but we have this. they have cleared one lane of southbound 17 right around the cat statue and the restaurant down there. folks are familiar with the area and we see slowing as mu more crews arrive. there was one crash blocking the lane and we may have more lights for a distraction. we're look at your travel times here in the north bay, no major issues. folks leaving vallejo traveling to napa some slowing at that braj. back to you. back to the breaking news we've been bridge you since we came on the air at 4:30 if the a deadly officer-involved shooting in the tri-valley this morning still a very active scene. it started last night in livermore in a mobile home park near the city's municipal airport. you see a fire started as well. today in the bay pete suratos is there right now. he's been talking to investigators. so there was a fire, a man inside and then shots fired too, pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. pretty bizarre chachb events and

we just got an update from livermore police. i'll get to what they're telling us this morning, but they can't confirm that this suspect, this now deceased suspect was acting in an erratic fashion prior to that shooting. you can see behind me an active scene where livermore police are still here and expect to be here for several hours. officers say that when they arrived on the scene that the suspect retreated into a mobile home and that's when things took a turn. but let's get back to that cell phone video we showed you in the last half hour of when that subject decided to light that mobile home on fire. now, according to livermore police ha they're telling thus morning they said they tried to negotiate with the armed suspect for nearly two hours, and that started just before 9:00 p.m. last night. they said the suspect was said to be firing several shots from inside of that home while making suicidal sfamts. they said he walked out of the home shortly after the fire was lit hold a shotgun and that's when officers fired shots at him. that suspect is pronounced dead on the scene. now here's officers explaining a little bit more in detail of why

they decided to fire those shots. >> still really early in the investigation to be able to tell what directions his rounds was going, they could hear the rounds being shot, we don't know where they were headed. we're still investigating that right now. >> reporter: all under investigation as you can hear there. fire crews were able to put out the fire inside of that home and no officers were injured and police did not locate anyone else in that home. we're back out here live, you see the officers there on the scene, that's the incident command truck and the police cars blocking off that block where this incident took place. now the ieftsdentities of both officers and the deceased suspect have not been released as this case is still under investigation. >> thanks for the latest update. new this morning deputies are looking for a suspect just two blocks from lincoln high school in san jose. this all started after deputies pulled over a pickup truck on brooklyn near bass cam and san

core laos around 2 this morning. after 1207 stopping that truck the driver took off running. they realized the truck was stolen and the driver took off but as of 30 minutes they had taken down a perimeter in that neighborhood. deputies's activity should not impact lincoln high school which opened yesterday. also new this morning, a san jose police officer is hurt after an overnight crash. this morning a lieutenant says the officer is in the hospital and is in stable condition. reporteders say the patrol car and another car crash happened across the street from mount pleasant high school at 1:20 this morning. we've reached out to the police department to ask what led up to the crash and they haven't gotten back with us with that information. and continuing coverage now. a powerful show of support in charlottesville. thousands gathered to mourn the loss of heather heyer, she was killed in a car attack during last weekend's violent rally. meantime from business leaders to lawmakers, a course

of people criticizing president trump this morning this after his claim that both sides are responsible for that violence in charlottesville. >> this morning the president tweeted in part publicly seeking lindsey graham falsely stated that i said there was a moral equivalence between the kkk, neonazi and mrs. heyer, such a disgusting live, unquote. today in the bay tracking all of the continued fallout for us. good morning, edward. >> good morning, lawyer are and welcome markus. the president also tweeting out that the silicone news media misrepresented what he said about bigotry and hatred. now that vigil actually words spread through that vigil through text messages and private facebook messages to avoid social media alerting the alt-right because the people who were there wanted to remember the victims in peace. >> friends, family and strangers

held candles to honor three people who died during weekend violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her. >> president trump tweeted the fake media is dishonest stating they totally misrepresent what i say about hate, bigotry, et cetera. same following a tweet on heather heyer. the sentiment largely drown out by the course of people condemning the president's remarks that both sides were to blame for the violence in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides. >> congress continuing to weigh in. >> he doesn't nope right from wrong, truth from false, american patriotism from white nationalism. very sad for our country. >> from isn't more leadership coming from the office right now. >> even members of president trump's cabinet distance themselves from the president's remarks. >> we are could be donning this kind of activity. it should be clear that people

need to hear it, they need to be reassured that this is not something that is going to reemerge. >> i'm outraged on the use of violence to be able to put one's ideals and force them upon others. >> still president trump standing firm that blame is shared. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. thank you, edward. it's 5:06. in the meantime an alt-right rally planned for august 26th at crissy field might not happen. >> last night they issued a permit to allow the protest released this statement it says in part our highest priority is to ensure public safety while honoring our obligation to uphold one of our nation's most cherished constitutional rights, the first amendment right to freedom of speech. yesterday senator feinstein sent a sharply word letter to the super intend ent of national parks service. she said the event say provocation sure to lead to violence. house minority leader nancy

pelosi also said she doesn't want a permit issues. a final decision should come in about a week. >> we're hearing from a bay area man who was that the rally in charlottesville. he worked at top dog in berkeley but resigned this week. he's speaking out saying he's been mischaracter and went to shas to meet with other conservatives. he released this statement saying in part, quote, i want to make it clear that i'm not a white supremacist, nor was i ever, though people with such beliefs were obviously present. assuming that those were the beliefs of the entire crowd is uninformed and irresponsible. and another bay area resident is fighting off criticism, johnny ramon detectivety who was scheduled to speak at the rally in charlottesville may be out of a job. they're reporting this morning that the berkley resident and podcast host is no longer employed by an electrical contractor with offices in san francisco and san jose.

he wouldn't comment on his job but he said that he'd release a statement soon. the undocumented oakland nurse, her husband and their son are waking up in mexico this pork. they've been deported from this country after kaug it home for more than two decades. ice is defending deporting magazine ria mendoza sanchez and her husband saying their case has gone through a lengthy review. a last-minute intervention by senator feinstein did not work. the couple and their 12-year-old son who is a u.s. citizen said good buy to the rest of the family last night at sfo. they're leaving behind three daughters ages 16, 21, and 23. >> even if it's not -- even if i'm not here for them to thrive when they come from school, for them to speak up about this frustration, but i'm always on the other side and my heart is always here. >> i don't know when they'll be back. i just want us to be together.

>> the older daughter will now raise the youngest one and take care of the family home in oakland. more details now. president trump promised to deport criminals but "the washington post" reports out of the 105,000 immigrants deported from january to june of this year, 42% of them had never committed any crime and in january more than 9,300 criminals were deported. the number's been dropping. in june, 9,600 criminals were deported. december's however, similar to numbers last year under former president barack obama. opponents of a south bay housing plan promised to pack a meeting tonight in san jose. city council members are debating a plan to create a community of so-called tiny homes for the homeless. one appropriate posed location is in the berry yes, sirra neighborhood. people who oppose that site plan to show up for tonight's meeting for information at the library. so far there's no timeline on

where the new housing community will be created. coming up on 5:10 now with mostly clear skies, although we've seen those clouds around san francisco and oak orlando he was break down the day in oakland we'll be at 62 degrees at 8:00, noontime some sunshine, and 69 degrees with some mid-70s today with breezy winds and then cooling down once again this evening. as we check oit some of the hiking trails and some of the parks in the south bay, we'll start out at 58 degrees and then we'll be at 68 degrees within a few hours rising up to 83 for this afternoon. so quickly warming temperatures. we'll talk about the first day of school for some kids coming up and mike now has a warning for drivers on the peninsula. >> in addition to the san mateo school they got in place earlier this year we're looking toward the peninsula where traffic flows pretty well for 101, just got clarification it is the broadway off ramp that's affected by a log in lanes they specified wooden log so so we

know it's real, not a fake one. but that could mean real damage to your car as well. over here no break are -- getting a break i guess toward the bay bridge with these great travel times. back to you. thank you. coming up more trouble for hbo, the new hacking attack just hit the cable channel. plus silicon valley take a stand against racism and taking action as well. we'll fill new when today in the bay continues.

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"today in the ba . almost 5:14 as we start off this morning we're going to take a live look outside in fremont. mostly clear skies, already busy on the roadways. as we get a look at you're temperature trend starting out at 9:00 this morning, many people out and about, it will be in the upper 60s and we're rising into the low 80s today. so it will be warmer today than it was yesterday, even warmer tomorrow. we'll talk about that weekend forecast coming up in five minutes. travel time is not so bad, some slowing through livermore, that are project is around milpitas, that continues but no major problems for the tri-valley. we'll show you that coming up. 5:14 and new this morning you're looking at video of the coast guard rescuing a woman off the of the oregon coast. this happened yesterday. turns out that woman has not been seen nor heard from since saturday. police eventually found her -- found her car which led rescuers to her. she was stranded on some cliffs near a beach.

rescuers had to battle 40 miles per hour winds to get her to safety. smeez in good health. this morning more trouble for hbo. the network says it's looking into a hack against several of the cable channel's twitter accounts. they treat tweeted a message claiming to be from hackers. company eventually regained control of the accounts within about 40 minutes and they deleted the tweets. hbo tells nbc news simple that i, quote, we're investigating. of course it this comes as hbo is dealing from fallout from hackers releasing e-mail scripts and episodes of shows. at five:15 right now companies all over silicon valley taking action to try to fight hate. >> scott mcgrew. >> cook's facebook's been removing some of that content, but like twitter, it has come under criticism for not doing enough. zuckerberg posted his own message last night announcing base facebook would take further

action writing it's a disgrace that we still need to say that neo-nazis and white supremacists are wrong as if this is somehow not obvious. a group associated with white supremacists went on twitter to tell its supporters it's been kicked off paypal, the group virginia dare claims it had no part in planning the charlottesville rally. the online neonazi newspapers daily stormer finally has a home after both go daddy and google refuse to host its domain. it's now on russian servers but it's not as well protected from hackers because silicon valley security company cloud flair dumped the daily stormer as a client. matthew prince, the ceo of cloud flair sned an e-mail to employees, quote, he woke newspaper a bad mood and he decided to kick them off the internet. in an e-mail first obtained by the blog he went on to say, my

raishl f rationale for making this decision was simple. the people behind the daily stormer are really bad word and i had had enough. now, this brings up an interesting question. silicon valley companies have the power to remove entire groups off the internet, but should they? >> right. >> this that is one thing that they tweeted out their official statement on this. they're bothered bier that own action. did we do the right thing. >> right. is it free speech, right. >> it's a slippery slope. it's worth reading because it's a company really asking itself, we feel like we did the right thing, but did we do the right thing? >> exactly. >> so you've got to get a different answer any time you ask a different person. people think different things. >> thank you very much. well we know one thing, diamonds are a girl's best friend. carrots means nothing when it comes to the story of how one precious lost diamond ring was found. this canadian woman loses her engagement ring in her garden 13 years ago. look at that, though. her daughter-in-law, she

harvested the garden, probably more carrots and whatnot, the ring was found. did you see it there? it was miraculously wrapped around a care rotd. the carrot grew around it after all those years. so the ring still fits, she must have gotten another ring maybe, they got engaged, got married because that was her daughter -- isn't that crazy? >> is that real? >> kari hall, we have no fake news here. >> it's a kun indicator ring. >> i have a garden i haven't seen anything like that in mine, i'm still waiting. >> 13 years. >> how does your garden grow. >> but, we've all seen i have some squash and sue keenny i've been posting it on facebook maybe i need to post another picture. it's a great day for getting out there and enjoying time outside. now, we will start out with some cool temperatures this morning as you get ready to head out the door we're in the low 60s in the

tri-valley it's mostly clear, the south bay is at 61 degrees. also 61 in the east bay and san francisco as we look right in the midst screen it's 58 degrees. the seven zai day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen. you'll see that we will have some warmer air in the forecast for a couple of days. we're looking at all of our high temperatures where in the north bay he will be topping out at 82 degrees in santa rosa. concord up to 80 nine degrees and san jose with a high of 84 degrees. it will be just a little bit warmer than yesterday. san francisco reaching 66 degrees. and my son is heading back to school today, really excited for that, and as you walk out there will still be a light jacket day but maybe some light long sleeves as they're outside for recess. it will be sunny and at 1:00 it will start to feel like summer. our temperatures warming up quickly. if you don't have school today, maybe heading to assistant an cruz it's going to be nice and cool there, clouds throughout much of the morning. and then by noon we should get all on sunshine with some

temperatures reaching into the upper 60s hitting the links in the tri-valley we'll start out in the 60s and see those high temperatures today make it into the upper 80s. san francisco looking at some nice weather. we've all been keeping an eye on what will happen for the eclipse on monday. looks like san francisco will have some clouds. before the inland areas. during that eclipse from 9:01 to 11:38 we should get some clearing so head away from the coast if you'd like a nice clear view of the eclipse of course with your -- the right solar glasses. >> that's right. >> and mike's checking on that crash on highway 17. be careful like kari said. over here we're looking over here the freeways still work very well. we're look over toward highway 17. i've been tracking this crash down near the cat statue, the restaurant down there. folgsz folks know that heading down towards the summit. but we had some slowing that tikd kickeding in off and on. right now no slowing shows up on the sensors but we know crews

still there and waiting for a tow truck. one slain blocked southbound 17 just at the cats. we'll trauk that. meanwhile no delays for the mass transit. the tri-valley is moving well, little bit of slowing out of the altamont pass. the windy road you're doing just fine. check your waze app on your phone. make sure you are check the team there, if there's no checkmark there, make it so. back to you. checkmark waze don't just call you like i normally do. coming up, safety concerns in the skies, the push for change after several airline passengers and crew members suddenly felt in while in mid air. and is the freshman 15 a myth? that's what we're talking about on facebook right now. like the nbc bay area page to read more. >> i don't know if we're gok to dig up pictures.

>> not mine. santa rosa residents will

reportedly soon have a new garbage hauler. but they may also experien 5:24. santa rosa residents will reportedly soon have a new garbage hauler but they may also experience some sticker shock. >> the press democrat reports the city has agreed to a new 15-year contract way large garbage hauling company. many call the deal an upgrade to

the city's current service. the new contract will also mean customers rates will go up 60%. >> wow. and this morning some avocado distributors say they expect the price of avocado to keep going up. the produce tis drib bugs site says that the price for one is $1.33. the san diego farm bureau says the price is normally 40 to 50 cents. san diego county prodices 60% of the nation's crop. they say low production and popularity among millennials are trick to this spike. the sales force tower nearly complete and construction expected to finish in october. the $1 billion tower is 1,070 feet tall with 61 floor. many argue it's the tallest building west of the mississippi, but the new will

shord brand center is in l.a. and it's beat by 30 feet. it looks like that antenna, has no function just part of the design so i still think we win. well, new information this morning about a california-bound plane forced to make an emergency landing in buffalo this month. there is a push to make change in those rules for all airlines. flight was headed to san diego, passengers and crew members suddenly got sick due who to what experts are calling toxic fuel events. experts say this happened happens when the seal breaks allowing burning engine oil to mix with the air in the cab pin. >> that can incapacitate a pilot which takes us out of the game. >> you are stuck in that metal tube until it gets on the ground. you cannot go somewhere and get a breath of fresh air. >> and a new senate bill would mandate new training change for the faa reporting rules and, i air quality detectors on flights. sponsors of the proposal say the

toxic fume events happen five times a day. the faa says the numbers are much lower. coming up, danger on the road. at i larming distracting driving numbers that we're dipping this morning. today in the bay kris sanchez will break down what we need to know before you even get in your car this morning. >> monday solar eclipse will significantly impact california's electrical production. the plan to make sure the lights stay on at your home.

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a very good thursday morning to you. let's take a peek outside, shall we. look who's up and about, these folks moving along in fremont this morning getting a jump on their day. it's just flying buy, it's already 5:30. good morning and sthoofrpgz much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm markus washington on this thursday. >> welcome to the team. he came back. >> i came back. you're not going to get me to leave. >> not just yet. you're not going anywhere. maybe outside later today where the weather should be nice, right, kari? >> right. my son is going to school today, first day. >> my kids too. >> and it's going to be a great one. look at how warm it will be. we'll definitely feel like summer, little bit warmer than it has been this week reaching up to 84 degrees in san jose. as we move over towards the east bay, upper 80s in danville and hayward up to 87 -- 78 degrees there, 76 degrees in san mateo. and for san francisco, 69 in the mission district, north bay

reaching into the low 80s this afternoon. it will be breezy, great first day of school for some. as we look at what's happening on the peninsula, mike have you another hazard? >> one of the hazards is at my house we have two more weeks of summer. over here on the peninsula, a smoong drive saz most of the bay. we will take you to not log notice roadway, that's been cleared from the broadway off-ramp there southbound 101. this is northbound 101 at ripple avenue. sflz metal debris scattered across the slowing and possibly across others so we're watching for any sweepers that need to come through the area. no traffic breaks schedule. we'll track that and track any changes across the bay bridge put know about the metering lights, they're turned on, there's the backup. back to you. thank you so much. at 5:31 we're monitoring breaking news in livermore. this is a live look from the scene anear portola. it's not far from interstate 580. officers shot and killed an armed man.

he came out of his mobile home after setting it on fire. you see the video we took here. police say the man had already fired his gun from inside that home as officers were arriving. when he came out with a shotgun, according to police, officers opened fire. pete suratos is there right now gathering the very latest information. we'll have a live report coming up at the top of our hour. and 5:32, the much-anticipated solar eclipse is just days away but the news this morning is there are concerns that it could impact the state's power grid and the electricity in your home. today in the bay's bob redell has been monitoring the phones and is he live now in the space center with more on what we all can learn about this. bob. >> reporter: good morning, to you markus. for astron know merz here in the foothills for us ordinary people in the bay area, monday's solar eclipse will be awe enspierg. but for pg&e and the california

independent system operator which provides electricities for utilities, monday will be a challenge. we have been in touch with the iso over the past few weeks and they tell us that the solar eclipse will reduce solar energy production by 60% statewide. that's about 6,000 mega watts, that's enough power for 6 million homes. for the past year the iso, the cpuc, and local utilities like pg&e have been planning thousand make up for that are lost energy production during the three hours that the moon will be blocking out the sun. as a matter of fact, pg&e will hold a news conference later this morning to detail those plans. for example, relying on other resources like hydropower which is able to ramp up quickly. the the mercury news reports in palo alto the mayor there is asking res doents reduce electrical consumption during the eclipse to reduce greenhouse

gases as the power turns on to make up for the loss of solar energy. >> thanks, bob. happening today a santa cruz familiar wloi lost their loved fwhun a deadly crash on highway 17 is expected to announce a settlement in the wrongful death suit. danny mcgwire was killed in 2014 when an out of control big rig started a multiple car crash. his family sued the trucking companies tied to that crash alleging that the truck driver was inadequately trained. the incident also inspired new legislation. today's news conference is schedule for 11:00. we have new details this morning on a bad crash in oakland. fire officials say 5 people are hospitalized, the victims three adults and 2 minors, four are in critical condition, not clear who. now, initially authorities say six people were hospitalized. that crash happened been 8:45 last night near 55th avenue and international boulevard. officials say they think one car

hit another on the passenger side. the investigation continuing this morning into a deadly fire in san jose. 10-year-old linda van was killed when flames tore through a mobile home on tuesday. look at that sweet little face. this morning a memorial continues to grow at the site of that fire. it was inside the golden wheel mobile home park right off of 880. >> that cell phone video shows that fiery scene you see there. investigators say that they heard a loud pop and in less than ten minutes that home was gone. >> one lady who saw it, she was in great shock when she heard the boom sound. he she looked up to her window and saw a man engulfed in fire who was collapsing. >> atf acts are on-site investigating along with sniffing dogs. take a look at that mug shot, concord police say they're looking for this man in connection with a bank robbery. he's been identified as 45-year-old david glover.

ease accused of rob willing the u.s. bank yesterday afternoon. police were already looking for him before the bank robbery in connection with another case. and at 5:36, new this morning a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning as the commute gets underway. chances are someone is either texting or check their e-mails as they're driving and this morning we're learning despite more people driving distracted, fewer are being cited for it. >> today in the bay kris sanchez joins us live with the dumbarton bridge with a closer look at what distracted people means hitting the roads this morning. good morning, chris. >> good morning to you laura and markus. as you said down the have to look far or why to find somebody who is texting or calling behind the wheel. if you ask around it's going to be a lot harder for you to find somebody who's got ann ticket for that. we dug up the latest numbers on cell phone tickets and found that in 2015 fewer than 270,000 cell phone tickets were issued.

looking back to 2011, that number is actually higher. 76,000 cell phone tickets issued then. but to put it in perspective consider the numbers that are looked up from the dmv, there are 25 million licensed drivers in the state of california. now, santa clara county supervisor authored california's cell phone bill says that the fines are just too low. at $20 it's worth the risk to drivers to use those cell phones behind the wheel and not worth the trouble for law enforcement to pull folks over. but the financial price is just one way that it could cost you. distracted driving contributes to 10% of deadly accidents, 18% of injury crashes, 16% of all crashes reported according to the national highway traffic safety administration also known as nhtsa. now rewe want to know have you t

ann ticket for dikts distracting driving behind the wheel. dwoent want to shame you but we want to know whether slaumt pulling people over here in the bay area. coming up at 6:30 i'll tell you which drivers are most likely to drive distracts sod that you can have a conversation with your family before you hit the road this morning. at the dumbarton bridge, kris sanchez, today in the bay. all right. well, no reasontor distracted because the roadways are clears, you can focus on them. there's one issue we are actually talking about a potential for distraction coming in through the area, though, this is highway 17. now, there's a crash still blocking your right lane as you travel southbound past highway 9 and the cats restaurant. from time to time we see the slower sensors on both sides because flashing lights are visible from the northbound side that maybe an issue as well. there's also some debris and maybe some fluid from the area as well. we're checking on that but crews are still not there to clear the scene so that will be an issue as the commute starts to build we should see more slowing

there. show you travel times approaching the bay bridge looking great, metering lights are on with 16 minutes from highway 4 all the way to the berkeley curve. if you want gob under the water, you can do that on bart there's a tunnel but there's a tube for folks so they can travel safely. >> i want do the swimming. >> we'll make it happen. >> maybe this weekend. maybe this weekend. it's right around the corner. it is, it's friday eve we're getting ready for the weekend, making plans. it looks like we'll have a great weekend. and there's a lot going on, of course, here in the bay area as we check out saturday's forecast it will be in the upper 80s, incloound land the bay will be at 77 and the coast at 68 degrees. cool along the coast and even cooler as we head towards sunday when we'll see those temperatures in the mid-60s, 84 degrees inland. and if you've not heard, we're clearing the shelters this weekend. we'll be out at the berkeley humane society and over 50 shelters around the bay area

will be participating. we've got all the details on nbcbayarea.com. we are going to have clouds in berkeley throughout much of the morning. at times some sun peeking out, nice cool start and then a very comfortable afternoon with highs in the low 70s 70s. and then you may want to head over to the art and soul fest valg in oakland. we'll have some perfect weather. high temperatures reaching into the low 70s with breezy winds, just bring a hat or some sun block to give a little bit of shade. and then you may be wrapping up the weekend at the stern grove festival. it have highs of 66 degrees. cool in santa cruz, look at how low it will go on sunday, only up to 63 degrees on sunday. so make sure you're wearing a nice warm jacket. if you're going to the sierra there will be a chance of thunderstorms each day this weekend but overall we're looking at sunshine and highs in the 70s. i'll have a look at san jose's temperature trend for today coming up in three minutes.

>> sounds good. we'll look forward to it. 5:40 right now caught on camera. a wild chase in southern california. it's bizarre and tragic end. plus donald trump speaking out angrily this morning. we'll bring you up to speed when today in the bay continues.

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now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. me . it's 5:43 with a mostly clear start for the inland areas. as we get a live look outside in san jose, the sun is rising and we are starting to first time

see some mostly clear skies this morning. we're going to break down san jose by neighborhood know going to willow glen as we'll be in the upper 60s by 9:00, upper 70s already by noon. quickly warming temperatures today, you may have to turn on the air-conditioning for a little bit. i'll talk about what's ahead as our temperatures continue to heat up coming up in five minutes. and tracking the north bay commute you notice highway 37 at the bottom there little bit longer. there's a crash near skaggs island that may cause more congestion just past the bridge. little slow out of vallejo. and 5:44, new this morning southern california authorities are still not saying much about a car theft in the bizarre and lengthy chase. he ended his life after a long standoff atop of a crane. the spectacle played out yesterday in the mid of the evening commute. after chase a stolen suv into the port of los angeles, police say that driver ditched the car and climbed the crane as you see

right there. at one point he took off all of his clothes and then at about 9:30 p.m. police say that he either slipped or jumped plummeting about 160 feet to the ground. new this morning, muni's efforts to repair its most troublesome elevators are hit a sflag. disabled advocates say some muni elevators have chronic problems and they're out of service more often than not. according to chronicle, transit leaders know which are the most in need of repairs but they're having trouble hiring qualified technicians. the president is speaking out against his political opponents and the news media this morning. scott bays zo maybe one in the same what we are talking about here. >> news media political opponents they do seem like president trump lumps those two together, trump attack democrats this morning saying he never said natzis and counterprotesters were morally equivalent. he didn't. he said he wouldn't compare the more raflt either.

he wouldn't put them on a moral plain, in his words. he also attacked fake news this morning saying the public is learning even more so how dishonest the fake news spt they totally misrepresent what i say about hate, bigotry, et cetera, shame. we of course have been letting the president use his own words running sound bites for you over and over in tuesday's exchange in the trump tower. trump's coauthor of his best selling book the art of the deal to which trump refers often is predicting he will resign soon. tony schwartz says he inspects trump will step down by fall. schwartz writes the circle is closing at blinding speed. trump is going to resign and declare a victory before muler in congress leave him no choice. in these trying times let me remind that you other countries have problems too. australia is in the midst of it's own political crisis and it's a strange one. there's a law in australia that says you can't hold high office

if you're a citizen of more than one country. you can't be a dual citizen in stralial and say great brait britain. but australian lawmaker after australian lawmaker are discovering they are dual citizens and they didn't even know it. australia's deputy prime minister said his parents had citizenship in new zealand but he didn't know. they're equivalent of the secretary of interior didn't know his italian mother was an italian citizen when he was born and a member of parliament just found out even though she didn't have a relationship with her father who was born in scotland she found out she may have uk citizenship. >> my parents divorced when i was 8 and my mother raisedmy. i had very little contact with my father throughout his life and he died nine years ago. >> it's a bizarre problem but it's become quite serious because some people in the australian government may need to step down. now, markus and laura, i will

also admit i have scottish heritage but you probably already figured that out based on my last name and my first name. >> oh, mcgrew four. scottie mcgrew, but he's a u.s. citizen. going to check the forecast now, markus how you doing on today in the bay, our newest member? >> i'm holding tight. i'm up early dark and early but it's been great. >> good deal. >> we'll have to get you on some coffee because if you don't drink coffee. >> i don't. >> i don't know how you're going to stay. >> kari told me i'll be on it very soon. >> iv drip. >> if you're getting up early you're making the coffee right now and as you're getting ready to head out the door it's a nice cool start. we will have warmer temperatures today so if you get a late start maybe ice coffee later on. in san francisco it is still mostly cloudy but you don't have the fog that we've seen recently and we'll actually see these clouds clearing out fairly

quickly so expect a little bit more sunshine today. right now it's 61 degrees in san francisco and oakland as you get ready to head out. also 61 in san jose. not a bad start with our high temperatures just a little bit warmer than it was yesterday and as you check out the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, you'll see that areas away from san francisco and the coast will be heating up. we're going to be heading up to 89 degrees in concord and antioch today. napa 82 degrees, oakland 75 and palo alto up to 80 degrees. we start out with some clear skies and we know that it's going to be a warmer day so go ahead and grab the short sleeves and shorts, that will help keep you comfortable today especially as we make it into the mird and upper 80s inland. for the first dave school for my son and a lot of kids heading back today, looks like it will be a great one. we'll keep the weather nice and cool to start. at recess you may still need some long sleeves but it will feel like summer by the time they head out of school. make sure their name's on the tag of the jacket and you'll

want to make sure they bring that home too. if you're heading out to the giants game later this evening it is going to be very cool. you'll need more than a light jacket. we'll start out at 63 degrees, breezy, cloudy, and cool conditions and we're looking ahead to the solar eclipse on monday. it will be cloudy, at least for san francisco and along the coastline. for the inland areas we'll start to get some clearing, looks like we'll have a nice clear view for that. as we head over to mike, you're still keeping tabs on what's happening out there. >> that's right. south bay is starting to slow a little bit of a build and we're tracking that crash, 17 at the cats restaurant. so far the slowing has not shown up again on the sensors. i'm tracking that. meanwhile, as i'm skraning that report i get two more reports of crashes one on the peninsula and this westbound 92 alt 280. there's that tunnel flit don't know if it's in the tunnel chp still has to get but it sounds like there's some injuries possible and a number of vehicles involved. a trauk crashing into another car there and folks helping out. there will be a lot of activity, not a lot of slowing.

we're checking that heading over. again, underneath 280 and over toward 9092 and half moon bay. east bay north 880 and 23rd there's a crash there blocking your left lane and we see the slowing heading up into downtown out of the colonel see yes, ma'am area. we're watching that as it blilds builds. the map we'll show you on the waze system, we'll show you the waze map and end with that. say smooth drive out of pittsberg and over toward the walnut interhang. we have the build through bay point just so you know and make sure join our team called nbc bay area wazers you see it right there. make sure it's on your profile. and coming up, kids forced to sleep on the floor sometimes for weeks. the reason officials say they had no other choice. at 5:51, first happening now, a developing story in afghanistan. american soldier is killed and several others hurlt while battling with isis militants. the fighting is going on in eastern afghanistan in an isis strong hold.

and the search continues for five u.s. soldiers who are still mission after the black hawk helicopter went down in hawaii. in the meantime, family members have identified one of the sould soldiers as abigail milan. they say she was a black hawk repairer with the army. we'll be back with more news in just a moment. taking a live look outside from

. welcome become, everyone. take a live look outside. looks like the bay area's waking up this morning. this is from dublin this morning. we're to a cool and foggy start but it will warm up for inland areas. we'll check in with kari hall in just five minutes. ben carson says someone vandalized his home in virginia with hateful rhetoric about president trump. carson wrote about the vandalism in a facebook post yesterday. he says that he was out of town and his neighbors cleaned up most of the mess before he got back. you sthee home there. a sister station in washington, d.c. spoke exclusively with carson about the incident and he says that he is taking the high road. >> that really is the message that i try to get out to people. you can't necessarily control, you know, the animosity and the hatred of someone else. but you can control how you react. >> this isn't the first time something like this has happened to carson. he says a few years ago he

purchased a home farm in maryland and a neighbor immediately put up a confederate flag. he says that his other neighbors put up american flags in response. happening today, a woman accuse of killing her best friend after running over her with her car is due in court for a plea allergy. she dmu court in just a few hours at 9:00 a.m. investigators say she intentionally hit and killed her best friend back in june. investigators say the two had been drinking before hand. also happening today, a driver charged in the deadly shooting of another driving driver during a road rage incident in pennsylvania heads to court. david definiter is charged with first degree murder. police say he shot and killed 18-year-olddy anca robertson in john june. police say the two tried to merge into a single highway lane before he shot her in the head and then drove off. he turned himself into police a few days later. 5:56.

state officials are ordering sacramento county to stop using an intake office as a place for foster children ton sleep. the children's receiving home is where children come when they're waiting to be placed in a foster -- with a foster family. the building isn't licensed for kids to stay overnight but children sleep on the floor nip way, sometimes for weeks. the county says that their issue is a lack of resources and not enough foster families. child safety advocates say it's unacceptable. >> they're housing abused and neglected children like old office furniture or planks of lumber in an office and that could not be more wrong. >> the county now has 45 days to find another plan for these children. new this morning, as our school year begins make sure your kids aren't skipping breakfast. the new british study suggests that kids who don't eat breakfast regularly may be missing out on important nutrients. they had a higher intake of foley, iodine according to kids who skipped the morning meal.

girls and older kids are were more likely to skip breakfast. we all know it's bad to look directly at the sun but next monday people across the country will be tempted to do just that as we look up to see the solar eclipse. experts say regular sunglasses are not enough to protect your eyes. instead, you need solar glasses. they black 99% of the sun's harmful uv raise and it's the only safe way to look directly at the sun. doctors say do doh it yourself solar filters are not recommended. >> people do a lot of strange things. they take a dallas with tea in it or coffee or something to put in front of it, not safe. >> yeah, don't try to do it yourself. if you're buying solar flasz, make sure it has the certification on it. it's iso 12312-2. also don't put on solar filters and then look through de knock cue lars. that's unsafe. maybe just look to the ground. >> exactly. 5:58, hafg tnt today warrior

star kevin durant is get the vip treatment in his hometown. today it will be a similar scene in maryland as people celebrate kevin durant day. he was born in suitland, maryland. today there will be a one-hour parade celebrating durant. well deserved. >> i bet his mama will probably be there. >> oh you know she will. 6:00 right now. also have breaking news on the east side. flames erupted a mobile home park in the tri-valley and shortly after that police opened fire on a man killing him. we're live at the scene with what led up to this deadly shooting. plus the search is on this morning for a driver who took off running after a tragic stop. the south bay high school located right near that scene. and more followout for president trump after he places blame on both sides for the deadly violence in virginia. how the president is responding on twitter this morning. "today in the bay" continues right now.

and a very good morning, thanks for joining us once again i'm laura garcia-cannon with my new coancer. >> markus washington here on this thursday morning, a good way to start off the day. >> there we go. >> right here today in the bay. >> right here right now. >> he came back. >> i'll be back. >> and a lot of kids going to school this morning. >> yeah. >> my son starts school today. a lot of school kids going back to school within the next few days spot we're enjoying this last little bit of summer and we're going to bring back sum we are some warmer temperatures as you head out now. we're taking a live look outside in the south bay over san jose, mostly clear, 61 degrees. also 61 in the east bay. north bay 58 degrees and as you grab that light jacket heading out the door you'll be taking it off today especially for the valleys where we'll see those highs in the upper 80s. we're keeping those 60s along the coast. i'll have a look. complete micro forecast coming up. mike as a crash and slowing on the nemeth. troubled freeway here from the