Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240712

San francisco will reach 72 and 85 in napa and 80 in martinez and well see mid 80s, as well, for parts of the south bay. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . We have a few slow spots, kari. Ill talk about both sides of the bay. But, first, i want to show you crossing the bay at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Were holding pretty steady with the middle lanes as the slowest one and we see more traffic coming off that 880 overcrossing. Well look at the map and see metering lights turned on soon and the arrows on either side of the san mateo bridge and earlier crews are just clearing. Back to you. Thanks so much. Well, lets start out with ka today in the bay bob redell and the power shutoff. Hundreds are still without power right now. As a precaution to prevent wildfires we are in a red flag warning. You can see behind me the weather is pretty nice here as you look over from the hills over dublin but other parts of the east bay and san mateo and especially in north bay, theyre forecast to have winds and low humidity and thats why this red flag warning is in effect until 8 00 tomorrow morning and why pg e has shut off or in the process of shutting off power for over 4,000 customers here in the bay area. Theres about 500 here in the east bay over a couple hundred in the south bay. The majority over 3,400 are in the north bay. Primarily napa county where many customers are already off line, some are about to be taken off line. This is the fourth outage for napa this year. One man tells us it is becoming expensing to fuel his generator during these shutoffs. I need power. Im a contractor and i need to use power saws and power drills and Everything Else and you have to have power. I would never want a fire to start and consume an entire Community Just because i was too lazy to put up with cooking on a camp stove or going a day without a shower. We expect most people to have their power turned back on by tonight assuming there are no issues with safety checks of lines and equipment. Reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, today in the bay. You can visit our website to find out the neighborhood affected by this latest rounds of shutoffs. Head over to nbcbayarea. Com and click on power shutoffs in our top stories bar. 6 03 right now. Moving on to decision 2020. Really big day in the race to the white house. Tonight President Trump and joe biden go head to head in their second and final debate. This is the live look outside the debate site in nashville. In case you forgot or maybe choose to forget, we wanted to remind you what happened in the first president ial debate. You answer that question. The question is would ask you shut up, man. Who is on your list, joe . Lets get right to washington and tracie potts. Tracie, i know given what weve seen in the past, talk to us about what we can expect tonight other than that mute button. Well, hopefully some substantive conversation about the six topics that they have selected to address tonight. Covid19 being among them. But maybe also foreign affairs, too. Given that, weve got some new developme developing information overnight about Foreign Countries trying to influence this election. Good evening. Reporter intelligence chief briefed congress on the new development that iran and russia pinged voter information and that iran was behind emails for the voters urging them to switch parties and vote republicans. These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. Were not going to tolerate foreign innerference in our elections. You should be confident your vote counts. Reporter iran denied the allegations calling them absurd. If people dont believe the elections are fair, that is the beginning of the end of this democracy. Reporter a Cybersecurity Firm says hackers are selling public Voter Registration data for 1186 million americans. The news coming on the eve of the final president ial debate. Iran doesnt want to let me win. China doesnt want to let me win. Reporter President Trump previewing tonights attack on joe biden. If biden wins, china will own the United States. Reporter the New York Times reports that President Trump had a secret chinese bank account. Can you imagine if i had a secret chinese bacaccount whnk n i was running for reelection. You think fox news might have been a little concerned about that. They would have called me beijing. Reporter president obama hitting the campaign trail for joe biden in pennsylvania and again this weekend in florida. Tracie potts, nbc news. So a reminder you can watch the final president ial debate right here on nbc bay area. Kristen welker will moderate. Coverage starts at 5 00 and the debate begins at 6 00. This morning another show down is brewing on capitol hill over President Trumps Supreme Court nominee. Senate democrats are planning to boycott the Judiciary Committee vote on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination. Minority leader Chuck Schumer calls the proceedings a sham and doesnt want to give legitimacy to judge barretts nomination. Judge barrett is expected to be confirmed on monday. Developing in berkeley, a driveby shooting leaves a pregnant woman near death. One Berkeley Council member says that woman is a woman in her 20s and gravely injured. This is near Malcolm X Elementary School on prince street. So far police have not released a suspect description or a motive. Happening today, concerned friends and family members will hold a vigil for a young woman last seen near the Golden Gate Bridge last month. Sydney west grew up in livermore more recently she attended cal and then moved to San Francisco. She was last heard from on september 30th. Well now to our pandemic coverage. Alameda county is ready to loosen some restrictions allowing more businesses to reopen. Leaders announced some of those changes yesterday. Starting tomorrow, Indoor Dining can resume, as well as Indoor Worship Services. And movie theaters can operate at 25 capacity with distancing guidelines. Well, all lit up and on the move. People flooded the sky star observation wheel at Golden Gate Park yesterday trying to be among the first to get on San Franciscos brandnew attraction. The ferris wheel is 15 stories high and has 36 air conditioned gondo gondolas. People waited in line for that and the ferris wheel is helping commemorate the parks 150th anniversary and Covid Protocols are in place for all those riders. You can see taking temperatures there. Kari, i know you said you were in that area this past weekend before it opened. It wasnt opened and now im looking forward to maybe heading back there so i can ride that gondola and get that beautiful view. Were just making it through the workweek. Were home schooling and those little opportunities to get out in the backyard are really key at some point to keep your sanity. Were going to see some nice weather in saratoga. Parts of the south bay will start out in the upper 50s. And were going to see some sunshine today. Really nice weather well be in the upper 70s by 1 00 in the afternoon. Now, as we check out our forecast for all of our microclimates going hour by hour, take the lunch outside. It is going to be nicer today with oakland reaching 75 degrees and also 75 in san jose at noon. But we will see some spots reaching into the low 80s today for our inland valleys but its going to be cooler compared to yesterday. Well talk about even cooler temperatures in our weekend forecast in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning drive . You know, its not looking bad, kari. Well, the bay bridge issic l il like it looks. The metering lights turned on and the bay bridge toll plaza has the backup and to mid parking lot and a lot more traffic easing over the 880 o r overcrossing and no problems through Contra Costa County and looks great for everywhere else except where those arrows are and recovering through hayward and same thing for 101. Cleared through san mateo and northbound a disabled vehicle and im worried some folks are outside of their vehicle and use caution up towards 92. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. 6 09 right now. Okay. Some call it the grinch that stole the holidays. All those Charlie Brown holiday specials on tv no more. Up next, the Silicon Valley Company Bringing an end to the decades old american holiday tradition. How dare they take away my little bunny. Also coming up for you this morning, dad does it again. I want you to check out one fathers epic halloween costume. Can you tell what it is . For more on this new video and costume, coming up. Plus people looking for something nice means theyre actually decorating for the holidays already pining for christmas. Look at the futures this morning, they are lower despite relatively good news on firsttime jobless claims. Ill give them to you when today in the bay continues. They all endorse yes on prop 25. To end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. Governor gavin newsom and van jones. Theyre voting yes on 25. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic party. They all agree that the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. So, vote yes on prop 25. Right now at 6 13, if youre about to head out the door and you work outside, it wont be as hot. Youll be happy you wont need so many masks today. Maybe one or two because you wont be sweating as much as our temperatures reach to the mid 80s. Well talk about even cooler weather in our forecast and im still watching that red flag warning. More on that coming up in a few minutes. All right, kari. Lets take a look outside. Slower drive north 101 towards the san mateo bridge. Disabled vehicle, yeah, thats blocking one lane. My concern people reportedly outside of that vehicle and the metering light are on at the bay bridge. Back to you. Good morning, very happy thursday to you, as well. There may soon be another automated car on San Franciscos city streets that you can ride in. The San Francisco Business Times says crews automation is getting ready to file paperwork asking it be allowed to send it twoseat vehicle called the origin on to american streets and eventually pick people up. It already has approval for a different model to be on San Francisco street and purely for testing, not riding. Tesla opened its financial books to investors and had its fifth straight profitable quarter. They were the best numbers we are seen out of tesla yet and the call was normal. No oddities or brash statements from ceo elon musk. Tesla says its rolling out fully Automated Driving Software to select users. Quibi is shutting down and if you dont know what quibi is, thats why it is shutting down. Paypal will offer transactions including bitcoin and the latest firsttime jobless claims showing 787,000 americans app applied for unemployment. It sounds bad, but it is the lowest number since the pandemic hit in march. Well, heres an interesting problem. How many Christmas Trees does the United States need . If families arent getting together for christmas around one common tree, do we need more because everyone will want their own or if were skipping the family thing, will people skip decorating and we need fewer . The largest maker of artificial tr trees is right here in the bay area and some people have already started decorating. People are thinking about chris machine. I got texts last night from friends who put up their Christmas Trees. I think in this crazy year were living in, people are looking for the sources of joy and theyre putting their trees up and their decorations early. This sort of prediction has been hard for people who make halloween candy, turkey farmers and the National Institute of Health Director just said yesterday he canceled his familys thanksgiving dinner said it was not safe enough to do. My family is doing the same,est to. I do, too. Im still doing it here, though. I have my kids. With your kids, you have a big fammy family, as it is. You come on over and ill leave you little plates on the table outside. On the back patio. We have to continue with the tradition. All right. Well, this is a tradition for so many families year after year. Some say apple tv playing the part of the grinch this holiday season. The streaming service acquired the rights to the Charlie Brown classic holiday movies that includes the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. That means you wont see it on regular television this year. But before you say good grief specials will be available for free on apple tv but each for only a short period of time. So watch it quickly. Good thing i have that subscription. Trending for you this morning, Distance Learning and zoom calls inspired one dad to create an amazing costume. So, take a look at it there. This is greg detzenbach. If you look closely, that is his daughter in the middle screen. Look at that. Also all the other screens as monsteres. Well, as he says, they are every year his kids they really challenge him to make some unique costumes and this year he delivered. And today, big halloween show airs friday october 30th starting monday this coming monday, listen up, today is filling the virtual plaza with costume viewers. So, you could be a part of that right here at home. We want to see your best costumes. You can head over to today. Com plazaween to sign up. We cant wait to see your costume. Really cool that theyre extending the celebrations through week. Celebrations limited for kids this year. The whole body or just from the neck up . Can we do zoom costume style. Whichever is your best costume, mike . Im sorry, laura. Give it a go. Hey, lets check in with kari right now and she has a look at our forecast. Yeah, ive been watching what is happening out there in the atlantic. I was talking about hurricane epsilon to the east and south of bermuda. Its still there. It has strengthened to a category 2 hurricane but will most likely weaken over the next couple days as it starts to race off towards the north and east. Now, we are also watching our weather here because we have a lot of concerns. We have our red flagern wai warr all these areas highlighted in red for the north bay. That is mostly our upper elevations and hills above 1,000 feet. Weve seen some gusts this morning. I was looking at mt. Diablo and wind gusts of 46 Miles Per Hour. Before the most part, we are starting out with some mostly calm winds but between now and tomorrow morning, it is still going to be breezy. In terms of our valleys, weve seen our winds at 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. We had some 25mileperhour gusts yesterday and monitoring the winds because its coming along with low humidity and our temperatures are cooling off, but, still, very dry. We are now in an extreme drought. High pressure close by low pressure and has been moving to the north of us causing the air to rush by the bay area. But those storm systems to our north are providing some cooling and then well gradually warm up again next week as High Pressure builds once again. As we look at this sevenday forecast, its going to be so much more comfortable today. Low 80s today and then some upper 70s tomorrow and these are some of our warmest temperatures. Upper 60s by the end of the weekend and then coming back up a few more degrees by the middle of next week. For San Francisco expect low 70s today but mostly 60s throughout the rest of the forecast and, of course, we need to be really careful over these next 24 hours and hopefully we can cruise into the weekend with some nice, quiet weather. Mike, how is it looking right now for people cruising to work . Well, kari. Kind of a cruise for some folks and others a little extra slow. First bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights were turned on right after our 6 00 a. M. Report and all lanes filled in and slow build here as we look at the map and green sensors getting over there and no delays getting to the bay bridge and lighter volume indicated by the backup and how long it took to form there. Ive been watching that for you. 101 disabled vehicle north towards 92 and watch your left lane for folks out of the vehicle or maybe settling some paperwork or talking about what to do. I dont like folks standing around on the freeway. Meanwhile, the other freeways are moving nice. I like what i see here. Only slowing on the nimitz. Back to you. All right, thanks, mike. Well, just in, the Judiciary Committee just voted to advance judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination to full senate. President trumps personal lawyer going after hollywood. Up next, what Rudy Giuliani is saying about his questionable appearance in the new borat movie. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back. 6 24. Global reaction to pope francis calling for the passage of Civil Union Laws for samesex couples. The pontiff made that announcement in a documentary. Of course, this marks a major departure from traditional vatican value. Jim martin an advocate spoke to today show about the historic moment. This is completely different from what other fopopes have sa in the past. He is the first pope to speak so warmly about lgbt people and the first person to ever speak positively about samesex civil unions in any way. This is historic. This is a real change in tone and change in direction. Reiterated to samesex couples marrying. Quot quote,. A follow up now on the aclu saying its been unable to locate parent for some 550 Migrant Children taken from their families at the u. S. Border. Homeland security now calls that a false claim adding that in some cases the parents are refusing to reunite with the kids. However, the aclu says thats not possible because no one can find the parents. New this morning, President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani denying he did anything wrong in the new borat film. This comes after word of a co compromising edited scene where he talks to a young female reporter in the bedroom. During the prank Sacha Baron Cohen tells teenage daughter and giuliani leaves the room. He says he was adjustinever inappropriate. Coming up when the bay area will finally be clear of this latest red flag fire warning. Kari hall tracking the winds and the temperatures. The forecast is next. Plus the fbi says some voters are getting emails saying vote for trump or else. How legitimate is that threat and what can you do to protect your votes . Today in the bay continues in just a few. Woman 1 get your votebymail ballot . Woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. See . They got it woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. We have confirmed that some voter information registration has been obtained by iran and separately by russia. Right now at 6 30, a warning of election interference with only 12 days remaining until election day. Coming up, we look at how to protect yourself and your vote. And a good thursday morning to you, thanks so much for starting your morning with us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a moment. First, lets check in with kari hall. She has a look at our forecast. We are starting out with a few things im watching as we are expecting some cooler weather to start to move in today. It will be dropping, especially for a lot of the areas in the inner bay and the coastline. And as we transition to that cooler air, its going to be quite windy which, of course, raises our wildfire risks and those concerns. Take a look at these highs for today. Oakland will reach 77 degrees and 80 today in san jose and for the north bay, were going to see a high of 85 in napa. Well take a look to the weekend forecast and talk more about that fire danger coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Well, you know, folks, just take a look as we move and you see the whole map and you notice pretty much things look lighter. But on the peninsula side call your attention to northbound 101 still slow on the approach to 92. Disabled vehicle still in lanes and tow truck should be there any second but we see a little build out of san carlos and into san mateo. The rest of the bay does show a nice, smooth flow but the bay bridge toll plaza the only thing that shows up on the map and its because the metering lights are on. Back to you. This just in to our newsroom. The senate Judiciary Committee vote to approve President Trumps Supreme Court nominee 120. This comes despite Senate Democrats ongoing boycott over the aimy Coney Barrett nomination. The Affordable Care act and drawing an upcoming case on Health Care Laws and minority leader Chuck Schumer called the proceedings a sham and doesnt want to give legitimacy to barretts nomination, however, that wont do much. Judge barrett is expected to be confirmed on monday following todays unanimous vote. Decision 2020. Lets take a look right now. You can see outside of the hall where we will see the final president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. This is ahead of the election. Now, comes amid new acquisitions of election interference between iran and russia. Kris sanchez is joining us live from downtown san jose with a look at how to protect that vote. Kris . Hi, marcus. Just when you thought this election could not get more surre surreal, how real is this voter interference. In case you missed it yesterday, the fbi announced that russia and iran obtained Voter Registration on information for an unknown number of voters. Things like addresses and dates of birth and then used that information to send threatening emails that claim to be from that far right Group Proud Boys that said vote for trump or well come for you. It is unnerving but this might make you feel just a little bit better. Ballots are secret in the u. S. So nobody can actually know how you vote unless you tell them. The threat targeted voters in swing states, battleground states and telling california were just not very likely to get them. Even if you do get one, its likely too late as more than a million californians have already returned their ballots. 43 million americans have returned their ballots across the nation. Still, you want to make sure youre using twostep verification for your email. Lets say you got one of these emails, right, and you dont have that turned on and your password has been on the dark web and then one could potentially go into your email and start forwarding that on your behalf. So, that applies to your p s passwords on social media, as well. Be critical of the information that youre reposting, retweeting or forwarding. The director of National Intelligence says iran is spreading a video saying that some people may be sending fraudulent ballots from overseas. Both he and the fbi director say thats just not true and security for this election is very proven there was interference in 2016. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thank you, kris. Developing this morning out of San Francisco, police there are saying a woman tried to t e kidnap a 3yearold girl. Happened on monday night in the police district. Police are not providing details. The suspect grabbed the young girls arm and then tried to run off with her. A witness intervened and responding officers eventually arrested that woman. The man accused in the headline grabbing theft of a lemur from the San Francisco zoo is scheduled to appear in court this morning. 30yearold Cory Mcgilloway will enter a plea tied to property theft charges in marin county. Police arrested him a few days after the lemur was recovered on the grounds of a daly city preschool. Investigators tied him to the theft based on evidence recovered in the property theft arrest. San franciscos worn down hall of justice is giving leaders at least one last case study supporting the recent decision to vacate the building. So the sevenfloor jail has already been moved but some courtrooms are still operating there along with the police unit. The examiner is reporting last month a major leak sprang when the sewer line damaging some of those remaining units which the pd has now apparently relocated. And the new Health Insurance plan for workers at sfo is now getting some pushback from the airlines. The examiner reports they reported an ordiance to require airlines to expand Health Insurance to all of its workers at no cost. Now if the airline refuses, it has one other option. It actually can pay nearly 10 an hour for each employee to the Current Health care system that covers some of those workers. Right now airlines pay just over 5. Airlines say that the new requirement would increase costs at sfo and damage the already failing industryp. Marcus, some good news for San Mateo County when it comes to the pandemic. It may move into the orange tier soon. That is the word from state leaders who say the county can advance the less restrictive level if it continues to meet the states criteria next week. In thor one eorange tier they c operate with 50 capacity or 200 people, whatever is fewer. In the meantime, Sonoma County continues to linger in the states purple tier. County tourism is photographing 750 locations as a way to offer virtual tours. 72 of businesses recently surveyed said they wont be able to survive for another year if the pandemic continues. Things could start to look very different if that happens. Several Southern California businesses, in fact, are on the brink of closing for good. But it actually could change by tomorrow. L. A. County Health Leaders may allow personal services such as tattoos, massage parlors and waxing to reopen indoors. The county is still in the most restrictive purple tier but they arent expected to move any time soon. Tonight is the night for an off night for the world series. Both teams can debate the next move with the series now even at 11. Tampas Brandon Lowell waswas a. The rays actually won 64. Now, pretty much why it is really great to have those fans back in the stands. Check this out right here. Catching a will smith home run. That guy right there so happy. You see, what does he do. He throws his glove right on the field. It must have been his lucky night because the outfielder threw the glove back and he is looking at it in aww. Well, 6 38 for you this morning. All new for you this morning, brandnew unemployment numbers are out. Well actually take a look at the health of the economy next and where california sits on the jobless picture. Plus we are now under a red flag warning. The hundreds of people here in the bay area who are currently without power. President obama is campaigning for the democrats. Lets take you out live to nashville and Belmont University, home of the bruins where theyre getting ready for tonights debate. Youre watching today in the bay. 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. Right now at 6 41. Were still about 40 minutes away from sunrise but if youre getting up early, heading out for a workout this morning in San Francisco, another cool start to the day but not as much fog and well get sunshine today as we make it into the low 70s by early in the afternoon. Well talk about the rest of our microclimates and the red flag warning coming up in a few minutes. And as we look at the bay bridge and we knew the backup would be there and it is. No surprises there. It is only at the toll plaza and san mateo bridge westbound you knew the taillights building in volume and a new crash over on the peninsula and near 101 may cause complications. Thanks, mike. Breaking news for you this morning. The latest weekly jobless numbers are out. 787,000 people filed for firsttime claims. Thats less than the 875,000 that analysts expected. More than 8 Million People are receiving jobless benefits. On top of those numbers the national job numbers, california is not doing well when it comes to unemployment. Federal numbers last month put the states unemployment at 11 . Third highest in the nation. Hawaii and nevada round out the top three. Business leaders tell mercury news governor newsoms cautious approach to reopening is having an impact on the states jobless rates. 6 42 right now. To decision 2020. Former president barack obama is back campaigning for joe biden. Scott mcgrew, there are 12 days to go until the election is over. Thats right. Because were in the middle of the election right now. The voting for millions of americans is already taken place. President trump promised he would unveil a Health Care Plan in two weeks. He said that a year ago. He said it six months ago and a few weeks ago. Former president barack obama took note of that. Where is this great plan to replace obama care . Theyve had ten years to do it. There is no plan. Theyve never had one. Instead, theyve attacked the Affordable Care act at every turn. Driving up costs, driving up the uninsured and now theyre trying to dismantle your care in the Supreme Court as we speak. As quickly as they can in the middle of a pandemic. With nothing but empty promises to take its place. Its shameful. It was a drivein rally. Thats why youre hearing the cars honking. Obama was in pennsylvania, one of three states that may decide if we continue with president 45 or move on to 46. Youll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to retweet conspiracy theories. About secret running the world or that maybe s. E. A. L. S. Didnt actually kill bin laden. Think about that. Amidst all that you have the second president ial debate tonight the commission running the debate says the microphones will be off for the person whose turn it is not. To ensure that we dont have a debacle like we saw with the first one. Live look from Belmont University in nashville. That debate moderated by our own kristen welker. Live to the senate Judiciary Committee where nobody sitting in that chair right now, but they have approved amy Coney Barrett for the committee. They have to move that on to the full senate. President trump was in North Carolina in front of a crowd that used masks sporadically. He complained the media spent too much time talking about the pandemic. All you hear is covid, covid, covid, covid. Unfortunately, were seeing a distressing trend here in the United States with covid19 cases increasing in nearly 75 of the country. Overnight data shows 1,130 americans died of covid yesterday. 561 on tuesday. Cbs has released the clips of the interview with President Trump. Theyre relatively unremarkable to be honest. President trump says the white house will release a preview of its own. You can watch the whole thing on 60 minutes on sunday. Were watching everything that is happening and you can tweet me on twitter scottmcgrew. A judge is refusing to fast track attorney general lawsuit over unauthorized ballot boxes. The Republican Party believes it is complying with state election laws. Anyone who has used the boxes which the gop refused to do. In denying his request to expedite the case, the judge said state attorneys did not prove immediate harm. Fire danger is back. Weve been talking about it along with it the power shoutoff. Hundreds of people in the bay area waking up this morning in the dark. Yeah, today in the bay bob redell live in dublin. Bob, what are the conditions like there this morning . Well, its fine from our Vantage Point as we stand here in dublin looking down at the valley behind us. The trivalley. But other parts of the east bay, marcus and laura, the san mateo coastline and the north bay, theyre forecast to have gusts of winds 35 and 40mileperhour range as well as low humidity. Thats the reason why a lot of us are under a red flag warning and also why pg e has shut off power or is in the process of shutting off power for over 4,000 people. Customers in the bay area. You have about 500 here in the east bay and over a couple hundred in the south bay. The majority over 3,400 in the north bay and primarily napa county where many are off line and maybe some about to be taken off line. This is the fourth outage for napa this year. One man who lives tells us its becoming expensive to fuel his generator during these Public Safety power shutoffs. I cant work. I need power. Im a contractor and i need to use power saws and power drills and Everything Else and you have to have power. I would never want a fire to start and consume an entire Community Just because i was too lazy to put up with cooking on a camp stove or going a day without a shower. Pg e did give its customers a 48hour heads up that their power might be turned off. We expect most to have their power turned on by tonight. Assuming no issue with the lines and equipment. Reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you so much, bob. Boy, it is beautiful start to this bay area morning. It really is. Kari, a favorite part of your morning when you see the sunrise. Me, too. Absolutely. It is so beautiful. But we do have to talk about the update i just got about the Drought Monitor this morning. As we take a look at all these shades of colors that i had indicating what level of drought were in. We are under an extreme drought as we look at Solano County and farther to the north. But we are seeing much of the north bay down to the east bay and a severe drought and then a moderate drought for the south bay. So, we are looking at some very dry conditions and, of course, with the lack of rain weve had this year that has caused our reservoir levels to drop very low. Right now a lot of oour reservoirs on average for the bay area are only at about 34 of the historical average because of the low rainfall amounts that weve gotten this year. But then when you compare that to how the rest of the state reservoirs are doing. Well, theyre doing much better because we have seen a higher amounts of rain for Southern California. So, overall, four of our largest reservoirs on average about 85 of capacity. So, we are doing better there, but its been so dry here that now we have another concern of the red flag warning and the high fire danger that continues for elevations above 1,000 feet. Thats not just the north bay, its the Santa Cruz Mountains and the east bay hills and have been seeing some of the wind gusts on mt. Diablo topping 46 Miles Per Hour and even though were not feeling it in the valleys. Weve seen over the past 24 hours some of the wind gusts have made it up to 27 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco and mostly up to about 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour across the bay area. So, not as windy in some of the low lying areas. Its still going to be warm today as it will be slightly above average in san jose reaching 81 and then look at the rest of the forecast. Its going to cool off significantly reaching into the 70s and even upper 60s for highs by the end of the weekend. Then warming up gradually early next week but it will be very nice to get this cool down over the next few days after having some very warm weather all throughout the summer and to start the fall. Lets head over to you, mike. Hows it looking right now for the morning commute . Kari, were going to first call out over on this side. The right side east bay 880 in fremont right under where the map says fremont right there. Reports of a new crash. Sounds like everything is on the shoulder but we see slowing in spots from there all the way back starting in san lea indro. Everything else looking pretty light. Focused on a disabled vehicle and a crash and thats all cleared up as the tow truck arrived on scene a few minutes ago. This crash also showed up on your report west 92 approaching 101 off that san mateo bridge and i do see a little slowing there. Not a lot of lanes for folks traveling over from hayward. Over from the east bay, the bay bridge does have a backup at the toll plaza and the Richmond Bridge shows the build, as well, for our live camera. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Happening now for you, a nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts are back on earth after spending the last six months aboard the International Space station. The three were sent to space in early april and because of the pandem pandemic, they underwent a stricter quarantine than usual before liftoff. 6 51 right now. Coming up next on today in the bay the top stories that were following for you on this thursday morning, including election interference. And how it may be time to change your vote. Plus, loosening restrictions in the east bay. The businesses getting set to reopen. But, first besides the fun what i love about halloween is the creativity that people bring to the costume game and, bay area, thats what i need from you. Show us that halloween spirit. Sign up to be part of my today plazaween kicking off next monday as we countdown to our big show on friday the 30th. We cant wait to see you and those incredible costumes. 6 55 for you this morning. Welcome back. A quick look at the stories were following. Thats right. Just about 30 minutes ago, the senate Judiciary Committee approved a Supreme Court nominee judge amy Coney Barrett by a vote of 120. Heres a live look at the hearing room right now. Senate democrats boycotting the vote. Minority leader Chuck Schumer doesnt want to give legitimacy to judge barretts nomination. However that boycott wont do much. Judge barrett is expected to be confirmed when they do the full vote on monday. Authorities are making new accusations of interference by iran and russia. Today in the bay kris sanchez is live for us in downtown san jose on what you can do to protect your vote. Well, hi, marcus. Some voters are getting emails that say vote for trump or else. But the fbi has said that those are coming from iran or russia. No one can actually know how you vote unless you tell them because in the u. S. Your vote is secret. In california, it is unlikely that youll get one of those emails because they targeted swing states and its probably too late to influence a lot of voters anyway because so many people have already returned their ballots. More than a million in california and 43 million across the u. S. To limit your threat, make sure you use twostep verification for your email and social media accounts. Director of National Intelligence also says iran is spreading a video that claims people can submit fraudulent ballots from overseas. Both he and the fbi say thats just not possible. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thank you. Developing in berkeley, a driveby shooting leaves a pregnant woman near death. One Berkeley Council member says that that victim is a woman in her 20s and gravely injured. That shooting happened just before 7 00 last night. So far police have not released a suspect description or a motive. Happening today, concerned friends and family members will hold a vigil for a young woman last seen near the Golden Gate Bridge last month. Sydney west grew up in livermore. More recently she attended cal and then moved to San Francisco. She was last heard from on september 30th. More reopenings are on tap to tell you about. Alameda county is ready to reopen, loosening some of their restrictions. Leaders announced those changes yesterday. Let me tell you about them. Starting tomorrow, Indoor Dining, as well as Indoor Worship Services and businesses can operate at 25 capacity with, of course, those distancing guidelines that weve come to know. Lets take a live look around the bay area on this thursday morning. You know that fire danger is still lingering. Power shutoffs continue for 4,000 pg e customers at this hour. Mostly in napa county. Power shutoffs are also in effect in the east bay, south bay and the San Mateo County coastline. Trying to play it safe with all the red flage warnings that we have been having. Something to be mindful of, kari, as we look through the week and weekend. Yeah. We love our sunrises here. I wanted to give you another view of our live shot from the dublin looking over dublin right now. Isnt that beautiful . Well, we are going to have also some more comfortable weather for today as we reach into the low 80s in the inland valleys but still watching those high winds that will continue through at least tomorrow morning and for the weekend its going to cool off significantly with high temperatures dropping back into the 60s and the 70s. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . Well, better for the nimitz. The crash in fremont cleared. The bay bridge toll plaza, actually, we see movement in the middle lanes and not bad because its only backed up here. Maze moves smoothly. You like the sunrise. Lets look at the Golden Gate Bridge where we have the clouds lowering. We call it fog, i guess, when it hits the roadway. A little of that crept into our shot and thats different than what we saw before. What do you think . Thumbs up or thumbs down for fog at the Golden Gate Bridge . It has to be there, right . Yeah, its pretty iconic but calling it cloud lowering is unique. Good old, carl. Thats going to do it for us on this thursday morning. We leave you with a live look outside of the debate area at Belmont University in nashville where well see President Trump and joe biden debate tonight. You can see it right here on nbc bay area. Thanks for making us a part of your morning. Today show is next. Good morning. Breaking overnight, foreign interference. National Security Officials announce russia and iran are actively working to influence the u. S. Election. They hope itll cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in american democracy. Iran accused of threatening and intimidating american voters. We are not going to tolerate foreign interference in our elections. This morning, what u. S. Officials say theyll do to make sure every vote counts. 12