at home and police say it's no accident. i'm kris sanchez. i'll show you where it's happening and what the take away is for everyone else. we will build a great wall along the southern border. >> clear and bold words. donald trump lag out his immigration plan while re-enforcing his push for building a wall at the u.s./mexico border. reaction right now as "today in the bay" continues. >> a very good thursday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we are going to start this morning right now on roadways. you are watching a recovery. >> recovery, we like that term because that's improvement. maps what you would expect around the bay. zooming the in over toward hayward and fremont. slow drive for 880 as the build happens south from 238, nimitz freeway toward the san mateo bridge. you expect that improvement from lanes down alvarado boulevard.

better flow toward the dumbarton bridge now. still tracking the only issue aside of the bay bridge metering lights. it's the treasure island off-ramp. the off-ramp still closed from a mud spill. it's not muddy because it's raining but we are worried about the weather because of the holiday weekend. >> not looking at any rain. could use it but it is the first of september as we get into fall. september 22nd. official start of it. we'll hopefully be tracking rainfall. clear skies in the south bay. few thin clouds. fog is across the powell and san francisco and even across the north bay where visibility is down to less than a mile in santa rosa. 65 is where you're headed in san francisco. 70s and 80s for inland valleys. comfortable day. stellar weather. back into the weekend, warmer weather as the unofficial close of summer wraps up with labor day. see you in a bit. >> it's not so stellar for other parts of the country. it's really a developing story we're following this morning in several powerful storms are churning right now in the

tropics. we're keeping a close eye on the gulf of mexico and the pacific. this is the path of the tropical storm hermine which is strengthening as it approaches florida. we are already seeing heavy rain and wide spread street flooding there. 51 of the state's 67 counties are under a state of emergency. in the meantime, in the pacific, the big island of hawaii avoided a direct hit from madeline. the state isn't in the clear just yet. hurricane lester is making its way toward the island. that storm is expected to weaken by the time it reaches lantd this weekend. some disturbing surveillance video out of fremont this morning. you're looking at several armed burglars crouching there, sneaking around inside of a home. all this happening while the homeowners were also watching it in realtime on their phones as they were at dinner. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live in fremont this morning. kris, this isn't the only incident we're talking about here. at least three bay area communities are now on alert.

>> reporter: right. in all these stories sound remarkably similar. armed men going into a house. often though police say they think the families are at home and that that is how they will be led to the more valuable items in that home. so it is no accident. let's take a look at that surveillance video once again. you can see five men crouched down with serious firepower. fremont police tell us those guns had extended magazines, that is extra bullets. the thieves grabbed what they wanted and left the before police arrived. police belief that same gang of thieves showed up at another fremont home specifically when the family was there. listen to how similar that description is from fremont police with what people saw in piedmont. >> suspects game through the open garage door. went straight to where the family was at. controlled them at gun point. controlled their locations. asked about where things were. >> three people walked in.

asked them for if they had a safe at home, asked them for their cash and valuables. >> reporter: that family was held at gun point in the same neighborhood where three construction workers were also held up at gun point. and there was a similar robbery in the oakland hills as well. and now police say they could all be connected to the same band of thieves. now, at least one or two of those home invasion style robberies happened when thieves made their way into the homes through an unlocked door. so that is a message for the rest of us, make sure the doors are locked, make sure the windows are closed before you go to bed. in fremont, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you very much. we turn to decision 2016. and who would pay for a hypothetical wall? donald trump says he did not talk specifically about that with the president of mexico when the two met. but president enrique pena nieto said he did tell trump mexico will not pay for a wall. after that meeting trump gave much anticipated speech on

immigration in arizona. >> they don't know it yet but they're going to pay for the wall. and they're great people and great leaders, but they're going to pay for the wall. >> that's trump sticking to his primary promises, building the am and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants. he says as president he would create a special task force to deport criminals. hillary clinton earlier yesterday said that trump cantor race things that he said in his past. >> certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flowing home again. that is not how it works. >> right now there are reports that several of trump's latino surrogates quit after last night's speech. one tweeted out that he feels disappointed and misled. meantime, hillary clinton will be back in the bay area soon. the democratic presidential nominee will be in san francisco

on september 12th for another fund-raiser. tickets cost as much as $50,000. clinton was just in town last week. as the election inches closer, stay with "today in the bay" for in-depth coverage throughout the race for the white house. right now we have more local reaction to trump's speech on our website nbcbayarea.com. at 6:06 on thursday morning, the san jose father accused of abusing his 6-week-old daughter to death will be back in court today. matthew zabala could enter a plea in that case. prosecutors say baby mila suffered a skull fracture and wasn't breathing when deputies arrived. doctors found broken ribs and fractures to her arms and legs in different stages of healing. she was taken off life support on friday. southbound la zabala is being charged with murder. two young girls who loved to sing and dance according to friends an family members are remembered at their elementary school at rohnert park. the gonzales sisters 7-year-old

sayra and 9-year-old delilah died yesterday morning on their way to school. their motter in lost control of her car and drove into the petaluma river. 26-year-old hernandez survived but was not able to rescue her daughters. parents at waldo rohnert elementary school are having an emotional talk with their kids about losing two classmates. >> he was asking questions. we explained and -- but he was sad. >> family members say that delilah and sayra's parents are devastated. the chp says hernandez told investigators someone cut her off on the road and she was over correcting when she drove off the road. hernandez reportedly did not have a driver's license. investigators are urging witnesses to come forward. after serving 90 days in jail just half of his sentence for three felony counts of sexual assault, former stanford swimmer brock turner will be released tomorrow. early for good me haif your. right now the sheriff's department is preparing and taking extra precautions.

numerous groups plan to protest turner's release. so the sheriff is set to be beefing up her staff. >> he will be leaving the jail exactly as everyone else does, through these doors, at a normal release time. >> will you have to take extra security? >> you know, we're going to have law enforcement here because we're hearing of protests. there's some angry protesters. we'll just be here keeping the peace merely. >> turner is expected to be released sometime tomorrow morning. we'll bring you live team coverage of the release on "today in the bay." some weekend plans could be ruined in the east bay after a popular park lake is closed due to a toxic algae bloom. it is closed to swimming until further notice. the algae found in the lake can cause rashes, skin and eye irritation and allergic rep actions and can be fate to for your dogs. the rest of tilden park will remain open. anthony is in for kari on maternity leave. >> we've got clouds in san jose.

it's not overly cloudy. a few breaks in the cloud cover. we are going to see the next bright start to the day. 57 right now in half moon bay. generally speaking 61 in san francisco and 60 in oakland. 61 in palo alto. visibility issues right now in the north bay down to one mile visibility in santa rosa. if you're traveling along 101 keep in mind you may encounter issues there. mike will be along in just a bit to talk about the rest of your commute. highs for the day, 60s and 70s. once we get rid of the low clouds at the coastline we're going to see a nice day, 65 for san francisco. 77 today in palo alto. even 78 today in san jose. so we'll hang on to 70s as we get into the holiday weekend. we'll show you that in a bit. here's mike tracking that morning commute in hayward and san jose. >> you gave a note for santa rosa. that may be an issue. lower i visibility. there's enough as far as your stopping distance. peninsula, no problems. bigger slow down was in the east bay from 238 past 92 down to alvarado boulevard. traffic was jammed solid but now

we have recovery as the track at alvarado boulevard cleared. a street and almost to the normal for the him it's in and over here slowing from 680 -- 5089 down toward bernol. south bay i wanted to show you the backup. northbound direction. just starting with the build in earnest here at 680 itself. nothing unusual. you're clearing by the time you get to oakland road. up next, something many parents can relate to, figuring out how to properly install your child's car seat. the changes by automakers in hopes of make that critical task they say a little easier. and too hot for the cellphone market. the dangerous reason that samsung is delaying shipments of the latest smartphone. strange signal from outer space may be coming from inside the house. we'll take a look coming up.

6:13 on thursday morning. when i sigh it i believe it but they say child safety seats are becoming a bit easier to use. automakers are getting praises for making those improvements. for a lot of parents finding the right latch or anchor to safety secure child restraint seat, it's pretty tough. the insurance institute for highway safety even found parents using adult seat belts because they couldn't locate latches or anchors.

so a year ago new standards were set making it easier to find the latches. several automakers are already made those changes. >> part of the improvement is that the tether anchors are higher up and are now in the middle of the seat back easy to find location and clearly labeled. >> that's good. the institute just concluded tests on 170 vehicle models most of which earned a good or acceptable rating. the audi q7, lexus rx and toyota prius are getting the highest marks of a good plus. >> child safety seats one thing parents worry about, also congestion, trying to get to work and school. big tech companies creating too much of that in palo alto? the mayor of the peninsula city says yes and he hopes to do something about it. mayor patrick burke is looking into revamping a decade's old zoning ordinance that would force tech company those move out when they get too big. the goal is to make more room for start-ups. in many cases large companies in this instance have office space

in 20 downtown buildings that comprises about 12% of all commercial space in downtown palo alto. the mayor is also concerned with the lack of housing. business news now. the battery on samsung's new smartphone galaxy note 7 is exploding while being charged. that's what many people are claiming this morning. now samsung is delaying shipments of the phone in south korea which happens to be the company's home. samsu samsung's market value dropped $7 billion after that news broke. the new galaxy note 7 has a lot of buzz and the company was hoping to keep that excitement going by delivering the phone on time. samsung says the problem will soon be fictioned. more concern this morning, the russians are trying to effect our election. >> scott mcgrew, earlier this week the fbi said they may be hacking our voting machines. >> we've seen lots of secrets and hillary clinton leaked online that could be traced back to russia. the worry is spreading this morning. there are more secrets out there and they will be published by julian assange and wikileaks.

is he working for the russians? "the new york times" analyzed the secrets. s a sang has release and found in most cases that timing of those releases directly benefited russia though the "times" says it could be coincidence. but they're asking the question. and of course you have edward snowden who is in russia. snowden will be the subject of a movie coming out two weeks from now written by oliver stone, often a fan of conspiracies. snowden of course the nsa analysts who leaked secrets. speaking of the russian, russian scientist os who said they might have detected a signal from outer space says it's possible it came from earth. still trying to figure that out pmplths and back here at home, electronic arts in redwood city is going to try to pull in kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem into the game. it doesn't show the national anthem but the voices talk about kaepernick in the play by play. talking about how realistic the

games are gotten and can predict the super bowl. now that we're going to do for this year is go bag into the voicing booth, the play-by-play guys and if there's a controversy about kaepernick or if somebody has been injured they will be able to say that in the game as you're playing it. >> incorporate what's happening in the real world. >> kaepernick as he drops back for a pass and tackle and now he's been in the controversy. >> color commentator. >> keep playing for the 49ers. >> how are they going to update that? >> could be cut. is it usual that you would see video game makers weighing in on a political discussion right now? >> really updated the game, the voice game, the voice part of the game ever. so you know, who knows what else they'll comment on. >> very interesting. >> yeah. >> okay. well, we'll see if colin kaepernick will have time to visit a roller coaster or two. california's oldest amusement park getting a $12 million facelift. here's a look at a artist rendering. starting next season santa cruz boardwalk will start a ten-month

renovation pro yejecproject. new main entrance, new look for several games, concessions and attractions. fright walk and laser maze will get some upgrades. this week park workers began moving games out of the building and it setting up a pedestrian walkway. it's expected to be completably the summer of 2017. >> all right. that kind of feels like summer when you talk about getting out there and going to the boardwalk. >> yes. >> certainly. >> toer sure. >> feeling like fall. that's a nice thing for a lot of people. >> in fact, a holiday weekend coming up. if you're headed to the boardwalk, perfect weather. get the denim shorts as we were joking about earlier, in you want to take part in your denim california jacket maybe. all right. 61 degrees in san francisco. we've got the fog in place at the coastline. across most of the bay area as you get going. even are seeing the clouds lower in the south bay this morning. 61. seems to be the general temperature across the bay. 65 later on in the city. comfortable, breeze there.

82 in the tri-valley. 78 in the south bay. good range in temperatures like we usually do. 57 in half moon bay. later an this afternoon we will see the fog clear out. see visibility down one mile in santa rosa and even four miles in half moon bay. take it easy if you're traveling along high wau one. 60s and 70s for most of us this afternoon. still manage a few 80s in livermore up to 82. 81 for concord. i want to switch gears and talk about what's happening in the tropics. two systems in hawaii. madeline is south of the big island but lester now a category two hurricane. winds up to 110 miles per hour but you will notice the path of it takes you just north of the island chain as we head towards this weekend. if you're traveling that direction keep in mind you may encounter tropical weather as well. look at the seven-day forecast. temperatures do stay where they're at. upper 70s to low 80s for inland valleys through the holiday weekend. tuesday and wednesday, temperatures start to get a little bit warm as we close out the unofficial round out the

unofficial close of summer. san francisco, temperature in the 60s with 70s by tuesday and wednesday. mike, are you tracking a couch in san jose right now? >> yeah, think about doing something with the home so a couch is on the mind. couch is on the roadway. looking at san jose for that issue. reported right around 101/680 interchange. i took a look. i don't see disturbance. note chp around that area. we do have slowing as the build starts. 680 up towards the airport in san jose. 87 and 85 show little signs of speeds just below the speed limit. build is -- just changed that. speed sensors showing more slowing as we would expect. rest of the bay moves well. tri-valley, east bay now recovered. slower drive from 238 down in toward fremont. reports of a stall around the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. i'll get you lane information. sounds like the toll plaza is clear itself. this toll plaza, bay bridge is backed up. looking at an issue on the treasure island off-ramp from eastbound 80 out of san

francisco. getting into san francisco we deal with this, low clouds hovering around. yes, a building volume of traffic. more slowly traveling across the bridge. still you're able to manage just fine. watch that north bay anthony told you about in santa rosa. you've given us warnings about this, mike. a lot of construction on willow road at highway 101 in menlo park. things will get worse before they get better. $70 million to replace the interchange with the new wider bridge. construction is set to begin in early 2017. right now there's construction going on on the third southbound lane on willow road at new bridge street. facebook which is just about a mile from there is paying for that extra lane. coming up next, we are talking about a first of its kind program in california that makes it easier for domestic violence and sexual assault victims to get the help they need. plus -- >> banking is easier than ever. but it's a sore spot where problems can cost us dearly. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds, next.

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crisis, people who are curious about what domestic violence actually is. sometimes they're not sure if they're in a domestic violence relationship or not. >> education can be the key. 90 people have already used that new service in just a few weeks. at 6:25 this morning. nbc bay area responds to a fair number of complaints about banksnd we're not alone. >> consumer investigator chris chmura has a look at how often consumers are asking uncle sam to get tough with the banks. >> this brand new snapshot comes from the consumer financial protection bureau which logs more than 20,000 complaints each month. of the top ten companies, americans complain about most, five of them are banks. now, recently we've seen an uptick in bonus offers the banks use to entice you to open a new account. washington says it's also noticed an uptick in people saying they didn't get those promotional perks. the most common complaints are about bank fees on everything from atm use to monthly account

maintenance, overdraft fees are the biggest hot button in the government record. the cfpb says they now average $34 per offense and consumers are frustrated paying them. so what we can do about it besides complaining? shop around then switch. bañks might complete. credit unions might offer lower fees. plus, credit union membership isn't always restricted the way it used to be. it's a hassle closing one account and opening another. if you're routinely paying hefty fees to the bank you might save yourself serious cash making the switch if the you have a complaint about a bank, let us know, 888-996-tip or logon to nbcbayarea.com/responds. tomorrow at 6:20 i'll total up the amount of money we've saved for consumers like you since our mayday bu. have a great day. all right. it's time to start rocking the bluejeans because denim could become the state fabric. >> in a 59-3 vote state

legislators passed a bill to make denim the official state fabric. it was propose bid assembly man mark levine. his colleagues showed their support by wearing jean jackets during his presentation in sacramento. governor brown has yet to weigh in on that bill but the name of the bill, the number of it, ab-501. >> get out. really? >> that's the name of it. >> 6:27 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," south bay neighborhood hit by vandals again. the bizarre crime involving white int a that has people in willow glen seeing red. pete suratos in petaluma where folks in sonoma county are dealing with yet another death involving two young girls in a deadly car accident. we'll tell you how the community is reacting, coming up. donald trump insists mexico will pay for the wall but did that come up in his private meeting with mexico's president? i'm tracie potts. that story is next.

welcome to thursday morning. thachlgs so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. certainly you feel bad about what other people in the country are going through with their weather right now. we have perfect weather? this is like ideal fall weather. >> and even in fire season. not looking at temperatures too hot and too cold. get out and enjoy the weather. goldilocks weather. 60s across the board. still a chill in the north bay.

54 right now there with the low clouds everywhere i across the bay. waez get going we'll see sunshine as the fog peels back from the coastline leaving fon a comfortable day for most of us. a few 80s for the tri-valley. we'll talk about the weekend ahead. in the meantime, mike is going to get you to work on time. >> if you're heading down 680. the rest of the way is showing the build but it's thursday, not so bad as we often see. 680 slows down hitting the brakes down toward highway 84. because of a crash there currently blocking the slow lane. will take you back that scene. 880 moves smoothly at crashes at 92 and dakota. both sound like they're off the roadway. i'll track that and the updates. san mateo bridge live look shows you thank you volume builds westbound. of course. back to you. >> thanks, mike. after a reports he might soften his stance a hard line

drawn by donald trump. the gop presidential candidate laid out his immigration plan making it's very clear he does want to deport some 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning with more on the plan. plus, reaction from trump's rival hillary clinton. good morning, tracie. >> good morning. so right now trump is speaking at the american legion where clinton was yesterday. but it was his speech last night in arizona getting a lot of attention, trump saying that there needs to be mass deportation here in the united states. and conflicting with the mexican president on what was said between them behind closed doors. donald trump in arizona last night. >> mexico will pay for the wall. up with 00%. >> reporter: and trump hours earlier in mexico with the country's president. >> we didn't discuss who pays for the wall. we didn't discuss it. >> he later explained. >> they don't know it yet but

they're going to pay for the wall. >> reporter: but clinton campaign's already out with a new web video this morning claiming the great negotiator choked. then lied about it. the mexican government tweets, they did discuss who pays for the wall, that mexico won't do it and that's not negotiable. tim cane this morning called a diplomatic amateur hour. >> it shows that he sort of folded under pressure and didn't have the backbone to say to the mexican president what he's been saying over and over again. >> reporter: in the arizona trump lays out his immigration plans. immediately deporting 2 million criminal immigrants. verifying that workers are legal, cracking down on those who overstay visas. the focus, trump says, should be on americans not immigrant families. >> no one will be immune or exempt from enforcement. >> reporter: now, after hearing that, several of the people who had been advising trump on latinos and latino community have decided to quit the

campaign. they don't want to work with him anymore. saying they feel betrayed and misled by what he came out and said last night. >> controversy continues. tracie potts live in washington. much closer to home. following breaking news out of oakland where police are investigating a double stabbing at an apartment building. this is video just into our newsroom from the scene. police were called in just before 4:00 to harrison street fear 580. when they arrived they found two men stabbed inside the building. officers were eventually able to track down the suspect and use a taser to bring him into custody. the two victims were taken to the hospital. grief counselors will be on hand at a north way elementary school to help children cope with the tragic loss of two gla classmates. their mother reportedly lost control of her car and crashed into the petaluma river. "today in the bay's" pete suratos live in petaluma where this tragic crash happened. pete, we understand the mother did not have a driver's license.

>> reporter: good morning to you, laura. that is correct. according to chp this mother did not have a driver's license when she lost control. driving along this road. petaluma boulevard north in petaluma. she lost control and drove into the petaluma river down there which resulted in the deaths of her two daughters. now, i want to show you new video we got this morning of that growing memorial right off this road where this all took place. according to chp 26-year-old ali hernandez just dropped off her husband at work yesterday roughry around 8:00 a.m. yesterday morning and was then taking her daughter, 7-year-old sayra and 9-year-old delilah, to their school in rohnert park. she tells investigators someone cut her off and that's when she over corrected and drove into the river. now, this is a week after a similar car incident took place in jenner right here in sonoma county when a pair of young sisters died when their mother lost control of a pickup truck and drove into the russian river. now, in both cases the mother

survived and also in both cases you have the same first responders trying to save the lives of both of these girls. >> weighs heavily on a lot of people here, especially the officers that arrived first and tried to assist them. >> reporter: now, grief counselors will be on-site at waldo rohnert elementary. this is still an on going investigation. if you have any information, contact chp. >> certainly some tough conversations. pete, thank you very much. a follow-up now on the berkeley balcony collapse. state legislation to increase oversight of contractors is passed through the legislature. it's now sit to think governor's desk. that bill is a direct response to the fatal balcony collapse that killed six people and injured seven others last year. if governor brown signs the bill into law it would ensure state agencies oversee construction and industry standards for

buildings. both the state senate and assembly unanimously approved that legislation yesterday. 6:36. also heading to governor's desk. multiple bills to reform the state's public utility's commission. many say the failure to oversee pg&e led to the deadly san bruno explosion in 20 10. lawmakers passed those bills late last night. the legislation calls for more transparency and would fine commissioners if they failed to disclose private communications. one of the bills would strip the puc of its authority to regulate transportation services like railroads and ride share companies. >> a scary moment for a rider. another attack on a muni bus in san francisco. this time a man was hit on the head with a bottle and cellphone was stolen. it happened tuesday morning about 10:30 on a 14-line outbound bus going through the outer mission. the victim was approached by two men, one who distracted him while the other attacked him. no arrests have been made. police are combing through video from that bus. now in recent weeks a couple of muni drivers have also said they

were attacked. sam, more san francisco police officers are getting body cameras today. more than 150 officers are already wearing them. the department began issuing those devices back in july. their goal is to equip all officers from lieutenant down with cameras by january. today officers in the ingleside station will receive the devices. the department has been under intense scrutiny lately to reform following multiple shootings of suspects by officers. vandals are striking again in san jose in a bizarre way. someone keeps splashing white primer paint on utility boxes coughed by these colorful murals. the boxes are located all over san jose willow gren glen neighborhood. vandalism showed up in january and didn't happen again until this past sunday when police say a box on the corner of meridian avenue and dry creek road was hit. the artist has since repainted the mural. this vandalism is just yards from a grove of trees that were cut down by vandals last month. here's music to your ears on

this thursday morning. quieter b.a.r.t. trains. the key is in the wheels. the main source of the noise are those wheels. so after two years of testing engineers have come up with a new wheel design. train operators describe the difference as night and day. b.a.r.t. says the new wheels will be gradually added to the trains where w. a total transition expected within the next two years. breaking news just in to our newsroom. explosion at the spacex launch site in florida. take a look. nasa says the company was con ukt thing a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast happened. this is a photo tweeted by nbc nightly news. you see the smoke just swirling in to the air there. building several miles away reportedly felt the blast. we're monitoring the latest. scott mcgrew in fact in our newsroom gathering information. he's going to join us a little later in this newscast. monitoring the very latest on the weather front as well. as we take a look with anthony slaughter who is in today for kari hall.

what are you tracking? >> we've got fog here across the bay area. it's not everywhere. tiburon, you can bear my make out anything exempt for the trees. visibility is the worst. across the east bay not so bad. mt. diablo to walnut creek. few clouds in the area. sun is starting to come up. 6 1 in san jose. 58, livermore. 60, concord. 61, san francisco. as we get going with the day we will see the fog peel back to the coastline. another nice day, 60s and 70s. a few of us inland fairfield, concord and livermore, 80s. everywhere else, nice and comfortable and sunny today as high pressure dominates all of the way through the weekend. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. mike, you're tracking a tri-valley crash. >> we shifted our slowdown from one direction -- one avenue in fremont to another as we look at your map. pretty standard flow of traffic. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. 880 coming in toward hayward and fremont. that cleared. back to your standard there.

680 slow from stone ridge past where things get jammed up highway 84. one clarash clearing. foothill road will get you past if you are familiar with that route. meanwhile, as we look across the bay the bridges build westbound but no problems on the peninsula. northbound route build three you silicon valley, 101, and 87. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it's 6:41. coming up, pizza and productivity. the link that may have your boss buying you lunch today. 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick vowing to repeat his national anthem protest during tonight's preseason game against the chargers. i'm bob redell. we'll have that story coming up. and back here in the newsroom. just got off the phone with the safety officer in florida who confirms that large explosion. we're talking now about who may be hurt. we'll take a look at that coming up.

new this morning. check your refrigerator for little bites. those snacks are being recalled because they may contain piece of plastic. little bites fudge brownies and chocolate chip muffins are the products under recall. the snack maker says the problem occurred at one of the contracted bakeries in illinois. so far no injure has reported.

i'll try to tweet out a link of which little bites to look out for. in the meantime, happening later today the entire country watching the 49ers today. not necessarily for the game. the focus is going to be on what happens during the national anthem right before kickoff. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live from santa clara this morning. bob, the big question is how colin kaepernick is going to be received in san diego, especially as this happening to be the annual salute to the military night. >> definitely going to be a different atmosphere down there in san diego than the atmosphere here if the levi stadium last friday night when colin kaepernick last friday night did sit down during the national anthem. at an interview here at levi stadium. he did say he plans to sit down again during tonight's preseason game against the san diego chargers. here's that image from last friday night as kaepernick saturday down while his teammates stood during the national anthem me said he's doing this in protest against what he says is police brutality against minorities in this country. now, yesterday kaepernick not

surprisingly found support from members of the black lives matter movement, a small group of people from that movement. a block the entrance to the san francisco police officers association. they were protesting the letter that the poa sent to the nfl commissioner and the 49ers ceo. in that later the poa demanded kaepernick apologize for his comments regarding officer-involved shootings and the letter called him an embarrassment for sharing misinformation. >> what he did is in alignment with san francisco values. >> i think it makes drama out of things that are not dramatic. there are far more issues that we should be focused on than what a quarterback stands or sits for. >> it's a disgrace, to be honest with you. it's pretty much saying he doesn't care for our country. >> she was one of several people at an event yesterday in san diego where the san diego chargers signed autographs. marine corps air station in miramar before tonight's game which is as you mentioned, sam,

the chargers annual salute to the military to honor the thousands of servicemen and women who live in the san diego area. a u.s. naval officer will sing tonight's anthem while more than 200 members of the military will unfushl the u.s. flag. it will be a much different atmosphere than also week at levi stadium. remember, colin kaepernick has been doing this protest for a few games now. it's just that last friday, when that tweeted image went out was the first time that many, most people started realizing what had been going on. reporting live here at levi stadium in santa clara, bob r redell, "today in the bay." 6:47. breaking news in our newsroom this morning. there has been an explosion at cape canaveral. >> you've been talking to the range safety officers. >> good morning to you. we have live pictures as well. eye i talked to a fum were of participate in florida that confirm that explosion. we have pictures as well. this is a very distant shot because obviously you need to be far away from launch pads. but this is probably, we're

understanding, the spacex falcon rocket. it was supposed to launch on saturday. now, keep in mind the falcon is unmanned. there are no astronauts onboard. certainly lots of people around that rocket. we understand there was what was to be called a hot fire test. spacex was to launch a satellite for the country of israel. we will continue to monitor this. one of our reporters in florida is saying now that there are no injuries. we have not been able to confirm that very same thing. talking literally to the people on the ground. and now again, laura, we're watching live pictures. again, you can see that thin stream of smoke. this rocket was supposed to launch on saturday. >> and people in several buildings far away said they felt the force of that explosion. >> i talked to one guy in a hotel down there along the seashore. he said he had definitely felt it but he had no idea what it was. of course, this adds to a lot of the trouble that can, remember, spacex and tesla and solar city

all essentially run by elon musk. he has been talking about tesla needs to borrow money to support solar city and now they have apparently have a rocket blown up with a satellite on top in cape canaveral. we'll have lots more in the "today" show. i know the "today" show is going to be covering it. we'll talk more about it. >> all that coming in to our newsroom. thanks so much, scott. all right. switching gears here. a story that we told you about a little earlier. this is at will you work harder for free pizza? >> you think that involves free pizza probably perks you up. researchers at duke university tested the theory. the answer, not surprisingly is yes. here's how they carried it out. four groups of workers were offered several rewards if they increase their productity. bun group was offered a cash bonus of 30 bucks. another, a well-done text message from their boss. a third group got nothing at all. and the final group was promised pizza. the pizza team increased their

productivity more than the others. the group that was offered cash came in last. and you would think you get cash, you can buy more pizza. >> i don't know, though, because if you're working as a team, collaborative effort. then you get to celebrate as a group as well. >> that's true. >> right? >> like us. >> yes. let's have some pizza. >> i have to agree on the pizza. counter productive. >> picking up the bell peppers. >> pass. >> thin crust or deep dish? >> thin. >> okay. >> thin is in. >> all right. >> all right. if you're headed outside over the next couple hours if you are getting going this morning. we have cloud cover out there that's going to at least keep things cool for the first half of the day. so, yeah, if you're headed out early you may need a thin layer, maybe a jacket or something else other than that, maybe a hoodie as well. 58 degrees right now in the tri-valley. 61 in san francisco and 61 as well in south bay. clouds peel back to the coastline later on. nice afternoon. 65 in san francisco. 82 for the tri-valley.

still warm for inland value is will. 78 today for the south bay. mentioned, temperatures right now near 60 degrees. still cool spots in the north bay. santa rosa at 54 degrees. half monday bay, 57. that's also where we have visibility issues. visibility down to one mile in santa rosa and four miles in half moon bay. everywhere else, is low cloud coverage. as the clouds peel back, nice afternoon. 70s and 80s for inland value liz. cool at the coastline. let's switch gears and talk about the tropics. hurricane hermine and lester and madeline. madeline is to the south now and lester will be approaching as we head towards the holiday weekend. friday and saturday are the days to watch if you're traveling to hawaii as a category 1 storm could be making its way that direction. here back at home as we get you to the next seven days. temperatures stay where they're at. they warm up as they head towards tuesday and wednesday of next week. san francisco stays nice and cool. comfortable as we like to put it. 60s all of the way through the

next seven -- a little bit warmer for tuesday and wednesday. let's talk to mike route now. tracking through sunol? >> a little improvement. we had a tough drive there because of a crash which has cleared from highway 84. at 680 at highway 84. let's look and we will see a standard commute. 680 was slower than we would like. northbound routsd building through silicon valley. that's standard when you start to see more transportation throughout there now. meanwhile, 680 southbound because it's thursday we're seeing a lot less traffic than monday through wednesday. so we're getting a little bit of recovery, down toward about sunol boulevard for the slowest stretch in the tri-valley. moving up through the area we see a smooth drive over toward the san mateo bridge. we do have our camera in sunol. look, one set of flashing lights. over on the shoulder. still a little distraction adding to that slower drive and slowing down that recovery. over at golden gate bridge we have low clouds. fog on the north side. patches of fog especially in santa rosa. anthony has warned us about that. speed is not a real problem. visibility may be.

use caution. of course, the bay bridge we have the metering lights on. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. talk about speed, this was removed real quickly and created quite a stir when it debuted in san francisco. now the naked donald trump statue could be yours. auction. >> no thanks. no thanks. >> laura is not interested in the bidding. for those who are they're going to sell one of the life size statues at auction. it's expected to fetch about $10,000 and a portion of the sales will benefit an immigration advocacy group. the naked donald trump statue was unveiled in san francisco and other cities across the country earlier this month. that statue was removed from the castro after the city said the artist did not have a permit to put it up. >> where are you going to put it? >> it's a statement fees. right in the middle of the dining room. >> certainly is. good conversation piece for thanksgiving. 6:53. coming up next on "today in the bay," a string of brazen break-ins spanning three bay area cities. the reason that police say the suspect wanted homeowners to be there when they broke in.

but first, happening now. a federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders including here in california. it does not violate the second amendment. read the federal appeals court ruling on nbcbayarea.com. plus, a mother of a boy with autism is uchld the by an act of kindness thanks to a waitress. read the story on our facebook page.

an explosion at the spacex launch site in florida. live pictures from the scene but the smoke has dissipated. they were conducting a test firing at unmanned rocket when the blast happened. there was thick black smoke billowing into the sky at one point. you can barely see the plume of smoke in the distance. now we understand that people in biddings several miles away felt that blast. "today" show will have much more on this story coming up. nbc news report nothing injuries so far. this is what i was telling you about earlier, that this is a thick black smoke we saw right after the explosion. we will continue to follow it. this was a test firing of the rocket in advance of saturday's launch expected from cape canaveral this weekend, on saturday. other top stories we're following on "today in the bay," a rash of brazen break-ins spanning three different bay

area cities could all be linked. this is surveillance video showing a group of armed robbers waiting, lurking thereafter they broke into a fremont home. turns out the homeowners were not there at the time. police say the suspects are hoping to confront the homeowners so they can lead them to valuables and jewelry. similar break-inning have recently taken place in piedmont and the oakland hill which have authorities investigating whether there's a common tie. >> you have five armed individuals and they're not just armed with anything. in the video you can see some of the guns are armed with extended magazines. >> thankfully, nobody has been injured yet in any of those three reported break-ins. 6:58. after serving 90 days in jail just half of his sentence for three felony counts of sexual assault, former stanford swimmer brock turner will be released tomorrow for good behavior. right now the sheriff's department is preparing and taking extra precautions. numerous groups plan to protest turner's release. so the sheriff is beefing up her staff.

turner is expected to be released sometime tomorrow morning. of course we will cover it live here on "today in the bay." labor day around the corner. it already feels like summer is ending. >> we have coastal fog and drizzle this morning. visit down to less than a mile in santa rosa. you may run into fog there. nice sunny day. temperatures in the 80s over the next several days. >> all right. understand some slowing in pleasanton. >> recovering but unpleasantly slow. looking at a map. not on unexpected pattern. south bay with your northbound build. good stuff. 87 just slowing at curtner. recovery from an earlier crash there. in sunol area and also fremont had a couple of crashes recovered for 580. that's not so bad. >> there we go. we will back with a local news cut-in in 25 minutes or so at 7:25. >> catch us for "today in the bay" at 11:00. we send it now to the "today" show following that spacex explosion. see you again in half an hour.

good morning.>> state of emergency. florida braces for the worst with tropical storm hermine expected to become a hurricane as it bears down on the gulf coast. evacuations now under way there and then it's set to slam nearly the entire eastern seaboard. how will it affect your labor day plans? we're tracking it all live. who's telling the truth? donald trump meets with the president of mexico and then says this about that wall he wants to build. >> we didn't discuss payment of the wall. >> the mexican president says it not only came up, he told trump mexico isn't paying for any wall. back in the states, trump is back to his biggest applause line. >> mexico will pay for the wall. >> did trump's high risk venture