of each other at santana row. plus, an alleged serial south bay shooter is off the streets. the man now behind bars accused of terrorizing san jose drivers. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good now thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we have a developing situation that has been going on four four or five hours at this point on the bay bridge. mike inouye joining us now. several lanes closed as a result, mike. >> that's right. the issue is the commute is starting to build. it hasn't been a problem for an hour. as far as the speeds go as we look at your map we don't have in any issue except for that bay bridge. that's the lower deck on the divided side, san francisco side, approaching treasure island. three left lanes are closed there. lanes one, two, and three coming over from the left side. as you get out of oakland we do have your right lane closed goating out of the treasure island tunnel. that will be an issue starting now because the commute starts to build. we'll give you the live look from emeryville. slowing on the sensors although

i did see some sougout of san francisco. as you pass through the tunnel getting over towards san francisco you will have your right lane closed. pete, you were just on a lower deck but you have the latest. you've been moved from the scene. what's been going on? >> reporter: hey, mike, how is it going? we're we're on the bay bridge heading towards treasure island. the guy at 11:00 p.m. got in a fight at the trans bay terminal and then walking across the ledge and then went over into one of those hol blow beams. that's where he is right now. he movtd us because he's quacking towards the treasure yeah land area and that's where you see this big police presence. last time we talked to them they said they're negotiating with this man, saying he's a younger man. we don't know if he's a transient but they are negotiating with him. for the time being, with this traffic, mike, you've got three of these lanes that are shut down right now. you can imagine when folks start driving this area you're going

to start see that traffic but you're not seeing it right now. but when you're coming down towards treasure island, re-enforce that you are going to have these lanes blocked as they continue to negotiate with this man that's presumably stuck in one of those hollow beams. back to you guys in the newsroom. >> active scene. thank you very much. all right. new this morning there's also a scare right now at a shopping center where hundreds of families go shopping every day. the first incident started at 9:00. the other happened just a short time later a block away. one of the alleged victims called nbc bay area overnight and said she was one of victims held at gun point. she says a suspect took her friend's cash. nbc bay area's kris sanchez will bring us a live report in our next half hour. developing right now, underground explosion so strong it destroyed a manhole cover leaving it in pieces in castro valley.

these pictures are from the alameda county fire department. firefighters say an underground electrical vault exploded last night. you see it steaming there. ability 10:00. it happened at center street in grove way. luckily no one was hurt but hundreds of homes and businesses lost power. it's all been restored. pg&e is working on what caused that explosion. police say they caught the man accuse of shooting at drivers on blossom hill road. >> as you said, something that went on for months. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live with what led police to that arrest. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. the suspect is here behind bars here at the santa clara county main jail being held without bail. he's accuse of terrorizing drivers, shooting at them in the dark. police say 30-year-old michael lewis is behind the shootings along blossom hill road between monterrey and kollow roads. some neighbors said they stopped going out at night out of fear but now neighbors are relieved.

>> because my wife and myself travel through this area quite frequently, like i say we live less than three minutes away from here. >> now people can live in peace. you know, they don't have to worry about getting shot. >> reporter: in the ten shootings the suspect fired only one shot each time. two people were wounded by shrapnel or flying glass. san jose police say lewis was arrested last month on an unrelated charge but detectives say during an investigation at his house they found a handgun that matched the one connected to the shootings. back here live. lewis faces four counts of attempted murder. reporting live in san jose, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thank you, sharon. it is 0g 54. no police chief, now two less officers on the streets as well. oakland mayor libby schaaf says 12 officers are being disciplined and four fired after internal investigation. the mayor says the officers were let go for attempted sexual assault, lewd conduct, and

assisting in the crime of prostitution. the woman at the center of the investigation self proclaimed proos tut says she left with more than a dozen police officers, some while she was under age. >> aim deeply sorry to the harm that this scandal has caused, particularly to community trust. >> i'm hopeful that there come more charges because they should be prosecuted. >> the now 19-year-old at the center of the controversy is currently in florida at a rehabilitation center. she was recently put in jail for biting a guard at the center. two attorneys from the bay area are heading to florida to represent her. later today the mayor of antioch is expected to address an alleged hate crime, specifically targeting a black family. here's what the family saw the morning after. family members found the home on fire about 3:00 yesterday morning. all of this happening on mccormack court in antioch. the threethree two at dudults a

children were able to get outside. >> the "n" word and the swastika on the front. >> which is why we're treating this as a hate crime. >> whoever did this could be facing attempted murder charges because that fire was strategically set to trap the people i side. the homeowner says that surveillance video did capture an image of the suspect but so far no arrests. new charges for the man ause of starting the devastating clayton fire. he's now accused of starting four additional fires. damon pashilk pleaded not guilty yesterday to four new charges of arson which attorneys say are related to various grass and brush fires. pashilk who was once trained as an inmate firefighter is accuse of intentionally starting the clayton fire last month along with half a dozen other fires. this is video from his -- you saw it there briefly. his first court appearance. weeks ago. this is video of some of the destruction and the loss that happened. 200 homes in lake county were

destroyed by that fire along with more than 200 other structures. >> that community still trying to recover. we're seeing smoke from a large wildfire burning near the california/oregon border drifting in the bay area and expected to linger around today. it's coming from the 29,000 acre gap fire burning. that's going to make the air quality unhealthy. another "spare the air" alert is in effect today. if you can avoid driving you definitely should. can't avoid being out though at some point. >> we hope so. the bay area has nice weather and we're cooling down today, right? >> in fact, looks like air quality will improve compared to yesterday. not going to be as bad although still in the moderate category. we don't have as many low clouds at the coastline. in fact, clear conditions leading to another bright warm day. temperatures not going to be as hot later on this afternoon. especially for those inland valleys. you will notice that once we get going this afternoon. right now back in the 50s and 60s for the most part. 60 in san jose.

63 in livermore. later on this afternoon you will notice the high temperatures again. not as hot for inland valleys. back in the atitys for livermore, concord, over towards fairfield. good mix of 70s and 80s around the inner bay. palo alto and 60s at the coastline today. it will stay cool even at the coast. places like santa cruz may get back up to 72. but again, staying cool and ten degrees keerl as we head towards the next couple of days into next week. talk about that cooldown headed our way. mike, you're tracking police activity. >> it's been a problem for hours. look at the rest of the bay. zooming in crossing between san francisco and oakland, both directions will have an issue. eastbound getting out of san francisco we have your three left lanes closed. that's the lanes over off to the north side of the bridge. and so you will have to shift over to your right as you're passing by. all police activity on that lower deck. pete suratos is out there. he in fact is talking to folks at the scene. there's been a person on that bridge. they're trying to talk that

person down. they're over the edge right now, on the railing. it's safe to block the eastbound lanes. one westbound lane closed. we'll get a look from the emeryville camera where we show traffic smoothing of floeing. no slowing just yet. in this lasts for another 20 minutes that volume is going to bump up. we may see the metering lights slow down as well. so far the bridge is standard. back to you. >> trying to keep that situation safe. coming up next, in the hot seat, the presidential candidate taking part in the first of its kind forum. the questions that u.s. veterans had for both hillary clinton and donald trump. reaction to the apple announcement and a special hashtag for 49ers fans on this early, early morning. =sam/2shot=

a first of it's kind forum put both presidential candidates in the hot seat. it was in fact a first of its kind forum that put both presidential candidates in hot seat. matt lauer and u.s. veterans asked the presidential candidates how they would perform as commander in chief. >> "today in the bay's" tracy pots live in washington with a recap for us. good morning, tracie. >> hi. it's all about who do you trust with those nuclear codes to lead the military, to make sure vets get health care. this was a wide ranging event compi i covering a lot of topics i colluding hillary clinton's e-mail. >> how are you? >> reporter: hillary clinton rallies in charlotte today after

answering tough questions from a military audience about e-mailing classified information. >> i communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. i took it very seriously. >> reporter: she drew the line on ground troops to fight isis. >> we are not putting ground troops into iraq ever again, and we're not putting ground troops in to syria. >> reporter: and she insisted that donald trump also supported the iraq war. >> i have taken responsibility for my decision. >> let me go to another -- >> he refuses to take responsibility for his support. >> i was totally against the war in iraq. >> reporter: trump heads to ohio today after being challenged repeatedly by the audience to explain his policies. he said immigrants who are not citizens should be allowed to serve in the military. >> it would be a very special circumstance, yes. >> reporter: he defended praising russia's leader. >> if he says great things about me i'm going to say great things about him. >> reporter: and he criticized our military leaders.

>> the generals have been reduced to rubble. they have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our country. >> reporter: trump and clinton clashed over va reform i will not let the va be private advertised. >> i never said take the veterans administration private. i wouldn't do that. >> reporter: setting the stage for their first debate later this month. that's coming up pretty soon. meantime democrats here on capitol hill released an e-mail exchange between clinton and former sick tear of state colon powell about his use of personal e-mail. they described it as a playbook for how to get around government rules and using personal e-mail. >> tracie potts live from d.c. colin kaepernick is getting support from one of the couplery's biggest sports stars who happens to be local, steph curry. >> i love that there's freedom of speech and he can stand for what he believes in. there's going to be people that disagree with him. there's going to be people that agree with him which is what i think our couplery stands for

which is hopefully will drive the conversation to bettering the equal rights and treatment of african-americans and people of color. >> the mayor of santa clara is also weighing in. mayor lisa gillmor said, just as mr. kaepernick has the right to sit down for a national anthem, off-duty police officers have the right to sit out football games. however, i wish they would not. it stems from the santa clara police officer's association warning that officers might not work 49ers games because of kaepernick's statements about police. happening today, warriors fans get your credit cards ready. tickets go on sale today. today's presale event is at 10:00 for season ticket holders only. at 2:00 p.m. it will be available for everyone else to b buy. if interested head to warriors.com. >> these tickets are probably not going to be cheap. thursday night football is debuting tonight on nbc. >> scott mcgrew, new ways to

cheer on your team now on twitter. >> i know sanchez is a broncos fan. i'm going to assume the rest of us are 49ers fans. #goniners in your twitter you're going the get yourself a little 49ers icon. so there it is. goniners. there's the symbol. #raidernation for the raiders. #feedthebay #feedthebears for the bears. uber won wednesday the court of appeals ruled drivers dpreed to arbitration may not have the right to join certain class action lawsuits against uber. the lawyer representing drivers whoed a had earlier got ten them a settlement definitely had an i told you so moment yesterday. we're going to talk about apple of course but let's get to the rest of the news before the bell. landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning, landon. >> hi, scott. good morning. wall street could be set to edge lower as the opening bell today stocks ending mixed on wednesday

with the nasdaq hitting another record high. a report from federal reserve striking a positive tone on the economy but foeti inoting the presidential election is making companies cautious about expanding their business. the dow slipping 12 points to 185926. the nasdaq rising 8 to 5283. scott, back over to you. >> all right, landon, thank you. apple did as expected and introduced the iphone 7 at its event wednesday. >> thanks, guys. >> good-bye, landon. good to see you. there's apple. so it doesn't have a headphone jack but most of the talk is about the company's new air pod, these wireless headphones. they're expensive and think look very easy to lose. apple fans were not impressed. many reacting to the version with some kind of version of, you know, i haven't bought any of these yet but i'm pretty sure i've already lost a pair of

ipods. the iphone 7 irish edition, $639 but tax free. i'm a sucker for a good corporate tax joke. >> no kidding. exactly. >> they raise a good point. apple is going to be making more money hand over fist by getting rid of the headphone jack if you have to buy their product. >> also, i'll get to this later. think of the things that use the headphone jack that aren't apple products. things like the square reader. >> oh, right! that is so popular with retailers. >> we showed you thermometer recently. apple doesn't like other companies using its technology without paying apple. >> interesting. >> so get rid of the headphone jack, problem solved. >> and now developments. maybe new readers, new app. interesting. new babies. that's a great thing, too. right? oh. kari hall, we know had her little baby kimora arabella. now we get to hear from her. . >> good morning, everyone. thank you to all the viewers who have given me your well wishes

and congratulations. it's been great being at home with bella every single morning we're watching "today in the bay" and also want to say thank you to sam and laura, mike, rob, anthony, all of you guys who are holding down fort while i'm enjoying every second with bella at home and we'll continue to watching every morning and we'll see you soon. >> she really is watching. she seems so serene. >> this makes me sad a little bit, too, because she seems so distant. >> no, she's serene. look it. look at the baby. >> the baby is so quiet. quiet babies are always good. >> anthony, quiet babies are always good. >> what's your secret. >> what do i need to do about that? >> a little rock going. >> she only has one baby, anthony, you have three. >> i don't have enough arms. >> i have two small dogs. >> that's a good starter package. >> exactly. >> i'm working my way huh.

>> you can leave them unattended. >> if you're head out to walk the dog or kids off ready for school, look at spectacular weather. cooler than what we saw about 24 hours ago. outside right now you can actually see from san francisco, we don't have any fog out there. no clouds. crystal clear skies. at least from that vantage point now. as we get going, we will see some fog develop at least at the coastline, half moon bay and santa cruz. looking at fog. temperatures in the 50s and 60s for the most part. 60 degrees in san francisco. 60 right now in san jose. 63 in livermore. 612 in concord. as we get you into your day planner for san jose, we're going to see bright sunshine. temperatures in the 70s by lunchtime. low 80s at 4:00. 87 degrees for afternoon high. oakland, your day planner keeps you clear as well. once the sun comes up temperatures climb back in the mid 70sthis afternoon. in san francisco, another bright day but definitely not as hot.

yesterday in the 80s. temperatures today topping out close to 70 degrees. up to 69 as we head towards 4:00. high pressure stays in control. jet stream towards the north for the time being. that shifts as we head towards next week. in fact, the jet stream sags over the bay area, an area of low pressure is going to dive down south and that could mean for some showers and thunderstorms for places like reno, lake tahoe, down towards yosemite as of the latest check it keeps the bay area dry but the thing gets close. we'll be tracking it. here's our forecast for today. back in the 60s and 70s. for most of us, inland valleys 80s. as we head towards the next seven days. that trough builds in. talking 70s for daytime highs for inland valleys. mid 60s hang out all the way through the next seven in san francisco. mike, what are you tracking? >> i'm concerned about bay bridge. the south bay, peninsula, not a problem. pretty standard schedule all around the bay just getting started with that east bay commute. that is the reason why we are concerned. look at this. we do have your three eastbound

lanes at treasure island closed for police activity. westbound we have one. your right lane on the north side of the bridge. all the activity out there, in fact, i think let's show you live cameras. we have the bay bridge toll plaza where we're starting to build. that's why i'm concerned with one lane out of treasure island closed. that is your right lane. shifting left through treasure island for the police activity and the build is on here. we may see the metering lights turn on slow. so far standard there. this is the lower deck. chp activity. only two right lanes open. these three left lanes are closed because just off of the railing right over here we have someone that is over the edge. they've been talking to that person since about 11:00 when the activity started over on the bridge. this may be a factor as the volume starts to build. we will track that as well. so far no major delays out of san francisco. tri-valley, dublin, standard flow. back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you. 5:22. coming up, san jose state university is under fire. the allegations against campus

officials after a professor is accused of sexual harassment.

a san jose state fro fesser accuse of sexually harassing a student was investigate, suspended, but allowed to keep his job. now growing anger on campus is forcing the university to reopen that issue.

last year a student accused professor lewis aptikar of repeatedly asking if she were single and saying he wanted to date her. the university investigated him and found he was inappropriate. he was suspended for ten days but not fired. all this was brought to light by a mercury news investigation. >> makes me question like what other things have they just pushed under the rug. >> i mean, it's pretty shocking. i haven't heard anything of it besides right now, so it makes me uncomfortable. >> this week the new university president said the allegations are troubling and aptikar will be investigated again. the professor is now on paid leave. the way california schools are graded is changing. new school report cards are about to be a lot more detailed. state board of education is going to consider the new grading system today and tomorrow during a meeting in sacramento. the last grading system was

suspended three years ago. officials and teachers say that report card which graded schools by three-digit number called api scores was just too simplistic. critics say the new grading plan officials are considering is actually confusing. coming up, a neighborhood living in fear may have some relief. the alleged serial gunman in san jose now behind bars. we're looking out here at the bay bridge. treasure island tunnel. lit up area there, westbound with those taillights we're looking for one lane closed there. more lanes closed getting out of san francisco. all this police activity and commute kicking in. we'll track the latest coming up.

5:30 on the dot on your thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we want to get right to mike inouye this morning. busy morning when it comes to that morning commute. >> only at the bay bridge. major concern. look, south bay peninsula, standard flow. the bay bridge right as things are starting to build getting into and out of san francisco, we have this police activity continui continuing. the latest was we have three eastbound lansz close and one westbound lane close tond san francisco side of treasure island. the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the metering lights have been turned on on schedule. we have this backup quickly filling in the oakland side. pete suratos is on the lower deck getting out of san francisco where there's been police activity for hours. pete, it sounds like we may have

some changes over there. what do you have for the latest? >> reporter: good morning, mike. yes, we're going to have changes because that bay bridge we've been talking about just walked up on his own. i want to show you guys the scene we have. chp is there. all morning long negotiating with this man that we just found out from chp was actually an assault suspect in that altercation i mentioned earlier this morning that took place at the trans bay terminal. they tell me that when this altercation happened that's when he ended up on the bridge, walking along this ledge. and that's when chp was called in because he was acting very strangely. actually hopping in to different lanes. and here's chp telling us what happened when they showed up. they have the four officer surrounding the suspect. here's what they said the drivers were telling them when they showed up what this guy was doing. >> they were called first that they were just walking on the -- in the lane of traffic. not on the side. there was calls that he was jumping towards cars.

obviously very dangerous situation. and then he was throwing cones at, i guess, located on the bridge rail into the lanes of traffic. and then there were further calls that they thought he appeared to be on drugs. >> reporter: since he is an assault suspect he has been taken into custody. but first things first, chp says he's been taken to sf general for mental evaluation. the traffic will soon be picking up. but they tell us this area should clear out in the next 15 to 20 minutes. we're live on the bay bridge, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> good to see that was resolved safely. thank you. new this morning, some scarry homes outside a busy shopping center in the south bay. armed robbery at santana row. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live there with what we've learned overnight. so many people head to santana row. kris? >> reporter: right. there are lots of folks out here and even at 9:00 it's still bus ling when the stores and re restaurants are closing.

sometime in the 9:00 hour between this intersection where we are here near the valencia hotel there's h and m store, tommy bahama. this is santana road. somewhere between here is where a woman told police that she and a friend were robbed by an armed robber, a man who made off with some cash. let's take a look at the map of the area that we're talking about so you can see what we are talking about. initially it seemed like they were perhaps two different armed robberies. it turns out that one was a duplicated report and so there was only one. but still, a very rattling situation for the people who come here, especially at night. the victim did contact us because after reporting to police she wanted to make sure that the public knew so that as they are out and about here, they know to be aware of their surroundings. we will post the map of where this is located on twitter so that you can see it for yourself if you are a customer here at santana row or you work here.

in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. 5:33. violent crime spree could coming to an end in south san jose. they caught the man accused of terrorizing drivers. 30-year-old michael lewis iss l allegedly behind a rash of shootings between monterrey and coddle roads. each time firing just once, sometimes after midnight. shootings started back in may and continued through august. some people tell us they stopped going out at night out of fear. >> because my wife and myself travel through this area frequently. we live less than three minutes away. >> people can live in peace. they don't have to worry about getting shot. >> in the ten shooting, two people were wounded by shrapnel or flying glass. san jose police say lewis was or jested on august 16th. they found a handgun that matched the one connected to the shootings. lewis faces four counts of attempted murder. he's being held at the santa

clara county jail without bail. in a jailhouse interview with nbc bay area the sex offender accuse of trying to kidnap and sexual assault two south bay women says he didn't do it. >> you have to physically take them. then you did so. that's kidnapping. right? if you go to talk to somebody and walk away, that's not kidnapping. that's not even attempt. >> david lee russell said he had no idea that he was a wanted man after the two alleged attempted kidnappings. san jose police finally tracked him down near oakland road tuesday. when asked if he shaved his facial hair to avoid detection he offered this explanation to our reporter robert honda. >> i don't have gray hair. >> you didn't do any of that to change your appearance? >> no. i didn't even know none of this was happening. >> the prosecutor in the this case says he is seeking a life sentence. russell is being held without bail. he returns to court in one week. 5:35. new details on a fire we first brought to you yesterday

morning. palo alto police say they have a suspect in custody for purposely starting a fire at an iconic inn. flames race through a second floor room of the glass slipper inn about 9:00 tuesday night. glass slipper inn of course saw an el kcamino real. he confronted his estranged wife in that room. police later tracked him down in mountain view. officers say he threatened them with a knife but took him into custody safely. a man arrested more than 300 miles away. he was arrested yesterday near the oregon border for burglary and assaulting a local sheriff's deputy. millbrae police say they have surveillance video showing him breaking into a home back in august. stolen property from the home were found at his home at the time of his arrest. 5:36 on your thursday. new this morning, violence on the roads. convicted gang member from santa

rosa is in jail this morning for allegedly pulling out a gun on a woman in the middle of a road rage incident. these are the weapons that police confiscated afterwards. it happened yesterday near a food for less grocery store. a woman says the man jumped out of another car and approached her twice, threatening her with a gun before finally driving off. the woman then called police and officers found and arrested the suspect and an accomplice of his. officers say they found marijuana in the suspect's car. spending a lot of time driving? sitting in traffic? you're not alone. aaa survey finds americans spend an average of more than 17,000 minutes behind the wheel every year. research shows nearly 88% of people 16 and older reported driving last year. drivers traveled nearly 11,000 miles on ank and spent more than 290 hour on the road every year. by the way, men drive more than women. more than 2,000 miles per year even more. >> sounds like a good ad for a biking activity. get outside more.

get some exercise. >> they didn't say anybody backseat drivers there were. >> no, but we always know there's at least one in your car. >> true. 5:37. let's get a check of your forecast. anthony slauther is in for kari hall. cooler today. >> yeah, it is going to feel nicer outside. not as hot as it was yesterday. if you're headed to the beach. temperatures cooling off even there as well. 60 degrees in san francisco. as you get going this morning. 60 in the tri-valley and 59 in coastal fog. as we go through the day, not as hot. that will be the key as far as the forecast goes. temperatures back in the 80s likes the tri-valley. same build for the south bay. yesterday gilroy got close to 100 degrees. nothing like that for today. san francisco you'll be back closer to 70 grease as yesterday got up to 832. temperatures do come down today and will continue to come down over the next couple days into the weekend and into next week. we will talk about temperatures as they cool off and that zeb-day forecast coming up for you in a little bit. mike, you've been having a busy morning. what's going on at the bay

bridge. >> a lot of police activity. we're tracking those changes as we also see the build for san jose and over there on the tri-valley. pretty standard for those commutes. the bay bridge is a concern right now. we still have slowing showing up right on the san francisco side of treasure island. both decks, eastbound we still have three lanes blocked by police activity. better news is the police have gotten that person from the edge of the freeway and they have not got them in custody from what i understand. the upper deck has one lane closed as that volume builds and the metering lights are turned on over at the bay bridge. we don't have pete's shot. he's been on the bridge. we're hoping the lanes to reopen. it's possible that pete may be being cleared from the scene. i don't want to commit. we're looking for the lanes to reopen just before 6:00. so far a little more slowing at treasure island. coming up, controversy community. california college that's causing an uproar this morning. why did apple take the iphone jack, the headphone jack out of iphone? we'll look coming up in business and tech. plus, scott, not getting off

scot-free. the way the olympic committee and usa wing are punishing ryan lochte after he lied about being robbed in rio. more fallout for olympic athlete

more fallout fryan lochte. now the olympic chit fee and usa swimming will suspend him for ten months. this coming after the medal winner along with three other usa swimmers initially told police and also told nbc news they had been held up by armed men posing as rio police officers. it was later revealed that lochte made up large portion of that story. the other three swimmers will be also punished but not as severely as lochte. a new student living learning community is cause an uproar in southern california. they have some campus housing set aside for students with similar interests. when cal state l.a. opened a new black living learning community some were taken back.

they were confused and believed believed it was segregated house for black students only. the university says it is for students, quote, interested in issues of concern to the black community. the school says there's a wait list to get? >> this is not segregated housing. this housing is open to all students. it focuses on academic excellence and programs that are inclusive and nondiscriminatory. >> uc berkeley also offers african-american, asian-pacific american, native american among their themed housing options. follow up now on lawmakers on capitol hill are going to be investigating the massive markups of epipens. senate panel has opened an inquiry in that matter. mylan as you probably heard raised the price from $100 to more than $500 over the course of the last eight years. mylan blamed the health care market for the price increase. but following public infour rags p company is now offering a coupon and developing a cheaper, generic version of that drug. a potential win for uber. a court rules drivers suing the

ride share company must resolve claims individually and not through a class action lawsuit. the ruling came over a lawsuit by drivers claiming uber's background checks violated their rights. but most drivers signed an agreement with uber three years ago, opting to resolve disputes to an independent arbitrator. the federal court is upholding that agreement. this ruling could affect another class action lawsuit that claims uber exploits drivers by treating them as independent contractors and not employees. all right, the rumors were right on. apple did as expected. and got rid of the headphone jack. >> but, scott mcgrew, you say it's not about the headphones. >> i don't think it is. i think it's about the things that go in the headphone skraks that are not headphones. like the square credit card reader. we talked about this thermometer as well. they plug into the iphone headphone jack which means the company has to -- doesn't have to pay licensing fee. companies like kinsa will have

to pay to access the iphone. this is why at least in my opinion there is no headphone jack in the iphone 7. hewlett-packard enterprise on wednesday sold its software division to a british company for $9 billion. this makes hp enterprise much smaller. i do realize that enterprise software may not be your jam, especially at a quarter to 6:00 in the morning. but it's interesting for one reason. how meg whitman has slowly and intaengsally making her kingdom smaller. she supervised hundreds of thousands of employees at hewlett-packard. split the company in to two and took hpe where she became smaller. she became the ceo of a smaller company. and then yesterday she made the company even smaller. we don't know exactly how small. most ceos wants to expand their kingdom. we talked about the hanjin bankruptcy, the samsung phone we're seeing. i prefer to talk about the hanjin ships if i could.

there they are. they've been in oceanic purgatory. so they can't dock. they're anchored offshore at least three off the coast of los angeles. but that's left billions of dollars in goods sitting in containers. also left this woman stranded. she's an artist in residence, rebecca moss, who won a 23-day at sea contest to do art onboard a container ship. now she's stuck and she can't come back. >> wow. >> because the ships are not allowed in to port. there you go. >> isn't that concerning for -- >> i would be. >> to save this woman? >> well, she's got food and water. she'll be okay. >> we hope enough. >> yes. as do all the other crew members. they're just as stuck. but they kind of signed up for being on a boat for a long time. she thought it was going to be -- >> a three-hour cruise that never ends. >> maybe she'll end up writing a book about the experiences as she's stuck there. something we do not have to wait for right now, a little nfl football. by the way. just say good-bye to all the football fans in your life.

from this date on for about, oh, i don't know, three months. football is officially back. game day in denver. the nfl is starting right where it left off last season. a rematch of super bowl 50 opponent between the denver broncos and the carolina pant r panthers. >> it's going to be unbelievable. this is the type of energy you want. this kickoff game is like the super bowl. i mean, the magnitude of it. >> and on that very note, there's going to be musical performances much like a super bowl. dierks bentley and one republic will king things off. you can watch it here. the nfl pre-game show starts at 4:30 right after an early edition of "nightly news" with lester holt. and then the game at 5:30 and stick around after for a special edition of nbc bay area news. if you're lucky enough to go to a future 49er game levi stadium is serving up a fresh idea. all the vegetables in foods sold at the santa clara stadium now being grown on-site. 49ers will unveil the first ever

rooftop farm later this morning. it's called faithful farm. 4,000 square foot farm produces vegetables and herbs being used in food that will be available for all the events at the stadium. got to love that. >> farm to fan. >> i got to be honest. when i do go to a sporting event i don't really go for the vegetables. >> you don't? >> potatoes, french fries. >> deep fried. >> now you have the healthy alternative. >> see the silver lining. >> that's right. i have to twitter friends some weather friends sharing some sun rises this morning p denver saying it's going to be a wonderful day. i was wondering why. now i know why. football is starting. >> that's right. >> denver broncos. there you go. we are waiting on our sunrise at home. 5:49. it's dark outside. we are in september and this is time of year when our days get a little bit shorter and we're just waiting on that sunrise to come up. we don't have fog in san francisco. same bill in san jose.

that's indicative of that trough gatzing to to dig in. air quality is going to start to improve. and because of that our winds are shifting an that's going to mean for a cooler day across the entire bay area right now. 50s and 60s for the most part. later on this afternoon, livermore after 97 yesterday. you will be at 87. san jose, 93 yesterday. 87 for you today. 82 for palo alto. and meanwhile at the coastline, yesterday wide spread 80s. san francisco back to 69 degrees. even 72 today for santa clara santa cruz. we have fog developing along the coastline. that's where we are expecting the cooler day. six-mile visibility. five miles and half moon bay and the winds are going to start to pick up as we head towards the afternoon hours. winds today coming in from the ocean. again, that's why air quality willism prove. it's going to be pretty breezy along the coastline this evening. san francisco with winds up to about 15 to 20 miles per hour. high pressure starts to breakdown as this trough starts to build in across the west coast. the clouds up across the north,

our next weather maker. that's going to cool us off as we head towards next week. in the meantime, things are going to stay warm. look what happens on monday. here comes starting to dig into the west coast. and by tuesday, we could be tracking so showers. maybe even some thunderstorms across the mountains. so here at home, continue to track it. temperatures do cool off. back into the 70s for daytime highs. so about another ten degree drop coming our way for next week. san francisco looks good though. 60s all the way through the next seven days. mike, you've had a busy morning. >> right now it's just texting pete over there on the bay bridge. we'll talk about that in a second. i do want to show the rest of the bay. your commute. there's the south bay typical for 101. show you that in a second as well. no problems for the peninsula. we do zoom in on over here and this trans bacon nectar has been the problem as far as commute goes. eastbound still slow. eastbound three lanes are still closed. pete says they've been asked to leave the scene because there's been police activity which has cleared but caltrans have yet to open the three remaining eastbound lanes.

two right bound lanes. we have a stall but looks like that's cleared. back to your morning commute with the metering lights on. standard flow hopefully by 6:00 but again, we still have some lanes closed on the span itself. down in the south bay, i want to show you the live look. there is san jose north 101 coming towards us. that's the latest for the first bur burst of traffic down here. the u.s. could soon be one step closer to learning more about our galaxy. first mission to sample an asteroid will launch. third mission in nasa's new frontiers program. it's going to collect surface material from a near earth asteroid and return it to earth for studying. very cool. scientists expect that recovered samples may hold clues to the origin of the solar system. spacecraft is expected to reach the asteroid in two years and will return to earth in 2023. once popular movie theater in the south bay is closing its doors for good. >> this is sad. camera 12 in san jose is going

out of business and it has quite the history. the owner said after a decade of losing revenue they just couldn't keep the cinemas open. it starred here with a trio of san jose state self professed film geeks opening their first movie house camera 1 in 1975. in 2004 the team took over the failed united artist theater and turned it into camera 12. this complicates things for film festival in march and is now scrambling to try and find a subity tut venue. coming up, two bay bridges? the new multimillion dollar project in san francisco that appears to be an exact copy of the new span. but first, happening now, colin kaepernick says he has no regrets about a national anthem protest. now he's getting support from warriors star steph curry. read what curry has to say on nbcbayarea.com. oakland graphic designer is raising thousands of dollars for flood relief in his hometown of baton rouge, louisiana. we put a link to the story on our facebook page. we're back in awe foop 3 a bay area congresswoman is

leading a new effort to fit . welcome back, everyone. 6:56. a bay area congresswoman is leading a new effort to fight back against sexual violence on college campuses. yesterday representative jack by spear introduced the so-call campus sexual assault whistleblower protection about. it's designed to support survivors and witnesses so they

can report sex crimes without fear of punishment. speier some are afraid to speak up because some may have been drinking while assaulted andreying violates school code. >> in some cases brave survivors are expelled after they reported the crime committed against them. >> speier began push for assault law afters the recent brock turner sexual assault case at stanford. look at this picture. does the hundred any bridge look kind of familiar to you? this is the design for the new bus bridge that's going to connect the trans bay transit center under construction right now in san francisco. but people say the new bridge looks an awful lot like another new bridge, the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> we have the bay bridge. i don't see a need to have a second mini bridge just for some buses. >> a lot of people think the mini bridge does look a lot like the bay bridge. people behind the design say that's the only option that was possible for that location.

the nearly $60 million mini bridge is going to allow buses to go between them. >> maybe just keeps with the theme. reducing carbon footprint. today governor jerry brown will extend the most ambitious climate change lawly ten years. state's landmark 2006 law which set the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. the new measure sets a new goal of cutting emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. governor brown says this is the most aggressive target by any government in north america. heads up, if you plan on spending some time outside with mother nature in san jose, two lakes are off limits this morning because of toxic blue green algae. they found elevated levels. the algae can cause rashes and stomach problems and could be

falt ta fatal to dogs. swimming is banned but now visitors can't fish or boat. think about visiting yosemite, soon you will have 400 more reasons to. that's how many more meadows are added to the national park. this is the largest expansion in decade '. the money to buy the land came from donations. the new land will include wetlands. yosemite is celebrating centennial anniversary with the national park service this year. simply beautiful. right now at 6:00, update to breaking news we've been tracking since we first came on air at 4:30 this morning. moments ago an assault suspect arrested after climbing on the side of the bay bridge. more on a tense standoff that created trouble for drivers this morning. plus, robbed at gun point right in the heart of santana row. what one of the victims is telling us this morning about what she calls a terrifying experience. and a suspected serial shooter finally behind bars. the evidence police say helped them connect this man to ten shootings targeting drivers on a

busy san jose roadway. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. you don't have to be coastal, a little bit breezy for the rest of the people now, too. >> and in fact yesterday temperatures in the 0s. triple digits, nothing like that today. temperatures cooling off. 50s and 60s right now as you get going to start off this morning and you can see from every vantage point, clear skies. no fog at the coastline. limited from half moon bay and santa cruz. in the afternoon we will see sunshine. 70s and 80s for most of us. albeit, cool at the coastline. 69 for san francisco. that's ten draes coegrees coole yesterday. even cooler into the weekend. and week ahead for next week. we'll talk about that seven-day forecast coming up in 15 minutes. mike, what are youing looking at right now on the roads? >> seeing the commute to d.