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Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20170905

Cleanup from that over the weekend track maintenance. Everything should be running now. Caltrain running slow, very slow past the scene of a deadly crash. Pete suratos continues to be there gathering details between the redwood city station and the palo alto station. This does not affect el camino or wood side. Were looking at a smooth flow of traffic on the major roadways as well. The build through hayward. We have the metering lights on and a disabled vehicle and a crash earlier at carlton causing slowing for the upper east shore freeway. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. 6 01 and live to washington, d. C. , this morning where Congress Returns today with a full agenda that includes avoiding a government shutdown. That might be overshadowed by President Trumps decision on whether to deport thousands of immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. Today we ebb inspect to learn the plans for daca known as deferred action for childhood arrivals. The president tweeted last night, big week coming up. Today in the bays tracie potts live with a plan the president is reportedly leaning towards. Good morning. Reporter hey, laura and marcus, good morning. He dropped another hint this morning just a short time ago tweeting, congress, get ready to do your job. Daca. Referring to that policy. Were expecting an announcement in just under two hours from the justice department. Immigrants known as dreamers brought to the u. S. Illegally as children may no longer be protected from deportation pending an announcement by the attorney general this morning. Were not criminals. Were not thieves. Were not rapists like the president has said. When he began his campaign, were pretty much here for a Better Future for ourselves, for our families. Reporter the obama order known as daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals, protects as many as 800,000 immigrants, many of them now adults. They are contributors and the last thing we want to do is kick them out of this economy. Reporter nine states threatened to sue to end daca. Republicans are split. Two sources tell nbc the Administration May include a sixmonth delay. A fine time for congress to fix it. Theyre back in session today. Tax reform is one of the biggest pieces of our agenda. Reporter plus the budget. Congress may push that to prevent a government shutdown. They need to extend the debt ceiling this month allowing america to borrow more. Nobody is going to let the u. S. Government default on its debts. Reporter and lawmakers will seek billions for Hurricane Harvey recovery. They face deadlines to reauthorize National Flood insurance, Childrens Health insurance, and the faa. So with all of that on their flight, will they even get to tax reform . The treasury secretary says yes. He thinks, laura and marcus, they are still on track to get tax reform done. A complicated package by the end of the year. A lot going on in washington. Thank you very much, tracie. To read more go to our website nbcbayarea. Com. Also attorney general Jeff Sessions is expected to announce plans for daca at 8 00 this morning. More breaking news this morning. Weve learned within the past hour that Hurricane Irma is now a category 5 storm. Irma is barreling towards the caribbean and people in puerto rico, the bahamas and florida are bracing for the destructive storm. A live look at our radar this morning tracking the storm, a category 5 is the strongest level on the scale of hurricanes. We want to take you now live to pictures of miami. Home of the National Hurricane center. Floridas governor has declared a state of emergency for the entire state. This morning we are getting a glimpse from inside the hurricane. This is video coming from a special Hurricane Hunter plane. It actually flies into the eye of that storm but they can verify wind speed and get scientific data, something we definitely are watching closely. I want to bring in meteorologist kari hall right now tracking Hurricane Irmas path so far. A look at the storm and areas preparing for this really dangerous hurricane, i say, as it first makes landfall for the u. S. And the Virgin Islands and port reas well as the other islands in the caribbean. Look at this storm. Category 5. And weve only had five u. S. Landfalling category 5s in recorded history. So this definitely is a history making storm as it continues to move off to the north and east over the next couple of days and moves over cuba and then eventually towards florida and that could reenter the gulf of mexico as we will be tracking this storm throughout this week so a category 4 hurricane possibly as it moves closer to miami and a category 5 as it makes landfall for the caribbean islands. More on this coming up. Well continue to watch that. Thanks so much, kari. 6 06. Following breaking news out of fairfield this morning. We found out Police Say Two or three people have been shot. Right now we have Little Information but what we do know it happened in the neighborhood off the metro just across the street from laurel creek part and elementary school. Police say it happened about 10 00 last night. No word on the victims conditions or what may have led up to the shooting. We checked the social media accounts for the school. They havent posted anything just yet. We reached out to see if there will be any impact for students. If we find out more well bring that information to you. 6 06 and developing in the south bay this morning we are still closely monitoring this brush fire burning near the homes in gilroy. That fire broke out saturday night and its only 10 contained this morning. Today in the bays bob redell is live near the burn zone with new information this morning about what we learned about how much this has burned. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, marcus. Were here in the eagle Ridge Housing Development in gilroy. The fire has been burning in the hills behind us which is hard to see right. In the foreground you can see firefighters within the past few minutes have come down from the hill where theyve been fighting the fire overnight. It looks like they have chains, shovels to clear brush and get a better sense of containment. We did speak with cal fire over the past couple of hours. They tell me they have reestimated the size of the fire and they now calculate the brush fire has burned only 87 acres, not the 100 initially reported. Containment is still at 10 . Theyre not sure when theyll have it completely surrounded. Firefighters were concerned this could force the evacuations of people who live around here but the fire now appears to be moving away from these houses and homes, about 100 men and women from across the region are battling the fire. Their biggest challenge is the terrain. Working in the wood land area, steep, difficult to get into. Reporter cal fire has not yet figured out what caused the fire though neighbors tell us they believe it was illegal fireworks. A quick note for parents whose students attend nearby middle school. There will be no pickup or dropoffs ain or near Christmas Hill park as a result of this fire and the access the firefighters need to put it out. Bob redell, today in the bay. A busy morning for them. Thank you for the update. Meantime to the south, cooler temperatures and higher humidity are helping firefighters knock down the largest fire ever in the city of los angeles. The la tuna wildfire burning near burbank. The good news here the l. A. Fire chief says theres no active fire left but firefighters are still monitoring plenty of hot spots that could rekindle if the weather returns. Four homes were destroyed. Overnight a closer look at the active fire map to see just how many wildfires are burning across our golden state. This years fire season has proven to be a busy one. Thousands bat 29 active fires this morning. And right now at 6 09 with all wildfires burning nearby we have unhealthy air quality even as temperatures drop. A lot of that smoke is trapped near the surface especially in the valleys. As you walk out the door this morning its in the upper 60s it lower 70s. And it will be a very humid day with temperatures reaching 85 degrees in san jose and napa. 79 in oakland. 76 in San Francisco. Livermore and antioch up to 90 degrees. So well talk more about this and a look at the temperature trend in four minutes. Mike has an update on the crash on the east shore freeway. A lot of icons on the map that shows you scenes were in flux over there. Also building around the bay much heavier traffic flow than yesterday although there are a lot of green sensors. We showed this. A couple of other crashes that appeared just as i showed the report. The right lane is blocked. Not just the disabled vehicle but a crash reported there west 80. No injuries reported. At most one lane is partially blocked and getting away from the bay bridge just wanted to show you what over there on the report. Meanwhile your drive times to the bay bridge just half an hour from highway 4 to that backup. The san mateo bridge gives you an idea of the big difference in volume. Now slowing because of that volume across the flat section. The build should start on the peninsula. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Tobacco ban battles. New questions bay area leaders are facing after banning flavored tobacco. Plus, we investigate those claims that flavored Tobacco Companies are targeting younger people. Wall street back to work after a threeday weekend and none too soon with all the stuff going on in the world. Its 6 13 on this Tuesday Morning. We will have another amazing sun rise but, unfortunately, thats due to nearby wildfires and some smoke. We also will have some higher humidity this morning. A look at san jose and where were heading today into the lower 80s. Well start to see the clouds clearing out throughout the morning. An update on whats happening for the rest of the weekend and the tropics. An update from caltrain. A crash investigation on the side of the tracks and delays for b. A. R. T. Happening today San Francisco supervisors are expected to tackle foo questions about their recently approved tobacco ban. In june supervisors unanimous approved a flavored tobacco ban, the first anywhere in the country. Since then opponents have reportedly gathered enough signatures to bring that issue to voters. The chronicle reports the board will have to either repeal the ordinance or put it on the ballot in june. Supporters plan to hold a rally at city hall. We looked closer into just who is using flavored tobacco. Opponents argue its mostly targeted to younger tobacco users. A recent study backed by the National Institutes for health seems to support that idea. Researchers found 80 of users under 17 use flavored tobacco. 73 of young adults 18 to 2 use the flavored products. More than 8 in 10 young users say the first tobacco they tried was flavored and thats compared to a little over half of users who are over 25. The Box Office Returns for august were down 35 from last year. The first weekend of may, the box office was down about 16 . Game of thrones and streaming Services Like netflix. And people dont seem very excited about the new apple phone due to be unveiled next week. People arent even aware of it . Right. Afterry just released a report showing the majority dont know that the phone is expected to be a tote redesign. Its the tenth anniversary. The pressure is on apple to perform. 16 of people say they will upgrade. A totally new naming scheme as well. Testifying before Congress Almost exactly a year ago. Last weekend it found far, far more examples of honest banking. A written statement to the new york times, this latest revelation of customer abuse is further evidence of catastrophic mismanagement at the bay. Last week wells fargo said they did not know they had 70 bigger than what it told congress. And investors get back to trading today. So just since friday you have the north korean, the unveiling of the tax cut plan, at loeeast little bit that will tax voters as well, and then Hurricane Irma. Not harvey, irma. A second one now. A lot going on. A lot to follow this week. Thank you very much, scott. 6 17. Happening today a plan to rename terminal one at sfo could take a big forward. San Francisco Airport commission is set to discuss and possibly take action at a meeting this morning. Theres a push to rename after harvey milk, the plan to honor the former supervisor failed back in 2013. Name that bus stop mike inouye . Its not a bus stop its just a bench. We can work it out. A lot of people back to work. It feels humid. This what the bay area had to deal with all weekend long. Once that temperature dropped the humidity rising. It still feels muggy. When it starts out in the 70s and its humid that does not help us out. Also in the north bay with some higher humidity. As we go through the day well see those high temperatures reaching into the mid to upper 80s. The sevenday forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen. In oakland expect a high of 79 degrees. Some upper 70s for the peninsula. Palo alto will reach up to 82. The Mission District at 76 today. We have been talking spots like the trivalley where temperatures have been the hottest. And as we start out the day we are still going to have that poor air quality, the smoke and the low clouds then temperatures reaching up to 85 degrees today. Looking at santa cruz our temperatures hold steady around 70 degrees. Clouds throughout much of the day. In San Francisco temperatures in the 70s today, upper 60s for the middle to end of the week and then a little bit warmer for the weekend. Reaching into the 90s by sunday. The few days look better. Over to mike an update. Were going to have those transit delays. The one on caltrain because of that deadly crash investigation through redwood city so trains are going slowly through that section about a tenminute delay. If you get on or off before trains are up to speed. Were showing you a smooth drive but much more traffic flow than yesterday. In hayward a slower drive to the bay bridge and the upper east shore freeway. Didnt see that yesterday. A smooth flow of traffic. The san mateo and dumbarton bridges. It is 6 20 right now. Up next the recent heat wave a strain on the power grid. Thats not all. An army veteran believes almost 10 grand was lost in the shuffle of the paperwork. Work after the long weekend. Th p also this morning a lot of people heading back to work after a long weekend. Laura . Look at that. What a difference a day makes. To a veteran who was owed welcome back, everyone. 6 24 right now. Nbc bay area responds to a veteran owed 9,000 but couldnt collect it. Chris chmura helped her out and here is her story. Reporter army veteran flores bought a house last summer and qualified for a v. A. Loan. She learned that because of a Service Related disability she would likely qualify for a refund of a 9,300 funding fee. Thats a fee that all v. A. Borrowers are charged at closing. Monica had to wait until the approval was figures. Well, she was later approved but couldnt get her money. 9,300. She tried for nearly six months and got nowhere so she finally reached out to us. We contacted them and they applied to the principal balance of monicas loan. Monicas refund was delayed because its loan center had been unusually busy. In a statement it said as soon as it became aware it took immediate action to assist monica. You might qualify for a funding fee refund. If you have a Consumer Complaint call us 888996tips or logon to nbcbayarea. Com responds. Thanks, chris. 6 25. Among the most popular ways to celebrate a labor day week a trip to the beach. This year that also meant more than normal share of garbage. Crews worked to make sure that extra trash was picked up. Couldnt help but notice what others left behind. Theres trash all around and people dont clean up what they bring in. Its such a shame. Along with other bay area beaches two saturdays from now on september 16th. We continue to monitor breaking news. The impact on the morning commute. Reporter it could be dday for daca as President Trump calls on congress to, quote, do your job. What dreamers could be doing today in Santa Clara County. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 30 we re finally getting some relief in the bay area. Right now at 6 30 on Tuesday Morning were finally getting relief in the bay area from all the heat. You can certainly feel the humidity out there this morning. Taking a live look outside overlooking downtown san jose. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im laura garciacannon. And im marcus washington. People are wondering how long will this humidity stick around. Kari, give us some good news. Its literally sticking around, right . This will go on at least today and well feel lower humidities so weve exchanged that heat for the humidity and well have mild temperatures, up to 85 in san jose. Low 90s in the trivalley, antioch, 85 in napa and 79 in oakland. San francisco at 76. More weather like this. Well talk more about that coming up and also an update on Hurricane Irma. Mike, youre tracking much more than traffic than yesterday. No major problems. Look at the san mateo bridge. Yesterday sparsely populated. Coming off the interchange there and across over to the peninsula where we see slowing through foster city. Dumbarton bridge picks up volume. Tuesday not so bad. We do have an issue for rails. We have b. A. R. T. Delays to downtown oakland. Extended problems delays after the weekend closure and track maintenance. Were tracking that to get more detail. For more why, back with laura and marcus. Following breaking news on the peninsula. One person is dead after a caltrain hit a car. Thats what mike was mentioning. Today in the bays pete suratos joins us now to explain how that car even ended up on the trains. Reporter good mor

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