a rifle that one officer was shot. there was a shootout, was shot possibly in the thigh. that officer is in stable condition at the hospital and is expected to be okay. they return fire and shot and killed that suspect. we got officer watson here with the oakland police department who is about to give us an update. can you tell us the latest? >> i can. are you live right now? i was going to wait for everybody else to set up, but. i'll share with you. my apologies, i understand you're live. what we can share with you this morning, the oakland police department did have an officer-involved shooting. this occurred just after 1:30 this morning. this is still very new, very fresh and an active investigation. what we can share with you at this time is that officers respond responded to the 3800 block of martin luther king. they were conducting a follow up investigation that was associated to a sexual assault that occurred on the officer. they were still continuing an investigation when their investigation led them to o the 3800 block of martin luther king. what officers arrived what we know at this time is the suspect presented himself with a rifle shot at the officers. one of the officers was struck by gunfire. both officers returned fire with multiple officers at the scene, but both officers returned fire. . the officer and suspect were transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. the suspect is deceased. the officer is undergoing surgery this morning and listed in stable condition. i know that there are many questions that not only the media has but our community has as well. i can share with you that we have our homicide investigation here. we have our internal affairs division and the district attorney's office. so we have three levels of investigation. we certainly want to share with you as many details as we can as the investigation continues, but we don't want to compromise the case at the same time. i will share with you that the chief will be holding a press conference later this morning. we will provide you with that time. that will be back down at our main station. so later this morning, we will have a press conference and provide you with additional information. >> is your officer going to be okay? >> our officer is listed in stable condition. again, the officer will be undergoing surgery so we will certainly keep you updated as we receive information as well. >> this is so very new and active. it's going to be difficult to share with you what exactly transpired right up to the point where gunfire took place. we can share there was gunfire. there was exchange between the suspect and the officers. and as this investigation continues, we may have more information later for you this morning. what we know is the suspect was armed with the rifle, shot one of the officers. two officers returned fire. the suspect was struck, transported to a local hospital where the suspect was pronounced deceased. >> just to wrap up, this was a sexual assault suspect that the officers were aware of. they were making contact with him. a couple blocks behind officer watson. when they approached this man, this man had a rifle, shot one of the officers, that officer was shot and his partner returned fire and the officer is in the hospital in stable condition. officer watson saying that later this morning the police chief will be holding a news conference to give us more details. reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, we have seen police officers risking and sacrifice i sacrificing their lives. on that note, u.s. honor flag is in the bay area as part of a national tribute. that flag will fly for 15 hours today outside headquarters. that's one hour for each hour of his service. he was shot and killed last month during a traffic stop. the honor flag that is traveled to thousands of events and services across the country. it was flown at ground zero after 9/11 and on the space shuttle atlantis. california on fire, right now there are more than a dozen fires burning, a majority in northern california. >> the biggest one is the rocky fire. despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, that fire is growing this morning still. chris sanchez joins us with more on a developing story. >> morning good morning, more than 12,000 people were ordered from their homes this weekend and some will have nothing to return to. 26 homes are destroyed with about as many other structures near the homes. the fire exploded in size overnight. you can see from the flames, there's plenty of fuel from fire. cal fire says all the vegetation is not just dry, it's dry to the core creating fire conditions that are very dangerous and very extreme. it is only about 5% contained at this point and growing. it's a fire that started just wednesday. by friday it was 15,000 acres and doubled in size every day since. at last check, it was 54,000 acres, the equivalent of 84 square miles. people were forced from campgrounds there, but so were the residents. this woman is one of 12,000 people who were ordered to get out when the winds shifted. >> finally smoking us out and we got to get out of here. >> that firefighter right there with that blast just set a controlled burn, one of the ways they are trying to create a fire break burning the fuel before fire can get to it and thereby contain the fire. but the success of both the fire fight on the front lines and the buffer zones is dependent on the winds. meteorologist kari hall is here with the weather. >> we have had some light winds this morning. the humidity is higher. that may work in the favor of crews trying to get president wildfire under control. the highest winds will be at 20 miles per hour. look at the humidity this morning at 98% now that the cloeds have moved back in. it drops to 29% and temperatures are in the 60s and will rise to the 80s. we can see the clouds and the smoke coming from both of those wildfires on the satellite. it's a a lot of smoke rolling through the air, but once again, the low clouds moving in make conditions more favorable to try to get a handle on some of the wildfires burning, especially farther to our north. i'll talk more about that coming up in a a few minutes. >> such a difficult fire season, thank you. we continue our wildfire coverage on our app as well. there we will continue to update information about e evacuations and whatnot. we know a lot of us have family up and down the state. we'll update you on twitter and facebook as well. >> thank you, kris. something else is drawing people's attention these days, a a dead whale. it's the third in just a matter of months. >> it continues to baffle everyone, including scientists. stephanie chuang, what can you tell us? >> reporter: first of all, it's down by the pacific manner beach. scientists want to figure out what killed this because it can help prevent the deaths of whales in the future here nearby. in particular this one was killed byçó a ship strike. people started calling in about this 33-foot young humpback.ñifñ scientists, it's similar to the injuries found in another humpback here in may. in april a whale washed up. both were not conclusive. they were not related to this latest beached whale adding there's been a lot of sightings nearby. neighbors are concerned about the smell. especially with the wind here in pacifica. police say the city is working on a plan to remove the carcus. stephanie chuang, today in president bay. >> hopefully a milder start to begin your monday. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. >> temperatures are nice and e we see the low clouds typical for this time of here. 73 degrees in president east bay. mostly sunny skies. e peninsula of 78 degrees and 83 in the south bay. 83 degrees in the north bay. in san francisco highs reaching 68. a mixture of sun and clouds. overall we're in for a great way to start out the week. it won't be. hot as we look at the trivalue e lee. just a warm day and mostly sunny skies. the next few days we'll have more weather like that. i'll highlight that and give you a peek at the weekend coming up in a few minutes. first, talking about bart tube open after the weekend work. ten-minute delay to the east bay. that's reported from earlier infection going on. 30 trains on time. that's good stuff. we're showing you green for the most part as you approach slowing toward 101. that's the golden gate bridge out of san francisco. no big surprises. a quick look at dublin, you have a number of cars on west 580. president obama made history in 2008 by becoming the first african-american president. this election it's your turn to make history. what matters won't be who you vote for but where. scott mcgrew is back open for business. >> i think they were shouting it a lot. that's coming up. hey foster farms! looks like you left these two west coast birds behind! foster farm's chicken's california grown. you guys aren't from here. wrong! we love yoga and sunshine and stuff. well foster farm's chicken has no added hormones. well i wish you didn't have any added negativity! ha! high five! yeah! he's not going far. they're local. introducing fresh and natural chicken. california grown with no added hormones. from foster farms. simply better. heart-stopping ments a nascar race-- after a driver took out members of his own pit crew. some heart stopping moments in a nascar race after a driver took out members of his own pit crew. brad keselowski rammed into two of his own crew members in his pit stall yesterday. three people flew into the air. 35-pound jack landed on one pit crew member. a third was under a tire. everyone managed to bounce back and immediately got back to work. all are okay. >>. it bounced back off the hood of the car there. thankfully they are all right. president obama is making tweaks to his mission limits on power plants. those changes might be hard. the president plans to announce those modifications and they include steamer greenhouse gat. cut, designed to reduce pollution. the obama administration promises the plan will create jobs, reduce energy bills and save lives. but republicans counter that those changes are irresponsible and overreach iing. recent controversies around the immigration policy. the mayor is expected to focus his address on the november election and hold on to his job. san francisco sanctuary policy has been under intense scrutiny ever since the shooting. the suspect is recently released undocumented immigrant who was deported several times. vote in november election and be a part of history. san mateo is poised to be the first county to hold an election with no physical polling places. instead all ballots will be mailed in. it's part of a pilot program signed into law last year. officials hope to mail-in only election is going to increase participation while saving the county around $1 million. u.s. stock market get. s back to work this morning with lottings lots of pressure from other parts of the world. >> what does china mean to your 401(k)? not much but the problems experience experienced in china do make investors nervous. chinese stock markets and there are three main market. s plunged again today. china's middle class, which had invested billions, are watching their investments tank this morning. the stock market in athens is back open. you'd think there would be more excitement. there's one guy taking a picture. markets in greece have been closed for weeks. as you might imagine, when they had a chance to buy or sell, many of them got the heck out of the stock market. and puerto rico failed to make a payment on its debt. it's going to be in e default after the close of business today. it's not like they are going to come up with $72 billion. it's the biggest american default since detroit. let's check our own markets. landon dowdy is live with the markets. >> stocks fell on friday. investors are goring up, which could be a key indicator of raising interest rates next month. look for da it on personal income on spending and manufacturing. on friday the dow fell 56 points. the nasdaq slipped as well. >> thank you. over the weekend tech drivers were able to vote on a union contract. it was unanimous. you may recall there were a number of companies looking into this idea. drivers for apple and google and a number of others who don't specifically work for the company. itself. they work for a a third party transportation outfit. all voted to unionize. it's similar to the facebook drivers. they had already voted to yi unionize. a positive note, we saw nice conditions over the weekend. hot but not too hot. >> today will be even cooler. highs in the 70s across most of the bay. we'll like that. and cooler than where we should be for the first part of august. and now as we take a look outside, we start out with some low clouds in spots and also it's looking good in san francisco as we get a look at the bay bridge. as we go into the rest of the day, we'll start out in the 60s and then warm up into the 70s. a nice on shore flow keeps our temperature from rising too quickly. livermore is at 68 degrees. concorde, 64. here's a look at the wind forecast. you're probably already feeling that breeze and as we go into the day it picks up to a 15 to 20 miles per hour. here we are at lunchtime from the west at 15 miles an hour. at times kicking up to 20 later on today. and highs today reaching into the 70s and 80s once again. walnut creek will be at 81 degrees. dublin, 82. trivalley mostly seeing 70s and 80s. the next two days, morning clouds, breezy westerly wind. but the valleys will be cooler than average and at times we'll have some cloudy skies. as i take you hour by hour in. san francisco today, highs reaching into the 60s. a couple of hours of sunshine and then in livermore, here's a lock at the trend for the week. warming up towards wednesday and thursday. i'll have another look at the forecast coming up. let's see how traffic is moving with mike. >> look at that. the big view, things are moving nicely. except over here westbound 580. in. toward livermore some slowing. eastbound, typical. let's look at your live shot. traffic is flowing you have smoothly on the roadways. heading into. the eastbound from earlier track inspection. you do have a build starting there. he captured our attention and made friends all across the world. it's hard not. to like the hitch bot, but why he won't be making it to san francisco as planned. we are coming up on 5:24 on your monday morning. time to get that cup of coffee in you and get ready to start with your workweek on a day that figures to not be as hot. 5:24 now. the ridiculously high gas prices? they are expected to e e vab rate in a big way. barring foreseen, prices could tumble under $2 per gallon. as for california, two weeks ago regular unleaded averaged $4.25 per gallon. right now it's $3.75. by the end of the year, experts are forecasting perhaps $2.40 a gallon in the golden state. >> let's plan a road trip. despite the stubborn drought, one community's water supply is doing pretty well. according to the press democrat, a new report reveals they will have plenty of water for the next 20 years. that's despite a population growth. study presented last week's city council meeting the water supply is due to their conservation efforts along water efficient construction efforts. hitch bot is in a big heap. the hitchhiking robot that toured canada and europe met its demise in america. apparently the city of brotherly love doesn't extend to robots. that's where creators say vandals dismantled it and damaging it beyond repair. otherwise, the mobile robot was relying on the kindness of strangers to make it across the country to san francisco. >> i didn't expect that there was so many people to talk about it and see what it likes. that's wonderful. >> its creators received a photo of the vandalized robot, but they can't track it because the battery is dead as is their dream. >> it's ridiculous, but it's sitting on snow there. where is it snowing? 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[snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. on the suspect and an oic breaking news this morning a police shootout in the streets of oakland. the latest on the suspect and an officer rushed to the hop. california on fire, thousands of firefighters on the front lines battling flames burning across california. the biggest is the rocky fire north of the bay area. >> i'll update the weather conditions on those wildfires and what the rest of the bay area can expect for this new workweek. it's coming up in a few minutes. you have company. look at this west 580 through dublin. we'll have a look at the bart train start this morning. good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> a deadly shootout in police armed with a rifle. an officer and gunman was both hit. the suspect is now dead. >> it's happening near tmccar thur bart station. >> reporter: that officer is out of surgery and in. stable condition. four hours ago, a couple blocks from right here, that officer and his partner were trying to make contact with a man suspected of sexual assault. this is a sexual assault that took place earlier in the eveni evening. >> when officers arrived, what we know is the suspect presented himself with a rifle shot at the officers. one of the officers was struck by gunfire. both officers returned fire. >> reporter: again, that suspect was take on to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the officer possibly shot in the thigh, also taken to the hospital and z as we just heard about 15 minutes ago that officer is out of surgery and fortunately in stable condition. the chief of police here in oakland expected to hold a news conference about two hours from now to give us more e details. reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. there's no time for rest this morning for thousands of firefighters, thousands across the state now battling another ferocious fire. more than a dozen fires burning throughout california. the majority of them are here in northern california. >> take a look at the map. the biggest is the rocky fire. despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, the fire is e growing this morning. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us with more on the story. >> good morning, more than 12,000 people were ordered from their homes and now this morning we know that some of them will have nothing to return to. 26 homes are destroyed along with about as many other structures like sheds and barns. the rocky fire just exploded in size overnight and you can see from the flames there's plenty of fuel for fire. all of the vegetation is dry to the core create iing fire conditions that are in their words dangerous and extreme. it's only 5% contained this morning. it is a fire that started wednesday, but by friday it was 15,000 acres and it doubled in size every day since. at last count it was 54,000 acres. these are some of the folks ordered out of their camp site leaving behind personal items and there were 12,000 people evacuated. with that shot you can see one of the firefighters setting a controlled burn, just one of the ways they are trying to get an upper hand to keep the fire from spreading. they are trying to create a fire break burning the fuel before the fire itself can get to it. meteorologist kari hall has been watching the forecast. with a fire that big. it creates its own weather system. >> it does and then we feel the winds picking up in those areas and it becomes more breezy. one thing that's working in their favor is not that windy. we have a westerly wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. the gusts this afternoon could kick up to 20 miles per hour. the humidity is high this morning at 98% daytime humidity drops to 29% as z temperatures are in the 60s. it will be in the 80s later on today. we can see these fires and smoke on the satellite imagery. you can tell here that there are some shades of grey there coming from the smoke from the wildfires. we have the clouds over the sierra. but this dangerous situation there farther to the north of the viewing area and we'll continue to keep you up to date on that. >> thank you very much, kari. we know that firefighters will be on the front lines and competing for resources with other fires across the state. so a very difficult situation. we will continue our wildfire coverage on our nbc bay area app. you can also find updated information on facebook and twitter as well. now to an investigation that's ongoing. san francisco police asking for the public's help catching the gunman in a shooting. it happened on the western e edition neighborhood. one of the victims has died. two others survived. police have yet to e e release a motive for the shootings or a suspect description. it's 5:34, police are crediting social media with them tracking down a wanted parolee. he was wanted for an incident on friday in concorde. he's accused of cutting off a lock of a woman's hair, sniffing it and running away. he was wearing an ankle monitor when he got it off, but. he cut the ankle monitor off as well. we put out a call on social media and someone reported seeing him. he was trying to take a photo of a woman. a former south bay elementary schoolteacher is expected to plead guilty to molesting four students. police arrested james lloyd on charges of molesting one child. three more victims have come forward and there's likely more. one was a teacher in morgan hill where he also worked in. the school district and as a youth leader in the south bay. lloyd is facing 40 years behind bars. from a car wash to a crash, the chp is trying to figure out how a car in neutral rolled across 11 lanes of traffic. this is the jeep's starting point. chp officers say a worker at the lucky car wash told him he had the car in neutral. but when he got it to move forward that car leapt into drive. he hit the brakes, but the car sped out of the car wash over the sidewalk and across redwood highway. the car then cross ed northboun 101, jumped the median and stopped in the middle of lanes. the worker wasn't hurt but the car has some minor damage. in the midst of the historic drought a golf course figured out a first of its kind to keep its greens from turning brown. operators at the country club plan on spending up to $10 million to build their own sewage plant. significantly more than the course needs to stay green. many other courses use recycled water but most of them get the water delivered in public pipes. milder temperatures this week would be nice. >> that would be a lot to ask. let's find out what's going on with meteorologist kari hall. >> we start out with the low clouds and we see the sun breaking out and nothing headed our way that will bring us any rain. now at 66 degrees in livermore, 61 in napa and san francisco starts out the day at 63 degrees. a breezy westerly wind. you can feel it this morning. the winds already at 13 miles per hour across most of the bay. it continues to go up o to 15 to 20 miles an hour today and the breezy winds for the north bay we could have those sustained winds at 23 and then kicking up a little higher as we go into the evening. highs today reaching 76 degrees in san jose. 77 in santa rosa. walnut creek, 81. not bad, our temperatures fairly comfortable for the first part of august. we normally see temperatures warmer than this. we'll start a warming trend through the week. i'll a talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. >> it looks like a bridge over the bay moves very smoothly. the backup forming at the toll plaza. we'll talk more about that and the weekend project and the next one in a minute. i'll show you the maps just at the toll plaza. the a's play the orioles, but right now, we had a report of a police investigation going on mlk. mlk is clez, but west mcarthur is open. meanwhile the rest of the bay moves smoothly. no big drama. there is a crash off 17 near the summit. back to you. one detier no longer an issue is transbay commute for commuters this morning. ridership on the bay ferry nearly doubled over the weekend because of bart's closure of the transbay tube which is now reopened. despite the packed buss and ferries this weekend, leaders say it was essentially smooth sailing. crews finished all of the work set out to do though they are not quite finished with the project. there will be another tube closure over labor day weekend as well. 5:39, this morning the results are in of one poll that shows how latinos feel about presidential candidate donald trump. and good news for people who hate voice mail. >> isn't that most people? we'll tell you all about it in 15 minutes. that's after the break. because 100% whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. because they're heart healthy because they're good for kids. and granddads and everyone else in the family. everything we do is because of what really matters most. the goodness of oats and the people we love. ==laura/anim== happeni today. ==laura/topvo== a senate a very good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside this morning. the blue hues of the beautiful bay bridge on this early start to our day. also happening today a senate showdown over federal aid to planned parenthood. lawmakers will vote on stopping the money to the organization to shift it to other health care providers. republicans argue other providers could cover the group's displaced clients but they disagree saying they serve many women that have no other alternative. the latest battle started after a series of videos came out focusing attention on the group's little known practice of providing fetal tissue to researchers. to politics now and vice president joe biden who is seriously thinking about taking on hillary clinton. advisers say he may be considering a presidential run. >> tracie potts is live with more on that and the results of the new poll. >> we have new results from our nbc poll that came out. this one more specifically about who does and does not like donald trump. but first, let's look at the democrats because hillary clinton has had the big numbers there for awhile, but now it looks like it's possible she may get some competition. "the new york times" reports vice president joe biden is quietly testing the waters and could decide whether to run for president by september. >> if he run, he runs. >> donald trump says he's not worried about that or thursday's debate. >> i'd like to discuss the issues. i'm not. looking to take anybody out or be nasty. >> including rick perry, they have been going at it. trump tops our latest poll with 19% followed by scott walker and jeb bush. in the latest national average, perry jump ed outside the top ten. >> expect to be on stage. >> he's fighting for the last two spots with john kasich and chris christie. >> we'll see what happens. i'd like to be there. >> once you get on the stage, it doesn't matter where you're at. >> i was at 1% in the national polls four years ago and won 11 states. >> only the top 10 will be on stage thursday night. >> and those who don't make it to the prime time debate, seven other candidates, they plan to have a separate debate for them e earlier in the day. >> thank you very much, tracie potts live from washington. vote in the nv november election and be a part of history. san mateo is going to be the first to hold an election with no physical polling places. all ballots will be mailed in. this part of a pilot program signed into law last year. officials say they hope the mail-in only election will increase voter participation while saving the county around $1 million. new this morning, an international mystery that started this weekend in southern california ended here in the bay area. a special olympics athlete who disappeared saturday night in los angeles turned up in hayward. l.a. police launched the search saturday nieght for. the 44-year-old athlete from albania. that man walked into. a hayward police station at 2:00 this morning and they don't know how he got there. his speech impetment and his accent made it hard for officers to figure out who he was. but they say he does appear to be okay. special olympics organizers are now on their way to the bay area. this now as we start out your workweek. people are just hoping for a little bit of no heat. >> you can turn off the ac and open the windows and let in a nice cool breeze today. it's going to be so nice this afternoon. isn't that what you want to hear. let's look at what's happening. it's in the lower 60s across most of the bay and a few low clouds. it's typical of this time of year. also coastal fog. in the north bay it's 59 degrees. and here's where we're headed this afternoon. san francisco, a mixture of sun and clouds. 68 degrees in the north bay. 83 degrees in the south bay. so we do start out this morning with the clouds and darker shades of gray show where e visibility will be. clouds on the western side of the city. and also for the north bay. as e we head into the afternoon, we'll start to e see the clouds rolling back in covering most of the bay. but this is what's also helping to moderate temperatures along with a westerly breeze that stayed us with for the next couple days transporting the cool ocean air and into the next couple days, we'll have the morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and even the valleys are feeling the effects of this. it will be cooler than average. so as you head out for the a's game, it will be 68 degrees, a m mixture of sun and clouds. more clouds by the end of the game we'll be at 65 degrees. in the try valley, cooler today, much cooler than average, which is 88 degrees. we don't get there until thursday. but it may be trending back downward in time for friday before it goes up this weekend. here's a look at the weekend forecast. you can start making plans. 88 degrees on sunday in the south bay. it will be a touch warmer across the bay on sunday. it looks like saturday will be the best day to get. outside this weekend. let's check in with mike. >> looking towards san jose, a burst of traffic typical of this time. look a the your map. there's the slowing trend as well. right where our camera is, overnight construction crew just cleared from the map. no problems here. dublin interchange picks up a little volume. also the build for hayward, an earlier crash there out of lanes as z you're passing you by heading towards the fremont area. a smooth drive past the coliseum. but right now, we have a crash on the shoulder as well. no. additional slowing. a little debris, but everything pushing out of lanes. the toll plaza metering lights are on 37. 5:48, new this morning the search is on for a renter who burglarized a san francisco house she was staying in. all of it was caught on surveillance camera. you see her looking around. this woman stole more than $35,000 worth of merchandise from from house on 27th avenue. anyone with information is asked to call police. it's 5:48, a manhunt is underway for the gunman who murdered a police officer in memphis, tennessee. the 29-year-old shot the officer multiple times during a traffic stop. a neighbor then used the radio to call for help, but it was too late. . he died at the hospital. 33-year-old bolton served in iraq. the community is trying to make sense of it all. >> there's a pain that black lives matter. at the end o of the day, we have to ask ourselves do all lives matter. >> this again evidences the fact that there are so many guns on our streets in the wrong hands. >> police say he's both armed and dangerous. cecil the lion may be the most famous to die, but authorities say he's not the first. they accuse a pennsylvania doctor of killing another african lion in april. the doctor is accused of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow without quota or permit. zimbabwe is denying rumors that a companion of cecil is dead. now to a history on a bay area beach. a third whale washed ashore in pacifica over the past three months. >> a scene sthast becoming all too familiar. why folks are baffled. here's stephanie chuang. >> reporter: i just spoke with someone who went down there with flashlights and said the smell is very bad. the concern is that the wind picks up and the smell is everywhere. there's also concern that ñiñi pacifi. calls started at 6:30 yesterday morning people spotting the humpback whale. scientists performed an autopsy. neighbors are worried because two other whales washed up here in recent months. experts say it has big numbers of whales in the water. >> these are not related. in the last two weeks there have been lots of sightings of live humpback whales and live blue whales feeding out in the hundreds. so we know they are here. >> the last whale to wash up was south of here. a couple weeks before that was a sperm whale that washed up dead nearby. they were inconclusive for both. the city is working on a plan to remove the carcus as soon as possible. in pacifica, stephanie chuang, today in the bay. hitch bo o t now in a heap. the hitchhiking robot that went through canada and europe met his demise on a trip across america. the city of brotherly love is not the city of robot love. that's where hitch bot creators say vandals destroyed it friday night damaging it beyond repair. the otherwise immobile. robot was relying on the kindness of strangers to make it across country. >> i didn't expect so many people having to talk about it, see what it likes, that's wonderful. >> its creators received a photo of the vandalized robot but they can't track it because hitch bot's battery is dead as is the dream. >> maybe it should have bought his own car. >> would have protected him from rowdy philadelphiaens. >> expensive cars, the average selling price is north of $34,000. we just got the numbers in. auto sales, we're buying bigger cars because gas prices have been relatively low. friday we get the jobs numbers for july. this it would be a factor for the fed as they decide whether to rise interest rates. the san francisco chronicle points out the city just has two hotels. used to be san francisco's most prolific hotel chain. it sold most of its properties. president obama today will announce tough new power plant e emission requirements calling for 32% cuts by 2030. that's for the whole u.s. here in california our governor is looking for even bigger cuts, 40%. we'll talk more about that coming up in the next hour. and business insider says apple is working on a voice mail transcription service. you get a text message where you can read what they said. people like leaving voice mails, but nobody seems to like listening to them. goog. l voice started this years ago probably before the technology was ready. you got bizarre transcriptions. but if you talk to siri, it's pretty accurate. sho se should be able to translate voice mails. >> it has come a long way. >> you don't want your text message to end up in a chain online of things that went really wrong. thank you very much. it's no secret that the cost of college tuition is going up and up. textbook prices are skyrocketing too. nbc reviewed data from the bureau of labor statistics and found that textbook prices have gone up by more than 1,000%. that marks three times the rate of inflation. experts say publishers are taking advantage of captive consumers. students don't really have a choice when it comes to buying books. publishers called the numbers misleading. the students can rent books or buy used books if looking to save money. new video of a huge twister whipping its way through western iowa. take a look at the size of that. we could learn more about the damage it left behind. . touched down near adams county last night. the tornado picking up debris and destroying a few farms. no reports of injuries. >> our problem in the bay area has been so many rapid fires picking up steam here in the last couple weeks. let's find out what that's going to be like. >> we have had hot, dry conditions. it stays milder today. we won't have at least the sizzling temperatures we had last week. so that's some welcome news. and low clouds moving back in this morning. a look at the san jose z, 76 degrees this afternoon. there will be some sunshine. brentwood at 90. pleasantton, a high of 78 degrees. how are the roads looking this morning, mike? >> the roads are looking just fine this morning. it's the word of westbound ferry getting into san francisco. reports are they got cancelled. check the website. make sure you check before you write that off. this just came into the newsroom. the bay bridge o toll plaza, this is typical here. we have the build on the approach, but looking good for the east shore freeway. not a problem. a mild build into the golden gate bridge. on the peninsula, how plight it is here. a little slowing on north 101. back to you. we have an update to breaking news. officers and a suspect exchange fire on the streets of oakland. several streets are shut down as police investigate. bob redell joins us with a live report next. mike just mentioned it a second ago, traffic moving smoothly and the tube is back open. for many bart riders relieved about that. we'll have more traffic, weather and news after this break. and a suspect killed. what we've just learned about a deadly morning, on bay area breaking news, an officer shot and a suspect killed. what we just learned about a deadly morning on bay area streets. an athlete who daeped while competing turns up in the bay area. a very good good morning to you. thank you for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we have an update to breaking news and a deadly shootout in the streets of oakland involves plig and a man armed with a rifle. . this happening near the bart station. an officer and gunman were both hit and the suspect has died. bob redell joins us live from the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, sam. this happened around 1:30 this morning. as you can see, the scene is about a block or two fl where we're standing. you're looking down martin luther king boulevard here. the officers were trying to make contact with a suspect in a sexual assault. this was a sexual assault that took place earlier in the evening as they made contact the suspect opened the door and had a a rifle shooting one of the officers possibly in the thigh. the officer was shot along with his partner, returned fire shooting and killing that suspect. the suspect and the officer both taken to the hospital. the suspect was pronounced dead at the hospital while the taficer in the past hour was