90 for your friday forecast. a look at that coming up. as we continue to avoid the bay bridge, we have the opposite situation for the san mateo bridge, a series of crashes on the hayward side have complicated things. we'll give you the latest on your adjusted morning commute. >> and, is this not just gorgeous everybody? that's ridiculous. that's a postcard right there. a live look at the bay bridge. not a car on it because crews are busy connecting the new eastern span to the toll plaza: they have made significant progress in the last 24 hours. we'll have video with christie smith. this it's friday, august 30th. this is "today in the bay." beautiful shot out there. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. breaking news in the south bay.

for a second time an officer shot at a suspect in san jose. the two shootings happened within four hours of each other on different sides of town. the first happened around 1:00 near homes on balboa near king and alum rock in east san jose. the second near west san carlos street and meridian avenue. today in the bay's bob redell was at the first scene, moved to the most recent shooting now. bob, what do you know? >> reporter: busy night for san jose police. good morning to you there, marla. this happened about quarter to 5:00 this morning, the second officer-involved shooting. it was a man who was apparently drunk -- new information from police -- who went into a safeway at san carlos and meridian and robbed it at gunpoint. police arrived. a few moments later they get a call that a man with a gun, they find out is the same guy, is over in this area, just a couple blocks away from the safeway at

san carlos an lincoln. officers approach the man, give him an order to surrender. then this is what happened. >> officer located a suspect matching the description and made contact with that person. the person did not comply with the officer's demands, was displaying a firearm. the officer felt in fear for his safety and life and discharged his firearm in the direction of the suspect. the suspect was not struck. the suspect fell to the ground and the officers did take him into custody safely. >> reporter: police tell us the suspect slumped down to the ground, again, was not hit, perhaps was just afraid of being shot at, but went to the ground, gave up. that suspect is now in jail, apparently no one was hurt during the robbery. the other shooting around 1:00 in east san jose some metro unit officers found -- this was in the area of king and mckee. they found a suspect vehicle, a

vehicle that had been part of an armed robbery in downtown san jose earlier in the evening. they approached the vehicle, tried to get the person to stop. during this confrontation the passenger of the vehicle fled. the driver continued on. there was a short chase that ended at balboa and king, that neighborhood. during this chase the car crashed and when officer tried to get the man, the driver to get out, the driver of the car tried to run over one of the officers. the officer was in fear for his life according to police and shot at the suspect. the suspect was hit at least once and was taken to the hospital, their condition unknown. again, the second person in that vehicle was also considered to be a robbery sus spent. they took off and are still trying to gather a description from the woman robbed by these people earlier in the night in downtown san jose to try to get a description to find this person. two officer-involved shootings.

the first one, the suspect was hit and the second at san carlos and lincoln. that suspect did surrender and is now in custody. live in midtown, san jose, bob redell, today in the bay. in the meantime new video just coming into our newsroom of crews hard at work pouring asphalt near the tlaz. "today in the bay's" ris stay smith got a rare look from above. she joins us now with the latest. what does it look like out there? >> reporter: good morning. we just moved but god a bird's eye view of what's going on at the toll plaza. it really is pretty incredible, the progress that they'veó;añ m considering this this just started yesterday. it is a 24-hour operation to try and get all of this done. now, yesterday what they were really focusing on was grinding the asphalt on the approach to the toll plaza, getting that old asphalt out of there so they could lay the new asphalt this

morning, all getting the eastern span ready. truck after truck, bringing in more material this morning andh another vehicle, a large one, rolling it all out. this is a 24-7 operation. among the work going on, also deconstruction of the westbound approach to the old bridge to make way for a bike path connector. they're also putting in a polyester overlay near the tunnel at yerba buena island for a very smooth ride. taking down the old bridge certainly not an easy task. the cantilever is a half mile long, made up of about 50 million pounds of steel. what engineers have been doing is studying the 80-year-old design to help them. >> we're looking at how it was built so we can basically, for lack of a better term, urn build it and just reverse that order. >> so, of course, the question is, is everything going well and what they're telling us, we're hoping for an update later this morning, is that everything is right on schedule.

of course, the opening set for 5:00 a.m. tuesday at the latest. it's very possible that it could happen a little earlier than that. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. you can expect b.a.r.t. to be extra crowded because of the bay bridge closure between 4:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterday, almost 31,000 more riders took b.a.r.t. compared to the same time last year. b.a.r.t. expects the trend will continue until the bridge reopens. for more on the bay bridge closure, go to nbcbayarea.com. you'll see a link on the top left-hand corner of our home page for the bay bridge close your guide. there you'll find traffic maps and transit options as well as a live bay bridge camera. you can sign up to receive traffic alerts sent directly to you. it is sentencing day for a former south bay youth sports referee. 50-year-old scott domnauer was convicted last month of committing lewd acts and sending

porn to three teenage girls. he con tapted a 14-year-old girl they say on social media. he was later arrested at his san jose home. he now faces more than 14 years in prison. continuing coverage now as the rim wildfire continues to burn tuolumne county. we are getting a newñr perspecte this morning. these are new images sent to us by us airways pilots flying over the fire. you can see the plumes of smoke billowing high into the sky. it's a bird's eye view of the massive fire that's about the size of new york city. the rim fire has burned almost 200,000 acres and is just 32% contained. 5500 structures are still threatened. good news is evacuation order tuolumne city have been lifted. almost 5,000 firefighters are on the ground. it has already destroyed 111 buildings and that includes 11 homes. >> so much of the smoke we've been talking about has headed to

lake tahoe. >> and reno. >> a lot of people headed there as well this weekend, labor day. want to check the forecast now with meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina. >> we're watching the conditions around the rim fire. temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, and the smoke as those pictures display quite well, moving out of the south to the north which unfortunately has brought up an air quality alert for particulate matter pollution around the lake tahoe basin. unhealthy air quality levels weekend. over the next three to four days, we'll continue to see the smoke moving toward lake tahoe and reno, possibly improvement on monday as winds start to come in more out of the west and push more of the smoke across central nevada. around the bay area this morning, you may not need a jacket in the south bay. mid 60s to start your friday morning. less of a sea breeze as the wind is still coming out of the southwest in fairfield, but not as strong as we would want to see, to see cooler temperatures inland. is it light view shows mainly clear skies other than the patches of low clouds that have

drifted across the bay. we'll have to watch southern california later today for moisture that will spilll to the bay area. as we get into the weekend it may fire off a mountain shower sunday night into early monday. today here come the areas of low clouds back to the coastline as we head through the afternoon. mostly sunny skies for santa cruz. notice here the fog around pillar point, you can continue to see the low clouds into the afternoon. 85 in san jose, 72 in san francisco. 85 in santa cruz, nice escape south on highway 17, 90s inland around the try val limit temperatures on the weekend as the sea breeze strengthens. sunday a slight chance of an isolated shower in some of the coastal hills sunday night into monday morning. >> we hope the showers don't reach this construction zone over here. it doesn't sound like they will. looking at the construction around the metering lights. center screen, if you see the overcrossing there above the flashing red and blue lights, that's the metering lights of the span, where they're doing a

lot of construction this morning. yesterday we saw a lot of activity at the bay bridge toll plaza. they continue to work over here, so far it sounds like everything is on schedule. as we look at the maps, we'll see how it affects your drive. eastshore freeway starts to slow just past university. right at powell is where you start to lose one, two and three lanes finally. that's what caused the slowing yesterday and what will cause the slowing all weekend as well bridge. over toward the maze, a very congested area. west 580 and north 880, an increase in volume of traffic. a prelabor day friday. we're seeing light volume around the bay because of the complications added to the traffic flow as it heads southbound, 880 past 238 you see slowing. the transition over towards the san mateo bridge. this is the most popular for a lot of folks to take across the bay. slowing toward the hayward toll

plaza. no dramatic effect although the volume of traffic has been heavy all night long. the dumbarton bridge is another relief for folks around the area as well. we'll end with this shot of fremont, south 880, more volume was on this route yesterday. again, it ripples all the way down to the south bay. it is 6:11. two months after his team was killed2sg in an arizona firefigt breaks his silence. >> what if it's going to eat me alive. >> how he's coping with the loss of his 19 comrades and how he's moving forward. facebook changes some of its privacy policies. what do more than half of all americans do? pay income taxes. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. u.n. inspectors wrapping up their investigations in syria today, but is support for a military strike fading? we have new numbers coming up.

welcome back. it's 6:14. investigators in san jose are at the scene of two separate shootings where an officer fired on a robbery suspect. they happened within a four-hour span of each other today. the first happened in east san jose. the second in the midtown area. both suspects are being treated for unknown injuries. investigators say the two shootings are not related. construction crews making plenty of progress on the bay bridge this morning. today crew also start paving the westbound lanes from yerba buena island to the eastern span. expect extra crowds today on b.a.r.t., ferries and other bridges during the morning commute. u.n. chemical experts in syria turned back quickly today after heading out on their final day investigating alleged

chemical weapons use. it's not clear why they turned back. the u.s. has not decided whether or not to take military action, but a new poll suggests americans don't like the idea. we'll have the latest numbers coming up in a live report at 6:30. >> 6:15 right now. the sole surviving member of a hot shot team over come by flames in an arizona fire is talking about the tragedy. it was two months ago that 19 firefighters were killed in the yarnell wildfire. brandon mcdonough was serving as a lookout when the flames forced him to retreat. he says he thinks of good memories with his team, but it still hurts. >> even from the first day i just told myself, if i sit here and think what if, it's going to eat me alive. it was a hard struggle at first, but really quickly i was able to transfer over the good memories, but even good memories make me still miss them. >> the yarnell fire burned 8,400

acres and destroyed more than 100 homes. it's going to be tough. >> facebook is updating privacy policies to better explain how the company uses you to advertise. >> scott mcgrew, more clarification and a major change. >> that's right. if you get an outraged posting on your facebook wall later today angry about the changes, you can point out most of this was really under way already. facebook has been using your postings and likes and other data to support its advertising all along. it's making the policy a bit more clear. facebook just settled a privacy lawsuit, probably doesn't want another. facebook shares could jump to record highs today. they closed at $41.28 thursday afternoon. the all-time high for that stock is $41.94. new data shows americans are making slightly more money. incomes are up. the center for tax policy says that means more americans are paying income tax.

about 57% as republican candidate for president mid romney pointed out, many americans don't pay income tax. they do they payroll tax. if you're looking to make extra money, there's an app for that. it's gigwalk. right now there are about 12 jobs within walking range of our tv studios. i looked in san francisco, there are better than 30s. they range from checking out what time a doughnut store closes to checking the stock on a product in the store from a manufacturer. >> your barista at starbucks or maybe a real estate agent, you've got this extra time, why can't we utilize it just for doing data collection kinds of things but actual real work. >> a good example. there's a beauty store that they'll pay $10 for somebody to come in and check the tweezers section. apparently a couple called tweezer man. tweezer man wants to know if he needs to restock this particular store. he'll pay you ten bucks to walk

in and take pictures and report back to him as to whether the store needs to be restocked. >> which is interesting. they're not checking the inventory with the owner of the store. >> right, right. it would be expensive to send a salesman in. if you're a company, you could pay people a dollar -- not saying we're going to -- to go into every gym and say i want to the monitors. for now just change them for free. we'll work on paying you. >> as for the tweezers, my eyebrows really appreciate it. >> they're in stock. >> good, good. >> good to know. want to check the forecast right now with meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina this morning. how are we looking right now? >> looking pretty good. areas of low clouds this morning and unusually mild temperatures to start things off. mid 60s in san jose. fairfield and concord waking up to the 60s. still technically a sea breeze but a weak one at that.

not pushing into low clouds far inland. earlier in the day we'll see numbers in the mid to upper 70s in oakland. close to game time against the tampa bay raise we'll see the numbers dropping into the 60s as the game goes ochblt you can catch it on comcast sports net bay area after 7:00. around the bay area today, we've got the fog and some spots for the morning. eventually moisture out of southern california that's going to toss a chance of mountain thundershowers maybe by sunday night into monday, especially around the sierra. for the bay area, trough of low pressure approaching the coast will bring in cooler temperatures saturday to sunday and hopefully push some of the smoke away from lake tahoe. here you go. hour by hour, the low cloud cover staying on the coast. santa cruz should see sunshine today. as we head into the evening, the fog starts to fill in once again. we will see a bit of a cooler day come saturday. highs around the bay area today looking nice. muggy at times. 85 in san jose and milpitas, 7 o

0s around most of the coast. there you see the numbers in the tri-valley low to mid 490s. still feels like summer outside in the inland valleys. 70s for san francisco today. turning cooler around san francisco and the coast as the sea breeze turns stronger. a few more clouds coming our way into sunday and even the chance of mountain thunder especially around lake tahoe south for monday. our temperatures around the bay area climb back up as we approach thursday of next week. if you like summer-like weather, still plenty to like. >> there we go. looking over here, this is a note for folks. the big headline right now, the san mateo bridge just like yesterday seeing the brunt of the shift after the bay bridge has closed. it looks like everything is on schedule for that post labor day reopening. meanwhile we're also looking at the traffic flow. it's slow but it's moving across the san mateo bridge. that's the headline. let's cover the rest of your bay area traffic. we'll include that update as

well. looking at northbound routes through san jose looking really light. it's friday, prelabor day holiday. that's why we see a lighter volume. 87 shows slowing into down down. 280 show as shift, speeds coming down to 55 where you see yellow. coming into the south bay, southbound 880 yesterday and today sees a heavier volume of traffic past auto mall parkway. a lot of folks avoiding the dumbarton bridge because yesterday that took a lot more traffic. the shift pushing traffic south from those areas and because folks are avoiding the bay bridge. across toward the scene of two, possibly three earlier crashes at clow wetter. we do have slowing now approaching the toll plaza. that slow lane might still have crews there. prepare for that. meanwhile across the span, we showed you the good volume of traffic and now slowing on 92 approaching 101.

84 is smooth toward bayfront and toward the university avenue as well. let me give you live looks outside. quickly we'll look over here toward the golden gate bridge. as we end with this shot, a reminder. although the traffic moves smoothly, the golden gate bridge was a huge problem yesterday and will continue to be over the weekend. prepare for that. back to you. good advice, 6:22. a different take on texting and driving laws. the court case that could set a new precedent on who is responsible if a crash happens.

welcome back everyone. a good friday morning to you. a little hazy start out there. is a look at the construction crews out there at the bay bridge this morning. they're working 24 hours a day just trying to get it all up and ready for tuesday's big opening of the new eastern span. we've got christie smith live at the scene out there keeping tabs on everything going on. of course mike keeping tabs on the morning commute as well. speaking of driving, california law says texting and driving is illegal. but texting a driver could soon be illegal as well. a new jersey court recently ruled a person who knowingly texts a driver can share liability if that driver causes an accident. a new jersey couple injured by a teen driver who was texting sued the driver and his girlfriend who texted him. a new jersey appeals court cleared the girlfriend of

wrongdoing in this case but said if someone texts a person they know is driving, they can be held liable if a crash, in fact, happens. a new report suggests americans are relying less on their cars to actually get around. report from the public interest research group found drivers cut their annual mileage in 46 states plus washington, d.c. between 2005 and 2011. researchers say the decline suggest it is driving boom is over and more transportation funding should be used for public transit, biking and walking paths. in california drivers decreased their annual mileage by 6.6% since 2005. alaskans dropped their mileage the most, more than 16%. the only states that didn't see a decline in driving, alabama, louisiana, nevada and north dakota. the giants will start rebuilding for a 2014 push this weekend. team rosters expand on sunday, and when they do manager bruce bochy says he plans to pull up prospects who can prove their worth for next season. the giants are basically out of

the play-off race this season though. so they're looking at what they can do to improve for next season. by the way, the giants play in arizona tonight at 6:30 right here on nbc bay area. 6:27. still ahead on today in the bay, sam scam, different city. support for an attack on syria fading fast. we'll have the results of a new poll.

is support for a u.s. military strike fading? >> new transparency for the nsa. the policy change announced this week. a live look at the new york stock exchange expecting the morning bell this morning to get the stock markets off and running for this friday, august

30th. there it is. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you on this friday. it is 6:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon khiel lee. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have new video of an attack in syria. a bbc team witnessed the aftermath of a horrific attack. witness says they saw a fighter jet drop an incendiary bomb on a school playground. they heard an explosion and saw columns of smoke and fire. the bbc reports more than ten students were killed and others severely burned. this report comes as president obama decides whether to take military action against syria. but support for a military strike appears to be dwindling. a new nbc poll shows at least half of americans don't want the u.s. to get involved. tracie potts live in washington this morning with the very latest numbers. good morning.

>> reporter: not a lot of support. good mornin let's take a look at the new nbc news poll out a few hours ago. 50% of americans oppose getting our military involved in syria. 42% support. interesting those numbers do flip when people are told it would only be missiles from offshore ships. 79% say they want congress to give the stamp of approval before we take any military action, and 35% -- only 35% approve of how the president is handling the situation in syria. in syria this morning u.n. inspectors are trying to wrap up their work. u.n. secretary ban ki moon believes they'll be rapid up today and coming out no later than tomorrow. that opens a possible timeline for military action. this is string the administration has said they didn't want to do while those inspectors were still on the ground. the president, along with his national security team briefed key members of congress

yesterday just to give them a sense of what is going on behind the scenes and their discussions of whether or not to launch this attack. we've already lost one key ally, great britain's parliament voted no to getting involved. they're concerned about the quality of the intelligence pointing these chemical attacks at syria's government. >> it's an interesting one to watch. the director of national intelligence will soon release annual reports from the nsa's surveillance activity. the report will disclose the total number of court approvals granted for a range of surveillance requests. this includes national security letters. the agency's first transparency report is expected to be released late this fall. the so-called snake scam suspect strikes again. this morning detectives on both sides of the bay area trying to figure out if they're looking for the same woman. so far there are reports of this type of crime in several cities along the peninsula and the east bay. a homeowner in san mateo says a

woman who looks similar to the suspect in this sketch from union city police knocked on her door sunday. the suspect said she was from animal control and she needed to go inside to check for snakes. the woman let her in. the homeowner says she became suspicious when the scammer told the family to go to the back yard. they refused and the suspect eventually left without any problem. in this case nothing was stolen. in a separate case the people did go in the back yard and a second accomplice comes in and robs the family. the big question is what's in store for the weekend weather forecast because it is labor day, holiday weekend. people want to know, rob. good morning to you. >> good morning. we're going to see probably today the warmest day of the next four days around the bay area. temperatures getting into the 90s. it's a pretty warm start to the morning around the south bay, waking up to low clouds over san jose. 64 degrees. 65 in sunnyvale and with the humidity outside, it does feel pretty muggy this morning. a southwest wind into fairfield and a sea breeze that won't be

all that strong today. it's going to allow those inland temperatures to climb up to summer-like levels. staying cool on the coast where the low clouds will linger once they break up around the inner bay. you'll see the low clouds will stick around around pacifica and half moon bay. hour by hour for temperatures, notice the rapid warmup even around the central bay. we'll see 70s from san francisco to oakland. mid 80s closer to san jose and briefly low to mid 90s around the tri-valley. today looks a lot like summer. you can see the temperatures climbing into the 90s inland. tomorrow more clouds spill in. a stronger sea breeze cooling us off. a chance of a mountain shower into monday afternoon. we're looking over here toward the san mateo bridge. there's a little haze, not a big concern. visibility is okay. watching napa, it's coming down there. now we're watching the speeds holding steady across the flat section. as you approach off 880, over

the course of the morning, three separate incidents reported. sound like the last might be cleared to the right shoulder. a good slowdown heading toward the flat section. speeds also holding steady and coming down in toward about 50 miles per hour, maybe 40 at their worst. 880 south from 238 down to 92. the dumbarton bridge sees a little more traffic than we typically expect, especially for a friday at 6:35. nothing dramatic, just slowing as you're approaching on the peninsula side. we're looking over toward the route across the bay as well. that's cut off for the bay bridge, but it is okay for the richmond-san rafael bridge which starts to see the build. 880 smooth past the coliseum. no big drama there connecting between the san mateo bridge and the bay bridget self. we'll look outside and see palo alto where we're looking at a smooth drive north in toward menlo park and into san mateo.

the green light for more red light cameras. the city approved a five-ye contract. right now menlo park has four cameras at three intersections. police say there's been 40 fewer crashes since the cameras were installed. they plan to another another one near bayfront, expressway and chillco street. ball some hill, a high-end artificial christmas tree maker is located its first store this morning near burlingame not far from 101 and sfo. the store will give people an opportunity to see and touch those trees in person instead of choosing one on the computer. the redwood city based company has been extremely successful for the past even years growing some 200%. >> hard to believe that christmas is actually not too far away. >> i've seen all the halloween stuff out already.

>> already up out there. 6:36. still ahead, fema using a new method to try to get families prepared for an emergency. we'll show it to you next. >> a live look outside. can you make it out? golden gate bridge this morning. can't see the towers out there. you can see traffic moving smoothly. mike has a look at the morning commute across the bay area. stick around. a lot more news ahead. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪

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friday. we'll take you live outside to the san mateo bridge. highway 92. you can see there's extra traffic crossing the span today because, of course, this is day two of the bay bridge closure. mike is checking all your commute routes this morning, the very latest online at nbcbayarea.com. it is 6:40 right now. two of the five men accused of raping a photo journalist in mumbai, india, appeared in court. police are seeking to keep them in jail large enough to charge them. the case will be tried in a fast track court and the suspects likely face prosecution under a strict new law that sets the maximum prison term for rate at 20 years. the victim, a 22-year-old indian woman has been released from the hospital. she says she was attacked last week while on assignment with a male colleague. a 1-year-old girl in new orleans died overnight after being shot while her babysitter was walking with her down the street. police say both the 1-year-old girl and 18-year-old sitter were

hit. both were taken to a local hospital where the baby later died. police are still searching for the shooters. it's unclear if the two were targeted. >> how do you target a baby? fema is launching a new campaign to get families ready for emergencies. the agency going after a weak spot to get them to listen. >> i'll pack the dead batteries. >> great. >> i'll only put what i don't need into a duffle bag. >> perfect. that's totally unhelpful. >> no problem. >> the new ad campaign mocks a family ill prepared for an emergency. fema's tim manning says the add aims to take advantage of a reality, that parents may not listen to fema, but will listen to their kids. >> a lot of sarcasm going on there. 6:41. we're following breaking news in san jose. police investigating two separate shootings involving police officers. bob redell is live with the latest next. plus i have an iphone case with a blue button on the side. what does it do? we'll find out coming up.

here is a view over san jose, lots of low clouds, muggy conditions and 90s as part of your friday forecast. >> a good flow of traffic this being friday. we expect it light around the bay. it is for the most part. but the bay bridge closure causes shifts down into the south bay. more on that coming up.

it all begins with breaking news in the south bay. san jose police opened fire on two separate robbery suspects this morning on different sides of town. the first shooting happened around 1:00 this morning along balboa avenue near king and alum rock avenue in east san jose.

the second, a few hours later near a safe way at west san carlos street and meridian avenue. that is where "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live with an update on the shootings including a manhunt for a third robbery suspect. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, marla. three suspects, one in the hospital after being shot by san jose police. another is out and about and the third one gave himself up. that third one is a man that allegedly robbed with a gun the safe wayway at midtown. this sar round quarter to 5:00 this morning, he robbed this safeway, an armed robbery. when police got the call, they believe the same man was out in the street with a gun. that's when the officers arrive and they gave him an order to surrender. >> the officer located a suspect matching the description and made contact with that person. the person did not comply with

the officer's demands, was displaying a firearm. the officer felt in fear for his safety and discharged his firearm in the direction of the suspect. the suspect was not struck. the suspect fell to the ground and officers did take him into custody safely. >> the officer, as you heard officer albert morales mentioning, that officer missed, the suspect is now in custody. the other officer-involved shooting also involved two armed robbery suspects. these two men were wanted for robbing a man in downtown san jose overnight. it was around 1:00 this morning a metro unit spotted their car. this is on the east side of san jose, around king and mckee. they refused to pull over. instead the passenger hopped out and fled. the driver then stayed in the car, led police on a short chase, ended up crashing on balboa, not far from the intersection with king and wilshire. according to police he tried to run over one of the aftofficers

with his car. that's when the officer fired and hit him. that suspect is in the hospital, condition unknown. they're still looking for the second suspect, trying to get a better description from the woman he robbed and also the officers who had their encounter with him. live in midtown, san jose, bob redell, today in the bay. at 6:47, we've just received new numbers from the front lines of the rim fire since last night the fire has grown to 202,000. however, crews have kept their containment of the fire at 32%. 5,500 structures still threatened. evacuation orders in tow um knee sit have been lifted. it has destroyed 111 buildings including 11 homes. in the meantime getting a new perspective from the air of that fire. we've got new images. they were sent to us by us

airways pilot that was actually flying over the fire. take a look at the plumes of smoke. the massive wildfire is now about the size of new york city. the fire forced many people to cancel their vacation plans for labor day weekend knew to smokey air. yosemite national park is seein cancellations. but since yosemite valley is i up wind from the fire, the sky is clear and there's said to be no hint of smoke in the air. however, certainly a different story at lake tahoe, smoke from the fire making for poor air quality in the area. and right here on the heels of labor day weekend. >> one of our producers in lake tahoe, she sent out photos. you can see all the smoke. meteorologist rob mayeda, you have a look at it for us. >> we or watching that very closely. as the photo showed quite clearly the smoke moving from south to north away from the yosemite, the main tourist

areas. when you head to yosemite valley, and the upper level winds will continue to push the smoke unfortunately up towards tahoe and reno. that will give us another day with poor air quality, unhealthy levels as we look at particulate matter pollution. really bad in the morning when you have t morning inversion set up. it acts like a lid over tahoe. keeps the air pollution close to lake level. at least the smoke will head from south to north out towards lake tahoe and reno. maybe by monday afternoon we can see the change. we can get winds more out of the west which will help to push more of the smoke perhaps off to the east of lake tahoe. 59 in san francisco, low clouds inland around san jose, mid 60s around the south bay. not much of a sea breeze right now. it's probably going to stay that way heading into the afternoon. if you're heading the the as game later, 70s as the game gets started around 7:00. then upper 60s later in the

evening. satellite view other than the low clouds around the bay area, not much going on in terms of thundershowers. but for areas south of yosemite today and a little further north as we go through the weekend as the moisture moves away from southern california, some of that could get close to the bay area by sunday night, at least bring more clouds our way. notice this trough approaching the west coast, this is going to increase the sea breeze, lead to cooling this weekend and perhaps push more of the smoke away from lake tahoe late in the holiday weekend. it will allow temperatures to cool down as we see more low clouds pushing inland by sunday and monday. today low clouds locally will hang out on the coast west of the golden gate. we do suspect we'll see sunny skies around santa cruz. we should see 80s in the forecast. also san jose in the 80s, 90s in the valley south of downtown. 90s in the tri-valley, 70s around san francisco. upper 80s in the forecast for the north bay. the weekend looks cooler, more clouds, a chance of mountain

showers especially in the sierra as you get into monday. then tuesday and wednesday, extra low clouds and we turn a bit warmer approaching thursday. summer coming back, temperatures back in the 90s inland later next week. >> still talking about the 90s. still talking about a smooth flow for the south bay. it's friday, pre holiday friday. a lighter volume of traffic. but 87, look at that guadalupe parkway slows into downtown. i know it's only about a 5, but still there it is, the volume builds for> 101 off tullie off capital expressway and 880 toward the airport. there are your slower zones. we're looking at slowing into the area. south 880, speeds coming into the 50s as well. anywhere south of 238 based 92 and up close to the dumbarton bridge. the reason for that shift is because it ripples down. folks are avoiding the bay bridge because it's closed, down to the san mateo bridge which is crowded now. they head down to the dumbarton bridge if that's an option.

folks south around the dumbarton bridge are heading south to 237. again, pushing everybody one more step. we're looking at a slower drive off 880 as well as for the toll plaza approach after earlier crashes have cleared. over here toward the eastshore freeway, west 80 moves smoothly through berkeley. once you get to about powell, let me show you what's going on. we have a live lgkthis is westbound 80. you're losing a lane. here is the denny's, ross, marshall's. you'll have the slowing there today and throughout the rest of the weekend while that closure continues. eastshore freeway will be one of your major trouble spots as well as 101 just north of 92 on the peninsula. back to you. speaking of all that, we have new video into our newsroom this morning of crews that are hard at work pouring asphalt near the toll plaza on the bay bridge. it's a pretty unique vantage point as well from the top of the toll plaza. "today in the bay's" christie smith was able to get the rare

view for us this morning. christie, crews reporting pretty good progress on that construction. >> reporter: good morning, laura. happy friday. the progress at the toll plaza is impressive considering yesterday we stood out there and watched them grinding up old asphalt and removing it by the truck load. this morning we watched as they were repaving, and truck after truck started dropping asphalt. another vehicle came right behind it, a big rolling vehicle and laid it all out. in fact, a lot of the right side of the toll plaza looked like it was already paved. they just have some more striping work to be done. now, the toll plaza, of course, one of the key components in this last stage of connecting the new eastern span to the approach of yerba buena island. for commuters, day two of having to ride the ferry or b.a.r.t. at the bus. a b.a.r.t. spokesperson this morning told us it is busy again this morning. he actually road b.a.r.t. in. at 5:00 this morning he says he got the last seat on the train. 8:00 to 9:00, that is the peak

to watch for. no concrete numbers yet on ridership for today. but yesterday it certainly spiked. >> we don't have the ridership numbers for yesterday finalized. but what we are seeing in the trend is that we saw about 60,000 more we think compared to wednesday. and wednesday was our tenth busiest day ever. so thursday, yesterday, could be in our top ten and maybe even the top five. we'll have to wait and see for the final numbers to come out. but it was busy. >> reporter: the other huge part of this entire project is the deconstruction of thesisñ 80-year-old span. removing the approach, that's what's going on now, to make room for a bike path. it's not easy, as you might imagine. the cantilever section runs about a half mile and it's made up of 50 million pounds of steel. they'll take it down piece by piece. the latest word we have is everything is still on time for

the reopening tuesday morning at 5:00. live in oakland, christie smith torques bay daye in the bay. >> for everything you need to know about the bay bridge closure, head to nbcbayarea.com. we have a link in the top left-hand corner of the home page to our bridge closure guide. there you'll find traffic maps and transit alternatives. in a matter of minutes, oakland airport food and retail employees will rally as they go on strike. they're upset over what hey call unfair labor practices. the group has been in contract negotiations with their employer, host international for the past year. they say the latest proposal would take away benefits including pensions, paid meals, breaks and over time pay on shifts longer than eight hours. a new bill focusing on limousine safety following the tragic fire on the san mateo bridge faces a critical vote in sacramento. the state assembly appropriations committee is considering the bill authored by local state senator jerry hill. it would require all limos to have two fire extinguishers and

pass an annual inspection by the chp. right now only limos that seat ten or more people must meet those requirements. the limousine that caught fire on the bridge back in may was only licensed to carry eight passengers. therefore, no fire extinguisher was on board. five women died in that fire. it is 6:56. time to arm yourself with your iphone literally. scott mcgrew has a gadget on this gadget friday that turns your phone into a weapon. >> it really does. it's a case called the yellow jacket. the weapon is in the case itself. yellow jack, yes, it's black. take a closer look at it. you can see what it is. an average iphone case -- this is for the iphone 4, but they're coming out with one for the 5 as well. as you'll see, there's a safety on the side, a bright blue switch. when i press that blue switch, it is a stun gun. 650 volts. now, you have to actually -- it

doesn't shoot out, you have to actually come up to the person attacking you -- >> i could use that. >> i hope not. >> the idea is, carry this in the parking lot, car keys in one hand, iphone in the other. if someone were to come up to you, you could use it. i said earlier 18 and up. i actually looked up more carefully on the california laws. 16 and up. you can't carry it in illinois and in new york. but in california it is legal to carry and then you just press the button. >> and no known damage that it could cause to your phone? >> i hope not. i thought you were going to ask no known damage,%qñ what does i feel like. i was going to say i haven't found a volunteer yet. and then the safety off. there's a cover that covers it as well. 139 bucks, makes your phone a lot heavier. for some people --

>> right, going for a walk, feel the need to be safe. watch out. armed and dangerous there. 6:57 right now. we'll check in with meteorologist rob mayeda who is in for christina this morning. thanks for getting up early. >> good to be here. a little muggy as well. if you noticed that, 60s to get the day started around san jose. 85 later on, 90s south of downtown san jose around the tri-valley for today. we'll turn a bit cooler as we head into the weekend. more clouds and a chance of sierra thundershowers by the time we approach monday. mike? >> friday light around the bay. lighter volume of traffic. but still have the slowing with the bay bridge closed and the lanes lost at the maze, we still have the slowing from powell down to the berkeley curve. that will continue all weekend long. the richmond-san rafael bridge, slower traffic, more popular here. south 101 moving smoothly. that will be a mess across the golden gate bridge to waldo tunnel as it was last night as well. live looks outside, san mateo bridge getting a lot of

attention this morning. a smooth westbound direction still going on, but slower because of that volume of traffic. we'll looks from the peninsula side. more dramatic as we see the headlights coming off, off 101. 101 at 92 showing the slowing. thank you very much. 6:59. a final check of the day's topj stories. san jose police investigating two separate officer-involved shootings. just before 5:00 an armed man robbed the safe way store in the midtown area. an officer found him a few blocks away opening fire, but he did not hit the man. the man instead surrendered. four hours before that police encountered a robbery suspect in east san jose, that man was shot and taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. new video of the progress on the bay bridge. construction crews appear to be on scheduled form a tuesday opening. today they'll start paving the

westbound lanes between yerba buena island and the toll plaza. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> have a wonderful labor day weekend. hope to see you at 11:00 a.m. breaking news, disturbing new imagines out of syria after an good morning. breaking news, disturbing new imagines out of syria after an apparent napalm-like attack by government forces on a crowded school. this as the white house reaches out to lawmakers to make its case for military intervention. but will the u.s. have to go it alone? we're live on the syrian border and in washington. going up. a dramatic spike in gas prices over the last 48 hours. the largest jump of the summer, just as millions of drivers get ready for the big holiday weekend. and two lost kittens bring an entire new york city subway line to a standstill.