plus breaking overnight major developments in the search for four missing men in pennsylvania. the grim discovery made overnight. and president trump touches zoun in paris. the new questions he's facing about his son's controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. today in the bay continues right now. and a very good thursday morning for you, thank you for joining us i'm sam brock. >> >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. one step closer to the weekend and friday eve, in fact. all right. let's take a look at the forecast right now with kari. >> we're looking forward to the weekend but probably not the weather we'll have this weekend because it will be getting much hotter especially for the inland areas. and it's nice and cool right now as you get ready to head out the door at 6:00. it's 59 degrees in the peninsula and the tri-valley and it's 52 degrees in the north bay and san francisco. highs this afternoon will reach into the low 90s inland, low 60s along the coast and san francisco 65 degrees. we'll take a look ahead at the warming trend, the hot heat for

the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike has a mild build for the commute. i do it's a mild build because we're the middle of that summertime pattern and so we're look at smooth -- look at these speeds almost green all over the place. we do have a little slowing that's starting to develop that first bridge in san jose kicking in once again just for 101 at 680. ps looking at travel times throughout the east bay and tri-valley. notice the tri-valley 238 north and south 8 seat that's coming into and out of the castro, that's where we see a little build. a lot of folks headed across the san mateo bridge. do you have company but down the have any problems over towards the pibs la which is light. back to you. thank you very much. 6:01. we do continue to follow breaking news out of the east bay this morning. pretty dramatic video into our newsroom showing a destructive fire breaking out overnight destroying several businesses and the chamber of commerce in lafayette. bob redell is live at the scene

this morning as he has been all morning for us. any word on the cause of this fire just yet? >> reporter: not as of yet. >> i just spoke with the fire marshal with the contra costa fire district which services lafayette. still do not know what caused this fire to burn and destroy what you're looking at is the remains of 100 lafayette circle. it's the building that's sort of a center piece of the downtown lafayette area, not only did it how's the livermore -- the lafayette chamber of commerce but also the la fa northwest tra restaurant, a hair salon, i cpa and other businesses. so sadly you can see this building is gone. within the past few moments the fire department stopped dumping water on the area because they've been going that all morning long to keep northwest hot spots from flaring back up. and the video this is what it looked like several hours ago. had is what greeted firefighters as they arrived around midnight last night to put out this fire.

the building was fully engulfed. the fire marshal tells us they had to go on the defensive. they could not make any interior attacks they had to stay from the outside and fight the fire from that point of view and unfortunate lit building did burn down. it took about 80 minutes to be get it out. they had to call for three alarms so they had to call for backup a few times, that's how much help they needed in trying to get this fire out and keep it contained. there was concern because of the radiant heat and because of propane tanks popping and blowing up from the restaurant that this could affect the apartments nearby so they did have temporary evac weighings of people who live in those units next to 100 lafayette circle. >> it was very reassuring how everybody kinda like took charge. and the people from the apartment started banging on doors. so people at the apartment started banging on doors, everybody took a very good

community action and they got everybody out. >> so kont an costa county fire department believes damage to be around $1.1 million. they're still trying to figure out what caused this fire to start. sadly, the second bit of bad luck for 100 lafayette circle take a look at what happened in january put might recall which there was a 150 foot tall ukly tus tree that came falling down into the parking lot here crushing a number of cars. no one was hurt but, again, you had because of the storms that tree coming down. that was in january and here we are in july not only the tree gone but so is the build wrg it once stood. reporting life live here in lafayette, bob redell. now with the fire this morning it's a story we're going to stay on top of throughout the morning both on the air and online. you can said to nbcbayarea.com to see more video. we'll be sending out updates via

twitter and our website as soon as we get them. it is 6:04 right now and a developing story this morning, the search for four missing young men in pennsylvania appears to have taken a turn forpt worse. with the discover riff human remains. late last night police in bucks county pennsylvania making that announcement. the remains were found on the farm of a man who police are calling a person of interest in the case. that man has now been rearrest waund set of remains has been identified as one of the four men who disappeared last week. the district attorney says that more testing needs to be done. >> there are additional human remains inside that grave. this painstaking process will go on. we're not done yet. this is a homicide, make no mistake about it. >> those remains were discovered in a 12-foot grave. authorities have not yet charged the person of interest identified as 20-year-old cosmo

dinardo. they say he tried to celt car of the missing men. >> we have new details between the crash of san francisco police and hundreds of skateboarders in dolores park tuesday night. they say they're look at new video taken of the altercation. we spoke to one witness who says the fun turned dangerous when the crowd turned on police and made it difficult for medics to treat an unconscious skater had the here's that witness. >> people were just upset enough that they were crowding in around him and refusing the police direction to get out. way so that medics could get through. >> other witnesses say tension escalated when another skater and an officer made contact sending the skater airborne and then falling on a patrol car. police chief bill scott says the situation was dangerous and officers responding to shut it down. live look this morning from washington, d.c. and the nation's capital where questions still abound over donald trump jr.'s controversial meeting with

a russian lawyer. today we could hear more from it -- about it from president trump. >> he landed in paris overnight where he's attending the bah still day celebration. we have this video showing he and the first lady arriving in france. he is scheduled to do a news conference later today. it will be the first time he has faced questions since his son admitted to meeting with the russian lawyer to get information that could impact the presidential election. all right. it's a foreign trip, the stage is set, today in the bay's tracie potts joining us live from washington, d.c. this morning with what we can expect. tracey. >> we don't know what those questions today will inclees anything about donald trump jr.'s meeting but if they do the president's already weighed in on that on twitter calling it a witch hunt and in an interview before he went to france saying he saw nothing wrong with that meeting. >> ahead of today's nusz news conference president trump is speaking out about his relationship with russian

president vladimir putin. >> there are many things that i do that are the exact opposite of what he would want. so when i keep hearing about that he would have rather had trump, i think probably not. >> mr. trump called questions about his son's meeting with the russian lawyer a witch hunt. >> do you consider this endeavor a witch hunt? >> i do not consider director mueller to be on a witch hunt. >> that's the nominee to head fbi. they're leading the russia investigation. the fbi may want to know more about trump junior's meeting according to e-mails the attorney had damaging information on hillary clinton. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> but trump junior says he wasn't the only one checking out the competition. >> hillary clinton was doing incredible opposition research on the trumps. we all face that, that's what politics is these days. >> politics with now with president trump overseas this morning his visit already prompting demonstrations. >> reporter: in fact, it could

be a tough one for the president, 86% of the french people according to a survey think that -- or say that they have no confidence in president trump. >> all right. tracie potts for us live from d.c., thank you very much. all new this morning now we know how much money the oakland raiders are going to have to pay in relocation fees to move to las vegas. they're reporting the raiders are going to shell out 378 million over ten years. right now the target for their move is 2020. back in march the league approved the team's plan to change cities in a 31 to 1 vote of the owners. >> the raiders are still here, they can enjoy some nice weather. right now it's 6:09. we are going to start out with temperatures that are going to be cool way few clouds overhead at 8:00 we'll be at 60 degrees. 68 degrees at noon and 74 degrees by 4:00 today. san francisco will have the low clouds and fog with some drizzle this morning. 58 degrees to start with the lunchtime temperature of 62.

you'll be able to enjoy the day outside with much more sunshine by this afternoon and breezy winds as well. as we head over to mike we're getting an update on what's happening on the roads and a few slow downs on the map. overall it's pretty clear so that's why those few slow doinz stand out. the you see a couple of blips on san jose and hayward on this map. but moving north there's a problem in the north bay which has been continuing all morning. northbound 29 we have one of two lanes blocked with a big rig were we have power lines in the area and they say they may have to address some power lines. watch for local reroutes that's just off of i-80 that will take you to highway 12 to get past the scene. a smooth drive toward the bay bridge, metering lights and the bab backup are standard over there. slowing beginning to develop in richmond and toward the berkley curve. back to you. coming up next in the bay we're hearing witness accounts from people on a plane that nearly collided with several other planes at sfo.

what the pilot told passengers after the terrifying near miss. plus, a major victory for uber drivers. the reason they could soon get overtime and other benefits.

. good thursday morning it's 6:13 and a bright and sunny start as we take a live look outside in san jose right now. as you get ready to head out the

door in evergreen we'll have some 60s but already at 73 degrees at 10:00 and seeing those temperatures rise into the upper 80s. another warm day with the air conditioner on but we'll crank it up as we go into the weekend. we'll talk about how hot it gez gets. that's coming up at about 6:19. and a live look at san jose area there are say burst that will get to the morning commute starting to build at 101 just north of 680. we'll show that you in a minute. thank you very much. quickly approaching 6:15. new details on a near disaster at sfo. we're now hearing some passengers who say they had no idea their plane was so close to colliding with other jets. we have animation based on real data from an air canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway filled with other planes. it shows just how close the pilot was to landing in the wrong area last friday night. the plane was supposed to land on runway 28 r which is the second trip from the right. but instead, as it began its

approach to taxiway c, passengers say they the pilot never told the passengers about the calamity and just said there seemed to be more traffic than usual on the runway. they had to pull back up. we have been dig into what happened at sfo. stephen stock who specializes in aviationition safety has been tracking down what went wrong. to see his full report, head to our website, nbcbayarea.com. you can see video there as well. haps rile nought, laura, police in san ramon loaning for a man who they say robbed a pharmacy. they shared these surveillance iminch has with us. they say he stole opioids at gunpoint from the walgreens at san ramon blfld all this happening just after 8:00 in the morning yesterday. a federal judge has granted a victory to uber drivers in a long-running dispute with the company over whether they were classified as employees or independent contractors. the ruling could pave the way for a class action suit against

uber as thousands of drivers seek back pay, overtime and benefits. more business and tech news news for you this morning if ulooking for parking it's sure kofgt drivers a whole lot of time and money. >> you don't believe how long. for the rest of news, let's check in with landon, she's live from cnbc head kwairts quarters. good morning. >> good morning to both uh as well. we looking to add to yesterday 'gains request which clouz the at a record high and jeannette yellen told kahn congress the fed will continue to raise interest rates at a grad wail pace and is optimistic about the economy. we'll look for it today on unemployment and inflation. the dow rising one hundred 3 points ton 21,532. the nasdaq up 67 to 6261. amazon is reportedly working on the next version of the echo, aiming to take some of the hype away from apple's new home pod.

amazon says it will be shorter and slimmer than the original with rounded edges and a cloth-like cover. it will also sound better with impruftd speaker and microphone technology. a.m. don is reportedly planning to release the new oak cothis fall. we all know this one all too well, searching for a parking space is costing drivers time and money anda new reports this week by traffic analysts slows that people are spending an average of 17 hours a year hunting for a parking space. that adds up to annest matded $34,500 per person in wasted time fuel, and emissions. san francisco rates third overall for cities with the most parking pain. people waste an average of 83 hours a year find a spot. >> time to get out and walk i suppose. >> seriously. we are one of the fittest cities. thank you very much. sfransz aes trio of baby falcons on top of the pg&e build wrg they have some new names. and you might recognize them from the popular bay area sports

team. people put suggestions online for names and we've seen more than 400 ideas. the win easy he was steph, kd, and iggy in honors of the warrior starve course steph curry, grant and andre igger roll lis. >> 134u have gone draymond green and then if we ever got an eag it will could be andre eagle dog. >> watch them soar. >> did you just come up with that on the sport. >> zbrai grey draymond money green. >> all that will wit this early in the morning. look at the forecast. we're going to be talk about the heat as we head into the weekend that's going to be the main story so enjoy today and it's nice and cool. we get awesome views like this, anderson reservoir, morgan hill and look at the fog rolling over the hill right now. while it's mostly clear it's 54 degrees and then we see the fog in san francisco.

wow. it's really coming in. and drichlk too. also in dally city and visibility low in some spots. 54 degrees there. south bay reaching up to 88 degrees in morgan hill. for the east bay going to see some low niepts for the interior valleys while the bay will be at 70 eight fwreez in hayward. the plinsa also 78 degrees in medical e belmont. san francisco reechg into the upper 60s and 58 in the marine an distinct. 85 in nevada in point reyes and 59 degrees but there will be some clearing. since alum rock park is closed maybe you'll be able to head to hiking trails in the east bay. it will be a cool morning at 59 degrees and then with lots of sunshine, the best time to hike will be late this morning and quickly warming so our high temperatures reaching into the upper 80s, the low 90s there and then that westerly wind kicks in this evening. apd and as we head into the weekend our air quality will become unhealthy especially in the east bay so now's the time

to get out and about. and then this weekend as those temperatures reach into the 90s and over 100 degrees you'll want to limit your time outdoors or maybe head to san francisco. it will be in the mid-70s there. mostly sunny skies and up to 100 on saturday, that will be the peak of the heat before temperatures slowly come back down. as we head over to mike we see some slowing on the san mateo bridge. >> i don't have a reason why because chp didn't tell us about anything and even our wazers are not reporting any problems. but westbound 92 did almost come to a stop. we see traffic is starting to move a bit across that flat section and so we'll show you on the map how the speed sensors are reacting. but notice this just coming off eastbound we see some slowing eastbound as well. they maybe distracted by something going on. i'll check with chp and see what they stro report. we show minor delay through richmond, no major problem just a little bit of slowing down through the freeway where are no

delays for the mass transit system, and easy flow on the tracks and take a ride folks and we'll get you to the waipz weighs system as well. now, as is standard castro valley over to the pibs la they're saying to use dunbar bridge and afford 92 because of the possible problem tlofr and make sure you join nbc bay area wazers select your profile and question help ooch other out throughout the morning. back to you. thank, mike. coming up next, the reason you might want to get your dog vaccinated against a common illness the next time you head to the vet. >> we get air $75 toll for someone else's car. i'm chris cue more ra, nbc bay area responds next.

6:24 right now. nbc bay area responds to a san pablo couple who was build for another driver's bridge toll. >> chris chmura is here with how we hope to clear all of this up. >> she say she and her husband received a $75 fast track bill for a car they don't own. she said she reached out to fast track for help but had no luck. so she turned to us. we contacted fast track. the toll agency didn't explain what happened it just said that the results are not the responsible party for the toll violation and fast track said that they can tear up the bill. if you have a consumer plant,

call us, 888-996-tips orion line at nbcbayarea.com fast respond. chris, thank you so much. 6:25 right now. a lot of us typically get a flu shot each year to stay healthy but we may be over looking an important member of the family that needs one too, our pets. k-9 flu cases are on the rise. it is a highly contagious virus that's spread from dog to dog or even from dog to cat. doctors say that most of the symptoms are respiratory and that they can lead to complications. >> the young dogs, the elderly dogs that are already immu know compromised can develop into pneumonia but most of the dogs that become infected will recover from it. >> so look after your little guys. vet nare ians say the dogs can get it almost anywhere but a loot of cases can be prevented with just that flu vaccine.

6:25 new video into our newsroom showing a hydrant erupting into southern california. it hapd in the middle of los angeles yesterday. they're looking into reports it might have been caused by an accident. witnesses say they saw a tractor trailer truck near the hydrant just before that water started shooting up about 100 feet into the air. coming up next on today, the amount of water flowing out of your tap could have a big impact on your cash flow. the reason water rates are increasing for a quarter of a million people in the south bay. officials will hold their weekly meet thk morning inside of a san francisco bart station. i'll explain why and why it could be a ben. >> i to those who use bart. you're watching today in the bay.

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right now 6:30, we're getting ready for a warm day ahead especially for the inland areas. take a live look outside, the sun up over pleasant hill this morning. up over most of the bay area warming things up as well. wait till this weekend. >> good morning to you thanks so much for joining us i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. spoiler alert it's been so nice the last few days i'm just trying to enjoy it right now kari because we know that's all going to change in the next couple days. >> right. and san francisco stays back so we'll get a little bit of a beast in temperatures but we won't see the morning clouds and foog fog like we've seen recently and temperatures for

the valleys that's where it gets uncomfortable over these next few days reaching into the low 90s. and we'll be at 90 degrees today, 91 degrees tomorrow, and then up to 101 degrees on saturday. still hot on sunday and then those temperatures gradually coming down as we head over toward next week and we'll be tracking what's happening this weekend with the few events. more on that coming up in seven minutes. but mike has breaking news for the north bay. i do. chp just issued what they call a sig alert that means they kbekt expect it to be a significant amount of time. highway 29 northbound through american canyon is blocked around taylor road not far from the napa county airport. we've been track it all morning. overturned big rig and that's an issue. the post matter is there and so is pg&e. those power lines may be an issue, that might be whey why they completely closed the freeway. local routes you can take highway 12 to get you past that scene. that's the breaking news in napa

the change in status. it's not a major issue for the rest bay area. you see how smoothly things are moving but across the san mateo bridge we have a slower drive, westbound 92 is jamming up for some reason. we're still waiting for anybody to report any issues but it may be a little bit of fog and low clouds drifting by as well. thank you very much. more breaking news recovering a live look at downtown lafayette where a massive early morning fire destroyed the town's chamber of congress along with a popular restaurant. here's a look at that fire whr it was raging earlier this morning if the it started a little bit before midnight on lafayette circle near the busy retail areas where the restaurant including chow are located. the fire also prompted nearby evacuations if the fire crews from nearby departments had to come in and assist that blaze was so big. we spoke to one neighbor who couldn't believe what she was seeing. >> coming out to the porch there was more like a pillar of sparks and flames going up 100, 150 feet just billowing out over

the area. i came to the end of the driveway and saw the whole village complex building there was just engulfed in flames. >> he was most certainly surprised the the cham befr commerce and the restaurant considered a total loss and damage estimates shooting about a million dollars. no one was injured and so far there's no idea what caused that fire. a viewer sent us dramatic videos of the lafayette fire as soon as it started. thank you for that. if you come across breaking news in your neighborhood let us know put can send them to i see, r isee or tag us on facebook, twitter or or instagram. >> all knew this morning for a quarter san mow say families and businesses it is going to be costlier to get your waterand that includes people who did the right thing and conserved during the drought. >> we're life in san jose

rose garden this morning where the water rate spike seems to be a new trend. >> joo yes. this waut cup not the first and likely not be the last agency to raise its water rates, but if is the latest to get the clooen green light from the cpus -- the california public utilities commission, i'll say it that way. to get that green light to raise the water rates. on average, this is going to mean been $3.67 a month for each customer. it's about 229,000 customers in san jose and the surrounding areas. now, they blame this hike on higher wholesale water prices that they're being charged by the santa clara water district. the water district says they need to fund the system repair and improve some infrastructure including the anderson dam. now, while an average of about $40 a year might not be that much for many opponents of the hike it is the principle of the maurt. they say the hike seems to punish foejz folks who did conserve.

now, i posted this graphic on facebook and on twitter this morning that details where san jose water says it sends each cent of every dollar that it gets. that's you also post a comment and weigh in and join the conversation. let me know what you think. by the way, san jose water company is just the latest to get a green light for the hike. you might recall earlier this week pete suratos was reporting on east bay mud, 1.4 million customers there saw their water rates go up this week as well. all right. thanks so much. chris. >> thank you. happening today, bart's board of directors is not going to be meeting the at its usual location in oakland this morning. instead they're meeting at a popular station in downtown san francisco. pete suratos is live from the bart station this morning to explain why they're having this change of locale. pete, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. some folks here at the millbrae station might run into them later this morning had they're doing that meeting at the palace

station. >> i did speak to the president of the board of directors for bart he sent me an e-mail exactly why they're changing locals for their weekly meeting. first things first she says the board of directors are going to get a walk-in tour to get an idea of what the conditions are like on the ground and then they discuss upcoming projects presented by bart staff and the city of san francisco which will include how to modernize the sation. that can range from escalator replacement and ceiling replace meant and then touch on popular topics of concerns as far as crime and the homeless population around that station. it's to familiarize the board with a firsthand perspective of what's happening at the station as well as other downtown san franciscotation stations but that meeting is set to take place later this morning at 9:30 a.m. we're live in millbrae. getting a look at how the process is done there. happening today as we have been reporting here on today in the bay, caltrain's electrification

project is moving fofrd after federal grants were secured in may. the question is, what's next? the answer would be construction. caltrain stran having a meeting tonight on how construction is going tacoma pact people living near the tracks both south san francisco and san bruno. that's at 6:00 at the san bruno library. this is television emmy awards is about to get interesting. >> it might be fair this year. some competition. a little later this year the emmy boards are going to be announced. no game of thrones in the race this time around because it didn't meet the dead so the field say little more open. lots of people talking about another hbo series west world. there's also plenty of buzz around nbc critically acclaimed drama "this is us". >> and this is coverage of the breaking news we have. up in the north bay chp's changed status from one lane closed to a full closure for northbound highway 29. now according to report, they don't know when they're going to rope it but they're working on

writing the big rig were a postal truck that was on its side in the fast lane had touz ootd slow lane and the shoulder to try to lift that truck up and so hopefully progress is soon within the next half hour but a significant sig alert does denote a half an hour and you see traffic local there tho through american canyon right by the napa county airport. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. metering lights are on which is customary. i also want to talk about bart. now, we have a little delay there for the fruitvale station, about ten minutes possible there's some plies activity nothing unusual from what we understand with you we're talking about. pnd i quick look at the san ma taye cobridge, the bottom of the screen there is one vehicle that therethat was not will one causing the slowing across the flat section but there you go. >> easing right in. >> i just wanted some camera time. but we do see traffic moving

again there. traffic on the go, we are going right now into our weekend 'it is friday eve. >> yes fwr is. it's going fob cook outside, it's going to be really hot. take a look at these inland temperatures. on saturday, 101 degrees. the bay will be at 86 and 74 for the coast. at least we'll be able to find places to go cool off because we'll have a wide range in temperatures, a span from 73 degrees for the coast, 87 for the bay and 100 degrees inland on sunday as well. and i asked on facebook four guys let me know what you're doing this weekend and one of my friends said wants go to the a's game so kick off the weekend on friday at the coliseum. it will be at first pitch 64 degrees, little cool by the end of the game. and then on saturday in san rafael we'll have breast fest happening, it's going to be hot outside so maybe you want to head inside to the marin center and drink some cold beer. it will be in the upper 80s for the afternoon.

for some natural air-conditioning we head to santa cruz where it will be in the low 70s tomorrow, mid-70s for saturday and then up to 78 degrees on sunday but of course the water is off limits as we've had a recent shark sighting there but maybe you goont to the board walk where we do have a new right opening there. here's a live look outside and heavenly, beautiful sunrise but nousz notice more of that snow is melting. you can actually see the ground there and temperatures for the weekend will be topping out in the low to mid-80s. it's going to be a nice weekend for the sierra too. i'll bring it back home and have a look at san jose's temperature trend coming up in three minutes 389 lawyera. we'll lord ford that. 6:39, ground fires ravaging the west coast. we're track all of the wildfires burning across california, including right here in the bay area. plus, a close call. a cite surfer flies over a humpback whale in the san francisco bay. the reason he could be fined for

the incident. plus we are keep a watch on the markets this morning. the dow jones industrial average is up 18 points so far, 21,005 fist 50. retailers are leading the way. target and walmart with good news on sales. we're back with more news in two minutes.

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the lower 60s, nice cool morning, 76 degrees at 11:00 and a great day to take a lunch outside as the kids willing out there in day camp were warming temperatures up to 84 degrees at 2:00. we can knots explain about this weather because if gets hot this weekend as you make some plans. make sure you check in with me, i'll have a look at that coming up in five minutes. and if you're in the north bay plan on this delay or plan on trying to get away highway 29 which is closed because they're trying to right that big rig we've been track all morning. we just got some video into the station and we're going to show it to you hopefully in my next report. we'll look forward to that. thank you very much, mike. happening now several wildfires continue to burn across our state this morning. this is a look at all the fires, cal fire is currently working on. owl outlined in red. fortunately crews starting to get a handle on two of the biggest fires burning right now, the wall fire in butte county

stands at about 67 acres. it's 70% contained. all evac weightsuation orders have been lifted there. the allah know fire has not grown much in the past 24 hours. it's also at 70% containment. right now this morning, crews are still on the scene of a massive brush fire in san jose. this is a close are look right now at the foothills hit by those flames via nbc bay area sky ranger. that fire broke out near alum rock park which we just learned is still closed today. about whun 20 acres burned in total and that includes a house that was destroyed. the last time we talked to fire officials about 11:00 last night the fire was at 75% containment. we have calls in this morning to try to get you an updated number. 6:44, happening today the man accused of mowing down pedestrians on a sidewalk is due in court. richard rohas is expected to enter a plea today. they say he steered his suv on to a sidewalk back in may killing an 18-year-old woman and

injuring 22 other people. prosecutors say he wanted to, quote, kill them all. he told police he had been smoking marijuana laced with pcp. we have been detailing all of the close encounters going on in the san francisco bay in vent weeks. take a look at that video that we have right here. this was a whale ta was out right near the golden gate bridge and those sailors coming right by it dangerously close, what you might call a too close encounter. that's only one example of what's been going on here in recent weeks. we want to show you other video right now involve a kite surfer that really defies imagination. this is between a kiter is fer and a whale on the bay last month. he actually goes right over the whale. you can see the whale breaching the water. when the cite surfer makes contact with it he kind of rides right over. >> there's something huge around you, he was going back and then coming back and as he was approaching me wrarz getting

more and more sward scared, you know. he didn't just come out but he came out with the fountains rolling and, you know, trying to scare me or something. >> it worked. coming close to a whale is not only dangerous but it's illegal and it can come way $10,000 fine. >> what a story he will always have to tell. 6:46 right now. new this morning a homeless encamp meant built inside a northern california highway by pass. police in lincoln posted these pictures out on social media. they say officers were cleaning up after transients in the auburn ravine they discovered someone was living inside the highway 65 bypass. they found a mattress, cooking hietd toemz, food and trash. police say someone even built a bridge to try to improve their access to that area. they say they cleaned that up area and will try to monitor the where are to make sure it doesn't happen again. the murder trial of the undocumented immigrant who was

charged of killing kate styly is set to begin tomorrow. a mexican national says that he was holding a stolen gun that accidentally went off and struck her on peer 14 in san francisco in what has been two years ago. the shooting made national headlines at the time. it even recently prompted the house of representatives to pass kate's law which extends prison stays for illegal immigrants after they've been deported. a federal judge says he's not likely to throw out a lawsuit that blocks president trump's executive order. that would cut funding for sanctuary cities like san francisco. as we've been reporting, a lawsuit by the city and also santa clara county is what blocked that order back in april. the trump administration argues or did yesterday that since the scope of the order has been limited, less money will be withheld. the judge said that is not enough but he hasn't officially ruled on the administration's

request to throw out the lawsuit. the debate over healthcare heats up today. senate majority leader plans to present a revamped healthcare bill but many lawmakers on the fence are complaining about it. it rolls back much of the architecture of president obama's healthcare law like mandatory pentz for people who do not buy coverage and federal healthcare subsidies will be replaced with generous tax cuts there's been talk of beefing those up. senator mitch mcconnell pushing for support ahaved do do or die vote that he's called for next week. happening today, san francisco is considering whether or not to name the new transbased center after sales force. here's why. the transit terminal, the future home of high speed rail when it gets here is under construction right next tonight new sales force tower but it needs money and sales force says it's willing to provide that. the tech company says its it's willing to shell out $110 million for naming rights for the next 20 fooich years. happening today, big time celebrities are headed to lake

tahoe for the 29th annual american century championship. more than 80 participants are going to be hitting the greens and the tees for the tournament. steph kurpry, bringing some dance moves as well. joe pavelski, jerry rice, former radar charles woodson and current i did radar january kous sky who is huge by the way are all going to be showing off their skills. the winner takes home a $600,000 cash bounty. >> they always have a lot of fun out there. >> out on the lanes cutting some dif vots there. >> actual gli day right now for golfing. yeah, that's the key, especially for those inland areas. if you're going somewhere like half moon bay it's going to be nights and cool all day long. but it's all about location, not only today but this weekend. here's a look at the view from the golden gate bridge and i know you can't see it right now because it's all covered with fog and drizzle. but this will be clearing out as we go through the day. looks like the marine layer kind

of loosens up and moves back out over the pacific for a little while. and as the seven day forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen you'll see how hot it's going to be this weekend so we're enjoying some low 90s inland. concord up to 92 degrees, napa 84, it will be 73 in oakland and palo alto look at a high today of 80 degrees. as you're getting ready started out in the clouds it will be a good day for something like short sleeves and shorts, also getting the kids ready for a camp that will be outside for long periods throughout the day make sure they have something like a hat or some sunscreen as it will be bright and sunny. and since alum rock spark closed in the south bay you may be heading over towards the east bay to some of the hiking trails and it will be a nice cool morning at 7:00 we're in the upper 50s with that sunshine sometime throughout the morning is the best time go because it will be quickly warming reaching into the upper 80s by 2:00 today and once those wefrtly winds kick in later this afternoon, it will start to feel a little bit more comfortable.

if you're planning to head to the north bay in sonoma wine country it will be very nice even through this afternoon with highs in the low 80s and we just wanted to give awe i quick update on tropical term fer nana out there in the pacific well to the west could be bow, this is expected to move out into the waternd water and become a category four hurricane. and air quality here will be watched very closely because as temperatures go up our air quality especially in the east bay will become unhealthy and that's when you need to limit your outdoor time especially had those temperatures will be the hottest. we'll be in the mid-60s today, mid-70s for the weekend for san francisco, and then look at how those temperatures ramp up for the weekend. we'll be in the triple digits and then slowly coming down next week. and mike continues with that breaking news for the north bay. that's right. we've got this video into the newsroom. look at that overturned big rig. that's the postal truck that was reported since early this morning we've been tracking this the 'it's in the fast lane. you see that it's not divided the north and southbound sides of highway 29. this support in american canyon.

there's a lot of debris in the area but the bigger issue is apparently trucks have arrived to help right that rig. you can see that there was some damage to part of that external wall there and so they probably had to offload and that this is where all the activity is going on. we'll show you northbound 29 now completely closed and that's the reason for the breaking news. the sig alert situation there alocal reroute to interstate-80 and take highway 12. it's a longer route but it's all clear of any of those incidents going to american canyon heading up toward napa. i just learned of this debris west 580 may be across all lanes i'm stilling any up datsds but one person says there's a lot of debris there. the waze shows you no problems for the south bay and helps you towards alma down valley toward mountain view we'll track changes throughout the morning on waze and this will update with you on the phone just join nbc area wazers, that's your team, back to you.

thanks, mike. we are spearhead a special program here at nbc bay area. >> be a part of this team. wasn't wanted to you invite to invous to help bay area students in need. we've teamed up with telemundo 48 and several nonprofits to begin supporting our schools. throughout the month you can donate back packs, schools supplies, even cash which will be used to buy more school supplies. the full list of where to donate is on nbcbayarea.com. coming up next a quick look at five stories on today in the bay, that includes continuing breaking news coverage of a massive fire that ripped through downtown lafayette overnight. the damage left behind this morning as firefighters try to figure out what caused it. and happening now, a group of six african girls are headed to america arriving at the could be bow airport overnight. the girls will receive u.s. visas after president trump sboend to reverse a decision by the state department for the request. also right now secretary of

state rex tillerson is in qatar. he's holding a final round of talks to ease diplomatic relations in the middle east. we'll be back with more in just a few. stick around.

welcome back and a good thursday morning to you, 6:56. before you head out the door

here are the to stories. top situation overnight in lafayette, this is breaking news that we've been following all morning. what you're looking alt there was the chamber of commerce building. fire officials telling us that this is one of the largest fires in lafayette's history. looking lye as investigators work to figure out what the cause was. the massive flames destroyed the chamber of commerce along with a popular restaurant. started a little bit before midnight in the lafayette circle. nobody was hurt, but people who live nearby were most certainly shaken. we talk to them and one woman gets very emotional. we have online at nbcbayarea.com. 6:57 the search for four missing young men in pennsylvania has take ann turn for the worse. with the discovery of human remains in a 12-foot grave. late last night police in bucks county made that announcement. the remains were found on the farm of a man who police are calling a person of interest in the case. the man has now been rearrested.

one set of remains has now been identified as one of the four men who disappeared last week. new this morning, state regulators have approved higher water bills in san jose. water rates are going up for a quarter million families and business arizona where he look live from the rose garden neighborhood be in san jose. they say that the average customer will see a $3.67 increase each month. and that affects customers in most of san jose. also it includes some customers in cam bell, los gatostor saratoga, and parts of cupertino. happening today the bart board of directors is going to meet in san francisco. this is the group's regular board meeting but they want to get a tour of the station. they say the purpose is to give a firsthand look of the challenges facing stations in downtown france san francisco. today's meeting is set to start at 9:30. and a live look right now, this is from france, president trump landing in the country this morning. live pictures from paris, the president right now is meeting

with that country's president right now. coming up next on the today show a look ahead at his busy schedule and the new questions that president trump is facing about his son's controversial meeting with the russian lawyer. take ago i live look from outside at pleasanton this morning going to be a warm day inland with 90s in some areas then that trim digit heat that kari's been warning us about in some spots this weekend. we'll try to find somewhere cool and luckily we'll be able to do that because the coast won't be get that hot but just a few degrees warmer. san francisco will be able to feel the difference going from the mid-60s today to the mid-70s for the weekend. and for the valleys 90 degrees today with a hive 101 on saturday. >> all right. thank you very much, kari. mike you've been following this overturned big rig in napa all morning long. >> that's a bigger kish issue because it completely closed the state route. they tried to up right this rig as the postal service truck, that's what's happening for highway 29. >> that's a big one there.

we'll keep monitoring that as well as the rest of your news and update new half an hour. >> you can also join us for nbc bay area news news at 11:00. the today show starts right now. good morning. breaking news. a grim discovery in the search for four missing men in pennsylvania. human remains, including the body of at least one of them, found buried on a multi-million dollar estate. a person of interest now in custody. >> this is a homicide. make no mistake about it. >> we're live at the scene. bon jour. president trump attends a welcome ceremony with the french president after arriving in paris overnight. a highly anticipated news conference set for later today where the president will face tough questions about his son's meeting with that russian attorney. the big reveal. senate republicans set to reveal their newly revised health care bill today.