Yes, you do need those sunglasses. Most of us for the inland areas are starting out clear. Lets check out martinez and our temperature trend looks beautiful. We are going to have a really nice day with some low 60s to start. Clearing out with our sunshine continuing into the afternoon. Some upper 70s for 2 00. Now you will notice a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday. Its going to heat up again this weekend. Well talk more about whats ahead in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for this friday morning drive . Well zoom in to san jose where weve been watching just a little bit of slowing for north 101 at 680. Our live camera shows you the headlights and starting to thin out quickly here. Shortlived as we look at the map. A short section from where the camera is up past the arrow. Weve gotten some yellow and back to green. Should be back at speed. The same thing for the bay bridge toll plaza, no backups. Back to you. A live look at c ticking. Added Unemployment Benefits are running out as the eviction protections as well. Republicans now say that they have a plan. Today in the bays tracie potts is live for us with the details and what things look like. Tracie . Reporter marcus, good morning. What things look like we know when this is going to happen. The republican plan will be unveiled some time next week. Of course the dead line for that unemployment is running out next week, too. We know how theyre going to break it up into parts. And were getting a good idea now of the details, what republicans are pitching to try to big america over 4 million coronavirus cases, 1,000 deaths a day, and unemployment running out. It means im homeless. Theres no answer. I dont have an option. Reporter as lines grow at test sites and unemployment centers, republicans say their trillion dollar fix rolls out next week. Our proposal will focus on three things kids, jobs, and health care. It will put the people of america and those suffering the most as our number one priority. Reporter the plan will include direct payments to americans, a second round of business loans, help for hospitals and health care workers, a limit on medicare premiums, liability protection, and temporary unemployment. If you were making 300, youre not going to get 600 this time. We want to shore up the middle class and main street. We want to deal with the Eviction Moratorium is expiring in a few days. Reporter the cdc holds a briefing on reopening schools. Families should be empowered to make the decision that is right for their own circumstance. Reporter check lists and questions to figure that out. Now republicans want to roll out new this morning an abc poll showing 55 of americans, just over half, do not feel comfortable sending their kids back to class. Marcus . Tracie potts in washington for us, thank you. Chinese workers living in a compound near the consulate in houston will be evicted today. When video surfaced showing workers burning papers in the buildings court yard. In response china is ordering the u. S. Shut down the consulate in chengdu. Thefy foy says a former college researcher who lied about her connections to the military is seeking refuge at the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Now back to our pandemic coverage across california. Now 433,000 confirmed cases and more than 8,000 deaths. With signs of financial trouble everywhere, the presidio in San Francisco could lose up to 30 million this year. They have laid off staff and cut programs like a downtown shuttle. More than 1,000 people live in Presidio Military housing and many are facing hardships. The park is deferring some rental payments. A mediator to help renters make it in the bay. San jose has a new program to resolve rental disputes when it comes to evictions and that Eviction Moratorium ending next month. So the Housing Department says that it received hundreds of calls already to being a neutral party between tenant and landlord disagreements. The moratorium ends, tenants have until next august to pay all of their rent back that they missed in full. The as begin with a home opener. Bob redell to talk about it. When it comes to baseball, bob, the battle of Northern California and Southern California just like we saw the giants and dodgers last night. Reporter yes, you have the giants versus the los angeles dodgers. Their series started last night. The oakland as versus the angels. That would be the home opener for the oakland as. Unfortunately for fans they will not be allowed inside the coliseum. The stands will be empty because of the pandemic. The only exception, cardboard cutouts of fans who sent in a photo. First pitch at 7 10. You can watch on nbc sports california. This was the scene last night at dodgers stadium where players and coaches knelt along the baseline together in a show of support for the black lives matters movement. The dodgers did cream the giants, 81. Across the street from oracle park, giants fans watched the game at momos where there was not an empty table on the patio. They set up tvs outside so fans could enjoy the game. Earlier this week the owner told us that reservations filled up fast. The nationals home opener in washington, d. C. , had dr. Anthony fauci throwing out the first pitch. I think the word throw is generous. The Infectious Disease specialist has now gone viral with this video of his attempted throw from the mound. As we said earlier hes a huge baseball fan but the mechanics and sport of baseball is not his specialty. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Yeah, a little more than outside there. Thanks a lot, bob. Meantime lets see the baseball forecast for today. Meteorologist kari hall. Batter up were just so excited to see sports coming back. As we check out our forecast for the as, it starts at 7 10 this evening. Theyre going to have some great weather. How about grilling out in the backyard. Well see temperatures in the mid70s. A comfortable day with a light wind and cooling off as you enjoy dinner outside. Get ready for that game. Well see the temperatures dropping back into the upper 60s. Well see some mid80s for antioch today. 81 in napa. San francisco in the low 60s. Well talk about the weekend forecast coming up. How is it looking for drivers, mike . Look at the map, nothing but green showing up as far as the big view goes. Well see slowing. A crash 237 that just showed up. Should be over on the shoulder. Ill doublecheck once chp arrives. A live look shows you how light the traffic flow is at the toll plaza itself. Minor slowing as folks narrow to the incline. Clouds just above the deck. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Suddenly taking flight. Alaska airlines is adding new service at one bay area airport despite the huge decline in travel. Well tell you where. Plus continuing rising tensions with china drives the stock market lower. More movies have been put off until next summer. Youll always be my baby and trending for you this morning, flashback friday. Mariah carey is taking us back to the 90s. Well take you to that in just a bit. You spoke. We listened. 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 12 lets head to san jose as we see a clear sun rise. It will be a nice one. If you plan on going to the Farmers Market you may be comfortable with long sleeves. Well get a look at our microclimates and talk about whats happening in the tropics coming up. The rest of the bay is looking really good. A little volume increase. We do see a steady flow in the hov lanes. Good morning. Very happy friday. Some of the biggest names in tech were due to fly out to washington, d. C. , over the weekend to prepare for a huge testimony on monday. The ceos of amazon, facebook, google, apple are scheduled to speak before a House Committee together. Never been done before. Now cnbc is reporting that spectacle may be delayed because the house plans to honor the late john lewis on monday. His body will be lying in state with a ceremony scheduled within a few hours of that hightech showdown. The leaders are supposed to talk to the House Judiciary Committee and the antitrust subcommittee. It will be one of the most significant moments in washington for high tech ever. Now high tech ceos have testified before often to unprepared lawmakers. Mark zuckerberg had to explain how facebook made money to Chuck Grassley and testimony of tim cook to the senate in 2013 was memorable for how senators fawned over a ceo who was supposed to be there to face tough allegations how and why the company didnt pay all of its taxes. Stocks expected to move lower. Talking about the chinese demand, tit for tat for what we did to them in houston. President trump says he does not care about the china trade deal as much as he used to. Checkers laying off doublechecking that you dont have background issues if you sign up to be a ride share driver. Fewer people are signing up to do that. Theres less work for the bay area checkers. More blockbusters delayed including mulan and the next version of top gun. Maverick will be delayed until next summer partially because of the pandemic and tom cruise has other commitments. I saw top gun in the drivein movie theater. It was so inspiring. The only reason i didnt join the navy was because i was too young to join the navy. Thats how long ago top gun came out. Wow. And then you changed your mind and decided to be a business and tech reporter. That, too. Our own maverick when it comes to business and tech. Thanks, scott. 6 15 for you this morning. And news for you, despite all the sharp decline in travel, alaska Airlines Adding New daily flights. Seattlebased carrier announcing new routes to spokane, oregon and mizzoula, montana. Alaska will start adding those new routes this september. Are you working out . 59 of americans say they doan plan on renewing their gym membership. Top reason . 56 of those surveyed say the pandemic helped them find more affordable ways to get exercise. Mike tyson is not canceling his gym membership anytime soon. He doesnt need to because he is actually training. The former heavyweight champ says he is locked and loaded for a comeback. The 54yearold tyson is set to take on roy jones jr. In an eightround exhibition on september 12th in carson, california. Tyson says, he told espn hes doing this because, well, he can. When you move like that i guess you can. It is friday. A flashback moment. Mariah carey giving us a look at a warmup from 30 years ago. At first i thought that was someone whistling. This is carey with her backup singers, celebrating three decades of hit making this year on social media. She plans to post some new videos every friday. The are som. You told our secret thats how we warm up when we were all together before. Thats right. This early in the morning im a little octave lower. Mike and i will take the high note for you. Weve got it, marcus. Look at the sunrise behind you, kari. We know weve had some issues with some wildfires nearby and smoke so thats whats causing this colorful sunrise this morning. Were going to get some fresh changes and wind from the west moving west to east will give us a cooldown. Were reaching into the mid80s today in concord. Napa up to 81 degrees. Oakland stays in the 60s and some lower 60s in San Francisco. In the south bay expect highs in the upper 70s. Were going to see headlines p hurricane, category 4. This is douglas. Its a big concern because it will be helding to the hawaiian islands. It will encounter cooler water and may move into parts of hawaii as possibly a category 1 hurricane and weakening to a Tropical Storm. And then as we look at the gulf of mexico we have a strengthening Tropical Storm hannah that will continue to move in south of Corpus Christi for tomorrow as well as saturday and then continue to weaken but bringing a lot of caribbean we have storm gonzalo moving over to the west over the next couple of days. And so this is a concern for those southern caribbean islands. And then moving possibly into the gulf as we go into next week. Well be watching that as well. As we look at our forecast here its going to be nice and mild today for the inland areas. It will heat up for the weekend into the low 90s. Not much of a cooldown. San francisco stays mild. Any issues, mike, for drivers heading out . Kari, were looking at a couple crashes in the south bay. Theyre both off the main road, theyre on the shoulder, a distraction. A little slowing but as you come off the split there with the lanes off 880. Over here, 87 as well, a crash off the freeway on the shoulder as well. No problems. The arrow shows where we typically show slowing in san jose but not right now. An easy drive for 84 through sunol out of livermore, over to the bay bridge. A tiny bit of slowing and no problem at the bay bridge just slowing. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Still ahead on today in the bay reporter students around the bay area need your help with basic school supplies. Im chris chmura. Well show you how to support our schools and get a free meal, too. Next. First, check out these photos kris sanchez posted on social media of her daughters. The bottom is her youngest ones birthday party. It was all about the olympics. Kris always has fun at her house. Party at kris house. Well be right back. Welcome back. 6 24 this morning. New details President Trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to be rereleased from prison today. The judge ordered cohens rerelease saying the government leaders retaliated against him by sending him back to prison. They did so after learning that he was planning to release a book critical of President Trump. Developing new overnight, video shows federal Law Enforcement and protesters squaring off during this new round of demonstrations in portland. Were now learning the justice departments independent Watchdog Agency will investigate use of force by federal Law Enforcement a rally supporting those protesters in portland is scheduled for later today in lafayette. More americans seem to be onboard wearing those masks, but its not clear everyone is there. Three in four americans now favor Wearing Masks to stop the spread of covid19. That includes 89 of democrats and 58 of republicans. And this week nbc bay area, well, we are supporting our schools. Consumer investigator chris chmura is here to show us how. Reporter good morning. Our annual supporting our schools drive is in the final stretch. We still need your help, though, to make a big difference. Were gathering backpacks to support schools like this one. Dorsa elementary in san jose. More than half of its 360 students come from lowincome families. The principal garcia says every donation can help students like hers get off to a great start. All of our families do the very best but it is such a gift when we can partner with organizations, with volunteers, with anyone thats willing to lend a little bit. Reporter later today from 11 00 a. M. Well be taking donations in person from mountain view. Inperson donors can get a free slice of pizza. If you cant make it there head to nbcbayarea. Com schools. You can build a virtual backpack stuffed with supplies for different grades and donate it to make it a reality. I hope to see you later perhaps in mountain view. Thats a possibility. Thanks so much, chris. Now to something good in the south bay where despite travel restrictions you can still travel back in time. Tomorrow the japaneseamerican museum of san jose holds the next installment of its Virtual Event series called hidden histories. Authors and historians will explore free live stream. Very real. Right now at 6 30, Top White HouseHealth Leader dr. Deborah birx raising the red flag this morning in an exclusive interview. Santa clara county leaders are questioning her reseven comments about the surge in cases. A live report straight ahead for you. Plus, a little boys fight against cancer during this pandemic. Coming up how you can help in the east bay. And it is finally here. We say it all the time, tgif, oh, yes, it is friday. We have that weekend weather breakdown for you straight ahead. Today in the bay continues right now. And a good morning to you on this friday. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us. Im Marcus Washington. And im laura garcia. If i could have a dollar for every time you said friday thisd have a lot of money. There you go. We need it in times like this. Lets check in with kari. Well get paid in some sunshine . Yes, but were seeing the fog right now in San Francisco. You can see the sun in walnut creek but then our coastal areas will be socked in with this over the next few hours. And also some drizzle coming down, too. Thats also helping to keep us cool as we see the ocean air transported to the inland areas. Were staying in the 70s in the south bay. Some low 80s for the trivalley and mid80s for eastern Contra Costa County with upper 70s in santa rosa today. Well talk about the weekend coming up. Mike, any issues for drivers right now . The bay bridge toll plaza, i was watching the car start to slow down to the toll plaza. Lets take a live look. Getting a little more crowded for the middle lanes but no metering lights. It only lasted five minutes. Clear. The map shows you no problems. Were following the crash on 237 into san jose. Its over on the shoulder. Ill explain more coming up, marcus. Looking forward to it. We want to begin our Team Coverage and the battle to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Lets start with kris sanchez with an all new exclusive interview with Top White HouseHealth Leader dr. Deborah birx. Kris, this comes after her recent comments about san jose being one of those 12 cities under very close watch. Reporter right. So if you live in the city of san jose you might be thinking i thought things were starting to tu