away. we look at the life of rose pak. >> what caltrans has to say about a piece of road debris that killed a man here on highway 101 in palo alto. we'll have that story as "today in the bay" starts now. >> a very good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. it is hot. congratulations to your uncle. >> outstanding support offing actor role, sterling brown. my uncle is like a big brother. chris darden with marcia clark. >> you stayed up past your bed time? >> yes. proud nephew. let's talk weather. temperatures will be back to the 90s for inland valleys. we don't have major concerns out there.

doing double duty. so mania we have clear skies. no fog. we'll continue to see if any develop. offshore winds will lead to another warm day. even in san francisco. already at 60. 6 concord. look at our highs today. another warm one. 90s widespread for our inland valleys. 90 for santa rosa. 70 for san francisco. we've got lots of green on the map. there is a new incident 580 westbound before livermore there is an accident involving a big rig and three cars. you can see the slowing through the altamont pass. this is not affecting drivers yet. >> we continue our coverage of breaking news. this picture is broadcast around the world right now. one of the people possibly

connected with this weekend's bombings in new york city and in new jersey. this photo was released within the last hour. we are told this man is 28-year-old ahmad khan rahami. he is wanted for his role in that bombing. fbi sent out a wanted poster saying he is a u.s. citizen of afghan deescent. this morning in the community of elizabe elizabeth -- >> there was that overnight blast near a transit station. the bomb squad robot was probing a suspicious backpack called in, reportedly stuffed with improvised explosives. as many as five of them. it exploded while the robot was cutting through some of the wiring. originally, two men spotted that backpack in a garbage can and immediately called police.

there is no word how it got there. across the hudson river in new york city overnight. five people are being questioned by fbi agents in connection to the weekend blast. >> that is in addition to the one being sought. these five were detained because of a traffic stop. the fbi reports the stop was related to saturday's new york city explosion. no one is charged at this point. the pressure cooker bomb exploded in a dumpster in the chelsea neighborhood. 29 people were hurt. fortunately, none of those injuries is serious. four blocks away, people discovered another pressure cooker device. that was dismantled. because it was dismantled, investigators are hoping that bomb will provide valuable clues. coming up in our next half hour, live to new york as this story continues to develop. because of the explosions on the east coast and questions that are still swirling, san francisco police are boosting their presence around the city. you might have noticed extra security at the giants game

yesterday. they will increase visibility of officers in uniform and work with other law enforcement agencies. one person suffered minor burns from a fire yesterday that damaged a part-time day care center. a family lives in that home at grayson court in menlo park. one resident returned shortly after the fire started and burned her hands trying to save some of the rabbits at the residence. fire crews knocked the fire down before flames caused too much damage at the house. an adjacent patio was destroyed. a long-time bay area political activist is being remembered for what she did for the city of san francisco. rose pack died in her home this weekend.

rose pak was stricken with kidney failure last year and became gravely ill. according to a statement from a friend, pak died of natural causes. caltrans says it might be to blame for a freak accident that killed an 82-year-old man on highway 101 in the peninsula. a large piece of metal came crashing through the man's car. bob redell is live in palo alto where this crash happened. caltrans says that piece of metal could have come from one of its trucks. >> good morning to you. caltrans indicates it believes that metal object fell off one of its water trucks early friday afternoon as this truck was traveling on highway 101 between job sites. this is what this object looks like. it appears to be a brass bolt about the size of a baseball about 2 to 3 pounds in weight. louis shaeffer, the 82-year-old man behind the wheel of the van headed north on 101 when that

bolt crashed through his windshield and hit him in the neck. he lost control of his vehicle. slammed in the center divide and came to a stop. shaeffer was pronounced dead at the scene. caltrans offered its deepest condolences to shaeffer and his family and his friends in a statement sent to us. unfortunately these kinds of accidents involving highway debris are not uncommon. between 2011 and 2014 there have been more than 200,000 accidents, crashes, nationwide involving objects in the road or flying off other vehicles. 500 people have been killed as a result. live here in palo alto, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. a devastating scene in the south bay. chp officers arrived to reports of a car crashed into a free off 101. it happened yesterday. as officers tried to see if the driver was okay, a tree crashed

down striking the driver. chp officers were able to escape without injury. witnesses say the driver was speeding before that crash. a toxic algae in the water as state agencies say they are caught off guard how big a problem the blooms are this year. more than 40 lakes and waterways are contaminated. that is the highest count agencies have ever seen. because the algae can cause illness to people and pets especially, the east bay park district says it is being more rigorous posting warning signs. last year a dog died hours after taking a drink from the lake. we are expecting another pretty warm day today. >> let's talk about yesterday. summer heat across the bay area. 86 in san francisco. >> it was hot. >> fire danger was certainly elevated. in fact, there were several fires yesterday. there is this one that happened in the dublin hills. driver could see that smoke from

680. firefighters are going to watch that area to make sure that blaze does not flare up again. >> there were a pair of grass fires in san jose. one behind the lowes, another one burned along san jose creek. both near homeless encampments. >> let's get to the forecast today. >> you know it's bad when a fire is burning near a creek. we are still looking at fire danger across the bay area today. another warm day for us. we've got clear skies. we'll see eventually another bright day. temperatures are mild. 55 degrees in san jose. 60 in san francisco. cool in the north bay but not as cold as last week. in the 50s right now. 84 oakland. 94 walnut creek. pleasanton 95. san jose 89. yes, fire danger evident across the bay area. let's talk traffic. you can see on our traffic maps

we have lots of green on the map. we have a couple of pair of accidents on 101 and 85. both very small. not created any slowing. not creating much slowing because still early this morning. across the rest of the north bay coming from the golden gate bridge. bay bridge toll plaza starting to see more traffic here. as we approach 5:30, we'll start to see this fill in more. right now, good to go. >> thank you very much. the most important person at the polling booth on election day is you the voter. the second most important person, that volunteer to help you with the ballot. how you can be a hero on election day and get paid for it, too. >> get out those stickers "i voted." you have been following samsung and the controversy about the phone. >> the phone that catches fire. nobody isç returning it. we'll talk about the new phones

that are coming into stores to convince you to turn in the old one. university in philadelphia today

-- this while donald trump will hold a rally in flo 5:12. time to hit the campaign trails. hillary clinton talks today and donald trump will hold a rally in florida. >> edward, national security was already an important topic this election season. what happened over the weekend certainly going to dominate the

conversation. >> this is what everyone's talking about. 50 days left until america decides who will be the next president of the united states. both candidates are in battleground states. donald trump tries to separate himself from the democrats. he tweeted out this morning that this bombings, he tried to use the bombings and the stabbing in his favor. he said that the failed obama/clinton policies won't keep us safe. trump's campaign manager says that folks want to move on and talk about security. they want to move on from issues like the birther issue that was a big deal on friday. clinton responded saying we need to support our first responders and pray for our victims here. security guaranteed to be a debate, a talking point at least this week and possibly beyond. the running mate for hillary

clinton, senator tim kaine said that he believes donald trump was dangerous in his rhetoric calling for secret service agents to disarm themselves when they protect hillary clinton. trump made those comments because hillary clinton stance on gun control. senator kaine says it shows indifference whether violence could occur. quinnipiac poll shows hillary clinton is losing support among younger voters. she is just five points over donald trump. in august she was 20 points up. >>. >> south bay election leaders are ramping up activity this weekend. santa clara county registrar of voters will start to train volunteers. in all, roughly 5,000 people are needed to staff polling places around the county. there are still positions open if you want to try. you can earn up to $200 if you

do. the county is looking for bilingual volunteers. now to an investigative unit exclusive. >> a four-month long investigation found often the federal elections commission does nothing. we partnered with nbc in washington, d.c., to go through years of complaints filed with the fec. what we discovered is the average complaint takes almost two years just to come up for a vote. some disputes take longer or are never resolved at all. regulators in california say the fec's inaction is impacting elections throughout this state including where foreign money was spent to illegally influence ballot measure. >> the ballot measure process in california is the people's vote. it is the process of the people. keeping that strong and acting

on foreign nationals making contributions to influence california elections was very important to us. >> tonight at 11:00, senior investigative reporter talks to insiders about the infectiveness at the fec&that affects all of us. that's at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. "the washington post" editorial board say edward snowden should go to jail. >> that caused huge controversy over the weekend because the "post" benefitted from snowden's whistle blowing. >> the paper won a pulitzer and got it. reasonable people have reasonable arguments for and against pardoning snowden, no one at the paper was calling for his arrest until last weekend. not only that, the editorial board argued snowden shouldn't

have revealed secrets about the prism program. again, "the washington post" was the paper that published those secrets. glen greenwald had a blistering response. "the washington post" is the first-ever paper to explicitly editorialize for the criminal prosecution of its own source, on whose back the paper won an and eagerly accepted a pulitzer prize. >> back here at home, a busy week for wells fargo ceo. he'll be dragged from the senate banking committee tomorrow. the house financial services committee will take a crack at him in the coming weeks. fox business is reporting stump is not likely to remain ceo much longer. wells fargo was caught creating nearly 2 million fake accounts for customers who did not want them and in some cases didn't know about them. let's check the rest of the news before the bell. landon dowdy live at cnbc world

headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. wall street could start monday off on a positive note after markets closed higher last week. apple had the best week in five years. higher in early trading. investors await two big decisions on interest rates this week by the federal reserve and bank of japan. we get fresh data on the housing market, as well. friday the dow fell to 18,123. nasdaq slipping five to 5244. back to you. >> thank you. samsung says its galaxy note 7 will be back in stores wednesday. the phone was the subject of a huge recall but many users have not returned their phone. imagine going without your phone for a couple of days. people would think you had died. only about a few thousand people actually turned in the phone even though they will catch fire. they get too hot when they are charging. do not use it. do not put it on an airplane. get it back.

>> it exploded in someone's car. >> set fire to a car, allege lid. we don't know for sure. there have been loses of incidents in the united states. what people aren't doing is turning them back in. officially is a warm start to the season. not a good one for seattle seahawks who lochlts l.a. rams home opener was a successful one. they win 9-3 over seattle yesterday. this entire situation could be termed the hot mess for some of the fans due to extreme southern california heat in the 90s. 14 fans at the coliseum had to go to the hospital due to heat exhaustion. stadium medical staff treated more than 150 fans all together on the day. southern california remains under a red flag warning at least until noon. >> people in the audience were like, oh, yeah. >> l.a. rams coming from st. louis are used to dealing with

heat like that. >> it's going to be another warm day. we've got tropical weather that will impact later on this week. for us, we are not going to see any of that. let's take you outside right now. going to be another warm day. we don't have any fog in san francisco. clear skies to start the day. a warm day all in all. dublin you can see traffic moving along. we'll have a traffic update in just a little while. 64 in livermore. 65 in san jose. 60 in palo alto. cool in half moon bay at 50. mild in san francisco. 60. once the sun does come up, we'll see a bright day. limited fog means warm once again. not as hot as in san francisco. 87 for redwood city today. 89 for san jose. air quality does improve for today back into the moderate category everywhere but not going to be overly sunny. we'll see more of that hazy

sunshine. high pressure still off the coastline. going to drive offshore winds. here is that subtropical moisture. the tropical system will move into southern california tuesday. that will bring showers to folks in san diego, places down there. for us, we are not going to get any of that. we'll see cooling. especially by wednesday and thursday. you'll notice that on the seven-day forecast. cooler tomorrow. another hot day today. mid 90s. san francisco cooling off, back into the 60s tomorrow. you'll still be at 72 today. let's talk traffic. mike has the day off. we'll show you what we are tracking this morning. earlier accident at greenville road out of 580 westbound. cleared but giving slowing. across the rest of the bay looking good. concord over to 680 to 580 richmond. you can see more cars here. things looking good.

we'll have an update around 5:30. >> thank you very much. south bay residents raising concerns about plans to expand a land fill. the fight is all about the smell. we'll show you where that land fillies next. >> one missed flight plus one insurance policy equals zero reimbursement. nbc bay area responds. south bay residents are crying

foul over the plan to expand the newby island landfill. protesters yesterday blocked the gates .. near south bay residents crying foul over plans to fill the newby land fill. the company that operates the land fill hopes to expand the facility and extend its closure date. san jose planners are expected to debate that proposal. some residents say the smell is already overpowering. >> it's a combination of sewage and rotten garbage. >> comes over the city when the wind is right and it just is not going away. >> public services issued this statement in response to the protests. "we worked hard over the years to engage with our neighbors, listen to any concerns and involve the community in a responsible expansion process. ultimately, the land fillies a vital asset for the bay area and its expansion will enable our

community to address their needs for environmental services in the future." >> nbc bay area response as a couple learned a tough lesson about travel insurance. >> bruce and susan booked a trip to italy on british airways. bruce has parkinson's disease so the couple bought travel insurance in case they had a medical emergency and they did. the day before they were scheduled to leave, bruce was rushed to the hospital. he is okay but that caused them to miss the flight they filed a claim thinking they would get reimbursed for their ticket. they were denied because the contract reads you need to cancel 24 hours before the flight. airlines are very firm with cancellation policies we shared the unique story with british airways. the carrier refunded bruce and susan $2,000 for their tickets. in a statement, british airways says, occasionally there are a very special set of

circumstances that require review and in this case we are pleased we are able to resolve the issue to the customer satisfaction. lesson here, you need to read the fine print when buying travel insurance. you don't always get what you think you're paying for. if you have a consumer complaint, call us. have a great day. >> thank you very much. breaking news on the east coast. within the last hour, police released a photo of a man they want in connection to explosions in new york city and in new jersey. a live report coming up. long-time civic leader and activist rose pak died at the age of 68. how the city plans to honor her. for joining us.

i'm sam brock. =laa/4shotand i'm laura garcia-. =laura/4shot= good morning on this monday. thank you so much for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. we have anthony slaughter in for kari hall who is on maternity leave. >> temperatures are still warm. if you're at the coastline,

you'll see temperatures coming down. yesterday you were in the 80s. another warm day. here is how you know how it's going to be warm. clear skies. beautiful shot from san francisco this morning. enjoy it. 60 in san francisco. 65 in san jose. here are your high temperatures later on. 79 for santa cruz. tri-valley. show you on the traffic maps. lots of green out there. on the tri-valley we have an earlier accident at greenville road 580 westbound. i want to show you that area dublin looking good.

this is the man whose picture is being broadcast around the world as one of the people possibly connected with the weekend bombings in new york city and in new jersey. we are told the fbi has identified him as 28-year-old ahmad khan rahami. he is a u.s. citizen of afghan descent. his last known address is in elizabeth, new jersey. this morning all eyes are on new york city and new jersey as the feds scramble for clues after several weekend bombings. a major development now, that possible suspect has been named what do we know about him? >> right. that's right. this investigation is moving forward very quickly after some developments last night. now within the past hour place

saying they want to speak to that man. his name is ahmad rahami. according to federal officials, they say he is a naturalized u.s. citizen originally born in afghanistan. 28 years old. authorities believe he was living in elizabeth, new jersey. that's relevant because late last night a backpack with bombs in it was discovered in that town, just another incident happening here in the new york metro area over the past three days. in new jersey overnight, another bomb placed in a trash can at the elizabeth train station. it exploded as a bomb robot tried to disarm it. a manhunt under way to find the bomber. today increased security presence is visible across new york city. additional 1,000 state troopers and guards descending on manhattan. a visible show of force after a bomb exploded saturday and left 29 injured and countless others rattled. >> rushed out there within

seconds of the bomb. my ears were still ringing. i noticed screaming, running everywhere. >> the bomb exploded in the chelsea neighborhood. many of the injured were hit with shrapnel. the blast turned the heavy dumpster it was placed near into a mangled pile of metal and blew it more than 100 feet away. >> when you see the amount of damage, we were very lucky there were no fatalities at the time. >> it might have been part of a coordinated attack. just four blocks away, police discovered a pressure cooker with wires and a cell phone attached. that device was dismantled. the same man was spotted in surveillance videos near both devices. who he is and whether he's even involved at all remain a mystery. >> we have a lot more work to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this. >> investigators are pouring over surveillance videos and bomb fragments, hoping they lead them to the bomber.

>> investigators believe that man spotted in both those videos on 23rd street and 27th street is rahami. that's why they want to speak with him. we are told that the fbi is going through a residence believed to be his in elizabeth. last night a car of interest as they are calling it was pulled over on the verrazano bridge. five people are being questioned from that traffic stop. we are told those people are believed to be members of rahami's family. chris pollone. back to you. >> on a weekend where concerns over terror were raised, a possible link to terrorism in minnesota. we are learning more about that stabbing spree in st. cloud, minnesota, where nine people were attacked. an isis-affiliated group are claiming responsibility. all victims are expected to survive. the group called the attacker a

soldier of the islamic state. the suspect asked at least one victim if he was muslim before stabbing him. an offduty police officer shot and killed the attacker. >> in the wake of the explosions in new york and new jersey and the stabbings in minnesota, san francisco police boosted their presence around the city this weekend. we definitely saw extra security at the giants game yesterday. the department says it will increase the visibility of officers in uniform. also will work with other law enforcement agencies. new this morning, a long shore worker is recovering after two cranes fell yesterday in the port of oakland. this is file of the port and not from yesterday. two cranes fell and one sank in the water. the other landed on the terminal. the bay area news group is reporting a falling container trapped the worker in his vehicle yesterday morning. firefighters rescued that man who went to the hospital after saying he was feeling general body pain.

there's been no update on his condition. honoring the life of a long-time bay area political activist. san francisco civic leader rose pak has died. pak was well known being the voice of the china town community. today in the bay is live in san francisco. pak meant so much to so many people. really did have a powerful voice in san francisco. >> that's exactly right. she is considered a political heavyweight despite never holding political office. the city what they are doing is -- you can't see it here, they are flying their flags at half staff in her honor. she was the voice of the china town community. that was the scene yesterday as the body was taken away from her china town apartment where she was found dead due to natural

causes. a street is named after the long-time civic leader. she was considered a power broker for the chinese community in san francisco. coming to the city in the 1960s, becoming one of the leading voices in the community for decades. we saw politicians past and present at her apartment yesterday. they had this to say about her legacy. >> she was tough as nails. she and i fought like cats and dogs, but at the end of the day i loved her and we became friends. >> one of its main sparks, rose perfected the art of public advocacy on behalf of issues. she had zero evidence of any personal gain. >> pak's impact on city politics culminated with the election of our current san francisco mayor ed lee who said, this is a great loss to the city as a whole and the chinese community in

particular, a community rose served, supported and fought for, often fiercely, her entire adult life. pak had been battling health issues. she had a kidney transplant earlier this year. she passes away at 68. for more on the life and work of rose pak, head to our website nbcbayarea.com. there you can read mayor ed l lee's thoughts on her passing. new information regarding a freak accident that killed a driver on highway 101. caltrans says this large piece of metal that crashed through the windshield of an 82-year-old man's car, killing him, may have come from one of their water trucks they use for construction. the deadly crash happened friday on 101 near palo alto. louis shaeffer lost control and

crashed after that piece of metal hit him in the neck. a joint investigation discovered a caltrans water truck was driving between job sites at the time of the accident. rail safety is the lesson for gunderson high school students today. september is national rail safety months. hundreds of gunderson students ride light rail every day. in an effort to promote safety on and around the light rail, students came up with their own safety pledge,ç helping classmates and fellow students. >> there was an emergency rescue over the weekend at a place where a lot of folks come to have a drink and relax and watch the water. many of them were watching this. san francisco firefighters had their hands full when two calls came in from the cliff house. a man was actually stuck there in between the crashing waves and on top the cliff house at

the top of the cliff you could see how dangerous that spot was. it all played out yesterday. at the same time, a dog wandered down the steep embankment and got stuck. it was a corgi, a breed not typically known for its athletic prowess. they are stocky. the dog couldn't get back up. rescue teams worked to bring the man and dog to safety at the same time and made for a very happy reunion. >> that made me happy. the dog was mellow and happy and had a big crowd hearing her or him on. >> lots of love for the corgi. both rescues, especially the corgi drew dozens of onlookers. >> a nice day but hot day today. what about yesterday? 86 in san francisco. fire danger is high. there were several fires yesterday. this one is in the dublin hills. drivers could see the smoke from 680.

there were a pair of grass fires in san jose. both were near homeless camps. turns out that air quality is a little bit better today, anthony slaughter. you were talking about this. >> unfortunately, it was on the unhealthy category yesterday and over the weekend. we had a spare the air alert. it's not going to be overly good today. you can see in san francisco bay this morning. here is why. clear skies, offshore winds. stagnant this morning. calm winds. a lot of that combines for fire danger. 65 in san jose. later this afternoon under full sunshine, inland valleys back in the 80s and 90s. a good mix of 80s around the inner bay. let's talk traffic right now. you can see we've got lots of green. no huge issues.

we have one concern way in the north bay. 80 eastbound in solano. across the rest of the bay moving good. lots of green sensors across the east and south bay. more cars here. this is about 15 minutes ago. >> thank you very much. more on the fallout with wells fargo and scott mcgrew next. ==kris//cont vo==

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county -- a memorial service was held in belmont in honor of all the fallen public safety workers in san mateo county, a memorial service was held in belmont. this was at the cunningham chapel. representatives from public safety agencies read aloud the names of their fallen comrades. t they showed off their skills. fans lining up for the gymnastics champions. inspiring gymnasts were eager to see their idols. the final five was sort of a homecoming. simone biles and all those girls were there. >> look at this. this was traffic stopped in the

south bay yesterday making way for families to enjoy the streets of san jose. san jose's second annual event had people roller skating stretching from willow glen to japan town. organizers love this event because it gives them an opportunity to get out and be with the community. >> events like this are great. the city gives us an opportunity to talk to the community, to get more girls to sign up and get empowered. it's just great seeing all the families out, all the little girls, their moms. >> my two little girls were there. arts and craft station were there during that free event. >> they worked so hard they got a little sore. >> i can't feel my buns. >> 5:47 right now. very busy week ahead in business news. >> starting with a bank ceo under fire. >> good morning. we suspect soon the head of

wells fargo will go before a senate investigative committee tomorrow. john stumff acknowledges his company set up bank accounts for more than a million customers. he said the tell horse did the actual fraud were to blame. wells fargo fired more than 5,000 workers and paid the biggest fine of its type in banking history. also this week, the bankers bankers get to work. the federal open markets committee will start a two-day meeting tomorrow to determine whether to raise interest rates. every time we get some bit of economic data showing they should raise rates, we get other bit of economic data showing they should not. donald trump is campaigning as a populist, yet another economic group says this morning his plans would hurt his own voters most. the peterson group says trump's trade policies would cause a recession and cost 5 million

jobs. this comes back on a moody's report that says trump would cost 3.5 million jobs and a two-year recession. last week, a trump presidency would cost the u.s. economy $1 trillion. billionaire mark zuckerberg said over the weekend he and his wife dr. priscilla chan are getting ready to share something we've been working on for a couple of years. big week ahead. i haven't the faintest idea. it's not facebook if dr. chan is involved. they'll talk about their robotic house. i don't think it's a baby. >> they wouldn't be working on that for years. >> they have a 1-year-old so i'm mystified. >> maybe has to do with their charitable trust. that's what i think. we'll create an office pool. 5:49. serious fragile cease-fire

continuing to unravel. sunday gun fire and hours of explosions were heard in aleppo. both rebels and government forces report dozens of violations of that temporary truce. president obama will speak to the u.n. general assembly tomorrow ahead of his big speech the president is meeting with the prime minister of iraq to discuss the recent violence in that country. tomorrow's speech at the united nations will be the president's last of his presidency. a new warning about the dangers of prescribing codeine to kids. the american academy of pediatrics is issuing an advisory due to reports of deaths and risk of dangerous side effects that include breathing problems. the latest warning mirrors one issued by the food and drug administration about using codeine for children's cough or pain. some 800,000 children younger than 11 are reportedly receiving codeine prescriptions each and every year. >> we have been talking about

how hot it was yesterday. it will be hot today. >> only thing that improve is air quality. coastline temperatures back in the 70s. we were at the 80s yesterday for san francisco. i want to show you our skycam lit up under the clear skies. no fog this morning. offshore winds drive the fog out to sea. right now temperatures are mild. 65 in san jose. 64 in livermore. 66 in concord. 58 in napa. you get an idea. you step outside. already off to a warm start. here are high temperatures this afternoon. 94 for gilroy. 87 for redwood city. 72 for san francisco. after yesterday's heat, still another warm day is expected for today. high pressure in control. that's why we have winds offshore. that drives our wind offshore. creates a sinking air and perfect ingredients for fire

danger. we've got tropical weather, tropical system formed over parts of the pacific. that will move up the baja, california, and bring showers to places like san diego, flagstaff. we'll see a trough develop wednesday and thursday. that will cool us more than where we are right now. 10 to 15 degree drop to where we'll be the first day of fall which is on thursday. temperatures will respond accordingly back to the low 60s in san francisco. with more cloud cover as we head toward the next couple of days. another nice bright day. i want to switch gears. talk about some traffic. we have a couple of incidents starting to pop-up. right now seeing slowing on 101 northbound. this is a typical spot where we see it every morning. 880 southbound at the san mateo

connector there avoid the area, if possible. we are already seeing slowing. >> for those watching the emmys, let's get you caught up on the big winners. this is what happened. >> and the emmy goes to "game of thrones." >> the hbo phenomenon "game of thrones" won best dramatic series. the show scored three emmys last night. moved past "frazier" for the most emmys all time. 38. hbo made it a sweep with "veep" winning the best comedy series. coming up next, the most important person at the polling place on election day is you, but the second most important person, the volunteer who helps with your ballot. how you can be an election day

volunteer. you do not have to work for free. happening right now, we are staying on top of breaking news after the photo of a man wanted for his role in new york city and new jersey bombings is released. a raid in a restaurant in the city of elizabeth. rail safety is the lesson for

"gunderson high school" students today. ==take vo== safety month".national rail california leads the the nation in rail deaths. rail safety is the lesson for gunderson high school students today. california leads the country in rail deaths. hundreds of students ride light rail to school every day. in an effort to promote safety around light rail, the students have come up with their own safety pledge. today a jury will decide the fate of two former allies of governor chris christie as the bridgegate trial begins. they are charged with conspiracy and fraud. prosecutors claim they arranged lane closing that caused gridlock traffic on the george washington bridge in 2013, delaying commuters for hours and leaving emergency vehicles slow to respond. prosecutors say they planned those closures as revenge on a

mayor who refused to endorse christie for re-election. >> this weekend, big name democrats including john lithgow campaigned for hillary in ohio. senator elizabeth warren was there, too. >> a selfish low life who puts his own interests ahead of everyone and everything else. a man who will not be president of the united states. >> the latest poll show clinton's big lead is shrinking and the trump campaign continues to blame her for starting the lie that president obama was not born in the united states. >> associates of the clinton campaign started this birtherism question in 2007. questioning senator obama's

american roots. >> mike pence was in the battleground state of florida talking to a church about his christian faith. they are supposed to regulate and enforce election laws, but a four-month long investigation found often the federal elections commission, fec, does nothing. >> we partnered with nbc in washington, d.c., to go through years of complaints filed with the fec. we discovered the average complaint takes nearly two years just to come up for vote. some disputes take longer or are never resolved at all. regulators say the fec's inaction is impacting elections throughout our state, including one case where foreign money was spent to illegally influence a ballot measure and the fec did nothing. >> ballot measure process in california is the people's voice. it's the process of the people. keeping that strong and acting on foreign nationals making contributions to influence

california elections was very important to us. >> tonight at 11:00, we talk to insiders about the ineffectiveness at the fec and why that affects all of us. tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. if you have a tip call our tip line. at 6:00, breaking news. wanted for the first time we are getting a glimpse of the man authorities believe may have been behind weekend explosions or has a connection to those explosions. another explosion overnight. that explosive device detonates in new jersey as terror fears continue to grow. >> caltrans owned up to a piece of road debrisha