i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. kari is here to talk about the forecast today and a cool start for the morning. >> nice and cool this morning. mostly clear skies. not seeing all the fog we had yesterday. as we take a live look outside in san jose, clear start. we are about 49 minutes away from sun rise right now and as we get a look at the temperature trend for south san jose, santa teresa, 58 degrees at 7:00 and low 70s early afternoon. enjoy today. it heats up tomorrow. mike, you have a new crash on the peninsula? >> new crash and i just got word cleared from the area of burlingame toward broadway. here's 101 south. you see a lighter flow of traffic and 101 wasn't really impacted by the minor impact over there in burlingame. that's right around here for the earlier crash. the camera right there where i just showed you. throughout, green sensors around the bay. looking at contra costa county, a smooth drive except for right

here. may have a new incident. right awe off of 680. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening today, firing gunshots into the air to make it safer, it sounds like a contradiction. >> that's what's happening in contra costa county today, all a test, unique one from chp. pete suratos joining us live with what you shouldn't be alarmed if you hear the shots. pete? >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, marcus and laura. part of the shots spotter testing taking place on different freeways along contra costa county and might be related to the testing and not disclosing the locations and making folks aware of it. what is it? it's been around for quite sometime and seeing it around different cities in the bay area. basically sensors set up there at least in the station set up along the freeway to detect where gunshots are being fired.

from there, an alert is sent out to officers who can then respond to this specific location. chp reports there are over 100 east bay freeway shootings between 2015 to 2017 along contra costa county freeways, highway 4 as well as interstate 80 where we are standing here. chp did beef up the patrols and installed cameras along highway 4 and no information if it led to arrests related to freeway shootings and basically the shot spotter technology is another tool. testing will begin on the freeways starting 9:00 p.m. and ending around 4:00 a.m. live here in pinole, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. 5:02 right now. the nation's highest court could see the biggest shift in a generation. supreme court justice anthony kennedy announced he's retired. it is still sending washington into a friend zi.

>> tracy potts is live with what it could mean for a variety of issues including gay rights. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: people are concerned where is the court going with the middleman, essentially. the swing voter. now leaving at the end of next month. president trump almost promising to replace him with someone more conservative. after a secret white house meeting with retiring justice anthony kennedy, president trump announced he'll pick kennedy's replacement from the list of 25 conservatives. cementing the court's conservative majority. >> we have a pick to come up. we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: that has liberals worried. >> this puts the lgbtq community in square shot of having a lot of our rights rolled back. >> reporter: kennedy wrote the decision that struck down bans

on same-sex marriage but he also upheld president trump's travel ban and helped take apart the voting rights act. liberals fear boergs rights, roe versus wade, could be in jeopardy. >> the senate should reject on a bipartisan basis any justice to overturn roe v. wade. >> reporter: democrats want to postpone the confirmation until after november. not likely. >> we'll vote to confirm the successor of justice kennedy this fall. >> choose a consensus pick. anything less than that, unacceptable. >> my ideal man or woman is a cross between socrates and dirty harry. >> reporter: tracie potts, nbc news, washington. we have breaking news to tell you about. president trump will meet with

vladimir putin on july 16th in helsinki, finland. both made a joint announcement. this is the second in-person meeting between the two leaders and we'll continue to bring you breaking news here. happening today, the first lady goes back to the border. melania trump will visit detention centers housing migrants. we don't know where she is going but last week she met with officials and children at a facility in texas. some people were upset with her outfit choice. she wore a jacket which read -- you can see it here on the back if she turns. i read, i don't really care. do you? her spokesperson said it was just a jacket an not a hidden message. the president said it was a message directed at the media. richmond leaders reach out, trying to deal with the problem most every city dealing with to one degree or another. talk about prostitution.

dozens gathered last night at richmond's first-ever public forum focused on trying to control it. police say that officers are often focused on fighting other crime. >> we can't always be here. right? there's so many more people in the community to help us solve this problem. so i think together we can really impact this problem. >> people say that the problem in richmond has recently been a lot more in the open. this is in part because underground websites and personal pages aren't allowed to operate. working to make areas safer. it's a pilot project in downtown san jose. vta says it means walkers, bikers and cars cross train crossings and might have railings and signsage to make i clearer and allow trains do go

faster. summer means a lot of things to a lot of people but in oakland it's all about paving. leaders plan to announce the summer of paving to see a difference out there. the mayor's office leading a push to pave four times as many city streets this year. usually 6 miles of roadway. this summer they're aiming for 25 miles. 5:07. firefighters still investigating how a string of grass fires erupted in south san jose last night. the flames broke out just after 4:00. this was the view from sky ranger. not long after they started. the sprinklers on the golf course helped put out the flames. the course wasn't damaged and the flames dangerously close to a mobile home park. thankfully that fire never reached there. no one was hurt and no structures were burned. investigators say that the fires are suspicious. and tree lovers loving this

bit of news right here. one of the two largest unprotected giant redwood groves left in the world is now in pretty good hands. save the redwoods announced its purchase of the red hill. it is in the sierra nevada. the property contains 110 ancient giants. save the redwoods will transfer the land to the u.s. forest service for another option for visitors. right now, 5:08 this morning, we are starting out with cool conditions. if you're going out to some of the hiking trails in the south bay, it starts out nice and cool around san jose at 58 degrees. at 10:00, 62. lots of sunshine today and a little bit warmer heading through early afternoon. but overall, a nice day. as we look at the forecast for the alameda county fair today, good day to head out there while it's still cool. reaching into the mid-70s today

and make sure you bring the sunscreen and maybe a bottle of water and enjoy your time out there. our highs today for the tri-valley make it up to 84 degrees in livermore. antioch 86 degrees. palo alto 78 and 80 in san jose. o oakland looking at 73. tomorrow temperatures go way up so i'll have a look at those numbers coming up. mike, there are three spots to watch on 680? >> first one i told you about handling last. least of the worries right now. we have seen a couple of crashes reported right here through the sunol and fremont corridor. the rest of the bay flowing smoothly. vargas, a report moving to the shoulder. you see slowing off of 84 merge. and then another crash and there may be a lane blocked there. earlier incident we told you about is a hazard in the roadway. something may have been causing flats. three vehicles on the shoulder and let you know if chp finds

anything. right now, smooth out of the area of con that costa county. bay bridge with a little bit of slowing. >> thank you, mike. next on "today in the bay," final good-bye. the toys r us era coming to an end. last day to visit the iconic toy store and the bay area chain's already closing up shop this morning. meanwhile, just record breaking numbers about jobs in the bay area. we'll bring you the latest. and later, solving cold cases. at 5:24, how new dna websites are becoming the key to cracking decades old murder cases right here in california.

it is 5:13. nice, clear sun rise as we get a live look outside over the south bay checking out the santa clara temperature trend. upper 50s by 7:00. a nice, cool start. not only here but across the bay area. and a very pleasant day with highs reaching into the 70s for this afternoon. and we are looking at some much hotter weather for tomorrow. i'll talk about that and when we reach the peak of the heat coming up in less than five minutes. we're looking toward that crash. updated location definitely vargas road for southbound 680. we have a couple of lanes blocked by the crash and we'll let you know what chp reports once they get there. here's the change to the travel times. 680 flowing and adding minutes

off the dublin interchange in toward fremont. good morning to you. we get the latest gdp numbers today. stocks faded again wednesday. the nasdaq was hit really hard. amazon is making a big change. it will work with local entrepreneurs to set up local delivery. you it was $10,000 or more. they help you set up a private delivery business with an amazon labeled van and a uniform and you pick up packages from amazon warehouses and deliver them to neighborhoods. now, this is a way for amazon to avoid problems stirred up by president trump over the u.s. postal service. president trump says amazon deliveries hurt the u.s. post office's bottom line. that is not true but amazon is covering its bets in case the president makes some sort of move to interfere with the company's relationship. we just got the latest state employment data.

it's really, really good. especially, here in northern california. when you look at areas of a million people or more, san jose ties four other cities in the united states with a lowest unemployment in the nation. amongst smaller towns, redwood city, south san francisco is lowest. 2% unemployment. marcus and laura, i know it's not exactly news but in the tense times i thought you might like to hear something nice. this is scott maxwell, a science that put the spirit and opportunity probes on mars. they celebrated an anniversary with his wife. >> i saw this. adorable. i love it! >> these are the anniversary cards they gave each other. they unknowingly gave each other the exact same cards and look what they did. they added pluto as a planet on this. isn't that cool? >> wow. >> i love this. >> each one not knowing the other is doing this. big bang theory. two scientists in love.

i think it's adorable. >> they know each other. exactly? i think that's really cool. >> wonderful. >> thank you for sharing that. >> you bet. >> again. happening today, a vote that may determine the future of how your data is protected in california. state lawmakers plan to vote on a bill to beef up consumer protections and privacy. there's a catch. according to consumer advocates because an agreement keeps a stronger measure off the ballot in november. the millionaire that funded the measure said he'll pull the initiative if a deal is reached in sacramento by the end of the day. so, time to get going for that last toy run. today the toys r us in concord officially shuts down. >> we confirmed the news with the manager. he also tells us that that store will auction the fixtures over the weekend. all toys r us and babies r us stores have to close on or before friday.

they said they have discounts up to 90%. you probably know headers are penalties and hits don't mix. unless it's this. wacky goal. late in yesterday's world cup goal. yeah. did you see it there. the ball ricochets off the cross bar and off the back of the swiss goalkeeper's head! it was ruled an own goal by the way. switzerland is advancing to the knockout stage. good thing that didn't knock him out. >> wow. so, as you may know by now, mexico is on its way to a knockout stage right there. if you can win, how about a free beer for everyone? yeah. getting ahead of ourselves here and here's what we know. bud light tweeted weeks ago if mexico got to the quarterfinals bud light would help pay for the celebratory bud light. the exact details would follow

mexico's round of 16 victory. we now know that mexico has to beat brazil in the round of 16. that may be a tall task. by the way, mexico last reached the quarterfinals in 1986. >> yeah. but that could be free bud lights for the team. >> sounds like it. >> i wouldn't take it as like for us. >> i think it should be. >> i would take it they give me something. >> free beer, huh? >> hmm. think positive about this weather, too, today. >> really nice. >> getting good things. >> we will have nice weather today but this weekend, for the inland valleys, it is going to get hot. here's a live look outside at oakland this morning. mostly clear skies as you get ready to head out. 7-day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen. come on over and take a look at this. getting out the door this morning for the commute through fremont, you might need a light jacket. upper 50s and low 70s for early afternoon. not driving? maybe heading to the diridon

station in san jose, 55 degrees at 6:00. and low 60s by 10:00. if you have to get out the door a little bit later, it is in the low 70s by noon. looking at our high temperatures for today, for the south bay, los gatos, 82 degrees. warmer than it was yesterday. 85 in walnut creek and 73 in oakland today. still cool at half moon bay at 62 degrees. and 70 in san mateo. san francisco also coming up a couple of degrees but still fairly cool with some gusty westerly winds and temperatures in the upper 60s there and 84 today in sonoma. much of the north bay reaching into the 80s. as our winds come in from the north, it is gusty up there in the north bay and the bay area sees winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. tomorrow, our winds start to shift and the streamlines show you the direction of the winds. starting to come over from the north bay. as we go into friday and then they shift offshore for saturday

and that's going to be the hottest and driest day because we won't have the ocean breeze and also very dry air originating from over the land. making weekend plans, let me know what you're doing on facebook and twitter. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. as we look at the 7-day forecast for the inland valleys, from 83 today to 93 tomorrow. and up to 100 degrees on saturday. and then sunday it comes down a few degrees and still going to be hot. next week we get the major cooling and the natural air conditioning returns and then looking at san francisco low 80s by saturday and 72 on sunday. overall, nice weekend there. mike, you're tracking a crash in the tri-valley. >> you're tracking the heat coming up next couple of days. right now a crash which caused slowing over last 20 minutes. the rest of the bay. looking at the sensors here. smooth drive for most. over here sunol with a slow down and looks like it's less focused

for the approach. i think the crash now getting cleared toward the right shoulder and the light lanrighte affected. slowing as the crash happened. continuing to track that and updates from chp. contra costa county moving smoothly. no slowing here for antioch. a blip right there. my mistake. bay bridge toll plaza with the cash lanes building up. we should see a focus of the fast track lanes in the next ten days. tiny bit of slowing traveling to the island and a typical pattern this time of day and the san mateo bridge, headlights west to the peninsula. there's the high-rise. we can see a little haze. moving fine on the peninsula itself. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 5:21 right now. coming up here, is your dinner contaminated? alarming new study showing how many people are preparing meals incorrect play. what you need the know before

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solving cold cases. genetic genealogy. police can use dna and family trees to determine possible suspects. it's how detectives here in california found and arrested the suspect in the golden state killer case. since then, the same process led to the arrest and at least four more cold cases around the country. three in just the last week. experts say that this could be the secret to solving a lot more. >> i suspect we will be able to put dozens of cold cases to rest. people typically come to us because they have a case where they have dna but no leads. >> now, the second woman you just heard from is from the virginia lab doing all the testing. at 7:40 this morning, joe friar explains how it works. all this morning, we know when the march for our lives bus tour will roll into the bay area. a group of parkland school shooting survivors posted the july schedule overnight

announcing stops in several states including california. the bus comes to oakland on july 22nd. go to the march for our lives website. students say they want to end gun violence and register young people in the country to vote. helping out kids in a tough spot. california will start paying for suicide prevention in public schools. governor signed the bill in law yesterday. it sets aside $1.7 million to fund explanation programs. and as a reminder for you, if you or someone you know is struggling, there is help available. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. you can call this number right here on the screen any time. that's 800-273-8255. you can also chat with a counselor online at suicide prevention lifeline.org. as you enjoy your breakfast, let's faulk about dinner. a new study says that millions of households might be contaminating their food. >> usda research found high

levels of cross contamination of food in kitchen surfaces mostly because people aren't washing their hands preparing a meal. nearly 6 million households transfer bacteria from raw poultry to salads. nearly 57 million could have bacteria contaminated spice containers. more than 12 million could have bacteria on refrigerator handles and 97% of people in the story failed to wash their hands successfully preparing food. coming up next on "today in the bay," major international breaking news. president trump will meet with russia's president vladimir putin. bob radell is live in europe with a unique perspective. a destructive crash sent several people to the hospital. details about the hit and run and who police are looking for.

and good thursday morning to you. 5:30 right now. taking a live look in san bruno. looks like a small town feel. good morning to you all. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. mild temperatures once again. enjoy it. kari's got a look at the forecast. >> you can see the skies are clear, too. and that's going to mean that we are going to have slightly warmer temperatures today. but not too warm as we get a look at our windows out across three microclimates. looking in the south bay, 57

degrees as you get started and in the tri-valley, 55 degrees. 54 in san francisco. with some breezy wintsds. 47 degrees in the north bay. martinez, a spot to reach into the 80s today. and it starts out in the mid-60s. we all have that nice and cool start but the temperatures will spread out as we go through the day with inland valleys into the mid-80s and some 60s for the coast. so i'll have a look at our weekend forecast and gets really hot. that's coming up. mike is watching two spots. >> two spots in particular, kari. first one, bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are turned on. these cars seem to be avoiding that lane. over toward the fast track. i saw a tow truck in there and might be a fender bender there. i think lane number seven there. tracking that. i'll let you know as it affects the approach. a light build. it was pretty gradual over there, as well. no problems for the maze.

second spot watching over here, 680 southbound out of pleasanton and sunol to fremont to vargas. a right lane blocked. maybe two. the slowing evened out. south bay moves well, guys. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. 5 5:32 right now. president trump will meet russian president vladimir putin in helsinki, finland, july 16th. the news coming down 30 minutes ago. >> bob redell live in helsinki on vacation. we thank you for talking to us. what's the mood like there right now? >> reporter: well, the reason i called you to let you know i'm here and on the tour here in helsinki, this is finland, you can see we're leaving port right now and the tour guide brought up that they were -- find out

if -- between russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump. it was between them and another city and, of course, the news coming out it was going to be here and wanted to bring up the significance of helsinki, finland, and the relationship to russia. you can see we're leaving port right now. there's downtown helsinki. this is a city of about 600,000 plus people. it is a democracy. very western area. if you look to the left you will see the islands as we are sailing out to sea heading to sweden. next port of call. over there, it's hard to see but along the shoreline there where the buildings are is the u.s. embassy, might be a place that president trump stopping during his visit here. helsinki is located between sweden. sweden to the west which is where we're heading right now an then russia to the east. and this used to be russian territory. in the early 20th century. but finland declared the

independence after the revolution of 1917. and it never became a territory or it was never occupied by the soviet union. there was some money exchanged between finland and russia and russia also took some of its land so there's been this relationship where you have finland which is western democracy, more -- western european city and russia the neighbor just to the east of it so you had this relationship and that's significant because you will have the russian president coming here and interestingly finland is not a member of nato. that was something else our tour guide brought up today. i assume it's perhaps the opinion of the russians, of the country, such that people here that they want to keep things calm and nice and of course joining nato, next russia, obviously not a member of nato, just a little perspective on the type of people here and the country and, of course, going to be a beautiful place. they usually have very, very cold winters but here we are on a day in the 70s and the sun

will never go down tonight. >> yeah. such an interesting perspective. background on helsinki, as well. bob redell, thank you. enjoy the rest of your trip, as well. 5:35. new this morning, a chaotic scene near downtown san jose over night. it all happened at vine and edwards. so a lot of police sirens in the area if you heard them. that's why. chris sanchez live with where the investigation stands this morning. good morning, kris. >> reporter: san jose police left in the last half hour and the street is a mess of glass. all the way up and down the intersection. also, across the street. you see skid marks and several parked cars also hit. let's show you the scene just after it happened. there were five cars in all involved and someone that seemed to just be in the wrong place at the wrong time so badly trapped, the firefighters had to use the

jaws of life to get them out. even with those jaws of life it took firefighters about 20 minutes to free that person. and get them on their way to the hospital. that person's vehicle was t-boned in the middle of the intersection by a pickup truck with three people who fled the scene. officers found two of them immediately. they were injured. they were sent to the hospital. they'll be checked out and then they'll be talking with police. the driver, though, did get away and officers are still looking for that person. now, it is going to be a rough morning for several other folks whose cars were parked out here and hit when it all happened. they may not even know it happened. a neighbor did show us pictures of another crash that happened just about in the same intersection just yesterday about 12 hours ago. we do know that in this area, though it is highly residential, a lot of folks drive too fast for these conditions. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:36 right now. developing, the search is on for

a hit and run driver who slammed into a pedicab carrying a family of four on san francisco's waterfront. this happened yesterday afternoon on the embarcadero near pier 29. the driver of the pedicab is in critical condition. the mother suffered serious injuries and the family's two children were also hurt. people who work with the driver are in shock. >> very shaken up. i mean, this is my friend that i'm very close with. a person i work with and hang out with outside of work. >> that car actually struck a second pedicab, as well. only glancing it. authorities say that the car, a light colored sedan, last seen headed toward the bay bridge. new this morning, the chp is looking for a driver in a hit and run that led to a crash involving several cars. this is the area where it happened. a little after midnight in walnut creek just south of the highway 24 flyover. the chp says the crash initially affected both directions and

most of the damage happened in the southbound direction. no one had any serious injuries. all lanes reopened a short time ago. now to continuing coverage of the pawnee fire in lake county. today an assistance center opens to help people impacted and hopeful news. people are allowed to return home. flames 30% contained. that fire broke out saturday, quickly grew prompting mandatory evacuations in spring valley. a community of about 840 people. four homes in a row burned to the ground in one block. those who lived there were able to return for the first time yesterday. >> i wanted to look, paw through some of the stuff. see if there was anything. there's not. >> so hard it must be for them to return to that. the fire's destroyed a dozen homes and then burned more than 13,000 acres.

officials say about 300 people are still evacuated. our hearts go out to them. definitely. in high school our house burned down. >> i remember that. you know what it's like then. >> nothing compared to that. it was just the roof. but yeah. disruption to the household, we had to move out for a while. recover everything. >> frightening. >> i can't imagine what it's like for folks out there. thoughts and prayers with them, of course. smooth drive. on the roadways, focus on the traffic flow. only issue is really over here. 680 southbound out of pleasanton to sunol. vargas crash blocking lanes. may be causing more slowing with crews arriving. looking over here, nice easy drive toward the bay bridge toll plaza. sunlight over here in to laal to. easy drive. that sun is coming on pretty strong. >> clear skies. that's nothing, right? >> nope. nothing at all. compared to the weekend.

i love it when i say that. the weekend. >> the week. almost here. >> it is. >> friday eve for us. we like to call it. so we're making plans for the weekend. and oh, look at the range in temperatures. you'll find awe cross the bay area. the coast will be up to 80 degrees. the bay at 86. and dangerous heat for the inland valleys reaching 100 degrees on sunday. it cools down just a bit. especially for the coast. where we'll be in the low 70s inland areas. up to 90 degrees but still quite warm. so if you're out to the fillmore jazz festival this weekend in san francisco, keep in mind it starts out comfortable with some mid-70s but will be in the low 80s for the early afternoon hours. and of course, with the crowds and the warm temperatures, not much of a wind, so just be mindful it's going to get quite warm. you want to meet mike. he's going to be emceeing the soy and tofu festival. the event inside st. mary's

cathedral. air conditioned and have great weather there, as well. hitting the road going to yosemite this weekend, going hiking, it's going to be in the low 70s on friday. upper 70s for the rest of the weekend. with mostly sunny skies and hot in paso robles this weekend especially for friday and temperatures come down as the weekend goes along. low 80s by sunday. and a nice weekend for muir woods. looking at the warmest day on friday here but by saturday 72 degrees. great weather for being outside. and enjoying time with family and cool weather for some of the coastal areas and some of our beaches. we'll talk about what's going on today with the temperature trend in the south bay coming up in about three mounts. >> thanks so much, kari. 5:41 right now. next on "today in the bay," keeping b.a.r.t. clean and safe. new addition on the way. and bill clinton comes to the south bay. what you need the know if you're going do go see him or avoiding the traffic headache. the president often

surprises us with his tweets. this morning, surprising us again defending russia. we'll take a look when "today in the bay" continues. kari weathere

it is 5:44 now. a clear start and already a change in our weather as we get a look at the temperatures trend for los gatos. it starts out with mid-50s. clear sky this is morning. nice little warm-up today with low 70s by early afternoon. we are heading into the low 80s for our afternoon high.

it will be a little bit warmer today but the big warm-up comes tomorrow. i'll have more on that and a look to the weekend coming up in less than five minutes. travel time, looking at the middle number there, the one in orange. 28. 680 slowing as you come out of pleasanton to vargas and tracking at least one crash. sounds like maybe two in the area. we'll show you the update there and the building commute. well happening today, updating the commute, b.a.r.t. discussing adding canopy and modernizing stations in san francisco. these are images of what they would look like. the plan to add them over street level entrances to the embarcadero, powell and civic center stations. you have a chance to see former president bill clinton. coming to san jose. he'll be at the sap center talking about his new book titled "the president is missing." it's a fictional thriller co-authored by james patterson.

that event starts at 8:00. another former president is making a trip to the bay area. barack obama. last month obama was in san francisco meeting with the ceo of airbnb. meanwhile, current president just made a staggering claim on twitter. >> scott mcgrew joining us. once again defending russia. >> he is. on the same day, laura, the white house announced a new meeting with putin. let's take a look at the tweet. russia continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election. now he's taken russia aside before but the tweet after months of testimony from america's intelligence community pinpointing how russia interfered with our election. the cia, nsa, fbi, the dia, british intelligence, french intelligence say russia did spear fear.

facebook and google all found evidence of russian interference and american intelligence has the street address of the building in st. petersburg where that interference came from. trump's claim comes as the white house announced that trump will meet with vladimir putin in finland on july 16th. the president attended another rally last night where he once again gaslighted the audience about his own behavior. here he is in north dakota talking about congresswoman maxine waters. >> maxine, she is a beauty. i mean, she practically was telling people the other day to assault k. you imagine if i said the things she said? we demand that he immediately drop out of the race. can you imagine seriously if i said that or somebody else said that? horrible what she said.

we don't have to imagine the president saying that because we have videotape of him saying that. >> knock the crap out of him, would you? seriously. just knock the hell -- i promise you, i will pay for the legal fees. i promise. i promise. >> in another incident, then candidate trump said he'd look into paying legal defenses for one of the supporters who did intend attack a supporter. >> you know what? >> it's possible -- >> not nice to the other side. >> you could help him with the legal fees if this man needs it? >> i have instructed my people to look into it, yes. >> we listened to what the president says every day and then we figure out if what he is saying is truthful. give me your response to that on twitter. i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thank you. a new hotel opens in san francisco. closest hotel to find to the iconic golden gate bridge. >> this is the lodge at the

presidio and look to the right there. the golden gate bridge is directly behind it. now, this is on the grounds of the presidio with 42 rooms and you can actually reserve those rooms right now. the building was the u.s. army's bar rack in the late 1800s and a lot of that history is preserved for those visitors to enjoy. >> crossing the bridge, stay at front street over there. >> oh yeah. >> very nice. >> vacation. >> i stayed there once and they have completely redone the bar racks. completely cool. >> they wake you up at sunrise? >> the bugle? ear plugs. >> i guess they changed. >> they're good for this. >> we saw a beautiful shot there. >> yeah. love that. yeah. it is a great day like that. clear skies in san francisco. no fog. like we had yesterday. here's a live look at at&t park. getting ready for the giants game this morning. we are going do have temperatures in the mid-60s at first pitch, sunshine. make sure you have a ball cap to give you some shade from that

sun that's going to be all clear and bright as we go into the afternoon. seven-day forecast up at bottom of the screen. if you're going to diridon station, maybe catching the train for san francisco for the giants game, in the upper 50s here. looking at the san jose temperature trend for late morning, upper 60s and low 70s by noon. it's going to be really nice. also nice day to head to the beach. 61 degrees. clears out by 11:00 and sunny and 70 degrees at 3:00 and the highs up to 80 in san jose. livermore 84 degrees. some spots a little bit warm but this is going to be much more comfortable compared to the heat we have coming this weekend. so good day for some short sleeves and pants today. and then good-bye tomorrow. breaking out all the summer gear. we will have a fire weather watch in effect for lake counties. of course, this is where we have the pawnee fire burning as they have gotten containment on it.

we have to closely monitor this as the winds pick up and we will have some very dry conditions as our temperatures go up to 100 degrees for the inland valleys. on saturday, then it gradually comes down. much bigger cooling for tuesday of next week. san francisco with upper 60s for today. 80 by saturday. and then 72 overall a nice weekend for san francisco. and some of the coastal areas with some 60s next week. as we head over to mike, tracking the trivalley. >> the overall commute looks great. peninsula, north bay. bay bridge metering lights are on. here we have had a crash in the 5:00, start of the 5:00 hour. a second crash and then third in sunol out of pleasanton and seeing the slowing adding with the commute building and just past the merge and really exaggerated the impact on the

tri-valley. we had a light flow of traffic and continuing to vargas. a couple of reports of crashes there. checking with chp. contra costa, slowing for highway 4 typical. getting across the san mateo, bridge, but nothing build. 92 westbound to the peninsula. back to you. >> all right. thank you. coming up here, are you looking to give a dog a forever home? bay area county helping to bring families and dogs together before the fourth of july. >> so cute. first happening now, breaking news out of kenya. fire breaks out in a busy marketplace in nairobi killing 15 people. dozens of others are hurt. several destructive fires at the marketplace over the last few years. the cause is still under investigation. plus intense fighting in syria. activists say a barrage of airstrikes hit southwestern syria. at least 17 civilians in an underground shelter were found dead. more news right after this break. you could generate your own energy,

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>> probably did. believe it or not we are less than a week away from the fourth of july and police are reminding people in contra costa county it is a fireworks free zone. all fireworks, even safe and sane fireworks, are banned. fire investigators working with police to crack down on illegal fireworks and asking you to take steps to protect your home. to make sure to keep the gutters clean, trim the she rubbles. contra costa county animal services is offering free adoptions. free. starting tomorrow. through july 3rd. trying to clear the kennel space before the fourth of july. tends to be a big increase in the number of pets coming into shelters around the holiday mainly because they get spooked by the fireworks and sadly they run away. animal services is also partnering with finding rover. it uses facial recognition to reunite lost pets with owners. summer is only getting started but kohl's is kicking

off seasonal hiring. back to school, fall and holiday jobs at hundreds of its stores. they're hoping to grab top talent before everyone else. the company says that it will offer competitive wages and other benefits. as we just mentioned, employers are having a tough time finding work earls to fill jobs. all new this morning, a manpower group survey says the most difficult jobs for employers to fill right now are skilled laborers. worst shortage in 12 years. experts say electricians, welders and mechanics are in high demand. that survey found employers are bringing back retired workers and recruiting part timers just to fill the gaps. you could end up paying more if you're in the market for a new car. toyota said it might have to raise prices on the vehicling including in the use including the camry in response to

president trump's tariff. they say the camry price could go up nearly $2,000. live to at&t park. just the sea gulls there this morning. what a night it was last night. giants hosting the rockies. this game was a pitcher's duel. brandon crawford actually slammed a home run in the ninth inning. right here it is. watch. boom. indeed it is gone! out of here. yeah. this ends up being the only run scored the entire game. giants host the rockies again today. that first pitch is at 12:45. and then tomorrow nbc bay area is your home for giants baseball. the giants are on the road for the start of the series against the arizona diamondbacks. our coverage begins at 6:30. first pitch is at 6:40. right now, 6:00, preventing freeway shootings. the technology chp officers are testing in the east bay trying

to crack down on crime. plus supreme court bombshell. how president trump could restrap the sport for years to come after justice anthony kennedy announcing his retirement. boosting safety in downtown san jose. making sure no one is hurt walking or driving near light rail tracks. "today in the bay" continues right now. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. of course the traffic in a moment but we turn to kari hall to talk about this weather that we will have. is the last day of more pleasant temperatures around here? >> yes. tomorrow it heats up. big jump in temperatures across the bay area. nice and clear all across the bay area. this is like taking a look at three of our microclimates looking out the window and the current temperatures on the screen there. mostly some 50s but we have dropped down to 46 degrees with mostly clear skies and the north

bay. good day to get out to the park. go hiking. be active today. because it will be cooler compared to the hot weekend ahead. so we'll talk about that coming up. and mike is tracking some trouble for the tri-valley. >> showing the heat in a second and looking over here for the speeds. really come down. look at this map and most of it is looking green. that is a great commute for most of the bay. but southbound 680 is a problem pretty much all of the 5:00 hour. a number of crashes keep building in the area. vargas and then backup, another crash. backed up and slowing from stone ridge down into the merge with highway 84. additional traffic coming in now from livermore and pleasanton adds to the problem and crashes that continue to happen in the middle lanes there. that's why there's the problem. tri-valley drive. about 15 to 20 minutes slower than you like to be in the area heading south from the dublin interchange and fremont for 680. approaching the bay b