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 coliseum cam raw see

people's brake lights kicking in just north of 66 up past high street aroubltd bend. the map will show you it's up at 23rd just as you approach downtown oakland your left slain blocked by the crash and that's causing the distraction and slowing. sensors should read slow back to here but they have to update it. we westbound 580 is a good option for you. right now we're track the progress as chp approves. the rest of the bay moves pretty well. no drama south bay although there's that crash highway 17 near the cats. back to you. it is 6:01 and we continue to monitor breaking news in the east bay this morning. police in livermore investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting. police say a man set a mobile home on fire just before that shooting. pretty dramatic new video just into our newsroom this morning. today in the bay's pete suratos has been live at the scene since we came on air at 4:30 this morning. he joins us now with new information he's learned

overnight about what led up to this shoogt joog we're still here at the valley mobile home estates still an active scene. behind me you see the livermore police there. we're getting more daylight wro you can see where this took place on that block. we do know that the suspect was reportedly accing in an e-radek fashion even telling people to shoot. we were told he retreated into a mobile home when police arrived and then we show what you happened at that point and that cell phone video you guys are look at right now, we're being told the suspect decided to right there mobile home on fire. now akoirgd to the livermore police they said they tried to negotiate with this armed suspect even using a crisis negotiation officer for more than two hours and that started just before 9:00 p.m. last night. the suspect was said to be firing several shots from inside his home while make a suicidal statement. they said he paikd walked out of the home shortly after the fire was lit hold a shotgun and

that's when officers fired shots at him. we nope was pronounced dead on the scene and here's officers explaining why they fired shots at that man. >> 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: fire crews put out the fire inside of that home and we're being told that no officers were injured. and police didn't locate anyone else inside of that home following this incident. we'll send you guys back out here live. you're seeing a lot of activity with livermore police on the scene. they're not identifying the officers involved in this incident and haven't realized the identity of the suspect, but as you can see here very active scene and this case is still under investigation. we're live in livermore, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> really interesting scene there. thank you, pete. in the meantime, more details re-we looked overnight and dug a little deeper into similar incidents in livermore. a police spokesperson told us he couldn't remember the last deadly police shooting but last

march there was an incident involve a suicidal man near the police station. eswraent wlil shot at officers from his car. one officer returned fire but police later determined the man actually died from a self-inflicted gunshot. 6:04, new this morning deputies are looking for a suspect just two blocks from link koon conhigh school in san jose. this all started after deputies pulled over a pickup truck on brooklyn near das com and san carlos around 2:00 this morning. after stopping that truck the driver took off run. they realized that truck was stolen and they're still looking for the suspect but they've taken down the perimeter in that neighborhood. this activity should not impact lincoln high school which opened yesterday. a san jose police officer is hurt after an overnight crash. this morning a lieutenant says that officer is in the hospital and in stable condition. but we just found out minutes ago that this was a hit-and-run and the suspect is on the run. authorities say the patrol car and another vehicle crash, this happened across the street from

mount pleasant high school around 1:20 this morning. we have reached out to sjpd to ask more about this crash. the undocumented oakland nurse, her hurs and their son are waking up in mexico this morning. they've been deported from this country after calling it home for more than two decades. ice is defending deporting maria mendoza sanchez and her husband saying their case has gone through is a lengthy review. a last minute intervention by senator dianne feinstein did not work. the couple and their 12-year-old son said about good-bye 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 pick up about the frustration but i'm always on the other side and my heart is always here. >> i don't know when they're

going to be back. i just want us to be together. >> the older daughter will now raise the youngest daughter and take care of the family-owned home in oakland. at 6:06 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 commit ned crime and in january more than 9,300 criminals were deported. the number has been dropping. in june, 9,600 criminals were deported. now these numbers, however, are very similar to numbers last year under former president barack obama. and live to washington, d.c. this morning where president trump is facing growing criticism after saying both sides were responsible for the violence in charlottesville, virginia. this has thousands mourn the death of hearth heyer at a memorial in the city. >> he tweeted publicly seeking

lindy graham falsely say the i did said there was a morwe want go live to the bay in washington, d.c. with all the reaction from this continued fallout. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, markus, laura. senator lindsay graham tweeting about ten, 15 minutes ago a response to the president and during those or in that response senator graham says mr. president, some of the most racist groups in the country are now supporting you because of your statements. you need to fix this. senator lind someday graham goes on to say, history is watching. >> 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. shame. 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 be in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides. >> congress continuing to weigh in. >> he didn't know right from wrong, truth from false, american patriotism from white nationalism. very sad for our country. >> there 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 not condoning this type 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. >> reporter: and tomorrow the president will go to camp david and talk with advisers about asia. he's trying to get back to his agenda. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence. back to you. thank you, edward. alt 6:09 in the meantime an alt-right rally planned for august 26th at crissy field might not happen. >> late last night the park service who issued the permit 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 of freedom -- to freedom of speech. yesterday senator sfooin feinstein sent a sharply worded letter to the superintendent of national park service. she said that the event is a provocation sure to lead to violence. house minority leader nancy

pelosi said she doesn't want a permit issued. a final decision should come in about a week. and take taye look at this video into our newsroom this morning. a show of solidarity in davis. hundreds of people gathered last night forever a unit tip rally calling for peace in the wake of events in charlottesville. people with candles and sang songs. residents say the goal was to promote love and unity and reject hate. local leaders also attend and spoke out about how president trump handled the situation in charlottesville. >> president repeatedly mishandled this because he didn't initially do what a president must do, and that is to stand strongly against hatred and bigotry. >> a lot of people at that rally said they felt fortunate to have an event like this in the community and wish other places had the same opportunity. it's 6:10 now. for oakland wooen we'll start out with lower 60s and partly cloudy skies clearing out wickly at noontime 69.

low to mid-70s is going to be nice before those clouds move back in tonight. as we take a live look outside in san jose a clear sunrise right now at 61 degrees, heading up to 84 so a little bit warmer today we can see with that temperature trend we'll be in the mid-80s for today. mike has a big backup now through oak. that's the worst part of the commute. the rest of the bay moves well. it's the people evening from the coliseum all the way up past the fifth now. chp has updated that, but can chp is not there yet so they can't give me the rest of the details that we kneeled. we hear the left lane is still blocked it's not a crash but it's causing a backup. west 580 is your backup. that's the difference in travel time of ten minutes right now and it's building guys. back to you. it is 6:11 right now. housing plan battle what residents in one south bay

community are doing tonight to make it clear they do not approve huesing for the homeless. and fake action against white supremacists we'll show you how when "today in the bay" continues. ♪

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trend for palo alto. just a few clouds throughout the morning, temperatures starting out in the mid-60s and making it into the upper 70s by early afternoon. we'll take a look at what you can expect across most of the bay area. that's coming up in five minutes. and, look, the taillights tell the tale, northbound jammed for 880 past the coliseum in downtown oakland. we'll show you how far and we'll talk about how you can get around it. 6:15. opponents of a south bay housing plan propose to pack a meeting tonight in san jose. city official -- city council members are debating a plan to create a community of so-called tiny houses for the homeless. one proposed location is the bear reesta neighborhood. people who oppose that site plan to show up at tonight's meet at the library. so far there's no timeline when the newousing community will be created. tim cook is the latest ceo to publicly criticize president trump's remarks about the

violence in charlottesville in an e-mail to apple employees he says the events in virginia were repulsive. he says apple will contribute $1 million each to the southern poverty law center and the antidefamation league and will match employee donations to those groups as well. apple will also enable itunes to let customers make donations. and it's more than just talk of money and talk, silicon valley is actually taking action this morning. >> we have a whole list of companies that are cracking down. >> good morning. starting with facebook, laura. facebook has been a vehicle for messages spread by white supremacists and neo-nazis and facebook has been removing some of that content. but like twitter it's come under criticism for not doing enough. mark zuckerberg posted his own message on facebook last night announcing his company 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 mite white supremacists went on twitter to tell its supporters it's been kicked off pay poll. pal about the the group virginia dare said it had no part in planning the charlottesville rally. thedalea stoerm has finally found a home after both go daddy and google refused to host its domain. it's now on russian servers but it's not as well protected from hackers because sill sewn valley security company cloud flair dumped the daily stormer as a client. matthew prince is the ceo of cloud flair. he says in an e-mail to his employees he, quote, woke up in a bad mood and decided to kick them off the internet. in an e-mail first obtained by the blog giz moto, prince went on to say my rationale formaking this decision was simple, the people behind the daly stormer are extremely bad word and i have had enough. it's easy to get behind that sort of thing, right.

>> yeah. >> but even cloud flair is now secretary guessing and asking it skefl hard questions about what right it has to decide what should and should not be on the internet. one of those slippery slopes. i've actually tweeted out their blog post about this where a silicon valley company reaches deep within its heart and says are we doing the right thing? we don't flow. >> and maybe they're trying to show it wasn't just a flippant decision. >> well, matthew might stay was. he said he woke newspaper a bad mood but it's an interesting sort of thing. >> okay. construction workers putting the finishing touches on the tallest building in san francisco. the sales force tower nearly complete, construction actually expected to finally finish in october. the $1 billion tower is 1,070 feet tall with 61 floors. many argue it is the tallest building west of the mississippi. but, the new wilshire grand center in los angeles, i guess, has a sales force tower beat by

30 feet. they're saying that's the long spire which looks like an antenna. it has no function, just design so a lot of people are saying, hey, hey, hey, san francisco wins. are you saying they trumping in the hollywood area that's just form and not function? >> um. >> hey, markus washington continues again to be a part of our team. day one we didn't scare him away. >> no, i'm back to the great weather. >> you can't beat it. >> it will be a little bit warmer today. you may have to turn on the air-conditioning for a little while but overall it's going to be another nice one. and many of the bay area in the bay area waking up to clear skies as we take a live look outside from sunol. we're getting a beautiful start to this thursday morning. we're seeing a few clouds as we get a live look at anderson resz reservoir near morgan mill and

looking at san francisco west portal area we're at 61 degrees and mostly cloudy there. we will be warming up, take a look at these high temperatures today up to naet palo alto, 84 degrees in san jose, and some upper 80s for the inland area, from concord to antioch and livermore. and the seven-day forecast is now up at the bottom of the screen. it will be a little bit warmer for tomorrow and for those kids having the first day of school today, good luck to you. we are looking at a nice start to the day with probably -- we'll probably need some long sleeves, especially at recess today as you're out there playing, but maybe taking it off today at school. wraps up it will feel like summer out there and hitting up some of the hiking trails in the south bay or enjoying some time out at the park. it warms up quickly, it will be in the low 80s by this afternoon and some breezy winds this evening. and at half moon bay if you're going to be going koffeling there hitting the links it's going to be in the mid to upper 60s. at least you will get some sunshine today, something that's been missing over the past several days.

and if you're looking forward to the solar eclipse on monday in san francisco, you'll want to leave the city. head inland, that's where we will have a clear view. at this point it looks like we'll still have those morning clouds that could block the view. we'll talk more about that, but mike is tracking one bad drive in the east bay. >> and that could affect maybe two bad drives in the east bay coming up the ripple effect. we'll show where you this critical section is. over here in the south bay peninsula looking great but we have this tough drive north 880 to the coliseum. actually to the embarcadero fifth street. they have dispatched crew over there but we don't hear of any tow trucks on scene. westbound 580 say quicker route. let me show you how much better 580 is on our waze system. we've knocked out the live picture, we're looking over here the taillights tell the story. this is from the coliseum wait up past high street. avoid this by going to waze. we're going to take our maps and

show you you can beat that troofl time by taking the purple route by ten minutes. that's a ten-minute difference just now continuing to build. make sure you have waze on your phone and make sure you're a member of our team. nbc bay area wazer we can chair share that information this morning of course and throughout the day and the weekend. back to you. coming up next, bad news if you love guacamole. the reason avocado prices are expected to keep going up the. he starts getting his end of life plan together only to discover his grave has been given away to a stranger. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. and on social media right now we want to know if you've been cited for using your phone behind the wheel. don't tweet us while you're driving. kris sanchez joins us live at 6:30 with a story we've been following this morning. nbc bay area responds to a

pittsburg man )s (truly ( eterl quti bay area responds to a pittsberg man truly eternal question. >> so he ran into a problem with his bureauial plot and asked consumer investigator chris chmura to help him out. chris joins us now with the story. >> good morning. 74-year-old john wilson is savvy, he's getting his affairs in order. but john was thrown a curveball. he called us because the

cemetery told him his plot next to his parents was already occupied by a stranger with the same last name. >> i said this is supposed to be an empty grave spot. they said no, it's not there's another james r. wilson there. >> i said he's not related to us i don't know who he is but he shouldn't be there. >> john said he was offered a refund, a whole $15. tonight at 6:00 we'll explain why the refund was so small, what the cemetery later did to make amends and the second curveball that leaves john and me wondering who's really in his grave. if you have a consumer complaint, please call us 888-996-tips or nbc bay area.com/response. i'll see you tonight at 6:00. >> there's an intriguing story. new this morning at 6:26, some avocado distributors say you can expect the prices to keep going up the. produce distribution site says that the price for one aftera cad doe is about $1.33.

san diego farm bureau says that the price normally is 40 to 50 cents. san diego county produces 60% of the crop. they say low production and popularity among millennials are troik that price hike. coming up next in the bay, distracted driving concerns. more californians are using their phones while driving but they're not getting in trouble for it. we investigate the number of distracting driving accidents and what's being done to stop it. monday's solar eclipse will significantly impact california's electrical production. the plan to make sure that the power stays on in your home. you're watching "today in the bay." ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves

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morning, and it will start right now at 6:30 we are tracking a cool start this morning but it will start warming up in parts of the bay area. take a live look outside overlooking downtown san jose. you can make it out there in the haze? good morning to you thanks so much for joining us i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm markus washington here on this thursday morning, great way to start out the morning. not too hot. >> not too cold, just right. got to put the name tags on the kids's jackets before you ship them off to school today. >> it's going to be a warmer afternoon so wul went to head to the park and enjoy time-out side. we'll be in the upper 80s in concord, san jose at 74, 75 in

oakland, 80s in the north bay. we'll continue on with the same temperatures in the end land areas -- for the coast land areas. inlands will being heating up in the next couple of days. i'll talk about the weekend forecast in the next couple minutes. the nasty nimitz's look not knight nice. northbound ate eight stacked up taillights all the way past the coliseum. haguenberger creeping back now. the back up the slow sensors drag up to fifth street but i see now hell yellow sensors north the crash scene. what that usually means is that they've cleared the car and that traffic is starting to build up heading north thereof. i'll double check with chp had just arrived a few minutes ago pay the single vehicle blocking the fast but westbound 580 a much better drive getting over toward the bay bridge and the rest of your approach looks great with just mile slowing through berkeley, no major surprise.

it is northbound ate eight through oakland that's the big problem now. we'll watch to see if that ripples over towards the san mateo bridge guys. back to you. new this morning, concerns that the upcoming solar eclipse could impact the state's power grid and ultimately the electricity in your home. >> today, bob redell has been investigating the issue for several days. he joins us live at the in oakland with what he's learned so far. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. for astronomers here in oakland for the rest of us ordinary people here in the bay area monday's solar eclipse is going to be awe inspiring but for pg&rerksnd the independent service provide are which are provides electricity for utilities, monday's going to be a challenge about the we've been in touch with the iso for the past few weeks and they tell us that the solar eclipse will reduce solar production by 60% statewide. that's about 6,000 mega watts. that's enough power for 6 million homes and that power does need to be made up somehow.

for the past year the iso, the cpuc, and local utilities like pg&e have been planning how to mange for that lost energy production during the three hours that the moon starts to block out the sun. as a matter of fact, pg&e will be hold a news conference a few hours from now to detail those plans for example having to rely on other resources like hydropower which is able to ramp up quickly. the mercury news report under the palo alto the city manager is asking residents there to reduce electricity consumption during the eclipse to prevent the extra pro duks of greenhouse gasses has power plants turn on more lec tris sit toy it make up for that solar deficit. all right, bob, thank you for that. it is 6:33 right now. right now that demand for special glasses to view the solar eclipse is actually sky rocketing. they've still got them in most bay area stores, even sold out on amazon. this is a video of the mad rush at the science center, they even

ran out. but we're told they will have glasses for visitors planning to watch the eclipse from shah bow on monday. we'll have continuing coverage on the solar eclipse right here on nbc bay area. head to our website as well, nbcbayarea.com for the exact time you should be watching the skies. 6:34, new this morning take a look at that mug shot right here. concord police say they are looking for this man in connection with a bank robbery. he's been identified as 45-year-old david glover. he's accused of robbing the u.s. bank on willow pass road at port chicago highway yesterday afternoon. police were already looking for glover before the bank robbery in connection with another case. and happening today, a assistant an cruz family who lost their loved one in a deadly crash off highway 17 is expected to announce a settlement in their wrongful death suit. danny mcgwire was killed back in 2014 when an out of control big rig started a multiple car crash. his family sued the trucking company 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 a.m. it is 6:34. the investigation continues this morning into a deadly fire in san jose that took the life of this little girl, she was killed when flames tore through a mobile home on tuesday. this morning a memorial continues to grow at the site of the fire inside the golden wheel mobile home park right off of 880. cell phone video shows that fiery scene it was part of breaking news coverage on tuesday night. makes say they heard a loud pop and in less than ten minutes the home was gone. >> one lady who say saw it, she was in great shock when she heard the boom sound, she looked up through her window and saw a man engulfed in fwhier was collapsing. >> atf agents are on-site investigating along with accelerate sniffing dogs. some startling new information about the number of people who are driving while

distracted. >> this morning we've learned that even though more people are driving while using their cell phones, fewer people are actually being cited for it. today in the bay's kris sanchez live at the dumbarton bridge this morning what you may want to stay to your family has arizona they head out to school or work or even yourself it's a about goode reminder. >> i know down the have teenage drivers at home but for those of you that do, remind them of the dangers of distracted driving. ask them to put those phones in the glove box maybe this morning because by their own admission they're the ones most likely to drive distracted. however, across the board we dug up statistics from the office of traffic safety and they show that neither teenagers nor the rest us are likely to get a ticket for distracted driving. in 2015, the latest statistics available california law enforcement only issued 476,000 tickets and i say only because there are more than 25 million licensed drivers in our state. a assistant april clara county

supervisor who as a state lawmaker of the bill said the fines are too low. at 20 bucks for a first overfence it may not be worth the time for law enforcement to pull people over. but i asked on twitter whether you got a ticket and ms. christi said her ticket two years ago added up to $280 the as you and your family hit road, remind everybody to put those cell phones out of use because each foe for those of us who try to be responsible when you hear that little chirp on that ring you tend to kind of look away. be safe out there folks and we lope to see you again tomorrow. all right. don't check your phone because i got your update for you first starting on the peninsula with a sig alert. they call a sig alert we think had going to be a major traffic impact for at least a half an hour. there's the south bay and east bay. sig alert has been called here for the closure at bunker hill,

the offrarch and southbound 280. we had been following the crash if you remember 92 alt 280. once chp got on scene they said it's over here and there's not major injuries but there's a lot of activity. the off-ramp at bunker hill has been closed and you see the traffic starting to slow just a little bit put cannot make it through there. now, over on the other side of the bay northbound 880, that crash cleared and look how quickly we go from the red zone below 20 up into the 40s and 50s northbound 880 recovering from the approach to the coliseum out of san leandro, san lorenzo up to oakland that will be a tough dry drive as well. west downed 580 still a good option four. ten minutes difference in drive times. it's friday eve. >> weekend's right around the corner. >> can almost see it, yes, we can. and we're planning for some of the kids heading back to school, enjoying the weekend or if this maybe the last weekend before

the kids go back to school we've got a lot of events going on. let's check out the saturday forecast. it will still be cool along the coast so if you're plan going to the beach this weekend bring a light jacket, it will be up to 68 degrees, 77 for the bay and 89 for the inland areas. and for sunday, more of the same, even just a little bit cooler up to 72 degrees for the bay, inland areas up to 84 degrees. we're going to clear the shelters this weekend, 50 shelters around the bay area will be participating. we've got all the details on nbcbayarea.com. we'll be in berkeley with the ice cream truck starting out with clouds, temperatures in the low 60s throughout the mornd morning and we'll be up to 70 degrees. great day to take that pet home and enjoy a lot of extra time out there in the backyard. looking at the art and soul festival happening in oakland this weekend on saturday from noon to 6 we'll have some perfect weather, a lot of sunshine, highs reaching into the low 70s, bring a hat, not

something to give a little bit of shade and thin may be wrapping up the weekend at the stern grove festival in san francisco if the great weather for that with temperatures reaching into the mid-60s will make it feel cool. it will be a cool weekend in santa cruz so with the highs only in the upper 60s, we'll drop it back a few more degrees on sunday. it's going to be breezy too so just be prepared for that. if you'll be hitting the road here's a look what the it looks like in squaw valley. still a little bit of snow pont upper valley crest and a chance of thunderstorms there with high temperatures reaching the upper 70. looks like a great weekend, we'll talk about what to expect today as we try to make it there. that's in three minutes. and markus and i will be there on friday morning. >> we'll there. >> there you go. 6:40 right now. coming up we continue to monitor breaking news out of the east bay. what led up to a deadly officer involved shooting in the tri-valley neighborhood. plus donald trump this morning defending confederate statues on twitter. we'll show you the very latest.

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good thursday morning, it is 6:43. for the inland areas we're starting out with sunshine. take a look at this gorgeous shot as we get a live look outside over san jose. as you head out the door, we're going to see those temperatures

quickly warming up. let's check out the temperature trend for campbell today as we break it down by neighborhood we'll be in the low 70s by 10:00, rising into the mid-80s today. a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. even warmer tomorrow as well. i'll have a look at that forecast coming up at 6:49. and we're looking over here the sig alert, the closure on southbound 280 at bunker hill. we may have one lane of the freeway closed as well. owl u all that activity causes the backup. we talk about yours coming down through the city. thank you very much. live pick tires from livermore where we've been following breaking news since we came on air at 4:30 this morning. you see investigators on the scene where an officer shot and killed a man who reportedly lit his own mobile home on fire. the investigation happening near the city's municipal airport. police say they were called to that house about 8:00 last night. officers say the suspect was actsing in a bizarre behavior and challenging people to fight. the suspect convenient wally

went inside his home. police say he fired several shots. officers say the suspect then lit the home on fire and walked out with a shotgun and that's when officers opened fire killing the man. police are still investigating if he was firing at officers from inside his home. here's lieutenant john herd with the livermore police department. >> still really early in the investigation to be able to tell what directions his round was going. they could hear the rounds being shot. we don't know where they were headed. we're still investigating that right now. >> police not releasing the suspect identity at this time. 6:45. new this morning we're just learning about -- >> yeah, it's very tragic, markus. we're learning about the drowning of a toddler in the east bay. a 2-year-old girl fell into the family swimming pool last night at the home off of hidden glen drive. responding crews just couldn't revive her. the name of the little girl has not been released. san jose police need your help this morning. they're trying to track down an

accuse killer caught on surveillance video put see right there police say that man shown walking there is wanted in a deadly stabbing from back in june. police found a 63-year-old man stabbed to death on everglad drive just off story and king. the man later died at the hospital. new this morning muni's efforts to repair its most troublesome elevators hitt a snag. they say some elevators have chronic problems and they're out of service more often than not. according to chronicle, transit leaders know which elevatestors are in the most need of repairs but they're having trouble hiring qualified technicians. 6:46, happening today a pivotal vote in lexington, co., could be the push to relocate two confederate statues. the mayor of the city is citing recent violence in charlottesville as motivation for moving the statues of general john hunt morgan and john c. breken cloij was the last confederate secretary of war. tonight the lexington city

council will ask the state for permission to move those statues. breaking news this morning. why president trump is defending the confederate flag this morning. >> he says that there's beautiful and they are part of our history. >> that's right. good morning it was a big three-part tweet, markus, doubling downer, trip willing down or quad drup willing down at this point. sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and month mu mepts. you can't change history but you can learn from it. robert e lee, stoneual jackson, whose snechlt in washington? jackson? so foolish. also the beauty that's being taken out of our cities, towns, and parks will be greatly miss and never able to comparably be replaced. for what it's worth compare ashlly replaced does not sound like trump's words. he's tweeted 35,000 times in his life, 35,600 to be exact. where he looked through each tweet scanned, he has never used

the word comparably before. here we see the statutes come downing in maryland. it's important to remember no matter how you feel about confederate statues, many of them were erected in the '50s and '60s during the civil rights struggle not right after the civil war. in these trying times let me remind you other countries have problems too. australia's in the midst of a political crisis, a weird one. there's a law in australia that says you can't hold high faufs you're a citizen of more than one country but australian lawmaker after australian lawmaker discovering this week they're dual citizens and they didn't know they were. australians deputy prime minister, the number two, said he didn't know his parents had citizenship in new zealand, a member of parliament just found out even though she never had a relationship with her father. she may have uk citizenship. so she essentially confenced to the parliament this morning she might be scottish. >> my parents divorced when i was aitd and my mother raised

me. i had very little contact with my father throughout his life and he died nine years ago. >> here in america, you can be a member of congress and a dual citizen thanks to a 1967 supreme court ruling by israeli law, barbara boxer is an israeli citizen. michelle backman was born a swiss citizen. ted cruz renounced his canadian citizenship so he could run for president. laura and markus. thanks so much. 6:49. new video i'm calling the ouch video because it may hurt just a little bit. it's from last night's first pitch at the boston red sox game and this young man throwing out that pitch. >> oh. >> lone cancer survivor and high school student. that throw as you seep right there just a little -- ow. >> was that guy trying to pic take a picture or what. >> not worried about his picture. >> that's believed to be in that more sensitive midsection of the photographer or as matt lauer said on the today show this

morning, that's a ball. >> stop it. >> they later tweeted out he was not injured, at least not a long-term injury. >> that he knows of. ouch. >> not injured. >> not injured. >> oh my gosh. let's talk about the weather. >> more pleasant. today is going to be very nice again today, feeling like summer and we're going to bring back some summer-like weather for the inland areas today. weal we're still seeing clouds as we get a live look outside from the castro. you can see those clouds to start out the as we take a look in pleasanton, or a mostly clear pleasant view. as we look at the seven-day forecast that's coming up at the bottom of the screen and we're going to check out those high temperatures today for the south bay, east san jose will be up to 87 degrees. warmer than it was yesterday. and some upper 80s for many of the inland. for the east bay, livermore

reaching up to 88 degrees there, oakland will see a high of 1e69 5. the peninsula, palo alto will be up to 80 degrees and 68 degrees in daly city. as we move into san francisco, the engel side yrl be up to 60 phi, embarcadero 67, and assistant an recognizing a high of 82 degrees today. we have a nice sunrise this morning. seems like it's been forever since we've been able to see. . affiliate lt south bay as we start out it's a great day for short sleeves and shorts with those warmer temperatures moving new want to make sure you stay nice and comfortable and cool too. speaking of cool, my son's too cool for school, we're going to to have a great first day starting today and if you are about to head out the door, make sure you grab a jacket, you write will name on the tag and on everything because they may be shedding some of those layers throughout the day as temperatures warm up. . feel like summer by this taf noon and you need a lot more layers if you're heading out to the giants game this evening. first pitch at 7:15 there will be more clouds in the mix and it

will be cool over the next several days. we're keeping an eye ton that solar eclipse forecast for monday. it looks cloudy in san francisco. you'll want to head inland where it will be clear and our temperatures starting to cool off as well in the lower 80s. mike is checking on that traffic alert in the peninsula. we have a good bit of breaking news over here. now, we just learned from chp a couple minutes ago they were able to reopen that bunker hill off-ramp from the earlier crash that the. >> that means the extent of injuries were not major, they were able to get everybody cleared from the roadway. southbound 280 a little slow heading down toward bunker hill. this that will cause some slowing i'll show you the reroute a promgtsed but i want to get to the rest of the bay first. the south bay the typical build also hayward san mateo bridge if the 880 through oakland same conditions here. now back to weighsers we'll show you the rote in order to palo alto that takes you past the crash but the jam through san mateo is worse than the one past bunker hill.

your quirk route will still be 280 compared to 101 if you're troflg down from the city in order to palo alto. make sure wazers is on your phone and please check your proel file. check on the magnifying glass and then your name and make surety name of the team is nbc bay area wazers because that's our team. back to you. thank you, mike. coming up we'll take a quick look at today's top stories on today in the bay, including the search underway right now for a driver who ran away from a traffic stop in south bay. imin' impact the search could have on a high school in the area. at 6:53, first happening now a developing story in afghanistan. an american soldier was killed and several others hurt 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 missing of their plaque hawk helicopter went down in hawaii. in the meantime, family members have identified one of the soldiers as abigail milan. they say she was a black hawk repairer with the army. we'll n back with more news in

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welcome back. 6:56 and before you head out the dore herer the top stories on today in the bay. new this morning police searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a squad car injurying an officer overnight. they say the hit-and-run driver left the scene which was across the street from mount pleasant

high school. happened about 1:20 this morning. the officer was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. deputies are searching for a suspect this morning in an area just two blocks from lincoln high school in san jose. deputies pulled over a pickup truck on brooklyn around 2:00 this morning. after stopping that truck, the driver took off running. the deputies realized that truck was stole and he they're now looking for that suspect. deputies say this should not impact lincoln high school which just started clagss yesterday. 6:57, an undocumented oakland nurse is waking up in mexico this morning with her husband and their son. ice deported them from the country late last night. maria mendoza sanchez as well as her husband and son who is a u.s. citizen said good-bye to the rest of their family at sfo. last minute intervention by senator dianne feinstein was not enough to stop them from being deported. they leave behind three daughters, the youngest 16 years old. and we're live at the science center in oakland this morning and if you're looking for special glasses to see

monday's solar eclipse that's the place to get them most places are sold out. while many are excited about thee clips utilities like pg&e are concerned. we've been speaking with officials at the independent system operator in full som and the agency that oversees all the power grids in the state they tell thauts solar eclipse will reduce solar energy production by 60%. that's enough to power 6 million homes. we're expecting to hear from pg&e on how they plan to make um for the power shortfall. looking live at the dumbarton bridge it's a safe bet that some drivers ever illegally using their phones behind the wheel. we all see it. more californians are doing that with fewer actually getting tickets. our investigation overnight found that distracted driving has been on the rise since 2015 but the 2% increase last near yooer. the citations are down by half since 2011. and take a look over downtown san jose this morning, we're expectsing a pleasant day ahead, warm in some parts the

bay area. >> aisle let's check the forecast right now about kari. >> it's been a cloudy start most mornings throughout this week and we know when we start out with some sunshine it's going to be a warmer day. we're already seeing that. we are also going to he soot clouds thinning out in san francisco little bit earlier today. we'll be up to 66 degrees there. 86 degrees today, 90 tomorrow, and still very warm on saturday and then we'll start to cool things down as we head into the start of next week. last look at traffic looks like there's a crash in san jose. >> i say looks like there's a crash. no one's reported to chp but look at the speed sensors on your screen. we'll zoom down to that portion 101 approaching 280 and you can see a sudden slowing. that's what we look for, sudden changes in traffic flow. should be leader from the roadway just as you're approaching 280. recovery crash in oakland is cleared slow on 880 and also heading toward the san mateo bridge just to avoid the backup. >> kids get ready, mama's take

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