announcer: now from abc 7, live breaking news. kumasi: that breaking news right now is a standoff in san jose. police surrounding a suspect they say is wanted for murder. >> a dramatic chase ended here in the southern part of the city. julian: -- kumasi: our reporter has been there all morning long. what information are we getting at this hour? >> good morning. moments ago, we saw a series of police cruisers leave this area to go around the corner. i'm not exactly sure where they are trying to go, but they are still externally active here. this area is still completely blocked off. this road is open toff i thesas s open to the public to use, but round table drive is right in front of that shell are

starting to block off. i took a little walk down there of moment ago to see it anything. it seems the activity is way toward the end of that street. i did see a large swat truck and a series of other police cruisers all the way toward the end of that street. that appears to be where that situation is and that appears to be where the suspect is barricaded. we want to show you some social media video here, if we can, that showed the pursuit that we had earlier this morning. if you sent us this video. we are seeing this large pursuit early this morning, right before it happened. they started the barricade at the home complex on roundtable drive, following this pursuit. what we do know is that this pursuit happened following a homicide, where this person is a -- is apparently a suspect yesterday, and some more incidents as well.

during that pursuit, the officer -- the suspect fired officers, and we were told earlier that the person has a rifle and they are armed and dangerous. we are trying to stay back as far as we possibly can. the situation is very active. we did see other crews here with rifles, other swat teams with equipment now going down. that gives you a good look at what this pursuit was like early this morning. again, we are trying to get you information as we learn it. we are waiting for another update from the san jose police department. what we can tell you is the situation appears to be pretty much the same. we did see a series of police cruisers leave the area to go around the corner. there might be movement in the situation. we will keep you posted as best as possible. what we do know is all the activity seems to be further down on roundtable drive for now. reggie: certainly hoping for a peaceful resolution. thank you. we are posting the very latest at abc7news.com. kumasi: now to get a check on

our forecast after that really hot day yesterday. drew: temperatures were the hottest we have seen in nearly two years. that record heat is receiving today, but is still a hot afternoon. a lot of us waking up in the 60's, if not 70's. the morning from the exploratorium camera. triple digit heat, going 90's inland. it is a warm to hot afternoon for a lot of us. instead of the 90's along the bay shoreline, 70's and 80's along the coastline. a heat advisor in effect for solano county. we will take a look at how long -- and how hot you get, coming up later today. first, let's check in with jobina. jobina: good morning. thank you. we are going to get everyone up today -- up-to-date for bart writers. -- riders. this is because of a partial train derailment. crews worked through the night

to try to fix this problem. bart said it writers are taking the stations between concord and station hill, it could take up to 15 minutes. the heat caused a rail to buckle or bend, causing two cars to derail last night. reggie: thank you. fire crews spent the night monitoring a wildfire that forced evacuations in san mateo county. mandatory evacuation orders were lifted last night, so that is the good news for residents. this started before 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the edgewood park area. it has grown to 20 acres. the smoke was visible from 280 and it caused some slowdowns on the freeway. one firefighter was hurt. there is no word on their condition. we did speak to a woman who says she heard something right around the time the fire started. >> it was a huge bang. a huge bang. i just didn't really understand

it, then my neighbor called and said, "get pudgy, you might have to evacuate." reggie: the fire is 5% contained and the causes under investigation. kumasi: pg&e crews worked throughout the night to restore power to many customers, up to 9000 affected near the fire zone. you can see the areas that still don't have power on this map. pg&e says it is hoping to have power back on for everyone anywhere from now to noon, at the very latest. stanford university is also suffering from severe power outages as a result of this. pg&e hasn't given them a time for a fix. summer classes and camps are canceled for today and the school is hoping to give an update at 10:00 this morning. reggie: governor newsom says cal fire is taking aggressive actions to save communities against wildfires. the staff is trained and

operating 24 hours a day. there is also new equipment, including 64 new fire engines for northern california, 16 new engines for southern california, and 16 new aircraft ready by july 1. have also completed fire prevention work on more than 110 acres, exceeding their goal by more than 11,000 acres. kumasi: hearings for the january 6 on the capitol continues tomorrow. we know this was testimony from mr. trump's daughter ivanka that made the biggest headlines. jobina: there are questions about ivanka trump's testimony. she said she believed bill barr when he said there was no election fraud. but nine days after that statement from bill barr, ivanka was recorded for a document or he called " expressing a different view." >> she endorsed the idea that he

should continue fighting, that he should seek every legal remedy. "legal remedy" were her words. jobina: the document or has been turned over to the committee. yesterday, we heard from the arizona republican speaker rusty bowers. he testified that president trump and rudy giuliani pressured him to convene a special session of the state legislature to approve take electors for trump. he refused to do so. the next hearing is on thursday. it is expected to focus on president trump's attempt to use the justice department to investigate and overthrow the election. reggie: thank you. more following now for you at 6:00. history on the rock. one of the greatest what-if of the sichel -- of the century. three inmates leave alcatraz and now there are updated images of what they look like today, if they are still alive. metta mistakes. the discrimination found to be used by facebook's parent company and the fix it is now

promising. plus, castro centennial. the historic piece of our city's culture celebrating all out with an ode to san francisco. drew: talking about getting rid of that record he yesterday, but today, it is still a warm to hot day. number staying above average for this time of year, into the 80's and 90's we go in our hottest spots leader. hour-by-hour, we will plan your day, coming up right after the break. ♪

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drew: 6:11 on our wednesday. live doppler 7, we are watching this area of low pressure to our south. it is causing thunderstorms to erect in the central valley, with lightning strikes in the past 30 minutes paired we are expecting this activity to stay to the east of the area. it will increase our humidity later tonight and into tomorrow morning. temperatures by 10 a.m., in the 70's and 80's away from the coast. high clouds streaming in throughout the afternoon. partly cloudy later on today. it is not as hot today, but still warm to hot. we are expecting our hottest cities in the 90's along the bay shoreline. we will so have 80's and 90's this afternoon. taking a look at the next three

days, you'll find a warm to hot day. warm conditions tomorrow, cooler for friday. we will preview that in about eight minutes. first, let's see how we are doing with traffic. jobina: we are sticking with bart, the biggest issue out there for commuters this morning. we're starting with the power issues for the service line. you are going to need to use another line to transfer. we also know we are still looking at sigel tracking between pleasant hill stations due to that derailment yesterday. also, live picture outside showing you the san rafael bridge. for the most part, it is moving. we did have a new crash come in on westbound 580 allowed line road. you see tracy to dublin, and overall look at the bart map there, just say know where you're headed this morning and understand the loads of issues we have. reggie: thank you. a major vote today on the way. one of san francisco's elite

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reggie: we are going to check back on our breaking news, a police standoff with a murder suspect. you can see the scene right now it's in has a. police were telling us they were pursuing a murder suspect and that suspect, according to police, fire toward officers. the suspect is barricaded inside a home. we know, according to police, shots were fired into the neighborhood. that's why there was a partial evacuation of the neighborhood. we are continuing to follow that. as we get more information, we will let you know. time now is 6:16. defense attorneys are expected to continue closing arguments today. yesterday, this man was an accomplice in fraud with elizabeth holmes. his attorneys painted him as a

loyal employee who tried to save the blood testing company. he faces 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. if convicted, he faces years in prison. kumasi: facebook's parent company has settled a lawsuit over discriminatory housing ads. they were accused of exclude some people of seeing ads based on their race, sex, or country of origin. as part of the settlement, they will develop a new settlement -- a new system for ads. they will also have to pay $115,000 in fines. the area native her is celebrating -- is suing her record label. she claims that the label created a state law that limits contracts to know more than seven years. the 24-year-old signed with an entertainment when she was 14 years old. mbk has not responded. reggie: the board of education will extend the lottery

application process for the 2023 school year. the move from mostly mayor-based commissions -- admissions has been contentious. the superintendent has recommended keeping the lottery process in place kumasi: kumasi: for another year. new details on the notorious 1962 escape from alcatraz. u.s. marshals released updated renderings of the three men who busted out and were never found. the renderings depict what these three would look like in their 80's. all three of them would be in their 90's today. a former fbi agent lead a squad that specialized in finding fugitives. he says this could be a signal authorities have received a credible tip. >> the possibility that maybe some witnesses have called in and said this individual looks like these folks, they could maybe confirm or deny, ease that as a comparison.

kumasi: a raft was found over by angel island shortly after the escape, but nobodies were ever discovered. reggie: balance can be the key to longevity. in a study, the ability to balance on one leg for 10 seconds nearly doubled the risk of death in the next decade. researchers tracked people ages 71 years old to 85 years old. it is a good indicator of flexibility, strength, and cognitive abilities. this was published in the sports journal of medicine. now, everybody's getting up to try to balance. kumasi: if you can't do it, just breathe. don't start making plans. reggie: don't fall. do not watch this newscast and full as a result of it, please. just a gentle morning stretch. [laughter] thank you. i like how you are whispering. shhhh. drew: hands to heart. [laughter]

good morning. you can see the beautiful sunrise. [laughter] i always do it wrong. reggie: i don't think you have ever done it right. drew: i can't. you're looking at the rooftop camera here at kgo. it is a pretty morning out there. a bit of a breeze out there. getting rid of the record heat yesterday, but still warm to hot when we talk about jew numbers later this afternoon. late tonight and into tomorrow morning, the humidity will increase. it will fill muggy out there. above average temperatures as we head into the weekend. numbers right now, you can see a lot of 60's on the board, a couple of 70's as well. we hung on to some of that warm air overnight, after that record day yesterday. today, getting right of triple digits in our area. but it is still hot. yesterday, oakland was in the upper 90's. really hot. today, in the middle 80's. baby steps in the cooler

direction. instead of one of two in san jose, 95, 90 in palo alto. 90's yesterday and the city. middle 70's. that is still above average for this time of year. overnight tonight, fog returns, moving in from the south. that will fill mice along the coast. tonight is better sleeping weather than tonight. we will find lows in the 50's and 60's, but it does turn muggy. dew points measure how much moisture is in the atmosphere. when these numbers go into the 50's like they will tomorrow morning, you will feel the mcginnis. a warm to hot day today, tracking humid conditions tomorrow. a little bit cooler by friday. when you look at the weekend, we are still above average. if you're coming to the city for the pride parade on sunday, you will find temperatures sunny and the 70's. if not, you can find it right here. kumasi: sam champion has a look at what's ahead. >> good morning. it is so nice to be with you but this money. coming up on "gma," where

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drew: 6:25 a.m. on our wednesday. we do have sunny skies out there. improving air quality. yesterday, we had that spare the air day. today, that is not in effect. we do have moderate air quality, -- high clouds moving in the out the afternoon. we are getting rate of the record heat from yesterday. it is still a warm to hot day. later on today around the bay shoreline, we will go into the 80's and 70's. heat affect -- heat advisory stone effect for solano county. kumasi: a tech conference coming to san francisco next week is offering free tickets because of inflation. the expo is going to be at the most goni center through june 28 and 30th.

tickets normally range from about $99 to more than $1000. reggie: if you're planning a trip to new york, masks will be optional for broadway shows starting in july. it will be the first time theater enthusiasts be able to drop masks since the beginning of a pandemic. they will reevaluate on a monthly basis. masks will continue to be highly recommended. san francisco's castro theatre is celebrating its centennial birthday today. that includes a series of movies filmed here in the city. it kicks off at 10:30 this morning with a 1936 movie entitled san francisco also, misses doubt feel -- misses doubtfire, and dirty harry. that breaking news in san jose that we been following all morning long, barricaded suspect in a standoff with police. we will have a live update. kumasi: one of the busiest travel times is upon us now.

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jose. we are seeing this brand-new video from a few were. that is the start of what we know. kumasi: the chase ended with a standoff at a home near monterey road. this is sky 7 of in the area, where there is a really huge police presence. reggie: here is a better look at what's happening. this is in the southern part of san jose. kumasi: ryan curry is joining us live. we are learning that this is becoming a really complex situation for police. ryan: good morning. we were able to move closer to the scene to give you a better look at where we are at. we have relocated to the start of roundtable drive to hopefully give you a closer look. the problem is, we are still very far away from the actual situation itself. the only people we believe are allowed into roundtable driver now our close neighbors of this area or people who live on the street. other than that, it is pretty much blocked off. there is a series of swot crews and other police units down

there, trying to get the suspect out and hopefully lead to this being a safely resolved situation, with no one being hurt. what we did hear about 10 to 15 minutes ago is one very large, loud bang. we don't know what that was or what really happened in that situation, what we did learn that that did happen. we also learned that they do have a robot with them on hand. we are not sure what their plan is with that, but we do know they have equipment and a lot of tools with them. hopefully, they will resolve this and get the suspect apprehended in a safe fashion. the police tweeted out this morning that the suspect is involved in a homicide yesterday here in san jose. this person we saw on social media video being in a pursuit with police officers, and they did tell us this person was in a pursuit that involved firing at the officers. now, we are at this barricaded situation. we did speak with an officer

earlier this morning who said the person is armed with a rifle. it is a very harmful and dangerous situation. this is why they are keeping us at such a safe distance. they don't want us to get anywhere close to the action, to have any of us get harmed. it is kind of chaotic this morning. what we do know is that they have all the crews barricaded down toward the end of the street. that is where they are trying to kind of get this safely resolved and hopefully have this whole thing and peacefully. hopefully, we can give you a closer look at what's happening. we are still waiting on further updates from san jose police. what we do know is that this is where the bulk of the action is happening, just down the street. kumasi: thank you. abc7news was the first alert you about the standoff this morning with this push alert. if you want to get breaking news as it happens, download the abc 7 bay area news app. where sending updates as they come in. reggie: let's check in with roof or a look at today's forecast, after a very hot tuesday. drew: some of those temperatures

yesterday were the warmest in about two years, from south bay to the east bay. 90's in triple digits yesterday. this morning, it is mild out there, 60's, if not 70's. we are seeing a warm to hot afternoon. not nearly as hot as yesterday. the triple digit heat is gone, but still 90's in lynn today, 80's along the shoreline, 70's along the coast. it is another hot day for june standards. we will take a look at how warm we get this afternoon, and just a few minutes. kumasi: has africa meters, you need to get ready for delays on bart. between the concord and pleasant hill stations, there was a partial durham in. they are blaming the heat for this. jobina: crews worked through the night trying to fix this problem. the heat caused a rail to buckle or bend, which caused two cars to derail last night. 50 people were on the train at the time. they were all able to evacuate safely. six people were treated for minor injuries. one man was on the train with his children. >> the train started shaking

violently, then it came to a sudden stop. the conductor got out, walked to the back of the train. then, when he was coming forward, he was telling everyone to evacuate. jobina: again, while crews worked to fix the truck, you will want to give yourself plenty of extra time for your commute. reggie: as the california high-speed rail faces an uncertain future, officials are finalizing plans for a major section of track. according to the examiner, high-speed rail authority has published its of our mental impact report from san francisco to san jose. if it is approved by the agency's brute -- board of directors in august, the project will be environmentally clear from san francisco all the way to los angeles county. there is a big but, and that is, but it is unclear if there is even funding. they are debating whether to allocate the rest of the funds

to the project. at least two cities on the peninsula are threatening lawsuits to stop this train. kumasi: new this morning, a really devastating earthquake has rocked a remote corner of afghanistan, killing at least 1000 people. we know hundreds of other people have been hurt. this video shows the urgent rush to evacuate people into helicopters. usgs has said this i .9 earthquake struck just before 5 p.m. afghanistan time, right on the border with pakistan. this is now afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades. reggie: congress is one step closer to passing the most significant gun legislature in decades. after weeks of talks, senators have worked out details of this bill. they are pushing for final passage by the end of this week. here is and refugee. reporter: this morning, for the first time in nearly 30 years, congress announcing a deal on gun safety. >> this is a breakthrough. more important, it is a

bipartisan breakthrough. reporter: the agreement coming after a group of 20 senators, 10 from both parties, spent a week behind closed doors. the bill includes enhanced background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21. it closes loopholes to prevent people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns. and it provides $15 billion in funding for states to implement programs aimed at addressing gun violence and bolstering school security and mental health. not in the plan, a so-called red flag warning that could prevent dangerous or troubled individuals from getting guns. but texas senator john cornyn argues this plan will allow states to decide on their own regulations. >> this grant program will give every state funding that implements programs that they themselves have adopted to stop individuals in crisis from reaching the point of violence or self-harm. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell vowing to support the bill, saying for years the left claim congress

would only address the issue of mass murders by trampling on law-abiding citizens constitutional rights. the nra arguing otherwise, saying this legislation can be abused to restrict lawful gun purchases, infringe upon the rights of law-abiding americans, and use federal dollars to fund gun control measures by state and local politicians. kumasi: a fiery plane clash -- plane crash sent people to the hospital. what happened as it landed in miami. a look at the new york stock exchange. down almost three hunter pointer now. another update on the markets, next. a floating city of the future. the ground shifting idea that is taking shape in the waters of the indian ocean. don't forget, you can watch us for a extra hour now. abc 7 at 7:00. it is live weekdays from 7 a.m.

to 8 a.m. on the bay area streaming app. you can download it right now on your phone, tablet, roku, apple tv, and is, or andrew -- android tv. drew: there is an area of low pressure to our south. can see this morning that it initiating some thunderstorms with lightning strikes in the central valley. we do anticipate this activity to stay to the east of us. we will likely get some high clouds later this afternoon and an increase in unity overnight tonight to first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures will warm quickly. by lunchtime, we are seeing 90's on the board. today, we're getting rid of the record heat we had yesterday. yesterday was brutally hot. it is some of the warmest air we felt in almost two years. today, into the 90's. around the shoreline, 80's. across the coast, most of us will finish around the 70's. it is not as hot as yesterday was, but still the temperatures are above average for this time of year.

76 in the city. that are than the low 90's we had yesterday. about 95 in san jose, 94 insein -- in santa rosa. jobina: hi, everyone. we will start with a live look at the toll plaza. traffic is backed up to the 880 over crossing. us get into bart, because there are couple of issues to address. this is the third day in a row we do not have access to the richmond line due to a power problem. you will need to transfer at sfo if you need to get to melbourne. also, we mentioned this earlier in the show, but tracking between concord and pleasant hill stations. this is due to a partial train derailment yesterday. i want to bring in the bart map so you can see. the richmond line and the antioch line, which is past pittsburgh a point, is the yellow line. just an update on the crash we are falling and vacaville.

speeds are down to around 21 mph on westbound 80 due to a five car crash, where it sounds like injuries are involved. we will be right back.

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we want to check in on the breaking news we have been following all morning. we are looking live right now at sky 7, which is overhead of an ongoing police standoff with a murder suspect. this is been dorf drive in the southern part of san jose. you can't really get the details of what's going on. we know there is a significant police presence and it has been that way for hours now. tt this person is barricaded inside this area and they have told some people to evacuate because of shots being fired by this suspect during the situation. police are telling us they were shooting at officers and is considered to be armed and dangerous, connected to a homicide investigation from yesterday. if you are in this area or going to this area, don't. officers are telling us to let you all note to avoid this area. this is monterey road and

roundtable road. we will give you more information as we get it. time now is 6:40 three. we will go out to ryan, who is live on the scene and has been there all morning. ryan: sound check. everybody good? are we going live? you are? the buddy else? -- anybody else? ready? the sergeant -- >> last night, at approximately 7 p.m., we had a homicide in san jose on mount shasta directed the individual that committed that homicide drove tthcity of modesto sometime after committing a homicide here in san jose. in modesto, a few minutes after 9 p.m., shot and killed an adult

female. i'm going to ask you guys to contact modesto pd. after committing the homicide in modesto, he drove back here to san jose. at that point, we knew who he was and what vehicle he was in. our airship pick him up a few mitts after 11 p.m. on the highway in the area of 101. chp responded and provided some assistance in the pursuit. we reassumed the pursuit once it reached city surface streets again. that pursuit lasted approximately one hour. the suspect ended up here in the residential area that you see behind us. he abandoned the vehicle and fled into the backyard of residents on bindorf drive, where he is currently barricade. during this, he has fired several rounds at officers, at personnel here on scene.

obviously, we want to end this peacefully. we have a big contingent of our special operations personnel here. we are going to be here until this is resolved. any questions? >> any information about this man? does he live in the city? >> we don't know what his association to this residence is yet. >> have you identified the connection with the unfortunate people of the homicide? >> yes, they are certainly someone known to each other, obviously a very fresh investigation, just happened last night. as the day goes on and we can release more information, we will let you guys know. >> who does he know around here? >> i have no idea. >> just to confirm, how many people is this man suspected of killing? >> as of right now, two. an adult male here and an adult female in modesto. >> we don't know if this person

is just in a random neighbors backyard? >> correct. we are still trying to figure all that out. >> talk to me about the situation [indiscernible] what is your advice for the people watching the news concerning all this? >> avoid the area. bullets, you don't know where they're going to go when they are fired. this is a very, as you can see, populated area. lots of residence, lots of apartment complexes. this is a time when people are heading to work. we have officers here, directing traffic out of here. >> did you use some kind of robot to get in there? what kind of technology are you using? what kind of resources are you using to make sure this ends peacefully? >> we have a lot of equipping on scene. we are not going to put out exactly what and how we are using at this time. >> [indiscernible] >> we have tactical negotiators on scene trying to contact him.

our number one goal is to end this peacefully. >> are being used? >> again, we are not going to be talking about tactics. >> [indiscernible] do we expect this to go on? >> as long as it takes we have an armed and dangerous suspect out here on our city streets. we are not going to leave until he is in custody. >> what is the message to the residents on the street right now? >> as i just ask plaintiff sarah, please stay inside. he has fired rounds already at police officers. this is a very popular did area, residential streets. we want people to be safe. we don't know where bullets are going to go. we don't know what state of mind this individual is in, but we do have him contained right now. he is not going to go anywhere. >> have you identified what this person is armed with and how to properly respond to that? >> not yet, but our personnel are appropriately equipped to respond to whatever he is armed with. >> are you familiar with him,

his past and everything? >> we will be talking about that later today. >> lastly, when did you exactly -- how long has this been going on at this exact street? >> i believe he arrived here after midnight sometime. i will get you an exact time a little bit later. ok? anybody else? we good? i'm sure you all will be here the majority of the morning. kumasi: an update on that barricaded suspect. it is a significant time line. this started last night around 7 p.m. a person was killed, an adult male, on mount shasta drive. they believe the individual who committed that murder drove to modesto after that and shot and killed an adult female there, came back to san jose. at that point, they said they knew what vehicle this person was in. they were able to pick him up driving on the highway. a pursuit started that lasted for at least an hour. after that pursuit, they say

this person, this suspect ended up in the backyard of a home here on this street after midnight. that person has been barricaded in that home ever since. we are following this information did they say stay away from this area, this person has been firing shots. they are concerned about people being in that area. we will get you more information as soon as we get it. abc 7 news was the first to alert you about this standoff this morning. we sent a pushilin. if you want to get breaking news as it happens, download the abc 7 bay area news app for more updates. reggie: the faa is investigating a fiery crash in florida on monday. -- yesterday. officials say the landing gear collapsed when the plane landed. it is unclear if that is what caused the fire. crews were able to put the fire out and passengers were then bustled -- busted -- busted to the terminal. kumasi: a new retail space at

gap company headquarters. four new shops are going to be open for business. old navy, banana republic, all opening up. this also serve as test labs for new shopping technology and customer experiences. we will be joining the ceo for a ribbon-cutting this morning. reggie: his your morning money report. aaa is expecting the upcoming and dependence date to be the busiest on the roads in it two decades. president biden is calling on congress to temporarily remove the gas tax. that would save americans approximately $.18 per gallon and $.24 for diesel. the white house suggests using money from the infrastructure bill, since the gas tax is used to repair roads and mass transit. >> it does nothing as far as supplying the customer with were energy, which is what the world is looking for the moment. reggie: the oil companies say the recent surge in gas prices is to make up for lostro

during the pandemic. u.s. secretary of energy plans to meet with major oil executives on thursday. here is a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. we are down this morning about 280 points. kumasi: new at 6:00, a floating city is taking shape above the waters in the indian ocean. the city being built is big enough to house 20,000 people. this idea came about as a practical solution to the harsh reality of the rising sea level. it is going to have 5000 floating units made up of homes, restaurants, shops, and schools. canals or run in between those units. the first units will be available this month and residents can start to move in in 2024. the whole city is expected to be done by 2027. reggie: this seems like something that is wild and far away, but they have talked about doing that here in san francisco. drew: creative solutions to a problem. it looks pretty. reggie: that's where we are. drew: gotta do it.

it is a sunny day again. showing use sunshine is out. the record heat of yesterday is backing off. today is still warm to hot when we talk about do numbers. dew numbers. that will hang with us to the upcoming weekend. 50's across the coast. a lot of 60's and 70's and our mildest spots this morning. today, it is warm to hot. not as hot as yesterday, but still middle to upper 90's in our warmer spots later this afternoon. around the bay shoreline, middle 80's to low 90's. close to the coast will be in the 70's under partly cloudy skies this afternoon. overnight tonight, we will have fog moving in from the south. coastal cloud cover, partly cloudy skies. it turns a little muggy overnight tonight as humidity increases. we will look at dew points. this measures how much moisture is in the atmosphere. when these numbers start increasing in the 50's, likely will early tomorrow morning, you will feel those muggy conditions

to start thursday. here's the accuweather 7 a forecast. i hot day today, more humid tomorrow. a little cooler on friday. even through the upcoming weekend, we will still have above average temperatures for this time of year. reggie: did you sleep ok or were you too hot? kumasi: absolutely not. just hot. reggie: i understand. it is going to get better kumasi:. i was training go to sleep in a new it wouldn't happen. reggie: [laughter] i

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kumasi: if you're just running us, here the seven things to know this morning. working news we've been covering this money, sought -- sky 7 over san jose, where there is a standoff happening right now between a man who is wanted in two murders. police say that this man is wanted for killing a person in san jose and another person in mode destiny yesterday -- modesto yesterday. we will have a live update at 7:00. drew: get ready for a warm to hot day. record heat from yesterday receives, but mild temperatures already in the 60's and 70's. a lot of sunshine expected today, with a live look from the export-oriented. partly cloudy skies this afternoon. getting rid of the triple digit heat we had yesterday. still in the middle to upper 90's like we had yesterday. closer to 70's along the coast.

we are inching in the right direction, but still expect some hot temperatures later this afternoon. reggie: fire crews spent the night monitoring a fire burning at edgewood park in san mateo county. there continues to be evacuation warnings for some neighborhoods. the fire is 5% contained. jobina: number 4, 8 riders in the east bay should expect allays this morning. bart is tracking to repair a truck after a partial derailment being blamed on the heat. jobina: also looking at part right now, there is still no richmond line service. this is the third day in a row, due to the trackside power problem. there will be no service to and from san francisco on that line. that is the redline on the map. use other trains to transfer. reggie: number six, a bipartisan deal on gun control has passed a key hurdle in the senate. it includes enhanced background checks and closes loopholes.

the bill could be approved by the end of the week. kumasi: number seven, castro theater is celebrate in its centennial birthday today. it includes a series of movies filmed right here in the city. tickets are available on the theater's website. jobina: i want to go. kumasi: i want to go see "miss doubtfire." wheeze to watch that movie on repeat. jobina: same. i love it. reggie: that little list be girl, the daughter who played matilda he aixa -- matilda? jobina: she is all grown up already. reggie: and she doesn't talk right there anymore. -- talk like that anymore. drew: it was endearing as a child. [laughter] "misses doubtfire" is my favorite. reggie: i'm just making up a

line. i'm just assuming that's what she said. [laughter] [laughter] te good morning, america. for our viewers in the west on this wednesday morning, one step closer to the first major gun safety legislation in decades. breaking overnight, bipartisan breakthrough on gun safety. senators taking the first step to pass the compromised bill. what's in? what's out? and what are the chances it actually passes? abject failure. a scathing rebuke of the police responool massacre. >> the officer had weapons. the children had none. the officer had body armor. the children had none. >> as more new surveillance images emerge from inside the school. breaking overnight, more than 900 people killed after a powerful earthquake struck