the battle against flames and fatigue. satellite images into the news room showing the scope of the devastation in the fire ravaged santa rosa area. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> the threat is still not over this morning. flames continue to spread in napa, sonoma and solano county at this hour as crews try to gain the upper hand on these wildfires. >> this morning, evacuation advisories expanding more homes and some of the world famous wineries are under threat as we head into the weekend, concern that is winds could pick up once again. thanks for joining us on this friday morning, i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm marcus washington. let's bring you up to speed this morning. there are 31 confirmed fire related deaths in northern california. the number in sonoma is at 17. some of the victims were identified last night. those fires, meanwhile, have burned more than 100,000 acres

in the north bay. none is more than 10% contained. meanwhile, new evacuation orders were issued. the latest advisory covering the heart of wine country, the area around highway 29. so far, the evacuation order is not mandatory, just voluntary. >> some evacuees are being allowed to return to their homes, there are concerns about the red flag warning starting tonight through tomorrow. >> we have live team coverage of the north bay wildfire this morning. we want to start with vianey arana, tracking the windy, weather conditions we expect this weekend. you are saying it could be a duplicate of what we saw when the fires first started. >> unfortunately, judging by the models, the wind speeds show gusts up to 40 plus miles per hour right in the overnight hours. once again, while people are sleeping. right now, the calm winds are helping the firefighters kind of catch up and the relative humidity did recover overnight. as you look ahead, it gives you

a time line. saturday by 2:30 a.m., we are talking potential gusts of 30 plus miles per hour in napa. santa rosa, 25 miles per hour plus. i'll break down when we could see the strongest and how long the gusts are expected to stick around in about 15 minutes. back to you. breaking overnight, evacuation advisories expandsing into what is the heart of the napa valley wine region, threatening world famous wineries. the advisory includes this western side of highway 29 from oakville grade to rutherford road. robert mondavi is one. this is just across, just up from yountville and french laundry, south of st. helena. "today in the bay's", sharon katsuda is live in the

evacuation advisory to show the conditions there. you were surprised to see, when you rolled up this morning, they were picking grapes. >> reporter: that's right. we are hear thag is a normal process this time of year. they are harvesting the grapes starting very early in the morning. they wish they had more workers to speed up the process. here is why. this is the ridge they are looking at. they are keeping very close eye on the ridge. this is the nun's fire. we just saw a flair up minutes ago. show you video of that. basically, they are concerned this nun's fire approaching highway 29 might reach the heart of wine country. they are trying to keep it back, away from highway 29, but that is the concern. that is why there is an advisory here, an evacuation advisory. earlier, we checked out yesterday the tubbs fire, which is now only 10% contained. that is the fire that is threatening downtown calistoga.

fortunately, calm winds kept it near highway 29, away from downtown calistoga, but it has jumped highway 29. it is making progress toward downtown calistoga. minutes ago, back here live, i spoke to the general manager here at robert mondavi winery. they are all on stand by, looking at their phones, checking on nixle to see if they get an evacuation. they are on stand by mode. sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> a lot of firefighters are exhausted this morning after working around the clock. they have been doing that the past week, fighting those flames. unfortunately, the fight is far from over. >> bob redell is live in napa to show what firefighters are dealing with. you have been out there all week yourself. i can only imagine how tired you must be, too. >> reporter: i have no issues.

i have been able to go home to a warm bed, unlike the people here, the firefighters. good morning to you, kris and marcus. within the past few minutes, we have seen a steady stream of engines and trucks come into the napa valley expo. this is the command for the fire. they are coming in to get food. at 7:00 a.m., they will have media briefing and where they are supposed to deploy today. this is the area the firefighters come to sleep as well. we see tents set up overnight. this is the fifth day of fire fighting. another day of red flag warnings tonight. many of the men and women are battling fatigue. look at the tv screen. the fire department posted these p pics of guys on the ground with rocks as a pillow or a lounge chair on the back of a home they saved from a fire. it's normal for firefighters to do 24 hours on, 24 hours off. that has not been the case for

the fires burning in wine country. one, because the fires are so overwhelming and two, the resours are stretched thin. a firefighter from the nuns fire had been out since sunday night, 36 hours straight. not sure when or if he got a break. we read reports of crews out for 80 hours straight. it's a testament for the kind of person it takes to do this job. cal fire has been bringing in resources from nevada, oregon. i spoke to a firefighter briefly from arizona. 4,000 firefighters working to put out seven fires burning over 120,000 acres here in napa, sonoma counties. the atlas fire is burning and the largest, only 7% contained. live in napa, bob redell, today until the bay. >> thank you very much, bob. so many people are wondering, is my house gone? in some cases they haven't been able to get into those fire

zones to find out. >> scott mcgrew has been on this one. scott, there is a tool out to show them what is going on in their neighborhood. >> that's right. show the truth, even if it is painful. brand-new satellite imagery you can see on your phone or computer. the areas in red you are seeing are not fire, they are vegetation. this is a picture taken in infrared, which is why green is showing up red. the gray areas are just what you think they are, the destruction. we are taking you to the coffey park neighborhood. you can see the destruction. not much left here. move off to the northeast to fountain grove. i tweeted a link to this. we understand so many people are u using this right now that the website is beginning to suffer. you may not be able to get through. i tweeted a link to this. we were talking earlier this week, if you don't have a home, if it's burned down, you don't have to pay your home's property tax bill. i tweeted out instructions on

how to apply for relief. we know county assessors will start their work helping lower tax bills. sonoma county assessor is planning on getting out, helping anyone with $10,000 damage or more to get help. this is the way the law works. if your house burns to the ground, your property is worth less and you should pay less tax. it is going to hurt counties and cities badly at a time they are spending so much time fighting a fire. >> no winning here. >> no. coverage of the north bay wildfires continues online as well as here on air. you can find the latest evacuations, school closures and power outages on www.nbcbayarea.com's home page. good morning. we are seeing those calm winds right now. this will really help out because we are going to keep the calm winds the next couple hours

before we see the winds pick up by 10:00 p.m. we see the gusts from napa, 15 miles per hour. fair field, 23. the reason for the red flag warning, look a t the gusts. saturday, napa, 30 plus miles per hour. that's going to bring up the chance of fires possibly spreading and unfortunately, not going to help out with that air quality. north bay remains dangerous right now. down to the south bay, expect to see unhealthy conditions. the good news, long range models, we may have an improvement as early as next tuesday as we head into wednesday and thursday as we begin to see those winds move out and see a system that could bring a chance of seeing much needed rain around the air yachlt let's check in with mike on the roads. >> we talked about the evacuation areas. be aware. if there is an evacuation area, stay out of it, period, for the north bay.

extended closures. sharon and kris were talking and glen ellen and yountville where they are concerned about the wineries. we are concerned about everyone in the north bay, but the wineries are landmarks. we have 128 there calistoga and 29 as well. extended closures to tubbs for highway 29. closer to the bay area or the rest of the bay area, a drive across the bay bridge. only the back up at the toll plaza. a nice, easy flow of traffic. recovery for sonoma. there may be a second crash after the first involving a crash cleared. minor slowing around highway 84. the rest of the bay, roadways move well. i'm going to talk about transit options coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," we'll get to the morning's other top stories, including

country star jason aldean returning to the stage. his message of unity and support for the victims of the las vegas shooting. the damage residents are returning home to as they are gradually allowed to return back to their neighborhoods. 6:11. you are watching "today in the bay."

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good morning. it is 6:13. we are seeing cooler temperatures. it's mostly the increase in winds heading into tonight that will keep the air quality expree extremely dangerous. expect to keep those unhealthy air quality conditions at least through the remainder of the weekend. we are not expecting improvement until next tuesday as we head into wednesday. i'll talk about the wind speeds in a minute. >> slower speeds for 680. the earlier crash involving a bus cleared from fremont. as we have a recovery, another crash at sunol boulevard. we have slowing through pleasanton. we'll continue to follow this and of course give you the updates for north bay options. new this morning, something mike was watching earlier, the big rig fire inside the

caldecott tunnel happened around 12:30 when a dump truck caught fire inside. it was headed for concord. there was no crash. the driver told officers the fire started inside the engine. he stopped to get out and inspect it and the whole truck went up in flames. nobody is hurt. >> 6:15. to the old eastern span of the bay bridge will soon be gone. caltrans crews will demolish it. this is video showing the implosion two weeks ago. work is expected to happen around 9:20 a.m. expect brief delays on the bridge during the implosion. country star, jason aldean is back on tour. he started performing just last nilgt. the show in tulsa, oklahoma is the first since the mass shooting in las vegas earlier this month. concert goers did go through metal detectors.

aldean gave a five minute speech honoring those killed and others hurt. resist living in fear, calling for national unity as well. last weekend, aldean performed a special set on "saturday night live." back to the wild coverage fire. many returning home are finding they have nothing to come back to. >> jay gray is live at the silverado resort in napa with a look at the damage and devastation. folks are finally, jay, starting to see this stuff firsthand. >> reporter: yeah, kris, marcus, it's overwhelming, as you would imagine. this is the kind of things people moving back in the neighborhoods that have cooled off are running into here. devastation that stretches from block-to-block, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, dozens across california reduced to rubble and ash like this.

you will also find in the neighborhoods, once daybreaks or crews coming through to make sure there are no problems with power lines that are down, gas lines, things like that so they can eventually get in and start to clean up things, clear away the debris and start the deaf kilt recovery process here. also, unfortunately, it's horrible to see, but you have teams with cadaver dogs coming through to see if others parrished in the fire. likely communication issues. we lost a lot of cell towers during the fires. it's tough to get in touch with family members and things like that. they are trying to piece that together and find out who is missing. crews making progress along the front lines of the fire. they are going to have a tough go this weekend, it sounds like. forecasters calling for a significant wind event, strong winds over semveral hours

starting tomorrow morning. a tough go in areas like this. kris? marcus? >> thank you, jay. our own forecast, vianey arana has been talking about that all morning long, the red flag warning. >> unfortunately, even though it's nice and calm right now, we are seeing the cooler temperatures, he is right. we are talking about a big wind event as we head into the overnight hours. we did see a little bit of help from the calm winds and the cooler temperatures. that helped within the past couple hours. right now, we are waking up to 30s and 40s. 38 degrees in napa. san jose, 49 degrees. however, that air quality remains extremely dangerous for the north bay and very unhealthy all the way down to the south bay. we can expect to see improvement through next week. keep that in mind. even though you may not see the wind or any of the smoke in your area directly, it still doesn't mean you are in the clear. the red flag warning kicks in at 5:00 tonight through 11:00 p.m.

saturday. the hills are the biggest threat. the peak wind gusts. we have nice, calm winds right now. i want to take you through this important time line. if you notice, by 10:00 p.m. tonight, napa, 15 miles per hour. fairfield, 23. con ford is going to remain nice and lot. however, fast forward, 2:30 a.m., smack, dab in the middle of when people are sleeping, again, 30 miles per hour. it's going to remain that way at least through the morning hours. as of now, we have all these active fires burning. the threat, if you see fires just over the hills, if you can see them off to the north, we see those wind gusts picking up, you must stay alert. we have seen the embers may move south and potentially be a big, big threat, even if you haven't seen anything in your area. the seven day outlook shows good news ahead. wednesday and thursday night, a

chance of seeing rain. we have warmer temperatures this weekend. again, the wind event is going to be the biggest threat heading into tonight. mike? >> we'll track that wind. normally, it's over our heads but you made it clear how it is going to affect folks with the fire. we are following that. the evacuation zones continue to be off limit throughout the wildfire areas. fairfield remains okay. interstate 80, as far as traffic goes. watching the fire not far from there and watching the area off highway 29 and 12. we'll continue to follow those changes. highway 37 and 101 stay open. that's good news through the zone. we have limited service for sonoma county transit this morning and same thing, continuing for the other transit agencies, including smart trains. the update should come sunday night. so far, until they have restoration of the traffic flow, you are not going to have

transit options either. the rest of the bay moves well. southbound 680, looks like they have cleared that crash. recovery through sunol. traffic through the san mateo bridge with a little build, typical for friday. looking at 580 and livermore, traffic is flowing smoothly. get away traffic eastbound 580. back to you. >> thanks, mike. air quality concerns. where people are flocking to as they try to get away from the smoke caused by the wildfires. a brand-new photo showing how far and why the smoke is billowing. you are watching "today in the bay." ♪

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really all over the bay area. air quality is a huge problem until the fire ravages areas and really bad around the bay area. everywhere you turn there are smokey skies overhead and folks looking for ways to get away from the haze. some folks headed south and to the south to santa cruz. the smoke from the fire, though, has not made it down there, just yet. hotels say they are getting a lot of phone calls, folks looking for places to spend the weekend from people from the north bay. >> we took pictures, grabbed our cats and came down here. >> yeah. >> because her asthma is acting up. >> it was time to get out of the

smoke for a few days. >> you realize the difference in air quality. it's like hazy, dark and just, like, you can feel it in your throat, kind of. you can inhale the smoke. >> air quality officials say breathing that smokey air is not good for you. if you can, wear a mask. avoid doing activity outside. if you get a mask, look for designate of n-95. that's what you need. schools are closing into next week and beyond. those near the fire can't operate. at least ten schools further away are worried about the poor air quality. this includes west contra costa unified. the california department of educations 600 schools shut down on thursday. several districts on the screen are set to resume class es on wednesday.

calistoga will stay closed next week. napa valley college back on tuesday. marin county schools are closed today, so is dominican university, the college of marin kentfield and indian valley campuses are closing at 5:00 p.m. 6:26 now. coming up next on "today in the bay," concerns about looting as the north bay wildfires rage on. new arrests overnight as police crack down on people taking advantage of those fire victims. >> reporter: the nuns fire is slowly making its way toward the heart of wine valley. i'm sharon katsuda. i'll show you what the employees are worried about. taking a live look outside from -- there we are. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is now 6:26. people are on the road. you are watching "today in the bay."

help, man. i said you can save my house. you are my heroes. >> right now at 6:30, firefighters working around the clock, trying to gain control of the raging wildfires consuming the north bay. evacuation advisories expanding in areas this morning, lifted in

others. homes are under threat and the world famous napa valley wine region under threat as well. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll get you caught up. a new evacuation advisory for the heart of wine country. flames to the east of highway 29 are moving toward some of the best known wineries in the area. the area is near the renowned prince laundry, a restaurant. the evacuation order is not mandatory. >> the number of fire related deaths in california now at 31 making this the deadliest week for wildfires in the state's history. the number of confirmed deaths in sonoma county is at 17. authorities identified some of those victims last night. >> here is a detailed look at the front firefighters are now covering, primarily five wildfire that is burned more than 100,000 acres in three counties. >> some evacuees are allowed to

return back to their homes. concerns about a red flag warning tonight through tomorrow. >> we have team coverage of the wildfires this morning. let's begin with forecaster, vianey arana. another round moving in as firefighters try to get this under control. >> yeah, unfortunately, they are coming from the north/northeast. that put as threat to the people south of those fires. so, as the temperatures are favorable at this hour, temperatures remain fairly cool and the winds are calm, i want to take you through a quick look. if you look at the bar that says peak wind gusts, you can see the timing on that. friday at 10:30. tonight at 10:30, the winds pick up in napa at 18 miles per hour, fairfield, 25. the biggest threat saturday morning, about 2:00 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., we stee gusts picking up at 30 plus miles per hour in napa, 32 in fairfield and 25 in santa rosa. if you are south, you can see the fire north of those hills,

you need to remain on high alert. i'll break it down in a bit. back to you. 6:31. breaking overnight, new evacuati evacuation advisories in napa county. >> the famous wineries not far from the french laundry. the area we are talking about here on your screen, the advisory includes the western side of highway 29 from oakville grade road to rutherford north of yountville. sharon katsuda is live for us this morning. sharon, those folks are telling you they are packed up and ready to go, but they are still working this morning. >> reporter: kris, you can see that definitely behind me. take a look. this is a busy harvest season. here, at robert mondavi winery, they are harvesting the grapes and checking their nixle on the phone to make sure they don't get the mandatory evacuation

order. so far, business as usual and they are standing by, hoping they don't get that mandatory evacuation notice. along the ridge line, you can see the fire from highway 29. we just saw a flair up, minutes ago. the nuns fire is at 18,000 acres and only 3% contained. it is slowly making its way toward highway 29 where there are so many wineries and vineyards we have all been to. they are all on standby and ready get going if there is a mandatory evacuation. there's another fire we checked out yesterday. that is the tubbs fire. that's only 10% contained. that is the one that is threatening the downtown calistoga area where there was a mandatory evacuation and that is still in effect. we were there yesterday and it was thanks to the calm winds overnight, it didn't have much progress for downtown calistoga and that remains the same, but

we hear it has jumped highway 29. so, firefighters still battling that blaze. back here live, you can see that the harvesting, the processing of the wine is still going on, but they are ready to go if needed. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thank you. we are seeing images from the heart of the fire zone. this is a scene in coffey park, a few hours after the first fires broke out on sunday night. the santa rosa chp posted this video on facebook. the caption, one word, unreal. every single house was on fire. embers were flying across the street. >> as we continue to look at those flames, flames aren't the only thing residents are worried about. now, they are concerned about the looting. >> anser hassan is live in santa rosa where we learned about more arrests overnight of alleged

looters. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, kris. we have been hearing from the sonoma county officials that at least five people have been arrested for trying to steal from people's homes. it's tough to see right now rksz it's dark out here. these neighborhoods are completely evacuated, which makes these homes easy targets. police and law enforcement officials have been called in from the bay area and other parts of the state to help patrol these neighborhoods, which are under curfew. last night, daly city police were out here and spotted people driving around an evacuated neighborhood and after curfew. the two men said they were checking in on family members, but couldn't come up with the name or address of where they were going. police did a search of the car and found empty backpacks, gloves and tools used in burglaries. the sheriff's deputies also arrested this man, morgan, found

stealing from a car. they found these items which include stuff taken from a local vineyard and a safety device from firefighters. he is arrested for looting and possession of stolen property. 60 calls of people looting from neighborhoods. the sonoma county attorney's office issued a statement saying any looters apprehended will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. reporting live in santa rosa, anser hassan, "today in the bay." >> 6:36. napa county, people are living near the silverado resort can come home t. atlas peak fires destroyed others nearby. we were there as some of those evacuees returned. >> very thankful we have a house. we feel blessed. so, really hard when your

neighbors are going through such a hard time. >> the people we spoke with say they won't try to come back until the power is on and smoke damage can be addressed. there's no time line for that. people tell us they have concerned about security. happening today, leaders will join service representatives for another update on the fires burning across sonoma valley. it will cover the latest on evacuations. also, the resources available for evacuees and victims of the fire. tonight's town hall meeting is at 7:00 at the sonoma veterans memorial building. we are seeing cooler temperatures and calm winds. because we have such light winds, it's keeping that dense smoke in the area. east bay peninsula down to the south bay remains unhealthy. we can expect to keep the poor air quality conditions through the start of the workweek. we are not expecting much

improvement, not until tuesday, wednesday and thursday. now, of course, we have that poor air quality and another thing we are looking out for is the relative humidity. we saw that recover nicely zbroe overnight. that hechllped the firefighters. we are going to see the wind dry out that air mass. it's brought nice recovery. we are going to see dangerously dry conditions as we head into the overnight hours and unfortunately, that's going to bring major concern which is why that red flag warning is in place from 5:00 p.m. tonight through 11:00 p.m. saturday. let's check in with mike. >> we continue to follow the change of the evacuation area. some folks have been allowed back. some are staying for mandatory evacuations. we talk about nixle. i'm going to post step-by-step instructions. scott told you how to do it, but sometimes people get confused.

avoid i-80, 37 and 101. they remain open. over here, toward the traditional traffic flow, looking at 680 southbound, a crash at sunol boulevard cleared from the center divide out of the roadway. we see recovery there. a build for hayward and the south bay, the northbound route builds from 101 and 87. an easy commute for the rest of the bay. it is friday with a lighter flow. toward the bay bridge, 22 minutes off highway 4 and the bay bridge. i-80 past fairfield and the fire zone is open for business. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next on "today in the bay," a look at the other top stories, plus, continuing coverage of the north bay fires. and a investigation into pg&e. a speculation the sparks may have been started by trees falling on utility equipment. we have been worried about

friends and neighbors here in california, action in washington continues. two important things you need to know this morning when "today in the bay" continues.

♪ do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. good morning. it's 6:42. a new red flag warning for parts of the bay area, especially for the bay area hills. we are talking the threat of strong, gusty conditions as we head into tonight and early saturday morning. i'll break down when we will see the strongest gusts in four minutes. we are looking at this.

680 south, recovery from pleasanton and an earlier crash. now, 880 is jammed up. i'll show you why that is a problem for fremont. breaking coverage of the north bay wildfires now. it has been an exhausting week for firefighters on the front of the fires. >> bob redell is live to show us the conditions firefighters are facing. good morning, bob. >> reporter: as you alluded to, good morning to you, kris and marcus. they are facing fatigue. i spoke with a los angeles firefighter arriving here at the napa county expo. this is where a lot of firefighters are coming for shift change, to get food and to get their marching orders at 7:00 a.m. this firefighter, he's telling me that he's been fighting fires since monday morning. last night was the first break. they were on for about 60 hours if you do the math and they are headed back out to the front lines this morning. firefighters are getting dressed when ever they can. the fire department posted these

pictures of their guys in the field. they are collapsed from exhaustion, resting on the bare ground with a rock as a pillow or lounge chair on the back of a home they saveed from a fire. it's normal for firefighters to do 24 hours on and 24 off. that's not been the case for these fires because they are overwhelming, there's so many of them and resources are stretched thin. a firefighter told me they didn't show up for camp on orders like they normally would. they drove direct to the front line. cal fire is bringing in more reinforcement from throughout the state and the western u.s. we spoke to a firefighter who just made the drive 16 hours from northeastern arizona. they are calling you from arizona, what does that tell you about the conditions out here? >> terrible. just scary. i mean they have already lost some homes. >> reporter: what are you expecting when you go out on the

line? >> honestly, i couldn't tell you. i really don't -- parts of it, i have seen pictures on the media. >> reporter: are you ready emotionally, mentally? >> yeah, i think so. i have seen it before. i think it's nothing that i want to see, but i'll be all right. >> reporter: almost 4,000 firefighters are working to put out the seven fires burning over 120,000 acres here in napa, sonoma and solano counties. the atlas firing, burning closest to us, again in napa. the atlas is the largest. right now rk, it's 7% contained. that can change. the cal briefing for firefighters is supposed to start in 15 minutes from now. reporting live from napa, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. the investigative unit showed you why there is speculation the fires may have started after trees fell on power lines and

transformers. now the state public utilities commission is investigating pg&e's tree cutting and maintenance program. they have been under fire how they decide which trees to cut near power lines. falling trees sparked the butte fire. they ordered pg&e to preserve all potential evidence. we have been looking into this story. for more, log on to www.nbcbayarea.com, click on the investigative tab, the top story on the page. 6:46. facebook said it's a source of public relief of political ads. the coo has been meeting with lawmakers in d.c. this week. she supports the release of details about who the ads targeted. also -- >> things happened on our

platform in this election that should not have happened. we know we have responsibility to do everything we can to prevent this kind of abuse. none of us should want this foreign interference. we are all going to have to cooperate with each other, the government. >> the company is hiring 4,000 people to weed out ads. this comes as congress investigates russian influence in the election. >> 6:47. with the stroke of a pen, women in california got new protections and tools to fight pay discrimination. [ applause ] >> the 26-member legislative women caucus was on hand in sacramento as governor brown signed nine bills designed to help women and families. small businesses must provide 12 weeks maternity leave and inhibits employers from asking about past salary to ensure

women are paid fairly. >> we have been busy paying attention to local news. why the north bay burns, the president has been dealing with health care. >> he could be bringing changes to obamacare. >> he could. he will end government subsidies of some health insurance plans, particularly for poor people. it may result in health insurance companies pulling out of insurance marketplaces. what the president has done is put an end to obamacare, which is what congress certainly wanted. but, without all the important replacement plan that is would protect people. the president tweeted this morning, the democrats obamacare is imploding. massive subsidy payments to their pet insurance companies has stopped. democrats should call me to fix. now, the reason that subsidy payments were stopped is because the president just stopped them. the subsidies helped low income people pay their expenses.

california already threatened to stop the president from pulling that money. the other big thing happening is the president is expected to dese desert fie the iran deal. to say iran has not lived up to its end in the deal and the united states should pull out of the agreement. we expect he will take no actual action today, leaving it up to congress to slap new sanctions on iran if it chooses. the president, is ignoring his own advice from his own defense secretary who supports the iran deal. in fact, his own chairman of the joint chief of staff says the president should not do what he's going to do today. of course, that deal isn't just our deal, it's a deal between iran and the united states and germany and britain and france, russia, china, all of whom support it and don't want to re-negotiate it. we have been forced to step away from our coverage of the president because of the disaster in the north bay, but generally, every day we look at

the president's tweets, executive orders and speeches. we would love to hear from you. you can find me on twitter. back to our breaking coverage of the north bay wildfires. messages of hope we have been seeing. so many dark situations, we are seeing posters of the images like this one popping up throughout the fire zone. this is in sonoma. it says the love in the air is thicker than the smoke. #sonomaproud. >> this one, this police badge, all that a retired santa rosa police officer has left after flames destroyed his home. so many police officers and firefighters lost their homes to the fire as well. the police department sharing this picture with the #santarosastrong. >> the old glory hanging from a charred tree over what used to be someone's home. the american flag, bright symbol that the promise of better days to come. >> we have rough days ahead,

though. we have been talking about the red flag fire warn thag is going to come in effect in a few hours. >> yeah, the weather played a good part in helping the crews overnight. the temperatures remain cool, the winds remain calm. the weather out there, our own crews are seeing the conditions are favorable. the red flag warning is sparking people's concerns and it should. the winds are, once again, expected to be gusty, almost as gusty as the conditions we saw on sunday when the fire initially broke out. this will kick in from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. saturday. i want to take you through this. it's very important. calm winds remain and will stay fairly calm, at least throughout the early afternoon and into the evening hours. just after the dinner time portion, look at this, by 10:30 tonight, we start seeing an increase in those winds, 18 miles per hour in napa. fairfield, 25 miles per hour. if we take a look at this, once

again, the overnight hours at about 2:30 a.m., we are talking possible gusts of 30 plus, 40, 50 plus in higher elevation areas. napa, santa rosa, concord, and along the coastline, we can expect to see gusty conditions. that's what's really going to bring a major concern. we have a ton of active fires. right now, the tubbs fire, over 34,000 acres. atlas fire, over 40,000 acres. the fires, the winds, unfortunately, have been a big impact when it comes to spreading that. something to watch for in the next 24 hours, if you see fires to the north, you must stay alert. those embers may move that fire south and judging by the models right now and the wind speeds, it looks that way. a major change ahead. a good news pattern through next week. we have a chance of rain and we head into thursday and friday. much needed rain and, of course,

also, a recovery in that humidity is very needed in the area. let's check in with mike. mike, the roads are going to be busy with the evacuation. >> if you are in an evacuation zone, unless you have been given the all clear, continue to stay out. authorities will tell you what they think. the smoke and fire are moving. we are looking at i-80, 37, 101. they are all open around the perimeter of the wildfires. we are continuing to track that. 128, 29, all seeing closures overnight and continuing for most areas over the last few days. meanwhile, over here to the rest of the commute, south 880 jamming up around alva ra doe, fremont, union city, a disabled vehicle in the middle lane is causing the slowing south of the san mateo bridge. we are holding steady at just under a half hour. complicating things, some folks take the bridge across the bay. now, a crash on the foster city side and slow westbound.

as we look at the map, the dumbarton bridge is a slow build. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:53 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," continuing coverage of the north bay wildfires, including the newly released satellite images on your screen, which show how devastating the fires have been in santa rosa and how folks can use these to check on their homes even if they are evacuated. light shaking in the bay. a 3.0 earthquake hit gilroy this morning. no reports of injuries and no damage. u.s. and canadian family rescueed from the taliban left pakistan. they don't know or they are not releasing where the family is heading. they were kidnapped backpacking in afghanistan in 2012. they had three children while in captivity.

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here are the top stories on today 6:57. welcome back. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> several world famous wineries in napa county threatened by wildfires. we have evacuations overnight. the map on the screen, the area west of highway 29 in red is what's increeded from oakville grade road to rutherford road. it's not far from the french laundry restaurant. as we take a live look in santa rosa, fire is not the only

concern. officials tell us there have been 65 calls reporting looting since monday. we have details on some of those arrests. thursday, the sonoma county sheriff's office announced there have been five arrests. one man stole from a car in an evacuated car. two men in vallejo were arrested after police searched their vehicle and found empty backpacks and gloves. they are tools typically used in residential burglaries. this tool to see if hochls are still standing if they are still under evacuation. city of santa rosa released an interactive satellite map of the devastated city. we are looking at the coffey park neighborhood, the first to suffer the damage. the rows of homes that are gone. the red-shaded areas are vegetation because it's an infrared image. we have a link to the map online at www.nbcbayarea.com. if you are a fire victim, you are going to want to look at

that. >> stick with nbc bay area for coverage of the wildfires. we are anticipating another news conference at 9:00 this morning. we will break into programming to bring that live. you can stream it live and view it at www.nbcbayarea.com. >> we are expecting weather conditions this weekend that could duplicate the weather conditions. >> we are going to see an increase in wind speeds at 10:30. it's into early saturday morning, we are talking 2:00, 3:00 a.m. that's going to bring major concern for areas south of the wildfires. >> we are tracking traffic. >> i want to show you an issue around the san mateo bridge. both sides. southbound 880 and fremont. a stalled vehicle causing a back up. across the san mateo bridge, a crash. that's a problem we continue to follow the closures and evacuations in the north bay. >> that's what's happening.

"today in the bay" will be back at 7:25 with more live, local news. >> join us at 11:00 for the news. have a great day. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. breaking overnight, those california wildfires, now the deadliest in the state's history. at least 31 killed. officials fear more victims will be found in what is thousands of homes. among those destroyed the home of legendary "peanuts" creator. the president takes the health care fight into his own hands. the supreme move overnight that could dismantle a key part of obamacare. serious allegations. actress rose mcgowan become the fourth woman to claim she was