outside. and a little bit of a cooling trend getting started a bit later today. we'll have temperatures out of the upper mid 90s across the tri-valley. upper 80s to near 90 today. 60s in san francisco. and no rain is in the forecast. flooded roadway. >> yes, glad you said no rain. the bellagio. no, unfortunately is a car crash. we haven't heard about major injuries but this is in concord. that car is getting soaked. this is just off clayton road. 1600 block of ga len da. this is basically the light show rauz r because of the flashing lights. crews taking care of this water main break. but again, that car involved there so we are finding out more details. as we take the map we're going to show you where this is. this is off of clayton road over at gelinda. this is not affected by this water. we have the b.a.r.t. station nearby as well. that's not effected. that's good news. 242 and 680. we'll get a look at the big bay shot. there are no major issues. as far as the freeways go,

freeway flows fine. bob redell is in san jose. there is an issue for the light rail trains. what's the latest you hear. >> well, good morning, mike. we're on highway 87 not far from the children's discovery museum. disabled light rail train. this was a car not in service but presumably getting in place for the morning commute. what happened is that lost its pantigraph. if you see that metallic piece of equipment between the two rails, that's the thing that is supposed to be on top of the car. it's the spring like device. we've all seen it before. mounted on top of these light rails. it delivers power to the light rail by making contact with the electrical line. that broke and fell off. in the process damaged the power line itself. you can see the bright lights. you might see men and women in fluorescent vests. they are working on fixing this line right now. and then they are also in the process of moving the light rail, the disabled light railcar out of here. the whole point of this is that

it's going to effect the morning commute. vta, valley transportation authority, has told us that there will be an emergency bus bridge in effect for the 901 and 902 lines. for 901 between san antonio and curter in stations and 902 line between san antonio and sent fernando stations. and they said this would be going on through the morning commute. that's an update they gave us an hour ago. maybe things have changed. maybe they're going to be able to get this done. perhaps sooner than the entire morning commute. we're still trying to get that information. but as you can see right now they've got a disabled light railcar here on the track underneath highway 87 not far from the children's discovery museum. damaged power line because that piece of equipment broke off and caused damage to the power lines above. you see they do have an emergency response out here trying to get this fixed in time for the friday morning commute. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." we move now to breaking news out of new jersey where rescue

crews are at the scene of a crash involving two commuter buses. look at that scene. all of this is happening in newark. and as we try to digest this wnbc reports a new jersey transit bus t-boned another bus. that is the aftermath you see that one of the buses there in an accordion style crash is crumpled. at least seven people are injured. chopper footage showed some of those treated on a nearby sidewalk. one bus nearly split in half. we're talking right now with our new york news desk and we'll continue to update this of story throughout the course of the morning. new this morning, a structure burned to the ground in the south bay. a fire that started around 1:00 this morning around east main street and hill road in morgan hill. not too far from libo high school. you can see those flames completely engulfing that structure. firefighters have not yet said whether this is a home or what kind of building it was, what was inside. so far, no word on a cause.

a developing story out of southern california where that wildfire continues to rage out of control. right now the blue cut fire in san bernardino county is at 36,000 acres, only 22% contained. 1600 firefighters are on the front lines trying to douse those flames and protect homes in the area. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd is tracking the latest from the devastation and she is going to have a look at the aftermath for us throughout the morning. here in northern california, firefighters are finally getting the upper hand on the clayton fire burning in lake county. at this point that fire is up to 60% contained. full containment is expected by this sunday which would be about eight days after the fire started. in the process, it's destroyed more than 300 structures, including almost 200 homes. a suspected serial arsonist has been arrested for starting this fire. as we talk about the highs and lows here and specifically the impact of the fire, a key system

for the medal winning u.s. fencing team returned from rio to find his home among the hundreds destroyed in that wildfire. matthew porter is the armor for the u.s. fencing team. he fits the athletes in their gear and makes sure that everything works. well, after helping celebrate the team's performance in the summer games elation turned to devastation. last sunday his wife had to evacuate their lower lake home with their family's pets. on thursday, they got word that their home was gone. >> as long as she's safe, i told her the rest is paperwork. we'll get through it. >> perspective there. the porters ran their fencing supply company from their garage. even though they lost a lifetime of mementos, their hoping to keep their spirits high. >> that is really sad. we go back now, kris, to rio. more breaking news. a hit to the reputation of team usa over night we learned a member of the u.s. swim team is being forced to pay $11,000 fine just to leave rio. this after authorities investigated and found that

several swimmers including gold medalist ryan lochte lied about being robbed at gun point. >> nbc bay area anchor jessica aguirre is tracking the story from rio. and, jess, the truth is kind of evident in that surveillance video. >> well, that surveillance video certainly very telling, kris and sam. and it's what brazilian authorities here really wanted to get out because the one thing they didn't want was this stain on them that brazil is a dangerous country. they've had a few mishaps and obviously there has been some crime issues here. but that is not what they wanted out there today. so american swimmer jimmy feigen will be headed back to the u.s. he made a court appearance this morning in a brazilian courtroom before a judge. feigen reached a deal with brazilian police, agreeing to pay $11,000 to a local charity. feigen will be getting his passport back after it was seized wednesday and kept from leaving rio. as you said, it stems from that alleged robbery with teammates gunnar bentz , jack conger and

ryan lochte. lochte initially told if press he was robbed at gun point. brazilian police found the su surveillance video and showed that they were drunk, vandalized a gas station and that they were confronted by armed guards. that demanded they pay for the vandalism. a fabricated story that various swim commentator and olympic natalie conklin said should have been recity fid. >> it got so big and i just don't know why he dug his heels in. >> now, lochte was the first one to leave the country. he's back in north carolina. conger and bentz left yesterday and we just received word that they have arrived in the nights. they landed just a short while ago in miami. the attorney for them says that they were never part of lochte's story. they never lied. they never said anything at all.

the u.s. has issued an apology to the host country saying they're embarrassed by what happened and what these four swimmers is involved in is not a reflection of team usa and they could face some sort of sanctions when they are back in the united states. that will be looked at by the olympic committee. lochte may face a misdemeanor charge at this point. it's unclear. some of the attorneys we've spoken to says it's really not going to come to anything. he's already out of the country. one thing is for sure, he is facing a lot of embarrassment and it has tarnished his reputation and potentially many endorsements deals for the future. kris and sam? >> all right, thank you very much, jess. new this morning, donald trump in the flesh, sort of, if you didn't catch a glimpse of the naked trump statue in the castro district for yourself in person you're too late. it was hauled away overnight. >> a whole lot of people took out their phones and started getting video when they saw it it was there. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live from san francisco. and the question now is, pete, where is the donald trump

statue? >> yeah, you guys mentioned, the naked donald trump statue, a big talker here in san francisco but it had been moved to sfpd and it's because the group behind it could face vandalism charges. for one they didn't have a permit. two, there's that glue substance and we're being told it could take thousands of dollars to remove that from the sidewalk. we want to show you guys some of that new cellphone video we got of the statue being taken away by the department of public works. this morning before 3:00 a.m. and according to them, that statue is being taken to the mission station of sfpd for possible vandalism charges. anonymous anarchist group behind the stunt that posted five naked trump statues across the country. their goal is to get people's attention, mission accomplished. >> we wanted someone who not just capture likeness but do something utterly ter feig and that is how we feel about trump. >> his persona is huge.

and is monstrous. but i wouldn't call him a monster. you know. that's just me being politically correct. >> now, other statues were in l.a., cleveland, seattle, and new york. all of them have been taken down. the one here in the castro was the last one to be taken down. there was talk that the statue was going to be taken into custody by lefty o'doole in san francisco but at this time that may be off the table. pete suratos for "today in the bay." maybe a little chilly overnight in san francisco but as we start off our friday here, temperatures are going to be back up on the rise at least for another day. let's check in with rob mayeda. >> as you mentioned, 50s outside. 56 degrees in the north bay. 59 in san jose. "spare the air" day today. both for ozone and east bay valleys and for smoke around the south bay. north bay temperatures in the 70s and 80s and still a few low

90s out towards the tri-valley. seven-day outlook shows breezy and cooler conditions as we get out of the weekend for san francisco. inland locations into the mid 80s there approaching monday. mike? the roadways are very calm right now. it's a friday. expect a later start for your commute. as we adjust to those schools coming online, we'll watch as things possibly change over the next couple of weeks. no, they will change. we know that. no slowing to the area. look at the live camera. we do see a steady volume. typical of the dublin enter change. slowing out of the altamont. back to you. coming up next, accused of the unthinkable. east bay woman who police say took advantage of the elderly and crimes that might be all caught on camera. in business news, use all the data you want. i'll tell you about a new plan that says watch netflix all day. one day, history was made.

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comcast. identifying a serial bank robber-- they've named the "audi the fbi is asking for help identifying a serial bank robber that they've named the outy bandit. he's suspected in three bank robberies and one attempted robbery a across the bay area. investigators say during that break, during the spring, we should say, he hit banks in burlingame, livermore, and pleasanton. after each robbery the suspect took off in a different audi car.

anyone with information is asked to get in touch with the fbi. only on nbc, she was paid to be a caregiver to the elderly but now a medical technician in the east bay is accused of violating their trust and robbing them. burl levy seen here in her facebook page is charge with stealing with those she was hired to care for. since 201 she's worked at san ramon villa. 95-year-old man living there started seeing things disappearing like this ring he had. then a few weeks ago police say 61-year-old lee i have was caught on camera. >> essentially showed the suspect walking into, removing property from a drawer and leaving. >> from there the detectives looked at levee's fanses and discovered she had been making large cash deposits into her bank account and selling large amounts of jewelry at a local.shop. police recovered several of those items. they say the challenge now will be identifying who that jewelry

belongs to. bus news. hotly debated issue is coming back. uber is headed back to court over the argument over whether its drivers are employees. >> scott mcgrew, i thought we settled this question. >> so did uber. so did the drivers. the drivers wanted to be counted as employees, not contractors. uber didn't want that. the two settled out of court. the final decision uber drivers would remain contractors, not employee, but they would get a financial settlement of $100 million split up amongst the drivers and that wasn't very much money once you split it up. a judge would have to agree to all that but thursday the san francisco judge in charge of the case said no. it wasn't enough money to start with. so the case goes back in the settlement talks and, if necessary, back to trial. of course all this comes as uber works to replace the whole concept of a driver. uber will start using robotic controlled volvos in pittsburg, pennsylvania, before the end of the year. you can get a ride in one of these.

a person will still be behind the wheel because the law currently requires it, at least for now. and if you're asking yourself, why pittsburg? it's home to carnagie-mellon from which uber stole many of its scientists. let's check in with landon dawdly live at cnbc's world haud quarters. good morning, landon. >> happy friday. the markets could be in for a down day. futures pointing to a lower open. and this is the major indexes on track for their third positive week in a row. today we'll get quarterly earnings from retailers foot locker andest tee locker. oil trading a day after crude found the highest settle since the 1st. the nasdaq up even will to 5240. scotting back over to you. t-mobile says it's getting rid of all the data caps, simplifying payment structure. unlimited data means you can watch all the netflix you want. i mean, you can actually just leave it running all month.

though only in standard definition but then again you're watch og an cellphone so what do you care, right? if you go over 25 gigabytes which is ridiculous, they will start to slow down the connection. but i spent a lot of time on the phone with one of t-mobile's financial people going, all right, what if i did this. no, it's fine. so this is kind of cool. especially if you have kids and they go over their data cap and you look the bill. >> i don't have teenagers yet but i heard those of you who have teenagers talk about this. >> so there are no caps on any of the plans generally speaking except for 25 -- >> on t-mobile. no caps, period. >> asterisks. >> with the only asterisks if you go of an absurd amount of data they will slow down. >> just don't be absurd then. >> unlimited usage within reason. the summer games are slowly winding down with pivotal competitions happening today. the u.s. women's water polo team

featuring the bay area's own maggie steph fans will go back to back for gold later this morning against italy. the men's basketball team led by several warriors taking on spain in the semifinals. and usain bolt heats up the track again in the 4x100 meter relay final. correct me if i'm wrong, rob, didn't we meet maggie steffans here? >> that the an amazing sport. nbc camera seeing all the action. below the water. you don't realize it in water polo. >> even the coach went to mountain view high school. >> the bay area has a connection to every sport? >> yes. >> training ground for athletes. >> speaking of rio, gorgeous picture coming up. we're going to show you the view look over rio in addition to our weather. there you go. live picture. how about 77 degrees? of course rio time right now, it is 9:19 in the morning. but here close to home still, yes, before sun rise.

you can see here in san jose, we're at 59 degrees. hazy skies. smokey skies again around the south bay and over towards the tri-valley. a little bit of low clouds in san francisco. 58 degrees. and there's a view. out towards dublin, 59 with hazy skies. again, the hayes is the story. "spare the air" alert. worst to be out towards the tri-valley and ground level ozone, your typical summertime pollution but the smoke which you can see here in one of the models we look at to look at ground level smoke, you see how high to consent administrations are in the south bay and east bay. here's improvement by tomorrow morning. may begin to see more smoke drift off to the east. so we need here is a shift in the wind. may not get it until very late today and then by tomorrow and for the weekend as the temperatures begin to cool down air quality, too, should begin to improve. around the bay area, low clouds, big story for us today. if your weekend plans include the sierra, look out for a chance for afternoon thunder showers. some of that, the cloud cover

may sweep towards the bay area for sunset tonight. temperatures in the eight tiz today around san jose. 60s closer to san francisco. tri-valley temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. trending cooler and breezy around san francisco. valley temperatures though starting to see a cooldown there as those numbers drop into the mid eight i tz and early next week. mike? >> rob, we're going to start overall as the nice view of your speed sensors. not a problem this friday. starting to see more traffic building. fremont, northbound 680. right at scott creek road, word of a crash. looks like the activity. should be able to get off the roadway typically. typical commute southbound. top of the screen something just popped up. we'll track that as chp gets on scene. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza. despite the light traffic flow around the bay we have just a couple of cars waiting in the cash lanes. early start for a light commute there friday tends to see a later build here. we're track it, guys, back to you you. coming up, putting our troops at risk. the jars discovery for the u.s.

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them safe by reduces their chances of getting rear-ended. some drivers see it as a dangerous maneuver that takes them by surprise. so which is it? tonight at 11:00 we dig deeper into the controversy and uncover whether the state of california is ignoring critical information about lane splitting that might help protect drivers and motorcyclists. >> is it safe? >> for years we didn't know. for all of the time that it has been legal in california, we couldn't really say. >> so just how is california keeping tabs on lane splitting accidents? and could the state be putting you at risk? you can catch our full investigation tonight right after the olympics. if you have a tip for our unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. thousands of defective military helmets for a time put u.s. troops more at risk in afghanistan. that is the assessment of a justice department summary issued yesterday. it finds that combat helmets made by a contractor which used

prison labor did not meet minimum standards. degraded material reduced the helmets's effectiveness in withstanding bullets and shrapnel. they recalled them in 2010. no injuries or deaths though were tied directly to the defects. for the first time, kris, the u.s. state department is conceding a $400 million cash payment to iran, was tied to the release of four u.s. hostages but then it wasn't exactly a ransom payment. the u.s. made that payment in january ahead of the release of four americans. now in a statement yesterday state department spokesman john kirby clarified the money was part of a frozen iranian account. he says the u.s. withheld it and used it as, quote, leverage until iran released those hostages. coming up next, rolling flames in southern california forcing thousands to flee. a closer look at the aftermath left behind from the blue cut fire.

i'm jessica aguirre live at olympic park. coming up, images of two of the swimmers 1r06 s involved in tha alleged robbery arriving in the united states for the first time and coming up one of the swimmers ed what to go today to get out of rio. i'm bob redell live here in san jose where an emergency bus bridge is in effect for part of the vta line after one of the light railcars becomes disailed. we'll have that story coming up.

good morning on this friday. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. we've been talking about the cough and the sneezing an wheezing. a lot of smoke in the air, rob. >> you can blame the weather, i think, for that. allergies. >> not you. >> not the messenger. yesterday we saw the air quality take a dive as the smoke moved back in the bay area. this morning, the low clouds, 50s outside. live jacket morning as you send

the difference off the schools. mid to upper 80s around the tri-valley but we'll talk more about that "spare the air" day and air quality in the next weather report right now. mike is watching two crashes in fremont. >> that's right. the speed sensors are not an issue around the bay but watching what could be an issue southbound 680. last report it appeared at mission. there are a crash blocking your slow lane. we'll track that. second crash north 680 at scott cre creek. bob is in san jose because of an issue affecting the light rail service. bob? >> reporter: good morning, mike. yes, emergency bus bridge in effect for the 901 and 902 lines. the 901 between san antonio and curtner and 902 between san antonio and san fernando because of disabled light railcar underneath highway 87 not far from the children's discovery museum an hour and a half ago. it was moving along the line when it lost a piece of

equipment. you can see it there in the gravel between the two rails. panic route. that's what helps the car get power. and in the process it snapped one of the overhead power lines. you have crews trying to remove the disabled car and fix that power line. the last update is that this would be going on throughout the morning commute. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you very much. right now at 5:32, breaking news just getting word that berkeley police is reporting the city's first homicide of the year. here's what we know about it. police say that several people called about gunshots in the area of mabel and burnett streets. this happened about midnight in the southwest part of berkeley. the victim is an adult man who died from gunshot wounds. they do not have anyone in custody a tht moment. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is headed there. he will bring us a live report. moric breaking news, this time out of rio. one of four u.s. swimmers accused of lying about being

robbed at gun point appears in court and agrees to make a large payments. and now he will be free to go home. >> nbc bay area anchor jessica aguirre has been tracking the fallout from this scandal. she joins us live from rio. what's the latest? >> reporter: sam and kris, three down, one to go. we just learned that two of the swimmers involved in theal lenked lochte lie have or lived in miami. we want to show you the pictures from miami international airport. gunnar bentz , jack conger arriving a short time ago. they were able to leave rio yesterday on thursday after talking to brazilian police. this morning though jimmy feigen faced brazilian judge so that he could exit the country. the american swimmer will be headed back to the u.s. he reached a deal, donating $11,000 almost to a local charity in exchange forgetting his passport back. that's apparently something they do here in brazil where you can avoid being charged with something if you make a

donation. now, this all stems from that alleged robbery with teammates bentz , conger, and ryan lochte. if you remember lochte told the press the group had been taken over by these armed gunmen and that they had put a gun to his head and now surveillance video the brazilian video found shows the men at the gas station where they apparently vandalized the gas station and then got into an altercation with the security guards who were armed who asked the men to pay for the vandal m vandalism. that didn't happen. the story got out and lochte now could face a misdemeanor charge as well. experts that we've talked to say it is unlikely and that he could always just say he really didn't understand what was going on. >> it's a language issue. and maybe he wasn't doing more than he was supposed to. had a little too much to drink and the next thing you know someone is pointing a gub at him, he doesn't know what's happening. >> as we just showed you conger and bentz are back in the u.s. they actually got pulled off

their flights and then talked to brazilian police. the attorney that represented them in rio maintained the two men never lied because they never corroborated lochte's story in public, p they just reminding their own business, the oc has apologized for the home country of rio and said that it is embarrassed by the actions that these swimmers tookd and that when they get back the u.s. they may face consequences within the swimming community and could face some sort of sanctions. as for lochte he is in north carolina, ironically he was the first one to leave the country so he hasn't had to deal with brazilian authorities the way his other three teammates has. he's tweaked his story and said maybe it didn't happen exactly the way he meant it. but that it was more not on a truth issue, just a misunderstanding. we shall see. >> of course, yeah, we have that interview with bulilly bush on e "today" show. live from rio. let's go back now to california.

evacuees in southern california with still being told to stay away from their homes where the blue cut wildfire is burning ferociously. that fire is more than 20% contained. but at least 36,000 acres have been burned and many homes are destroyed. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd went out with firefighters to assess the burn zone. >> reporter: i am standing along highway 138. many of the homes had been reduced to twisted metal and ash. i went on a ride-along with the san bernardino county fire captain and i talked with the man who was very concerned about looting. >> i've been through some pretty big fires, this one kind of amazed a lot of people. >> reporter: san bernardino county fire captain john garber giving us a tour of what the fire is leaving behind. he says the rightwood area has been through a lot of fires. many of the people there are so confident that they stay when told to evacuate. at the height of the fire 82,000 people were told to leave the

area, an undetermined amount of homes and structures are gone. things are not back to normal yet. people who live in rightwood are working on it. carl and his wife dog left when told to evacuate but he stayed. he spends his evenings and nights patrolling the streets looking for looters. >> we just had some groups of kids that we watched. and i have haven't seen anything. i haven't heard of anything. but at night i just made it a point of driving through the neighbor hood to see if anybody was wandering around or looked like they might be up to no good. >> the sheriff's department arrested three people for hooting. they are wondering what their move might be. i talked to one family and we will hear more from them later on in the newscast. i'm cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >> cheryl, thank you very much. here in northern california, firefighters are getting the upper hand on the clayton fire burning in lake county. right now it's up to 60% contained. full containment is eth ped by

this sunday which is eight days after it started. in the meantime, the fire has destroyed more than 300 structures including almost 200 homes. a suspected arsonist. a follow-up now charges accuse of making death threats against the acting san francisco police chief. arrested donald last month after he posted controversial racist tweets about chief tony chaplain. the san francisco public defender confirmed the changes were being dropped saying his tweets were protected under the first amendment and contained both political and religious elements. a dorm downgrade for hundreds of san jose state freshman. they were supposed to be moving into the university's newest housing development but instead they're going to have to bed down in a run down dorm slated for demolition. according to the mercury news construction of the university's new ten-story freshman dorm is behind schedule and it could be another month before it's

finished. in the meantime, students will be living three to a dorm at the bricks. that's the dormitory built in the 1960s. that's supposed to be torn down. now it will have to wait. >> torn down to taken away. if you haven't seen him yet check out naked donald trump. the statue popped up in the castro yesterday and became an immediate tourist attraction. the public works department removed it around 3:00 this morning. it's only happened in the last few hours. the people behind the naked donald trump statue is actually appeared across the country yesterday. there were five of them. say they wanted to get people talking. if that was the mission, mission accomplished. a political activist group called in decline installed statues in five different cities. a member of the in decline says the group selected an artist who specializes in creating monsters. >> art is essentially made to create conversation, to get people thinking, to get them talking and to stir some type of

emotion. >> most cities removed thoet statues saying that it's against the rules to place statues on public property without first receiving a permit. the statue could still find a home in san francisco. supervisor scott wiener is in talkings with city leaders to see if it can go to lefty o'doole's. for more to come on that. >> let me tell you our photographer shot that very carefully. >> exactly. you want to get a check of the weather? >> i do want to get a check of the weather. we have a birthday party coming up this weekend. >> it's good in terms of temperatures for that. any weekend plans and probably some better air quality. outside right now, low clouds around san francisco, cool start. light jacket weather. as you send the kids off to school. 59 right now in san jose. but for another day, smoke pollution and giving awe "spare the air" day today for east bay and south bay. that's where the air quality will be at its worse. 83 in san jose. mid 60s in san francisco. and the tri-valley, numbers still close to 90 today around

the east bay. mike? >> all right, rob. we'll take you on the fremont crash since there's nothing else going on. i'll tell you about one other development. southbound 680 and mission, that crash still there. and it blocking the slow lane, still the transition shows slowing but nothing on the approach. we're okay still. bottom of the screen 680 towards scott creek road. the crash there reportedly involved a myrrh psycotor ps mo deer. the bay bridge, the focus of a lot of commuters and we have the metering lights turned on. lighter flow. this is friday. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up, crossing the line. the bay area woman facing serious charges after allegedly cyber stalking a kardashian. and advertisers are interested in olympic cat lovers. we'll take a look.

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taggers - turns out grease is the word in san jose. ==vo== that's what crews are now using to protect a popular bridge taggers turns out greece is the word in san jose. that's what crews are now using to protect a popular bridge from vandals. overpass i above highway 280 used to be a prime target for taggers but has been sprain paint free for a while. sources tell nbc bay area everything changed when crews covered black grease on plates and poles lining the bridge leaving it too slippery for taggers to climb. so far this is the only bridge in the south bay using that kind of grease deterrent. >> creative. new this morning, the famous brady bunch house in north hollywood became more than a tourist attraction for a couple of thieves. police say they broke in through

the glass sliding door on wednesday night. the homeowner an elderly woman heard them down stairs, flipped on a light and scared them away. they left empty handed. keeping up with the kardashians, but crossing the line in the process. an east bay woman is accuse of stalking kris jenner. fbi agents arrested 36-year-old christina bankston at her home in newark. the nurse's assistant is accused of stalking the reality tv star for six months. authorities say bankston sent text messages to kris jenner, claiming she was following her, hacked into family e-mails, and said a massacre was going to happen at jenner's southern california home. politics now. decision 2016, donald trump says he regrets things he's said in the past. listen to what he told his supporters in a rally in north carolina. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't

choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> got some applause on that. while the republican nominee didn't specify which remarks he regrets this soms after a shake-up in his campaign this week. trump and his vp selection mike pence are going to be in the flood-stricken area of louisiana today. meantime, hillary clinton is meeting police chiefs and leaders. clinton says her goal is to, quote, repair the bonds of trust and respect between our police officers and local communities. and now the latest in san francisco's continuement caper. >> scott mcgrew, they are accused. >> mayonnaise mystery. we told you about this as it was revealed a couple of weeks ago. hampton creek in san francisco apparently sending employees in to stores to buy its own products. now, a development. bloomberg reports the scc may

investigate. the worry is hampton creek was making its just mayo vegan mayonnaise look more popular by buying it up. it's not illegal but may mislead grocery stores. hampton creek says it was performing quality checks. the market is looking for a lower open this morning but still on track for a win for the week. san francisco's gap which also runs banana republic and old navy disappointed investors with its latest quarterly report. did you know advertisers are paying attention to what olympic sports you watch or what athletes you read about in order to advertise to you better? an ad track company called trade desk tells cnbc it's been able to link people's favorite sport so other things they like. so for instance if you paid a lot of attention to, say, women's soccer, you probably are interested in history. you travel a lot. and the chances are you also

really, really like cats apparently. go figure. i'm not making this up. this is data. data. if you like gymnastics, the advertisers have noticed you are more likely to be a business owner and you like video games. and this is weird, you're more interested in body building. basketball fan, i'll give you one guess what kind of shoes that i like. nikes, right? they also apparently are dog lovers and they are more likely to use coupons. and if you're saying to yourself, now, hold on, i'm none of these things, it just looks at the data that if you google one person and you like something else you're more likely to associate those two together and it's a better bet as far as advertising. >> who knew? >> soccer lover, cat lovers. basketball lover, dog lovers. >> that's true for me. >> dog lover. >> i don't know about coupon user, but i got to go back and check the history. >> all right, money bags.

i've used a coupon or two in my day. that's for sure. researchers now say the zika virus may be a threat to the brains of adults and not just the developing babies' brains. tests might suggest the virus can damage immature brain cells in adults. in the short term they're less vulnerable than those of developing babies but over the long term it could mirror some of the effects of alzheimer's including personality changes and dementia. when you think of cpr you typically think first aid. but school bus drivers in texas are learning first aid in a different kind of sense. >> advocates call it mental health first aid. they want to spot warning signs of a mental health crisis in children before it becomes a problem. the goal isn't to train people to diagnose or treat those health problems. instead it's just prepping them so that they know if they need to get professional help for those kids. >> to listen nonjudgmentally, to provide support and reassurance, to know what professional helps are out there, to know the

resources that are out there in your area. >> the text bus drivers say they've already noticed signs in the kids that they drive. >> keeping everyone alert. we are going to get a check as we talk about school bus kroo drivers and kids going back to school. >> the bad news, though, still the air quality. that will be an issue as we move into the afternoon. right now temperaturewise, you might want a light jacket for the kids as they get ready for school. numbers in the mid 50s around the north bay. 59 with hazy skies. san jose, and there you go. 59d degrees currently as we show you there. humidity at about 83%. a few patches of low clouds and our hour by hour forecast for san jose, climbing into the mid outitys by mid afternoon today. you can see the low clouds across the east bay for the morning. heading back to the coastline for the afternoon. now, if your weekend plans include the sierra, look out for a chance of these thunderstorms, especially south of lake tahoe.

we'll see that today and again saturday into sunday. highs today around san jose. mid 80s. south of downtown. numbers closer to the upper 80s around morgan hill. 60s near san francisco. north bay temperatures in the 70s and 80s. 80s still near 90 degrees inland for today. speaking of inland locations, "spare the air" day for the east bay, interior valleys as smoke continues to be a big story here. south winds aloft. notice the transition into saturday now. we're gibbing to see the winds turn more out of the west. so for most of today we're still likely to see those hazy skies and then as we go through the weekend we will see the winds begin to fire up and we hope push more of the smoke out of the bay area. one thing you will also notice is temperatures cooling as the upcoming weekend, san francisco dropping into the low 60s with drizzle likely over the morning hours. and for valleys, bigger difference in temperatures as we cool down maybe even below. a slightly early next week. mid 80s could be in the forecast there approaching monday.

mike? tracking a little more slowing over through hayward. you can see just a tiny bit of slowing through 238 down through a street. it's a friday. same thing for northbound wurn through san jose just a tiny build there at 680. over here we got an update. you know where the crash was reported south 680 at mission boulevard but it might be at andrada. two areas very bichdifferent. i'll pursue that area of interest. the bay bridge toll plaza, interested in the backup. the fastrak lanes is back up. cash lanes are flowing. bring that cash because those lanes might get you through quicker today. back to you. >> all right. back to school with some olympic medals, olympic swimmer maya dirado returned. the school district posted this video on social media. drape with her two golds and her two silver medals from rio, dirado shared the love. by the way, she said high was

harder in stanford in terms of time management. she's also a stanford alum. >> a lot of medals kids are going to get to touch those and experience that. amazing. coming up next on "today in the bay," we investigate. >> i have not heard a coherent explanation as to why some cases are considered to be prioritiesing and why others are not. >> cases given priority while others are not critical. a decision that can mean the difference between swift justice and years of delays. we investigate an overtaxed an overburdened u.s. immigration court system that is once again in crisis. first, happening right now, the charges against a man accuse of making death threats against the acting san francisco police chief are being dropped. details of that story on nbcbayarea.com. plus, right now on our facebook page, a piece of history perhaps. see how pieces of the old bay bridge are being salvaged as art. ♪ everything is awesome

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come seek the royal caribbean now an investigative unit exclusive. a new crisis has hit immigration courts this summer and it has nothing to do with the upcoming presidential election. >> our senior investigative reporter steven stock discovered more people than ever are clogging u.s. immigration courts here in san francisco and also around the country.

steven? >> good morning. you know that's right. u.s. immigration courts are facing the largest number of cases in their history. more than half million people now scheduled to have a judge hear their cases. our investigative unit discov discoverdiscove discovered that some of the cases are being given priority by the u.s. justice department you while other cases for unknown reasons are being kicked to the back of the line. that means some undocumented immigrants won't get a court hearing until as late as 2019. for immigrants fleeing violent gangs and death squads in central america that can make no justice at all. their cases languish in the system leaving them in legal limbo. judge, attorney shs and the people caught up in this system all tell me this leaves them frustrated. wondering whether american justice will be delivered at all. to see our entire report, plus see a breakdown of the numbers we're talking about, just go to our website nbcbayarea.com. guys, back to you. >> thank you.

if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. all the circus is coming to town but this year you may notice something different. for the first time in 145 years there will be noelle fants at the ring bling brothers and barn ham and bailey circus. after on going pressure from animal rights activists the circus finally cut the elephant show. the animals were sent to live on a sanctuary. circus organizers say it has been a transition. >> it's very different not having the elephants but, you know, more importantly, we have transitioned. we have moved on. so we like to think of it as a new era and next step. the thing about the circus, it's always been about change. and this is just one more change that we've had to deal with. >> the circus is now getting a high tech makeover with thrilling stunts and a light show but they still have their traditional clown acts and

acrobatics. don't be scared of the clowns. >> i'm scared of being dizzy in that circle. san francisco's heart is going to belong to one man later today. legendary crooner is celebrating a milestone. >> tony bennett turns 90 years old today in san francisco is holding several tributes for the man many call a civic treasure. bennett first left his heart in san francisco or sang it, i won't, in 1961. the city will unveil an eight-foot bronze statue of bennett on the lawn of the fairmont hotel. tonight he will perform for giants fans at at&t. >> he's still an epic performer. we are tracking several breaking news stories happening right now. pete suratos just got to the scene of the city's first homicide in berkeley. >> reporter: pete suratos in berkeley, yes, police search for the suspects in a deadly shooting that marks the city's first homicide of the year. we'll have toes hose details co up in a live report.

i'm bob redell. we'll tell you how aen emergency repair here on the vta line will affect your morning commute in the south bay. new video overnight of two american athletes now swimming in controversy arriving back home in the u.s. the overnight developments in this scandal now stealing the head lips from the rio summer olympics. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. i'm kris sanchez in today for sanjay gup laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we got some smokey conditions out there, rob. and a cooldown in store. >> midway through the weekend. the cooldown will push some of the smoke out of the bay area. this morning cool enough i think for a light jacket in many spots throughout the bay area. waking up to mid 50s around san francisco and the north bay. as we approach the afternoon numbers in the upper 80s and 90s in pleasanton and livermore. mid 80s in san jose. and 60s around san francisco. speaking of the warm temperatures in tri-valley, issues for that commute this