ten minutes. and northbound 2 ate 38 two minutes, and about ten minutes approximately ought will people that are up and on the go from the right idea on this early morning. let's look at the golden gate bridge because chp did issue a high wind and fog advisory for this area so remember, don't use those high obambeams, try to re possible. chp is investigate a deadly crash overnight in the east bay. officers say the driver of a hyundai veered off of 880 south, that car truck a tree at fill speetd. the driver died at the scene. he's not been identified but said that he's in his mid-20s. happening today, preparing for what is to come. tempers playing at uc berkeley meeting last night hay head of big rallies on both sides of the bay. this morning, cities are finalizing their plans to protect neighborhoods in case things get out of hand. >> today in the bay's pete suratos is live in birkly with

what we can expect there this? just hours, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, markus and laura and, yes, in a few hours actually around 10 to clock a.m. you're going to have an ant tight hate rally behind me on the stepsch berkeley step hall. those folks of course are opposed to the rallies taking place in san francisco and berkeley this weekend. now, when you talk to supporters of these rallies, they're saying it all comes down to freedom of speech, but the other side is saying these rallies are all about hate. >> we're calling for everybody who stands that says we cannot have another charlottesville, we cannot have anymore racist violence attacks, anymore anti-semitic to join thus sunday at 10:00 at the lk civic center park. >> i think the rhetoric they're using is divisive and incorrect. they're labeling people here fascist, white supremacists and nazis, that's not true. the organizer of the upcoming

rallies stated that he was hispanic. >> this is video from overnight at uc berkeley, the tensions boiling over when a liberal group known as by any means necessary refuses to allow two conservative groups known as the college republicans and berkeley patriots into their planning meeting in the led to an altercation with police stepping in to break things up. now the liberal group is planning to acontinued and, quote unquote, shut down the patriot prayer rally in san francisco on saturday as well as the rally in berkeley on sunday claiming they're both white supremacists events. but the conservative groups claims that's not the case saying this is all about freedom of speech. now the rallies are become a cause for concern following those white nationalists rallies in charlottesville. but organizers for both rallies from denounced white nationalists groups. the organizer of that berkeley event telling me earlier this week that she denounces those white supremacists groups and says they're not welcome at the sunday rally. but as for this morning, grurpz

will be meeting for the antihate rally hoping to rally their groups ahead of the rally this sunday. but that antihate rally is going to take place at 10:00 a.m. we're live in berkeley, pete suratos for today in the bay. in the meantime, san francisco also preparing for the worst, the national park service gave final approval for saturday's controversial right wing rally at crissy field. the fbi will be working with the national park service and police to try to keep the peace this saturday. and as we've been telling you, some presidio businesses even taking precautions. they plan to shut down. here's the road closures you need to know about. zone 1 in yellow is the area of the alt-right rally itself. it starts at 2:00. zone two in sblu considered the so-called buffer zone, the buffer zone will be closed to pedestrians, cars, and bikes. the counterprotesters will start gathering at the civic center at noon. 5:03 and continuing cover range, the tale of two perimeters.

last night president trump took a much different tone talking to the american legion conference in reno. this, now this morning, as he is working with the members of congress, some of whom he sharply criticized during his speech in phoenix. today in the bay's edward lawrence is live in washington with what lies ahead for this fall session. edward. >> reporter: good morning. if should be a very interesting fall. the divs between the two speeches, in reno president trump used a tell promptor, he did not speak off the cuff. a vastly different president trump addressed the american legion conference in reno, nevada. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> reporter: less than 24 hours earlier in phoenix an unscripted president had a much different tone after defending his response to charlottesville and attacking arizona senator john mccain, president trump added. >> and nobody wants me to talk

about your other senator who's weak on borders, weak on crime so i won't talk about him. >> and a more subdued tone addressing the nation on afghanistan monday. >> they sound entirely different. and i think we know which one's the real one. >> i think the real one showed up in phoenix. >> reporter: and now the president must try to work with congress to get several big ticket items passed. in september, the government will have to negotiate a deal to possibly raise the debt ceiling or risk running out money. republicans also want to pass tax reform as wells as revisit healthcare reform. >> i would say i think it's important that we all stay unified as republicans to complete our agenda. >> reporter: this comes as at a time when "the new york times" report that mitch mcconnell and president trump have not spoke nin several weeks. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. at 5:05 class kans peld. this morning we're learning there's a new fallout over sexual harassment allegations at san jose state.

nearly a dozen students were threatening to drop the counseling education classes. he had been open paid leave for sexually harass a student last year. we obtained a memo late last night showing one of the two klass assigned to him has now been cancelled. >> 5:06 police in one peninsula town are again telling people to keep their vehicles locked. apriler ton police department are issue a new warning, this is the typical stuff you keep locked up. don't store valuables in plain sight. they say this follows a vent spring of smash and grab burglaries. we took a closer look at the crimes there and we ran a search spanning this past year using the department's website. it shows 34 crimes, that includes 36 robberies theft or stolen vehicles. it shows seven homicides an ten rapes. at 5:06 a developing story to tell you about this morning, right now a desperate search is underway for two sisters missing

after watching monday's eclipse. 7-year-old ka kwlee and her 18-year-old sister melissa from south lake tahoe haven't been heard from since sunday. police believe the sisters attended an eclipse festival in big summit prairie, that's a ranch in oregon mountains about 75 miles from ben. the girl's father says he received a fraud alert from the bank saying melissa's debit card was being used in petaluma. he said when he calls his daughter's sell e cell phone it goes to voicemail. happening today were a public recession. >> it's a public recession at the lake county sheriff's department who died this week. we covered rob run feld's death as breaking news yesterday morning. today the sheriff's office says it will escort his body from napa county back to lake county. authorities have still not said what type of medical emergency rum feld suffered before crashing thinks patrol car. new this morning in east bay school district reportedly facing layoffs. east bay times reports newark

unified schools are receiving lower funding due to declining enrollment. auditors are recommending cutting $5 million from the budget over the next two years. and today the people get a chance to have their say in google's plans to build a mega campus in downtown san jose. the campus which is expected to be five times the size of valley fair mall is proposed to be built near san jose's diridon station. the city and google are already in talks but the splan to yet get a final approval. tonight's meeting starts at 6:00 at the mexican hart tajh plaza. >> you're getting it, you're new to the area of are you a surfer. nbc bay area report a motion has been filed to celt rights to that contest. the current organizer cartel management is bank rupt the. they're represent hoeping to sell that contest to the world surfing league now. the window for mavericks usually

opens in notch. in the past they were only given 24 hours notice and that's a huge surf competition we have out in mav vikz. we're talking about ig waves. >> right. i would love to get on that. lessons coming up. okay, new this morning we're waiting to find out who won the second highest power ball jackpot in history. >> the winning ticket, there was one from chicka tee, massachusetts. guess this, nearly $755 million. some people in the bay area, they do have some reason to celebrate. three winning tickets in california together close to a million dollars worth. one came from a gas station in milpitas, another from daly city. here's a look at those numbers just in case you didn't check them last night, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, with a power ball number 4. we've got a group one here and we're all at work today were all right. i think we won $4. all right, so back to work for us. it's 5:10 and we are going

to see some nice comfortable weather as we go through the day with high temperatures in the south bay reaching up to 82 degrees in milpitas as you head to check that lottery ticket and we're going to be up to 85 degrees in gilroy. for the east bay, we're looking at some upper 80s, even a few lower 90s but not as many as yesterday. so a touch cooler, more broozy. hayward up to 75 degrees and 76 degrees in san carlos. san francisco on the embarcadero we'll see a high there of 64 degrees, little bit of sunshine today and the north bay up to 84 degrees. in know vad doe, santa rosa will be up to 83. we'll talk about today's temperature trend for fremont coming up and vianey has a look at how the roads are moving early this morning. i've been showing awe i live cam of 880 and oakland because we've seeing a lot of traffic build up in that area and no speed sensors are picking up major slowing which means it's a lot of traffic but at least it's moving. but chp is reporting what looks

like maybe some debris on the road, and this say long northbound 80 right at within will road. this is actually that area that we've been showing you guys that's starting to build some traffic now. it's unknown what type of debris it is. it doesn't look like there's a fender bender or crash at that accident maybe just fell out of a car. but right now no slowing. back to you. coming up where are the big decision we're expecting. and what our investigation overnight revealed about the death penalty process right here in california. plus, it's a video that will make your jaw drop. a quick-thinking bart pass swrer that saved a man's life. plus that former google engineer ready to go to court. we'll fill new when today in the bay continues.

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it's 5:14 on your thursday morning. a cloudy start as we take a live look outside in fremont and at least there we have some clear visibility. our temperatures warming up today, starting out in the upper 60s by 10:00 and then some mid-70s lunchtime outside indeed. now we'll see those highs reaching up to 81 degrees and a hot weekend ahead. we'll talk about the heatup coming up in five minutes. and we are starting to see some slowing in oakland along 880 and this could be because chp is reporting what looks like maybe some debris in a couple of lanes along northbound 880. as of right now it looks like could possibly be metal but aside from that no major

accidents to report. tense footage from fwhart morning, passengers are seen jump into act to warn a train operator of a man out there on the tracks. people eventually here you see them waving their arms, it happened monday afternoon at the civic center station. cell phone video shows a man actually lying across the track. fortunately the train operator saw the passengers warning, hit that emergency stop button. crisis negotiators stepped in to remove that man safely from the track. 5:15. happening today in san francisco, the state supreme court is expected to rule on a voter approved ballot measure that would speed up executions. proposition 66 was narrowly passed by voters in november. it calls for death pent appeals to be decided within five years of sentencing. right now, it takes a deck kald. opponents say the process takes power away from the courts. supporters say that the will of the voters should be respected. the decision is expected at

10:00 this morning. and we investigated overnight and the last prisoner to be executed in the state was in 2006 and since 197813 inmates have been execute pd currently there are 728 men and 21 women on death row. 5:16, california lawmaker may make mystery next month by approving a green energy bill. they're debate a measure to provide 100% renubl energy by the year 2025. only california and hawaii have committed to that kind of goal. the former google engineer who wrote that controversial memo has found himself a lawyer. >> scott, you talked about lawyer what's the next move. >> reporter: find are more people like jamgz damore that's the google engineer who felt that google had quashed his free speech, they want to find more at google who feel the same way. damore of course wrote that memo in which he criticized google's diversity practices and suggested men and women engineers approach their work differently. he was quickly fired by going the will.

now his lawyer who is well known for free speech cases will look for more people at google who feel the company is forcing them to remain silent. you've seen ms. dillon before, swe she was involved in some of the free speech irrelevant issues at berkeley. dillon was formerly on the board of the aclu. stocks continue to suffer as investors worry the president really will allow the government to shut down in olkt. he said he will close the government if congress does not fund his border wall, the wall he said mexico was going to pay for. uber says it's giving more people rides but losing more money. total trips are up 150% quarter to quarter but the company managed to lose 645 million in the same time. our sister blog ricoed reports the former ge ceo jeff immelt is the to ceo position.

they've been looking for a ceo since theirs stepped down. immelt say no nonsense leader and could crack down on uber's behavior. the ftc has approved amazon's pur of whole foods. there's still some hurdles in the way, but that was a big one so we should see this one go through. >> people are excited about that one. >> they. >> a lot of things coming from amazon these days. >> absolutely. happening today, amazon is opening a physical bookstore in san jose, the online marketplace which began as a cyber book dealer will now have a brick and mortar frens along santana road. some shoppers say they're already used to buying things online. >> there's a little irony in there, isn't there? there has to be. i don't know. maybe they think they can make it when others couldn't compete. >> amazon has been experimenting with these physical stores in

other cities. according to the santana website they will sell books and devices like kindle, echo and five. >> i'm still all for physical books. >> a lot of people like that you can feel it, see it, smell it. >> i do like that although the paper wailt is nice for traveling. >> this is true. >> good die read a book, big hat outside. >> i think so. read the book outside, temperatures will be cooler today, relax at the park and sit under a tree and enjoy all of this nice weather. we will not have this for the weekend. it's going to be heating up. as you step out the door right now on this thursday morning, it's 59 degrees and mostly clear in the tri-valley and 62 degrees in the south bay. it's 60 degrees in the east bay and san francisco looking at all of the low clouds right there, it is 57 degrees. the seven-day forecast support at the bottom of the screen and we will have some 90s in time for saturday and sunday. and today we're heading up to 81

degrees so it is going to be cooler than what we are about to have for the next couple of days. in livermore expect a high of 86 degrees, and 83 degrees in napa and santa rosa, san francisco reaching up to 65 degrees. as we go through the day in oakland, still some clouds at 8:00 and the temperature at 60 degrees, noontime 63 degrees. we're going to stay in the 60s today and it's going to be breezy as well. we'll have a few clouds rolling by at times, but overall looks like a beautiful day there. and for the kids getting ready to head out the door, we do start out with the patchy fog and clouds. you'll have to watch out for those spots with some low visibility as you walk to school. and then it does start to clear as they're outside for recess, especially for the inland areas. and it will be breezy and comfortable as they head home from school so you can leave the windows down as you go pick them up in the pickup line. and sonoma, nap april valleys it willing a great day to get out there, warming up in afternoon

into the mid-80s. san francisco stays in the 60 for the next three days and then some low 70s with a little bit more sunshine and for the inland areas really starting to heat up, we'll have several days of temperatures in the 90s and that really kicks in on saturday. as we head over to vianey now, any issues on the roads? >> no. but we are definitely starting to see a lot more cars bidding up on the roads which means you may want to head out know and get an early start like those guys are out and on the go. right now take a look at our wide map we can see there is some slight slowing in the south bay and then of course we can expect to see some slowing in the oakland area. and that's because i've been reporting chp did say it looks like there's some debris out on the road along whip will road northbound 880 and it looks like it may be some metal that has fallen out of a truck. they're working to clear that out so hopefully people can steer clear of that. bridge drive times westbound 80 towards the bay bridge it ten minutes.

92 sonds san ma taye coabout 12 minutes and westbound 84 toward the dumbarton about ten minutes. the metering lights aren't on just yet which is great because once those lights turn on we see that stop and go traffic on the bridge. in palo alto along 10 one we can see that volume starting to build up but so far we're off to a decent start on this thursday. thanks a loot. it's 5:22. coming up, keeping tabs on your kids. the new smart noen phone app that will ensure you get a text back immediately. >> and we've been talk about this all morning, the power ball, bob redell will tell you -- he didn't win. he's talking about that on twitter. you can follow him at bob nbc. also our office pool, we won four bucks. big question, how are we going to split that? new this morning - a wisconsin

student may face charges - for allegedly attacking his teacher du 5:25 and new this morning a wisconsin student may face charges for allegedly attacking his teacher during class. we want to warn thank you video could be disturbing, cell phone video right here appears to show that incident. first you sthee student coming up punching and pushing the south division high school teacher. as the teacher walks away, the student punches him in the face, knocks him down and continues ton punch that teacher. police say that they arrested the student at the school. students say the teacher was well liked. >> he mostly just, like, if

someone has a question he'll help them out, you know. like there having say struggle or something skblu don't swing at a teacher. you don't swing at an adult, just -- >> you don't swing at an adult. >> milwaukee public schools is not commenting saying this is a police matter. authorities say that the student may be charged with battery. a new smartphone app helps to help parents better connect with their kids. it claims it can ensure that your child answers your text reed immediately. pps it's called reply asap. the app lets you send a message pops up over whatever apps the other person maybe has open. the message then makes a noise until you interact with it, even if the phone son silent. the sernd will get a notification that you've red it. the ohio man who designed the app said his grade school son was ignoring calls and texts too imbear triesd talk to dad in front of fends friends. >> well, 5:26 and one of the main stays on california roadways is now going the way of the studebaker. caltrans is now reportedly

ramping up eliminating those box dots. those are the circular pavement markers between lanes that let you know you're cross those lanes. in january they first anourns thunderhead would phase out those dots and start stripping that's cheaper and reflects just as well if not better and that's a gradual replacement that's now underway. coming up, tax on drinking water, how it could impact your wallet. today in the bay kris sanchez breaks it down for us in a live report. >> reporter: the city of santa clara putting the 49ers on notice to pay up hundred us of thousands of dollars. the team's response coming up in a live report.

good thursday morning to you, 5:30 this morning as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge there. you can see commuters on the road ready to get their day started and we're here to help you along the way. good morning and thanks for join s i'm markus washington. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we were just discussing it's national waffle day. there's a day for everything. we know it's going to be a good day across the bay area weatherwise. >> it is starting out with some clouds and fog and then we'll see all of that clearing out for a very nice day reaching into the low 80s for the south bay. oakland up to 69 degrees and 83 for the high in napa. san francisco stays in those mid-60s. we'll have more 60s in the forecast over the next several days, low 70s for the end of the weekend into the start of the

next week. inland areas really heating up, up to 97 degrees on sunday. so i'll talk just about the weekend coming up in about seven minutes. vianey takes us out there on the roadways with aview few problem spots. we've got a couple areas that are seeing slowing but when it comes to traffic this is what we like to see on our maps. we like to see nice and green, no major accidents on the road. chp isn't reporting many of out there which is always great. let's take a quick check of the south bay drive time. 101 to highway 85, 22 minutes. 101 to 85, eight minutes. smooth chute in the south bay. back to you. 5:30 run 1, happening today the santa clara stadium authority is expected to meet. it comes amid escalating tensions with the 49ers. the city says the team owes them nearly $2 million for running levi stadium. it's a story today in the bob redell has brought us as well on tuesday morning. so what can we expect from this

meeting today, bob? >> reporter: good morning, the santa clara mayor told us earlier this week alt that at tonight's meeting she expects the stadium authority out to. 49ers on notice to pay that up money or face serious legal action. the city says that an audit it commissioned and that was finalized earlier this week shows that the 49 easy owes the city nearly $2 million for running the stadium. the city is also demanding that the team release documents related to nonnfl events at the stadium. this is documents that the team withheld during the audit. the 9ers say the audit is riddled with errors. the team also accuses the city of wasting $200,000 on this audit. this audit that discovered santa clara failed to bill the nineers for $115,000 in stadium-related expense dollars. yesterday the 49ers economy directed us to a mercury news editorial which calls on the city to get its house in order and that reasonable people should be able to resolve the

differences between both sides. the city acknowledged tuesday that it does need to did a better job managing levi's that's one reason they hired a new city manager who the mayor says has experience managing large stadiums. reporting live in santa clair are, bob redell. thanks for the latest there. new this morning, more reports of crime at bart. police say someone broke into three vehicles parked in west dublin station in broad daylight. we reached out to bart police to see what was taken. within the past hour they tell us that the thieves took a flashlight from one car, a gym bag from the second, they took nothing from the third car, all three had broken windows. this morning a new report says more people are dying while riding their bicycles. researchers say deaths rose by more than 12% in twist, that trants lates to 818 bike deaths on u.s. roadways which is the highest number since 1995. car crashes are the main cause. overnight we checked the numbers in california. a government report says 129

bicycleists died in 2015. well, 5:33. also new this morning, keeping drinking water safe. state lawmakers are debate a new tax that could do just that. >> kris sanchez live at the lexington reservoir with a closer look at that bill that could affect us all. good morning, chris. >> joo. >> goode morning to you. the law makers that back this are banking on the fact that a clean and reliable water sly will be worth about a buck a family a month. that's what they're hoping for. the drinking water tax would essentially create permanent water efficiency standards, would minimize waste and clean up contaminated water supplies. lawmakers say it's time for californians to start thinking about water the same way that we think of water -- or rather power and gas. and that we count on emergency conservation efforts instead of having permanent ones like we did during the recent drought. when the rains start we should have ways to store that water,

the lawmakers say. and at this point water tax is sbipd environmentists and farmers but opposed by the people that would be forced to collect the tax and also opposed by taxpayers who say california should already have money set aside for all of this. right now, the bill is in an appropriations committee and there's about a week for them to decide whether it's ready for prime time, that say full adem e semably vote. the nbc bay area investigative unit has done expensive reporting on contaminated water supplies, particularly in the central valley. i'm going to link to you those stories through my facebook page at lexington reservoir, kris sanchez, today in the bay. happening today, a new airline has begun flying out of sonoma county's airport. sun county airlines will begin plieg out of schultz airport in minneapolis to minneapolis, st. paul airport. there will be one round trip flight week lig for the next 15 weebz. they have been adding new flights regularly.

we did some digging overnight and more and more people are using the airport. in june of 2017, more than 40,000 passengers came through. in june of 2016, that number was 35,000. so far this year passenger traffic support 19% compared to the same period of time last year. and it is 5:36 and you know it's going to be a pretty good thursday when i have good news to bring from the roads because typically i'm not the one who brings the best news in terms of the traffic. however, we do have something that popped up in the south bay. it looks like there may just be a fender bender along 101 but as of that, majority of the area is seeing nice conditions, very nice smooth flowing traffic. so let's get a quick check of the east bay because westbound 80 towards bay bridge about 16 minutes. westbound 580 from 2 to the bay bridge 15 minutes. and northbound ate eight about 13 minutes. even the east bay is looking decent in terms of those drive times. a quick check of those bring drive times right now.

it looks like we're not seeing a lot of stop and go and look at the san mateo bridge. had is what we would like for it to look like on a daily basis but if you normally take any of our bridges you know that it quickly becomes stop and go once that 6:007:00 a.m. hour sets in. i know a lot of people are ready for the weekend. >> it's friday eve around here. it's going to be a great weekend. today it feels nice across the bay area. the weekend it's going to be hot inland you'll want to pick somewhere that will be nice and cool or if you like the holt weather take a dip in the pool. on saturday or the bay 85 degrees, the coast at 70 degrees, and some of the valleys up to 93 degrees. on sunday even hotter, up to 97 for the valleys, 86 for the bay, and the coast at 69 degrees. we have so many events going on, trying to fit them all in. so let's start out with the china town street festival in oakland on saturday and sunday from 10:00 to 5:00 it will be perfect. in oakland we're only going to see those highs reaching into the mid-70s throughout the day.

and san jose today has their first home game the season, this saturday it is going to be hot out there at spartan stadium, 90 degrees, so brieng a hat and sunscreen, drink lots of water. it cools down nicely as we go into the evening. on sunday you may be wrapping up your weekend with the silicon valley pride festival, it will be from 10:00 with the parade and then a festival going on throughout the day with our temperatures reaching into the mid-80s there. heading to napa valley this weekend, look at these temperatures. 97 degrees on sunday so make sure you stay cool, try to stay in a place that's air-conditioned. if you're going to the sierra, here's a look at squaw valley and what to expect. we will have some sunshine, temperatures in the mid-70 tomorrow, saturday and sunday a nice day go for a little swim in the pool or take a dip in the lake. now we're going to see those highs in the mid-80s and squaw valley and looking at some great

beach weather in santa barbara as those temperatures there heat up into the mid-80s with mostly sunny skies for both saturday and sunday. i'll bring you back home we'll take a look at today's temperature trend for san jose that's come up up in three minutes. thanks, kari. >> coming up out of service we investigate overnight elevator concerns in bart station's crosses the bay area. just how many are working and in working order and what this means for disabled riders up next. plus president trump is ready to implement his transgender policy in the military. we'll bring you up to speed when today in the bay continues.

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? >> it is 5:42 now as we wake up and head out the door in san jose. a few clouds to start, mild temperatures and let's go to the area of everykbreen in san jose. temperatures in the mid-60s still at 10:00 this morning rising into the mid-70s at noon today tapped discontinue to heat up from there reaching in the mid-80s but still a really good afternoon. as you get ready to make plans for the weekend, it is going to be heating up and we'll talk more about that coming up at about 5:47. and as we get close territory 6:00 a.m. hour we're notice a lot more cars on the

road even on the gimg. a quick reminder chp has issued a high wind and fog advise that i reminds in effect and it looks like as of now we aren't seeing any other major issues on the road. thank you very much. 5:43. happening today, bart talks about modernizing the el cerrito dell nor taye station in the east bay. here's a picture of what those changes would look like. it would relief some crowding and reduce fare evasion. they want to add two no new elevators and stairwells. speak speaking of elevators, bartd leaders will also assess accessibility by disabled persons. bart says it is spending $16 million to fix the problem. we investigated overnight, we poured through bart's data. the number of working elevators that take riders from the street level to the station has slowly been declining.

in 201496% were fully work tlarg number has now dropped to 7%. and customer satisfaction has also been dropping from 93% in 2013 to around 83 % today. 5:44 and a big question this morning for some. will we soon see oil and gas drilling in places like the giant sequoia national park? this all depends on president trump as his administration is expected to make a major announcement today. the interior secretary will deliver that news. the department was order by the president to deliver or review 27 national month mepuments aroe country to see if they could open it for commercial use. there are five in total that are up for review. one includes the bear yes, sirra snow national monument which is part of napa county. at 5:44, president trump may send an order as soon as today forbid bidding new trand genser groups. so far not order today.

>> not ordered so big difference between tweet and order, right. we all remember when the president tweeted, laura, that he would forbid trand gens e gender people from serve, now we think he's ready to send those orders to the pentagon. white house insiders have said the order will be slightly different from the original tweet. he will forbid the military from hiring new trand gend e gender recruits the where it gets a bit different is with transgebder troops already serving. while the pred president will forbid the military from spending money on some medical care for transgender medical care, he will not order the military to kick them out altogether. instead, accord torg reports, the president will ask the military to decide on a case by case basis whether each soldier or sailor is deployable. given my military right now categorizes all transgender troops as deployable because the military had just fin nirnd the process set into place by the obama administration to make that happen.

the president spoke to veterans in reno wednesday talk tok them about the improvements his administration has made to the va. he also i varietied the medal of honor winner up on stage and in an unusual moment invited him to speak. >> come on, doug, get up here. >> there is no garrett love than someone that loves this country and i believe we've elected the right leader to lead us out to drain the swamp. >> now, the president's speech in reno is on the right there. his previous speech in arizona on the left. they were making very different speeches here using teleprompter in reno sticking to script, ad lip libbing in arizona during his campaign rally. we always are interested in what you think about what the president says and does. you can contact me on twitter. >> usually people don't say what they think about politics.

thanks a lot, scott. happening today were people along the golf course -- gulf coast i should say, not golfing there, those people are getting ready for a possible hurricane strike. forecasters say tropical storm harvey could pick up strength the next possible days and be a hurricane as it takes aim as corpus christi, texas. they're home to 2.3 million people. the big threat there, heavy rain and extreme flooding are the right now disastrous flood teams and fema making preparations as well as you see people there filling their sandbags and stocking up on bottles water. good thing we don't have to deal with any of that here. >> i meep, certainly we hope serve okay, but we have good weather going on this week. >> you were saying that storm could just sit. >> that's the problem. there's the possibility that parts of texas could get up to 25 inches of rain, and that's

just really unheard of especially for some of those low-lying areas. this will be a major headliner over the next couple days. as we speak right now here's a look at the tropical storm. hurricane hunters are on their way out there. they're going to fly over the hurricane, drop some instruments into it and determine if this is tally it hurricane where wind speeds need to be at least 74 miles an hour. so this will continue to move closer to texas over the next several days and once again it could cause a lot of flooding as it just sits there from friday until possibly next tuesday. so we'll continue to keep you up to date on that. and as we get a look on what we are seeing here at home this morning, looking at temperatures now in the lower 60s, a few clouds to start out and especially for those coastal areas and in san francisco you have the patchy fog and some drizzle to start. looking at our high temperatures today, we'll be up to 90 degrees in concord, 86 in livermore and morgan hill, and in san jose today up to 81 degrees. so it's going to be a little bit

cooler than it was yesterday. overall a very nice thursday around the bay area. as you're starting out, standing there in front of the closet and trying to get ready for the day, it is a great day for those long sleeves at least to start out, maybe a hat because not only will we have the drizzle but as the day goes on, we'll have temperatures heating up and you'll want something to give a little shade. and then as it does warm up maybe a t-shirt and shorts may have to bring several changes of clothes because of the wide range in temperatures around the bay area. it's going stay cool at half moon bay today, a lot more clouds and fog even as we go into this afternoon, only seeing those highs there in the lower 60s, some mid-60s for san francisco, and then as we go into the weekend, it does get a little bit warmer, you won't have as much of a deep marine layer and that means less fog and clouds throughout the morning hours. for the inland areas look at how hot it's going to be. it is going sils thto sizzle th

weekend. we'll get you out there on the roadways where we we are standing right now. it looks like the south bay is seeing a bit of an issue but not a major one, at least for now. it looks like it's only a stalled vehicle which of course for whoever's dealing with that stalled vehicle not a good way to start your morning so hopefully they have help on the way. but of course this could become a road hazard this say long northbound eight aelt and first street and it looks like they're looking to move that over to the side. hopefully they get that cleared out and everything's okay and they can make it to their destination safe and sound. tri-valley drive times typical slowing around westbound 580 and grant line road about 25 minutes. 580 to vargas road 11 minutes, and 11 minutes. along palo alto along 101 we can see everybody's off either to work or maybe even some folks are already getting an early start on their weekend. back to you. all right. from driving to walk today,

happy hollow park and zoo in san jose will be' helping the senior members of our community enjoy a walking safari. >> it is to promote healthy lifestyles and seniors can learn how to take a stefl if i. the seen yoer selfie part is put on by synergy home team and for every selfie posted opt facebook page they will donate $5 to the alzheimer's association. that's happening at 4:00 and i want to get a good look at those pictures. >> once start take ago i selfie there's no turning back. >> a lot of posing there. >> coming up an east bay nursing facility face a huge fine. the reason behind the severe penalty as overnight today in the bay investigators other problems at that center. plus most kids back to school, what they're carrying in their bags that cog cause them back pain, not just the books. but first happening now, break news out of switzerland, a massive rock avalanche is forcing evacuations in the swiss alps. it's happening near the italian

board pert no one has been hurt but it's blocking roads. plus another 28-k mart stores are closing. no word if any of those kmarts are in the bay area. we're back from two minutes with mr. news. or. news. r. news. er. n. . . taking a live look outside from

our golden gate bridge . and welcome back. 5:54 take a live look outside from our golden gate bridge camera. this morning the thick sfog right back and there will soon be some drizzle for your morning commute. kari hall has the full forecast in five minutes. it's 5:55 and new this morning an east bay nursing facility is facing a $100,000 fine from the state. the state department of public health issued a class double "a" citation to the kindred care and rehabilitation in walnut creek. that's the most severe penalty under state law. they say they found issues that caused the death of a patient. here's what our investigation found overnight. another kindred transitional care and rehabilitation in almade wa as find by the state health department in 2013. our archives showed the facility was fined $75,000 for an incident that led to the death

of a resident. the search is on for a man who rammed a store and drove away with an atm. look at that video just into the newsroom this morning, the whole thing caught on camera. this happened saturday on louisiana. you can see the group of then many that truck crash through the front window of the store and stealing the at mrk. surveillance video led plis police to two houston men who officers say have confess to the burglary. police are still looking for the other thieves. and happening today, you might see some activity on the san francisco bay again. this is the second day of a large coast guard training expert sies. it's happening between treasure island and angel island between 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. also, coast guard smoil small boats and the navy helicopter will be boarding ferry boats in the area during this drill. new this morning, a spike in the number of homeless people in one south bay city. santa clara county released the results of its latest homeless census and survey.

in morgan hill the number increased by nearly 400% between 2015 and this year. city leaders say the increase might seem huge and the increase may be because it is the first year they were able to accurately count the number of homeless children. the city's housing team will be meeting with the city council to talk about ways to address that problem. also happening today, celebrating women's equality in the south bay. the commission on the status of women and office fs women's policy will honor women today in santa clara county. part of women's equality day luncheon. more than 300 local leaders will meet and talk about the challenges and needs of women. start at 11:30 this morning. 5:57 as the new school year gets into full swing you might notice a lot of students carrying laptops instead of books. a lot of students end up carrying around seven or eight textbooks which can be a negative impact on the kids's back. laptops can lessen the load but experts say there are other

risks associated with extended screen time in class. >> i would say it's extremely common in our practice probably 50% of the people come in with issues that are related to poor posture and the number one thing that leads to poor posture is the way that we stit at computers on carry back packs nowadays. >> and if your child is using a laptop at school, the best advice is to have them sit up straight, keep the screen close to eye level, and then take periodic breaks to strengthen -- or stretch and move, they say. now, the american chiropractic association says back packs should weigh no more than 10% of your bodyweight. another issue that's going on for a lot of kids they face when school starts, getting enough sleep. one northern california school district has tried to help by starting school later in the morning. now instead of starting at 7:45 a.m., high school students in davis will now start at 8:15. the district launched later start times in middle schools last year and they say that there was a significant drop in absences and tardies.

now they're hoping high school students will see the benefits of more sleep. well, we know all the research tells us that it is great for teenage -- teenage sleep and then also their sleep patterns and their ability do well in school. >> and even with the later start times all schools in davis will still let out students at 3:30 in the afternoon. right now it's 6:00 repreparing for protests, the state and local leaders taking the steps they're taking to make sure everyone stays safe during in weekend's alt-right rally and counterrallies planned in the bay area. plus a desperate search for two lake tahoe girls who have been missing since they watched the eclipse in oregon. and renewed home for the mavericks surf contest, a move that could keep the world famous competition alive. today in the bay continues right now. >> a very good thursday morning to you, thanks so much for joining us i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington as

people get their day started thanks for joining us. >> hoping for a nice day ahead. >> we are. it's going to be nice but there will be more clouds and mag in san francisco, not as much sunshine, which is not what you want to hear. but the inland juries are going to get clear and skeerl temperatures. we start out way few clouds this morning as we take a live look outside in san jose you head out and it's 62 degrees heading up to 81 later today. we will have the temperatures for the most part staying in the 70s and briefly hitting the low 80s especially in east san jose. 58 degrees in san francisco, but you will be rm waing up nicely throughout the day as the sun starts to peek out a little bit more later this afternoon. as we get an update on the roadways from vianey, any slow spots right now? >> we did have subpoena slowing in the south bay fwhau was dude to a stalled vekd and judging by the map right here it looks like that person may still be there which means they're probably waiting for help. if you're heading along northbound 880 right at first street if you see this, this is probably what may be causing some slowing in that area.