Lets show that you overall nothing alarming about this. Weve come to know more intensely that there will be slowing through the Construction Zone north 680. The westbound your drive out of the Altamont Pass is standard and so is the westbound drive across the bay bridge with no delays. Back to you. Thank you, mike. In washington this morning a president in recovery and a stimulus plan in limbo. On his first full day back at the white house after being hospitalized for covid19 President Trump stopped negotiations on pandemic stimulus and then appeared to reverse course leaving the white house to explain. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us live from washington this morning with a look at how this may affect your next stimulus check. Tracie . Reporter if that check comes, and its looking more and more, marcus and laura, like that check will not come before the election. Shut down by a president recovering from covid19. He first tweeted negotiations are off until after the election. The stock market took a nose dive. Clearly this is a huge shock to the system. We know millions of americans are out of work and theyre depending on another stimulus check. Reporter then in an apparent reversal the president said hes ready to sign off on stimulus checks and billions for airlines and Small Business loans. The president wants to deal with each issue separately. Still contagious the president says he will attend the debate in miami next week. We have to ask if the stress of a debate is worth taking along with the infectious implications that potentially in the debate. Reporter the president s post comparing covid with the flu was taken down by facebook and flagged on twitter. You dont get a pandemic that kills a Million People and it isnt even over yet with influenza. It is not correct to say its the same as flu. Reporter at least 18 people tied to the white house have now tested positive. The latest adviser Steven Miller, at the pentagon defense officials tell nbc the joint chiefs chair and other top brass are quarantined after a coast guard official caught the virus. Now it turns out seven of the eight Service Chiefs were in a meeting with that coast guard admiral last friday. One was traveling so the other seven are now quarantined as well as the head of the National Security agency who was also in that meeting. Laura and marcus . The list is growing. Voters hungry for information are looking to the Vice President ial candidates to deliver at tonights debate. Here is a live look in utah where that stage is set with covid19 safety protocols in mind. It includes socially distanced seating and even plexiglas between Vice President pence and senator Kamala Harris. Supporters of both candidates are hoping to hear more about how they plan to handle some of the biggest issues. How do we move forward would be nice to cover, how were going to pay back all of this debt weve incurred. Climate change. You have to acknowledge it. Were in california. Were not going to last much longer without a deal. The debate begins at 6 00 p. M. Here on nbc bay area. It will run 90 minutes with no commercial breaks. Californias Democratic Party is holding a virtual watch party. The preparty starts at 5 00 p. M. It celebrates california Women Leaders including bay area native Kamala Harris followed by a predebate event at 5 30. Following the debate there will be debate analysis. You can watch that Vice President ial debate here on nbc bay area followed by insight and analysis from our team at 6 00 p. M. All bay area counties in a Holding Pattern when it comes to covid tiers. No county moved up or down. San francisco remains the only county in that orange tier or moderate tier for you. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live for us in San Francisco to explain how this is all allowing more reopenings today. Cierra . Reporter yes, good morning. This month you could see more reopenings and today is the day that movie theaters are officially allowed to reopen. But as weve seen with so many other businesses in the past its going to open with some sort of restrictions. Those movie theaters are able to reopen at 25 capacity, up to 100 people. And you can forget about that popcorn. You wont be allowed to enjoy any snacks. No outside food or the concession stand. They will not be allowed to open at any of those theaters, but, according to cnbc, the chances of many theaters reopening is pretty slim because like all of us hollywood has been shut down so there wont be a lot of movies to show. And making a switch from the theater to the classroom the state provided an update on the virus and education according to the states top doctor california has not seen a connection between the reopening of k12 schools and the virus spread. Dr. Mark ghaly says it could take time to see patterns but what he has seen has been encouraging. The way were setting everything up each class is considered a cohort and they will stay with each other throughout the day. For lunch and recess pe time we have different zones set up throughout the day so that each child and each group of children will be together and they will not cross over or comingle. Reporter so the key is taking those proper protocols, keeping the social distancing, sanitizing your hands. Right now were unsure exactly what theaters are open. As we mentioned there are not a lot of movies to show in a lot of the smaller independent theaters were already having a hard time prepandemic. Right now its a waiting game to see if this theater along with dozens of others actually reopen. Were live in the marina. Thank you for the latest there. 5 07 now. Happening today registered nurses at san leandro and alameda hospitals walk off the job starting a fiveday strike. In both cases citing contract talks and safety concerns amidst the pandemic. Alameda health operates both facilities. The union says talks have been stalled for two years. The east bay times reports a blind side when he appeared before Alameda County supervisors saying residents will feel the impact. A former Palo Alto Police sergeant is facing criminal charges stemming from a controversial arrest. Our Investigative Unit first showed you last year. Surveillance Video Shows Police pulling over alvarez from his home in february of 2018. Pulled him out of the home on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. Then hes slammed against the car. At one point the officer appears to be mocking him for being gay. Officers never filed a use of force report. Wayne benitez now facing charges of unlaw if the beating by a public officer and lying on the Police Report about the arrest. Theres an officer using more force than necessary at a time no force was needed. When he filed his Police Report made no mention of use of force. Last year the city settled a civil rights case paying more than half a Million Dollars. Alvarezs attorney pointed out the charges are misdemeanors and contend that it they should be more severe. In a statement the Palo Alto Police chief says in part, quote, the Palo Alto Police department appreciates the important work of the District Attorneys Office and supports the district attorneys recent decision involving a former Palo Alto Police officer. Developing for you right now California Wildfires and the huge toll. The 4 millionplus acres burned statewide is already a record for one season. Fires have destroyed at least 8,700 buildings. 31 people across the state have died. 5 0 9 right now. A live look at the Golden Gate Bridge and downtown san jose. You see the fog moving in. A spare the air alert is being extended until thursday. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking all of this for us. Kari . With that spare the air alert they do want us to, of course, limit the amount of pollution were putting in the air because theres already so much from the wildfires in the north bay. And so as we look at our north bay air quality its still going to be unhealthy throughout today but weve seen some improvements elsewhere still looking pretty good across the rest of the bay area from the coast to the east bay down to the south bay. Our temperatures are going to be very nice this afternoon for your walk outdoors. A cooldown of five or six degrees from yesterday. Mike, whats going on with the commute . Kari, commute wise everything seems pretty cool but i have to give that warning again. We talked about alamo. 680 a deer was hit up there. Its out of lanes and everything is moving smoothly. Watch the Construction North into fremont to sunol. Highway 17, ive circled it there, south of the 7, reports of a deer and a bumper in lanes. Were talking about deer jumping across the roadway about now through november. A little fog into watsonville. A live look shows you how things are shaping up as well as travel flows smoothly. Much less clouds there. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Its 5 11 right now. Remembering a rock n roll legend. Still ahead at 5 25 on today in the bay, folks who had a front row seat working with Eddie Van Halen. Big accusations against hightech companies. Well cover the failure to pass a stimulus. Right now at 5 14 a nice morning for your commute and as youre walking out the door well see temperatures in the upper 50s in brentwood on the way to work. Its going to be cool but well gradually warm up today. Its going to be a nice one. Make some plans to get outside. Well talk about whats ahead in our weekend forecast coming up. And now as the clock turns 5 14 tracking the peninsula. An easy drive for 101 to palo alto. Fog reported at the Golden Gate Bridge. Well take a look at that in a bit. Another live look out here. The Richmond Bridge into the north bay, were tracking the fog as well as another important bridge note coming up. A very happy wednesday to you as well. President trump appears to have reversed his reversal when it comes to a stimulus first urging congress to pass a stimulus plan. He said that in a tweet from the hospital yesterday, shocking wall street. Tracie was talking about this. Shocked some in his own party by saying the white house would no longer be involved in any negotiation until after the election. Now he would negotiate over a piecemeal check, possibly more money to airlines. The Democratic House very unlikely to agree to such a narrow solution. The president s declaration that a full stimulus bill was totally off the table came hours, moments really, after the head of the fed once again said a stimulus was badly needed. Jay powell told an audience of economists basically congress cant overdo it. Pledge too much, no harm. Not enough that would further damage the economy. Right now were looking at nothing at all. It is an unusual strategy because a stimulus would help the president politically. Waiting to see if he wins in november could be worse for him. There may be a democratic senate. If he loses he would be a lame duck. Its possible the senate would move forward without him. A democratled house investigation released yesterday found google and facebook, amazon and apple all demonstrated anticompetitive behavior. This is a significant moment in Silicon Valley. Washington used to be hands off with us, let Silicon Valley be Silicon Valley. Let it grow unimpeded. You dont want to step in too early and stop the next google was the attitude. Well be revisiting this finding through upcoming hearings throughout the rest of the year but know right now we are at a major pivot point. Facebook says it will ban qanon content treating it more like an organization than a strange set of ideas. Many conservatives would like to be antifa treated the same way. Apple will unveil a new phone next month. The delayed 5g phones. Marcus and laura 5g up around america right now but a lot of people arent really using them. Your phone may even say 5g on it. If it does not have the chip in it, if its not a newer phone, youre not getting a 5g connection. You need a new iphone. As of right now there is no apple iphone that connects to 5g at 5g speed. Every year they say you need a new phone. Thanks, scott. And right when you get it, they come out with a new one. Well, new this morning, maybe youre watching this on your phone. Tiktok taking the social media world by storm. The Popular Video app has tapped insta gram as the second most popular for teens. 34 of teens list snapchat as their favorite social app with 29 picking tiktok. 25 select instagram. I think the next story is about me. Trending with halloween lurking a new revelation about people who watch horror movies. A new survey finds after watching a scary movie, 36 of us, yes, including myself, will sleep with the lights on. I havent done that since i was a kid but it happens from time to time and about one third of them doublecheck locks in their home and i do that every day. That survey also revealed the top three halloween movies of all time which are some of my favorite halloween, nightmare on elm street and scream. I cant tell you the last time i watched a scary movie but you like them. I love them. It sounds like you like to scare yourself. I do. Roller coasters, scary movies, right, marcus . Its a perfect match. 5 19 for you this morning. Nothing scary about this forecast because it is going to be a nice one out there, kari. Yes, it will be, and weve seen a lot of improvements in our weather over the past few days. As we head into the weekend. Now we are on a cooling trend but we still have to deal with that smoke in the north bay as the glass fire continues. Hopefully we continue to get more containment. Those firefighters working very hard out there and our models, unfortunately, are trending drier as we head to the weekend. That may mean a lot less rain than we were originally expecting. Lets just enjoy toe. Were home schooling and looking for those opportunities to get outside. And in pleasanton expect it to start out cool at 8 00 a. M. Were at 58 degrees and then at 11 00 it starts to clear out. Upper 60s, a lot of sunshine. Low 80s here and dropping back into the mid70s. We will have some better air quality for you heading out today. And as we look at all of our microclimates and our temperatures we are going to make it into the 60s and 70s around lunch time. If youre heading out for an outdoor lunch and then for today walking outside taking those little breaks in between working, we are going to have some comfortable temperatures at 7 00 for the evening walk. Were in the upper 60s for most of the bay area as the winds pick up. You may even need a light jacket. We have a couple of storm systems headed our way. The first one looks like it weakens as it moves in and doesnt bring in as much rain as we had originally hoped and then the next one behind that will stay mostly to the north of the bay area. The models are backing off on how much rain well see. The possibility of only a few hundredths of an inch. It may be spotty between friday and saturday. Were still looking at a cooling trend and at this point thats about all we can ask for. And some low 70s in the forecast. But as we were talking about, unfortunately, we dont get that good soaking of rain we need to help us out with the fires. As we head over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Were doing okay, kari. Its early in the commute so well talk about things were looking for in the next half hour. The Golden Gate Bridge, the possibility of fog. The chp did say it was dense overnight. Its great, the view you can see all the lights right now. The maps to the north and, kari, weve been talking about patchy fog as you travel through the highlighted yellow area. Now circled through observiakla thats the corridor. Overnight construction and we may be slowing the next half hour. Bottom of the screen coming to the top, the arrow pointing up 680 into sunol. That will get worse until they clear. Another half hour away. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. Reporter r the showw musun but what happens when it doesnt and you already paid for tickets . Im consumer investigator chris chmura nbc bay area responds next. And tonight south bay voters have a chance to learn more about candidates. I along with scott budman will host a Virtual Candidates Forum for district 14 state senate seat. It starts at 7 30. 5 22 right now. Youre watching today in the bay. Oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, 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. A rock n roll legend being remembered, Eddie Van Halen lost his battle with throat cancer yesterday at the age of 65. The onetime director worked closely with him at the point years ago to develop the video game guitar hero van halen. Working with Eddie Van Halen was an incredible honor, one of the high points of my career. Guitar hero indeed. Van halen is credited with creating a whole new sound in the hard rock genre. His band van halen was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame 13 years ago. Left his mark on the music world for sure. 5 26. Nbc bay area responds to a show stopping complaint. Thats right. She asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team to help her get money back for a las vegas show that really didnt get off the ground. Reporter good morning. Let me set the stage. Last year heidi silva bought tickets at vegas. Com to see Cirque Du Soleil in april. A few weeks before the show, the promoters canceled due to the pandemic. Heidi got an email stating a full refund was on the way. But it never arrived. After several weeks she asked if we could help. We reached out to vegas. Com again and again and again, and it didnt answer any of our teams calls or emails. We went to plan b and asked paypal to help. Since heidi used paypal to buy the tickets. As soon as paypal started investigating heidi got her 414 back. The tickets were covered by its purchase protection program. Paypal has a whole webpage including a list of things that are covered and those that are not covered like real estate and cars. Weve added a link to our website nbcbayarea. Com responds. It is 5 27. Up next on today in the bay, the top stories were following for you this wednesday morning including a big milestone reached in the south bay ahead of the election. A live report on the Record Number of people registered to vote and what you need to know before you cast your ballot. Plus, saving animals from the burn zone. All new for you the heroic efforts from one california woman. Well be right back. Our r retirementnt plan withtha gives us c confidence. E. 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Flames from the glass fire surrounded this winery, not just owners but others rushed to save it. The intense firefight next. Today in the bay continues right now. And a good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for starting your morning with us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a little bit. He has a look at the morning commute for us. Lets check in with kari right now. A look at our forecast for this wednesday morning. Its going to be a little bit cooler today. Weve been looking forward to those opportunities to get outside and breathe some fresh air, but it still will be unhealthy in parts of the north bay and the area of the glass fire as well see more smoke coming in for today. But elsewhere weve seen major improvements as we go into this afternoon looking great as well as the cooler temperatures with highs in the mid70s for palo alto. Oakland will stay in the 60s and well see some low to mid80s for the inland valleys. Well talk more about this as well as our chance for some weekend showers coming up in a few minutes. Lets see how it looks right now for the commute. Kari, the goal is improving for 680 where the road crews are traditionally there and they are today. Were looking at the overall map, things are moving smoothly. Zoom in northbound 680 out of fremont into sunol and just past mission boulevard north where were seeing the slower drive and have the overnight crew. They should be clearing within the next half hour. I think they started to clear now. The road work in oakland has yet to budge but no slowing there either. Thats good news. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Now to decision 2020 Vice President mike pence and senator Kamala Harris are expected to take the debate stage tonight. The spotlight has already intensified after President Donald Trump and former Vice President joe bidens debate last week. A live look right now at the debate stage in Salt Lake City as the country really grapples with global pandemic, slumping economy. President trump and a number of his staff have tested positive for covid19. Pence and harris have already clashed over having a plexiglas barrier. Vice president pence has agreed. You can watch the Vice President ial debate here on nbc bay area followed by insight and analysis from our team. Coverage begins for you at 6 00 p. M. Voter registration is still open and already the number of people looking to cast a ballot hit an alltime high. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live this morning from san jose with what we need to know. Good morning, kris. Reporter first we want to make sure people know what you said, that Voter Registration is still open. The traditional deadline is still about two weeks away and already it is a record breaking year for Voter Registration. Take a look at the numbers here. According to the secretary of state, about 84 of californians are registered to vote, 3 million more than the same time during the last president ial election. Santa clara county hit the 1 million registered voter mark which is 83 of eligible voters in this county and there is still time for people to register. Santa clara county will celebrate that work to get the vote out at noon today, but there are a lot of moving parts for registrars right now. Voter registration continues, as we mentioned, and early voting is under way along with the prep for election night. And the ballots are in the mail. If youre wondering where your ballot is right now, i did put a link up in my facebook feed and my twitter page so that you can track where yours is in the process. I tuned out mine is already in the mail and should be arriving soon. On the push to register voters still continues, theres going to be a Voter Registration drive in east oakland, a literal drive. Folks are going to go through some of the neighborhoods with historical low voter turnout. Remember, it doesnt matter how you plan to vote in the president ial election and you hear a lot of people saying it doesnt matter anyway because our primary is so late and because california is traditionally democratic. There are a lot of local issues on the ballot. You could decide where money goes in your community. Register to vote and make sure you have your say. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. All right, good advice there. Thanks so much, kris. And our website, we want to remind you is a great resource as you prepare to cast that ballot. We have a complete voter guide that goes beyond the ticket and breaks down for every voter in every county. Head to nbcbayarea. Com electionguide. A good resource there. A small city in the east way bay is expected to get a big boost from the economy. Bob redell is live for us in oakley. This is where amazon is cutting the ribbon or a new Distribution Center later this morning. Bob. Reporter good morning to you, marcus. We just spoke with the mayor of oakley who tells us this brandnew amazon Distribution Center behind me on wilbur avenue is expected to create 800 jobs for the city. In a few hours the city and amazon will cut ribbon on the 150,000squarefoot Distribution Center that is expected to be up and running by the end of the month, the first of five buildings to be constructed in the contra costa logistics center, a brandnew 143acre Business Park in northwest oakley. If youre not familiar with this area, maybe you are, this is the site of what used to be the dupont chemical plant. The entire project when built out over the next couple of years expected to bring in about half a Million Dollars in property tax revenue and create a total of 2,000 jobs. Oakley residents have some of the longest commutes in the county. As you bring in local jobs its really important for quality of life or for those people who would like to be home to attend evening baseball games during the summer and what not. It is important that they work closer to home and thats what were trying to do out here. Reporter this is one of the most affordable cities with the median Housing Price a little over 500,000. I know thats a lot of money but for the bay area, unfortunately, its not. The east bay times reports amazon jobs will pay a minimum of 15 an hour. Amazon with this new Distribution Center will become the citys largest employer supplanting the local Elementary School district. Bob redell, today in the bay. More jobs are needed. Bob, thank you. 5 37 this morning. Developing now Sonoma County is holding a virtual town hall for those impacted by the glass fire. So far that fire has burned 67,000 acres and is more than 500 homes destroyed along with a number of wineries. Its 54 contained right now. Todays town hall will focus on the Recovery Process starting at 5 00 p. M. And one north bay winery that was on the verge of destruction was saved not by firefighters but the family and employees who took a stand refusing to let it burn. Jonathan cline remembers gripping a twoinch hose to fight that fire. He says that it was so close to the home and so close to burning down that Family Business located in the hills of st. Helena. Cline and his wife were married there. His motherinlaw and her husband built barnett Wine Vineyards in the 1980s from the ground up. The family, extended family and friends all helped save the winery. Johnny saw some flames coming out over there and all of a sudden we realized, oh, my goodness, its getting close. Its fortunate we still have a winery and a house. We have a lot of people to thank for that. Barnett says she hopes she can rebuild a small portion of her business that was burned in seven months. And people arent the only victims of the recent wildfires. Animals are as well. Now an International Fund for Animal Welfare and other groups rescued around 600 animals from the north complex fire burning this butte county. Cats, dogs, horses, chickens, goats, even coy fish. In some instances owners have only moments to escape and really couldnt rangel wrangle their pets in time. Theres a unique bond people have with their animals, and i have just always found that its very important for us to protect that bond. So when a disaster strikes and that bond is somehow it could be shaken a bit, its really just an honor to be able to help people in that time of need. More than half of those rescued animals have been reunited with their owners. Rescue groups are taking care of the others whose owners are still without a place to live. 5 40 this morning. Time to get a look at the forecast and still the glass fire, kari, certainly on a lot of peoples minds this morning. Yeah, weve seen some really good weather conditions for hopefully slowing the spread of the fires and getting more containment. I want to show you how cool it is in the area near the perimeter of the glass fire. You can see with these two outlines what 67,000 acres looks like on the map and our relative humidity come up at 86 and we have a calm wind so it is looking pretty good there. Hopefully more containment continues. As we look across the bay area our highs will reach into the mid70s for the north bay, some upper 60s for oakland while san jose will reach the upper 70s today. Well talk about our weekend rain chances coming up. Mike, how is it looking now for the morning commute . Not bad, kari. The timing we know well see slowing in san jose. Look at our live camera down here. A lot of brake tapping. Right in front of the camera the last five minutes showed a lot of slowing. The map shows you were in that slower compression. 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Quarantine is when you have been exposed or are worried you will develop the disease and then we have several joint chiefs of staff doing that. You have covid like the president does, that includes admiral charles ray of the coast guard who attend this had event for families on september 27th. He was there inside with this group. You can see largely without masks along with the president and defense secretary. The day before that the pick for the Supreme Court judge, including an indoor reception after the outdoor announcement, looking more and more as if this was a significant spreading event. Though we may never know. Theres a lot of coronavirus risk in the white house. Top adviser Steven Miller is the latest to test positive. President trump, of course, also positive. He says hes feeling fine. Yesterday i defended the president s decision to take off his mask on the white house balcony because i said he was alone. His doctor had said that. No harm in being alone and taking off your mask except, it turns out, its not true. The president was not alone. There was a photographer there along with him. The New York Times endorsed joe biden for president. The times has supported democrats back to the 1950s. The times Editorial Board says joe biden has vowed to be a president for all americans even those who do not support him. The idea the president should have the entire nations interests at heart feels almost revolutionary. Here is biden at an event near gettysburg yesterday. Today engaged once again for the battle of the soul of the nation. The forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart holding us down and holding us back. We must free ourselves of all of that. Pictures of the event area in Salt Lake City. Tracie potts will be talking lots more about the Vice President ial debate you can watch on nbc bay area. Follow me on twitte twitter scottmcgrew. Thank you very much, scott. Its 5 47. A recent outbreak at a small Shasta County college is now being credited with bumping itself up to a lower tier status. Teachers, at least 120 of students and teachers have tested positive over the past two weeks. The county is now moving back to the red tier from orange. A new record enrollment despite remote learning. The happiest place on earth is closed, one california man decided to make his own right in his backyard. Welcome to dobbs land. He decided to create his own version of disneyland in his home for his grandkids. The tiny world like its a small world ride. Its not just for kids. A star wars inspired ride. Pretty creative. Nothing like a grandfather. They go all out for you. Lets get a look at the forecast this morning. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that for us. This is something we can all smile about. These conditions are really nice today. This is the break we needed. We are getting some cooler weather and higher humidity and its not searing hot. Hour by hour in the 50s. At lunch time if youre going to be outside or going out for a sandwich we have some upper 60s in the north bay. Its still nice and cool. We only reach into the low 80s today. We take you through 3 30 in the afternoon. Along the coastline is still in the low 60s because of the fog hanging on and then as we go into this evening making plans to go out for a walk, were going to be back in the upper 60s so it does cool off fairly quickly and then tonight mostly some upper 50s across the bay area. Im watching a couple things here as we look across the region and whats happening in the pacific. We see the clusters of clouds and a couple systems heading closer to us as weve seen the remnants of a tropical system bringing us more clouds. This first low coming in we were hoping to bring us some scattered showers on friday but it looks like it weakens significantly before it moves in. Another system right behind that and that one looks like its staying to the north of the bay area so those two chances of rain we were hoping for doesnt look like it will pan out to be a lot. That will warm up our temperatures. Where that rain is a lot more certain will be across the gulf states. This is now a category 2 hurricane, delta expected to make landfall on friday morning, so thats something well be watching in our headlines and our social media feeds. As we see our temperatures reaching into the mid80s today you can see the cooling trend, the thing thats working for us for the fires in the north bay will be lower temperatures. We will see at times more clouds as we make our weekend plans. Still a spotty shower or two possible. Thats not the heavy soaking we were hoping for. Mike, you have a look at the commute. Whats going on . Folks have to watch out in the east bay. Two things well show you. The first one which affects the most volume of people at the bay bridge toll plaza, the middle lanes. You are going to have to wait for the middle lanes. That indicates slowing at the incline. No metering lights but there will be slowing through berkeley and into emeryville, west 80 at powell, a crash that blocks your slow lanes. Construction crews still there for 680 causing more slowing. The same thing on the nimitz. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Happening now a great day for uc berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna won the nobel prize for her work in the genome editing. She and a french scientist created a tool called a crispr. Its like genetic scissors used to cut dna in a specific location and can help change dna in animals and plants, plus it helps to create new cancer therapies. Her work as professor, she will split that prize money, 1 million. Incredibly impressive there. Well, theres much more ahead on today in the bay this wednesday morning including the future of pandemic street closures. Coming up, there will be more carfree roads after complaints were filed to end the program. Plus, protests in new york city. Orthodox jews up in arms over imposing more covid restrictions. The latest intense movements coming up next. 5 53. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back. 5 56. Kentuckys grand jury on the Breonna Taylor case. The attorney general is accused of using the inquiry to deflect accountability. They want it to be openly debated in court. Now to a followup for you, vallejo is now officially asking its leaders to declare a Public Safety emergency. The city is currently on track to have one of its most deadly and crime ridden years in decades. They wan more officers to enter Public Safety. Funds have been depleted and along with shaking public trust in the police department. Ultra Orthodox Jews were protecting governor cuomos latest rules. He is limiting the number of people at houses of worship to ten people or 25 . Protesters at one point created a fire in the middle of a crosswalk. Later chased away two deputies trying to keep the peace. One person was hurt but no arrests were made. San franciscans will have a place to go to social distance. The city will finalize its slow Streets Program at the end of the month. The program started back in april but stopped in july after appeals were filed. Supervisors later denied the appeals allowing the project to resume with added closures of 40 miles of San Francisco streets. Even if flying remains at an alltime low due to the Pandemic American Airlines is opening its newest admiral club at sfo. Expect a lot of plexiglas and sanitizer. The club takes up more than 11,000 square feet. Happening now stimulus roller coaster. President trump back and forth on a new stimulus deal leaving americans hanging and the markets shaking. A lot of updates from washington is just moments away. Stimulus bound to come up at the one and only Vice President ial debate tonight. Next the plexy glass. Movie theaters reopening. What will they show and will people return . The third hour of today in the bay continues right now. A very good morning. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Lets start out with meteorologist kari hall and a look at the forecast. Something to smile about, kari. There are some things im watching. We do still have the smoke in the north bay, its going to be very localized to the north bay. We are going to continue to make progress toward a cooler weekend. The models are trending drier. We may have more clouds and humidity so ill talk more about that in the forecast coming up. How is it looking right now for the morning commute . Right now, kari, looking pretty good. We see the transition happening. The middle of the screen for the nimitz. Theres a remnant of that recovery going on. You see it looks like that construction crew is in the process of clearing. Delaying you from berkeley and into emeryville, there is that crash that blocks the slow lane. A mild backup. Thanks, mike. We begin in washington with