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now at five, pleading for action this morning, one rabbi speaking out following repeated attacks at his oakland synagogue. the hate crime investigation now underway also on the world stag, president biden hosting a high stakes summit with international leaders while he fights growing calls to step aside in the 2024 race. a live report from washington on the comments. one high profile journalist is making after a one on one interview with biden. plus, the heat is on once again. temperatures are about to start climbing and fast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking just how hot it will get today. this is today in the bay good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper. marcus has the morning off. nice to have you with us, kira. this morning, i'm laura garcia. we're going to check in with mike inouye in just a moment. he's got a look at that morning commute to have

me with you, too. yes, it is, mike in the ladies. oh, yeah. i'm looking. carries covering the forecast for us. another hot day on tap. yes. we're going to be talking a lot about this. and trying to just make sure that we're keeping cool in all of this heat for the next few days. at least we do have a cool, refreshing start this morning. we're in the upper 50s and low 60s, a little bit warmer for the south bay. we're at 64 in san jose, 68in los gatos, but elsewhere we are having a nice cool morning. a heat advisory, in effect once again for these areas in orange, which includes the inner bay. it does not include the coastline or san francisco. this is the small area of the bay that will stay comfortable. and then the farther you go inland, we see the colors change from orange to pink. that's an excessive heat warning. that's a step up from a heat advisory, and that's where temperatures will be hottest today, reaching over 100 degrees in many of those areas, with a high of 103 expected today in morgan hill, 103 in concord and

107 in ukiah. and unfortunately, it gets even hotter tomorrow. so we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, it's looking a little misty in spots. are yes, we'll take that right now. in case you missed it, we're looking at little droplets on the lens this morning. maybe some fog out there as well. that's a nice break. but again, kari showed you what's ahead for those temperatures. no problems. reported for visibility or for traction. although if it is a little slick, watch those roadways. we're looking at the berkeley curve. that was a close up. there's already a little slowing as folks are traveling through the toll plaza, which is what you should do for safety sake, but no problems on the span. there may be a crash traveling north away from that. richmond bridge will check on check on that and through san rafael. but no major problems for the bay right now. back to you. thank you very much, mike. well, developing this morning in the east bay, oakland police investigating possible hate crimes against a synagogue today in the bay. bob redell joins us live this morning. bob, i understand the rabbi there actually says that the synagogue has been targeted twice this summer. correct. and you heard him at the top of our newscast.

he says, obviously, this is very upsetting. the fact that whoever is vandalizing his synagogue feels like that they can a do this, and b that no one is watching. rabbi david lebkowsky of the chabad jewish center in oakland, he shared with us these surveillance videos of suspects throwing chunks of concrete at the front windows of his synagogue on two separate occasions. it's not clear if this was the same person. both times. according to oakland police, the first incident happened in june 21st. the 2nd july sixth. some time around midnight. both incidents are now being investigated as potential hate crimes. lebkowsky points out the area is no stranger to these types of incidents, with a menorah of being vandalized at nearby lake merritt back in december. this shows that anti-semitism became somewhat the norm. people feel like they can get away with this. in

january of this year, the anti-defamation league reported a 360% increase in anti-semitic incidents in the three months following the october 7th attacks on israel. the chabad jewish center of oakland is asking for donations to help with those windows that were damaged, which could cost around $10,000. reporting live bob redell today in the bay. thanks for the latest. there bob 504 right now to decision 2024. president biden welcoming nato leaders to washington this is questions about the future of his campaign. meanwhile, the republican national convention already starts on monday and president trump is teasing a vice presidential running mate today in the base. brie jackson joins us live in washington, brie yesterday, democrats held a closed door meeting to discuss president biden's political future. that's right. good morning. kira laura. so according to sources that were in the room during those closed

door meetings, only a handful of democrats privately raised concerns about president biden's age and ability to win in november, while a majority say it is time for the party to rally behind him. president biden welcoming world leaders to washington, d.c. as nato celebrates its 75th anniversary. the president, touting the progress made during his administration in the year 2020. throughout the year, i was elected president only nine nato allies are spending 2% of their defense gdp on defense this year, 23 will spend at least 2. the high stakes discussions about global issues comes as the president faces challenges within his own party. on tuesday, democrats held tense discussions over whether the 81 year old should drop out of the 2024 presidential race. you don't have to convince me. i'm

with the democratic nominee no matter how we go forward, joe biden, on his absolute worst day, is better than donald trump on his absolute best day. personally, i would support kamala harris. i think she's done a great job as vice president despite divisions on a path forward, democrats say their main goal remains the same. this is about defeating donald trump. that's the end of the game. former president trump slamming democratic infighting during a florida rally. the truth is, it doesn't matter who they nominate because we are going to beat any one of them in a thundering landslides and teasing an announcement about his vice presidential pick. let's see how we do over the next week. but probably over the next week or so, maybe even at the convention this week. president biden is seeking to unify his party while strengthening nato alliances, and president biden is set to hold a rare solo press conference on thursday. it will be his first one of the year,

and it will be closely watched. kira brie before you go, i want to ask you abc's george stephanopoulos is now walking back. comments that were caught on camera that he made after his recent one on one interview with president biden. can you talk about that? yeah. that's right. kira and that was a closely watched interview. stephanopoulos says he regrets appearing to say he doesn't think president biden can serve another four years in the white house. now, he reportedly made the comments to a passer by in new york city and tmz then posted the encounter in a statement, stephanopoulos says he should not have responded to the individual. now, we should point out that that point out that his response in this video, it is a little hard to make out. stephanopoulos had the first interview with president biden following his rocky debate performance. now, in a separate statement, abc news says, quote, george expressed his own point of view and not the position of

abc news kyra. all right. thanks, brie so much for that. we're going to turn now back here locally to a follow up on a push to ban encampments along creeks and waterways in the south bay. the vote on the ban is being delayed until october. it was supposed to happen yesterday. the santa clara county water district, santa clara valley water district says it's necessary to ban people from living along the water because trash and hazardous material are polluting the waterways. it also says that valley water employees have been threatened and attacked while working near creeks. if the ban passes, the people living along the water could face fines and jail time if they don't move. but critics say the ban would turn unhoused people into criminals. it is 509 on your wednesday morning, midway through our week, and look at that banner at the bottom. heat returns to the bay area. maybe we should be getting used to it, didn't we? that like two day

break was so scary? yes, a whole two days and we're back to three days of heat now as it ramps up again. tomorrow will be the hottest day of the week and thankfully the temperatures will drop this weekend. maybe we can get out and enjoy it this time around. take a look at our high temperatures for the south bay. it will be up to 99. in los gatos today, 103 in morgan hill and a lot of temperatures in the triple digits in much of the east bay, up to 104 in antioch, and at least in oakland. it's still a little bit mild, but that's pretty warm. 84 degrees today. 84 also in san mateo, while palo alto will hit a high of 91 upper 70s in san francisc, downtown and in the north bay, we're ranging from 70 in bodega bay to 107 in ukiah, mostly mid to upper 90s for much of the napa and sonoma valley. so we'll continue to watch this. we'll talk about what's ahead. mike's been finding us some lower gas prices. yeah, we're looking for

those deals at the pump. if we could find them. and we have been able to. in fact, this is the third day in the row we can call out a different shop, same low price in san jose. and the whole bay area is best. in fact, at 377 at gulf on tully road, same stretch of tully road, same thing for 399. that's the price point in concord. today's pick is a national petroleum on clayton road, and then jumping over to san francisco will jump up to 449. at the bottom, we'll point you to your best than that city p fuels on ocean avenue. this is all going on reported through gasbuddy.com on the roadways. we do look at a very calm drive right now. we've seen traffic come back from last wee, but it's your summertime traffic. we do have one issue. we pointed it out last report. it is indeed north 101. and there may have actually been there may be a traffic break going on right now after a crash and an earlier car fire. it sounds like perhaps north 101 just north of where we get off of that richmond bridge and head past san quentin and up in toward novato, there's some slowing, perhaps a break for 101. i'll get the details from

chp for now. back to you. thanks, mike. 511 right now, cracking down on delivery drivers. next on today in the bay. the reason one company is now adding new protocols and federal regulators say they're not going to lie. there is an app that kids should not be using. we'll tell you what it is. or may start here

as we take a look at emeryville with a few drops of mist on the lens there we are going to see temperatures in oakland go from low 60s to upper 70s, and briefly hit the low 80s. it's definitely going to be hotter for the inland valley, so we'll take a look at all of our microclimates coming up. and great news. we had all lanes blocked. then they all cleared north 101. as folks head away from the bridge and up toward novato. so 101, you're back at speed. there's the volume, the traffic or the commute directio, i should say. are the taillights heading away from us past north san pedro, down toward lincoln? well, good morning. very happy wednesday to you. both. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 will open it yet. new records this morning microsoft says it's going to abandon a seat over at openai. worried its involvement may attract antitrust regulators. this according to cnbc. we get key inflation data tomorrow with the cpi and girls in tech is no

more. the organization has shuttered its doors. video here from the charity's website. at one point it had a quarter million members. the founder did not give a reason for the closure, but the business journal reported it was from a lack of funding. the ftc says an app called ngl for not going to lie, shouldn't be used by children. the government, regulators say promises programmers made to protect kids from bullying were not kept, and that the app tried to trick kids into paying for a premium account. the app allowed people to send each other anonymous messages. fed chair jay powell will be back on capitol hill this morning, this time in front of a house committee. yesterday, powell said the central bank was detecting weakness in the job market. remember if you're a central banker, you want that because it means you're high interest rates are slowing the economy and therefore hopefully inflation. well, it's been more than a year since silicon valley bank imploded. and in that year

it's done a lot to return to health. this week on our podcast, sand hill road, i sit down with the president of silicon valley banks commercial banking. i asked him to take us inside the room when bankers realized they had hit that iceberg and let me tell you, it is difficult to get a banker to talk about that. try to think of anything more that a banker would not want to talk about than a bank failure. i mean, is there anything, you know, root canals, anything that are sounds way better, way better. the one trick to get a banker to go to the dentist this week on silicon valley's sand hill road podcast, mark had a very interesting person. we also talk about potential icebergs ahead. what is the thing that bankers secretly worry about at night? and he talks about that as well. oh wow, you always get the intel i love you, i love your shares. it. yes, exactly. thanks, scott.

well, new this morning. doordash cracking down on dangerous delivery drivers in big cities. in a new posting, the company is laying out what it is calling its new public safety campaign. it all stems from issues police in boston were having with delivery drivers, breaking traffic laws on motorized scooters and mopeds. doordash hopes to eliminate riding on sidewalks or going the wrong way, along with speeding and running red lights, it is implementing new protocols, including teams that will work directly with local law enforcement agencies. 517 right now and trending this morning. recently, we've been talking about a new shrek movie that's in the works, but now it is official. it is dreamworks animation tweeted this video. somebody want to show me the world is gonna roll me. hey, now you're an author. i must have missed two through four because i didn't realize shrek five, the new movie will feature some of your favorites, the original

cast members returning, including mike myers, eddie murphy, cameron diaz. shrek five is set to release in theaters in 2026, which will also be the franchise's 25th anniversary. wow donkeys that old? oh my gosh. well, i wanted to see them and we don't know if they've aged or not. right oh, that's a good question. they haven't done that part yet. got two more years. fiona got a facelift. good weather to escape to the movie theater. we were not a big movie theater family, but we went the other day just to get ac, okay? and the movie was good too. yeah. one of my favorites is costco's refrigerator. you know, walking, walking in and out though you can freeze fast in there. yes. all right. so we're going to have some weather where we're trying to find places to stay cool not only today but the next few days as we take a look at our air quality outlook, that's another issue. you have to limit your time outside due to the

unhealthy levels of ozone. we'll see. and the worst of that air quality will be in the east bay, where we don't see that breeze coming in hard and fast enough to help mix out the air. so we're going to have it as a the moderate level and it's unhealthy for people with any heart conditions or breathing problems. we'll also see that in santa clara valley. we're starting out this morning, upper 50s and low 60s for much of the bay. it's 57 in san rafael and 58 in san francisco. and take a look at martinez and what to expect today. and this will be like a lot of spots in the east bay. we start out nice and cool. you've got some clouds in the morning, and then as we head through 10:00 it's nice and sunny at noon. it's 81 degrees, so it's starting to warm up and then we'll quickly see those temperatures heating up for the afternoon. we'll be in the upper 90s at 4:00. that's the peak of the heat. and then gradually coming back down as the breeze picks up. but it's going to be definitely a very warm afternoon. our high temperature

heads for 104 in vacaville, as well as fairfield 102 in livermore, and we'll see a high of 103 in morgan hill, san jose, in the low 90s. and we're keeping the 70s for the peninsula peninsula into san francisco. and the north bay is going to be hotter with upper 90s throughout the afternoon. let's take it to tomorrow because this will be even hotter, a lot more highs over 100 degrees as hot as 112. tomorrow afternoon for ukiah, and we'll see a high of 109 in vacaville and 107 in concord and livermore, san jose will be in the upper 90s and may get close to those triple digits. it's still pretty hot on friday, but the heat is easing up just a little bit, and that will be the trend for the weekend. but we're going to replace the heat for humidity. take a look at this green color here. that's a surge of mid-level moisture that may make it feel very muggy out there, but may also trigger some thunderstorms. and we'll have to watch out for that possibility

on saturday and sunday as our temperatures come down next week. things are looking much better with highs in the low 90s, but we do have to make it through the next few days. even warming up in san francisco. mike, you have a typical early morning commute. yeah, which means most of the bay is looking great. and we have those color changing going on here for the altamont pass. and now we have traffic folks leaving tracy patterson mountain house, mountain house at byron, up at the top of the screen. reports of one crash on the chp blotter. so i'll track that. but really, we don't have a heavy volume coming down. so still at speed as folks head out of contra costa county on vasco down to 580, where traffic's just starting to build, coming into more of livermore. there we're looking at the approach to the bay bridge, a smooth drive but a little slowing shows up on highway 37, right on schedule, just about 520 every day. so that's no surprise. across the golden gate bridge we showed you at the berkeley curve, there was a little mist on the lens, and there is also this going on. a little bit of fog and low clouds right at the golden gate bridge itself. back to you. thanks,

mike. reimagining an american classic, the coba coba cabana on the hottest spot north of havana. next on today in the bay we go behind the scenes as one latina filmmaker puts her spin on the copa cabana here in the bay area. we'll be back in a moment. look at. look at this,

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diamond, that's what one south bay filmmaker is now doing, creating a buzz among fanilows also known as barry manilow fans. director lorena cortez is re-imagining the hottest spot north of havana, the copacabana. a new version of that hit song is coming back to life as a short film based on the love story. it's being shot right now at the iconic corinthian grand ballroom in san jose. but in this version, the filmmaker is incorporating a cast that's mostly women of color. in the 1950s, when these old hollywood films were shot, there were there was diversity, but it wasn't shown on the big screen. so for that reason, i want to show what a story would have been told. like with a mix of diverse backgrounds. film

historians will point out the only film previously tied to the song was an seconds tv movie starring barry manilow and the original film had no lola nor rico, or even a tony for that matter. as for the question just who shot who? we'll have to wait for the film release. how did i do on that, laura? did i read that very well? all we were missing were the puffy sleeves. exactly right. hey, coming up next, the top stories that we're following for today you, including state leaders endorsing a november ballot measure to fund school construction. the $10 billion proposal. i'm ginger conejero saab in san francisco as another heat wave sets in across the bay area. officials warn of dangerous risks for specific groups. we'll have more up ahead.

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on your wednesday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia, and i'm kira klapper in for marcus. this morning. we have a live look outside. triple digit heat set to return today with heat warnings and advisories expected to remain in effect through friday. so let's check in with meteorologist kari hall right now. so will this just be the last time around or no? welcome to summer. well three more days of some excessive heat and then we get a break. and then after that, it looks like that break holds for a while. so we go back to some more seasonable weather. it's been so unbearable in the valleys, and unfortunately we're going to have to struggle through a few more days. at least we do have our cool morning, the bright pink on your screen. that's where the temperatures will be hottest, so that includes parts of the south bay down to the south county. the tri valley up to the delta, as well as in parts of northern napa lake and mendocino counties. we are going to see

that extreme heat once again. back with us with highs over 100 degrees. and as you're outside, if you do have to work outdoors, you want to make sure you're staying hydrated and taking breaks in the shade that's going to be the key today and trying to get into some air conditioning. when you can. we're up to 91 in san jose and in some spots the heat is not all that extreme. we're only in the low 70s in half moon bay and upper 70s for san mateo. but as you cross into the east bay, it is going to be a hot afternoon and getting even hotter for tomorrow. so we'll take a closer look at these numbers coming up in a few minutes on that map. all right. thanks kari. our team coverage continues this morning with today in the bay's ginger conejero saab. she's live in san francisco. yeah. and, ginger, you may be getting some company in the city. it might be the escape for a break from what may potentially be dangerous heat. it is. especially in certain pockets of the city where you feel like, you know, you definitely see that microclimate that we experience. but officials are warning with this

dangerous heat that specific groups are at risk, including the elderly, the unhoused, as well as those who work outdoors. let's take a live look in san jose this morning. this is where santa clara county's medical examiner's office has also confirmed that there have been 14 recent deaths. they are now looking into whether or not those were heat related. now, last week, san jose mayor matt mahan posted on x saying an unhoused person died in san jose due to the heat. places across the bay area are doing what they can to accommodate those in need of a reprieve. last week, san francisco announced that all public pools were free for a day. normally you have to buy a pass. many homes here in the city have no air conditioning, so that was an option to get some relief from the heat. now, as we enter or as we continue this heat wave, experts warn things can quickly change and it

is important to watch out and recognize signs and symptoms of concern. these include swelling of the feet and legs. also, watch out for dizziness that you may experience nausea, vomiting and headaches. somebody may not be acting like themselves. that's really a critical time because the time from those symptoms to doing very, very poorly, it happens very, very quickly. so those people need to seek medical attention. well, another concern resulting from this heat wave wildfires. and later this morning at 10 a.m, governor gavin newsom and other state leaders will give an update on the state's wildfire response and readiness. now, currently, the royal fire is burning near sugar bowl resort. that's near tahoe. that fire is burning in the tahoe national forest in a steep canyon. containment is growing. it's now at 15, and there hasn't been much growth at around 215 acres.

but winds are expected to pick up later this week, fueling more concern. not just there, but for the potential for wildfires across the state. now, kyra, i know you mentioned that we may be expecting more company here in the city. we're right by the beach. of course not. not no, not too many people are out at this at this hour. but we can expect, you know, this is a free reprieve from those hot temperatures that we can see in other parts of the bay area. so expect areas here to probably get a little bit more crowded and filled up in the next couple of days. enjoy it, enjoy it. it's all to yourself right now. go make some sand angels. you have it all. i've got my jacket on. yeah, yeah. no kidding. all right. ginger thanks. we'll see you soon. our nbc bay area app is a great way to stay informed on these hot temperatures. you can get up to the minute updates sent straight to your phone so you don't have to go looking for them. you can download it for free on all your devices. happening today, friends, family

and comrades will say a final farewell to an oakland firefighter paramedic who drowned in southern california. 25 year old caden lafond was on vacation when he drowned june 27th outside san diego. investigators say he was swimming late at night with a friend, and alcohol may have been involved. he worked in the fire department for five years. today's memorial service will take place at noon aboard the uss hornet in alameda. we're going to take you now to this live look in san francisco, where all retail businesses in the tenderloin will soon have to close. earlier, supervisors yesterday approved a pilot program. it will force late night stores. so mostly liquor stores. convenience stores and smoke shops to be closed from midnight until 5 a.m. but bars and restaurants are exempt. the area covers about 20 blocks in the tenderloin, where there's a high rate of drug related crime. businesses that do not comply will face fines of up to $1,000

for each violation. san francisco sheriff paul miyamoto is crediting a streamlined hiring process for allowing his office to hit some aggressive hiring targets. he says this year, the office is on track to hire the most deputies since before the pandemic, with 34 new recruits set to begin work by next month. the goal is to hire 75 new deputies by next july, and even then there should be a big surplus in open positions. 536 almost 537 taking a live look in san jose right now, it's actually quite nice already. i always wear my nbc bay area jacket into work and i did not need it today. kari hall you. you told us enjoy the break while we had it because it's over. yeah. and you know, we can just feel the difference in just a few degrees in the morning. it's in the upper 60s, right now. so to us that feels like, oh, it's kind of warm when normally we're in the upper 50s.

so we're heating up again for today and it won't be as cool overnight as well. tomorrow is the hottest day of the week as the heat ramps up even more, but the weekend the temperatures will drop. i'm so looking forward to that. and not just because it's the weekend, but we are going to also have some cooler temperatures. we're ranging from low 70s in the beach, coastal areas for today to the upper 70s for the peninsula, upper 90s for much of the north bay, and as hot as over 100 degrees as you make it from concord into fairfield as well as vacaville. and tomorrow, as we mentioned, is the peak of the heat. we're going to see those temperatures ramping up even more, and we'll really have to take it easy throughout the day. with a high of 105 and san martin and in moraga, 100 degrees 112. in ukiah tomorrow afternoon. so we are also once again looking ahead to cooler weather for the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. and mike, you're

updating an east bay crash. yeah, i said we had found a crash on mountain house at byron that's up here. the note from chp in that does say it's a pretty severe crash. i know that's not heavily used, but it is a connector. byron getting down in toward tracy. so if that is your route there is activity there. police may have you stopping from time to time over here. we do have you slowing a lot more over the last ten minutes. vasco road builds up and that's typically what we see. getting closer to one half hour, then to 20 minutes now leaving from the area around a marsh creek road. a little build here out of the altamont. no surprises there and an easy drive once you get to the dublin interchange. heading south or heading west is your commute directions a build for the south bay here? standard again for the south bay and highway 37 and highway four. now joins in, with the morning commute typical there for contra costa county. as we get over to the bay bridge, the backup? not yet. really forming at the toll plaza, but the metering lights should be active any minute now, and it will be very active getting into the city and through the city. this evening again, we have a second of three

nights at oracle park with games there for the giants as well as chase center. this is not a concert. this is the california classic. they've had a series of games. this is the third one, the battle for norcal. so we're having sort of a new rookie players and others are playing their game. warriors versus the kings. so it's the battle for norcal tonight over here at chase center. back to you guys. all right mike thanks. well i might be taking your job right now because i have a heads up. we have a heads up for drivers. the summer months typically have more auto accidents than any other time of the year ahead. on today in the bay, we'll explain what triple a is calling the 100 deadliest days a top democrat predicts that the presidential race will end in a landslide for donald trump. plus and the world's gonna know your name. my name is alexander hamilton. my name is alexander. such a classic. the creator of one of broadway's biggest smash hits may be ready to come out swinging for his next project.

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8:00 and clearing throughout the day. and our temperature is headed for the upper 70s. it will be a little bit warmer than what we're used to here, but it's going to be unbearable in the inland valleys over the next few days. we'll talk about this and a weekend cooldown coming up in a few minutes. well, it's still bearable here at the bay bridge, but you can tell the metering lights are active now and we have more of a commute than we had last vacation week for many. i'm happy to report here that there are no major crashes going on right now, but i know that this is a specific time of the year that we follow. you're exactly right, mike. we are now in the midst of the 100 deadliest days. according to triple a, it's the period between memorial day and labor day when deaths on the road seem to be at their highest, according to the national highway traffic safety administration. in 2022, more than 2500 people were killed in crashes that involved a teenage driver. half of teenage drivers who died in 2022 were unbuckled. a spokesperson for triple a says most of these crashes are

preventable. i think what a lot of us take for granted is we get behind the car, the wheel of the car and you drive, you go to work, you go to the store, you go on vacation. but the reality is getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. we are not even halfway into triple a's 100 deadliest days of the year, and during this time, it's important to always remember to pay attention when you get behind the wheel and put on your seatbelt. oh yeah. right. should be just a habit, a way of life. yeah. all right. 544 right now let's talk a little politics here. a prominent democrat says president biden may lose to donald trump in a landslide. yeah. scott mcgrew is here to talk about colorado senator michael bennet. he originally had said that in private. in private. but you know what? to his credit, when he was asked about that comment on cnn, he said, yeah, he had said it, not just that trump may win in a landslide, but that republicans

may take both the house and the senate in november. here's a clip of that interview. donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. so for me, this isn't a question about polling. it's not a question about politics. it's a moral question about the future of our country. and i think it's critically important for us to come to grips with what we face. if together, we put this country on the path of electing donald trump again. earlier this week, president biden sent a letter to democrats firmly stating he was running and that should be the end of it. but brand new this morning on morning joe, former speaker of the house nancy pelosi made it sound like this is all very much still up in the air. it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we're all encouraging him to

make that decision because time is running short. the television network abc, acknowledging its political director, george stephanopoulos, made an off hand comment to a person on the street that he didn't think joe biden could serve four more years. the comment recorded, first reported by tmz. stephanopoulos later said, quote, earlier today, i responded to a passerby, and i shouldn't have. in washington, the nato summit continues celebrating 75 years of the alliance. one of the main subjects, ukraine ukrainian president zelensky, perhaps reading ahead to the election, asking for more weapons, fewer restrictions on those weapons sooner rather than later. here's president biden at that same summit in the coming months, the united states and our partners intend to provide ukraine with dozens of additional tactical air defense systems. the united states will make sure that when we export critical air defense interceptors, ukraine goes to

the front of the line, vice president kamala harris campaigned tuesday in nevada. former president trump was in florida, brought her up in a speech, something he doesn't normally do. meanwhile, the radical left democrat party is divided in chaos, and having a full scale breakdown all because they can't decide which of their candidates is more unfit to be president. sleepy crooked joe biden or laughing kamala laughing. all right, well, trump also mentioned marco rubio a number of times. it makes sense. he's the local senator. he was at the speech. in the past, trump has called rubio little marco, a lightweight and a choke artist. but rubio is now one of three top choices, perhaps the top choice for vice presidential candidacy. kyra. and we are waiting with bated breath for that announcement. scott, thanks so much. i'm going to turn now

to state politics, a live look at the state capitol, where lawmakers this week are nailing down specifics for a $10 billion school construction bond measure to be on the november ballot. proposition two would increase the state's matching money for school construction and expand the number of districts qualifying for full 100% funding. a senate committee on monday voted unanimously to support it. an assembly committee is expected to hold a similar vote today, but opponents fear the funding may be slanted to districts with the highest property values they are threatening legal action. this week's hearings are meant to address those equity concerns. 548 right now, the countdown is on. look at that. 16 days. yeah just about two weeks away from the start of the summer olympic games in paris, france, the u.s. women's water polo team will be looking for redemption after losing to hungary in their final home game before they head to paris. this team has won three

gold medals. new sponsor flavor flav was at cal berkeley for last night's game. how's that for fun? goalkeeper ashley johnson had a record ten saves in the cage, but hungary came out on top, winning it ten eight. well, only on nbc bay area. our cameras were the only ones invited to practice before the game yesterday. sorry. yeah, look at that. right. play by play. putting on a little suit. water polo cap, getting in the water there. he's offered to sponsor the women and men's team for the next five years. it all started with an instagram post from danville's maggie steffens saying women in sports needed more financial support. well now he's the official hype man for the usa. water polo, women's and men's national teams. last week, he signed that five year sponsorship deal to promote the team. and i'd say i do a great job. flavor flav to the rescue. cool. that's great. speaking of sticking with the olympics, the usa basketball team is looking to bring home its fifth straight

gold medal in the city of light. steph curry and the rest of the team are right now training in vegas. the all star lineup is being led by warriors head coach steve kerr today, team usa plans an exhibition game against canada, but kevin durant will not take the court due to a left calf strain. yesterday, the team got a surprise visit from vice president kamala harris, who was in vegas as part of a presidential campaign stop. here's the reaction from coach kerr. vice president harris was great. she told the guys how much she admired them and how they really embodied excellence. and the fact that we are going over there to try to win a gold medal for our country. i mean, having steph on the team is, is fantastic for any, any one of a number of reasons. i mean, he's obviously a brilliant player, but the comfort level that we have together, i think it helps the communication process with the rest of the team. this

morning, today's craig melvin is having his own big visit, this time with another team usa basketball teammate lebron james. he's also getting an up close look at the team's training camp in vegas. tune in to see the full story on today. that's at 7 a.m. right after today in the bay. very cool talking about playing with bronny. well, trending this morning, the creator of hamilton may be ready to give his own spin on an iconic cult classic. warriors come out to play lin-manuel miranda is reportedly close to completing his next project. it's based on the warriors, the 1979 b movie about street gangs in new york. the hope is it'll end up as a broadway musical, but first, miranda has just completed a concept album. can you dig it? well, the album is also expected to feature stars from broadway and the pop music world. that man never stops come out to

play. i bet he'll have fun with that one. what a talent. nightmares creepy. maybe. maybe we can convince him to switch it to warriors like our warriors. warriors? there you have it. all right, well, if you're going to get out and about, start early this morning or really, really late tonight. yeah, exactly. yeah, i think so. we're definitely going to have it much hotter than it has been. and we have to struggle through this heat for three more days. but i think a lot of us will be inside anyway because of the air quality. it will look hazy outside and the heat will be pretty intense for those inland areas. so for the east bay, santa clara valley, that's where we do have the worst of the air quality, unhealthy for people with any kind of asthma, breathing problems or any heart conditions. limit your time outside. as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, it's starting out with our morning marine layer moving in. that's the clouds that we see, usually keeping our temperatures cooler,

but it's going to clear out so quickly our temperatures will still warm up quite a bit. so we're headed for 96. in santa rosa today, our usual high temperature for this date is 84 degrees. we're up to 103 in concord today, and 102 in livermore. so you can see the valley temperatures well above normal, but not expected to set a new record. and then looking at the temperatures in the north bay in the upper 90s 98, in napa today, and we'll be in the upper seconds for san mateo. so not all of the bay area heating up, but that heat advisory and the excessive heat warning will be in effect away from the coastline. so tomorrow is the hottest day we'll have this week. 73 though, in half moon bay. but you head over to mountain view and it will be 92 degrees and 103 in dublin, 107 in concord and fairfield will hit a high of 108 degrees. then into the day on friday. it's

still really hot, but just not as extreme, and we may have the opportunity to get the cool mornings and the cool late evenings as well. but looking at morgan hill, we're going to have three more hot days into friday and then look at the change on saturday. upper 80s there and mid 80s on sunday. and as we stretch it out through next week, i don't see any more triple digit temperatures. so once again, we are just going to have to make it through these next few days. but this may all end with some high humidity and a surge in moisture coming in that could possibly spark off some thunderstorms. so we'll be watching out for that. right now, we're just focused on these hot temperatures with a high peaking at 108 degrees on thursday, 101 on friday, and some of our warmer spots will be in the mid 90s on saturday. but as you saw from morgan hill, will bring it back to the upper 80s and in san francisco and along the coast. we are going to have some warm weather for tomorrow, 84 degrees there, but then for the weekend, 60s and

70s will quickly return. mike, you were looking for something in berkeley? yeah. benny in our operations center was helping me. he's moving the camera around. we heard about some kind of a spill going on in one of the frontage roads, and i think it was right in this stretch. but you see traffic flowing just fine here and especially down the east shore freeway. so we'll keep monitoring that call. but again, westbound 80, the east shore freeway itself, it's all right. it's moving well. it's more volume heading down toward the area. there may be some more slowing. we'll turn the camera around again at the berkeley curve, because i see an unusual pattern there that might be where the activity is. there is activity. highway 37, highway four, traditional slowing spots, and a little bit of slowing toward the richmond bridge into san rafael as well. we're looking at a crash that might be affecting niles canyon. we'll talk about that if it develops into a bigger incident. the south bay does show your typical northbound 101 slowing and a crash just off capitol expressway. it's on city streets. it doesn't sound like a major issue, but if it is affecting your access to or from capital expressway, of course i'll let you know that as well. back to you. all right, mike,

thanks. it is 556 happening now. getting around is going to cost a little less these days for some people in the north bay. at the start of the month, petaluma transit eliminated fare collection. that means you can now ride its fixed route busses and paratransit services for free. it's part of a year long pilot program aimed at increasing ridership, helping low income riders and meeting city climate goals. the triple digit temperatures are back, and if you're taking medications, you could be at risk ahead at 6:00. the common prescriptions, which could leave you more prone to heat illness and a reminder nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like on roku or other streaming platforms. a lot more news ahead on this wednesday morning. it's 556. already

warming up outside as triple digit temperatures are expected across the bay area today. meteorologist kari hall is tracking how long this heat wave will last. it's very upsetting. the fact that you