Pg e began turning off power on saturday night. Outages affected cut r. Cut. Bute and yuma counties. The time is 4 30. Lets check weather and traffic where you live. Wednesday and thursday is our next chance for high fire danger. Ill touch more upon that as we head throughout the day. American canyon, the winds were like 2 miles per hour. Our fastest wind in livermore is 5. Its blowing off shore. So another day of stagnant air and warmer than average temperatures. A few high clough clouds out ts morning. Should be a colorful sunrise. 61 to 65. 70s at the coast by noon. 80s elsewhere. 90s by 4 00. Inland everybody in the 50s and 60s by 7 00. How is the commute . Its shaping ul wee ining up than that problem in tracy. In the immediate bay area, no major problems. We had a couple earlier stalls. Theyve been cleared. A live shot of the san mateo bridge, westbound on the right looking great out of hayward, foster city. 101 problem free at this point. 101 looking good in the south bay. This
Our exploratorium camera at pier 15. Dont worry, no rain is coming. Well have above average temperatures, already nearing 80 around the bay. Well stay in the 70s at the coast. Well hit 80s to 90 by 4 00. A spare the air all day today with the air quality usually getting worse as we head throughout the day into the evening hours. In the east bay valleys and the south bay, unhealthy for those most sensitive. Talk more about the commute with frances. The commute is looking great. A live shot of the bay area, you can see the only sloei ingslowi seeing is through tracy. There was an accident on westbound 580 through tracy that has been cleared. It is slow on 280 approaching the tracy area. And 205 heading through the altamont pass. The drive time on this stretch is yellow at 42 minutes. Southbound 680 looking good, dublin to mission boulevard south. We have a live shot of 680 in walnut creek, that southbound traffic on the right near geary, looks good towards highway 24. No problems in the
Thanks. Were tracking developing news in napa county. A fire is burning in American Canyon. Firefighters are calling this thamicfi. They say its about contained. 500 acres. The fire started around 3 00 yesterday afternoon west of interstate 80. People quickly jumped into action to protect their homes. One neighbor shared this video with us. Nobody was hurt. One outbuilding was destrod. Evacuation advisory which has since been lifted. Another firing happening now is closing one of the entrances to yosemite. Youre seeing what firefighters saw as this brush fire forced them block off one of the west entrances. This is mariposa county. At last check this is burning 45 acres,nment. Ai 5co nt the u. S. Is pulling troops out of Northern Syria setting the stage for turkey to invade the country. This is new video of u. S. Military vehicles leaving syria today. The white house announced withdrawal last night. Youre looking at video of syrian troops removing defense barriers last month. Kurdish f
History is happening in cuba as we speak. We plan to go there in just a moment. For now our top story, politics when you thought this president ial race could not get more interesting speculation is growing that al gore might be thinking about jumping in as many confirmed candidates head to iowa for a timehonored campaign tradition this weekend. The buzz about al gore considering a run is still just simmering this morning and still under scores a broader point that some democrats are worried their partys front runner is vulnerable. With ongoing questions about Hillary Clintons private email new reports that former Vice President al gore could be considering getting back into the game. Buzz feed reporting that gore who lost to george w. Bush in 2000 is having conversations with supporters to see if there is a path financially and politically but a high level source tells nbc news there is nothing substantive happening. The current Vice President seems to be giving it some serious though
Live in havana. And is she or isnt she . The National Zoos most popular resident showing signs of being pregnant. Let the great panda watch begin today, friday, august 14, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. That poor panda will get no privacy from now on. We are sending natalie on panda watch. We have the live feed. Is it a hard and fast rule, never ask a panda if shes pregnant. It never ends well. Exactly. Well tell you more in a little why. First todays top story. Just when you thought the president ial race couldnt get more chaotic, speculation growing that al gore may jump into the race, this as confirmed candidates head to iowa for a time honored campaign tradition. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The buzz about al gore comes as the ap rep