Court documents sited described how police fitted one alleged victim with a wire. But he was so suspicious that he turned up the music on his cell phone and typed notes. Fire crews continue to be on high alert in the south bay. They have been stretched therein for the last couple of weeks. And now, there is concern that there may be more than one person intentionally starting those fires Damian Trujillo joins us live. It is stressful to think that somebody may be putting people and property at risk. Reporter thats right. None step for the firefighters. We have learned it might be the work for not one but two arsonist. At least, ten other fires the president of the firefighters we have had multiple fires in san jose that have been taxing us. We have seen within the jungle area, multiple fires. They seem to be suspicious fires. Reporter multiple suspicious fires in one area. Some simultaneous point to a possible arsonist. That means more work for a tired and under staffed department. We are under staff to handle these tapes of events. Reporter the Union President tells me they are asking for help from cal fire. And cal fire is asking for help from them. Everybody is being stretched thin right now. We asked for an official word from the San Jose Fire Department and we havent heard from them. Live today. I am Damian Trujillo. Thank you. We have discovered a report that confirmed a close call at sfo was extraemly close. Now data released today saying that air canada plane flew only 100 feet above a fully loaded passenger plane on the taxi way. The milpitas man who jumped a fence at the white house pleaded guilty today. He got into white house grounds through the Treasury Building and walked around for 15 minutes on the lawn before he was stopped. At lunch the following day President Trump described tran as a disturbed person. President trump in paris and he brought a lot of baggage. A dark cloud looming. Saying he did nothing wrong. Blayne alexander joins us. Reporter that was the very first question. President trump pushed back hard on what he called a big deal over nothing. Special guest in paris. President trump and the first lady welcomed by the president of france ahead of bass stile day. Forced to answer questions about russia and his own son. He is a great young man, a fine person. Reporter President Trump pressed about a Campaign Season meeting between trump junior and a russian attorney. Most people would have taken that meeting. Politics is standard where they have information and you take the information. Reporter and making an unexpected claim blaming the Obama Administration for letting the russian attorney into the country. Somebody said that her visa or her passport to come into the country was approved by attorney general lynch. I just heard that. Reporter the president defending himself and his family on politics back home. And President Trump then went on to say that absolutely nothing came from that meeting. But critics say the problem is that his son was willing to hold the meeting in the first place. How is it now . Is it warming up. Reporter well certainly seemed to be a warmer relationship than we have seen than the couple of times that we have seen before. One of the biggest tensions was the paris climate accord. When you have the infamous rather tense awkward hand shake, this one you hear President Trump praising of the french president talking about it as a beautiful country, and talking about him as my friend. Both of them agree that they do agree on a number of things even though they kind of disagree on the paris climate accord. President trump hinted at the fact that he might be open to changing his mind about that. Okay. We will see what happens. Thanks so much. In another news. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell released the revised and allocate 45 million to fight the opioid epidemic. A leading republican admits nobody loves the bill, but it works. It does represent a bill that reflects the concerns expressed across the conference. With an expected vote next week, the bill continues to draw protest at the nations capitol. An activist, his family tells us how he ended up working with the kurdish oversees. Meteorologist jeff ranieri. I will tell you when the fog will give us no relief for inland heat that is going to push near the 100s. Forecast at 5 30 tonight. The family of an american with ties to the bay area say he was killed by isis troops in syria. We are learning more about the selfproclaimed activist. Nbc bay area Michelle Roberts spoke to his mother. He was born in Mountain View but his mom says he was traveling around the country and the world serving as a volunteer and as an activist. In this youtube video, 28yearold robert groet says why he was inspired to join to knock down isis. Tote his mother who spoke with us on the phone says she received a heart breaking phone call from the state department notifying her that her son was killed in syria last week. She says that she is proud that he died fighting for a noble cause. We we do things that are meaningful on this earth. I think it is important that we help each other out. He did this because he wanted to make the world better for everybody. Reporter mike murphy worked with him several years ago. For my family, there is way too many to be able to speak to individually, just know that i love you all and there is a lot that goes unsaid. He leaves behind a fouryearold daughter. A south bay woman is dead and her roommate is being detailed. Trying to piece together the strange case. They say a man shot a 60yearold woman in a saratoga home. Deputies took him into custody and are questioning him. The woman died at the hospital. It is being called one of the worst fires the city of lafayette is ever seeing. Destroyed eight different busies and the chamber of commerce. Many were shocked at the magnitude of this fire. Jodi hernandez is live there. Any word on a cause yet . Reporter not yet. The fire is having a big impact on a lot of folks here. Firefighters have put up a fence around the building just in case that building collapses. The buildings instability is cloeg do slowing down efforts to find a cause. The three alarm fire broke out around midnight. The building housed eight businesses and the citys chamber of commerce. It developed quickly and the fire spread very quickly. Reporter among the businesses destroyed a popular italian restaurant. Owned by a couple who said they poured their heart and soul into it. I am there whenever i can. And now it is all gone. More than a building. More than just a business. It was family. Everyone knew each other. Reporter the chef says the husband and the busboy were the last ones to leave last night. He was there until 10 30. And they left, nothing suspicious and nothing wrong. Reporter fire Officials Say they dont know what caused it. One of the Old Buildings that we have seen for years. Just sad to see. Reporter and we are back here live. It appears that firefighters may be working some sort of lead. I am told that they went into the building for a quick time, a short time late today in search of a specific item. But they wouldnt tell me what that item is. I am told we will have an update sometime this evening. Reporting life in lafayette. I am jodi hernandez. Thank you, jodi. If you live in san jose, your water rates are likely to go up. The rate hike will affect 330,000 customers. They say they need the money to help retro fit infrastructure projects. East bay customers also getting hit earlier this week. East bay mud announced a hike of 18 over the next two years. Officially approved today. The facility will now be known as the sales force transit center. Major construction for the center is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Bus Service Begins early next year. Downtown san jose a tech giant expected to expand. Adobe. Currently has 2500 workers in downtown san jose. Its new proposed property is on west san fernando street and south valley centerpaumaden boulevard. Too many fires across the bay area and too many hot temperatures. But it looks good to see hot 100s return. That cooling fog moving back into downtown San Francisco. Our live High Definition camera. Belvedere. Currently 63 degrees and with the fog in place, head tomorrow morning throughout the peninsula at 59 degrees. Fog and drizzle in San Francisco for tomorrow morning at 54. And a few clouds near the bay. I dont think we are going to have too many problems tomorrow. Temperatures stay similar across the south bay. Notice it is going to be hotter in East San Jose especially throughout the foothills. Winds breezy out of the northwest at 13 miles an hour. Heat trapped in our usual places. Fremont at 84 degrees and 70 in oakland. 62 in Half Moon Bay and 66 in daily city. You head down to belmont and a warmer 78. Over to San Francisco, 68 in the mission. Going to feel nice in the afternoon sunshine. 84 in sonoma and a little warmer in santa rosa at 85. Hot high sprur the main thing we see throughout the summer. A strong ridge of high pressure. Import the heat towards us. There is now a newly issued heat advisory. For hills above 1,000 feet. You are just not going to see too much cooling. Please remember drink plenty of water. Temperatures can go 30 degrees hotter. Sometimes people do forget. For the inland valleys, near 90 for tomorrow. Back up to 101 on saturday. Watching thunderstorms off towards the east. Keep a close eye on the doppler radar. Still staying with the trend of 90 degs in next thursday. For this weekend, the air qualities is going to be the unhealthiest across the east bay. If you suffer from asthma or respiratory problems, find a pool, anyone with a pool, find some way to stay cool. The National Park website it keeps crashing because of the rush to buy passes. Why so many people are trying to get them right now. A Small Plane Crash in sonoma that killed one person and hurt three oothers. Back with more news in a moment. Important clarification from San Francisco mexican museum. Last weeks story about fakes in the museum was way overstated. They say an evaluation on the remaining items is still underway. The study is going to take two years so each piece that is still not authenticated does not mean they are unreal. Apparently it is a process everybody affiliated with the smithsonian has to undergo. A National Park for Senior Citizen will be less of a perk. A season pass will jump from 10 to 80. Increasing those fees, park rangers are trying to get their 10 pass, that the website is getting. Megan kelly, talking about her show. The debut show was a big deal. I wanted it to go well and i was glad we had a big guest. Kelly talks about what it was like interviewing russian president vladimir putin. Was he intimidated by him . Her answer will surprise you. We are spearheading a special program here at nbc bay area. We teamed up with telemundo and and others. The list where you can donate is at nbcbayarea. Com. Everybody wants to start the school year with their goodies. When we come back a tradition, the cable car bell ringing competition. Next. What should i watch . Show me sports. Its so fluffy look at that fluffy unicorn hes so fluffy im gonna die your voice is awesome. The x1 voice remote. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Tonight at 6 00, a sticker shock surcharge. Thanks to the recent minimum wage increase. We will explain and have the story for you tonight. Ringing in a new champion for the cable car bell ringer. This is not easy to do. I have done this competition. I was in the amateur division. 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