air-conditioning if you even have it as it paekds today. and all caught on camera, a re-dramatic chain reaction crash in southern california. what a motorcyclist did to start the entire econsequence of events. today in the bay continues right now. and welcome in on this thursday morning, friday eve as we call it around here, and thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock sfwr and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we will all be hot this afternoon as it's going to be a warm one today. >> it's going to be really hot for the inland valleys and we've had to deal with this all week long. looking at those temperatures today, that could reach as hot as 107 degrees. well, as we get a look at the forecast today and looking live outside right now ator and reservoir at morgan hill the high temperature there will be up to 101 degrees. looking at the the cast overwe start out at 60 degrees and high temperatures reaching into the upper 70s to low 80s and the inland valleys that's where it

will r50e8ly sizzle again this afternoon. excessive heat warnings in effect and this will be the last day we'll have widespread triple digit temperatures inland. i'll talk more about that, what's ahead for the weekend coming up in seven minutes as we head over to mike now you're track a new crash on the peninsula. a new crash. it doesn't sound like it's a major issue as far as the traffic flow, but someone did drive off the roadway, at least that's what the report is. look at this eds drive for most of the bay, speed starting to dip toward hayward. typical. over here southbound 101 into south san francisco right around oyster park boulevard it sounds like someone drove off the roadway into the tree area and so ch sprks heading out there. no slowing shows up as we'll head down toward 380 and the airport. but we'll continue to track those reports. concerned about anyone involved there. meanwhile we see this slowing, i'm showing you the cat tro valley y, that's where where he see the slowing we just showed you on the maps. bay bridge toll plaza lights are on but it's a nice pleasant

drive back to the maze. back to you. it is 6:01 and we're following breaking news out of the east bay this morning. still an active scene in brentwood where police are investigate a double homicide. we are joined live from the seen this morning on birch street keeping us up to date on what's going on now. >> reporter: good morning to you. i want to share with you new information we're getting. >> i spoke tie nieb offcamera and she said she heard two shots fired last night. she thought was fireworks as we're nearing the 4th of july holiday but that wasn't the case. we're still on the 200 block on birch street. officers are still on the scene processing this fatal double shooting that took place. show you some video from when this all took place. according to brentwood police they're saying the shooting tack place just after 11:00 p.m. on the blook i just showed you. when they got to the scene they say two males were suffering

from gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on the scene. the shooter is a resident in the area and is being questioned by the police. they are saying this morning as then continue their investigation that it looks like some sort of altercation led to the hoot shooting. let's take you back out here lye where you can see investigators are still on the scene. and police say this does not appear to be a random shooting and the area behind me is secure. it doesn't appear to be a public threat. if you have any information to help out with this investigation, contact brentwood police. we'll live in brentwood, pete suratos for today in the bay. >> thank you, let's go back to our microclimate weather alert. it is day six of this heat wave that's been gripping the bay area. today's expected to be the hottest of the bunch. people are being urged to take every possible precaution while outdoors today. >> there have been two heat-related deaths in santa clara county. investigators are still trying to figure out if a third death was also related to the heat. a major concern during the heat are the power outages.

>> today we are at pg&e with the steps crews are taking to make sure folks don't lose their power. >> reporter: good morning. they expect today that they will exceed the maximum power usage by about 250 mega watts. that's enough power to power 200,000 homes, and that is the peak all time for pg&e. that's why they have been ramping up all week to today because in is the day that seems to be critical. all of the materials that will crews use around the bay area and beyond come from this fremont lot, giant rolls of cable, fuses, the transformers you see up on poles, the ones that you don't see underground, and wuf these transformers went to campbell yesterday where pg&e crews replatesed the transformer that caught fire. weather was not a factor there but about 6,000 homes lost power during the firefight and during the repair. now, just the day before a tree took out a pg&e line in walnut

creek knocking out power to thousands of people in that area. and to head off that kind of problem, pg&e has also sent out venltation inspectors in neighborhoods looking for vulnerable tree branches to take things down before they fall. >> i can tell you personally they were just in my backyard last week. now, pg&e is using the smart meeters that have been installed around the bay area to identify those outages faster than relying on customers calling in. sometimes the power goes out we're not home so they might not know about it if not for the smart meter. they are also using out jaj prediction models to pin point where the heat could trigger those out jajs before they happen so that crews could get in place. it is all hands on deck here. there are crews spagsed all around the bay area waiting for when that pourp goes out because it's not an if, it is a when when have you this kind of pressure on the power grid. now all week any have been twharng today is the day where we expect to he see the greatest number of outages, so make sure

if you have power now, charge your tablets, charge your phones so you can follow that outage information if it happens in your neighborhood. you can find than at nbcbayarea.com or you can get the nbc bay area app. >> good reminder to charge all of our equipment. thanks, kris. hot, dry conditions out there, a fire can be sparked sob quickly. firefighters still monitoring the hot spots from a brush fire that happened yesterday in the san jose foothills. these are live pictures, nbc bay area sky helicopter overhead. that's 54 acres that burned. still they're monitoring some hot spots. they don't want anything to flare-up again. the cause of that fire is under investigation. you can of course track the temperatures and the latest on this heat wave by downloading our free nbc bay area app. it really a great local resource to have on your phone. see how hot it is in your

neighborhood. 606 right now and bart board members are going to be voting today on what the agency calls a safe transit policy which means sanctuary-type rules for all areas overseen by bart. supporters say that poll swhoi protect riders from federal immigration laws and forbid disgrim cripple nation of riders including asking about their emigration status. this is in the same vein as sanctuary cities. senate republicans plan to unveil their healthcare bill today. mitch mcconnell has been promising to release a draft of the bill today. congressional aids and lopists say the bill would cut medicaid and tax increases. the democrats are already gearing up for a fight. gop senators will be meeting in just about 30 minutes, then the bill will be released at 8:00 a.m. our time. stay with nbc news for complete coverage of the draft release today. we're expecting it. we'll have it on air and of course online. all right.

peak heat back to microclimate weather alert this morning as we take a live look outside this is our down ton san jose camera and you see the sun rays peaking in on the left side of your screen. today is going to be the hottest day of this heat wave. >> they're going to be more than peaking in. when could the relief be on the way? >> it will make its way in slowly. yesterday we started out in san francisco with the fog that kept the coast clear and cool, but we don't see that fog this morning as we take a live look out there. and we all are going to be under a heat advisory away from san francisco and the coastline, all of these areas shaded in orange indicate where we have a heat advisory, excessive heat warnings in effect for the inland valleys including the delta and also parts of the north bay. so looking at today's high temperatures with a live camera looking live in pleasanton right now we'll be up to 107 degrees today. so you really need to take it easy, plan around the weather

today, and for the south bay up to 98 degrees in san jose. east bay at 90 degrees as we take a live look outside at free moont and 104 degrees today in the north bay. i'll take a look at the temperature trend for evergreen that's coming up in about four minutes. mike is hearing about a traffic break in the east bay. they just let us know they're plan a traffic break on people mitts freeway. the speed sensors are looking great and that's why this will be such a surprise to folks traveling down from the bay bridge and from 980. that's around the park street crossing there, the bridge, and we're hearing about a traffic break to move some of the overnight road work equipment off the freeway and so this will abe good net effect but right now we may see a little slowing. i'll let you know if they give us anymore detail on anything or anymore slowing like over here in hayward. slower drive for the nim mitts but that's the only section of the 880 that slows and six ate

great throw of traffic, no problems or delays for these transit agencies, many of them have air-conditioning. coming up next on the bay you're going to want to see they wild video showing a violent chain reaction crash. the entire incident caught on camera, but the cause of of it coming up next. plus one more reason not to go to the mall, we'll show that up coming up when today in the bay continues

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will be the hottest day of the week right now at san jose as the sunrises a lot of activities need to be done by early afternoon. look at the temperature trend as we head towards southeast san jose to the neighborhood of evergreen where we will be at 84 degrees at 10:00 in the morning. so that may be the time you start to turn on the air-conditioning and then we'll see it blasting as we go through the day as those temperatures reach into the upper 90s, the average high temperature just 80 degrees. we're going to see that as we head into next week. i'll talk about it coming up at 6:19. and look at that, we had a change for the better. the commute is actually holding off so southbound 880 still shows slowing down toward hey wood and union city but 238 looking great. that is good to hear. 6:13 right now on your thursday morning. terrifying video to show you.

you see that car collide with a motorcycle, it's up against the divider, then watch what happens. a fiery chain reaction on a southern california freeway. that all happened on route 14 in santa clarita. you see the motorcyclist kicking the side of a car to cut him off and that's what triggered this entire sequence. the driver of the car loses control, veers into the other lane causing that crash as a result one car flipped, the driver in that car went to the hospital. no word right now on their condition. motorcyclist just takes off. they're looking for him right now. >> it's 6:14 right now. authorities not yet saying what kind of charges if any will be filed against a man detained yesterday for a dangerous stunt during a protest in san francisco. take a look. man there on a motorcycle trying towing interrupt a die-in protest in front of the federal building by driving the wrong way down seventh street and through the line of protesters. police quickly arrive, handcuff

that motorcyclist. no one was hurt but many were shaken by what happened. >> it was shuft horrible, the people are there saying we have to put a stop to something that's going to kill people and, you know, in that moment people were worried about -- about their lives. >> organizers staged the protest against the senate proposed healthcare bill. that protest continued following the arrest. what is a record number of americans that are expected to being the open road for the july 4th holiday? more than 37 million people are expected to drive at least 50 miles from home during the holiday period. they say that's due to a growing u.s. economy and relatively low gas prices, that is certainly relative in california. this will mark the 14 straight year where the number of travelers increased. silicon valley might have some competition when it comes to being the tech capital. real estate firm looked at major cities in the u.s. to see which

ones would be the next tech he center. venture capital funding and tech worker. silicon valley still ranked number one. san francisco ranked second, washington, d.c., boston, raleigh, north korea, roundcaro out the last five. we're getting a look at how travis cal neck lost his job. >> he they say he never saw it coming. >> some solid reporting for those who cover uber and frankly there, a lot of leaks as well. they say cal neck was in chicago conducting a job interview for the next uber executive when he was called to a hotel room when two silicon valley heavy capitals told him 2 was time to step down. apparently he resisted at first but finally realized it was indeed time to resign. president trump will meet with drone manufacturers today. we've seen a list and son for dji is not on it, but dji is by

far the world's largest drone makers. it's based in china, though. started by a kid in his dorm roong in hong kong. niksy says it will work with amazon, no middle man from nike right to the wear louse. amazon announced yesterday a program where you can buy several sizes of something and send back what doesn't fit for free. not having to go to the mall to buy shoes is going to be one more problem for america's shopping malls. analysts from credit suites expect a quarter of all american malls to close by the year 2022. shares in retailers fell wednesday after amazon moved into that try add at home clothing system. macys down 2.5%, jchlt jjc penny down 7%. et ceterasy is laying off about a fifth of its staff just about 18 months after amazon launched its handmade market. very interested in the healthcare bill rep republican senators will reveal today.

this is more about tax cuts than healthcare cuts for rich pell. the university in paris have figured out why your two-wheeled suitcase rocks back and forth and eventually flips over while you're rush being for your flight. the basic answer is the wheels are on the edge of the suit was, the handle's in the middle so the pull's coming from the middle. there's nothing you can do to stop that but they say if you speed up a little bit you'll stop that rocking thing. >> and there was actually a study on this. >> they put it on a treadmill. i have another suggestion, i get to the airport in dad time, which is three, four, five, six, seven hours early, just in case. >> oh my goodness. >> i'm leaving for a vacation in july. >> that's grandpa. >> my kids i always say it's better to sit here and read a book than to run through the airport. >> you wouldn't like traveling with lawyera, i'll say that.

>> she always gets it done. live pictures out of lake charles, louisiana, you see the camera shake a bit. kind did i made landfall this morning it's bringing high winds, heavy rains and flooding rains all the way from east texas to the florida pan ha handle. they say this is going to continue to cause problems as it pushes inland. this is what tourists saw from their hotel rooms in assistant an rosa island in florida. you can see a funnel cloud building as it moves across the bay. that could be scary for anybody. similar tornadoes were spotted in other areas of florida as well. >> i'd be in the bathtub, isn't that the safest place. >> hake re, front desk i asked for a view of the tornado, please. >> give me that chopper immediately. >> a lot of crazy weather across the u.s. in the meantime, southwest big heat wave. we're dealing with the heat, the gulf coast dealing with the tropical storm and we're going to continue to track that

tropical storm and the high as we look at all the things making headlines around the country. here's a look now at the radar, we talked about the video coming in from lake charles. that's where the high of that tropical storm is moving inland now i'm very familiar well louisiana, started mid career in laugh yet, louisiana, right here. seeing those rain bands moving in and all those areas indicated in red show where there are tornadoes. as we bring it back home we're looking live at concord this morning and temperatures in the upper 60s right now. still feels nice and comfortable, but in san jose it's going to be up to 97 degrees, 102 degrees for the south county looking at gilroy. and the seven-day forecast is now coming up at the bottom of the screen, you'll be able to see those temperatures make a decline as we head into the weekend and early next week. antioch will be up to 107 degrees and fremont today, 96 degrees. we'll also have some 90s on the peninsula for palo alto, france,

mission district 880 degrees, and napa today a high of 101. so as we take a live look outside in pleasanton, one of the hot spots you're starting out at 72 degrees and going to see the high up to 105. as you make plans, here's a look at the temperature trend. we'll spend several hours here over 100 degrees and it cools off very slowly. one place where you'll be able to escape the heat, the assistant an cruz beaches. it starts out in the upper 50s and then we'll see the highs today up to 77 degrees. looks very nice also there and in san francisco prour temperatures warm, though, reaching 78 degrees. and then early next week we'll have some mid-60s which is what we're used to for this time of year. and as we look at the inland vaelds we just need to make it through today, stay hydrated, do everything we've been warning you to do to make sure you stay healthy today and then we'll have some slightly cooler temperatures for the weekend. mike has updates for highway 101. that's right.

some people squet just get through today. east bay and tri-valley show your typical patterns, no real surprises for speeds except it may be surprisingly light for some folks who are not used to the sum irrelevant time traffic. talk about the traffic break still ked you'd here south bound 880 it should be over the next ten minutes so you're f you're watchening us now by the time you get there the it should be clear. i'll let you know if they talk about any delays. issue at northbound 101 away from san francisco and in order to the robin williams tunnel the rainbow sign where you see the painting that's where they say there's a wooden palette in the lane. was will map you out a direction. we're looking at that area over towards the coast at half moon bay and even though that blue lines takes you way out of your way it may be faster than 92 later on today our may want to stop in pacifica, man tarot, was gives you options as well and it's nbc wazers. you have to make sure you click

on nbc waysers, folks. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:22. umming can up next on today in the bay, concerns about legalizing recreational marijuana. the impact it could have on the number of traffic accidents. coming up next. a new company wants to throw a

jolt into america )s pickup welcome back it's 6:25 right now. a new company wants to throw a jolt into plerk's pickup truck market by rolling out an electric truck.

that company workhorse designed an electric truck that could travel 80 miles fully charged. it can travel more than 300 miles with its gas-assist motor and that's before needing more fuel. companies say this this could be a game change we are folks for pickups because it saves money over time. >> we think we'll save an average fleet over the ten years they might own their pickup truck 35 to $40,000. that calculates gas to stay where it is for ten years. >> that's a pretty aggressive grill there, too. the truck sells for just over $50,000. the company is already having more orders, more than 5,000 pickups at this point already. first models roll out next year. tesla also working on an electric pickup. >> at six:26, new this morning a new study finds car crashes surging in states where recreational marijuana is now legal. ips institute for highway safety looked at crash data in

colorado, oregon, and washington. all states that have legalized pot. they found crash-related insurance claims to be about 3% higher in states where pot is not legal. researchers still not sure if the insurance crease is coincidence or tied to drivers impaired from smoking marijuana. 6:26 on your thursday. up next terror in the terminals. possible motive now emerging after the knife attack on a police officer inside the flint airport. today's hot weather could put another strain on the electrical grid. we'll take you lye to folsom inside a secure facility responsible for making sure kofl gets its power. you're watching today in the bay. =laura/2shot=

good morning - and thanks for joining us. i )m laura garcia cannon. gb thursday morning to you thanks so much for joining us. it's 6:30 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we're seeing beautiful sunrises across the bay this morning but it's not going to seal so beautiful in a couple hours. >> it's going to be hot. you can see with that view behind you there's no fog as we started 0 out with yesterday. the temperature trend where where he start out at 804 degrees at 10:00 in the morning, that's above our normal high temperature and it continues ton go up from there. looking at 97 degrees at 4:00. so you're making plans, laura was talking to but what to cook as we deal with this heat and down the want to turn on the

oven so maybe using a crackpot or something like that. we are in san francisco still going to have some warm weather but it does cool off in time for the weekend. inland valleys today we'll see the highs reaching over 107 degrees but looking at the weekend it does come down to 88, i guess that's better. and we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes. mike now has a new crash in richmond. that's right and also fudge sickles for dinner. looking over toward the south a mild build the san mateo bridge. i take you up to richmond where we have that slowing at san pablo. hill top drive getting lane information but you see the slower drive building up highway 4. so now from highway 4 to this area and the bay bridge you have a 27-minute drive. so creeping up to that half-hour drive. meanwhile the north bay peninsula the south direction of 101 moves very well and no problems through the south bay

as you saw on the map. 6:31 back to our microclimate weather alert. two deaths already being blamed on the heat hitting theday bay area and a third death under investigation. this is a big concern as today's expected to be hottest one so far. >> we could see some power outages as people turn up that air continuing however isoofficials say they're confident californians saved next energy this week which flex alerts were issued and that we should be okay. >> today we at the center of the it all in folsom to explain what's being done to prevent too much of a strain on this power grid. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you in the say very sophisticated operation as we look down at the control center here at the california independent system operator here in folsom where many women every five minutes throughout the day every day are forecasting demand to make sure that power tra travels through -- her managing 80% of

the trarns transmission lines here in the state of california to make surety lights stay on. we've got steven greenly, you equated this to being kind of like an air traffic controller. >> yes, it is. we are a nonprofit organization so we don't own northwest transz transmission or the generation operation, that's owned by the her choonts or the utilities. but what we do like air traffic controllers, tell airplanes when to take off and when 20 land, what runway. we do the same with electrons. we say to the generators how much they're going to generate, what transmission path they're going to be using and how much and for how long. >> tuesday, wednesday, flex alerts. >> yeah. >> today is the hottest day in the bay area and it looks like folsom as well but no flechl flex alert today. >> that's right. it's kind of a fik he will thing in trying to figure out how much demand there's going to be and how much actually shows up and then how much generation we're going to need. and so we still try to be judicious with flex alerts. we are asking 30 million

californians to change their daily habits. so we just don't take that lightly. and so whenever we looked at today, at yesterday, we thought, well, we're doing okay. we didn't need it for today, even though, yes, we knew it was still going to be quite hot, especially in the bay area. >> and you're forecasting the demand today would be about a thousand mega watts less than yesterday. i'm looking at the men and women down on the floor what was it like yesterday and the day before during a flex alert when you're trying to make sure that the demand is met? >> that's right. electrons are something that we taken a hundred years to try to control. what our operators are zog they're doing things like power flows. so, you know, if something happens on a transmission line, all of the sudden the flow of power across 26,000 miles of transmission changes. so they're saying, okay, there's been a change, what i do do now. our generator suddenly maybe it has gone offline for whatever reason, it broke, all of a sudden the power flows have

changed again. so they try to fix that. >> reporter: thank you very much. steven greenly here at cal iso. again, right now there's no prediction that there could be a flex alert but steven was mentioning earlier to me off camera we'll see what happens at 11:00. right now no flex alerts scheduled for the state of california after we had the two yesterday and the day before. reporting live here in folsom, bob riddell today in the bay. just a fascinating look at how this all woekz works. thank you very much. 6:35. today's extreme heat is going to stop opening day at thorough bred horse racing in alameda's county fair. racing instead is going to begin tomorrow when the temperatures cool off just a little bit. if you plan on wagering on the ponies, you should check the fair schedule because there are some days between now and july 9th when the track stays dark. track the heat right to your neighborhood by downloading our free nbc bay area app. san francisco's police whooef chief wants ton arm

officers with stun guns or tasers, the only problem is there's strong opposition from the public. they property chief bill scott will the tool will prevent escalation. they recommended the use of tasers following the death of mario woods by officers in 2015. san francisco police force the only major force in the country without tasers. and update this morning to bring you from michigan. the officer stabbed at the flint airport is in serious but stable condition right now. we brought you coverage of this attack yesterday. the top of our 11:00 a.m. newscast. that stab issing being investigated as an act of terror. suspect is identified as a kapdian man who entered the united states legally earlier this month. witnesses report hearing the suspect yell out god is glat arabic before attacking that police officer. nobody else was hurt, the suspect was arrested shortly after. happening today, mourners will pay their last respect to college student otto warmbier

who died this week six days after being returned from his detention in north korea. people in warmbier's hometown in ohio will gather for that service. he was studying in north korea yesterday when he was accused of stealing a propaganda poster. he returned to the united states in a coma last week. we know the pride parade is this sunday and the iconic rainbow flag flying high right now has been a symbol for the gay community for four czech dade's. now some people are looking to change that symbol. this issue is about missing colors, specifically black and brown. philadelphia added those colors into its flag this year. now some in san francisco want do the same thing including a friend of the man who created the castro flag. gilbert baker who passed away a few months ago oorg nally wanted more colors in the flag. people we spoke with in the street said they're mixed about changing the flag.

>> the gay sflag supposed to abe rainbow of inclusiveness. there's not a white ban on it so why do we need a black and brown ban on it? >> when 2 comes it our own kpunt kmoounlt community we're in these bubbles and boxes weaned don't want toy think confront that issue. >> well, there is no official word if the castro flag is or is not going to change, fwhau flag was first commissioned by san francisco city supervisor harvey milk back in the 1970s. all right. we're looking at a smooth flow of traffic around most of the bay here. we do have the south bay starting with a slight build for san jose, nothing major. typical pattern lighter for the summertime commute at this time. we're looking toward the upper shore freeway as billion well. westbound 80 that fast lane is blocked and we see the slowing on approach to the crash and just past it as the pattern is lightening up. folks are bog down between highway 4. then farther south if you're headed torpd berkley a nice

smooth drey. the meetering lights are on at the bay bridge but the upper shore freeway moving well for the east bay. also way out here we had an earlier crash over westbound 80 -- westbound 580, now eastbound counter commute has a problem legal and we see the slowing there. one lane at least is blocked and that red on the speed sensor's kind of like care raez maps well, the temperatures for that area. >> no kidding. it is friday eve and we've just got to get through this hot spell we're having. >> today's the peak of the heat we're going to see the highs in the valleys read up to 107 and then into the weekend inland 92 degrees, the bay will be at 81 degrees and the coast on saturday, 70 degrees. so you may still want to make your escape to the coast this weekend as on sunday we'll see the high temperature up to 69 degrees, the bay 80 degrees, and inland will be up to 88 degrees. a lot of sunshine to go all around a a beautiful weekend

also for the pride festival in san francisco. high temperatures reaching the low 70s and mostly sunny skies throughout the day as our temperatures stay nice and comfortable. but it does get a little bit worm if you're be heading to the race way this weekend. looking at the morning starting out at 72 degrees, still very nice. and then by noon we'll start to feel those temperatures getting a little bit on the warm side. up to 87 degrees as the race wraps up at 1:00 in the afternoon. and in santa cruz this weekend we have wood dies on twharf on saturday. it's going to be nice there. if you'll be head hitting the road heading to l.a. this weekend, it will be warm especially by the end of the weekend as we see those highs reaching into the upper 70s. and it will be very hot. pats so he robles up to 100 degrees. we're trying to escape the hot temperatures so maybe this weekend won't be the one ton

head to wine country there. we'll take a look at what's coming up in san jose in about three minutes. and to think people in the central valley escaped pass so he proeblz robles to stay cool. we continue to monitor breaking news out of brentwood this morning, what led up to a come to homicide overnight. plus it's been a long week for people that have to wovg outside in the heat. the steps your employer is required to take to make sure you stay safe. plus in washington we are expecting to see a sneak spooek peek finally at that healthcare bill. >> revealing the curtain you talk about healthcare, tax reform, a sluf issues in washington right now affecting the markets as investors wait to see how this all plays out. things have been stable so far. had the dow jones industrial average just a tick over a point or under ant 24,410 this morning. we're back in two minutes.

? >> it is 6:404 on this thursday morning as we reach the peak of the heat and the second full day of summer. and we are looking at a lot of sunshine live in san jose. and the temperature trend for willow glen just close by as we are going see those temperatures reach into the upper 80s already by 11:00 in the morning. so whatever have you do, get it done early and that may include cooking too. we are going to see the high temperatures reach into the upper 90s today as the air conditioners will be on full --

the pools will be very full and we'll have some much cooler weather as we head into the wooekt weekend. i'll talk about that coming up in about five minutes. here westbound 80 the supporter east shore freeway getting close to an hour you saw that update as well. more slowing because we now have three lanes reported blocked around hill top drive. i'll show you how that breaks down coming up. we are following breaking news in the east bay, that's where two men have died in the double shooting in brentwood. nbc sky ranger just arriving over the scene. you're looking at live pictures right now from overhead. again, this is a story that we have been following since 4:30 this morning. it stepped from an incident about 11:00 last night. now let's take a different perspective, this one from the ground. you can see all the police activity on birch street, this is where that happened right near brentwood boulevard.

it t the shooting happened a little before midnight. the gunman was a resident and there's some kind of investigation here. they're questioning the gunman but they're not saying if an arrest is or is not going to be made. here's what they told ace short time ago. >> we're still early in this investigation. there's a lot of unanswered questions, details, and we're working diligently right now to figure out what unfolded out here. >> police so far have not announced the names of the two people who died. that shooting is not believed to be random. a live look at the pg&e facility this morning where crews are bracing for another day of possible heat-related out jaj dollars. temperatures in many areas are spoetsed to peak at their highest levels today. electricity is also expected to surge. another flex alert has been irnd. everyone is asked to limit their use of power between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. and if you have to work outside during this heat wave your employer is required to follow

certain laws to protect you from the heat. laws are called high-heat precautions and they're specifically designed to protect workers in five industries where outdoor work is required. the regulations take effect as soon as the temperature reaches 95 degrees. by law, employers have to offer free water, shade breaks, and make sure employees are paired up so they can monitor each other for signs of heat illness. ocal osha explains why those regulations were created. >> workers working outdoors during periods of high heat are expose to the hazards of heat reason had he lated illness. those include heat exhaustion which can rapidly pro grets to heatstroke which can frequently be fatal. >> the laws afly jobs in landscaping, construction, oil and gas extraction and certain sectors of transz transportation and agriculture. agriculture workers are also required to take ten-minute brakds every two hours. 6:47 right now. president trump once again protesting his innocence in the

russian investigation. and this was a detour. scott abreu you're all set to talk about meth care. >> senators just about to unveil their secret plan on healthcare but then the president trump reminded us of the russian investigation. a few minutes ago, president tweeted former homeland security adviser jay johnson is latest top intelligence official to state there was no grand scheme between trump and russia. now, that's true, but that's not what yesterday's hearing was about either. on season did warn the russian's attacked more than 20 different election systems during the 2016 election. remember there are two different issues with the russians. one is that they've tried to effect our election, that's considered fact. 16 intelligence agencies, the former head of the fbi, all said it happened. we warned the russians not do it on the so-called red phone, and then president obama slapped sanctions on the russians. the other part of the russian

investigation is the investigation into collusion between members of trump staff and moscow. for instance, mike flynn talking to the russians about those very same sanctions and then lying about it. okay, let's talk about healthcare. senators expected to bring a draft of the bill to light. we don't know what's in it, but logically it will have continue to clued huge spending cuts to medicaid. senators need to make spending cuts in order to make way for later tax cuts under the reconciliation rules. we should see this soon. the bill, as we understand it, has been carefully crafted to please lots of senators, as many as possible. that also means the fate of the bill is tenuous because it will take just a few senators to change their minds and the bill is dead. again we should see it any minute now. we examine the president's tweets and executive orders an speeches each morning. we'd love to here hear from you. you can reach me directly on twitter #scott ma grew.

we've been talking about how hot it's going to be across the bay area. flex issue not issued for today but it's importance of to conserve power. >> folks are going to be working overtime here. >> we've been tripping the breaker within the house just trying to run all those air conditioners so it is a good idea to try to conserve today and try stay cool too. we are going to deal with some near record-high temperatures, but i want to show you some of the npz numbers because it doesn't look like we will set some new records today. looking at the forecast and what the old records are. looking at the also the seven-day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen. let's look at some of these numbers. napa, the forecast, 101 degrees, the record today is 105. gilroy 102, the record is 110. thank goodness it won't be that hot and livermore with a forecast of 106 and 110. and san jose at 97. it looks to stay below the record high of 101. heat advisories in effect for all of these areas chad shaded

in orange. where the bright bred is that's excessive heat warnings in effect where temperatures could reach 107 degrees. no fog this morning as we take a lye look outside san francisco from the castro down toward san francisco it's 60 degrees right now and hiding up to 107 degrees looking live in pleasanton at the tri-valley in the plins peninsula, 90 degrees. looking live at palo alto and for the east bay live picture of fremont and high temperature today will 207 out at 90 degrees and 104 in the north bay with a live shot from tiburon. lookinga the san show a as we wake up and look at the door and getting ready for the day it will abe great beach day. try to escape or also hitting up some of the pools so pack the swim trinkz trunks and the and is alds and don't forget the sun glasses. you may need a hat to give awe i little bit of shade and protect your eyes with all of the sunshine we'll have coming in this afternoon. you may be planning your golf trip today around the forecast,

so maybe head to a spot along the coast like half moon bay. it will be in the low 60s within of the next hour and then those temperatures only making it into the mid-70s today so nice and comfortable there. and san francisco we'll see the high temperatures up to 78 degrees, 71 tomorrow, and you can continue to see those temperatures come down as we go into early next week. 107 today for the valleys, one last day of some really dangerous heat. and it still will be hot tomorrow but we'll continue to make progress to some more average temperatures for this time year heading into the middle of next week. mike you have an update on that crash in richmond. >> i do. and it means nor slowing. i'll talk about the south bay build as well put see the sensors starting to slow in through san jose but i want to move up toward the upper east shore freeway with the big surprise slow down over the last ten minutes we've seen this pack in the traffic flow and starting to bog down here. westbound 80 ailt hill top drive the chp updated three lanes

blocked here at crash activity at hill top drive. this affects folks coming off the north and uh the car keen as bridge. they continue to update their routes now taking folks over to richmond parkway as an alter nalt to get around the balkup. the travel times an hour and a quarter, all of most an hour and a half. you can continue to follow this update as well by chelk yg you are was app as well and check my facebook page. but i want to show the south bay. live look at san jose 101 has just started to bog down, 101 at 680 slowing up toward alan rock and starting back at toe we. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up next a quick look at the top stories on today in the bay. that includes continuing coverage of the heat bay itting had the bay area. we're taking you inside cal iso's headquarters to see what if is they do to prevent power outages as the heat peaks. first breaking news a 6.8

magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of guatemala. the quake could be felt in guatemala city. no word so far on damage. plus the church of england admits to hiding sex abuse of boys. former pitch shop peter ball was convicted and imprisoned back in 2015. the head of the church says the religious institution helped hide evidence that the church did not help those who were brave enough to come forward. a lot more local news ahead, stik stick around we'll be right back. ck around we'll be right back. before you head out the door -

here are the top stories on today in the bay... 6:57 welcome back on this thursday morning before you head out the door here are the top stories we're covering today on the bay. right now we're going to start live in folsom in sacramento county. we have live pick frurz inside cal iso. this is the state's command center when it comes to monitoring the power grid. they say this is just like air traffic control only with electrons. the agency is making sure the power demand is met here in the bay area and throughout the state of california. so far a flex alert has not been issued for today but you're being cure raged to conserve your energy anyway. new video in our newsroom nbc bay area sky ranger flew over five crews monitoring for hot spots for a brush fire in the south bay.

they're calling the fire that broke out last night in the san jose foothills and it's been contained to 54 acres. homes were threatened at one point, but none were damaged. happening latered to, the dart board supervisors is vote ieng safe transit policy which means that sanctuary city-type rules would apply to all areas overseen by bart. they say is it would protect riders from federal imgraij aggregation laws and prevent discrimination. tropical storm cindy made landfall earlier this morning if the brought high winds, rains, flooding through east texas through the florida panhandle. this is another live look as this storm hits this morning showing some of the conditions in lake charles, louisiana. forecasters say the storm will continue to cause problems as it pushes inland. coverage of tropical storm cindy continues next on the today show this morning, al roker tracking that storm as it brings heavy rain and flooding.

quite the opposite issue here in the bay area. we've got one more day of extreme heat to try to get through. >> it's going to be rough today especially for the valleys. san francisco just a few grooerz degrees warmerer than it has been due to the lack of fog. but it does flurn time for the weekend and temperatures take a dip. we'll also see the dangerous heat continuing for the valleys up to 107, 98 degrees tomorrow, and it's going to be much nicer heading into the middle of next week. >> we'll look forward to that. what about the morning commute? mike, the crash. we do have a crash in the richmond area. on the map overall things ever moving well. bottom of your screen down in silicon valley showing the bill tends to be the latest to start and that's ha we see in the summertime as well. this now clearing westbound 880. some parks using richmond parkway a good option. a crash is there now just off i-80. we'll check in with weather and traffic in our next local

news update in half an hour. you can find at nbc bay area knees at 11:00. a lot happening in washington right now with that healthcare bill. the today show is right now. good morning. breaking news. cindy roars ashore making landfall in louisiana overnight. the tropical storm blamed for at least one death. torrential rain leading to dangerous flooding across the region. we're live in the storm zone. the big reveal. republicans set to unveil their new health care bill this morning. president trump weighing in during a raucous rally in iowa. >> i hope we're going to surprise you with a really good plan. >> what's in the plan? terror in the terminal. a possible motive on the chilling knife attack on a police officer inside a michigan airport. the suspect, a canadian who investigators say shouted in arabic and expressed hatred for