Meteorologist kari hall with that beautiful sun rise behind you. Bright sun rise in San Francisco this morning as we get a look at the bay bridge. Not so much fog as we start out on this monday morning. As we head to the north bay a lot of red here as we get ready for the red flag warning once again, high winds picking up with low humidity along with gusty winds. Ill talk more about this and what it means, that red flag warning coming up. Any new issues coming up for drivers . Unexpected at the bay bridge. Take a look today. Now we have metering lights turned on at 5 54. There was a quick build. No problems on the approach or the span. Back to you. We heard kari just mention this, happening right now hot and windy, dry conditions. Today in the bays jackie ward is live for us. What are firefighters telling everyone to do . Reporter its the dry conditions you were talking about with the weather and the use of fireworks that can make a deadly combination this time of year, of course, with the july 4th holiday coming up. Thats why a lot of parks are closed because of the red flag warning. We have a list to share with you, just a few of them. Natalie coffin green park in ross, leo cronin in langunitas and mount vision road in inverness. Marin county fire officials warn fire could spread quickly which is why we should all use extreme caution. No structures were threatened. A fire broke out. Thankfully no evacuations were needed. Firefight wrers abers were able the progression. Illegal fireworks, two and a half acres burned early sunday morning near Howard Elementary School and 580. It took more than 50 firefighters to put it out. No one was hurt and no structures burned. All of those reasons including the red flag warning is the reason a lot of Fire Departments have staffed up their departments to make sure they can be fully prepared. That red flag warning is in effect until 8 00 tonight. Jackie ward, today in the bay. Thank you very much, jackie. Now back to washington, d. C. , this morning where tracie potts joins us live. Tracie, a lot of things to discuss on capitol hill this morning. Including the surge in covid cases were seeing across the country plus a possible rise in tensions in russia. Tell us all about it. Reporter right, laura. Well talk about both of those because theyre both big stories in d. C. Today. Covid19 because even though the u. S. Is a fraction of the worlds population we now have, as of this morning, a quarter of the worlds cases and the numbers are greg. Are growing. The u. S. Has 2. 5 million cases of coronavirus with new records in florida, south carolina, nevada. We are one day closer to the day we put this pandemic in the past. Reporter Vice President pence hit hot spots this week. Governors are at odds over how to handle it. Im now afraid of the spread coming from other states. We cant be putting these restrictions on each other across the country. Reporter the Trump Administration facing tough questions whether its safe to reopen and why theres been no second stimulus to help americans without jobs. Its time for this administration to take this seriously. Reporter and russia. President trump denying a New York Times report that he knew back in marcia sha put a bounty on u. S. Troops. The president is going out of his way to say he hasnt heard anything about it. Reporter russia denies they paid anyone to hunt down and kill american soldiers. Now President Trump was credible. Thats why it didnt get to him, it never landed on his desk, he says, despite the New York Times reporting and weve learned that congress is getting an update. Some lawmakers are getting an update about what the government knows. That will happen today. Back to you. All right, well be listening for that, tracie potts live from washington, thanks so much. New overnight four gunmen are dead after an attack on the Pakistani Stock Exchange that killed at least two people. It happened early this morning in the capital city of karachi. Police say the attackers used grenades and heavy firearms and Security Forces quickly responded. Security forces are still looking for additional attackers. So far no one has claimed responsibility. The bay area has nearly 23,000 coronavirus cases and 568 people have died. Over the past twoported. Worldwide more than 10 million cases and half a Million People have died. Another case of someone going too far. Security video showing this woman standing at a bar purposely coughing on one of the bartenders. This happened at st. James gate in belmont and just after bartenders told that woman to follow those social distancing rules. Management at first held off releasing the video but decided other businesses deserve fair warning about any customer who might do this. We want people to come here and sit down and have an opportunity. No one wants to be locked up again. Police came by yesterday although so far the bartender has decided not to press charges. Police say a woman coughed on a toddler in a stroller. Oak Grove School District identified the woman as one of their employees and says that investigation is ongoing. The accused Golden State Killer is set to enter a guilty plea. Prosecutors have used dna evidence to tie 74yearold Joseph Deangelo to 12 murders, at least 45 rapes and more than 120 burglaries. The crimes happened across california in the 1970s and 80s and include up to a dozen attacks in three bay area counselees. B. A. R. T. S Civic Center station will be the latest to accept only those clipper cards as payment partly to create a more contactless riding experience during the pandemic. B. A. R. T. Has been phasing out the paper tickets since last year. Firefighters in the north bay right now are on high alert. Strong winds and dry conditions potentially creating a dangerous mix and a red flag warning to talk about as well, kari. It was so windy yesterday especially during the evening and the winds have since subsided but will pick up again today. Thats the reason it will continue. For the north bay, all of these areas shaded in red, this is where the winds above 1,000 feet may gust over 50 miles an hour today. You have that along with hot temperatures, very low humidity and those high winds and well continue to seep t the red flag warnings continue. Most of our wind speeds will be between 55 and 35 Miles Per Hour. Then some of the high gusts will continue as we go into today. We start to see the winds calming down a bit and will see much better fire conditions for the rest of the week. Mike, any issues that are starting to come up now . No, in fact, were seeing better flow. Look at the live camera. I was concerned about that burst of traffic after the earlier crash released around blossom hill but its held steady and what you see there is what you see for the area ive marked on the map with an arrow. No problem for silicon valley. The bigger view at the bay shows no real problems anywhere. Mild through livermore and to sunol. A live look shows you despite that nice green flow around the bay, metering lights were turned on before 6 00 a. M. It is 6 10. Coming up next on today in the bay starting this week airlines will start to fill their planes. The impact for you and your family and what you need to know if you are heading out to prepare. Facebook finally taking some action after more than a week of advertiser boycotts really hit Facebook Stock hard. Out to the futures market. Got a drubbing on friday. It looks like a positive open this morning. And you know the music. That means its time for our tribute to the class of 2020. Take a look here. You can see were highlighting some of the graduates of 2020 who made it through the school year but without that official ceremony because of the pandemic. Our great grads segment where we want to say congratulations to these Elementary School students who made it into middle school. Congratulations to them. If you want to see one of your graduates on today in the bay, send us a candid shot. Laura garcia and Marcus Washington nbc bay area, both on facebook. Congratulations to all of our graduates. Right now at 6 14 a live look outside in the south as we start day as we look at our temperature going from the low 60s at 8 00 to the low 80s. Well talk about a cooldown in our forecast and the high fire danger that continues coming up. And a live look at the toll plaza, a backup here. That might cause alarm but theres no reason for it. Metering lights were turned on before 6 00. You see movement and no problem on the approach. Well piece together your approach coming up. And good morning. A very happy monday to you in a little less than two hours. It is called the badger and its from a Company Called nikola. A closer look at it, a traditional pickup truck more than teslas cyber truck for sure. Now reservations are as low as 250 and theyre refundable and that is important because we havent seen the prototype in real life. Nikola has done very well on the stock market. Nikola tesla, the inventor, both names have been accounted for. Stock markets look to open to the positive today despite all the evidence we have seen that americans badly botched controlling the coronavirus. Health secretary czar warning we are on the edge of completely out of control pandemic. Notice facebooks price there. Facebook moving lower. That has the ceos attention. The 2020 elections were already shaping up to be incredibly heated and that was before we all faced the additional complexities of a Global Pandemic and protests for Racial Justice across the country. Mark zuckerberg stepping in with new rules to control false and violent posts on his social network. This comes after company after company said no more ads on social networks for the time being in general. We used to add Company Logos to the boycott to show them to you. But there have been so many we ran out of room and got rid of them. The latest are levis, starbucks, cocacolcocacola, u. This has gotten Mark Zuckerbergs attention and he promises more changes. You put a fire under them and you will see change. Thank you very much, scott. 6 17 right now. New this morning american and United Airlines are warning travelers are going back to full flights despite the surge in covid cases. American airlines will have passengers declare if they are free ofsymptoms. All airlines do req mask. So something good for you that morning, if you are a fan of xmen stars of the original xmen, more of an excuse me. I hope its okay if i joined. Xmen origins. Surprised everyone during a 20year reunion. This happened on saturday night during a global benefit. Reynolds first debuted in the wolverine movie in 2009 but in this video other xmen alum soon joined him from what, ten films in. So a lot of movies there with a lot of actors. Yeah, ten olds. Ryan reynolds . Okay, maybe that didnt work out. He can crash our party anytime. Technical difficulties. Thats what well say. Thats what it was. Meteorologist kari hall is storms sister. I dont know what were going to call her. Maybe ill be lightning. I dont know. Well have to make up a name. A live view on this monday morning as were getting up and getting ready for a really nice day. We are watching out for some of our hills as we take a live look looking toward dublin. We know the vegetation is so dry and thats the reason we are going to still have a high fire danger for today. The winds will be a little bit higher for all these areas in red, a red flag warning that will go into effect and continue until 8 00 this evening as our winds could gust up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Its going to be very warm and dry in some spots. Were up to 90 in concord and antioch. Livermore up to 86 for a High Temperature today and also 86 degrees in morgan hill. San jose will reach the low 80s and San Francisco will be in the low 70s. To the north of us giving us the high winds and then the rest of the week well look at milder weather a little bit more of an ocean breeze but then by the weekend just in time for the fourth of july theres a lot of people who may be firing off those fireworks will have to watch out for fire danger. Some mid70s here but then warming up as it will definitely feel like summer going into the holiday week. San francisco coastal areas will stay much cooler. Mike, youre keeping an eye on the morning commute. Any new issues popping up . First the plaza. Ive been talking about this. It seems like a big deal but its not. The bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights turned on since the pandemic and the quarantine. I dont know why, though. They were turned on just before 6 00. You see the lanes are moving well as far as for the metering lights being on. Maybe someone turned him on earlier because they see something happening on the east shore freeway that never develops into a problem. Whatever the case, not a big deal. The arrows point out the other two slower spots that come in through concord and vallejo, typical areas that we would see slowing in the 5 00 area. If there was any real big volume of traffic the rest of the bay, well, theres the Altamont Pass and slowing for 84, heading over to 680 out of livermore. The rest of the bay speeds are great. Back to you. Sounds great. Thank you very much, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay were following a historic vote in the deep south. The big change coming to one flag that is sparking a lot of reaction this morning. 6 22. Youre watching today in the bay. 6 24 right now. Happening today the four Minneapolis Police officers charged in the death of george floyd will appear in court today. Derek chauvin, the officer seen in the video with his knee on floyds neck is facing seconddegree murder and manslaughter charges. Hell appear on video. The other three are expected to be in court. Floyds death, of course, has sparked protests around the country and calls for developing for you this morning with a standing ovation mississippi lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to change the state flag containing the confederate emblem. Shortly after yesterdays vote workers at the State Capitol in jackson took the flag down for the day, but not everyone supports that move. I always thought that mississippi needed to have a heart and soul and today we did. I love this flag. I believe its a good representation to the state of mississippi, whether you like it or not. That bill calls for the current flag to be retired within 15 days and a new redesign approved by voters. 6 26 this morning. And new for you. Were learning working from home is becoming a new normal for a lot of people, and data is showing nearly a third of students dont have the tools to keep up with their studies. Thats right. Its very concerning. About 16 Million Students dont have basic internet services, computers, or any device that they really need to attend these online classes. And its not just students. Nearly 400,000 teachers in the country, about 10 of our teachers in Public Schools across the country, do not have adequate devices and connectivity to teach correctly. So its not just the students. Coming up on the today show how much it will cost to get the students and teachers help and if the federal government will step in. 6 26 for you that morning, getting a look at the forecast for you today. Its going to be a hot one out there with fire danger. Parts of the north bay we will see a fire danger for us as the winds pick up today gusting at 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour. Well talk more about this in the forecast plus reporter the state is recommending some bars to shut down in some places because of covid19. The two bay area counties expected to heed that advice. Youre watching today in the bay. You asked for em, so tiny tacos are back for good. Grab a box of 15 or try them loaded. Get em now with no contact delivery. Right now at 6 30, fire danger. Parts of the north bay under a red flag warning, but the danger looms across the bay s. Her forecast just moments away. Plus, covid crisis, the governor now ordering many bars to shut down again as cases spike. Next well tell you about the reopenings in the bay area now delayed. And helping families fight the virus, coming up the added tool one School District is giving to thousands of families. Today in the bay continues right now. Thank you for starting your morning with us. Im Marcus Washington. And im laura garcia. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Were starting out with a red flag warning. How concerned should we be . This is for the north bay where we see upper elevations getting high winds again today. We have the areas shaded in red included in the red flag warning and it goes into effect, continues until 8 00 this evening when we will have some of the high winds gusting today. As we look at our current wind speeds mostly at about 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour coming through the delta and the north bay well see the high winds continue to increase again today with the hot temperatures and some of the valleys. Well talk more about this and whats ahead in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking right now . Its looking pretty good. You notice the movement, theres Good Movement in the lanes. Thats a good sign. No major delays as we look at your travel times getting out of the area or into the area to the bay bridge. Overall the map only shows slowing out of the Altamont Pass. Your usual suspects. 6 32 right now. Shut down again. Governor newsome ordering bar owners to shut their doors to prevent the spread of covid19. Hes also recommending the same for bars in santa clara counties and contra costa counties. Today in the bays bob redell joins us live from walnut creek thi