right now at 4 -- a brand new i- phone unveilled in san francisco. from wireless headphones -- to a water resistant case. right now at 4:00, a brand-new iphone unveiled in san francisco, to a water resistant case. we'll take a new look at the features. also. >> there are a lot of players who really feel the same way. >> could more 49ers feel the way of colin kaepernick. and first, a convicted sex offender accused of trying to kidnap two women speaking from jail. his explanation for what happened. good afternoon, welcome to this special edition of nbc bay area news at 4:00. i'm janelle wang.

and i'm raj mathai, the event begins at 5:00. our story tonight, the jail house interview with a sex offender accused of attacking and trying to kidnap two women. nbc bay area's robert honda has more on the the story. >> reporter: well, the man we talked through a glass partition here at the county jail seemed determined to claimed innocence and says he was bewildered by the allegations, we had a chance to interview david lee russell who was captured near oakland road yesterday after he was spotted by residents, even though he had shaved his beard. police say he tried to kidnap two young women, in our interviews he said they were friendly encounters. >> you have the take over-- you did that, that is kidnapping. if you go to talk to somebody

and walk away, that is not kidnapping. that is not even attempt. >> reporter: the prosecutor scoffed at his explanation, regarding the kidnapping with intent to assault. >> he followed them around for some period of time, he put a sweat shirt over their head and tried to drag them into his car. >> reporter: now the prosecutor says he will seek a life sentence for russell, already a convicted sex offender, coming up at 6:00, more from russell and his interesting explanations for some of the other allegations. live in san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. >> okay, robert, we'll see you next hour. this just in, palo alto police have a suspect in custody for a fire at an iconic hotel, flames ripped through the glass slipper inn, which is right on

el camino real. the authorities say he confronted his estranged wife in that room. officers say gomero threatened them but they managed to take him into custody safely. and september weather, you are looking at san francisco, we want to show you a picture of the city, you can see the temperatures there reaching the 80s. in other parts of the bay area, even hotter. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the weather. well, it is ten to 15 degrees above average, with san jose several degrees of, san jose, 81, as warm as 97 in livermore, not good enough for records but certainly uncomfortably hot here. we'll take you to san francisco, that is where that unusual heat continues, 74 in westwood park, 80 in castro, and 70 along embarcadero. and now the readings are 95 in

alameda, 93 in orinda, 93 degrees in pleasanton, and in the east valley, uncomfortable, 70s still at 11:00 tonight, we'll track a drastic change tomorrow, we'll have more on that coming up. and you can track temperatures in your neighborhood right now, enter your zip code in the front page then the temperatures in that neigd'rhood will pop up. again, that is at nbcbayarea.com. the colin capitkaepernick i picking up steam, he expands his explanation and further opens the dialogue of racial inequality. all this as the 49ers prepare for their season debut on monday night football. jodie hernandez is with us, as you know, jodie, colin was tight

lipped before. >> reporter: he is certainly not holding back right now. he had a lot to say after practice. he believes a lot more players feel the say he does, but fear the consequences of speaking out but he says he is not going to hold back. >> i wish people would be as outraged about the murders that are happening in the street as they are about a protest. >> reporter: colin kaepernick says he has no regrets about his decision not to stand for the national anthem. while he has angered many, he says he is glad that people are talking about racial injustice. >> in order to change you have to be able to agitate people at times. and i think that is something that is very mess for us to improve as a country. >> reporter: oakland civil rights attorney john burrus says he knows all too well how dangerous it is being black or brown in the country. he says that colin put issues on the national stage in a way few others could. and he is grateful.

>> but no one talked about it universely until he stepped to the plate just now. >> reporter: now, one of the biggest names in sports, the warriors steph curry, spoke out today saying he appreciates kaepernick's message. we'll hear from him tonight at 6:00. i'm jodi hernandez. it pays to be polarizing, we mentioned cap's skyrocketing jersey sales, on instagram, the 49ers quarterback announced he will donate the proceeds back to his community from his jersey sales. and people from all over the world gathered in san francisco for a new look at apple. there at the civic auditorium, apple showed off what was next. and scott, were you impressed? >> reporter: yes, there was a lot of new stuff here janelle,

apple as you said has a new phone and watch. but they are trying to change how you listen to what is on those devices and that is taking a risk. the biggest cheer may have been for mario, coming to the app store. but apple's newest phone with the more powerful camera and a water resistant body is getting attention, too. after all it wants to be the way you get all sorts of content. even this, everywhere you go. >> it's a mario game coming to apple, it's a big watch, it's all about the apple. >> reporter: and updating the watch, it's taking a risk, hope you you will trade in your wired headphones for these air pods. >> up until now, no one has taken on a challenge to really

deliver the audio experience wirelessly between your mobile device and headphones in a way that takes advantage of your opportunities to do something new and great. >> reporter: going wireless to keep you wired with new devices. now, everything you saw there will be available later this month. the iphone 7 starts at $649. the seven-plus starts at $769. if you want to get the updated watch that will run you $369. reporting live in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. something else unveiled today. ceo tim cook welcomed some special guests at the apple events. some teachers and students from santee elementary school and students from richmond, who were on hand to hear about the company's new education initiative. apple is supporting 142 new schools, teachers will get ipads

and imax, and others will get ipads, nbc bay area has been following the announcement all day. scott budman tweeted the event. and we also have extended coverage on our website at nbcbayarea.com. also on the nbc bay area app. an unprecedented political event is less than an hour away, you can see it right here on the bay area. the first ever commander-in-chief forum happening in new york at the intrepid sea, air and space museum. the active duty and service members will ask hillary clinton and donald trump questions separately. trump today before this event promised to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars. >> unlike my opponent, my foreign policy will emphasize diplomacy, not destruction. >> we're going to work with our

allies, not insult them. we'll stand with our allies, not cozy up to them. >> so here is how it works, mrs. clinton will take questions the first minutes, donald trump the second half. matt lauer will lead the coverage starting at 5:00. a fire wakes up a family, and then they find a swastika and racial slurs painted all over their home. ahead, how police here are investigating the incident as a hate crime. and i'm damion trujillo, live at san jose state where a university is under fire. and so is a professor. i'm damion trujillo, the report is up next. and good evening, i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri, and the

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investigative unit holding the area accountable. a hate crime in the east bay, say this paint is covering up racial slurs and a nazi swastika. the graffiti was discovered in antioch earlier this morning and that is not all. nbc bay area's elise kirchner has more on the possible attempted murder situation. >> reporter: also in this incident, that is because authorities say whoever started this fire intentionally tried to trap three adults and four children sleeping inside that home. but luckily one of the adults woke up to those flames. and now police here are investigating the incident as a hate crime. around 3:00 a.m., sean williams woke up to the screams. >> my 28-year-old daughter woke me up, said this house is on fire. >> reporter: the family gathered

the fire extinguishers to put out the flames. >> i haven't bothered anybody and i don't deserve this. >> reporter: fire trucks pulled up, they saw the lights on the house. >> reporter: susie saw the firefighters put out the flames. then she saw the blue paint sprayed across the home. >> it said the n word and then there was a swastika on the front. >> which is why we're treating this as a hate crime. >> reporter: fire investigators say it was placed outside the home to keep anyone from getting out. >> we're deployed in a way -- the potential intent was to block any emergency egress by the occupants. >> reporter: and if it was not for a family member who woke up in the middle of the night, it could have been deadly. and the homeowner tells us surveillance video caught the suspect actually walking up to the home. police here are now going through the footage and deciding

whether or not to release it publicly. reporting live from antioch tonight, i'm elyce kirchner. thank you, a man accused of gunning down a man was arrested. morales was arrested after a standoff in vallejo. you see the video here. police say he gunned down elaysia mccoy monday night, she and her unborn child also died. officers are also questioning a third suspect, duarte, his brother told the police his cousin was a victim. >> maybe my brother was there, but he is not the one who is responsible for the death of our cousin. >> reporter: at this time, san pablopd is treating the case as a homicide. and disturbing allegations involving a professor at san jose state. not just the allegations of

sexual harassment, but also the response by the university. nbc bay area's damion trujillo has more on the story. >> reporter: well, raj, we have learned that professor luis abdicar was recently put on paid leave, but many asked what took so long since the allegations first arose several months ago. many students and faculty just found out about the allegations today against the university professor luis abdicar. >> i mean, it's pretty shocking, i haven't heard about it. it makes me uncomfortable. >> reporter: according to the report, the professor made comments to a student, asking if she was single and saying he wanted to date her. the report says that he was suspended for ten days then allowed to teach and keep his position as dean. the university's position on sexual had harassment say that it's more common than people

think. >> many of us in the organization know it is common. >> reporter: late yesterday, the university sent out an e-mail to the campus community saying the e-mails are troubling saying the university will investigate and take appropriate actions based on what they learned. we have reached out to the professor's lawyer but have been unable to connect with her so far. she told the paper that the professor was only using a method of teaching and meant no harm. we're live on the campus, i'm damion trujillo. thank you. and a check on the forecast. >> it warmed up today. >> so much hotter, the coast, the peninsula, the interior valleys, as we look at the micro climate forecast tonight you're going to be able to see right now in the east bay. livermore is at 95 degrees, so much warmer than earlier in the week when the temperatures were

in the 70s, humidity dangerously low, at 70%, keeping fire danger up. we'll keep it from 6 to 8:00 tonight, and mild 70s even into 11 p.m. in san francisco, 77, after a high of 81. and a sign of this slight onshore wind is how low the relative humidity is here as well, currently at 28%. but i want to show you a huge change we'll see in the next 18 hours, visible on the future cast here. what this is showing is the fog and marine layer at the immediate coastline. watch this surge as we head throughout thursday moving in through the south. this should be good enough to bring back a cooler breeze for thursday and help to drop our temperatures. so a much drastic change beginning for tomorrow morning with the fog beginning to filter back into san francisco, this will spread clouds into the east bay. 64 degrees, we'll stay hazy in the south bay with low 60s.

as we take you to your micro climate forecast on thursday, you can see across the south bay, instead of mid-90s we drop down with that cooler westerly wind. 87 in san jose, for the peninsula, 63 in half moon bay, the milder beach weather begins to go away. in palo alto down to 82. san francisco out of the 80s as colder wind is out your back, 69 for the the flame district, north bay, east bay, trivalley district, warmer in livermore, about a ten degree drop, 88 in danville and 85 for pleasanton, oakland, 74 degrees, walnut creek, 87, north bay, 90s beginning to fade. let's take you to the extended forecast. it's cooler ocean breeze that will stay in place. san francisco, we'll see the results here as 60s remain in

the extended forecast. and a trough of low pressure building in weekend, again, low 90s, sunday 84, by next week, 70s come back next tuesday and wednesday, the other side effect, the cooler air should blow out the air quality. still to come, a bay bridge replica planned for san francisco, we'll tell you where it's going and why. also the home of sinequest is shutting down, so what happens now for the popular film festival?

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picture of the new eastern sepa of the bay bridge, soon, a mini version will light up downtown san francisco, all part of the new bay transit center helping buses to travel between the terminal at first and mission streets and the bay bridge without having to negotiate clogged city streets. and the coast guard says an old river boat that sunk near bethel island will be removed soon. nobody was hurt, but there was about 600 gallons of diesel on board. the company plans to bring the boat to the surface first and remove all the diesel which will take about three weeks. until then, the coast guard will moderate the area. a big night of politics here on nbc. you're looking live at the special town hall happening right now at dominican university. what happens here tonight will

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trump participate in tonight's commander in chief forum ... ===take live=== 150-visitinll while hillary clinton and donald trump participate in tonight's commander-in-chief forum, 150 visiting college students are having their own town hall right here. a live look at the university in san raphael, hosting a new event called college debate 2016. the students are from all 50 states and the goal is to explore the issues vital to them. and through social media they have reached more than a million of their peers. now as delegates they're bringing those concerns here. >> those top issues are going to turn into questions which go to the moderators of the u.s. presidential debate later this year. >> oh, that's neat. as a voting block, young people

fall away behind, though, their parents and seniors are inspiring them to get more involved in the political process. one less option for date night in downtown san francisco, camera 12 is closing, owners say they just could not keep the theaters open anymore. the film geeks first opened this movie house, camera 1, in 1975. in 2004, the team took over the failed united artists theater, turning it into camera 12. now this complicates things for the film festival which begins in march, and they're now trying to find substitute venues. and yosemite is now expanding, we'll explain how it is getting bigger next. more room to roam and explore.

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acres of forest land. the funds to buy the plan dam came from donations. >> even more beautiful. thank you for joining us. tonight, from the aircraft carrier, "intrepid", military showdown, clinton and trump from the same ship facing tough questions from our nbc commander in chief forum, a critical test for the candidates. 10,000 times more powerful than heroin, hundreds of overdoses in just two weeks. a big american city taking drastic measures. horror in the sky, a deadly mid-air disaster, two planes collide, the latest in a string of frig frightening aviation incidents. cutting the cord, apple's new change to the new iphone and what's about to go missing. a long lost 9/11 flag found, a