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size near chico. closer to home, firefighters now have the upper hand on a fire near the altamont pass. the latest on the firefight, the evacuations and the impact. also breaking overnight, vice president kamala harris scores a major endorsement. the way this could help shape her campaign as the new 2024 presidential race heats up and former president donald trump reveals more about a possible debate against harris. plus, as the opening ceremony is set to kick off on the olympic games in paris, a major network sabotage affecting the commute outside the city. our team is live in paris with these brand new developments and the excitement surrounding our bay area athletes, this is today in the bay. and a good morning to you on this friday. i'm marcus washington and i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia. the countdown is just about over. in

just a few hours, the 2024 paris olympics opening ceremony will thrill fans around the world. but ahead of what should be a magnificent event, we're also following breaking news out of france. yeah serious. in a series of coordinated attacks providing major disruptions to high speed rail routes connecting to paris today in the bay's jessica aguirre live for us this morning near the arc de triomphe. and jessica, this is definitely not the start of the olympic organizers or fans wanted to see. no, they've been getting ready for these olympics for three years, and they've really tried to mitigate any possibility of having any type of violence or anything that could mar this opening ceremony. so french officials certainly were not planning for something like this happened, but it did happen at about 4 a.m. this morning, the french transportation minister calling it a coordinated act targeting several high speed rail lines impacting travel in and out of paris. it's been described as an

arson attack on the national railway lines. and we have just learned just a few minutes ago that a far left anarchist group is being blamed for this intentional attack. it caused chaos on the lines impacting 800,000 passengers, many trains canceled, stranding passengers in stations, the prime minister said law enforcement has been mobilized. now this goes. this happened just as the lockdown here for the opening ceremonies was taking place. so i can tell you here i'm at the arc de triomphe, and the reason i'm here is because we can't be at the trocadero station where we were before, which is right by the eiffel tower and along the river where that opening ceremony is taking place. we're at the trocadero. where? pardon me, we're here at the arc de triomphe. and i can tell you that in just the last hour, we've seen huge police presence here. barricades going up, streets being closed off on the walk here. i saw more than 100 police officers in this area. so we are in a high alert situation

here. and that's because that opening ceremony will be taking place in just a short time. let me show you what it looks like in the stands right now. we're about a 1.5 mile from where that opening ceremony is going to take place. spectator stands are lining the river, where dignitaries and 100 heads of state and some 300,000 spectators will see 10,000 athletes from around the world make their ceremonial entrance for the parade of nations. us flagbearers lebron james, tennis star coco gauff. the athletes will be on 94 boats, accompanied by 35 security boats and the french say it will be a spectacle to behold. now, even before what we saw today as that attack on the railway system, this outdoor spectacle was a gargantuan security challenge. 45,000 french police are on the ground here. we're talking military, police, army manning checkpoints, roving the streets. the gendarmerie, which is the military police, also using surveillance and technology to

spot any threats. the goal is obviously to prevent anything from marring these olympics. but now we see what happened with the railway, now let's talk about the athletes. come. we talked about the athletes and canonbury. he is the son of legendary former warrior and nba legend rick barry. canada is making his olympic debut in three by three basketball. and this morning he talked about he talked about what it's like to be here. okay. so he talked about everyone excited about the games. again. we're in a high security alert system right now. and so, there is a no fly zone that will be going into effect in just a short time. and again, the opening ceremony will begin in a couple of hours. we're going to continue to monitor the situation from here, and hopefully it'll go out without a hitch, as french officials have been preparing for. back to you live in paris for us this morning, jessica aguirre. jessica. thank you. well, as

jess said, the day finally here, the opening ceremony. you can watch it all morning. this at 1030. starting then. and then watch an encore performance in prime time at 730 tonight. all right. here on nbc bay area. well, breaking back here in the u.s, vice president kamala harris whirlwind week continues as she scores a major endorsement. her campaign just releasing this video showing her getting the backing of both barack and michelle obama. we called to say michelle. and i couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. oh my goodness, michelle, barack, this means so much to me. i am looking forward to doing this with the two of you. doug and i both. and now sources close to nbc news telling us that aides to obama, as well as harris, have discussed them appearing together on the campaign trail at some point. meantime, harris continues to say that she welcomes a on stage showdown

against donald trump, accusing him of backpedaling from the previous commitment to debate. trump's campaign said debate details shouldn't be or couldn't be finalized until democrats formally decided on their nominee. 506 and back here at home now, we are following breaking news out of the east bay. a brush fire along 580 at the altamont pass, now fully contained. this is a see a look at the scene this morning, very different from how it looked just hours before. this is just east of livermore. the fire started around 10:00 last night. cal fire crews say it scorched 400 acres, but now has been extinguished. so far, there are no reports of any damage, but crews planned to be out there throughout the day watching for hot spots. also breaking in butte county. a long night for firefighters battling that out-of-control park fire burning near chico. as of early this morning. cal fire saying that it's already burned more than 160,000 acres, and there's no

exact count yet, just on the number of homes destroyed, the butte county sheriff is urging everyone to follow all evacuation orders. this county has seen time and time again where people have waited too long and they have lost their lives. the fire blows over. i can't make any promise or guarantee that we can get up there to save your life. now that fire also burning near the town of paradise, you may remember that was that town devastated by wildfire in 2018. paradise right now is under an evacuation warning. how traumatic for them all. there is a suspect in custody tied to this fire. he's identified as 42 year old ronnie dean stout and authorities say a witness saw him behaving strangely at the scene of a car fire in the process spreading the flames. then she saw him get into the vehicle, do something in the vehicle, get out of the vehicle and then push the flaming

vehicle down the embankment. some 60 foot embankment down into a gully. now, we talked with one evacuee last night who shared video from her home security system. you can see the inferno burning down nearby homes and detonating a propane tank. governor gavin newsom already secured a grant from fema to assist in the state's response. i'm meteorologist kari hall is here tracking the conditions. you know, we've seen some of the video that the weather department has put out, and it's just behaving so wildly. yeah. as fires do, especially explosive ones like that one. and the vegetation is extremely dry. we've had such high heat that kind of set the stage where we do have to be very careful with any fires or flames, because it could grow to something like this. 164,000 acres and is only 3% contained. they are also dealing with some gusty winds and it has been very hot as of even right now. we're in the mid 70s, so we'll continue to watch that. as far

as the bay area. we're starting out this morning with low 60s in palo alto, san jose at 65 degrees. and as we go throughout the day in walnut creek, going from 60s to warming up quite a bit, but as we check out livermore, it's going to be a nice one. and our temperatures go from upper 60s to only the mid 80s for today. that's a big drop in temperatures, and we're going to see san jose's high at 79 degrees and some upper 70s and 80s for much of the bay area. big change from those triple digits we had just a few days ago. and mike, you've been giving us places where we can find we're looking for the best we can find it. in fact, a number of the top ten best prices in the state are in the bay area. san jose still holds the lead in the state with 363. we'll call out the 365 still in the top five best in santa clara. here with platinum gas on washington street next. best on our chart is livermore 387 at dimond gas and mart. that's the one on south front road and in

the north bay. the north bay getaway would include marin county's low, which is now 389, in larkspur. marin gas on magnolia avenue. we know all these changes because of all of you. gasbuddy.com on the roadways is very calm. friday start. we're looking at the last bit of slowing for the last half hour. things are pretty tough. northbound. 238 off of west 580. but that crew should be completely cleared. now we see those sensors recovering. 580 is moving smoothly. the headlights out of the altamont pass. all of 580 is open. bob talked about the altamont pass fire. i'll talk a little bit about some of the adjustments, though, that folks have to make for this morning. back to you. thank you. mike, 510 this morning. and we continue our countdown to today's opening ceremony at the paris olympic games. head this morning on today in the bay. it is not just the athletes, but how about the artists? you know, we'll separate fact from fiction on one rumored performance. and what may be a comeback for the ages. making a comeback. where's the beef? if you're old enough, you know that's about wendy's.

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equity of chipotle. it's always been and always will be. it's been a long time since i've been at chipotle, but i remember them being enormous. the lunch and dinner. well, the thing about i go there quite often. i have to admit, more than three times in two weeks for sure, but typically it's never cold. my meat. oh yeah. no, no. and the portion size is quite a bit. i actually have to tell them not as much of this and not as much of that. right right right right right. i'm surprised they can ever roll it up. well, one time i did, i was like, i must have been hungry. i was like, no, that salsa looks good. and that one looks good too. and that looks good too. dude had to use a second tortilla. sometimes they do break and they're like, oh. and i was like, oh, maybe i overdid it. no, but you know, the salsa is cold. so if you put a bunch of hot, cold salsa on your hot meal, i mean, that's kind of on you. i think. yeah. the chipotle lessons for today. i guess we know where we're lunching. well, we'll call it a research. yes, research. thanks. got a deadpool and wolverine are

already slashing their way to box office history. the new marvel blockbuster scored $35 million on its preview night. the highest ever for an r-rated movie. it is expected to net up to $170 million by the end of opening weekend. look, lady, well, training for you this morning. it is opening ceremony day in paris and the rumors there are saying that a truly memorable performance in the works by two legendary singers. voila be on rose bowl. oh yes, one of them, lady gaga, and i can hear one of our producers screaming right now. justin, i hear you all right. but a prominent french journalist is reporting that she'll sing a duet of la vie, la vie en rose. this is with celine dion, who actually last performed four years ago. dion, who has been

posting photos from france recently. but she lives with a rare neurological disorder. it's called stiff person syndrome. it causes uncontrollable muscle spasms, and it really has impacted her ability to sing on social media. she is saying, quote, every time i return to paris, i remember there's so much beauty and joy still to experience in the world. i love paris and i am so happy to be back for years. i mean, it because you still hear her music, right? so you forget that she hasn't actually sang high stakes. time to try it, right? you know, the thing about it is, i saw her. she has a documentary out right now talking about that, and it really does give an in-depth look of her life dealing with this disorder. and the thing about it is she really is trying to sing. it is really crippling for her. but the thing about it is that voice, it is so hard to see someone that possessed really a voice like no other, right? and dealing with that. but i'm so excited to see if she is singing and what she's

able to do, because she is a talent like no other. seriously absolutely should be. a long time ago, the people kind of. we made fun of her a little bit when some other talk of her came back. when she says, i don't speak when i'm off stage, and she taps on the phone to talk to her husband, her late husband. yeah. and so all those things, but maybe some of those things were long standing. maybe those issues were, yeah, that could be amazing to hear. and a fun fact, yes, i learned the national anthem by listening to her sing it. what? the french national anthem. i'm sorry. oh ananda fontella for three. that's about all i can remember. we're only singing the star-spangled banner. but if celine cannot sing, call me. yeah. there you go, gaga. call marcus and call justin because he would like you to call him. justin would be my assistant. he'll be very happy about that. yeah, we're all team usa today, though. absolutely. that's the last time we're. we're singing. oh, yeah. yeah. that's it. yeah, yeah. oh say can. there we go. thank you. okay i'm ready i'm ready. better than that. location is available for game two marcus is available for many countries. yeah but can you sing in the rain? oh yeah.

i'll try. yeah. when you saw those raindrops. yes. in paris there's going to be off and on. showers. the puy are you heard from you, harry? we're learning french words here, but we don't see any of that across the bay area. as we're getting started this morning, we're in the low 60s right now in palo alto and walnut creek. it is 60 degrees and it's 55 in san francisco. so as we take a look at what to expect as we go throughout the day, it is going to be a cool start. and then at noon, we're still seeing those clouds linger and into the rest of the day in the lower 60s. so as we're looking at the comparison of what we've had recently and what we're expecting today, livermore just on tuesday was 106 degrees, but today it will be 86. it will be so nice to have this big drop in temperatures. in some spots. it's greatest 20 degrees compared to just a couple days

ago. and we're still up to about 84 in san jose, which will be comfortably warm. we're going to see a high of 87 in morgan hill and much of the east bay. remember when this was 103, 106? yeah, we're at 90 today. and 88 degrees in danville and in oakland, 69 degrees there. so we're seeing some 60s much more widespread across the coast into the east bay. but palo alto will reach a high of into the low 80s. and in san francisco staying in the 60s. today, very gusty winds coming off of the ocean. and we're going to see for the north bay those cooling breezes only making the high in santa rosa up to 82 degrees. looking ahead, we're going from low 80s to low 70s. tomorrow. the coolest day in the forecast. and it will be windy. we'll see some more clouds coming in, but we're also going to enjoy some more mild weather throughout the rest of the forecast, gradually stepping up through next week and definitely a warmer weekend

for next weekend compared to what we will see this weekend. temperature wise. looks great for us over the next few days. a nice little cool down, a break from blasting the ac, and we have the natural ac in san francisco that continues over the next several days. and mike, you have one note related to that brush fire. yeah. bob macy reported 580 is open and we see that in fact, most of your morning commute looking pretty calm right now out of the altamont pass 580 westbound. coming in is just fine. eastbound reopened just before 3:00 this morning. so a smooth drive on the freeway itself. you notice this red line blocked out here? altamont pass road is still blocked off in part of the perimeter. again, bob talked about that perimeter going on still as they continue with the fire. it's contained, but it is not necessarily out. so that may force more folks onto 580 westbound. we do see a good slowing through the area coming off of the 205 blend, where folks would have had to get off of the altamont pass road, stretch there and back on to

580. once you pass in toward livermore, you're okay. vasco roads just fine. no delays there. we expect that for friday. look at that now. there are two crashes on south 680. the one around sycamore valley road may still be blocking one, possibly two lanes. we'll check it back to you. we're still talking about burritos over her. all right. scott ruined us for the morning. it is 522 right now. and next here on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. tonight you can kick off the 2024 olympics rubbing elbows with local olympians. i'm chris chmura. i'll show y today's

first of its kind opening ceremony in paris is set to dazzle a worldwide audience. and you know what? you can watch the historic river parade of athletes from the comfort of your home right here on nbc bay area. or you can actually join a bunch of bay area olympians and watch the team with them. now, chris chmura has your invitation. good friday morning. tonight's going to be something special. so our team whipped up something special a gold medal watch party. we'll play the olympic opening ceremony on the big screen tonight at city center bishop ranch in san ramon. the historic show along the river sand starts at 730. but here's a great reason to

join us earlier. more than a dozen and a half bay area olympians rsvp'd for our watch party. before the broadcast starts, you can meet our local olympians, snap selfies, ask for autographs, or just enjoy their stories about games of the past. tonight's event is free. we'll have games, plus a bonus, some raffles during commercial breaks. i'm your host tonight and i hope to see you there. thanks, chris. our next top stories we're following for you today include lacing up for the competition. we'll take you live for everything you need to know as the san francisco marathon happens this weekend. i'm bob redell. we're live here near the altamont pass, where a very large wildfire that was burning behind me is now contained. the ongoing concerns, though, with hot spots and i don't know if you can tell this very gusty wind. st with us.ay

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fire that started last night near interstate 580. we'll take you live to the front lines with an update on the damage. let the games begin the opening ceremony just hours away in paris with olympic athletes, entertainers and fans descending on the river. scen. we're going to break down what to expect. and the best way to watch this is today in the bay. and good

olympic morning to you on this friday i'm marcus washington and i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia. we want to get right to that breaking news. this morning before we get to the olympics. firefighters now monitoring for hot spots after stopping an overnight grass fire that burned hundreds of acres. meteorologist kari hall tracking conditions not only there, but also in butte county where things are much more dire. yeah, but we want to get over to bob redell right now. he's along interstate 580. and bob, what have you been able to learn from firefighters? because i know it was a tough battle there, but they got things under control. yeah. this fire is 100% contained. we're actually along altamont pass road, which is, north of 580, runs parallel here to the altamont pass where you're looking, if you can see now, as we're getting some sunlight, the burn scar from this wildfire that started last night. again, the fire is 100%

contained. you can see those white lights over there. that's a fire crew that's still out here. and officially, they are in mop up mode. but i don't know if you can tell. it is very gusty out here, and there are lots of hot spots, which is why firefighters are still out here and will be out here at least through part of the afternoon. we are at altamont pass road. as i mentioned, this is a windy two lane road that runs parallel to 580 on the north side of the altamont pass. you can see what this fire looked like earlier when it was really going a start around 945 last night when a driver called 911 to report that their car caught fire on the side of 580 north near north flynn road. and i believe that would have been in the westbound direction of 580 with that wind. this fire took off. it burned through 400 acres. and these very dry, grassy hillsides. fortunately this is open land, so there are no structures involved. no people were hurt. and the wind and steep terrain. that just is what really made it

challenging for firefighters. and again, this is another sign that something as small as a car fire can lead to a much bigger problem, like what you had behind me. but again, this fire is out. it is contained, cal fire and alameda county fire department were out here. it might have been another agency as well, but they know what they're doing. this is not they're unfortunately not their first time. they are having to deal with something like this, especially with the high heat we've had out here and those very dry conditions that still exist behind me reporting live here somewhere in the hills near the altamont pass by. i know i'm in alameda county, bob redell today in the bay. thank you, bob. and like you said, we know that it's dry out there. so we are staying on top of that. breaking news in butte county also massive wildfire that now is at 160,000 acres, virtually no containment. that means it's growing on all sides. it is also not clear how many homes have been destroyed, though we've seen them with our own eyes. in

the video, cal fire says 4200 homes are threatened, but as of this morning, the fire burned close to 165,000 acres. it started just a little more than 36 hours ago on the outskirts of chico. authorities do say a man is now under arrest, who they believe started the fire by pushing a burning car down a ravine. not clear what charges he might face. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the conditions that firefighters are dealing with. and this. i mean, it's no surprise that this just exploded in size. yeah, because we've had such hot and dry conditions in this prolonged heat wave that we've had recently, has basically dried things out even more. so we just have to be so careful. and something like this can grow into a fire that becomes over 164,000 acres. and the conditions that the firefighters are dealing with not the best at 73 degrees, we still have very low humidity and those winds every now and then gusting up. but as we take a look at our near surface smoke model and how

this may impact the air quality, those plumes of smoke are just going off the charts there. we don't even have enough colors to show how much smoke is going up into the atmosphere, but it is blowing off towards the east, over toward nevada. and we also have a couple of smaller fires around the bay area that's causing some smoke to come in. as we take that live, look outside in dublin in the distance there where we did have that altamont pass fire. we had the conditions that were gusty, still breezy, but it's also helping to cool those temperatures down and we'll only see mid 70s here for today. and mike, you had one fire related closure. yeah the namesake here. the altamont pass road here. we talked about the altamont pass fire. again. 580 is fully reopened. but as bob was talking about that red line above it, just to the north of the freeway, that's altamont pass road. and the closure starts back at grant line, kind of where that 580 is over on the right side. and so folks will be jumping on to 580 instead of the altamont pass road. and that will add a little more traffic. so that's different for your

typical friday. altamont pass road is closed but reopened by carroll road. so that's over to the west there into livermore now southbound 680. we had this crash blocking a couple of lane. sycamore valley road looks like everything has cleared up as far as those speed sensors go. i'm going to say those crews should be clear associates. the incident soon. highway 37. just showing a little slowing out of vallejo. heading over toward novato. back to you. all right. thank you. mike, we are following breaking news this morning in france, where the summer games are getting off to a shaky start for people still trying to get into paris service on three high speed rail lines at a standstill after a series of arson attacks, each within 100 miles of paris, connecting paris to cities to the north, the east and the west, authorities managed to foil a fourth attack to the south of paris, and the railway company is calling it an attack meant to paralyze the rail network. right now, there is no claim of responsibility, no word on possible suspects, and that attack comes hours away from the

opening ceremony. i want to give you a live look. this morning at the sin river and the eiffel tower. you see right here. now, the sin river is where the big event will take place tonight. the opening ceremony. it's going to mark the first time an open ceremony has ever been held on water. at 9 a.m. special coverage begins right here on nbc bay area. then at 1030 this morning, the opening ceremony begins. and if you missed the opening ceremony this morning, don't you worry. we've got you covered. you have a chance to see it again at 730 tonight, and team usa women's soccer is celebrating this morning. this is after winning their first match of the olympics. they beat zambia three zero. there is a lot of bay area talent on that team, including former stanford star sophia smith, who actually helped set up that final goal for the game. their next game is against germany on sunday. plus, members of the men's olympic three on three basketball team discuss competing in paris 2024

games, and the team failed to qualify for the 2020 tokyo games, but arrived in paris in search of a medal after finishing in second place at the 2024 world cup. they play against serbia on tuesday. obviously 2020 was tough and many olympic athletes and athletes in general know that struggle of setting a goal and trying to achieve something and coming short. and i know kareem and i, kind of went through that together in 2020 with the with the tokyo olympics and it's it feels great to kind of have that full circle moment where you're able to kind of refocus and say, you know what, i'm going to give it one more go in 2024. and then to achieve that olympic dream, and now to be able to compete alongside each other is an absolute honor. and we're excited to try to now bring that gold medal. yeah, it shows you never give up. so ahead for you this morning on today in the bay at 6:00. our jessica aguirre is going to join us live from paris. she'll have much more on

the opening ceremony and the excitement mounting in the city. while the olympics might be happening thousands of miles away, but thousands of athletes are also descending on san francisco this weekend. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live in the city. and ginger, i hear you pulled out your running shoes to take part, i know, are we too late for that? we just missed it. kris it's just too late. oh, darn. all right. but that's not the case for over 30,000 athletes who have signed up for san francisco's annual marathon. it's still a bit too early to see those road closures, but you can see the barricades are already on standby. that sign says limited access. it will be blocking off marina boulevard and webster street, which is where we are now. as you mentioned, it is too late to sign up or to train for a marathon, but you can't come out and cheer for those athletes that will be running. the marathon starts on sunday, shortly after 5 a.m. at embarcadero and mission street. the 26 mile run will wrap around the north shoreline, making its

way through fisherman's wharf to the presidio across the golden gate bridge before heading across a richmond district through golden gate park, out onto haight street, crossing mission and potrero, and then heading back to embarcadero. i'm tired already just saying. those streets where they will be running. but beware, there will be road closures along the route, so take a look at your screen. the red line shows the race route and there will be closures along that throughout the day. now if you can head to the marathon's website, you can get a better idea of all the streets that will be closed off. you can also head to sfmta's website to find out the muni lines that will be affected. and if you are planning on taking the muni lines early that morning, maybe you can, do a short jog to where you're headed. maybe that will be the inspiration in san francisco, ginger conejero saab today in the bay, we could do a relay. i'll take the point. two. you guys can have the 26. my car can go 26 miles. the baton. thank you. ginger wow. i mean, some of

the runners were doing the ultra marathon. that is we have a friend who does that. and. oh my goodness. yeah. you have to be. you have to be. it's a lot. yeah. i don't even think the body wants to do that. no. my body yeah. my mind doesn't want to do it that's for sure. but yeah we're going to have some great weather for the runners. a little bit of cool weather, mist, drizzle. i think that's perfect for you. and the temperatures go from upper 50s to lower 60s with some peeks of sunshine. and this is basically the same weather we'll see for both days. so we're starting out with cool weather and not seeing it warm up much. but if you're in san jose, you're going to the santa clara county fair. beautiful weather throughout the weekend. today in the low 80s it was a little warm during the afternoon yesterday, but today it's going to be comfortable and really cool. tomorrow only 73 degrees. we don't get many days like that in july, so we better take it in and enjoy it with some upper 70s expected on sunday. we'll also have the fiesta del mariachi happening on

saturday in san jose. you can enjoy this event with temperatures in the 60s. just bring a jacket. those temperatures will be dropping quickly through the evening. and this is a live look at palisades tahoe this morning. it is gorgeous. we have some really nice weather there as well. hiking today. it will be in the low 80s during the middle of the afternoon, but look at the cooldown that we'll see for the rest of the weekend. with highs in the 70s and overnight lows dropping down to the low 40s. and if your weekend adventures take you to sonoma, going to be in the low 80s today. also cool and breezy there tomorrow with a few more clouds throughout the day and mike, you're saying you may only be able to go one direction? yes, well, definitely one direction. here we'll talk about a couple other spots as well. over here, the bay bridge, you can only go west right here at the toll plaza. let's keep that straight here. and it's moving very nicely. it's friday, so a light volume of traffic there and around the rest of the bay. only highway 37 has that slowing westbound. we do still

have that crash reported here. south 680 around sycamore valley road. but the slowing has cleared up. i think they got all those lanes cleared and no major injuries reported for that crash. we talked about altamont pass road over there, but 580 itself out of the altamont is completely open into the altamont as well. there's no problem now getting into the city. remember tonight the giants are playing, so they're hosting the colorado rockies. we're looking at the oracle park area, the 280 extension, lots of options for mass transit. and you can get into the city. and then if you don't get to this sporting event then you know there's something called the olympics. and we'll probably be showing that a lot down here. this is the one direction we're talking about. niall horan used to be in one direction. you can do traffic flow, but it's going to be very tough in this direction from shoreline all the way from highway 101, past linkedin, google, microsoft, all these companies. right here in this corridor. so things are going to get very congested for the 730 concert. keep that in mind and watch out for my niece because she'll be there as well. just to lots of folk walking to and from that concert. we're looking at the rest of the south

bay and everything though is calm again this friday. just starting to show this a little bit of slowing. north 101 back to you. thanks mike. we have more paris coverage up ahead. next on today in the bay, a deep dive on the us diving team with an olympic gold medalist. now seeing things from the other side of the board, he'll be joined by us olympic diving coach david boudia to preview tomorrow. start of the competition. all right. from paris to paris, we have lots of coverage of decision 2024 as

obama's. he had waited until well after most democrats had endorsed her. many of the top democrats have been staying out of the endorsement business, particularly previous endorsements, trying not to put a thumb on the scale as obama once put it. but now that harris is the de facto nominee, she got this phone call. michelle and i couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. oh, my goodness. michelle. barack, this means so much to me. the harris campaign posted this video to social media. democratic delegates will vote in early august to make harris their official candidate for president. in the meantime, harris, working at the white house already. harris met with israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu shortly after the israeli leader met with biden. so i just had a frank and constructive meeting with prime minister netanyahu. i told him that i will always ensure that israel is able to defend itself, including from iran and iran backed militias such as hamas and hezbollah. i also expressed with the prime minister my serious concern about the scale of human suffering in gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians. and i made clear my serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation there. we're starting to see polls conducted after biden dropped out of the race that pit harris and trump, not in a theoretical matchup, but the actual matchup. and the biggest conclusion anyone can make is harris is performing better than biden did. but it's still a total toss up. latest

new york times poll shows trump ahead, but well within the poll's margin of error. he could be behind. he could be much farther ahead than numbers show. harris's progress, though, is statistically significant and bigger than the margin of error. tellingly, 87% say they approve of biden dropping out of the race. former president trump will not have an event until saturday, when he holds a rally with his pick for vice president jd vance in minnesota. mr. trump has started to cast some doubt as to whether he will participate in the next presidential debate, saying he had agreed to biden last night. harris had a zoom call with 164,000 people. it's being called the largest zoom ever raised, $2 million in 90 minutes. the campaign says netanyahu will meet with trump at trump's mar a lago golf club today. president biden nothing on the calendar. he's headed to camp david this evening. marcus. all right. thank you, scott. 549

for you this morning. and the wait is over and all the pomp and circumstance of the olympics set to begin in just a few hours from now. the paris games opening ceremony gets underway, and tomorrow things really ramp up that includes the start of the diving competitions. joining us now from paris is u.s. olympic diving coach david boudia, and he himself a three time olympian and gold medalist there, having won ten meter platform gold back in 2012. david, so great to have you with us. this morning. look, i know you've got a lot going on. so let's get right to it. so let's talk about that. you are coach now. so to think about that how does it feel to be on the other side during the olympics. and what does it take to put this team together and train them to win gold? you know, mark, it's one of the coolest things about this side of the pool deck, i guess you could say of being a coach is knowing that i've had

three olympics for pairs and athlete, and the emotions and the anxiety that these athletes are going through at this moment and being able to empathize with that. but one of the coolest things is they get to represent and walk out, or i guess, float down the river and represent team usa in opening ceremonies. and, so i think the biggest thing for them is to just take this one step at a time, because if you try to do it all at once, there's going to be emotional collapse. but tonight is going to be very exciting for them. and let's talk about that. the emotion of it all, you know, how does one prepare mentally for this? because we saw at the last olympics where simone biles i mean, everyone was like, i mean, she is the great, right? the goat. but she dealt with some mental health issues. she was dealing with the twisties in diving. you all flip turn upside down in the air. is there something similar that you all deal with and how do you mentally prepare to, like, handle all of the pressure that comes with being an olympian? yeah, i mean, the diving is like

gymnastics in that you have you could potentially have the twisties like like simone did. but i think one of the things we try to prepare our athletes is, is we try to train like we're going to compete and compete, compete like we train and just because it's a different city and a different pool and a different meet, doesn't mean it's different than any other competition. so we try to kind of de hype the olympic pressure and treat it as that. but it's also at times it's going to creep in and be like, oh my goodness, i'm i'm representing team usa in front of billions of people. and so it's that pinch me moment. but if they can take it slow it down and do what they've trained hours and hours and hours for, then i think that they could have some success for diving and representing us. well, talk to me too, about you know, when it comes with the team and diving, you work closely with these athletes. who do you think has the best chance at making it to the podium?

yeah, i mean, i think this specific us diving team for the paris 24 games is, is unique, where we have people who won first time since greg louganis at, carson tyler's doing both events men's ten meter platform and men's three meter, but you have probably four events where we have a practical chance of winning olympic medals. and one of which meant women's three meter and women's three meter synchro, which actually kicks off tomorrow. and that one specifically is the one that the chinese are vulnerable in. so we could potentially see the first olympic gold medal from a woman since laura wilkinson in 2000. wow. and you know, i want to ask you too, about, you know, okay, we've talked about the pressure of becoming an olympian, getting there, being focused in that. what do you do to release all the pressure once it's over? once you've done compete, you know, with the competition, how do you, you know, relax, relate and release? yeah, i mean it's a hard dynamic to be able to turn

it off and turn it on. but i think just going back to why you've started this whole journey in the first place, and i think you'll be, excited during opening ceremonies as a release, olympic toyota sponsorship with elise willoughby and one of those tear jerking moment commercials where this is why i wanted to become an olympian. but i think the hardest thing is, is going back to that moment of why you wanted to go to the olympics in the first place and then not holding on to it. so tight and just enjoy the journey. and so that comes along with once you're done with competing, the results are over and you can't change them. all right. thank you so much for joining us this morning, david boudia, us gold medal olympian. and now team usa diving coach. thank you so much for your time and best of luck to everyone on the team. hey, thank you very much. go team 2:e

take a live look at all of the clouds over the eiffel tower.

now let's take a look at our forecast. it is so exciting! opening day is finally here and we are going to have to watch the athletes out there in the rain. le puy, as we've learned in french. so we are going to see those showers coming through today and hopefully they can pull off all of the stunts for the opening ceremony. we will see the off and on rain in the forecast through tomorrow as well, but as we go into the weekend, much more sunshine coming in and take a look at how that will change those temperatures. it is really going to start to heat up as we go into early next week. highs in the low 90s by tuesday and then wednesday, all of that heat gets broken by some thunderstorms with the cold front moving through. and we will, of course, be tracking all of the changes as we go through the games and the weather. always playing a factor now next hour, jessica aguirre. she will have a live coverage from the city of light

ahead of today's opening ceremony. and don't forget, you can watch all of that right here on nbc bay area. and we have much more for you. all right. so let's talk about what's trending for you this morning. opening day. yes. the opening day when it comes to opening ceremony in paris. and you know what the rumors are that they're saying there's going to be a truly memorial, memorable performance in the works by two legendary singers. chu voila! me on rose bowl. and right there, you see it, one of them, lady gaga, but a prominent french journalist, is reporting that she will sing the duet la vie en rose. this is with celine dion, who lost, who last performed there four years ago. now, dion has been posting photos from france recently, but she lives with a rare neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome. it causes uncontrollable muscle spasms and it really has impacted her

ability to sing on social media. she says, quote, every time i return to paris, i remember there's so much beauty and joy still to experience in the world. i love paris and i am happy to be back and don't forget, the opening ceremony is today and you can watch it right here on nbc. bay area's going to begin for you. this morning at 1030. or you can watch the encore performance in prime time at 730 tonight. it is all right here on nbc bay area. your home for everything. olympics. breaking right now at 6:00. crews on high alert. a large fire only growing in size near chico. and closer to home, firefighters now have the upper hand on a fire near the altamont pass. we have the latest on the firefight. the evacuations, the