then just kind of kwefrmging the hot spots. nbc bay area pete suratos has been at the area all morning long. covering this since 40 and the officialing held a news conference. what did you learn new. good morning to you, marcus we don t know what caused the massive construction fire behind me here in west oakland but we heard from the oakland mayor libby schaff and she had this to say about the incident. we do not know whether this fire was caused by an arsonist. but we do know that arsonists have been trying to burn down housing projecting in oakland. and we are calling on everyone to be vigilant. reporter: now, oakland fire tells us this structure fire started roughly before 2:00 a.m. on the corner of west grand avenue and filbert, not far from where we stand. the fire got bretty big, jumping to a five alarm structure fire and the structure was under yuks, in fact a part of the soon to be completed ice house condo dos in the the area. there was one firefighter injur
60s at the coast at noon. barely 70 around the bay. barely 80 inland. at 4:00, a warming trend is coming back. 79 around the bay to 91 inland. i ll let you know how long that will last. frances has an update on the morning commute. a couple problems in the hayward area. that s why things are really slowing down. southbound 880, two accidents. one near a street. this one involves a big rig with injuries as well. and one in that area. another three-car crash. that s why traffic is backing you up southbound 880. your best bet is city streets around that to get towards highway 92. once you get across the san westbound out of hayward into foster city. that may be due to all the traffic backed up because of the accidents. bay bridge toll plaza still looking good right now. an earlier stall and debris on the upper deck of the bay bridge. but things are back to normal. jessica, matt? thanks, frances. the supreme court showdown intensifies this morning. senator dianne feinstein is
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help the nsa spy on the united nations. we will get the latest. into chelsea manning. a disciplinary board will decide whether manning should be sent to solitary confinement for prohibited property in herself, including a copy of vanity fair with caitlyn jenner on the cover. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the obama administration has granted royal dutch shell final approval to resume julie for oil guess since 2012, despite widespread protests from environmental groups. shell first obtained drilling permits in the arctic during the george w. bush of administration , but drilling stopped in 2012 after a series of mishaps. the permit was issued monday s icebreaking ship arrived at the drill site carrying a required piece of equipment known as a capping stack. thquitman arrived on the same protesterseace temporarily blocked from oregon, byortland, hanging suspended from the st. than 40idge f
and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. for two years, secret documents leaked by former national security contractor edward snowden have yielded a steady stream of news reports about u.s. government spying on terrorism suspects, foreign leaders, and american citizens. now, another chapter has been revealed: how telecommunications giant at&t demonstrated a, extreme willingness to help the n.s.a. an article jointly published b the new york times and the investigative non-profit pro- publica reports at&t forwarded one million emails a day to the n.s.a., handed over one billion cell phone records a day to the n.s.a., and assisted the n.s.a. in wiretapping internet lines at the united nations headquarters. this is according to documents provided by snowden, who re