The weather. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by the makers of nondrowsy 24 hour claritin. Live claritin clear. All right. Lets look ahead to your weekend. We start off with saturday weve got a much nicer day in the southeast after so much rain record heat continues in the rockies. A fire risk out west wet in the Pacific Northwest sunday, sunday autumnal warmth in the northeast. Much cooler in the plains. And the fire risk unfortunately continues out west thats whats going on across good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Lets take a look at our high temperatures for today. The last, very nice and comfortable day before some high heat comes in. Well see our temperatures in oakland reaching 73. 78 in palo alto. And 85 today in antioch. But then as we go into the weekend, there will be high fire danger for a lot of our bay area hills, especially in the north bay. And there will be a high concern as were going to also have some hot temperatures extending into early next week.
Good morning, it is saturday, september 26th. Im lindsey reiser, live from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. We begin with the breaking news about president Trumps Supreme Court announcement happening hours from now. Nbc news learned from multiple sources that the president has decided to select Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs passing. An announcement will be at 5 00 eastern at the white house. Amy Coney Barrett is a former lauer professor at her alma mater, notre dame, clerked for justice antonin scalia, reliable conservative, devout catholic and if confirmed would cement a conservative majority on the high court. Joining me now is our correspondent from the usa today. Good morning. What can you tell us about the factors that led President Trump to go with Amy Coney Barrett . Yeah, aides have said its a fairly lowkey process. Amy Coney Barrett has been a favorite among conservatives. She was one of the top contenders in 2018 when the pres