it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking news. >> that hurt. >> irma barrels toward northern florida leaving a path of destruction in its wake. torrential rains and heavy winds whipping the southern part of the state. trees uprooted. homes destroyed. this morning millions of people without power. thousands packed into shelters. uncertain of the damage they'll return to. >> we don't know what, you know, the next few days is going to bring. >> "today" september 11, 2017. all right. we're back now. special edition here on a monday morning. matt lauer with savannah guthrie

and hoda kotb. irma is no longer a hurricane. >> we just got an update from the national hurricane center. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. take a look at the radar. impacts still being felt. atlanta was under a tropical storm warning earlier. we've got complete coverage for you. >> that's right. we were looking over our shoulder here because we've got something happening here with kerry sanders on marco island. kerry can't hear me, but he is the process along with another gentleman to rescue a baby dolphin that has washed ashore. let's go down to kerry. kerry, can you hear us? we've been watching this unfold for the last minute or so. they released the dolphin, got it into kind of knee deep water a second ago and then a wave came and brought it right back up. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're on south marco island. amid all the human drama, we

have a baby dolphin here that has washed ashore. mark and i have been trying to return it out into the gulf of mexico. but every time that we take it out, it gets hit by these big waves and pushed back. so we're trying to give this little dolphin which is no doubt exhausted by the hurricane an opportunity to catch its strength. so we've been holding it now for i want to say about 10, 15 minutes. mark, let's give it a shot here to see if in a wave we can bring this guy back out into the water. don't pull him too hard. don't grab him like that. just your hands underneath in the water. give him a hand. hang on. going to get more water. there we go. there we go. come on, guy. we think you can make it. hang on. here we go. okay, there. swim. now let's see if he has the strength to go. every time he gets caught up.

well, he's swimming. i think he's confused, beyond exhausted. when we help him go out, he seems to come back in. come on, buddy. you can do it. okay. it's a struggle. i see him trying. he really wants to make it out there. it's just really disoriented, no doubt. you can hear i'm exhausted just from being in the water. although that's his habitat. just a little guy there. guys, i got to say i can't hear you because i've been in the water and all my electronics have gone. >> there he is. >> reporter: we're going to continue to see if we can help him get out. we've got some calls into the dolphin network for some added advice on -- i've been with training dolphins before and teams. it's a matter of giving this guy some rest. unfortunately being this young,

i'm not sure how well he's going to do. so, guys, we'll continue to follow this and update you as it continues to unfold. south marco island where we the the storm surge bring in 4 to 5 feet of water and that little guy there. >> all right, kerry. i know kerry can't hear us, but his crew can and we will check back in and see what's going on. hard to see that. i hope he finds his way. >> yes, definitely. >> in the meantime, dylan dreyer is in gainesville. dylan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, guys. conditions have improved a little bit here in gainesville. but we were driving around a little bit and you can see now we are starting to see some of the damage. this particular tree has fallen across the road and it's not just here where we're seeing this. i want to take you around this tree and show you that they are starting to topple all over. i mean, the thing is with these trees, we talked o the police officers here. and they said they're very old trees. they're very full trees. with the wind gusts we've seen

up to 60 miles per hour, there are starting to come down because the ground is very saturated. so we are not dealing with the 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts anymore. in fact, we are getting to the backside of the storm. but as you saw with al in tampa, the backside does tend to pick up the gusty winds. if we get the wind gusts on the backside of the second part of this storm, the back of that eye wall, we could see more damage like this. if these trees fall down on power lines, we could see even more power outages than we're seeing right now. even though we're in the north central part of the state and the storm is weakening, there's still that threat with these trees falling on the power lines. that could lead to more outages we're seeing across the strait. >> thank you. officials are just starting to assess the damage down in south florida as the storm moves to where dylan and other people are up north. lester holt is in tampa where irma hit overnight. lester, good morning again to you. >> reporter: good morning. the rain has now let up and seeing a little sparkle of sunshine in the clouds here, but

the wind still very heavy on the backside of irma powering its way through downtown tampa. they feel like they've beared well that they didn't get the direct hit. the storm surge not as high as anticipated. although i can see the river behind me and it is extraordinarily high. much higher than we saw yesterday. this storm as forecasters said, it's touched every corner of florida from the keys to miami, tampa to orlando, and beyond. hurricane irma hit tampa overnight with heavy rain and dangerous winds. tampa mayor bob buckhorn spoke to matt and savanna this morning. >> i think when dawn comes and the lights come on, we will find we were very lucky last night. >> reporter: massive irma worked its way up the gulf coast sunday striking the u.s. mainland near naples. one of the hardest-hit areas in the state. recorded wind gusts as high as

142 miles per hour. and a storm surge up to six feet. irma's eye wall showcased the storm's full fury. the hurricane brought down trees. >> translator: this is the rain that's hitting me. wow. >> okay, gabe, why don't you get under the overhang there? >> reporter: and the intense winds were a threat to reporters on the ground. >> reporter: oh! >> reporter: like the weather channel's mike bettes. >> reporter: that hurt. i'll admit, that hurt. >> reporter: irma first struck the florida keys as a category 4 hurricane devastating parts of key largo and countless other spots along the island chain. on the atlantic coast of florida, miami was spared the eye of the hurricane, but still battered by powerful winds and a dangerous storm surge. brikell avenue, one of the famous streets flooded. the massive storms and powerful

winds caused two cranes to collapse sunday. as the city recovers, miami-dade county schools are closed until further notice. the president spoke briefly on the hurricane as he landed back in washington. >> i hope there aren't too many people in the path. you don't want to be in that path. that's a path you don't want to be in and we tried to warn everybody. >> reporter: later approving a disaster declaration for the state of florida. elsewhere in d.c., vice president pence visited fema workers. >> our support here in local efforts is simple. wherever hurricane irma goes, we'll be there first. >> reporter: some of the first stories of human drama emerging from all this including a story of two sheriffs deputies who were trapped in their car for almost two hours when a live power line came down. they had to wait for the electric company to cut the power to that line so they could be safely rescued. i think we'll hear more human drama stories.

now they can start responding to some of the 911 calls. back to you. >> all right. lester, i know you've got your pal there. al roker has been alongside lester there. al, what are we looking for now? >> reporter: well, now that it's a tropical storm, it's going to start to weaken and the forward speed will pick up. let's look at the statistics. you can see we've got still some showers -- wraparound showers here. it's 30 miles north/northeast of cedar key. 70 mile-per-hour winds. north/northwest at 18 miles per hour, the forward speed. as we mentioned, there's also a lot of rain throughout parts of the northern parts of the state. and that's causing 23 rivers in florida, they're all at flood stage. some going up to record levels. so we're going to be watching that closely over the next day or two. and jose right now a category 2

storm. 225 miles east of the grand turk islands. 105 mile-per-hour winds. as we put its track into motion, it does a loop and still next saturday hanging out with 90 mile-per-hour winds. still too early to tell if it's going to affect the eastern seaboard of the united states, but we will continue to track that. and that's what's going on. we're going go back to you guys. >> all right, al. thank you very much. and lester, thank you as well. we'll see you in a little while. other stories to get to this morning. president trump is set to take part in a 9/11 commemoration today for the first time as commander in chief. first lady melania trump will join him to observe a moment of silence at the white house. then they'll travel to the pentagon for an or sbservance there. mike pence will take part in a ceremony in pennsylvania. pope francis is headed back to rome overnight after a five-day trip to colombia. he was given a lavish sendoff.

his bruised cheekbone was visible. it was the result of bumping his head on the pope mobile. he's fine. urging colombians to untie the violence and unify under a peace plan after 50 years of civil war. congratulations going out today for rafael nadal. he won his 16th grand slam title on sunday. beating kevin anderson in straight sets in the u.s. open final. this is the third u.s. open title for nadal who has won two majors in all this year. for the first time since 2013. >> you witnessed it. >> i did. and sloane stephens is our women's champion. >> is that the best finish ever? >> by the way, nadal goes back to number one player in the world. >> yes, he does. >> sorry about that. >> roger won the other two. there's much more ahead including the storm chaser behind one of the more unforgettable images of the last 24 hours or so.

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captured our hearts a few minutes ago. we wonder if he was able to get out to sea. >> reporter: well, i think there's going to be a happy ending here. i'm exhausted. that little guy was much more exhausted. but as you can see here, i've been with the dolphin stranding network before. i mimicked what i've seen them do. cradle the dolphin, take it out to deeper water, and hold it for a little bit. let it catch its breath. then after a few minutes i let it go. we saw it get hit by a wave. we saw it turn back and then eventually we lost sight of it and it looks like it's made its way out into the gulf of mexico. helping me with mark lyon. mark was the one who first spotted it inland. it was on a sidewalk. you brought it down here. just give me your sense of feeling and the moment now that you know that it looks like that little guy has made his way out. >> well, it was breathing on the sidewalk so we picked it up, and carried it across, pulled it to the wourt and went ahead and

tried to push it out. then you showed up and we were successful. >> reporter: mark, great teamwork. yes, the water out here is rough. for anybody who's wondering about my safety going in there, those are big waves. i live in florida. we do have big waves. and right now there's no undertow. so i'm back just a little tired but quite happy that that little guy, looks like he's going to be a survivor of hurricane irma. >> good job, kerry. >> kerry's covered 60 hurricanes. he's seen a thing or too. thank you, kerr are i. all right. jo ling kent is with us from ft. lauderdale. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: the curfew here is still in place. 10:00 a.m. here. i'll show you some of these downed trees. this is the reason that the curfew remains in place. there were such high winds, tornado warnings in this area in the path of hurricane irma yesterday. now, ft. lauderdale just now waking up. you can see there's pretty significant damage here. and the reason that crews are now coming out to look at this

and they're also saying please don't leave your home. because the majority of deaths in the aftermath of a hurricane are the injuries that happen after the storm occurs. we're expecting significant damage. there was an estimated $2 trillion worth of property in irma's path. we're hearing estimates from insurance companies that there may be claims of up to $50 billion. and the power here remains out. all of these folks here safely evacuated. some now trying to come back into the area as the police say be very careful where you go. and the reason is that the power all the way down this street remains down. we see that there is some traffic lights here that still are not operational. but ft. lauderdale coming together this morning as they try to assess the damage. >> all right, jo. thank you very much. in miami, hurricane force winds caused major damage and led to two massive construction cranes to collapse. nbc's mariana has the latest on

all of that. >> reporter: hey, good morning. so as the sun begins to rise here in miami beach where i am now and in nearby downtown miami, we're getting our first glimpse at the damage that the strong winds, that storm surge, and those gusts we experienced yesterday have caused in these two cities. today it is clear that even though miami didn't get the brunt of hurricane irma, it didn't go unscathed. this morning, the worst may be over, but the damage is done. miami waking up to a nightmare. devastating aftermath of hurricane irma. flooded streets, scattered debris, and many left in the dark with nearly 5 million power outages reported across florida. miami unable to escape irma's grasp. the monster storm clocking in at more than 100 miles per hour in some spots. mike seidel braving the

elements. >> reporter: whoa, i just got part of a wave. i have never seen south florida look like this. >> reporter: powerful gusts causing two high-rise construction cranes to collapse in miami's downtown. the blistering winds, even peeling the roof from one building. at one point, dozens of tornado warnings issued in the area with several funnel clouds caught on camera. and with the wind came a deluge of rain between 4 and 9 inches falling in and around miami. the downpour along with irma's dangerous storm surge turning streets into rivers in the brooklyn neighborhood. the city's financial district. the water level rising up to four feet in some parts. our crew was there when the storm surge began hammering the coastline. the water covered the entire pier behind me. which just goes to show what that storm surge can do. the torrent of rainfall also causing some water damage at the

miami international airport which will remain closed today. and as the city dealt with natural disaster, another problem of the manmade variety. dozens arrested for looting. amid the chaos, a story of bravery. police in north miami beach successfully rescuing a mother and her baby as rising floodwaters quickly filled their home. a sign of resilience as recovery efforts begin. we're so happy that that family is doing all right. and this morning we've seen heavy police presence on the bridges that connect downtown miami to miami beach where i'm standing now. and in almost every corner of the city the miami beach commissioner telling me 90% of miami beach according to his estimates is still out of power. and the police urging those resident who is evacuated to not return to the beach until tomorrow as they are just beginning to assess the damage from this monster storm. back to you guys in studio. >> mariana, thanks. you can imagine the urge to get

out and size things up. but you have to make sure you shelter in place and wait until it passes, yeah. >> it goes without saying that flights in and out of florida were completely brought to a stand still by the storm. but there's a huge ripple effect as well. how long will it take to get things back on track? tom costello has always covered aviation for us. he's at fema's headquarters with that story for us. hi, tom. >> reporter: we've got a lot of moving pieces here and some aren't moving at all. in total we've got more than 13,000 flights right now into and out of florida and the caribbean that are not moving. and specifically as it relates to the u.s. virgin islands, the department of transportation is rushing in an faa center that they're going to try to re-establish a tower, if you will. air traffic control there in the u.s. virgin islands. then as we're still looking at the number of airports affected and flights affected, 9500 flights into and out of florida alone. airports closed. we've got a lot of them all up and down florida including miami. and by the way, we've got fuel

tanks submerged, runways submerged. miami, ft. lauderdale, key west, naples, st. pete, orlando, also orlando sanford, tampa, melbour melbourne, and sarasota at this hour. we do have some emergency flights coming in. delta air lines flying into the u.s. virgin islands today bringing in emergency equipment and personnel. military and emergency flights can be allowed on a case-by-case basis into these airports. back to you. >> it's going to take some time. tom, thank you very much. now to a dramatic image from irma on sunday. the storm chaser justin drake struggling to measure the wind speed as irma raged across the florida keys. justin is with us this morning with his fellow chaser simon. so many of us were taken with

that image and simultaneously wondering why on earth would you put yourself at risk like that. and what were you doing and can you assure people you knew what you were getting into? >> well, of course. as a meteorologist and a storm chaser, we always are prepared for any information we can get involved in whenever on a hurricane chase. i assure you when you see the video of me going out there experiencing the very strong winds that were associated with irma and the eye wall that we took every precaution we needed to make sure nothing woas going to put us in physical danger. we made sure there was not going to be any objects that were going to be in the wind that would hit me so i could go out there and safely measure the winds to see just how strong they were in the location. >> safely is a relative term. i look at that one point where you're pushed back, and you could just have easily lost your balance, then you're the flying

object after that. you said to us yesterday, these are the worst winds you've ever experienced. >> that's correct. before this particular hurricane, it was definitely hurricane harvey that had the most intense winds that i've ever been in. but this hurricane definitely went a step above even that particular one. both of them are rated at a cat 4 when they made landfall. this particular hurricane, i can say from my personal experience being in both of them, i think irma had stronger winds at the landfall than harvey did. >> all right. simon, sorry we didn't get a question to you. but we want you guys to be safe and thanks for your time this morning. my son comes to me saying i want to be a meteorologist, fine. storm chaser? we're going to have a long talk. >> exactly. >> let's go back to al in tampa. al? >> reporter: yeah, i feel like a little bit of a wimp compared to justin. this is an afternoon breeze compared to what he went through. all right.

we've got rain back again too. so even though irma is a tropical storm, it is still packing a little bit of a th good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are dealing with very breezy wind that caused winds damage in parts of the south bay. some of those winds shifting into the trivalley and the north bay. we have clear skies and mild temperatures. we will have a chance of isolated storms as we go through the day, tracking the lightning to the south of us, moving northward later today. >> reporter: and that is your latest weather, guys. >> all right, al. thank you very much. we appreciate it. coming up, how did florida's wildlife fair during the storm? we'll take you to zoo miami to get a progress report.

but first your local news. we )rs happeing in florida. but we set aside our national coverage of )hurricane ma good morning, it is 5:26. we're staying on top of what's happening in florida. we want to step aside from hurricane irma for what we have going on at home. >> wind whips through toppling trees and power lines. pg&e is reporting thousands of customers are without power. let's get the latest conditions from meteorologist kari hall. the winds has been high. >> yes, they have. itis because of an area of low pressure and a storm system that's been offshore, but producing lightning across parts of the area to the south of us. we can see these icons with the storms moving closer to monterey. it's approaching parts of the south county with isolated

showers. much of the rain has been fizzling out before out gets here. we are feeling the outflow from the powerful storms that stayed well to the south of us. i want to show you the current wind speeds. we had the stronger gusts this morning into the south bay up to 30 miles an hour. now, we are starting to see that shifting into the delta as well as the north bay. heads up for those areas as the winds blow away from this storm system. we will see the slight chance of showers moving throughout as we go through the day. we will have muggy conditions and clearing as we go into this -- this afternoon. we will have, also later on tonight, another chance of rain moving through and that may also bring in an isolated chance of lightning. looking at highs today, another hot one and reaching into the low 90s in san jose, up to 92 degrees. for the east bay, upper 90s

there, 97 in livermore. oakwood, 83 degrees. you will notice higher humidity for the day. for the peninsula, 82 in san carlos and 72 in daily city. mission district, 72. north bay, highs into the low 90s. we'll continue to track what's happening here this morning, as we are seeing a lot of wind damage, downed trees. something to give you a heads up about as you head out the door this morning. >> thank you, kari. we have been telling you, an overnight wind storm knocking out power to thousands. >> we have a closer look at the downed power lines we are seeing this morning. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning, laura and marcus. this light was out for quite some time this morning. that's been restored. we know there's a lot of debris on the roadways.

slow down, be careful, you don't know what is in front of you. we caught up with a pg&e crew working a block from where we are. that worker removing branches from a power line in a cherry picker. about half that tree came down onlines and the roadway as well. we have video from about a couple hours ago where you can see the roadside really slipping in the wind. the video also shows a tree down. that is really how folks often lose power. there are thousands of customers in the dark this morning. the majority of them are in campbell. now, back here live, we are going to keep up to date on what we are seeing out here. the wind seems to have calmed down a little bit. i can give you advice this morning, you might want to go with the glasses instead of contac contacts if you have a choice. the wind is blowing debris around. watch for the outages, though. we know there are other traffic lights that could be in the

dark. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. stay up to date with the weather by downloading the free app. let's go live to bob redell this morning. >> he's in the saratoga area. some damage going on there. >> reporter: good morning to you marcus and laura. we are in a small section of the road shut down in the hills above saratoga. it's a hazardous situation. above that minivan, there's a large tree dangling above the minivan on a power line. the fire department as well as deputies arrived earlier this morning. they got the call arnds 3:00 because of the high winds. they shut down this section of the road. the concern being that that power line is still energized. the fire department left. pg&e is out here. they are going to de-energize

that power line. the fact that other neighbors around here have the power on makes it hard to de-energize, but they are going to de-energize the line, then remove the tree. no one was hurt. no one was in the minivan when the tree came down. this was a small section on top of the hills of saratoga that shut down as a result of this wind storm overnight. i spoke to the fire department. the captain asked, how fast, how powerful were the winds? he thought gusting around 40 miles per hour. he's not a meteorologist, but that was his experience. live in saratoga, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for that. >> we want to check on the commute with mike. you have reports of a car fire on san mateo bridge? >> the area we normally worry about the high wind. the high-rise, before you get to the high-rise, west 92 has the right lane blocked. a car fire completely engulfed in the car. we hear the driver is out, fire

crews are on scene. it is blocking the right lane, the two left lanes get by. as we look at the map, you see the traffic sensors slow as you travel across west 92. that is a slower drive. the only big build we have right now, the toll plaza where the m meet mee torring lights are on. branches are down across the roadway. this note from b.a.r.t., i want to take the oakland camera. trains are not stopping. one train traveling past the coliseum. there's some sort of police activity. trains will not be stopping. i see this train stopping, so i'll get the update from bart. back to you. >> thanks, mike. srk hurricane irma coverage. the hurricane status was just downgraded to a tropical storm.

st. petersburg is home to 3 million people. it is heading north to georgia. the sun is breaking through in georgia. we will see the extent of the damage left behind. >> house-to-house searches are about to get under way in the florida keys. crews will be looking for survivors now that the storm passed. here is where things stand. so far, no confirmed deaths after the storm made land fall twice. crews are still assessing the damage. millions without power across florida. there is still a chance of a tornado. let's go to sarah who is reporting the latest from tampa, florida. >> reporter: hurricane irma is weakened, but still dangerous. high winds and high storm surge leaving homes inundated with water, city streets transformed into rivers and millions without power. >> it is deadly, it is massive.

there will be damage to our system. we are already seeing it. >> reporter: more than 100,000 filling emergency shelters across the state. >> helping one another in whatever way we can. again, my grandkids are safe. >> reporter: the phenomenon, sometimes called hurricane bulge, holding water temporarily into the storm, stranding two manatees in sarasota rescued by good samaritans. miami escaped the eye of the storm, but not the damage. cranes toppled. conditions forced emergency personnel off the road at points, at sea, a daring rescue. >> my home is everything i own. so, i was doing everything i could to save it. it just got out of hand. >> reporter: a monster storm not yet releasing its grip on the sunshine state. in tampa, sarah, nbc news. local first responders on

the loose and ready to assist in the disaster. teams from california arrived in florida before hurricane irma came through. 129 rescue winged. they expect to be mobilized sometime today. >> the goal here is to assist and aid anybody that sheltered in place and then, through circumstances is in a position where they need medical help or to be evacuated from the entire situation. a this is a rescue team on lockdown at the orlando convention center as irma moved in. more than 100 pg&e crew members arrived to restore power. local army crews are going to florida to lend a hand as well. stay with us for coverage on

hurricane irma. we are providing live reports and updating facebook and twitter. happening today, jury selection is expected to begin in the kay steinle case is set to start. he's charged with killing and shooting her. last year the federal agent whose gun was stolen in the shooting testified. the judge told what questions can and can't be asked of the agent in the trial. the plan to add street lights is on again. the ongoing dispute between pg&e and san francisco public utilities commission deal with the cost to install the lights. they report puc file add protest with federal regulators. the goal is to improve safety in an area of san francisco notorious for crime. it is 5:36 right now. the search continues this

morning for whoever killed a deejay outside a club in san francisco's tenderloin. he died after he was shot saturday outside the new century club. his nickname was bubbles. friends remember a vibrant personality known for playing music in the streets and giving away snow cones and cotton candy. >> bubbles loved making art and loved all sorts of people. he lived in tender loyal. tenderloin knew him well. >> very funny. guys, whoever did this, please find out who did it because he's very loved around here. >> he is transgender. the attorney is calling the killing a hate crime. san francisco police are only saying that shooting is under investigation. overnight, we looked into san francisco's homicide rate. the police said the number stands at 45 through the first week of september. we found numbers from last year on the police department

website. it counts 36 homicides through september, 2016. at the police hearing, the paper says the chief called the homicide a trend and major concern. 5:38. it is going to be a busy week in the state capitol. lawmakers have until friday to get the bills passed and on to the governor's desk. if they don't get a bill on friday, they will have to wait until january. here are some of the bills. sanctuary bill and senate bill 100. calling for the state to generate 100% of energy from renew able resources by 2045. the weather alert this morning, the bay area waking up to strong winds out there. >> let's get the latest conditions from meteorologist kari hall. >> coming into work this morning, downed tree branches all over the south bay and power outages. it's because of this storm

system just to the south of us that's been mainly offshore, but producing a lot of lightning, not in the bay area, but well to the south of us and approaching the monterey area. as we are still seeing that lightning popping upright now, as we are going to see this kind of going out as far as rain activity and the rains shifted farther to the north. the winds feeling in the south bay and east bay, now in the north bay. looking at the wind sensors around those individual wind sensors that are not here from the past several hours, the highest gust was 35 miles an hour. you can see what a wind gust of 35 can do, bringing down a lot of those tree branches that have been vulnerable that are laying across the road, producing wind damage and now, in the north bay, that's what we are seeing in fairfield as well as napa, as well as concord as the wind blows out of those storms and farther out and away from that

area. we will have that potential seeing more winds like that throughout the day. the wind gusts at 35 miles an hour, you imagine what our friends in florida are dealing with with hurricane irma and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour. our weather will quiet down as we go throughout the day. the winds will start to die down within the next hour or so, even for the north bay and we'll see partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon. you will notice it will be a lot more humid. we could see storms firing up over the central valley that could move into the bay area by later tonight. we need more rain in the forecast. i'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. coming up with mike, breaking news in the trivalley? >> we have the commute kicking in. in the trivalley, i was trying to get detail. the detail came in. chp called for the northbound direction of 680, a big rig is stuck in the roadway and cannot be removed. they think an hour. it is a critical portion of the

trivalley. there's not really a good alternate. this cuts you off before you can get off the freeway. that is a problem as you travel north through the area. a distraction for the southbound direction. we see more slowing seeping in out of pleasanton toward fremont. westbound 580, motorcycle crash, no major injuries, but it's been a problem blocking lanes. that presents more of a delay here, but give relief from other traffic. this area we track the slowing across the san mateo bridge. we had a car fire. let's take a live look. the traffic is flowing, but starting to back up here all the way to the base of the high-rise. the incline moves well. it is blocked by a fire crew there. the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on. after ten minutes of the lights on, it is filled back again.

back to you. >> 5:41. coming up, video gone viral with outrage at the core. why the citation of a hot dog cart owner has people so upset. >> one of the president's former advisers say the president made the worst decision in political history. we'll take a look, coming up.

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good monday morning. we are coming up on 5:45. we start this morning with gusty

winds. as we go through the day, the winds calm down and temperatures go up. so, too, will the humidity. it will be a muggy day. we'll talk about what to expect with the potential of storms in the forecast, coming up. a live look at the san mateo bridge. one lane is blocked along the flat section. we'll track this. thank you very much, kari and mike. it's quarter to 6:00 right now. >> we want to take you to washington, d.c. this is at the white house where they will have a moment of silence marking the time the first plane hit the towers on 9/11.

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[ "taps" playing ] 9/11, the anniversary of the horrible attacks on this nation. >> president trump and first lady, milan that trump there. so many remember the moment this happened, where they were. >> very much so. >> and watching this unfold. >> we'll hear a lot of tributes on nbc bay area. at 5:47 this morning, speaking of president trump, his

top foreign adviser says the firing of james comey was the worst decision in the history of american politics. >> scott mcgrew is here. >> he said it during his first interview since he lost the top job at the white house as an adviser. bannon told cbs' charlie rose, the firing of fbi director was jared kushner's idea. he advised the president not to fire the head of the fbi. this came out during a "60 minutes" interview last night. not only did trump fire comey, he admitted he fired comey because of the russia investigation. on the face of it, is obstruction of justice. firing him is the only job of investigating the trump campaign investigation on russia. president trump's voter fraud commission will be in new hampshire, a state he lost, the state he claimed was full of

fraud, though, he never offered evidence of that fraud. republicans have a number of races up in the air. bannon says he and his website, breitbart are going to encourage primary fight against sitting republicans in arizona and nevada, tennessee and mississippi. other republicans are retiring, rather than face challenges from right wing candidates in their own party or democrats in washington, pennsylvania and florida. as you saw, president trump is observing september 11th. first at the white house, as you just saw, then at the pentagon, later this morning. he will be accompanied by the first lay ndoye the pentagon as well. >> each day, we look at the white house activities and what's going on that affect your life. you can contact us about coverage. talk to me on twitter. >> thank you very much, scott. 5:49 on your monday morning. erveds is coming off a very nice weekend. >> oh, yeah. it was a nice weekend.

we started with a lot of wind. >> yeah, it's been so busy. we had the heat yesterday. this morning, walk out the door and there's tree branches down all over the place in the south bay. we are still tracking active weather here as well as what's happening in florida and parts of the southeast. as you step out, you feel those breezes. the winds are calming down in the south bay. we issued a microclimate alert because of the power outages and the winds blowing out of this storm, moving into the east bay and north bay at this hour. the seven day forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen, it will be a hot start to the week. throw in the humidity from the system, that is going to bring the potential of more showers through the day. the rain has been fizzling out before getting here. we have had those wind gusts, close to 40 miles an hour earlier this morning. now, a lot of storms are staying well south of monterey and soledad but still a lot of

activity there. some of the models showing that will quickly roll to the novrth with a few clouds. the rest of the day will be mostly clear with hot temperatures, once again. a lot of sunshine and storms firing up over the central valley, as well as the sierra and moving into the east baby 11:00 tonight. heads up, there could be more storms out there and more wet weather overnight and into your commute tomorrow morning. as we look at the high temperatures today, it's going to be up to 87 degrees in palo alto. with the humidity, a heat index. it will feel hotter than this, up to 96 degrees in livermore, 92 in san jose and napa, a high of 88 degrees. live look outside, you are looking out the window. there may be debris left on the roadway. grab a hat, head on out the door. later today, that will give you shade from that sunshine. with the hot temperatures, a

great day for short sleeves. we are keeping you up to date on what's happening on hurricane irma with wind speeds at 70 miles an hour. now, it's becoming a tropical storm as it moves off to the north and also toward the west. by the time it gets to central georgia and alabama, this could still be a tropical storm, producing strong wind speeds and a lot of dodge before it weakens before the middle of the week and rain. behind that, we have hurricane jose with wind speeds of 105 miles an hour. this is affecting some of the same islands that irma just damaged. as it moves toward the north, it will be staying as a hurricane. let me show you the crazy loop de loop that's happening with the computer model. this may sit over the atlantic in untapped water that is going to be very warm. it may sit there then mack track toward the west.

florida may have to watch out for this, once again, by this weekend. it may affect parts of the east coast. we'll keep an eye on that. follow me on facebook. i'll have more updates on hurricane irma and also storm chances for the bay area over the next couple of days. we will have that chance of rain for at least wednesday morning, then things quiet down and calm down for us. cooler temperatures on the way. the inland areas, after this hot and muggy start, you will be happy to know this weekend is looking nice for us. i'll have more on that. mike is tracking the jam on the san mateo bridge. >> it's not looking nice. west of 92, i have that traffic alert for the trivalley. this is really jammed upright now. what's going on is at the high-rise, there was a car fire. fire is out. no one injured, from what i understand but this is damaging your commute, westbound 92. they may be trying to remove things, i'll get an update from

chp. west 92 is jammed. traffic stopped from the toll plaza to the high-rise. the dunbar ton bridge is moving. southbound 880 off 92 is jamming up. they are hearing me report it as well as on the radio. that will be an issue. the back up, the bay bridge toll plaza. in the trivalley, we follow the sig-alert. it's going to take a half hour to 45 minutes until they can move that big rig. traffic is jammed up. what we typically call counter commute, the distraction in the southbound commute is jammed. there's not a good alternate. we'll show you what is reported as far as travel time. we use traffic logic as well. the purple route takes 33 minutes off mission and up toward the dublin interchange. as you look at the green route, right now, it's five minutes better to go to castro valley.

counter commute through the longer stretch. the next few minutes, more traffic flowing. plan on that route. nimitz to 238. keep that in mind. make sure you are a member of our team, wazers. we will share the information and update each other all over the bay. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, this story you want to see about a hot dog vendor. we mentioned it a few minutes ago. we are the only news organization. the reason why the video is going viral.

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welcome back. it it's 5:58. outrage at uc berkeley after video surfaced of officers ticketing a hot dog vendor. a witness filming that encounter saturday night outside uc berkeley football game. police issued a ticket to a man who didn't have a permit to sell food there. then the officer looked through his wallet, takes his money. the video went viral. they say the officer unfairly targeted the vendor. >> translator: people saw i wasn't doing anything wrong. i wasn't stealing or drinking, i was working to sustain my family. >> we reached out to uc berkeley

for comment. we are staying on top of the latest developments of irma churning through florida as a tropical storm. we'll have the latest at the top of the hour. stay with us.