We will see you then. Jodi hernandez joins us live from livermore. A lot of people had to go looking for ac today. Reporter oh, they did, jessica. This Community Center here is serving as one of the cooling stations across the bay area. When it gets this hot, spending time outside can be dangerous right now, i feel dizzy. Reporter lilian ruiz is drinking lots of water and has kept a wet cloth on her head and spent most of the day at a livermore cooling station. Ridiculous. This is the most heat i have ever experienced. Reporter the temperature gage in livermore reads a whopping 109 and folks say they it feels like it. Increase of likelihood of spot fires or fire being resistant to being put out and extinguished. Reporter cooling centers like libraries are popular today. Crazy. Wait too hot to be outside. I am on my lunch break so i decided to come in here and do a little reading. Reporter back in livermore not just the little ones taking advantage of the downtown fountains to stay cool. So hot, even fully clothed big kids. Right now, i am sweating and my foundation is coming off. Reporter if you dont have airconditioning or you cant afford it, you are being urged to take advantage of the cooling stations. This one is opened until 9 30 tonight. Temperatures soaring once again at the end of the week. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. All you need to do is download our free nbc bay area app and it will give you the weather in your neighborhood. Historic floods in texas. It just wont stop raining. In the next 48 hours, 20 more inches of rain could fall in the wake of hurricane harvey. The mayor of houston has updated numbers for us. 3,000 people have been rescued from the flood waters. And 1,000 of them rescued today in the last eight hours. Flooding in the town of bay town. You might have heard the words biblical or unbrprecedented whe it comes to the flooding. Steven stock has been with us. And you have been looking at the fema map there and giving us perspective. Reporter fema puts out flood maps where flooding may occur. Now this is an updated fema map of downtown houston just put out earlier this year. Updated a half dozen times over the year. See these lines right here. Those are what fema calls the 500 year flood zone. What engineers say would likely be the worst Case Scenario for a flood occurring once every 500 years. This is an arial picture showing the same area. The flooding has well exceeds the 500 year flood zone. Houston would see about 21 inches of rain. At the moment, that rain has already fallen. And as you mentioned, we expect another 15 to 20 inches of rain to fall on that area again in the next 24 to 48 hours doubling what fema had estimated to be a once in a 500 year event. Raj . We passed that 20 inches about 24 hours ago. Thank you. Just after 8 00 p. M. In houston and the rain is still coming down. Live look at our doppler radar. We will go to houston for a live report. Information tonight about the arrest made at the demonstrations in berkeley. 13 people arrested. Eight are from the bay area. One from reno. Another from portland. It is a case study in crowd control. Police in San Francisco and berkeley had their hands full with protesters. Sam brock joins us live from that city. What happened and why the difference in the way the protests were handled. Reporter police here say they did not want to inflame a suddenly strained situation with antifa protesters. The protest on sunday did start peacefully. Now the question many are mulling, could the violence have been prevented. A faceoff pitting the principles of free speech and anti hate. Events turned out to be onesided. Many antifa demonstrators armed and seemingly ready for answers. The police made the right decision to pull back. Reporter there were, at least, 500 Police Officers posted up around the park from all different agencies. When the wave of mass protesters showed up, they were allowed in to avoid a conflict. Reporter t said nobody gets in with weapons and yet they let people in with weapons. Reporter tony ribbera was chief of police. He worries about the precedence of empowering a group like antifa. When people are committed to breaking the law, when you let them get away with it once, they will get away with it twice. Reporter this theory will be protested tunes. U. S. Berkeley is hosting Milo Yiannopoulos. I personally, my own personal opinion is yong the campus should allow him to come. Reporter that is a conversation that the mayor is going to be continuing with uc berkeley. The University President says they will be hosting Milo Yiannopoulos to preserve free speech. I am sam brock, back to you in the studio. Activist of the group met with bay area. They pointed out what they called the good part of the group. This was not something that was just a couple of people being attacked by fascist. This was an entire Community Standing up and saying no. And we need to see more of this. The group is also calling for people to fill the streets on november 4th to once again stand up against fascism. Stay with us for continuing coverage on air and online. Uc berkeley mourning a campus loss, chief counsel chris patti was killed in a bike crash. A car hit him left its license plate behind. A driver lost control on a curve and hit him. Witnesses say the driver of the car never stopped. Chris patti is survived by his wife and two sons. A major victory for the group looking to recall the judge aaron persky. They have been given the green light to continue. Starting tomorrow, volunteers plan to start collecting the needed signatures. 150 days to get 159,000 verified signatures to get the recall measure on the june ballot. Judge persky filed a frivolous lawsuit. Efforts to recall judge persky began after he sentenced stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail after sexual assaulted a woman on campus. San Francisco Police officer accused of having child porn on his computer. Police arrested him in july after a month long investigation. They say they discovered child pornography on his home computer. He is happy for the opportunity to defend himself against these charges and that is what we are going to do. Thank you. He will be back in court in early september. I am chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Way too hot today. Close eye on the fog for you. And plus when a brand new heat wave arrives. At 6 20 tonight. I am squad budman. Your whole food bill will get cheaper in the future. Jail without having to post new at 6 00 a suspected would be child molester released from jail without having posted bail. This case puts another spotlight on San Francisco bail system. Mark matthews joins us from the hall of justice with the details. Reporter police say he was picked up after a meeting with what he thought was a 14yearold girl. Charged with three counts sending pornography and arranging a meeting with a 14yearold girl. He was corresponding with a police officer. And when he showed up for his meeting he was arrested. Bail was posted. But two days later, judge joseph quin reduced bail with nothing. With instructions that he was not to chat on websites and no visits to locations where minors are supposed to be. Other than at t ballpark. Mark clasp is a child abuse advocate. Giving this guy the ability to walk is a terribly irresponsible thing to do. Reporter his roommate says he is still in town though he was not home when we stopped by this afternoon. A spokeswoman for the Public Defenders Office says the suspect does not have a criminal record. And there was no one at the office who could speak with us today. The District Attorneys Office said there was an objection made to the release. Some harsh words from a local member of congress. Representative jackie speier. The subject of local jobs brought the congresswoman to the college of san mateo. She says she has been working with transgender in the military for two years. The president has got to wake up and realize this is not the base. He is the president of the United States he is no longer come painicampaigning for offic. Representative speier says gender reassignment surgery is estimated 500 a year which is a fraction of 40 million the military spends each year on viagra. The grocery chain famous for its high quality and high process got a little less expensive today. Some price haves already jobs. Scott budman went shopping to check it out and scott, are shoppers happy, or pre occupied about the quality, maybe . Reporter yeah, very good question, we spoke to a lot of shoppe shoppers today and they do appreciate some of the prices going on. But they hope whole foods doesnt change too much. Whole foods as usual had a steady stream of shoppers and diners. And it also had some lower prices. Definitely avocados are cheaper. Usually two or 3 for an avocado, and they were 1. 99. At a price that i can afford, that is a real possibility there. Reporter we can confirm. The signs are up. And some prices are down. Customers say they love the speculation about event home deliver delivered whole foods items. I learned that you can return amazon items here at whole foods. So that would be convenient for one stop shopping. Reporter some worry their favorite store may change with its new owner. I was concerned at first because i want to make sure that the quality of whole foods stays impeccable. Everybody has a right to be skeptical. Reporter waiting to see how technology and groceries mix. Now amazon already does some Home Delivery when it comes to food. I spoke to the whole foods headquarters today they would not comment on if or when they do that here. Reporting live, squad budman, nbc bay area news. Scott was beaming because those avocados were a dollar off. I wish i had better news for us. The heat wave is going to ramp back up. Bear with us here. The temperatures going to be fluctuating quite a bit. The foggy breeze is beginning to drop temperatures. I know it is hard to notice in the interior valleys. Big dips in santa rosa. Fog starts to filter in. This will have an impact but dont expect numbers to drop in the 70s and 80s inland. Still a very hot 98 in concord. You have 86 in palo alto. Again, the heat wave is going to ramp back up again. You can see by thursday, 103 degrees. Friday, 105. Saturday 102. Even into labor we expect temperatures to remain in the low 100s. Drink the water. Stay hydrated. Cool towel is a good way to keep your body temperatures down. Dont leave anyone inside a parked car. It can turn deadly quick and rermg the pets. We have been talking about the heat a lot this summer. A lot of us have been complaining because we have now had 12 days at 100 or hotter. We will have update on harvey and where that is headed. Thank you jeff. Love at the beach. Prompted a human display of love in San Francisco over the weekend. Happening now reveal san jose announced some of its cooling centers will s happening now, san jose announces some of its cooling center will stay open until 9 00 tonight. Roosevelt, bascom. Bud will send 100,000 cans of Drinking Water to the victims of the flood. con flagday and valentine s day on San Francisco s ocean beach this weekend. Demonstrators gathered on the well it looked like a combination of flag day and valentines day. They said they are sending a message of love to the nation in response of outright protest. Spelled out the message resist on the same beach back in february. Protecting immigrants in the california courtroom. Today the state Senate Passed this bill coauthored by San Francisco democrat. That is if the judge doesnt consider it relevant to the case. Supporters say it is important for immigrants to feel safe. People are going to be reluctant to be witnesses to report crimes. They dont want to come to the courthouse if they are undocumented. And they feel their participation as a witness may cause them to be deported. The bill will now move to the state assembly for further consideration. Follow up to the city Council Shakeup in piedmont. The meeting has been canceled. So who takes over now. Comes after he made controversial comments on his Facebook Page about transgender people, liberals and the black lives movement. They will vote next week to elect a new mayor. Up next, it could be a defining moment. President trump will be heading to the flood zone in texas. Larry gerston will join us with his political analysis. While jay gray joins us live. Stay with us. Our collaboration with pg e is centered around public safety. Without pg es assistance, without their training we could not do our mission to keep our Community Safe. Anytime we are responding to a structure fire, one of the first calls you make is for pg e for gas and electric safety. Its my job to make sure that they have the training that they need to make the scene safe for themselves and for the public. Its handson training actually turning valves, turning systems off, looking at different wire systems all that training is crucial to keeping our Community Safe and our firefighters safe. Together, were building a better california. Floods in houston. Harvey enguled the city, and re right now at 6 30, devastating floods in houston. Harvey engulfing the city and more rain on the way. The people of houston, the nations fourth largest city struggling to stay above rising flood waters. Rescues likely to continue in the next 48 hours. This includes the First Responders from the bay area. Jay, what are you seeing now at this hour . Almost 9 00 where you are. Reporter hey, and the rain continuing to fall. The help from the bay area much needed here. We are getting rain. It has been constant throughout the day. The water is climbing and pushing into places its never been before. The rain here just wont stop. People who lived here 25, 30 years, havent seen anything like this. Reporter water forcing its way into homes. This was, more than we could imagine. Reporter and more than many can bear. Rescue people came and took us. Reporter some areas have taken on more than 20 inches of rain and before it is over, that nam could double. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. Reporter every member of the Texas National guard has been deployed. Joined by state, local law enforcement, federal agents and volunteer navy. We are still involved in the search and rescue process. Reporter using every available asset, coast guard choppers, boats, even flatbed trucks. Over five feet in our house. Barely made it out. So grateful they came. Reporter and the effort is far from over. Still a dangerous situation out there. We are expecting more rain. Reporter rescue teams like the nations fourth largest city stretched to its limits but still delivering survivors to safety and shelters giving literally, everything they can. And everything is exactly what they need right now. You know, they are going to need it for quite some time. The rain is expected to continue for days here. And then, begins the difficult and long cleanup and recovery. Fema Officials Say they expect to be in houston for years. Back to you. Thanks jay, for your coverage. We mentioned the bay area firefighters helping to save lives there. The menlo park search and Water Rescue Team heading out of town with their boats, their gear and food. The drive to texas takes 26 hours they went straight through taking shifts. Teams from oakland, santa rosa and stockton. Damian trujillo in texas and we will provide live reports from that region. President trump is heading to texas. President trump says he wants his visit to cause as little disruption as possible so going to the Corpus Christi area. One way or another, mexico is going to pay for the wall. President trump defended his decision to pardon former sheriff joe arpaio. The trip is not supposed to be anything like the Campaign Rally he has been holding. Larry is with us and as you know, this could be a defining moment good or bad for president trump. Absolutely. He has to be president ial. Calm, empathetic of what people are going through. Praise responders of what they are doing. And has to offer hope in the context that we are all going to go through this together. So focus is going to be a major issue here. That is one of the challenges that poses because he seems to be able to get off message easily. Often he praised what was going on in terms of personnel getting together. Urging people to be calm. But then inter spershe had the arpaio rig arpaio remark. And talking about nafta. Or now the wall. This weekend, these are the kinds of things you dont want to do. And then something else, we are going to go to missouri and campaign in a state that i won a lot. Stay on message. Today in his comments, he was complimenting the governor there, if he stays on script, this could be a big win for him. If he stays on script. That is the best way to say it. He has had a hard time staying on script. His National Economic adviser took him to task in an article. James mattis talked to military personnel. Rex tillerson says the president only speaks for himself. All of that happened this weekend. His own staff wondering if the president can bring it together. So yes, to get to your point, it is a defining moment. And we are going to wait and see whether this time the president can pull it together and stay together. And shouldnt be a political issue as well. Thank you, larry. The pentagon has confirmed that north korea has launched a Ballistic Missile that flew over japan. The launch comes months after north korea tested an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Governor brown is urging the president to protect children of immigrants. The choice to dismantle daca would be cruel. The president has until next week to make his decision and announce it. Young people have applied for daca, and paid their fees. They are paying taxes. They help grow their economy in the neighborhood and for the country. It has been a total success. Nearly 800 daca participants live in california. State attorney general says he is prepared to challenge th