it gets lighter out it might be hard to gauge how much progress they've made. >> reporter: well, and also a breeze out here, i don't know puck tell from our camera angle but there is definitely a gust here which is not helpful for the roughly 250 firefighters who are trying to put out this fast moving wild land fire that's burning several miles down the road here from this road block here at tesla and greenville in livermore, but it is blowing east away from the population. cal fire reports they only have 5% containment on this fire that has already burned 2,5 a 00 acres. we expect an update once the sun comes up and the battalion chiefs can get a better handle. the priority for the firefighters has been to save and protect life and property. >> we're just trying to get ahead of the fire. back there you've seen a couple structures that have burned and our crews were able to save three of them. >> we did lose one uninhabited

structure but we saved numerous other structures. very aggressive fire, very fast moving, it's wind driven and taupe gravy driven as well. >> reporter: and that structure had a that chief was mentioning was located several miles down the road from where we are standing right now. fortunately this fire is burning had this an area that is remote, mostly ranch land and wild land out there. it's moving in an easterly, southeasterly direction away from livermore. if they don't get and had ael on this then it could start encroaching on other areas as we get into the central valley. containment is only at 5%. they will get a better idea suns the sun comes up and then they will resume that air attack. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." well, wind has been pushing on that fire all night long. >> it's making conditions very

difficult. let's turn to meteorologist kari hall. kari, what are firefighters in for later today? >> the flames are continuing to be fanned by the wind gusts, up to 35 miles an hour. those are the wind gusts, the temperature now is 58 degrees, so at least it is nice and cool, humidity at 96%. today the high jumps up to 89 degrees there and the humidity goes down to 33%. and we've been talking about the wind direction. it is blowing the spoke farther off towards the east toward tracy and moderate humidity this morning will once again be going down as we go through the day. so hopefully they can try to get a handle on that. let's go hour by hour. in livermore we start out with the clouds and hen the temperatures will be warming up into the 80s. in the city of livermore we will see highs in the mid 80s today before it drops off later on tonight. we will get a look at all the microclimates and what to expect in weekend. that's coming up in a few

minutes. >> stay with us as this story continues to unfold, especially daurg your morning commute. we will keep you update ond that fire and the conditions throughout the morning. when we are not on air we do continuously update our dij al platforms. now to a developing story, not just here in california, in washington state, crews batt battenling a wildfire that's killed three firefighters. that in central washington. the firefighters were involved in a car crash before flames overtook their vehicle. this happening near the town of twisp. those three firefighters were battling a smaller fire when the winds shifted unexpectedly and then turned back on the crews. four other people were injured, one person critically. two towns have also been evacuated and about 1,000 people forced from their homes. >> they just said leave. like leave right now. and the wind shifted. we were -- the wind was blowing in the opposite direction.

>> roughly 200 homes are still threatened at this hour. meantime we know the three firefighters who died worked for the u.s. forest service. their names and where they are from have not yet been released. some people taking note of the firefighters' efforts before evaluating. tim martin were our nbc station in spokane, washington found in sign left on an evaluated home mere twisp. in case you can't see it it says, firefighters, this is just a house. please stay safe. >> people love their property there, that's a nice message. we have an update on a local fire, it burned for 16 days and stressed firefighters to the max. this morning we know now the cause of the rocky fire up in lake county. cal fire telling us a gas water heater malfunctioned in an out building. the rocky fire forced 13,000 people to evacuate and it burned up 43 homes. an unusual move by the oakland police department now, they had a private screening of

body camera video from last week's deadly police shooting and the goal is to be straightforward, it to help convince the skeptics. 27-year-old nate wilks was killed when officers opened fire. nbc bay area's jodie hernandez was among the direct reporters at yesterday's viewing. we were not allowed to record the body cam video but jody hernandez told us she saw officers repeatedly yelling at him to drop the gun and to get down to the ground. the suspect then ran towards officers with what appears to be a gun in his hand. the attorneys for the officers involved says they did peer for their lives. >> he was going to shoot either them or their colleagues. >> the suspect's mother who also saw that video says she believes her son did not appear to be pointing the gun instead he was just running with something am his hand. >> and will needs to be justice for him because they had no -- they had no reason to shoot him

like that. >> the oakland police chief says the video will be available to the public but only after the full investigation is over. now to a story where investigators are asking for the public's health building a criminal case against a woman accused of animal abuse. some of that caught on camera. >> stephanie chuang is live in burlg game. the video is disturbing, but it could put an end to more future abuse. >> reporter: well, that's the hope, kris and sam. investigators are on the case here at the peninsula humane society and is spca after watching the video, which will be tough to see so we're warning as we go to this footage, but you can see on this a woman appears to grab a small dog by its neck, then she looks to slam it to the ground at least twice. the humane society and spca are working to build a case against this woman who investigators say runs a dog walking and dog sitting business here in burlingame. they're also trying to find the

owner of the dog in that video to make sure that dog is okay. >> the dog that size getting slammed to the ground so forcefully, the dog could have a broken bone or several is broken bones. that's what we want to make sure, you know, the dog is getting created. >> reporter: so the humane society and spca say that they seized 11 dogs from that woman after seeing the video. three of those dogs are her own and the humane society saying it will not return those dogs to her until she can prove they will be safe. she has not been charged with a crime so investigators have not maimed her nor the name of her business. the district attorney will have to make a decision on whether to charge her and that can be either a misdemeanor or felony. live here in burlingame, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." new information about the kind of people uber may be hiring. san francisco's district attorney says he found convicted sex offenders, kidnappers, even a murderer among uber drivers.

the da blames it on the type of background checks that uber performs. the company does not go beyond seven years. he says it also doesn't require pinger printing as taxy companies are required to do. now the da is going after uber for monetary damages. we spoke to uber about this investigation. a spokesperson told us no system is 100% foolproof. a new push begins to improve safety on one of san francisco's most dangerous traffic corridors. city leaders will help to launch the upper market street safety project. it's designed to make streets on market between octavia and castro safer for cyclists and pedestrians. new safety measures will include bolder crosswalk, painted safety zones and more p no right on red restrictions for the folks who are behind the wheel. for those who are out cycling today, pain working up a sweat you can get away with it today. >> it was harder to get outside and exercise, but now that the temperatures are coming down it

will be great weather for whatever you want to do. if you are just getting the kids ready this morning, you are waking up, getting yourself ready first, it is now in the lower 60s. we do have the clouds out there to start out the day. into the afternoon beautiful weather. hot high pressure continued to move off towards the east so as we go into the rest of the day and into the weekend our temperatures will be mild and then slowly starting to warm up. i will have more on that, what to expect coming up in a few minutes. let's see how the roads are moving. we have our network of cameras around the bay. actually caught this on the live cam. westbound we do have some slowing, construction blocking one lane here. no real slow down aside from that build coming out of livermore and in toward dublin. a note, too, the tesla fire that's well to the east of there and not affecting 580 as the latest word no impact right now. looking at the rest of your drive toward the bay bridge a

little slowing around 580 off of highway 13, there was a little debris in the area but that has cleared. no problem at the toll plaza, guys, for the bay bridge that is. a new survey proves money cannot buy happiness, especially in the silicon valley. >> the beatles could have also told you that. plus another story about donald trump. he was on the campaign trail with or the presidential hopefuls yesterday but only one man found himself in trump's cross hairs.

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well rg, let's see, does this sound familiar? donald trump stole the spotlight on the campaign trail. sound familiar? >> i think so. >> he and other presidential hopefuls visited new hampshire where trump talked tough. >> edward lawrence live in washington, d.c. trump also made personal attacks on jeb bush. >> reporter: well, good morning. it's going to take a lot to knock trump out of the spotlight but the 17 republicans who are running are all trying to vie for that spotlight. they're first trying to convince voters in new hampshire the state with the first primary election. donald trump slammed jeb bush in a new hampshire town hall. the two candidates had dueling events within 19 miles of each other. trump had no problem pointing out he's drawing bigger crowds. >> do you know what's happening to jeb's crowd right down the street? they're sleeping. they're sleeping now. >> mr. trump doesn't have a proven conservative record.

he was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican. he's given more money to democrats tan he has given to republicans. >> still trump drives the debate in the republican primary. his focus on illegal immigration continues as trump vowed to clean up the system. >> the bag ones are getting out past. day one. if i win, day one of my presidency, they're getting out. we're getting them out. >> governor scott walker tried to change the debate to national security. >> when you have a lead from behind mentality that you have under the obama clinton doctrine it effects many places in the world. >> hillary clinton's popularity among democrats slipped under 50%. her support dwindled in a mash up with donald trump as well. and the road to the -- the road to the candidacy will be the longest for the republicans, 16 other candidates are all trying to kbrap that spotlight against donald trump's huge personality. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence, kris, back to

you. >> hard to find the high ground and deal with donald trump as well. tech workers may be getting paid more than most, but that doesn't mean that they are happier than the rest of us. the new survey finds just 36% of tech workers see opportunities for growth, that's versus 50% for other workers. the reasons it they say, opportunities are not spelled out at their companies or they simply don't exist. they also say requirements to move up are not consistent. certainly college should help at least put you in a better position to suck is seed. college stew cents on a visa may be forced to return home after a change to the visa is system. >> these are the kids who want to stay and work in american businesses and certainly something in the labor force that you've been watching or a while. >> we have. we cover this quite a bit. we're talking generally high tech, it's called the f1 visa, it let's college students stick around after their graduation for a little while.

my poster boy or poster man is pj be kabu. he started his own high tech company. people like him face deportation because they graduate college. it's time for them to go home. the visa let's them stick around an extra year but a court case this morning threatens the f1 visa. it was brought over on the east coast by american workers who feel threatened immigrant students may be taking their job. we're going to stay on top of the student visa, it effects thousands of can kids in bay area schools. you guys are talking about donald trump. he has been very anti-immigration, he has blasted undocumented workers, he's mostly against the h-1b visa but he tweeted, when foreigners attend our great colleges and want to stay in the u.s. they should not be thrown out of our country. donald trump is a supporter of the f1 visa. >> let's check your news before

the bell. landon you had toy is live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. wall street could see more red arrows today after stocks fell sharply on wednesday. they briefly turned higher than minutes are from last month's fed meeting suggest that the central bank is moving closer to rising interest rates but a slide this fuel prizes fueled the decline. look for date da on unemployment and housing. the dow falling to 17,349. the "new york times" editor is walking back that critical article about amazon. she wrote, perhaps the article should have been more balance and context. if you missed had had article it was a blow out. it told a story of an amazon where people cried at meetings, where they were put on job probation after taking time to recover from cancer. the public editor's statement indicates the times should have

compared amazon to other companies where frankly perhaps the same thing happens. the newspaper the onion has weighed in. i guess you will not be able to see that headline but it's quite funny. it says that jeff bezos has asked the hr department at amazon to work 100 weeks million they figure out how to make amazon a place where you don't have to work 100 hour weeks. they will not be able to see their families until they pig out how to let workers go home and see their families. >> i don't know that a defense -- a good defense is the other companies make their employees cry, too. >> it is a good requirement from the editor of the "new york times" to he will it the reporter, listen, maybe include some other companies. >> in fairness amazon is not a silicon valley company, is it? >> no, it's out of washington. throw some sunshine around, kari hall today. >> great weather today. i think we are cheering about this, especially as we shoe the

kids out the door for school. school is starting for a lot of kids and it will be nice weather wise as we take a look now from emeryville at the bay bridge and you can see things are already moving out there, but at least we don't have the low clouds shrouding the top of the bay bridge and now looking at the current temperature it is 66 degrees in livermore, san jose, sunnyvale, 65 degrees, 63 in concord, napa 59. the wind coming am from the west at 15er miles an hour, that will continue to pick up as we go through the day. a nice on-shore flow keeps your temperatures down. we've been tracking the wildfire conditions. over on the east bay over toward livermore it is still going to be windy today, these are sustained wind and the gusts will be higher. we also start out with fog on the bay, low visibility in some spots and throughout the afternoon we still see the fog along the coast and in san francisco visibility continues to go back down overnight and a

the fog rolls across the bay once again. we will have another day tomorrow starting out with some clouds that will clear, giving us some sunshine and mild weather. today's high 83 degrees in san jose, 78 in palo alto, embarcadero at 69 degrees. not as much of a wild range in temperatures as we had just a few days ago, but comfortable in spots and warm inland with concord today reaching 84 degrees, more of had weather heading into the weekend. let's see how traffic is moving with mike. over at the bay bridge toll plaza we to have those cash lanes starting to back up and this is a typical timing pattern here at 5:20 in the morning. that's the bay bridge toll plaza. let's look at your approach, the maze, the east shore freeway no big deal here. much of east bay starting school next week. the north bay there are no clays, we do have an issue, a minor crash reported south 880 around 98 past the coliseum. i could not see it with the live

camera. a little build for west 580 out of the altamonte. the san mateo bridge, a fender-bender reported, it's not affecti affecting driving. up neck it has been in the works for a long time but a barrier to prevent people from jumping off the golden gate bridge takes it's first real step forward. ==s/v= is te thithe bos ain.alle

happening later today, a lot of students getting more use out of their alarm clocks because it's time to hit the books again. fall semester starts today at san jose state university which means it's the first day of school for 3,500 freshman. there's a also a new interim president susan martin. as for the football team the spartans return september 3rd against new hampshire. all work and no play could make you very sick. that's according to a new british study that shows working long hours increases the risk of stroke and heart disease. researchers tracked more than a half million adults over a nine-year period. people who worked more than 55 hours per week were a third more likely to suffer a stroke. 13% more likely to develop heart disease than people who worked more standard hours. a new study finds that depression is not contagious but a healthy mood can spread among friends. researchers looked at how the

mood of adolescents influenced others in their environment. while depression does not spread among peers having a friends with a healthy mind-set helped teen recover were depression. having a stronger social network could be an effective way to street depression. the long road to a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge is about to get a little shorter. last year board direct members approved a new barrier, the price tag expected to exceed $70 million and take three years to build. in meetings planned for today and tomorrow the board is expected to approve the first real funding to hire a project consultant. nstruction likely won't start before next spring. an update to breaking news. firefighters spend the night on the front lines of a fast moving wildfire burning in the tri-valley heading toward tracy. a live report from bob redell after the break. plus, a devastating day in the state of washington. three firefighters overcome by flames when the wind suddenly

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of acres and at least one building, 200 firefighters are on scene mere the tri-valley trying to get this wild fire under control. all of this happening off of tesla road near where it turns into west corral hollow road. that fire has now burned 2,500 acres and it's blankets the tri-valley in had thick gray smoke. >> we have live team coverage it this morning. we begin with bob redell live in livermore with how it's looking as we prepare for sunrise. >> reporter: well, echoing what kari has been telling us all morning i can definitely feel the winds picking up as we stand at the road block at tesla and greenville in livermore. fortunately this fire had burning several miles southeast of livermore in a remote area where there are few people and homes. cal fire still reporting 2,500 acres burned, we expect that number to grow once the firefighters get a better look in the sunlight. it's only 5% containment. this brush fire started yesterday afternoon around 2:30

near tesla and corral hollow roads. first report was 100 acres, then 500, within four hours 2,000 acres. i bring this up just to give you a sense of how fast this burned. those conditions have been very dry, very windy and very scary for a couple of the horse ranchers who live out in had a area. >> we got 16 horses out. yeah. luckily -- luckily we have plenty of rigs that can do it. that one hauled 6 and the rest hauled four and good friends had a came and family. >> the smoke came and the fire chief said it's time to evacuate. in ten minutes. >> reporter: the 250 firefighters working this event called the tesla fire saved several homes, they only lost a vacant structure at the carnegie motorcycle park. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." the wind has been pushing this fire all night long.

>> we return now to meteorologist kari hall. kari, the wind gusts in the area are pretty strong this morning. >> up to 35 miles an hour, sam. the sustained wind that constant breeze you feel at about 10 to 15, but now the temperature is at a cool 58 degrees, but today it jumps up to 89 degrees in that area. and the humidity starts out at 96% and drops down to 33%. so of course the early morning hours the best time to try to get a handle on this fire as it pushes the smoke in a southwesterly are direction over toward tracy and moving it off towards the east, it is moving it away from most of the bay area. so a moderate humidity this morning and a constant wind may pan those flames as we go through the day. i will keep you up to date on that and i will have a look at the microclimates am a few minutes. we are going to of course continue to track this story throughout the morning. bob will bring us more live reports. for the latest on the fire and fire conditions in the

tri-valley and across the bay area check any of our digital platforms anytime. now to mother developing wildfire story. crews are still battling that wildfire that killed three firefighters in central washington. officials say they now know that the firefighters were in a crash before flames overtook their rig. it happened near the town of twisp about four hours northeast of seattle. the three firefighters were fighting a smaller fire when the winds suddenly shifted unexpectedly and turned back on the crews. four others were injured, one of them critically. two towns are still under evacuation orders which put thereabout 1,000 people out of their homes. >> that's how toes guys were tragically killed. so it has gotten insane. >> about 200 homes are still threatened at this hour but mean while we mow the three firefighters who died worked for the u.s. forest service. their names and their home towns have not yet been released.

some people concerned of course and taking note of the firefighters' efforts, putting their lives at risk. tim martin from our nbc station this spokane pound this sign left on an evacuated home near twisp. it says, quote, firefighters, this is just a house. please stay safe. new this morning, a wet mess on the streets of san francisco following a high speed chase that spanned a couple of counties. it started just before 3:00 this morning in san leandro as a chp officer tried to pull a woman over who they believe was driving drunk. she trove through oakland and hopped on the bay bridge topping seeds of 100 miles an hour and then she crashed into a fire hydrant on mission street and you can see what happened next. there was water shooting hundreds of feet into the air. the driver was taken into custody. happening today, the contra costa county deputy who died while trying to save a friend

will be honored by family and friends. he jumped into lake tahoe last thursday to help his friend who had just leapt into the water to help francies' sister. everyone made it out of the water okay except for the deputy. funeral services will be held at 10:00 in sacramento. he worked at the martinez detention facility. did san jose police act within the boundaries of the law when they shot and killed a homicide suspect earlier this week? that's one of the questions being asked right though in a complaint piled against san jose's police department. yesterday the former head of san jose's office of the independent police auditor tiled a complaint saying the shooting raised a number of red flags. the suspect richard jacquez was mott armed when he was shot in the back running away from officers monday night. initially police say jacquez was reaching for his waistband when officers opened fire but they have since backed off that statement. sjpd leaders continue to stress that the shooting was justified

because police believed jacquez planned to kill a woman who knew too much about the killing of another man. a high ranking police official says officers are being unfairly portrayed in the media. the isn't of the san francisco police officers association says people and the media post stories and pictures online and then judge the officers out of context. often those incidents involve my mortgag -- high authorities. >> they are being second guessed and monday morning quarter backed by members of the media or politicians or activists and many times it's just unfair. >> the association fully supports the use of body cameras to counter that. some dispute the accusations that police across the country are being misrepresented. >> police officers have a long egregious history of abusing black and poor people this our community. to he will it us we are overreacting and stair joy

typing them is not only irrational, it's insulting. >> the san francisco police officers association lance to make its case by working with some local radio situations and releasing videos of officers doing positive things in their communities. international news now. a developing story in thailand. today military officials are saying that a deadly bomb hg in bangkok earlier in the week was likely not carried out by ipt terrorists. now we are getting a closer look at the person police say was responsible. thai police release this had sketch of the man believed to be the bangkok bomber. police compiled the stretch after studying surveillance video of the scene minutes before the explosion. 20 people died in that blast, including four chinese tour rhode islands. prosecutors could decide whether to pursue the death penalty for the 21-year-old accused of killing nine people at a predominantly african-american church in south carolina. dylann roof face as 33 federal charges in that shooting at

mother emanuel church. roof confessed in june to the shooting reportedly saying he wanted to start a race war. all those theater shootings starting to change policy. a popular movie theater has increased its security following several deadly shootings. employees of remorse gal cinemas have started searching bags and backpacks. it does come after deadly shootings inside theaters in colorado and louisiana. remorse gal entertainment group owns roughly 600 theaters nationwide and here in the bay area there are theaters in berkeley, oakland, dublin, san ramone and san francisco. a fallout after a powerful explosion rips through a motel in washington ate. we are learning it may have been set on purpose. it happened in bremerton just west of seattle tuesday night and you can see the blast there on camera. right after that a quick thinking employee evacuated the building and witnesses say they saw a suspicious person coming out of the building near the gas

meter shortly before the blast. meanwhile, a gas worker responding to a call at the hotel still in the hospital this morning. the gas company says the worker has been an employee there for -- since 1982. he suffered a broken had neck and back and has severe burns, but miraculously no one was killed. a forewarning now, this next video may be difficult to take in. she was trusted to take care of pan's best friend but instead a burlingame dog sitter caught on camera allegedly beating a dog. >> stephanie chuang is live in burlingame. investigate err are asking people to watch the video because they want to try to build a case against this woman. >> reporter: they do. it's a tough case for the peninsula humane society and spca here in burlingame which are both hoping to get more evidence against had this woman. as sam mentioned the video you are about to see is pretty disturbing as to a warning there. investigators say the woman you see in the video is a professional dog walker, dog

sitter, paid to take care of people's dogs. you see her pick up a dog by its neck and hen slam it to the ground twice. it appears that's what happened. the humane society and spca say unfortunately this is not the first time he have they have heard complaints about this woman and now they are asking for help on building a criminal case against her. >> we had heard from that neighbor and another neighbor previously over the last ten years but we never had any real solid evidence until we received that video clip. >> reporter: animal care workers took 11 dogs from the woman, three are her own. the workers say hell not return those three until she can prove they will be safe. investigators are not releasing her name because she has not been charged with a crime by could be misdemeanor or felony animal abuse. they want help locating the owner of the dog in that video because they want to make sure the dog is okay. he can suffer broken bones because he is so small and want

to hear from anybody else who had a dog in that woman's care. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." safer nail salons in san francisco, that is the goal of a special task force that's created to protect nail technicians who work with toxic chemicals. this afternoon advocates for nail salon workers will join assembly member david chu to launch the healthy nail salon task pores. it focuses on educating on alternatives to toxic chemicals that are currently in use. berkeley's controversial right to mow cellphone policy is expected to get its first real legal test. berkeley city council members voted retailers to warn customers about the potential for video frequency exposure from their cellphone. a hearing is scheduled today in san francisco that will include the possibility of an injunction. berkeley's new rule took effect this month. >> time to get a check of your weather with meteorologist kari hall. one more day of relief before

another warm up. >> it will be a little warmer this weekend, but not sizzling like we had over it this pennsylvania weekend. now as you get the kids ready for school heading out to work it is now in the mid 60s and the morning low clouds typical for this time of year. it will be clearing out this afternoon, a high of 84 degrees can be can expected in the south bay, pens will 78 degree, east bay 77, tri-valley expect a high of 85, san francisco 69 and 82 in the north bay. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. we have the backup at the bay bridge and a concern over here as well. two reasons. of course, there is a motorcycle rider reported down in one of these lanes on the cash approach to the left, that's a concern for the safety of the driver or the condition at least, but also if there is light injuries had he should be able it to clear that quickly, if not this is going to cause a huge back up. there's no big build up coming off of 580. 580 through the tri-valley moves smoothly. the tesla fire not affecting the

freeway and the south bay just starts to build, guys. coming up, the city of san francisco drops its lawsuit against a popular social media site. >> plus maybe a solution for -- coming up in business and tech. plus costco in the middle of a jumbo sized controversy over shrimp. [female announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train,

save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get interest-free financing until 2018 on tempur-pedic. plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. don't miss mattress price wars at sleep train. security improvements by the social networking site meet me now signal the end of a long legal dispute with the city of

san francisco. dennis herrera sued meet me accusing them of failing to protect privacy for its youngest users. he said sexual predators were targeting children. herrera dropped that suit yesterday and is calling the site's modified privacy and safety protections, quote, ground breaking and he believes it may even set a new industry standard. bay area activists claim slave labor is responsible for putting food on local tables and they blame the food giant costco for doing nothing to stop it. the activists say the company knows that the farmed prawns that it buys from southeast asia are linked to fisherman who are shackled, it tortured, even murdered. the abused men and women work on board ships that gather so-called trash fish which is then fed to the prawns. >> trash push is basically dredging everything up offer of the ocean floor, near the floor, all put together and then ground into fish meal.

so the slave labor portion of the food chain is on the shipping -- on the ships. >> the law firm in charge of the lawsuit cites documentary films, investigative journalism and united nations reports which document that practice. now, costco responded to the lawsuit saying it will continue to work with various stakeholders to address the issues that have surfaced. business news now. apple putting ipods on the shelves. tour those? not figuratively, literally. they are moving ipods away from the feature tables which are reserved for higher value and hot ticket items. their new home store shelves where accessories are kept. it's been surpassed by smart phones and tablets. one perk is that customers looking to buy ipods can now just take one from the register instead of asking an employee to bring one out from the back.

turning to drones, perhaps it is time to fence them in. >> new technology now, u.s. senators prop sing all drones told in america come with geo fencing technology. basically built had no fly zones. >> it would be easy enough. drones have lots of computer power you just add a few lines of code that spell out where the airports are, sensitive military installations are, some drone manufacturers already include geo fencing, drij, dji drones the most popular manufacturer already geo fenced washington, d.c. if you want to fly your drone over the white house you can't anymore. they say they are totally in favor of this geo fencing idea like airports but points out the data for every single airport in the u.s. simply doesn't exist. no one was mapped it out and turned it into geo data but if it existed they would consider it. >> there's a tremendous amount of pressure on janet yellen this

morning. we saw the notes from the host recent meeting of the federal open markets committee and it seems split. some want to mike interest rates, some don't. the future of the american economy is going to come done to yellen at the next meeting of the fed this september. it's a big question. there are many data points pointing to, yeah, raise rates there are data points saying don't. the key is inflation. if inflation is strong raise the rates. just as it that started to happen the chinese lowered the value of their currency. should yellen raise rates depends on what day you ask. you know, sam, you were talking about the difference between literal and figurative. this is a literal combat ship and i don't mean the opposite of a figurative combat ship. it means a ship that sales close to shore, the next one built for the u.s. navy is going to be called the uss oakland. >> that is literally confusing. >> the spells on that.

>> the literol is part of the not very deep part of the ocean near the shore. >> you always see just something new. our neighbors are sinking fast. the san joaquin valley is sinking up to an inch 1/2 each month. you can see the canal in the central valley, it sunk so far had a now the bridge touches the water. nasa says farmers are depleting groundwater reserves and that's what's causing the sinking. as the drought drag on farmers are forced to use even more groundwater and at a deeper level which is accelerating that process. >> pretty soon we will have long lost cities, disappearing cities in california. i don't know how much treasure you will find into thinking of at land 'tis, that makes me think about saturday mornings and then i'm back at work. go ahead. carry on. >> the treasure right now today is another nice day here for our

kids going to school. >> great weather today, the next couple of days and a then it starts to warm up. so we are going back and forth. at least we don't see any of the scorching temperatures in the forecast heading even into the next week. you can get a look at the seven-day forecast as it comes up at the bottom of the screen and our steady rise in temperatures each day. let's get a look at the time lapse in san francisco we had some breaks in the clouds and more of a steady deck of clouds tonight and starting out the morning we will see that clearing up and a little bit more sunshine today. it's in the 60s all across the bay area, north bay 5 degrees and the wind coming in were the west at 10 to 15 miles an hour, it does pick up later on today, a sustained wind coming in from the west at about 15 miles an hour. we are keeping an eye on the livermore area where the tesla fire is just east of there and with the winds coming in at 16 miles an hour throughout the day the humidity dropping and higher gusts it will make firefighting

conditions very difficult today. super dry. in san francisco let's take it hour by hour. it will be 62 degrees at 8:00 in the morning, some breaks in the clouds by 10:00, by lunchtime it's bright and sun issy 67 degrees, highs in the upper 60s. a beautiful day there. in los gatos a high of 85 degrees, palo alto 78 degrees and upper 60s in san francisco. 79 in the north bay and novato, oakland 74, dublin 87 degrees and pleasanton reaching 86 degrees. that hot high pressure we had to start the week is moving off towards the south and east. the coastal fog each morning keep us nice and cool. we will be in between weather systems this weekend and a little bit warmer air moving in. here is a look at all the microclimates what too expect target tomorrow, in the 70s and 80s, a slow rise in those temperatures in a few spots. let's see how the morning commute is moving. it's better but look worse. the bay bridge toll plaza now filled in for all lanes, they

have turned the metering lights on, the crash there, the motorcycle crash, has cleared. all the activity in the parking lot now, minor injuries the motorcycle was involved, though, some flares still burning. let's look at your map. we will tart to see the build slowing off the maze and east shore freeway. typical pattern as you approach that bay bridge. north bay no delays as you look over toward that size of the map. 580 best west into livermore out of the at mon. quick check of san jose sews that starting to build. call it the united states of emojis. >> a study from a smartphone keyboard maker shows which are the most popular in each tate. >> the tech emoji most in california. in hawaii it's the surfer, new

york the statue of liberty. others in california, sushi, the bowl of ramin and the sunset emoji. the taxi one, though -- >> you are not feeling the taxi emoji. >> i was surprised that that's the most common one. i never see it. >> maybe it should be uber emoji or lyft. >> all 17 republican presidential candidates vying for attention, only one of course stole the spotlight again. ==saots do

decision 2016 and it's a familiar tune on the campaign trail. donald trump stole the spotlight but he and other presidential hopefuls all a trying to get their campaign message out in new hampshire where trump was talking tough. "today in the bay" edward lawrence has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: donald trump slammed jeb bush in a new hampshire town hall. the two candidates had dueling events within 19 miles of each other, trump had no problem pointing out he is drawing bigger crowds. >> do you know what's happened to jeb's crowd right down the street? they're sleeping. they're sleeping now. >> there trump doesn't have a proven conservative record. he was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican, he has given more money to democrats than he has given to republicans. >> reporter: still trump drives the gate in the republican primary, his focus on illegal

immigration continues as trump vowed to clean up the system. >> the bad ones are getting out fast. day one. if i win day one of my presidency they're getting out. we're betting them out. >> reporter: governor scott walker tried to change the debate to national security. >> when you have a leave were behind mentality that you have on the obama clinton doctrine it affects many places around the world. >> reporter: hillary clinton's popularity among democrats slipped under 50%. her support dwindled am a mash up with trump as well. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. this san mateo one hour from now former president jimmy carter plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis for the first time since revealing last week that he was ill. in a statement 90-year-old carter said he will undergo treatment at an atlanta hospital. earlier this month the former president had surgery to remove a mass on his liver and learned that the cancer had spread to other parts of had his body. mr. carter says he will reveal

more about his condition at a news conference set for 7:00 our time. a follow-up at 5:57. despite a daring rescue effort by the international guard a crew member who got sick aboard a cargo ship in the middle of ocean has tied. a rescue team responding to a dress tress call took off from moffett field traveling 900 miles out to sea. where a sail hr had fainted and was bleeding with a possible hemorrhage. they parachuted into the water, inflated a raft trying to get aboard that ship and treat the man. his name has not been released. a dirty and potentially toxic sewage problem in rio should not be considered a game changer when it comes to next year's summer olympics. has the response were brazilian sanitation leaders. they say, yes, there is a sewage problem but that those problems have not led to illness among the athletes who are already training there. the international sailing

federation says four athletes became sick during a test event this summer. that's counter. but according to a hospital in rio treating one of the patients dirty water not the cause. >> hopefully they identify what is. coming up right now a wet mess it this had san francisco as a high speed chase comes to a crashing halt. and animal abuse on the peninsula. the troubling allegations against a dog sitter and how investigators say you can help. but first fierce flames blanket bay area skies with thick smoke. "today in the bay" starts right now with breaking news. that breaking news smoke and flames in the tri-valley still. >> right now the fast moving wildfire burning out of control just east of livermore still ramping up this morning. the flames now moving toward tracy and there are homes in its path. had had has been going on since 2:00 yesterday, hundreds of firefighters are attacking this fire from the ground and

air drops will resume this morning. >> so far 2,500 acres are burned and it's only 5% contained this morning. >> we do have team coverage of the wildfire, meteorologist kari hall tracking the winds in the area which have picked up some steam, but we begin with bob redell. he is live near the fire line line in livermore. >> reporter: sam and kris, i can tell you we are definitely feeling that breeze out here, as kari has been mentioning for about the past hour or two which is not helpful for 50 firefighters who are trying to put out this fire several miles +n behind me. fortunately this wind is blowing east away from the population. this fire is only 5% contained, this is according to cal fire. and they've only -- they've already burned -- this fire has already burned 2,500 acres.