. The mercury reports the state is launching new technology to verify an applicants identity. This will automate the process more and free up people. The state has been overwhelmed by claims, about 8. 8 million californians have filed for unemployment since the covid19 shutdown began nearly 4. 6 million between march and may alone, almost double the peak during the great recession. Now that twoweek reset period ends today. So if you lost your job within the past couple of weeks you should be able to log on to the state Employment Development Department Website to file your new claim. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. All right, good info for folks there. Thank you, bob. It is 6 06 right now. Developing now Deadly Wildfires across the state have now scorched more than 4 million acres making it the most land burned in a single year. The state hit the record breaking milestone over the weekend. The 4 million acres equates to land larger than the state of connecticut. Lightning strikes caused some of those fires and, sadly, 31 people left killed and there are still about two months remaining in our fire season. This comes as crews work to put out the glass fire burning in napa and lake counties. It is 26 contained. More cleanup in Santa Cruz County for those affected by the czu complex fire. The epa says it needs to clear debris and Hazardous Waste from more than 2,000 properties. A map shows the progress of that removal. The highlighted green areas show where crews are actively proper let homeowners know sites have cleared that workers have cleared that site. Speaking of fires, take a look outside where we are still experiencing smoke from those fires in the north bay. There is a spare the air alert in effect until tomorrow. However, as a nonprofessional, the air is starting to improve, kari. You can go outside and you dont have to choke on the wildfire smoke. Yeah, for most of us that is the case. This is the wildfire smoke in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And we can see that a southerly wind has helped clear a lot of that smoke from much of the coastli coastline. We are still looking at some unhealthy air quality in spots. Weve seen it move into the east bay. It looks good for getting out for an extra long walk and well see some of the slightly cooler temperatures. Well talk about a really big cooldown that may come along with some rain coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking now for the morning commute . Well, kari, its looking good. Im concerned about a couple spots. One of them is the Richmond San Rafael bridge. You see the backup at the toll plaza heading west to the san rafael and to the north bay out of the east bay. The issue is there was a disabled vehicle on the span but it has been cleared in the last few minutes. So we should see some good improvement over here although theres time for the build as well. Ill show you the area circled on the map for that westbound. It should improve there. The arrow shows the backup at the toll plaza because the metering lights are on and have been since 6 30. The yellow highlights have some fog and other issues for transit as well as out of the altamont. Ill explain coming up. Thanks so much, mike. Well, the plot thickens when it comes to reopening some of those movie theaters. Coming up next on today in the bay, why one of the largest theater chains with tens of thousands of workers says it has to close back down. Plus seems reassured by the president s videos from the hospital, plus it does not look like we will get a stimulus anytime soon. Playing away your feelings all right. A new twist on an old classic. Up next how this viral video has sle fle Fleetwood Mac singing its praises. garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. 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You might not expect that. We do have fog this morning. Issues for transit riders may change as well. The Golden Gate Bridge and also the Altamont Pass. Well, good morning, a very happy monday to you as well. The latest polls show the president continues to hold the high ground when it comes to the economy, 48 of registered voters polled say they trust trump to steer the American Economy over challenger joe biden. In a sign the economy is not at the top of americans minds overall, an overwhelming number of voters say they would prefer a President Biden, 53 , to trumps 39 . This poll was taken after last weeks catastrophic debate. It appears there will be no stimulus anytime soon. Mitch mcconnell has sent most senators home until later this month. The house was already already passed a stimulus from the sen despite the president urging talks. The president tweeting from the hospital over the weekend, in fact. Our great usa wants and needs stimulus. Work together and get it done. Thank you. Taking a look at the futures, they seem less unnerved about the president s medical challenges than on friday. Its incredibly important the leader of the free world be healthy. These videos weve shown you showing the president upright, speaking without aid of oxygen, certainly a reassurance. So its been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school, not read the books school. I get it. I understand it. Its a very interesting thing. I will be letting you know about it. Kris and laura, you talk about the medical community certainly criticizing the president for taking that car ride and all the secret Service Members who were with him will now have to isolate themselves because hes an active patient. But it was reassuring to get that video. Were not sure how it was shot, if it was an iphone left in his room or what not on the tripod. Well find that out. Hopefully, yeah. And well learn about his discharge plans later on today as well. It is 6 16 right now. Regal will temporarily close more than 500 u. S. Theaters starting on thursday. This will impact about 40,000 workers. The producers of the new James Bond Film delayed the release of the movie until april, the last major blockbuster with disney pushing black widow to next year as well. Theaters remain closed. The two largest u. S. Markets. An unexpected sale at the box office. The film hocus pocus was rereleased. The movie came in at number two behind the new movie tenet. Fleetwood mac is back on the top of the charts thanks to a viral video you might have already seen. So funny to see what will take off. This did. This is a guy riding his skateboard while listening to dreams. He nonchalantly drinks from a bottle of ocean spray and lipsynchs the song. Its been seen more than 5 million times on tiktok. Other celebrities had to get in on the trend. You recognize him . Thats 73yearold Fleetwood Mac cofounder Mick Fleetwood recreating the viral video. He said he had so much fun with it. I cant imagine the original guy on the skateboard going, oh, my gosh. Hes using cranraspberry. Completely different. Whole different taste. Got to be accurate. Who knew that cranberry juice could be cool . Well need some cool drinks later on this afternoon. Not this morning. Were starting out nice and cool. As we go into the afternoon were going to be warming up. Take a look at our High Temperatures for today. Were in the mid60s. Oakland today will reach 76 degrees and then we have some 90s again today. As you head over to livermore, antioch and further to the north in ukiah today. The sevenday forecast is already up. Lets talk about our air quality. Weve had a lot of smoke. We saw some improvements in our bay area but the north bay will still be unhealthy because the glass fire is burning with little containment and we are also seeing some of that smoke moving into the east bay. But then we should start to see our air quality improving by the end of the week for even those spots. Lets head over to parts of the caribbean where we have two tropical systems right now spinning and weve maxed out the whole name list for the atlantic basis. Now were talking about gamma and delta and both are Tropical Storms that may be heading into the gulf. Gamma is close to florida will meander back and forth and really not have a big steering direction. We will possibly see beta moving into the gulf and watching out for the possibility of that strengthening into a hurricane the next few days. We had a hurricane in the pacific, marie. It has continued to weaken but may as it continues to weaken the remnants of that system get drawn into an area of low pressure and move into the bay area by this weekend and enhance our chance of rain. Its really a good sign here as we can see the possibility of getting about a quarter, possibly up to half an inch of rain for much of the bay area and higher amounts for the Santa Cruz Mountains. Maybe an inch of rain that starts on friday and continues into saturday. Look how much cooler. Hot, dry, smoky in the 90s. May wrap up cooler, breezy and also some rain. Mike, what are you watch mornin . So far weve been okay. Let me explain why. As we look at the map, everything looks great. The green sensors for our speeds show pretty much at the limit all around the bay. We do have a concern, of course, theres a build in san jose coming up and also slowing out of the Altamont Pass. It looks pretty standard there for west 580. We might see more cars and still have the chance because ace train has been canceled this morning. Notice theyre suspending routes 25 and 56x because of low ridership because of the quarantine. Over here were circling the richmond to san rafael bridge that cleared from the earlier incident. Laura, its just us girls today. You know what girls love a lot . Oh, i do. I think Marilyn Monroe can help us as well. Hese rocks dont los shape diamonds are a girls best friend yes, they are. And check this out. A 102carat diamond waiting to be your best friend. How maybe you can get your hands on it up next. Youre watching today in the bay. Nbc bay area responds to a lot of refrigerator complaints. Now some unhappy fridge owners could have some money coming their way. Consumer investigator chris chmura here to explain how to get your share of it. Reporter good morning. In our records we found more than a dozen complaints with lg refrigerators dating back to 2016. 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A rare diamond could soon be someones best friend. Sothebys selling a 102carat diamond in an Online Auction today. The oval diamond was discovered in a mine in Ontario Canada in 2018. Its said to be the size of a lollipop. The diamond could sell for up to 30 million. I could see wearing it as a big pendant right here, kris. I think its a safety issue. Im out in the dark reporting every morning. If i could flash that people could see me easier. I would be much safer if i had a diamond like that. You can keep it for when youre in house in the studio. So back to our top story now and back to walter read Medical Center where President Trump is getting treatment for covid19 and has been tweeting all morning long. An update on his condition next. The glass fire is still burning. Still forcing new evacuations. Were going to have a live report from the fire zone coming up next. Its 6 27. Youre watching today in the bay. Im not telling anybody but you, but im about to make a little surprise visit. Right now at 6 30, the president s surprise visit to see supporters outside the hospital condemned by Health Experts as he battles covid19. Up next the president s time line to get back to the white decision 2020, just 29 days to go until election day. You can start voting today. Well show you how. And wildfire fatigue as people in the north bay return to their homes once again. A lot of folks are wondering can we go through this again . Today in the bay continues right now. Thanks so much for joining us on this monday morning. Kris sanch washington. Its good to have you, kris, and im laura garcia. Mike, well check in with you in just a little bit. Lets get to the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. What are we in store for today . Were starting out with you can see the low clouds rolling by but also some clearing in the south bay. Weve seen some matches of fog and its also a nice, chilly start around the bay area with higher humidity and a light wind. As we go from the morning into the afternoon were going to see it warming up once again with sunshine but were monitoring that air quality with some of our inland spots heading back into the 90s today. Well talk about this and whats ahead, the big cooldown by the end of the week and possibly some rain. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Overall, kari, not bad. The fog we watched on the Golden Gate Bridge and north of there. Im concerned about a crash. Lets get the numbers as we look at the map talking about four vehicles, two separate crashes, southbound 880 approaching tennyson heading south down through hayward. That will cause a problem south of the san mateo bridge, highway 92. Looks like more traffic coming and of course off the Castro Valley y. The highlighted yellow. Well show that to you coming up. Back to you. 6 32 now and live to Walter Reed Medical Center where we are getting word the decision to discharge the president will come later today. The president has tweeted 19 times. He has been quiet for days after his diagnosis but no more. Meantime, the president s impromptu parade outside the hospital is causing concern because the president is highly contagious. Raising questions about the regimen of drugs the president has gotten to fight off the infection. Almost immediately after video of the president s ride in a secret service suv was posted a course of doctors sounded off. A spokesman clarified the suv is hardened against a chemical attack so the public was safe but the virus was inside the suv and for that theres a lot of concern. The fact he puts himself in a hermetically sealed car with eight or Ten Secret Service agents for the purpose of a joy ride or a photoop is really irresponsible. He is unnecessarily endangering the lives of secret Service Agents who are there to protect him. Doctors are also raising the red flag about what the president s medical Team Revealed during their briefing at Walter Reed Hospital. The president suffered two drops in oxygen that his doctors decided were serious enough they gave him a steroid called dexamethasone. In some it can cause mood swings, confusion and psychosis. Early voting begins today in california and theres a lot to tell you about. 21 million ballots are now on their way to voters. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda joins us live in martinez this morning. Something special in your own hands there, sharon. Reporter thats right. I have my voter information guide and it has a sample ballot inside. You can see theres a drop box ready to take your ballots starting today. Today is the deadline for all counties to send out the vote by mail ballot. San francisco is starting early voting today and throughout the bay tents are set up outside city hall for the early voting center. Every registered voter in california will receive a vote by mail ballot. And you know a lot of people say california will go for biden so we dont have to vote. I think we want as high a vote total to send a clear message who the winner will be. I think everyone in california should vote. Reporter on the eve of early voting supporters of the president rallied outside city hall as the president continues to recover from the coronavirus. There are many questions about the impact. Very high turnout. Fashionly we already have 3 Million People who voted. Normally not even 10 of that. October 27th is the last day you are able to request a mailin ballot to be mailed if you did not receive one and november 3rd, of course, is election day. Ballots sent by mail must be postmarked by that day. And back here live a recent study shows that Younger Voters and older voters, some of those ballots have been rejected in the past because Younger Voters had some problems filling out the mailin ballots and older voters forgot to sign the envelope. So do be careful if youre mailing in your ballot. Back to you. Get it all done. Thank you, sharon. Our website is a really great resource for you as you prepare to cast your ballot. We have a complete voter guide highlighting issues in every county. Also information on voting by mail and ballot dropoff locations. Head on over to nbcbayarea. Com election guide. One week since the glass fire started damaging homes and businesses throughout sonoma and napa county forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. This morning back to one neighborhood hit hard by the flames. The skyhawk neighborhood in santa rosa. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson was there this time last week. And is back to walk us through what neighbors are coming back to one week later. Such a difference, cierra. Reporter yes, good morning. Exactly a week ago at this time i was standing in front of a row of homes that were burning. There were fire trucks. I was soaking wet because of the water they were using to spray down those houses. And today a week later is a completely different story, a pretty chilly morning. You can now see the photographer shining a light on them completely destroyed. This is one in the skyhawk neighborhood that was a victim to those flames. It was a week ago those houses were on fire and marks three years ago since the tubbs fire hit portions of this community. An emotional time for a lot of folks in this area. I want to provide an update for another area we covered extensively last week. I spent several days in calistoga as well. There is some good news there. That fire is now 26 contained. The containment was in the Single Digits for many days. Theres still that overwhelming feeling of fatigue if they get the call to evacuate. A resident as she returns to her home. It was stressful going through it so many times in the last four years, three years, its been one thing after the other for us. Reporter and to give you a sense in terms of the number the widespread nature of the glass fire 487 homes destroyed. Not damaged but destroyed, and 316 businesses destroyed by that fire so you can see whats behind me and the numbers is a very extensive fire with a lot of folks having a lot of rebuild to go do in napa and sonoma counties. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. We know it takes so heartbreakingly long. Thank you, cierra. I want to get to kari hall because weather is always a factor when firefighters are on the fire lines. Right. Where cierra is right now it is a chilly start to the morning. Weve seen those temperatures in the low 50s, a calm wind and higher humidity. We are going to still have a very warm afternoon. With sunshine and some lower humidity for the afternoon. All the smoke continues in parts of the north bay as the fire will be burning throughout the next several days most likely. And then for the east bay moderate air quality, but we noticed yesterday afternoon that it has improved. Its not as unhealthy here at the surface level. Ill be tracking that. Well talk about some changes in our forecast. How are the conditions changing on the roads . The fog drifts around. You know that. It doesnt just stay there. That is a factor now affecting the bay bridge toll plaza. We take a live look out. The metering lights were turned on earlier than the volume might indicate. Look at the maps and over to the north bay, the peninsula. That yellow highlighting. Thats where fog will impact your visibility and your drive. A smooth flow of traffic slowing south 880 at tennyson. The crash still blocks two lanes as youre heading in the southbound commute direction and thats it for now. Were back up and running. California expecting unmroim claims after taking a twoweek break to fix major problems you might have experienced. Our bob redell puts the new and improved system to the test. Plus the president says hes learning a lot about covid19. Out to new york as well on the big board. The dow is up better than 200 points after President Trump issued that reassuring video. Youre watching today in the bay. This election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov when it comes to flooring, im hard to pl without compromising my design. Cause one aisle doesnt cut it. I need an entire store. Explore floor decor in person or online. To wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Welcome back. Its 6 43. To decision 2020, the president s doctors say he could be released from the hospital as soon as today. Scott mcgrew, there is concern even among other medical professionals that the doctors treating the president are not being entirely straightforward. Thats right. We have very High Expectations of these doctors. They are, after all, scientists. They know that being exact in their work is very important. Particularly when theyre talking and the whole world is watching. Even when questioned about past claims the president s primary physician didnt say to the world, i wasnt trying to hide something. He said i wasnt necessarily trying to hide something. Words really matter. He had been explaining why he had been deliberately upbeat about the president s health but did not give americans an accurate picture of the president s health. You will hear from the president s physician and then another doctor who is nbc medical correspondent. I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president , this course of illness has had. I didnt want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction. And in doing so came off that we were trying to hide something which wasnt necessarily true. The fact of the matter is hes doing really well. He is responding and as the team said if everything continues to go well well start discharge plans back to the white house. Fact he was on oxygen, went off of it, and then dropped again for a short time is concerning. That means its affecting his lungs. If that continues and gets worse, it could be dangerous. Every person who took part in the president s car tour yesterday will have to isolate for 14 days because they were directly exposed to a patient who we know, who they knew, had covid. Now if the president does return to the white house today, it raises more concerns about endangering others even if he does stay in isolation, which he is supposed to do. The first lady is doing well, according to those same doctors. Joe biden continues to test negative as does the Vice President. The Trump Campaign officials were asked why the Vice President doesnt quarantine to ensure the continuity of government if the president falls more seriously ill we will need a healthy Vice President. The Campaign Says people at the white house are very safe. Theyre tested often. Of course we know quite a number of people at the white house who have now contracted covid. They were tested often and tested positive. Kellyanne conway, hope hicks and others. Were just 29 days until election day. A brandnew wall street journal poll shows most registered voters would prefer a President Biden 53 to trumps 39 . This poll taken off the debate and shows the widest gap so far. We have a voters guide on nbcbayarea. Com where my colleagues and myself walk you through whats on your ballot from property taxes to props you can find it in the decision 2020 section. President trump tweeting a lot today. Well try to catch up with him. You can find me on twitter. I am scott mcgrew. All right, thank you, scott. Joe biden will join lester holt for a town hall right here on nbc bay area. It starts at 8 00 tonight. The president was invited to participate before he was diagnosed with covid19, and he is invited to participate again in the future. 6 47. Tens of thousands of californians are still waiting for their unemployment checks since the pandemic started. A huge part of the problem, the Employment Development department, couldnt handle the work load. But thats all supposedly now fixed. The department shut down for two weeks in order to try to get things back in order but the question now, is it going to work . Today in the bays bob redell is checking it out. Reporter well, good morning to you, kris and laura. Think about this number, this is how great the backlog is for unemployment. As of september 30th, this was last week, almost 1. 6 million californians have been waiting for their unemployment checks. So today if youre recently unemployed within the past couple weeks you should be able to logon and file your new claim. Again, this is for recently unemployed people. Governor newsom ordered the edd department to stop processing new unemployment claims the past week so the state could catch up on the backlog that i mentioned that was created by the pandemic and allow the state to improve technology. The state has upgraded a system to help speed up benefit payments, reduce fraud and get to that backlog faster. The mercury reports new technology to verify an applicants identity and would automate the process and free up people for other tasks. The state has been overwhelmed by claims. About 8. 8 million californians have filed for unemployment since the shutdown began. Nearly 4. 6 Million People between march and may alone filed for unemployment. Thats almost double the great recession. That twoweek reset period ends today. If you lost your job within the past couple of weeks, you should be able to log on to the state Employment Development Department Website to file your claim. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks so much, bob. Its 6 49 right now. Well check that monday morning commute coming off a pretty decent weekend. Kari has a look at our forecast for today. We did start to see our air quality improving across much of the bay area yesterday afternoon. And so were starting out with some fog, higher humidity. All great news in the forecast as we start out with low visibility and were also seeing the clear skies above. Just watch out for that fog especially as you head out in oakland, parts of the north bay from napa and santa rosa where visibility is now down to a quarter of a mile. And so that low visibility also boosting up the humidity and will help keep it cooler for today. The high tempera it will still be hot in concord right now where its clear, reaching up to 90 degrees for a High Temperature today. 85 in san jose. 82 in palo alto. 92 in morgan hill. Also 92 today in ukiah. As we go through the forecast we are going to see still some smoky air for the north bay as the glass fire continues. Its been moving to the east bay as well. Then for the bay and the coast as well as down to the south bay weve seen some better air quality and that continues. Now lets head to whats happening in the Atlantic Basin as we track two tropical systems here. Tropical storm delta and Tropical Storm gamma. Both are expected to head towards the gulf over the next couple of days. While we start to see the system bringing some rain over florida, meander over the gulf over the next few days. It looks like well start to see the other tropical system with much more strengthening in the forecast as it heads in that direction over the next few days. Ive also been tracking a couple tropical systems in the pacific and one that continues to weaken is marie further to the south. As it does so, it will be drawn in by another area of low pressure that could enhance our chance of getting some rain by the end of the week. This is really good news because we could see at least a decent shot of rain for northern california. Here in the bay area were also looking at a nice amount of rain with some of our computer models showing a quarter inch for the east bay up to a half inch of rain for parts of the peninsula and higher amounts for parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the upper elevations. And we go from the 90s to start out the week to some mid70s. At least we will get some cooling possibly coming along with that rain this weekend. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Kari, coming down into the low 60s and over here in the east bay, maybe close to the upper 50s as youre traveling south 880 to tennyson and the nimitz does bog down past 92. A crash there. Sounds like everything is off to the shoulder and no major injuries around tennyson. As we zoom out north of there on both sides of the bay north of the san mateo bridge that yellow highlighting is where fog is starting to affect folks. Kari talked about low visibility. It is not so frequent in a lot of these areas, but we do know we have it out of the Altamont Pass and across the Golden Gate Bridge. The altamont may see more traffic. It looks steady now. Ace train has been canceled. Theres track work in the stockton area. Muni suspending routes 25 and 56x because of low ridership. Some adjustments for the route for 54. Again, that fog in the north bay, San Francisco and oakland, really going to be a factor about now. Back to you. Thank you, mike. As we track the president s coronavirus treatment happening now a troubling milestone in the fight against covid19. The World Health Organization is now saying roughly one in ten people may have been infected with coronavirus. There are more than 35 million cases and more than 1 Million People have died worldwide. Coming up next on today in the bay well have a quick look at our top stories for this monday morning including the wildfires that continue to rage on in the north bay. The progress thats being made by firefighters to save homes from the glass fire. It is 6 53. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back. Heres a quick look at the top stories were following for you on this monday morning. We take you back out live to walter reed where President Trump is getting treatment for covid19. Doctors will make the decision on whether to discharge him later today. The president did post a video saying he is recovering well. We will follow the process all day. You can watch more on the today show in just a few minutes. Get ready to vote, californians. Sharon katsuda joins us live in martinez with the details. Sharon . Reporter yes, you can see theres a drop box waiting for to you drop off your ballot if you received vote by mail ballot. You can drop it off right here. San francisco started today and tents are set up outside city hall for the early voting center. Every voter will receive a vote by mail ballot as the president continues to recover. The impact on the election and some key dates to remember, october 27, the last day to request a mailin ballot if you have not received one and the november 3, ballots most be postmarked by that day. You can track your ballot by going on the state website. Im Sharon Katsuda, today in the bay. Sounds great, thanks, sharon. Our website is a great resource as you prepare to cast that ballot. We have a complete voter guide highlighting issues in every county and voting by mail and dropoff locations. Wildfires scorched 4 million acres. Were not done yet. The state hit the milestone over the week. Land larger than the state of connecticut, more than half the size of hawaii. More than 31 people are dead and still about two months left in the fire season. Crews work to put out the glass fire burning in napa, sonoma and lake counties t. Has burned nearly 65,000 acres and is 26 contained. A developing story, a search ongoing for a missing uc berkeley student. 19yearold west is from chapel hill, north carolina, living in the bay area since late august. Her family says shes not had contact with them since september 30th. Her last known location was downtown San Francisco near crissy field. If you have any information call police. All right. Lets take a look at our forecast with meteorologist kari hall. Theres a spare the air alert in effect but it smells better out there. Yeah, weve seen some improvements in the south bay as well as along the coastline but for the east bay, the north bay, still looking at smoky conditions and hot temperatures. It will cool down as we head through the week and possibly some rain this weekend. Mike, whats happening out there for the commute . A couple of surprises. Look, its clear but the metering lights are still on. Clear but low clouds and fog. The same situation for the san mateo bridge. Not expected low visibility. Kari has been talking about that fog, so have i. Ladies, there you go at the san mateo bridge. That will do it for us this morning. Thats right. The today show is coming up next. We leave you with a live look outside. A cloudy start in the south bay this morning. Have a great day. Patient in chief. The president in the hospital for the fourth day on a series of medicines usually reserved for the sickest patients, but doctors saying that he could be released as soon as today. 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