low clouds over san francisco. 50s to near 60 down the peninsula. we'll see numbers in the upper 60s and low 70s. still the chance of rain later this week. now to see what's happening with your morning commute, here is mike. >> mostly green speed sensors, that's why anything out of the green shows up bright. we have the build westbound 580, no surprises into livermore. we saw this unexpected blip on the radar. north 280 around lawrence expressway, there are no incidents. things are moving well through the area. let me show you the travel times. from 101 to 85, averaging the speed limit. this is the best commute you'll have right now, but stick around if you can. >> breaking news into our newsroom. a massive xfinity comcast outage spanning the country. this is the internet and phone and television, this map showing

how big it is, from california to washington state. huge chunk of the east coast as well. no word on when service will be restored. we'll bring you an update when we can get one. comcast is the owner of this station. breaking news recovering this morning, a live look near the crime scene in san jose where police are investigating the homicide. it's in the lot of a lowe's home impress f store. police say officers arrived to find an unidentified man unconscious. right now they're only saying he suffered from visible injuries. kris sanchez is at the scene and she'll join us with a live update at 5:30. also new this morning, a frightening night for eastbound officers. bleach and ammonia spill sent three officers to the hospital. >> bob, how are the officers doing this morning? >> reporter: good morning, scott and laura.

all three pinole police officers are expected to be okay and have been released from the hospital. this happened last night at the pinole shopping center off appian way. the officers were called out to investigate a car that was parked here. not clear if the call was for hazmat or something else. the fire department tells us two household chemicals were spilled inside the car, about five gallons of ammonia, seven points of bleach. the fumes ended up overwhelming those officers. >> complaints from the officers were difficulty breathing and tightness in their chest. we had our medic unit check them out and take them over to the hospital to get evaluated. >> reporter: it took fire and hazmat several hours to clean up the spill. police and fire have yet to say how or why those chemicals ended up spilled inside that car.

>> live in pinole, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> when you combine those chemicals together, you get chlorine gas. scary indeed. a fire growing in wine country, crews continue to battle a fire dangerously close to home. the fire over unitville yesterday afternoon. major evac aces under way in campbell creek. the fire still grew to 53 acres. right now people who live nearby are hoping for the best. >> it's nerve-racking, but there's nothing you can do about it. you have to go see for yourself. >> what stauff do i care about? >> cal fire says at this point the fire is 20% contained. back on the water, crews will salvage a boat that capsized over the weekend. we hope to learn what might have caused it to tip over. investigators say the boat was

over capacity, 27 adults and three children were rescued from the water, all are said to be doing okay this morning. this is the second time in five weeks that a boat has capsized in the bay. a live look at oakland coliseum. the raiders home. but for how long? today alameda county leaders will try to keep the team, even though looking more like a hail mary. supervisors this morning will hold a closed door meeting to consider a deal to entice the raiders to stay. right now lawmakers in nevada are discussing a brand new $2 billion stadium. yurg yesterday's hearing, leaders in nevada's casino industry including steve nguyen urged lawmakers to approve that deal. >> this is an absolute dead bang winning opportunity. >> we have a billionaire, worth $32 billion, madison, asking for a $750 million taxpayer handout. that's ridiculous. >> two-thirds of the nevada

state senate and assembly as well will have to green light that plan. what a night for giants fans, a live look at at&t park where hours ago the stadium was packed, people on the edge of their seats. one thing we've learned in the past six years, nothing comes easy. last night was no different, long night as well. >> here we go. orange october. the giants manage to pull off a win. "today in the bay's" colin resch was there as this do-or-die game unfolded. >> reporter: an absolute postseason thriller here at at&t park last night. first it looked as though chicago pitchers were going to win the series both on the mound and at the plate, but then 2016 postseason hero connor gillespie came through again. for once, mad some bumgarner didn't have his best stuff in a postseason game. second inning cubs started jake arietta, all over the bumgarner fastball. insult to injury, a cubs fan

catches it. 3-0 chicago. they were going crazy in the cubs dugout. chicago held scoreless the next sixth inning. it's wild car hero gel less spi facing ar ral does chapman, two-run triple. giants take a 4-3 lead. pandemonium here at at&t park. brandon crawford would follow with an rbi single. san francisco takes a 5-3 lead into the ninth. hand it over to sergio romo, chris bryant hammers the slider. it scales the wall in left. a game-dying two-run shot. 5-5, we go to extras. over five hours after the first pitch, joe panik, his third hit of the gate, he drives in brandon crawford after his lead-off double. giants win it 6-5 in 13 innings. they stave off elimination once again. >> to win a game like that in

the 13th inning for your team when your back is against the wall like that, it's definitely up there. just the thrill is pretty special. >> regardless of what happens moving forward, this team fights, this team battles. whatever happens, i think all of us can hold our heads high and keep competing. >> bruce bochy now 10-0 in elimination games as manager of the giants. matt moore will tow the rubber tonight in game four. we'll be right back here to see if he can help the giants even up this best-of-five series. colin resch, nbc bay area. >> a lot of people needing an afternoon nap. i flew back from chicago early yesterday morning filled with cubs fans. they were raucous on the plane, a little less now. >> let's do it again tonight. let's check the forecast as well

with rob in for kari. >> 58 degrees. an interesting view, san bruno mountain. you can see the city lights there. san francisco lighting up the low clouds just below there. you see 60 right now, the temperatures not changing much. staying in the 60s from half moon bay over to san francisco and palo alto. 73 in livermore and 74 in wall net creek. probably the warmest spots you'll see around the bay area. focus turns to what happens thursday and friday. wind and rain to wrap up the week. plan on rain off and on as they head into the weekend ooze another storm arrives for saturday and sunday with clearing skies again by monday. >> looking at clear roadways right now, we have the minor crash in vallejo we have been crashing. nothing alarming there. highway 37 is where this crash is just west of interstate 80 in the westbound commute direction. fine toward the carquinez bridge. this crash is over off the roadway. how about highway 29, no more

problems heading toward 101. the bay bridge toll plaza looks to get a live look out there. no backup right there and no problems for visibility as far as seeing the eastshore freeway or across the span. >> probably don't have to tell you this, coming up, we're inching closer to those elections now just a month away. how both presidential candidates are stacking up in the polls this morning. a big split in the republican party all in a live report. >> the worst smart phone crisis ever. samsung has now halted all sales and even manufacturer of the galaxy 7. the lasting impact on the company coming up next. - hi, it's me. [imitates fanfare]

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- ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ - ♪ bargain market ... now it's stuck in my head. =laura/2shot=four weeks from to americans will head to the polls with the presidential rac more polarized than 5:12 right now. four weeks from today americans will held to the polls with the presidential race more polarized than ever before. now there's major turmoil even within the republican party, and it stems from donald trump. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with that and where both candidates stand this morning. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, scott and laura. two-thirds of republicans say republican leaders should stand behind their nominee. that's not happening. we've seen defections, half defections and donald trump is moving full speed ahead.

>> reporter: donald trump defined than ever, promising more to come. >> if they want to release tapes saying more inappropriate things, we'll talk about bill and hillary clinton. >> reporter: the party itself is sticking by trump. top republicans on capitol hill are not. house speaker paul ryan says he won't defend trump, won't campaign for him but won't pull his endorsement ever. >> paul ryan is trying to make the best of a very difficult situation. >> he is an equal opportunity insulter if there ever was one. this election is our chance to show who we are. we are better than that. >> reporter: new poll numbers show clinton pulled 11 points ahead nationally since the video tape was released exposing trump's vulgar language. he calls it locker room wanter.

>> real men aren't they way. donald trump is wrong about that. donald trump is wrong about that. >> let's go ahead and make it official. donald trump won that debate. >> reporter: the latest polls show him losing ground especially with women. so on top of the polls right now, hillary clinton. but looking over her shoulder, the wikileaks leaked, mails could reveal more about her campaign. facebook rolling out a new service, called workplace, co-workers can use the app and the service to communicate through text, group chat, video. it's basically facebook. facebook is charging businesses up to $3.00 per user.

the samsung company halting all sale and manufacture of the galaxy note 7 smart phone. it's expected to cost the company billions. >> for the rest of our news before the bell this morning, let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> scott and laura, good morning to you both. let's get a quick check of your markets on wall street. stocks could give up monday's gains as futures are lower this morning. the markets rising yesterday due mostly to higher oil prices. earning season kicking off today with the latest numbers from aluminum maker alcoa. it is official. samsung is ditching the galaxy note 7 phone amid reports it catches fire. analysts say the massive recall of the phones could cost the company as much as $17 billion. the korean electronics giant telling customers to shut the

device down. the ceo saying this is the worst cell phone crisis he has ever seen. meanwhile, apple stock is soaring to its highest this year in anticipation that many samsung users will swap to the iphone. 41 million americans have had their identity stolen. another 49 million know someone who has. bankrate.com says many are putting themselves in half's way. 28% use all or mostly the same password, scott and laura, back to yu. >> thank you, landon. east bay olive growers are harvesting earlier this year to try to bring out the olive in that olive oil. "mercury news" talked with growers trying a new strategy. by harvesting early, growers hope it will make their olive oil stand out. for the first time in two decades, a woman has taken top

spot at the pumpkin way off. >> the gourd named orange crush, weighing in at more than 1,900 pounds, it was grown by a third grade teacher from washington. she says it was a dream come true. this was my ultimate pumpkin fantasy to win half moon bay. to hit 1900 pounds, new washington state record. i might just die. >> pumpkin fantasy. after they leave the great pumpkin parade next week, orange crush is headed to -- not disney land but vegas. >> where it stays. >> it has to. >> the pumpkin parade next weekend. >> at half moon bay, that's right. >> maybe a rinse cycle. >> there will be breaks, not non-stop rain over the weekend. to storms book understanding the

weekend. outside right now we've got low clouds around the tri-valley and inland valley. we'll finish the day in the low 70s around the south bay, partly cloudy skies and it will take some time for the low clouds to break up. you can see the peninsula temperatures in the upper 60s, low 60s san francisco. upper 60s and low 70s at best and only warmest places inland. i want to show the seven-day forecast because of san francisco, wind and rain due in on friday, another system due in late saturday and into sunday. our inland seven-day forecast brings a chance of rain late thursday. then into friday, we're watching the rain develop. here is the first of the two storms coming in for thursday. breezy at times. friday it looks to be a very windy and rainy commute. timeline here, we could get winds up to 45 miles per hour in the hills, two to three inches

of rain we expect in the north bay. high surf likely as this pattern evolves moving into the weekend. a second system due in saturday into sunday. it's interesting looking at these numbers, these are the average monthly totals we get for the entire month. less than an inch around san jose. as we fast forward the next five days, the rain totals around the bay area, blue and purple is a half inch to as much as 2 1/2 in some spots. all this friday through sunday. you see the big changes for the second half of the seven-day forecast. next three days are fine. winds will pick up on thursday around san francisco, but the rain does arrive friday morning. you see the rain chances lingering into the weekend. by next monday we get clearing. next two days should be fine. starting late on thursday, that rain arrives in the north bay, mike? >> figure out how to get the umbrellas out of the back of the closet drive. we have an easy flow of traffic.

the south bay we did see for a bit of time, about 15 minutes, slowing for north 280 around lawrence expressway. there's road work going on, but it's not on that portion of the freeway. we'll she you the speed -- the travel times, at speed through all these routes. 280, the little slowing around lawrence has cleared. down to seven minutes on that stretch. up in mountain view, the same there. a good flow of traffic. we'll track it through the morning as there will be some advantage to 85 versus 101. dublin, a commute westbound standard out of the altamont. we do see slowing popping up right here. so i'll check the grid. this is not usually this slow right by tassajara. we will also show you the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup is just starting. coming up, hurricane matthew is gone, but the problems are still lingering. thousands are without homes, and the water actually continues to

rise. a closer look at the damage left behind this morning coming up next. plus a man brutally attacked all because he's sikh. the reason they believe the current political climate might be to blame. a developing story...

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effect across the region. thousands still out of their homes. in some cases water levels are still rising. within the last 36 hours, emergency personnel say more than 1,500 people have been pulled from rooftops. >> it's emotional everywhere. everybody is crying, everybody's scared. >> the number of dead in the united states stands at 30. many rivers and creeks are not expected to actually crest until later this week. the situation is much worse in haiti. this is video shot by a local showing the coastal town -- port town ravaged by strong waves and wind and rain. power is out across much of the nation. authorities say water and food is scarce. the death toll in haiti, mo are than 1,000. a 26-foot u haul was last seen friday night just north of

the 580/13 split. inside cases of gatorade and water meant for veterans who signed up for the grueling run to recovery ride. two men arrested accused of committing a hate crime against a sikh man. the man was brutally attacked while driving home from work last month. he said the suspect started hitting him through his carbon dough. when his turbine fell off, they cut his hair with a knife. they say comments made by donald trump about minorities are fueling these crimes. >> these people may have come from a part of the country, maybe from donald trump land or something like that. we don't tolerate that here. >> 25-year-old austin amend rad dough and 31 chase little of texas were arrested for the hate crime. they were in richmond visiting

refinery workers. both face felony assault charges. coming up, a peninsula high school was threatened. the students are now behind bars accused of vowing to hurt people at mountain view high. >> reporter: san jose police are investigating the killing of a man in the parking lot of a hardware store. i'm chris sanchez. i'll show you what we know about that investigation and how it can impact the work day for employees and contractors, too. >> pete suratos in napa where mandatory evacuations are in place as fire crews look to obtain a growing brush fire. the latest details on that fire coming up in a live report. we're hopeful that cooling temperatures will help with fire danger around the bay area. san jose upper 60s through 1:00 as we track two chances of rain, wind and large surf heading the the coast. the latest on our storms and the big change in the forecast

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>> handsome. >> always, yes. >> let's take it away with rob with a look at the forecast. >> we're seeing low clouds. we're dressed in gray today to reflect the weather. low clouds across the board. all the way inland, 50s and 60s outside. 60s to low 70s inland. we'll talk more about rain chances ahead and the forecast in a few minutes. mike i know it's bad luck to go under a ladder, but maybe over a ladder. >> or into a ladder, yes. talking about dublin. the commute looks fine. a little slowing. i showed you the slowing near tassajara. it just cleared. pieces of the aluminum ladder, over the last three minutes, looks like there's someone at the bottom of the screen, that ladder being knocked around by trucks. this is better news for west 580. clearer through dublin on our live shot. >> breaking overnight, a man was

found dead in the streets of san jose and the search is on for his killer. >> "today in the bay's" chris s sanchez live where it happened. can you tell us what you know so far. >> reporter: we with tell you we're being kept far from the investigation. the lights you see behind me is where police are still trying to gather clues. they have been out here on the scene for about 6 1/2 hours now. san jose police found the body of that victim about 10:40 last night, but no sign of the killer, and that man was unconscious at the time, injured badly enough that it was obvious to officers that this was no accident. this is in the 700 block of ritter park drive near the intersection with shall len berger road. that is about ten miles from the school of the same name, so no concern there. the crime scene is always in a, paing lot of the lowe's home improvement store, about 200 yards from a homeless encampment along coyote creek. at this point we can't tell you

the two are related, but we can tell you san jose police are investigating the killings of eight homeless people this year in the city. san jose police have been combing for clues. this man is the 38th homicide victim of this year. if police release a suspect description, we will bring it to you. >> you should know if you are a lowe's customer or perhaps a contractor who is expecting to do business here at this store, it's supposed to open at 6:00. at this point it does not appear that that's going to happen. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." thank you, kris. this morning three police officers are recovering after a late night hazmat scare. it started when pinole police officers approached an suv near interstate 80. firefighters say ammonia and bleach had spilled. officers had difficulty breathing, tightness in their chest. they're expected to be okay. our bob redell is at the scene

and will have a live report at the top of the hour. 5:32 right now. flames inching dangerously close to homes and wineries this morning. right now firefighters are trying to douse a fire burning in napa county. "today in the bay's" pete suratos has more on the evacuations under way. pete? >> reporter: good morning, laura. that fire, what is called the creek fire, is more than 50 acres. cal fire says it's got about 25% containment. we're at the crosswalk church in napa where evacuations are supposed to come. haven't seen any here yet. they do have a number for nonemergency purposes. crews have been here through the night working hard to contain this blaze. there you see the air tankers used dropping retardant on the hillside. this brush fire is being dubbed the creek fire. mandatory evacuations are in place for the campbell flats and

campbell creek areas of napa county. this all started yesterday afternoon on a hillside on dry creek road. it led to a clez your yesterday that was lifted last night. still a big concern for folks who live in that area. >> it's nerve-racking, but there's nothing you can do about it. so you just -- >> take pictures, grab the dog, bring along the wife and just get out. >> the fire did threaten one home off clear creek road. crews were able to save it. cal fire says the cooler temperatures and lack of wind help crews get a good handle of the creek fire. we expect to get an update from cal fire sometime this morning. at this time we still don't know exactly what caused the fire. we're live in napa, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> 5:34 right now. a sigh of relief in the south

bay. firefighters say the loma fire is 100% contained. as the rainy season ramps up, a new concern crews are facing. the area recently burned in the loma fire will be o prone to erosion. t they're shoring up burned out land that may be susceptible to slides during the winter. cal fire is putting together a winter emergency response team to help prepare in the event of a major slide problem. meanwhile, gang members accused in several violent home invasions and robberies in the east bay are expected to be arraigned today. investigators say six suspects aged 18 to 20 years old armed with guns targeted at least five homes since march. one of those homes in fremont had the robbery caught on surveillance camera. police are looking to see if the suspects are wanted for any other crimes. three sue dents from mountain view high school are behind bars this morning accused of making violent online threats

against students and staff. police say the threat was made on social media. authorities are not being specific about that threat. they'd only say the post vowed to do harm to students and staff. all three were arrested yesterday morning. >> they were subsequently arrested late this morning for making threats and for conspireing to commit a crime. >> hopefully they'll take this as a warning call and people will learn that you're going to get in trouble if you do something like this. police say the students will be charged, but they're juveniles so we don't snow exactly what the charges will be. it's 5:36 right now. tesla wants to get larger, expanding in fremont. if the city approvals, tesla will double its size, adding more than 3,000 jobs and build more electric cars. this is a snapshot of what the proposed plant would look like. the mayor says he loves the opportunity. >> looking for future growth in

employment, obviously, but also looking for companies that want to be around tesla. right now we're in the heart of our innovation district. tesla is obviously the main tenant in that district. people want to locate around tesla because of that innovation. a big concern from critics is that growth leads to traffic. the b.a.r.t. line is expanding to fremont and will soon open in warm springs. fremont city council will expand the plan. some people saying, man, i was just at at&t park a few hours ago. maybe some stragglers are wandering away. last night's game, drilling game three. boy did it go late against the cubs last night. >> a drive to right, and the giants will win tonight!

san francisco survives to see another day. >> i could listen to that. gives the giants a walk-off 6-5 win. the game lasted five hours. giants had fallen behind early when cubs pitcher jake arietta took madison bumbarner deep. then a two-run homer -- triple from connor gillespie rather. the cubs' chris bryant got just enough to tie the game up. a home run in the ninth. and the rest is just history. >> just because we're down doesn't mean we're out. if we're breathing, we're still fighting. it doesn't mean we're going to win every game, but we're not going to go down without a fight. >> all right. two games to one. game four is tonight at home, at&t. the giants have won their past ten postseason games facing elimination. so we're a game behind, but

history is on our side. >> no kidding. it certainly is. giants certainly trending this morning as well. tuesday morning we're getting through the workweek, maybe tired but still rooting on our giants. >> that's right. that's worth losing sleep over. similar weather as we look out. low clouds all around the bay area. 50s and 60s to start. speaking of the low clouds, 3,000 to 4,000 feet high and have spilled all the way into sacramento and stockton this morning. patchy dense fog not an issue. overcast skies continue this morning. 72 in san jose, low 70s around the tri-valley. our attention now turns to the change later this week. san francisco, wind and rain friday. rain off and on for the weekend. you see? the north bay, chance of late evening rain on thursday and then wind and rain moves south into your friday morning commute. >> we talked about this, low clouds being over your friday morning commute -- tuesday

morning commute. i'm thinking of friday. the speeds aren't a problem. we'll update dublin, we did find the ladder. but also looking toward the bay bridge where there's slowing right there at the bay bridge on-ramp at the toll plaza. let's look at the toll plaza with our live camera. you see the backup because those metering lights are on, filling in all the way back past west grand avenue. dublin, we have find that ladder that was in lanes right there. so there's an on-ramp there at tassajara. the regular rest of the lanes, your express lanes, out of lanes. maybe more flashing lights, but so far traffic is moving smoother in through dublin, westbound 580. before you feed your dog breakfast this morning, a new recall alert from overnight we want to tell you about. >> plus, the creepy clown hysteria takes a different turn and a whole new level. the bay area's largest

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russia backs the syrian president's government. the united states does not. pretty frightening moments in sydney harbor in australia. this morning, a ferry with dozens of passengers actually crashed into the pier. you can see the rescue going on here. 18 people were hurt, two of them very seriously. witnesses say the ferry was coming in too fast. officials are investigating the official cause. a 5-year-old boy was left in a hot car, laura as his parents gambled in a casino. mr. is in scottsdale, arizona, say this happened sunday and temperatures were in the mid 90s. someone spotted the boy and called police. the couple claimed they checked on the boy every 30 minutes and he was sleeping. both adults face child abuse charges. creepy clown threats made against schools in the bay area and across the country are going international. you may hear people wearing clown masks are making threats on social media. police in london and australia

are receiving similar threats. this started in spain, moved over to us. now back to europe. eight schools had to be evacuated in england. in australia several people have reported seeing several people dressed in clown outfits acting strangely. >> three cities left in the running for the 2024 summer olympic games. the ioc suspended rome's bid. rome's city council voted to withdraw support of the bid on recommendation of the mayor. the ioc is leaving the possibility open to revive the bid. los angeles, paris, budapest and hungary are in the running. security is tight in jerusalem ahead of yom kippur. israel imposed a blanket closure. it was nearly deserted earlier today. yom kippur begintion at sundown. a recall involving a popular

brand of dog foot. sell length caesar's filet mignon wet pet food is being recalled. mars pet care u.s. recalling the food voluntarily. no reports of any injuries. a bold move by the president of the philippines, rodrigo dwa they wants 100% smoke-free environment. he's been making headlines for making harsh comments about president obama who has questioned the philippine drug leader's drug war tactics. one in four say, a new poll from morning consult found 30% of voters feel their health insurance coverage has gotten worse in the past year compared to 15% who actually feel it's improved. more than half say they're

paying more for their coverage. >> the world health organization urging countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks to fight obesi obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. obesity worldwide more than doubled during 1980 to 2014 when nearly 40% of people globally were overweight. the oakland raiders yesterday hosted a night of fun and fashion for a special group of cancer survivors. >> the american cancer society helped organize this event. and the raiderettes were on hand. raiders team members helped escort the ladies who even wauktd the runway modeling high-end clothing. good for them. what's the best place in the world to be a girl? a new report by save the children says sweden is the best place for young girls to live. u. sechlt came in at 32. the worst place was niger in

africa. the rankings are based on a series of five factors that the organization selected as key predictors, rates of early marriage, adolescent fer vilt, lower secondary school completion. 5:47. happening today, beginning of fall, but looking a little like christmas in the big apple. the world's most famous ice rink opens today. this is a live look at the rink at rockefeller center. there will be a ceremony in about an hour at 7:00 this morning our time. traditionally the opening of the ice rink marks the start of the fun leading up to the annual christmas tree lighting in rockefeller center as well. >> we certainly have that feeling of fall in the air as well. what a little christmas gift this is, early in july, baby kimora, kari hall has been absent, very busy with this little one. look at that face.

she was born in late august. kari we're hoping will return bichristmas time. you know who is probably hoping the most? rob mayeda who has been getting up in the middle of the night. >> hopefully mom getting some rest, too. >> that's always a good thing. >> if you can manage to sleep in this morning, we've got comfortable weather for you, 50s outside. lots of low clouds and a cool forecast for the afternoon. we've got mostly cloudy skies. if your travel includes sacramento and stockton, low clouds made it all the way inland this morning. average high in san jose should be 76 degrees. not going to get there today. close to 72 later on low, 60s for san francisco, upper 60s around the peninsula. for the north bay and tri-valley, highs in the low 70s under partly cloudy skies. our attention turns to two clans of rain, one starting late thursday into the north bay into friday morning. your friday morning commute

right now as we watch not just the rain, but gusty winds, maybe up to 45 miles per hour adds the front starts to come through. two to three inches of rain in the north bay. i know it's october, these are impressive numbers even for a december storm and high surf likely on the coast as all that wind eventually pushes a large northwest swell down the coastline. that is friday. we've got another system coming in, looks like late saturday into sunday. maybe a break saturday morning and more rain due in as we finish off the weekend. as we add everything up, the blue and purple around the bay area, a half inch to two inches of rain. that would exceed in some cases the monthly average coming up in the next few days. seven-day forecast for the next three doesn't look like bad. in san francisco, temperatures in the 60s, everything begins to change on friday with showers and rain as we get into the weekend. cool temperatures in the inland locations. for thursday, late in the day a chance of rain and friday the main event comes through. wind, rain and big waves out on

the coast. >> rob, things moving very well for this morning's commute. it's tuesday. we expect a bigger volume. we'll show you the slowing that started right on schedule for the tri-valley, southbound 680 pleasanton. same thing for hayward slowing down toward a street and a bit of traffic south of the san mateo bridge. speed sensors in san jose have changed northbound 101 coming up through san jose. we'll join over here where palo alto shows a nice easy drive. as rob has been talking about, fog is not an issue this morning, but the low clouds will be all over the place. i'll let you know if there are any problems reported. back to you. a new study says climate change is to blame for recent fires. in the last 30 years forest fires have doubled in the western united states. scientists say it's because of the hotter and drier conditions. last year was the hottest year

on record and 2016 is on track to top it. >> it's 5:51 right now. happening today, san francisco leaders will help dedicate the new air control tower. the new tower is 221 feet tall, already receiving high marks for being state of the art when it comes to being environmentally friendly. today's dedication event takes place at 11:30 a.m. a politically engaged bay area fifth grader has decided to use a presidential candidate's promise to aid his own race for a seat in student body government. >> jay harris from burton valley elementary school, he said he'll erupt a wall in the school yard. as for who will pay, that's up to the third graders. not only did it launch the crowd into a fit of laughter, it proved to be successful. shane is now the school's

treasurer after beating out 61 other students. >> they were describing build a wall, build a wall. >> he did some face timing with my broth who are is a political consultant. >> shane says he has no plans to build that wall to leave third graders out. his brother is in third grade. now you're get together the heart of it. >> and nerf guns for everybody. >> longer recess, longer lunch, more snacks. he could run for president. >> coming up, bay area startup says it's closing facilities, laying off hundreds of workers. now a problem from investors. the new lawsuit for the embattled company. >> happening now, a hiker survives a bear attack east of los angeles, but apparently the hiker backed away from the animal only to be mauled by a second bear that he hadn't seen. how is that for luck? on nbcbayarea.com we have the report of the man fighting off the animal with his bare hands as well. what a story he can tell. a fond letter from einstein

to his son goes up for auction. the one-page handwritten letter could fetch more than $100,000. read about it on our facebook page. how genius says he actually made a major discovery. get a little more emotional behind him, too. we'll have a lot more coming up on "today in the bay" when we continue in just a few. ==laura/rail==

the republan partis sticking republald trump but many top s are not. decision 2016 on this tuesday morning. republican party sticking by donald trump, but many top republicans are not. the party chairman, reince priebus told members of the rnc

they are fully behind trump. house speaker paul ryan says he won't defend trump or campaign for him but he won't pull his endorsement either. all that comes as tapes were released showing trump talking about women in vulgar terms. he says if more tapes of that nature are released, he'll continue his attack on the clintons. >> if they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we'll continue to talk about bill and hillary clinton doing inappropriate things. >> he is an equal opportunity insulter if there ever was one. this election is our chance to show who we are. we are better than that. >> a new nbc poll taken after release of the trump tape shows clinton leading by 11 points. she'll make her final visit to the bay area before the election this thursday. fraud and a series of lies are the basis of a new law site

filed against san francisco-based hedge fund notified it will sue theranos and founder elizabeth holmes, days after the startup announced it's closing facilities and laying off hundreds of workers. the hedge fund lawsuit claims holmes lied about her company's technology. the fund head invested nearly $100 million. a theranos spokesman is saying the lawsuit is without merit. >> happening today, the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments over how much money samsung should pay apple for copying the iphone's distinct look. this has been in court for five years. samsung paid apple just over $548 million last year. samsung is arguing it shouldn't have to pay the rest because the things samsung copied like rounded corners don't add a lot of value to the phone itself. the ruling is due by the end of june.

>> it's been a rough couple weeks for samsung. yesterday the company announced it's stopping all production of its popular galaxy note 7. this comes after the replacement phones that were supposed to be safe caught fire, too. federal investigators looking into whether those replacement phones may be just as dangerous as the original. the original blamed in more than 100 fires. samsung and cpsc says, if you have this phone, turn it off immediately. do not charge it, turn it in. users will get a full refund or a different model. >> you should take advantage of the fact that the carriers are willing to replace the funds with different phones or refunds your money. take the phone in and stop using it. >> i'm done. i'm sick of it. >> it gets hot when charging. i've told them that. >> we posted more information ability the recall on nbcbayarea.com. a san jose parking lot now a crime scene this morning after a plan is found dead. the impact the investigation

could have on businesses and employees in that area. >> flames in wine country. the latest on a wildfire that's brynn ching closer and closer to homes and wineries in napa county. oh the cheers from last night. wouldn't be giants baseball without a little torture. giants hopes for another world series championship alive. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> wasn't torture the tleem one year? >> yes. >> they like to give us as much game as they can. >> more for our money. >> all right. let's do it again tonight. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> sam brock off this morning. i'm scott mcgrew. rob is manning the radar. >> a lot of low clouds this morning. temperat i