it is tuesday morning, believe it or not. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. many of you coming off an extended labor day weekend. it may feel like monday. look at that. already a day in the books. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. more people getting on the roads already seeing some issues on the road. >> there is an issue on the cal train tracks. mangled metal. that is the vehicle that was hit by the caltrain supply train, from what i understand, on the tracks in redwood city. pete suratos will come up in just a couple seconds. we are talking about this crash stopping trains right now.

we just learned from the public information officer who told us they will have a bus in place. between palo alto and redwood city stations. on the roadway the traffic gets by all right. we'll end with this video and the rest of your traffic coming up shortly. over to kari before we get the details from pete. we have higher humidity as you get ready to head out the door. we will have slightly more comfortable weather today and right now in the low 70s so we do start out with much warmer than average temperatures. as we get a look at the high temperatures by this afternoon we'll be up to 73 degrees in san francisco with some lower 90s for the tri-valley and the delta. you'll feel that humidity as we go through the day. we'll talk about that and also what's ahead as we go through the weekend in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. and back to the breaking news on the peninsula. a deadly accident involving

caltrain in redwood city. >> pete suratos just arrived on the scene. what do you know so far, pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. we're just to the scene on the corner of buckingham and westmoreland avenue. where this crash began right here. you're looking at where the car initially crashed driving through the fence on to the railroad tracks. i was going to show you some of the video from what's left of the car. we can report one person is dead as a result of the accident. according to chp. we're learning from chp this took place just before 2:00 a.m., the car becoming disabled after driving onto the tracks, the area we showed you. we do know the car was struck by an oncoming caltrain heading north to san francisco and dragged that car half a mile. mike mentioned that car was carrying supplies at the time of the crash. our assignment desk just got

this information from caltrain telling us the car was on its roof when the train hit it and the impact of the train is what turned this collision fatal. back out live on the scene looking at where that car crashed through the fence onto the tracks. there was only one person in the vehicle. it is still under investigation with chp. once we get more information on that we'll bring you that in the next hour. we're live in redwood city, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> we'll check back with you then, pete, thank you very much. hours from now we're expected to learn president trump's decision on daca, the program that allows young, undocumented immigrants to live and work in the u.s. legally. in a tweet from the president hinting at the possible decision. he writes, quote, big week coming up. attorney general jeff sessions will hold a news conference at 8:00 to make the official announcement. it could impact thousands of

people and companies in the bay area. white house sources tell nbc news the president will likely end the program with a six-month delay for congress to come up with a fix. many in the bay area are on edge. >> i think the biggest thing i'm afraid of is losing our jobs because we will not have a work permit. >> nine states have threatened to sue the trump administration if the president does end the daca program and if he does not get rid of it ten other states are threatening to sue him to try to force him to. >> 4:34. the city of piedmont may be under new leadership as soon as tonight when the councilmembers are scheduled to appoint a new mayor. mayor wheeler resigned after media posts racially charged. wheeler has since resigned from the city council as well. members are set to hold a vote tonight. that meeting begins at 7:30. happening now hurricane irma is a category 4 storm.

warnings have been issued for the u.s. territories of puerto rico and the virgin islands. the team says there was an increase in the chance the storm could hit florida. american red cross vehicles will head for preparation for a possible landfall. 12 volunteers will go to operate vehicles. this morning search and rescue task force is back at oakland though they, too, may head to florida for hurricane irma. the team returned from flood-ravaged texas last night with stories of courage and even a few laughs. >> the cattle were up to their ears in water. the people from texas were there to help take them to high ground and also the horses. >> a very texas moment right there. >> it was extremely texas. >> a spokesperson tells us that if irma makes landfall the team could try to fly to florida as

early as this weekend. if you want to help we've made it easy to give to the red cross. head to nbcbayarea.com to donate. it can be as simple as sending a text from your cell phone. south korea carried out live fire exercises overnight. and russia's president issued a stark warning saying north korea would rather eat grass than give up nuclear weapons. putin called the talks with the country and warned against whipping up military hysteria. president trump has said all military options are on the table. monday u.n. ambassador nikki haley said kim jong-un seems to be begging for war. at 4:36, coming up congress returns to washington, d.c., and back to work today. what's on their agenda? we'll take a closer look. plus, where is the future of cars headed? jaguar apparently has the answer and it's all about the steering wheel. how the carmaker is re-inventing the wheel.

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good morning. i'm landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. wall street could start the trading week in the red as investors return from the labor day weekend amid fresh concerns about north korea. markets in asia and europe are mixed today following a sell-off on monday. look for economic data on factory orders. the dow rose to 29, 87.

nasdaq up six to 6435. drivers may soon see some relief at the gas pump. prices would spike in the aftermath of hurricane harvey are coming back down on expectations that texas can get back on its feet. some refineries have restarted operations. the colonial pipeline, the largest fuel system, has also restarted lines that deliver gas to the east coast. also gas prices are down about 4% today. and jaguar believes the future of cars will be in the steering wheel. they will unveil a standalone wheel on thursday you can carry around and plug into your car's steering column. it wants it to be a trusted companion in your home and imagines you talking to it to help you perform hundreds of tasks. back over to you. >> you carry your steering wheel around? maybe i'm not awake enough, landon.

congress returning from a five-week summer recess. lawmakers have a big work load. among the key tasks funding the government and raising the debt ceiling by the end of the month. they will likely be passing an aid package to help harvey victims. gop leaders have said they want to focus on tax reform. coming up, a look at what's going on with our weather. kari? >> step out the door this morning, it feels muggy and we will have another warm day as we will start out with some clouds in san jose and our temperatures staying in the 70s throughout much of the morning reaching into the low 80s later today. we drop the humidity. i'll talk more about that up next. plus -- a woman kidnapped by her former boyfriend in >> no problem but we're talking about delays for the tracks. southern california -- coming up, we )ll tell you where

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a very good morning to you. look at the lights over emeryville this morning. looking pretty good this morning. folks getting up and about right now. a little vacation on the mind.

4:44. here we go. people living on the east coast may be getting an extended summer. yesterday maine's lobster predicted six more weeks of summer for the third year in a row. >> is this like a new punxsutawney phil? >> exactly. the lobster has become their own punxsutawney phil. the prediction is based on what the scroll the claw picks up and opens as opposed to looking at the shadow. the lobster is quite skilled at his prediction of the weather. >> now the last two years he was right both years. in mid-october it was still around 65 degrees in belfast and that's close to summer for maine. >> pete is back in the water basking in the warmth of his prediction. >> i feel like i'm still sleeping. >> when i was in louisiana they had what looked like a ground hog and used that. maybe each state has their own creature that predicts the weather.

maybe it's like the sea otters or something. i don't know. >> we'll figure something out. and it's going to be a very warm day. no need for looking at the lobsters and all of that stuff. i'll tell you what it's going to be like as we take a live look outside at the peninsula in the middle of the screen looking at palo alto feels humid, too. if you're trying to cool down the house and it feels muggy outside, it's not helping. checking out the seven-day forecast starting in the south bay. our temperatures pretty much hold steady over the next several days, and we are going to be heading up to 85 degrees today in san jose. for the south county into the upper 80s and for the tri-valley upper 80s there as well. a few spots like antioch and livermore hitting 90 degrees. oakland today at 7. and for the peninsula, 82 in palo alto. san francisco reaching into the

upper 60s and the outer sunset. 73 on the embarcadero. the north bay today up to the mid-80s. so it will still be warm and also we throw in that humidity that we've had over the past couple of days and it does feel very uncomfortable. so as you're getting ready this morning you still need the short sleeves. no need for a jacket. a great day for some shorts if you can try to stay comfortable. we're still trying to stay cool. but one cool spot where we will still have a lot of clouds throughout the day maybe today you're still off an extra day from the holiday. in the low 70s by this afternoon. not much of a change in those temperatures there. in san francisco we're looking at highs in the low 70s today and tomorrow. there will be a few spotty showers around the area, but i don't think we'll see much of that here like we had over the weekend. as we look at the inland areas, 85 degrees today and then it does get warmer toward the end of the forecast. do expect another warm weekend. and, mike, the tracks, breaking

news in redwood city. >> because of the deadly crash that pete told but in redwood city south of the redwood city station on a street called buckingham which only affects the end of the street, not el camino or middle field or wood side road, but it's in that area. there's a bus bridge. we know it will happen because caltrain told us to expect delays between palo alto and redwood city. they will have it set up and it will bridge that gap that is going to go on until they complete the deadly crash investigation. we're going to follow that with pete as well. it's here on the peninsula. the freeways themselves are moving well. a clean, easy drive throughout much of the bay but much heavier traffic than yesterday. back to work after some vacation over the weekend. a lot of folks traveling across the san mateo bridge. there's a disabled vehicle blocking one lane. your slow lane. that's great here. the bay bridge, a quick look

here as well. already seeing the cash lanes on either side looked like all opened up in the last few minutes. the left side still has one lane closed. we expect a heavy backup to form just about 5:15, 5:20. we'll track that. no need for a reroute right now. to see if you do need to reroute check your waze app which is on your phone. you check your profile and click on your team. make sure you select nbc bay area wazers and we'll all share that commute. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it's 4:49 right now. happening today san jose city leaders asking for feedback on a plan to add bike lines along minnesota avenue in willow glen. subject to what we've been covering for years. in 2015 the city made lincoln avenue a three-lane road to accommodate bicyclists and encourage slower driving. the change became permanent in 2016. now the city says adding bike lanes will make minnesota avenue safer but not everyone agrees.

>> even if you're a pedestrian or a bicycler or driving, there's just a lot of things going on at the same time and having more people jammed in the same area will be rough. >> we do realize that within the peak, 15-20 minutes in the morning or evening will be some additional backups. but there's offsetting benefits to the safety and mobility and liveability of that entire community. >> you can share your thoughts tonight. the meeting is set for 6:30 at willow glen elementary school. 4:50. congressman eric falwell is responding after a grand jury indicted one of his supporters accused of illegally funneling money into his campaign. the grand jury allege the east bay real estate developer had more than $10,000 in contributions to his campaign by using other people's names to hide the real source of the money. falwell's district includes --

he gave nbc bay area this statement. i'm deeply disappointed by what's alleged in the grand jury's indictment. my campaign never would have accepted a single penny of these contributions had we known how they were being made. a right-wing activist accused of wielding weapons during several rallies is due in court this morning. videos show him confronting protesters with sticks and clubs. authorities arrested him at a rally in march. a judge previously ordered him to stay away from rallies in berkeley. the man accused in the deadly shooting of kate steinle is due back in court for a pretrial hearing. jury selection is scheduled to start this week in the murder trial involving jose garcia

inez. authorities say he shot and killed steinle as she walked to the pier with her father two years ago. defense attorneys plan to argue that shooting was accidental. happening now the search is on for a southern california man who police say kidnapped his former girlfriend. they say joseph edsall had been holding virginia paris against her will for several days. they say she begged for help at a coffee shop in arizona sunday. he forced her into the car and drove away. officials say they may be heading to las vegas. it's 4:52 right now. what shut down traffic in boston. where the kitten ended up. >> breaking news, britain's minister of defense is now saying four members of a banned neo-nazi group arrested on suspicion of terrorism are

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♪ i wanna destroy you ♪ and welcome back. 4:55 on this tuesday. people on the roads as they head back to work after the holiday weekend. >> this new video to show you of a rescue of a tiny kitten in boston. that cute little face shut down traffic in a busy tunnel yesterday. motorists called police after

spotting the little ball of fur. police shut down the highway and a rescue group scooped her up. the little kitten has a slight injury to her tail but soon will be up for adoption. two women are safe onshore after their sailboat started to take on water near richmond. someone on another boat saw it start to sink and alerted the coast guard. they were taken to a nearby maria. they helped to tow the capsized boat to shore. good samaritans out there. what can we say, man has talent. the newest member of our "today in the bay" team belted out the national anthem at two baseball games this weekend. take a listen. ♪ and the home of the brave >> nice! marcus washington, everybody. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. this was at the oakland a's game

yesterday against the angels. talk about a great experience. >> what was it like? >> i can't -- i really can't describe it but it was just this feeling of like, wow, this rush -- this rush of excitement. this right here you're looking at was from saturday at the giants game. i had the opportunity to do two in three days over the holiday weekend so thank you to both organizations for allowing me to come sing the national anthem and welcome me to the bay area. >> i just laid around on labor day weekend. >> and those are on nbc bay area's facebook page. >> we'll share them again. we're proud of you. that's exciting. >> she sent me texts every day saying good luck. >> i couldn't be here. maybe the 49ers, maybe we can get you to the 49ers, the warriors. >> i'm hear. >> i'm just the party planner. you know who else is the party planner, she plans all of our wardrobe for the week, kari hall.

and how about going hiking in the south bay. a mix of sun and clouds. but you want to make sure you stay hydrated as our temperatures will reach into the mid-80s. still warm. we will talk about what's ahead as we go through the rest of the week and an update on hurricane irma up next. and i am looking at the san mateo bridge which has much more traffic than we saw yesterday so the commute is back. two sets of rails. we'll outline that coming up.

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good tuesday morning to you. a live look outside over san francisco as we get this day started, this tuesday morning, as we get on our way after the holiday weekend. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. i hope everyone had a nice weekend. extended for some folks who were lucky enough. and it was so high. such amazing sun rises and sun sets. we have a lot of pictures. you can send in your pictures you've taken over the weekend. we can share those. at least we will have temperatures that are fairly mild to start with. this is where we're heading this afternoon into the low 90s for the tri-valley in antioch while the coast in the low 70s. mike also has some breaking news on the peninsula. >> i do. this is a live look here